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Spring is in the Air: Gardening 101 Hello everyone. Spring is coming, I can smell it. Please leave gardening tips and tricks. I am looking to find some very low upkeep annuals this year other then marigolds. I am tired of beheading petunias in my planter boxes to make them last till fall. Also suggestions for vegetable gardens. Good Gardening links also. ENJOY : )

My Time No sun hat e'er shone So clear through the night No moonbeam e'er glown So true with delight The more I look The more I see When something new Occurs to me No winds hath e'er blown With no change in sight No mind's-eye e'er known Such meaningful flight The more I dream The more I sleep Where space and time Are mine to keep

A head teacher has angered parents by asking them to stop their daughters from wearing thongs to school.Anna Roxburgh, the head of Hamp Junior High School in Bridge Water, Somerset made the plea to parents of 6th Grade Girls, ages 10-11.In a letter she said she had no objection to thongs personally.But she was concerned about the girl possible embarassment while changing for Physical Education Class, falling over in the playground or doing handstands. Hamp Junior High is a mixed -sexes school with 270 puplis. One mother said the letter was 'unbeliveable.' She added: 'Schools lay down enough rules without...

<p>Captain Bill Cooper of the UC Berkeley police said today that 119 protesters have been arrested at a sit-in this afternoon in the lobby of Sproul Hall.</p> <p>Cooper said none of the protesters were charged with resisting arrest and were cited and released.</p>

When Smoke Gets In You EyesWritten by Jerome Kern (music) and Otto Harbach (lyrics) for the musical "Roberta" in 1933 Recording by The Platters was a # 1 hit in 1959 Remade in 1973 by Blue Haze, it hit # 27 They, asked me how I knew, My true love was true, I of course replied, something here inside, Can not be denied. They, said some day you'll find, All who love are blind, When you heart's on fire, you must realize, Smoke gets in your eyes. So I chaffed them, and I gaily laughed, To think they would doubt...