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Nelson Mendonca

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Saanich police are looking for a handyman who allegedly defrauded three clients in the last year.

Nelson Mendonca, 34, is named as a person of interest in three cases reported to Saanich police involving landscaping and interlocking concrete paving work.

Police allege Mendonca has approached homeowners offering his handyman services, but has never completed the work once a downpayment was made.

Police believe Mendonca lives in Greater Victoria but his whereabouts is unknown. The courts have issued a warrant for his arrest to face three counts of fraud under $5,000.

Court records show Mendonca has been found guilty of frauds, break and enter and breaching court conditions multiple times, going back to the mid 1990s. In July 1999, he was convicted on nine counts of fraud under $5,000 and two counts of fraud over $5,000.

Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Nelson Mendonca, or thinks they've been defrauded, is asked to call Saanich police at 250-475-4321 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Volunteer Mid-South has many opportunities. If youve never volunteered through Volunteer Mid-South, register online at volunteermidsouth.org. Click on the Become a Member tab. Then click on the new volunteer orientation link on the home page.

New opportunities

The Arc Mid-South needs a painter to paint the walls and a handyman to repair chairs.

Get Covered America in Tennessee needs volunteers: Office Support/Data Entry, Grassroots Outreach Team, Speaking and Special Event Team, Volunteer Recruiting/Onboarding, Communications Team.

United Way seeks volunteers to serve on teams that decide funding for programs and services. Training provided.

Events

FirstBook.org wants help sorting truckloads of books on Feb. 6-8, Feb. 13-15 and Feb. 20-22.

Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art needs volunteers to help with setup, cleanup, greeting and kids activities at their Chinese New Year Family Day, Feb. 8.

Pink Palace Family of Museums needs volunteers for their new exhibit, Race: Are We So Different?, from February to May. Training provided.

Memphis Botanic Garden needs volunteers to assist with their Winter Plant Sale, Feb. 7-8 and with upcoming Caterpillar Club activities.

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Those of you following the tech space probably know that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced last week that it's acquiring Nest Labs, a maker of popular "smart thermostats" and "smart smoke/carbon monoxide detectors," which users can control via a wireless device, such as a smartphone or tablet. This $3.2 billion all-cash deal is the second-largest acquisition in Google's history, behind only its $12.5 billion Motorola buyout.

This acquisition means iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) investors now need to consider Google a potential competitor.

Google's now in the "smart house" market I recently wrote, "Google's Nest acquisition appears to be an initial step ... in the battle to win the "smart house," in an article which focused on Google's threat to Honeywell, a leader in the building automation space. This is one battle on Google's march toward its apparent goal of being a major player in the "Internet of Things," where autos, machines, people, and everyday objects will be seamlessly connected, providing users with instant feedback. (The Motley Fool's Top Stock for 2014 is a play on this ultimate growth market. Click here if you'd like an instant free report on this under-the-radar company.)

Anything one can currently control wirelessly -- or potentially could control wirelessly -- in the home is now fair game for Google. This certainly includes automated cleaning devices -- and iRobot is the leader in this space. iRobot's bread-and-butter is the consumer robotics space -- which makes vacuuming, floor scrubbing and mopping, gutter cleaning, and pool cleaning bots -- as its home segment accounted for 88.5% of its $61.1 million in revenue generated through the first nine months of 2013. (The company is slated to announce fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results on Feb. 5.)

In an article on iRobot's 2013 results and what investors should focus on in 2014 that I published before Google's Nest buyout, I wrote: "[M]y main concern is the company's (iRobot's) moat, as it needs to remain high enough to keep competitors at bay. ... Investors need to monitor the competitive landscape, which is heating up in the robotics space." My concern about iRobot's moat has been upped now that Google has entered the smart house space, and could potentially enter iRobot's domain.

iRobot's defense and security business accounted for 9.3% of revenue, while the remaining 2.3% came from miscellaneous other. The company is in the early stages of developing its remote presence and videoconferencing assistance bots, which are primarily targeted to the health-care industry. This business isn't expected to contribute meaningfully to revenue until 2015.

Google publicly stated after capping off its buying spree of eight robotics companies last year with its acquisition of Boston Dynamics that it won't be involved in the military space, as Boston Dynamics has been. So iRobot's defense business appears safe from competition from Google. This positive, however, is muted by the fact that this business has been struggling and experienced a 39% drop in revenue in the first nine months of 2013. iRobot's nascent enterprise business also seems safe, as Google's a consumer-focused company, and seems likely to remain so. (It seems likely Google's planning on using robots in its home delivery service; however, I consider this a consumer-focused business.)

What's next in Google's battle to win the house -- and "smart" it up? Certainly, iRobot investors need to ratchet up their monitoring of the competitive landscape now that Google has entered the home automation space. However, I think iRobot is safe -- at least for now.It seems to me that other home products, such as smart lighting, would be a much better next step for Google than cleaning robots.

First, there's more synergy between Nest's current products and smart lighting. The value proposition of saving energy costs via using Nest's Learning Thermostat, the company's best-selling flagship product introduced in 2011, could be extended to include using smart lighting. Additionally, lighting has the safety factor in common with Nest Protection, the smart smoke/carbon monoxide detector, launched last year.

Second, it seems more relevant information can be collected via people's lighting habits than their cleaning habits. Given Google's amazingly innovative when it comes to technology, it can be easy to forget that Google's core business is advertising. The better quality data Google collects on users, the more valuable is its primary product. Smart lighting offers immense data collection possibilities: bedtime and other sleep habits, hobbies and leisure activities (surely, a smart lighting product would include choices of various lighting tones and intensities, such as "read" or "chill out"), and even favorite colors, since smart lighting usually has the ability to change colors.

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Choose Your Type of Grass For The Best Time To Plant It

Your grass type must be either a cool season grass or a warm season grass. The time of planting will be determined by the type of grass -- click on the link below to find out the best time to plant your grass!

There are both Temperature ranges and Seasonal times in which certain grasses will perform best. Planting at other than these times can result in delayed germination or even failure and death of the seeds or seedlings. Read below a general recommendation from turf experts based on temperatures ranges. Check with your local Cooperative extension service for the best time to plant in your area.

TIPS ON WHEN TO PLANT COOL SEASON GRASSES - (Fescues, Kentucky Bluegrass, Bentgrass, Perennial Ryegrass). Cool season grasses are planted from the upper south and Midwest to Northern areas. These year-round green grasses are best planted in the fall and spring of each year. Early fall is considered by turf experts to be the best planting date because this allows for more growing time under ideal growth conditions (fall and spring growing season). Spring is considered second best. In some cases, planting in both fall and spring (2 times) can work to increase successful cover on problem areas.

Cool season grass germinates best when the soil temperatures are between 50 and 65 degrees F. These temperatures usually occur when the daytime air temperatures are between 60 and 75 degrees. High temperatures of summer can cause these plants to go dormant and thus planting during summer is asking for problems. Start planting your cool season grass seeds when the temperatures reach 75 and are dropping as fall / winter approaches. Or have reached 60 and are rising in the spring. Planting in summer can occur, but irrigation becomes a critical factor in establishment. Planting when night time temperatures are above 70? should be avoided.

Dormancy often occurs in cool season grass growth at temperatures above 90 and below 50 degrees. Basically the cool season grass stops growing when dormancy occurs. Also, be aware that a freezes and/or frost can damage or kill immature seedlings that have not had enough growing time to harden off to survive a return to dormancy. That is why you should be careful about planting once soil temps are declining below 50 degrees. When day highs start going below 55 and the danger of a freeze or frost is present, you will have a HIGHER risk of the possibility of encountering problems.

TIPS ON WHEN TO PLANT WARM SEASON GRASSES - (Bahiagrass, Centipede, Zoysia, Bermudagrass, Buffalograss). Warm season grasses are planted from the upper south and mid-west to Southern areas. These seasonal grasses are best planted in the spring to late spring / early summer of each year. Early summer is considered by turf experts to be the best planting date because summer temperatures and rainfall allow for faster germination and rapid establishment of the grass. (Planting in most Southern US areas can occur from March through August - Later summer planting is possible further south - April/May may be earliest window for planting in more Northern state locations.

Warm season grasses grow best when the soil temperatures are above 70 degrees F. These temperatures usually occur when the daytime air temperature reaches around 80 degrees. Night time temps are also a GOOD indicator of the soil temps... When night time temps are 65-70 degrees your soil temps should be very close to the same temperature. Cool temperatures can inhibit germination and also cause adult plants to go dormant. Thus planting in the fall is more risky both because germination might occur and because of potential risk of damage to smaller seedlings from an early frost or freeze

Most failures with warm season grasses occur because of planting too early! If you are anxious and start planting warm season grasses while the soil temp is still cool in early spring... This can result in weeds germinating (while your seeds wait for warmer temps) and taking up plant "turf space" limiting the intended grass from germination in that area. Later when your new grass seeds germinate a lot of the turf space is already occupied by larger robust weeds that take valuable resources from your new grass (Weeds soak up moisture, nutrients, sunlight and occupy real estate / soil area).

BEST RESULTS Occur with planting in late spring or early summer. This is best for warm season grasses once temperatures (soil 65-70 degrees plus are ideal) reach acceptable levels AND all danger of freeze / frost is past.

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Dear Neil: Several of your columns over the past couple of years have suggested Halts or Dimension for crab grass and grassbur control. I have found Halts, but online there appear to be several types of Halts. What would you recommend?

A: I think you are seeing the same Halts product (Pendimethalin), but combined with different types of fertilizers. I am not a big advocate of weed-and-feed combination products. Its my opinion that the two processes need to be done separately because the timing is different. You need to apply pre-emergent herbicides earlier than the first lawn feeding. You should be able to find the Halts by itself, without fertilizer added in. Dimension products are widely available through local independent retail garden centers, so they are another option. Those stores should be getting their early spring supplies in very soon.

Dear Neil: I have an oak with a cavity. Can I use some type of wood filler to fill it and even the surface out?

A: Certified arborists advise against that. Filling cavities adds no strength to the trees trunk, and it encapsulates any decay that might be present. Youre really better off just allowing the tree to form new bark across the open wound. If you see a roll of bark forming uniformly across the opening, youre on your way. If it is not forming, and if the decay seems to be getting worse, you need to call a certified arborist for an on-site inspection.

Dear Neil: My creeping fig has frozen and turned brown. I can see green underneath. How can I get rid of the ugly brown growth on top?

A: Im assuming that youre talking about fig ivy that is growing against a flat wall, and Im also assuming that the green that youre seeing underneath is beneath all of the clinging runners. If so, you could take a stout push broom and try brushing the vines. The dead leaves might pull loose from the action and fall to the ground. You could even brush across them gently with a large scrub brush to see if that would help. Dont apply enough pressure to pull the vines off the wall. And the good news is that even if you decide to do nothing, the green leaves will quickly conceal the browned stubble starting in late winter. This wont be a problem in six to eight weeks.

Dear Neil: My El Toro zoysia has thinned in patches due to extreme water restrictions and heat. Could I overseed the bare areas with Bermuda? Would the two be compatible? What suggestions do you have?

A: Do not plant Bermuda seed. You dont want two grasses growing in the same space. It never works out, because they always behave and look very differently. If you want Bermuda, you would want to remove the zoysia either with a shovel or sod cutter, or by applying glyphosate herbicide once it has greened up and is growing. Then you could rototill the soil and plant either sod or seed of whatever Bermuda variety you wanted. But I would not recommend that. Its a ton of work, and El Toro is a handsome lawngrass. If I had your lawn, once water restrictions were lessened and if I could see my way clear to reasonable waterings, I would dig plugs from my El Toro and plant them into the bare areas. That way youd be sure of a match.

Dear Neil: I have five very large redtip photinias. I need to cut them way back because theyre encroaching on my driveway. When and how do I do that?

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