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Propagating hydrangeas will allow you to get more of these gorgeous plants without splashing the cash. And, with a bit of patience and know-how, it's not too tricky.
With their abundance of impressively-sized blooms in blue, pink, lime-green, or white, it's no surprise that these shrubs have made a serious comeback recently. They bring stylish structure and form to both contemporary and cottage-style garden schemes, and hydrangea care is undemanding, too.
So, if you're looking for a budget-friendly approach for filling your garden with these show-stopping shrubs, this guide is sure to come in handy.
Easy steps for propagating hydrangeas from cuttings
Taking cuttings from plants is a wonderful way to increase your collection and add more foliage and flowers to your plot for free. And with hydrangeas, it's simple.
You can take softwood cuttings from spring to early summer. As the RHS advises, take your cutting from the soft and flexible young shoot tips, which will root readily. Alternatively, you can take semi-ripe cuttings in mid-summer (which will have a woody base), or hardwood cuttings in winter.
Whichever approach you go for, ensure you use a sharp, clean pair of secateurs. Our buying guide to the best secateurs has plenty of top picks if you need an update.
Once you have your cuttings, put them into a pot of gritty compost, water well, then place the pot in a propagator or cover it with a transparent plastic bag for around six weeks. If you're using the plastic bag approach, briefly remove and shake it out daily to avoid too much condensation building up.
Keep your hydrangea cuttings somewhere frost-free over winter, then pot on when fresh growth appears in spring. Remember to harden them off before planting them in their final position outdoors. It can take a couple of years for them to start flowering.
Amateur Gardening expert John Negus suggests liquid feeding your hydrangea cuttings with a high-potash tomato fertilizer. 'Apply it weekly, making sure that the cutting compost is damp,' he says.
Should you remove developing flowers on your hydrangea cuttings?
It's best to get rid of any flowers you spot on young hydrangea cuttings.
'It is not unusual for flower buds to form at the tips of hydrangea cuttings, but if you let them bloom they are liable to weaken growth,' says John. 'The best way to remove them is with pointed scissors to avoid damaging fragile stems.'
How to propagate hydrangeas from seed
It is also possible to grow hydrangeas from seed, although growing them from cuttings is much quicker and easier.
If you already have hydrangeas in your garden you can get free seeds from them. Collect the tiny seeds by cutting off the dried flower heads and placing them in paper bags – allow them to continue to dry here for a few days. Then, shake the bag to allow the seeds to fall out.
Once you have your seeds, it's simply a case of sowing them in trays of potting soil, without covering them with the soil. Put them somewhere sheltered and sunny – a windowsill is ideal – and keep them moist – they should germinate within a couple of weeks. Pot them on when large enough to handle.
Can you divide hydrangeas to make new plants?
Another common way to propagate many outdoor and indoor plants is by dividing them up. So if you love landscaping with hydrangeas in your garden, you may be wondering, 'can you split a hydrangea?'.
Unfortunately, as John explains, dividing hydrangeas can be impractical as most have a single stem. But there can be exceptions.
'Occasionally, if a thicket of shoots forms, the bush can be dug up and split into well-rooted clumps,' he says.
If yours are like this, go ahead and divide the bushes when leaves fall, in late autumn. 'Then, shorten the stems to 18in (45cm) of the base. Replant the divisions in holes two or three times the diameter of the rootball. Work in lots of compost or manure and set plants at the same depth as before.
'Water them well to ensure the roots are in close contact with the soil,' he adds.
The garden was always a big part of Holly's life growing up, as was the surrounding New Forest where she lived. Her appreciation for the great outdoors has only grown since then. She's been an allotment keeper, a professional gardener, and a botanical illustrator – plants are her passion.
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The Peking Restaurant did an outstanding job on our take-out meal. The Sezhwan (sp) Shrimp were great. 9 large bacon-wrapped shrimp in a spicy/sweet red sauce. Spicy but not a mouth-burner. The Mongolian Pepper Steak had the hot peppers that you could ‘control’ the heat by using smaller pieces of the pepper with the onion and beef pieces. Even the Pork Fried Rice was better than good, with lots of pork and veggies stirred in.
Smokey’s BBQ was OK. Better than most of the chain outfits, but not up to Brick Pit or Dreamland standards. The Brisket was a bit dry and they didn’t have ‘Ribs’ that evening…. So I felt left out ! Sides were OK.

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tv KRON 4 News at 11 KRON January 3, 2012 11:00pm-11:30pm PST
eat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh. a devastating five-alarm fire in san francisco. you might remember this. it really has left a school scrambling to rebuild. it happened just before christmas. it destroyed several apartment buildings in the western addition, leaving dozens homeless. the school next door had bad smoke and water damage. and classes began again tomorrow. the school is racing to rebuild, and to replace lost supplies. >> reporter: behind this door, six classrooms eric library, and a -- a library, and a cafeteria all destroyed. but school must go on. this is the new cafeteria. it's going to have
to do for more than 350 children who go to the school. 50% of the school space was destroyed by the fire. now classrooms have been relocated to a second building on campus. >> today, the teachers returned to find, you know, the boxes, their classrooms boxed up, and they had the day to go through it and get ready for tomorrow. they sorted through new donated supply, fished through whatever was salvamed, and put -- salvaged, and put furniture together. >> all of the children's picture books were destroyed, and 2,500 picture books. the school is seeking help from the public, asking for donations of school supplies, and financial support, to help them get up and running. one of six san jose police
officers injured today in a police chase. he remains in the hospital. the suspect has been arrested. we'll give you a better idea of what happened on the big board. it started at a gas station at king and mckey in san jose. that's where police say that a man punched a 68-year-old man and took his car. it was a carjacking. a police officer happened tobz pulling into the -- to be pulling into the parking lot. he sought whole thing. that's when the chase began. about a half-hour later, the suspect was approaching 680, and he rammed a patrol car. the chase continued on north capitol avenue. the man rammed two more police cars. a few blocks away, an officer used his car to protect a family crossing the street, and that car was also hit. police finally cornered the man.
that was at allen and mccreery avenues. they tasered him and arrested him. kron4's reggie kumar has more on what happened. >> reporter: san jose police say they stopped a carjacking suspect alejandro gonzalez here. police cars had to crash into the suv to stop it. they say gonzalez refused to get out of the suv. that's why one san jose police officer tazed gonzalez through an open window. authorities say gonzalez did not have a weapon on him. he had run-ins with the law in the past, but investigators have not released the details. he was booked at the santa clara county jail, facing assault with deadly weapon charges on a peace officer, as well as carjacking and resisting arrest charges.
in oakland today, people gathered to remember gabrielle martinez, the 5-year-old boy shot and killed friday. this was near the truck where he was killed. his family talked about their frustration with police, and the pain they're any going through. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> i just want to know why. she's crying all the time. why a 5-year-old, innocent kid. >> police have not been showing a little of details publicly. the gunman was only a few feet away from the little boy when he fired, and thabl he shot the child intentionally. oakland had more than double the murder of murders san
francisco had last year, even though san francisco's population is more than twice oakland's size. san jose saw an up rise in murders, finishing with 41. rich mand, vallejo, and east palo alto, all saw murders increase in 2010. violent crimes like assault and murder down 6%. property crimes like robbery and theft were up 3%. in a story you'll see only on kron4, jeff bush talked about san francisco's chief about plans for 2012. >> reporter: violent crime in san francisco is down overall, and the police chief is crediting the combined efforts of the department and the public. >> homicide total remained the same, which is the second best total of any year since the early '60s, being the same total as last year, with 50, which is about half what it had been for just about 5 years running from
2004 through 2008. whether it's interaction through foot beats, the program has been a boone in the bay view, and that will be hopefully in the mid-market area. >> reporter: he says changing some shift it is around has helped reduce crime in the city. >> we worked last year to put our plain clothes officers more targeted toward nights and weekends when we were finding the crimes more prevalent. >> reporter: one of the biggest problems is a loss of manpower and experience which is projected for the future. >> we're facing a lot of retirements over the next 3 years. the mayor has been unbelievably supportive in trying to make sure this we get the academy classes we need to replace those officers. and the big challenge for us is to be able to transition out this experience while keeping as much of it as we can.
we were dealing with dense fog out there this morning. right now, visibilities are reduced in a number of places. but the fog is nowhere near dense. >> 40s and 50s throughout the bay area. 44 in santa rosa, same thing in oakland. we're expecting fog again overnight, and some areas of dense fog as well. it's not going to persist as long out there tomorrow afternoon. we're going to see mostly sunny skies, and temperatures warmer than what we saw today. >> dry conditions will prevail through the extended forecast. and we might receive some rain. coming up. >> we look > we look at who won the iowa caucus and tell you if it indicates the winning candidate wins the republican nomination in san francisco there is
there is a lot of concern that the murals inside san francisco's coit tower are in bad shape. kron4's charles clifford shows you the art and steals you what's being done to preserve it. >> the muralses in coit tower are -- murals in coit tower are a national treasure. >> reporter: the tower was #3w89 in 1923, and -- built in 1923. the san francisco parks and recreation department manages the tower, but the art commission cares for the artwork. over the years, san francisco's foggy weather, and wear and tear from a countless number of visitors, has taken a toll on the frescos. there are mineral deposits on the wall, peeling plaster on the ceiling. >> is this a historical issue with the building and the murals. is this not new damage.
so it has to be treated. >> reporter: the art commission says it's working to secure funds to help pay for a restoration. parks and rec has offered up a one-time grant of $250,000, and they'll throw in a 1% cut of revenue from ticket sales in the gift shop to help pay for future upkeep. in addition to that money, they are hoping public donations and grants will help save the frescos >> they're irreplaceable. and we need to take care of them.
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lead the pack and talked about their campaigns afterward >> this is a campaign night where america wins. we're going to change the white house and get america back on track. [ cheering and applause ] >> the essential issue in this race, that rights come to us from god, and when he gave united states those rights, he gave us the freedom to go out and live those rights out. >> here are four facts you may not know about the caucuses. they were set up after the riotous 1968 democratic convention. when vice president hubert humphrey was nominated without entering a single primary. a reform movement led to iowa democrats holding the first in the nation caucus in 1972. ed musky won, but lost the nomination. of republicans held their first iowa caucuses 4 years later. gerald ford beat ronald regan but lost to jimmy carter in november. only two
nonincumbents have ever won the caucuses and gone on to win the presidency. george w. bush in two thousand, and barack obama in 2008. john mccain in 2008 actually came in 4th in the iowa caucus. mike huckabee was the surprise winner. >> and august 27th, the republican national convention will begin. republican upon delegates will nominate the presidential and vice presidential candidates. the november 6th is the general election, and we find out if a republican candidate can unseat barack obama as president. fog is expected once again overnight. but it's not expected to be as dense. we will see the bay areas with fog, but it won't persist as long either. temperatures in the 40 for the most part to start the day. warmer temperatures for the bay shores will be in the
60s. >> let's take a look at temperatures for tomorrow afternoon. 66 in san jose, 66 in mountain view, 63 in redwood city. this is certainly an improvement because the fog really clinged onto the afternoon. 60 along half moon bay. 60 for the north bay. 60 in san ra rafael. take a look at our satellite and radar pictures. driving up to the north, a little bit of cloud coverage. but that's about it. we haven't seen much rain this season. 4.5 inches in santa rosa, three in sudden bruno, two in liver -- three in san bruno. below where we should be for this time of year. 37% of where we should be in san bruno, and only 31% of average in santa rosa. our extended forecast showing no rain in sight. >> through the rest of the week, we'll see a mix of sun and
clouds. temperatures on the mild side in the 60s. sunshine and mild conditions for the weekend. it's a long way out, but the long range computer models are showing rain for about the 15th and 16th of this month. so we will certainly keep you posted as we head into next weekend. the ipad two is so popular now, it's created a new thriving market. accessories for the ipad. so here's a look at some cool, unique, and useful accessories. i love this thing. the speakers are not that loud on the ipad. the lodgeitech wireless sound box can help you out. >> and here's a completely different speaker for the ipad that blends in a stand. it gives you i good sound boost, and gives you a way to dock the
ipad up right or sideways. of it will also charge when it's dockod this stand -- docked on this stand. this is a small back pack that holds the ipad. it comes built with a drop-down flap so you can wear it on your front side, and use the back pack to hold your ipad hands-free. an emerging trend for the ipad is blending in real-world physical toys you control with your ipad, like this remote control helicopter. you download a free ap, and then you can control it from your ipad. >> for a closer look at these accessories and where to get them, log onto kron4.com, and look for my tech page. tune in at 8:00 pm tonight for more of this story.
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ers coaching news. and surely bowl highlights. good evening, everybody. the bowl season is in its final week. we're counting down to the national championship game, lsu, and alabama next week. this is the sugar bowl. junior hemmingway got 1 foot in college. that's all you need. michigan had a 17 -6 lead. touchdown. overtime tied at 20. brandon gib -- how many of these games come down to a field goal? gibbons makes the field goal. first year coach brady hope gets the gatorade thing. that's it. 23-20. michigan wins the sugar bowl. stanford is terrific. they returned home today . david shaw, the head coach, next year
without andrew luck. dave will be front and center. we'll see exactly how his recruiting class works, who his new quarterback will be. talking about last night's game, though, and the poor kid who missed the field goals. >> we try not to put our kids in that kind of positions where it's up to him to try to win the game. >> how's your kicker doing? is he taking this hard? >> he is , he is. and i told him he should. this is a tough thing. but he's going to come back stronger, he's going to come back better. in the not too distant future when his kicking on sunday, he's going to remember that kick and it's going to make him a better kicker. >> jordan williamson is the guy's name. upon his teammates and coach shaw have his back. stanford though, what a terrific season. all the signals are out there. but the raiders have yet
to confirm that chuck bresthathanbresnahan has been let go. this followed the san diego game. the raiders just blew it down the stretch losing last -- four of their last five games. denver sneaking to the playoffs, and you look at the numbers under chuck on paper, you can make a case that's the worst defense the raiders have ever produced. winning teams always have hot assistants. and greg roman, the offensive coordinator for the 49ers last month, the word is that he visited with penn state about their opening replacing joe paterno. we you will know how difficult -- we all know how difficult that job appears to be. but it would at least triple his salary. he says it would be a dream come true. but he will give the rest of this
year his full attention to the 49ers. but the word is, he's one of two or three finalists for that job. norv turner's win over the raiders apparently saved his job am he'll be brought back the last month and a half. every time you turn on the tv, the experts had him out of there. and a lot of it's body language. you think oh, poor norv. he won't fight back. are you kid something >> he's fought through three jobs, washington, the raiders, and san diego. he'll be back. and philadelphia also says they'll get andy reid. the as are keeping coco crisp. 2-year deal, $13 million. producer, give me 5 seconds of each guy. a fun performer. i think he's going to pull up and shoot the jumper right here. nate robinson. nate didn't have a team. and boys are going to give him


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BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 25
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has presented the “Istiglal” Order to a participant of the World War II, Chairperson of Organization of War, Labor, and Armed Forces Veterans Fatma Sattarova on the occasion of her 100th anniversary in recognition of her long-term fruitful activity in the public life of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Expressing her gratitude to the head of state, Fatma Sattarova said: “The heroic son of Azerbaijan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Azerbaijani Army, you have liberated those mountains, our Karabakh in 44 days. It is true heroism. The people of Azerbaijan are proud of you, may Allah protect you. You have inspired the people, you have given the people faith, you have returned the country to the people, you have returned the homeland to the people, you have returned our land.”
President Ilham Aliyev: This is a victory for all of us, a victory for the people of Azerbaijan.
Fatma Sattarova: Yes, it is a victory for all of us, the people of Azerbaijan. Yes, it is a victory, this is true, we need a leader for that victory, we need a leader to win that victory.
President Ilham Aliyev: Veterans have also played a significant role in this victory. You are an example for all of us. You have shown heroism and great self-sacrifice in the second Karabakh war. You have always been active since then. I have awarded you a high order.
Fatma Sattarova: I know, thank you very much, May Allah be pleased with you.
President Ilham Aliyev: This is one of the highest orders of the Azerbaijani state, the “Istiglal” Order. You deserve it. Because you have glorified our ideal of independence with your life, your activity, your words, your resolute steps. Your work in the name of our statehood during the period of independence is very dear to us and serves as a good example.
Fatma Sattarova: Thank you very much. I am at your service.
President Ilham Aliyev: We always talked about Karabakh when we met with you and other veterans on 9 May.
Fatma Sattarova: Yes, only about Karabakh.
President Ilham Aliyev: We talked about Karabakh and I always said that one day we will liberate the lands, and the day has come.
Fatma Sattarova: Thank you. Thank you very much.
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Then President Ilham Aliyev presented Fatma Sattarova with the “Istiglal” Order and wished her good health.

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Westfield will hold a “Big Day/National Night Out” on Saturday, Aug. 6, noon to 9 p.m.
The event will feature music, food and children’s games on the Middle School Athletic Fields behind Amelia Park on both South Broad and West Silver Streets. The goal of the event is to foster community-police relations.
Five musical ensembles ranging country and acoustic to blues and hard rock will perform during the afternoon on the giant Main Stage while Billy and the Jets will headline with a full concert in the evening.
String Theory, a five-piece country band from Connecticut, whose mandolin, fiddle, guitars and banjo will offer old-time country, folk and bluegrass favorites at 2:10 p.m. and The Salty Sisters Project, a folk-rock acoustic trio, who self-describe their music as “three sisters and a bunch of strings” will rock out at 3:10 p.m.
Lucky #9, a regional hard rock quartet will take the stage with a mix of originals and guitar classics at 4:10 p.m. to be followed by a Youth Showcase, presented by the Greater Westfield Boys and Girls Club at 5:15 p.m.
The MidLife Crisis Band, a regional seven-piece group, influenced by the music of the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers, Steely Dan Tom Petty, will echo sounds of the 1970s and ‘80s at 6 p.m.
Headlining at 7:30 p.m. will be Billy and the Jets, an Elton John/ Billy Joel tribute band. The group is fronted by pianist and lead vocalist Chris Brunelle.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 22 – Back in Afghanistan, Daoud Sediqi recalls, he could rarely walk the streets without fans cheering him on, grateful he brought some hope back to the country with his blockbuster "Afghan Idol" show.
But the 29-year-old’s own sense of hope is now slipping away. He has left behind stardom — both his own and of the reality show’s contestants — for a new life in the United States, which granted him asylum due to Taliban threats.
In his stylish checkered shirt and blue jeans, Sediqi has started a new job as a radio announcer for Voice of America, the US-funded broadcaster. On a call-in show during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Sediqi eschewed music and took questions from Afghanistan on spiritual matters.
Sediqi went overseas for the first time in January for the Sundance Film Festival, which screened a British documentary on "Afghan Idol" and its soaring popularity in a nation where entertainment was forbidden under Taliban rule.
As he prepared to fly back, Sediqi was overcome with second thoughts. He still wrestles with his decision to stay, which triggered furious criticism by some Afghans who accused him of turning his back on the country.
Sediqi, an engaging conversationalist with piercing hazel eyes, turned hesitant when asked his reasons for leaving. But he passionately defended himself.
"Why did I leave my country? I was a star there. Believe me, nobody will leave a country if you’re a star. Ask Ryan Seacrest — does he want to go somewhere else?" he said, referring to his counterpart at "American Idol".
"Multiple reasons motivated me to remain in this country. I can’t really explain every one. But one thing was very important — we have lost our hope in our country. That was the big thing. If you lose your hope in your country, you’ll do anything."
Sediqi’s pessimism has grown deeper as he watches from afar the aftermath of Afghanistan’s second-ever presidential election, in which Western observers allege widespread fraud by President Hamid Karzai’s supporters.
"The situation is deteriorating on a daily basis in Afghanistan," Sediqi said. "At first I sometimes said I should not have remained here, that I should have gone back to Afghanistan. But as I see what’s happening, I now think I made the right decision."
Afghanistan’s Tolo TV has continued "Afghan Idol" with a new host, former flight attendant Omid Nezami.
When he started the show in 2005, Sediqi said he had little concern about security — and few expectations of reaching a mass audience.
Sediqi has long pushed the envelope. When the Taliban controlled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, imposing an austere brand of Islam that banned all entertainment, Sediqi turned into a clandestine television repairman.
Sediqi — who was first exposed to "Indian Idol," India’s version of the globally popular talent show — said his first goal was to give an outlet to women, whose lives were severely restricted by the Taliban.
"In what Islamic country can you not find women singing?" Sediqi said.
"In our country for more than 1,000 years we are Muslims and before there was music and singing by ladies and gentlemen. I don’t know why in six years of the Taliban that culture has changed."
In January, female contestant Elaha Sorur became one of the last eight singers standing on the fourth season of "Afghan Idol", enduring death threats to perform before a national television audience.
Sediqi also credits the program with breaking ethnic barriers, with contestants of diverse backgrounds competing and commiserating together, as well as instilling an appreciation of democracy in Afghans who voted on the show.
But as millions tuned in, the threats also grew. Sediqi said he and his crew traveled around the country on a bus for the first season of "Afghan Idol"; by season four, they were screening audience members and requesting security from local governors.
Sediqi said the turning point for him came when he received a rapturous response at Sundance and was hailed for his achievements.
"For years I never took one day off, and what did we get in return?" he said. "We brought some change, but we haven’t been able to reach our strategic goal. We are still under threat."
Sediqi said he has been adjusting well to life in the United States, which he said he already knew well from watching movies and television.
"The one thing that is different is that I saw freedom here. Here you can say anything and be anything you want — a singer, a dancer."
Sediqi said he wanted to continue to "work for Afghanistan", broadcasting home through Voice of America and perhaps becoming a filmmaker to make movies about the country.
But he doubted he would return home soon.
"I don’t want to go back to Afghanistan unless I can do something bigger than ‘Afghan Star’," he said.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Bill Griffin is turning a big ship around and his one-year strategy seems to be pointed in the right direction, energy industry observers said. The SandRidge Energy Inc. CEO outlined his plan for 2018, including where he’ll drill and that he’s examining the entire company’s portfolio as part of an overall review for possible sales or joint ventures.
But he has a tough case to make, with lower quarterly returns, lower production and higher operating costs. Debbie Fleming, energy finance professor at Oklahoma City University, said the company is in a transition period now, after replacing two top executives in February and laying off a few dozen people in the spring. That’s likely why Griffin focused on his strategic review of SandRidge’s oil and gas land lease and producing wells during a Tuesday morning conference call with analysts.
“He wanted to focus on the transition, rather than the (quarterly) results because, in a sense, they’re aware they are not representative of their operating performance,” Fleming said. “He has a big job ahead of him, to show stability and to show that the direction the company is heading will provide long-term gains.”
Griffin said he plans to drill 14 wells in the northwestern STACK play this year, spending about $7 million. SandRidge workers will also drill 14 wells in Colorado’s North Park Basin, a portion of the Niobrara Play, and the company plans on spending about $70 million there.
Griffin said he plans to carve out $11 million of the year’s total budget to drill four new wells in the Mississippian Lime play, with two wells in Woods County, one in Alfalfa County and one in southern Kansas. Though the Mississippi Lime wells in the company’s portfolio fit along a spectrum of those that produce a lot of oil and a little oil, there are places where it can drill and create highly productive wells, Griffin said.
Stuart MacDonald, energy finance professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, said Griffin’s plan makes sense.
“The question is, as it always is when you’re playing the cards you’ve got and you don’t have the best cards, can you still win if you’re playing them the best you can?” he said. “Sometimes doing a good job isn’t enough. But the plan seems reasonable.”
The Mississippi Lime has an extraordinarily high proportion of salty wastewater compared to the amount of oil and gas it produces. The SCOOP and STACK plays produce an average of less than one barrel of wastewater to every barrel of oil equivalent of petroleum. The Mississippi Lime produces on average about 10 to 20 barrels of wastewater for every equivalent petroleum barrel. The older the well, the more wastewater and less petroleum it produces.
Griffin said the company is a premier player in the Mississippi Lime play. It has about 350,000 net acres of land leases, 95 percent of which are leases held in place by existing oil and gas production. SandRidge operates 1,157 producing wells in that formation. The four spots they’re targeting to drill this summer are oilier than other parts of the rock formation, Griffin said.
David Beard, a senior exploration and production analyst at investment firm Coker Palmer, asked Griffin if he was drilling in the Mississippi Lime to bring in cash quick. But Griffin said that wasn’t the reason for drilling more wells there. He shifted some drilling costs from the Niobrara into 2019, freeing up money elsewhere.
“We just felt it was prudent to adjust and reallocate that capital, and as I’ve been in here and we’ve looked at the Miss Lime, there are some very viable opportunities,” Griffin said. “So it was just more redeployment of capital into an area that, to be frank, needed a little jolt.”
It sends a message the play is still alive and kicking, he said. Fleming said that shows the company is spending money where it can get a very respectable return. MacDonald said the Mississippi Lime is a petroleum play that should’ve worked, but didn’t. However, nearly every play has a sweet spot, and if anyone can find it, SandRidge is likely to have workers with the institutional knowledge to do so.
MacDonald said if Griffin is transparent and all the company’s assets are truly under consideration, then that is the right move. That’s what he teaches his students.
“If everything is on the table, that is as it should be,” MacDonald said. “In businesses like that, everything is on the table every day. … It’s probably not a lot of fun, but it gets people to work harder.”
SandRidge Energy Inc. reported mixed results for the first quarter on Monday evening after the stock market closed.
The driller reported $87.13 million in revenue, down 11.4 percent from the same quarter the previous year when it reported $98.35 million in revenue.
SandRidge reported a net loss for the first quarter of $40.9 million, or $1.18 per diluted share, compared with net income of $51 million, or $1.90 per share, for the same period. Adjusted net income was $5.3 million, or 15 cents per share, down about 74 percent from $21 million, or 78 cents per share, in the same period of 2017. The company beat Wall Street analysts’ earnings-per-share expectations by 20 cents and beat revenue estimates by $430,000.
Losses before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the quarter were $8.6 million, compared with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $82.7 million in the first quarter of 2017. Adjusted EBITDA was $40.3 million, down nearly 28 percent from $56 million in the same period the prior year.
Production fell and costs rose for the driller in the first quarter, due in part to high costs for drilling in Colorado’s Niobrara Basin, and to higher costs related to a joint venture drilling in Oklahoma’s northwest STACK play. Daily production for the first quarter averaged 35.6 million barrels of oil equivalent, down 19 percent from the same period in 2017, or 44.2 million barrels of oil equivalent daily.
Average depletion costs per barrel of oil equivalent rose to $8.73 for the period, up nearly 29 percent from the same quarter the prior year. Depletion costs are treated similarly to depreciation, so if oil reserves are going down, then depletion costs are rising.
It spent about $1.9 million for drilling costs in the Mid-Continent, about $8.2 million in the North Park Basin within the Niobrara play and $15.6 million in carryover costs from 2017, according to the company’s regulatory filing. It spent about $6.4 million on workover jobs, which can help improve production from an existing well.
SandRidge, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SD, closed down on Tuesday, ending the day’s trading at $14.14 per share, 2.86 percent or 39 cents lower than Monday’s close.


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The theatre group, established in 1991 as a youth theatre, branched out in the West Bank and Gaza and eventually built a base in Ramallah in 1995.
Richard II tells the tale of England’s 14th century King, however the Ashtar Theatre adaptation will see the actors performing the play in Arabic with English explanation.
The Globe, a replica of Shakespeare’s original theatre in London, produced 37 performances in 37 different languages as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
The production company “Globe to Globe,” recruited the Ahstar Theatre group to produce an Arabic rendition of the play for a multi-national audience.
The show has since been performed in London, Oxford and Palestine. The theatre group has also been invited to perform the play at Moroccan and Algerian theatre festivals.
Artistic Director of the Ashtar Theatre group, Iman Ayoun, said that the company are known for exploring socio-political issues which is why they came to adapt and perform Richard II.
Ayoun who is part of the 12 actor cast said that “the story is relevant because we share and learn from history. Shakespeare was an amazing writer and the play, one of the strongest historically, talks of how ultimate power can corrupt individuals and nations.”
“It’s encouraging for people to be artistically and culturally involved in fighting for human rights, Palestine is occupied so there are many issues to discuss. Theatre breaks boundaries and creates harmony between people,” she added.
The Arabic adaptation of the play was overseen by Irish director and playwright Conall Morrison who has previously produced worked for the English National Opera and The Royal Shakespeare Company.
He said that translating Shakespeare’s work proved to be a difficult task, especially for someone who does not speak Arabic.
Morrison said that “the language is at an invigorated level, I knew the play well and we all sat together translating back and forth between English and Arabic. It was fascinating because the result was this wonderfully forensic way of knowing the play and the actors took complete ownership.”
Non-Arabic speakers who attend the showing of Richard II will be provided with a scene-by-scene synopsis of the performance.

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With the effects of global warming being felt every day, each and every household and commercial building is surviving on air conditioners nowadays. However, with constant and continuous use, they are bound to go through some wear and tear which might ultimately result in some internal damage. If you notice such signs, it is advisable to act on it as soon as possible. Using an air conditioner in a poor state can end up worsening the condition even further. So, before it gets too late, you must get it checked out by a professional immediately. If you wish to hire a company that is not only experienced but houses a team of dedicated and certified technicians, then your search ends here. At Quality Air Conditioning Company, we have been serving countless residential and commercial clients in places like Coral Springs, Margate, Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise FL, Tamarac, Parkland, etc. From AC repair, replacements and maintenance services, we will stand by you through it all.
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- Hot Air
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Moisture near your system could indicate towards a serious internal issue. Although sometimes it is easily treatable in cases of minor drain tube blockages, it could turn out to be a bigger problem if it’s a refrigerant leak. Moisture also makes your machine more vulnerable to mold growth. Hence, no matter what the problem might be, you should get it repaired on time by calling in an expert.
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The city of Shavano Park is an enclave of San Antonio, located inside the Charles W. Anderson loop on the north side of the city. It's an area of beautiful homes, shopping, restaurants, and parks.
Students attend Northside Independent School District, which has many high rated schools.
You'll find a range of homes in Shavano Park - the median home value in this area is over $600,000. There are homes for sale between $250,000 and $2.5 million. Most neighborhoods have homes with large lots, surrounded by huge oak trees, with fewer hills than some of the surrounding areas.
Shavano Park has a suburban feel with easy access to both urban San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country.


Spring football, March Madness, NBA and more in our Tuesday Sports Update…
** The Gator football team continued spring practice Monday and today we should hear from Gator coach Will Muschamp. The next open practice is Wednesday.
** While the NCAA men’s basketball tournament takes a break, the women are playing. In the SEC, Kentucky advances to the Sweet 16 as does Tennessee. South Carolina, Texas A&M, and LSU can join them with wins tonight.
** NFL owners are meeting in Florida and will discuss a myriad of proposed rule changes for the game and possible expansion of the playoffs.
** In the NBA, Miami nips Portland 93-91 and the San Antonio Spurs win their 14th straight game, 113-91 over Philadelphia; the Sixers have now lost 25 straight games.
** The Masters is drawing closer but it still could be without Tiger Woods; the bad back that has bothered him recently could keep him out of Augusta. Woods has not said if he will play or not in the event.


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Do you love a good workout? If you do, it is something you do every day. Your workout gives you the endorphins to carry you through the day, regardless of how much work you have got piled up. Those that have a fixed routine and have set aside a particular time for their workouts hate to miss even a single day.
Unfortunately, there are going to be days when you have to miss your exercise. It could be because of work, or guests or you have an injury that needs attention. While any one of the reasons can make you feel put out, it is the injury that needs time to heal with the appropriate medication, if necessary.
For instance, you may have developed inflammation because you have a sprained muscle. It may not heal overnight. But, if you are determined to get back to your daily workout routine as quickly as possible, you are going to take the required rest lest you cause more serious injury to yourself.
Treat your injury right
While recovering from a minor sprain or injury may seem easy, it is still better to consult your physician. Topical creams may help and bring about immediate relief. However, persistent pain means that the injury may be more serious than you think, and your doctor may ask for x-rays. The important thing is to get the right treatment, especially if you want to go back to your daily workouts. Unfortunately, some people make the mistake of ignoring inflammations until they become serious.
For a speedy recovery
For the workout enthusiast, products such as ointments, creams, and sprays will be part of the first aid kit at home. What needs consideration is that these products are of impressive quality and they are approved by the medical board. Always, read the list of components to understand what each of these products contains.
Some ointments may cause a reaction on your skin because it has an ingredient that your body is allergic to. Most of them come with a cautionary word suggesting that you try it on a small portion of the skin and wait to see if there is any adverse reaction. That is good advice.
Finally, most people exercising at home may get only minor sprains or muscle spasms that can be fixed with a good deal of stretching before and after a workout. Therefore, it is always a poignant idea to keep some muscle relaxants handy. The sooner your body heals, the sooner you will get your endorphins back.

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Sam Hunt(Dudley HS/N.C. A&T/N.C. State) joins N.C. A&T Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff(Remember him???)
Sam Hunt, the former Dudley Panther, former N.C. A&T State University Aggie, and the former N.C. State Wolfpack basketball player, has joined the men’s basketball coaching staff at N.C. A&T State University….Sam is also the kid who used to win the Free Throw Shooting contests every year at the Pizza Hut Tournament, at the Greensboro Coliseum, back in the old days….
Sam Hunt, the son of Calvin Hunt, the former guard for the Greensboro College Hornets, back in the day….
You should him/Sam Hunt now…..
— NC A&T Men’s Basketball (@ncatmbb) September 10, 2020


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This post comes to us via Carly Jacobs of Smaggle fame. Follow along with her awesomery on Facebook or Instagram! At the ripe old age of twenty-six, my delicious man is four years younger than me, making him a slightly cringe-worthy twenty-two. While this age gap is not shocking, it sounded a lot worse four years ago when I was twenty-two and he was… um… eighteen… anyways….
I must preface this manifesto with a disclaimer that not all behaviors outlined below have been displayed by my man. Only some…. You made your choice.
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The real rules about how old and young you can date. According to this rule, society should accept a 50 year old man dating a 32 year old woman. A quick poll of my friends says otherwise. This made me wonder, does the creepiness rule actually reflect what is socially acceptable when it comes to age differences in dating?
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I had a game I liked to play with this younger guy, a hilarious invention of my own called “Is He Dead? What, after all, had he done? A lot of us have found ourselves attracted to somebody younger or older, and have been reluctant to act on it because of some perceived weirdness or taboo. This kind of culling is even easier now that dating sites let us whittle our options down to the year. I contend that as long as nobody is being willfully creepy I see you, guys in Ferrari hats , this kind of limitation is mega lame.
I know many smoking-hot middle-aged people who are emotional teenagers. True, another factor is judgment from other people, who may see a year-old going to dinner with a year-old and make judgments about which one of them is drowning in student loan debt.

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I have one specific comment and a general one.
Specifically, the other thing we have to bear in mind is that the legislation that's tabled today is going to go to a committee. The exact same issues that we could be discussing here can be discussed at that committee. For instance, I suspect that the legislation will not contain anything on increasing access to those with mental illness, but that can be thoroughly canvassed at the other committee.
We will have two parliamentary committees seized with the same issue. I just throw that out for consideration.
On a general subject, I'm a little confused, Mr. Chair, about the procedure you want to adopt.
Typically, motions are moved at this committee to propose certain studies. If they pass, they are then referred to the subcommittee, which then determines things like how many meetings to hold, when they will be scheduled, etc. If there are more motions passed—if we have three, four or five studies passed at the main table—the subcommittee will come up with a plan to put those in order, and bring that back to the full committee, recommend it, and then the committee as a whole will determine if they accept that. That's a way to have the detailed discussions, which bogged us down last time, figured out at the subcommittee level.
It has never been my experience that brand new issues, or issues that have not been passed at the committee, can be proposed at the subcommittee level.
I guess we could do that, but I want to be clear that it's not the way it has ever worked in the past. It could be the way we want to work in the future, but I want clarity on that, if I could.


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"Without simplicity we don't have adoption and without adoption we don't have security," says Linus Chang, Scram Software, adding, quantum computers predicted to break encryption by 2029; many cryptocurrencies won't be secure.
UK and US nuclear weapons systems - along with the rest of our critical infrastructure - suffer from dependency on legacy systems, leaving them at risk of cyber-attack according to a new report.
Late last year SC Media UK finally met someone confident that their organisation is GDPR compliant, ready for the new regulations coming into force in May: Stephen Schmidt, CISO, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Happy New Year! SC Media UK resumes news reporting on 2 Jan 2018. During the break, catch up on our experts' predictions for a range of positive and negative futures, from the impacts of AI to likely new Zero days.
Patrick Sullivan, director, security technology and strategy at Akamai Technologies explains the concept of Zero Trust perimeters and cloud perimeters in an interview with SC Media UK's editor-in-chief, Tony Morbin.


It’s not unusual for smartphones to be compatible with third party game controllers, but the Microsoft Surface Phone 2 aims to be an all-in-one device, thanks to its modular design. Just like its tablet / laptop hybrid counterpart, this smartphone also gets a detachable keyboard, in addition to a main camera on the rear. Continue reading for two more pictures and information.
“This proposes another level of interaction with the device: modularity. This hasn’t been approach till now, as people have been viewing this machine as more of a cross between tablet or phone at best. The screen is an edge to edge one here, but one that seems more symmetrical, without sacrificing any one of its sides,” reports Concept-Phones.


I usually visit New York during the cold, snowy winter months, so a recent trip to the city this fall was the perfect opportunity to check out some great outdoor spaces.
One was the High Line, an elevated public park on Manhattan’s West Side from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to 34th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues. Section 1 of the High Line, which runs from Gansevoort to 20th Street, opened to the public in 2009, but the park’s history actually dates back to the 1930s.
Previously, freight trains ran street-level through the area. There were so many accidents that 10th Avenue was dubbed “Death Avenue”, and men on horses called the West Side Cowboys had to ride in front of trains waving red flags to warn oncoming traffic.
After much public debate about the hazards, new tracks were built 30 feet above the street, and the first train traveled on the High Line in 1934.
The tracks were designed to go through the center of blocks, rather than over avenues, which connected trains directly with factories and warehouses so they could roll right inside the buildings to deliver milk, meat, produce and other goods without interrupting street-level traffic.
By the 1950s, rail traffic declined, largely due to the growth of interstate highways, and the last train traveled the High Line in 1980. The structure was saved from demolition in 1999 when neighborhood residents advocated from the High Line’s preservation and reuse as a public open space.
Today, the High Line is a fusion of the site’s industrial past with modern architecture and public art, making it a great place to meet friends or for a casual stroll.
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Every spring I’m reminded by the hummingbirds tapping at my window that I REALLY need to get the poor fellas a feeder! They can see all my houseplants next to the windows and want to come check out the goods…but, oops…there’s a window there. So, this year I have vowed to be gracious and put a fun feeder nearby. Besides, who of us doesn’t like sugar water?? Hello, Dr. Pepper.
Alright, first some fun little facts about Hummingbirds:
- The hummingbird is the smallest bird and the smallest animal that has a backbone.
- They have no sense of smell
- Because they can rotate their wings in a circle, they are the only bird that can fly forwards, backwards, up, down, sideways, and hover in mid-air.
- They average speeds of 20 to 30 miles per hour and up to 60 mph while diving.
- They flap their wings up to 80 times per second during normal flight and up to 200 times per second while diving.
- Their heart can beat up to 1260 times per minute.
- Percentage wise, the hummingbird has the largest brain of all birds.
- 16 different species of hummingbirds breed in the U.S.
Hummingbirds eat about five to eight times every hour, with most of their diet being sugar from flower nectar and tree sap. For protein, they also eat pollen and insects. So, I’m sure they’re ecstatic when a human makes their life really easy by putting out a feeder full of sugar water! Guess what, you can make sugar water at home and it doesn’t need to be red…that’s a myth.
Sugar Water for Hummingbirds
Boil 4 cups of water with 1 cup of sugar. The boiling will remove any impurities. Let cool and then fill the bird feeder. You can save the extra mixture in the fridge for up to a month.
Now, for a bird feeder….not all hummingbird feeders are equal. Some are more convenient to both humans and the hummingbird…namely, the Hummingbird Hummzinger by Aspects is a favorite among hummingbird experts. They love it because it’s the easiest to clean, easiest to view all of the hummingbirds, it doesn’t allow bees and ants inside, and it allows a perch for the birds to rest on while they eat. For twenty bucks, not a bad price, either.
Planting the right kind of flowers in your yard will also encourage these little cuties to spend some time near your house…
Here are 10 of their favorite flowers:
Delphinium and Hollyhock
Rose of Sharon
Trumpet Vine and Trumpet Honeysuckle
Latana and Fuschia
Birds are so fun to have around the yard, spring and summer just wouldn’t feel right without them!
For more information on attracting other species of birds, view one of my previous posts, “For the birds (bird watching basics)“.

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Floodlights have been illuminating grounds and garages alike since a very long time now. Different kinds of bulbs have been used over the years for this kind of lighting. The ones that a lowest priced are halogen and CFL bulbs. They are conventional but require replacement at short intervals. The latest in technology is LED- the initial cost of which is very high. Looking at longer lifespan and its eco-friendly nature, LED has become quite a hit with people looking for Floodlights.


West Lake Hills council suggests tax rate should stay flat
Council declines to take action against Fillpot
West Lake Hills Mayor Dave Claunch proposed an unbalanced budget purposefully at an Aug. 13 meeting so that the City Council will whittle down the suggested projects and decide what the city should prioritize.
The council could also decide to move some surplus revenue from the current budget into projects for the upcoming fiscal year, City Administrator Robert Wood said. West Lake Hills will likely have a projected $878,000 surplus by the fiscal year’s end on Oct. 1, due to far better-than-expected sales tax revenue this year.
“Last month alone, the city received $120,000 more than the city had budgeted for,” Wood said. He added it appears that revenue is all from current sales, not back taxes.
About 80 percent of the city’s revenue comes from its sales tax, records show.
This is West Lake Hills’ sixth consecutive year ending with a surplus, Claunch said. As a result, the mayor urged the council to brainstorm improvements to the city they could fund before the fiscal year ends.
There was $7.8 million in the city’s general fund at the end of the last fiscal year, which doesn’t include the wastewater budget’s reserves, records show.
“Our reserves end up growing. … That part we’ve gotten down,” Claunch said at the meeting. Now, he’d like to work on directing some of that windfall to projects that need it.
Claunch proposed a budget that spends $5.16 million and takes in $5.07 million, assuming the City Council votes to keep the city’s current tax rate. Last year, the city budgeted to spend about $4.49 million and estimated it would take in $5.16 million.
The city must still spend money from an additional fund, or its reserves, to purchase land needed to have the Texas Department of Transportation expand Bee Cave Road.
The city must acquire all right-of-way by the end of 2014 or it could lose the funds TxDOT has currently dedicated to the Bee Cave expansion, Claunch said.
Last year, the city spent $743,119 to acquire some of this land. The amount it plans to spend this year was left blank on public budget documents. The council could decide to put a number there before it approves the budget in several weeks, or they could decide to leave it blank, Wood said.
Citing legal proceedings and property negotiations, officials have declined to disclose the amount of money the West Lake Hills City Council allowed Claunch to spend to negotiate and purchase the necessary land.
The City Council voted to set the proposed tax rate at 5.34 cents per $100 of taxable property value, which has been the city’s tax rate for the past eight years, Wood said. The council will vote again Sept. 10 to officially set the tax rate.
Even if the tax rate remains the same, most residents will pay slightly higher property taxes than they did last year because appraised values are up. Last year, the average taxable home value in the city was $774,875, so the city would tax $413 for that amount. This upcoming year, the average taxable value is $836,829, which would cost that homeowner $446 in West Lake Hills taxes.
The rate is in the bottom five rates for cities in the state, Claunch said.
Councilman Taylor Holcomb said he often finds that residents are “very surprised” to find how low the city’s tax rate is.
The city’s “effective” tax rate, which is the rate needed to raise about the same amount of money as this year based on higher property values, is 4.9 cents, based on estimates from Travis County.
The city’s tax rate was eight cents before the City Council decided to lower it in 2006, Wood said.
Keeping the tax rate constant “is pretty rare if you look at other cities in the United States, or even just cities in the Central Texas area,” Wood said.
Both Claunch and Taylor said road work is a pressing priority for them in this upcoming fiscal year.
In the budget Claunch proposed, he set aside $600,000 for road work on Camp Craft Road, Wildcat Hollow, the Ridgewood area and general street and drainage improvements.
“We’ve postponed or delayed a lot of important investments,” Claunch said of street improvements in a June meeting, in which he and the council brainstormed ideas for the upcoming budget.
The budget also sets aside $200,000 for a one-time drainage improvements expense, but that would only cover a drainage engineering study, Claunch said. The project itself would cost well over $1 million.
There are over 30 areas throughout West Lake Hills where property was affected after two large floods hit the neighborhood last fall. Issues range from water rushing through yards to water threatening to enter homes to water damaging roads.
Since the floods, West Lake Hills officials have been seeking long-term solutions, such as rebuilding the Eanes School Road bridge that crosses the creek to make it higher.
Early this year, the city engineering firm said it could create a drainage plan for the city. Engineers would note which areas are eroding and assess culverts, bridges and ditches. They would analyze runoff flow rates and volumes to determine the adequacy of existing drainage.
In other action
- The City Council decided not to take any action against former City Planner Davin Fillpot after reviewing the final report written by Herb Prouty, who works for the city attorney but did not know Fillpot. City officials declined to say why or to release the report because, since the Travis County Public Integrity Unit opened a case against him, the office has asked the city not to make the report or any other details public.
- West Lake Hills is looking for a volunteer to serve on the city’s Wastewater Commission. For information, call City Hall at 512-327-3628. The council accepted David Frank’s resignation Aug. 13.
- An engineer heard residents speak about ways to alleviate cut-through traffic. Some supported a traffic light at Redbud Trail and Westlake Drive; others said that would make the intersection dangerous.
- The council heard from Cris Ruebush, who asked the council to hurry TxDOT along as it finds a second house to offer he and his family. Ruebush’s house lies directly on land the city and TxDOT need to expand Bee Cave Road. He disagreed that the house they were offered was comparable to their current one and appealed.
West Lake Hills resident Chris Gunter has accused Fillpot of ignoring emails from a potential buyer while he was both working for the city on a part-time basis and running his private architecture firm. Gunter said he disagreed with the decision to keep the report private.
The Westlake Picayune has requested the report. Officials said any requests would be referred to the state Attorney General’s office.
Before its Aug. 27 meeting, the City Council will post a scope of work proposal on its website, www.westlakehills.org. This will outline which streets the engineer will be tasked with studying.
For that reason, Ruebush said he can’t sell the city his house yet.”We don’t want to close on our home until we know where we will go. … Ultimately, we want this process to be over,” Ruebush said. “It’s been a specter in our lives for two years.”
Key Dates: West Lake Hills budget process


Top late-night laughs of this few days: exactly what not saying on Tinder.
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In our look back at the best of late-night recently, Stephen Colbert pitches the most wonderful task for college or university youngsters, Jimmy Fallon weighs in on Tinder’s Hot Takes, James Corden ponders combat an untamed animal, Conan O’Brien says a nice so long and.
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In town he was notoriously the gran of, Rudy Giuliani cannot engage in rules. And if the past 12 months seems anything, it is that after considering rules, Rudy demands many rehearse.
Due to a year of homes delivery dinners, the asking price of poultry wings is going through the roofing. That’s why chicken string Wingstop is now offering poultry thighs under a new digital brand labeled as Thighstop. That’s additionally exactly what my legs say after hiking above two routes of stairways.
Off of the coast of Japan, an urgent situation team rescued an intercourse doll after mistaking they for a drowning woman. However no phrase in the event that sex doll was actually thrown away or wanting to kill it self … regulators had been treated when the noticeable corpse ended up being a sex doll. So no evidence of individuals dead, simply evidence of individuals lifeless inside.
Rules & Order star Christopher Meloni possess achieved viral reputation compliment of his ‘juicy’ backside. The guy is actually 60 yrs old, exactly how moist can his butt be?
Obviously, and that I couldn’t wish to know this, astronauts use their unique underwear, gym garments and everything else until they can’t use the filth and stink any longer. Great news college or university roommates — you’ve have ideal material.
Nyc condition merely dangling Rudy Giuliani from exercising rules for the reason that his repeated bogus and deceptive statements regarding the election. Actually Rudy was actually like, ‘Just what hell took your a long time?’
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner want to distance themselves from previous chairman Trump because they’re fed up with reading him grumble about losing the election. When he heard this one of their youngsters desired range the guy mentioned, ‘Please feel Eric.’
During their regular address, Pope Francis have a particular invitees: Spider-Man. Vatican safety stated, ‘I’m sure we mentioned everyone else must don a mask, but this is exactly using it to another stage.’ The visit finishing whenever Spider-Man kissed the Pope’s ring inverted.
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Jimmy Fallon confuses No Frills supermarket for a real band
Tinder folded away a fresh feature called Hot provides, which allows singles chat before complimentary. As an added bonus, these are generally offering people with a listing of stuff you should eliminate claiming in this basic chat. By way of example, ‘Only three additional era until this foot track happens down’ and ‘exactly what do you are aware about starting insurance coverage fireplaces?’
The Olympics are practically here, and after this organizers revealed that locations are at 50percent capacity. That’s correct, 50per cent, which means just four people will be permitted to see fencing as opposed to the typical eight.
Former vp provided a message last night by which the guy said he was pleased to approve the election. Wow, that is a complete different side of Pence. After that he’ll state the guy desires to be Grand Marshal from the Pride Parade. At the same time, Trump can’t think Pence transformed against him. He had been like, ‘Boy, simply as soon as you think your know a man you delivered an angry mob in to the Capitol strengthening to kill.’
Relating to a fresh book, Trump made enjoyable of Giuliani for ‘spitting during meetings.’ The guy actually told your he ‘sucked’ on TV. Spitting, sucking, dripping … he’s like every terrible chap at earth physical fitness rolled into one.
Popeye’s simply launched this new I Don’t Learn dish, for people who can’t determine what to order. How will you become undecided when the entire menu possess basically a very important factor?
Based on a unique review, there’s a worrying amount of people whom think they could beat wildlife in a battle. Six percent of people consider they were able to beat a grizzly bear, 8% say they can victory a fight against a gorilla, and 9% imagine they can win in a fight against a crocodile. The research is performed by state Board of 5 Beers Deep. I prefer that world was setting up once again and after per year of silent expression, men and women are coming-out and claiming, ‘Yeah, it’s time in my situation to fight a gorilla.’ In my opinion my ideal circumstances scenario was i possibly could wrestle a really sleepy panda and I however wouldn’t winnings.


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Earlier in the year, I wrote up a news piece about Big Daddy Creations bringing the space sim board game Eclipse to iOS. Well for you hardcore board game junkies, it's been released on the iPad. Now the price tag is a bit hefty at almost eight dollars, but for how in depth the game looks, you'll definitely get your money's worth (and it's still a much cheaper alternative than buying the boxed copy). Have a look at the launch trailer, and follow the app store link below if you are so inclined.
- Price Drops
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Soooo where is it on the Appstore??...lol I see that it got Greenlit (approved) on Steam tho. :S
This game crapped out of entertainment halfway thru and was a fucking BORE-FEST! Want my time back…
I'd make mention of the shameless IAP and revives in a paid game, but I wouldn't want to become…

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Ulster's in-form winger Tommy Bowe is moving to Wales to play for the big-spending Magners League rivals the Ospreys.
Tommy Bowe is on his way to the big-spending Ospreys
The 23-year-old Bowe has signed a two-year deal with the Liberty Stadium side with an option for a third.
Bowe's move comes in the aftermath of his omission from the Ireland squad.
The departure of Bowe comes on the back of confirmation that Roger Wilson is moving to Northampton who are also chasing the signature of Neil Best.
The popular Bowe's departure will come a massive blow to the Ulster faithful as the pacey winger was the essence of consistency during the side's worst-ever season.
It was expected that Bowe's current form would see him start the opening Six Nations game against Italy at Croke Park, particularly with Shane Horgan and Denis Hickie out of the equation.
However, he will start the international season on the Ireland A side who take on the England Saxons at Welford Road on Friday night.
A former pupil of Royal School Armagh, Bowe first caught the eye with Queen's University where he graduated to play two seasons with the Ulster and Ireland U21 sides.
He quickly rose through the ranks and made a try-scoring Ulster senior debut under Alan Solomons in April 2004 during a 42 ¿ 27 win over Connacht at Ravenhill.
During that autumn he made his Ireland debut and again scored in the victory over the United States at Lansdowne Road. He was the first player from Monaghan to play for Ireland for 80 years.
However, his often laid-back attitude to life, and the game, saw him drift in and out of the international scene.
He has so far amassed 10 caps for Ireland, but despite a more serious approach to the game, is still not known to be a regular which is his goal.
Ulster's loss is the Ospreys gain. The Welsh side have boosted their side with some star quality including Marty Holah and Justin Marshall and are keen to make a breakthrough into the big time.
The have made it through to the knock-out stages of the Heineken Cup for the first time and are planning to further boost their squad for next season.


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Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. People get it for many purposes, including to help with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.
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There are different methods of cupping, including: Dry or Wet
During both types of cupping, your therapist will put a flammable substance such as alcohol, herbs, or paper in a cup and set it on fire. As the fire goes out, he puts the cup upside down on your skin.
As the air inside the cup cools, it creates a vacuum. This causes your skin to rise and redden as your blood vessels expand. The cup is generally left in place for up to 3 minutes.
A more modern version of cupping uses a rubber pump instead of fire to create the vacuum inside the cup. Sometimes therapists use silicone cups, which they can move from place to place on your skin for a massage-like effect.
Wet cupping creates a mild suction by leaving a cup in place for about 3 minutes. The therapist then removes the cup and uses a small scalpel to make light, tiny cuts on your skin. Next, he or she does a second suction to draw out a small quantity of blood.
You might get 3-5 cups in your first session. Or you might just try one to see how it goes. It’s rare to get more than 5-7 cups, the British Cupping Society notes.
Afterward, you may get an antibiotic ointment and bandage to prevent infection. Your skin should look normal again within 10 days.
Cupping therapy supporters believe that wet cupping removes harmful substances and toxins from the body to promote healing.


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Monsanto intends to use CRISPR to make crops like corn and soybeans more fruitful and more resistant to diseases and drought, says Tom Adams, Monsanto’s head of biotechnology.
“Getting more productivity out of less acres with less inputs is clearly a critical thing for humanity,” he says. “And gene editing is another tool that can help us accelerate that.”
CRISPR allows researchers to remove and replace bits of DNA in a much more targeted way than previous genetic modification techniques. That precision makes genome editing more efficient than traditional plant breeding, Adams says, because you don’t have to go through multiple generations to get the trait you want.
“Especially in vegetables, there’s a lot things that people have been doing that are very gene-specific,” like trying to breed tomatoes and peppers that are resistant to viruses and fungi, Adams says. “Genome editing is a perfect tool to start moving those genes around.”
The Broad Institute has shared its tools and techniques with academic and non-profit groups, but has limited licences for commercial research. The non-exclusive agreement with Monsanto is the first time that the Broad Institute has issued a license for agricultural use.
And the institute didn’t make the decision lightly, according to a statement by chief business officer Issi Rosen. Ethical and safety concerns include the proliferation of “gene drives”, self-copying bits of DNA that can quickly infiltrate an entire species. Another worry is that the technology could be used to create sterile seeds, forcing farmers to buy new seeds year after year.
To address those issues, the institute placed restrictions on its licenses that prohibit the development of gene drives and infertile seeds using their technology, as well as limiting some types of tobacco modification.
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Lack of government oversight is another concern, according to Patty Lovera, assistant director at the advocacy organisation Food and Water Watch. When it comes to genetic modification, the US Department of Agriculture is using old regulations for new technology, Lovera says. Because genome editing doesn’t fall under the plant-pest rules the USDA has used to regulate other genetically modified crops, CRISPR-modified corn and mushrooms, for example, have gotten a free pass.
“It seems like there are pretty gaping holes in our regulatory system for genetic engineering, and CRISPR falls right through them,” Lovera says.
That’s putting a lot of faith in our understanding of what’s going on at the genetic level, Lovera says. When researchers edit a gene to alter one attribute of a plant, unintended results may crop up.
“By getting that trait, are you giving something else up that may require some other chemical crutch, fertilizer or pesticide or something like that?” Lovera says.
Many of the CRISPR-modified foods that have been produced so far could have been created through traditional breeding, Monsanto’s Adams says, and the US doesn’t regulate those kinds of crops.
“At the end of the day, if the product is indistinguishable from a product that you make by breeding, it’s hard to understand exactly how that would fit into the regulatory system,” he says.
Monsanto isn’t the first biotechnology company to venture into CRISPR-crop production. DuPont partnered with Caribou Biosciences last year to produce drought-tolerant and high-starch-producing corn plants.


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Alfie comes from a very wealth family. But he has a very serious problem, he can't sleep. His father sent him to Scarbrook House to Dr Grenfell to help cure Alfie of his insomnia. Things, strange things, start to happen during the night; Perkins, a fellow room mate sleep-walks, Scrapers appear - looking for a fiend, Yardley sees it all and knows what the spirit world tells him. Yardley's mute sister hears and sees everything and discovers Perkins' eyes and tie in the lake. Alfie and his friend Travers, rebury the coffin of young Richard Harker, who hung himself before Alfie arrived at Scarbrook House. But who are the Scrapers really after? And what did the letter Alfie's father write to Dr Grenfell say?
So who is safe? Are the people at Scarbrook House really who they are? The question still remains though, does Alfie find a cure for his insomnia? And what happens Below Stairs?
This book is a fast-paced, can't-put-it-down, psychological - Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde thriller - kind of book. The story line makes you feel you're right there amongst it all.
I REALLY enjoyed reading this story, Tom Becker has added me to his list of faithful readers if he writes with this much intensity in his other books.
If you like stories with twists and turns, this is definitely a book you should read! I dare you to!
This book is about Matthiu and how he became the happiest man in the world. It also explains how your brain works for example; like riding a bike. If you turn left you tend to turn right, when you turn around a corner and your mind tells you to turn back into the same way. It also talks about meditation and visualisation.
In the book it tells you to pretend to be your favourite mountain e.g. Mt Everest and how it stays still and calm that is what you are supposed to do it when you meditate. Some people asked the monks if they should meditate with their eyes open or with them closed. They replied that there are many advantages and disadvantages to using both techniques, the choice is totally up to you.
The only reason I chose this book is because the title captured my mind so I can learn how to master it in one hundred minutes and how to meditate to be a calm positive person and have a better personality.
I recommend this book for you guys if you are interested in meditation or visualisation. It will help you to become a positive and calm person when you use the tool in this book.
Fiona woke up in her house four years in the future, as a Ten and on the wrong side of the wall. She has a tattoo on her right hand, and it's changed her whole world. The bees died out, genetically modified bees were developed to replace the real ones, but the modified bee stings caused people to develop flu symptoms and die. A vaccine was created through the form of a sleep-induced coma. Some people survived with little changes, others didn't do so well, and became beast mutants - hunted mutants. The tattoo was once a sign of a cure for the bee flu virus, in the barren world it brands her a violent beast; each of its ten lines warning others of her strength. But she is normal ... She has to fit to survival, for herself, her brother, Jonah and her boyfriend, Dreyden Bowen a soldier of the new world.
I found this story to better than The Hunger Games, it's fast-paced, exciting and well written. I found it difficult to put down. A great story - A MUST READ! Looking forward to CURE coming out in 2014!
Todd has just journeyed all the way from Prentisstown to Haven where he hoped he and Viola would be safe. But it turns out that the very army he ran from got to Haven before him. They ran right into a city that surrendered to the menacing army. With the mayor now in control of Haven (newly named New Prentisstown) he splits Todd and Viola up. Todd has to work with Davy Prentiss (the mayor's son, the very person who shot Viola). Viola then gets caught up in a rebellion and Todd begins to learn to use his noise as a weapon. When they finally reunite they bring down the mayor. Although not all is peaceful as the rebellion Viola storms into town with bombs (after the smaller attacks and raids), the mayor's army is in disarray and a huge army of spackle are invading. Todd and Viola re right in the middle of it.
This is and awesome series that I whole heartedly recommend to everyone. Although I recommend reading the first book ' The Knife Of Never Letting Go', first (so that 'The Ask and the Answer makes more sense).
Goliath is the third in the Leviathan Series. With both Clankers (nations who use stem machines) and Darwinists (nations who mix species) at war, Alek (secret prince of Austria, Hungary) resolves to stop the war. He believes providence guides him and that it is his destiny to bring about peace. With the world's greatest Darwinist airship (the Leviathan) at his back and his best friend Dylan/Deryn share (who is holding a gigantic secret) he travels from Europe to Russia to Japan to New York. All along the way seeing and fighting incredible things in extremely daring situations. When Alek learns of a weapon strong enough to destroy cities he throw all his support behind it believing it could bring peace. Thes book is based loosely on World War I and Alek helps to bring America into the war.
I recommend this book to all ages, it is a truly magnificent book about alternate history. I seriously recommend reading the two books before it: The Leviathan and Behemoth.
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It's set in 1941 and there's secret organisations everywhere. This story is about a young girl who is ripped from everything she has known and is transported by cattle trucks from familiar Lithunania to remote Siberia. The conditions are horrific, the genocide unseen and thousands of innocent people's lives are lost.
This story is very moving and dramatic. It's an excellent read on all accounts.
This book is about a boy, Fleance. He is the only son to a powerful Lord. He has been plagued by his father's gost for ten years and he finally decides that he must take action. Fleance must unmask his enemies and discover why his father's ghost haunts him; so that he can finally settle down in life.
I recommend this book to people who love action.
Thrill seekers follow the life of three individual boys. Brian, Douggie (Brian's younger brother) and Beck. They call themselves The Oxley Creek Boys. In the beginning a tragic event changes the boys for ever. Though they live happily enough on sex, drink and drugs. But it's all catching up with them especially Brian.
This book is a great take on reality and I reco
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ATLANTA — We’re just getting into the first few episodes of Season 18 of NBC’s "The Voice," and Georgia singers are making their way into the competition.
Brittney Allen from Columbus, Ga., secured a spot on Team Legend!
Brittney started singing as a kid, watching her dad perform in is band, and by taking lessons.
She joined both the school choir and band and went on to study vocal performance in college.
During her blind audition, Brittney performed a stripped down version of Robyn's pop EDM hit, “Dancing On My Own.”
She wowed the judges on “The Voice,” but her story of overcoming shyness, leaving college to car for her mother, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, really touched the audience.
John Legend was the first judge to their chair around during her performance. As the judges are nearing the end of picking teams for upcoming battle rounds, spots are scarce.
Nick Jonas revealed while he enjoyed Brittney’s performance, he just didn’t have the spot to fill on his team and wished her on Team Legend.
“I did think it was great and I do think you will go far in this competition,” Jonas said.
This victory holds a deeper meaning for Brittney, after her mother’s passing, she decided to conquer her stage fright and start performing in honor of her mother.
A rep from the show tells us she now gigs all over the city and is currently working at an insurance company.
You can check out her blind audition here.

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Come spend an evening with author, Glenn Stout, at the Hilliard Civic and Cultural Arts Center, Thursday March 23, 2017 at 7pm.
Glenn is a Hilliard native and has gone on to achieve great success as an author and editor. Glenn will share stories of his life and career as a writer.
Glenn has written, ghosted or edited over 90 books, consulted on a variety of editorial projects with hundreds of writers, and is a respected editor and workshop teacher of narrative journalism and writing consultant.
His book include last year’s The Selling of the Babe: The Deal That Changed Baseball and Created a Legend, Yankees Century (Book Magazine’s one of the five Best Sports Books of 2002), and Ted Williams: A Portrait in Words and Pictures (A New York Times Notable Book). A feature film based on his book Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World, is currently under development at Paramount Studios.
Glenn also writes a monthly column for Boston Baseball, served as Baseball analyst for WBUR-FM and has published in publications such as The New York Observer, ESPN.com, The Sporing News, Sports Illustrated, as well as numerous television and radio appearances on NPR, HBO, CNN, ESPN, and other outlets.
Glenn lives on an exclave in extreme northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain and can’t reach the lower 47 without crossing a bridge or using a boat. Good thing, because he is half-Newfoundlander and in addition to being a Hilliard guy, he now maintains dual citizenship with the US and Canada.
Admission is free.