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Feng shui, simplified, is the ancient Chinese art that aims to improve your life by rearranging your home. Feng shui means wind and water, and for centuries Chinese practitioners have believed that how a building is oriented, what you have in it and where you place those things can change the balance and flow of energy through your house. Below five experts share their tips to a happy home.

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Pun-Yin is the daughter of feng shui grand master Tin Sun. She was equipped with 15 years of apprenticeship experience with the grand master before taking on clients independently. She recommends:

Tisha Morris is the author of two feng shui books, Feng Shui Your Life: The Quick Guide to Decluttering Your HomeandRenewing Your Life and 27 Things to Feng Shui Your Home and is a certified life coach and feng shui consultant. Her advice:

Benjamin Huntington is the owner of Veritate Design firm in New York City that specializes in feng shui design. His advice:

Ken Lauher graduated from the three-year BTB Feng Shui Masters Training program, and is a feng ahui consultant, making appearances on TLC, NBC and ABC. His advice:

In feng shui terms, the stove is extremely important in the influence on our public life, our career, recognition and wealth. Keep your stove clean and well appointed. Make sure all the burners work.

Anna Maria Kinberg, owner of Interiors By Anna Maria, LLC. and an International Tely Award winner, combines her nowledge of feng shui and interior design to help her clients lives. Her advice:

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OMAHA, Neb. The lack of offense, most notably home runs, has been a major topic of conversation among fans and media at the College World Series.

The NCAA has noticed, too, but no immediate changes are planned in an attempt bring up the numbers.

There were three home runs hit in the first 13 games, and some have suggested that the fences should be moved in at TD Ameritrade Park.

All of that costs money, and we would do that why? So there would be a few more home runs? Is it worth it? said Damani Leech, the NCAAs director of championships and alliances. Weve only had three home runs, yet weve had the highest average attendance in the history of the College World Series.

Leech officially takes over as lead administrator for the CWS on July 1, replacing the retiring Dennis Poppe.

Leech said in an interview Tuesday that the offensive issues at the CWS coincide with the drop in offense throughout all of college baseball since the dialed-back metal bats were put into play in 2011. According to the NCAAs midseason statistics report, the latest data available, the per-team average for home runs was about one every three games. The year before the new bat specifications, the average was about one a game.

Leech noted that there were nine home runs hit at TD Ameritrade Park in its first year, 2011, and there were 10 last year.

Were folks comfortable with that number? Leech said. Thats the kind of conversation weve got to have, that the baseball committees got to have. Are we comfortable with the kind of baseball thats being played here at our premier national event?

The fences at TD Ameritrade Park are 335 feet down the lines, 375 in the power alleys and 408 to center field. Those are identical to the dimensions at the old Rosenblatt Stadium, where there were an average of 33 home runs over the last 10 years the CWS was played there.

Not only have the bats changed since the CWS was played at Rosenblatt, so has the field orientation. Batters faced the northeast at Rosenblatt and were able to launch flies into the prevailing south wind most days. They face the southeast at TD Ameritrade, meaning they usually hit into the wind.

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Man faces felony vandalism charge after graffiti found on car, fences

A 19-year-old Aptos man was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism after he was caught tagging fences and a car in Aptos Sunday night, deputies said.

Just before midnight, deputies received a report of someone spray-painting a fence near the intersection of Soquel Drive and Peoples Lane, according to Santa Cruz County sheriff's Sgt. Patrick Dimick.

Deputies saw Alexander Tinaza try to hide a spray-paint can in the bushes and discovered he had paint on his hands that matched that of fresh graffiti just 50 feet away.

Dimick said deputies found a car and several fences on Soquel Drive between Hardin Way and Peoples Lane that had fresh graffiti. The tags matched the symbol in a tattoo Tinaza sported.

Damages were estimated at $2,200, Dimick said.

Tinaza was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism and transported to Santa Cruz County Jail where he remains in lieu of $5,000 bail.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The lack of offense, most notably home runs, has been a major topic of conversation among fans and media at the College World Series.

The NCAA has noticed, too, but no immediate changes are planned in an attempt bring up the numbers.

There were three home runs hit in the 14 games, and some have suggested that the fences should be moved in at TD Ameritrade Park.

''All of that costs money, and we would do that why? So there would be a few more home runs? Is it worth it?'' said Damani Leech, the NCAA's director of championships and alliances. ''We've only had three home runs, yet we've had the highest average attendance in the history of the College World Series.''

Leech officially takes over as lead administrator for the CWS on July 1, replacing the retiring Dennis Poppe.

Leech said in an interview Tuesday that the offensive issues at the CWS coincide with the drop in offense throughout all of college baseball since the dialed-back metal bats were put into play in 2011. According to the NCAA's midseason statistics report, the latest data available, the per-team average for home runs was about one every three games. The year before the new bat specifications, the average was about one a game.

Leech noted that there were nine home runs hit at TD Ameritrade Park in its first year, 2011, and there were 10 last year.

''Were folks comfortable with that number?'' Leech said. ''That's the kind of conversation we've got to have, that the baseball committee's got to have. Are we comfortable with the kind of baseball that's being played here at our premier national event?''

The fences at TD Ameritrade Park are 335 feet down the lines, 375 in the power alleys and 408 to center field. Those are identical to the dimensions at the old Rosenblatt Stadium, where there were an average of 33 home runs over the last 10 years the CWS was played there.

Not only have the bats changed since the CWS was played at Rosenblatt, so has the field orientation. Batters faced the northeast at Rosenblatt and were able to launch flies into the prevailing south wind most days. They face the southeast at TD Ameritrade, meaning they usually hit into the wind.

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Building demolition (rozbirka budynku przy Woronicza) Warsaw 2013-06-11
I filmed from work so I didn #39;t catch much but we all watched in fascination as they demolished this place in a week bit by bit - and we were a little envious...

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Campaigners fighting to save an Edwardian hospital wing have won an injunction banning its demolition until a possible judicial review is ordered.

Save Britain's Heritage and The Victorian Society want to protect part of Sheffield's former Jessop Hospital.

The University of Sheffield wants to knock it down and build on the site.

A hearing to decide whether to order a review of Sheffield City Council's decision to permit the demolition will be held on Thursday.

Details of the injunction, granted on 17 June, have just been released.

Valerie Bayliss, from the Victorian Society, said: "We continue to hope Sheffield University will consider seriously the options for a more sensitive use of the site that would respect the Grade-II listed building, which is a national asset.

Nick Roscoe of the Save Jessop Hospital Campaign described the injunction as a "positive step".

The University of Sheffield, which owns the site, wants to knock down the wing to build a new 81m engineering department expected to open in 2016.

It was granted permission to demolish the building by the city council last year.

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Workers with Hayden Wrecking Company demolish the old Kmart building in Fairview Heights. The structure was originally built in the 1960's, making it one of the oldest commercial buildings that was still standing in the area near St. Clair Square mall and the other shopping centers which have grown up in the city. The Petco business on the north side of the old Kmart will remain, and is open during the demolition, as is the Office Max business on the south side of the old store. Sports Authority will have a new store built on the Kmart site and relocate from their current location. There will also be a few other tenants when the shopping center work is fully completed. The machinery operator navigates through the growing pile of debris in this photo taken from the Petco parking lot.

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The demolition has begin at former Kmart shopping center in Fairview Heights to clear space for a new retail center.

Plans for the new Fairview City Centre to be built near the northwest corner of North Illinois Street and Lincoln Trail include building six new store spaces ranging in size from 13,000 square feet to 45,000 square feet. Both Petco and Office Max would remain as tenants.

For the time being, Office Max remains open at the shopping center, but that space is set for demolition sometime this fall or by the new year. The office supply store will then relocate to a new store to be built next to Petco.

King's Beauty has left the shopping center and moved to Market Plaza, also in Fairview Heights. Sporting goods retailer Sports Authority, which is operating in Fairview Heights Plaza, will relocate to the new shopping center. Remaining spaces are being marketed.

Fairview Heights Economic Development Director Mike Malloy said the city may find out more details from shopping center owner Kimco Realty Corp. later this week.

Last September, Kmart announced that it would not renew its lease at the shopping center and closed its doors in December.

The retail center was one of the oldest in the city. It was built in the late 1960s and pre-dates the St. Clair Square mall. The 113,127-square-foot store that had housed Kmart for the past 14 years initially was built for Venture, a St. Louis-based retail chain that went out of business and left the shopping center in 1998.

Contact reporter Will Buss at wbuss@bnd.com or 618-239-2526.

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HALLSVILLE A towering reminder of this towns history was removed Tuesday, but many longtime residents say the memories will remain.

Traci Morgan, who works at Hallsville Florist, spent the morning at her stores back door, thinking of the times she played on the First Baptist Church playground at the base of the downtown water tower, which was built in 1939.

I know its just a tower, but its history, Morgan said.

Morgan, a life-long Hallsville resident, arrived downtown at 8 a.m., about two hours after the dismantling began, to watch the familiar edifice being dissected by professional cutting torches and removed by crane, piece-by-piece.

I would have liked to have seen it stay there, but it has not been maintained, Morgan said. It has gone too far to be restored.

The Hallsville City Council in February approved the demolition of the downtown landmark to sell the land it sits on to First Baptist Church of Hallsville. The churchs campus surrounds the 35-foot-by-40 foot property.

First Baptist Church agreed to pay $12,700 to remove the water tower from the property.

It is a very small piece of property, but it has value to us in that it is downtown and connects to what we already have, Monty Pierce, associate pastor of education and administration, said in February.

Hallsville ISD spokeswoman Carol Greer arrived early Tuesday to snap photos as the towers lid was slowly lowered like a descending UFO to the ground. She said she remembered playing under the water tower as it overflowed its tank, spilling water on excited children.

Growing up by the only water tower in town was very special as a young child. There are many fond memories playing around the tower, but we always knew it was unlawful to climb it and never did, she said. I was very proud that Hallsville Home of the Bobcats was written on the tower. Its sad to see it go. Its been a part of downtown Hallsville for a long time. It is just part of growing up in Hallsville.

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HALLSVILLE A towering reminder of this towns history was removed Tuesday, but many longtime residents say the memories will remain.

Traci Morgan, who works at Hallsville Florist, spent the morning at her stores back door, thinking of the times she played on the First Baptist Church playground at the base of the downtown water tower, which was built in 1939.

I know its just a tower, but its history, Morgan said.

Morgan, a life-long Hallsville resident, arrived downtown at 8 a.m., about two hours after the dismantling began, to watch the familiar edifice being dissected by professional cutting torches and removed by crane, piece-by-piece.

I would have liked to have seen it stay there, but it has not been maintained, Morgan said. It has gone too far to be restored.

The Hallsville City Council in February approved the demolition of the downtown landmark to sell the land it sits on to First Baptist Church of Hallsville. The churchs campus surrounds the 35-foot-by-40 foot property.

First Baptist Church agreed to pay $12,700 to remove the water tower from the property.

It is a very small piece of property, but it has value to us in that it is downtown and connects to what we already have, Monty Pierce, associate pastor of education and administration, said in February.

Hallsville ISD spokeswoman Carol Greer arrived early Tuesday to snap photos as the towers lid was slowly lowered like a descending UFO to the ground. She said she remembered playing under the water tower as it overflowed its tank, spilling water on excited children.

Growing up by the only water tower in town was very special as a young child. There are many fond memories playing around the tower, but we always knew it was unlawful to climb it and never did, she said. I was very proud that Hallsville Home of the Bobcats was written on the tower. Its sad to see it go. Its been a part of downtown Hallsville for a long time. It is just part of growing up in Hallsville.

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