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Furnace filters are a critical component of your heating and cooling system. Make sure they are changed regularly. We discuss the myriad of choices in furnace filters in this podcast. The Handyguys group filters into three different categories, good, better and best. Whats best for one person may not be the best for another. The standard filters are good for most people. They permit the furnace to operate as it was designed. When selecting a filter you would typically replace with one equal in size and type to the filter already install on your furnace. This may be a a non-pleated fiber type filter. This type is also the least expensive, costing about $1.50 or $2.00 at the local True Value hardware store. If you desire a replacement filter that has a higher MERV or MPR rating (see below for definitions) there are several choices at True Value. Go into the store with your measurements and pick one out. A higher rated filter will catch and filter more particulates from the air. The high end filters will have electrostatic capabilities and can actually filter microscopic bacterias, smoke or other fine particulates from the air. The industry provides ratings for filters. MERV, or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value, is a number from 1 to 16 that is relative to an air filter’s efficiency. The higher the MERV, the more efficient the air filter is at removing particles. At the lower end of the efficiency spectrum a fiberglass panel filter may have a MERV of 4 or 5. At the higher end, a MERV 14 filter is available. MPR is a term used by 3M and stands for Microparticle Performance Rating. It is actually part of the MERV rating, and measures how efficient an air filter is at capturing particles between 0.3 and 1 micron in size, which make up 99% of the air s particulate matter. Smoke, bacteria, and smog particles fall within this size range, so if filtering these out of the air is important to you, MPR is a good standard to examine. MPR is used to compare furnace filters to one another, and cannot accurately predict how a furnace filter will actually perform in your particular home environment. The higher the MPR, the more efficient the filter is at capturing these small particles. Lastly Don t forget about our contest. We are giving away this awesome toolkit. Check out the details on how you can win by listening to Episode 87 of The Handyguys Podcast. Win this tool kit! Disclosure We were one of five bloggers selected by True Value to work on the DIY Squad. We have been compensated for our time commitment to the program and our DIY projects as well as our posts about our experience. We have also been compensated for the materials needed for our DIY project and this giveaway. However, our opinions are entirely our own and we have not been paid to publish positive comments.

http://www.pbs.org/lifepart2 Does the money matter? Chris Farrell, economic expert and regular guest of public radio's Marketplace Money, talks about what's really important when getting or giving an inheritance. The new season of LIFE (PART 2) is on PBS and online at http://www.pbs.org/lifepart2.

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Senator Al Franken draws a map of all 50 states from memory during an appearance on Minnesota Public Radio's Midday at the Minnesota State Fair. Listen to the full interview with Sen. Franken here: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/news_cut/archive/2009/09/usa_the_franken_way.shtml

On the final night of the Republican National Convention, protestors demonstrated throughout downtown St. Paul; starting at the Capitol, moving to John Ireland Boulevard bridge, down to Cedar and 12th street, back to John Ireland via the capitol lawns, over to Marion St., then up to University before being surrounded by police on the Marion St. bridge.

Raw footage: Police try to quell protesters near the intersection of University Avenue and Marion Street around 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, September 4, 2008.

Mark Stoffel, Senior Operations Manager for the Xcel Energy Center, describes the transformation from hockey arena to the main stage of the Republican National Convention.

Joe Kasel, co-owner of the Eagle Street Grille, talks about CNN coming to town and remodeling his restaurant.

Two days before the Republican National Convention, St. Paul police raid a house where journalists and activists had been staying.

While the Republican National Convention began on Monday, Sept. 1, inside the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn., outside police surrounded dozens of people along the Mississippi River. One of the protestors at Monday's events talks about his motivation.

Thousands of protesters have joined delegates, journalists and volunteers in St. Paul for the Republican National Convention. One of the groups that has staged several events is the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign. Already late last week before most delegates even arrived, the group set up their "Bushvilles," comprised of groups of mattresses on the floor or ground. Both of those events resulted in the group ending their protest after being asked to vacate the area by police. On Monday, the group set up its latest "Bushville" in a vacant lot on Western Avenue in St. Paul.

Examining their equipment. September 4, 2008.

Arden Guy Osborne III, a Nevada delegate who supports Ron Paul, talks about differences between the main convention and Paul's event at the Target Center

Democracy Now! producer Nicole Salazar details her experience being arrested, processed and detained during protests of the Republican National Convention, September 1, 2008.

Examining their equipment. September 4, 2008.

This is a continuing series of ThoughtCast interviews conducted at the Public Radio Program Directors conference in Philadelphia.Todd Mundt is one of the Young Turks in public media — he even has an influential blog. Todd recently left Michigan Public Media to take a job in his home state at Iowa Public Media. I d keep your eye out for some upheaval there (in a good way!) Click here: (5 minutes) to listen to the interview. Program director Jackie Sauter admits she s no pro when it comes to newfangled Internet contraptions. But that hasn t kept her from moving North Country Public Radio online. Click here: (5 1/2 minutes) to listen to the interview, and click here to read a PRX review of my interview with Jackie Sauter. Andrew Haeg is the senior producer of Public Insight Journalism at Minnesota Public Radio, which is a fresh new way to interact with — and learn from — your audience. Click here: (4 minutes) to listen to the interview. Click here for part 1 featuring the BBC s Phil Harding, WHYY s Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Jay Kernis, a senior veep at NPR. Click here for part 2 with Michael Arnold of PRI, MPBN s Nikki Shields and WUNC s George Boosey. Click here for part 3 with the BBC s Liliane Landor, On Point s Karen Shiffman and Eric Nuzum of NPR. Click here for part 5 with Maria Thomas of NPR and Lucio Mesquita of the BBC.