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    Protesters tear down fences at Oakland plazas slated for renovation - December 21, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    OAKLAND -- Protesters tore down fencing Saturday at two plazas that had been scheduled for renovation, calling the action a "liberation" of public space.

    The group used bolt cutters to remove the chain-link fences around St. Andrews Plaza on San Pablo Avenue at 32nd Street, and Bishop Floyd L. Begin Plaza at 22nd Street and San Pablo, where someone spray-painted "no fences, no walls, no borders."

    The plazas, located in West Oakland, have been longtime haunts for local residents and the homeless, and the subject of complaints by residents upset over drug use and public drunkenness.

    Fence torn down at plaza at 22nd at MLK and San Pablo Ave. (David DeBolt)

    Fences were put up as recently as Thursday at St. Andrews Plaza to prepare for grant-funded renovation projects, city leaders said. By noon Saturday, locals were back at the San Pablo Avenue plaza, where a man who identified himself as David cut hair with clippers for $5 a cut, using a toothbrush as a comb, while members of New Hope Baptist Church handed out spaghetti and salad meals as they do every Saturday.

    "I never seen anyone (from the city) come out here and talk to the community," said David, who refused to give his last name. "To me, this is my park. 'Bout time someone stood up."

    Oakland Public Works Agency spokeswoman Kristine Shaff said the fences will be replaced.

    "We are constantly trying to balance all these needs and wishes and wants and styles and it's really tricky," said Shaff, referencing Oakland's diverse community. "We have our fair share of conflict or where we come up against one another, differences of opinion.

    "We don't always get it right the first time. We keep trying."

    David DeBolt covers breaking news. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.

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    Ohio considers electrified fences for prisons - December 21, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    By - Associated Press - Saturday, December 20, 2014

    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohios prisons chief says electrified fences are among the many options that officials are considering as they look for ways to boost security at state correctional facilities.

    Officials also are considering drones, sensor-based systems, secondary fencing or nets as possible additional security measures to keep inmates in and contraband out, The Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum (http://ohne.ws/1v8u1L5 ) reported.

    Director Gary Mohr of the Ohio Bureau of the theory with the electrified fences would be that they would produce enough of a jolt to knock down someone trying to escape. The secondary fencing or nets might help block outsiders from tossing contraband such as drugs or cellphones within the reach of inmates.

    Mohr said its important for prison officials to work continually on new ideas for improving security to stay ahead of those trying to get around the rules.

    In the past two years, inmates have escaped two Ohio prisons.

    Prison officials determined that convicted Chardon school shooter T.J. Lane and two other inmates spent several months building a makeshift ladder that they used to get atop an administration building and escape from the Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima in September. They were caught within hours.

    Last year, an inmate at the Mansfield Correctional Institution broke into a storage area and took three ladders that he used to escape over three 14-foot security fences. He was arrested the next day after people in a store recognized and tackled him.

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    More homes turning to electric fencing for security - December 21, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    PETALING JAYA, Malaysia - Approximately 170 homes in the Klang Valley stand ready to give would-be thieves a real shock should they try to break in - with more homes opting to install electric fences as deterrents to potential home intruders.

    This is the view of those who supply and install these fences, such as Edmund Teoh Soon Meng, the owner of Kuala Lumpur-based Maxcel Security System - who said that his company was getting more orders in the last few months.

    "The demand is very high these days. We get 10-15 new orders every month," said Teoh in a phone interview with The Star.

    He added that Maxcel had installed electric fences in over 130 houses all over Malaysia since the company began operations three years ago.

    "Most of our clients are in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. We have had some sales in Penang, Perak and Johor, but the bulk comes from Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, which contributes to 80% of our sales," said Teoh.

    Asked why his clients wanted such security measures installed in their homes, he said his clients cited safety concerns.

    "Even with CCTV and motion detectors, criminals can still threaten the owners. And because of this, they still want a first line of defence to act as a deterrent to make it difficult and time-consuming for criminals to break in," said Teoh.

    Asked how much an electric fence could cost for a landed property, Teoh said a legally-installed fence could cost anywhere between RM15,000 to RM18,000.

    Similar views were shared by MU-Softmedia Sdn. Bhd company manager Ahmad Zafrullah Ahmad Tahir, who said his company had installed about 20 fences at various homes across the Klang Valley since 2000.

    "We have installed these fences in Rawang, Shah Alam, Bangi and Taman Tun. Most of our clients want these fences in their homes for their own security," said Ahmad Zafrullah.

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    Living snow fences increase winter highway safety - December 21, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    The Pipestone Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) board voted unanimously, Dec. 11, to provide 100 percent of the funding of the establishment of a living snow fence, not to exceed $20,000 annually for the program.

    Establishment means costs associated with the plant materials as well as matting and seeding.

    Living snow fences are rows of trees, shrubs and native grasses that are planted along roadways. The living barriers trap snow as it blows across fields, piling it up before it reaches a road.

    Its less likely to be snow-packed and icy, with a snow fence, said SWCD supervisor Ian Cunningham, saving winter snowplowing and/or sand and salt costs.

    The dollars they potentially save the county are huge, said SWCD supervisor Cal Spronk.

    The SWCDs funding decision works cooperatively with the USDA Farm Service Agency CRP program that pays up to 50 percent of various costs associated with living snow fences. Whatever that program doesnt cover, the SWCD will pick up 100 percent. If the FSA program paid $1,000 toward a $5,000 snow fence, for example, the SWCD would pick up the remaining $4,000.

    In addition to minimizing public safety hazards caused by wind-driven snow, living fences offer additional wildlife habitat and help prevent soil erosion.

    We have some reserves, so that would be a good multiple benefit use of them, Cunningham said.

    Kyle Krier, conservation and zoning administrator, said he was waiting for a list from the Pipestone County Highway Department and townships on problem areas that might benefit from a living snow fence. Pipestone County may also contribute some funding to the program, Krier said.

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    Protester tear down fences at Oakland plazas slated for renovation - December 21, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    OAKLAND -- Protesters tore down fencing Saturday at two plazas that had been scheduled for renovation, calling the action a "liberation" of public space.

    The group used bolt cutters to remove the chain-link fences around St. Andrews Plaza on San Pablo Avenue at 32nd Street, and Bishop Floyd L. Begin Plaza at 22nd Street and San Pablo, where someone spray-painted "no fences, no walls, no borders."

    The plazas, located in West Oakland, have been longtime haunts for local residents and the homeless, and the subject of complaints by residents upset over drug use and public drunkenness.

    Fence torn down at plaza at 22nd at MLK and San Pablo Ave. (David DeBolt)

    Fences were put up as recently as Thursday at St. Andrews Plaza to prepare for grant-funded renovation projects, city leaders said. By noon Saturday, locals were back at the San Pablo Avenue plaza, where a man who identified himself as David cut hair with clippers for $5 a cut, using a toothbrush as a comb, while members of New Hope Baptist Church handed out spaghetti and salad meals as they do every Saturday.

    "I never seen anyone (from the city) come out here and talk to the community," said David, who refused to give his last name. "To me, this is my park. 'Bout time someone stood up."

    Oakland Public Works Agency spokeswoman Kristine Shaff said the fences will be replaced.

    "We are constantly trying to balance all these needs and wishes and wants and styles and it's really tricky," said Shaff, referencing Oakland's diverse community. "We have our fair share of conflict or where we come up against one another, differences of opinion.

    "We don't always get it right the first time. We keep trying."

    David DeBolt covers breaking news. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.

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    Un de Sceaux should make no mistake this time - December 20, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Today at Fairyhouse, at least as far as Im concerned, is all about Un de Sceaux in the two-mile beginners chase.

    He made his debut over fences at Thurles last month and arrived with an impeccable record, unbeaten in nine previous races.

    Un de Sceaux went off at very prohibitive odds then and, for most of the journey, looked certain to deliver one more time.

    Heading to the third last we were cruising along in front and must have held the guts of a 20 lengths lead. But then calamity struck and Un De Sceaux went at the obstacle.

    Thankfully, he was largely unscathed and so very much lives to fight another day. Truth to tell that mistake at Thurles was the only one he has made since we started him off over fences.

    He has schooled really well since and, to be brutally honest, Im expecting this to be relatively straightforward.

    Val de Ferbet makes his debut over fences in the three-mile beginners chase and I am nowhere near as confident regarding his prospects.

    The ex-French horse performed twice for Willie Mullins last season, running a shocker first time up at Limerick and then doing somewhat better when fourth at the Punchestown festival.

    But neither display, however, matched his excellent home work. Hes also working well now and the trip will suit, but has got to do it on the track.

    Uradel, in the three-year-old maiden hurdle, is my third ride of the day and he certainly has plenty to prove as well.

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    Willie Mullins hoping Un De Sceaux learned from fall at Thurles - December 19, 2014 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Updated: Friday, 19 Dec 2014 14:50 | Comments Un De Sceaux wins The Star Best for Racing Coverage Novice Hurdle at Punchestown last year

    Willie Mullins is keeping his fingers crossed Un De Sceaux can learn to be less extravagant in the jumping department as he bids to get off the mark over fences at the second attempt at Fairyhouse on Saturday.

    The free-going six-year-old won each of his seven starts over hurdles, more often than not blowing his rivals away with awesome displays from the front.

    He looked set to continue that trend on his chasing debut at Thurles last month, but failed to organise himself on landing after jumping the third fence from the finish and parted company with Ruby Walsh.

    Un De Sceaux, second only to esteemed stable companion Vautour in ante-post lists for the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival, will be a long odds-on favourite to put that recent mishap behind him this weekend.

    "Everyone likes to see horses stand off fences and clear them by miles and that was what he was doing (at Thurles) until he made a mistake," said Mullins.

    "Hopefully it might have taught him something. Horses need to be able to go in short and pop one every now and then, like Vautour did at Navan."

    Walsh has schooled Un De Sceaux since his Thurles tumble and reports him to have suffered no ill effects.

    "He schooled over eight fences last week and was super. He was unlucky to fall. It was just a novicey fall and he jumped super up until that. His jumping wouldn't be a concern to me at the moment," Walsh told Racing UK.

    "He seems in really good form."

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