The second round of Wimbledon is underway and Nick Kyrgios is already deep into his bag of tricks. Kyrgios doing Kyrgios things ? #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/Em8fNQWgme   ESPN (@espn) July 4, 2019 As Kyrgios was preparing to toss the ball in the air for a normal serve, he quickly hit the ball underhand to secure the set with an ace. The third-ranked Rafael Nadal was completely unprepared and could do nothing but watch the ball bounce in front of him for the point. 23 wins in a row at Roland-Garros… @RafaelNadal wins his 12th title in Paris 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 over Dominic Thiem. ? https://t.co/uLebPf6COb #RG19 pic.twitter.com/yEoAq1ghdE   Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 9, 2019 After winning his 12th career French Open, Nadal is looking to conquer Wimbledon for a third time. If he wants to be successful, he'll have to get past a rival in Kyrgios. If one thing's for certain, it's that Kyrgios won't go down easy. He's already shown he'll do whatever it takes to steal a point against the favored Nadal. Related Slideshow: Best of 2019 Wimbledon Championships (Provided by imagn)


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WINNERS Joe Gibbs Racing   Martin Truex Jr. wins at Sonoma Raceway and Kyle Busch finishes second, giving the organization its 10th victory in 16 Cup races this season. For car owner Joe Gibbs, it capped off a weekend that included his grandson Ty winning his first ARCA race on Saturday at Gateway . Matt DiBenedetto   Finished a career-best fourth and was his first top 10 for Leavine Family Racing. DiBenedetto celebrated by thanking those who have given him a chance to run in Cup. Ross Chastain   A week after his win was taken away when his truck failed inspection, Chastain simply came back and won at Gateway after a call by crew chief Phil Gould to pit for fuel only late. Chastain only needs to be in the top 20 in points to be headed to the Truck playoffs and that will happen soon. Ryan Blaney   His third-place finish tied for his best finish of the year, matching what he did at Phoenix in March. LOSERS Daniel Suarez   Had to start at the rear because of an engine change . He was running fourth when he made his last scheduled pit stop. However, the team was called for an uncontrolled tire. The penalty dropped Suarez to 27th with 24 laps to go. He finished 17th. The bigger issue, though, was that although he finished two spots ahead of William Byron , Suarez actually lost 16 points to Byron based on the difference in stage points. That's important because Byron is now two points behind Suarez for 13th in the season standings. Clint Bowyer   Was running fifth on Lap 27 when he came in to pit because of a loose wheel. He fell to 37th and went on to finish 11th, a nice recovery but losing all that track position made his day longer. What might have been had he not had that loose wheel? Chase Elliott   Engine failure ended what looked like would be a top-five day, if not better. Instead, he finished 37th.


According to rental site Zumper , median rents for a one bedroom in Central Business District are hovering around $1,350, compared to a $1,119 one-bedroom median for Orlando as a whole. So how does the low-end pricing on a Central Business District rental look these days   and what might you get for the price? We took a look at local listings for studios and one-bedroom apartments from Zumper and Apartment Guide to find out what budget-minded apartment seekers can expect to find in the neighborhood, which, according to Walk Score ratings , is somewhat walkable, is very bikeable and offers many nearby public transportation options. Read on for the cheapest listings available right now. (Note: prices and availability are subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. 860 N. Orange Ave. Listed at $1,125/month, this 647-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bathroom abode, located at 860 N. Orange Ave., is 16.7 percent less than the $1,350/month median rent for a one bedroom in Central Business District. When it comes to building amenities, expect garage parking, on-site laundry and secured entry. You can also expect carpeted floors in the residence. Good news for cat lovers: Kitties are welcome. There's no leasing fee required for this rental. (See the complete listing here .) 151 E. Washington St. This one-bedroom, one-bathroom rental, situated at 151 E. Washington St., is listed for $1,150/month for its 556 square feet. In the unit, the listing promises both air conditioning and central heating. The building features garage parking, an elevator, on-site laundry, a fitness center and a swimming pool. Cats and dogs are not welcome. There's no leasing fee required for this rental. (See the complete listing here .) 335 N. Magnolia Ave. Then there's this 586-square-foot apartment at 335 N. Magnolia Ave., listed at $1,298/month. In the unit, expect to find a dishwasher, a mix of hardwood floors and carpeting and in-unit laundry. Neither cats nor dogs are welcome. The building offers garage parking. The rental doesn't require a leasing fee. (See the listing here .) 777 N. Orange Ave. This studio apartment, situated at 777 N. Orange Ave., is listed for $1,389/month for its 650 square feet. The residence has a fireplace, hardwood flooring, a dishwasher and a walk-in closet. Good news for animal lovers: Both dogs and cats are allowed here. There isn't a leasing fee associated with this rental. (See the listing here .) This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM)   A two year veteran of the Frisco Police Department, K-9 Officer Boris died this week. The department said a medically-related issue claimed the 4 1 ⁄2 year old Belgian Malinois' life. Boris (credit: Frisco Police Department) Fellow officers said Boris was an integral part of their K-9 unit, the Frisco Police Department and the community. At the time of his death, K-9 Boris was at a specialized police-dog training facility where he continued training and remained active while awaiting a new handler. During his watch, K-9 Boris assisted in making 79 drug-related arrests, was used in over 100 narcotics sniffs per year, was deployed seven times for tracking suspects, and was successful in six no-bite suspect apprehensions. A public ceremony honoring the life and service for K-9 Boris will be held on Monday, August 26, 2019. (courtesy: Frisco Police Department)


An almost-serious investigation into the money behind the moon hoax theory. The first step on the path to recovery is admitting that the more you listen to moon landing conspiracy theories, the more you start to believe them. What finally got me were the crosshairs. Crosshairs! The word itself sounds like it belongs on a bulletin board covered with a laserlike web of red yarn. But you tell me why some of the camera's crosshairs appeared to be behind objects in NASA's moon landing photos? You can't! It turns out, though, you can. You can also disprove literally every moon landing conspiracy claim, of which there are many dozens. On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module landed on the moon. We have irrefutable proof of this; still, anywhere from 6 to 20 percent of Americans do not believe it actually happened, depending on your source, with an additional (and far more bewildering) 5 percent who said in a 1999 Gallup poll that they were "undecided." But the moon landing hoax theory has persisted for decades due to the simple fact that if you don't think about it too hard, it sort of makes sense. The motive is there: The US really wanted to beat the Soviet Union to the moon, and Sputnik forced NASA into action. The technology was there (although this Adam Ruins Everything segment explains why actually, it wasn't), because 2001: A Space Odyssey had come out a year before and showed realistic footage of a studio-simulated space. Plus, the feat seemed physically impossible: Wouldn't the Van Allen radiation belts kill astronauts before they got to the moon? (No, because the spaceship only moved through them for a few hours, not days.) And how were computers from the '60s supposed to launch a rocket that went 239,000 miles? Weren't they basically just calculators? Seems fake! And then there is the dubious physical evidence of the moon landing, which has been dissected by conspiracy theorists for decades. In photos, shadows appear at multiple angles, but shouldn't there just be a single light source in space, the sun? Why was the American flag waving when there is no wind in a vacuum? Why wasn't there a crater where the Apollo landed? Why would astronauts' boots make footprints when there's no water on the moon? What about the crosshairs? The crosshairs!!! I just spent like 30 minutes reading about the moon hoax theory for my class and I'm just saying @NASA starting to look a lil sus pic.twitter.com/1yLuHxbaW2   Christina Camargo (@stuggletrain) June 10, 2019 This is only a sampling of supposed evidence that the moon landing was faked, all of which has been debunked, repeatedly, for decades. And yet a steady gurgling of moon truther ephemera has remained since the 1970s, from books to documentaries and now, YouTube videos. Someone must benefit from insisting that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin didn't walk on the moon, right? Otherwise, why would so many people still believe it? So I did what conspiracy theorists do, and followed the money. Moon landing conspiracy theories began with a self-published book To understand who's making money off moon landing conspiracy theories, you have to go back in history, starting with the first major book written about it. What would you call your book about the fact that we never went to the moon? We Never Went to the Moon (subhead: "America's Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle") was written in 1976 by a man called Bill Kaysing, who according to the tribute website BillKaysing.com was also known as "Wild Bill Kaysing" and is widely considered the father of moon landing hoax theories. (Kaysing died in 2005.) Kaysing's claim to expertise was that in the early 1960s, he had worked as a technical writer for Rocketdyne, a rocket design and production company, and alleged that the job had given him access to documents proving that the Apollo mission was a hoax. But because Kaysing self-published his seminal book, it's impossible to know how much money he actually made from inventing one of the most popular conspiracy theories of all time. He spent the rest of his life appearing on talk shows, likely for modest sums of money, and went on to write and self-publish other books called How to Eat Well for a Dollar a Day. Kaysing was also critical of corporations and "Madison Avenue" and advocated for the homeless, according to his website. Paperback editions of We Never Went to the Moon are currently being sold on Amazon for the rather high price of $44.99, though it is also the 921,946th most popular book on the website, which is not very popular. Someone is making money, however, but it is not Kaysing; instead, it is the CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, which is owned by Amazon. $$$: Probably very little, but at least some of it is going to Amazon! One television network definitely made money off the moon landing conspiracy One of the programs Kaysing appeared on was a controversial 2001 Fox TV special called " Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? " which effectively answers its titular question with a big "no." It presented evidence that suggested that NASA had faked the moon landing, and sparked considerable doubt among the public. In 2002, one of the conspiracy theorists who appeared on the Fox show harassed Buzz Aldrin on the street, asking him to swear on the Bible that he actually went to the moon. Aldrin then punched him in the face, and there is a video of it . Fox officials claimed to the Salt Lake City paper Deseret News that after "Did We Land on the Moon?" aired, American skepticism of the moon landing increased to 20 percent, and afterward, the Today show aired a debate about it. But did Fox make money off it? The same article states that the 47-minute program aired to about 15 million people, which would have translated to about 13 minutes of commercials in an hour-long slot. Today, the only shows that garner 15 million viewers are the really big ones   we'll use as an example CBS's hit show NCIS , which had more than 15 million viewers over the 2018-'19 season. A 30-second ad spot for NCIS in 2018 cost about $136,000, according to Ad Age . In 2001 dollars, that's $96,074.10   multiply that by 26, for a total of 13 minutes of advertising, and that's $2,597,926.60 worth of ad dollars. This is, obviously, an extremely imperfect science but a helpful ballpark! $$$: At least a couple million for Fox and ultimately for Rupert Murdoch, who wouldn't consider that very much money at all. But are any moon truthers making money on YouTube? Even though many of the original moon truthers who appeared on TV talk shows and documentaries throughout the '90s and early 2000s are now dead, there has to be a new generation of hucksters on the most conspiracy theory-friendly platform of the 21st century, right? Wrong, although this may be more of a recent development. Now that there have been several violent crimes committed by people radicalized via YouTube videos, the company has said that it will recommend fewer conspiracy theory videos , and those expressing doubt about widely accepted events will include an informational text box linking to third-party sources. That's why pretty much all moon landing conspiracy theory videos on YouTube now contain this: Plus, making money strictly off YouTube advertisements is increasingly difficult , and most moon landing conspiracy videos are virtually harmless considering their low production value or lack of substantial views, like my favorite example of a guy in sunglasses and a yellow vest combing through the original moon landing issue of National Geographic. (Hilariously, the pre-roll advertisement I got for this video was a MasterClass with NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield.) There is one exception to this: Shane Dawson, who built a subscriber base of 22 million in part by making conspiracy theory videos aimed at teens and kids. His moon landing video, which has 7 million views, stops short of saying that he actually believes NASA faked the moon landing, but admits it was what sparked his interest in conspiracy theories. After presenting all the evidence, he says, "It's not a shock, because the government fakes so much shit. I mean, we've talked about 9/11, we've talked about crisis actors. Why wouldn't the moon landing be fake? Why wouldn't we fake that, just to win over other countries? It makes you wonder, have we actually ever been to the moon?" This video is making money for Dawson   there are ads on it, and there is notably not one of YouTube's Apollo 11 disclaimer boxes in the description. According to Social Blade, which tracks YouTubers' stats and estimated earnings, a video with 7 million views would earn him anywhere between $3,500 and $28,000 , depending on ad revenue. $$$: Somewhere between $3,500 and $28,000. Seems like the money keeps rising to the top! Hmm! The average YouTuber isn't Shane Dawson, however, and neither is the average moon landing truther. Dawson seems to be one of the few individuals making actual money off peddling moon landing conspiracy theories. But notably, his moon landing video isn't anywhere near his most-viewed conspiracy videos, so one couldn't argue that Dawson is making his living off the moon landing theory alone. As in most economies, the moon landing conspiracy economy drives the money all the way to the top: The top booksellers (Amazon), the top TV networks (Fox), and the top YouTubers (Dawson). Which means that those who benefit the most from people believing in moon landing conspiracies are those already in power! Maybe that's why some of our most visible truthers are very famous celebrities: Kyrie Irving , Steph Curry (though he later said he was joking ), Frank Ocean , Whoopi Goldberg , Marion Cotillard . Meanwhile, true believers like Bill Kaysing and his modern-day counterparts like Martin Kenny and Did We Go? director Aron Ranen are left to appear for presumably little money on documentaries and TV spots in which they make Glenn Beck sound like the rational one . They are, one could argue, but lowly foot soldiers in the establishment's war to brainwash American into believing we didn't actually go to the moon. I am the conspiracy theorist now This is obviously a conspiracy theory itself, but it is one that, much like the moon landing hoax, I am starting to believe the more I think about it. Maybe the question is no longer "Did we go to the moon?" but "Who benefits by suggesting that we didn't?" Am I the conspiracy theorist, or is perpetuating conspiracy theories as entertainment a far greater danger to society? Let us begin again with the facts: On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module landed on the moon. Today, 50 years later, we live in a world in which people have threatened to kill others , spurred by their belief in conspiracy theories, in a country whose president has propagated more than a dozen of them as though they were fact . Conspiracy theories have become so normalized in the latter half of the 2010s that the most publicized ones involve things like a secret network of omnipotent celebrities , a child sex ring run by Democratic politicians , or the earth being literally flat . These are wild things to genuinely, actually believe, yet they come at the same time that a "fact" has come to mean whatever audiences feel like believing. I personally do not think the moon landing hoax theory will suddenly become extremely popular in our current cultural moment, however, and here is why: The moon landing has nothing to do with you or me. It does not directly implicate the self, which is all human beings' favorite subject. Claims that vaccines cause autism or that a single vegetable is covertly wreaking havoc on the guts of all Americans or that putting a $66 egg up one's vagina will "regulate your hormones" are all bullshit, of course. But believing them allows us to expend further mental energy on ourselves, which we very much love to do. These beliefs then also get to become part of our identities: You become someone who "can't eat corn" or someone who makes a "brave" choice for their children, even if that choice puts people in danger . In comparison to all these things, the belief that the moon landing was shot in a Hollywood studio actually seems sort of quaint. How cute, a theory that probably won't end up hurting someone! Perhaps on the 50th anniversary of the NASA moon landing   which definitely happened   we can appreciate the moon landing conspiracy for what it was: a mostly harmless piece of entertainment that possibly also led to the normalization of conspiracies in general, which is harmful. Anyway, on July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module landed on the moon. The end! Sign up for The Goods' newsletter. 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Asheville Police are looking for a woman reported missing by her family. Officers are asking the public to help find Bobbi Krista Nowocien. Officers said she may be traveling to Florida with Michael Harold Lipinski, 26, of Asheville. He has two outstanding warrants, police said. If you have any information about their whereabouts, call Asheville Police at 828-252-1110 or Buncombe County Crime Stoppers at 828-255-5050 if you wish to remain anonymous. READ MORE: Missing Asheville woman may be with man with outstanding warrants, police say CHECK OUT WYFF: Get the latest Greenville news and weather. For live, local, late-breaking Greenville, SC, news coverage, WYFF is the place to be.


Local outlets are reporting one person is dead after a police officer-involved shooting in Asbury Park, New Jersey, late Tuesday night.


DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)   A motorcyclist being pursuit by authorities from Whittier to downtown Los Angeles overnight Thursday hit and killed a pedestrian who was crossing the street. The pedestrian, a man believed to be between 25 and 30 years of age, died at the scene. His name was not released. The motorcyclist was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries. He will be arrested once he's released. The incident began at around 11:30 p.m. Thursday when California Highway Patrol officers attempted to pull over a motorcyclist in Whittier for running a red light. The motorcyclist refused to stop and a chase ensued. It wound its way onto the southbound 605 Freeway and then the northbound 101 Freeway before the rider exited the freeway in downtown L.A. and barreled into a man who was crossing Arcadia Street, between Main and Spring streets. "You're being pulled over, pull over to the right when it's safe, let the officer address the issue, whether it's a ticket, or, sometimes you can walk away with a warning." CHP Sgt. Raquel Stage said. It's unclear what charges the motorcyclist could face once released from the hospital. Arcadia Street was still shut down between Spring and Main streets as of 6 a.m. Friday.


Adam Gase brought a lot of changes when he became the head coach of the Jets. One of his more practical moves is the installation of a giant flat-screen TV at the corner of the practice field. The screen displays a live feed of practice and then a replay of drills the team just ran. Now, instead of waiting to watch practice tape back in the film room, players can immediately watch, dissect and learn from their mistakes. Yes, that's a giant video screen behind the goal post (slightly larger than my home TV). It shows a live feed of practice. #Jets pic.twitter.com/4jftBlsxq5 - Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) May 29, 2019 This is a small but incredibly helpful tool for a team with lots of new players and a completely new schemes on both sides of the ball. Gase was always known as an innovator, and this is the first example of his ingenuity in New York. It's also another example of Gase's desire for speed in every facet. His offense hinges on speed, so it only makes sense his players learn as quickly as possible. The practices are so fast-paced, Gase reportedly uses a walkie-talkie to feed plays directly to Sam Darnold's helmet instead of huddling. This both simulates a game situation and allows the Jets to move through drills rapidly. There have been plenty of negative words written about Gase in recent weeks, from his perceived power struggle with the front office to his feelings toward player signings. But so far in practice, it looks as though Gase has a good grasp on how to coach his team to the best of his ability. MORE: Cubs dugout, Joe Maddon join Cardinals fans in booing Kris Bryant Kyle Shanahan on the cutting edge with 'positionless' offense Uncertainty with Ben Watson should push Patriots to trade for Kyle Rudolph VIDEO: Streaker On the Field During Champions League Final Pros and cons for the Panthers potentially signing Gerald McCoy


On Tuesday, the United States government announced new restrictions on travel to Cuba, specifically banning all cruise ships from the U.S. from stopping in the country. In the announcement, the State Department said "going forward, the United States will prohibit US travelers from going to Cuba under the previous 'group people-to-people educational' travel authorization. In addition, the United States will no longer permit visits to Cuba via passenger and recreational vessels, including cruise ships and yachts, and private and corporate aircraft." In an additional announcement, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explained that the new restrictions are a result of Cuba continuing "to play a destabilizing role in the Western Hemisphere, providing a communist foothold in the region and propping up US adversaries in places like Venezuela and Nicaragua by fomenting instability, undermining the rule of law, and suppressing democratic processes." According to CNN , the Treasury Department later clarified the statement by saying that "certain group people-to-people educational travel that previously was authorized will continue to be authorized where the traveler had already completed at least one travel-related transaction (such as purchasing a flight or reserving accommodation) prior to June 5, 2019." Megan King, a spokesperson for Cruise Lines International Association told USA Today , "CLIA and its cruise lines are currently reviewing and working through the details of the Administration's Cuba policy announcement made earlier today to assess the scale and timing of its effect on cruise sailings from the U.S. to Cuba." %image1 While it's unclear if criuses that have already been booked will be allowed to sail, if you do have a Cuba sailing booked, it's best to reach out to the criuse line directly. This news is just the latest in President Donald Trump's efforts to rollback previous efforts by the Obama administration to ease relations between the U.S. and Cuba. In April, President Trump announced other restrictions for non-family travel to Cuba as well as a limit on how much money Cuban Americans can send to relatives still living on the island. "American foreign policy should be based on the pursuit of American national interest. I think that's what this decision with Cuba reflects," national security adviser John Bolton said in April as to why the administration implemented the new restrictions. "Sometimes regimes that look alike are treated differently because in the constellation of American interest, our relationship with them and the circumstances we face is different, and I don't think we need to make any apologies for that," he added. "Not this administration, or not other administrations." Of the latest restriction on cruise ships, Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla tweeted: "The tightening of the US blockade against Cuba and its extraterritorial implementation is an attack on International Law and the sovereignty of all States. It is the main obstacle to our development and a flagrant violation of the human rights of all Cubans."


Millions of tons of plastic enter the oceans every year, polluting our seas, littering our beaches and endangering wildlife. Plastic can take centuries to break down, and instead of quietly disappearing beneath the waves, it has a way of coming back to haunt us. Almost one million shoes and over 370,000 toothbrushes were among more than 400 million pieces of plastic recently found washed up on a remote group of islands in the Indian Ocean. Great chunks of plastic have been found inside the stomachs of everything from seabirds to whales, while tiny microplastics are eaten by fish and other sea creatures, ending up as part of the food chain. That same plastic can even end up in humans. A recent study found that globally, we are swallowing an average of 5 grams of plastic every week -- although that doesn't all come from the oceans. The health risk from these microplastics is still relatively unknown, but it begs the question, how does all that plastic even end up in the sea, and how can we stop it from getting there in the first place? Rivers of plastic A 2017 study found that around 90 percent of all the plastic in the world's oceans flows there through just 10 rivers. Eight of those rivers were in Asia, and two in Africa. They all run through highly populated areas, which also lack effective waste collection, meaning trash often ends up in the river. The researchers concluded: "The more waste there is in a catchment area that is not disposed of properly, the more plastic ultimately ends up in the river and takes this route to the sea." But plastic is getting into rivers all over the world. Thames21 is a group that organizes clean-ups along the foreshore of the River Thames, in the UK, and educates people to not pollute it. "We're finding that we are having a real reduction in the amount of plastic bags that we found and the bottles that we found," says Luke Damerum, who works with the group. Its prime target now is wet wipes, which are often flushed down toilets and are discharged into the river from the sewers after heavy rainfall. They can end up lining the foreshore in a thick carpet. "If this stuff remains on the foreshore, a lot of it will just break down into smaller and smaller pieces into ... microplastics," explains Damerum. "These microplastics will ... eventually go down towards the estuary and then out into the open ocean." The group removed 23,000 wet wipes from one stretch of the Thames foreshore in just two hours in March -- enough to fill 473 bin bags. Clothes, car tires and cosmetics Plastics are so ubiquitous in our lives that there are countless other sources of plastic pollution. In the eastern United States, the Hudson River carries 300 million clothing fibers into the Atlantic Ocean every day, according to a 2017 study. About half of the fibers are plastic, many entering the water network when clothes are machine washed. Clothes can also shed fibers into the air, as can car tires and waste plastic left in landfills -- which can all end up in our rivers and seas. Fertilizers made from sewage sludge -- the by-product of sewage water treatment -- are another source. The sludge can contain microfibers from clothes and other plastics washed into the sewers. As these fertilizers dry out, some of the plastics can get carried off the land by the wind, or wash directly into rivers. Then there are the microbeads that are added to toothpaste, body scrubs, cosmetics and soaps. A 2015 study estimated that 8 trillion microbeads entered U.S. aquatic habitats daily. Since then, microbeads have been banned from some products in countries including the US the UK . The shipping and fishing industries also play a part. In 2018 researchers found that, in terms of weight, almost half of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a notorious area of floating trash three times the size of France -- was made up of fishing nets. On the other hand, microplastics made up 94% of the estimated 1.8 trillion tiny pieces floating in the area. To solve a problem, you must first understand it So what can be done to solve the problem? Professor Richard Lampitt, of the National Oceanography Centre, in the UK, says technological advances can help, like better filters in washing machines to catch microfibers -- as can industry moves to develop less damaging plastics. But while he believes that research into solutions is important, he says it's vital that we develop a better understanding of exactly how plastic is transported into the oceans, how it degrades and what damage it is doing. "There's considerable uncertainty about how much plastic pollution is coming from all these different sources," he told CNN. "We need to have our eyes on what the nature of this problem is. How much plastic is there? How does it get there? How does it get transformed during its passage to the sea, and what harm does it do at the concentrations that it's found? "These are really important questions to resolve."


Do you know how to maintain a family-sized garden without unlimited soil, natural sunlight and Earth's gravity? If the answer is yes, then call NASA. The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami in partnership with NASA is calling all "makers" to participate in its "Growing Beyond Earth Maker Contest." The challenge is to reinvent the systems used to grow edible plants on the International Space Station and beyond. Fairchild and NASA began their partnership in 2015 to find more ways to sustain plant life in space. Last summer, the botanical garden received a nearly $750,000 grant from NASA to support its Growing Beyond Earth Innovation Studio, a community work space dedicated to the technology of growing food. As NASA looks to sustain human life in space, it faces the challenge of long-term food production. The Maker Contest hopes to find a new method to create a "3D growing space" abroad spacecrafts, to maintain the plants without human intervention, and to design a robotic, automated planting and harvesting system. For those of you who don't know what a "maker" is, it's a word used to describe those who enjoy using electronics to invent new or reinvent old things. So the Maker Contest is open to anyone who professionally or self-identifies as such. That means you can have an interest in biospace, engineering, agriculture or even manufacturing to enter. The contest will be divided into three categories   professional, college and high school teams   with a winner selected from each group. In the first phase, contestants must enter and submit designs by Feb. 3, 2020. The judges, which are NASA engineers and botanists, will select 15 teams will move onto the second phase and be awarded $500 to support prototyping and testing of their design. The winners of each category will receive a stipend to attend the 2020 Nation of Makers annual conference and be considered for implementation on future NASA missions. To find more information or enter the contest, visit www.instructables.com/contest/beyondEarth .     ©2019 the Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Visit the Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) at www.sun-sentinel.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


ROSTER MOVES: #Redskins sign free agents: T Brian Wallace, T Jylan Ware and waive T Adam Bisnowaty, T Juwann Bushell-Beatty. : https://t.co/MGY3NZ6qB6 pic.twitter.com/iLocWtMTbm - Washington Redskins (@Redskins) May 28, 2019 The Washington Redskins continue to mix it up in the offensive trenches ahead of training camp. Tuesday, the Redskins announced moves involving four names, waiving the following players: T Adam Bisnowaty T Juwann Bushell-Beatty The Redskins made those moves to enable the addition of the following: T Brian Wallace T Jylan Ware Bisnowaty already on his way back out is interesting because the team had just added him May 23rd . The veteran had some interesting upside but was prone to get shuffled around if other upside walking in the door. No matter the reason, Washington coaches continue to shuffle the deck at offensive tackle while trying to make sure there are plenty of bodies to get through the grueling summer months. MORE: Draymond Green to LeBron James' 14-Year-Old Son: "I'm at Your F--king Neck This Summer" This first pitch at Royals-White Sox game took a wild turn that the photographer never saw coming Louis Riddick: 'Dwayne Haskins is twice the thrower of Robert Griffin III' Four potential Khris Middleton landing spots in free agency The Gerald McCoy watch is on in Baltimore


A variety of professional and collegiate sports mascots are iconic figures, some of which are famous on their own. The San Diego Chicken, or The Famous Chicken, may be the world's most well-known mascot even though he has no single team affiliation. ESPN and other outlets have used Mr. Met in television commercials. The Penn State student section chants for the Nittany Lion at every home game. Not every mascot is a gem and a hit that lives on for generations. Some are downright weird and, truth be told, creep us out. With that said, many weird and unconventional mascots are beloved by local fans and those who pose for pictures with the furry creatures. Others, however, have faded from our memories. May they never return. Izzy International sports competitions such as the Olympics seem to delight in creating weird mascots. In the summer of 1996, Izzy served as the mascot for the Atlanta Summer Olympics. Per Max Blau of Atlanta Magazine , a committee worked to create Izzy. Those meetings must have been fascinating. Steely McBeam We understand the idea behind Steely McBeam, the mascot of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is supposed to represent the blue-collar workers of the region. We're guessing Pittsburgh fans couldn't produce a look for a "Yinzer," so we got McBeam instead. Cozmo We blame Major League Soccer for this one. The legend goes that the LA Galaxy were named because the city is filled with so many Hollywood "stars." Thus, we got Cozmo. Be careful criticizing this mascot, though, because Cozmo will come at you on Twitter . Raymond Once the Tampa Bay Devil Rays decided to ditch that name, the club should have started from scratch. Instead,it merely shortened the nickname to Rays, which left fans with Raymond Ray , a dog-like creature that sounds similar to a World Wrestling Federation jobber from the 1980s. K.C. Wolf The Kansas City Chiefs are the first franchise spotlighted in this piece that had to carefully select a mascot for understandable reasons. Perhaps a horse would have been better than K.C. Wolf, even if the Denver Broncos would have had something to say about the Chiefs going down that route. Stuff the Magic Dragon Remember when you first learned about the alleged meaning behind the song "Puff, the Magic Dragon?" Stuff the Magic Dragon brings those feelings back to fans on a nightly basis. The Orlando Magic can say whatever they want about how "Stuff" is a reference to rejecting, or stuffing, a shot. This is still one weird mascot. Gunnersaurus The terms Arsenal and Gunners bring to mind visions of toughness, grit and taking the field of battle. Gunnersaurus reminds us all that Barney the dinosaur may have done society more harm than good in the long run. Back in 2015, Vice Sports spoke with the man who created Gunnersaurus as a boy. We'll let him explain himself. Blue Blob Per Carol Motsinger of Cincinnati.com , the Xavier University Blue Blob arose in 1985. That means the school has had 30 years to right this wrong. You're known as the Musketeers, Xavier. Do better. Gapper Most curious about the Cincinnati Reds giving fans Gapper is that the club could just go with Mr. Redlegs, a tremendous mascot with arguably the best mustache in the game. Even the Reds don't define what Gapper is supposed to be. Apparently, Ohio baseball loves weird mascots. Mavs Man You've probably heard this one before, but Mavs Man looks like what you'd expect to find at the end of a Mega Man level. We imagine the mascot for the Dallas Mavericks attempts to dunk oversized basketballs on poor Mega Man's head as a finishing move. Ragnar As ESPN Senior Writer Arash Markazi wrote, the man who played Ragnar, an unofficial mascot for the Minnesota Vikings, priced himself out of that gig in 2015. The club replaced Ragnar with Viktor the Viking, who, we assume, is on a more cap-friendly contract. Hip-Hop Desaturate the rabbit outfit from "A Christmas Story," give it sunglasses and put a Philadelphia 76ers jersey on it. You have Hip-Hop, a mascot Rich Hofmann of Philly.com referred to as "never-beloved." Sly Fox and Mini Sly Fox In fairness to the Garden State, Sly Fox and Mini Sly Fox are not why the New Jersey Nets relocated to Brooklyn. The Brooklyn franchise learned its lesson when it retired the horrendous BrooklyKnight character. Some teams just shouldn't have mascots. BJ Birdy Toronto Blue Jays fans will remember BJ Birdy for the time he got himself sent to the showers early. As Chris Jaffe of FanGraphs explained, Birdy earned an ejection from a game in 1993 after he attempted to influence an umpire's decision. We respect the dedication to the cause. The Coyote It's the eyes, eyes that appear to have witnessed unimaginable horrors, that land the San Antonio Spurs mascot on the list. According to the team's official website , The Coyote won 2014 NBA Mascot of the Year honors. Voter intimidation tactics may have been involved. Blooper "Hey Cleveland Indians, can we copy your homework?" "Sure, Atlanta Braves, just change it up a bit so it's not obvious." Huddles Per CBS Denver , every NFL franchise had its own version of the Huddles mascot back in 1986. Take one look at them, and you'll quickly understand why the league abandoned the idea. Kingsley In June 2015, the Telegraph's JJ Bull called Partick Thistle's new mascot "utterly terrifying." Kingsley looks like the evil sun character that would chase Mario and Luigi in "Super Mario Bros. 3," but with legs. Anybody have a turtle shell we can borrow? Thunder The Oklahoma City Thunder taking that name resulted in the Golden State Warriors losing their mascot, Thunder. No disrespect to the individual who played the character (a Bay Area hero in his own right ), but all within the NBA community, other than those in the Seattle area, are better off for it. Rowdy The Dallas Cowboys are supposedly "America's Team" and a franchise with a pretty cool name. Why, then, does the team's mascot look like he is more prepared to sell me a discounted hamburger at a chain restaurant than dominate a game of football? At least he has a sweet hat. Squatch The Seattle SuperSonics really dropped the ball by using Squatch rather than a speedy character as their mascot. Sure, Squatch did some cool dunks back in his day, but could he run around loops while collecting rings without falling victim to gravity? We didn't think so. Youppi Back in 2014, Sean Newell of Deadspin told us that Youppi, the name of the mascot used by both the Montreal Expos and Montreal Canadiens, means "yippee" in French. That's sweet and all, but we still don't know what Youppi is supposed to be or why he is particularly Canadien now that the Expos are a thing of the past. Burger King Of course, the Burger King was not originally meant to be a sports mascot. That changed once the he was inserted into NFL Films-esque commercials . The King was even part of Floyd Mayweather's entourage ahead of the fight between "Money" Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Slider Whether or not you think the Cleveland Indians copied the Phillie Phanatic when creating Slider is a matter of opinion. We hesitate making fun of the mascot since he suffered an injury while attempting to entertain fans during the 1995 American League Championship Series. Credit Slider for getting back on the horse, or wall, in this instance. Wenlock and Mandeville The Summer Games were back at it in 2012 when London presented Wenlock and Mandeville, the city's Olympic and Paralympic mascots. Apparently, a pair of walking Big Ben figurines weren't terrifying enough in the eyes of organizers. These mascots are reasons for a city to pass on hosting any Olympics. NHL HockeyBird Fans know, deep down, that teams are businesses and that sports are largely about money and profits. They don't need those facts thrown in their faces. That's what the NHL did when it introduced HockeyBird in partnership with the makers of the Angry Birds games. Hard pass, NHL. King Cake Baby The New Orleans Pelicans would probably say that the King Cake Baby mascot has ties to the city's famous Mardi Gras celebrations. Some ideas are good on paper but not in execution. This is somebody's nightmare come to life. Brownie the Elf Brownie the Elf has nothing to do with Paul Brown, the Dawg Pound or winning games since 1999. Knowing all that we know now, those in charge of bringing pro football back to Cleveland after Art Modell moved his franchise to Baltimore should have embraced a fresh beginning. Chirpy The Tottenham Hotspur logo is a cockerel standing on a football. Tottenham's mascot is Chirpy, which has gone through some horrible redesigns throughout its history. Don't worry. Nobody else gets it either. Phillie Phanatic It's understood there are many local fans who adore the Phillie Phanatic. Some people prefer using provolone instead of Whiz for their cheesesteaks. That doesn't make it right.


Q: How many walks do you take per day? Sure, running , HIIT classes , and extra-sweaty cycling sessions are pretty much known for helping you scorch calories and drop pounds...but honestly, can a girl ever just slow TF down and still lose weight? Yup-turns out, walking a can definitely help you with your weight-loss goals. "It is important to have a mix of high-intensity and low-intensity workouts-like walking-for optimal and sustainable weight loss," says Lindsey Corak, C.S.C.S. Walking can also drastically slash your stress levels, says Hannah Davis, C.S.C.S.-and having less stress in your life absolutely makes it easier for you to successfully drop pounds. That said, there are some guidelines that will make walking for weight loss a hell of a lot more effective: 1) Aim for at least 15,000 steps a day. No matter your current step count , increasing it is totally possible. Davis recommends racking up 15,000 steps per day, seven days a week, to lose weight. "Don't worry about slowly increasing your step count. Just go for it," she says. While you shouldn't kick up your intense workouts overnight, you can double up your step count quickly and it won't stress your body and make you more prone to injury, she says. Another thing to keep in mind: consistency is key. You're not going to get much benefit out of upping your step count one day and then letting it fall the next-instead, make it a constant routine (it'll only get easier the more you do it, too). 2) Track those stats with a walking app. FYI: Your phone has a built-in step counter (just remember to keep it with you). But if you do want an app to help you track, try Under Armour's Map My Walk (free; available on iTunes and Google Play ). This walking app provides feedback and stats (like average pace) for every mile you log. 3) Try to go on three 20-minute walks each day. How much do you have to walk a day to lose weight? Well, at least three 20-minute-long walks should help you reach your step goal so you can start shedding pounds, says Davis. In fact, research from George Washington University , found that people who walked for 15 minutes after each meal had better blood-sugar control (which can crush cravings for more food after you just ate) than those who walked for 45 minutes at any point in the day. That means a lunchtime walk can prevent your normal 3 p.m. slump and the sugar cravings that go with it, she says. 4) Opt for a 45-Minute, Faster Stroll Three Times a Week Walking at an easy pace doesn't necessarily get your heart rate up-which is essential for fat burning, says Corak. Prime fat-burning takes place when your heart rate is at 60 to 70 percent of your max heart rate. (Nail down your max heart rate by subtracting your age from 220-so a 30-year old woman would have a max heart rate of 190 beats per minute.) If you don't have a heart-rate monitor, think of your effort level on a scale of one to 10, with 10 being all-out like a sprint. You should aim for that six or seven and spend about 45 minutes at this intensity to burn fat, Corak says. 5) Walk uphill a few times a week. Upping the incline on the treadmill , walking uphill, or climbing a staircase will help you build more muscle, which increases your metabolic rate, says Davis. That will help you burn more calories even when you're in your desk chair. Davis suggests adding incline intervals to your walks three days per week and steadily increase from there. Klein agrees that hills are the perfect way to turn up the intensity on your walk. "As the terrain goes up and down, you naturally adjust intensity, and the body naturally emphasizes different muscle groups," she says. It's also an easy way to keep your body guessing, so you'll step right over a weight-loss plateau. 6) Add power-walking intervals to your routine. To start increasing your calorie burn, add in some intervals, Klein says-and start short at first. After a 10-minute warmup, push your body to walk at an uncomfortable (but still sustainable) pace for 15 to 20 seconds at the start of every minute. Do that for 10 minutes, and then finish off with a 10-minute cool down. Once you're comfortable with those short intervals, pick up the pace for one-minute intervals to get your heart rate up and burn more calories , says Davis. After you start incorporating one-minute intervals into your regular walking routine, you can increase the pace and duration from there. Another tip: While walking faster, focus on swinging your arms, says Davis. The extra arm movement will help you burn more calories and build strength in your shoulders and core. 7) Add in bodyweight exercises when you can. Walking to lose weight shouldn't be all about walking, says Davis. "Stop every block and do 15 to 20 squats , perform incline pushups or triceps dips on a park bench , and do walking lunges down the sidewalk." All of these exercises increase your heart rate, help you build muscle, and keep your walking workouts from going stale, she says. You can also start or end your workout with strength exercises, especially bodyweight moves. Klein recommends moves like planks, wall-sits, or calf raises in addition to squats and pushups. 8) Keep an eye on your calorie count. While your exact nutritional needs depend on a lot of factors outside of your steps per day, most women who are walking to lose weight follow a 1,200- to 1,600-calorie diet that's rich in protein , says Davis. "If the main focus of your workout routine is low-intensity walking, your nutrition will have to be on-point for you to lose weight," she says. "Even though you're increasing your activity levels, you'll have to decrease your calorie intake," she says-that's because you're probably still not burning enough calories to add tons more to your diet. If you've been walking consistently and still aren't seeing the scale budge (or are seeing it go up), take the time to write down what you eat for a week to see if there are any ways to cut back. 9) Always take the longer route. Yep, you've heard this one before. But all structured walking workouts aside, integrating more steps into your daily tasks (like parking farther from the door, taking the stairs, etc.) can help you hit your daily step goals and lose more weight, she says. "Over time, the little bursts of movement here and there really do make a difference," says Davis.


Why buy more stuff to organize your stuff?! With a little creativity and ingenuity, you can get your home in order on the cheap. Use a Pallet to Store Lawn and Garden Equipment If you have a yard or a garden, you know that there are a lot of long-handled tools involved. If you don't have any pallets lying around, they are easy to get for free. This is a quick one-hour project and after you're done, your tools will be organized and easy to reach. You could easily attach this pallet to a fence, shed or to the exposed wall studs in your garage. No matter what you choose, you'll want to make sure that your screws are long enough to go through both your pallet and the wall you are attaching it to. We drilled two screws into the pallet, one into each exposed wall stud. You won't need a ton of screws or nails because the pallet isn't all that heavy. Looking for more ways to work smarter in your workshop? Here are 19 tips from a seasoned woodworker and do-it-yourselfer . Organize Your Fridge with a Six-Pack Do all of your small bottles in the refrigerator door like to tip over after opening or closing the door? Fortunately, the answer to tidying those wayward bottles is just a recycling bin away. To keep all of your condiments under control use an empty six-pack holder to hold and organize the condiments in your refrigerator door . Free Shelf Liner Window shades make an excellent, wipe-clean shelf and drawer liners. Recycle an old shade or ask the shade department staff at a local home center to go through their box of scraps. Heavy, 12-mil shades make the best liners. Check out these 15 ideas for reusing old window blinds. Write Notes on the Washer Stop shrinking your sweaters! When you put a load of clothes into your washing machine, use a dry-erase marker to note on the lid which items should not go into the dryer. That way, whoever switches the load from the washing machine to the dryer will know which items to leave out for line drying. The enamel finish on most washing machine lids is similar to a whiteboard, and dry-erase markers can be removed easily with a dry paper towel. Sink-Front Trays Wet sponges and dishcloths sitting by your sink look messy, so make the most of the little-used space at the front of your sink cabinet with these tip-out sink front trays from Rev-A-Shelf . This double pack has one conventional open tray to store sponges and cloths, and another accessory tray with ring holder and soap dish. Available in 11 inch or 14 inch sizes, and in white or almond finish. Even the cleanest kitchen sinks get clogged sometimes, but here's how to unclog them. Here's how to take advantage of the storage space in your kitchen sink base cabinet. Buy it now on Amazon. Get a Cooking Caddy for Convenience Keep condiments and spices in an easy-to-carry rack to free up countertop space (check out more space-saving tips for a small kitchen ). You always want salt, cooking oils and your favorite spices next to the stove because you use them every day. But they don't have to take up valuable counter space full time. Place them all in a caddy that you can instantly stow in a cabinet after cooking. You'll find caddies in various shapes, sizes and prices at any store that sells kitchenware. Lazy Fix for a Disorganized Fridge Digging to the back of your fridge to find a certain ingredient is a pain. Instead, use a Lazy Susan to bring that food to you! Simply place a lazy Susan on a shelf in your fridge and stock it with condiments and other small containers. Nothing could be easier than spinning your ingredients around to find just what you need. If you're short on space or just want to add some extra storage, there are some clever kitchen storage solutions you may not have considered. Check out these 30 Ways to Revolutionize Your Kitchen Space . Tension Rod Storage Hack It can be difficult to keep spray bottles and other cleaning supplies from falling over and making a mess under your kitchen sink. Thankfully, we have plenty of cabinet organization tips and tricks. To keep your cleaning supplies upright, hang them from a short tension rod inside your cabinet. Another clever idea is to slide a paper towel roll through the tension rod for easy access. This tension rod organization hack is also a great place to hang dish-drying towels and rubber cleaning gloves. Simple Rack for Long-Handled Tools This compact rack is strong and simple to build. You can store shovels, rakes, a sledgehammer any long-handled tools conveniently up and out of the way. Remember Your Keys! You'll always know where your keys are with this handy hint! To make Lego keychains: Start by drilling a hole into the base of a Lego that is slightly smaller than the screw portion of an eyelet screw. Next, wind the eyelet screw into the lego. Thread a split ring through the hole and use it to attach keys. Mount the Lego board to a surface using your preferred method. In this case, we mounted our Lego plate to the wall in our mudroom. Attach the Lego board to the wall by first marking the desired location for the board and making sure that it is level. Drill pilot holes in the four corners of the Lego board and into the wall. To finish, drill screws with small enough heads to fit in between the Lego pegs into the board. You'll be so excited to put the Lego on the Lego board that you won't lose your keys (hopefully) ever again! Plus, check out these 14 super fun DIY projects to do with kids , rain or shine. And don't worry; these projects won't break the budget! Use a Pool Noodle Inside a Drawer Reader Roy Allison found a solution for keeping his silverware drawer organizer from moving around each time he opened or closed the drawer: a pool noodle ! He cut the noodle to size, so that it fits snuggly between the back of the organizer and the back of the drawer. Click here to see how it's done. Grab & Go Cord Rack This one-hour project provides a simple way to hang up a variety of things such as extension cords, rope or air hoses, and it keeps them away from your workspace. Here's how to make it. Jars on Jars Zigzag Mountain Art/Shutterstock You can easily organize your dry goods by storing them inside jars and canisters . Not only can you create uniformity in your pantry storage this way, but you can also see at a glance where your lentils, rice, or oats are stashed. Arranging these jars on display on open shelves can also give your kitchen a rustic, homestead-chic look. Pullout Chopping Board Courtesy of Dura Solutions Pullout solutions are perfect for small kitchens as they allow a decent amount of extra kitchen counter space with a very small footprint. And a pull-out cutting board is perfect for food prep, cookbooks or for extra storage. Plus, when you are done, you can simply slide it back into the cabinet. Photo: Courtesy of Dura Solutions Make Tool Organizers with Gutters When I needed to find a new tool storage idea for my garage that would also fit in my new truck bed toolboxes, I discovered this tip: I found a perfectly sized tool bag that I was not using in my garage, but it lacked compartments that my larger tool bag has. I like to keep my tools organized in a way that I can see all my tools at once and so I can reach in to get a tool without having to empty the entire bag to get to it. I looked around my shed to see what I could use to divide the tool bag into sections, and I found a section of PVC gutter downspout that fit the bill perfectly. I carefully cut the downspout into 5-in. lengths using my miter saw. Then I arranged them vertically in a grid pattern inside the tool bag and glued them together.   Bert Jandy File Folders Kitchen Organization Hack File folders can be used for more than just organizing papers and magazines in your office . They can also be used for organization in your kitchen. We filled file folders up with the clutter that normally barricades the cabinet under the kitchen sink. Place all of your kitchen cleaning supplies into file folders, putting the most frequently used items towards the front. This kitchen organization hack is so easy and satisfying! Kitchen Window Plant Perch Do you like having fresh herbs at your fingertips? Keeping them on your counter takes up valuable space and doesn't expose them to enough light. Try this easy storage idea: Install a wire shelf between the upper cabinets flanking your kitchen window. You can set your plants where they'll get plenty of light without blocking the view. This also makes watering easy and keeps them readily available for snipping. Make sure to install the shelf high enough so you don't bump into it when you're working at the sink. Get more quick and clever kitchen storage ideas. PVC Razor Organizer Make this simple razor organizer with a small piece of 1-in. PVC pipe. Cut the pipe into lengths that are just larger than your razors. Then glue them together with hot glue. That's it! You can make as many razor slots as your family needs. To be even more organized, color code or write names on each piece of pipe so your family members know which razor is theirs. You could also add a bead of hot glue along the bottom of the assembled piece to secure it to your cabinet or drawer. Rake Hooks Have an old rake you're not using? Detach the handle, and use the steel tines as hooks for your grill tools. Many grill tools have holes for hanging, so go ahead and hang your rake head upside down and repurpose it! It will look very fitting in your outdoor BBQ space, creating a rustic outdoorsy feel. If giving up your rake has you rethinking your garden tools, check out this list of 12 must-have garden tools. Cord and Hose Hooks Hanging electrical cords and hoses on thin hooks or nails can cause kinks and damage the sheathing and wires. Use pieces of 3-in. ABS plastic plumbing pipe to make simple, inexpensive hangers. Screw 3-in. end caps to a 2x6 with two 1-5/8-in. screws. Fender washers under the screw heads keep them from pulling through the plastic. Then cement on 8-in. lengths of end-capped pipe. These "hooks" are very strong! Plus: Make your own hideaway for your garden hose with these plans. DIY Coffee Pod Organizer Coffee pods can be a disaster to keep organized. But this hack uses simple t-molding as an ideal organization system for your coffee pods (Keurig, Nespresso or any other type of coffee pod). Learn how to build this coffee pod organizer in less than a half hour here ! Ceiling drawers Eke out every cubic inch of storage in a basement shop with pivoting boxes that hang between the ceiling joists. When a drawer is down, you have easy access to its contents. Use glue and 1-5/8 in. drywall screws to hold together the boxes, then customize shelving for whatever you want to store. Make the width about 3/8 in. narrower than the cavity it fits in and use double-nutted 3/8 in. x 3-1/2 in. carriage bolts for the two pivot points. Two plywood cleats pivot on 3-in. screws to hold each drawer in place in the "tucked" position. The drawers are perfect for anything you only need occasionally. But be careful to keep contents relatively light so you can safely open and close the drawers. It's definitely not the place to store your anvils. Hold the shelves closed with a cleat Use a cleat to keep the shelves closed. Storing Fasteners Use old prescription bottles to hold nuts and bolts, screws, nails, etc., on a shelf by your workbench. Remove the original label, so you can easily see the contents inside. You can also make a simple customized shelf for your fastener storage bottles by using a 2-in. hole saw (or one that is just larger than the diameter of your bottles yet just smaller than the lids) to drill a few holes in a shelf. Then the bottles will fit through the holes, keeping the bottles and your fasteners easily visible and organized.   Mike Yavorski Identify Your Keys at a Glance "It seems the older I get, the more keys I carry around. Between the car, house, shed and garage, I have a whole pocket full of keys. To make it easier to quickly find my most used keys, I paint both sides of the key head with brightly colored nail polish. I use a different color for each key. The nail polish is extremely durable and you'll be surprised how much longer it lasts than spray paint."  Joseph Grayson Check out these other 14 Secret Tool Tips for DIYers from the Pros . Kitchen Cabinet Organizers: Dish Drawers These drawers inserts come complete with movable pegs, allowing you to customize the arrangement to fit your dishes. By keeping your dishes at an easy-to-reach height, they are easier to get at and put away. Organize anything with pegboards! Check out these 11 ideas and tips. Instant Kitchen Cabinet Organizer A metal file organizer is perfect for storing baking sheets , cutting boards and pan lids. You can pick one up for a buck at a dollar store. To keep the organizer from sliding around, use rubber shelf liner or attach hook-and-loop tape to the cabinet base and the bottom of the organizer. Plus: 18 Inspiring Inside-Cabinet Door Storage Ideas C-Clamp Paper Towel Rack Have you ever seen such clever storage ideas? Create an instant DIY paper towel dispenser in your shop with two C-clamps. Position and clamp them a roll's width apart in a convenient spot, hold up the roll and push in the handles to hold it. Buy slick-looking C-clamps and install them in the kitchen, then fib to visitors about your chic designer hardware. Cardboard Box Bag Dispenser Need a way to store all of those plastic bags you get from most stores? Here's an idea: Straighten them out and stack them into an organized pile. Then place the pile in a small cardboard box. Cut a hole in the box so you can pull out one bag at a time as you need it. This works great at our garage sales when we need to bag items for our customers!   John Mylander This plastic bag dispenser would also be handy in the basement or wherever you keep your cat's litter box or near your dog's leash. Then you'll have a stash of bags ready when it's time to clean up after your pet. Bottle Organizer We love that everyone is making sure to stay hydrated, but all of the reusable water and sports drink bottles take up a lot of space! This durable BPA-free rack keeps bottles all in one place and ready for the next workout. This Is Why You Should Never, Ever Leave a Water Bottle in a Hot Car Easy Drawer Organizer My kitchen drawers used to be an absolute wreck; pans and dishes crammed in however they'd fit. And nearly every time I needed something, it was always at the bottom of the drawer. My solution was to cut a piece of 1/8-in. pegboard to the size of the drawer bottom and attach dowels using screws from underneath. Now my pans are organized and easy to access. The 10 minutes it took to build was easily made up for with how much frustration it has saved me. Garden/Garage Tool Caddy I had some leftover wood and plastic lattice from a fence I was building. Rather than toss the scraps, I decided to use them to build a caddy to organize my garden shovels, hoes and brooms. I installed casters, so it scoots easily into a corner of my garage. Works great!   Philip J. Gruber Fishing Rod Organizer We got sick and tired of our fishing rods getting tangled, so we came up with this easy fishing rod organizer. All you need is a length of 3-in.-diameter PVC pipe and a foam swimming pool noodle for this DIY garage storage system. Drill 1-in. holes spaced every 4 in. in the PVC pipe. Use a utility knife to cut slits in the foam noodle, spacing them 4 in. apart. Line up the pool noodle on the wall so that at least two of the slits sit over studs. Pull those slits apart, slide in a fender washer, and screw the noodle to the wall with 2-in. screws. Then screw the PVC pipe to the wall beneath it at a comfortable height and insert your fishing rods. Look Ma, no more tangles! Want some more DIY garage organization ideas? Check out 27 Easy Ways to Organize Your Garage Secure Bins Moving is always a pain, but using plastic containers that don't stay closed adds even more frustration. Zip-ties to the rescue! After putting on a container lid, drill a small hole through the lid and handles. Run a zip-tie through the holes and you're on the road. Check out these other clever household storage hacks. Garage ceiling track storage Get those big plastic storage bins up off the garage floor and onto the ceiling! Screw 2x2s to the ceiling framing with 3-1/2-in. screws spaced every 2 ft. Use the bins as a guide for spacing the 2x2s. The lips on the bins should just brush against the 2x2s when you're sliding the bins into place. Then center and screw 1x4s to the 2x2s with 2-in. screws. The garage ceiling is a perfect place to store light and medium weight seasonal items like holiday decorations and camping gear. For more ways to use your garage ceiling for DIY garage storage, check out these 14 products for garage workshop ideas . Racquet Caddy Here's a slick use for that old wooden tennis racquet that's gathering dust in the garage. Drill a hole in the handle and screw it to the underside of a workbench. Position the racquet so it can swing in and out from under the table. Use it to hold tools, parts or other small items. Do you enjoy finding unusual uses for everyday things? Here's a collection of DIY home hacks you'll love. Storing in Suitcases? Roll Away Svetlana Cherruty/Shutterstock If you already have a few unused suitcases around, they can be suitable for storing seasonal clothes (and won't take up any extra room). Roll common clothes like shirts, sweaters and pants into loose bundles before storing them. They take up less room this way, and can breathe easier. Plus: Simple storage solutions for small spaces Photo: Svetlana Cherruty/Shutterstock Rolling Bike Storage My rolling bike rack offers easy access and efficient storage for my family's many bikes. To build the rack, I made a 2x4 lower frame with 2x4 uprights on each end. Large triangular plywood braces support the uprights. Plywood panels span the uprights, adding strength and rigidity. Staggering their heights and alternating their orientation, I can hang seven bikes on this 6-ft.-wide rack. Casters make it easy to roll away for storage. For security, I run a long steel cable through the bike frames and connect the looped ends with a hefty lock. I hang all our biking essentials helmets, shoes, pumps, spare wheels and tires on the back of the rack.   Eric Schleppenbach Get the garage of your dreams one step at a time with our dream garage makeover guide . Shelf Bag While cleaning the garage, I found lots of toys, scooters and sports equipment that took up too much shelf space and needed a different solution. I picked up a grill cover at a reuse center and repurposed it as a catchall bag for all this odd-shaped stuff. I attached the cover to my shelving unit with screws and washers.   Dean Tener Learn how to make a DIY wheelbarrow hang-up, plus 10 more space-saving garage storage tips. Slide-Out Parts Bins I made use of the narrow space between a shelving unit and a workbench by building this handy slide-out rack. I mounted 12-in. full-extension ball-bearing drawer slides ($6 per pair) to a plywood panel one at the top and one at the bottom with their mating parts attached to the side of the shelving unit. Then I hung the parts bins on the plywood panel. The drawer slides have a 100-lb. load capacity.   Scott Beverly Organizing a garage isn't a one-size-fits-all project, so we've compiled some of our best garage storage ideas. Check out these 51 Brilliant Ways to Organize Your Garage . Door-Track Bike Rack I attached a box rail to a well braced shelf. Each machine-threaded bike hook hangs from a box rail hanger, using a nut and thread locker. (The box rail and box rail hangers are from Home Depot; the bike hooks from parktool.com.) Bikes slide both ways for easy access, and the hooks rotate, allowing bikes to hug the wall. The rail and hangers hold 450 lbs.   Roy Velardi Mega Mobile Storage Rack I found this metal shelving unit with wheels at a garage sale and turned it into a mobile storage unit for my garden tools. I covered three shelves with plywood to keep items from falling through the wire shelves. I framed the top two shelves with 2x4s, creating a lip on the shelves and providing a sturdy place to fasten storage hooks. Concrete mixing tubs on the lower shelves are perfect for storing smaller items.   Stan Hall It will only take you one morning to achieve garage happiness. Here's how with these garage organization ideas. All-in-One Ball Storage I built this sports storage rack to hold a lot of equipment. We toss large balls into a round hole at the top, and bungee cords span the front to keep them from falling out. Two baskets on the bottom half of the rack hold baseballs, hockey pucks and more. And the storage hooks on the side of the rack hold our baseball bats and hockey sticks.   Tim Hausman Rotating Small-Parts Organizer Here's my take on an old tip for organizing fasteners and hardware. Instead of mounting jar lids to a 2x4, I decided to attach them to a six-sided rotating beam. I drew a hexagon on the end of a 4x4 to use as a guide for setting the fence. Then I set my table saw's blade to 60 degrees and made the rip cuts to form the sides. To allow the beam to rotate freely, I drilled dowel holes in the ends of the beam and ran dowels through the posts into the beam ends.   Kenneth Snow See how we doubled the storage capacity of this garage wall with plywood and inexpensive hardware. Cabinet Door Spice Rack To save space, try a door-mounted spice storage rack inside a kitchen cabinet. And not only will it keep your spices safe from heat and humidity, but it keeps shelves free for other kitchen staples. Photo: Courtesy seehawer.blogspot.com Decorative Backsplash Rack Backsplash racks offer easy access and stylish kitchen storage solutions. Most versions take just a few minutes to install . Backsplash racks have a few disadvantages, though. All your kitchen utensils have to look good, since they're on display. And if you ever decide to remove the rack, you'll be left with screw holes in the backsplash; not a big problem with drywall, but ugly and unfixable in tile. Keep Your Car Clean and Organized! Keeping your car clean can be difficult. There are dirt roads, messy trees, pet hair, food crumbs and wrappers. And there's likely trash on the car's floor, under the seats and in the seat cracks. Toss out any wrappers, bottles and other objects in sturdy car trash can! Line a plastic cereal container with a grocery bag and use it as an in-car trash can. To keep the container upright, apply a strip of self-adhesive hook and loop fastener to the bottom of the container, so it'll stick to your car's carpet. Get your vehicle looking like new with these 36 simple interior and exterior car detailing tips that you can do yourself. Computer Shelf Make this simple-yet-useful computer shelf for your desk with a few pieces of scrap wood and a nail gun. We built the one shown with a 1 ft. x 2 ft. piece of plywood and two pieces of a 1x3 board cut to 12 in. lengths. Then we used a brad nailer to attach the plywood to the boards. You could paint or stain the assembled piece to match your room décor or leave it as is for a purposefully unfinished look. The shelf will raise your computer screen to an ergonomic height, making it easier to see and more comfortable to work at your desk! Check out these other surprisingly simple woodworking projects. Concealed Message Center Don't let shopping lists, phone messages and to-do notes clutter up counter space. Mount a dry-erase board and a plastic bin on the inside of a cabinet door with double-sided foam mounting tape. The bin will protrude into the cabinet, so be sure to position it where it won't collide with shelves or the stuff inside. Get the board, bin and tape at a discount or office supply store. Military Surplus Boxes Steel or plastic boxes from a military surplus store are a great option for hardware storage. These boxes won't rust and usually have a watertight seal. Try these 11 easy space-saving ideas for your garage. Sonotube Wrapping Paper Storage Container Using a 6-ft. cardboard cement form cut in half, I created two wrapping paper storage containers. I cut the cylinder in half and cut pieces of heavy cardboard for the base of each, attaching them with duct tape. Then I spray painted them to look presentable.   Peter Turner Plus, the storage possibilities for concrete forms are vast. Think outside the home as well. They can be used to corral wood scraps in the workshop, long-handle yard tools in the shed and more. Store Bits Where They Belong In my shop, I use many different sizes and types of screws, and each different screw head requires a different bit. So in order to not waste time searching for the correct bit before each project, I came up with this solution: Using a bead of hot glue, I simply attach a magnet to the underside of the lid on each fastener container for holding the bit that belongs with the screws inside. That way I always have the right bit at the right time, without the frustrating search.   Jerry Weldon Recycling bin rack Recycling bins tend to take up way too much floor space . Here's an easy project that will get them up off the floor and out of the way, and it costs almost nothing. Find simple DIY instructions to build this project for your garage here . Old Jars Save those old peanut butter and baby food jars to use for hardware storage. You can attach the lids under a shelf with two screws. This will keep the lids in place and allow you to screw on the jar once it's loaded with hardware pieces. Build a top-of-the-line DIY hardware organizer in just one day. Kitchen Storage: Better in a Basket The Adaptive/Shutterstock You come home from the grocery store with an armful of fresh fruit, but lo and behold there's no spare fridge or counter space available . A stylish solution for this storage problem is to hang a single or tiered wire basket from the ceiling. You can store your apples, bananas, and oranges as well as potatoes, onions, and garlic here. Plus, a hanging basket adds visual interest to your kitchen. Bread Tabs for Labeling Cords Not sure which cord goes with which electronic device plugged into your power strip? Save yourself the hassle of following the cord from the plugin to the device for each item you need to move by labeling them. Plastic bread tabs are perfect for labeling cords that are plugged into a power strip because they're sturdy, have enough room to write on and can easily clip around the plugin end of a cord. Plus, they often come in different colors. You can also use bread tabs to label identical toothbrushes in the bathroom, silverware at a party and even wine glasses at happy hour. So save those tabs when you buy a loaf of bread! 4-Pack of Shoe Organizers These shoe organizers are a simple way to keep your shoes organized. We love that they're made of eco-friendly ABS plastic and the unique design, with the shoes secured within 3M Command sticky strips. You can put the four-piece set ($13.99) on the closet or bathroom door or near the entryway to store your shoes, slippers, high heels, sneakers and sandals. These seriously clever shoe hacks will have you jumping for joy! Buy it now on Amazon. Hair Tie Carabiner I always have trouble keeping my hair ties together. Somehow they are always missing when I want them but are all over the place when I don't. The solution to this mess was to attach them to a carabiner. It keeps them all in one place, provided I remember to use it!   Rachel Douglas An empty toilet paper roll also does the trick! Pegboard Shelves Here's a slick way to store a whole cluster of tools on pegboard with only two pegs. Cut some 2-1/2 in. wide mini shelves; drill holes or slots for router bits, screwdrivers, chisels and files; then drill a couple of 1/8-in. holes in the edges for the 1/8-in. diameter pegs. With a vise and pliers, bend the pegs to about 85 degrees and hammer them into the holes. Be sure the pegs fit tightly in the wood so the shelves can't fall off. Build this simple pegboard storage area in your workshop or garage. Kitchen Organization: Racks for Canned Goods Use those leftover closet racks as cabinet organizers. Trim the racks to length with a hacksaw and then mount screws to the backside of the face frame to hold the racks in place. The backside of the rack simply rests against the back of the cabinet. Now you can easily find your soup and check the rest of your inventory at a glance with this pantry storage solution. Here's a video on how to build this canned good storage solution yourself. Make a Shoe Rack with Modern Style DIY a trendy, modern ladder shelf for your entryway with just $35 worth of supplies and only two tools! You can use the shelf for other things, but it makes a great shoe rack You can follow our guide that shows measurements that can be customized to fit your space. Check out the complete instructions for making this shoe rack. Clothing Storage Solutions: DIY Tiered Hangers Family Handyman Short on closet space? Use a lightweight piece of chain to stagger hanging clothing in tall closets to maximize space. Just loop the first link of the chain over the first hanger, and hang subsequent hangers on every other links after. Hang up to six shirts for the rod space of one. Want to get into a closet project? Build your own melamine closet storage system here . Install Expandable Shelves in Cabinets OmiStudio/Shutterstock Expandable or pullout shelves are an easy way to add extra room to your kitchen without changing anything else. This is a relatively small project and you can typically find a very good pullout shelf accessory for around $50  or you can make your own . Toe-Kick Drawers Another concealed storage spot that's often overlooked is the area beneath the base cabinets. It's surprisingly easy to install shallow toe-kick drawers that are ideal for storing items like bakeware, pet bowls, or cleaning supplies. It's best to build the drawers in your workshop and then install them under the cabinets. Most kinds of cabinets are suitable for adding toe-kick drawers, so follow our detailed instructions to see exactly ow it's done. Wine Box Shoe Storage Why pay for a fancy compartment-style shoe storage container when you can just pick one up for free at almost any store that sells wine? Designed to protect fragile glass bottles, a wine box is perfect for storing footwear because it comes equipped with cardboard dividers a place for each shoe! In addition, the exterior cardboard is very sturdy, again to keep wine bottles from breaking, but also great for protecting your kicks in storage! You could get fancy, too, and paint or cover the exterior of the wine box with decorative wrapping paper if you plan to keep it in your closet or entryway. Organize Small Cords In today's high-tech homes, keeping track of small cords can be challenging. Almost every electronic device has a cord that goes with it: cameras, smartphones, computers and the list goes on. Rather than tossing them in various drawers throughout your house, where they can get tangled or forgotten, try this simple and inexpensive solution. Find a small box (a shoe box works perfectly) and fill it with as many empty toilet paper rolls that will fit vertically. Then place a single cord in each toilet paper roll. Next time you need one of your small cords, you'll know where to find it, and it'll be free of tangles! Move Clothes Masterfully When it comes time to move, this tip is especially useful for packing and unpacking your closet! There's no need to take your clothes off of hangers, fold them and stack them in boxes. Just grab a handful of your hanging clothes and wrap the tops of the hangers together using bendable electrical wire or a zip tie. Drape a garbage bag over the clothes, pulling the tops of the hangers through a hole in the bottom of the bag. Then cinch up the garbage bag handles and tie them together. Pegboard Cubbyholes Here's a tool storage technique for all those slender tools and shop accessories. Cut short lengths of PVC pipe (1-1/2- and 2-in.-diameter pipes work well for most items) and slide them over pegboard hooks. Then load them up with files, hacksaw blades, zip ties, pencils, stir sticks...you get the skinny. Build this compact pegboard storage container in an afternoon. Custom Truck Bed Drawers Check out how one reader crafted custom storage drawers for his truck bed . The drawers are perfect for organizing his tools, and a rubber bed liner protects the drawers and tools from rain and other outdoor elements. Stackable Nesting Kitchen Caboodle It's way too easy to toss mismatched bowls and other kitchen gear in a drawer and forget about them until the next time you need something. Avoid wasting time digging around for what you want while saving space with this stackable option . This is an affordable, space-saving, 10-piece mixing bowl, colander and measuring set that's bound to make your life just a little easier. Check out these other kitchen cabinet and drawer organizers you can build yourself. Photo: Courtesy of Mexcallen Under-Joist Shelf The unused space between overhead joists in a basement or garage is a brilliant place to install a heavy-duty wire shelf. The wire shelving is see-through, so you can easily tell what's up there. Store outdoor sports equipment, tackle boxes, coolers and other less-frequently used items out of the way yet still easily accessible. Depending on the width, wire shelves cost from $1 to $3 per foot at home centers . Ball Storage If you have kids, you have balls basketballs, soccer balls, rubber balls and other round objects that roll around underfoot. Here's a perfect way to use that narrow gap between a pair of garage doors (if you're blessed with such an awkward spot). Just install angled "ball ramps" made from scrap wood. The balls fit neatly in the gap, and because the ball ramp is right there at the edge of the garage, kids are more likely to use it. Light-Duty Extension Cord Storage To keep light-duty extension cords organized , slide them into toilet paper or paper towel tubes. Write the length of the cord on the tubes before you put them in a drawer or bin. You'll be able to find the right cord easily with this extension cord storage hack, plus you've made good use of the tubes. Check out these other cardboard tube hacks. Belt and Other Hang-Ups Family Handyman Where do you store your belts? How about on this inexpensive and easy-to-make belt holder? All you need is a wooden hanger and some cup hooks. If some of your belts have unusually thick buckles, just widen the cup hook slightly with a needle-nose pliers. This is a great way to hang small handbags, too. We also have tons of storage ideas for the kitchen. Plastic Bag Holder An empty rectangular tissue box makes a convenient holder for small garbage bags, plastic grocery bags and small rags. Simply thumbtack it to the inside of a cabinet door . It's one of our favorite kitchen storage ideas. Ironing Board Storage Family Handyman Ordinary coat hooks on the back of a closet door keep your ironing board out of the way but close at hand when you need it. Keep your imagination moving and check out these garage storage ideas . Closet Glove Rack If you don't have radiators, finding a good spot to dry wet hats and mittens can be tough. Tossing them into a plastic bin gets them out of the way, but they never dry and it's no fun putting on damp mittens in the morning. This simple back-of-the-door glove and cap rack allows wet things to dry and keeps easily misplaced items organized. Just string clothespins on aluminum wire (it won't rust) and stretch it between screw eyes on the back of a closet door. This also works great out in the garage for drying garden and work gloves. Make your own mitten drying rack with these inspirational ideas. Couch Caddy Keep everything you need within arm's reach. This clever IKEA hack couch caddy can hold your remote, a beverage and a magazine or newspaper. Find instructions at instructables.com . Photo: Courtesy of instructables.com Keep Ladders Out of the Way Hang ladders from the ceiling so they don't hog prime storage space. The rollers on this simple carriage let you easily slide in one end of the ladder, then the other. The materials you'll need are all inexpensive. Fasten the corner braces to ceiling joists with 2-in. lag screws. Secure the ladder with an elastic cord so it can't roll out and fall. Magnets in the Medicine Cabinet Reader David Farrand has a great solution for organizing small metal items such as tweezers, nail clippers and more in the bathroom: hang them on magnets inside a cabinet . If your cabinet does not have a metal surface, attach the magnets with hot glue one magnet for each metal tool. Bathroom Drawer Insert from the Kitchen A silverware drawer insert works just as well in the bathroom for organizing toothbrushes, tubes of toothpaste, razors, clippers, lip balm and more. The various sizes of compartments keep items looking neat and easy to find. In a small bathroom, every square inch counts. Use these clever tips to wring extra bathroom storage from unexpected places . Easy-to-Make Wine Rack I never have enough space for wine storage, so I made this wine rack using pantry shelves and 1x2s. I used a router to round over the top edges of 1x2s, cut them so they're a few inches shorter than the shelf depth; then spaced them about 2 in. apart. Then I screwed them to the shelf. I adjusted the shelf spacing so there's about 5 in. of clearance for the bottles.   Robert Lackey This wine rack is easy to make, too. Mount Electric Toothbrushes on Your Cabinet Most toothbrush holders aren't big enough for electric toothbrushes. They end up falling out of the holder or taking up too much room on the vanity. Here's a clever storage idea: Make a holder for them using large grip-type clips. Mount the clips on your medicine cabinet or on a piece of wood that you can hang on the wall. The clips work great to keep your toothbrushes secure! If you recently upgraded to an electric toothbrush, check out these brilliant ways to repurpose your old standard version. Swinging Trash Here's a space-saving solution to the bathroom waste-basket problem. Screw wire shelf anchor clips to the inside of the door and hook the lip of a small wastebasket right on the hooks. It's easy to use, it hides unattractive trash, and it frees up precious bathroom floor space. If you want to disguise other trash cans in or around your house, check out these 9 options. Air Tool Station A 2-1/2-gallon bucket is all you need to cleverly store air tools and hoses on a wall right by the air compressor. Screw a 3/4-in. plywood shelf inside the bucket to create two storage areas, then attach the bucket to the wall with a couple of screws and washers. Load up the bucket with nailers, nails, tire pressure gauges and other accessories and coil the hose around it. This is one of our favorite clever storage ideas. Plus: How to find a small air compressor that's right for you. String Dispensers Here's a great way to reuse empty CD/DVD containers. Drill a hole in the top for the string to slide through, then screw the lid under a shelf and snap on the string-loaded container. Pull down and snip off the desired length and never worry that your ball of string will roll away across the floor dragging its tail behind it! From Office to Kitchen You see an empty file holder, we see an opportunity for some clever kitchen storage. If you have an orphan file holder lying around, try converting it to the upright storage space where you arrange your aluminum foil, your parchment paper, your plastic bags, and more. Screws, Doodads and Other Hardware Storage If you have lots of small hardware on hand, constantly opening drawers or containers to find what you need is a pain. Here's one solution: Store hardware in small, sturdy zippered craft bags (thicker than sandwich bags and available at hobby stores). Punch a hole in the bag and hang it on pegboard. The clear bags make finding what you need a snap and keep dust, rust and moisture at bay. If you need to find a matching piece of hardware, just hold it up for a side-by-side comparison. Refrigerator/Freezer Stackable Storage Bins These clear plastic bins are great for keeping your pantry, refrigerator or freezer tidy while ensuring everything remains in sight. This will keep you from buying things when you don't need them! The bins are BPA-free and feature built-in handles. You can also organize your fridge with a six-pack! Photo: Courtesy of Greenco Concrete Form Wrapping Paper Storage Using a 6-ft. cardboard cement form cut in half, I created two wrapping paper storage containers. I cut the cylinder in half and cut pieces of heavy cardboard for the base of each, attaching them with duct tape. Then I spray painted them to look presentable.   Peter Turner Check out what another Christmas-related item you can stuff in a concrete form tube . Saw Blade Roost Here's a double-duty DIY holder for storing and cleaning table saw and circular saw blades in your shop. It features a slotted dowel to keep stored blades spaced apart so the teeth stay sharp. Using a handsaw, cut notches spaced at 3/8-in. intervals halfway through a 5/8-in. dowel. Glue the dowel in a hole drilled in a 16 x 12-in. piece of 3/4-in. plywood. Frame the sides and lower edge of the plywood with 2-in. strips of plywood and add a lower facing piece to create a basin at the bottom. When a blade needs cleaning, remove the other blades and line the rack with tinfoil. Then mount the gunked-up blade on the dowel, spray one side with oven cleaner, and flip it over and spray the other side. Any drips go in the basin, and the sides minimize overspray. Let the cleaner work for an hour or so, then use a moistened kitchen scrub pad to scour the dissolved gunk and burned sawdust off the blade. Then throw away the foil and store your blades. Check out this genius blade storage idea from one of our readers. Get Produce Off the Counter Sometimes all that's needed to spruce up a space is organization. This creative way to store fruits and vegetables is inexpensive and attractive. It's also a bonus that this project will free up valuable counter space. Garage Door Extension Cord Storage Ever wish you had one more garage wall to hang stuff on? Well, you do. Your garage door is a perfect place for extension cord storage. (Yes, they'll stay put when the door opens and closes.) Install screw eyes diagonally about 8 in. apart and thread bungee cords (with the ends cut off) through them for perfect extension cord storage. Now you have a perfect bungee "corral" to hold your extra extension cords. Hang a Magnetic Strip You know those magnetic strips that hold your kitchen knives or garden tools? They can also be used to hold the metal accessories in your bathroom, like bobby pins, tweezers and nail clippers. Here are more hacks that prove magnetic strips can be extremely useful for organization and storage. Photo: Courtesy of Milady Pro Put your trash bags on a roll http://www.simplyorganized.me You could leave them in boxes...or use this clever trick and put your bags on a roll! Simply use curtain rod brackets and a wooden dowel and hang these underneath your sink for easy access. Hang them either on the side of your cabinet or on the door! Charger and Cord Pockets Do you get tired of rummaging through drawers and boxes trying to find the right cords and chargers for all of your electronic gadgets? One solution is to use a clear vinyl over-the-door shoe organizer. Make labels for each pocket and put every item in its own spot. Now you can find everything you need without getting frustrated. Tidy File Center Countertops are a landing pad for paper mail, news clippings and other assorted notes. Get that mess off your counter with folders and a file holder. The one shown here (from an office supply store) mounts with screws or double-sided foam tape. If you don't have suitable vertical surface, get a file holder that sits on the countertop. It will take up less space (and look neater) than a stack of papers. If you're short on space and could use a home office, read up on how to turn your closet into a makeshift home office! Quick-Draw Hammers This is probably one of the most cheap storage solutions you'll find! Here's an instant DIY rack for hammer storage in your shop. Drive 2-in. drywall screws into a board and tack it to a shop wall. Hook the hammers on the screws so it looks like they're ready to pull out a nail. The hammer claw's V-notch interlocks tightly with the screw threads so the hammer won't fall off, and the handle angles toward you for an easy grasp. Storage Pockets for Skinny Things Saw off short pieces of 1-1/2-, 2- or 3-in. PVC plumbing pipe with 45-degree angles on one end. Screw them to a board to hold paint brushes, pencils, stir sticks and just about any other narrow paraphernalia in your shop. Mount them by drilling a 1/4-in. hole in the angled end, and then drive a 1-5/8-in. drywall screw through the hole into the board. Gutter Bins Here are a couple of clever ways to use leftover gutter parts. Build small bins with the scrap gutter lengths, end caps and corner pieces. Mount the bins to a wall or workbench edge to hold parts and tools or serve as a dustbin. Or, screw downspout sections to a board and mount it on the wall to store wood dowels, bar stock and other long, thin items. Check out nine more uses for gutters that aren't on the roof. Emergency Cash Stash You never know when you'll need a bit of emergency cash (or maybe just some fun spending money). Inside an empty tin can is the perfect saving spot. Stash it in the back of your pantry for a rainy day. We've got more where this came from! Check out these other secret hiding places in your home. Every product is independently selected by our editors. If you buy something through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission.