Whitehouse Landscapings Tree and Shrub Care program provides everything your trees and shrubs need to remain healthy. A healthy plant will be less susceptible to insect and disease damage and will promote greater bloom and color growth.

Forests have incredible organisms within the soil that enhance soil structure, store water and nutrients, decompose organic matter, and make nutrients available to plants. Unfortunately, the soil in our yards have been bulldozed and disturbed over the years and are missing those critical organisms that foster healthy trees and shrubs.

Our Plant Health Care Program proudly uses Holganix, a 100% bio-nutritional product that restores the proper balance of organisms to your soil.

Our 6 Visit Tree & Shrub Program builds up the microbiological life in the soil, promotes root development and nutrient uptake which supplies optimum opportunity for plant growth. Our custom program inspects first then treats based on what we see.

March 1 - Horticultural oil (kills hibernating insects that have camped out over winter) April 15 - Holganix & fertilizer & soil applied systemic insect control June 3 - Holganix & insect control and disease suppression July 15 - Holganix & insect control and disease suppression Sept. 5 - Holganix & fertilizer & insect control and disease suppression Nov. 6 - Anti-desiccant/horticultural oil (winter protection from cold and winter)

Emerald Ash Borer

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) infests and kills ash trees. This invasive pest destroys the tree's transport system under the bark, cutting off the flow of water from the roots. Infested trees typically die within 3 years without treatment. Whitehouse Landscaping can determine your risk as well as if your trees may have already become infected. We can create a custom program that best suits your needs, ensuring the health and vitality of your trees and landscape.

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HANNIBAL, Mo. (WGEM) - A boil order in Hannibal has been extended through Friday as utility officials say residents in and around Hannibal still need to conserve water after the basement in the treatment plant flooded Sunday afternoon.

BPW customers and Public Water Supply District One of Ralls County residents are under the conservation plan. Monday afternoon, PWSD and Board of Public Works issued a boil order for all customers in the service territories through Wednesday at 1 p.m. That order was extended Tuesday, when officials said the boil order would expire Friday at 1 p.m.

Places like the Hannibal Nutrition Center, which serves meals to dozens of people a day, had to switch gears fast.

"So anything that we cooked today, we used boiled water on and then for our dinner tonight we're making sure that we even boiled our coffee and tea to make sure we took care of that matter," Executive Director Debbie Catlett said. Ice was another concern for Catlett. So much so, workers went to a gas station to get enough for the day. Resident Tony Weldy said even he didn't fully understand how much water he used until Monday.

"I do realize it, but I don't realize what all you need clean water for, I guess sometimes, so washing dishes in the dishwasher even or even taking a bath or shower," Weldy said. BPW Director of Operations Heath Hall still isn't sure how this happened, but the department is already trying to figure out ways to make sure they don't find themselves in this situation again.

"We have several ideas in the works on how to prevent this from happening again, from putting some extra alarms in, to raising the motors up even higher," Hall said. "There are several things in the works, so we're going to try. Many of them very cheap."

Catlett said it's a wakeup call for anyone who takes their drinking water for granted.

"It's terrifying to think about it," Catlett said. "We all count on it, we're all so used to it. We're not ready for it really so we're all just going to have to do our best."

Crews worked Sunday night and Monday cleaning debris and monitoring water levels. General Manager Robert Stevenson says the system has been using clean water out of storage tanks. The tanks hold about 6,000,000 gallons of water and 1,000,000 gallons was lost during the incident. The city uses approximately 3,500,000 gallons of water per day.

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Interface aims to inspire beautiful thinking in the workplace with Human Nature, a new, global collection of carpet tile. (PRNewsFoto/Interface)

CHICAGO, June 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Workplace interiors inspired by nature can inspire beautiful thinking.

That is the premise behind Human Nature, a new carpet tile collection from Interface which debuts globally this month. The innate connection humans have to the earth informs the collection, and it takes its cues from the visual, tactile textures found in the most elemental of floor coverings forest floors, grassy fields and pebbled garden paths. Human Nature also embodies Interface's 20-year history as a sustainability pioneer. Made with 100 percent recycled content nylon yarn, it will be manufactured on 4 continents in 6 Interface factories that are, on average, 39% more energy efficient and consume 83% less water than when the company began to rethink its impact on the environment two decades ago. Additionally, these manufacturing facilities now receive an average 35% of their energy from renewable sources.

"The more we learn about our natural world, the more we're inspired to change the way we approach design," said Interface executive creative director Chip DeGrace. "This collection has both brains and beauty, and we'd like to believe Mother Nature would be both flattered and impressed with what Interface has producedwhat architects and interior designers can create with itand what beautiful thinking those creations can inspire in the workplace."

Designed by David Oakey, Interface's longtime collaborator, Human Nature features five 25cm x 1m skinny plank carpet tile patterns that evoke a variety of earthly textures, from tumbled pebbles to freshly cut grass, all the while offering smooth transitions to surfaces that mimic traditional hard flooring, like well-worn wood and polished stone. The skinny plank format is one that naturally encourages design diversity.

"Scientists have found that humans crave sensory change and variation, though our work environments are often flat, unnatural places," Oakey said. "And though there's no doubt that the design community is drawn to the aesthetics of concrete, stone, and wood, the physical and acoustical benefits of soft surfaces are impossible to ignore. In Human Nature we've combined the best of both worlds the hard surface look of planks with the benefits of soft, textured carpet tile that feels comfortable and natural underfoot."

The skinny planks flow fluidly from one tile to the next, creating a seamless broadloom look in linear installations. They also pair perfectly with 50cm and 1m square carpet tiles, and they are ideal for composing imaginative floor designs herringbone patterns, inset area rugs, and directional patterns for way-finding. The mix of textures can also be configured to help in delineating spaces that are intended for private work and those for collaboration. Additionally, the format offers another important advantage over hard surface flooring: Carpet tile has been shown to absorb sound more effectively than many hard surfaces and thus allows for the inclusion of zones with improved acoustics, creating more comfortable, productive work environments.

Each of Human Nature's five skinny plank styles is unique, with a dramatically different feel and texture. HN820 is the simplest tile, providing a neutral ground for its more textured companions. A near twin, HN810 is defined by added volume and dimension. Both feature a multi-tonal, lightly distressed look that echoes distressed wood or worn limestone. A distinctive polished-pebble look and feel dominates HN840, while HN850 is a transition tile that bridges between these three Human Nature siblings, appearing to be the pebbly surface but with a random wearing away. HN810, HN820, HN840 and HN850, which share a unified palette of warm grays, buttery neutrals and browns, are all Interface i2 products, a design platform based in biomimicry that allows for selective replacement thanks to varying patterning and mergeable dye lots. Lastly, with its shaggy texture HN830 injects a grass-like look and pop of color into borders, insets and accents, with a palette of orange, red, yellow, blue and green.

About InterfaceInterface, Inc. is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial carpet tile. For 41 years, the company has consistently led the industry through innovation, and now leads the industry in environmental sustainability. It is setting the pace for development of modular carpet using materials and processes that take less from the environment, and is well along the path to "Mission Zero," a 20-year-old company-wide promise to eliminate any negative impact it has on the environment by the year 2020. Interface's worldwide carpet manufacturing facilities maintain third party registration to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standard, and the company obtained the first-ever Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for the commercial floor covering industry in North America. The company is recognized globally for its commitment to build environmental considerations into its business decisions. For additional information: interface.com and blog.interface.com .

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In two separate bedrooms, two wooden beds with white coverlets and throw pillows sat beside velour-covered armchairs, dressers and a nightstand with a lamp.

Walls decorated with fake, tacky art, fluffy slippers and aluminum walkers in the identical rooms were ready, it seemed, for the occupants to return to bed.

Instead, two fully decked out firefighters deliberately set the rooms on fire to demonstrate the efficacy of sprinklers.

If you were the occupant in the left room with the sprinkler system, you got a little wet and smoky.

But, if you were on the right side of the partition, within two minutes way before firefighters could arrive you were dead.

Our goal is to have sprinklers for all vulnerable occupancies by 2019, said Samantha Hoffmann, public fire & safety officer with Barrie Fire & Emergency Service.

Midway through the exercise, firefighter Carrie Clarke-Weatherup said the non-sprinkled room had reached a temperature of approximately 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

At the three-minute mark, she estimated the room was approximately 1,000 degrees.

After the firefighters extinguished the blaze, the blackend wood furniture looked marblized, with both the bed and armchair were burned down to their charred metal springs.

The sprinklered room had a semi-burned but still recognizable armchair, and the furniture would need to be dried and cleaned only.

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In order to reap capital and redeploy into the more promising multi-family residential sector, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation ( CLI ) disposed 3 New Jersey office properties to a joint venture led by Keystone Property Group for around $71.6 million.

The 3 properties - 30 Knightsbridge Road in Piscataway, 470 Chestnut Ridge Road in Woodcliff Lake and 530 Chestnut Ridge Road in Woodcliff Lake - are listed among 11 properties, positioned in Northern New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, that Keystone would acquire.

Notably, Keystone and Mack-Cali inked deals to form various joint ventures earlier this year for a number of property sales (Read: Mack-Cali Continues to Trim Office Assets ).

In the next several weeks, Keystone expects to accomplish the acquisition of the rest of the properties within the Tri-State portfolio.

Keystone will take part in these properties through reinvestment in redevelopment, management and upgrades to each site, while Mack-Cali will take part in the portfolio management fees, lease handling as well as value creation over certain hurdle rates.

As a matter of fact, Mack-Cali has been divesting a substantial part of its office portfolio amid continued weakness in the company's core office markets. This has helped the company to reap decent capital, which it is redeploying to expand its holdings in the multi-family residential sector that has traditionally been more of a stable product type. Moreover, the deal arrangement permits the company to join in the upside produced through reinvestments in these properties.

While Mack-Cali's venture into the multi-family residential sector is expected to drive long-term growth, in the short run, the aggressive disposition of office assets is anticipated to continue to lead to earnings dilution.

Mack-Cali currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell) stock. However, investors interested in the REIT industry may consider stocks like Chatham Lodging Trust ( CLDT ), The GEO Group, Inc. ( GEO ) and Terreno Realty Corp. ( TRNO ). All these stocks carry a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).

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NEW PORT RICHEY A large crowd Thursday helped dedicate a Sensory Center and other additions at the Red Apple Adult Training Center satellite facility.

The Sensory Center at 6527 Jefferson St. features aroma machines, bubble column machines, fiber optic curtains, various textures around the room and a laser projector that can beam a display of stars on the ceiling, among other therapeutic attractions.

Supporters also toured the Jefferson Room addition of some some 2,300 square feet, which was completed last year.

Red Apple School CEO Steve Giammichele thanked the many donors and staff who made the project possible. Giammichele invoked the name of Red Apples late founder, Dave Neal, who started the nonprofit organization in 1995 with a handful of clients.

The nonprofit institution now caters to 143 developmentally disabled adults ages 18 and older at several Adult Training Center facilities,

During the ribbon cutting led by the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce, Giammichele and Red Apple Chief Operating Officer Kerry Rondeau presented a plaque to John Harper, board president of the Florida Medical Clinic Foundation of Caring. The Zephyrhills-based foundation gave $20,000 to the Sensory Center.

Trudy Acevedo, quality assurance coordinator for Red Apple, suggested the concept for a sensory room. She explained how the sensory therapy devices can be adjusted for each individual. One client might appreciate stimulation while another client might suffer from sensory overload at the same setting.

Acevedo read several passages from a book written by Donna Williams, a woman with autism.

People with disabilities, particularly those with a diagnosis of autism, often experience sensory overload or can have the opposite effect tuning out all sensory (input) around them, Rondeau wrote in a Red Apple flyer.

A balance between relaxation and activity can be provided in a safe environment for the person, Rondeau added.

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Antojitos El Catracho 7340 McGraw St., Detroit 313-399-3135 Handicap accessible Dinners: $6-$12.49 Antojitos: $2-$5.49 Breakfast: $7-$8 Open 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday

Why choose a Central American restaurant over a Mexican one? (Assuming, in both cases, that youre going for the real thing rather than an Americanized version. Actually, I havent yet met an Americanized Central American restaurant. In Detroit, at least, theyre all real-deal, serve-the-neighborhood places.)

Fried plantains would be reason enough. But enormous sopas with hand-made tortillas, crisp carne asada, tamales done right, and horchata are also plenty of motivation, as is your perpetual desire to broaden your horizons.

I say this as a person whos lived in Central America for months at a time, so I admit to the taste of second home bias.

El Catracho means The Honduran. Ignore the antojitos (appetizers) part of the name; youll get giant full-course meals here. Its decorated with a mural of a campesino digging rocks out of a field, a reminder of why so many felt they needed to leave and come here.

A brief lesson on plantains, which are the 10th-most important staple food in the world: The different names in different countries for varying degrees of ripeness and preparation methods are dizzying, but at El Catracho you need remember only three. Tajadas are green plantains sliced and then fried. Tostones are fried slices, pounded thinner with a wooden tostonera, and then fried again. Neither is sweet, as the fruit has not yet ripened, and though theyre a ubiquitous side dish in Honduras, I find them tasting mostly like generic fried. Garlic cream is offered on the side, in one version. Platanos maduros, on the other hand, are super-sweet, a traditional breakfast dish, though you might use them as dessert. Served with black beans and crema, theres nothing like them.

Pupusas (typically Salvadoran) come stuffed with various combos of cheese, beans, and chicharron. We got ours with loroco (a vine flower ) but found the whole (large) thing pretty mild. Like many dishes here, its served with a big heap of shredded cabbage sometimes with a sprinkle of powdered Parmesan on top!

Better was a pastelito, the Honduran pasty, because whats not to like about crisp, fried dough encasing meat? And better still was the $2 tamal, chicken or pork the moist, square kind steamed in a plantain leaf, not the dry cylindrical kind thats more common around here. Try a tamal this way and you wont go back.

New to me was the baleada, a street food, which our waitress described as like a burrito but just folded over. Here its pretty bland and contains scrambled eggs, beans, sour cream, and cheese in a flour tortilla. Hot sauce would improve it.

Those for whom the best accolade for meat is tender should not try Central American carne asada. Probably the steers are stringy, and being cooked within an inch of its life bumps up the chewiness factor. Here its a thicker cut than Ive had in Guatemalan restaurants, with a bit of a crust, and, in my opinion, deliciously tasty. Its served with rice and beans, of course; be sure to ask for whole beans.

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