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Celebration Bermudagrass has been chosen to cover the pitch for five of the stadiums for next years World Cup 2014 in Brazil. The five facilities, scattered throughout the country, include the site of the finals, Estdio Maracan, in Rio de Janeiro. Celebration was selected for its wear tolerance and recovery and also for its ability to handle more shade than most bermuda varieties. Brazil-based turfgrass grower Itograss provided the sod.

Celebration is a great ally we can rely on to have a great playing surface, even in adverse conditions with limited sunlight and intense use, said Alexandre Vieira dos Santos, part owner of Greenleaf Gramados, the company installing the fields. Celebration adapts and performs well under conditions where no one would expect to have high quality fields. It was very evident that Celebration can maintain great quality under heavy wear, recovering quickly from damage caused by excessive games.

Celebration has some of the quickest damage recovery of all grasses on the market today. This will be important with the amount of games to be played on the fields leading up to the World Cup and during the Cup itself. Championship stadium Maracan already hosted six matches in nine days during the month of November. Even after those games, the grass showed World Cup quality standards required by FIFA, the international soccer governing body.

Celebration will likely be involved in another massive event in 2016, as one or more of the fields used for the 2014 World Cup will be utilized for the Rio Summer Olympic Games. Celebration is available to the public in Brazil and also domestically through licensed producers. Sod Solutions is the patent holder and worldwide licensing agent. For more information about Celebration, visit SodSolutions.com.

About Sod Solutions Sod Solutions, Inc. is an international turfgrass research and development company incorporated in the early 90s. The companys primary research facility and headquarters is located near Charleston, S.C. Sod Solutions has developed and worked with universities and breeders to release NorthBridge Bermudagrass, Latitude 36 Bermudagrass, Palmetto St. Augustine, Celebration Bermudagrass, EMPIRE Turf , Sapphire St. Augustine, Captiva St. Augustine, Bella Bluegrass, Discovery Bermudagrass, Santee Centipede, Covington Centipede, Geo Zoysia, Regenerating Perennial Ryegrass, HGT Healthy Grass Technology, and Sunday Ultra-dwarf Bermudagrass. For more information, visit http://www.sodsolutions.com or call 843.849.1288.

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Gazebos.

They can be found in many towns throughout the region, in places that want to offer more than just the concrete and steel of progress.

At a time when communities are squeezing every dollar in their budgets, one would expect that some curmudgeon would complain about the building of a gazebo or the upkeep of one. After all, isn't a gazebo -- like the one in Avon, Olmsted Falls or Chardon -- a little more than a romantic fashion accessory?

Wouldnt the money be put to better use by building a garage or buying a new police car?

Gary Starr, the mayor of Middleburg Heights, said if anyone feels that way, then no one has voiced that opinion in the past 32 years he has lead the city.

In fact, the reverse usually is true.

Gazebos are the center for the community, something charming to look at, a taste of New England and the turn-of-the-century, Starr said. It helps define your community as something other than buildings and shopping centers. That's the look of the city I try to project warm, traditional, family-friendly. You can't buy that.

Middleburg Heights, like Chester Township, Avon, Olmsted Falls, Chardon and other cities cherish their gazebos and put them in places of honor.

The open-aired, roundish structures differ slightly in size and design, but are always recognizable. Few venture far from gazebos that existed thousands of years in a score of lands, including China, Italy and Great Britain.

Beyond their inherent tranquil beauty, gazebos are useful.

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The family of former president Nelson Mandela will accompany his remains on the flight to the Eastern Cape on Saturday morning.

The town of Qunu is busy preparing for the funeral of Nelson Mandela on Sunday. (Delwyn Verasamy)

"Tomorrow [Saturday morning], the body of Mr Nelson Mandela will leave Waterkloof [Air Force Base] at 10.45am," family spokesperson General Temba Matanzima told reporters in Johannesburg on Friday. "He will leave Waterkloof with members of the family, who will accompany him." Matanzima said members of the military would also accompany Mandela's remains.

"When they land in Mthatha, at about 12.45pm, the body and the delegation ... will be met by members of the family, members of the Thembu nation and others who are prepared to meet and accompany the family."

From there, the convoy would proceed through the streets of Mthatha. "There will be two stops. There will be a stop on York Road, next to the old stadium, and there will be another stop at Ultra City for 10 or 15 minutes for people to see," Matanzima said.

From there, the convoy would proceed to Qunu, where the remains would be handed over to the Mandela family by the military. "The members of the family will [then] do their part, taking the body into the house of Madiba, and there they will wait until the next morning, when the official funeral will take place."

Matanzima said the government would provide further details of the funeral programme. In Qunu the police, the military, government officials and the media were preparing on Friday for the funeral Mandela.

He died at his home in Houghton, Johannesburg, last Thursday at the age of 95.

White tape On a hill at the Nelson MandelaMuseum, a few kilometres away from the Mandela homestead, international and local television cameras were being set up. Journalists used white tape and plastic markers to designate their spots on a hill overlooking the village. Some have been there since last week and have set up gazebos where presenters can stand for live crossings.

The Mandela homestead, where the funeral will be held on Sunday, can be seen from the hill. A large structure, a few metres high and wide, with a round roof and a wide bottom, can be seen in the distance. Work on the structure began last Friday. It has been finished off with panels, and a large white marquee has been erected nearby. Outside broadcast vans, more gazebos, satellite dishes and generators have been set up close to the media centre, which is in a marquee set up at the museum. Journalists covering the funeral will not be allowed any closer than this. The South African Broadcasting Corporation will furnish them with images and sound.

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One day this week, with a snowstorm heading our way, it occurred to me to take a walk on the beach.

Outside, a thick cloud cover blocked out the sun and turned the sky into a featureless, grey void. The temperature hovered around freezing, and raw, misty gusts made it feel colder. It could have been colder, wetter, or windier, but all in all, nature had ordered up a pretty bleak afternoon. Perfect.

I pulled on my boots and my parka, and grabbed my car keys. My wife turned down the invitation to come along, helpfully pointing out that I could skip the sunscreen.

With enough motivation, I will visit natural places during "off-peak" seasons.

The beach, for example, doesn't disappear after Labor Day. Long Island Sound comes ashore year-round, and the life it brings is year-round as well. Many creatures either fly or swim away for the winter, but the others have no choice but to hunker down and tough it out. I wanted to see for myself what was going on down there, knowing, of course, that I had the luxury of going home when I'd had enough.

Not surprisingly, the parking lot at Penfield Beach was deserted. I walked up the ramp alongside Penfield Pavilion, transformed by Superstorm Sandy from a sparkling town facility to a moribund eyesore shrouded in plywood, with chain-link fencing and signs warning me not to trespass.

At the top of the ramp I looked out over the dusky beach to the small but persistent waves breaking on the shore, and beyond to the horizon, where the water and the sky met in a monochromatic, battleship-grey haze.

Not a soul was in sight, and not a single vessel was on the water. My little adventure was off to a dreary start.

But over my right shoulder, a flash of pink and turquoise caught me by surprise. It was my first glimpse of the playground erected in memory of Jessica Rekos, one of the children killed in Newtown a year ago Dec. 14.

In front of the playground -- a construction of ramps, gazebos, and slides -- is a sign with a large photograph of Jessica. Her smiling face and posture exudes intelligence and a relaxed, confident presence. Her hair spills over her shoulders onto her shirt, simply decorated with three daisies along the neckline. There can be no more fetching an image of girlhood. The drab, empty beach was no match for Jessica.

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Racing/ Thunder Underlines Rsa Claims 11:55 Doncaster 12:05 Southwell 12:10 Cheltenham 12:15 Lingfield Park 12:25 Doncaster 12:35 Southwell 12:40 Cheltenham 12:50 Lingfield Park 13:00 Doncaster 13:10 Southwell 13:15 Cheltenham 13:25 Lingfield Park 13:35 Doncaster 13:45 Southwell 13:50 Cheltenham 13:55 Lingfield Park 14:05 Doncaster 14:20 Southwell 14:25 Cheltenham 14:30 Lingfield Park 14:40 Doncaster 14:55 Southwell 15:00 Cheltenham 15:05 Lingfield Park 15:15 Doncaster 15:30 Southwell 15:35 Cheltenham 15:40 Lingfield Park 18:20 Wolverhampton 18:50 Wolverhampton 19:20 Wolverhampton 19:50 Wolverhampton 20:20 Wolverhampton 20:50 Wolverhampton 21:20 Wolverhampton 12:00 Fairyhouse 12:30 Fairyhouse 13:05 Fairyhouse 13:40 Fairyhouse 14:15 Fairyhouse 14:50 Fairyhouse 15:25 Fairyhouse 10:15 Deauville 10:45 Deauville 11:15 Deauville 11:45 Deauville 12:20 Deauville 12:50 Deauville 13:20 Deauville 13:50 Deauville 14:22 Deauville 14:51 Deauville 15:25 Deauville 10:30 Turffontein 11:05 Turffontein 11:30 Kenilworth 11:40 Turffontein 12:10 Kenilworth 12:20 Turffontein 12:45 Kenilworth 12:55 Turffontein 13:20 Kenilworth 13:30 Turffontein 13:55 Kenilworth 14:05 Turffontein 14:30 Kenilworth 14:45 Turffontein 15:05 Kenilworth 15:20 Turffontein 15:40 Kenilworth 16:15 Kenilworth 18:00 Woodbine 18:28 Woodbine 18:57 Woodbine 19:26 Woodbine 19:56 Woodbine 20:26 Woodbine 20:56 Woodbine 21:26 Woodbine 21:56 Woodbine 22:26 Woodbine 22:56 Woodbine 17:20 Aqueduct 17:25 Philadelphia Park 17:30 Tampa Bay Downs 17:35 Hialeah Park 17:49 Aqueduct 17:52 Philadelphia Park 17:57 Tampa Bay Downs 18:05 Hialeah Park 18:10 Turfway Park 18:18 Aqueduct 18:19 Philadelphia Park 18:26 Tampa Bay Downs 18:35 Hialeah Park 18:39 Turfway Park 18:46 Philadelphia Park 18:47 Aqueduct 18:55 Tampa Bay Downs 19:05 Hialeah Park 19:08 Turfway Park 19:13 Philadelphia Park 19:15 Sunland Park 19:16 Aqueduct 19:20 Hawthorne 19:24 Tampa Bay Downs 19:35 Hialeah Park 19:37 Turfway Park 19:40 Philadelphia Park 19:40 Sunland Park 19:45 Aqueduct 19:48 Hawthorne 19:53 Tampa Bay Downs 20:00 Turf Paradise 20:05 Hialeah Park 20:05 Sunland Park 20:06 Turfway Park 20:07 Philadelphia Park 20:14 Aqueduct 20:18 Hawthorne 20:22 Tampa Bay Downs 20:25 Turf Paradise 20:30 Sunland Park 20:34 Philadelphia Park 20:35 Hialeah Park 20:35 Turfway Park 20:43 Aqueduct 20:48 Hawthorne 20:51 Tampa Bay Downs 20:55 Turf Paradise 20:55 Sunland Park 21:04 Turfway Park 21:05 Hialeah Park 21:12 Aqueduct 21:18 Hawthorne 21:20 Sunland Park 21:22 Tampa Bay Downs 21:25 Turf Paradise 21:33 Turfway Park 21:46 Sunland Park 21:46 Hawthorne 21:50 Tampa Bay Downs 21:56 Turf Paradise 22:02 Turfway Park 22:12 Sunland Park 22:14 Hawthorne 22:27 Turf Paradise 22:38 Sunland Park 22:42 Hawthorne 22:58 Turf Paradise 23:00 Penn National 23:04 Sunland Park 23:10 Hawthorne 23:27 Penn National 23:29 Turf Paradise 23:30 Sunland Park 23:40 Evangeline Downs 23:45 Delta Downs 23:54 Penn National 00:00 Mountaineer Park 00:05 Evangeline Downs 00:12 Delta Downs 00:15 Charles Town 00:22 Penn National 00:25 Mountaineer Park 00:30 Evangeline Downs 00:40 Delta Downs 00:43 Charles Town 00:49 Penn National 00:50 Mountaineer Park 00:55 Evangeline Downs 01:00 Remington Park 01:08 Delta Downs 01:10 Charles Town 01:15 Mountaineer Park 01:15 Retama Park 01:16 Penn National 01:20 Evangeline Downs 01:28 Remington Park 01:36 Delta Downs 01:37 Charles Town 01:40 Mountaineer Park 01:42 Retama Park 01:43 Penn National 01:45 Evangeline Downs 01:56 Remington Park 02:04 Delta Downs 02:04 Charles Town 02:05 Mountaineer Park 02:09 Retama Park 02:10 Penn National 02:10 Evangeline Downs 02:24 Remington Park 02:30 Mountaineer Park 02:31 Charles Town 02:32 Delta Downs 02:35 Evangeline Downs 02:36 Retama Park 02:37 Penn National 02:52 Remington Park 02:55 Mountaineer Park 02:58 Charles Town 03:00 Evangeline Downs 03:00 Delta Downs 03:03 Retama Park 03:20 Remington Park 03:20 Mountaineer Park 03:25 Charles Town 03:25 Evangeline Downs 03:28 Delta Downs 03:30 Retama Park 03:45 Mountaineer Park 03:48 Remington Park 03:50 Evangeline Downs 03:52 Charles Town 03:55 Delta Downs 03:57 Retama Park 04:16 Remington Park 04:24 Retama Park 04:44 Remington Park 04:51 Retama Park Cheltenham Doncaster Lingfield Park Southwell Wolverhampton Fairyhouse Deauville Kenilworth Turffontein Woodbine Aqueduct Charles Town Delta Downs Evangeline Downs Hawthorne Hialeah Park Mountaineer Park Penn National Philadelphia Park Remington Park Retama Park Sunland Park Tampa Bay Downs Turf Paradise Turfway Park Cheltenham Doncaster Lingfield Park Southwell Wolverhampton Fairyhouse Deauville Kenilworth Turffontein Woodbine Aqueduct Charles Town Delta Downs Evangeline Downs Hawthorne Hialeah Park Mountaineer Park Penn National Philadelphia Park Remington Park Retama Park Sunland Park Tampa Bay Downs Turf Paradise Turfway Park Weighed In: Winning time: 6m 30.50s Off time: 13:57:07

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Just three runners went to post in the absence of Seymour Eric and having seen off rank outsider Buachaill Alainn by the tenth fence, the big two in the market were left to fight out the first prize.

Shotgun Paddy had made most in the race and despite hitting a couple of fences, he maintained a resolute enough gallop though Nick Scholfield appeared happy to let his horse be given a lead as he oozed confidence in behind.

Black Thunder was produced to take closer order with five to jump but the result was to be no foregone conclusion as the long time leader responded to the challenge and as they made their way to the second-last, the Nicholls inmate required considerably more urging from the rider.

In the end, Black Thunder managed to find the necessary impetus to outstay his rival and confirm thoughts of the RSA Chase some four months away.

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Which should you hire: handyman or general contractor?

The answer largely depends on the scope of the work.

In general, the handyman focuses on smaller jobs that can be done in a few hours, a day or a couple of days. A contractor typically manages larger projects that require significant coordination over weeks or months.

Specialized trades, such as plumber or electrician, require specific training and, in most states, a license. If you hire someone who isnt appropriately licensed or trained and experienced, you could end up with problems, including eventually having to pay to have work redone.

Someone with a general contractors license may be your best bet to manage a project that requires extensive time, specialized machinery and multiple workers with varying levels of expertise and licensure requirements, such as a kitchen remodel or home addition.

Before hiring a handyman or contractor, get multiple bids and confirm that the person you hire is appropriately licensed, insured and bonded.

Be wary of anyone who seeks full payment before starting work. Ask for a written agreement that details the job, cost and payment schedule, and get guarantees in writing.

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Coming off a pop music hangover with Beyonc last night, I lovingly welcome Over the Rhine and Matt the Electrician tonight. Talk about range, I feel like I've left Disneyland and am driving into a forest.

For fans, neither needs any introduction but for some let's just say that if you like pure, lyrically beautiful, folksy Americana than tonight is your time to shine. With over 20 studio albums between them, longevity for both is not simply due to their general awesomeness but also their beautiful music. Matt the Electrician beckons a more upbeat, often happier, Ray Lamontagnefor me and looking forward to hearing some classic's as he does a heck of a cover of 'Jessie's Girl' among his own masterpieces.

I actually haven't seen Over the Rhine before and am quite keen to hear a lot off of their latest releaseMeet Me at the Edge of the World. True to form, it's a gem from husband-and-wife teamLinfordDetweilerandKarin Bergquist. Always something magical about husband and wife bands for me, having always thought working with a girlfriend would be water-boarding tortuous misery, but hear the chemistry is unparalleled.

By all means do yourself a solid and squash this Friday the 13th with some positive auditory loving. Hope too see those local friends there, maybe even some of you sneaky ones that made it into Queen Bey.

Tickets amazingly still available via kentuckycenter.org

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South Louisiana Community College will not enroll new students in most of its technical programs for the spring semester, as the college prepares to revamp its curriculum.

The college will continue to accept new students for its general education and transfer programs this spring. They will also accept new students in their allied health, energy & chemical process technology and non-destructive testing programs, says SLCC spokeswoman Christine Payton.

Students currently enrolled in technical programs -- also known as workforce training programs -- will be able to enroll in courses, and new students will again be accepted for the Fall 2014 semester and every spring and fall semester after that.

The new curriculum will include a schedule similar to block scheduling and is expected to reduce classes with low enrollment, says Payton.

"The point of not enrolling new students is to revamp curriculums to make sure our programs are meeting industry demand. We want students to be well-prepared for viable jobs that will sustain their families when they leave SLCC," Payton says.

In some cases, the number of credits it takes to earn a credential (diploma, degree, certification) will decrease. So, it won't take as long to earn a diploma.

Seven of eight SLCC campuses offer workforce training programs -- Crowley, Ville Platte, St. Martinville, Abbeville, New Iberia, Opelousas and Lafayette.

The programs that will not accept new students this spring are:

Business Office Administration Business Office Technology Information Technology Aviation Civil, Surveying & Mapping Drafting & Design Technology Industrial Electronics Tech AC & Refrigeration Automotive Carpentry Collision Repair Cosmetology Culinary Arts Diesel Powered Equipment Electrician Heavy Equipment Operator Industrial/Agriculture Mechanics Machine Tool Technology Welding

All of the allied health programs such as clinical lab, medical assistant, EMT/paramedic, midwifery, nurse assistant, and others will continue to enroll new students. Also, nondestructive testing, and energy & chemical process technology will too.

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A Democratic candidate for Precinct 4 County Commissioner in 2006, New Caney business owner Roland McCleskey returns to the political arena running as a Republican.

McCleskey, 53, recently filed for the March 4 Republican primary, increasing the number of candidates to seven.

A master electrician who has lived in New Caney all of his life, McCleskey believes his familiarity with generations of East County residents qualifies him as the best man for the job.

I know what they want and what they need, he said.

Against Precinct 4 incumbent Ed Rinehart in the November 2006 general election, McCleskey attracted 35 percent of the vote (4,807) compared to 65 percent for Rinehart (8,766).

That was a pretty good turnout, McCleskey said.

Ed has done a good job as county commissioner, McCleskey said. I wanted to make additional changes, which he eventually did.

But when I heard he was stepping down, I was interested, McCleskey said.

He left the Democratic Party due to philosophical differences with President Barak Obama.

I didnt believe in everything he did, McCleskey said.

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