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Q: As my parents have gotten older, they have begun asking one of the towel bars in their bathroom to do double duty – as a grab bar. You can probably guess what happened. Last week my dad, who is not a small man, used the towel bar for an assist off the commode. The result was a dangling towel bar and a nice quarter-size hole where the screw used to be.

I have two questions: How do I fix the hole in the drywall, and what’s the best way to install a grab bar to make sure it stays put?

A: While properly installed grab bars can do double duty as towel bars, it doesn’t work the other way around. Even the best towel bars just aren’t beefy enough. Also, they generally aren’t fastened to a stud – wall anchors are usually the preferred hardware.

We’d bet that this is the case with your folks’ towel bar.

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Tags: Bar, Towel Bar

A new restaurant will open soon in Riverside Plaza, filling a central location left vacant last summer by the departure of Citrus City Grille, but new challenges have emerged at the outdoor shopping center.

The liquidation of the Borders bookstore chain has left a prime, 20,000-square-foot retail spot vacant, and it’s expected to remain empty at least through the holiday shopping season. And the future of the plaza’s largest retail space, currently occupied by Forever 21, is up in the air.

Work is under way on the new restaurant, Mázz Bar & Grill, which is expected to open before the holiday season in the space formerly occupied by Citrus City. It’s an entrepreneurial project for Ray Garcia, a former vice president of operations for El Torito Restaurants.

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Tags: Restaurant, Riverside Plaza

The real estate and property market Dubai has gained great significance in the Middle Eastern region in recent years due to continuously increase in the demand of real estate properties in Dubai and also due to high rate of return on the investment made by the investors. This is why property investors from all over the world are investing a lot of capital in the real estate market Dubai.

Investment in projects like The Palm, The World, Downtown Dubai, Dubai Marina, Arabian Ranches, Business Bay, Dubai Internet City, and Dubai Media city have brought in a large number of real estate properties for sale in Dubai. The attraction of a higher rate of return on the investment is also another reason for the progress in the real estate market Dubai as many property investors from around the globe are tempted to invest in Dubai property market.

The buyers are also very much attracted in buying properties for sale in Dubai as not only they are sure to find some stunning choices in terms of architecture design and facilities but the quality of construction is also very good.

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Tags: Market, Property Market, Real Estate

Hey all,

So, my original plan was to write a big long post going over every last nook ‘n cranny of our reader poll results in painstaking detail. But then I remembered that I basically have the attention span of a fruit fly.

So instead, I’m just going to post Pretty Bar Graphs of the results, and also give you a link so you can download the full excel version of the responses.

Without Further Ado… Pretty Bar Graph #1

As you can see, Updates on the Local Market was our big big winner, with around 425 votes. Trailing the pack was Profiles of Agents, with four votes.

And Now… Pretty Bar Graph #2

(…in which our hero discovers which feature types are most popular among readers.)

This one was a bit of a shockeroni for me, because I really thought video was going to dominate here. I mean, y

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