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Rigel Thurston says he lives by a simple motto: Beauty will save the world. The 33-year-old realtor is now painting that sentiment taken from Fyodor Dostoevskys novel The Idiot on fences along Lamar Boulevard in north Austin, Texas.

Thurstons goal is to build community and help transform a troubled neighborhood. To do so, hes enlisted the help of dozens of artists, residents, children and anyone passing by. To transform our neighborhood we have to get to know each other and community art is a great way to get to know one another.

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The neighborhood is also very international, with more than 30 different languages spoken. Thurston said he thought the fence project would be a great way for people to come together, even if they dont speak the same language. I do think that if we can learn to see the beauty in the people and places around us, we can make positive changes, he said.

To highlight the diversity of the neighborhoods residents, Thurston is painting the phrase in numerous languages. So far there are fences in English, Croatian, Spanish and Vietnamese, with plans for more in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and even Dzongkha the official language of Bhutan (to greet Bhutanese immigrants who live in an apartment across the street, Thurston said.)

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PARKING ISSUES: Cumberbatch Avenue.

FAMILIES face losing gardens, hedges, and fences after a council embarked on a major project to increase off-street parking on a sprawling estate.

Now residents living in Fegg Hayes have hit out at Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

They claim the ambitious scheme which will affect 194 homes across 21 roads will wreck their privacy.

The authority maintains the programme, which is expected to continue for another six months, is being rolled out to help improve the area.

But households in Cumberbatch Avenue, one of the roads included in the project, have been left unhappy at seeing hedges and fences removed and some front gardens wiped out.

Families who signed up for the scheme to have a driveway installed say they feel misled after seeing the physical work being carried out.

Resident Sara Wright said: "I wish we had never agreed to it and kept it as it was. We've got no privacy it's a nightmare."

Neighbour Joan Proudlove, aged 69, is set to lose her front garden, hedges and fences as part of the works.

She said: "I did sign up to it at the time, but I was under the impression they were just going to work on just my front garden, not the hedges and everything else.

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DALLAS Coach Art Briles and Baylor arrived at Big 12 football media days as defending champions for the first time.

Briles has a slightly different take on the Bears newfound standing.

How can you defend and protect something that nobody can take? 2013 is gone forever. That title is ours, Briles said Monday. Were attacking 2014 just like everybody else. Thats our mindset with our players, and thats the way theyve been approaching everything.

The first of five coaches on the podium for the first day, Briles used a baseball analogy in that leadoff role.

The thing thats a little different is, I dont know what the commissioner expected, but were not going to try to bunt or get a single. I promise you that, he said. Were swinging for the fences. So maybe he should have put us fourth because thats just the way we approach the game.

Even with quarterback Bryce Petty and receiver Antwan Goodley back, Baylor was picked second in the Big 12 media preseason poll behind Oklahoma. The Bears won 11 games last season before losing 52-42 to UCF in the Fiesta Bowl.

Kansas State and Texas, who will join the Sooners for the second day at the Omni Dallas Hotel, were picked third and fourth, respectively.

Oklahoma State opens Aug. 30 against defending national champion Florida State and Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston in Arlington, Texas.

The Cowboys will have less available practice time once school starts after falling below the NCAA minimum standard with their Academic Progress Rate score over a four-year period. They can work only 18 hours a week, instead of the standard 20 under NCAA rules, though coach Mike Gundy said that wont be too much of an issue.

We havent used the 20 hours in a number of years. And when you put it down on paper, we end up being about 45 minutes short, Gundy said. Well incorporate a few new things in two-a-days prior to school starting, when we dont have any limitations, and well move forward. Ive challenged the players with accepting responsibility to make up for that time during the week.

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A company that sells electrified security fencing is asking Harmar supervisors to change the township's zoning laws to allow them.

Cindy Gsell, director of business development for South Carolina-based Electric Guard Dog, told supervisors Thursday that the township's laws are silent on allowing electric security fences.

The township's existing regulations cap the height of fencing at 8 feet; Gsell said the industry standard for electrified fencing is 10 feet.

Gsell said Ward Trucking, which is in Harmar, has an interest in installing such a fence.

The company could not be reached for comment Thursday night.

Solicitor Chuck Means said a zoning amendment would have to first go to the township's planning commission, with the ultimate decision being made by supervisors. Supervisors could vote on approving the changes in September, he said.

Gsell said the company would pay all costs associated with the requests, which include legal, engineering and advertising expenses. The changes being requested are generic and not tailored to Electric Guard Dog's product.

Gsell described the fencing as an effective deterrent against theft for outside storage. It's installed within the boundary of a non-electrified perimeter fence, so anyone who comes into contact with the electric fence would already be trespassing, she said.

She said it is a relatively new use for electric fencing, which she said is most commonly used for containing livestock.

The fence is low-voltage and battery powered, Gsell said.

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