BOSTON The multiple assault charges levied against Marcus and Markieff Morris moved one step closer towards going to trial.

Trial selection begins on September 12 at 8 a.m. local time in Phoenix. This is when the master calendar judge will identify which Superior Court Judge will preside over the trail.

Marcus, who was traded to the Boston Celtics this summer from Detroit in exchange for Avery Bradley, and his brother Markieff (a starting forward for the Washington Wizards) are each facing two aggravated assault charges with each carrying a maximum sentence of 3 years in jail.

Marcus and Markieff were allegedly involved in a January 24, 2015 incident in Phoenix involving Erik Hood who according to police reports, suffered a broken nose, abrasions and a large bump on his head.

Hood, who attended the same Philadelphia high school as the twins, told police that he was held down by four men who assaulted him outside of a high school basketball game in Phoenix. He added that the Morris twins were among those who assaulted him.

Authorities later said a witness identified the Morris twins as having been at the scene during the incident.

According to Hood, he had at times coached the twins in addition to giving them rides to practice. But the relationship soured about year before they were drafted, according to reports. That is around the time when the twins reportedly found inappropriate text messages from Hood to their mother.

However, the Morris twins have said that they were not involved in the incident, and that they have no connection to Hood.

Anything other than a not guilty verdict will likely result in some sort of suspension by the NBA.

Pleading down to a misdemeanor charge may result in the twins avoiding jail time, but theyre still likely to be hit with a multiple game suspension.

Article VI, Section 7 of the leagues Collective Bargaining Agreement states that a player will be suspended for a minimum of ten (10) games if they are convicted, pleads guilty or pleads no contest or nolo contendere to a violent felony.

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Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen lined up across from Kansas City Pro Bowl cornerback Marcus Peters, and on the snap, he threw a filthy stutter step with his left foot before planting his right and pushing back to the inside of the field.

Peters, fooled by the move, went the completely opposite way.

I think hes the best off the line in the league, Chargers safety Jahleel Addae said. He gets into his routes really well, precise with his movements. He and (quarterback Philip Rivers) have a good chemistry, and if hes healthy, hes a top five receiver.

But a step similar to the ones that have made Allen a top NFL receiver also cost him all of last season. After dominating the Chiefs and Peters for most of the first half of last seasons opener, Allen planted that right foot and made the kind of move thats made him one of the best.

Only this time, his right knee gave way after his ACL tore.

When the Chargers play the Broncos on Monday night in Denver, itll have been one year exactly since Allens knee injury. While the road back has been difficult, with the 25-year-old receiver having to deal with mental and physical strain, hes proven to his teammates and himself that hes back ready to make things tough on the leagues corners.

I can tell he was getting comfortable midway through (organized team activities) Just seeing him get his confidence back and seeing him work extremely hard, even post-practice, I could tell hes getting back at it, Chargers cornerback Trevor Williams said. He still has that niftiness and elusiveness. Im excited to see him go in week one.

He can make the tough catches. When youre a DB and youre covering a receiver, you can feel like youre on him like glue. (Rivers) will put the ball where it needs to be and hell make that big-time catch.

During practice Tuesday, the teams first in its week-long build to the opener, Allen planted and juked at full speed without the cumbersome knee brace hes worn for all but two other practices this season.

Allen said he wants to keep the brace in his locker and just be able to go.

Training camp was a grind, he said, as calf tightness that cost him a few days of practice could be traced to compensation for the injured right knee. But slowly, in his mind, Allen started to feel like himself.

It took some time obviously, but the more I kept doing it, the more comfortable I got and the easier it got, he said.

And while hes made it look easy in limited preseason snaps, Chargers coach Anthony Lynn thinks theres still even more there.

Hell tell you he doesnt believe hes 100 percent yet, but I think he looks great, Lynn said. If he just continues to improve and get better, he really is going to do something special.

Getting back on the field Monday will be special. Its something Lynn and the Chargers have been building for since the schedule was released.

And, its something Allens been re-building for since taking that one bad step.

Its just continuing the dominance I have on the football when Im out there, Allen said. I want to keep that going.

Woike writes for the Los Angeles Times.

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City officials said more than 28,000 vehicle trips are made each day along College Avenue between Cleburn and Prospect streets.

Photo: Todd Gill, Fayetteville Flyer

Fayetteville will soon have yet another piece of large-scale public art.

City officials are seeking an artist to create a mural on the old retaining wall along North College Avenue between Cleburn and Prospect streets.

The area is currently receiving a major overhaul as part of the College Avenue Improvement Project, which includes adding new sidewalks, lighting and street trees in the half-mile stretch of road between Maple and North streets. Crews completed work on the east side of College Avenue early this year, and work on the west side began in April.

The original plan was to plant street trees on the west side of the road, but crews discovered a fiber line buried in a vault underneath the existing sidewalk. Officials said the available soil depth is not able to sustain healthy trees, and the costs to relocate the line are too high.

In an effort to incorporate some type of functional aesthetics on the east side of the road, the city asked for and received approval from the Arkansas Department of Transportation to install a 1,654-square-foot mural on the original retaining wall that now separates the new sidewalk and the new multi-use trail.

Chris Brown, Fayettevilles city engineer, said the old retaining wall was kept because the soils behind it were too poor to replace it entirely with a new wall closer to the businesses on that side of the road.

We wouldve had to remove so much soil that the buildings near the right of way would have been damaged, Brown said. So, we left the wall in place and installed the sidewalk near the top of the wall, then constructed a smaller wall behind the sidewalk.

An online form is available through Sept. 12 for artists to submit a resume, list of qualifications and work samples.

Once the submissions are in, the Fayetteville Arts Council will meet to select three artists from the applications to submit formal proposals for a mural on the wall. The artist chosen to complete the work will receive a stipend of $17,367. The other two artists will receive $250 each for compensation of their time.

According to the project timeline (see below), the mural is expected to be completed by Nov. 9.

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Sept. 5 Call for artist qualificationsSept. 12 Submission form closes at 7 p.m.Sept. 13 Fayetteville Arts Council meets to select three finalistsSept. 14 Three finalists notified to produce renderingsSept. 25 Renderings dueSept. 27 Fayetteville Arts Council meets to select final artistSept. 28 Artist notified and contract process startsOct. 5 Contract process complete at 12 p.m.Oct. 13 Mural work beginsNov. 9 Mural work ends (artist must complete mural within 10 calendar days).

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Over six days, Hurricane Harvey dumped an estimated 27 trillion gallons of rain over Texas and Louisiana. (Houston got almost 52 inches.) The storm displaced an estimated 35,000 people and knocked out power to 224,000 homes. At least 100,000 homes were flooded, many to the point where they are no longer liveable. Private wells are tainted by toxins, and there are still concerns about the safety of the regions tapwater. Rebuilding could take years, and not everyone can afford it.

And now, to top it all off, the good citizens of Houston may have to contend with swarms of disease-carrying bloodsuckers.

Chris Barker, an epidemiologist and mosquito expert at the University of California-Davis, points out that severe flooding in urban areas creates an initial flushing effect that reduces mosquito populations for a short time. Mosquitoes dont like moving water because [the larvae] breathe through the surface of the water, and they need to stay stationary, essentially, he explains. But all the stagnant water left behind by an epic storm like Harvey enables the mosquitoes to surge back stronger than ever. You can imagine that creates a lot of habitat, Barker says.

Houston already rankedseventh on Orkins 2017 list of the Top 50 Mosquito Citiesbased on the number of residential and commercial customers who hired the pest-control company to address their mosquito problems. And more mosquitoes mean more potential for disease. The Aedes mosquitoeswhich can breed in containers of water as small as a bottle cap and have the capacity to spread viruses including Zika, dengue, and chikungunyaare quite prevalent in the Houston area, Barker says. But they can only spread these viruses after biting the rare peoplepresumably travelerswho are already infected. (Storm-battered Puerto Rico will have more to fear from Zika and dengue in the wake of Hurricane Irma.) In the Houston area at the moment, Barker says, the No. 1 virus of concern would be West Nile.

Thats because Culex mosquitoes pick upWest Nile from birdsa permanent natural reservoir for the virusbefore spreading it to people through their saliva. And unlike Aedes mosquitoes, Culex can travel far, maybe 5 to 10 kilometers, so they have the ability to colonize new areas relatively quickly, Barker says.

Even at the peak of past West Nile outbreaks, only a small proportion of the Culex mosquitoesperhaps 1 in 100were found to be infectious, says Lark Coffey, who studies mosquito-borne viruses at UC-Davis. But when these mosquitoes hatch out in unusually large numbers, West Nile cases surge.

Last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Texas reported 353 West Nile infections17 percent of all US casesresulting in 13 deaths. This years numbers are lower: Just 48 infections and 2 deaths were reportedin Texas as of August 29. But Harvey could change that.

The good news is that fall is approaching, so mosquito season should wane before too long. But heres the bad: Given the extensive flood damage, hundreds of backyard swimming pools and other prime breeding spots in close proximity to humans will be filled with filthy water and are likely go unmaintained. That could bring some pretty large mosquito populations compared to normal, Barker says.

This explosion of breeding sites could present a major headache for Harris Countys mosquito-control personnel. Temperatures in Houston are expected to remain in the high 80s for at least the next week or two. Culex mosquitoes lay their eggs in small rafts on the surface of open water and the eggs hatch within a few days. In the warmest temperatures, Barker says, it would take about a week for those to become adults and begin biting people.

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Increased use of brodifacoum poison in Southland prompts a timely reminder for hunters to be aware of where they are taking their wild game from. Nicole Sharpreports.

Hunters should not take animal carcasses for human consumption from areas where brodifacoum poison is used, the National Pest Control Agencies say.

Brodifacoum poison is an anti-coagulant chemical.

If ingested by animals, including humans, it inhibits blood clotting, causing death from internal bleeding.

Brodifacoum is a predominant toxin used in Environment Southland possum control areas (PCAs) by both farmers and contractors in Southland.

The National Pest Control Agencies factsheet on the poison states commercial hunters cannot hunt wild animals for consumption in areas where the poisons have been laid, including the buffer zones, until the specified caution period of three years has elapsed.

The buffer zone is within 5km of the poisoning area for pigs and within 2km of the poisoning area for large species such as deer.

The same buffer zones and caution periods are also recommended for recreational hunters.

Environment Southland senior biosecurity officer Dave Burgess said it was a legal requirement that wild animals could not be taken for ''commercial markets''.

When setting up a new PCA, Environment Southland now included this in the discussions with landowners.

When it came to farm animals, they should not have access to brodifacoum bait or bait stations, Mr Burgess said.

''They normally get this information at least twice in the first two years.''

Brodifacoum was a predominant toxin used for Environment Southland PCAs by farmers and their contractors that had bait stations, he said.

''It is also a common bait sold over the counter and online to the general public for both rodent and possum control.''

Along with the poison, a warning sign was required to be erected at normal points of public entry to any area/property where it was being used, he said.

''These signs must stay up for at least nine months after baiting has ceased. In the case of properties which are part of our PCA programme, we supply farmers with appropriate warning signs.''

The Department of Conservation took a precautionary approach to using brodifacoum.

DOC Murihiku operations manager Tony Preston said current policy allowed the poison to be used on off-shore islands for operations such as one-off rodent eradication projects.

''However, on mainland public conservation land, brodifacoum is not a common pesticide used on public conservation land by the department or community groups, due to environment and bio-accumulative concerns,'' he said.

When it was used, signs notifying the public were required to be in place for up to 36 months after the pesticide application, he said.

Trapping and cyanide were other common ways of controlling pests and in PCAs in Southland the decision was up to the landowner, Mr Burgess said.

''For those with bait stations, brodifacoum is a very efficient and cost-effective possum control tool which doesn't require a licence, but must be used according to best practice and label. It is/has provided extensive biodiversity gains throughout the country for many years. There is little/no poison shyness due to its slow action of working.''

Brodifacoum could be bought over the counter without a licence, he said.

It must be used in a bait station and label instructions must be followed.

There are industry guidelines for bait station use, which, along with the label, can be found on the National Pest Control Agencies' and/or Animal Control Products' websites.

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The global pest control products and services market is projected to be valued at US$ 28.6 Bn by 2026, exhibiting a CAGR of 5.4% over the next 10 years.

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New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/06/2017 -- The global pest control products and services market is segmented on the basis of Product Type (Insecticides, Rodenticides, Other Chemical, Mechanical, Others); Application Type (Ants Control, Bedbug Control, Beetle Control, Bird Control, Mosquito & Flies Control, Cockroaches Control, Rat & Rodent Control, Termites Control, Others); Service Type (Chemical Control Services, Organic Control Services, Synthetic Control Services, Mechanical Control Services, Other Pest Control Services); End User (Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, Residential); and Region (North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and MEA).

The Insecticides product type segment is expected to gain significant market share by 2026 and is estimated to increase 1.7X in terms of value between 2016 and 2026. The Cockroaches Control application type segment is expected to be valued at US$ 5,747.6 Mn by 2026, registering a CAGR of 5.1% between 2016 and 2026. The Chemical Control Services service type segment was valued at US$ 10.93 Bn in 2015 and is estimated to reach US$ 11.56 Bn by the end of 2016, reflecting a Y-o-Y growth rate of 5.8%.

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The Chemical Control Services service type segment is expected to continue to remain the most dominant segment in the market till the end of 2026. The Residential end user segment is expected to be valued at US$ 9,956.6 Mn by 2026.

Among regions, North America is expected to remain the most dominant regional market in the global pest control products and services market. The North America pest control products and services market was valued at US$ 7,538.5 Mn in 2015 and is estimated to reach US$ 7,952.4 Mn by the end of 2016, reflecting a Y-o-Y growth rate of 5.5%. The Asia Pacific pest control products and services market is expected to be valued at US$ 5,964.2 Mn by 2026, registering a CAGR of 6.1% during 2016 2026.

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The prime factors powering the demand for pest control products and services are a rapid expansion of urban population across the globe, growing consumer awareness concerning health and hygiene, prevalent weather conditions supporting insect growth, a rapid increase in lifestyle expenditures, and rising international tourism.

Increase in economic activities across the globe is also a positive factor favoring the growth of the global pest control products and services market. The implementation of stringent government regulations to limit levels of chemical toxicity and restrict the use of highly toxic pesticides to reduce their hazardous impact on public health and environment is one of the major restraints for the growth of the global pest control products and services market.

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ATLANTA Officials with the city of Milledgeville received some good news Thursday from Gov. Nathan Deal.

So did officials in neighboring Hancock County and Sparta.

It came in the form of a press release from the governor announcing that the city has been awarded a grant totaling $678,277 for new sewer lines in the southeast area of town.

The grant was awarded to the city by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Georgia Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, and administered by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA).

Funding from the CDBG will be used to replace aging sewer lines in two targeted areas of the city.

One phase of the project is part of a multi-stage effort involving the installation of new, replacement sewer lines, according to the 2017 CDBG application that city officials submitted.

The total cost of the project is $780,447. A total of $102,170 is the matching portion by the city.

In Hancock County, meanwhile, officials will receive $627,950 in CDBG funding. Funding there will be used to renovate the existing Hancock County Health Department building, located at 516 Boland St. in Sparta.

Some of the particulars of the project in Sparta will consist of exterior improvements, such as Hardi-plank siding, water sealant, roof replacement, window and door replacements, along with interior improvements. Inside the building, officials are planning new central heating and air conditioning, layout changes, handicap accessible restrooms, examination rooms, etc.

The health department renovations total $727,950. The county has agreed to a $100,000 match and leverage of the project.

The city of Milledgeville, as well as Hancock County, were among 59 cities or counties across the state to be awarded various amounts of CDBG funding for assorted projects, Deal said in the press release.

Those awards amounted to a total of $37.5 million.

Georgias economic growth is a result of strong and prosperous communities across the state, Deal said. The CDBG program addresses critical community needs by providing cities and counties with the necessary resources to improve overall quality of life and revitalize the local economies that need it the most. By continuing to invest in our local communities, we are preparing all of Georgias citizens for an even brighter future, as well as solidifying our position as the top state in the nation for business.

The governor said 51 of the cities and counties awarded the grants would receive $32.7 million in CDBG funding for infrastructure improvements, neighborhood revitalization and centers to serve residents in need.

Another $4.8 million in CDBG funding will benefit 10 communities across the state for the Employment Incentive Program and Redevelopment Fund, Deal said.

Such funding would allow those communities to invest in restoration and economic development projects and thus create 446 jobs, as well as generate an additional $117 million from a private investment standpoint, the governor said.

The CDBG program supports projects in Georgias small and rural communities that create jobs and assist citizens with low and moderate incomes, Deal said. Awards ranging from $237,639 to $1 million will be used for specific projects such as water, sewer, drainage or street improvements, revitalization of targeted neighborhoods and construction of facilities such as health, youth and senior centers.

Communities receiving such grants are required to complete their projects within a two-year time period.

Georgia Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Camila Knowles said such grants help lay the groundwork for future growth for various communities and are often leveraged with other funding to help them prepare for economic development opportunities.

These awards are about helping each community achieve its vision and implement plans to create a bright future.

The DCA partners with communities across the state to help them build strong and vibrant neighborhoods, commercial, and industrial areas in various ways. Included is community, economic development, local government assistance, and safe and affordable housing.

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