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The Pioneers of American Industrial Design postage stamps honor 12 of the nation's most influential industrial designers. There will be a dedication ceremony at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. (Associated Press)
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Robert Polidori via Associated Press Jay Swayze's design for Girard Henderson's Las Vegas bomb shelter featured a backyard with fake greenery, a barbecue camouflaged in a fake boulder, swimming pool and patio area. Murals were painted on the interior of the home's protective concrete shell. Lighting could be adjusted to create day or night.
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Monika Wenger, the owner of the Gruener Baum (Green Tree) hotel, shows a drawing by Chinese architects of her hotel in Hallstatt, Austria. After taking photos and collecting other data on the village while mingling with tourists, Chinese architects plan to rebuild Hallstatt in Guandong province.
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Its beauty has landed Hallstatt, Austria, on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites and inspired a Chinese firm to build a lookalike version of the popular tourist destination in China.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS "Three Cups of Tea" co-author Greg Mortenson (left) shows the locations of future village schools to Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the opening of Pushghar Village Girls School, 60 miles north of Kabul in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, in July, 2009.
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Ronald Moten is co-founder of Peaceoholics, a home for troubled youth where Sanquan Carter was to stay. (The Washington Times)
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Views from Trocadero square include the Eiffel Tower and the Ecole Militaire. Mr. Allen has composed a sweet and zany Valentine to the French capital.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicken lasagna casserole can be be spooned into a sub roll or served over a bed of noodles or rice.
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This May 23, 2011 photo shows chicken lasagna casserole in Concord, N.H. This dish can be served over a bed of noodles or rice. It also could be spooned into a sub roll. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)
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Associated Press Protein-rich but plain, nuts have always been the utility players of the snack world. Until now, that is. Clockwise from top are sweet butter-roasted almonds, smoky crusted walnuts and citrus-herb pistachios.
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Associated Press Protein-rich but plain, nuts have always been the utility players of the snack world. Until now, that is. Clockwise from top are sweet butter-roasted almonds, smoky crusted walnuts and citrus-herb pistachios.
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Syrians living in makeshift tents inside Syria near the Turkish border village of Guvecci are seen shortly before Turkey's Red Cresdent distribute free food alongside Turkey-Syria border near the Turkish village of Guvecci in Hatay province, Turkey, on June 22, 2011. (Associated Press)
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The Arlington home is on the market for $935,000. Built in 2003, the home has four bedrooms, three full baths and a powder room.
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The fenced backyard of the home at 728 N. Barton St. in Arlington has a flagstone patio and space for gardening.
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The lower-level recreation room has glass doors that open to steps leading to the flagstone patio and backyard.
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Built in 1886, the home at 6058 Willow Oak Road in Eastville, Va., could be reconverted for use as a bed and breakfast. It is on the market for $348,843.
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Waterford Development is building 89 condominiums at Rhodes Hill Square in Arlington. The three low-rise buildings have a red brick exterior and white trim.
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Photographs by Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times Kathy Jentz, editor of Washington Gardner magazine, does some weeding around her Silver Spring cottage garden. Ms. Jentz says in the informal cottage garden, flowers can bleed over into other beds and even into pathways. The goal, she says, is to have something in bloom all year round.
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Cottage gardens often feature quaint or comfortable accessories, such as a picket fence or stone pathway.
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A bee pollinates some lavendar in Kathy Jentz's Silver Spring, Md., cottage garden on Monday, June 20, 2011. According to Jentz, editor of Washington Gardner magazine, a cottage garden is perhaps the most informal of all gardens. Flowers can bleed over into other beds and even into pathways, and it's ok. The goal, she says, is to have something in bloom all year round. Lavendar is another old-fashioned plant that grandma might have had in her own garden. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
