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This is my garden, as of yesterday. I added flowers for the first time. My daughters like them, plus they act as "beneficials" (their aroma confuses insects that destroy vegetables and they attract insects that help the vegetables). * * * * * * * Unconscionable: $30,000: The average student-loan debt for a borrower who received a bachelor's degree in 2013. "That number has doubled over the course of a recent graduate's lifetime. Even adjusting for inflation, the average debt burden was half that size 20 years ago." The government's answer: Throw even more money at colleges and universities in the form of student aid. That way, they can claim the PR victory ("We're helping young people!"), while continue to throw money to their cronies in higher education. It's very disturbing. * * * * * * * Please, Fox Sports. Deliver us from the tyranny of ESPN! August 1st is the launch date of Fox's new sports network that is designed to compete head-to-head with ESPN. Thank goodness. ESPN has become a TV gossip site, more dedicated to gay advocacy than professional hockey. They also decline to cover sports that they aren't affiliated with. I watched a fair amount of Sports Center this weekend. I didn't see a single story about the NHL playoffs or the Indy 500. I couldn't care less about car racing, but it speaks volumes that the NASCAR-affiliated ESPN scarcely mentioned the mutha of all races.

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