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Tracey Fowler, Reporter Saturday, May 10, 2014 2:00 PM

A PORTISHEAD resident has appealed to councillors and the local community to stop illuminated signs blotting the Portishead landscape.

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Speaking at the town council meeting, former councillor, Martyn Cruse highlighted 21 metres of orange fluorescent lights proposed for the roof of the new Sainsburys garage which will be built in Serbert Way.

He said: From Naish Hill to Avon Way, these signs will dominate what is at the moment a picturesque landscape. I have seen the consequences of these signs when in similar circumstances they were installed in Kelso. The people of the town fought to have the signs removed but I hope we can put a stop to them before they are installed.

Work has just begun on the building of the long-awaited supermarket, which will include a much-needed second petrol station for the town.

Full details of the application and site plan can be seen on the North Somerset Council planning page.

Also at the council meeting, members heard Sainsburys has applied for permission to sell footwear at the store. Councillors objected to the application on the grounds that it could take trade away from the High Street.

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Left to right: Michael Warren as Robert Bobby Hill, Ed Marinaro as Joe Coffey and Charles Haid as Andrew Andy Renko 20th Century Fox

The cop drama has been a staple of the small-screen landscape ever since "Dragnet" made the jump from radio to television in 1951, but after 30 years of police stories (including an actual series called "Police Story"), the genre got its single greatest kick in the pants, creatively speaking, when NBC the same network that served as home to Sgt. Joe Friday, as it happens introduced "Hill Street Blues" to an unsuspecting viewing public.

Created by Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll, "Hill Street Blues" earned eight Emmy Awards in its initial season alone, ultimately pulling a total of 98 nominations over the course of its seven-season, 146-episode run, but more important than the awards and acclaim is that the series helped to create a new template for the cop drama, eschewing walking clichs in favor of characters with depth and substance and delving into content theretofore unseen on prime-time television.

With Shout Factory releasing "Hill Street Blues: The Complete Series," Indiewire spoke to a quartet of cast members from the series Charles Haid, Ed Marinaro, James B. Sikking, and Bruce Weitz about how they first found their way into the precinct, who their characters were, what it was like to be a part of such a groundbreaking television series, and how it impacted them when it finally came to a close.

Secret Origins of the "Hill Street" Cast

Actor Bruce Weitz as Mick Belker in Hill Street Blues Photo courtesy: Twentieth Century Fox

Bruce Weitz (Mick Belker): Steven Bochco and I went to school together, which was then Carnegie Tech but is now Carnegie Mellon. He moved out to Los Angeles way before I did, and when I moved out to Los Angeles, we saw each other socially. When he wrote "Hill Street" with Michael Kozoll, he wanted me to play LaRue (Kiel Martin's character), but I read the script, and I asked him if I could audition for Mick Belker. What interested me about Belker was the vulnerability, or at least the possibility of vulnerability. It was appealing to think that he had such a hard shell, but although he was such a fierce person on the outside I visualized him to be vulnerable and hurt insideand, fortunately, that was the same way the writers visualized him, too! So, yeah, that was very attractive to me. Plus, I needed the money! [Laughs.]

Charles Haid (Andy Renko): I was doing a bunch of movies at the time, andI already knew Steven. My relationship with Steven Bochco goes back to Carnegie Mellon. But we were hanging out, we were at somebody's birthday party or something. and he said he was doing a show. I'd already done a pilot for something else, but I didn't think it was gonna get picked up, so when he said, "Do you want to be in it?" I said, "Well, who can I play?" He said, "Well, why don't you try this guy Flannery (later renamed Furillo) who's gonna be the captain?" I said, "Yeah, okay." But then he went to the head of MTM at the time, Grant Tinker, and Grant said, "Charlie Haid's not playing the captain of anything!" [Laughs.] So Steven said, "Uh, hey, man, why don't you try this part?" And it was Renko.

James B. Sikking (Howard Hunter): Steven Bochco and I had been longtime friends, our daughters became great pals, and I had worked off and on with Steven at Universal before he went over to MTM. Our relationship goes beyond the work, although the work seems to dominate it at times. But he and a few other people in the business, you just become close. Really close.

Ed Marinaro (Joe Coffey): I had moved out to Los Angeles after my NFL career was over it was 1978 and I had developed a little bit of an interest in acting, and prior to my retirement for football, I had worked in an acting class in New York, soI don't know that you'd call it a conventional route to a career in acting. [Laughs.] But when my NFL career was over, I kind of knew it was something I wanted to pursue, so I moved out to Hollywood, got an agent, and once I had one, you know, I tried to get parts.

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Georgia is one of the all-time great bass fishing states. Home to such heavyweights as Lake Eufaula and Clarks Hill Lake, Georgia's landscape is also dotted with small, lesser-known lakes that could just as easily give up the next state record. Target these five top bass lakes if you want to catch big bass, and lots of them. Lake Oconee March to May is the time to be on the water at 19,000-acre Lake Oconee, when fat pre- and post-spawn bass are shallow and easy to find. Target stumps, lay-down trees and boat docks with spinnerbaits, jerkbaits and soft plastics. Clarks Hill Lake Also known as J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Clarks Hill is a vast 70,000-acre impoundment along the Savannah River. Famous for its hybrid stripers, the lake is also an outstanding largemouth bass fishery, with some of the best fishing taking place around points and hydrilla beds. Lake Seminole Sprawling over the Florida state line, Lake Seminole encompasses 37,000 acres of water and is home to vast hydrilla beds, stump fields and groves of flooded timber that provide perfect bass habitat. Today, the lake is better known as solid, consistent bass lake than the trophy water it once was, but there's no doubt that 10-pounders still swim below its surface. Lake Eufaula Lake Eufaula extends along the Alabama border, and its 45,000 acres harbor some of the biggest bass in either state. Channels, ledges and tributary mouths are the key areas - Eufaula has very little vegetation - and plastic worms and lizards are often the lures of choice. Lake Lanier Largemouth and spotted bass are both abundant at Lake Lanier, arguably Georgia's best bass lake. The 38,000-acre reservoir is deep and clear, with no vegetation to speak of, but anglers who cast around deep points, drop-offs and submerged islands have a chance to hook up with 15-pound largemouths and 8-pound spots. Fish of these proportions are rare, of course, but healthy 3- to 5-pounders are so common you'd have a hard time not catching them.

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Berry Hill High School in Bucknall is among the schools to be demolished.

SEVEN former schools are set to be demolished so the sites can be sold off for redevelopment.

Outline planning consent is being sought to bulldoze the schools, which were replaced as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.

The scheme saw 261 million of Government cash spent on improving all secondary and special schools in the city.

Now Stoke-on-Trent City Council wants to demolish the redundant buildings to make the sites more attractive to potential developers.

It will also help address concerns over them becoming a blight on the landscape and attracting vandalism.

One of the sites the former Edensor Technology College in Longton has been targeted by arsonists several times in the last two months.

The buildings awaiting demolition also include:

The former Berry Hill High;

The ex-Mitchell Business and Enterprise College, Bucknall;

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Prickly Pear Cactus growing by old weathered fence posts on a Texas ranch in the hill country. Scroll down to see more Texas landscape photography This rustic scene pictures a dilapidated old farm house in Gonzales county. Scenic Texas landscape photo of a herd of cattle grazing in a field of bluebonnets on a Texas cattle ranch. Red, white and blue colors of a Texas flag on a ranch windmill in central texas.

Rural Texas Landscapes If you're If you're doing business in Texas, you want to emphasize that local connection. You can use Texas stock photography to convey the message that you are a rural Texas company. Stock photos can be used in everything from from brochures to billboards.

Utilize your office space to display contemporary art photography with a western theme. Nature photos of Texas, displayed as photo art prints will create a relaxed mood in a busy office environment and add color to the work space. These hill country landscape pictures can be reproduced as large prints that are suitable for framing. Add a touch of Texas to your conference room or reception area with scenic landscape photographs of the Lone Star State.

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Terraced hill landscapes provide flat surfaces for plants to grow on in hilly areas. They help the gardener maximize usable space and prevent excessive runoff. Less runoff also prevents erosion and helps with water infiltration, which means terraced land needs less irrigation and loses less soil. Most gardeners use wood to create terrace edges, although some use bricks, rocks or concrete.

Measure the rise of the hill to determine how many terraces you will build. On moderately sloped hills, each terrace should be about 2 feet tall. A 10-foot-tall slope will need five terraces. If the hill is incredibly steep, the terraces can be taller than 2 feet to eliminate the need for as many levels. Very gradual slopes can have shorter terraces.

Measure the run of the hill to determine the length of the terraces. The horizontal distance from the base of the hill to the point beneath the center of the hill, also called "the run," will determine the length of the sides of each terrace. For example, consider a hill with a 10-foot rise and 20-foot run. If the hill is going to have five 2-foot tall terraces, each of the five terraces will have to have 4-foot-long sides to span the 20-foot run of the hill.

Measure the width of the hill to decide how wide to make each terrace. Many terraced gardens have terraces that are all the same width. However, some have terraces that get smaller toward the top of a hill if the garden is on a hill that gets smaller toward the top. Some terraces might also be less wide to avoid a tree or another structure in the yard.

Buy or cut timber to use for the walls of the terraces. Each terrace needs one piece of timber across its front and two side pieces. The pieces need to be about 1 1/2 to 2 times as wide as the height of the terraces, so that one edge of the timber can rest underground for stability.

Dig a trench along the bottom of the hill to place the first terrace support wall inside of. Make sure the trench is wide enough so that the timber fits inside it. The trench should be about one-half to one times as deep as the height of the terrace. Dig the trench so that the timber sticks up to the correct terrace height when placed in the trench.

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Tucked into a hillside between boulders and camouflaged with stone hues and a green roof, this home on San Juan Island in Washington State almost seems to disappear into the landscape from certain angles. A wall of windows provides expansive views of the scenery, with operable glass panels providing access to an outdoor terrace.

Olson Kunding Architects cut out portions of the existing rock at the building site to insert the residence, fitting it in like a puzzle piece and leaving the excavation marks from drills and blasts visible on the stonework of the house.

The rock remains a major architectural feature of the interior, and some rooms have raw walls and ceilings, giving them a cave-like feel. The interior and exterior fireplaces are carved from the stone, and even the sink in the master bathroom consists of a series of hollowed-out basins.

All of this, along with the location in the Salish Sea between Washignton and British Columbia, give the home the atmosphere of a secret lair.

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A number of trees and shrubs were also planted on the site by contractors hired by the department.

Friends of Bukit Kiara (FoBK) member Henry Goh said park users had called the department to file a complaint about the barbed wire which was installed to keep out trespassers.

It was highlighted in the latest edition of the Taman Tun Dr Ismail community newsletter.

"Barbed wire has its place in a war zone.

"This is not a norm and should not be encouraged. Park users and animals can get injured," said Goh.

Mountain bikers use this terrain as well. Can you imagine if they crash into the wire during their descend down the hill?"

He said it called to attention the delay in gazetting the 190ha park as a green lung.

The matter was proposed in parliament more than seven years ago.

The park's 190ha is divided into seven parcels.

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The reason for hill landscaping may vary from aesthetic to utilitarian, this may certainly add visual interest to your garden if you differ contours and levels or make risky steep hill easy to navigate by altering the grade.

Make hill's improvement is a fairly simple job on a site that is pretty much flat but the slope of a hill may be severely slopped and this may make special problems for the landscaper. The most significant of them is that the slope may carry water where you wouldn't prefer it to go and could produce swampy areas in the yard, typically at the base of the hill's slope.

Landscaping A Slope Ideas:

Moderate Slope. Slopes from 1-foot vertical to 4 feet horizontal (25%) to 1 foot vertical on 3 feet horizontal (33%). Gradients of that type generate banks where only hand movers are handy. Plant grass where reachable. Keep away from single specimens of trees and shrubs on these grades in grass due to the problems of mowing around them - utilize only in groups or bed plantings. Try showing bed line or mowing limits.

Steep Hill. Slopes from 1 foot vertical to 3 feet horizontal (33%) to 1 foot vertical on 2 feet horizontal (50%). Gradients of that kind form banks where only hand movers are not easily manageable. While dealing with a severely sloped site keep in mind to consider where you want excess water to flow. It may not matter on a large lot, because there is plenty of space for it to move through but if it's a small lot - be wary of adjacent properties, vegetation and existing catch bases.

If the area you are landscaping in has a steep slope, build terraces or steps made of logs or old railroad ties across the slope to divert water away from slopes and prevent soil erosion. Between the steps, spread a thick layer of wood chips to protect the soil. If the slope is gentle, seeding grass may be enough. Use splash guards on gutter outlets to help reduce erosion at the foundation of your home.

Severe hill landscaping. Slopes 1 foot vertical to 2 feet horizontal (50%) and steeper. Vegetation and plants, including grass and groundcovers, are difficult to establish and demand frequent and skilled maintenance to prevent erosion and unsightliness.

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