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- 5 Beds
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Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionBeaver Creek 2
Listing Date11/26/18
Year Built2002
AreaBeaver Creek
Lot Size0.81 Acres (35,284 SqFt)
Parking3 Car Garage
Property Description
With views to the ski slopes, golf course and the surrounding landscape of Beaver Creek, this architecturally appealing home is complemented by a comfortable and functional floorplan. Custom designed and built as a family mountain retreat the residence is ideal for gatherings large and small. Enjoy easy access to skiing, golf, hiking, biking, and fishing from this 5-bedroom, 6-bathroom home. Features include: A grand entrance; master suite on the main level; en-suite bathrooms and large closets; expansive kitchen with breakfast nook; pantry; formal dining area; entertainment / family room; bar; office; three gas fire places and an outdoor fire pit; outdoor spa; south facing deck; three car garage; ample storage.
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- Golf Course
- Mountains
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- Valley
- Cross Country Trails
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- Hiking/Pedestrian Trail
- Pets
- Shuttle Service
- Tennis Courts
- Cable Available
- Deck
- Fireplace - Gas
- Hot Tub / Spa
- Jetted Bathtub
- Multi-Level
- Patio
- Satellite Dish
- Steam
- Vaulted Ceilings
- Wired for Cable
- Club Membership Avai
- Shuttle Service
- Tennis
- Cable TV
- District Sewer
- District Water
- Electricity Avail.
- Natural Gas Avail.
- Phone Available
- Trash Pickup
- Baseboard
- Natural Gas
- Radiant
- Ceiling Fan
- Dryer - Gas
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About Beaver Creek
Nothing defines "first-class resort" as perfectly as Beaver Creek, with its immaculately groomed slopes, charming village, heated pathways, escalators and some of the best skiing and snowboarding Colorado has to offer. This family-friendly village is just a couple of minutes up the hill from the conveniences found in Avon, but it offers a world-class resort living experience that feels worlds away. The 18-hole premier golf course has some of the most picturesque holes in the valley, while wintertime skiing offers guests a unique village-to-village experience connecting Beaver Creek to Bachelor Gulch and Arrowhead. The Vilar Performing Arts Center attracts big-name acts throughout the winter and summer months, offering a performance schedule so diverse that it rivals what you'd find in large cities. The Resort's slogan, "Not exactly roughing it," captures its elegance and luxury perfectly. Real estate includes condominiums near and around the Village's core, where European architectural influences transport residents and guests abroad. Impressive ski-in/ski-out homes scattered around Beaver Creek's base areas, as well as golf course properties below the village core, round out this gated community that's quaint in size but massive in its beauty, luxury, privacy and charm. Beaver Creek Resort is consistently ranked among the best ski areas in North America. Known for its impeccable service, pristine grooming, steep-and-deep runs, and the Vail Valley's home to World Cup alpine skiing with the annual Birds of Prey men's ski races, Beaver Creek offers a skiing and snowboarding experience that's hard to match anywhere in the country. When bakers serve warm chocolate chip cookies every day at the base of the mountain to boot, who could complain?
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I have a program that prompts the user for an entry and they could potentially enter in a lot of things, but I want to catch the dollar signs and convert them to "" in terms of strings. I've tried using the replace method on my string like:
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Last November at the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA), I was asked to sit on a panel that grew out of my essay, "Will This Generation's Magic Johnson Please Stand Up?" The goal was to have an in-depth conversation about how to get straight African-American men involved in HIV activism, prevention and testing.
To some extent, I knew that a conversation about sexuality, masculinity, gender inequality and HIV in black America would usher in a heated conversation. But given that the purpose of the town hall meeting was to come up with strategies on reaching heterosexual black men, I thought it would be somewhat tempered. I was wrong: While ideas and strategies were discussed, the undertone of the conversation reeked of divisive homophobia and anti-feminist buffoonery.
One man (who was gay) insinuated that gay men were not "real" or "strong," therefore we needed straight men to be the leaders. A woman stood up and stated that she didn't want her husband and son getting HIV information from a gay man. There were serious complaints about why so much money and focus are going to gay and bisexual men and not "black people" -- as though black men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender folks aren't black people too. And when I stated to the crowd that as a community we need to confront our own homophobia and correct it if we plan on getting more straight black men involved in this fight, a woman loudly asked, "Why? What does that have to do with us?"
The most outlandish statement occurred when an older woman from South Carolina insinuated that black female leaders, who have carved out places for themselves in this movement because their lives depended on it, were hogging the movement and were the very reason why heterosexual black men are not leading and participating in HIV work. She said, "Now is the not the time for feminism, ladies."
What's incredibly sad is these people spewing this ignorance were not random people from off the street who had very little knowledge or experience with HIV. Instead, they were well-known leaders who have worked in HIV for years, even decades.
I wish I could say that this was a fluke encounter, an anomaly of sorts. But in the past six years that I have been writing about HIV, I have had countless run-ins with leaders who share these same beliefs.
Just last year, a high-ranking, African-American member of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and I gave an HIV talk to a room of teens of color. During her talk, she said that numerous studies show that black and Latino men are more likely to be bisexual than men of other races and more likely to hide their sexuality from their partners, thus fueling HIV rates among young women and girls of color.
"I'm not making this up, the studies are out there," she declared.
Now, I have never seen -- or even heard about -- these studies. (Most likely because they don't really exist.) Lying to impressionable children is completely reprehensible, of course. But what's truly terrifying is that this person and her problematic politics continue to shape how New York City responds to its own HIV epidemic.
Whether you want to admit it or not, it's not just our country as a whole that is engulfed in a bitter culture war -- so is our black HIV leadership. And just like in American politics, the conservatives in the black HIV movement seem to be the ones with the loudest bark, and the ones who are shaping the conversation.
What's incredibly ironic is that there is absolutely nothing conservative about this disease. HIV is about fluids, raw vaginal and anal sex, intravenous (IV) drug use, needles, systematic oppression and sexuality -- stuff that makes many people uncomfortable. And yet those very people who are uncomfortable with these issues are the ones leading powerful HIV organizations in our communities.
How productive is it to run programs for black women and tell them that HIV rates are so high because of men on the down low, when studies show that it isn't the case? Or if you work helping black women gain economic and physical autonomy, but then you go around saying that feminism is for white people and has no place in our lives? Or you have serious issues with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community; meanwhile your organization is a place where members of that community access their HIV care?
It's as productive as having Michele Bachmann run Planned Parenthood.
We can continue to sit in denial and put whatever optimistic spin we want on our current situation, but the reality is that we are 30 years into this epidemic and black folks are the ones who are losing. Yes, losing.
There are many things beyond our control that are to blame for why we account for only 14 percent of the U.S. population, but nearly 50 percent of new HIV diagnoses each year. But we can control the decision of who leads us -- and right now, the conservative, narrow-minded leadership and ideologies are not helping alleviate this crisis. They may increase testing and link people to care, which is very important, but when they also foster an environment filled with hate and ignorance, then they are not really helping in the long run.
Don't get me wrong. I know that there are black leaders who are doing amazing, transformative work. There are men and women who understand the interconnections of race, class, gender and sexuality, and who apply it to their research, prevention work and advocacy. Thank goodness for these people, who have adopted a "by any means necessary" approach to their activism and who in the end just really "get it." But sometimes it feels like these progressive advocates are the exception, not the rule, in terms of black HIV leadership. In public spaces, those voices seem to be muted, sometimes by their doing.
During that town hall meeting at USCA, the progressive leaders and advocates I saw in the audience were extremely quiet in the face of so much ignorance. As I sat there on the panel, I felt like I was left to fend for myself. I don't know why that was the case. Do they come across this type of ignorance more often than I do, and have come to believe that speaking out is not really worth it? Do they have to work with some of these more conservative leaders in other spaces, and don't want to rock the boat? Do they feel like their own work has nothing to do with what these random leaders say, so why should they even waste time correcting people?
Whatever the case may have been, silence is just as much of a problem as intolerant rhetoric. Now is not the time for us to keep our mouths closed -- too many lives are dependent on our ability to speak out and up.
In the end, when I think about the future of this epidemic 30 years from now, it scares the hell out of me. Who is molding the next generation of black HIV leaders? If it's progressive thinkers, then I can be somewhat hopeful. But if it's mostly the vocal, intolerant people who attended the town hall at USCA, then we are in for an extremely bumpy and dangerous ride.
Follow Kellee on Twitter: @kelleent.
EDITOR'S NOTE 1/7: Since we first published this article, the fourth paragraph was edited by the author to clarify her interpretation of the statement made by the older woman from South Carolina who spoke about the role of heterosexual black men in HIV-fighting efforts in the U.S.


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I just wanted to tell you both, "Good luck. We're all counting on you."
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clumsy_bella wrote:I actually was coming here to post that! It's the funniest twilight related thing I've seen. I cracked up with the whole Hershey bar thing and when he broke the relish jar. And the ending was the bestCastMeNotAway wrote: And, if you're in the mood for something funny, here's a HYSTERICAL parody of the Twilight Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dompotjTeIA
OMFG! That was the funniest Twilight vid I have seen! I am in tears right now from laughing to hard. I especially like the ending of it because that was too funny..The candy bar thing was hilarious too. Those are the kind of people man that I want to be my friends. They are too funny!


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A list of book releases compiled by Dr. Dobb's to keep you up-to-date on software development tools and techniques.
The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A: Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1
By Donald E. Knuth
The book is "Volume 4A," because Volume 4 has itself become a multivolume undertaking. This book alone includes approximately 1500 exercises, with answers for self-study, plus hundreds of useful facts that cannot be found in any other publication. Knuth's multivolume analysis of algorithms is widely recognized as the definitive description of classical computer science. The first three volumes of this work have long comprised a unique and invaluable resource in programming theory and practice.
Objective-C Phrasebook
By David Chisnall
This handy tome, designed as a portable pocket guide, gives you the code phrases you need to quickly and effectively complete your programming projects with Objective-C, on systems including iOS and Mac OS X. It features more than 100 customizable Objective-C code snippets.
SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action
By Phil Wicklund
This book is a hands-on guide for workflow application development in SharePoint, with introductions to building and integrating workflows using SharePoint Designer, Visio, InfoPath, and Office. Developers will learn to build custom processes and use external data sources. They will learn about state machine workflows, ASP.NET forms, event handlers, and much more. The matierial requires no previous experience with workflow application development.


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The most snow we've had yet this winter
We had a small snow last night. A thin layer of ice lay under the snow in some areas, and the roads were quite slick. Classes in the public schools were cancelled.
Isaac got up and drove to town for his classes at the Community College, and to his surprise (mine, too!), classes there were cancelled also. Freezing rain and more snow is predicted for tonight, so I imagine he will be checking his college e-mail for cancellations before he heads out tomorrow.
Currently, it's raining and the temperature is 33°. In the wee hours of the morning, it's expected that temps will drop below freezing and then we'll get the frozen precipitation that they're predicting.


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We had Priest, Rogue, and Crusader on the roster; pretty much poster boys for Trillings. I'd have been very surprised if any other race (other than cosmetic hoarder runs) was represented this round. Also keep in mind that I nabbed hoarder on both my runs, so my race wasn't a big deal.
The biggest issue is that for someone who wants to keep their options open for the hoarder badge, Halfling, Gnome, and Goblin make a lot of sense. They lose nothing by leaving their conversions till the last minute, and thus you can make your decision at the very end as to whether you can actually attain that badge or not. This is in contrast to humans, elves, dwarves, and especially orcs that need to make that call right away or else lose out on their primary racial benefit. So halflings have a pretty big meta-game advantage here, and I'd be hesitant to jump on them.


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Astounding Honolulu
Weird, strange and intriguing things you didn't know about our Islands.
(page 1 of 7)
HONOLULU Magazine editors seem to love to put me to the test. Go out and find the zaniest collectors in Honolulu, they said. And I did. Do a piece on the funniest people in Hawaii, living and dead. Are you kidding? How far back do you want me to go? King Kamehameha's court jester? I feel like Dano when Steve McGarrett would say, "Dano, go count every noodle in Chinatown." And Dano would say, "Yes, Boss" and off he'd go. This time the editors outdid themselves. "Charley, go find out all the weirdest, unusual, salacious, secret, interesting things in Honolulu, like the heaviest person in the city." Heaviest person in Honolulu? I'm a former investigative reporter but that one stumped me.
How would you find out who the fattest person in Honolulu was? And even if you did, you'd put him in the magazine? That would make his day. I know who the heaviest organized crime hitman was in Honolulu. I met him once. He was Ronnie Ching. He weighed about 400 pounds. Pleaded guilty to killing four people, including a state senator and the son of the city prosecutor. He's dead now but when I met him he seemed to be a nice guy. I mean, he wouldn't kill you. Unless he was paid to.
So like Dano, I hit the streets, books, Internet, everyone in my Rolodex and occasionally strangers on the street to create a sort of Ripley's Believe It Or Not of Honolulu. A project of this scope is necessarily subjective, elective, derivative and certainly not definitive. Trade-offs have to be made. The editors wanted to know how much concrete went into the H-3 freeway. It took 30 years to build that blasted freeway. Was someone counting the bags of concrete? I know why sometimes Dano sobbed in the corner of his office. I did find out that the H-3 freeway was the most expensive freeway on a per mile basis ever built in the United States: $80 million per mile. As far as how much concrete was used, like projecting the national deficit, just about any number will do. Let's say 400 billion pounds of concrete went into the H-3 Freeway. That sounds about right to me.
But there were a lot of questions that I found myself wanting answered. Like, who was the first idiot, I mean person, to jump off the Makapuu cliffs with a kite? Who would jump off a perfectly good cliff? But someone had to be first. Someone had to be going though Waimanalo, see the 1,500-foot high deadly, jagged cliff and say, "You know, I think I'll jump off that bugger. With a kite." And I not only found out who that person was but found a photo from the first jump.
So what follows are the fruits, nuts, bolts of my labor. Some items are amazing, some are sexy, some are just interesting. And some are, frankly, silly. But I think Dano would be proud.
[For a more detailed look at Memminger's sources, please look here.]
John Walbert jumped off a cliff with a kite.
It happened in 1973. Walbert made the leap of aero-dynamic faith off a cliff near Makapuu with a "water-ski" type of kite from Australia called a Rogallo Wing. Unlike hang gliders today, he didn't hang around in the air, surfing the wind currents. He was more interested in landing than flying. So he waited for a day without wind so the kite would deliver him safely to ground in a steady glide slope. And it worked. Pretty soon all kinds of crazy people were jumping off cliffs near Makapuu with kites. The first person to actually hang glide in Honolulu was Bob Wills in 1972 above Hanauma Bay. He just climbed a hill above the bay, held the kite up and the wind swooped him up to the famous snorkeling beach where he landed, presumably to the shock of beachgoers.
How many hookers are in Honolulu?
Photo: istock
A lot. And despite tough economic times, prostitution is recession-proof. Honolulu police arrest about 500 hookers a year. But it's estimated that for every one hooker on the street, there are 10 more either working out of "massage" parlors or "escort" services or freelancing on the Internet. And they aren't shy. HBO did a documentary special called Downtown Girls: The Hookers of Honolulu which featured four of downtown's busiest transvestite hookers: Barbie-Q, Juici, Saellah V. and Delicious. For the record, Honolulu's best known hooker and madam was Jean O'Hara, who ran a legal brothel on Hotel Street before and during World War II. She was thrown in jail, not for prostitution, but for trying to buy a house in Mānoa. Prostitutes weren't allowed to own property.
Which well-known hill in Honolulu is actually hollow?
Red Hill. True story: In 1940, the military began a huge project to build giant fuel storage tanks inside Red Hill. The work continued after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Today there are 20 enormous fuel tanks, hollowed out of volcanic rock and sheathed in steel, 100 feet in diameter and 250 feet high. The facility can store more than 250 million gallons of fuel used by Navy fleets around the world. The facility was top secret for many years but now it's on Wikipedia, so, well, there you go.
Road Rage:
The most dangerous roadway in Honolulu is one of the most seemingly benign byways in the city: the lovely, tree-lined Kapiolani Boulevard. A Honolulu Advertiser study showed more serious accidents happened in a half-mile stretch of Kapiolani Blvd. between Keeaumoku Street and Kalakaua Ave. than anywhere else. A study by State Farm Insurance found that the most dangerous intersection in Honolulu was at King and Punahou Streets. So, if you want to get from Downtown to the University of Hawaii, go by way of Haleiwa.


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Creating a Buzz Pre-LaunchBlog Post: October 11, 2011
Launching an official blog (www.site.com/blog), 2 or 3 months before the actual site (www.site.com) launch.
If the blog has good and unique content that is highly relevant to the site, it will help in creating a buzz among its audience that are the potential customers.
I am just a bit concerned about the SEO aspect. Will it be a good practice in view if SEO.
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…And lemme tell you, there's a reason the first, return episode after a cast and attitude change had the worst ratings of its run.
The good:
- Dialog is still funny, fluffy, and cute
- Dana Delany does almost as good a Gibbs as Mark Harmon
The bad:
- Everything else
What? "Everything?" Really? Is that actually what I mean? Well, let's put it this way: Stars Dana and Whatshername Who Was 6 of 9 or 7 of 9 on ST:Voyager, whatever, are still the only people on the show who can, ahem, act. And that the show succumbing to the current Serial Killer Fever craze, where all the baddies have to be mass murderers because the idiots in charge don't think we'll care about nabbing jerks who just bump off one or two poor souls, actually made me gag. C'mon, ABC, let the writers give us something we can't see done better elsewhere – everywhere. Please?
munchman's advice:
- The U.S. audience pretty much has refused to watch this turd, for which I commend my fellow Americans and say with total conviction, "Keep it up. Keep it up. If we ignore it real hard maybe it'll be replaced by…oh crap, the replacement will probably be yet another serial killer of the week show, won't it? Crap. We're doomed.


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Tohoku Pacific Coast Earthquake (Report No.14)
This is a report on the status of restoration work as of 12:00AM, April 08. 1. Status of restoration work at ROHM The following is the status at ROHM Group production locations.
OKI Semiconductor Miyagi Co., Ltd.
|1 Okinohira, Ohira Village, Kurokawa County, Miyagi 981-3603
|Restoration of operations
|On the evening of April 7, a power outage caused by an aftershock occurred. There was no other damage from the aftershock. The schedule for recommencement of operations will be announced as soon as it has been determined.
ROHM Tsukuba Co., Ltd.
|10 Kitahara, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 300-3293
|Transistors, diodes
|Restoration of operations
|Operations recommenced (March 31, 2011). No effects of aftershock of April 7 have been felt, and operations continue as usual.
2. Effects of Scheduled Power Outages in East Japan
The following ROHM Group locations are subject to scheduled electric power outages in the East Japan region as of today.
- Production OKI Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Hachioji City, Tokyo)
- Development ROHM Yokohama Technology Center (Kohoku-ku, Yokohama)
- Sales Yokohama Business Center (Kohoku-ku, Yokohama) West Tokyo Business Center (Hachioji City, Tokyo) Takasaki Sales Branch (Takasaki City, Gunma)
Service problems in the transportation network have hampered the commuting schedules of some employees, however, operations are continuing at all locations as much as possible with necessary adjustments.
Not affected by scheduled power outages of the Tohoku Electric Power Company.


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You're 29 years old. You've been in a solid job for a couple of years and your partner has a good job, too, giving you a gross household income of $125,000 a year.
The housing market has recovered after the dip caused by tougher lending rules and prices continue to rise, so it might be time to act and leave renting behind. Interest rates are holding steady at still-low rates. And your parents are ready to gift you a healthy down payment.
Now it's time to determine how much you can afford. Online mortgage calculators, of which there are many, will provide a rough idea. And this is where many people start. You could click on RBC Royal Bank's calculator and punch in the numbers, which include your income and debt information. Other sites may ask for slightly different numbers, but the process is generally the same.
Your magic number for buying is $505,000. With a down payment of $75,000, a 25-year amortization and a five-year locked-in rate of 4%, your monthly mortgage payment will be $2,310.
While this may seem doable, mortgage professionals highly recommend more work be done before heading out to find that dream home. And they caution against jumping right to the maximum mortgage potential.
"We don't want to put someone into a house just because it's their maximum," says Jennifer Bissonnette, a mortgage specialist at RBC. "You want to leave some wiggle room. You don't want to live just to pay your mortgage."
Online calculators are good tools, but they aren't always realistic, agrees Laura Parsons, a financial expert at BMO Bank of Montreal. "It's good to go there and have an idea. But there are many other components to consider."
A chat with a mortgage professional will help put things in perspective. You might be asked about your plans to start a family, how much you are contributing to your RRSP, what your career goals are, how old your cars are.
This conversation will get you thinking about whether you really want to borrow $439,000, which includes the mortgage principal and mortgage default insurance. You should also consider the ramifications of rates rising in the future.
"Maxing out your borrowing is not always where you want to be," Ms. Parsons says. "You can't see into the future, but you have to have some idea of what to prepare for."
There will be property taxes, homeowner's insurance, utilities and regular maintenance. There may be emergencies, such as a leaking roof, a broken furnace or a flooded basement. There could be landscaping, snow removal costs or condo fees. All this needs to be rolled into the budgeting process. "You may have to buy a lawnmower," Ms. Parsons says with a laugh. "A lot of people don't think about these things."
Mary Stergiadis, principal for Ontario business development at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., explains some guidelines for determining a target home price.
There's total shelter costs, which include month-ly payments for principal and interest, taxes, heating and half of a condo fee, if there is one. (According to industry standards, half of the fee is seen to represent true shelter costs, while the other half includes things like condo maintenance.) This total is divided by monthly gross household income. As a general rule, the total monthly housing costs should be no more than 35% of gross household monthly income.
Then there is the total debt-servicing-ratio calculation, which adds other monthly debt payments to shelter costs. This total is divided by gross monthly income. Again, as a general rule, servicing these costs should be no more than 42% of gross household income.
CMHC has a suite of online calculators to help homebuyers crunch the numbers. "If they are over the ratios that are allowable within the industry, they would have to look at lowering the mortgage," Ms. Stergiadis says.
At this point, you might think a less expensive property might be more reasonable. But it sometimes happens, though less often, that people find they qualify to borrow more than they expected. Once a target price has been established, it's time to apply for a pre-approved mortgage.
A pre-approval will help you refine the process and know exactly what you have to work with when you find the right place and are ready to make an offer. A pre-approval entails a credit check and information such as the rate being offered (usually locked in for 120 days), as well prepayment options. Ask for details about such closing costs as land transfer taxes and legal fees.
A word of caution: A preapproval is not a final approval, so make sure you know what the condi-tions of getting final approval are and that you can meet them. If you go out and lease a new Mercedes before closing, you could end up with a nasty surprise about your ability to qualify. And don't forget to save a little for that new lawn mower.


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I have a pet project I am working on and am looking for some sort of overlay file of the Chinese railroad system to use with precision mapping, now that it apparently supports data outside the US.
Does anyone know of a public source where I can get this data?
Thank you.


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11" Omertà Stiletto La Cosa Nostra Nickel Silver Swivel Bolster Agate Wood Bayonet Stiletto Switchblade Knife by Rubens Blades
Custom USA Made by Rubens Blades
The Only Automatic Stiletto Switchblade Knife For The American Wiseguy In You.
Omertà is a Code of Honor that is rooted in the Code of Silence.
Non-cooperation with authorities, and non-interference in the illegal and legal actions of others.
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Blade Is Stamped: LA COSA NOSTRA
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Agate Wood Handle Scales
Push Button Release with Sliding Lock
Omertà Stilettos Are The Only True Sicilian Made Stiletto Knives Built In America.
Each Piece Is Hand Crafted & Hand Assembled by Rubens Blades in the USA.
Hand Made Works of Art From An Italian-American Artisan
The Stiletto is a blade style first developed in Italy and dates from the late 1400s.
It is thought to be a development of the rondel dagger or misericordia, a needle-pointed weapon with a narrow blade designed primarily for thrusting, though possessing cutting edges.
The Italian word "stiletto" comes from the Latin stilus, the thin pointed Roman writing instrument used to engrave wax or clay tablets in ancient times.
The stiletto began to gain fame during the late Middle Ages, when it was the secondary weapon of knights.
Originally designed as a purely offensive weapon, the stiletto was used to finish off a fallen or severely wounded heavily armored opponent.
The needle-like blade could easily penetrate most mail or find its way through gaps in a knight's plate armor, and was narrow enough to pass through the eye slits of the helmeted knight.
A severely wounded opponent, who was not expected to survive, would be given a "mercy strike".
The Italian stiletto, originally a purely offensive weapon used to kill an unsuspecting or wounded adversary, was later embraced throughout Italy as a fighting knife for close combat confrontations.
The popularity of the stiletto in the Kingdom of Sicily resulted in the development of the scherma di stiletto siciliano (Sicilian school of stiletto fighting).
The stiletto was purely a thrusting or stabbing weapon, and the scherma di stiletto siciliano accordingly taught fighting movements designed to avoid the tip of the opponent's blade (scanso).
Techniques characteristic of the scherma di stiletto siciliano include sbasso (bending to ground), in quarto tagliata (tacking to left or right), and the balzo (leap to evade the enemy's blade).
A person skilled in the use of a stiletto would thrust the knife deep into the victim, then twist the blade sharply in various directions before retracting it, causing the sharp point to inflict severe internal damage not readily apparent when examining the entrance wound.
During the 1950s, large numbers of folding switchblade or automatic opening knives with locking blades were imported from Italy to the United States.
These Italian switchblades were commonly and popularly referred to as stilettos, since most incorporated a long, slender blade tapering to a needle-like point, together with a slim-profile handle and vestigial cross-guard.
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As with the medieval stiletto, the stiletto switchblade was designed primarily as an offensive weapon, optimized for thrusting rather than cutting.
Most of these knives were designed with a locking device which locked the blade in the open position, and this lock, combined with the stiletto blade profile, enabled the knife to be used as an effective thrusting or stabbing weapon (unlike most U.S. switchblade designs of the day).
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1. Does anybody think Aus selectors have not selected 2nd best pace attack in 'A' squad to not give SAFers any good practice vs pace bowling in a match situation. I mean this 'A' attack is really Aus's 3rd string pace attack at the moment. Its not completely same but I found similarity in this and Indian selectors not picking any spinner in their 'A' squad vs England next week to deprive them good spin practice !! If true, its pretty damn sure they will not be playing Lyon on Gabba pitch, instead going with 4 genuine pacers with Watson! Remember none of SAF players have played any FC cricket since August !!!
2. I also think Aus should play Starc. Smith never likes left handers especially with quality of Starc. Its very well documented how SA have always struggled when Smith doesn't give them a good start. One of the reasons why India have done reasonably well vs SA in last 4-5 years is because Zaheer has taken out Smith very early. It was Smith's back to back Man of the Series performances in 2008-09 season that was critical for SA winning in England and Australia for 1st time in their history. Even this year in Eng, Smith gave SA advantage every time comparing to how badly Eng openers were. I remember Arthur also suggesting this during 2011 SA-Aus series (when he was still coach of WA) to target Smith as when he does well, SA generally wins. If that is to be any hint, I see Starc playing in atleast 2 of 3 test matches.
3. Does anybody see a young batsman making debut during this whole Aussie summer?Any young batsman catching the eye in shield cricket this year? Warner,Cowan,Watson,Ponting, Clarke, Hussey, Wade/Haddin, Pattinson, Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Starc/Lyon/Cummins looks pretty settled for the whole summer unless one of the batsman has real poor season ala Shaun Marsh last year.


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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. – Buoyed by the return of All-ACC forward Natasha Howard and a five-member senior class, the Florida State women's basketball team begins the 2012-13 season on Sunday at 2 p.m. when it welcomes Samford to the Donald L. Tucker Center.
The Bulldogs have been to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and lost to the Seminoles, 76-46, in the first round of the 2011 "Big Dance" in Auburn, Ala. Samford (20-13 last season) returns two starters from last season's Southern Conference Tournament champions.
"Every game is so critical with 18 conference games now," Florida State head coach Sue Semrau said. "These nonconference games are even more vital. Samford is an NCAA Tournament team year-in and year-out. They do an exceptional job with the athletes they have. They're going to pose a test for us, and we're going to have to be ready."
Howard, a 6-3 junior forward from Toledo, Ohio, is always ready. She led the ACC with 12 double-doubles in 2011-12 and averaged a league-best 9.4 rpg in 16 conference-only games. Howard also averaged 12.2 ppg, 1.3 bpg and 1.5 spg en route to capturing ACC All-Defensive Team and All-ACC Third Team honors. She was a preseason All-ACC pick by both the coaches and the media in October and nabbed mention as one of 30 players on the preseason Wooden Award Watch List on Friday.
Despite the individual success of Howard, the Seminoles' streak of seven consecutive NCAA appearances was snapped last season, as FSU finished 14-17. Florida State was plagued by inconsistent point guard play for much of last season, but appears to have that remedied with the additions of junior college transfer Yashira "Cheetah" Delgado and senior Morgan Toles, who appeared in four games last season following a transfer from Auburn.
"We've been waiting on this season to start for awhile," Semrau said. "We have a sour taste in our mouth from last year. This team is ready to attack the season head on."
The Noles lose only one starter from last year's squad – All-ACC center Cierra Bravard, but return seniors Leonor Rodriguez, Alexa Deluzio and Chasity Clayton in addition to Howard. All four players started at least 26 games in 2011-12 and can play multiple positions giving Semrau one of the most versatile lineups of her 16-year tenure with the Garnet and Gold.
Rodriguez led the Seminoles in assists (2.7 apg) and three-point shooting (38 percent) a year ago, while Deluzio set a single-season FSU record for free throw shooting (84 percent) and missed just three foul shots during 16 conference games. She is one of the ACC's best pure shooters and averaged 13.2 ppg last season – fifth-best among returners in the league. Clayton contributed 8.9 ppg and 5.7 rpg, while senior Chelsea Davis tallied 9.2 ppg off the bench.
The Seminoles are a perfect 15-0 in season openers under Semrau and have won 18 straight season openers overall. Semrau is also 10-2 all-time against current Southern Conference squads.
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Dammit. I intended to space these out, but life got in the way.
I did get to post the Evolutionary Biology Valentine (and its additional verses), but that was it.
Now, all I can do (since it's already Valentines Day in parts of the world) is a data dump. I suspect, though, that you will detect a pattern. (spoiler: the pattern says I am not a reductionist!)
Sonnet 116.1 (a Shakespeare parody, opposing reductionism)
A Reproductive Message (a song, based on an evolutionary psychology paper. Context at the link.)
What do women want? (A valentine) Despite the title, this is far less valentine and far more a comment on a particular article. Again, context at the link.)
Heart In A Jar. Remember when they made a heart (in a jar) out of stem cells and the cellular equivalent of duct tape? I do. These verses took that achievement and used it as a springboard. I don't recommend these as real valentines, but if you have a special someone these really work for… consider yourself incredibly fortunate.
There may be a few more here and there, but those are all I can recall.
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sorry about the stupid subject but I didnt know what else to use.
In my program I would like the input to be validated as a legitatime number and if its not then I want to see an error and ask to reinput the number.
Code:Example: Enter number 1: 4 Integer Valid. Enter number 2: 5f Invalid Integer. Please try again. Enter nuber 2: -8.8 Integer Valid.
So I really have 2 questions:
1) How can I get a loop to move back up to ask the question again (I hope that makes sense)
2) Can someone help me with the validation. It already accepts negative and decimals but I dont know how to get it to post an error if its invalid.
I know its not much, but here is what I have so far.
Code:double Array[25]; for(int counter = 0; counter < maxnum ; counter++){ cout << "\nEnter number " <<(counter+1) << "\n"; cin >> Array[counter]; cout << "\n";


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Drinks and Pupu in Hawaii
Pupu on the Rocks: You can't always judge a great drinks and pupu place from the outside.
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Years ago, when the original Side Street Inn had not yet become a legend, you might have taken a look at the place from the outside, and said, Uh, no, let's go someplace else.
You would have missed the pork chops and fried rice.
I've been thinking about how drinks and pupu are a kind of local art form. Sure, there are bars and bar food all over America. In Anytown, U.S.A., you can probably find all the fried calamari or Buffalo wings you want. But only in Hawaii would you hear, "It's a great bar. Make sure to have the pork chops."
Hawaii takes getting together with friends, having a few drinks and eating pupu seriously. We don't just drink, we want large platters of something local style, delicious and not too expensive.
Places like that—like the original Side Street—are often places you'd hesitate to go if you didn't know about them.
Home Bar & Grill
1683 Kalakaua Ave., (808) 942-2235, Daily 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., Valet (and some free) parking, major credit cards.
Such was the case for me with Home Bar & Grill.
Upon opening early this year, Home Bar & Grill exploded into the Twitterverse and Blogosphere. Instantly famous. I wondered why.
Home's uninviting, squat, gray exterior screamed Dive Bar. Not much parking in the patchy asphalt lot, either.
Of course, my first glimpse of the original Side Street Inn was hardly heartening. I went inside only because Alan Wong insisted the food was good.
Soon, people started messaging me with pictures of Home's Nacho Tater Tots. Really? I thought. A place whose signature item is Tater Tots glopped with stadium-style cheese? This is making people happy?
Finally, I gave in and met some younger friends there. Almost didn't make it: No place to park. More or less by accident, I navigated to the back entrance on Kalauokalani Way, where mercifully there's valet parking.
Inside, not exactly the bar at Morimoto's. Larger than it looks on the exterior. Lots of black vinyl booths and beer signs. Lots of young guys in cargo shorts, T-shirts and baseball caps. Also groups of women, mostly coworkers out for pau hana, I'm guessing.
Not a dive, definitely not a dive, too comfortable and friendly. It wasn't upscale, but it was, well, sort of homey. The young waitresses in Home T-shirts seemed eager to take your order.
I decided to get it over with quickly: Nacho Tater Tots. "Don't worry," said my friends. "We already ordered them."


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I'm finding there is not enough time for me to do everything I love to do.
|Joy & Brian on the Kentucky River
Thank you for understanding! I truly LOVE doing this!
So check back this Friday for information on how the National Cemetery system came about.
Now, let's go enjoy the summer and all of those cemeteries just waiting to be explored!!
Till Friday!
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Arrested for Pamphlets
The feds are seeking to jail 78‐year old Julian Heicklen for distributing pamphlets. Heicklen knows that jurors are supposed to be able to vote their conscience in criminal cases — so he distributes pamphlets on that subject near the federal courthouse. The feds are evidently worried about the contents of those pamphlets and assert that Heicklen's conduct amounts to "jury tampering." But if Heicklen just gave the pamphlets to anyone and everyone, as he claims, without attempting to sway the outcome of any particular case, his conduct is free speech, plain and simple. Heicklen should get a jury trial to fight the free speech violation — since our Constitution says, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury," but prosecutors are going to invoke wrongheaded precedents that say this case can be tried before a judge, not a jury. Oh, and the police arrested another guy for simply videotaping Heicklen's arrest. No pamphlets, no photography, no jury trial.
Cato co‐published a book in defense of jury nullification in 1998. More here and here. (I am betting that books, blog posts, and law review articles are still legal should this post reach readers in New York City, but we'll see about that.)


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The main objective of this paper is to investigate and identify the main determinants of successful knowledge management (KM) programs. We draw upon the institutional theory and the theory of technology assimilation to develop an integrative model of KM success that clarifies the role of information technology (IT) in relation to other important KM infrastructural capabilities and to KM process capabilities. We argue that the role of IT cannot be studied in isolation and that the effect of IT on KM success is fully mediated by KM process capabilities. The research model is tested with a survey study involving 191 KM practitioners. The empirical results provided strong support for the model. In addition to its theoretical contributions, this study also presents important practical implications through the identification of specific infrastructural capabilities leading to KM success.
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Seth Dillingham is currently raising money for the Pan-Mass Challenge, a charity bike race for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, by auctioning off Mac software bundles donated by generous developers. He is looking to raise at least $10,000 and has taken donations from an impressive list of developers who have given him an even more impressive list of applications. Included are such big names as BBEdit, Yojimbo, Adobe Flash CS3 Professional, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Voodoo Pad, 1Passwd, Pukka, Hazel, MacGourmet, IconBuilder, Rapid Weaver, OmniFocus, and many, many, more. Currently there are a total of 133 auctions and 1,182 licenses.
If you are interested in donating toward the cause and scoring some great Mac software in the meantime, there are two means by which you can do so. The first is a number of eBay auctions with the software burned to CDs, including the licensing information. The second way is a bit different, and involves naming your own price for the software. If you go to the web site (it loads quite slowly, so be patient), you can build your own bundle consisting of only the software you want. In turn, it will show you the retail value of your bundle and ask you to make an offer. There are no minimums for bids, but yours can be turned down. Basically, you haggle with Seth over the price of the bundle and he haggles with you back. I'm sure that you can get some great deals, but this is for charity, so don't be stingy.
Remember that there aren't unlimited copies of each piece of software; most developers have donated around five copies, so if you want something in particular, you need to send an offer sooner rather than later. After you agree on a price, you simply donate to the PMC in his name and then e-mail Seth your receipt. He will then e-mail you a link for all of your software and register it in your name.


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Sinusitis is one of the most common diseases occurring in the United States with nearly 36 million cases diagnosed every year. Originally established in 1979 by W. Paul Biggers, MD, and Libby Drake, RN, the Division of Rhinology, Allergy, and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery provides a complete range of services for management of sinus and allergy conditions. These services include the latest in medicine, immunotherapy, and surgery.
Robin Gunter, RN, and Gina Stoffel, RN, provide full allergy service to over 300 patients a month. With the use of the multi-test 11 screen, the allergy nurses have been able to test younger children. The opening of the Carolina Pointe satellite clinic has brought unparalled convenience, offering free parking at the front door. The allergy nurses and ENT physicians are an integral part of educating new residents about the importance of allergy treatment in the ENT practice.
The Division is managed by Brent A. Senior, MD, with other members including Adam Zanation, MD, Harold C. Pillsbury, MD, Brett E. Dorfman, MD (WakeMed), and Michael O. Ferguson, MD (WakeMed). Carlos Ebert, MD is the newest member of the team, having trained in Otolaryngology at the University of North Carolina followed by a fellowship in Rhinology at the Georgia Nasal and Sinus Institute. Together, they perform a full range of minimally invasive surgery for management of diseases of the nose and paranasal sinuses, including Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS), a minimally invasive technique used to restore sinus ventilation and normal function in the setting of chronic infection. Recent advances in these minimally invasive techniques developed by UNC surgeons now allow for performance of minimally invasive surgery for many tumors of the nose and sinuses and, in some cases, those of the orbit and even of the brain. Recent technological acquisitions, including the latest in powered instrumentation and computer image guidance, aid in these techniques and provide significant advantages over traditional approaches. In addition, the division was among the first in the world to obtain and utilize intraoperative CT imaging for real-time surgical use.
As a result of the Division of Rhinology, Allergy, and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery's leadership in the realm of nasal and sinus disease, UNC Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery was named the first recipient of a "National Center of ENT Excellence" Award in 2004 by BrainLAB, AG, of Munich, Germany, one of the world's leading image guidance technology companies.
A major activity of the Division is co-sponsorship of educational programs in rhinology and sinus surgery. The Division co-sponsors the Southern States Rhinology Course held each spring on Kiawah Island, South Carolina. Jointly sponsored by the Medical University of South Carolina, the Medical College of Georgia, Emory University, and the Georgia Nasal and Sinus Institute, the course attracted over 80 participants from around the world in addition to over 30 residents. The course provided an opportunity to participate in laboratory dissections while hearing renowned rhinologists over the course of this two-day meeting. The next course will take place April 8-10, 2010; more information on this annual course can be found at www.southernstatesrhinology.org.
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Fighting game BlazBlue is coming to the PS Vita under the temporary title BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II Plus. "Plus", because the PS Vita version gets added features.
According to the game's developer, the game will take advantage of the PS Vita's touch features, such as the touch screen and touch pad. It will also have the online play.
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Gaming company Electronic Arts has come out with something totally new -- a free music and photo social networking app called Vue.
No, it's not a social network focused game. It's simply a social network.
The question is -- why did a gaming company create a social networking app? It's not yet entirely clear. According to Venture Beat, it is a "low-budget exploratory project" started by EA Partners group.
The premise of Vue is to find songs on music services like Spotify and Rdio, pair them with personal photos, and then share the package with friends and relatives (see video below). Vue's Web page defines it as a place "where life meets music." It's available on the
EA is in the middle of a leadership transition after the company's CEO John Riccitiello resigned from his position at the company last month. "We have mutually agreed that this is the right time for a leadership transition," EA executive chairman Larry Probst said at the time of Riccitiello's resignation. It's unclear if Riccitiello had much to do with the creation of Vue.
CNET contacted EA for more information on Vue and we'll update the story when we hear back.


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Road crews are preparing for the possibility of a white Christmas.
A powerful storm system is expected to bring rain and snow to North Texas.
Rain on Christmas morning is expected to mix and eventually change to snow by the evening. Up to 1 inch of snow is possible for Dallas and Fort Worth on Christmas afternoon and evening.
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However, 1 inch to 3 inches of snow is possible toward Denton and McKinney and areas near the Red River.
The Texas Department of Transportation, which monitors more than 10,000 lane miles of roads in North Texas, will have crews keeping an eye on the weather and the ground temperature.
The agency will have roadrunners, crews that look for bad spots on the roads, out in the area. They will check on bridge railings and high points that freeze first to see if there are any sign of freezing or sticking, TxDOT spokeswoman Michelle Releford said.
Releford said the ground temperature will ultimately dictate if the expected rain or snow sticks to the ground.
If needed, about 400 crews are available for TxDOT's 16-county North Texas region. Fort Worth and Dallas each have 30 trucks ready to roll.
Some drivers say the idea of a white Christmas outweighs any worries about dangerous road conditions.
"I'm originally from Illinois, so [I'm] not scared of bad weather," said Ashley Ruiz, of Dallas. "A little dusting of snow isn't going to keep me away from friends and family on Christmas."
But other drivers will be on the lookout for ice.
Jerdal Whitaker said he learned how to drive on the ice while going to school in Lubbock but Dallas drivers aren't quite used to it yet.
"You definitely have to worry about everyone while you're driving, especially out here," he said. "We're not used to the weather that comes, especially when it's ugly, so you definitely have to drive slow."
Marlon Bible's car has big rims and low-profile tires. His LED wheels even light up, showing off every color of the spectrum. But they don't do well in ice or snow.
"I'm just hoping it's not ice. If it is, I'm going to be smart and keep it parked," he said.
The same system that is set to move into North Texas beginning Monday night dropped a significant snowfall on portions of California over the weekend.
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Last year South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius blew people's minds when he came in second in a 400-meter footrace in Rome...without feet. Pistorius is missing the lower part of both his legs, and ran on two carbon-fiber "Cheetah" leg prostheses. A lawsuit followed (of course), and Pistorius was banned from international racing. But Pistorius appealed, enlisting the help of human augmentation guru Hugh Herr of MIT to dissect the argument that his Cheetah's gave him an unfair advantage in the race. Last week the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the appeal giving Pistorius the right to compete in this summer's Olympics in Beijing.
It's a landmark decision, and as Herr says below it's the first step toward recognizing that technology is allowing people with disabilities to become world-class athletes. Herr's argument is a bit technical but fascinating and worth a read through in this interview if you've got the time. If not, here's the soundbite:
TR: What are the broader implications of the CAS ruling?
HH: Oscar will be given the opportunity to qualify for IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations)-sanctioned events. But broadly, it will be progress in the overall initiative to fully integrate people with disabilities in society. Some people in the world witness an extraordinary athlete that has artificial legs or arms . . . and they immediately think that cannot be so—disabled people cannot be this good at something. It never occurs to some people that Oscar may be a remarkable athlete. They think he has to be cheating.
There is so much to learn about how the human body works and, in addition, how the body is affected by a wearable device, like a shoe or prosthesis. The day that there is a prosthesis that outperforms an intact limb using any single metric—whether it is to jump high or to manipulate something—will indeed be a very exciting day.
Using awesome science to fight discrimination and wrong-headed public perceptions of what it means to be 'disabled' — nicely done, Dr. Herr.
Source: Technology Review
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One of the hottest trends in home improvement according to Miami Home Inspectors is remodeling with green or sustainability in mind. Going "green" means using building methods and environmentally friendly building materials that reduce your home's impact on the earth, while enhancing the health of your home for you and your family.
In a nutshell, remodeling your home to make it more green means reducing your home's impact on the environment (using less resources such as water and energy); using building products that are made from sustainable or renewable materials; enhancing the health of your home (improving indoor air quality, removing mold and rot); and using long-lasting, low maintenance building products that don't require paints and chemicals to maintain or won't end up in the landfill after only a few years of use.
"The important thing to keep in mind is that you don't have to do it all at once," says John Gardner, director of marketing for APEX Siding System, which makes sustainable siding and trim. "You can make your home greener over time, project by project, as your budget allows, to increase its efficiency and quality, while reducing your home's impact on our environment."
Here are some tips from Gardner on how to make your home more green
Go Green Today.
You can start going green today by replacing all of your old incandescent light bulbs with florescent or LED bulbs, or installing rain barrels under your gutters to capture rain water, which you can use to water your flower or vegetable garden, while reducing your water bill.-
Audit Your Home.
A home inspector trained in green building practices can help you identify what parts of your home are already green, how energy efficient your home is today, and what improvements you could make so your home runs more efficiently.- Consider taking this step before conducting a major remodel.
Experience In Green Remodeling and Building.
Hire a remodeler or design/build firm that is experienced in green building techniques or holds a certification from a reputable organization such as from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).
Stamp out moisture.
Rot and mold caused by moisture is a big problem for many homes because it can compromise the structure of your home and can create an unhealthy living environment. Keep moisture out and increase the air flow of your home with low-maintenance siding such as APEX siding and trim. APEX siding is pultruded-fiberglass siding with Ultrex, a long-lasting, durable material designed with a unique airflow system that reduces the occurrence of moisture and mold problems.-
Bring In Natural Light.
New energy-efficient windows can reduce your heating and cooling bills while maximizing natural light to reduce your use of artificial light in your home. Integrity windows from Marvin, for example, exceed federal Energy Star guidelines and are also made of long-lasting Ultrex fiberglass.-
Insulate To Keep Your Home Warmer and Cooler.
Make sure the insulation in the ceiling of your home has a minimum R-38 rating (for cold-weather states), and an R-13 rating in the exterior walls of your home. Green leafy trees provide long-term shade during the summer months, and evergreens on the north side of your home block out cold winds during the winter.-
Reduce Home Maintenance.
By remodeling your home with higher quality, sustainable building materials, you not only can reduce the time spent maintaining your home, you can reduce your use of paints, household cleaners, and other products for upkeep. For example, choosing siding made with Ultrex, will not rot like wooden siding and will not need to be painted because the color is embedded right into the pultruded-fiberglass material.
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Planet Steelers is making a big effort in increasing the user base of this forum.
As of today, the Planet Steelers forum has 440 members. This forum has seen incredible growth over the past year.
Our goal this year is to have 1,000 members by next season. This may seem like a lot but if each person recruits 1-2 people, our goal is met. This will create much more diverse discussions with almost double the current user base.
As the owner of Planet Steelers, I will continue to market this site. Additionally, I have worked endlessly in hope to increase the search engine rankings for this site which appears to be working.
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Notice Number: NOT-EB-08-004
Key Dates
Release Date: September 22, 2008
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Components of Participating Organizations
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) (http://www.nibib.nih.gov)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) (http://www.niams.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (http://www.nichd.nih.gov/)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) (http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/)
Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) (http://www.cstl.nist.gov/)
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) (http://www.msel.nist.gov/)
Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems (BES) (http://www.eng.nsf.gov/bes/bes.htm)
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), (http://www.nibib.nih.gov/) on behalf of the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology, announce the termination of the PAR-06-504: Enabling Technologies for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (R01) (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/par-06-504.html). Applications to this FOA will NOT be accepted after the September 20, 2008 receipt deadline.
NIH's interest in this area continues to be high. As applications concerning the development of new enabling technologies for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are increasingly being submitted to the R01 (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-070.html) and R21 (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-181.html) parent announcements, as well as the bioengineering research grant announcements (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-352.html and https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-279.html) , the need for this FOA with special receipt and review has passed. Applicants desirous of submitting revised applications originally submitted through PAR-06-504 are encouraged to use the parent R01 FOA submission process.
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|This is the article on the place in the Land of Fire. For the chapter of the same name, head to The Valley of the End.
The Valley of the End (終末の谷, Shūmatsu no Tani, English TV: Final Valley) is located close to the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Sound.[1] Shortly after the foundation of Konoha, the Senju's leader, Hashirama Senju became the First Hokage, much to the dismay of the fallen Uchiha leader, Madara Uchiha, who intended to destroy the village with the forced assistance of Kurama — the Nine-Tails. The valley was carved out by Hashirama's Top Transformed Buddha's barrage. The battle ended with Hashirama victorious, Madara escaping his death and going into hiding, and Kurama being sealed within Hashirama's wife, Mito Uzumaki.
The destructive power displayed in the epic battle left a scar in the earth that would come to be called the Valley of the End.[2][3] With the waterfall serving as a border between the Land of Fire and the land that was later known as the Land of Sound, the valley was later memorialised with two giant statues of the main combatants: Hashirama on the Land of Fire's side of the waterfall and Madara on the opposite side to symbolise his defection from their village.[2] The statues are posed to make the Traditional Shinobi Sparring's Seal of Confrontation, which is protocol before a duel.
Years later, at the end of Part I, Naruto Uzumaki chased the now missing-nin and also teammate, Sasuke Uchiha to the valley in order to bring him back to the village before the latter attempted to kill him to acquire the Mangekyō Sharingan. Ultimately, using their greatest attacks at the same time, the battle ended with Sasuke emerging as the victor, with the statues of Madara and Hashirama receiving moderate damage during the fight.[4]
In Part II, Tobi goes to the valley and sits atop Madara's statue as he muses over what path Sasuke will take.[5][6] Moments after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Naruto and Sasuke once again arrive to the valley for a rematch.[7] The two devastated the valley, leaving much of it destroyed by the end with Naruto as the victor.[8] Much of both statues were completely destroyed, leaving only the two hands, one from each statue, forming the Seal of Reconciliation, symbolising Naruto and Sasuke's reconciliation and having finally settled their differences.
- The valley was part of the background in the fifth and twelfth Naruto: Shippūden openings.
- In the Studio Pierrot produced anime cutscenes of Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, both the start and end of Hashirama and Madara's battle were greatly elaborated. During this depiction, it was shown that a single deflected Tailed Beast Ball from Kurama resulted in the formation of the Valley of the End.
- In Tobi's "recollection" of the events, Madara was stabbed through the front.[9] In Hashirama's retelling of the events, he had actually stabbed Madara from behind.[10]
- Originally, there were two rocks in the centre of the waterfall that separates the two statues. However, during Naruto and Sasuke's final battle, the two rocks are noticeably missing.


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Sustainable Housing Development and Functionality of Planning Laws in Nigeria: the Case of Cosmopolitan Lagos
The phenomenal growth of our towns and cities has given rise to conurbation and metropolitan areas, with various planning problems such as traffic congestion, slum, shanty towns, waste management, housing, pollution, poverty and several others. There is no doubt that the impact of rapid population growth on housing development in a developing economy is usually a consequence of the push of the rural areas and the pull of the town. There is always an upsurge and conglomeration of people in city centres with the resultant effects on housing growth arising from acute unemployment. This growth and physical expansion of cities have been accompanied by unplanned urban sprawl, environmental pollution, deterioration, deficiencies in modern basic facilities, and general urban decay. As increased poverty and urbanization exert more pressures on urban facilities, most Nigerian cities tend to have lost their original dignity, social cohesion and administrative efficiency. Land Administration in Lagos State, over the last 25years cannot be described as being sustainable. Though, various tools might have been put in place concerning the administration of land, there are still a whole lot of problems being faced on and matters in the state.
Planning for housing and setting standards for the regulation of building construction is a task that seems to overwhelm the relevant government authorities in Nigeria and other parts of the developing world. This paper therefore examines the planning laws and ordinances available in Nigeria, with specific reference to the new Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law 2010, the types and levels of the Planning Authorities and Agencies responsible for the implementation of the laws. It also appraises their activities so far in the area of implementation, their challenges and lastly, makes recommendation for improvement.
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Opening Ceremonies on the South China Sea
Continuing in the expectation of great things to come, the Grand Opening Ceremony here in Hainan Island, China, kicked off this special PKRA tour stop with much fanfare and attention. The ceremony included many distinguished guests from the government and community, as well as all the riders and PKRA organization. Opening with dancing, drums, and music, the afternoon was marked by a welcoming ambience and anticipatory feel.
Fans gathered around in much delight as the biggest names in kiteboarding threw down their best maneauvers, while many competitors seemed to enjoy the foreign feel of yet another exotic PKRA tour stop. All in all, the day was a great precursor to the action that is just around the corner. The anticipation and competitive spirit only grows with every hour that passes.
In terms of the all important weather, clouds stuck around just long enough to make an obvious departure around noon, a signal which seemed to cue the riders onto the water for some much-needed training and warm-up sessions.
Later in the day, the opening ceremony attendees watched on as the riders went out on their larger kites, putting on a light wind spectacle for all to see. Even the racers got out for some practice runs before returning back to the hotels, hot tubs, and restaurants within the city.
For tomorrow, wind is expected to be fairly light at 10-14 knots. The race director will make the call as to whether conditions are contestable for the first day of competition, either for race, freestyle, or both disciplines.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are attending the Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in New York to mark the 15th anniversary of the attacks.
The presidential candidates greeted supporters on Sunday as they entered the downtown Manhattan memorial. They're not expected to make public remarks at the event, and both have promised to suspend campaign activities out of respect for the victims, first responders and their families.
Clinton — a former New York senator — has frequently highlighted her efforts, including in a campaign ad released Friday, to aid those affected by the World Trade Center collapse.
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Trump — a New York native and real estate mogul — has said he donated construction equipment to the recovery effort and gave $100,000 to the memorial after touring it for the first time earlier this year.
Four hijacked airliners crashed on Sept. 11, 2001 — one into each tower, one into the Pentagon and a fourth in a field in Pennsylvania. Altogether, nearly 3,000 people were killed.
A decade later, U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden during a raid in Pakistan authorized by President Barack Obama. But as al-Qaida's influence waned, the Islamic State group gained strength, exploiting the chaos of a civil war in Syria.
Trump has vowed to defeat the Islamic State group with the advice of military leaders. But he also has said he would suspend Muslim immigration into the United States, a policy he later tried to amend by saying he'd temporarily ban immigration from "areas of the world where there is a proven history of terrorism against the United States, Europe or our allies, until we fully understand how to end these threats."
Clinton, meanwhile, is urging people who like the sound of Donald Trump's boasts about defeating the Islamic State group to consider the difference between "real strength" and "phony strength."
"It's phony strength to not know what you're talking about, and to make outrageous statements that will actually make our job harder, no matter how in the moment it sounds," Clinton told CNN in an interview aired Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the attacks on New York and Washington.
"Real strength is leveling with the American people and making it clear we will defeat ISIS," she added. "But that we've got to make sure that here at home, we're not opening doors to people who feel that somehow they want to be part of this global movement because Donald Trump has said it's a war between us and them, and that's pretty attractive to people."
Clinton's remarks were aired as she and Trump visited the memorial to the World Trade Center's Twin Towers.


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Judges 8:23-25 New International Version (NIV)
23 But Gideon told them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you." 24 And he said, "I do have one request, that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder." (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)
25 They answered, "We'll be glad to give them." So they spread out a garment, and each of them threw a ring from his plunder onto it.
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A few weeks ago, Charlaine Harris announced that the 13th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series will be the last. The good news for fans is that True Blood is still around and the twelfth book, Deadlocked, was just released in May. The bad news is that we have to try to find another series filled with humor, romance, mystery, and lots of mythical creatures.
The Kitty Norville series by Carrie Vaughn — While Sookie is human with special gifts, Kitty is a werewolf at the bottom of her pack's heirarchy. When Kitty accidentally launches a late-night advice show for the supernaturally disadvantaged, she becomes the target of a werewolf hunter and several homicidal undead. Start with Kitty and the Midnight Hour.
The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger — Instead of Louisiana where vampires are out of the coffin, travel back in time to Victorian London where vampires, werewolves, and many other paranormal creatures live among the mere mortals. Alexia Tarabotti, our heroine, has her own special set of issues…she has no soul; her father is both Italian and dead; and a vampire rudely attacks her. Then a rude werewolf is sent to investigate. It's paranormal romance meets steampunk and it's a lot of fun! Start with Soulless.
The Night Huntress series by Jeaniene Frost — Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield pursues the undead with a vengeance in the hope that one of her prey will be the father who ruined her mother's life, but her plans go awry when she is captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter. Start with Halfway to the Grave.
The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan — The diary of a two-hundred-year-old werewolf. Unlike the werewolves in many paranormal novels, this one is more wolf than man. If you like to mix in the occasional horror novel with your paranormal romances and mysteries, this is a good one! (And if you enjoy this one, look for Talulla Rising later this summer.)
Also try…
- Dark Lover by J.R. Ward — The first in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series
- Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz — First Beauchamp Family Book
- Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson — First in the Undead series
- Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon — First in the Dark Hunter series
For more readalikes available in Pinal County, take a look at our printable guide (it also includes more books by Charlaine Harris).
For even MORE similar reads, take a look through these lists:
- Berwyn Public Library's suggested reading list
- Skokie Public Library's list of True Blood Readalikes
- Books with Bite via Sookie's Spot
- Novelist – Find similar books for each novel in the Sookie Stackhouse series.
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Russia is taking a page out of the Canadian playbook by making it clear that they intend to dominate Sochi in 2014. They're also taking a page out of the Soviet playbook by issuing ominous warnings to their own people.
The Iron Bear—or whatever scary epithet you'd like—turned in one of their worst performances ever at the Winter Games this year. A paltry three gold medals in Vancouver, all of them ski related. (And not the fun, speedy kind.) Their once fearsome hockey program got thrashed in the quarterfinals, their figuring skating limped to one pathetic bronze and silver (they have at least one gold from every other Olympics) and their contingency plans to invade Mongolia on ice skates have basically been thwarted. This was after bragging beforehand that they would bring home at least 30 medals. Some athletes even had to return home early due to lack of funds, while high-ranking "sports officials" partied it up on the nation's dime. Those officials might want to look into Yukon real estate now.
With three years and 50 weeks remaining until the next opening ceremony, Vladimir Putin's body double—a.k.a., President Dmitry Medvedev (above)—stepped into the fray, calling for the resignation of Russia's Olympic organizers as penance for the embarrassing defeats. Well, he didn't ask so much as he implied that they might be airbrushed out of their own family photos if they didn't.
"Those who bear the responsibility for Olympic preparations should carry that responsibility. It's totally clear," he said. "I think that the individuals responsible, or several of them, who answer for these preparations, should take the courageous decision to hand in their notice. If we don't see such decisiveness, we will help them."
Gulp. Medvedev also lamented the loss of "the old Soviet school" and any time Russian leaders start pining for the good old days, you know fun times are ahead. I'm sure future Russian sports heroes will be super eager to organize the 2014 effort, after their predecessors get shipped off to their new vacation homes in Kamchatka.
This guy wasn't cheering for a Canadian wipeout ... he's just relieved he doesn't have to go through another round of bobsled "re-education."
Medvedev demands resignations over Olympic flop [AP]
Medvedev calls for resignations after Russia flops at Winter Olympics [CNN]
Russian Olympic officials should resign - Medvedev [BBC]
P.S. Any "In Russia, X Y's you!" jokes and you'll be commenting on Ivan Denisovich's blog, if you catch my drift.


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Women's volleyball voted No. 1 in AVCA Preseason Poll
Women's volleyball voted No. 1 in AVCA Preseason Poll
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The defending NCAA national champion Penn State women's volleyball enters the 2014 season with the No. 1 overall ranking according to the AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Featuring more teams represented in the poll than any other conference in the country, the Nittany Lions are among seven Big Ten teams ranked within the top 25 and one of four conference squads within the top 10.
Earning 32 of a possible 60 first-place votes, Penn State claimed the top spot ahead of No. 2 Texas (11), No. 3 Stanford (7), No. 4 Washington and No. 5 USC (2). The Big Ten is also well represented in the bottom half of the top 10 rankings with Wisconsin, Nebraska and Purdue in spots six through eight, consecutively. BYU and Florida rounded out the last two spots at No. 9 and No. 10, respectively.
Penn State will square off against a total of 11 teams featured in the 2014 AVCA preseason poll, including nine teams ranked within the top 25 and two receiving votes. First up, the Nittany Lions meet third-ranked Stanford in the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge Friday, Sept. 5, before taking on UCLA the next evening. The Bruins received 23 votes. PSU also meets No.22 Kansas and No. 24 American in non-conference action at the Villanova Classic, Sept. 12-13 at Villanova.
The Nittany Lions also have matchups against No. 11 Illinois, No. 12 Minnesota and No. 16 Michigan State. Michigan caps off the group of Big Ten teams represented in the preseason rankings, receiving 23 votes.
Entering his 36th season at the helm of the program, five-time AVCA DI National Coach of the Year Russ Rose returns four starters and 11 letterwinners from the 2013 squad, as well as a highly talented class of eight newcomers. Two-time first team AVCA All-American Micha Hancock (Edmond, Okla.) and AVCA All-America honorable mention Nia Grant (Warren, Ohio) highlight the class of top returners along with starters Megan Courtney (Dayton, Ohio) and Dominique Gonzalez (San Antonio, Texas).
Penn State opens the 2014 campaign at home in Rec Hall Aug. 29-30, hosting Big 12 opponent TCU, Iona and William & Mary in the Penn State Classic.
Both single-match and season tickets for the 2014 Penn State women's volleyball season are now on sale and available for purchase by calling 1-800-NITTANY or by visiting the Athletics Ticket Office in the Bryce Jordan Center during normal business hours. Season tickets are priced at $84.00 for adults and $56.00 for youth ages 12 and under.
To view the complete AVCA DI Preseason Coaches' Poll, please click here.


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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
November Lifestyle Challenge
For those new to the challenges, it isn't to compete against others. It's to push yourself to greater heights, have some company & inspiration along the way, and a few ideas the help get us focused. For example, you can use this waving of the analytical knife to help organize your goals:
1) Exercise - Set a specific plan or goal(s). Keep us posted weekly (or more) on your progress!
2) Creativity - Music, art, writing, acting...set a goal to complete by month's end. Keep us posted!
3) Personal life - Re-affirm your personal relationships, get to that project/chore you've been avoiding, or just read a book you've always wanted to read!
4) Professional life - Set a work goal or change jobs or....just tell us what it is and keep us posted!
I'll post my goals below, and then provide weekly up-dates...
How about YOU?
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