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Why location matters in real estate
Here are five characteristics to look for when buying a home.
Ask just about any real estate agent to list the three most important things a property should have, and you'll likely hear: "location, location, location." That phrase has been in use at least since 1926, according to The New York Times, and is just as relevant now as it was then.
But why does location matter so much? For starters, you can't move a home — at least not easily or inexpensively. When you buy a home in a good location, it's usually a solid long-term investment.
Real estate agents often advise their clients to buy the worst house — a property that could use some TLC — on the best block. Why? Because fixing up a home in a great neighborhood will give you the best return on your investment. Quite simply, it will be easier to sell later on. Conversely, you can buy a beautiful home that doesn't need any work. But if the block is sketchy or just plain bad, you could have a hard time selling the property at a decent price.
So if "location, location, location" is so important, what makes a location good? Here are five characteristics to look for when buying a home. If you can get all five, chances are the home's a great investment.
1. A safe neighborhood
People want to live where there's little or no crime. Naturally, they want to feel safe in their homes and will pay extra for it. A safe neighborhood means people will feel free to walk around, be outdoors and interact with their neighbors. Communities still exist today where people don't lock their doors, and they know their neighbors are there for them in a pinch.
2. Good schools
Being in a good school district is important, even if you don't have school-age kids and never plan to have any. Fact is, young families always will be buying their first or second homes. They will do their home search based on location in general and good school districts in particular. The better the school district, the higher the values of the surrounding homes can be.
Found a home you love but the school district is subpar? Be aware of that issue for resale down the road. Bottom line: When you buy a home, you should always think like a future seller.
3. Convenient access to popular places, shops and restaurants
Everyone wants to be near the best commercial districts. The closer to the hubbub of a particular town or the best parts of a city, the better the location — and the more someone is willing to pay for a home. In beach communities, the closer to the beach, the more valuable the property.
4. Water access and views
No matter which town or city, someone will always pay for a great view or to be on or near the water. Put a home right on a waterway or on a hill with panoramic views and you've got a great location.
5. Access to public transit and/or freeways
In major cities, the farther you live from the bus, subway or other types of mass transit, the less valuable the home. A good location means being very close, and having easy access, to public transportation. Being near a train or bus can get you anywhere in a short amount of time. In some towns, where a commute by car is inevitable, easy access to the freeway makes for a good location. Adding 20 minutes to a commute just to get to the freeway never helps a location.
What makes a bad location?
There are some common characteristics that make a location "bad," no matter where you are.
Ever see a home with a backyard that faces the freeway? Whether the home is in Denver, Dallas or Dubuque, such a location is likely always going to be considered undesirable. Is the home on a busy intersection or a four-lane road? Again, it's probably considered a bad location, no matter which town it's in or what the nearby neighborhood is like.
Other factors that can make for a "bad" location: very close proximity to a fire station (good if your house is on fire, not so good if you're trying to sleep); a hospital (frequent ambulance sirens); an airport (sounds of jet engines 18 hours per day) or a school (traffic from buses or parents dropping off children or kids yelling and playing).
Some "good" and "bad" qualities simply vary by community. If you know your local community, you know which parts of town are less or more desirable. It's always smart to rent in a new community before committing to a home purchase. Renting allows you time to become familiar with the location.
All these things matter when you're considering the location of a home for sale. But never lose sight of what matters most to you about the location. If you're crazy about baseball, for instance, you might love owning a condo near your city's professional baseball team ballpark. Someone who doesn't like baseball, on the other hand, would probably not want to live near all the commotion.
Location, location, location really does matter — a lot. But as always, the most important thing is to buy the right home for you, at the right time.
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Water access & views are great if you don't mind the occasional flash flood or hurricane. Ask the people who had these views after Hurricane Sandy paid a visit.
For a few years I lived in a small NC town. There was a small creek, usually dry, that flooded big time during Hurricane Floyd. The water was up to the first floors of all the condos there.
OTOH, a bad smell in the air is an excellent clue the location is bad. Such as a highly industrial area (diesel fumes), oil refinery, chemical plants, steel factories and more.
"Communities still exist today where people don't lock their doors"
Yeah, and those people are sitting ducks because EVERYONE knows they don't lock their doors...so then you get to someday read stories about how a kid was taken from their bedroom and found dead in a creek or a family was murdered in their sleep and the news is filled with neighbors who are so "shocked" because "we never lock our doors". I lock my doors--if someone wants in, it will be a challenge and they're gonna have to make some noise.


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An 11-year-old boy from Wolcott is recovering after being hit by a motor vehicle while riding his bicycle Wednesday evening.
Witnesses told police that the boy was riding his bicycle with friends on Oak Lane at 5:45 p.m. when he took a wide turn onto Lyman Road and was struck head-on by a car.
The boy was taken to an area hospital, however police said he had no broken bones and will likely be taken home Wednesday night.
No charges have been filed at this time and the driver stayed at the scene, police said.
The crash is being investigated by police at this time.
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California Desert 44 (by Adolfo Isassi)
The "magic" hour for canyons is not the same as the for open landscapes. It is different for every canyon. If I do not have the advantage of scouting the location beforehand, I use satellite imaging to see form above the canyon orientation relative to the traveling sunlight. Copyright: Adolfo Isassi.
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Categories > Celebrities > My Chemical Romance > How She Became His Everything
Trapped.2 Reviews
"Wish me luck!" Lynn said getting ready.
"Why?" Replied Shannon unaware of the whole Eliza and Gerard matter.
"Nevermind." Added Lynn walking out.
Even though Gerard's room was the closest, she just avoided it, heading directly Ray and Mikey's.
"Hey Lynn!" Said Ray opening the door. "Is something wrong? It's almost midnight!" He added.
"No I just wanted to give you guys some papers for the tour." She said walking in.
"Oh, those allowed expenses stuff." Added Ray taking his paper to then start reading it.
"Yup." Replied Lynn. "Where's Mik..."
"Lynn!" Interrupted Mikey walking in then giving her a hug.
"Hey you!" Said Lynn "Here you go."
"Tour stuff?" Asked Mikey taking his papers.
"Yeah, and they are not to be put on fire! They are valuable!" Said Lynn smiling.
"I know." Added Mikey.
"Lynn, my darling." Said Ray wrapping an arm around her to gesture with the second saying: "Look around you, the room is clean, Mikey is neat, no weird smells and most importantly I'm not shouting and yelling...Mikey there, has stopped his little games."
Lynn laughed turning to Mikey and said: "So no more explosions?"
"No, but I'd like to try one last one on Eliza." Mikey said making Lynn crack up.
"You probably think he's joking." Added Ray. "But he tried to attack her when she was passing by a couple of minutes ago." He explained. "But I manage to hold him back."
"She was passing by, you mean she was leaving?" Asked Lynn.
"Yes, I don't understand why would she be going out at 12 am." Said Ray.
"Well if she's out then I better go to Gerard's right now." Said Lynn walking out. "Since I'm planning on getting out alive." She mumbled to herself as she got to the hallway.
Ok, he thinks I hate him, Lynn started thinking on the way to his room. Maybe he doesn't want to see me now...Or he simply just doesn't care...Typical of him anyways, he never did. I can't face him now though.
She stood in front of this door and started having flashbacks of when she was coming back from her uncle's place excited to meet him to then find him with Eliza.
How heart broken she was then.
I can't do this, I'm sure he wouldn't want to see the sight of me right now...Thoughts started rushing through her mind again as she was still standing there with the papers in hand.
I'll just slip it from under the door and go back to my room, she finally decided.
Lynn then knelt to pass the papers, she held on to the door as it opened wide.
"Shit." She mumbled in a low tone quickly standing up..I didn't even knock and he knew I was out there she thought to herself trying to straighten up and face him.
As she finally looked at the door, she realised no one was there. It wasn't Gerard who opened it, it was already left unlocked.
She stood there again, staring at the empty living room.
It was dark, so quiet and motionless in there that Lynn couldn't keep herself from coming in, it got too interesting for her to just turn her back and leave.
"Gerard?" She said loudly going to the kitchen.
It looked really messy, unlike when she was living with him.
She could see loads of unwashed dishes in the sink, spoons lying everywhere, sauce drops on the table and chairs, even some cigarette ashes on the floor.
That Eliza sure knows how to tidy a place up Lynn thought to herself heading to the bedroom.
"Gerard?" She repeated. "Are you there?" She said walking in to see nobody was there.
So nobody's home and I better get out of here before Eliza comes back Lynn finally concluded placing the papers on the living room's coffee table.
On her way out, she heard noise inside...Lynn frowned at first, thinking she just checked the whole suite to find nobody there.
As she got to the door, she heard a sound again, it was more like a groan.
"Shit, the bathroom." She exclaimed as she remembered she still had the bathroom to check, rushing her way back in.
Heading to the bathroom, Lynn stood a couple of feet away from its door.
It was half open and from where she was standing, she couldn't see anyone in there.
The lights were on which made her suspect someone's presence.
She then slowly stepped closer to the door to take a better look before she decides to go in.
Those little red drops, forming on the bathroom tiles, it made her heart skip a beat as she unconsciously yet violently pushed the door wide open.
"Gerard! NO! Let go!" She screamed trying to take away what was in his hands.
He was there, on the toilet seat, with small cuts on his hand.
"Aw! Give it to me Gerard!" Lynn yelled as she was fighting him over that sharp, pointed object.
"Just go!!" Gerard said as she finally succeeded to take the knife away from him.
"Show me!" She said loudly kneeling next to him, pulling his hands towards her to see how serious it looked.
Tears started rolling down her eyes as she looked at his bloody hand. She could still feel how soft his skin is as she was holding his hand while he eventually gave in to her.
"Why, Gerard?" She then asked looking at him sadly.
"For you, Lynn." He said in pain.
She didn't really get what he meant by that, she was just too worried about him that she reached a first aid box from under the sink to open it and try to stop the bleeding.
"Don't hate me, Lynn. You need to leave now" Gerard struggled to say feeling severly hurt as she was trying to clean up his cuts to finally cover them.
"I'm so sorry Gerard, I didn't mean what I said before, I don't hate you." She looked up at him crying.
Gerard then lifted his injured hand wiping off her tears. He was about to add something but the sound of the front door being ragely opened interrupted.
Lynn's eyes got wide open as she said: "Oh my god, Eliza's back."
"No." Gerard said. "Those are her people." He added in pain.
"Her people?" Said Lynn as she started to feel her heart beating faster each second. "That explains why she left the front door open."
Even though she felt paralyzed, her fear of Eliza's 'people' got her to rush to the bathroom door and lock it to then lean on it breathing heavily from anxiety.
"She found out about the letter." Gerard said in discomfort.
"How?" Lynn asked in a really low tone.
"She read it." He added.
But the letter was in the back of my drawer, it was hidden, how did Eliza get to it? Lynn started wondering.
She didn't add a word after that, not even tried to move as she heard them walking in the suite, slamming the doors open moving from one room to another.
She hoped they would miss the bathroom and think no one is home, just as she almost did earlier, to eventually leave.
A couple of minutes later, silence roamed the place. Lynn could hear her own breath, she finally started breathing normally, they had left.
Or at least that was what she thought, until she heard their footsteps getting closer and closer to their way.
They know we're here, she thought to herself getting so scared that she moved away from the door and rushed her way to sit next to Gerard.
He put his arms around her and whispered: "I'll kill myself to protect you."


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Kelly Hungerford: Community is All About the People
Published on January 23, 2012 by Liz Wilson
Did you know it's Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD 2012? It is! We're recognizing the contribution of all community managers and their teams out there by hearing from Paper.li's Kelly Hungerford about a CM's life … Continue reading


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The commercial real estate firm General Investments and Development faced this dilemma, recalls CIO Shawn Mahoney. Different financial analysts had their own Excel formulas for calculating items such as internal rate of return, leading to inconsistent investment decisions. Rather than fight Excel, Mahoney implemented OutlookSoft, which uses Excel as a front end to an analysis engine and database, ensuring that everyone has the same data models and formulas for these decisions. "We got a standard process that everyone uses," he says.
Weaving the BI fabric
The good news for IT is that it is easier to apply consistent BI technology to more operational systems, says Ovum's Charlesworth, thanks to Web services, increased use of standards, more common APIs, and emerging concepts such as SOA. These newer approaches also help support consolidation of BI tools in the enterprise so that there can be a common analytics engine for typical processes such as finance and manufacturing.
Not only is it easier to use a common BI engine for many applications, "It's easier to support a more dynamic approach to how we surface BI technology to users," Charlesworth says. Remember Honerkamp's goal of getting his IT group out of the query-and-reports business? He accomplished much of his objective by making his BI tool available to users via an enterprise portal. Rather than create queries and execute reports, developers at the Hillman Group created BI applications that can analyze specific business areas — and let business staff build their own queries on the fly using check boxes and pull-down menus.
That particular project actually helped the company improve the understanding of its own business. The first app IT created analyzed revenue — but in the definition phase, it became clear that the company had multiple ways of defining exactly what revenue was. "IT became the catalyst to get the groups together to agree upon a common definition of revenue before we would agree to build the app," Honerkamp says. That not only eliminated a lot of data cleansing, it got the business on the same page about a fundamental financial issue for the first time.
Rather than filling endless requests for reports, Honerkamp's team is now focused on working with economists and modelers to develop predictive modeling, a major shift in focus from plumbing history to preparing for future business activity. "The trick for us is to understand not just our lagging indicators but our leading indicators," he says.
Beyond structured data
Going forward, enterprises should look for search and unstructured analytics tools that help make sense of text data and other information external to databases, says Ovum's Davis. Such tools, most of which remain in the development phase, can augment BI's quantitative analysis with qualitative analysis. A simple example: Call-center records can be analyzed for references to competitors to see, for example, which seem to be most attractive to new customers or which appear to be making good impressions on high-value customers, he says.


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Prevent The Teenager From Becoming A Statistic
Prevent The Teenager From Becoming A Statistic
Parents please don't be naive inside thinking which the teen is without sex, most teens are. We need to better educate the youngsters found on the dangers of unprotected sex. This task will sound embarrassing for both we plus the teen however, it need to be completed. Schools just scrape the surface whenever discussing unprotected sex, stating which they will catch STD's plus fall pregnant; where they fail is by not shocking the teens with all the realities of these topics. We because parents must do this.
Teenagers think which "it can't arise to me considering my boyfriend/girlfriend is clean, they have just had a couple of partners". We should provide a teen the fact check, so that they KNOW it will result for them. Inform them which each time they have unprotected sex with really 1 partner, which they are possibly having sex with a 1000! Next explain which their partner can have just had sex with five folks, then which five have all had sex with five folks, then which twenty five have all had sex with five individuals so forth! Additionally explain it just takes 1 individual because link to have an STD to pass it about to everyone else following them inside the chain.
Explain for them totally which there are more STD's than merely the killers like AIDS plus HEP. Tell them regarding illnesses like Chlamydia which won't kill them, quite create them really ill plus create them infertile; thus which whenever they choose to settle down plus have a family, it won't happen considering they were thought their boyfriend was 'clean'! Tell them regarding genital warts, as well as the terrible plus embarrassing task to have them removed! Petrify the teen, MAKE them wear a condom!
Then many importantly you must eliminate the glamour from teenage pregnancy. Inform which most teenage moms are single, unemployed plus improperly educated. Then let them understand regarding the sleepless nights, the continual 24/7 attention a baby demands. Not being capable to go out with their neighbors, tell them they might need to kiss their social lifetime goodbye. Again petrify a teen plus MAKE them wear a condom.
My final advise is to create condoms available to the teen, should you cannot bring oneself to do this have a friend or relative do this for we, make sure they don't reside too far away though. Don't count the condoms which they take, because this would scare them into not taking any at all! Remember which they offers those to their neighbors that don't have access plus bear in your mind which they are young plus inexperienced; it could take a limited condoms only to receive 1 about!


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As London starts its countdown to the Olympics, we had a look at some of the past Olympics and the lovely art and design that were produced for the games. Two cities jumped to our attentions: Mexico in 1968 and Munich, 1972.
We also stumbled upon Alan Clark's proposed posters for London which we think are really great! We love the strong graphic design in these posters!
Bring on the Olympics! We can't wait!


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After going to dinner and meeting Cato's family Ava had been feeling a little down. Although she was ready to give birth any day now so it was probably a mix of those things. Cinnah had been pleasent after Ava had spoken with her alone and got to the bottom of the fact that Cinnah thought she'd stolen Cato from her. Adam had been adorablly pleasent. Eve… Well Eve had been Eve. Rude, spiteful and she hated Ava. That hurt more than it should have. Ava had told Cato who should spend some more time with Cinnah to make up for the past few years. So now she was sitting on the couch, eating ice cream from the tub and watching titanic.
Adam licked his lips and played with his shirt "So…"
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I had some light white bean vegetable soup that was getting a bit thin - I ate the thickest parts of it already, it was too good a starter for my yesterdays chicken and salad dinner - grilled chicken legs with cooked potatoes and lettuce and feta salad…
I fried some bacon - I cut and fried its fattest parts into cracklings and then fried a few more slices in the fat. Then I put all the bacon into a bowl and fried two diced onions in the bacon's fat, then put them also to the bowl onto the bacon. In the meanwhile I cooked a few potatoes, then mashed them and fried, too, on the remaining fat.
I heated the soup, added mixed herbs and poured it over the bacon and onions, then put the potatoes in.
In this way I had a delicious and nutritious dinner today.
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Happy Holidays people. Was hoping to get this "Week 17 tips" blog up late last night but was putting together a tricycle. Brett Favre should ride this into the sunset But you don't care about kids and Christmas and the other holidays. You don't have any common sense — if you really are still playing […] [Read More]
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A couple of last-minute things as we clear out the notebook and get ready for playoff games this weekend: * It looks like snow in New England and … Kurt Warner has never played in an NFL game in the snow. That can't be a good thing and, coupled with his diminishing stats the last […] [Read More]
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Could have been better than Kordell Stewart Browns coach Romeo Crennel indicated in his post-game news conference Sunday that Joshua Cribbs will not be used extensively at quarterback going forward. Cribbs, a kick returner who played quarterback at Kent State, is the most exciting player on Cleveland, and Crennel is a dead duck coach, so […] [Read More]
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I think Locke was correct when he stated that the basic human rights are 'Life, Liberty, and Property' and Jefferson did a disservice in his paraphrasing of Locke.
It is possible to have a societies where there is little concept of personal property so it is not a basic human right.
You have to pare things back to the bare bones of do most people feel morally wrong doing something.
If they don't then do not let somebody pass a law that makes that thing illegal.
By sticking to the principle of having laws that uphold moral views you will have good laws and avoid manipulation of the legal system for the benefit of a few.
What is regarded as moral will change with time and will vary from place to place and laws must be adjusted accordingly.


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Mystic (AP) — Mystic Aquarium staff and visitors are mourning the loss of a 33-year-old female beluga whale that died after a prolonged respiratory illness.
Aquarium officials say Naku the beluga died Saturday night despite extraordinary efforts by aquarium veterinarians and animal care staff.
Tracy Romano, the aquarium's executive vice president of research and zoological operations, says Naku had battled the illness since last fall. Aquarium officials are working with University of Connecticut experts in performing a necropsy on the beluga, which had been part of the aquarium's collection for three decades.
The aquarium's beluga whales have been a popular attraction for years, occupying three connected pools with more than 750,000 gallons of water in the Arctic Coast exhibit.
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Thank you for thinking of me when you read the forward you just sent, but next time, please check into such items more thoroughly. What you sent me was a hoax -- an urban myth of the Web.
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Monday, 20th August, 2012, 01:59 AM #11
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Custom items should probably be put into their own wiki page and added to the approved sources list.
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Monday, 20th August, 2012, 03:17 AM #12
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I don't believe we allow custom DM items outside of their adventure without a proposal, besides custom boons.
Unless I am mistaken.
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Monday, 20th August, 2012, 06:40 PM #14
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As a player without DDI access, I mostly do my item shopping these days via an old copy of the offline character builder. Are there sources that are in my old CB that would be disallowed by this proposal? Is it possible to create a list of such sources? I would be mildly annoyed if I bought something that turned out not to be legal and didn't know it.
On the other hand, by far the most demanding job in this community, with the possible exception of DMing, is character reviews. Anything that makes character review easier, I'm in favor of, even if it inconveniences players a bit.
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Monday, 20th August, 2012, 06:48 PM #15
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I use the offline character builder to, so I know what you mean. That's why an up to date wiki page with allowed sources would be necessary.
Wednesday, 22nd August, 2012, 04:10 AM #16
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It would be anything RPGA in the old CB as none of it was "approved" by WotC.
Here's the Official announcement
Personally, I'm fine with it.
Saturday, 25th August, 2012, 02:29 PM #17
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So to make it official, I vote yes to this proposal.
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Saturday, 25th August, 2012, 04:54 PM #18
Could we just ban RPGA items? That may be easier instead of changing the system.
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The U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) convened a 51C Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) reclassification board from 24-25 May 2011 at Fort Belvoir, VA. It was administered by the 51C Proponent Office. The reclassification board consisted of members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Army Contracting Command. The board was comprised of two Lieutenant Colonels and three Master Sergeants. A total of 27 candidates were selected for reclassification.
The purpose of the board was to ensure the best qualified NCOs were selected for reclassification into Military Occupational Specialty 51C (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Contracting NCO), which is part of the Army Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Workforce. The 51C NCOs primary mission is to deploy as contingency contracting officers and serve as members of the Early Entry Module contingency contracting team. When not deployed, selected NCOs will serve as contingency contracting officers in support of Headquarters, Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting (PARC), Contracting Support Brigades, Contingency Contracting Battalions, and/or Installation Contracting Offices for training and mission support.
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Monsoonal weather patterns have moved into the Grand Canyon area decreasing fire danger. As a result, on Tuesday, July 8 at 8 a.m. fire managers lifted fire restrictions within Grand Canyon National Park. More »
Two Bats Collected in the Park Have Tested Positive for Rabies
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Grand Canyon to Waive Entrance Fees During National Park Week 2011
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Grand Canyon, Ariz. – Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in celebrating National Park Week by waiving entrance fees April 16 – 24, 2011.
Visitors who arrive April 16 – 24 will be allowed to enter the park free of charge. Those who plan to spend time in the park beyond the 24th will need to pay the regular entrance fee for the remainder of their stay.
Park visitors are reminded that the fee-free designation applies to entrance fees only and does not affect fees for camping, reservations, tours or use of concessions. Park entrance stations will have Interagency Senior and Annual Passes available for those who wish to purchase them.
During National Park Week, park visitors are encouraged to watch for special offers on tours, food and souvenirs provided by park concessioners. Grand Canyon concessioner Xanterra South Rim L.L.C. has coupons available on their web site (www.grandcanyonlodges.com) for discounts in their retail outlets and buy-one-get-one-free deals on West Rim Sunset Tours.
As part of their National Parks Week activities, the National Park Service (NPS), Grand Canyon Association, and concessioners Xanterra South Rim, L.L.C. and Delaware North Parks and Resorts will be celebrating Earth Day on Friday, April 22. The celebration will include family friendly games, sustainable cuisine, displays, a tire pressure station and much more, all at the South Rim's Market Plaza. Everyone is encouraged to join the fun between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and learn more about the greening of Grand Canyon.
The growing connection between public lands and public health is the focus of National Park Week 2011, making it the perfect opportunity to engage families and communities in America's Great Outdoors while creating opportunities for people to get outside, be active, and have fun. Grand Canyon's staff, concessioners and partners encourages everyone to take advantage of National Park Week's fee-free designation and visit Grand Canyon National Park.
Several additional fee-free days are scheduled for 2011, including June 21 (the first day of summer), September 24 (National Public Lands Day), and November 11 – 13 (Veterans Day Weekend).
For additional information on Grand Canyon's Earth Day celebration, contact Deirdre Hanners at 928-638-7627. To learn more about visiting Grand Canyon National Park, visit the park's web site at www.nps.gov/grca, or have a free Trip Planner mailed to you by calling 928-638-7888. For more information on opportunities to celebrate National Parks Week in park units around the country, please visit www.nps.gov/npweek.
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Could You Turn Trash Into Treasure With These Stocks?
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Garbage is big business. It might seem silly, but it's true. The industry might seem more appropriate for a segment on Dirty Jobs, but there's serious money to be made from trash. In fact, one of the major industry players, Waste Management (NYSE: WM), is a favorite among income investors for its market-beating yield.
After considerable rallies, Waste Management and close peer Republic Services (NYSE: RSG) now trade at multi-year highs.
In that light, is there still time for investors to strike gold from garbage? Or are you better off tossing these stocks into the dumpster?
Disturbing Debt
Waste Management and Republic Services are both industrials, meaning they have lots of long-lived assets on the balance sheet. As is usually the case, lots of long-term assets are usually accompanied by a lot of long-term debt used to finance those assets.
At the same time, it's not a great time to have a lot of debt on the balance sheet, particularly if that debt needs to be refinanced over time. Interest rates are on the rise, and I'm nervous about investing in companies with a lot of debt on their books.
To that end, at the end of the first quarter Waste Management had $9 billion in long-term debt on its balance sheet and just $6.7 billion in total shareholder's equity. That means its long-term debt to equity ratio stands at a nauseating 134%.
Republic Service's long-term debt to equity ratio, meanwhile, sits at a better (but still uncomfortable) 91%.
Is growth a source of optimism?
Of course, high debt levels aren't a huge cause for concern if the companies can grow at rates that make their interest expenses acceptable. Last year, Waste Management saw its revenues inch up 2% and its diluted earnings per share drop 14% from the year prior.
At the same time, Republic Services reported a 1% drop in sales and flat diluted earnings per share in 2012, year over year.
Unfortunately, these growth figures aren't exactly inspiring, and when you consider that each stock trades for more than 20 times trailing EPS, it's looking more and more like these stocks are fully valued.
An international candidate to consider
An interesting alternative in the waste management industry is Veolia Environnement S.A. (NYSE: VE). France-based Veolia does have exposure to the United States, a plus for investors reluctant to allocate capital to the shaky European economy.
Another huge plus for potential investors is the company's gigantic dividend yield. Veolia pays an annual dividend, and according to Yahoo! Finance, 2013's payout of $0.91 per share amounts to a greater-than 7.5% yield at recent prices.
It's worth noting that because the company is domiciled in France, investors will lose a percentage of the payout to foreign withholding taxes. Even so, Veolia's yield is double the yield of either Waste Management or Republic Services, and several hundred basis points higher than the yield on the 10-year Treasury Bond.
Bottom line: pass on trash
With Waste Management at $40 per share and Republic Services at $33 per share, my position is that their soaring stock prices have become disconnected from their fundamentals. The waste management industry is a slow-growing one, and the underlying revenue and earnings growth of each of these two companies bear this out.
Waste Management and Republic Services operate highly profitable businesses, but there simply isn't enough growth potential to justify paying 21 or 22 times trailing earnings for either of these stocks.
At these prices, I'd reason that Waste Management and Republic Services investors can look forward to their 3.7% and 2.8% respective yields, along with dividend growth in the mid-single digits going forward. At the same time, it doesn't appear that either of these stocks currently provides compelling capital gain potential.
If high yield is the focus of your investing, you'd be better off with Veolia, which provides a huge yield that compares favorably to its two industry peers.
All told, the mixture of high debt and low growth can be a toxic combination. As a result, I'm content to wait on the sidelines for Waste Management and Republic Services to get their financial houses in order, and I'd recommend investors do the same.
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i am refering to both ADSL2 and cable modem:pim trying out both before I go with a ISP pernment
I don't know about cable modems, but for DSL, a modem is a modem is a modem when it comes to speed and latency. One might be better at holding a marginal line, but that's all.
I have used Motorola and Scientific Atlanta modems with my cable connection. The Motorola modems were far more tolerant across a wide range of signal levels than the Scientific Atlanta (WebStar) modem. Recently, my ISP threw the switch on Docsis 3.0 in my area, so I retired my Motorola SB5101 and upgraded to a Motorola SB6120.My pings have always been very good for gaming (Quake 4, COD4, COD MW2) but I would have to say that they are excellent and extremely consistent now with the SB6120. In MW2 with my older modem, my connection was rarely selected during the server hand-off as the match server, however, with the SB6120, my connection is usually selected to host the match.If your area has Docsis 3.0, the SB6120 would be a no-brainer! If you are still at Docsis 2.0, the SB6120 will be quite happy, but you would not have the advantage of downstream channel bonding and 64QAM on the upstream. If your ISP is planning to stay in business, I would assume they will be moving to Docsis 3.0 in the near future.--Politicians are afraid of anything they don't understand. Unfortunately, they don't understand anything...
I am on the 16/2 which is docsis 2 and I have 4 bonded channels on my download.The cable company would be idiots not to allow it because you only use a fraction of each channel not all on 1 channel.I have a SB6120 and I have 1 blue light which means bonded channels.I agree about the gaming.I am a UFC undisputed junkie I mean it is to me like heroin is to a junkie.I had an arris from comcast at first and it literally sucked to play online most of the time because of lag.I went and tried the SB6120 before turning my glock 9 on my Xbox 360 and its literally like night and day and its not the bandwidth because Xbox live uses very little of that its the QOS that makes the diffrence mine went from avging like 75% to very seldom now dropping below 90%.I love my SB6120 I thought about putting it under my pillow at night when I sleep.Would that be a fire hazzard?Ok I really was not going to sleep with it but they are amazing.The only downside is they seem to be a little more sensitive to noise on the transmit and that is not a fact but more than just me have noticed it ofcouse we could all be idiots but it does seem to be real sensitive to noise on the upstream


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Winters in East Greenwich. It seems we had more snow in the 40s when I was coming of age here. There was usually enough snow to build a snowman. The children of my neighborhood would slide down the hill into what we knew then as MacGiveneyŌĆÖs Hollow from Bridge Street. At the other end of town, IŌĆÖve been told that they blocked off some of the bigger hills like King or Queen street and let the youngsters sled there.
It seems to me that every boy then wore a mackinaw, a longish jacket resembling a Navy peacoat but in some version of dark plaid. Our macs had shiny sleeves from our rubbing our runny noses on them. We had caps, mostly tokes or billed hats with earflaps. We knew not the cold until we had turned blue and just couldnŌĆÖt take it any longer.
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making question sentence by using "COULD" (as past ability)
Stone age man could only sleep in the dark at night because there was no sunlight.
I think, "could" is used to express past ability, in above sentence.
Is it correct when I make question sentence from above sentence, like this:
What could stone age man do in the dark without sunlight, other than just sleeping?
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"sleeping" should be "sleep".
Sitting in the dark without sunlight, what could stone age man do?
He could sleep CORRECT
He could sleeping INCORRECCT
|answered Oct 24 '13 at 12:43 Paul Henderson Contributor
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Could is not only used to talk about past ability but also to tshow possibility
For example: He could be with his friends.
It could take another two weeks to complete the project.
May and might are stronger than could to show possiblility.
Your sentence sounds fine with me. However change sleeping to sleep as suggested by Paul.
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Climbing up the stairway in search of revelation, a lone traveler defies a spiteful god residing at the top of the world. Unamused, the indignant deity lays down increasingly difficult laws designed to kill his unwelcome visitor as he ascends toward the moonlit skies. Can you make it to the very top and discover the secrets of this divine structure? May heaven grant you fortune.
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I die once, and then it moves forward constantly on level three. WHAT THE HECK? I enjoy a lot though, so if and when I beat this THX for the lovely game. I can describe it in two words, beautiful, and amazing.
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loved it at every second, please get to the end its worth it, at least for me it was, the music just a 10 out of 10, the story same, the measage... well get to the end and find iit everytime i replay it it keeps showing me how us as humans keep making the same mistakes as we get pissed, tired, or distracted and how much we fight to get to the end of our journey, dont give up get to the end and if someone of you get to pass all the game without diying a single time im done for you are my sensei, or just a guy with no life... anyway it would be pretty cool tho...
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I was at a crowded restaurant in Nashville watching the epic double overtime game between Denver and Baltimore. As the Ravens lined up for the game winning FG, I turned to my wife and said "The Ravens are going to steal this game". Two women sitting to the right of us were watching the same screen. One of them burst out "ugh, I can't STAND the Ravens!" Lots of people around them nodded in approval. I think she spoke for most of Nashville.
Before I make my point, first let me congratulate the Ravens for making it to the Super Bowl. It is well deserved, despite what I am about to lay on you. So for the 12 Ravens fans living in the Middle Tennessee area, don't misunderstand. There is some extra bitterness from Titans fans.
It has always been said that you have to be a little lucky to win a championship. This year is no exception. The Ravens seem to have a knack for good fortune. Let's look at yesterday's game (not even discussing the breaks they got in the Broncos game- which is another story):
1. Aqib Talib, the cover corner and difference making acquisition for the Patriots defense, pulls a hamstring in the first half. Patrick Chung, another starter in the secondary, also goes down.
2. Tom Brady, TOM BRADY, botches the final drive of the first half, mismanaging the clock and forcing the Patriots to settle for a FG instead of having two shots at the end zone.
3. Stevan Ridley takes a huge hit and spins to the ground still controlling the ball, but as he gets to the turf his leg is split out in front of him in awkward position and the ball grazes off his knee. I've never seen a ball fumbled in quite that manner.
4. Brady fires a pass that gets tipped WAY up in the air, and the Ravens again seem to ALWAYS have the guy in the right spot to pick it off. This time is no exception. (they had a pick 6 last week on a tipped ball in Denver)
Titans fans are extra sensitive about these things. You know why. Remember this (video)?
You may have noticed:
1. Chris Johnson, running wild in the first half, turns his ankle and can't return.
2. The Ravens hit 2 huge bombs on high arching throws from Joe Flacco. The first on a poorly executed coverage which allows (of all people) Derrick Mason to find a hole between Cortland Finnegan and Chris Hope for a TD on 3rd and 13. The second on a total floater which Finnegan and Hope mistimed, then collided on. Mark Clayton makes the catch. 10 of the Ravens 13 points come as a result of these two plays. (Broncos Safety Rahim Moore comes to mind)
3. The Titans fumbled twice in the Red Zone.
4. With the score tied 10-10 with 2:54 left, Joe Flacco was in shotgun formation on 3rd and 2 from the Ravens 33. The Play Clock hits 0. It's not even close, but the play continues and Flacco hits his receiver for a 1st down. The Ravens go on to kick the FG that ends up being the winner. (Side Note: The Referee in that game Bill Leavy, also refereed yesterday's NFC Title game, where ironically there were two bang bang delay of game penalties. They called the penalty on both.)
And do I even need to remind you about this? (NOTE: if you are too angry at this point and need to cool down for a few minutes before you watch this I understand)
I'm sure you remember, but let's review:
1. The Titans blocked 2 punts in the first half, and got a total of 3 points. Neither bounce off of the deflection caromed the Titans way.
2. On the worst day of Al Del Greco's career, he hit the upright on one very short FG, and had two other's blocked.
3. The second blocked FG, which would have put the Titans up 13-10 in the 4th qtr, deflects right to Ravens DB Anthony Mitchell ON THE FLY. He has a running start as he grabs it in stride and takes it all the way back for a stunning TD.
4. Eddie George bobbles a pass slightly behind him on the next drive, and as he reaches back with his right hand to try and haul it in he essentially serves it up like a waiter on a tray for Ray Lewis, who grabs it for a second crushing TD.
I could go on (the Ravens won a game by 14 pts in which they picked up a TOTAL of 5 first downs. Five.) but you get the point. But we're not bitter towards the Ravens or anything right?
OK, so now I've vented. The point is this: if you put yourself in position enough times, you will get some good fortune. The Ravens consistently get into the playoffs. They have probably had some bad breaks (which I and lots of Titans fans strangely can't remember) as well. But give yourself enough chances and you will break through.
As my colleague George Plaster preached all week, the Falcons were not going to let Colin Kaepernick run wild like he did the week before against the Packers. He was right, as he only attempted to run twice against Atlanta. But as a result there were several openings. Frank Gore had several key runs in which he cruised through a big hole untouched on the back of a lead blocker, including a couple of easy TD runs in the Red Zone. It also created some incredibly big spaces in the secondary (Jeff Schultz from the Atlanta Journal Constitution asked on twitter if Vernon Davis was operating with a "cloaking device". Gotta love a good Star Wars reference).
Dowell Loggains (offensive coordinator) and Dave Ragone (QB coach) I'm sure were taking notes for the Titans. Loggains has now been given the keys to the Tennessee offense. Can they create this type of effect I was calling for last week? Read here if you didn't see it.
Loggains and Ragone are both very young coaches who are very popular among the players. Several of them, including Jake Locker have gone on record as saying he wanted Loggains to run things. Liking your coach is a good thing. Mike Munchak seems to lean this way as a "players coach". But there is still no Bad Cop to balance things. We'll see if the Titans can get the discipline necessary to get more out of enigma's Kenny Britt, Jared Cook (if they re-sign him), and others.
I venture to say the Indiana players didn't always "like" Bobby Knight. Bill Parcells probably wasn't always beloved. But guys like that could get their players in the right places. That will be the challenge for Loggains and Ragone, who have excellent football minds.
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A 37-year-old woman from Brazil made headlines this week when doctors performed an emergency C-section on her only to realize she was not pregnant. The woman believed she was 41 weeks pregnant and was admitted to a hospital after complaining about abdominal pain. Not sure if her doctors gave her a sonogram or why they wouldn't after failing to detect a heartbeat, but they reportedly decided to perform a Cesarean because she looked pregnant and was experiencing some pregnancy symptoms, like nausea.
This story sounds fishy, but the woman's actual condition isn't as odd as you may think. Docs say she had a "phantom" pregnancy, which is when women are so thoroughly convinced they are pregnant that they actually experience bodily changes that resemble those felt during pregnancy.
More from The Stir: Mom Forced to Undergo Sedated C-Section & Then Her Baby Is Taken Away
Before I became pregnant with my second child, my husband and I tried to conceive for about eight months. During this time, I also began noticing that my menstrual cycle had changed a bit, which is a totally normal thing that often happens to women in their 30s. I began dealing with hellish PMS symptoms, the likes of which I hadn't experienced since I was 14.
There was one month when I knew -- I just KNEW -- I was pregnant. I felt an immediate change in my body. I waited to take a pregnancy test because it was still too early -- but all of the right symptoms began popping up on cue. My period was late. My breasts became tender. I experienced nausea and would cry uncontrollably at the drop of a hat. These signs persisted for two weeks until I broke down and took a pregnancy test.
It was negative. But I was still utterly convinced that I was pregnant because my body didn't ordinarily do the crazy things it was doing without a good reason. My husband gently tried to talk some reason into me and reminded me that, by now, the test would likely be positive.
But he wasn't in my body. He couldn't possibly understand the way a pregnancy feels.
I tortured myself for one more week. I Googled "false negative pregnancy tests" and only paid attention to the stories that had happy endings. And then my period came -- three weeks late. I was a hysterical mess. I had wanted to believe my body wasn't lying to me, but I had to admit to myself that I'd created those physical responses.
We forget how easy it is to create false realities for ourselves, especially when we are desperate to become pregnant. The brain is so powerful that it can even disrupt hormonal balances in women who experience false pregnancies, causing an increase in the pregnancy hormone and even the stimulation of milk producing cells.
My advice to any woman who suspects she is pregnant but doesn't have proof is not to wait to visit a doctor. The longer I let my mind wander, the more confused I became. And it goes without saying: stay off of Google.
Were you ever convinced you were pregnant when you weren't?
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When I was ttc, I had a month where I KNEW I was pregnant... tons of symptoms, late period, the works. I was so sure! Because I was on clomid, I was having regular blood draws that confirmed, by quantitative blood hCG, that I was not, and had not been pregnant. I was quite disappointed! It also happens that once twice when I was pregnant I was convinced that I was not, because I had such bad period-type cramps that I felt like it was going to start any second. So apparently my success rate at detecting pregnancy without a doctor's assistance is pretty low!
sometimes it is not a phantom pregnancy or a pregnancy but something else all together. I was so sure I was pregnant and had missed a few periods. I felt like I had all the signs and then found out I had a thyroid issue. I made the doctor repeat the blood tests because I was so sure. I also found out thyroid issues are to blame when many women think they are pregnant. Of course by the time I found out that I was not pregnant my fiance and I were already excited planning for a baby that was not coming.
I also had problems with my cycles and pregnancy scares. I had 5 miscarriages for many different reasons. It was a very bad and hard time me,
i knew a week after becoming pregnant. i took a test and it was positive and went to the doc to confirm they wouldnt even test me! they said it was too early to test and set an appontment two months later!! i ended up going to another doc and they tested me and i was right but it just wasnt my time and around the time for the appointment at the other doc two months later i miscarried.
For what reason did they determine she needed one? Failure to progress in labor?


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