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Whether you're searching for your next dream house or condo in Schaumburg, we can help you find it. Learn everything you need to know about living in this community: schools, nightlife, and current homes for sale in Schaumburg.
Perhaps best known for its local attraction Woodfield Mall, which welcomes more than 27 million shoppers each year, Schaumburg is a bustling community that serves as the commercial hub of Chicago's Northwest suburbs.
Home to many large retail chains such as IKEA and Medieval Times, Schaumburg is the state's second-largest retail center. It is also a major employer, with corporate offices for Fortune 500 companies like Motorola, Xerox, Verizon, and Navistar.
Residents can watch a Schaumburg Boomers baseball game at Alexian Field, catch a concert at the Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, or go for a hike at the Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary.
In addition to its wealth of retail and commercial amenities, Schaumburg's combination of good schools and affordable housing make it a great place to live, work and raise a family.
Schaumburg is located approximately 30 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.
To the south are Roselle and Hanover Park, to the west are Streamwood and Bartlett, to the north is Hoffman Estates, and to the east is Elk Grove Village. Click here for more
Population (2000)
Total 75,386
Density 3,967 people/square mile
White: 78.8 percent
Black: 3.4 percent
Hispanic: 5.3 percent
Asian: 14.9 percent
Other: 1.7 percent
Median per capita income: $36,871
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Service
Schaumburg's earliest inhabitants were members of the Kickapoo, Pottawatomie, Sauk and Fox tribes. In the mid-1830s, settlers from the east began to arrive and establish homesteads. Notable early "Yankee" residents of the area include Trumball Kent and Hoarace Williams.
The first recorded settler of Schaumburg Township was German-born Johann Sunderlage, who worked on a survey team tasked with dividing Cook County into townships in 1833. After the project was completed, Sunderlage brought his family over from Germany and settled in the area in 1836.
The Sunderlages were soon joined by other German immigrants, many of whom came from the Schaumburg-Lippe region, located between Dortmund and Hannover in northwestern Germany. These farmers organized a German Lutheran congregation and in 1847 built their first church, around which a small village began to grow.
Some residents wanted to name this new community Lutherville, but in the end it became known as Schaumburg. The area was fertile but swampy, and had no railroad depot, so its growth was gradual. Germans, however, continued to flock to the area.
In the 1850s, approximately half of the area's residents were German. By 1870, Schaumburg Township had become completely German – land records indicate all its property was owned by either German immigrants or their descendants. This trend continued all the way until the 1930s.
The construction of the Northwest Tollway in 1956 finally connected Schaumburg to the growing Chicago Metropolitan region and ended the community's virtual isolation.
At the time of its incorporation in 1956, the Village had a population of 130 residents. By 1970, that number had grown to 18,730 and by 1980 it had skyrocketed to 53,305. Construction of a second expressway, Interstate 290, and rampant commercial development served as catalysts for additional growth.
The initial plan adopted by Schaumburg's Village Board in 1956 reserved large swaths of what was previously farmland for industrial, commercial and corporate development. This foresight, capitalizing on the community's wealth of undeveloped real estate, allowed Schaumburg to evolve in a way different from most other Chicago suburbs.
Today, Schaumburg is a mature community with a small industrial area, a prominent commercial presence, and a great variety of homes, schools and amenities.
Schaumburg has a stop on Metra's Milwaukee District/West Line, which runs between Elgin and Union Station in downtown Chicago. Schaumburg Station is located at 2000 S. Springinsguth Rd. (parking available).
The area is also served by Pace bus routes #208, 237, 282, 284, 554, 600, 602, 606, 655, 696, 699, 757 and 905. Shoppers can take advantage of the free Woodfield Trolley, which provides service to 12 locations including Woodfield Mall, IKEA, Costco and the Pace Northwest Transportation Center.
For travel by car, Schaumburg is ideally located at the intersection of I-90 and I-290, and just north of the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway.
Schaumburg Regional Airport (905 W. Irving Park Rd) serves primarily small, private aircraft and also houses a flight school and a restaurant.
The Schaumburg outpost of The Ram Restaurant and Brewery (1901 McConnor Pkwy) is a popular place to grab a beer and a burger. This dark and cozy-yet-contemporary brewpub serves up a selection of nationally recognized handcrafted beers like "Buttface Amber Ale" and "Total Disorder Porter." Fridays feature half-price refills on half-gallon Ram growlers.
Dance the night away at Heat Nightclub (616 E. Golf Rd). The sleek, 25,000-square-foot venue features six bars and ample dance floor space to express your appreciation for the hip-hop, techno, and Top 40 hits the house DJs spin nightly.
Schaumburg mainstay Alumni Club (871 E. Algonquin Rd) features an outdoor sand volleyball court, five bars and more than 50 TVs. During the summer, the huge outdoor beer garden is the place to be for bags and dollar beers.
The Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts (201 Schaumburg Ct) is an intimate 442-seat theater offering performances in music, dance, theater and film. First opened in 1986, the center has featured performers from Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal and Penn & Teller to performances by the Schaumburg High School orchestra. Weather permitting, an outdoor stage located near the building provides an additional venue for concerts and other entertainment.
Catch a Schaumburg Boomers minor league baseball game at Alexian Field (1999 S. Springinsguth Rd), a great place to spend a warm summer night with the family. Reserved tickets are $10.00, and Lawn/Bleacher seats are $5.00. The stadium is also home to the Schaumburg Club, a glass-enclosed restaurant overlooking the field available to all fans holding a ticket to the game. The club features a full bar, buffet and limited sandwich menu.
The Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary (1111 E. Schaumburg Rd) features three miles of hiking trails through 135 acres of native prairie grass fields and marshland. The sanctuary also has an 1880s living history farm, based on the area's roots as a rural German farm community. In the summer months, authentically dressed guides welcome and share activities with visitors.
When it comes to dining out, Schaumburg has more than 200 choices, with many popular upscale chains including Maggiano's (1901 E. Woodfield Rd), McCormick & Schmick's (1140 E. Higgins Rd), P.F. Chang's China Bistro (5 Woodfield Mall), Rosebud (1370 Bank Dr), Texas de Brazil (5 Woodfield Mall), and Wildfire (1250 E. Higgings Rd).
Shaw's Crab House (1900 E. Higgins Rd) warehouse feel, art deco, globe lighting, white linens. The menu features seafood staples such as Alaskan King Crab, lobster, Copper River salmon, Pacific Halibut and fresh oysters as well as a selection of steaks. An Oyster Bar features cold water oysters on the half shell, beer on tap, patio in the summer with live music. Popular Sunday brunch features breakfast and seafood items like fresh ceviche, smoked salmon, shrimp salad and a bloody mary bar.
The entrees at Weber Grill (1010 N. Meacham Rd), from parmesan-crusted tilapia to filet mignon and slow-smoked barbecue, are all cooked on Weber charcoal kettle grills. An open kitchen provides a window to the action. The restaurant's grilling experts also teach barbecue classes year-round.
Portillo's Hot Dogs (611 E. Golf Rd) has some of the best Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian Beefs and chocolate cake in the region. Grab a seat the 50s-style diner and dig in to some superbly executed Chicago comfort food.
Since 1970, Schaumburg's Septemberfest has entertained area residents and visitors alike. The event features live music, food, and the naming of a Miss Septemberfest.
The Prairie Arts Festival, held over Memorial Day weekend, features the work of more than 150 painters, sculptors, and other artists. Entertainment includes live music on three stages, a food court and children's activities.
The Schaumburg Park District features more than 70 parks and recreation areas.
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Photo.net Gallery - The App For Photography Lovers!
- Hi all!
I'm proud to announce a great app for iPad, iPod and iPhone called Photo.net Gallery!
It's the photo gallery browser for Photo.net. You may already know that photography website where both professional and talented amateur photographers showcase their portfolios.
This app will let you browse through the extensive image collection provided by the Photo.net community which contains images of extremely high quality. In fact, it's incomparable to the common flickr galleries that can found in the appstore.
The goal of the app is to be a real showcase to photography and let people amaze at what's possible with a camera, covering many facets from abstract to landscapes and from architecture to wedding photography.
It's a pretty slick and stylish app and very easy to use. Just select one of the many subjects, set the timeframe and sort options and leisurely browse through the results and be fascinated by the work of many talented photographers.
Further features are tag search, photo comments, photo info and slideshows. Slideshows are my favourite, since every selection or search result can be turned into a slideshow.
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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 11, No. 2 Fall 1984
Gary John Previts CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
Abstract: The debate among accounting theoreticians as to the content and use-fulness of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's concept statements and its conceptual framework project can better be understood if a perspective of prior "framework" efforts is used. This paper interprets the principal prior efforts to produce a comprehensive conceptual framework for financial reports down to the time the FASB was formed in 1972. It shows that previous efforts were slow to evolve, and to respond to environmental changes. There is also evidence that a continuing "dynamic tension" has existed between the patterns proposed by practitioner groups and those of groups of academics.
Antecedent Structures
Medieval Origins
The emergence of western market economies can be traced to about 1200 A.D., during the decline of the age of feudalism.
It is from thirteenth century Tuscany, and especially from Florence and Siena, that modern accounting takes it roots. From this period and region came the earliest business accounts in debit and credit form; as distinct from manorial and public accounts in charge and discharge form, whose history goes back to classical Greece and Rome, and even, in some respects, to ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Crete and Mycenae. It was Tuscans also who, by a series of insights and tentative improvements, evolved, probably by 1300, that scheme of double entry bookkeeping which is now in use throughout the civilized world as the basis of every well-ordered accounting system. . .1
The author wishes to acknowledge the helpful comments provided by Edward Coffman, Kenneth Most, and the anonymous reviewers. An early version of this paper was presented at the DR Scott lectures in 1983.


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Just two weeks after plans were announced for a Breaking Bad spin-off, series creator Vince Gilligan has inked a deal to create another TV show. He will join forces with House creator David Shore on the police drama Battle Creek, which will debut during the 2014-2015 season on CBS.
The series centers on two detectives with thoroughly different world views, one cynical and one naive, who team up to "clean up the semi-mean streets" of Battle Creek, Michigan. The project is not exactly new: Gilligan originally penned a script for Battle Creek in 2002 for CBS, but the network never greenlighted it. Gilligan and Shore are writing the updated version of the pilot, and both are serving as executive producers along with Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad). Shore will also act as the Battle Creek showrunner. Sony, the studio that also produces Breaking Bad, has secured a 13-episode commitment from the network before a pilot has even been shot.
AMC's Breaking Bad, which won the Outstanding Drama Emmy three days ago, wraps up its five-season run on Sunday.
Gilligan is also teaming up with Breaking Bad co-executive producer Peter Gould for Better Call Saul, the spin-off prequel that's built around shady lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk).


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Disney-Pixar realized they'd hit on a can't-miss formula for animated blockbusters about the time "Monsters, Inc." came out in 2001.
Find some fantastical corner of pop culture you can peek in on - after hours. From the lives of toys when the kids aren't around to where scary monsters go when they're not hiding in kids' closets or the private lives of clownfish, comic book superheroes or video game characters (Disney's new "Wreck-It Ralph"), these familiar but imaginary worlds have proven to be fertile ground for animation.
Whatever chances they take with the riskier "Up," "Brave," "Cars" or "Ratatouille," taking children inside a world they have only imagined has been box office gold.
"Monsters, Inc." may have lost the best animated film Oscar to "Shrek." But ask any parent which film is aging better, and which DVD their children wear out, and the real winner emerges. Reason enough for a prequel, "Monsters, University," to go into production. It comes out next June.
And that's a good excuse for converting the computer-animated "Monsters, Inc." to 3-D for a special holiday release.
Whatever his other accomplishments (he's in theaters Christmas Day with "Parental Guidance"), generations of kids know Billy Crystal only for the comic stylings of Mike Wazowski, the one-eyed working stiff (monster) he plays in "Monsters, Inc."
The perfect comic foil to Sulley (John Goodman), beau of the long-suffering and equally one-eyed Celia (Jennifer Tilly), nemesis of the slithery Randall (Steve Buscemi), Mike is the guy who keeps his pal Sulley in tip top scaring shape - ordering up the closet doors that the monsters go through to frighten children, whose screams are bottled and converted to the energy that keeps the monsters' world, and Monsters, Inc., going.
Until that fateful day that a teeny tot nicknamed "Boo" isn't scared, and follows them back through the door. Kids, out of their element, scare the dickens out of monsters. Call out the haz-mat team and bar the door - all the closet doors, stored in a vast kids' closet-door repository - until Boo is rounded up and order is restored to the universe.
That ingenious set-up is detailed to a staggering degree, from the decor each child has on his or her closet door, to the vast variations of monsters on the job on the Monsters, Inc., "scare floor" - blobs and yeti and giant spiders and all manner of lizards, snakes and goblins.
The jokes benefit from perfect timing and the best running sight gag ever - big, hairy monsters, all scared to death by a burbling, giggling, "KITTY" shrieking tyke (voiced by Mary Gibbs).
This didn't need 3-D to work. And the big question, on seeing it anew, is "How WILL they top this by taking us back to see these guys in college?"
But anytime Disney and/ or Pixar goes astray in an animated way, they have only to look back at this, one of their best, to remember that magical recipe that works as well now as it did then.
3 1/2 stars
Cast: The voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Jennifer Tilly, James Coburn
Directed by Pete Docter, David Silverman and Lee Unkrich, scripted by Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson. A Disney/ Pixar release
Running time: 1:32
MPAA rating: G
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A smart town doesn't let the natural presence of reindeer, snowy backdrops, and a location straddling the Arctic Circle go to waste. Take Napapiiri, in Lapland, Finland, a place with conditions prime for holiday revelers and where Christmas fantasies abound. The region boasts two major St. Nick-themed parks: The Santa Claus Village, a popular amusement park which draws families from all over Europe and Santa Park, which is geared more toward children, but features impressive ice sculptures and quaint shops.
While there's truth to the notion that there's no place like home for the holidays, there are places to visit at Christmastime, like Napapiiri, that offer a yuletide experience to rival any. We worked with travel experts at Lonely Planet and Frommer's to compile a list of holiday destinations that celebrate Christmas festivities unlike any other.
In Pictures: The World's Top Christmas Destinations
Some locations, such as New York, are old Yuletide standbys that are much more impressive in person. The tree at Rockefeller Center is almost certainly the world's most famous Christmas tree, but it's only the centerpiece for a city-wide Christmas display. "You can make a pretty strong case that more people care about the lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center than the one at the White House," says Jason Clampet, senior editor at Frommers. "And there's something about the holiday decorations that makes even locals gawk like tourists," especially when the snow falls during those lucky years. Nothing beats carriage rides through Central Park, the elaborate department store displays, and strolls through the some of the city's classic brownstone-lined streets. And it's not just Manhattan that puts on a show during the holidays. Neighborhoods such as Dyker Heights in Brooklyn and Ozone Park in Queens are famous for their over-the-top Christmas decoration competitions.
Some destinations are more unexpected, but upon closer inspection have unique Christmas traditions in ways you might never have considered. It's further from Santa's home base and native climate, but Christmas in Puerto Rico gets going early in December, and after the 25th becomes an intense two-week affair filled with food, family and parties. Visitors should expect an offering of coquito, a rum and coconut-based drink that is similar to eggnog, – delicious and dangerous, depending on the family bartender. Stay in Old San Juan and make sure to enjoy the seasonal Puerto Rican holiday food, such as the meat and spice-filled pastries known as pasteles, or pernil, a seasoned, baked pork shoulder that's on almost every table. Shake off old sledding traditions and visit the surfer's paradise of Rincon while you're visiting warmer climes. The festivities don't stop until January 6, Three Kings Day, where Puerto Rican families get together for one last Christmas party.
Want more of an old-school approach to your holiday pursuits? Book a ticket to Amsterdam, the country where Santa Claus himself was born. The Dutch Christmas celebration is a bifurcated affair, with Sinterklaas arriving on December 5 to bring all of the good children gifts (and take the bad kids away to Spain), and Christmas being celebrated on the 25th, a time reserved for family and close friends. No matter what time you arrive, you'll be greeted by a city that positively twinkles with white lights everywhere you look, with reflections from the city's canals creating a magnificent mirroring effect–that is, unless you've hit one of those lucky Christmases when the temperature drops enough to turn the canals to ice.
In Pictures: The World's Top Christmas Destinations
"Everyone hop[es] the canals will freeze over," says Tom Hall, a London-based travel editor for Lonely Planet. "If they freeze over early enough, they have this massive ice-skating event, where everyone gets out onto the canals to skate around."
Not exactly a Christmas miracle, but definitely a sight to behold.


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In this group, members share an array of images from the field, showing the kinds of issues encountered by home performance professionals in real homes. Each tells a story of how hidden (but fixable) problems in homes can cause high energy bills.
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Give this thread a bump - here's my "bad" album and some of the gems:
Thanks Andy and Ted. My observations are that the way low income utility weatherization programs are run now the tax payers and paying utility customers are being fleeced and they are literally hurting the homes and families we are trying to help.
Oh wow, that's a unique and valuable perspective.
The customer get's the shaft because nobody tracks results. Therefore, excellence has no reward, only added cost, causing competitive disadvantage. They typical race to the bottom in the desperate bid to stay "cost competitive".
Until we start measuring results, the deliverable will remain crap and administrators will continue to attempt to "manage and regulate" quality.
Unfortunately history proves that regulating quality means what you get tends to hover around the line of "worst quality allowed".
Did you give any thought to the ranking I proposed? How it might change incentive to performing the best possible work, rather than the worst allowable?
Hi, in response to your comment, I am a QA inspector for a utility program and we are not allowed to talk to the owner of the home regarding our inspection results. The utility's are more interested in the number of jobs completed then the quality of the work and they are afraid that if they come down on the big HVAC contractors that are doing the lions share of the work, they will leave the program. So my comments are more out of frustration then solutions, sorry
Let me know if you can see this perspective -
If the incentive to do shoddy work is greater than the disincentive, shoddy work will continue to be the norm.
If the ability to differentiate quality does not exist, people make decisions on price. Ironically this tends to create a lot of pressure to cut corners on quality.
The idea you can "root out" a systemic problems by painting a few players, on the playing field they did not create, as being "bad" seems fantasy.
How about instead simply measuring results. Making results public. Allowing contractors to be rewarded for "better" by having higher ranking changes the playing field. It rewards the little extra effort instead of rewarding avoidance of that effort.
For more on this idea, check this out: http://bit.ly/febcontractorupdate
Hi Andrew, sorry to say that the work that you discovered in the attic pull down stairs is not that uncommon in the weatherization programs. When there is a financial incentive given to homeowners for energy upgrades every tom dick and harry becomes a home performance contractor. The program that was to help homeowners save energy, provide better comfort and air quality is being turned into a rebate program by these opportunist. We as home performance professionals need to expose the hypocrisy of these so called contractors and for the sake of the industry root them out like the weeds that they are.
I hope I was not being to strong in my wording?
Norm. Norman. Normal.
People tend to call their work "the best". Unfortunately, without tracking or accountability, while it may be "the best", it still has a tendency to be terrible.
We need to track energy results and turn results into a competition. Then, not only will there be reward and recognition for "the best", there will be DISincentive for this crap.
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Earlier this month, we learned that Ashton Kutcher was poised to play the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in an indie biopic. The news made sense for some reasons (the physical similarities), but came as a bit of a surprise for other reasons (he's Ashton Kutcher). At the time we didn't really know much about the project beyond the fact that Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote) is directing, and the film, going by the terrible working title Jobs: Get Inspired, will chronicle the innovator's life "from a wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple."
Now producer Mark Hulme has spilled a few details about the project, including how they feel about Sony's competing Jobs biopic and why they think Kutcher is their man to play the lead role. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.
During an interview with Neowin (via /Film), Hulme revealed that Jobs will primarily focus on the early years of Apple, "its founding and the up and down years: 1971-2000." They're pulling from a variety of sources for their research, and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, former Apple CEOs John Skully and Mike Markkula, and early Apple employee Daniel Kottke are all characters that will factor into the film. As for the casting of Kutcher, Hulme had this to say:
"Since our film covers the early years of Apple, when Jobs was in his 20's, we needed an actor who could carry not only the youthfulness of Jobs at the time but also the psychological complexity. Because of that, and Ashton's physical similarities to Jobs, he's perfect for our film… When Ashton read the script he was immediately attracted to the project. He is a Steve Jobs and Apple fan, and is technologically savvy, as well, so he recognized the historical importance of Steve Jobs and the potential of the project. He is very excited to have the role."
Hulme revealed that they began researching and writing the screenplay immediately after Jobs' retirement was announced as a result of the enormous impact the news had on Hulme's staff. As such, they're much further ahead than Sony's competing project:
"Sony is a highly respected company, and Isaacson's book is a great read. But our project was in development even before the release of Isaacson's book and our movie will be out well before their movie."
The plan is to release the film during the fourth quarter of this year, and distribution deals are currently in the works. I'm not exactly wild about Kutcher playing Jobs, but I'd love nothing more than to be pleasantly surprised by a wonderful performance. Luckily we don't have to wait very long to find out how Jobs: Get Inspired comes together given how quickly things are moving forward.


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Consumers considering a home purchase often want to get a handle on how long the process takes.
The problem is that it's a surprisingly subjective and multilayered question. Answers tend to focus on the typical time it takes to close a home loan once you're under contract, which is usually 30 to 45 days.
That's an accurate response, but it's a vantage point that leaves little room between the starting and finish lines. The homebuying journey — from financial preparation and finding the right home to getting under contract and through closing — tends to take a lot longer.
The reality is there's no stock answer, mostly because everyone's journey is different. Here's a closer look at some stages and steps that can shape your homebuying timeline.
Building Credit & Savings
Signing a purchase agreement to buy a home is a key step, but it doesn't mean much if you don't have the credit and assets necessary to secure a mortgage.
You might need to spend time burnishing your credit profile or stockpiling savings in order to qualify for a home loan. Credit score and down payment requirements can vary depending on the lender and the loan type.
Borrowers looking at a $300,000 home would need at least $15,000 in cash for a minimum down payment on conventional financing (5%) and at least $10,500 for FHA financing (3.5%).
The average conventional borrower in April had a 755 credit score, while the average FHA borrower had a score of 685, according to mortgage software company Ellie Mae. (Checking your credit scores before you begin your home search can help you determine if you need more time to build your credit. There are various services that allow you to check your credit scores for free, including Credit.com.)
Paying down debt, correcting mistakes on your credit report and other steps can help boost your score, rapidly in some cases. But some blemishes can take longer to clear up than others.
How long it takes to build that down payment nest egg depends on the borrower and their budget. Scraping together enough cash to simply meet those minimum requirements can take considerable time, especially for first-time buyers.
Finding the Right Home
Last year, homebuyers typically looked at 10 homes over 12 weeks before getting under contract, according to the National Association of Realtors.
But there's no game clock on your home search. You can tour 50 homes over 50 weeks. You can buy the first showing.
It's obviously the most personal part of the process, but it's also a time when perfect can truly be the enemy of good. First-time buyers especially have to learn to balance wants and needs with the realities of their housing market and what they can afford.
That's not always an easy — or quick — lesson to learn.
Loan Processing
For mortgage lenders, the homebuying clock starts once they get a copy of your purchase agreement. From there, work starts on getting the property appraised and all of your financial documentation in order for an underwriter to review.
Like credit and underwriting requirements, appraisal time frames can vary depending on the loan type. For example, most appraisals on VA loans are back within 10 days, but it might take longer in more remote parts of the country.
That 30- to 45-day window from contract to close is a good ballpark for most purchase loans, unless you're trying to buy a short sale (think more like 90 to 120 days). But understand it's not uncommon for underwriters to require additional documents once they begin scrutinizing your loan file.
Borrowers can help speed the process along by returning those documents as quickly as possible. You don't have a ton of control once you're under contract on a home, but this is one key area where your swift action — or lack thereof — can have a big impact on your homebuying timeline.
More on Mortgages and Homebuying:
- Why You Should Check Your Credit Before Buying a Home
- How to Find & Choose a Mortgage Lender
- How to Search for Your Next Home
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This technique is mainly used to highlight surface defects, scratches or engraving. Dark field illumination usually uses a low angle ring light that is mounted very close to the object. Dark field is the opposite of bright field because most of the light reflected from the surface of the target will fall outside the FOV of the camera with the camera only "seeing" scattered light that is reflected by a defect on the surface. Large ring lights, spot lights and line lights can all be used in the dark field (image 1).
The sequence of images (image 2-4) shows the principle of dark field illumination when detecting surface scratches or defects on flat objects.
On this flat, unmarked surface there is a low angle of incidence, and virtually all of the light is reflected out of the field of view of the camera. The resultant image would be very dark with no distinctive features implying a defective object (image 2).
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At some point soon I may get more with the times and integrate a lot of social media into the site. It's long overdue and it may breathe new life into the site, it may not. It matters not, this is hardly the first time this site has seen a period of inactivity and it won't be the last. Each time it has started again from scratch and carried on in it's own capacity.
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The intelligent BMW xDrive all-wheel drive system adapts perfectly to even the most challenging road surface conditions, ensuring optimal traction at all times. xDrive and Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) ensure that the BMW remains safe and stable. Controlled via the DSC sensor system, xDrive flexibly and quickly distributes drive power between the axles in order to prevent oversteer or understeer on bends, thereby ensuring outstanding directional stability. Moreover, it guarantees a rapid, safe acceleration even on slippery or steep stretches. In critical road conditions, the DSC doesn't need to intervene as much. Thus, BMW xDrive combines all the advantages of an all-wheel drive system – traction, directional stability and driving safety – with classic BMW agility.
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sDrive refers to BMW vehicles in which torque from the drive train is transmitted via only one axle. BMW models that feature a transverse engine boast compact exterior dimensions whilst retaining exceptionally generous interior space and luggage compartment versatility. The sDrive versions of these specific models are powered only at the front axle. Thanks to a sophisticated axle construction, this efficient front-wheel drive is guaranteed the dynamics and agility characteristic of the brand.
Steptronic transmission
The 6-speed Steptronic transmission makes changing gears and driving significantly more convenient by improving responsiveness when shifting the transmission. The 8-speed Steptronic transmission makes changing gears and driving significantly more convenient, thanks to fast engine speed transitions and shorter shift times. It unites outstanding comfort with impressive dynamics and increased fuel-efficiency.
The 8-speed Steptronic sport transmission makes changing gears and driving exceptionally convenient thanks to fast engine speed transitions and shorter shift times. In addition to automatic transmission, the gears can also be shifted manually with the gear lever, or, to be even more dynamic, via gearshift paddles on the steering wheel.
Launch Control & BMW Performance Control
Launch Control is certain to delight drivers with dynamic, sporty ambitions. The function enables maximum acceleration from a standing start when the brake is released and the accelerator pressed. It adjusts the engine to its ideal starting speed, and the Steptronic sport transmission constantly sets the gearshift points so that when shifting up, the next optimal engine speed is available.
The BMW Performance Control intervenes through engine control and controlled braking when turning, so that more power is distributed to the outer wheels and less to the inner wheels. This means that the vehicle practically turns itself, thus increasing driving safety and comfort.
Dynamic Damper Control
Dynamic Damper Control allows the driver to change the damper characteristics to two different settings, for an exceptionally smooth ride and increased driving dynamics. Along with the standard Comfort setting, which provides a serene and pleasant driving experience, the Sport setting is also available. When it is selected, the damper settings are firmer and the driving characteristics are more direct and dynamic. The settings are activated with the Driving Experience Control switch in the centre console.
Electromechanical power steering & variable sport steering
"Electromechanical power steering creates a direct steering experience while simultaneously improving agility and driving comfort. In order to guarantee characteristic BMW steering precision in combination with front wheel drive, the electromechanical steering is perfectly calibrated to the new drive concept. The servo unit and steering gear are combined in a single component. That means that the steering system functions with particularly little friction.
In order to provide a precise and interference-free steering experience, the electronic steering works to counter the otherwise perceptible drive forces with electromechanical force in the steering gear at a level calculated by the DSC steering device. This drive-force compensation results in a level of steering precision that is on par with that of a vehicle with rear-wheel drive.
The very rigid front end and the precise axle kinematics contribute to the vehicle's exceptional steering characteristics. The electromagnetic power steering wins over drivers with its accuracy and its direct responsiveness, as well as with the reduced steering effort required while parking.
The variable sport steering with Servotronic creates a direct and agile steering response with less physical effort when turning. It reacts to the angle of the steering wheel with varying steering ratios. This improves handling when using a sporty driving style as well as comfort during parking and turning."
The ECO PRO mode helps drivers reduce their fuel consumption by up to 20 percent, depending on their driving style – according to an internal BMW fuel consumption study. Additional functions such as coasting, Route-ahead assistant and ECO PRO route have the potential for an additional five percent reduction in consumption.
ECO PRO Route
ECO PRO route shows the most efficient route based on the traffic situation, driving style and road conditions. The on-board computer displays the percentage of fuel that can be saved by driving along the route selected by ECO PRO route.
The coasting function decouples the drivetrain from the engine and the vehicle rolls without additional power input. The car "coasts" when the driver takes their foot off the accelerator between 50 and 160 km/h and does not apply the brakes. Based on data from the navigation system, the Route-ahead assistant recognises bends, built-up areas, speed limits and motorway exits, and gives the driver advance tips when to stop accelerating.
The Automatic Start/Stop function ensures that fuel is only used when the car is moving. When the vehicle comes to a temporary stop, for example at traffic lights or in stop-and-go traffic, the Automatic Start/Stop function saves fuel by switching off the engine as soon as the car is idling and the foot is off the clutch (manual transmission), or when the car comes to a complete standstill (Steptronic transmission).
A signal in the Info Display indicates when the Automatic Start/Stop function is active. As soon as the clutch is pressed (manual transmission) or the foot taken from the brake (Steptronic transmission), the engine springs back to life automatically.
Every time the brakes are hit, kinetic energy is generated and until recently this energy went unused. Brake Energy Regeneration takes advantage of this long-overlooked potential. It harnesses the coasting energy that is generated whenever the driver brakes or takes his or her foot off the accelerator and turns it into electricity.
This electricity is then used to charge the car battery. The intelligent energy management system means that the alternator no longer needs to run constantly, which reduces the strain on the generator. The result: reduced fuel consumption and increased performance – classic BMW EfficientDynamics.
Optimum, perfectly-timed gear changes can help save fuel, particularly in urban traffic and over long distances. Change gears at the right time, use less fuel – the engine's electronics system identifies the most efficient gear, based on road conditions and engine speed. An arrow lights up in the Info Display to show when it would be more efficient to shift into a higher or lower gear. The system also recognises quick acceleration, and will delay its recommendation accordingly until the engine speed is up. Comparative tests have shown that vehicles with the Optimum Shift Indicator use around four percent less fuel.


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The lingering force of the tornado that ripped apart north Minneapolis a year ago shows in the boarded, empty home where the mailbox is still stuffed with letters. The vacant, overgrown lot where a house once stood. The rooftop draped in blue plastic.
It festers in the apartment building that once housed 11 families, but now hosts mice racing across overturned sofas, discarded clothing and filth.
"It's ugly," said Tara Ram, who lives near the vacant apartment building at Sheridan Avenue and Golden Valley Road. "They should bulldoze it."
Ka Yang, her next-door neighbor, still says to herself, "Oh my God, empty lots, houses that are still vacant."
And this is just on the 1800 block of Sheridan Avenue, one of the many grim snapshots of the struggle to recover from the twister on May 22, 2011, that damaged 3,700 properties and displaced hundreds of people.
The city says 96 percent of properties that suffered serious damage have been repaired, razed or are in the process. But as of late April, at least 250 tornado-damaged properties still had major unfinished repairs or had joined the city's list of vacant and boarded buildings, according to a Star Tribune analysis of inspections data.
Some owners walked away. Some are haggling with their insurance companies, while others had no insurance to begin with. Some derelict buildings have sat on a city demolition list for months.
Whatever the reasons, every vacant or decrepit building is one more barrier to the city's hopes for revitalizing an area that had been battered by foreclosures, property speculation and decay for years before the storm.
City housing director Tom Streitz acknowledged there is more work to do. "It's been really a hands-on, all out effort to get people to respond," Streitz said.
He said city inspectors have knocked on the doors of these homes as many as five or six times and made every effort to contact the owners. And the process of getting an "uninhabitable" building demolished can take six months to a year.
As many as 30 more blighted properties are set to be razed by summer's end. Three are boarded eyesores on Penn Avenue between Broadway and 26th Avenue, an area the city hopes to revitalize.
Meanwhile, Minneapolis expects by fall to begin the process of building 100 "green homes" on vacant lots that litter north Minneapolis, and new developments aimed at rejuvenating hard-hit West Broadway, including a project with retail and housing at Penn Avenue, are set to take off in the next year or two.
Feeling of heaviness
A sense of optimism and opportunity have arisen on the North Side, said Chad Schwitters, executive director of Urban Homeworks, a group that has helped rebuild the area.
But, he said, "There's still this heaviness that I think is pretty prevalent."
That gloom is felt by people like Stanley Powell. Since his house on the 1800 block of Sheridan was destroyed, he cannot bring himself to return. He feels depressed seeing similar blight when driving through other parts of north Minneapolis.
"You can see they're doing a lot of work -- but there's still work that has to be done," he said.
Take 3501 Girard Av. N., where bricks crumble on the roof, and blue tarp slides off the back and green tarp hangs off the front. Grass sprawls in every direction, and at least 15 boards are up.
Then there is the blue and white house at 3450 Humboldt, with ragged boards strewn over the front lawn. Much of the white picket fence is gone, and posts are missing. A window is smashed in.
The green house at 1401 Upton was boarded and empty for nearly a year; neighbors say thieves broke in several times and stole all the copper. Only a few weeks ago did a new family finally move in.
"A vacant house is no good," said Clarion Holloway, who lives on the same block, while clearing away tree stumps for the new occupants.
On the 3800 block of Colfax Avenue, neighbors point out the vacant site where a home was razed, the house that is set to be demolished, and the unkempt property with a wrecked roof under a tarp.
"Some days it's depressing even just coming back," said resident Aundre Roberson, a pastor. "You think, almost a year later and you still walk around and see a lot of stuff isn't fixed yet."
Roberson moved into 3842 Colfax with his two sons three weeks before the tornado. The twister sent a tree crashing through his house and blew off the fence surrounding his front yard. The landlord fixed the property, but he can still see the warped surface of the roof and his dog can't roam freely on the lawn anymore.
His parents sold their tornado-damaged house for a loss last year and went back to Mississippi. Some days he wonders if he should move, too.
Three blocks north on Colfax sits one of the worst-looking remnants of the tornado: a three-story house with a collapsed porch and wooden planks tossed on the yard. There's a wide scar where the porch roof used to be, several boards are hanging loose from the second floor, and a top window is knocked out.
Demolitions delayed
Minneapolis has a process for getting rid of problem properties, but savvy property owners can slow that down. In December, the city ordered the demolition of the crumbling apartments at Golden Valley and Sheridan. But an appeal from landlord Mahmood Khan has kept the city at bay.
Khan blamed his insurance company for the delay in approving the $450,000 to $600,000 he expects it would cost to make 2501 Golden Valley Road habitable again. Khan acknowledged the building is in bad shape, but said that initially he needed to keep everything as it was while fighting for the insurance money. Then, he said, the city prevented him from making repairs -- with the exception of the roof, replaced this month -- while the demolition matter is pending.
He also blames thieves who tore out wiring and stole all the metal, creating further insurance delays because Khan had to file a separate claim for vandalism. They pulled mailboxes out of the wall and walked off with sinks, kitchen appliances, and shower faucets.
"We had radiators, those are 200-, 300-pound radiators stuck on the wall," explained Khan, gesturing around inside the dank building as a mouse dashed over the debris on the floor. "All the radiators in the building are all gone."
Inside, one hallway floor is buried under insulation. The renters' belongings are strewn everywhere. Fridges are tipped over. Khan thinks he might have the place fixed, in six months.
Across the street, a dilapidated day-care center owned by a different landlord is still standing, four months after the city issued a demolition order.
Insurance wrangling
Months later, some property owners are also still wrangling with their insurance companies to cover repairs, and city and nonprofit leaders say they have heard many complaints about difficulties in having claims approved.
Susie Davies said American Family Insurance paid to have an enormous tree removed and make some repairs to the roof of her rental property at 3950 Aldrich.
Davies said she was told by city inspectors that further work was needed -- including electrical wiring -- to bring the house up to code, but the repairs are at a standstill because insurance won't pay for it.
Without tenants, Davies fears she will lose the house. She can no longer afford the mortgage after the company stopped her "loss of income" payments several months ago, and missed her payment for May.
After the Star Tribune inquired about the case to American Family last week, a spokesman said the company would cover the repairs and continue covering Davies' loss of income.
The owner of Clipper Cuts on West Broadway near Penn Avenue has also tussled with her insurance company over cracked walls and leaks. The bigger problem is the 40 percent decline in business after many customers were displaced. Barbers have quit because they can't feed their families just sitting around.
The intersection where the city sees so much promise is bleak for now.
"After the tornado hit, it's like half of [the customers] were homeless and went different places ... you come down here 4 or 5 o'clock and look down on this street, it's just a blank," said Lawrence Battles, manager of the building housing Clipper Cuts. "It looks like a ghost town."
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Coming Monday: A year later, the tornado's cost exceeds $80 million, a Star Tribune analysis has found.


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ErgoExperts needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 66 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
New logo which needs a professional web 2.0 type logo. Silver/blue combination using our name "Ergo Experts". It is for an e-commerce store that sells Ergonomically designed equipment such as multiple monitor stands, large TV mounts, electronics designed for efficiency and office furniture for comfort.
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The website is ergoexperts.net. Use the words "Ergo Experts" or without a space "ErgoExperts". The look needs to be a web 2.0 feel which presents an extremely professional presence. We sell high-ticket items so professionalism and trendiness is important. A silver/blue combination or other contrasting colors. The website will be designed according to the logo design/colors/feel which will be open for designs after we finalize a logo with you .
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The recommended modernization improvements is to make the entire building accessible and renovate the interior of the building by making efficient use of existing spaces. In addition, a new covered entry is being proposed to bring the facility entry out to the sidewalk and create a more inviting atmosphere.
The main second floor and roof is a reinforced concrete slab supported on concrete girders/beams. The general condition of the building is good, it has been well maintained since its construction.
Bayview Branch has been designated with a seismic hazard rating of 2. Therefore, seismic retrofit solutions will be limited to localized strengthening of individual members. The building's relatively new construction put this branch among the safest in the City.
The existing main entry ramp does not meet current code. A new entry ramp and a new elevator will be added to make the first and second floor fully accessible. New or enlarged restrooms will be accessible. Signage will be introduced for improved accessibility.
The mechanical and electrical systems will be cleaned and inspected for potential code upgrades. Fire egress and fire protection systems will be improved to meet current code requirements and life safety.
It is recommended that a new electrical panel be installed to serve sensitive loads such as computers. Any proposed new electronic loads will be served from the new sensitive load panel. The new panel will be served from a feeder breaker in the main panel. The building materials will be tested for the presence of asbestos or lead containing materials for possible mitigation measures.
The entire first floor will be renovated to include a new elevator, new restrooms, and more efficient storage and janitor closets. On the second floor, the existing restroom will be enlarged and existing lighting systems will be enhanced. Existing counters and office areas will be reconfigured to make more efficient use of staff areas.
Air circulation in areas with no windows will be improved. The meeting room will be updated with data/electrical outlets and media presentation equipment.
- None, although the high roof diaphragm on the east side has higher than desirable torsion, the shear walls are adequate.
Non-Structural Deficiencies
- Unbraced ceilings over public egresses.
- Unbraced fire suppression and gas piping.
- Lack of shut off devices for high-energy utility lines.
- Unbraced freestanding book stacks.
- Seismic retrofit solutions will be limited to localized strengthening of individual members.
- Brace ceilings over public egresses.
- Brace gas and fire suppression piping.
- Install shut off devices for high-energy utility lines.
- Brace freestanding book stacks.
- The basement floor is not accessible to patrons and staff with disabilities.
- Existing Service counters are not accessible.
- Existing toilets are not accessible.
- Existing entry ramp does not meet current code.
- Install new elevator to serve both main floor and basement.
- Install new accessible service counters.
- Renovate existing toilets to make them accessible and install new toilet fixtures.
- Replace existing ramp with a new code conforming concrete ramp.
- The original heating and ventilation system is inefficient.
- Existing water heater and water pipes are old and inefficient.
- Existing sprinkler system in the basement needs to be upgraded.
- Upgrade new forced air ventilation system and replace existing ducts and piping as required.
- Install new water heater and water pipes.
- Upgrade existing fire sprinkler system to meet current code.
- Provide continuous ventilation in all restrooms during hours of library operation.
- The existing electrical system is insufficient and not code compliant.
- Existing light fixtures are inefficient.
- Existing electrical outlets are inadequate to meet the need.
- Need to upgrade existing telecommunication panel.
- Install new main service panel to serve the proposed new electronic load with a sub-panel for sensitive loads
- Replace existing light fixtures with new energy saving fixtures. Check and upgrade wiring and conduits as required.
- Install additional data/communication outlets.
- Install new telecommunication panel.
- Need fire alarm and smoke detectors.
- Not exit signs in the building.
- Need emergency lighting at public egresses in case of power failure or in emergencies.
- Need additional fire extinguishers in the building.
- Need a burglar alarm.
- Not enough security lights in and around the building.
- Existing window and door grilles need to be replaced.
- Need security cameras to monitor isolated areas in and around the building.
- Install new smoke detectors and fire alarm.
- Install new exit signs and emergency lights in public areas and egresses.
- Install new fire extinguishers at strategic locations in the building.
- Install new burglar alarm.
- Install new interior and exterior security lights.
- Install new window and door grilles.
- Install security cameras to monitor isolated areas in and around the building.
- Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM's) are identified throughout the building.
- Where impacted by construction, abate asbestos in plaster walls and ceilings, caulking, mastics, vinyl sheet/tile floors, radiator insulation and vapor barrier under terra cotta tile roof.
- Abate asbestos if found in the hot water piping and fitting insulation.
- Lead that is impacted by construction shall also be abated.
- Improve security and provide shelter from the elements at the main entry.
- Provide a covered and well-lighted walkway and ramp from the sidewalk up to the main entry.
- Landscaping in front of the building provided by large planters.
- Need a lawn sprinkler system.
- Develop a landscape protection, restoration and maintenance plan.
- Install new sprinkler system.


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Ten years ago this spring, Mark Zuckerberg was a 19-year-old Harvard-going know-it-all. Like a lot of 19-year-olds, he sometimes acted like a brat.
For example, there's the story of how, in May 2004, Zuckerberg hacked into the email accounts of Harvard Crimson staffers. Zuckerberg was worried the Crimson was going to write a nasty article about him. He decided the best way to figure out if an article was happening was to read emails sent among Crimson staffers. To do that, he was going to have to log in to a staffer's email account.
The problem was: to do that, he would have to know that staffer's email password. And no staffer was going to volunteer that information.
So what did 19-year-old Zuckerberg do? He looked up the passwords Crimson staffers were using on Facebook and tried logging into their email accounts using those passwords.
The trick worked, and Zuckerberg broke in and read a bunch of emails between staffers named Elisabeth Theodore (who went on to clerk for a Supreme Court justice) and Timothy McGinn (now an attorney in New York).
Kind of bratty, right? This was around the same time that Zuckerberg was writing a bunch of nasty instant messages about his friends, Facebook co-founders, and Facebook users.
Zuckerberg: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuckerberg: Just ask.
Zuckerberg: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?
Zuckerberg: People just submitted it.
Zuckerberg: I don't know why.
Zuckerberg: They "trust me"
Zuckerberg: Dumb f—-s.
Following that spring 10 years ago, Zuckerberg's life started to change very fast. He moved to California, and his little dorm room project quickly became a multibillion-dollar company. He became world famous. Eventually, so did his bratty antics from when he was 19 years old. There was a book about those antics, and then a movie.
But now it's been 10 years since 2004, when Mark Zuckerberg was a 19-year-old writing stupid things on AOL Instant Messenger. It's time to note that, over those 10 years, Mark Zuckerberg has become one of the best people on the planet.
In his personal affect, he's remained modest. He lives in a nice but not mansion-like house. Sure, he bought all of his neighbors' houses to ensure his own privacy. But he paid a fortune, and he didn't kick them out of their homes. He drives a Volkswagen.
All that is nice, and makes him easy to like. But more importantly, Zuckerberg has also become one of the most generous people you've heard of. It started back in 2012, when, shortly before Facebook went public, Zuckerberg announced he would donate $100 million to New Jersey schools. Then he launched and helped fund a political action committee aimed at reforming immigration.
A cynic might say that both of those efforts are also helpful to Zuckerberg. The donation ahead of the initial public offering might have bought him some good press at an important time. The PAC might help Facebook hire cheaper engineering talent. But two recent acts of charity by Zuckerberg trump this cynical view.
First, in December, came news that Zuckerberg plans to give 18 million Facebook shares to charity. That's a roughly $1 billion donation. It's a huge number. In fact, it's such a huge number that when the news broke, it was hard to imagine how much good $1 billion can do.
Then, on Wednesday, came clarity. The San Jose Mercury News repored that Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, made a donation to a health clinic in East Palo Alto, near Facebook's headquarters. The clinic is for people who can't afford health care. The donation will allow the clinic to double the number of patients it sees, from 11,000 patients a year to more than 20,000. The donation means the clinic can expand into mammography, optometry, and podiatry. There are individuals in Northern California right now who will survive breast cancer or see better or move better because of that money.
And guess how much Zuckerberg and Chan donated? $5 million. Now, $5 million is more than most of us can hope to earn throughout our entire lives. It's a lot of money. And clearly it's enough to make an impact on the lives of thousands of people. It will literally make them healthier. But $5 million is just 1/200 of the amount Zuckerberg plans to donate. He's going to do this 199 more times. And that's just for starters.
So yeah, Zuckerberg once told a friend that he planned to screw over the Winklevoss brothers—he said he was going to screw them "in the ear," to be exact. But now, 10 years later? We're lucky to have him.
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The poll asked 104 voters, comprised mostly of the network's basketball writers, to rank 500 players on a simple scale of 0 to 10. D. Rose was the second highest rated point guard in the league, checking in at No. 5.
With a cumulative score of 9.02, Rose ranked just behind Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul and one spot ahead of Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant.
Chicago native and Miami All-Star Dwyane Wade came in eighth, while former University of Illinois star and current Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams was ranked 10th.
Since ESPN began this project, the list has been met with some criticism for about where some of the players ranked. But ranking players is never an exact science, and it appears that Rose's ACL injury didn't carry much weight with voters who were instructed to rate in terms of "the current quality of each player."
Other members of the Bulls made ESPN's Top 500 as well. Some notables were Joakim Noah (36), Luol Deng (37), Carlos Boozer (67), Taj Gibson (82), Marquis Teague (356) and Jimmy Butler (371).


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|Oracle® Database Security Guide
10g Release 1 (10.1)
Part Number B10773-01
|View PDF
The idea of security policies includes many dimensions. Broad considerations include requiring regular backups to be done and stored off-site. Narrow table or data considerations include ensuring that unauthorized access to employee salaries is precluded by built-in restrictions on every type of access to the table that contains them.
This chapter introduces ideas about security policies and offers tips about recommend practices that can tighten security, in the following sections:
This section briefly introduces security policies. It covers:
An organization should create a written security policy to enumerate the security threats it is trying to guard against, and the specific measures the organization must take. Security threats can be addressed with different types of measures:
Consider whether the appropriate response to a threat is procedural, physical, technical, personnel-related, or a combination of the such measures.
For example, one possible security threat is disruption of critical business systems caused by a malicious person damaging a computer. A physical response to this threat is to secure key business computers in a locked facility. A procedural response is to create system backups at regular intervals. Personnel measures could include background checks on employees who access or manage key business systems.
Oracle Database offers many mechanisms you can use to implement the technical measures of a good security policy. Chapter 7, "Security Policies" and Chapter 13, "Using Virtual Private Database to Implement Application Security Policies".
In addition to addressing requirements unique to your environment, you should also design and implement technical measures in your information security policies to address important generic issues, such as the following concerns:
|Security Concern/Practice
|Recommended Actions
Establish & maintain application-level security
Attach privileges and roles to each application.
Ensure that users cannot misuse those roles and privileges when they are not using the application.
Base use of roles on user-defined criteria, such as a user connecting only from a particular IP address, or only through a particular middle tier.
See Ref Foot 1
Manage privileges & attributes (system/object/user)
Permit only certain users to access, process, or alter data, including the rights to execute a particular type of SQL statement or to access another user's object.
Apply varying limitations on users' access to or actions on objects, such as schemas, tables, or rows, or resources, such as time (CPU, connect, or idle times).
See Ref Foot 2
Create, manage, and control roles (database, enterprise)
Create named groups of privileges to facilitate granting them to users, including previously named groups (roles).
See Ref Foot 3
Establish the granularity of access control desired
Set up session-based attributes securely. For example, store user attributes (username, employee number, and so on) to be retrieved later in the session, enabling fine-grained access control.
Create security policy functions & attach them to critical or sensitive tables, views, or synonyms used by an application. DML statements on such objects are then modified dynamically, and transparently to the user, to preclude inappropriate access.
Enforce fine-grained or label-based access control automatically with policy functions or data & user labels, quickly limiting access to sensitive data, often without additional programming
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Establish & manage the use of encryption
Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connections, well-established encryption suites, or PKI certificates for critical/sensitive transmissions/applications.
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Establish & maintain security in 3-tier applications
Preserve user identity through a middle tier to the database.
Avoid the overhead of separate database connections by proxying user identities (and credentials like a password or certificate) through the middle tier to the database.
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Control query access, data misuse, and intrusions
Monitor query access based on specific content or row to detect data misuse or intrusions.
Use proxy authentication to support auditing of proxied user connections.
Use Regular Auditing and Fine Grained Auditing to detect unauthorized or inappropriate access or actions.
See Ref Foot 7
|1 <<<role independence and Application Security>>> "Creating Secure Application Roles"
2 <<<privileges & attributes (system/object/user)>>> Introduction to Privileges, Understanding User Privileges and Roles, & Granting User Privileges and Roles
3 <<<Create, manage, and control roles (database, enterprise)>>> "Introduction to Roles" & Managing User Roles
4 <<<Establish the granularity of access control desired)>>>Chapter 7, "Security Policies", Chapter 13, "Using Virtual Private Database to Implement Application Security Policies" & Chapter 14, "Implementing Application Context and Fine-Grained Access Control"
5 <<<Establish & manage the use of encryption>>>Chapter 4, "Authentication Methods"
6 Insert Reference for <<<Establish & maintain security in 3-tier applications>>>Chapter 14, "Implementing Application Context and Fine-Grained Access Control" & Chapter 15, "Preserving User Identity in Multitiered Environments"
7 <<<Control query access, data misuse, and intrusions>>>Chapter 14, "Implementing Application Context and Fine-Grained Access Control" & Chapter 15, "Preserving User Identity in Multitiered Environments"; for auditing, Chapter 8, "Database Auditing: Security Considerations"and Chapter 11, "Configuring and Administering Auditing"
The security practices and recommended actions of Table 3-1 are readily implemented using the Oracle features, facilities, and products listed in Table 3-2, in alphabetical order. Discussions of these terms and products appear in the corresponding chapters (or book) listed in that table:
Reference Terms
Reference Chapters
Application Context
Chapter 14, "Implementing Application Context and Fine-Grained Access Control"
Data Encryption
Fine-Grained Access Control
Chapter 14, "Implementing Application Context and Fine-Grained Access Control"
Fine-Grained Auditing
Chapter 8, "Database Auditing: Security Considerations", and
Oracle Label Security
Proxy Authentication
Chapter 15, "Preserving User Identity in Multitiered Environments"
End-User Identity Propagation
Chapter 15, "Preserving User Identity in Multitiered Environments"
Secure Application Roles
Chapter 5, "Authorization: Privileges, Roles, Profiles, and Resource Limitations", and
Chapter 12, "Introducing Database Security for Application Developers"
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To avoid or minimize potential problems, use the following recommended practices for database roles and privileges. Each practice is explained in the following sections in detail:
Enable the proper role only when the application starts, and disable it as soon as the application terminates. To do this, you must take the following approach:
One role should contain only non-destructive privileges associated with the application (
SELECT privileges for specific tables or views associated with the application). This read-only role allows an application user to generate custom reports using ad hoc tools, such as SQL*Plus, but disallows modifying table data. A role designed for an ad hoc query tool may or may not be protected by a password (or by operating system authentication).
ROLE statement at application startup to enable one of the database roles associated with that application. For a role authorized by a password, the
ROLE statement within the application must include that password, preferably encrypted by the application. If a role is authorized by the operating system, the system administrator must set up accounts in advance to provide application users with appropriate operating system privileges.
Database roles granted to users can nonetheless be enabled by users outside the application. Such use is not controlled by application-based security, but it can be controlled by virtual private database. In three-tier systems, using a secure application role prevents users from acquiring the role outside the application.
Additionally, you can use the
PRODUCT_USER_PROFILE table to:
ROLE statement to enable specific roles upon application startup.
ROLE statement for SQL*Plus users, thereby restricting such users to only the privileges associated with the roles enabled when SQL*Plus started.
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Restrict users' ad hoc query tools from exercising application privileges, by encapsulating those privileges into stored procedures. Grant users execute privileges on those procedures, rather than issuing direct privilege grants to the users, so that the privileges cannot be used outside the appropriate procedure.
Users can then exercise privileges only in the context of well-formed business applications. For example, consider authorizing users to update a table only by executing a stored procedure, rather than by updating the table directly. By doing this, you avoid the problem of the user having the
SELECT privilege and using it outside the application.
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"Example 3: Event Triggers, Application Context, Fine-Grained Access Control, and Encapsulation of Privileges"
Grant privileges through roles that require a password unknown to the user.
For privileges that the user should exercise only within an application, enable the role by a password known only by the creator of the role. Use the application to issue a
ROLE statement. Since the user does not have the role password, it must either be embedded in the application or retrievable from a database table by a stored procedure.
Hiding the password discourages users from trying to use the privileges without using the application, which does improve security, but it is not foolproof.
Security by obscurity is not a good security practice. It protects against lazy users who merely want to bypass the application, even though they could, with access to the application code, potentially find the password. It does not protect against users who want deliberately to misuse privileges without using the application code (malicious users). Since malicious users can decompile client code and recover embedded passwords, you should only use the embedded password method to protect against lazy users.
Retrieving the role password from a database table is a bit more secure. It requires that the user uncover what stored procedure to use, gain
EXECUTE permission on that procedure, execute it, and retrieve the password. Only then could the user use the role outside of the application.
In three-tier systems, enabling a role is possible only when the user accesses the database through a middle-tier application. This requires the use of proxy authentication and a secure application role.
Proxy authentication distinguishes between a middle tier creating a session on behalf of a user and the user connecting directly. Both the proxy user (the middle tier) and the real user information are captured in the user session.
A secure application role is implemented by a package, performing desired validation before allowing a user to assume the privileges in the role. When an application uses proxy authentication, the secure application role package validates that the user session was created by proxy. If the user is connecting to the database through an application, the role can be set, but if the user is connecting directly, it cannot.
Consider a situation in which you want to restrict use of an HR administration role to users accessing the database (by proxy) through the middle tier HRSERVER. You could create the following secure access role:
CREATE ROLE admin_role IDENTIFIED USING hr.admin;
Here, the
hr.admin package performs the desired validation, permitting the role to be set only if it determines that the user is connected by proxy. The
hr.admin package can use
SYS_CONTEXT ('userenv', 'proxy_userid'), or
SYS_CONTEXT (userenv', 'proxy_user'). Both return the ID and name of the proxy user (HRSERVER, in this case). If the user attempts to connect directly to the database, the
hr.admin package will not allow the role to be set.
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Re application context:
The secure application role package can use additional information in the user session to restrict access, such as the user's original IP address.
You should never use IP addresses to make primary access control decisions, because IP addresses can be spoofed.
You can, however, use an IP address to increase access restrictions after using other criteria for the primary access control decision.
For example, you may want to ensure that a user session was created by proxy for a middle tier user connecting from a particular IP address. Of course, the middle tier must authenticate itself to the database before creating a lightweight session, and the database ensures that the middle tier has privilege to create a session on behalf of the user.
Your secure application role package could validate the IP address of the incoming connection. Before allowing SET ROLE to succeed, you can to ensure that the HRSERVER connection (or the lightweight user session) is coming from the appropriate IP address by using
SYS_CONTEXT (userenv',' 'ip_address') . Doing so provides an additional layer of security.
In this scenario, you combine server-enforced fine-grained access control and, through application context, session-based attributes.
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1. Wizards still has many support docs and adventures in it's online archive (you will have to sort it through all the 4e crap from last year). They don't "officially" support it anymore.
2. Familiarize with the rules in the PHB which includes all the race, spell, class, and combat information. That will be the brunt of the changes from earlier editions. Though I must confess I really never played 2e much as 1e and 3e. Finding a 3.5 PHB maybe a little tricky unless you buy off someone else. The DMG and Monster manual would be good.
3. As an Alternative you can play Pathfinder from Pazio which is "D&D 3.75". Rules are free.
Let me know if you need "more".