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Published on October 28, 2014

Right at Home: Latest in tile design includes artifice as well as artistry

Tile has a rich and varied history in decor, from Roman floor mosaics to majolica to Delft ceramics to Mexican terracotta.

These styles and more continue to inspire artistry. Many of the newest collections of ceramic and porcelain tile were on display this fall at the five-day Cersaie international exhibition in Bologna, Italy.

Some of the trends:

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Across the show, faux finishes ruled. What seemed to be barnwood or other timber planking was actually porcelain. Manufacturers can now produce tile that looks and even feels like wood, marble, granite or cement, but is thin and lightweight.

The application advantages are obvious: A 20-foot slab of slim porcelain printed to look like stone is a lot easier to make and install than the real thing. It can be wrapped up kitchen islands, walls and even ceilings, and is easily cut to accommodate plugs or faucets.

Advancements in digital printing have taken faux finishes a long way from earlier versions that looked unrealistic and one-dimensional. Now the detail is more precise, the image is embedded deep in the tile, and the surface texture is transformed.

In the U.S., the Reclamation collection from Crossville, based in Crossville, Tennessee, is comprised of an urban-industrial mix of cement and tiles that look like salvaged wood in colorways with names like Steel City, Cotton Exchange and Tobacco Road. (www.crossvilleinc.com )

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Wendy Bales

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Wendy Bales

Wendy has lived and worked in Missionand the surrounding area since 1974.

She worked for many years in forestry. Later,whilegrowing her own a landscaping& tile-setting business, in 1986 Wendy has a son Christopher, who has since worked part time in the businesses Wendy has also started an organic home greenhouse business. Currently Wendy has served for 2 terms as the elected rural Director for Area C in the FVRD; a position shes held since 2008. If elected as Missions mayor Wendy would turn her businesses over to her son to run in order to devote full time to political work.

Issues:

I will work towards a more engaged, responsible, community inclusive, civil and transparent governance.

1.A vibrant downtown is the centerpiece of a thriving and cohesive community. I fullysupport thecommitment to revitalize the downtown.The plan must be realistic and affordablystaged.It must include addressing issues of the homeless and affordable housing. More work needs to bedone to address parking and traffic flow issues to ensure the plan addresses present challenges while anticipating future needs.Improve and expand public infrastructure:I will work to address transportation issues on the highway route, while keeping in mind expansion options for future rapid rail. 90

2.Enhance and protect the local economy: I believe we can offer incentives to promote community resilience and job creation locally,that could include retrofits for energy conservation and the growing renewable economies that would include energy retrofits and local food security.Mission has tremendous assets that need to be supported and optimized, including a world class fishing and tourism industry, a major university, and some of the best farmland in the Fraser Valley.As one of two directors that did not vote in favor of the FVRD raises in directors pay. If elected as mayor of Mission I will donate my Mission Mayor and FVRD raise amounts to start sustainability initiatives. 111

3.Healthy community policies:My son was born at Mission Memorial Hospital 28 years ago when it was one of the best full service hospitals in B.C. I remain as committed to lobbying to restoring acute care services for our community.We need to prepare for growing health care needs. I want to be more proactive in ensuring a healthy environment for all Mission citizens. We must address potable water issues while improving delivery systems. We need to address the social issues and needs for the young and aging populations. We need to develop strategies to build more affordable housing. 99

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GLENDALE, AZ - A police report sheds new light on accusations a Valley family is making against the Glendale Fire Department.

In an interview with ABC15 Monday, a Glendale family accused firefighters of using excessive force on their mentally ill son after they called for help on Sunday.

A neighbor caught the encounter on camera as it unfolded in the Murillos' front yard in front of several witnesses.

In the video, you can hear firefighters yelling at 30-year-old James Murillo, who is strapped to a gurney.

According to a police report, while firefighters were trying to restrain James, he punched his father in the face with a closed fist.

"You're a f***ing dead meat b****, I'm gonna have you for everything you have you piece of s***," said an unidentified firefighter.

James' parents say he took too much medication and started having seizures. He was diagnosed as bipolar, schizophrenic and has multiple personality disorder.

The report goes on to say firefighters told Murillo to stop and tried to restrain him at which point he punched two firefighters in the face and upper body.

The report states James continued throwing punches, causing a gurney to fall to the ground during the struggle.

Both firefighters said they struck James with closed fists five to six times to stop him from assaulting them, and immediately called police for assistance.

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LUNCHTIME supervisor Dawn Hyland was devastated when her mother Mary suffered a stroke.

Concerned for her own health, the mother-of-two, from Grange Lane, Wolstanton, went to her GP for a check-up after hitting the age of 40.

Dawn, now 41, was told she was at high risk of suffering from stroke as well, but was given a lifeline when she was referred to Weight Watchers for a three-month trial.

A year on and three stone six pounds lighter Dawn says it is a decision she will never regret.

"My mum suffered from a stroke and it's a dreadful thing. She has recovered but will be on medication for the rest of her life.

"I had a doctor's appointment about a year ago and I was telling the nurse about it and she said that I should have some more tests to see if I was at risk too, with me being 40.

"I had blood tests and cholesterol tests and all of the results came back too high, so the nurse told me that if I lost some weight then the risk might not be as high."

Dawn went to classes at Wolstanton Workingmen's Club and started to see the pounds drop off immediately.

She said: "The diet really suited me. I love cooking anyway so I just increased my intake of fruit and vegetables and reduced my portion sizes.

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As groundwater contamination problems go, the stuff leaking from septic systems isnt terribly sexy. Give me a gas stations leaking underground storage tank any day, or an old electronics plant, or Kirtland Air Force Bases sloppy aviation fuel handling. That I can get excited about.

But waste leaking from an aging home septic system?

That, says University of New Mexico engineering professor Bruce Thomson, is precisely the problem.

Its groundwater contamination thats happening all around us, and were not paying any attention, said Thomson, an expert in treating human waste who delights in describing his academic specialty as turd mechanics.

Septic systems drain away household waste into settling tanks, with the water spilling out into drain fields and the natural filtration of the soil doing the cleanup work. But when they dont work because homes are packed too closely together, or the systems are old or poorly maintained, contamination can result. The key problem is nitrates, which can render water dangerous to infants.

Nitrate contamination from leaking septic systems is a problem statewide, and here in Bernalillo County, and its contamination thats entirely preventable, said Bernalillo County Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins.

This evening, the Bernalillo County Commission will take a fresh stab at tightening the rules to try to reduce the risk, a combination of inspections of aging systems and rules that push some septic system owners to hook up to the regions municipal sewer system if that is an option.

As currently proposed, the ordinance would:

The ordinance, pushed by Hart Stebbins, has been bouncing around for more than a year, delayed by opponents concerns because of the way the cost of compliance falls on homeowners.

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UC San Francisco is preparing a second Ebola-specific isolation room and seeking additional volunteers to treat potential patients following the designation Friday of UC medical centers as the state's priority hospitals to treat Ebola cases.

The second isolation room designed for a patient with the deadly disease is being constructed at UCSF's Mount Zion facility, where one isolation room was already set up that can handle the extra precautions needed with an Ebola patient, said Dr. Josh Adler, chief medical officer at UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

There have been no suspected or confirmed cases of Ebola in San Francisco, but hospitals in The City and throughout the U.S. have been preparing for that scenario.

In addition to San Francisco, the California Department of Public Health on Friday identified UC medical centers in Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles and San Diego as those positioned to accept patients with Ebola.

"Hospitals in California are much better prepared now than several weeks ago to provide the necessary screening and care for Ebola patients," Adler said. "That doesn't mean we're ultimately where we need to get to, but we're in a much better place than several weeks back."

The Mount Zion hospital has seven isolation rooms, but two will ultimately be designated and equipped to handle a patient with Ebola. They will also be attached to anterooms, where health care workers can put on and remove personal protective equipment.

More than 70 doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and laboratory scientists at UCSF have volunteered to care for a confirmed or suspected Ebola patient, though the hospital is seeking at least an additional 30 volunteers.

UCSF's entire Ebola preparation effort is expected to cost several hundred thousand dollars, though an exact figure has not been determined, said Adler.

As of Saturday, there have been more than 10,000 Ebola cases and nearly 5,000 deaths in West Africa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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