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Bahia grass
Bahia grass is a warm-season grass for the South. It's a coarse-textured, fast-growing, salt-tolerant, sun-loving grass that enjoys moist soil. Like many fast-growing grasses, bahia grass is quite susceptible to thatch buildup. Try not to mow bahia grass lower than 2 inches high.
Bent grass
A cool-season grass for the North, bent grass is fine-textured and deals fairly well with heavy traffic because it grows quickly. Unfortunately, bent grass isn't very drought tolerant and may be more disease prone than other cool-season grasses. Because of its fast growth, bent grass tends to build thatch. Mow bent grass no lower than ½ inch high, slightly taller in the heat of the summer months.
Bermuda grass
This warm-season grass is suited for the South. It has a medium texture and is tolerant of heat and salt, which makes it good for coastal areas. However, it's not shade tolerant and needs full sun. Bermuda grass is somewhat drought tolerant, though it may go brown. Mow no lower than 1½ inches high.
Blue grama
A sun-loving native grass with fine-textured, gray-green leaves, blue grama is extremely hardy and drought tolerant, but also relatively expensive. It doesn't tolerate heavy foot traffic well. Mow no lower than 2½ inches high.
A cool-season grass for the North, Kentucky bluegrass is one of the most common grasses in North America: It resists light traffic, but isn't particularly drought tolerant. Bluegrass can withstand colder temperatures than many other grasses. Mixing it with other cool season grasses, such as fescues or ryes, can be beneficial. Mow bluegrass no shorter than 2 inches high, and higher during the hottest weeks of the year.
Buffalo grass
Native to drier areas of North America, buffalo grass has fine-textured, gray-green leaves. Though expensive, it is drought tolerant and resists heat well (but not cold). Buffalo grass is rather slow to green in the spring. Mow buffalo grass no lower than 2½ inches high.
Centipede grass
Another Southern, warm-season grass, centipede grass is medium-textured and grows more slowly than most other warm season grasses. It also doesn't like a lot of foot traffic. Centipede grass is not among the most drought-tolerant grasses, either. On the plus side, it performs in light shade and is fairly disease resistant. Mow 1 to 2 inches high.
The fescues include cool-season grasses (chewings, red, hard, and tall fescue) suited just about everywhere except the furthest North and the Deep South. Most tolerate a range of soil types, as well as partial shade. They also resist traffic well, and are generally drought tolerant. Mow fescues no less than 2 inches high, and bit higher during the heat of the summer.
Perennial ryegrass
Ryegrass is a cool-season grass for the North. It grows quickly, tolerates a bit of shade, and is more disease resistant than many other cool-season grasses. Mow ryegrass no less than 2 inches high, and a bit higher during periods of heat and drought.
St. Augustine grass
This warm-season grass for the South is a fast grower. It tends to have a coarse texture and good heat tolerance. Enjoying a moist soil (though it won't survive drought), St. Augustine grass tolerates some degree of shade. Mow no lower than 2 inches high.
Zoysia grass
A Southern, warm-season grass, zoysia grows in partially shaded spots, and tolerates more salt than many other grasses. Zoysia is very drought and disease tolerant, but is susceptible to thatch. It Will Brown when dormant in winter. Mow zoysia between 1 and 2 inches high.


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Slingball for iPad
By Novasa
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
Get ready for the ultimate multiplayer battle on your iPad. Use your sling to shoot the ball in your opponent's goal, in this stylish 2-player game.
What's New in Version 1.1
This update improves the gameplay of Slingball by restricting the player to his/her own half of the track. Also, the 'own goal' state has been removed.
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Interesting, but not entertaining
Many neat features of the style, worth checking out if you're into a techno look, the world view angle tilts with the screen. This is a really polished app, but the core gameplay is not that fun.
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- Updated: Apr 22, 2010
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 1.4 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Novasa Interactive ApS
- © 2010 Novasa Interactive ApS
Compatibility: Requires iOS 3.2 or later. Compatible with iPad.

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Feeling abandoned and left out by his family John runs away from home. But is he as unloved as he thinks?
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Merry Meadow Wins Princess Rooney in Return
William Parsons Jr. and David S. Howe's homebred Merry Meadow made her return to the races a winning one, taking the $250,000 Princess Rooney Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park on July 5.
William Parsons Jr. and David S. Howe's homebred Merry Meadow made her return to the races a winning one, taking the $250,000 Princess Rooney Stakes (gr. II) at Gulfstream Park on July 5.
Wildcat Red was honored as the 2014 Florida-bred Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old colt at the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association annual awards banquet and gala March 16.
A small but talented field of six fillies and mares is to go to post in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III) from Gulfstream Park Dec. 13.
Melnyk Racing Stables' Leigh Court punched her ticket to the Breeders' Cup World Championships by outrunning the competition to win the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II) at Keeneland Race Course Oct. 4.
Recent grade II winners Stonetastic and R Free Roll top a solid field of fillies and mares entered in the Oct. 4 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (gr. II) that is part of Keeneland's opening weekend stakes extravaganza.
R Free Roll pulled a mild upset July 28 at Saratoga Race Course when shooting straight to the lead and holding firmly in the stretch to take the $200,000 HRTV Honorable Miss Handicap (gr. II) for filly and mare sprinters.
Speedsters La Verdad, Red Velvet, R Free Roll, and Merry Meadow will ensure a prompt pace in the Honorable Miss at six furlongs at Saratoga July 28.
Newly crowned single-season North American earnings record holder Javier Castellano picked up a graded win Dec. 14 at Gulfstream Park when he guided Heart Stealer in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes.
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R Free Roll will stay in South Florida as she tries to nail down the first graded stakes win of her career Dec. 14 at Gulfstream Park in the $100,000 Sugar Swirl Stakes (gr. III).
Maggi Moss' So Many Ways got back on track with a strong off-the-pace victory in the $400,000 Charles Town Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races Sept. 21.
Wildcat Lily stalked her way to a victory in the 39th running of the $150,000 Azalea Stakes (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies at Calder Race Course July 6.
Averill Racing and Silver Oak Stable's R Free Roll will be seeking her third victory over males in as many starts in the July 6 Carry Back Stakes (gr. III) at Calder Casino & Race Course.
Jockey Gary Boulanger, away from the races for nearly nine years, rides John Oxley's Conquestor to victory in the OBS Sprint Stakes during the OBS Day of Champions. Spring Venture returns a winner in the filly division.
Brereton Jones' homebred Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Believe You Can returned from a layoff of more than seven months to capture the $94,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes by 10 1/4 lengths Feb. 2 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.
In her highly anticipated 3-year-old debut, Kauai Katie romped to an easy eight-length victory over Cor Cor in the Jan. 1 Old Hat Stakes (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park.
My Pal Chrisy and Bad Debt were repeat winners in the Florida Million at Calder Casino & Race Course Nov. 10, while Cash Rules led all the way to capture the $150,000 Carl G. Rose Classic Handicap.
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St James's Palace has not denied that Prince Harry was sent to a drugs rehabilitation clinic for a day after he admitted to smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol.
It is acknowledging that there has been a problem - a "serious matter", as it says in the statements.
But it is suggesting that the reports in the News of the World are exaggerated.
The palace is saying that over a two-month period last year, thought to be last summer, Prince Harry "experimented on several occasions" with the soft drug cannabis.
It said that this was always in private. It is acknowledged also that he was drinking heavily.
It is reported that he was confronted by his father, Prince Charles, and that as a consequence Prince Harry went - just on one occasion, for a couple of hours - to a drug rehabilitation centre where he saw heroin addicts, and saw the consequences of drug abuse.
'No more experimenting'
St James's Palace insists that this matter has now been resolved and is closed.
His father has been confronted by a problem which of course many parents will be confronted by.
He and the authorities at Eton College, where Prince Harry is now back at school, will be watching the situation very carefully to make sure there is no resumption of what they acknowledge is a very serious matter.
Concern about friends
Certainly St James's Palace will be dismayed that this has occurred.
The concern may be that Prince Harry, and indeed at an earlier stage Prince William, were with people - in fact some of their friends were people - who had experimented with drugs, and indeed taken that experimentation to a rather more serious level.
The palace will be anxious to co-operate with Eton to ensure between them that Prince Harry does not resume any of this "experimentation".
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Last month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that it would let go of its BlackBerry servers by June 2012 in an effort to cut costs. And
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RIM has its own network infrastructure where it can encrypt, compress and direct data to BlackBerry devices through its cellular network. This seemed ideal for the workplace, where BlackBerry phones quickly became popular.
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RIM now says it plans to slash the fees it charges carriers for BlackBerry service at some point this year in an effort to save itself from losing anymore customers. It also plans to introduce its BlackBerry 10 smartphones in late 2012 as well as new software called Mobile Fusion, which allows "core enterprise customers" to manage the company's competitors' devices.
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Summary Open front, v-neck vest with rows of vertical eyelets. Picot hem on all edges. Knitted flat in one piece.
Size S, M, L, XL. Finished: 36"/92cm, 40"/102cm, 44"/112cm, 48"/122cm.
Additional Yarn Info 575 yds/526m, 690 yds/631m, 690 yds/631m, 805 yds/736m. Scrap of smooth yarn for the invisible cast-on.
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The promise made by state government of Manipur to MC Mary Komis yet to be fulfilled. Following her coveting the world champion title for the fourth time in 2010, the government was to felicitate her and provide her a plot of land for a boxing academy. However, both remain unfulfilled.
"She was promised that she would be promoted to the Additional ASP`s post in Manipur Police, besides a two acre piece of land for her academy. Two years have passed since the procedures were started by the state government and now they say that they would club it with her Olympic medal," said Mary's husband Onler Kom.
"Mary doesn't even know about this move by the government but if this is the case, we don't want any incentive. It is unfair that a promise made two years ago is fulfilled by clubbing it with an altogether new achievement that has its own significance," he added.
Mary Kom created sensation as she became the third Indian woman to ensure an Olympic medal after reaching the semifinals of the 51kg weight category in London on Monday. She has been India's lone flag bearer in the women's boxing section.
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Warm temperatures (70-85 degrees F) with light rains, heavy dew, and windy weather are most conducive for bacterial spot (Xanthomonas pruni) development and spread in stone fruit. Infections occur only when the leaves are wet, and the amount of disease increases exponentially. Bacterial spot infection periods in the graph were determined using a Spectrum Weather Monitoring System and Ohio State University Bacterial Spot of Stone Fruit model, HYG-3019-95. Graphs for apple scab, cedar apple rust, and cherry leaf spot infection periods are attached. Primary scab is still active but declining.


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[WORLD CUP 2022] Qatar 2022 is three World Cups away, but it continues to dominate the international soccer news. More trouble with Brazil 2014 stadiums? Hooliganism and racism and anti-gay laws in Russia, the 2018 host? Who cares?
After the first day of two days of FIFA executive committee meetings in Zurich, the only thing that seems
certain is that FIFA still plans to hold the World Cup in Qatar. Just when it will take place in 2022 remains to be seen.
FIFA spokesman Walter De
Gregorio said on Thursday that the 2022 World Cup will be played in Qatar.
"No doubt," he said. "What is open to question is if we play in winter, and if so, is it November,
December, January? I don't know..."
Since Qatar surprised the world and won the right to host the 2022 World Cup with a 14-8 vote of the executive committee over the USA on the fourth
ballot, it has been dogged by accusations that it bribed executive committee members as part of its multi-million dollar bid campaign. (FIFA prosecutor Michael Garcia is expected to
begin next week a worldwide investigation of nations involved in the bid process.)
More recently, revelations about the poor treatment of migrant workers from Nepal have led to charges
that the Kafala employment system that ties migrant workers to employers amounts to slavery.
Hassan al-Thawadi, the young lawyer who ran the Qatari
bid and heads its organizing committee, dismissed charges about how Qatar won the World Cup as conspiracy theories.
"I think what we're going to see is a picture of the grassy knoll in
the JFK assassination and instead of it being smoke they're going to say it's the Qatari headdress and it's us," he told reporters on Thursday. "It proves the need for the Middle East to host a World
Cup. It proves the need for us to actually be able to break down stereotypes."
Al-Thawadi also hit back at charges Qatar was turning a blind eye to labor abuses in a country that depends
almost entirely on foreigners in a construction industry that has seen a boom in work on infrastructure to get the Gulf state ready for the 2022 World Cup. (Estimates are Qatar will spend $100 billion
on infrastructure, not the mention the work on building stadiums.)
"It will always be our top priority," Al-Thawadi said. "If the World Cup is doing anything, it is
accelerating a number of these initiatives."
About the only thing everyone within FIFA can agree on is that a 2022 World Cup cannot be held in June and July.
bid called for plans to construct air-conditioned stadiums to hold the games -- and Al-Thawadi insists his country is ready to host a summer tournament -- but as American Chuck Blazer, the former executive committee member, famously said on the eve of the 2022 World Cup vote, "I don't see how you can air-condition an entire country."
It took
three years for everyone else to come around to Blazer's position. Now, the fight is over when to hold the tournament.
Two periods have been proposed: November-December and
January-February. FIFA president Sepp Blatter, along with the English Premier League, supports the former, while Michel
Platini, the president of UEFA, which organizes the Champions League, is in favor of the latter.
Leagues and continental championships across the world would be disrupted by a
winter World Cup. MLS, for one, would probably have to end six weeks earlier than it does now if a November-December World Cup was adopted.
Fox, which bought the TV rights to the 2018 and
2022 World Cup, is strongly opposed to a winter World Cup. Period. A November-December World Cup would fall in the middle of the heavy NFL season, while one scenario has a January-February World Cup
ending with the final on the same day as the Super Bowl.
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Another possible definition of obsession: my playing so much scrabble that it happens in the first place.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Possible definition of obsession
Another possible definition of obsession: my playing so much scrabble that it happens in the first place.
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What's even more startling is that your opponent used so many letters which are useful for forming bingos.
- 12:17 pm
- TimT said...
I know! They're beating me in the current game, though.
- 12:21 pm
- Maria said...
I noted someone complaining in the paper that on Million Doillar Wheel of Fortune "it was so predictable [and therefore shouldn't be on TV]" that everyone picked the E, R, T, and S etc for their letters when solving the last phrase.
Yes, it'd be ultra-cool if the compere said "Four consonants and a vowel" and the contestant said "U, Q, X, J, and Z, please!"
- 1:31 pm
- colonel eggroll said...
I too am completely and scarily addicted to facebook scrabble. May I friend you, so we can play?
- 12:49 am
- TimT said...
Friend away!
- 7:45 am
- TimT said...
Maria, I guess that any word that doesn't include U Q X J and Z - consecutively, I might add - is not worth learning! Ah yes. Uqxjz. I say it all the time...
- 7:48 am
- Maria said...
And an UQXJZously UQXJZ day to you too, Tim T. How UQXJZ of you!
- 4:05 pm
- TimT said...
To Uqxjz, or not to Uqxjz -
That is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler to Uqxjz,
And by Uqxjzing, end them?
Out, damn Uqxjz!
Half a league, half a league, half a league onward
Road the Uqxjzred.
There once was a Uqxjz in a tree
Who was horribly Uqxjzed with a bee:
When asked, "Does it Uqxjz?"
He replied, "Yes it Duqxjz!"
It's a perfectly Uqxjzid old Uqxjz!"
- 4:44 pm
- TimT said...
Astute scrabbles and cruciverbalists will also be interested to know that Uqxjz is an anagram of 'jquxz' and a near-anagram of 'jjqzx'.
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The Level Club, originally built in 1925 as a Masonic Club and Hotel by famed architects Clinton and Russell, was converted to 160 one-of-a-kind condos in 1984. This art-deco style, pre-war condo is famous for its Neo-Romanesque façade depicting the image of King Solomon's while the double height lobby is lavishly adorned with stylish decorations of symbolism and history. This condo features individually controlled central heat and air conditioning in each apartment, a live-in superintendent, a full time doorman, a concierge, a central laundry room, a playroom and bicycle storage...
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China's bicycle industry is taking several steps to prop up sales and sustain financial viability in the months ahead. Since Global Sources last covered the sector in October 2008, overseas demand weakened at a faster pace, as reflected by export volume declining at double-digit rates during November and December. This culminated in a total drop of 4 percent for the year 2008.
Aggregate sales, however, rose 18 percent to $2.6 billion, primarily as a result of higher prices. The growth also reflected a better sales mix, with more midrange and upscale units estimated to have been shipped overseas.
Despite the industry's positive sales performance, concerns about softening demand are mounting, with some companies reporting 70 percent fewer orders in the past six months. In January, year-on-year comparisons of customs statistics show export volume and value declining 34 and 12 percent, respectively.
As consumers continue to remain frugal amid the economic slowdown, several suppliers have started reducing prices to stimulate buyer interest. Companies are generally reluctant to compete solely on price, however, as they do not want to engage in a price war that may prompt certain markets to initiate anti-dumping investigations. Further, most cannot afford major cuts without risking profitability, since labor-related expenses and additional testing fees keep margins slim despite lower raw material costs.
Amid this business environment, the following are some of the key trends we see in China's bicycle industry.
• Suppliers will continue shifting to the mid range and high end. In line with this, they will enhance their design capability and quality management systems by investing in additional training for key personnel.
• Efforts toward product differentiation will range from simple changes in aesthetics to improved practicality, ergonomics and safety. Heightened environmental awareness will also be reflected in several releases.
• In terms of geographic market, suppliers will continue to expand their reach beyond North America and the EU. Many are exploring Eastern Europe, the Middle East, South and Central America, and Africa for growth opportunities.
• Most companies will also widen target segments. Besides creating units for cycling enthusiasts, several are developing models for students and office workers who live in urban areas.
• Export sales are expected to return to a growth track in the next 12months. A few suppliers are expecting the increase to exceed 20 percent.
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Senior PR Manager
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- 23 Nov 2012
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- To work closely with all the product and marketing team internally to support the product promotions, late deals and generate news
- To brief, manage and approve consumer and corporate PR projects in the campaign calendar to support the brand proposition and business profile.
- To work on integrated brand campaign projects with all members of the brand team, and manage the PR element
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Well that sucks, congrats and good luck but I don't think we needed another fru fru kale place, especially when good Filipino food was hard to find - gotta serve the gentrifiers though
I went for the first time a few years ago and had a biscuit that melted in my mouth and some delicious pork belly. I went again for brunch and dinner a few more times and it seemed that each time they had a new cook who wanted to experiment with a different food technique. I looked forward to seeing what the hiatus will bring food wise and decor and I appreciate them for taking a change back in 2009.
I took a friend there for a special dinner last year, inspired by a CheckPlease review on KQED... some items were good, but a tough and smallish piece of "signature" fried chicken was a disappointment with overpriced side dishes required to make a meal.
The coup de grace was my friend's request for some sparkling water being met with a fancy, imported bottle of something brought to the table without comment. It later showed up on the bill as a $19 charge. Really?! Never went back. End of story. Have a nice "hiatus" Pican. And au revoir.
Thanks for all the great food. Haters gonna hate, but I had great food, great drinks and great times there for years. Sure there were misses and a couple of bad service moments, but that's the industry. Thanks for making a great place for POC's and soulful White folks to get their grub on and socialize with style. You can always find a soul shack somewhere. Pican brought Black elegance and power to the center. The food wasn't cheap, but the cultural contribution was enoromous.
The food was overpriced and underwhelming.
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Sorry to hear!
Not sure about your analysis of Oakland politics but I CAN tell you the restaurant industry is going through major changes (the outcome of which is up in the air) and full service restaurants are struggling and/or closing throughout the Bay Area.
EBX is where the narrative goes to thrive, such story tellers. Pican was the gentrification they wanted to see. The restaurant cost around $1.8m to build and it's always been expensive, from day one. I ate there in 2009 and thought the cost was too high, similar to a high quality place in SF but in a cheaper desolate part of Oakland. Oakland businesses are dieing because Oakland (the City and its political class) only know how to operate in an idealistic vacuum AND milk a good thing until it's dead. It's been doing the same thing for 40+ years with the exact same results. We're only thriving because regional pressure has become so incredibly enormous.
I'm so disappointed that food is the best . I am from New Orleans, La . And Mrs. Nelly cook just like New Orleans. I'm here in Oakland to stay and don't feel like cooking and I'm looking for her. Best cooking I had yet in Oakland California. I'm so sad . I pray to God her kids carry on her legacy. Best cook yet!! Be Bless
Hey EBX, it's been almost a month since you posted any What the Fork updates, man. What the Fork?
Can't wait to check it out :-)
It means all those new residents will complain about the noise. Clubs do better where there are not a lot of people sleeping.
This sentence doesn't make any sense:
"Oscar Edwards saw all of the shiny new high-rise apartment buildings planned for Downtown Oakland and figured the writing was on the wall: There probably wasnt much of a future in running a nightclub in that neighborhood."
Why would you think a nightclub doesn't have a future when a ton of new people are about to move in nearby? If anything it probably means a lot more business.
We are still accepting signatures on our petition through 4 pm Monday 4/10 voicing our concerns to City of Oakland planning commission and city council regarding the impact of Golden Road on the neighborhood in terms of noise, traffic, parking and pushing small local brewers out: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/golden-road-Temescal
Glad the East Bay Express reports on this issue. Keep it up!
To be fair AB InBev can do whatever they want, but they should identify them selves, as they can open a local business that never technically need to make money. For this reason I am not a fan of false flag craft breweries as they effectively seal market share from actual homegrown businesses.
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The public comment period ends tomorrow 4/3/17.
As a long time resident of this neighborhood, I am very concerned that there is no oversight of development in a coordinated way- we are very overdue to have an overlay plan. Otherwise, we continue to deal with the same issues and erosion of quality of life on a "one development proposal" at a time. This responsibility is part of our city council members job- that is Dan Kalb. Our block organized around the same issues for the housing now under construction at 4055 Broadway- 47 units with only 26 parking spaces. Over a year ago, we requested that he start working with the neighbors to develop an overlay plan-- i can only say that he made no effort to do so, his communication in general was poor and there was no advocacy on his part on behalf of neighbor concerns.


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Washington DC (SPX) Nov 29, 2006
It's time for the United States to have a national climate service - an interagency partnership led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and charged with understanding climate dynamics, forecasts and impacts - say six members of the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group. Their views appear online this week in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Unlike the National Weather Service, which forecasts weather up to a week in advance and sometimes two weeks in advance, a national climate service ideally would help with forecasts of climate fluctuations that might be expected anywhere from three months to a year. Forecasts from a National Climate Service could give months of advance warnings to water and power managers, private industries and those charged with human safety when the probabilities for such things as flooding and drought appear to be changing from what is typical.
In addition, scenarios of climate change could be projected for specific regions up to a hundred years out.
Such a service would be concerned both with "climate variability," the natural seasonal to decades-long variations in climate, and the effects of "climate change," the changes brought about by increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, largely because of human activities. "Nature is prodding us to do this," says Ed Miles, a UW professor of marine affairs and lead author of "An approach to designing a national climate service."
Since 1980 the United States has had 66 extreme weather and climate events each costing at least $1 billion. Climate forecasts create opportunities for society to prepare, potentially reducing the costs of climate-related events, the authors write. The forecast of an El Nino in 1997-98, for example, prompted California to prepare for increased risks for flooding, steps credited for reducing El Nino-related losses.
"Despite the increasing predictability of climate, information on predicted climate and climate impacts is not typically used well," the authors write. The UW Climate Impacts Group has a decade of experience helping Pacific Northwest agencies, businesses and citizens understand and respond to climate variability. Funded by NOAA's Climate Program Office, the UW group was the pilot for the nation's eight other regional climate impacts groups that have since been established.
From that experience, Miles says he believes an effective climate service, among other things, needs to be a Congressionally-authorized interagency partnership, must have a cohesive system for monitoring climate and must be able to deliver advice at the regional level.
Congressional resolve and oversight is crucial, Miles says. Talk of a climate service first surfaced in the 1980s, but stumbling blocks have included organizational inertia, very low funding from Congress and competition for programs, budget and turf. NOAA's Climate Program Office has the breadth of vision needed for creating such a service, he says, but it could take several hundred million dollars to fund such a service.
Monitoring climate could be improved with an observational system that first pulls together all the bits and pieces of climate monitoring now done by groups such as NOAA, the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the authors say.
Existing efforts to improve monitoring and forecasting are already under way by groups such as the National Integrated Drought Information System and the Integrated Ocean Observing System. Still, the current fragmentation leads to gaps in monitoring and a national climate service would have the task of upgrading, expanding and optimizing observational networks. The equatorial Pacific Ocean, for example, has a string of U.S. buoys able to detect when El Nino events are developing but the North Pacific - equally important to monitor because of a climate cycle called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation - has no such observing system.
Unlike the National Weather Service, a climate service needs to perform basic and applied research on climate dynamics and what different climate cycles mean for natural resources and human activities.
The suggestions from such research - which are best delivered at the regional level - wouldn't necessarily cause major changes in the way industries operate or water resources are managed, Miles says. There are relatively subtle but potentially important things that could be done. Rather than have one inflexible set of rules of operation, managers might want to come up with a few different sets - different rules for El Nino years and La Nina years, for example. They would be based on scientific knowledge and historical records of how things have played out in the past.
"The true strength of a national climate service is the regional focus of the service," the authors write. "Experience has shown that connections between climate scientists and stakeholders are most effective at the local, regional, statewide and multistate scales at which stakeholders operate."
Co-authors are research scientist Amy Snover, outreach specialist Lara Whitely Binder, professor Ed Sarachik, assistant professor Philip Mote and research associate professor Nathan Mantua.
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Lessons Learnt From Drought Deaths 40,000 Years Ago
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Nov 28, 2006
Drought-stricken Australia should heed a warning from a new study that shows a series of massive droughts killed giant kangaroos and other "megafauna" in south-east Queensland 40,000 years ago, according to researchers from the Queensland University of Technology.
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Callaway Competition handicapped by wrong tyres Callaway Competition was once again handicapped by the wrong tyres at the second round of the FIA GT3 European championship at the Adria Raceway in Italy. Due to the regulations, Callaway...
Callaway Competition handicapped by wrong tyres
Callaway Competition was once again handicapped by the wrong tyres at the second round of the FIA GT3 European championship at the Adria Raceway in Italy. Due to the regulations, Callaway Competition had to compete with the Corvette Z06.R GT, developed and built by Callaway Competition in Leingarten/Germany, on the same tyres that already led to problems at the season start.
"After the immense problems which we had in Silverstone, we have pleaded the FIA for a harder tyre compound. But tyre supplier Michelin could not provide this compound yet." explained team principal Ernst Wohr. From bad to worse, Callaway Competition was also penalised with a additional 50kg ,,Balance of Performance" weight. "After the problems with the tyres we had at Silverstone I can only hardly understand why we get an extra 50kg into our cars," Wohr showed little understanding for the decision.
On the narrow and with only 2.7 km distance shortest track in the calendar, the additional weight hurt. The short track requires a steady change from accelerate and hard brake manoeuvres. With competitors with 150 kg lighter cars, a difficult assignment for the two Callaway-Corvette driven by Jurgen von Gartzen (Germany) / Arnaud Peyroles (France) and Wolfgang Kaufmann (Germany) / Luca Moro (Netherlands).
In the first race on Saturday afternoon von Gartzen and reigning European champion Peyroles finished tenth, Kaufmann/Moro finished two positions behind her sister car in twelfth position.
The second race on Saturday evening was the first night race in the history of the FIA GT3 European championship. Von Gartzen/Peyroles repeated their tenth place from the first race, Kaufmann/Moro finished 16.
,,With our own power we can't fight for victories at moment," said Ernst Wohr after the two races. ,,Now we hope for a quick intervention and a fair classification of our Corvette Z06. R GT3 by the FIA up to the next race at Oschersleben."
Success in the GT4-Cup
But there were also successful moments for Callaway Competition in both races of the GT4 Cup. For the first time Tobias Guttroff (Germany) and Jens Richter (Germany) drove an Corvette C6 GT4, developed and built by Callaway Competition. In the second race on Saturday Jens Richter lead the race with the GT4-Corvette and also scored the fastest lap of the race. Guttroff/Richter eventually finished sixth. ,,The quickest lap of Jens Richter showed the potential our GT4- Corvette," was Ernst Wohr happy with the performance of Guttroff/Wohr in their first GT4 Cup race.
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East Suburban Artists League prepares for 35th annual show
The best work of some talented local artists will be on display when the East Suburban Artists League holds its 35th annual show at CCAC Boyce campus in Monroeville next weekend through Sept. 5.
Easily accessible just off the main entrance of the Boyce building, the show will include paintings, photographs and pastel drawings as well as three-dimensional works of pottery and fabric art. The 57 items in the show represent 30 artists, all members of the league. The exhibit is available for viewing any time the Boyce campus is open.
An opening reception will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 16, with awards presented at 6 p.m. Richard Rauso, an award-winning member of the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, will judge the show.
"People are always thrilled and impressed with the work exhibited in the Boyce show every year. It's excellent work," says show coordinator Linda Galati.
Joyce Clohesy of Natrona Heights will have two very different watercolor paintings in the show. "Springtime" is a realistic rural landscape featuring a red barn under a blue sky dotted with clouds. By contrast, her second piece is composed of abstracted silhouettes arranged one behind the other. The work is titled "Umbras," which means "shadows." The painting is done in pink-and-red tones with one off-white silhouette.
Clohesy has been a member of the Artists League for about seven years.
"It's amazing how many talented people are out there," she says. "It's not just oil or watercolor painting. There are artists who are photographers, artists who do sculpture or painting on glassware. You have a mix of people that love art."
Like Clohesy, Pam Price was an oil painter until she took her first watercolor class.
"It just sort of grabbed my imagination," she says. "The immediacy, the transparency, the potential for beauty. I really love the clarity and the transparency."
Two of Price's paintings will be included in the show. "The Artist" is a portrait of a friend from California. The painting was inspired by a photograph that captured Price's imagination. "She's very lively and she has a beautiful big hat on," Price says.
The other painting is "Wellfleet Fiddler," based on a photograph taken in Wellfleet, a small town on Cape Cod. "One evening, we saw this group of people playing music, and the lighting was beautiful," she says.
Price has been a member of the East Suburban Artists League for about five years.
"I find it very inspiring to be with a group of other artists of varying mediums," she says. "It keeps your eyes open for possibilities. We support and encourage each other to produce our art."
The Artists League meets monthly at Christ Lutheran Church in Murrysville September through June. The club will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. Anyone with an interest in art is welcome to attend the meetings.
Price encourages artists and nonartists alike to attend the Boyce show. "You get a chance to see the variety of what people in the local community are doing," she says. "It's eye-opening."
Cynthia Bombach Helzel is a contributing writer for Trib Total Media.


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The Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne State University Law School is pleased to announce its rescheduled Fifth Biennial Lecture featuring prominent actor, singer and humanitarian Harry Belafonte. Belafonte's lecture, titled "Where We Are Headed" and sponsored by Comerica Bank
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Kathleen Brueggemann selected as University of Missouri-Kansas City 2011 Trustees' Scholar
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) is pleased to announce that Sullivan resident and Sullivan High School graduate Kathleen Brueggemann has been named a 2011 UMKC Trustees' Scholar. Brueggemann will enter UMKC this fall and will major in Accounting.
Each year, UMKC names a select group of academically gifted and accomplished entering freshmen as Trustees' Scholars. The UMKC Trustees created the scholarship program to support the University in attracting the best and the brightest students to UMKC. Each Trustees' Scholar receives an aid package valued at more than $60,000 over four years.
Over the course of her high-school career, Brueggemann served as a member of Student Council and vice-president of the Class Executive Board. She was captain of the Sullivan High School Varsity Cross Country Team and president of the school chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She also was honored as a Missouri Scholars Academy and a Missouri Girls State participant.
To qualify for the Trustees' Scholars Program, students must meet at least two of the following three criteria: a minimum ACT Composite score of 30; rank in the top 5 percent of the graduating class; or a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or more in a 17-class core curriculum. Trustees' Scholars must enroll full time, be seeking an undergraduate degree and commit to living on campus for the first two years.
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), one of four University of Missouri campuses, is a public university serving more than 15,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. UMKC engages with the community and economy based on a four-part mission: life and health sciences; visual and performing arts; urban issues and education; and a vibrant learning and campus life experience. For more information about UMKC, visit www.umkc.edu. You can also find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and watch us on YouTube.
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Murkowski Calls for Advanced Energy Technology, Cap and Trade Answers the Call
Sen. Murkowski opened a briefing on Post-Combustion Carbon Capture at the Senate last week by asserting technology is the key to addressing our energy needs. The Senator said that advancing technology will allow the U.S. to move towards a low-carbon future. Sen. Murkowski is correct.
And cap and trade will guide us to just that: advancing technological innovation. As Sen. Murkowski put it, our current energy technology has an "environmental price," and a clear signal regarding the price of carbon is imperative to spur R&D in technologies with a lower environmental price. Cap and trade allows the government to set the policy objective – to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – and businesses to decide how to best achieve the objective in the most cost-effective manner. It will give industry experts exactly what they are seeking: a clear signal that financial incentives exist for low-greenhouse gas technological innovation, whether its carbon capture and sequestration discussed at the briefing, or nuclear, wind, tidal, or other technologies.
Read more about technology policies and their relationship to cap and trade here.


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.....post, that is.
I've been so busy lately that I haven't taken the time
to sit down and put a blog post together because for some reason
I feel it will take me a long time.
Well I'm just going to post a few pics and a few words and call it a post.
Hope that's OK.
Here's what I've been up to lately.....
|Saxon Sampler
I know it probably doesn't look like I've done much
since the last update picture.
My stitching has really slowed this summer but from what I've
been reading on some blogs, I'm not the only one suffering
from loss of stitching mojo.
It's tough to sit down inside and stitch when it's so beautiful outside.
Since seeing THIS POST on Sharon's blog,
It's Daffycat, I caught the bug to paint boxes too!
I'm hooked! They start out as those brown paper mache boxes
you find at any craft store. SO cool!!
A BIG thank you to Sharon for the inspiration.
Speaking of boxes...I found a few more recently at sales
and thrift stores to do 'whatever' to.
Can you tell I've gone off the deep end with button collecting?
Who knew there was such a thing as Civil War underwear buttons?
I sure didn't!
I don't know what this plant is called but I had no idea it was
going to take over my front flower bed...
It was just a few sprigs sticking out of a 3" pot when I bought it and
look at it now!
I'm not complaining though. I really like it.
I didn't save the name of it though and I want to be sure to get
a couple of these next year. I also want to get more Mexican Heather.
That's what you see around the base of the little bird bath.
Ok now no decent post is complete without a few grandbaby pics.
Here he is 'helping' Mom and Dad plant the garden a month or so ago...
Laymie just sent this one to me tonight as I started putting together this post....
Here he is on Daddy's motorcycle. Just look at those ears!
I want to thank everyone for the birthday wishes. I had a wonderful start to my 44th year. Jan sent me a whole box of birthday goodies but I can't find the pictures right now. Masterchief is revamping our main computer and things aren't quite back to normal yet. I promise to find them and share them with you when I am able. Thank you so much Jan for putting so much thought and heart in to my birthday surprise. You will see when I find the pics what a good time I had opening each giftie! :o)
I wish you all a stitch-filled weekend. I hope to devote more time to it this weekend than I have recently.
Thanks so much for stopping by. I love reading your comments and I appreciate the time you take to leave them!
~~Peggy Lee


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when h and i got engaged last march (wowzah- time flies doesn't it?!) i had a clear vision of what i wanted for our big day: lots of gold, pinks and blushes and the dreamy pale flowers to match (with rustic succulents thrown in).
blushes - succulents - pinks
fast forward 10 months later and now my mind is set on something completely different. i have nixed my muted palate for BRIGHT bouquets and flowers. here are a few of my favorites:
ranunculus - bright bouquet - little buds
the bright flowers will serve as the main pop of color in our reception space so i want something bold and graphic (something a little more fun...like us!) i am confident our florist is going to help make our big day bright & beautiful- i can't wait!!