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Randy Renner and his son, Randy Renner Jr., specialize in restoring old homes, but thats not what they did at 7635 Westmoreland, just north of downtown Clayton. Rather, the Renners, co-founders of Period Restoration, built a new house on that lot, one that would be in harmony with the historic residences nearby.

When we do infill, we go to great lengths to make it fit, says the younger Renner. In this case, they werent enacting any specific clients vision. They were constructing a spec home, and relied on their own instincts for the design and build.

They wanted the kitchen to have ample natural light, so they installed three large windows in the main wall. That decision shrank the space available for upper cabinets, but theres plenty of room for storage elsewhere: inside the island, which is 4 feet deep, and on the adjacent wall, which holds lighted cabinets that stretch up to the ceiling.

That ceiling is a showstopper. Its molding is a nod to the coffered plaster ceilings found in many architecturally significant homes in the St. Louis area. Its fine, angular shapes jell visually with the trapezoidal range hood of stainless steel and polished nickeland with the biconical light fixtures and sconces by Visual Comfort.

The Renners wanted the future homeowners to be equipped to entertain, so they installed two sinks and two dishwashers. The island features a niche offering enough legroom for guests wishing to sidle up to it on stools and rest their cocktails on the Carrara marble countertop. Adjacent to the kitchen is a wet bar outfitted in handsome dark wood. Renner Jr. says he and his father prefer to feel their way through projects like these rather than follow a meticulous blueprint.

We dont ever have plans, he says. We just do it as we go. After they finished this project, late last year, the COVID-19 crisis gained steam in St. Louis, forcing them to remove the house from the real estate listingsbut they plan to put it back on the market soon.

Standout Feature:The refrigerator and freezer are concealed by quartersawn oak panels. The latches, from Locks & Pulls Design Elements, are made to mimic the look of a 1920s icebox.

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PUHI The Contractors Association of Kauai announced seven scholarship recipients, and turned over the collection of food and funds collected during a Tuesday afternoon meeting held at Gaylords at Kilohana who opened the facility for the occasion.

The food collection is a long-standing tradition with the CAK who gathers food for a nonprofit organization during its meetings, and Rae Hiramoto made special accommodations to host CAK for its meeting where Marks Place and Contemporary Flavors Catering provided the exotic box meal.

Zachary and Julia Safford were announced as the first set of siblings to earn CAK Scholarships, Zachary being the recipient of the Guy Matsunaga Memorial scholarship for $1,500 that was established by Judge Gerald Matsunaga in memory of his father who was a charter member of the CAK.

Zachary, a junior civil engineering major at the University of Notre Dame, was unable to attend the gathering because of training with the Air Force ROTC in Alabama.

Julia, the daughter of Laura Goodrich, and a 2020 Kauai High School graduate, earned one of two $1,000 Kenneth Shioi Memorial scholarships that were established through a scholarship program in his name and administered by the CAK to help Kauai students who aspire to be part of the next generation of construction professionals.

Julia will be attending Saint Marys College in Indiana where she plans on pursuing a civil engineering major.

Eunice Hanaya Gaper of Kalaheo, the daughter of Ma.Daisylyn and Eduardo Gaper and a sophomore civil engineering major at the University of California, Berkeley, was the second Kenneth Shioi Memorial scholarship recipient. She was unable to attend the meeting because she is participating in a summer internship program with Cahill Contractors, a Bay Area general contracting firm.

Earthworks Pacifics Responsible Managing Employee Matthew Reves, also a CAK member, established the first scholarship through CAK to support students pursuing studies in the construction sciences. The first Reves scholarship was presented to Rilen Loo, a junior civil engineering major at Seattle University where he is also an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers Club and the Hawaii Club.

Yasuo Minatoya of Lihue was a painting contractor and a charter member of CAK who was later made an Honorary Life member of CAK as the last-known surviving charter member. His son Richard established a scholarship in memory of his parents with scholarships to go to dependent members of CAK member companies staff or employees.

Richard unexpectedly passed a year ago, and the scholarship has been re-branded as the Yasuo, Hisae, and Richard Minatoya Memorial scholarship that was presented to Jordyn Kawehi Kahananui, the daughter of Madeline and Jordan Kahananui who is a superintendent with Koga Engineering and Construction, Kauai Operations.

Jordyn will be a junior majoring in electrical engineering at the University of Portland where she is active with the Hawaii Club, and the Filipino American Student Association.

Destrey Shibuya, a 2020 Kauai High School graduate, and a Boy Scouts of America Eagle who earned his wings by laying an Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant entryway and sidewalk for the Punana Leo O Kauai preschool, earned a CAK $1,000 scholarship that he will use as an electrical engineering major at The College of Wooster in Ohio. He is the son of Scott and Kathy Shibuya of Lihue.

Shaelyn Tavares, a 2020 Kapaa High School graduate, and the daughter of Jeana Nakamura and Warren Tavares, earned the second $1,000 CAK scholarship that she will use when she enters the University of San Diego as a freshman majoring in engineering.

Tavares, a member of the Kapaa High School National Honor Society, was active in the schools Interact Club, the Peer Mediation program, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Club where she was tapped to be a physics tutor for the Warriors.

The Contractors Association of Kauai, whose annual calendar of events was upended by the pandemic, did not let COVID-19 stop the scholarships for students, or the help for providing food in the face of the global pandemic.

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While announcing the expansion of its operational hours, the top Beaverton painting company's owner and spokesperson, Pablo Rodriguez, said, 'Our company specializes in high end residential and commercial architectural and performance coating finishes and waterproofing. We provide clients with superior customer service and quality painting projects above the rest. We are family-owned and operated, offering reliable, dependable, honest, high integrity, quality work, and superior client service.

Having complied with the relevant authorities by being registered and certified, Two Brothers Painting, LLC has further been insured to safeguard both its staff members and clients. Earning awards such as the Best Domestic Painting Contractor in the Sustainability Award 2020 and 2016 to 2019 Angie's Super Service Award, Two Brothers Painting, LLC still works relentlessly to continue providing 100% clients' satisfaction.

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Considering the hard work clients have undergone to attain their properties, the Beaverton Painter carefully covers the furniture, wall hangings, and carpets to protect them from being stained.

Two Brothers Painting, LLC is located at 4385 SW 109th Ave, Beaverton, OR 97005. Their company's expanded hours are now Monday through Friday from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. To schedule a free estimate, contact the Beaverton painting contractors by calling (503) 820-1832. For additional information regarding their services, send an email to info@2brotherspainting.com or visit their company's website.

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Premier Builders is a one-stop reliable and professional construction company that provides its clients with the relief of not dealing with multiple contractors to upgrade their homes!

Dublin, Ireland - Premier Builders is a friendly and trustworthy construction company that offers comprehensive design, management, and construction services to the houses and properties across Dublin. The company is renowned for the quality of work it produces and the professionalism that is adopted by its representatives. As an expert and trusted builders, the representatives of Premier Builders give the best industry advice and help ease their clients pain of making difficult decisions regarding property management.

Premier Builders is a hub of property up-gradation services. The company believes that by providing a full range of house management services it is saving its clients from getting tangled in dealing with multiple contractors. The services offered by Premier Builders include House Extensions, Renovation, Attic Conversions, Kitchen Renovation, Bathroom Renovations, Painting and Decorating, Carpentry, Electricity, Bricklaying Services, Floors and Tiling, Plumbing & Heating, and Home insulation.

Craftsmen at Premier Builders specialize in providing house renovation and redesigning services in all areas of Dublin. The companys in-house team of experts has solutions for all kinds of problems that might arise in a property. Whether an older property needs to be upgraded, or a present property has reached the point where just about everything requires updating and revival, Premier Builders can handle everything by maintaining complete professionalism and transparency.

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After entering into the contract to get the house or apartment renovated by Premier Builders, the individual becomes entitled to receive loft conversions, kitchen and bathroom installations, House extensions and conservatories, Roofing, and Joinery work. These customizable comprehensive packages at affordable rates certainly make the Premier Builders one of the best service providers of home renovations in Dublin.

Apart from providing unparalleled service of house renovation in Dublin, Premier Builders is also an established house extensions specialist in the region. Adding extensions in ones property is a cost-effective decision when the only other option is to buy a new place. From expanding a kitchen to getting a new living room for the family, house extensions are the fast and easy solutions for a good deal of homeowners in Dublin who have a growing need for more space. While talking about the Premier Builders house extension services, one of the spokespersons of the company said: "The choices with home extensions Dublin plans vary from the more conventional house extensions to the modern. The beauty of a home extension is that you may find an excess distance from scratch which means that it is open to all types of ideas. You may opt for a more sustainable area with a great deal of natural light, a new room with a more spacious feel to it, or those glass walls you've always desired, the choices are endless. Whether you want the ideal kitchen or dining room that you dream of for entertaining guests, additional bedrooms, bathrooms, or a nice quiet study, we can turn your fantasies into reality. We'll work with you to decide the size, shape, windows, electric fittings and doors, consisting of all of the significant finishing touches!

While there are a lot of other builders who can get all of this done, Premier Builders has always maintained its dominance by providing superior services for minimum cost. Since the whole job gets completed by the experts sitting under one roof, customers save a lot of time and money. They do not have to wait around and pay an extra amount for outsourcing. Customers also get access to a constant knowledgeable point of contact that guides them throughout the process. The management at Premier Builders believes in transparency and integrity. The company would never surprise its clients with unexpected expenses. Clients are always presented with an accurate and upfront project cost.

Improving ones home is one of the best ways to increase its value. Great building companies like Premier Builders not only provide home up-gradation services according to its clients budgets but also actively advises them to make correct decisions. Premier Builders operates 24/7 so that the prospective customers can flexibly arrange for their home renovation. The management of the company ensures that a trustworthy, efficient, and polite professional is visiting the clients place every time a service is booked. The technicians come equipped with a full range of manual and power tools: drills, wrench sets, saws, and even tall ladders. The company does not burden its clients to worry about the availability of the tools. Premier Builders is proud to offer its services in various parts of Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Louth, and Wicklow areas. The company invites prospective clients from this region to book an experienced repairman, installer, electrician, plumber, carpenter, or odd job man to help save on hassle and nerves.

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Premier Builders is an all-rounder construction and home renovation company that is serving the people of Dublin. The company offers a wide range of home improvement and management services with its in-house team of expert builders, technicians, and other professionals. The companys motto is that no job is too big or too small, they are going to cater to all your needs to make sure you get the best service available in the market.

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IT has been almost two years since roadworks along Ipswich Road and Harwich Road in Colchester began.

The scheme has been described as one of the biggest civil engineering projects in the towns history.

For the first 12 months most of the work concerned utility diversions, with BT cables, gas mains and water mains diverted.

It means pipes and cables are now under pavements and verges instead of the road itself, so any future alterations can be done without road closures and the huge expense which goes with it.

The Waitrose wall has been demolished, moved and re-built, and road widening along the route has taken place.

From water leaks to cable replacement problems the project has seen more than its fair share of setbacks.

Then came coronavirus stopping work on site for a month and the discovery of urgent repairs needed to the railway bridge in Cowdray Avenue.

Now the project is nearing completion with resurfacing and line painting getting underway in a matter of weeks.

The phrase Rome wasnt built in a day is perhaps an apt one for this project.

Essex County Councils infrastructure boss Kevin Bentley said: We dont do roadworks for fun, they are done because they are needed.

This was all about widening a road for more houses which will be built in Colchester.

In lots of cases the buildings of homes happen before infrastructure is in place. Here the infrastructure is going in first.

The road used to be the main route in and out of Colchester.

As a trunk road it had the water pipes for Colchester and phone lines for Harwich underneath it.

One wrong move and thousands would have been without phone lines and there could have been serious flooding in a matter of minutes.

Mr Bentley added: The project was always expected to take 18 months to two years. The first year was all the utility engineers.

And Mr Bentley hit back at residents who claimed they could not see work happening on site.

During the first year of work most of the engineers on site were working underground on the cable and pipe works.

Unfortunately some took their frustration out on the site workers. Signs had to be put up urging people not to abuse workers, who now wear body cams.

Mr Bentley said the workers on site did not deserve to suffer abuse while doing their jobs.

We had bottles of urine thrown at workers and verbal abuse, he said. I insisted they wore body cameras and we would prosecute.

Over the course of the past two years Ipswich Road south has faced numerous closures.

Businesses such as Rollerworld and the Old Siege House have said they suffered as a result.

Mr Bentley said he sympathised with the firms affected. We helped them where possible and showed people ways to get into that part of Colchester.

However, we had to do the work. When all these homes are built in five to ten years time no-one would have been able to get off their driveways let alone drive anywhere.

Whenever we did this work we would have the same problem.

Some had questioned why the project has taken so long when the 31.4 miles long Channel Tunnel was built in six years.

Mr Bentley said: When they built the Channel Tunnel they didnt have moving traffic or to have to keep roads open.

If we had that we could have done it in half the time.

As the project came to its final weeks and months it faced a series of unforeseen problems.

When coronavirus hit, Eurovia, the contractors, made a decision to take their staff off all their building sites across the UK.

Workers had Covid-19 related training and were able to be back on site four weeks later.

Then weeks later workers discovered urgent repairs were needed on the railway bridge at Cowdray Avenue.

Work on the Ipswich Road roundabout was paused until it could be fixed.

Despite the setbacks Mr Bentley is confident the whole project can be completed by September.

The Harwich Road roundabout will have resurfacing and line painting from July 13.

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Mr Bentley said: This is the biggest civil engineering project we have undertaken in recent years.

And Mr Bentley said once complete, it will be a job well done.

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I am an owner of mobile home parks, including the one shown in the photo accompanying your article on new legislation regulating such properties. The recent laws passed by the Colorado Legislature targeting mobile home parks seem based on the assumption that owners of mobile home parks are generally bad-acting, irrational persons, who often harass good tenants.Common sense should tell anyone that is not the case.Landlords tend to be rational actors who seek to avoid unnecessary problems with their customers.

The legislation creates more obstacles for landlords, in dealing with bad-acting tenants, who make life difficult for the other residents. Landlordsenforce rules as a way of maintaining nice, safe communities for all the residents, not for any nefarious reason.I dont know of any business, in which there is any long-term benefit in treating good customers unfairly, and this includes mobile home parks. It is no fun dealing with bad-acting tenants, and the process to evict them has always been an expensive, lengthy and burdensome undertaking. There is no public benefit in laws which make it more difficultfor landlords to properly operate properties by enforcing rules.

Other provisions of the law involve improper government interference in the ability of private citizens to buy and sell property; it is wrong for the government to interject itself in transactions involving private-property owners.

The ultimate results of legislation such as this will be to increase housing costs, while driving investors out of the business of providing this type of housing and to make existing properties less safe and appealing for the residents.

The free market, left alone, provides landlords plenty of incentive to properly manage propertiesfor the benefit of all interested parties.

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RANDOLPH, NJ- Table of Hope and Morris Habitat for Humanity will host a free mobile food distribution at the Morris Habitat Restore on Wednesday, July 8 to assist families in need during this time of crisis. All residents are welcome and there are no eligibility requirements.

The contactless, drive-through food pick up will take place at the Morris Habitat ReStore parking lot located at 274 South Salem Street in Randolph from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. The food distribution consists of a variety of free groceries, including fresh produce, dairy and canned goods. Face masks are required for everyone attending the event.

People who have never needed help before are finding themselves in a different position during this pandemic, said Blair Schleicher Wilson, CEO of Morris Habitat for Humanity. Many need a helping hand, and were mobilizing our volunteers and local officials to help Table of Hope further its goal of feeding those in need.

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Table of Hope was founded by Rev. Dr. Sidney Williams, pastor of Bethel Church in Morristown and Board member of Morris Habitat. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, Dr. Williams converted a bus used to pick up food into a mobile food pantry to deliver groceries directly to local neighborhoods. Since that time, Table of Hope has served more than 9,000 families and delivered more than 220 tons of food. Table of Hope receives food from the Community Food Bank of New Jersey, local farms and food service companies.

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Morris Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, nonprofit housing organization committed to building homes, communities and hope. Through volunteer labor and donations of money and materials, Morris Habitat builds new homes and provides home repair services to income eligible families. Morris Habitat collaborates with other Habitat affiliates and related housing organizations to improve the affordable housing stock in the region, and over the last four years has more than doubled the number of homes built. Morris Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion. Since 1985, Morris Habitat has served more than 400 households through home ownership opportunities, home preservation, and international home building programs. Proceeds from the ReStore, opened in 2007, have helped to fund construction while diverting almost 5,800 tons of useable material from local landfills. The ReStore store is located at 274 South Salem Street, Randolph. For more information, visit http://www.morrishabitat.org or call 973-891-1934.

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Security vulnerabilities in your home router have been the story for years, with the responsibility being placed at the feet of users to keep their router firmware updated. But a damning report by Fraunhofer says that router manufacturers themselves have taken years to issue patches, with potentially dozens of critical vulnerabilities lurking within older routers.

The June report by Fraunhofer-Institut fur Kommunikation (FKIE) extracted firmware images from routers made by Asus, AVM, D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, TP-Link, and Zyxel127 in all. The report (as noted by ZDNet) compared the firmware images to known vulnerabilities and exploit mitigation techniques, so that even if a vulnerability was exposed, the design of the router could mitigate it.

No matter how you slice it, Fraunhofers study pointed out basic lapses in security across several aspects. At the most basic level, 46 routers didnt receive any updatesat all in the last year. Many used outdated Linux kernels with their own, known vulnerabilities. Fifty routers used hard-coded credentials, where a known username and password was encoded into the router as a default credential that asked the user to change itbut would still be there, accessible, if they did not.

FKIE could not find a single router without flaws. Nor could the institute name a single router vendor that avoided the security issues.

AVM does [a] better job than the other vendors regarding most aspects, the report concluded. Asus and Netgear do a better job in some aspects than D-Link, Linksys, TP-Link, and Zyxel. We contactedBelkin (Linksys) and D-Link, two vendors named in the report, for comment, but didnt hear back by press time.

In conclusion the update policy of router vendors is far behind the standards as we know it from desktop or server operating systems, FKIE said elsewhere in the report. However, routers are exposed to the internet 24 hours a day leading to an even higher risk of malware infection.

Fraunhofer broke down how router vendors have fallen short into several categories.

Days since the last firmware release:Although 81 routers were updated in the last 365 days before the FKIE gathered its results (March 27, 2019 to Match 27, 2020) the average number of days to the prior update, across all devices, was 378. FKIE said 27 of the devices had not been updated within two years, with the absolute worst stretching to 1,969 daysmore then five years.

Asus, AVM, and Netgear issued updates for all of their devices within a year and a half, at least. By comparison, most antivirus programs issue updates at least daily.

Age of the OS: Most routers run Linux, an open-source software model that offers researchers the ability to examine the basic Linux kernel code and apply patches. When the kernel itself is outdated, however, fundamental known vulnerabilities in the OS are ripe for exploitation. FKIE used the open-source Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool (FACT) to extract the router firmware, finding that a third of the routers ran on top of the 2.6.36 Linux kernel, an older version. Thelast security update for kernel version 2.6.36 was provided nine years ago, the study found.

Critical vulnerabilities in the tested routers abounded. Theaverage number of critical vulnerabilities found for each router was 53, with even the best routers subject to 21 critical vulnerabilities (there were a whopping 348 high-rated vulnerabilities, too).

Exploit mitigation: Routers can be built to protect their kernel using a variety of exploit mitigation techniques, including the non-executable bit (NX) to mark a region of memory as non-executable. This was a common way of protecting the router, but FKIE found that the usage of exploit mitigation techniques was rare.

Private keys: We want to make it absolutely clear that there is no good reason to publish a private key, because a published private key does not provide any security at all! FKIE wrote. Publishing the private cryptographic key in the firmware allows an attacker to impersonate the device itself and do man in the middle attacks, an exploit that tries to fool the users PC and the server into believing that the attacker is the trusted router.

FKIE found that at least five private keys are published per firmware image. The Netgear R6800 provides a total number of 13 private keys in a single device. AVM was the only vendor FKIE found that did not publish private keys.

Hard-coded login credentials: You may already be familiar with hard-coded credentials: a router that uses admin and password as its default credentials. While that makes it easy to recover a lost password, it also makes it extremely easy for an attacker to take over your router. Furthermore, if the user cannot change a password, you might get a feeling that the password is related to a backdoor, FKIE wrote, implying that hard-coding credentials could have been added to allow monitoring of your device.

The good news is that more than 60% of the router firmware images do not have hard-coded login credentials, FKIE wrote. The bad news is that 50 routers do provide hard-coded credentials. Sixteen routers have well known or easy crackable credentials.

FKIEs report doesnt suggest choosing an open-source firmware replacement for your router, although that option is certainly available. Unfortunately, some of the firmware options are no longer maintained, or only work on a subset of (older) routers. Its disappointing that the easiest route for criminals to penetrate your home network appears to benot your PC, or your operating systembut the router youre using to connect to the rest of the world.

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