LifeStyle with Denise Simons: Outdoor Lighting Interior Design
Shirley Horowitz, of Davishire Interiors, and Terry Lawrence, of P.M. Lighting, talk about interior design and outdoor lighting.
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LAMP Awards 2013: Markus Fuerderer
Markus Fuerderer from Office for Visula Interaction, winner of the 2013 Architectural Outdoor Lighting Award for "The Rookery building" "It #39;s an award that we feel is very strong in the new...
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EDMOND When traveling past the home of Tim Foley at 2600 S. Coltrane you may feel as if you are looking at a large canvas of a French Country house set in peaceful blends of natures colors. However, a year ago this weeks winner of Edmond Yard of the Week would have looked different after a tornado had just damaged the home, uprooted trees and destroyed the landscape.
The first view is that of an expansive area, shaded by many well-groomed native trees and carpeted with a solid lawn, before your eye will be caught by the massive island bed filled with harmoniously shaded colors of impatiens, caladiums, giant hostas, day lilies and large tufts of liriope. More textures are added to the bed with silvery spruces and natural-stone boulders.
There is softness added to the front of the stone and brick house with masses of pentas, angelonia, begonias and scaevola, in pastel beautifully blending shades. Sculptured areas of deep green Mondo grass emphasizes the flower palates of color, as do varieties of ground-cover sedums, moneywort and ornamental blue fescue. Height is added to the landscape with a weeping cedar, spruces, Japanese maple and an ornamental peach. A backdrop of shrubs, with trimmed photinia, yews, laurels, holly, burning bush and spirea, protect the lower layer of flowers. Earth tones appear in the flowerbeds with native rocks and clay pots overflowing with magenta and white impatiens. Gently waving maiden grasses, lantana and Stella del Oro lilies complete the picture.
Two artistic columnar copper flower pots by the entry are a symphony of color with purple fountain grass, elegant tuberous begonias and trailing Mandevilla.
For overcoming Oklahomas weather challenges and giving us a feast for the eye, Edmond Beautiful would like to reward Tim Foley with a gift certificate to Home Depot on Broadway, a gift card to TLC Nursery and a six-month subscription to The Edmond Sun. The Yard of the Week is co-sponsored by Edmond Beautiful, the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce and The Sun. To share another beautiful Edmond garden, you may nominate it by calling 341-2808.
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CEDAR FALLS | A bald spot appeared on Bill Ruud's manicured yard.In a few years, though, 25 species of native plants will flourish, taking back a small portion of land once covered in prairie.
"We have a Tallgrass Prairie Center. Why not promote it?" says the University of Northern Iowa's business-minded president.
Ruud asked center officials to put prairie plants near his residence. Of Iowa's land, 80percent was once rolling prairie but, as agriculture expanded, less than 1/10th of 1 percent remains.
That good black soil that we farm, it created that, said Daryl Smith, founder and former director of the center.
Prairie plants deep root system can plunge 15 feet, holding soil in place and permitting water to infiltrate the soil. These plants can also reduce chemical runoff on farm fields.
According to Smith, if more prairie were back on the landscape, it could also help mitigate seasonal flooding that devastates communities.
Were lobbying to get prairie established in watersheds on a larger scale, Smith said.
Some 125 acres of prairie dot UNI's campus. Campusgoers may not realize theyre walking past Ohio spiderwort or rattlesnake master and probably understand even less about the plants characteristics. Spiderwort, for instance, also known as cow slobbers, oozes a clear goo when leaves snap. Native Americans used rattlesnake master to make shoes.
Bewildered freshmen may find the compassplant useful. Settlers used it for navigation, since its leaf margins tend to point north and south.
But planting prairie instead of traditional sod grass also represents a long-term cost savings. The plants requires very little maintenance. Center officials estimate the transformation saved UNI about $47,100 so far.
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Anderson Timber Harvesting
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A Texas man who was just hoping to graze cattle on the land he recently acquired was surprised to discover $2 million worth of marijuana plants growing in a back-woods area.
Authorities in Texas are investigating who is responsible for the secret marijuana growing operation recently found on a local ranchers property. A Chambers County, Texas, rancher called the county Sheriffs Office after checking out land that he recently leased from the Army Corps of Engineers and finding two individuals who took off running when they saw him on Tuesday.
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When deputies arrived at the clearing, they discovered 5,500 marijuana plants with a street value of about $2 million.
Primarily, the most impressive thing of it was that it was a pretty elaborate growing operation, Chambers County Sheriffs Office Sheriff Brian Hawthorne told ABC News today.
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PHOTO: A nursery area of marijuana plants on the land located in Chambers County, Texas.
Those responsible for the growing operation hand-cleared land about two acres deep in the woods, devised a watering system and made sure they had optimum sunlight, Hawthorne said.
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WASHINGTON - With the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby less than two weeks away, the assembling of rosters for the showcase is looking like a derby in itself.
While Miami Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton is already on board for the National League, the rest of the spots for the NL are up in the air. Then all of the American League spots, except for Jose Bautista's captain seat, are to be determined.
Sluggers Jose Abreu and Mike Trout, currently first and eighth respectively in the AL home run race, appear doubtful to join the show, Trout expressing both his desire and misgivings about participating.
There are a number of reasons why hitters may be reluctant to join in. Some believe the derby - July 14 at Minnesota's Target Field - can mess up their swings, though NL captain Troy Tulowitzki is not one of them. The need for rest by the time mid-July hits is also a factor, according to Tulowitzki, who will be participating in his first derby.
"Some guys don't want to do it, for whatever reason," Tulowitzki told USA TODAY Sports. "Either they're not great home run hitters in (batting practice), or they think it messes them up or maybe their fatigue. The season's long, and you can get all those things that people are sensitive about."
The swing issue seems to be a common theme for some around the league. And it is possible that trying to pop balls up can throw things off a bit.
But Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis, who was eliminated in the second round of last year's Home Run Derby, said hitters take so many swings that if the derby gets anyone in a funk, they're going to come out of it.
Davis acknowledged talk of whether or not his dip in production after last year's All-Star break was due to the derby. He hit .315 with 37 home runs before the 2013 break, and .245 with 16 home runs after.
"To be honest with you, I don't know," Davis said. "But I think if you have an opportunity to do it and you want to do it, you should do it."
Texas Rangers first baseman Carlos Pena he was fine when he did the 2009 Home Run Derby. But in a science as inexact as hitting, there can still be that thought in the back of some players' minds.
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High Point, NC Single Family Home for Sale - 3405 Langdale Dr.
For more details: http://www.visualtour.com/showvt.asp?t=3380752 3405 Langdale Dr. High Point, NC 27265 $195000, 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 2628 SF, MLS# 711532 Well maintained brick home with privacy...
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