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In 2012, I started my second company--a venture capital firm called B rooklyn Bridge Ventures. Becoming an entrepreneur again has been a ton of work, but incredibly rewarding. In a year, I went from an idea and a track record to more than $5mm of limited partner commitments, six investments in incredible entrepreneurs (to be announced when I get my new website up), and a ton of opportunity to create innovation in New York City.
I couldn't have done it without some habits that have served me well--and so while I double down on the practices that have gotten me where I am, I'd love to share them with you in case you're trying to figure out what to resolve in 2013.
1) Run faster
In the middle of 2011, I started following the Four Hour Body diet and exercise routine. Not only did I lose ten pounds, but I got a lot leaner--and nowhere else was this more evident than in my running. I don't actually like running, to be honest. I see friends of mine sharing digitally quantified evidence of 1000 miles run in a year--but I only did about 120. Running is boring for me--but racing... a race is something I can get fired up about. It's something to measure yourself up against and feel yourself getting ahead of the crowd.
It's a metaphor for me. When I was in my 20's, it used to be about getting bigger and stronger. Being big seemed to be what it was all about. I peaked at 195 pounds, but it seemed empty. I wasn't a fighter, so it seemed like I was training for an event that would never come. Besides, you can only get so big before your loss of speed becomes a net negative. It's not optimal, and it's not sustainable. Size for its own sake, in many ways, doesn't have a place in this world of efficiency and sustainability. I started thinking more about flexibility, agility, and speed. I measured myself more in race times and resting heart rate. I do yoga twice a week. I'm now at 175 pounds and I can run a half marathon faster than I was previously running half that distance. I'm more flexible, feel healthier, and much more adapted to my environment.
It doesn't much matter if you want to become a runner or not. Being faster doesn't take lots of running practice. It means you start cutting out what you don't need--what doesn't move you forward. It means you start optimizing around a body that will last you long into the future. Being faster is the evidence that you've reached a goal--and that goal should be to restore the balance between the parts of you that move you forward and the parts that are just dead weight.
2) Get to sleep
There's a legendary tale of the sleepless entrepreneur--the individual pushing his or her own physical limits to the point of defying what nature requires. It's bullshit. More accidents and injuries are traceable to lack of sleep than any other cause. If you want to be a sloppy entrepreneur that makes a ton of mistakes, doesn't know how to delegate responsibility, and can't build a team around them that enables everyone to share enough work to live with some semblance of balance, go ahead. That doesn't seem like a sustainable way to run a business or a life.
I fall asleep as soon as I hit the pillow--which is also a function of being able to let things go. I never pulled an all-nighter in college. There were many times, however, that I started to slow down, and I decided to get some sleep in before continuing. Being able to do that meant reminding myself that the best thing I could do for myself was to get some rest, and for the next six or seven hours, there was nothing I could do about my work to move forward except to let it all go.
I know how much sleep I need, and I track it everyday. You're not going to improve the situation unless you start to measure it. I've been using Sleep Cycle on the iPhone and it's terrific. More sleep in 2013 will have mental health effects beyond the time investment.
3) Invest in your real friends
It's all too easy to start forgetting who your real friends are. The bar for "friendship" is so low these days--and we've been taught that digital attention is an able substitute for in person relationships and actual effort. Attention is too easy to give these days in small doses, but who has actually gone out of their way to help you? Start paying them back--or start investing in people that you hope to be better friends with using real life action. Make it a point to share a meal. Make an introduction. Learn something about things they care about. Help them succeed.
I've only gotten to where I am through the efforts of people who have gone out of their way for me--and I'm very focused on the delineation between them and people who just "follow". When we forget that, people become a commodity and you lose the quality relationships that will propel you forward.
4) Let go.
Some things just aren't working. It feels brave to keep pushing forward on them, but it's often more difficult to accept failure. The quicker you can do so, the quicker you can move on to a better investment of your time. Life is hard enough as it is--the last thing you need weighing you down is fear and self-punishment over things that were worth pursuing that just didn't see the light of success.
5) Be curious.
Never stop learning about new things. Diversify your interests. I'm a big believer in the idea that innovation comes from the cross-pollination of ideas. You'll never find the next big thing if you aren't in the process of adding lots of new small things into your field of view.
I set out a three hour block of time each week called "Diversifying Interest." It could be anything--even just reading something I wouldn't normally get to. It could be a talk, a class, or a new skill. If I'm ever going to find and support true innovation, I've got to make it a practice to get outside of myself and my own head--and continue to be open, no matter how heads down I am in my own work.
Feel free to share your own and open source this resolution business.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday supported President Barack Obama's proposal to tax millionaires and corporations at a higher rate to pay for a jobs program.
Cuomo initially declined to comment during a Monday press conference on Obama's proposal, first presented Sept. 8, until he received "specifics." Hours later, Cuomo urged Congress to support the Democratic president's proposal.
"While I am against raising taxes in general, if taxes need to be raised to create jobs, balance the budget and lower the deficit then those increases need to be done at the federal level and on the wealthiest Americans, not the middle class," Cuomo said.
Obama proposes a $447 billion jobs plan made up of tax cuts and new spending. The plan announced in an address to Congress would raise about $400 billion by eliminating certain deductions, including on charitable contributions.
Cuomo killed a state proposal by his fellow Democrats in the Assembly earlier this year that would have increased the income tax on wealthier New Yorkers. He said it would hurt the economy and chase wealthier New Yorkers and employers to neighboring states.
Assembly Democrats are pushing the proposal again for the 2012-13 budget to help fund schools and health care.
"Tax policy is a different discussion at the federal level," said Cuomo, a former housing secretary for President Bill Clinton. "We have competitors."
In April, the Legislature passed much of Cuomo's first budget that addressed a $10 billion deficit without raising broad-based taxes. He had proposed the first overall decline in state spending in decades with strong support from the state Senate's Republican majority.

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As many of you know, I had the pleasure of spending a few months in Paris to continue my study of the French language and work with Afrique Avenir, an amazing HIV/AIDS service organization that targets individuals from Western Africa and the Caribbean who are now living in the Paris metropolitan area. For any of you who may be planning to spend some time in Paris in the near future, I have put together my top picks for what to do, where to eat and how to truly see la Ville Lumière. The City of Light, the City of Enlightenment…
No matter your current conversational level in French, I *highly* recommend attending at least one of these events! They are held in unique bars in a variety of neighborhoods throughout Paris, and it is a wonderful opportunity to meet and practice speaking one-on-one with really interesting locals: 7 minutes in French, 7 minutes in English, then switch tables! I am still very close friends with many of the people that I met there during my time in Paris.
Brulerie Saint Roch
53 Rue Saint-Roch
This place is way under the radar, and it is some of the best coffee and light breakfast fare that you will find in this neighborhood – and it is wildly inexpensive! The owner and the woman who work there do not speak English, but their friendliness and hospitality easily transcend that. The clientele is almost exclusively local and there is no seating; only standing at high bar tables. Their selection of teas is also insanely aromatic and delicious… I lived around the corner from this place and was there nearly every morning.
Patisserie Stohrer
51 Rue Montorgeuil
My dear friend Adèle CEO and Founder of Le Livre Art Publishing used to live on this street, and this little patisserie wins the award Best Eclair au Chocolate in France every year. The brioche à la praline and the poire bourdaloue tarte are also wonderfully delicious…
La Perle
78 Rue Vieille du Temple
Where Galliano lost everything! Also frequented by hip and trendy locals. It is a touch more expensive than your standard café, but the food is innovative and it is ideal for people watching over a cocktail…
Le Rubis
10 Rue Marché Saint Honoré
This is one of my absolute favorite wine bars in Paris. The clientele is almost exclusively local, and the owner always serves you himself. If you stand at the tin counter, you can taste a variety of small and inexpensive glasses of beautiful wine that are not available to patrons who choose to sit at the tables. I think that this is the best way to explore the wines offered here… The owner and his staff do not speak English, but they are very patient with friendly foreigners.
Le Progrès
1 Rue de Bretagne
Also known as The Bohemian's Canteen, this super hip cafe is in a neighborhood frequented primarily by trendy locals. Sit outside! Rain or shine, this is one of the best places for people watching.
Chacha Club
47 Rue Berger
Another gem recommended to me by my good friend Adèle! A great place to get dolled up and socialize with the Parisian glitterati 😉 The food and drinks are incredible, and there are all sorts of secret rooms and little hideaways only accessible to those with passwords… Check out their website, and you'll see what I mean! I just looked at their menu and I don't see my favorite item, which is foie gras rolled in the most incredibly tender chicken. If you go, you can always ask if they are still serving it. It is really incredible.
Discover Walks
It is unusual that I recommend a tour, but this particular company is very special. These are tip-based walking tours with guides who are all native Parisians; because they were all born and raised in Paris, they have incredible stories and insights to share and their love of the city is infectious. I recommend starting with the Left Bank tour; and, as you still have plenty of time left in Paris, you may actually want to do all six. By the time you depart, you will truly feel like you have explored every corner of the city!
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Since a death by "natural cause" is, by definition, one which is not directly attributable to external forces, how is this a "safety" issue?
Awww... can't you clean it up a bit? I've heard it, and it's good.
The article makes some WAGS at reasoning, but in the end basically says " no one knows, and no one really cares". no one is really looking into it..." serves no purpose.
You might ask your PCP which hospital he/she would use in an emergency.
Many deaths by natural cause are preventable and the causes avoidable and treatable. For example, heart disease is the leading cause of "natural death" in the US but there are many, many things that one can do to reduce the risk of heart disease, just as there are many things one can do to reduce the risk of dying by cancer, or for that matter dying from a fall from a ladder or an uncontrolled collision with terrain.
Quote from: RNOfficer on December 28, 2016, 01:16:06 AMYou might ask your PCP which hospital he/she would use in an emergency. And then do what? Move? Because if you're not in his neighborhood when you dial 911, it won't matter because EMS takes you where they take you.
The list above is essentially everything possible and plausible to do to prevent dying, which even if doneproperly and timely will not deny the inevitable, nor is it in any way, except anecdotally, to New Year's.If you haven't done the above by the 30th, it won't matter if you do it on the 31st.
By definition, nothing can delay deny the inevitable. However, as explained many causes of illness and death are under some degree of control and the advice provided can help one control these. It's never too late to start living a healthier life.
FWIW, I hear through the grapevine that "procedures" are gonna change (soon!) at airport baggage areas now that some flaws have been identified.
So next time the guy loads up in the parking lot instead of near baggage claim and starts shooting outside. There is no perfect solution.
Great points; ...V/rSpamPS... how did this get under safety? Its getting pretty far afield now!


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YES! Music Picks: Winter 2012
Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
This is the sound of the venerable Ry Cooder stamping his feet. Song by song he gives a whipping to greedy bankers and war profiteers and offers a few soulful songs of immigrants and general hard times. In the Guthrie/Seeger vein, "No Banker Left Behind" offers Wall Street protesters an anthem.
Ukulele Songs
On tour in Hawaii, Eddie Vedder went out for beer and came back with a ukulele. Here, Vedder's voice is unleashed from the tidal wave sound of Pearl Jam. With that growl balanced bravely on only four strings, he has created something improbable and lovely.
The Bridge School Concerts: 25th Anniversary Edition
The nonprofit Bridge School for kids with communications disorders has been Neil Young's charity of choice for 25 years. This offers performances from his annual benefit concerts: a long lineup of musician friends often performing with him.


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To all the boyfriends, husbands and man-friends out there attached to one of our lovely readers… this one is for you. Flowers and candy are nice but let's think inside the beauty box this year and get her something she can add to her beauty stash. We understand, for the most part, you are clueless in this arena and that's ok! Treat this gift guide of V-day stunners as a shopping list for your sweetie. And ladies… we also give you permission to send this post along to your man (tweet it, email it, print it) to make sure he get's it right on the big night! Just as important, all our single ladies: these make amazing Valentine's Day swap ideas for your girlfriends.
Clinique Cheek Pop in Berry Pop: A new launch from Clinique brings these super fun/floral blushers. Virtually powerless, they give a really natural finish and offer four hues…we particularly love the shade Berry Pop for a rosy flush!
Urban Decay Afterglow Cheek Tint: This is a total stunner. It's a creamy cheek stain that applies easily and creates a no fuss flush that we can't get enough of. A dab of this patted onto the apples with your ring finger and you are all set.
Physicians Formula Happy Booster Blush: We can't enter a drugstore without checking out this fun line from Physicians Formula. Other than the fact that it's laden with a precious pink heart pattern…this budget beauty brings the glow and we like it.
Besame Cheeked Rouge in Crimson: Can we firstly talk about the packaging? Vintage glory. This throw-back to the rouge from the 40's brings bold apples to the forefront and the creamy gel texture leaves things looking natural not cakey!
Tarte Cheek Stain in True Love: When it comes to cheek color…Tarte never fails to bust out the big guns. This gel-based cheek stick has a rounded top for easy peasy application. It's a light-weight glow-getter that ranks high on our list!
Smashbox O-Plump: This one plumps and colors your kisser just in time for Valentine's. What makes this gloss special over the other plump-ers is it actually works with your natural body chemistry and creates a custom pout individual to you. Sounds pretty VIP to us.
Dior Nail Glow: Quite possible the perfect product for those "screw it, I have no time for a manicure" days. It's a universal shade that, you guessed it, enhances the color of your natural nails and looks different on everyone. It makes the pinks pinker and the whites whiter making your nails glow from within. Gorgeous and simple!
Eccentric Molecule 01: This is unlike any fragrance you will ever wear. Upon first impression, you don't notice a specific scent…but others will! It's actually an aroma chemical, not a perfume and it's unique scientific formula evolves the longer you wear it combining your own natural scent. Totally alluring.
Givenchy Le Rose Révélateur Magic Lip Gloss: The search for finding the perfect custom rosy hue for your lips in gloss form ends here. Appears clear in the tube, but when applied it adjusts to look like your lips but better…literally. It is as unique as the lovely who wears it!
Stila Custom Color Blush: This blush takes the guess work out of picking a blush color. One shade fits all working with your body's PH to create a perfectly personalized hue. As a bonus, it's has a ultra-blendable and velvety smooth finish.
Diptique Roses Candle: This little beauty gives you all the wonderful scent of a dozen roses without all the water, vases, wilting and hassle. A non-cliche bouquet that lasts for months and months and looks gorgeous sitting on a vanity/dressing table.
YSL's La Laque Couture Nail Lacquer in Rose Romantique: Couture at your finger tips. No pun intended. This gorgeous pale rose shade looks beautiful and classic on the nails. It has a creamy formula that can be worm shear with one coat or opaque with a few coats!
Aerin Rose Lip Conditioner: This pretty pale nude/pink balm adds natural color while it's intense lip conditioners do their thang to give you a kissably soft pout. A must for V-Day smooches!
Vestige Lipstick Holder: This is a vanity top's best friend. A gorgeous brass holder to house your favorite lipsticks worthy of a prominent display. Easy to reach for a hue while getting ready!
Prince Charming Limited Edition Shower Gel by Lush: Lush knows how to bring the love every year with their Valentine's day goodies. The cutely named "Prince Charming" shower gel has a fun and flirty scent of pomegranate and grapefruit that is sure to sweep you off your feet!
Cake Pop Art Flat in Pink: She'll be able to show off all of her fun pedicures with these adorable peep-toed jelly flats. Adorned with a black heart, they are perfect for a Valentine's Day surprise to stride with love the rest of the year!
Too-Faced Sweetheart's Perfect Flush Blush: Another packaging front runner, we can get on board with pretty much anything shaped like a heart. And the glowing shimmer of this rosy blush is gorgeous on the skin!
Chanel Nail Varnish iPhone 5 case: If you can't have fun with your phone case then when can you? This crazy Chanel polish printed iPhone case is perfect for any beauty lover. It is even available in several of Chanel's classic shades! Adorbs!
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not nail wraps: Be still our beating heart. These adorable hand illustrated nail wraps are so whimsical and romantic. We are already picturing them on our tips for V-Day! (Don't worry, if he buys you these…he definitely loves you)
Lime Crime Velvetines in Pink Velvet: It's perfectly pink crushed velvet for your lips. A gorgeous formula, a gorgeous color, amazing packaging…what's not to love? It's also super easy to apply and mega-long lasting. (These babies don't budge)
Let's Go Steady necklace by Kate Spade: We think the big decision to make things official should be with jewelry (obvi) and what better way to seal the deal than with this adorable idiom necklace from Kate Spade. We love the retro saying. 🙂


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- 5 Beds
- 6 Full
- 5,077 +/- Sqft
- Reduced Price
Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionCordillera Valley Club F3
Listing Date03/09/19
Year Built1999
AreaCordillera Valley Club
Lot Size0.59 Acres (25,700 SqFt)
Parking3 Car Garage, See Remarks, Wheelchair Access
Property Description
Hello 2019...looking for the golf & ski mountain retreat with today's new finishes & resort conveniences? This could be it...ski slope and stunning Sawatch Range views over the 9th fairway of the Fazio Valley course in a very private setting. Main level master suite, grandiose great room, separate entrance kitchenette + parking, 4 gas fireplaces, 3 decks, 3 car garage overhaul. Only a moments stroll to the Club House, then back to your AC or a soak in the hot tub. One of 156 homes on 366 acres.
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- Cable Available
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- Fireplace - Gas
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- Tennis
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- Snow Removal
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- Natural Gas
- Zoned AC
- Common
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About Cordillera Valley Club
On the sunny side of the valley, Cordillera Valley Club is a gated community offering privacy, convenience and plenty of amenities. Just 7 minutes to Arrowhead, and about 10 minutes to Bachelor Gulch and Beaver Creek, Cordillera Valley Club is a community that features more convenient access to the valley than its sister communities at higher elevations, while also offering residents the same privacy and exclusivity. Views of rugged New York Mountain and the Sawatch Mountain Range to the south over Lake Creek create a unique viewpoint from just about anywhere in Cordillera Valley Club. The landscape offers a high-mountain feel with sagebrush, cedar bushes, some pine trees, aspens and cottonwoods. Golfers are in heaven at the Valley Course, one of three golf courses throughout Cordillera for which residents have access. There's a restaurant open for lunch and dinner in the summertime, and available for private events during winter months. Other amenities include a beautiful swimming pool, tennis court and workout facility in the Club House. The Valley Club features 145 residences, all single-family homes, over 366 acres. The architectural style is rustic, with porches, timber, stone and some tin roofs. Many homes are part of subdivisions that include 10 to 15 homes, ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 square feet depending on the subdivision. The rest of the homes are estate homes ranging from 4,500 to 8,500 square feet on half-acre or larger home sites. It's a relatively small area with an easy-going resort town feel. You'll find owners and guests snowshoeing or cross-country skiing across the golf course in the winter, and walking with neighbors, friends and dogs throughout the year along the paths. The Cordillera Valley Club is Vail Valley living at its finest.
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Now comes the hard part.
The Chinese government has won plaudits at home and abroad for its quick and efficient response to the earthquake that devastated large parts of Sichuan Province one month ago, leaving 85,000 people dead or missing.
Bringing the area back to life, however – restoring houses and jobs to 5 million homeless survivors – poses new challenges that are likely to stretch officials' ingenuity well into the next decade, experts here warn.
"The most difficult thing for the government will be resettling victims," says Peng Zongchao, a crisis management expert at Tsingua University's Public Policy Institute in Beijing. "They will have to rebuild 3 million houses at least."
For the time being the authorities are putting off that monstrous task. Having averted the danger of a major flood by draining the biggest quake lake, they are now pouring all their efforts into keeping victims watered, fed, and healthy while they throw up temporary housing anywhere they can find a flat piece of land.
They are moving fast: 107,000 units were ready for occupation by last Friday, according to official figures, while another 250,000 were in the pipeline. It will probably be many months, however, before enough of this sort of housing has been built, given the numbers of people needing shelter.
In the meantime there are too few tents. Only 1.2 million have been delivered to the earthquake zone so far, the government says, well short of the 3 million it has said are needed, apparently because Chinese manufacturers cannot make them fast enough and no international organization can provide the number needed.
A month after the quake, continuing aftershocks mean that very few people have returned to their homes, even to ones left standing. "Our houses look fine from the outside but they are very badly damaged inside, so people are still sleeping on the streets," says Chen Shoujun, a volunteer relief worker in Jiangyou.
Some people have returned to work – the government says 80 percent of damaged factories have reopened – but the economy in the quake zone is still basically at a standstill, making jobs hard to find.
At the moment, refugees say, the mood in the tent camps that have sprung up along every road in the region seems stoic. "People are getting over their grief about the earthquake and starting to face reality because we don't have any alternative," says Xiao Xinqing, a mother living with her small boy in a communal tent by the stadium in Mianzhu. "We have to get on with our lives."
That attitude is not so widespread among the thousands of parents still angry at the way their children died in schools that collapsed, they believe, because the buildings were shoddily built by corrupt local officials.
Clearly afraid of their criticism, the Chinese government has banned newspapers from reporting on the issue, according to Chinese journalists, and on Sunday, police barred bereaved parents from gathering at Juyuan Middle School where they had planned to observe the 35th day of mourning, a significant moment in local tradition.
Over the weekend, a photo of a skinny, twisted piece of steel rebar – hinting at poor construction at Juyuan Middle School where it was taken – disappeared from a public exhibition of quake artifacts, where it had been prominently displayed. Exhibit organizers did not provide an explanation.
Nearly 300 students died when Juyuan Middle School collapsed, making it a center of bereaved parents' anger. "Local officials ... gave us 10,000 RMB ($1,430) per child, but I cannot accept this," says Mrs. Song, who lost a child when the building fell. "I am over 40 years old, I cannot handle this blow. I don't know what to do next."
In a retreat from the unusual official openness that marked the first two weeks after the earthquake, when local and foreign reporters were allowed to go anywhere they pleased, police have begun turning foreign journalists back from towns where schools collapsed, often on apparently spurious safety grounds.
Police have also made it harder for independent nongovernmental organizations to deliver aid to quake victims in a number of places.
The official mood, to judge by the state-run press and a ceremony held last week at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to honor heroes of the relief and rescue operation, is one of self-congratulation.
This has raised doubts about initial impressions that the flood of volunteers who rushed to the quake zone to help, independently of the government or ruling Communist Party, might represent civil society asserting itself.
"The party does not see any need to adjust or reevaluate its role" says Russell Leigh Moses, a political analyst here. "It simply takes credit for everything that is going on."
At the same time, however, "even though the state still directs the process," argues Dali Yang, head of the East Asia Institute at the University of Singapore, the volunteer spirit and the Internet debates over the government's role indicates "a much more self-aware and reflective population that bodes well for continuing action."
The government's new nervousness about free press reporting and independent citizen action "may be a step backwards, but there were two steps forward" says one European diplomat. "This is progress. The envelope has been pushed."
On the ground, urban residents seem resigned to a life in tents and prefabricated housing for the foreseeable future. Longer-term permanent solutions to their problems "could take five years, or longer" says Professor Peng.
Farmers, however, are anxious to return to their fields that need harvesting, and many are frustrated at local officials' insistence that they should group together in temporary government-built settlements. "Most of them want to go back to the places they used to live" as soon as possible, says Ma Wanli, a relief volunteer focusing on the problems villagers are facing. "The problem is that government policy is unclear."
In Mianzhu, for example, Mr. Ma says, the local government has offered farmers 200 RMB ($114) per family member to help them build temporary houses near their fields if they insist on going home. But that subsidy would pay for only 36 sq. ft. a person, too little to live in.
And there is another problem, Ma explains. "The price of bricks has gone up 25 percent in the last week, and it is still rising. We just cannot tell how much construction is going to cost."
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ABC 7 Chicago to Broadcast Live Debate With Mayoral Candidates Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle and Rahm Emanuel, Thursday, February 17 at 7:00 PM; ABC 7 Anchor/Reporter Ron Magers to Moderate
Feb 11, 2011, 10:30 ET
CHICAGO, Feb. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ABC 7, the station that has broadcast political debates for more than two decades, will present a live, commercial free debate with Chicago mayoral candidates Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico, Miguel del Valle and Rahm Emanuel, Thursday, February 17 at 7:00 pm. ABC 7 Anchor/Reporter Ron Magers will moderate the live debate, VOTE 2011: RACE FOR THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO, THE CANDIDATES DEBATE from Broadway in Chicago's Oriental Theatre. The debate will also be streamed live on abc7chicago.com and broadcast on Univision Chicago on Thursday, February 17 at 11:00 pm.
ABC 7 Chicago Political Reporter Charles Thomas and Univision Chicago Anchor/Reporter Paula Gomez will join moderator Ron Magers in the questioning of the candidates.
Key community organizations have come together to join ABC 7 and the League of Women Voters in an unprecedented partnership that also includes the Chicago Foundation for Women, Chicago Loop Alliance, Chicago Urban League, Metropolitan Planning Council, League of Chicago Theatres, Mikva Challenge, National Council of La Raza and Univision Chicago.
According to Emily Barr, President and General Manager, ABC 7 Chicago, "We are proud of ABC 7's long-standing tradition of broadcasting candidate debates, and with the intense focus on Chicago's next mayor, we knew a timely mayoral debate was essential. We're delighted with the unprecedented groundswell of community support we've received and that so many diverse organizations have joined us in this community service."
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Google buys 217 more patents from IBM to bolster IP portfolio
Google purchased another round of patents from IBM in the last week of 2011, adding 217 filings as the search giant looks to strengthen its existing IP portfolio to help protect itself in an increasingly litigious tech industry.
A report on Tuesday revealed that the United States Patent and Trademark Office officially recorded Google's acquisition of 188 granted patents and 29 published pending applications from IBM in its patent assignment database on Dec. 30, 2011, according to blog SEO by the Sea.
The patents, which were effectively assigned to Google on Dec. 28, 2011, cover a variety of topics pertinent to the company's internet business including blade servers, server load balancing, email administration and network performance.
Also found in the batch of intellectual property are patents useful to Google's Android smartphone platform, like portable OS updating, transferring of web applications between devices, voice based keyword searching and a computer phone patent.
The keyword searching patent is of particular interest as Apple's Siri digital assistant is seen as a key feature of the company's iPhone 4S, with at least one market analyst saying that it was one of the main drivers of November sales for the new handset. Google is rumored to be working on a Siri competitor for its Android OS, naming the project "Majel" after Star Trek's on-board computer.
Google has been on an IBM patent buying spree over the last year, with a July 2011 acquisition of 1,030 filings being followed by purchases of 1,022 filings and 41 filings in August and September, respectively.
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Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft has agreed to sponsor the CHC Safety & Quality Summit, which is scheduled for March 26-28 in Vancouver, Canada. The event will feature seminars on various training topics, including from three speakers—Tom Casey, Tony Kern and Stephen M.R. Covey. Capt. "Sully" Sullenberger is the keynote speaker for a dinner planned at the summit, which attracted more than 700 delegates last year.Related: Helicopter Training News


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When Jordan enrolled in Wheaton College in Illinois, he wouldn't admit to himself that he was attracted to other men. Raised in a conservative Baptist church and a student at a conservative Christian college, Jordan (who asked that his real name not be used) hesitated to identify with the gay community, which he perceived as flamboyant and sex-obsessed. He attempted to ignore what was in opposition to his Christian beliefs.
"I would sit in Wheaton's prayer chapel, staring at the cross, and beg God to please just let me be attracted to girls," Jordan said. "I used to pray for it every day: 'Heal me!'?"
Jordan waited for a chapel series at college, a sermon at the Anglican church he attended, or a fateful meeting with that one person who would change his orientation. "I just thought I'd naturally be attracted to a girl and get married—everyone says that's what happens," he said.
When that didn't happen, Jordan was faced with the dilemma of addressing his same-sex attraction as a student at a school that prohibits any sexual activity outside of heterosexual marriage. Jordan and others like him point to the recent experience of Wesley Hill, a Wheaton alum, professor at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, and author of Washed and Waiting, as one example of a gay Christian's choice to live in celibacy to address same-sex attraction.
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With gold recently climbing to more than $1,700 an ounce, now is the ideal time to sell your gold coins to Gemco.
With gold recently climbing to more than $1,700 an ounce, Gemco Coins & Jewelry, Columbus� most trusted coin and jewelry dealer, wants your gold coins.
�The United States produced gold coins up until 1933 when it went off of the gold standard,� said Gemco owner Greg Martin. �Eight denominations were minted starting in 1795 � $1, $2-1/2, $3, $4, $5, $10, $20 and $50. The $3, $4 and $50 are the rarest and could be the most valuable.�
The average starting �buy� price for any U.S. gold coin is $125* for the $1; $225* for the $2-1/2; $375 for the $5; $800* for the $10 and $1,600* for the $20.
Gemco is also looking to buy any silver dollar you may have in your possession. The majority of the silver dollars in circulation were minted in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The two most common silver dollars minted were the Morgan and the Peace.
Martin is currently paying at least $22 and up* for any silver dollar prior to 1936. Some can be worth more depending on the year they were minted and their condition.
Gemco is always looking to buy silver dollars, as well as other coins, currency and other valuable collectibles. The appraisers will tell you what your valuables are worth and what Gemco will pay for the items.
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Gemco Coins & Jewelry is located at 5311 W. Broad St., in the Saxton Real Estate building, just west of Norton Road. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Call (614) 878-COIN (2646). The prices for gold and silver may change, but not the level of trust or service you receive from Gemco.
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There is never an excuse for throwing away plastic bottles because there is always a reason to use them in your classroom. There are so many fantastic resources out there by super creative individuals for turning bottles into educational tools, and in this post I will try to touch on as many as I know about. So, peruse the ideas below and start saving your bottles!
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South African Journal of Science
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S. Afr. j. sci. vol.105 no.9-10 Pretoria Set./Out. 2009
Will South Africa's hosting of the twelfth TWAS Conference make a difference?
The 12th General Conference of the Academy of Sciences of the Developing World still called 'TWAS' because of its original name, the 'Third World Academy of Sciences'will be held in Durban from 2023 October 2009. Hundreds of notable scholars from developing countries will attend a full programme of events, lectures by TWAS prize-and medal-winners, and symposia on topics as varied as the impact of the global recession on research and education in developing countries; astronomy; human pre-history in Africa; infectious diseases; and the role of science and technology education in development.
A special symposium on science and technology in South Africa will feature a presentation on national policy by Phil Mjwara, director-general of science and technology, as well as lectures on recent discoveries by most of the directors of the centres of excellence recently established at local universities. A new book, The Status of Science in South Africa, published by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) the first general review of its kind published for over 30 yearswill also be publically launched at the conference.
TWAS is by far the largest and most significant individual-based, multi-national science academy. It is built on the core notion of a distinguished club of eminent scholars drawn from over 70 developing countries, but functions as a kind of yeast in the science-development system of the South. This it has done by deploying the funds entrusted to it by far-sighted sponsors (most prominently, the Italian government) in a strategic manner, allowing the bright ideas of its scholar leaders to flourish independently of bureaucracy. Amongst these are the world's largest southsouth research fellowship scheme, and grants supporting research units and visiting professorships in the least-developed countries. It has active regional branches worldwide, and places a special emphasis on youth (ASSAf makes an annual young scientist award under its auspices) and women, through its offshoot the Third World Organisation for Women in Science.
TWAS has evolved into perhaps the strongest and best articulated voice of developing countries, and arguably, of truly global science, as it serves four-fifths of the world's population. In this vast space it plays an inspirational function in awarding prestigious prizes and medals, of which the Trieste prizes can be considered the 'Nobels of the South'. The 2008 TWAS medal in health sciences, one of a set of eight highly competitive discipline-based annual awards, has been won by Salim Abdool Karim of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, who will give a lecture at the conference.
Recently, TWAS has begun to play a core role analogous to that of most modern national science academies, generating evidence-based advice and reports that focus on the key science-related topics of the age, mostly through another offshoot, the InterAcademy Council, including Inventing a better future: A strategy for building worldwide capacities in science and technology (2004), Realizing the promise and potential of African agriculture. Science and technology strategies for improving agricultural productivity and food security in Africa (2004); Women for Science (2006) and Lighting the way: Toward a sustainable energy future (2007) (see http://www.interacademy council.net/CMS/Reports.aspx).
South Africa has only relatively recently in the post-apartheid erabecome involved in TWAS affairs. South African scientists have been traditionally (and fruitfully) connected to mentors and collaborators in the U.S.A., the U.K. and a few other European countries. The conference may highlight the advantages in supplementingor even replacingthese with connections in China, India, Brazil, Mexico and other emerging nations with problems similar to our own. Many scientific leaders from the South have productive groups and are directing exciting projects, offering opportunities for collaboration, sabbaticals and placement of promising doctoral graduates that are the equal of most of their peers in Europe and North America, and considerably more affordable in logistic terms. These scientists are generally working on problems and challenges similar to our ownwith some trans-cultural stimulation thrown in for good measure.
There is talk at present of South Africa 'punching above its weight' in the developing world, in grouping together with Brazil, Russia, India and China. But in terms of TWAS involvement, South Africa is currently probably in the welterweight division relative to these heavyweights. We need to show more clearly that we belong in this strongly emerging company in terms of our scientific accomplishment.
Direct interaction with TWAS should also allow us to examine and define the complementary roles of national science academies and supra-national ones. There is pressure on science academies to change their composition from a traditional 'septuagenarian plus' version to embrace a younger, more active membership pattern (this year TWAS fellows were requested not to nominate any new candidates over 70 years of age). So should scientists in their prime devote such spare time they might have available to a national discipline-based organisation, a national academy, or a supra-national academy? This is a question not only for individual scientists, but also for developmental states themselves. Should supporting one's own national science academy have priority, or should regional cooperation be of overriding importance? It could be argued that close cooperation between coexisting, but clearly differentiated organisations is the most effective way that developing countries can improve their position in the world. These questions are amongst many that hosting the first TWAS conference to be held in this country may help us to address.


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Survival Rates Of Prostate Cancer When Treated With And Without External Beam Radiation And Seeds
Dear OncoLink "Ask the Experts,"
My father was just diagnosed with prostate cancer and the impression is it's still in the early stage but aggressive. Radical prostatectomy is not recommended due to his past medical history. My father is 57 years old and re-occurrence rate is of major concern. His PSA level was 4, but the Gleason score was 7. I would like to know what are the survival and re-occurrence rates of external beam radiation and external beam radiation used together with radioactive seeds.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Richard Whittington, MD, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, responds:
First off, this would not be considered an extremely aggressive tumor with a Gleason Score 7 and a PSA of 4.0. However, it can have about a 50% mortality rate at 10 years. The experience with external radiation +/- seeds is very operator dependant. With a dose of 66 to 70 Gy (6600-7000 rads), the overall 15-year survival rate (free of tumor) is about 60%; with doses of 74 to 78 Gy, the rate may rise to 75 to 80%.
External radiation with seeds is associated with a 60% 5-year disease free survival. Some others have even reported that it may be as high as 90% at 5 years in very select patients. There is a trial that shows that the addition of hormones to external radiation, for 6 to 12 months, will increase the standard cure rates by up to 20%. Our experience with adding hormones to seeds is that is that it also raises the 5 yr disease free survival into the upper 80% range. The key is to go to a center that sees a substantial number of men with prostate cancer each year, as experience is very helpful.


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18 May was the 104th birthday of Fred Perry. As someone who'd generally rather poorly play any sport than watch others, no matter how good, this occasion in and of itself didn't mean much to me. Fred Perry was, I've read, a great tennis player but I reckon his name conjures up images of tennis shirts rather than tennis players. And for anyone remotely aware of youth subcultures, Fred Perry shirts have been part of many style tribes' uniforms. In fact, Fred Perry was so popular with a Mancunian tribe that arose in the late 1970s that they came to be known as "Perry Boys."
Lacoste (left) and Perry (right) in their creations (image source: Modern Gentleman Magazine)
The tennis shirt was invented in 1929 by French tennis star Jean René Lacoste but Fred Perry introduced several innovations to the article of clothing. As with Lacoste, Fred Perry shirts only came in white when they were introduced in 1952. The now signature twin-tipping was reportedly introduced to placate the demands of West Ham United football fans. When members of the Mod subculture adopted the shirt, more colors were added to cater to their tastes. (Fred Perry also invented the modern wrist sweatband although there's no excuse for wearing those off the court).