Did you ever want to just relax outside on a hot summer afternoon without being exposed to an army of mosquitoes trying to feast on your blood? Although screened-in porches were first built centuries ago, they are just now beginning to make a much-needed comeback. A screened porch allows you to enjoy the warmth and breeze, while still protecting you against insect bites, ultraviolet radiation, and rain. And thanks to a steady number of innovations within the past decade, a screened-in porch can be adapted in many ways to fit your various personal needs. By just installing some glass inserts, a screened-in porch can be magically transformed into a sun room. Or if you would rather avoid the sun, you can install shades to block off the glaring …show more content…
Unfortunately, a good screened-in porch design is very difficult to locate. The reasoning behind this assertion is that most screened-porches I have seen come across like mutated decks haphazardly chucked onto the side or rear of a home. They lack solid design and style. If you intend to build your own screened-in porch, be prepared to do the necessary research. I will give you some general tips, but still do your own research. The more you understand how a screened-in porch works, the better your porch will come out looking. First, you must choose materials that allow for architectural compatibility with your home, as well as durability. If you intend to paint your porch, ensure that the grade and species of wood you choose will hold the paint well. Cedar and redwood are especially good for paint adhesion. Modern science has also produced 'pressure-treated lumber' that are very resistant towards insects and rot. As for the screens, they can be made from either metal or plastic. I recommend plastic because they are more durable, lightweight, and rust resistant. In addition, I advise using a pre-framed screen as they make it much easier to both clean and replace the
The Glass Castle is a book about the childhood and adolescence of Jeannette Wells, the daughter of Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Throughout her childhood, she moved all over the country with her family, moving from one town to the next, often lacking food and good clothes, and living in a state of perpetual poverty. Once the children have grown up, they go to New York, where they live out their dreams while their parents live on the streets. There has been much debate whether Mary and Rex are bad parents are not. Even though their childhood was less than ideal, the fact that they survived and are now productive citizens means that they were better off living with their parents than in a foster home.
There is so much that can be learned from the past. Especially from an event that was as catastrophic as this one. How does one person gain such a grip on so many people? How was he able to influence them to change their entire life’s to conform to what he wanted. Somehow he was able to get them to move to a completely new place and create a world all their (his) own. How does one person convince and force so many people that it was time for their life to end? How does he force them to kill themselves? So many questions that are still being answered to this day. There are plenty of movies and research done on this event but there is still a lot to learn.
Have you ever felt stuck? Wherever you are, it’s the absolute last place you want to be. In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless feels stuck just like the average everyday person may feel. Chris finds his escape plan to the situation and feels he will free himself by going off to the wild. I agree with the author that Chris McCandless wasn’t a crazy person, a sociopath, or an outcast because he got along with many people very well, but he did seem somewhat incompetent, even though he survived for quite some time.
The definition of grit is simple; it means being passionate about long term goals, and showing stamina to pursue them, but should students in public schools have a class dedicated to a grit-focused curriculum? This has become a major topic of discussion among teachers and mentors. Angela Duckworth, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, claims grit is not a fixed quality but one that can be developed. Many disagree with her statement. Grit is something everyone all have within themselves, but some just do not utilize this characteristic as often or as well as others. Grit is a puzzling concept. Duckworth has had an obsession with grit for over a decade. Her obsession started when she visited West Point,
A Humboldt County judge ruled today there was enough evidence for Marcia Kitchen to stand trial for her alleged role in a 2016 fatal hit-and-run that left her daughter and daughter’s friend dead.
While both black and white people fought over segregation versus desegregation, black people defended their freedom and civil rights while white people focused on isolating black people and treating them as under classed.
What would you do if one of your fellow employees was found dead, and suspected to have been murdered; only an hour or so after you had just seen him? What would be going through your mind when the police show up at your door asking you to come down to the station for questioning? Well this was the current predicament of Andrea Saunters, as she sat alone in the interrogation room of the Santa Barbara police station, left to reflect upon the events of the day, feeling the pain of the loss of a friend and co-worker as well as the fear from being a suspect in the case. *Flashback, the day earlier; POV of Narrator* It was Friday the 24th of April, 2015, and the day started as any other from Andrea Saunters.
Being homeless is a very big problem for Americans today. Each day we see it, but what about the causes? The definition of a person who is homeless lives in public with no shelter. Homeless people must do things out in public that other people have the resources to do in the privacy of their home. Many things factor in when it comes to understanding being homeless. One problem that homeless people face is medication and sleep problems. Another situation is finding a job or income to support a shelter. Lastly, people who are homeless have types of diseases that they must face along with the troubles of no place to call home.
Homelessness is a big problem in the United States and we the citizens are not doing enough about it. You can’t go anywhere in a large city without seeing a box where a homeless person calls home, or just seeing a person in need holding up a sign. There are millions of people that are homeless in the world that won’t ever have the opportunity to speak to their loved ones again. You never really understand what someone is going through or how they got homeless. In this article it shows a group of people helping homeless people locate their long lost love ones http://www.npr.org/2016/10/16/498074856/harnessing-social-media-to-reconnect-homeless-people-with-their-families. People should really think to themselves what if this happened to my father or my brother, and never got to speak to them again. There are many contributions we can make to help that
Another type of window that is used commonly to keep the home cool is tinted glass. Tinted glass and tinted window films are used on buildings to reduce heat gain through windows. Advancements in tinted glass have now allowed us to make the glass appear just as a regular window that you can see through. The tinted glass solution is also used in many vehicles and private rooms for privacy and to keep them cool in the summer to save on energy costs.
Homelessness poses a danger not only to ourselves but also to our society and its ability to succeed. Image yourself living as a homeless person you would have to consider your whole day, where you would wake up to in the morning, which will likely shape up your whole day and determine if you can make it through or not.
Although homelessness is widespread and almost next to the catastrophic global hunger problems, it can be brought under control and its effect reduced to a greater percentage. By simply tracking the root causes of low wages and the lack of affordable housing as well as improving other support systems like housing vouchers and health care, homelessness can be solved.
Have you ever had to make a decision in your life? I’m pretty sure we all have, the decision can even be what you ate for breakfast in the morning. Robert Frost wrote a poem about a man who has to make an important decision. In the poem “The Road Not Taken”, by Robert Frost, he states, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference” (Woods). To me taking the road less traveled by means, doing something on your own. It means not following a crowd, it means doing something unique. It can be hard to go your own way, but that is what Robert Frost is talking about. Everybody should go the path is right for them, not the one that many other people have gone down. There are many examples of people taking the unexpected path, I have gone through a path many people have never seen before, so have
Are considering not purchasing your own graduation top and outfit? On the off chance that that is the thing that you want to, lease graduation top and outfits. Leasing is another alternative for understudies who can't bear to purchase new one. Really, you don't need to purchase your own, since you will require the outfit once in your life. It is more viable to lease graduation tops and outfits for this one day uncommon occasion.
Politics is one of the most debated topics in the country today. With the wide variety of values present in America, it is bound to be a difficult topic to discuss. I’ve grown up in a family of democrats with religiously republican grandparents. Considering myself an Independent leaning democratic, I can usually calmly talk politics with my family. This year’s election has made any conversation surrounding politics toxic to my family and creates a large argument of one side or the other and no in between.