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Home improvement projects can become costly and time consuming. Remodeling a family room, living room or dining room might be a little tough, but redoing rooms that involve plumbing and large appliances, such as the kitchen and bathroom, can get difficult and complicated. Painting and renovating the outside of the house can turn into a messy chore that takes a long time. Using a paint sprayer to paint, stain and finish walls, moldings, trim and shutters gives homeowners a way to simplify all of these home renovation tasks and more.

Paint sprayers give do-it-yourself home remodelers a big advantage over using paintbrushes and rollers. The sprayers cover larger areas and spread the paint more evenly with less dripping and splattering than a brush or roller. Painters can finely adjust better quality sprayers to control the pressure and the size of the spray area. The paint is sprayed in a fine mist for a smooth, even coating with no brush or roller marks. It?s also far easier to paint uneven surfaces, such as stucco walls, wooden railings and shutters, with a sprayer rather than a brush. Sprayers can also be used for wood staining and finishing.

Homeowners should factor the cost of paint sprayers into their supply lists before beginning their home remodeling projects. Sprayers come in a range of quality and price levels, and there are different types of sprayers. Choosing the right sprayer for the job will help save time, money and aggravation in the long run.

The two main types of sprayers are airless sprayers and those that generate air to atomize the paint spray. Sprayers for residential use come in both varieties. The prices for these sprayers start out at a few hundred dollars and go up to over a thousand. Homeowners need to do their homework to make sure they purchase the level of sprayer appropriate for their painting needs. The atomizing sprayers generally run cheaper, but they are less powerful and cannot be as finely adjusted as the airless sprayers. Airless sprayers use high air compression levels to force the paint through a spray gun. Professional painters mainly use airless sprayers, but not all airless sprayers are professional quality. Do-it-yourselfers may wish to look for lower priced airless sprayers labeled ?professional quality.? Airless sprayers are also more dangerous because of the high pressure used to spray the paint. If the nozzle comes into contact with skin, the paint can shoot through and cause a serious injury. Homeowners should carefully read the safety instructions that come with any painting machine they purchase.

Along with safety instructions, paint sprayers will include detailed instructions for their assembly and use. These should also be carefully reviewed and followed. Paint sprayers come with several sections that must be properly assembled. Smaller sprayers can be carried or might come with a backpack piece. Larger sprayers will mount on wheeled assemblies for easy transport. The cup or bucket that holds the paint will need to be carefully cleaned and stored after each use. It?s also best to wear a mask and goggles when spraying paint.

Homeowners who don?t want to make the commitment to buy a painting sprayer or who only need to cover a limited area also have the option of renting a sprayer. Home improvement stores generally rent paint sprayers, and will give customers detailed instructions on using the sprayers.

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Expert: Poor guardrails on NY road where 7 died

A man is mourning the deaths of his wife, daughter and five other family members who were killed when their SUV plunged off an overpass near New York City's Bronx Zoo. NBC's Jeff Rossen reports.

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The section of highway where an accident sent seven members of a Bronx family flying over a guardrail and plummeting to their deaths has narrow lanes, steep hills, tight turns, inadequate guardrails and no breakdown lane, an auto safety group said Monday.

The Bronx River Parkway "lacks modern transportation engineering features," said Robert Sinclair, spokesman for the American Automobile Association's New York City affiliate. He said it was conceived in 1907 and opened in 1925 as "the first limited access multilane highway in the U.S."


Three sections of the parkway in the Bronx, including one at or near the accident site, are on the state Transportation Department's 5 Percent List, a federally mandated report of locations "exhibiting the most severe highway safety needs."

The driver, Maria Gonzalez, clipped a highway divider and damaged a tire Sunday afternoon before her SUV plunged off a highway and six stories down into a ravine on the grounds of the Bronx Zoo, killing three generations of a family, including three children, police said.

The overpass close to the Bronx Zoo has been the site of serious automobile accidents in recent years, although evidence of neglect stretches back into the 1970s, The New York Daily News reported.

Critics contend that city and state officials failed to act despite the string of deaths, according to the the newspaper.

"I've actually walked that parkway on foot. It is an amalgam of patchwork and Band-Aid repairs. You have plates, and it's like the roadway is in sections. One section doesn?t necessarily meet up with the other," lawyer Jeff Korek, who is suing the city after a 2006 wreck at the same spot that killed six people, told the Daily News.

'I don't want to live': Families mourn 7 killed in Bronx crash

"It?s really a section of roadway that has to be improved," he said. "A proper safety review of this roadway would have prevented many deaths, including these latest."

Family members of those killed on Sunday seemed inclined to agree with Korek's assessment.

Juan Gonzalez, the driver's husband, blamed the state, at least in part, for the crash.

"He says it's very careless of the state to let that happen," a relative said, translating Gonzalez's Spanish at a funeral home. "There's been several incidents before this. Accidents such as this and they haven't done anything to prevent this."

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Police investigate the destroyed van that plunged over the Bronx River Parkway, Sunday April 29, 2012, in New York. Authorities say the out-of-control van plunged off a roadway near the Bronx Zoo, killing seven people, including three children. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

The state Department of Transportation's only comment was an email message that said, "We are working closely with all agencies involved to determine the cause of this tragic accident."

On the highway, just before the accident site, is a sign that warns of "Limited Sight Distance" on the six-lane parkway, which runs north-south between the south Bronx and central Westchester County.

Second in past year
The accident was the second in the past year where a car fell off the same stretch of the parkway; the earlier accident wasn't fatal. In 2006, six people were killed on the parkway when one car crossed the median into oncoming traffic.

Police said Maria Gonzalez of the Bronx was driving south at 68 mph when she bumped a concrete barrier separating the north- and southbound lanes. With one tire damaged, her Honda Pilot skittered across three lanes of traffic, hit a 2-foot-high concrete curb and went airborne, clearing a 4-foot-tall guardrail.

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"It is very strange that there is a curb there," Sinclair said. "You don't put curbs on high-speed roadways because they can serve as launching pads, which appears to be what happened here. A big Honda Pilot flew over a 4-foot guardrail."

He said the guardrail should be higher on an elevated roadway.

Gonzalez was driving well above the posted 50 mph limit, but speeding is common at that point and she may have been simply keeping up with traffic, said New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne. He said there was no evidence Gonzalez was texting, on a phone or had been drinking. Toxicology tests are pending.

"There's no evidence of a mechanical failure," he added.

The medical examiner's office on Monday ruled the deaths accidental. Autopsies showed that all seven died from blunt force trauma.

The NYPD's accident investigation squad found "yaw marks" on the road, he said. He said they indicate a vehicle going perpendicular to traffic.

All the victims were wearing seat belts.

They were identified as Jacob Nunez, 85, and Ana Julia Martinez, 81, who were visiting from the Dominican Republic; their daughters, Gonzalez, 45, and Maria Nunez, 39, and three grandchildren. The children were Jocelyn Gonzalez, 10, the daughter of the driver, and Niely Rosario, 7, and Marly Rosario, 3, both daughters of Nunez.

Msnbc.com staff and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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NVIDIA unleashes GeForce GTX 690 graphics card, loads it with dual Kepler GPUs, charges $1k

ImageWould you look at that? NVIDIA hinted it would be coming today, and it looks like the tease is living up to the hype. The company stormed into the weekend at its Shanghai Game Festival by unleashing its latest offering, the GeForce GTX 690 -- and oh yeah, it's packing two 28nm Kepler GPUs! Trumping the recently released GTX 680 as the "worlds fastest graphics card," it's loaded with a whopping 3,072 Cuda cores. The outer frame is made from trivalent chromium-plated aluminum, while you'll find thixomolded magnesium alloy around the fan for vibration reduction and added cooling. Aiding in cooling even further, the unit also sports a dual vapor chamber and center-mounted fan. It'll cost you a spendy $1,000 to pick up one of these puppies come May 3rd, and you'll likely be tempted to double up -- two can run together in SLI as an effective quad-core card. With that said, NVIDIA claims that a single 690 runs 4dB quieter and handles about twice the framerate as a duo of GTX 680s in SLI -- impressive, but we'll reserve judgement until we see it for ourselves. Check out the press release after the break if you'd like more information in the meantime (...and yes, it runs Crysis -- 2 Ultra to be exact -- at 57.8fps, according to NVIDIA).

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Usher To Preview Looking For Myself At Off-Broadway Show

Singer tells MTV News 'Fuerza Bruta' matches the 'more artistic' music on his upcoming album.
By Jocelyn Vena

<P>This Saturday (and this Saturday only), Usher will appear in New York City's "Fuerza Bruta," an off-Broadway show where no one speaks, but the story is told through bright lights, music and dancing. In the lead role of Running Man, Usher will also use the show to preview his June album release, Looking for Myself. </P><P> </P><P>Fans in the audience will likely get closer than they've ever been to the singer, as the audience stands during the performance, becoming another member of the company. With several weeks until his album release, Usher explained to MTV News at a rehearsal why he wanted to use this show to preview tracks. </P><P> </P><P> </P><P> </P><P>"I felt like the natural elements as well as the emotion of 'Fuerza Bruta' would definitely speak or be significant to some of the stories and I guess hopefully a connection [was there]," he explained of tying this performance to his album. "When we began to explore different directions [for the performance like] maybe we use some of their music, maybe we use some of mine ... and before you knew it the idea came together. We tried it, I got on Running Man and it worked." </P><P> </P><P>The show will stream his entire album, which drops June 12, and he thinks the mind-bending artistry of "Fuerza Bruta" works with the sound he's created on it. "This is more artistic of an album than I've had in history," he said. "And I felt like yeah, it would be a lot for me, but I was willing to at least try it. There were many times I had seen the show and I only hoped that I would be able to make it happen." </P><P> </P><P><center></center></p>

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Wallpaper Wednesday - Sky, Phil's Podcast Mic, Antique Flowers

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Skype launches on PS Vita, can do video calls in the middle of gaming sessions (video)

Skype launches on PS Vita, can do video calls in the middle of Uncharted (video)

Skype continues to spread itself to anything with a data connection, and while while we don't expect this to be the last gaming device it'll appear on, it's the second. Yes, the Microsoft-owned Skype will be available to download for free on the Sony-made PlayStation Vita later today and it's capable of video calls from the get-go -- although we're yet to test whether that's possible on a 3G signal. Embarrassingly, the app looks far more capable than its recent gone-gold compadre on Microsoft's very own mobile platform. While the Windows Phone version is unable to tick along in the background, the Vita (with all that top-end processing power) can still keep your account online while you're running other apps, even take those video calls mid-game. Thankfully, Skype has drafted in professional gamer Fatal1ty to give us a quick tour of the UI and how it's all meant to click together -- it's included right after the break.

Update: To allow the Skype app to connect in the background, games like Uncharted, which switch off wireless connections, are unfortunately not supported.

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WPP Teams Up With Infosys To Launch Its First All-In-One Cloud-Based Marketing Platform

CloudsThe heat is on to migrate more digital marketing activities into the cloud, and while we have seen a lot of movements from smaller, fleet-0f-foot startups in this area, the big players don't want to be left out in the cold, either. Enter WPP, which today announced a partnership with the Bangalore-based outsourcing and IT specialist Infosys for a new cloud-based digital marketing platform. Called "BrandEdge," the two say the platform is the first of its kind in the industry, in that it brings together, into the cloud, a range of digital marketing activities such as creation and management of digital media across multiple locations and tools to manage campaing execution -- all running on a single platform.

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