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The height and proportion of art and pictures are important to consider when hanging art in a home. Shelley Kirsch recommends centring at eye level and creating borders around the pieces. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Shelley Kirsch Design

VICTORIA - How art and pictures are hung can change the way a space looks, but placing and hanging pieces properly requires a bit of skill.

Interior designer Shelley Kirsch says the most important step in putting up art in a home is to make sure it is at the right height.

"It's a good idea if you are hanging a piece to get it so the centre of the picture is at eye level," she says.

If a piece is hung too high, Kirsch says, it can be disorienting to the viewer.

"You aren't seeing it as a straight-on image," says the Toronto-based designer. "You are having to crane your neck. It takes away from what the image is when you're looking at it from underneath."

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LACEY'S SPRING, Alabama - Morgan County authorities followed a trail of debris left when a mobile home was vandalized and found a suspect in the burglary of a central heat and air conditioning unit, electrical wiring and aluminum siding, Sheriff Ana Franklin said.

Daniel Chace Goodner, 21, of 108 Dudley Road in Lacey's Spring was arrested and charged with third-degree burglary. He remains in Morgan County Jail, where he is being held on $2,500 bond, Franklin said.

The sheriff said the owner of the unoccupied mobile home went to check the property on Skyview Drive on Wednesday.

"She found that someone had taken the central heat and central air unit, stripped electrical wiring from the walls and removed aluminum siding from the outside of the mobile home," Franklin said. "A patrol deputy responded to take the report, and noticed there was a trail of debris leading from the vandalized mobile home to another location. Neighbors reported that they remembered seeing a local man in the area wearing work gloves."

An investigator was called to the scene and officers were able to track the debris left from stripping the mobile home to Goodner's home, where they found the property stolen from the mobile home in plain view.

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Authorities seized more than 500 marijuana plants this week from a Los Banos home believed to be connected to a large drug trafficking enterprise.

This was an organized, highly sophisticated operation, Los Banos police Cmdr. Jason Hedden said. Investigators found numerous ballast systems and indoor lights inside the home.

No arrests were made Thursday when the Merced County Multi-Agency Narcotics Task Force raided a home in the 700 block of Friguglietti Avenue, though multiple suspects are wanted in connection with the growing operation. Suspect descriptions were not available Friday.

There was no one at the home when the search warrant was served, Hedden said.

Agents seized about 520 marijuana plants and about 4 pounds of trimmed marijuana buds, with an estimated street value of about $1.7 million, Merced County Sheriffs Deputy Ray Framstad said.

This is a neighborhood with a lot of young children, little kids that play in their yards, Framstad said. This grow created a significant danger in the neighborhood of potential robberies or violence.

Framstad said the complicated electrical wiring involved a large amount of utility theft and created a serious fire hazard.

All the electricity they pulled to operate the lights had melted underground electrical wires, he said.

Framstad said the case was developed by the task force with Los Banos police Officer Marcelino Cortez as lead investigator, but said he could not elaborate on what initiated the case. Efforts to reach the task force directly were unsuccessful Friday.

The Los Banos Police Department and the Merced County Sheriffs Department assisted with the raid.

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A March 1 fire at Bennie Smith Funeral Home in Millsboro was accidental, the state fire marshal says.

The Delaware State Fire Marshal's office determined the fire started in the first-floor ceiling and was caused by an electrical malfunction in branch circuit wiring, said Chief Deputy State Fire MarshalHarry R. Miller.

The total damage was estimated at $350,000, he said.

The Millsboro Volunteer Fire Co. responded to a building fire on Washington Street. Upon arrival, heavy smoke was showing from the second floor and attic of the funeral home, which was built in the late 1800s, according to the Millsboro Volunteer Fire Co. website. Crews worked for several hours to extinguish the fire, which had traveled throughout the balloon construction structure.

Millsboro was assisted by the Georgetown, Dagsboro, Gumboro, Frankford, and Indian River fire companies. The Roxana Fire Company also responded with its rehab unit.

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81 VICTOR AVE., TORONTO

ASKING PRICE: Originally $899,000, now $949,000

TAXES: $4,791.54 (2013)

LOT SIZE: 18.75 by 111 feet

AGENT: Jen Tripp, Homelife/Realty One. Ltd. Brokerage

When Martin Griffey moved to Canada eight years ago, he wasnt exactly sure where he wanted to live. So, he took a drive with his real estate agent, Jen Tripp.

As they drove through the gently shaded streets of Riverdale, he quickly fell for the neighbourhood. It wasnt just the convenience of being close to the amenities of the Danforth, he says. It was also because he was a short jaunt to the 505 streetcar that takes him straight into the core. And, yet, even so close to the citys hustle and bustle, Victor Avenue is sandwiched between two parks.

Riverdale Park is just a walk away and Withrow Park is just on the other side, Mr. Griffey says.

Plus, as he points out, you get more space for your money in Riverdale compared with Cabbagetown, which is across the Don River. In 2006, Mr. Griffey paid $585,000 for 81 Victor Ave.

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