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Best in Backyards, the experts in outdoor rooms, is partnering with Bull Outdoor Products to bring a new line of outdoor kitchen islands, barbecue grills and grill components to its six superstores in Connecticut and New York.

After entering the outdoor kitchen market in 2013--two years after Best in Backyards positioned itself as the authority in outdoor rooms with its selection of elegant and functional pergolas, pavilions and gazebos--the company discovered through market research that there had been a surge of interest in outdoor kitchens and the like. Looking to gain market share and expand its offerings for retail consumers, Best in Backyards saw the partnership with Bull as a natural next step for the growing business.

The new items on display at Best in Backyards locations include islands with grills, refrigerators, rotisserie motors, storage and electric outlets (plus plenty of stucco, stone and tile options); grill carts that offer choices in terms of cooking power, number of burners, lighting options and more; and grill head components for customers who are designing their outdoor kitchens from scratch.

"We are so pleased to have such a fantastic line of outdoor kitchen products in our stores," said Best in Backyards Vice President of Sales Rolf Zimmermann. "There is so much value in these islands, grill carts and components, and the quality simply cannot be beat."

These outdoor kitchen islands come fully assembled, so the team of professionals at Best in Backyards is able to install them in just one day, without the need for a contractor or a time-consuming planning process. In addition, Bull Outdoor Products' production time allows for customers to receive islands as quickly as possible.

Best in Backyards also carries Bull accessories (cleaners, tongs, pans, racks, woks, skewers, meat thermometers, smoker boxes and more) for those looking to master the art of outdoor cooking. Scott Honigsberg, one of the co-owners of Best in Backyards, made great use out of the pizza stone at the first Bull Burger Battle of 2014, held at the Mahopac, NY location. It was a great day filled with competition, food tastings and Bull product demonstrations. The winner, Skip Day, took home a premium outdoor Angus Bull grill, valued at $2,500, and is headed to Las Vegas to compete in the World Food Championships. Talk about a great way to kick off the grilling season!

-- About Best in Backyards Best in Backyards is the retail division of Eastern Jungle Gym, a leading manufacturer and supplier of wooden swing sets for 22 years. Best in Backyards superstores offer swing sets, storage sheds, trampolines, retractable awnings, outdoor kitchens, pergolas, pavilions, gazebos, playhouses, cupolas, basketball systems and pool houses. There are six locations in Connecticut and New York.

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Fundraisers collect more than 1,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support

2:00pm Sunday 8th June 2014 in News By Rebecca Perring, Senior Reporter

A charity set up by volunteers who have lost loved ones to cancer have raised more than 1,000 during a Gazebos in the Garden event.

Doing it for charity held its fifth fundraiser in the garden at the home of Kathryn Crossley in Homewood Road for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Despite a rainy day loyal guests turned out to help the team raise 1,408.62 and counting, which makes their grand total to date 30,441.09

Ms Crossley said: "We are thrilled that so many people turned out on such a rainy day to support us.

"It was great to see loyal guests back and to make new friends who came for the first time.

"I would like to thank all our guests, our stallholders, the wonderful businesses of St. Albans and especially the hard working doing it for charity team 2014 who are Amanda, Trevor, Tim, Chris, Andrew, Marion and Pat.

"We could not be more delighted to have now surpassed our 30,000 target for this year". Visitors enjoyed a range of stalls selling: food, plants, shrub, ladies clothing, jewellery, handbags, and handcrafted wooden items.

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When the rain makes its move on San Diego in January, the streets seem more lonely than in other cities; it is a broken promise. On the south Embarcadero on a Monday afternoon, in the leaden shadow of luxury hotels, children huddle in the open gazebos. Surrounded by the bobbing hulls and masts of yachts in blue canvas, the bay, the pasty color of drowned men rolling uneasily, George and Linette cup a roach wrapped in a matchbook and giggle. A third kid, a boy with a closely shaved scalp and a denim jacket with a St. Vincent De Pauls laminated ID card pinned over his breast stands with his back to them. He is silhouetted against the bay, staring up and the lard and ash clouds. Whats your name? George calls to him. The boy turns and does not answer but lifts his green name tag. No one can read it from where they are standing. George lifts whats left of the joint in a gesture of invitation and the boy returns his back to the gazebo, tripping on the smudged beauty beyond the sea wall. Whatever, George shrugs and smiles. He reveals a mouthful of braces.

George is 17 years old and looks older. Linette is 16 and seems more like 14. George has a home, such as it is, in East San Diego, where he stays with his mother, brothers, and sisters. Linette stays at a teen shelter called the Storefront downtown near City College. The shelters location needs to be vague because the staff and residents have an ongoing concern with pedophiles, drug dealers, and abusive, noncustodial parents.

If you could give us more than just their names, says Linette, maybe we could help you find them. I think we know some kids by those names. She is talking about my inquiries as to four homeless kids between the ages of 14 and 21. Someone had written to me about them. They said they were getting hassled by the cops and downtown security, according to their theory, because of the new ballpark to be installed in the Center City area.

All Ive got is their names, I tell them.

Well, George inhales, pauses, theyre probably around. He gestures inland at the city. Try Starbucks at Horton Plaza, Seaport Village, or Marioland.

Is Marioland a video-game place?

George and Linette look at each other and laugh. They both nod, Yeah, its just like a video-game place. George asks me for a light and then a cigarette.

Are you a dealer? I ask him indicating the joint.

Hell no. Im a disc-jockey and Im taking a course in public speaking. Im just getting into it. Im entering a speech contest. Indeed, Georges voice is resonant and almost accentless. Between his voice, his height at least six feet Rasta-dread hair and his solid yet fluid street poise, eyes that take in his surroundings with a combination of marijuana merriness and cool assessment, George could be closer to 30 than 18.

I ask them if they would tell me their stories since I cant find the kids Im looking for. Linette looks to George as if for approval. George puts it back on her. Youre homeless, not me. Its up to you.

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The response to the killing rampage in Santa Barbara, Calif., has included not only a memorial service but also memorial walls, comfort dogs, and instant offices for counseling.

From one end of the University of California, Santa Barbara, to the other, it is clear this is a campus and community on the mend, after a deadly rampage that took six lives, along with the young killer, and injured 13.

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Some 20,000 students, teachers, and family members gathered on Tuesday for a memorial service at Harder Stadium to mark "a day of mourning and reflection," amid all the sadly familiar conventions of grief support after mass killings.

"This has been very difficult and frankly, there are people from one end of the spectrum to the other in their ability to cope, says senior David Ragan, standing outside the Student Resource Center with a handmade sign: Free Hugs.

Some people are religious and some arent, and everyone is going inside themselves to replace the darkness with light in their own way, he says, noting that individual responses to his full afternoon of hugs ranged from tears or no response to "Im OK" or "Im great."

Twenty yards away, a football field-sized green is sprinkled with temporary gazebos populated with volunteers from support groups such as the Hope network and Love on a Leash, providing animal-assisted crisis response and pet provided therapy, respectively. Larger dogs lie with paws outstretched, stroked by passersby students, faculty, and residents of nearby Isla Vista, the sprawling community of apartments, small houses, restaurants, and sorority and fraternity houses that abuts the campus of 22,000 students.

Both the dogs and their handlers are trained to provide support to anyone deeply affected by these crises and disasters, says LaWana Heald, Hope's Southwest regional director, handing out a four-color card of Robby, a golden retriever and yellow Labrador mix, who had been screened and trained for his ability to make people smile.

Volunteers from UCSBs Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) hand out blue paper sheets with 11 points of Strategies for Managing Grief, such as: A rule of thumb is this: If you feel like crying, then cry. If not, then dont. Sometimes something funny will happen, just like it used to. When that happens, go ahead and laugh. Its OK.

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ALAMINOS CITY -- The City Government is now in its final preparations for the staging of this year's Hundred Islands Festival. Also scheduled on the first day is the launching of the First Western Pangasinan Tourism Travel and Agri-Trade Expo, which will run until March 23.

Other activities lined up for the event are Children's Day to feature the Far East Acrobat; Alaminos City Para sa Lahat (for all) Night; Miss Hundred Islands 2014 Pageant and Coronation; Longganisa Festival; Street Dancing Competition; Shooting Competition; and Youth, Senior Citizens and Balikbayan Night.

Prior the festival, an ultra marathon dubbed as 100 Islands Ultra International Marathon will be held on March 15-26, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Participants of the ultra marathon will run from the city proper and pass through the national highways of neighboring towns, namely, Bani, Anda, and Bolinao, and back to Alaminos City.

Celeste assured that each activity is meaningful as he invited his constituents and other people from all over the world to join them in celebrating the bounty of the Hundred Islands National Park (HINP).

HINP was the first national park proclaimed in the country by Former President Manuel Quezon.

It is made up of 124 islands -- scattered along Lingayen Gulf and covering an area of 18.44 square kilometers -- but only three of which have been developed namely Governor Island, Quezon Island, and Childrens Island.

The City Government, in partnership with the Provincial Government, have been further developing the islands, by taking down illegal structures and building gazebos, among other structures to attract more tourists to visit the HINP. (PNA)

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The Chelsea Flower Show has inspired us all with its opulent gardens You too can have epic statues, stellar lighting displays and giant gazebos

By Etan Smallman

Published: 16:35 EST, 21 May 2014 | Updated: 18:47 EST, 21 May 2014

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THE Chinese Pavilion was officially opened at the Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden yesterday.

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THE Chinese Pavilion was officially opened at the Emu Valley Rhododendron Garden yesterday.

Designed and built to look exactly like a pavilion in a Chinese park, it even has genuine roof tiles sent from Taiwan.

Honorary curator Maurie Kupsch said he travelled to Japan and China to obtain a concept for the design.

The Jones Boys sang a bracket of four numbers for the audience.

Mr Kupsch also had the help of his son, who lives in Taiwan.

``He organised pictures of gazebos and pavilions so I could get an idea of what I could build,'' Mr Kupsch said.

``He talked to a tile maker who presented different sizes and organised the tiles to be shipped over.''

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