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The reward of having fresh, yummy green beans all year is well worth the work. Wash your picked beans very well and then snap. After snapping you green beans I always wash mine again to be sure all dirt and debris free. Fill your pressure canner with four inches of water, place rack in the bottom of the pressure canner, and then place the pressure canner on the stove with out the lid. Next, place a regular boiler on the stove with water for filling the jars and heat to a boil. Next place canning lids in a pot of...

Want to easily add some custom style to your home on a small budget? Consider using these fun and decorative FloorPops Peel & Stick tiles to beautify your home. We installed these stylish vinyl tiles recently in our kitchen as an easy DIY project and I’m super impressed with the results! The best part is that there were no trips to the hardware store at all, and we were able to get this wall done in under 3 hours for just $50! It was time for a change on this feature wall. About 6 years ago, I painted the bottom...

Blue Spruce Toolworks is a rather unique woodworking toolmaker, creating customized hand tools with rather striking visual appearances. I believe that it was Blue Spruce’s woodworking squares that first caught my attention and prompted me to sign up for their email newsletter about a year ago. Each time I open a Blue Spruce newsletter, or visit their website, I am tempted further and further to finally buy what will probably be the last square I ever need. With these squares – a woodworking staple – you can choose the color of the stainless steel blade, the color of the aluminum...

Managing hardware and software intellectual property (IP) in large and even mid-size companies has become a full-time job. One must know what kind of in-house and third-party IP is available to a project, where the IP is located, what licenses apply, how best to rack and maintain the proper versions, and much more. To get a better idea of the ongoing trends in IP management, Design News sat down to talk with Simon Butler, CEO and Founder of Methodics, an IP lifecycle management and traceability company. What follows is an edited version of that interview. Image Source: CDNLive Design News:...

In the days when the Republican Party of Minnesota Headquarters was located within walking distance of the MN State Capitol in St Paul, I, Tom Polachek, used to volunteer frequently there.  One thing about volunteering at the HQ, was they rarely had snacks for volunteers.  So I had to brown bag it when I did Precinct Caucus Data Entry and do phone-banking there.  Occasionally there was Pizza but that was rare.  So I started to bring made-from-scratch cookies to share with some of the staff and the other volunteers. When the HQ was moved out of St Paul to the...