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CAYCE, SC (WIS) - Kay Strickland and Marlo McKelvey Kanipe just met, but they appear to have been friends for years. They are connected by a bond that no woman wants to share with another.

"It's a sisterhood that nobody wants to be a part of," Strickland says.

They are both breast cancer survivors.

Kanipe, who owns Deserved Comfort Housekeeping, LLC is at Strickland's house to make sure her home gets cleaning services through the Cleaning for a Reason program. Deserved Comfort Housekeeping is one of more than 1,100 maid services nationwide participating in Cleaning for a Reason.

"This has been awesome," Strickland says. "Before, nothing like this was available."

This is Strickland's second turn with breast cancer. Her first was 19 years ago. Since then, the oncologist who treated her has retired.

"The knowledge. The technology," she says. "Everything this time was so much easier because you didn't go into it blind and scared to death. There's people holding your hand. I hate telling people, after 19 years, that I have it again. But I also want everybody to be aware that it doesn't ever go away."

Strickland says if she hadn't caught the cancer early, she wouldn't be here now.

"The early detection saved me this time and saved me the time before."

Strickland emphasizes that same early detection for all women.

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AS Zimbabwe this month commemorates breast cancer month under the theme Think pink, find it, fight it and win the battle, cancer treatment remains expensive and beyond the reach of most ordinary citizens.

Wongai Zhangazha

The cost build-up from examination, diagnosis, lumpectomy, surgery and chemotherapy/radiotherapy, runs into thousands of dollars with no subsidies to alleviate the financial burden.

Many people end up dying because they just cannot afford to get treatment.

An elderly woman, Mutsa Dondo from Chipinge, sits in the shade on the lush green lawn next to the entrance to the Parirenyatwa Radiotherapy Centre. Diagnosed with cervical cancer, she has just gone through her regular chemotherapy session and taking a rest before heading home.

She gets up to refill her water bottle at a tap nearby, gulps a few sips and returns back to sit in the shade.

Despite the long and painful treatment, she still manages a smile albeit a weak one, and says treatment has now become part of her routine without which she would not survive for long.

My life changed on 13 February last year after I had bled continuously, says Dondo. It was like I was having a continuous menstrual cycle which is not just normal. I wasted no time in seeking medical attention at a local clinic despite some friends and relatives suggesting it was a clear case of witchcraft as at my age they didnt expect that.

At the rural clinic, they referred her to Mutare General Hospital where she was told the devastating news that she had cervical cancer.

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Terri Hudson, from Mobile, Ala., and her friends have a usual tailgating spot in the front lawn of Sigma Nu. Though they have been tailgating there for years, the LSU was special because they had something huge to celebrate. Hudson is finishing her breast cancer treatment, so her friends dedicated the tailgate to celebrating Hudson, and congratulating her for going through the treatment and finishing it. Their tailgate was covered in not only orange and blue, but also pink for this game.

Q. Are you an Auburn graduate?

A. I am not an Auburn graduate. My son is a senior here at Auburn

Q. How long have you been tailgating at this spot?

A. This is our fourth year tailgating here

Q. Why did you pick this spot?

A. Our sons are Sigma Nus.

Q. Do you come to every home game? What about away games?

A. We do try to come to every home game. Well be there next weekend in Starkville.

Q. Whats your favorite thing about Auburn football?

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Lawn Services | Rochester MN
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FAMILIES will find even more to enjoy at a top Staffordshire attraction when a 250,000 revamp is complete.

To mark 300 years since the birth of landscape designer Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, a new project has been launched at Trentham Gardens to restore one of his lost parklands.

St Modwen, which manages the 725-acre estate, plans to reveal more of the 18th-century architect's work, which is largely hidden by woodland.

Mike Herbert, regional director at St Modwen, said: "The long-term vision was always not just to do with the gardens but for the whole park and woodland too. We were already starting to plan work on the park and it just coincides with the national celebrations of Capability Brown.

"The latest restoration works are a celebration of Capability Brown's original vision for Trentham and are part of St Modwen's ongoing commitment to the long-term future of The Estate.

"The Capability Brown Restoration Project will enhance visitors' perception of the scale and grandeur of Trentham's historic landscape.

"We look forward to seeing the transformation of the west side of the lake and sharing Capability Brown's influence on Trentham with our many visitors."

The project will be focused on around one per cent of the entire estate and comes ahead of the national Capability Brown Festival in 2016.

Using his original plan, contractors will open up a new area of woodland to visitors which is the best surviving element of Brown's work and connect it with the upper west side of the lake.

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Q: How should I prepare my lawn for fall and winter?

A: Falls cooler, wetter weather means that you can ease back on lawn and landscape maintenance. But there are some important steps your should take to get your lawns and gardens ready for next spring.

Most experts recommend that you start winterizing work about six weeks before the first hard freeze.

This is the ideal time to sow or seed cool-season grasses such as fescue and rye. Sowing in the fall gives your lawn the opportunity to germinate and develop a good root system before a possible freeze.

Fall is also when you want to fertilize turf grasses, preferably with a slow-release, all-natural fertilizer. Given adequate nutrients, turf grasses can store food in the form of carbohydrates during the winter months, which will yield a better-looking lawn come spring.

This is also the appropriate time for a second application of pre-emergent herbicide. The first application, typically done in late winter or early spring, combats weed seeds that landed on the lawn. The fall application is for seeds that have been deposited during the summer months.

Another important task is removing unsightly or unruly foliage, dried stems and similar debris.

Once youve cleaned everything up, you can take stock and consider sparse areas where you might want to fill in with new plants. Trees, shrubs and various perennials are good options, especially those that will give you some seasonal color such as mums, asters and pansies.

If you have a cool-season vegetable garden, you can fill it in with lettuce and other greens, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, turnips and potatoes. During the process, use as much of your compost as possible by spreading it in flower beds and at the base of trees and shrubs.

Dont forget to give some attention to your container plants. Perennials can be transplanted from their containers into the garden. For the best results, trim their roots a bit to stimulate the growth of feeder roots and gently trim top growth. With annuals, even though they only last a year, try taking cuttings and root them either in water or the appropriate potting medium.

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Rutgers Landscape Pool with Fountain and Grasses HD 1

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After focusing on 1994 last week, now, we're wondering what the best year for music was of the '90s. We've already made a case for1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996and1997. Now here are the final two years of the decade -- 1998 and 1999.

If there's a theme to the music landscape in 1998, it's "pure chaos." Too late to be defined by the alt-rock MTV boom, too early to be saturated in teen-pop gloss, '98 is the decade's black sheep year full of crossover curios and blossoming genre revivals. Glancing through the year's list of Number One singles is more than a tad disorienting.

First off, it was one hell of a year for distinctive one-hit-wonders from Eagle-Eye Cherry (the ubiquitous folk-pop jam "Save Tonight") to Semisonic (the distorted bar-stool anthem "Closing Time") to Marcy Playground (the mumbly alt-rock staple "Sex and Candy"). In '98, American radio couldn't rake in these one-offs fast enough, and compile them on the now-booming Now! compilation series.

But the sonic free-for-all also extended to established artists. Innovative rap acts were implanting their hooks into the mainstreamtake DMX's "Ruff Ryders' Anthem," with a vocal style as piercing as a gunshot, or Big Pun's ultra-smooth "Still Not a Player," which beat Ariana Grande to the Latin-piano punch with its Brenda Russell-sampled groove.

Elsewhere, Britney Spears ("...Baby One More Time") and *N SYNC ("I Want You Back") fanned the flames of the teen-pop revival; the Dixie Chicks brought a polished brand of country to the pop arena, pairing Texas twang with breezy production; and the Artist Formerly Known as the Fresh Prince became a family-friendly rap-pop titan, convincing millions of the record-buyers to avoid their better judgment and "get jiggy wit it." It was also a tough year to make an Year-End albums list just look at all the classic LPs on that Pazz & Jop poll: Outkast's stank-tastic Dirty South epic Aquemini, Lauryn Hill's Grammy-decorated neo-soul landmark The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Neutral Milk Hotel's indie-rock watermark In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

In 2014, our dividing genre lines have become fainter these days, pop stars often sound like rock stars who sound like country stars (pretty sure Taylor Swift is all of those at once). This can lead to innovative cross-pollination but it can also foster lukewarm homogeny, exemplifying our shuffle-driven culture's desire to be everywhere at once.

Back in '98, however, the airwaves and the TRLcountdowns were confusingly eclectic. And much more fascinating because of it.

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How NOT To Hire A Land Clearing Contractor In NJ & NY

Posted on Fri, Feb 17, 2012 @ 02:06 PM

Hiring a land clearing contractor can be a tricky thing. Is the company experienced? Do they understand the proper permits they need to obtain before they start working? Can they be trusted to get the job done while still being environmentally responsible.

Check out this story below from our friends at NorthJersey.com. It tells the story of a home owner in Mahwah, NJ that hired a land clearing company from out of state to remove about 50 trees from "his" property.

Unfortunately, the land clearing service removed about 200 trees, worth approx. $1,000,000. Now the home owner is in trouble with the town (and all of his neighbors) because he cleared land that wasn't his and the land clearing contractor didn't do the right things before they started working.

Before you hire a land clearing contractor in NJ or NY...make sure they have all the proper permits and the company has years (if not decades) of experience in the land clearing service.

Here's the news report as well as a short video from northjersey.com

TheBergen CountyProsecutors Office must now decide whether to pursue a case against a township man accused of illegally chopping down more than 200 trees on his neighbors property.

Jay Patel, 47, pleaded not guilty Thursday in municipal court to criminal charges stemming from his decision to hire a land clearing company last March to remove the trees from an undeveloped lot behind his Tudor Rose Terrace home. The trees are valued at more than $1 million, according to police.

Patel, wearing a suit with no tie, was expressionless as he stood quietly between his two lawyers, who did most of the talking during the brief proceeding.

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