Georgetown County denies it acted with negligence in connection to a Delaware woman who fell on a damaged beach walkway in North Litchfield this spring.

Denise Stasulli was visiting the beach April 9 when she fell on the stairs of Walkway 52. A stair board was missing and there was no handrail, according to her lawsuit, which names the county as well as the Litchfield Beaches Property Owners Association as defendants.

Another media outlet reported Stasulli broke her wrist in the fall.

Stasulli is seeking actual and punitive damages and claims the defendantsacted negligently by not maintaining the walkway, which was damaged by Hurricane Matthew, and failing to warn people about the dangerous conditions.

In its answer to the lawsuit, the county denies the allegations and says Stasulli acted with negligence by, among other things, failing to keep a "proper lookout" and "walking in an area that was designated off limits to the public."

The county requests that the suit be dismissed.

After the lawsuit was filed in May, County Councilman John Thomas told the South Strand News the county took steps to make people aware of damaged walkways, including putting up barriers such as caution tape, nailed boards and closed signs.

But people ignored or removed the barriers, Thomas said at the time. Ive personally seen boards with nails ripped down, he said.

The walkways are owned by the county.

Litchfield Beaches Property Owners Association has not filed its answer to the complaint, according to online court records. Court documents show the association was served with a summons and complaint July 24.

County Public Works Director Ray Funnye said Aug. 1 repair work on damaged walkways in North Litchfield is 98 percent complete.

"We have a couple of punch list items that are left to be completed and we'll be finished," he said.

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While Fyre Festivals glamorous Bahamian location and exorbitant ticket prices may mean its still destined to take out the prize for biggest festival screw-up this year, the organisers behind Liverpudlian music event Hope & Glory have plenty to answer for themselves, after the dangerous event was shut down after just a single day.

As NME reports, the 12,500 capacity event was taking place over the weekend with a lineup of well-known British bands set to play, but quickly devolved into another tale of stranded fans, unsafe conditions, and organiser finger-pointing.

Concerns were first raised to police when the festival area became dangerously overcrowded on the first day, with the thousands in attendance complaining of being unable to access basic needs like food, drink and bathrooms, and police announced they were working with stewards at opening up another entrance in an effort to relieve the overcrowding.

Now, in a story with a happy ending, this would be where festival organisers worked with authorities to fix the shortfalls before the festival commenced its second day, and a crisis was averted but no.

Instead, organisers took the drastic step of singling out the events production manager, blaming him solely for the issues and even posting his full name and email address on the event page.

The production manager who did not complete the site in time and did not provide the planned bridged walkways into the garden was Richard Agar, the post read, kicking off a string of events that would quickly lead to the cancellation of the event in the messiest way imaginable.

While festival promoter Lee OHanlon told the Liverpool Echo that steps had been taken to ensure another great day of entertainment, and that the festival would go ahead as planned, the organisers took to Twitter to announce that there would be no festival today, adding in another post that Following the unfair and vitriolic comments, some of us have decided not to proceed.

With what little professionalism was left thrown entirely out the window, local council were left with no choice but to shut the area down and post notices explaining it to attendees as best they could.

The event management company who were responsible for delivering the Hope and Glory event have decided to cancel todays festival, the notices read. Liverpool City Council has no choice but to accept this decision.

Understandably, punters were furious, with one describing it as an absolute shambles, while another compared it to the aforementioned Fyre Festival, but with none of the lols.

Fans reported that tickets cost them 90 (almost $150 AUD), with bands like James, Hacienda Classical (featuring members of the Happy Mondays), Razorlight, Ocean Colour Scene, The Fratellis, The View, Reverend and the Makers, Badly Drawn Boy, The Pigeon Detectives and more, but hardly any of the punters were even able to navigate to the stages on the first day, and transport from the venue was also deemed a nightmare.

Can you see us in at the hope and glory festival from your tower? one fan tweeted at a local radio station, pretty much summing it up: We are basically trapped. So dangerous.

Now, in the wake of the fallout, the festivals Twitter account is demonstrating the worst way of going about explaining the situation to disgruntled music-lovers, offering petulant responses amid claims theyve been threatened with physical violence.

They have promised a full official statement of some kind, but for now are directing refund requests to ticketing companies.

While we await an explanation of how and why the event went so horribly wrong, for now it seems to be another example of organisers making some serious planning errors, and then shooting themselves in the foot by throwing the PR handbook out the window.

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MARGATE Three days after a deluge created a lake behind a newly built sand dune at Delavan Avenue, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun pumping the stagnant water over the dune.

We expect our contractor to begin pumping water out of the basins sometime today, Army Corps spokesman Stephen Rochette said Tuesday morning. The lake, which formed after a 5-inch rainfall Saturday, remained 15 inches deep in places Tuesday.

Rochette said the state and Army Corps collaborated on the plan, which uses submersible pumps to pump the water over the dunes, allowing it to flow into the ocean.

The Army Corps would also build temporary elevated walkways between the bulkhead and the dune, he said.

Over the weekend, beachgoers had to trudge through knee-deep water and jump over washed-out walkways to get to the ocean side of the dune. The city erected no-swimming signs to warn people about the dangers of swimming in the water, which is not protected by lifeguards.

Since then, Margate Beach Patrol Chief Greg Smallwood has closed off all access points at street ends that lead to the standing water. Caution tape has been put across the steps to keep people out of standing water he said was a public health threat.

The citys Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting 11 a.m. Wednesday at City Hall to discuss the possibility of hiring outside counsel to institute legal action against the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Army Corps.

Some residents believe they need to find a better solution to getting rid of the water and protecting the beach.

Its a disgrace. Pumping doesnt do anything, said Michael Fishbein. They need a remedy. Its a short-term fix. When it rains, its going to happen again.

More permanent and more proven effective measures like jetties and bulkheads are a one-time project, said Vincent Castronuovo, 67, of South Argyle Avenue. They are more expensive but last longer, work better and are also effective at eliminating future sand-moving projects.

Fishbein, 64, has lived on the 100 block of South Barclay Avenue for 14 years. Hes afraid of whats going to happen to the sand underneath.

The water is getting more and more stagnant, filling up with bird feces and becoming more and more polluted, said Fishbein. Its creating a public health hazard.

Rochette said the Army Corps is also considering filling in some of the basins created as part of the project.

Contractors had scraped away several feet of sand over a 100-foot-wide area from the bulkhead to the toe of the dune to essentially create a detention basin that would hold stormwater temporarily. Army Corps engineers said any water that collected in that area would percolate into the ground within 24 to 36 hours.

Were still determining next steps on potentially filling in the basins to a different elevation, Rochette said.

About 60 residents held a protest Sunday atop the dune demanding the state and Army Corps fix their beach.

The project is part of the $63 million Absecon Island project. Margates initial replenishment and dune construction may be 100 percent funded by federal post-Sandy emergency money. The project calls for the construction of nearly 13-foot-tall dunes on the barrier island.

The city filed to obtain an injunction in federal court but received only a partial victory in trying to stop the project.

A federal judge ruled the state would have to file to take easements needed to build the dune by using the federal governments eminent domain law, but that the city did not provide enough evidence to prove the project would create a public nuisance.

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Seattle is well-known for its efforts to be sustainable and environmentally conscious, and downtowns new seawall follows this trend. The new seawall, influenced by studies published by UW researchers, takes special measures to accommodate marine life.

The seawall itself is located beneath the waterfront, so while it may go unnoticed to those who walk above it, it transforms an otherwise uninhabitable concrete slab into something much closer to the original ecosystem.

The seawall was initially constructed in the 1930s. After the 2001 Nisqually earthquake, a section of the original Alaskan Way seawall began to settle. Since the structure was compromised, it became necessary to replace the wall, but in addition to the structural changes that were necessary, the new design takes into account the fact that Elliott Bay is part of the natural migration route for salmon.

Previously, the seawall was simply made of concrete, which served its purpose of protecting the citys infrastructure, but neglected to serve the original ecosystem.

Water near the shoreline is usually shallow and well lit. Both of these qualities are important for fish, especially juvenile salmon; the bright and shallow waters provide a good habitat for prey and good protection from predators. This is crucial for young salmon in Elliott Bay since the fish use the waterfront to migrate and to acclimate to salt water, growing considerably in this time.

The old concrete seawall disrupted the natural salmon migration routes by creating unnaturally deep waters immediately off of the shore. About a third of the waterfront was also located under piers, making the water too dark for the salmon to swim under.

Ideally, you can build habitats for people and for fish, said Stuart Munsch, a fishery biologist working for NOAAs Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Education is also really important. People who visit the waterfront might not know about the ecosystem beneath their feet, but Elliott Bay is traditionally a nursery habitat for juvenile salmon to mature, making it an area crucial to protect.

The new seawall mitigates the problems of the water being too deep and too dark. Water is made more shallow by installing shelves on the side of the seawall, called marine mattresses, and the wall itself is textured to look something like a climbing wall, making a more accommodating surface for fish food to grow. Glass blocks are used to pave walkways above ground, and this allows light to pass through to the water.

UW researchers helped provide the science to create the habitat of the seawall, said Jeff Cordell, a member of the UW research team which tested the potential panels for the seawall.

Youre never going to have the seawall constructed in a way that includes all the complexities a natural habitat does, Cordell said. Yet the Seattle seawall takes many more steps to recreate the original food chain.

All of these measures dramatically improve the area for salmon. EarthFix recently published a video providing a good look at the new seawall features.

I really love working in urban systems, said Jason Toft, a restoration ecologist and research scientist at the UW. Urban and ecological systems can work together.

Any urban coastline or major port will affect the natural habitats in some way, but because this concept is relatively similar in any area, it is important that Seattle is making these steps. Basic aspects of well-lit, shallow waters can be applied in different cities around the world to restore nursery grounds for juvenile fish.

At lowtide, the seawall is visible from the piers. July is the peak month for salmon migration, so those visiting the waterfront should be able to see the juvenile fish.

Seattle continues to be a groundbreaking city when it comes to ecological restoration. Ideally the strides that UW researchers make with Seattles seawall can be applied to cities around the world, and this type of restoration can continue.

Reach reporter Brooke Manningat science@dailyuw.com.Twitter: @brook1052

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FRAMINGHAM The Downtown Common has been an unsightly mess for the last couple of months, but the green space along Concord Street should be restored to its quaint, grassy look soon.

Crews from Argus Construction are expected to finish work on the Downtown Common Improvements Project in August, according to Chief Engineer William Sedewitz.

The project, launched this spring, required ripping up the lawn and brick pathways on the historic common, which has been partially surrounded by a construction fence.

The project was expected to be substantially complete in late July, but will instead continue into next month. According to the towns website, Argus must install new irrigation and sod for the entire lawn due to the extent of tree root removal and regrading. The new sod will be installed later this month, but the area will remain off limits during a 30-day maintenance period.

Delivery of new ornamental lights is also delayed due to high demand, according to the town. The new lights wont be available until July 31 at the earliest.

It is anticipated that these combined events will delay completion to the end of August, the site reads.

Located at the intersection of Concord and Howard streets, the common traces its history to 1854. It was deeded to the town in March of that year by Lovell Eames, who stipulated the parcel located in front of the old Baptist Meeting House should be used in perpetuity as a town common.

This years beautification project launched about two days after the conclusion of the Boston Marathon in April. Intended to dovetail with the states recent upgrades of Concord Street and Union Avenue, the project includes removing some trees and shrubs, tearing up the brick pathways and taking out or resetting a portion of the existing granite bollards.

When the project is finished, the common will have new benches and trees, new granite bollards, new granite piers, and a new railing, as well as new brick walkways, granite steps and concrete sidewalks.

The old flag pole on the site will also be replaced, as will the streetlights, which are being replaced with new period lighting.

Project costs are expected to exceed $400,000. A contract for the work stipulates it must be substantially complete by mid-September, putting the towns contractor well within the allowable timetable, Sedewitz said. The town is advising motorists to expect brief delays this week as crews excavate the perimeter of the common. The sidewalk along Franklin Street will also be closed.

With any project, there seems to be spurts and lulls in the progress, Sedewitz said, but if you can witness some of the construction from the edge of the work zone, (the contractor is) doing a good job. Hopefully its going to be a very well-completed project, and hopefully the wait will be worth it.

Jim Haddadin can be reached at 617-863-7144 or jhaddadin@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter: @JimHaddadin

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Turkey Spur overlook at Grandview State Park reopened Friday with help from the National Park Service (NPS) and Friends of New River Gorge National River (Friends), who raised over $20,000 in four months to renovate the property.

Significant improvements had been made to the overlook's boardwalk and steps in 2015, only to have them burned by a fire a few months later. The fire started as arson and quickly spread, burning 35 acres of the forest.

The fire wiped out much of the newly improved overlook, bringing staff back to the beginning.

Members of NPS and Friends hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the reopening and all the hard work they have achieved since the past damage.

Debbie Cooper, secretary of the Friends board, said they held several fundraisers to achieve their financial goal, as well as support from many donors and supporters.

"I'm from here, and I grew up here," Cooper said, "And we have so much here to offer in West Virginia and I am proud I get to be a part of this celebration."

Turkey Spur has held many memories for people over the years, from first dates to proposals to weddings, and according to Lizzie Watts, Superintendent of the New River Gorge National River, it has been a place to simply just go and reflect.

"Turkey Spur is such a spiritual place," said Watts. "Yes, it is a great place to go with a group of friends, but even just going alone provides you with so much fulfillment."

Watts said there was no better time to celebrate the reopening than on the Fourth of July weekend.

"Having national parks is a way to give a thank you back to Americans," Watts said, "This is their weekend."

Julena Campbell, spokesperson for the New River Gorge National River, said she is very excited the renovation happened much quicker than what she anticipated.

"We've had so much help from donors and everything else and it's just a great feeling to finally give back to the people here," Campbell said.

Campbell said she is not originally from this area, so seeing all of the love and support go into this made it really special for her.

"I was amazed at how many came together to make this happen," Campbell said. "It's truly great to be a part of."

So, although fire damage put plans at standstill for many, NPS and Friends are ready to give it back.

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OUTDOOR SPACE The 180-acre lot is made up of open fields, pasture, forest and a pond, and is entered via a long gravel driveway. There is also a series of flower gardens around the house. A second timber-frame building was rebuilt on the property to serve as an attached three-car garage. There is a separate barn with room for two cars, a dog kennel and a workshop.

TAXES About $29,500 a year

CONTACT John Snyder, Snyder Donegan Real Estate Group, 802-280-5406; snyderdonegan.com

WHAT An 1815 house with five bedrooms and four full and two half bathrooms

HOW MUCH $2.2 million

SIZE 5,165 square feet

PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT $426

SETTING This house is near the center of Aiken, a small city with many live oak trees that is popular with equestrians for its polo fields, racetracks and fox hunts, as well as the 70 miles of trails in Hitchcock Woods, a 2,100-acre urban forest. The nearest big city is Augusta, Ga., about 20 miles to the west.

INDOORS The Greek Revival house, known as Crossways, is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was renovated in 2007, but retains many early details including distinctive trim, wainscoting and crown molding. There are seven wood-burning fireplaces. A front door with sidelights and a transom window opens into a central foyer with hardwood floors painted in a diamond pattern. The living room is to one side, and a den with grasscloth wallpaper is to the other. Both have 15-foot ceilings, French doors that open onto the porch, and oversized windows that extend nearly to the floor. A 33-foot-long dining room, large enough to seat two dozen people, is toward the back of the house, along with an eat-in kitchen that connects to a keeping room through French doors. The kitchen has an island, white marble and black granite counters, and Sub-Zero and Viking appliances. There is a separate butlers pantry with a sink, marble counters and an ice maker.

A curved staircase leads from the foyer to a second-floor landing, where French doors open onto a balcony. The master suite includes a large walk-in closet as well as an expanded bathroom with marble floors, a soaking tub and a separate shower. There are four additional bedrooms upstairs. There is also a separate two-bedroom apartment with a kitchen and bathroom above a detached two-car garage, as well as a 1,500-square-foot caretakers cottage.

OUTDOOR SPACE The house is reached by a gated driveway and sits on a 4.7-acre lot (the current owners bought several neighboring properties and demolished a number of smaller homes on them). There is a pool and extensive landscaping, including a fountain, brick walkways, walls and arches, live oak trees and boxwood gardens.

TAXES $5,350 a year

CONTACT Tom Bossard, Carolina Real Estate Company, 803-640-2845; carolinahorseproperties.com

WHAT A 1967 house with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms

HOW MUCH $2.2 million

SIZE About 5,000 square feet

PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT About $440

SETTING This house is in a rural area of rolling hills, farms and fields in Bucks County. It is less than two miles from Lake Nockamixon, and about three miles away from Kimberton Whole Foods, which has a cafe and grocery store with local and organic products. Doylestown and Frenchtown, N.J., are about 12 miles away and offer more restaurants and stores.

INDOORS The house was extensively renovated and expanded by its current owners, Laura Bohn, an interior designer, and Richard Fiore, a contractor. From the driveway, stone steps lead down to a blue Dutch door, which opens into a tiled foyer. To one side is a family room with a polished concrete floor, wood-burning fireplace and reclaimed mahogany wall paneling under a vaulted ceiling with exposed steel-tie rods. To the other side is the living room, which also has a concrete floor and fireplace, as well as large windows looking out over the landscape. A dining area open to the living room has built-in cabinetry and another fireplace elevated to eye level. An office area has built-in desks and a floor-to-ceiling installation of sculptural tree trunks.

The enormous kitchen has a floor of irregularly shaped bluestone, a large island with movable counter-height table, Corian and stainless-steel counters, Italian lacquered cabinets and premium appliances. A commercial refrigerator is tucked into a walk-in pantry. Adjacent to the kitchen is a screened porch with a spiral staircase that leads to a games room and a studio. The three bedrooms are in a separate wing, off a hallway with a wet bar and a laundry room. All have carpeted floors, vaulted ceilings, skylights and en-suite bathrooms. The master bedroom also opens onto a private deck.

OUTDOOR SPACE The house sits on a 13.23-acre lot of grass, trees and gardens, with its own pond. There is a pebbled terrace accessible from the kitchen and dining area at the back of the house and an attached three-car garage.

TAXES $11,219

CONTACT Charlotte Morrison, Kurfiss Sothebys International Realty, 215-896-4167; kurfiss.com

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Stone walkways are the perfect way to enhance your outdoor living areas and add beauty to your surroundings. Pathways are not only a gorgeous addition, but also functional, leading the viewer to a specific area. One of the most important aspects of your property is the walkway that leads to the front door of your home. A garden path is excellent for guiding admirers around your yard. There are many styles of paths, but the most popular is a stone walkway. They can blend in with most yards and are incredibly durable. A stone walkway is a relatively simple, inexpensive update and can be completed in a weekend.

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A natural first step is deciding the length, width and position of the path. A rule of thumb is to make it wide enough so that two people could walk it side by side. Try to avoid building the walkway under large trees. Tree roots may eventually damage the walkway or the path may harm the roots. A more welcoming, relaxed walkway is often a curved path with unique features. Formal walkways are usually as straight as possible with plain materials that convey organization. A widely spaced, random stone path is better suited for gardens or secondary paths across lawns and backyards. A high-traffic walkway leading to a home's entry is best constructed with a smooth, uniformly cut stone set with tight joints to prevent trips and make walking easier. Calculate the square footage of the walkway area by multiplying the approximate width by the walkway's length. This square footage will give you an idea of the quantity of materials that you will need.

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A moving walkway or moving sidewalk (American English), known in British English as a travolator[1] or travelator[2] is a slow moving conveyor mechanism that transports people across a horizontal or inclined plane over a short to medium distance.[3] Moving walkways can be used by standing or walking on them. They are often installed in pairs, one for each direction.

The first moving walkway debuted at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It had two different divisions: one where passengers were seated, and one where riders could stand or walk. It ran in a loop down the length of a lakefront pier to a casino.[4] Six years later a moving walkway was also presented to the public at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. The walkway consisted of three elevated platforms, the first was stationary, the second moved at a moderate speed, and the third at about six miles an hour. These demonstrations likely served as inspiration for some of H. G. Wells' settings mentioned in the "Science Fiction" section below.

The Beeler Organization, a New York City consulting firm, proposed a Continuous Transit System with Sub-Surface Moving Platforms for Atlanta in 1924, with a design roughly similar to the Paris Exposition system. The proposed drive system used a linear induction motor. The system was not constructed.

The first commercial moving walkway in the United States was installed in 1954 in Jersey City, NJ, inside the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Erie station) at the Pavonia Terminal. Named the "Speedwalk" and built by Goodyear, it was 277ft (84.5 m) long and moved up a 10 percent grade at a speed of 1.5mph (2.4km/h).[5] The walkway was removed a few years later when traffic patterns at the station changed.

The first moving walkway in an airport was installed in 1958 at Love Field in Dallas, Texas. On January 1, 1960, Tina Marie Brandon, age 2, was killed on the moving sidewalk.[6]

Moving walkways are built in one of two basic styles:

Both types of moving walkway have a grooved surface to mesh with combplates at the ends. Also, nearly all moving walkways are built with moving handrails similar to those on escalators.

Pallet-types consists of one-piece, die-cast aluminium pallets. Example dimensions are: widths (between balustrades): between 32inches (800mm) and 56inches (1200mm), with a speed of 100 feet per minute (.5 metres per second), powered by an AC induction motor.[7]

In the 1970s, Dunlop developed the Speedaway system.[8] It was in fact an invention by Gabriel Bouladon and Paul Zuppiger of the Battelle Memorial Institute at their former Geneva, Switzerland facility. A prototype was built and demonstrated at the Battelle Institute in Geneva in the early 1970s, as can be attested by a (French-speaking) Swiss television program entitled Un Jour une Heure aired in October 1974. The great advantage of the Speedaway, as compared to the then existing systems, was that the embarking/disembarking zone was both wide and slow moving (up to 4 passengers could embark simultaneously, allowing for a large number of passengers, up to 10,000 per hour), whereas the transportation zone was narrower and fast moving.

The entrance to the system was like a very wide escalator, with broad metal tread plates of a parallelogram shape. After a short distance the tread plates were accelerated to one side, sliding past one another to form progressively into a narrower but faster moving track which travelled at almost a right-angle to the entry section. The passenger was accelerated through a parabolic path to a maximum design speed of 15km/h (9mph). The experience was unfamiliar to passengers, who needed to understand how to use the system to be able to do so safely. Developing a moving hand-rail for the system presented a challenge, also solved by the Battelle team. The Speedaway was intended to be used as a stand-alone system over short distances or to form acceleration and deceleration units providing entry and exit means for a parallel conventional (but fast running) Starglide walkway which covered longer distances. The system was still in development in 1975 but never went into commercial production.

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With a ton of snow (and maybe ice) headed our way, THIS is a tip that we can surely use.

I haven't tried it, but considering we don't have any salt in the house, and we DO have these ingredients, I'm going to give it a try. Certainly worth passing along:

Mix together:

1 tsp Dawn dishwashing liquid

1 Tbsp rubbing alcohol

1/2 gallon hot/warm water

First remove whatever snow and ice that you can, and then pour the mixture on it.

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My findings regarding this particular method follow. Here's the "before" shot of my front steps. I left these photos completely untouched:

As per the instructions, I shoveled off as much snow as I could and found that there was a good bit of ice on the bottom layer. I mixed up double the recipe using tap water that was as hot as I could get it and poured it on the icy layer that was left. That layer immediately turned to slush (no doubt because of the hot water that I used). I swept major bits of slush off the steps, and this is what they looked like later that same day and since.

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