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CH Property Service - land clearing/fire mitigation
Log removal with Cat 262c skid steer with grapple bucket.

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Tremson Land Clearing

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SINGAPORE: Fires in Sumatra and the yearly haze problem can be drastically reduced in five years or less.

Global Forest Watch, an organisation that monitors forest activity, tells Channel NewsAsia this is possible through concerted efforts on the ground -- involving palm oil companies and law enforcement.

And all stakeholders -- from financial institutions to even consumers -- can do more to get the US$21b industry in Indonesia to adopt sustainable sourcing practices.

But it would seem palm oil markets in the region are not as committed to sustainability, perhaps put off by the associated costs.

The dry season begins in June and runs until October.

About 250km from Singapore, farmers on Sumatra island are getting ready to clear land traditionally -- by burning vegetation.

That could be the spark needed to ignite and spread fires onto adjacent plantations.

The winds that occur during the Southwest Monsoon could fan the smoke and its unhealthy particulates right towards Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia, as it had done for years, as seen during Singapore's worst bout of haze in June 2013.

Increasingly, the pressure is on large palm oil and pulp companies to put an end to such practices.

Nigel Sizer, director of Global Forest Watch (Forests Programme) at World Resources Institute, said: "About half of these fires are burning on land that's in the concessions of palm oil and pulp wood companies in Riau and across Sumatra.

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Published: Monday, June 16, 2014 at 10:00 AM.

A settlement has been reached in a longstanding legal battle that is expected to put nearly 300 acres of undeveloped coastal property to public use as state park land.

As part of the settlement, an appeal before the N.C. Supreme Court has been dismissed, clearing the way for the state to take ownership of the Hammocks property in Swansboro for the expansion of Hammocks Beach State Park.

Carol Tingley, acting director of the state Division of Parks and Recreation, said there are still issues to be resolved regarding the title to the property, but with the settlement the lawsuit ends and the state agrees to pay approximately $10 million for the land.

While there are still additional actions to take and funds to raise, Tingley called the settlement a milestone in efforts to acquire the property.

It will still be a while before it happens but this is a big step and were thrilled to have this opportunity, and were looking forward to incorporating the property into Hammocks Beach State Park for the benefit of the public, she said.

The 289 acres sits along Queens Creek adjacent to Hammocks Beach State Park.

The history of the land dates back to the early 1900s, when Dr. William Sharpe, a neurosurgeon from New York, came to Onslow County and acquired The Hammocks, Bear Island and all the marshlands in between.

Sharpe made John Hurst, the son of a slave, and Hursts wife, Gertrude, caretakers of the hunting and fishing grounds.

A friendship developed between the Sharpe and Hurst families as well as a shared goal of keeping the land in trust for recreational and educational purposes by the N.C. Teachers Association and others. At the time, the organization was an association for black teachers and the property was to be used as a beach resort for its members.

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Tips On Working With An Interior Designer
http://www.ahtinteriors.com Allison Havill Todd #39;s 6 Steps to Working With an Interior Designer.

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My Interview with Lora
check out my chat with Lora Lora Coburn is an innovative interior designer and television design expert based in Portland, Ore. Founded in 2008, CoCo Designs has provided an exclusive design...

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Interior Design - Packing up for Desert Rose Install S-2, E-17
Interior Design, Interior Decorating, Interior Design ideas. *Note from Rebecca ....FYI, In real time, as this video uploads today... June 16, 2014.... I #39;m sitting on my bed at the Desert Rose...

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CLINTON Clinton's senior citizens will not have a new place to call home, even when the work is done on their senior center later this year.

Rather, the town's senior citizens will have a majestic, 132-year-old building, one filled with history and originally built by local merchant John R. Foster in 1882 before becoming The Clinton Home for the Aged in 1900.

With a projected project cost of $1.9 million, the old mansion will become a new senior center, outfitted with upgrades like state of the art kitchen and new wiring.

"Now it's becoming a reality for us," Council on Aging Chairman William Grady Sr. said as workers from M. O'Connor Contracting worked heavy equipment handling drainage and parking lot work and wielded hammers driving nails to renovate interior space.

The path to a new senior center has, however, been long. For several years the issue was whether the town should build a new center or renovate an older building.

The Clinton Home had originally been transferred to the Clinton Home Foundation to be used to benefit seniors, and it operated as a rest home for years. Finally, it was closed as health regulations made it more difficult to operate, and the building was offered to the town.

Transferring it to the town for use as a senior center fulfilled the intent of the use, and as a bonus came at the right cost: free. But significant renovations would be needed.

Voters had approved $1.4 million for the project at a town meeting, but the town had already spent $475,000 of that to buy the American Legion property on Chestnut Street, a site on which a new building has been planned before the town opted to go in another direction.

A $763,000 Community Development Block gGrant added to the kitty, along with other funds from the town's economic development office. In addition, the Clinton Home Foundation offered up funds $300,000 for a trust fund, the interest to be used for future maintenance, plus $50,000 a year for five years toward costs.

Voters added another $100,000 at the recent town meeting.

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Mansion being retrofitted for Clinton senior center