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The construction industry is in a constant state of change, and those who want to be in the know about what is happening in every corner of the industry need to be plugged into the right resources, which often requires keeping up with the top construction blogs available. Whether you want to stay current with trends in 3-D printing (this is a big deal in China right now) or just need to find information on the best construction management software or books, there are resources out there that don’t just sell but also inform....

You know Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and Jimmy Fallon, but do you know all the other hosts of “The Tonight Show”? This iconic late night talk show has had a number of talented and very funny men walk through the stage curtain and deliver the monolog over the years. While Carson and Leno have the longest runs, the show has seen quite a bit of turnover. There were times when it seemed like the show was continually changing hosts, playing with different formats, and dealing with celebrity controversy....

10 of 10 Rihanna - “Disturbia” (2008) Def Jam Records “Disturbia” was written by Chris Brown and his songwriting and production team. However, they decided “Disturbia” might be better suited to a female singer. Rihanna liked the way the song spoke about anxiety and confusion. With the addition of unique vocal effects, “Disturbia” took on a slightly creepy vibe. It hit #1 on the US pop chart and earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording....

A nutcracker is an instrument used to crack nuts, typically consisting of two hinged metal levers between which the nut is squeezed. The tool is designed to crack open all sorts of nuts, and usually resembles a pair of pliers. Unlike pliers, the pivot point is located at the end beyond the nut, rather than in the middle. The spring-jointed nutcracker was invented by Henry Quackenbush in 1913. Nutcrackers are also sometimes used for cracking the shells of crab and lobster to reveal the meat inside....

Zookeepers are the most visible members of the zoological park team. This career path doesn’t offer a particularly high salary, but jobs are highly sought due to the unique opportunities and experiences that the field provides. Many zookeepers specialize in a specific area, such as working with birds, big cats, elephants, or aquatic species. They might also assist with reproductive procedures and raise young animals to propagate endangered species kept in their zoo....

Leaves are too valuable to bag up and leave at the curb for the trash man to pick up. And that’s great news. Because bagging leaves is a pain, and trash bags are expensive. So, skip that whole ordeal, and start using the leaves from your trees to improve your garden. Here’s how: Shred Your Leaves Shredding leaves is an easy task (much easier than bagging them), and it will provide you with the perfect material to use in your garden....

Finding the right fantasy baseball league name can make a huge difference when you’re talking trades or roster moves with your buddies. It’s important to have a great league name! Do you really want the following conversation to happen with any of your friends or league mates? You: Hey, let’s do a trade! Him: In which league? You: In the KP5V#&795!% League! Him: I hate that league. It makes me think that I’m playing with chess computers....

Our friends at HipMunk, an awesome tool for finding the best-priced flights and hotels, recently conducted an interesting analysis on how much a ski vacation can really cost you - and where you should ski if you’re looking to cut those costs. So, how’d they do it? First, they worked on a list of America’s most popular ski resorts, landing on 16 resorts to examine (in Colorado, California, Utah, Montana, Vermont and New Mexico, then crunched their numbers to determine an average cost to the resorts during the months of February and March, and also factored in lift ticket costs, as well....

One of the more popular questions we get from new actors is what type of job you can take that will allow you to remain free during the day to be available for auditions? Believe it or not, there are a number of great employment options out there for budding young actors. And no, not all involve serving food. Here are some potential positions to consider. Waiter Okay, not a surprise that waiting tables are an excellent way that newbie actor can earn their rent money while waiting for their starring role....

If you or your child has Olympic swimming dreams, knowing how fast to swim in order to qualify is just part of what it takes to get on the team. Not many make it, but those who never try, never will! Just Keep Swimming The first step is to be the best you can be at this sport. That means practicing every day, and joining a local swim team, whether at your park and recreation department, school, YMCA, or a USA Swimming club....

With high-tech scoreboards in professional baseball, score-keeping could become a lost art. But look around at the next game you attend, and there’s likely to be somebody who’s keeping track with a pencil and paper, a tradition that extends back to the early days of the game. It looks complicated, but it’s not calculus, and if you’re scoring the game for fun, you might not need every single detail. If you’re learning to score so you can serve a team as an official scorekeeper, you need to learn the correct way to keep score with a scorebook or scorecard....

Corporate sponsorship spending for 2018 was expected to reach $24.2 billion in North America and $65.8 billion worldwide, according to projections by IEG, an organization that tracks sponsorship activity. This represents an increase of 4.5 percent in North America and 4.9 percent worldwide if projections are met. These dollar figures and the projected growth means there are opportunities out there for nonprofit organizations that rely on corporate sponsorships. The challenge is convincing those doing the sponsoring that your organization can be a valuable business partner for them....

Most guitarists have, at one point or another, used a guitar capo. Although guitarists use capos for several reasons, we’re going to look at how to use a capo to come up with simpler chords for a song, without changing its key. 01 of 05 Using a Capo to Make Difficult Chords Simpler Because of the way a guitar is tuned, there are a number of keys that are easy for guitarists to play in....

It’s certainly difficult to curate a list of best and worst songs, and nowhere is this more true than with Christmas music. However, here’s my take on the most memorable (though not necessarily the best) pop/rock holiday songs of the ’80s, offered in no particular order and merely as a starting point for debate. 01 of 08 Band Aid - “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Steve Hurrell/Redferns/Getty Images Perhaps no rock and roll Christmas tune was heard more often during the ’80s or was more emblematic of the decade than this charity song recorded to support Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof’s Band Aid project....

The Stanley Cup, given to the National Hockey League champions at the end of each season, is the oldest professional athletics prize in North America. It’s named the Stanley Cup because it was donated by Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston, in 1892 to be given to the champion hockey team in Canada. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association was the first club to win the Stanley Cup, in 1893....

Navy Special Boat Operators (SB) are also known as SWCC, which is an acronym for Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen. The members of SWCC drive a variety of Special Warfare craft. They support SEALs and other Special Operations Command forces during their maritime and riverine missions, and conduct unconventional small boat operations such as coastal/riverine patrols. SEAL Teams, SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Teams, and Special Boat Teams comprise the elite combat units of Naval Special Warfare, a service component of the United States Special Operations Command....

Rental checklists are useful for both landlords and tenants. They are one of the easiest landlord documents to understand. Every landlord should document the condition of their rental unit, and a checklist provides a simple way to do so. When Should You Document Condition of Unit? There are two times you should always document the condition of your rental property: when a tenant moves into the unit and when a tenant moves out of the unit....

Definition: The Italian musical term scherzando is: an instruction to perform “playfully”; to play in a joking, light-hearted, or happy manner. Also known as scherzosamente.*a musical composition with a playful, child-like character (although the proper usage would be scherzo). A scherzetto is a shorter version of a scherzo. *Scherzandissimo is a command that means “very playful.” Pronunciation: lahr’-gah-MEN-tayMusical Symbols: staccato F-clef (M.D.) mano destra tie 8va How to Read Piano Music• Notes of the Piano Keys• Note-Lengths in U....

Primer is the most loved and feared word in the automotive do it yourself lexicon. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but speaking of primer conjures up all sort of images, and depending on who you’re talking to these can range from heaven to horror. If you aren’t familiar with primer, here’s a primer. Primer is paint, but not in the way that paint is paint. Paint is paint because it creates an enduring and beautiful covering for your car’s body....

One of the greatest Warner Bros. cartoons of all time is the one about the singing frog. A construction worker demolishing an old building finds a time capsule in the cornerstone. When he opens it, out leaps a grinning green frog, which commences to dance and sing old show tunes: “Hello, my baby… hello, my honey… hello, my ragtime gal….” The construction worker is amazed and quickly sees that this astonishing find will make his fortune....