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LAS VEGASThe problem with most connected home products is that the reality usually doesnt live up to the name. Its not your whole home thats connectedyour Wi-Fi scale talks to one app, while your lights are controlled by a different app. So is that fancy smart smoke detector.

Samsung wants to change this with Samsung Smart Home, an integrated platform that will let you connect and control all your smart devices (TVs, appliances, lights, security cameras, you name it) from a single Smart Home application.

The electronics giant announced Samsung Smart Home on Sunday, one day before its press conference at CES 2014, and plans to roll out the product during the first half of this year.

The Smart Home application will have three main sections at first:Device Control, Home View, and Smart Customer Service.

Device Control lets you set up behaviors for when youre home or away. For example, you could tell your Galaxy Gear smartwatch that youre going out (yes, it has voice control, and yes, this would be the coolest use of the Gear by far if it really works), which could turn down the heat, shut off the lights, and fire up your robot vacuum. Only Samsung products will be supported at first, but Samsungs Smart Home software protocol will let other companies connect their products as well.

The Home View feature lets you peek in on your house when youre away, thanks to cameras built in to your appliances. (As long as youre comfortable buying appliances that can see as good as they look.)

The Smart Customer Service is a way for your devices to let you know when they need repair or more consumable supplieshopefully itll be more reliable than those low-ink warnings your printer sends when there is clearly plenty of ink left.

Samsungs announcement didnt include a full list of compatible productsor pricesalthough the company says it eventually plans to cover home energy, home security, and healthcare products through partnerships with other companies. More details are hopefully coming at Samsungs press conference on Monday; well keep you posted.

Susie is a proud Mac geek, as well as a writer, editor, snowboarder, and mom. More by Susie Ochs

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This is the time of the year when we are cleaning up the yard because the leaves have fallen. But sometimes we forget the gutters, and when they are full of leaves and dirt, it can be a real mess.

If you dont have gutter guards and you want to have a company install them, hang on to your wallet because its a big ticket item. That happened to me a few years ago. I needed a gutter guard in just a small area and was shocked at the price for installation. Thats when I found a item that I like to call Not in My Gutter.

I know its a silly name but let me tell you its a great gutter guard and is easy to install yourself and talk about reasonable. This is one of those items that I like to start the year with because you can easily do this yourself. The NIMG (not in my gutter) comes in a three-foot piece and one edge just slips under the shingle and the other snaps onto the gutter.

The NIMG comes in a white or brown made of high quality rigid PVC and will last for years. The price is less than $3. I cant believe what some companies get for installing their own brand. Another money saving idea that you can do yourself. And 100 foot of gutter guards will cost you just under $100, for a long lasting great gutter guard.

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Question: I have a stainless steel sink and at the bottom, by the drain the stainless steel is discolored. I dont want to buy a new sink. So is there a paint, or some product that can color this with? Also what is a good cleaner for stainless steel. I have yet to really find a good one. What do you recommend?

Answer: There is a product that will completely cover up that area on the sink. Its called a Sinktastic. And its a drain cover and strainer all in one. It comes in a stainless steel look and will blend in with the sink. They also make it in white, and black. To clean the sink use a product called Sheila Shine. It works the best. It will clean off those water marks and polish up the sink.

Question: I have a gas log in my fire place that need cleaning and some cracks in the mortar between the bricks. Also the outside of the fireplace has some soot on the bricks. I have a hard time cleaning those bricks. What is a easy way to clean?

Answer: Meeco Red Devil makes a gas log cleaner that you just spray on the hot gas logs. The same product will clean the bricks on the inside of the fire box. Just spray on the bricks and use a stiff brush and rinse off. They also make a fire place mortar that comes in a caulking tube. Clean off the area and then fill the crack. To clean the outside of the fireplace ... TSP and hot water is the best cleaner for brick and stone. Use gloves and mix up the TSP granules and scrub the brick or stone and then rinse and dry off.

Question: I can feel cold air coming around the front door. What is the best product to seal it with? There is a larger gap at the top than at the bottom. I need something easy, not complicated.

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Charity Rhino Ark says rhinos in Kenya are increasingly vulnerable to organised poaching gangs and should be protected in sanctuaries.

Kenya is home to about 850 black and white rhino. (Reuters)

After roaming free for millions of years, rhinos may be able to survive in Kenya only if they are protected behind fences in sanctuaries, a leading conservation charity said.

Kenya has about 850 black and white rhinos out of approximately 25000 in Africa, but more than 50 were killed for their horns in 2013, up from 30 killings in 2012, and those that remain are increasingly vulnerable to organised poaching gangs, said Christian Lambrechts, director of Nairobi-based conservation group Rhino Ark.

"The situation in the last year has deteriorated. The gangs are extremely well organised and people from inside the Kenya Wildlife Service have been found to be colluding [with them]," he said.

"There is a growing realisation that private land holders do not have the ability to safeguard all of them. Rhinos cannot remain in the wild. They must be brought into sanctuaries."

Lambrechts, a former United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) officer, said up to 100 rhino could be eventually relocated in the Aberdare mountains in central Kenya, which has been surrounded by a 250 mile electrified fence built by Rhino Ark with the help of dozens of communities along its length.

"Kenya is lacking room for around 100 rhino. The Kenya wildlife service is looking to safeguard all the rhino in the country," Lambrechts says.

But he said the Aberdare fence, completed in 2009, did not stop poachers killing two out of the eight rhinos living in the hills this year.

"Never have fences been needed more, but they are not enough. The fence has not stopped organised poaching. Fences only stop opportunistic poaching. Nor are sanctuaries the complete answer. Rhinos are being lost from inside them too."

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Children who already had the condition have seen improvements in their intelligence levels and muscle strength after receiving the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) with the office's assistance.

Five years ago, it was discovered that 20 children in the tambon had been born with the condition due to the lack of iodine-relevant foods. The NHSO responded with its pilot programme, together with help from the TSH provision project. The condition was eradicated and the general condition of the children improved, said Amnuay Intharathirat, head of Na Phoo Tambon Administrative Organisation in Udon Thani's Phen district.

Under a joint assistance scheme with Kasetsart University and the Department of Medical Sciences, local chicken farms have been provided with cheap enhanced feed that enriches eggs with iodine. The average daily cost of the feed is only Bt1 per hen and provides each household with four eggs to eat each day.

The project manager at Naphoo Hospital, Pannawit Suphaphote, said families were now being supplied with five hens, which ensured that all members, including newborns, children and pregnant women, had sufficient supplies of iodine-enriched eggs to prevent the condition and other iodine deficiency disorders.

The hens also bring in extra income gained through the sale of leftover eggs - of around Bt400 per month.

In the year since this scheme began, no new child victims with the condition have emerged, while older people supplied with the iodine-enriched eggs are showing signs of improvement in their health.

Apart from the chicken feed, the scheme promotes hydroponics that grow minerals-added vegetables for all households in the tambon.

Pannawit said the 12,513-strong tambon, where this NHSO-assisted scheme was commenced as a pilot project, now reports no IDD cases, Some 150 pregnant women, 112 others who are breastfeeding, and 835 children aged up to 15 years are provided with at least three iodine-enriched eggs a week, thanks to the NHSO initiative and subsequent funding of around Bt125,000.

Ten-year-old Thanadol Nissakul said his home raised 10 hens fed with enhanced feed, which produced up to five iodine-enriched eggs each day. The fourth grader said he loved egg-based meals on the menu and earned extra money selling leftover eggs at Bt5 apiece.

Electrician Prawes Butkaew said he raised around 100 eggs each month, sufficient for three young children and made extra money selling the leftovers.

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Pigeons survey the work of Dustin Cunningham, city of Livingston maintenance worker, as he works to take down the sign on the Court Theater in Livingston on Friday. (1-3-14) BEAAHBECKCASSONbahbeck@mercedsunstar.com|BuyPhoto

LIVINGSTON By this time next week, the historic Livingston Court Theater will be just a memory in the minds of longtime city residents.

City officials couldnt save the landmark theater from demolition, but they took steps Friday to begin saving a few of its iconic features the marquee, the sign and the ticket booth.

It was important to save these elements of the Court Theater because theyre historic relics that can be used in the future when a new facility is built, said City Manager Jose Ramirez. The pieces will be stored in the citys public works yard, he added.

Ramirez said demolition of the Livingston Court Theater, built in 1945, will begin Tuesday. The building has been vacant since it closed in 1977. The city bought it in 2001 for $120,000.

The city once planned to restore the building, but thats an unlikely prospect with repairs estimated at $6 million to $7 million and a $150,000 shortfall in Merceds proposed budget.

Whenever you have an iconic building, and theres a lot of history and culture behind it, you always look at how you can save it, Ramirez said. Sadly, we couldnt save it because of financial constraints and health and safety issues.

The demolition will take about a week, Ramirez said. A large excavator will be used to knock down the theater piece by piece. The empty downtown site will then be filled with soil.

The cost to raze the building is not to exceed $30,000, according to city documents.

The City Council voted to enter into a demolition agreement with Jim Brisco Enterprises Inc., a Merced-based general contractor.

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DANIA BEACH (CBSMiami) Demolition crews are scheduled to get to work on Tuesday tearing down the Airport Hiltons two-story parking garage, according to a spokesman for the Broward County Aviation Department.

The garage and the hotel itself have to go to make way for a new runway at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

Airport officials considered using explosives to knock down the 400 room eight story hotel at Griffin Road and I-95 in Dania Beach but the Federal Aviation Administration nixed that idea, according to the Sun-Sentinel.

The FAA will not allow us to implode a building that close to the airport runway and in such close proximity to a major interstate, airport spokesman Greg Meyer told the paper. We cant do any explosions at the site there at all.

Even though the parking garage is coming down, the three decades old hotel will remain open until early April. Crews will then take it down bit by bit. It is scheduled to be completely razed by early June.

It was determined that the garage and hotel had to go because they posed a potential hazard to planes which will use the new eight-thousand foot long south runway which is scheduled to open in September.

The new runway is expected to ease air traffic delays.

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Omaha, NE (PRWEB) January 06, 2014

Advanced House Plans (AHP), a leading home design company, announced today that the firm will reveal their latest collection of home and garage plans - including their new Family Centered plans - at the 2014 International Builder Show (IBS).

AHP's new collection of Family Centered Plans capitalizes on the firm's experience designing custom homes for thousands of clients throughout the midwest. By bringing together key features that make a home especially effective for families - like open living spaces, and well-designed mud rooms - these plans will help home builders attract clients looking for homes that improve their quality of life and conform to their lifestyle.

"As home designers, we work with hundreds of clients every year," said owner-designer Tom Clark. "We understand what makes a home perfect for families and we wanted to make it easier for builders and home buyers to find plans that are particularly family-centered."

Building upon their experience and feedback from their initial appearance at IBS in 2013, the firm is excited to share their new plans and home design services to builders from around the world.

"We challenged ourselves after last year's show to expand our collection of plans," explained owner Jason Diederich. "We've started designing homes for narrow lots, added more multi-family plans, and even have some new modern-styled homes."

"We consider ourselves one of the best kept secrets in the world of home design," added Diederich. "We've got a team with experience in all areas of home building and design, we strive to make the highest quality plans, and our service is second to none."

Advanced House Plans offers hundreds of uniquely-designed, ready-to-build home, garage, and project plans. The firm also provides a wide range of custom design services for new and existing plans. Based in Omaha, NE, AHP serves builders, home buyers, and DIYers across the country. For more information, visit http://www.advancedhouseplans.com.

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PHILADELPHIA When David Norse first stepped into the Broad Street Ministry on Philadelphia's Avenue of the Arts and spotted the art installation of a dozen tilting metal windmills and glimpsed the flocks of origami birds suspended from the ceiling, he felt a connection.

"This is the place," he recalled thinking a few years ago when he first visited the church across the street from the Kimmel Center. "I'm home."

On Sunday, Norse, 27, was ordained at Broad Street Ministry as Philadelphia's first openly gay male minister in a Presbyterian church.

Norse's proud parents, Rachel and Richard, flew in from Portland, Ore., along with the Rev. Ken Evers-Hood, Norse's hometown minister and mentor. The joyful service featured an eclectic musical mix, with sing-alongs of "This Little Light of Mine," an anthem from the civil rights movement, and a rousing rendition of Sister Sledge's pop classic "We are Family."

The Rev. Bill Golderer, Broad Street's pastor, said the ordination of Norse, who recently earned a master's degree from the Princeton Theological Seminary, marked "an unleashing of David's gifts to the world."

In an earlier interview, Golderer said Norse's ordination reflected the Center City ministry's commitment to serving a diverse Christian community. The ministry has a large outreach program for the homeless and strong ties with the local arts community.

"While David's sexual orientation is an important part of his identity, he sees himself first and foremost as someone called to pastor God's people," said Golderer, who was tapped in 2005 to establish the alternative church. "He is very much into this being a dimension of who he is, but not the sum total."

"Broad Street has always been a place that welcomes people," said Norse, who worshipped at the church while at Princeton and who has been a pastoral associate since September.

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