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How feng shui helped Geoffrey Boycott in cancer fight

- September 9, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Former captain says he was 'open to anything' in fight against cancer Battled the disease for four years after discovering a tumour in his neck Enlisted the help of Master Li a feng shui expert used by a friend Advised him in which direction he should sleep and which parts of his house were healthy

By Richard Marsden for the Daily Mail

Published: 18:59 EST, 7 September 2014 | Updated: 08:42 EST, 8 September 2014

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Cricket legend Geoffrey Boycott has revealed how he turned to Feng Shui to help him beat cancer.

The famously blunt-speaking former England captain says he was open to anything in his four-year fight against the killer disease after the discovery of a tumour in his neck.

He enlisted the help of Master Li, a feng shui expert used by a friend - who advised him which direction he should sleep and identifying which areas of his house were most healthy.

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Calais mayor 'may use British fences to block port'

- September 9, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

However, the mayor, Natacha Bouchart, joked on Twitter that she may use the nine-foot high steel fences to block all ferry traffic to and from the town if Britain continues to dismiss her demand to help pay the 12 million annual bill for efforts to stop illegal immigrants.

Ms Boucharts aides said the mayor considers the offer of fencing insufficient and believes that it reflects a lack of understanding by the British of what we are up against here. She says Calais is being held hostage by up to 1,500 migrants encamped around the port.

The deputy mayor, Philippe Migonet, said: "When I first heard about it (the offer of fencing), I thought it was the legendary British sense of humour." However, he welcomed it as a first step towards providing more aid.

Ms Bouchart threatened last week to blockade the port of Calais if the British government failed to come up with funding.

Most of the illegal immigrants in the town are from Eritrea and other impoverished African countries, but some have come from Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, according to charity workers who feed and clothe them. Every day, some break into lorries bound for Britain and try to jump on to trains, local authorities say. Some who clung to the undercarriages of lorries and buses have been crushed to death.

Calais police say they have too few officers to cope with the problem and believe that illegal immigrants manage to cross the Channel most days.

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Fences key for whitebait fritters

- September 9, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

Fences key for whitebait fritters

9 September 2014

As whitebait season gets into full swing, Regional Council staff say the fishy fritters will keep coming if people continue to step up and care for their local waterways.

This year, 58 private landowners have signed up for our help to fence and plant waterways in the Tauranga Harbour catchment, said Bay of Plenty Regional Council Western Land Manager Robyn Skelton.

Together weve fenced 78 kilometres of river and stream margins and put 100,000 plants in the ground this year. It all helps to improve water quality and create safe-havens for whitebait to live and breed in, she said.

Whitebait numbers have been in decline for many years, mainly due to land use change thats caused a loss of breeding habitat and declining water quality.

Its great to have had so many local landowners step up and start to turn that around.

Some farmers have gone a step further by re-contouring their drains and installing fish friendly flap gates on their culverts, so that whitebait can complete their breeding cycles again. Its an easy fix for channelised waterways that makes a big difference for the fish, Miss Skelton said.

Whitebait are the juveniles of five different native fish species. Every autumn, adult fish lay their eggs amongst plants and grasses along estuary and stream edges. They usually lay in tidal zones where salt and fresh water mix. If kept shaded and untrampled, the eggs will survive in situ for several weeks, until theyre swept out to sea as larvae by the next spring tide and flood.

The larvae turn into fish and fatten up over winter before they run back upstream as fritter fodder in spring. The lucky few that escape nets and frying pans continue upstream and grow to become adults that lay eggs in following years, Miss Skelton said.

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New PCC center to open on Swan Island

- September 9, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

The public is invited to the grand opening of phase one of Portland Community College's new Swan Island Training Center.

An open house will be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the center, located at 6400 N. Cutter Circle, Portland. It will feature tours of the new 20,000-square-foot trades education building, which will house the PCC's Trades & Industry Division.

The center is opening as a resource for continuing education, training, retraining and professional development for Swan Island businesses. Courses offered at it include: a Facilities Maintenance Technology two-year degree; Facilities Maintenance Technology and HVAC Installers certificates; Millwright, Industrial Mechanics, Limited Maintenance Electrician, Manufacturing Plant Electrician and Stationary Engineer apprenticeships; and a Limited Building Maintenance Electrician training program.

The open house will be held in partnership with the Swan Island Business Association. Swan Island is one of Portlands most active industrial communities, with manufacturing, shipping, construction and distribution all being represented with significant business operations.

The center is located in a former Oregon Motor Pool Facility that PCC bought in 2010. The renovation cost $4.6 million. Most of the money, 3.6 million, was earmarked from PCC's 2008 voter-approved $374 million construction bond. An additional $1 million from the Oregon Department of Community College and Workforce Development was approved by the 2012 Oregon Legislature.

The Trades & Industry program had been located at three miles away at PCC's Cascade Campus. It outgrew that space, however, prompting the move to the new, larger center.

According to PCC, general contractor J.E. Dunn spent the summer preparing the five-acre former motor pool site. They first removed old equipment, including a 20,000-gallon gasoline and a 12,000-gallon ethanol tank. Metals, old gear, appliances and furniture were sold or recycled. Auto lifts and related equipment were moved to PCCs automotive program at the Sylvania Campus or donated to local high school programs.

The existing 11,000 square foot structure was then renovated, with an additional 12,000 square feet was added for classes and lab space for Facilities Maintenance Technology HVAC-R (heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration), Electrical Trades Apprenticeship, and Fiber Optics.

Fall classes will start at the center on Sept. 22.

More about the bond program at PCC: http://bond.pcc.edu/

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DeWine urges consumers to be wary of home-improvement scams

- September 9, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

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As consumers seek to complete outdoor projects around their house while the weather is still pleasant, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine warns them to beware of driveway-paving scams and untrustworthy home-improvement contractors.

Since June, his office has received more than 60 complaints involving asphalt, concrete or paving about half of them involving door-to-door sales.

He advises homeowners to research contractors before giving them money or signing contracts, and to get estimates in writing and check references.

Under Ohios Home Solicitation Sales Act, consumers have three days to cancel most contracts signed at their home.

Consumers with complaints may contact DeWines office by telephone at 1-800-282-0515 or online at http://www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov.

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