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Soon Facebook users who have been avoiding the social network's Timeline feature won't be able to stave it off any longer and will be seeing their profiles change considerably. That's because Facebook is making Timeline compulsory and is rolling it out to users in the next couple of weeks.
You should be aware of several things before the launch. Here's how to prepare.
Are Your Posts Viewable by Strangers?
Instead of a linear stream of your posts, the new Timeline is a visual aggregation of everything you've ever done on the site: the information you've included on your profile, your photos, everything you've ever "liked," any Facebook apps you're using, a map showing where you've been (according to geo-tagged posts and photos), as well as a Timeline of everything you've ever posted.
The problem is that Facebook seems bent on making all of that data more public. Now any post that you make defaults to Public, so if you forget to choose "friends" in the inline audience selector when you post something, the entire world can see it.
That's why it's very important that you check out how your Timeline looks when other people view it. You may find that many of the posts you intended for your friends are public.
To see how your Timeline looks to strangers, click on the small gear just below the right corner of your cover (the spot where you can place a large banner photo at the top of your Timeline). From the gear, click View As. From there, you'll be able to preview your public Timeline.
To make sure your past posts are limited to friends, click on the small arrow on the top right corner of your Timeline. Then go to Privacy Settings>> Limit the Audience for Past Posts>>Manage Past Post Visibility and select Limit Old Posts. Alternately, you can change the audience by clicking on the small pencil icon at the top right of individual posts to edit or hide them from the Timeline.
Once you get Timeline you only have seven days to make changes to it, such as hiding old posts from years ago that you may not want the world to see, or managing the visibility of your posts.
So if you're someone who doesn't check into Facebook often, you might want to proactively get Timeline now and then sit down to review it and make changes.
Several privacy groups are urging the Federal Trade Commission to look into whether Facebook oversteps its authority with Timeline, but in the meantime, it's up to you to check your privacy settings.
Facebook Wants More of Your Data
Another thing that the new feature lets you do is add events from any part of your past — all the way back to birth, if you want — to create an online scrapbook of your entire life.
If you're not sure what kinds of things you should add, Facebook has plenty of ideas. Inside your Timeline you can click on Life Event in your status bar and you'll be asked to categorize your entry into one of these headings: Work & Education, Family & Relationships, Home & Living, Health & Wellness or Travel & Experiences.
Within each category is a slew of suggestions. For instance, under Home & Living, you can choose: Moved, Bought a Home, Home Improvement, New Roommate, New Vehicle and Other Life Event.
Can you imagine all the new data Facebook is going to be accumulating from users? The reason, of course, is to laser target ads at people. But some people don't like the idea of Facebook having such rich profiles about individual users on file.
Some Security Concerns
Security firm Sophos polled 4000 Facebook users, asking them what they think of the new Timeline and the response was overwhelmingly negative, with 51 percent saying the feature worries them and another 32 percent saying they don't know why they're still on Facebook.
For one thing, with more of your data possibly accessible by strangers, it may be easier for criminals to profile people and glean personal information.
The reality is that personal data is very valuable to criminals. For example, with enough information a bad guy can impersonate someone in order to do things like pull off phishing scams.
In its Naked Security blog, Sophos points out that once they see all their data clumped in one place many Facebook users are shocked at how much information about themselves they've posted online.
Another thing that might make you uncomfortable is the map included in Timeline that shows where you hang out. If you don't want people seeing that information, make sure to go back to any geo-tagged posts or photos and either change the location or hide it from the Timeline.
See more: Protect Your Facebook Account From the Latest Hack
Timeline Fans Exist, Too
Not everybody is going into paranoid mode with the rollout of Timeline and some people really like it.
PCWorld's Jared Newman believes that in time, Facebook users will come to like Timeline. The downside, he points out, is that users must do some cultivating to bring their most relevant life details to the surface.
See also "Facebook's NEw Timeline Layout: A Getting Started Guide."
Follow Christina on Twitter and Google+ for even more tech news and commentary and follow Today@PCWorld on Twitter, too.


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Elombe Brath
Elombe Brath had carried on Malcolm X's mission which was to reconnect Africans in America with the African motherland.
He did a brilliant job in the many years he lived after Malcolm was assassinated in 1965.
On May 19, on Malcolm's birthday, Elombe joined the ancestors.
He had been confined to the Amsterdam Nursing Home, in Harlem, for the past several years, having suffered several debilitating strokes.
By the time Elombe Brath died at the age of 77, he had already established a legendary reputation here in the United States and in Africa. In Harlem Brath was referred to as the walking Encyclopedia in deference to his grasp of African history and politics.
He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Harlem.
Brath visited many African countries — and as for the ones he didn't, he may have met people from those countries. He could strike up a conversation with a visitor from any African country and discuss the history, politics, and culture.
Brath rubbed shoulders with many African presidents, including some whom he knew while they were guerrilla fighters struggling to liberate their country from colonial rule and White minority rule. They included men like: Sam Nujoma, later president of Namibia; Samora Machel, who later led Mozambique; and, Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe.
The zenith of Elombe Brath's interaction with African leaders was when he was involved in arranging to bring Nelson Mandela to Harlem in 1990.
Elombe Brath, like Malcolm before him, knew the power that could be harnessed and unleashed if Africans in the Diaspora and those on the continent worked closely together. The continent has immense resource wealth; Africans in America and elsewhere can help marshall resources and skills for development. Elombe worked to build the necessary bridges and to dispel the myths and stereotypes created through many centuries of separation that kept Africans apart.
During the 1960s, when political decolonization was taking place in Africa, Malcolm had made a memorable speech in which he declared to Africans in America that "you can't hate the roots of a tree without hating the tree" and "you can't hate Africa without hating yourself."
Malcolm said during colonial rule corporate media had intentionally promoted an image of Africa as a continent filled with "savages" and "jungles" and "animals" to turn Africans in the Diaspora away from the continent — and to make them believe that they had actually been rescued from degradation.
Malcolm also observed, on the image of Africa during the colonia era: "They projected Africa always in a negative light. Jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized. Naturally it was so negative that it was negative to you and me. And you and I began to hate it."
Malcolm himself traveled to Africa and met with many leaders.
This is the same journey that Elombe Brath continued until he was felled by illness. Elombe, like Malcolm, knew that Africans in America had been taught to hate Africa, and to regard the continent as the antithesis of civilization and human progress.
Decades ago, Elombe knew that he had to produce images that would counter the racist stereotypes and also to offer lectures that would place contemporary events in Africa in perspective — to decipher the corporate media slant.
During the 1960s Elombe, with his brother Kwame Brathwaite and others, launched Afro-centric fashionshows with models who were melanin- rich to dispel the notion that only melanin-light women were beautiful.
The shows were called The Grandassa Models and were held from 1962 to 1979.
This was the era of embracing Africa and Black Pride and the shows' organizers promoted the "Black Is Beautiful" slogan. Brath and Kwame also created The African Jazz Arts Society & Studio.
When Elombe traveled to Africa through the decades it was never for his personal pleasure. He learned much from the leaders he met; and from the students; the leaders of union movements; workers; African professionals; and teachers and artists.
Upon his return Elombe Brath would share his findings through lectures around the country and through his radio show, Africa Kaleidoscope, on WBAI radio. Many of his lectures are available on Youtube.
Elombe was one of the earliest activist and scholar to speak consistently about conditions in the Sudan.
In the 1960s Malcolm had organized protests and rallies after the murder of Congo's independence leader Patrice Lumumba. It was through Malcolm's activism and lectures that many Africans in America became familiar with the CIA's role and that of Belgian mining interests in Lumumba's death.
During a brilliant presentation at the Oxford Union debates, Malcolm showed how Western corporate media demonized Lumumba to pave the way for his assassination, while burnishing the image of Katanga's Moise Tshombe, a stooge for corporate interests.
Elombe continued this exercise, showing the malevolent role of Western companies in fomenting violence and wars in Congo, while plundering resources from the country. He created the Patrice Lumumba Coalition in 1975.
The system for corporate plundering from Africa is the same as it was in the 1960s — Mobuttu Sese Seku and Tshombe are gone; today the companies use the malevolent dictators in neighboring countries, Gen. Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and Gen. Paul Kagame of Rwanda, to help them plunder from Congo.
Elombe discussed these murderous machinations on his radio shows and in his lectures. He knew, as Malcolm did, that Africans in America could play a major role in protecting the continent.
Elombe educated many Africans in America and created many Pan-Africans.
Gil Noble, host and producer of the great weekly show "Like It Is," owed much of his embrace of Pan-Africanism to Elombe Brath. Gil always shared how in his youth he had been wary of Malcolm X's militant lectures. "We were taught that 'Negroes' weren't supposed to talk like that," Gil would recall, using the term then popular in the 1960s — a term Brath played a role in helping to abolish from usage.
Brath, as a graphic artist and consultant on "Like It Is", helped attract African scholars of renown on the show and also shared his knowledge of the continent with Gil. Viewers became accustomed to watching interviews with the likes of: Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan; Professor John Henrik Clarke; Professor Leonard Jeffries; Dr. Ivan van Sertima; Joy DeGruy; and many others.
Visitors to Gil Noble's office would have also been impressed with the books that lined his shelves: on African history, politics, arts, and culture.
Elombe Brath and Gil Noble made a powerful pairing; two Pan-African giants. Now they are both gone. Noble died on April 5, 2012, the year after he too had suffered a stroke.
These are the occasions of momentary fear.
Who will carry on the mission of reconnecting Africans in Diaspora with the motherland? Where are the new voices?
The march will continue.
A new generation, inspired by Elombe Brath, just as he himself had been inspired by Carlos Cooks and Marcus Garvey, will emerge.
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8 Midwest Cities You'll Love at Christmas
Chicago: The Walnut Room
Heads tip back, eyes widen and mouths stretch into smiles as guests gaze upon the Great Tree in Macy's State Street Walnut Room restaurant. The 45-foot-tall tree -- swathed in 10,000 twinkling lights -- has lifted Chicagoans' holiday spirits for 103 years.
Despite New York-based Macy's takeover of Chicago's iconic Marshall Field's, Chicagoans have kept the storied Walnut Room holiday tradition alive. Crystal chandeliers, tuxedoed waiters, fairy princesses and a menu with longtime favorites, such as Mrs. Hering's chicken potpie, captivate visitors. The restaurant does not accept reservations during holidays; get a pager so you can shop while you wait. (312) 781-3139; visitmacyschicago.com
Dearborn, Michigan: Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village
At this outdoor living-history museum 20 minutes west of Detroit, holiday celebrations showcase decorations, traditions and tastes of holidays past. Holiday Nights at Greenfield Village, held selected nights in December, features carolers and other entertainers, period-clothed costumed presenters, ice-skating, Santa and live reindeer, and carriage and Model T rides. Make reservations well in advance if you also want a candlelight dinner at Eagle Tavern, an 1850s stagecoach stop. (313) 982-6001; thehenryford.org
Omaha: Poinsettia Show at Lauritzen Gardens
A 20-foot-tall poinsettia tree towers over thousands of red, pink, white and speckled poinsettias at the Lauritzen Gardens' annual Poinsettia Show, held from late November through early January. Visitors wander paths between trees lit with twinkle lights and evergreens draped in ribbon and ornaments; model trains round more than 300 feet of track, past mini Omaha landmarks. An early-December Holiday Happening weekend offers kids' crafts, Santa visits and decorating workshops. (402) 346-4002; lauritzengardens.org
Milwaukee: Christmas in the Ward
Spend a Christmastime Friday night among the repurposed warehouses in the downtown Historic Third Ward, and you'll appreciate Milwaukee's knack for nurturing past and present. The annual Christmas in the Ward weekend in early December packs in the kind of activities you can find in towns across the Midwest this time of year: a tree lighting, reindeer, dancers, Santa, horse-drawn carriages. But wait -- there's fireworks! And elegant places to shop. And sophisticated places to dine. historicthirdward.org/events/christmas.php
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Cincinnati: Duke Energy Holiday Trains
Generations of families have seen Duke Energy's magical holiday train display, which features 300 model train cars and 50 locomotives on 1,000 feet of track. The display, which had been in the lobby of the Duke Energy building since 1946, moved in 2011 to the Cincinnati Museum Center and is now part of Holiday Junction Featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains. The display runs from early November to early January. The museum's Holiday Junction also includes rides for kids on a miniature train, visits with Santa, and an area to play with Brio trains. (800) 733-2077 cincymuseum.org
Cleveland: Glow Winter Show at Cleveland Botanical Garden
The Sugar Plum Fairy meets Frank Lloyd Wright at Cleveland Botanical Garden's annual holiday event Glow, where enchanting displays of handmade gingerbread houses draw crowds of admirers. The show -- which also features twinkling trees, festive holiday flowers, shopping and other holiday traditions -- runs from late November through early January. (888) 853-7091; cbgarden.org/glow.aspx
Duluth: Bentleyville Tour of Lights
It flourished at Nathan Bentley's house in nearby Cloquet, but then Bentleyville Tour of Lights grew bigger than one guy's house and moved to the 20-acre Bayfront Festival Park along Lake Superior. The stunning show features Duluth scenes in lights (Aerial Lift Bridge! ore boats!), plus traditional Christmas lights and Nativity displays. The display runs late November to late December. (218) 740-3535; bentleyvilleusa.org
Madison: Fair Trade Holiday Festival and more
There's nothing quite like combining the thrill of shopping with the warmth of goodwill, and that's what happens at the annual Fair Trade Holiday Festival at the Monona Terrace in early December. More than 50 vendors sell artwork, jewelry, scarves, purses, yarn, clothing, lotions, chocolate, pottery, housewares, books, food gifts and more. Sellers eagerly share stories about causes close to their hearts; some of the proceeds benefit people in developing countries as well as rural Wisconsin (fairtrademadison.org).
Other holiday traditions in Madison include the Wisconsin State Capitol Holiday Tree (left) (State Capitol tours), decorated with ornaments sent from schools across the state and on view throughout December, and Olbrich's Holiday Express: Flower and Model Train Show, also throughout December, at Olbrich Botanical Gardens (olbrich.org).


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Alibaba, an e-commerce giant in China, wants to make new friends in the U.S. Especially friends with money.
The firm is expected to begin offering shares Friday for $68 a pop on the New York Stock Exchange, in one of the biggest IPOs ever. At that price, the company could raise almost $22 billion, on par with the Agricultural Bank of China's record-setting $22 billion 2010 offering, and handsomely beating Facebook's $16 billion in 2012.
Outside of the investor community, Alibaba is also making nice with a growing number of U.S. consumers and tech companies, as part of an international expansion that could accelerate following its listing.
Don't expect any consumer-facing store ready to steal Amazon's or eBay's thunder. At least not yet. The Chinese company certainly has its eyes on becoming a global Internet player, according to industry analysts and close observers. The path to its goal, however, may not depend only on e-commerce, but also on carving different niches in countries including but not limited to the U.S.
"The IPO claims Alibaba's stake as a global company," said Kelland Willis, an analyst at research firm Forrester who studies e-commerce.
"So much of the world's transactions take place in the U.S.," echoed Scott Strawn, an analyst with research firm IDC. "If you want to compete on a global stage you need to be competing in the U.S."
Earlier this week, the company's founder and executive chairman, Jack Ma, told reporters in Hong Kong that Alibaba plans to "strongly expand" in the U.S. and European markets after its U.S. listing.
Despite its international ambitions, Alibaba's short-term plans will probably target the low-hanging fruit -- growing its existing e-commerce websites in its home market by attracting more foreign merchants and overseas Chinese to them.
Two of Alibaba's biggest consumer-facing sites are Tmall and Taobao, which although dominant in the Chinese market, still have plenty of room to grow and must fend off competition from local e-commerce firms.
"I don't think they have a global plan yet," said Bryan Wang, an analyst with Forrester, adding, "Alibaba's marketplace model may not work in every single country, especially the U.S."
The U.S. has its own entrenched e-commerce companies in Amazon and eBay, and analysts don't envision Alibaba competing with them head-on. The probability of success is low, and meanwhile the Chinese market is still teeming with business opportunities.
Nevertheless, Alibaba has been active in the U.S. Most recently, it launched 11Main, an invitation-only marketplace offering specialty goods, that went online as a beta this past June.
In 2010, it founded AliExpress, an English e-commerce site designed for foreign customers who want to buy retail goods from Chinese merchants. The site is growing, especially in Russia, Brazil and the U.S., the company said in a recent securities filing.
AliExpress and 11Main aren't exactly designed for mainstream American consumers. But Alibaba also has been investing in U.S. tech companies, and not just in the e-commerce sector. It's funded ShopRunner, an online retail site with free two-day shipping, as well as messaging app Tango and ride-sharing service Lyft, among several others.
That activity drives speculation that Alibaba is ready to buy its way into the U.S. market. But Alibaba's recent investments suggest that it is more interested, at least for the time being, in learning how things are done in the U.S. tech sector, rather than outright buying companies, said Michael Clendenin, managing director for consulting firm RedTech Advisors.
"I think they want to take those experiences and apply it back to the home market," he said, pointing to Alibaba's recent investment in U.S. mobile gaming company Kabam as an example. "They are looking at how they can be more competitive in their own domestic gaming market."
Alibaba is already generating more sales in gross merchandise volume than Amazon and eBay combined. And in its 2014 fiscal year ended in March, the company posted sales of $8.46 billion, up more than 50 percent from the previous year.
Sales are expected to grow, even though Alibaba's business is still largely focused on China. The country itself has 632 million Internet users, who are increasingly relying on the Web to make purchases, even as half of China's population still remains offline.
But the country only offers so much growth, and inevitably Alibaba will have to tap foreign markets to keep earnings strong, analysts say.
In the short term, the IPO will undoubtedly help the Chinese company generate international public awareness among consumers, businesses and investors. Funds raised may also let Alibaba make capital investments globally in the areas of infrastructure, data centers and cloud computing.
Further out, Alibaba may be looking to compete more with Google than with Amazon or eBay. As the firm attracts new users and businesses to its sites, and becomes active in more areas outside of e-commerce, the real gold for the company could be consumer data. It's already been trying to expand in China, by launching its own mobile operating system, search engines and messaging app, although they've all struggled to take off among the country's users.
"If you provide people with more reasons to come and visit your sites, then you're able to collect more information about who they are and what their interests are, and you can direct their activities toward things that will drive transactions," said IDC's Strawn.
Analysts are also not ruling out the possibility that Alibaba could use the IPO dollars to make an acquisition or two, but it's not clear what those might be.
Alibaba, like Google or Facebook, is broadening its scope, "branching out into all aspects of the Internet," said Strawn. The Silicon Valley giants want to own people's time online, and now Alibaba's trying to get into the mix.
Zach Miners covers social networking, search and general technology news for IDG News Service. Follow Zach on Twitter at @zachminers. Zach's e-mail address is email@example.com


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Ted Bunch is one of the co-founders of A Call To Men and runs the Domestic Violence Accountability Program of Safe Horizon. His program, based in New York, only accepts men referred by the court system as a condition of probation because he got sick of seeing men attend to prove to their girlfriends that they've changed and to get out of doing time. But he doesn't run a counseling service or provide group therapy to guys who have beaten their partners — his program is about understanding sexism as a man.Bunch's group sessions involve a male and a female leader who don't take crap from their attendees and call them out when they say sexist things. They discuss everything from why a man would refer to grown women as "girls", to why catcalling is not a compliment to the women abusers additionally tend to harass, and any other sexist acts women are stuck dealing with on a daily basis. The men are asked to think about sexism as another way of exerting dominance over others, in the same way many of them have experienced being harassed by the police based on the color of their skin. Bunch doesn't fool himself that he's changing many minds — his advise to victims of abuse is to expect the same abuser back no matter how much he promises that he's changed — but he figures that maybe getting them to think about sexism and to be held strictly accountable for attending the classes (at the risk of being jailed) is a start. Bunch probably wouldn't self-identify as a feminist, but he says such wonderfully feminist things like:
Calling [violence against women] a woman's issue serves men because then men don't have to get involved in it. We need to start re-framing it, holding men accountable, changing the language so we have to start looking at our statistics in a different way like what you'll see if you Google "domestic violence" is "domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women." That talks about the victim, but it doesn't say anything about the perpetrator.
He also thinks we should all start saying "the leading cause of injury to women is men's violence." It's Bunch's combination of cynical resignation about the men he serves and his hopeful idealism about the society he'd like to change that makes him — and the work he's trying to accomplish — so fascinating. Class Teaches Respect for Women to Batterers [WNYC.org] Related: A Call To Men Safe Horizon's Domestic Violence Accountability Program


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Indiana's Sheriffs join our Nation as we mourn the loss of precious lives. In the aftermath of tragedy, much focus has been directed at issues pertaining to guns and gun control.
While the debate stirs strong feelings across our country, Indiana's Sheriffs have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Indiana. Furthermore, we have sworn to do this according to law and to the best of our ability.
The 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees our citizens the right to keep and bear arms. As sheriffs we recognize the rule of law and that the United States Supreme Court and our State courts have the authority to determine the constitutionality of all laws. The 2nd Amendment is no stranger to debate and has faced challenges since it was adopted by our forefathers in 1791. Now, just as then, it has been made very clear; law abiding citizens are guaranteed this right so that they may protect themselves from those who would place them in harm's way.
While much of the debate has focused on firearms, Indiana's Sheriffs believe firearms are inanimate objects that have no will of their own. They are merely instruments of violence exploited by those with evil intent. We also believe the energy of this debate would be better focused on the issues upon which we agree. It is critical that we continue to work to keep firearms out of the hands of those who would use them to commit acts of violence against our citizens.
We must increase our efforts to identify individuals with malevolent intent in advance and better use the system currently in place to prevent them from gaining access to firearms. The approach to this multifaceted problem must be comprehensive in nature. In addition to the vigorous prosecution for those who break the law, we must also focus our efforts on strengthening the safety and security of our school facilities, providing better access to mental health treatment, and enhancing training and resources for those who may be targets of violence.
Indiana's Sheriffs also recognize that no attempt to prevent the violence that occurred at Sandy Hook will be complete unless we find a way to address the culture of violence that negatively impacts today's youth. While these tasks may seem daunting, sheriffs stand ready for the challenge and the opportunity to address these issues.
As Indiana's Constitutional Sheriffs, we remain focused on solutions, but we will not accept any concept that separates law-abiding citizens from their 2nd Amendment Rights without due process. The authority of the Office of Sheriff is derived from the Indiana Constitution and those who have entrusted us with our office. Those documents bind us together as a people, both as Hoosiers and as Americans. At a time when those who are governed have less trust in those who govern, it is important that we hold steadfast in our beliefs. We must focus our attention not on what divides us but instead on what keeps us together!
Indiana's County Sheriffs have given great thought and consideration to their position on the current issues pertaining to our citizens' 2nd Amendment Rights and the recent national discussion concerning gun control legislation. The position of Indiana's Sheriffs' Association is simply that—the position of the Association. The reporting of our position as a matter of public record is acceptable in any public form, but, unless explicitly granted, we do not endorse, nor desire the Indiana Sheriffs' Association's name or individual member sheriffs' names being used without specific permission. This refers to "For Profit" organizations using Indiana's County Sheriff's name in a way that suggests we are "endorsing" or "joining" their positions or statements regarding this national issue. The Indiana Sheriffs' Association remains an independent and private association representing the Office of Sheriff in the State of Indiana.


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Clover was started in 1925, in Japan, by Mr Toshio Okada. In 1948 he gave his company the name Clover after the Clover leaves he had used to bookmark his pages throughout his days in college. The company began as a wholesaler of needles and craft items, it didn't take long for the company to turn its hand to manufacturing.
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The home inspection typically consists of an evaluation of the structure of the home and the mechanical systems supporting it. Other inspections that are typically requested by buyers include a radon test, an analysis of wood destroying insects, and a review of the septic system condition (if the property is not served by the public sewer system).
The topics below address the most common inspection questions. If you have additional questions regarding the home inspection process, feel free to contact your Kienlen Lattmann Sotheby's International Realty Sales Associate.
Much of the information below is provided courtesy of ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors. Visit their website at www.ashi.org for additional information.
A home inspection is an objective visual examination of the physical structure and systems of a house, from the roof to the foundation.
The standard home inspector's report will cover the condition of the home's heating system; central air conditioning system (temperature permitting); interior plumbing and electrical systems; the roof, attic and visible insulation; walls, ceilings, floors, windows and doors; the foundation, basement and structural components.
Other inspections that are typically separate from the home inspection include a radon test, wood destroying insect inspection, pool inspection, and a septic inspection.
Buying a home could be the largest single investment you will ever make. To minimize unpleasant surprises and unexpected difficulties, you'll want to learn as much as you can about the newly constructed or existing house before you buy it. A home inspection may identify the need for major repairs or builder oversights, as well as the need for maintenance to keep it in good shape. After the inspection, you will know more about the house, which will allow you to make decisions with confidence.
If you already are a homeowner, a home inspection can identify problems in the making and suggest preventive measures that might help you avoid costly future repairs.
If you are planning to sell your home, a home inspection can give you the opportunity to make repairs that will put the house in better selling condition.
The inspection fee for a typical one-family house varies geographically, as does the cost of housing. Similarly, within a given area, the inspection fee may vary depending on a number of factors such as the size of the house, its age and possible optional services such as septic, well or radon testing. In the New Jersey area, expect to pay between $450 - $700 for the home inspection (includes the home, radon, and wood destroying insect inspections).
Do not let cost be a factor in deciding whether or not to have a home inspection or in the selection of your home inspector. The sense of security and knowledge gained from an inspection is well worth the cost, and the lowest-priced inspection is not necessarily a bargain. Use the inspector's qualifications, including experience, training, compliance with your state's regulations, if any, and professional affiliations as a guide.
Even the most experienced homeowner lacks the knowledge and expertise of a professional home inspector. An inspector is familiar with the elements of home construction, proper installation, maintenance and home safety. He or she knows how the home's systems and components are intended to function together, as well as why they fail.
Above all, most buyers find it difficult to remain completely objective and unemotional about the house they really want, and this may have an effect on their judgment. For accurate information, it is best to obtain an impartial, third-party opinion by a professional in the field of home inspection.
No. A professional home inspection is an examination of the current condition of a house. It is not an appraisal, which determines market value. It is not a municipal inspection, which verifies local code compliance. A home inspector, therefore, will not pass or fail a house, but rather describe its physical condition and indicate what components and systems may need major repair or replacement.
You can ask friends or business acquaintances to recommend a home inspector they have used. Or, you can visit www.ashi.org for a list of home inspectors in your area. To have a list mailed to you, call 1-800-743-ASHI (2744). Also, your Kienlen Lattmann Sotheby's International Realty Sales Associate will be able to provide you with a list of names from which to choose.
Whatever your referral source, you can be assured of your home inspector's commitment to professional standards and business ethics by choosing one who has membership in ASHI.
ASHI is an organization of independent, professional home inspectors who are required to make a commitment, from the day they join as ASHI Associates, to conduct inspections in accordance with the ASHI Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics, which prohibits engaging in conflict-of-interest activities that might compromise their objectivity. ASHI Associates work their way to ASHI Certified Inspector status as they meet rigorous requirements, including passing a comprehensive, written technical exam and performing a minimum of 250 professional, fee-paid home inspections conducted in accordance with the ASHI Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics. Mandatory continuing education helps the membership stay current with the latest in technology, materials and professional skills.
Typically, a home inspector is contacted immediately after the contract or purchase agreement has been signed. Before you sign, be sure there is an inspection clause in the sales contract, making your final purchase obligation contingent on the findings of a professional home inspection. This clause should specify the terms and conditions to which both the buyer and seller are obligated.
While it's not required that you be present for the inspection, it is highly recommended. You will be able to observe the inspector and ask questions as you learn about the condition of the home and how to maintain it.
No house is perfect. If the inspector identifies problems, it doesn't mean you should or shouldn't buy the house, only that you will know in advance what to expect. If your budget is tight, or if you don't want to become involved in future repair work, this information will be important to you. If major problems are found, a seller may agree to make repairs.


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Akas Cabins Reviews
We stayed in Akas Armas cabins April 7-14. Cabins superbly situated. Quiet but near enough to hotel for catch ski bus. Ski bus only 5 mins or so away from slopes. Skiiing conditions perfect. Ski school ok. Snow Board lessons better. Saw Northern Lights, went snow mobiling through forest in late evening (Snow Fun Safaris) and went dog sledding. Fabulous holiday
Apres Ski: 3/5
Accommodation & Value: 5/5


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