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When I met Ivette Thomas a couple of months ago, I knew she was new to Birmingham.
I didn't realize just how new she was to the area.
Literally minutes after touching down at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International airport, she immediately headed to Woodlawn to witness a panel discussion by local social media experts.
She hadn't been in town an hour but she was determined to get involved.
"My fiancee thought I was crazy," Thomas said. "He said, 'you don't know the area, you don't even know the streets yet,' but I immediately wanted to meet people who shared my interests."
Thomas realized that home is where you make it. She was determined to fall in love with her Birmingham. And it didn't take long for that to happen.
Thomas is chronicling her experiences as a new Birminghamian at allaboutbham.com, a website that encourages other newcomers and to get out and enjoy the splendor of the Magic City.
I can relate to Thomas' journey. Thomas, a native of Orlando, Fla., and formerly a resident of New York City, relocated to Birmingham when her fiancee landed employment here. I also found myself in Birmingham when my wife relocated for job opportunities.
Thomas, like myself, was headed to an unfamiliar city with few job prospects. And, like my own, Thomas' family and friends were concerned about her future, especially in a state more known nationally for its bleak past than its progressive present.
"My friends were worried for me," she said. " Everyone was really worried about me being able to start a new life."
"I was terrified on the flight," Thomas added. "But the minute I got into town, I fell in love. Birmingham is the best-kept secret in America."
By no means is Birmingham a perfect city. We're still plagued by our history and handcuffed by outdated ideologies. But weary, jaded eyes of longtime residents are often blind to the beauty and progress our city is experiencing.
Sometimes, it takes a fresh perspective to see Birmingham's progress and energetic, willing hands to help shape its future.
Thomas is ready to get to work, and eager to be "the word of mouth for Birmingham."
Thomas, formerly a video producer for MTV shows like "Catfish," "The Real World," and "Girl Code," is using her digital experience to spread awareness about Birmingham online.
Allaboutbham.com takes a keen look at Birmingham's foodie culture, explores fashion trends at local outlets and even includes do-it-yourself videos for crafty visitors looking to enhance their home decor.
"I've never been particularly crafty," Thomas said, "but I just found ways to make things work."
No surprise there. No one will ever question Thomas' drive, nor her love for her new home.
It would have been so easy for Thomas to arrive in Birmingham, withdraw, fold her arms and wait for the city to impress her. Instead, she got out and embraced her surroundings.
This is her city now and she's ready to share it.
"From the moment I arrived here, I noticed the spirit of Birmingham," she said. "People couldn't stop talking about how much the city has changed."
"I feel so lucky to arrive at this time," she added.
Welcome home.
Edward T. Bowser is a community engagement specialist for AL.com and The Birmingham News. He's always eager for conversation. If you know of an outstanding young professional who is bringing change to Birmingham, reach him on Twitter @etbowser, visit his Facebook page or email email@example.com.


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Trent Reznor is writing new Nine Inch Nails tunes, too: why that's good
At the end of the cold, nightmarish "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" is a How to Destroy Angels cover of Bryan Ferry's "Is Your Love Strong Enough?". It was Fincher's idea. I don't think it worked at all.
This is largely because I'm not 100% sure Hot To Destroy Angels works, period. I've always found Maandig's voice to be too honeyed for the darker, industrial tones of Reznor's more-rhythmic songcrafting. "Strong Enough," granted, isn't the group's song, but it further reveals how out-of-water a sugar-malaise voice can be.
But some good news to this hater: Reznor won't only be working on a new HtDA album this year. He's writing for some new Nine Inch Nails action, too.
"I'm going to be writing for Nine Inch Nails this year," Reznor told Billboard this week. "My voice as a songwriter feels like it needs to speak up or at least work out a little bit to not atrophy. I think I have something to say that feels unique to who I am right now, and that's when it tells me it's time to do something."
The band has been on hiatus since 2009, as Reznor and collaborator Atticus Ross went and earned some nods and wins for their scores for films "The Social Network" and "Dragon Tattoo." The music he's written recently has usually fallen into those efforts or with How to Destory Angels, but now he's crafting music for NIN to scratch an itch.
"At the moment [the songs are] going to live in the Nine Inch Nails column, for a few reasons. I enjoy the challenge of moving that kind of brand forward, that identity, shaping it to who I am now instead of who I was a few years ago when I last left off," he said, though offering that at may be a minute. "It's all kind of hypothetical right now. When I sit down with a notebook and a little mini-recorder is when my bluff will be called, and then it might not happen at all."
Reznor and Ross are up for a Golden Globe award this weekend for "Dragon Tattoo's" original score. Of it, Reznor said: "I don't think it's the kind of score you leave humming the love theme from '...Dragon Tattoo' or anything. We purposely went in to make the type of score that disappeared into the frames and felt like a part of the set... but not announcing itself as 'Look how flashy this is!' We were really aiming for something that was more in the woodwork and were very pleased with how it came out and, again, are so astonished and so flattered it's getting noticed."
How to Destroy Angels are expected to release their first full-length this year; they released a debut EP in 2010.

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How to Tell When It's Time to Shut Up
Again, the prize is a signed copy of my book "Curse of the Masking-Tape Mummy."
As with last week, to enter, all you have to do is leave a comment on this comic (How to Know When It's Time to Shut Up). As with last week, the winner will be selected at random on Thursday morning (Feb 16th). Again, as with last week, I will ask a question that you can, but are not obligated to, answer. I'm told this is a valuable opportunity to gather demographic data about my readers, so my question this week is as follows.
"What demographic data about you should I be trying to gather?"
I look forward to your suggestions.
Reader Comments (335)
Demographic info: I'm a Montana-born Jewish lesbian, and am frankly insulted that you are not catering to my specific desires by including more rough riding, guilt-ridden cowgirls in leather chaps into your comic. PANDER TO ME.
Also, I bought my mom your calendar as a Hanukkah present, and she has fallen in love with the comic. So yay!
You should ask how many online comics people read, and the amount of money they spend per annum on associated content.
Also, how far someone would be willing to travel to meet you in person.
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B.
Do I win?
What century we hail from. You want to know if you have any time travelers.
El Psy Congroo?
Stick to the basics at first. Age, gender, location, education.
My favorite demographic? It would be one of those little charts from USA Today, illustrating the products most often sampled at Costco. A "demo graphic"!
har har har...huuuuuuuuh...har har har har.
Can't think of anything useful, and you likely don't need any more snark on the mountain you already have.
Married Female who loves both YOU and YOUR WIFE; low income demo (but not low enough to qualify for ANY kind of handout, so that really SUX); GEEK!!!
I know, I didn't tell you what kind of demo to take, just what MINE is, in the hopes that you'll take pity on my personal demo and tell me that I WON the signed book! ;)
here's another for good measure, or for you to share with Missy ;)
I want that book. That is all.
All demographic information is dangerous in the wrong hands. That's why I try to stay off the Internets.
You can ask "Where were you born"? and then make one of those fancy maps with dots...
Favorite type of ice cream. That actually says a lot about people.
Mine's maple nut!
How about "what percentage of us have disposable income and are willing to spend it on your books?"
Or possibly occupational data related to our ability to recruit new readers... for instance, I use your health-related strips as cover slides for my epidemiology lectures. Not quite sure what the students make of it, but at least it keeps them entertained while waiting for class to start.
How many of us are Rocket Hat supporters vs. Moon Men sympathizers.
Long time reader, first time commenter. I love your work, Scott and you've been an inspiration to me.
As for demographic info, I think the most profitable information would be bank account and credit card information, along with any pertinent data to access it such as PINs or mothers' maiden names.
mmm a nice survey would be a one liner(in my opinion)
as follows "if there were Intellectual requirements for everything (i.e. marriage|parenting|driving|etc.) do you believe you or people close to you would be ALLOWED to do much of anything that they take for granted?"
Demographic information: 37 year-old photographer who pays the bills by driving a truck, long hair, all my accounts have the same password which is "Cuddles247"
I tried shutting up, the posting system would not let me.
Wow, I have totally missed the connection between the curse spoken by the masking tape mummy and the title of the book. Every time until now. Kind of like that page in the "Where's Waldo?" book that was completely blank except for Waldo and nobody else. Saw him and flipped the page, but totally didn't notice I had found him.
i think the book should go to someone who bothered to read the nearly 200 comments on this comic. ill admit its not me, but since i read this while working you should cut me some slack. or you could ask us how many pinky fingers we have. obviously i have none since i dont use capitals or punctuation
I think asking us what other kinds of webcomics we read would be a fun demographic question, and one people wouldn't hesitate to answer! Furthermore, once you ask us, we might not shut up about it. I guess it'd give you TOO MUCH information!
Likeliness to post comments online.
Aw, man... I was gonna say social security numbers,
favorite password choices, and major credit cards, but I'd hate
to beat a dead horse.
Let's say age, gender, highest level of education, and
favorite hobby. 31, M, DVM, demolitions
I think you should ask us what the greatest show ever is. That seems like a good way to get to know your viewers.
Ps Mine is Doctor Who. lol
I just had knee surgery today, so I suppose the demographic you should be looking at is "People who are the most pitiful at the moment."
Yes, I'm totally attempting to tug at your heart strings and play the pity card.
Number of and locations of body piercings (only applies to ladies). Pictures optional... and encouraged.
Perhaps what country I'm. If I read via RSS or the actual website. If I +1'd it. Maybe age.
Should I start seeing "How To..." that features Australians (or Austrians!), or the actual comic image no longer appears in the RSS content, or even "How To Plus One and share an insightful comment you saw once", then I'll know you read this. Or maybe I'll shed a tear that the comic no longer appears in the RSS feed.
You should ask place/country of origin, age, and gender.
Forget the demographic data, just ask everyone about a topic you haven't covered. No sense not mining your loyal readers for strip ideas. I'll start - "How To Tell A Golf Story." That ought to be an easy one. ;)
Sandwiches. I don't trust people who go heavy on the mayo. Gotta find them and keep an eye on them.
Republicans seem really interested in bedroom proclivities, so it must be important. Ask us how we like to get funky...
If you know exactly what you're going to do with it, the needed demographic data should be apparent. Otherwise you just end up with big files on your computer wasting space. Answer the what am I going to do with it first. "Make money" is not specific enough. For the sake of mental gymnastics, assume you already have access to all information about everybody, now what?
Random Demographic: I am wearing a black tee-shirt.
Beer preference is a useful demographic to have, particularly if we start dropping in at your house. Then you can have beer for us, and we won't have to settle for what you would normally have in your fridge. Sweetwater IPA works for me, sir.
age and sex, it's the most important thing to know from your fans.
math is hard.
furthermore, i eat glue.
My favorite brand of breakfast cereal, which is Malt-o-Meal's knock off "Cinnamon Toasters." Mmm... bagged, sugared pressed corn/wheat.
Oh, that's easy. The demographic question you ask is: which character do you best resemble? Make it multiple choice for the slow learners. With pictures.
Let's see, age, gender, location? How's that?
I'm a 56 year old Pakistani man.


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Producer: Tua Rita
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(an 80/20 blend of sangiovese and cabernet sauvignon; 14% alcohol): Opaque dark red. Very fresh sangiovese aromas of red berries, flint and tea leaf. Fresh and elegant in the mouth, with pretty redcurrant, red cherry and cinnamon flavors. The very long finish features peppery tannins, lingering juiciness and lovely saline tang. This is the best-ever Perlato del Bosco at a similar stage of development. Owner Stefano Frascolla told me that Perlato, which started life as a monovarietal sangiovese and then became a blend with the 2002 vintage, is now back on the road to becoming a 100%-varietal sangiovese again. The first comeback vintage made entirely from sangiovese will be the 2012, and this wine is likely to spend only 10 to 12 months in oak, instead of the current 14.


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Detox diets aren't just for people on a New Year's health kick. Ask Gwyneth Paltrow.
"I am finishing the amazing three-week-long 'Clean' detox program," the Oscar winner, 36, writes in her latest GOOP newsletter. "I feel pure and happy and much lighter."
Paltrow, who earlier this year detailed a detox that she says helped her to shed unwanted holiday pounds, claims slimming down was her motivation this time, too. "I dropped the extra pounds that I had gained during a majorly [sic] fun and delicious 'relax and enjoy life phase' about a month ago," she writes.
Paltrow turned to cardiologist and detoxification specialist Dr. Alejandro Junger for advice. His tips included avoiding processed foods and allergens and eating organic, as well as "[making]] time for 'detox-enhancing' habits such as sauna, massage, hot and cold baths and skin brushing," he writes. "All of these improve circulation and increase perspiration, which help fuel your body's natural cleansing system."
For Paltrow, the best part of the program may have been her sense of renewed energy. "This program allowed me to work and exercise regularly, something I cannot do if I am on a liquid-only detox," she says. "I followed it to the letter and I can report that it worked wonders."
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A computer ______ is a collection of computers that communicate with one another over transmission lines.
To provide seamless flow to networks that comprise an Internet and elaborate scheme called a(n) _____ is used.
layered protocol
Computer and printers on a LAN are connected to a _____ to communicate & transmit messages on the LAN.
The hardware component that connects a printer's circuitry to the networks is called a(n) ______.
Reducing the cross-wire signal interference that occurs when wires run parallel for long distances is made possible by _____.
twisting the wires in a UTP
The connections between switches can use UTP cable, but if they carry a lo of traffic or are far apart, _____.
the UTP cable may be replaced by optical fiber cables
The access point sends and receives wireless traffic using the _____ protocol and then communications with the switch using the _____ protocol.
802.11; 802.3
A ______ must be used to convert an analog signal to a digital one, when trying to transmit data over a typical phone line.
Which of the following is true of DSL modems?
their signals do not interfere with voice telephone lines
_____ is good for homes and small businesses because they receive more data than they transmit.
What is the performance guarantee offered by SDSL connections?
they offer the same fast speed in both directions
_____ modems modulate in such a way that they do not interfere with TV signals, even though they use the same lines.
Which of the following is an access device that connects each site to the transmission lines?
A large company with production facilities in Houston, Atlanta, and Philadelphia would probably use _____ lines to transmit large amounts of data between the sites.
Which of the following is true of leased line networks?
network traffic is moved through a special-purpose computer called a modem
Which of the following transmission lines offers data transmission speeds of up to 40 Cbps?
optical fiber cables
All of the following are advantages of using PSDN except _______.
in a PSDN, separate lines connect new site to all other sites
Which of the following is true of the protocols used by PSDN?
ATM supports both voice and data communications
A(n) ____ uses the Internet or other Internet to create the appearance of private, point-to-point connections.
Which of the following applies to asymmetric encryption?
one key encodes the messages, one key decodes the message
Which is a special version of asymmetric encryption that is popular on the Internet?
public key/private key
HTTPS and SSL/TLS utilize which of the following?
a communication of public key/private key and symmetric encryption
A(n) _____ firewall examines each part of the message and decides whether it will let that part pass through to the network.


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good artwork +1
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You're Majesty I love it!!! +1
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great illustration….+1 from me,
do visit my work & vote if you like
thanks for the comment and vote I hope :)
have. Mind the gramar
Should has more votes. One from me!
Thanks Mr. Kruse & kabalentot. That would be one hell of a helmet.
How does this only have 20 votes.
You got my vote duder.
How does this only have 20 votes.
You got my vote duder.
dig the look on this one man. just wonderin' what the helmet would look like +1
Thanks all. Appreciate it.
Luke – Yea, black & white is pretty boring but I thought it was necessary to keep it regal. He is, after all, Sir Buckingham.
voted +1
Incredible, Pen & Ink – love the image 1+, if you so inclined have a look at my designs "Debutante and The Shooter"
haha, the pun is voteworthy on its own, but I love this. Great idea. +1
i really like this a lot!
one of the best i've seen personally
yay mr gentle branson :)
Haha funny. maybe black and white isn't the best color scheme tho


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By investment I mean, books, courses, certificates, equipment etc. Many may get these for free from your employer. You may spend thousands of dollars on equipment and stuff but which one gives best value?
Which investment has given you best value for your career as programmer?
Dual Monitors and a decent keyboard.
A good chair.
You have to sit on it for 8 hours a day so you'd better get a good one.
I've got a lot of books for a developer (27 after 2 years), but the two that I would grab if the office caught fire are:
Edit: Book recommendations on StackOverflow [3][1] http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0735619670
If I look at the gained productivity compared to the price, this was my best investment.
Just investing your own time into studying the subject.
Every 18 months I spent some time learning a new language (I use the term language loosely here) just to see how things are done in other languages.
For me reading about techniques/languages is not enough I need to get my hands on a keyboard and try them bash them around a bit and try and understand what the author of an article is talking about.
I try to surround myself with people who are smarter than me, then learn by osmosis.
Most things I use to develop are paid for by my employer. The one thing that I've spent my own money on and use all the time now is CodeRush (many others use ReSharper). This little tool has saved me countless hours of refactoring time and other things that normally take a lot of time to do or are "dangerous" (will likely break your code).
My degree, first and foremost.
And after that, reading c2.com [1]. A lot.
Which then led me to invest a whole time in learning things like Smalltalk, Common Lisp, functional programming and, lately, Haskell.[1] http://c2.com/cgi/wiki
Honestly, my best resource as a programmer has been taking the time to get involved with online communities such as stack exchange, experts-exchange, and programming language-specific forums and sites.
You gain a wealth of knowledge and skills in not only specific languages and environments, but in the art of describing problems and solutions. It teaches patience, diplomacy, generic problem-solving skills. This sort of experience makes you an invaluable employee at a small company, where you earn the reputation of being able to solve almost any problem, even outside of your expertise. If you're working on your own, having quick access to such communities, plus your acquired self-sustenance, will save you thousands on consulting and hours of time.
I'm still just at the very start of my career, but investing the time to be involved in a community that shares problems and solutions on a daily basis has potentially infinite value at zero cost.
Investing the time to learn the real dangers of Repetitive Strain Injury/Cumulative Trauma Disorder [1]
From Wikipedia [2]:
Repetitive strain injury [...] is an injury of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems that may be caused by repetitive tasks, forceful exertions, vibrations, mechanical compression (pressing against hard surfaces), or sustained or awkward positions.
More than just a good chair (which is a must), you need to be aware of desk/monitor height, changing focal distance and -- most importantly -- getting up and stretching throughout the day. If you're going to be programming for years to come, learn and implement preventative techniques now! It will save you much pain and heartache in the future.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury
High Speed Internet
Internet is playing major role while you are learning a new things.
Learning how to use VIM, and then setting up gVIM to be my default editor on my Windows dev machine.
I invested a huge amount of money is all sort of trainings and conferences. I have no regret and still have a yearly budget for that.
During the past 10 years, I purchased an average amount of 1,25 books a month (I have more than 150+ technical books) and according to amazon, I kept that pace in 2010. I think it's the easier and cheapest investment you could make as a developer.
The next big investment you could do is failing. Failing fast, often, in many different situations. Failing has a big cost. But the reward, what you learn, is far more valuable.
Believe it or not, my Microsoft Certification in SQL Server has been one of the best investments for me as a developer. I think certifications in general can be a great investment since it requires you to learn the material to the point of being able to pass a test. Some could argue that real world experience is better, and I agree, but a certification course/test still has a lot of value. I call out my database certification in particular because having a good understanding of database design has dramatically increased my skills as a programmer.
Buying a nice flat screen instead of my CRT from the older days, and also an ergonomic keyboard and a mouse pad with that pillow thingy for my wrist.
It didn't generate a monetary return on investment, but my eyes and hands are quite grateful.
1,5 year at a game company startup that ended up setting me back financially a bit. Got a real job then and was back to zero after a year or so.
However, I learned a lot. Both about software development, architecture, ecosystems as well as traits and issues to look for and avoid with companies, projects and people. Had a great time with good friends too. :)
You learn by mistakes, and you don't make mistakes by playing it safe.
Get a job/internship in computers
A lot of the other answers given mention investing time or coding a big project but these only really hit the tip of the iceberg. The point of doing these things is to force yourself to do something unfamiliar, learning in the process. If you get up one day and decide to write another program in a language you already know, you will learn some from the new techniques necessary to solve the problem, but you are still only expanding in one direction.
Myself, I've been employed at my university for a little over a year as a junior system administrator. While this hasn't directly forced me to expand my programming ability, it has given me the opportunity to do a lot of things I couldn't have done alone. I am often given the job of maintaining former employees' hardware and software so this forces me to learn languages I never would have taught myself like Perl and PHP. I get to use older, retired hardware for my own projects such as building a website and managing a small domain. These projects built my skills in bash and python scripting. Finally, being a system administrator has enabled me to build my interpersonal skills with other computer-minded individuals.
In short, having a job in the computer field, even if it is only loosely related to software development, expands a programmers understanding and develops skills that wouldn't have been exercised elsewhere.
Working with the commandline and its utilities
Having spent most of my time in the Windows domain, changing over to unix/linux for a while and learning to do everything at the commandline (compiling, sed/awk/grep, system administration etc.) has completely changed the way I think about most of the development tasks I do.
Knowing what the IDE does during compilation and the 'find-the-best-tool or write a script' mentality does wonders, also when returning to domains where this is not the common practice.
Although it probably isn't what you are expecting, the best investment I have made recently was the admission charge for the Durham Beer Festival. It was here, with my elbow on the bar, that I learned of a contract that I have since won. I have since resolved never to miss the Durham Beer Festival again.
I spent around 450€ on components which I used to build a simple home server (Dual Core Pentium 2.93 GHz, 2GB RAM and 1TB HDD). It runs Ubuntu Server Edition 10.10 and I host multiple things on it, many greatly enhanching my coding productivity.
Some things one could mention:
I might add some more things, such as support to off-load compilation onto it and if I did more web development I would probably use it as a testing server
Windows Home Server on mine. - Matthew Whited
I'd been a self-taught developer for years but only started getting sensible job offers after I'd been back to university and done a Masters degree in computing. It's paid for itself many times over since. (I'm not sure it made my code any better, although it did make me a more rounded developer - but the truth is that a degree in CS is a very valuable asset to have on your CV/resume.)
Fast Laptop for development I Buy a laptop that doesnt frustrate me and that helps me doing my work in peace. Configuration Intel Core i5, 4GB RAM
I wrote 3 articles for O'Reilly's "onLamp" magazine some years ago and I landed at least a bunch of interviews because of them. I am now working on a book on HTML5 for O'Reilly that should be out in the spring.
In addition to looking good it forces you to really think about your topic and present it clearly.
In addition to the many sensible answers here, here's a tip to people using non-English keyboard layouts: set up your system so that you can switch between your native layout and a standard US layout, and invest the few weeks it takes to learn to code with the US layout. It'll increase your speed and reduce strain. The languages you're using were (hopefully) developed for the US layout.
I moved from the Swedish layout approximately 5 years ago. AltGr is not meant to be used when programming :).
Web Hosting
Being a recent college grad, I didn't have a lot going for me in the connections area so I ordered some web hosting and started on a personal project. Through that I was able to make my own website and learn some new languages which helped me land my first job.
Third party libraries and tool kits. The extra speed you can get out of a well selected toolset can be a time (and money) multiplier
I would say there are 2 investments that generated the max. return on investment for me:
Books: From Wirth, Kernighan & Ritchie, Stroustrup, Papadimitriou, Skiena and the likes
The right equipment: My IBM Thinkpad with 2GB RAM 1.83GHz with WinXP, VMWare and Ubuntu may seem a trifle dated in these times of cloud computing, but they have survived loads of experiments that helped me learn how these beasts work.
That'd be probably some books. Although I do consider these things given. Best investment you can make is your own time. I'm thankful for sleepless nights in high school while trying to learn HTML, PHP and SQL (10 years ago). Those are the best investments in my life. They got me first job, which led to more books, courses, equipment.
I guess the DevExpress components
Specialized schooling
I went to a community college and began getting certifications. I had a chance to get an Associates degree if I filled my two years there with gen-ed classes and a few specifics. Instead, since the school let me work at my own pace, I ran through as much stuff as I can. In my two years there I completed two courses that should have each cost me two years of my life. I'm not trying to show off, I was just hungry to learn. Network topographies, website architecture, Java, C#, PHP, SQL, HTML/CSS/Javascript, multi-threading, network transactions, e-commerce, website and general cyber security, we covered so many topics and I got several certifications in my time. It really wasn't hard if you actually want to learn it. I learned a lot of things for starting out with only a little VB6 knowledge.
My time there is priceless to me and by far one of the best decisions of my life.
Books, courses, and equipament are very, very important. You should read and study a lot, no doubts about that.
But don't overlook the non-technical aspects of your career. Health, mood, and stress level can harm more than those things can help you. There is no best investment, only a balance between every aspect of your career. I know this sounds obvious, but what we usually sacrifice first?
Bought a new notebook? Try to spend at least the same amount on a travel. Read 2, maybe 3 romances for each technical book you read. Equilibrium.
3 college courses:
Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis... focusing on proofs rather than implementation.
Computer Systems... nothing like learning to program a BST with recursion in assembly.
Discrete Mathematics.
Learning to touch type, and then learning VI have both come in handy too.
Perfectionism is of course not a virtue, but attacking a problem hard enough that I understand the fix and its limitations instead of just monkey patching always widens the knowledge basis and opens up possibilities for improving existing code. One bug fix almost always leads to improvement in several places.
The MSc in CS helps getting the "big picture" as opposed to just adding features until you end up with a big ball of mud.
Switching to Linux has made me much more productive by facilitating keyboard use and allowing an enormous amount of customization to my mode of work.
Basing all software on the shell or the web rather than a GUI gives you a ton of flexibility for free.


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Nov 26, 2012In 2008, Pharmacy Music released its first single, a collaboration by John 00 Fleming and Christopher Lawrence titled "Beyond the Limit". The single remains one of the biggest releases on the label to date. Sharing a strong passion and dedication to underground trance, Fleming & Lawrence have toured together with festival dates at Dance Valley, Global Gathering, Electric Daisy Carnival, Nocturnal Wonderlan
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Nov 25, 2012Brooke Forman: Above & Beyond has changed my life in more ways than can be expressed in words. Therefore, I decided to take my favorite pieces of their songs, and make my own rendition of an acoustic medley. I was able to get the talented DJ Eco on board to produce the project along with Sean Winters. I hope this brings you trance fans as much Group Therapy as it did for me
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Geneva, May 22, 2012– The World Business Council for Sustainable Development(WBCSD) today launched Changing Pace, a detailed blueprint of policy recommendations to scale up business solutions that can tackle our most pressing sustainability challenges.
"Business skills and capacity have until now been grossly underestimated and undervalued by governments around the world," said Peter Bakker, President, WBCSD. "We have a tremendous opportunity in Rio to start down the path toward sustainability, but we cannot get there unless we unleash the power of business as a full partner in this effort through policy and collaboration. We need policies to allow business to do what it does best: innovate and solve problems that will help us reach a sustainable world."
Changing Pace complements WBCSD's landmark report Vision 2050, which identifies pathways and timeframes to allow 9 billion people to live well and within the limits of our planet by 2050. Changing Pace builds on Vision 2050 by putting forward clear and concrete policy proposals aimed at accelerating progress toward inclusive and sustainable growth. The report is an invitation from WBCSD and its member companies, to governments, civil society and fellow business leaders to actively engage in dialogues to shape policy solutions and pathways to a sustainable 2050 at national and international level.
Changing Pace is meant to facilitate a discussion between the WBCSD and national governments in order to develop and implement concrete policies that stimulate the innovation and implementation of sustainable business solutions.
Regardless of whether Rio+20 is able to achieve progress through a comprehensive international agreement, urgent action at the national level is still needed now more than ever. Policies at the national level must be enacted that will drive business innovation and success while achieving sustainability at scale in a world whose population is projected to increase 2 Billion by 2050.
Changing Pace identifies seven categories of policy action that create a dynamic and achievable policy framework and applies them to the nine elements laid out in Vision 2050 necessary to create a sustainable world.
The seven categories of action that constitute the "Green Growth Policy Accelerator" in Changing Pace are:
Changing Pace is about adopting better rules for markets, and overcoming mindsets and dilemmas about how governments and business should work together. Changing Pace recognizes that only with business, government and civil society fulfilling and coordinating their respective roles can we achieve the speed and scale necessary to reach a sustainable path by 2050.
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HOLLIDAYSBURG - A Blair County jury has been selected for the first trial as part of Operation Last Call, a police investigation into a suspected Baltimore-to-Altoona drug ring.
Kenneth J. Piner Sr., 51, of Altoona will go on trial Sept. 5. The trial is expected to last until Sept. 21.
Piner is one of 14 defendants scheduled to stand trial.
Piner and a brother, Stephen, helped distribute illegal drugs that were obtained in Baltimore, according to a grand jury presentment. The drug operation is alleged to have operated out of the Corner Bar and Grill at 1001 Eighth Ave.
Blair County attorney R. Thomas Forr Jr. is representing Piner while the prosecution is being represented by Blair County Assistant District Attorney Pete Weeks and Senior Deputy Attorney General Dave Gorman.
Blair County Judge Hiram A. Carpenter will retire as a Blair County judge at the end of the year, and the Piner drug case will likely be his last trial after a 23-year career on the bench.
The Operation Last Call cases have been handled by Judges Timothy M. Sullivan and Elizabeth Doyle during the pretrial stage.
Carpenter said it wasn't until Friday that he was asked to preside over the Piner jury selection and trial. He told the jury that he was unfamiliar with the case but gave the prospective jurors a broad outline of the charges.
Police used informants to purchase drugs but as the investigation moved along, officers with the Blair County Drug Task Force obtained permission from the Pennsylvania Superior Court to tap into phone conversations involving the Piners and Jermaine Samuel, another defendant.
Between Sept. 15 and Oct. 5, 2011, police intercepted 17,719 calls. The grand jury presentment stated that 713 of Piner's telephone calls were "pertinent," or calls addressing drug activity.
In a petition filed Tuesday, Piner's attorney is arguing that several conversations that were recorded by police were not related to the drug charges faced by Piner.
Forr stated the calls contained "evidence of a highly prejudicial nature including purported threats of violence and/or evidence the defendant intended to liquidate assets."
The defense is asking the calls be excluded from the trial.
Another case stemming from Operation Last Call ended Monday with a guilty plea.
Danny Tallie, 42, of Altoona pleaded guilty to charges of possession with intent to deliver, conspiracy and criminal use of a communications facility.
Blair County President Judge Jolene G. Kopriva sentenced him to four to 12 years in state prison.
Participating in a corrupt organization and dealing in the proceeds of unlawful activity charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement.
Tallie was disappointed that he is not eligible for a prison program called the Recidivism Risk Reduction Initiative, according to the plea agreement that was presented to the judge by his attorney, Mark Zearfaus, and Assistant District Attorney Russell Montgomery.
Under the program, Tallie could have received a substantial reduction in his minimum sentence.
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A real 1280*960 17" screen is 100dpi (you can do the math if you want).
So horizontal: 1280/13.58 = 94.25 dpi vertical: 1024/10.19 = 100.49 dpi
The reason windows is stuck at 96dpi is lots of first-gen 17" makers cheated and their products were either a bit smaller or could not fill all the glass space (you were stuck with a black band around the picture)
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Today will be mild again but a bit more breezy across Weld County. A weak cold front will push temperatures back to about 50 degrees. Winds may top 20 to 30 mph at times.
It will remain dry through Thursday and Friday, as well, with highs staying above average, in the 50s. Saturday is when some changes set in, as colder air pours in from the north.
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When Cheryl Burke told Dancing with the Stars viewers without hesitation on Monday night that her partner Rob Kardashian has more dancing "potential" than his sister Kim Kardashian, who competed on season 7 of the show, there were apparently no hard feelings.
"My sister knows it, too," Rob told PEOPLE backstage after the show. "She expects me to do better than her, and I expect myself to do better than she did."
Kim – who was eliminated third during her season – joined her brother-in-law Lamar Odom and her sisters Khloé and Kourtney in the audience at Monday's live taping, where they cheered their younger sibling on from the front row.
"It was fun having them there," Rob said. "They get to see their brother in front of 20 million people doing a gentlemen's dance. I think they thought it was pretty cool that I was doing my own thing."
Even though Rob's family had to watch him receive harsh criticism from judges, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians costar didn't let that get him down.
"I was very comfortable and surprisingly not nervous," he says. "I was calm the entire time, which was awesome. I was happy. I don't even care about what the judges said. I was just happy that I was having fun."
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Despite the tremendous advances in electronic publications and the increasing rapidity with which papers are now moving from acceptance into ``print,'' preprints continue to be an important mode of communication within the astronomy community. The Los Alamos e-preprint service, astro-ph, provides for rapid and cost-free (to authors and readers) dissemination of manuscripts. As the use of astro-ph has increased the number of paper preprints in circulation to libraries has decreased, and institutional preprint series appear to be waning. It is unfortunate, however, that astro-ph does not function in collaboration with the refereed publications. For example, there is no systematic tracking of manuscripts from preprint to their final, published form, and as a centralized archive it is difficult to distribute the tracking and maintenance functions. It retains documents that have been superseded or have become obsolete. We are currently developing a distributed preprint and document management system which can support both distributed collections of preprints (e.g., traditional institutional preprint series), can link to the LANL collections, can index other documents in the ``grey'' literature (observatory reports, telescope and instrument user's manuals, calls for proposals, etc.), and can function as a manuscript submission tool for the refereed journals. This system is being developed to work cooperatively with the refereed literature so that, for example, links to preprints are updated to links to the final published papers.
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Erie assault suspect nabbed after jump from window
Erie police said a city man wanted on charges of assaulting a constable on Oct. 1 was apprehended at an eastside residence after he jumped out a window in an attempt to elude officers on Monday afternoon.
Anthony Vera, 29, is in the Erie County Prison on $200,000 in bonds today after he was arraigned Monday afternoon by Erie 3rd Ward District Judge Tom Carney on two sets of criminal charges.
He is accused of assaulting a constable who tried to pick up Vera on an arrest warrant on Oct. 1 for money Vera owed for a traffic citation; and of attempting to run from police, and fighting with officers, when he was picked up in the 1600 block of Holland Street early Monday afternoon, according to the criminal complaints filed in the cases.
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Style your home with a designer chandelier
The best way to append a touch of fashion, colour and personality to any room is through a chandelier. For instance, modern designers use chandeliers as a spectacular crucial point in kitchen, bedrooms as well as bathroom. As a matter of fact, chandeliers are categorised into traditional and modern varieties of different colours and shapes depending on which type of home to be considered.
Replica Lights has some great designer chandeliers in store depending on the preferred type of selected by customers. Purchasing a chandelier in most cases, vary in terms of cash, decorative vases as well as grease traps. Therefore, designer chandelier has the following types of chandeliers in the store for the purpose of manipulating our homes.
French chandelier
French chandeliers which is differentiated by bronze frame as well as clothed with crystal drops and pendants. The rising part of this chandelier consists of more than one ornamental glass containers alternating with small twigs whereby it is dressed with drops.
In addition, this type of chandelier has the bobeches which are made of brass, bronze or glass where in most instances dressed with icicles. The French chandelier is great for a standard interior. Hence, this type of chandelier is beautiful in a white or modern interior.
Maria Theresa chandelier
Designer chandelier also has this type of chandelier in their store which was originated from Austria in the eighteenth century. Maria Theresa chandelier is distinguished by being horizontal, gold bars, tinted, steel weapons, covered with glass strips and the decoration which is followed by the curve of the arms and dressed with drops. The innermost part consists of more than one ornamental vase. The wholesome Maria Theresa chandelier has an open center containing an extra lamp and glass apex. Basically, this type of chandelier is made of diversity of shapes and sizes hence it does not require a traditional setting due to its freezing and sparkling of the chandelier. In most cases, this type of chandelier is very stunning in white and modern interior.
Basket chandelier
This type of chandelier originated from French around 1750 century that is the time it began to be made. They are found in designer chandeliers in large numbers in view of the fact that it started with a fragile designs. The delicate part establishes from the central ring which supports the branches, chains of cut glass run to a small ring on top similar to a tent. There are two types of tents, the tent-and-waterfall and tent-and-bag chandeliers. The tent-and-waterfall has many cut-glass drops and the tent-and-bag is shaped by strings of glass buttons. The existence of the armless types is due to the introduction of electricity thus Basket chandelier is loved for its effortless appearance and secured light.
Dutch chandelier
This type of chandelier in their stores which was originated from Netherlands in the fifteenth century. This type of chandelier is made of bronze and glass distinguished by curling down S-shaped arms and a baluster-shaped body which is provided when extremely refined as well as an ultimate reflecting exterior. The fluctuation of this type of chandelier is prevented by the weight of the heavy brass ball. In most cases, this type is made for churches as well as for home lighting purposes. The easiness of these types was documented to fit in most interiors.
Apart from offering the services of storage of different types of chandelier it also provides reinstallation and cleaning of the products. It is essential to clean the chandeliers because the old ones are not safe enough. All drops are removed, washed and dried cautiously after that the chandelier is re-decorated with the dazzling drops.
Maintenance is another requirement to provide for the lamps and chandeliers. They should be cleaned and maintained in good conditions given that it is the responsibility of the designer chandelier to keep the chandeliers in a safe place which is dust-free with a feather duster. In addition, chandeliers are cleaned hardly using a damp microfiber cloth accompanied by hot water as well as clean-up vinegar.
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5 out of 5 people recommended this car.
Consumer Reviews
good car
by house from kentucky | October 28, 2012
i have one like this, its got over 200000 miles on it stell run like new. they might not be a flashy ride but they sure are good little cars. i havent had any promblums out of it, i put gas in it and drive.
Purchased a new car
Uses car for Work
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Love mine. 98 with5 Speed: 40-50 MPG @ 200K Miles!
by Metro-Fish from Smack in the middle of NJ. | April 20, 2011
I love my metro. I have had mine for about 3 years now and it has been as reliable as a new car. I have the 3 cyl 1.0L It has never broken down on me, and although it is starting to rust quite a bit in the frame, I bet It could go another 100K. I did replace the trans a year ago, but I can't speak for the driving habits of the driver that had it before me. Only problem was that second gear was worn out to the point it would pop out of gear randomly, and eventually wouldn't go into 2nd at all. If your looking for luxury, might as well stop reading. Bare minimal in the interior, mine doesn't have A/C, and I have a aftermarket stereo. Does have ALOT of room under the dash if you want to install anything extra, like I have done. It does have a nice clean basic interior. The cargo space actually fits a amazing amount of stuff when you fold the back seats. I have fit 2 bikes at once, a huge BBQ grill (in the box), a generator, and moved the entire contents of a apartment in 6 trips. If you put alot of weight in it, it will slow down quite a bit, and you also loose MPG. As far as a fuel saver, you can't beat it. I get 40-50 MPG average on regular gas. Just keep it maintained and it will run faithfully. Maintnence is cheap and the parts are pretty easy to find. The lack of advanced features means it is pretty easy for anyone to work on without alot of experience. I replaced the entire exhaust system including the cat for under $300, but I did do the job myself as I am a certified mechanic. So after 201,000 miles mine is still going strong, saving me lots of money on upgrading to a newer, more expensive, wise* car that has almost the same engine.
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by Miss Divine 99 from Baton Rouge, Louisiana | August 6, 2010
My 1998 Chevy Metro 5-Speed was my first new car! During the high gas prices of 2008, people were offering me $7,000 cash to buy it because I was still getting 35 milles to the gallon. Now approaching 11 years and over 125,000 miles, I'm just starting to replace some original parts as they break. (The Starter (early 2010) water pump (fall 2009), hatch-back shocks (sum 2010).
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that is one great car
by mike from kissimmee,fl | September 11, 2008
that is one great car! but the ac in my car is not working to good. im going to have it looked at. but i would recommend this car!
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Slow, but extremely reliable
by Metro Man from Honolulu, Hawaii | July 4, 2007
If reliability and getting from point A to point B is your biggest priority, than the Chevy Metro is perfect for you... Having a dependable car is the main thing I care about, which is why I absolutley love the metro. I bought my Metro about a year ago at 75k, and it now has 90k, and I've never had any major problems in terms of the engine or the overall performance. You will definatly get your moneys worth with this car. It has unbelievable gas mileage and is cheap so you will be saving money. But my Metro does have its share of problems elsewhere... My A/C is broken, the window on the drivers side is difficult to roll up & down, its pretty slow, and the engine is louder than most other cars. So if you plan to buy a Metro, expect to save money, get to your destination, and be ready to deal with minor problems, but I love my Metro, and its reliability is worth the small problems.
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Buy whichever kind is avaliable. In the Washington area they are sold out everywhere and I had to special order them through REI. I bought the sprint version and I'm happy with them. If you do buy a pair, make sure and buy a membership to REI first, that way you can return them for a full refund if they break or you're not satisfied. REI membership is $20 for lifetime so it's worth it.
If you do any hiking remember that these are minamilist running solutions. If you are on a rockey trail, those rocks will hurt the hell outta your feet. I learned this lesson the hard way when I did a hike down at the Columbia River Gorge. The trail was dirt and sharp rocks and it sucked getting jabbed all the time.
I love my VFFs and wear them whenever the weather is nice.
Are you a college student, trying to navigate college while being Primal? Do you know any other PB college students on a tight budget? Heck, for that matter, are YOU trying to live Primal on a budget? Enroll at Primal University!
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I have the Komodo Sports as well, and I agree with Velocity, step on an edge or something sharp the wrong way, and you're going to feel it. That being said I am loving the Komodo Sports but truthfully I picked them for the super smooth interior. Of all the styles I tried they seemed the least likely to pinch, or create friction, which I prioritized higher than genuine ground feel. If that's important to you then I would definitely try to find a place to try them on for sizing as well as the fit of the particular model you have in mind.
I have an old pair KSO's, Flows that I wear in the rain (I live in Oregon) and a pair of Komodo Sports that I got last month.
I will tell you that IMHO the Komodos are superior in every way to the others for versitility and comfort. The Komodo sole is good for running on trails and even gravel. In my others, I was always hopping around debris...not a bad plyo workout, but painful if mis-step.
Stallion speaks the truth.
I have 1 pair of original KSOs and 2 pairs of KSO Trek. I do not wear any other shoes. They are awesome.
Vibram keeps improving and the Komodo Sports are rock solid and "Superior in every way to the others". They are my next purchase of Vibrams. I also want the KSO Trek Sport and the new cold weather boots coming out this fall.
As for pain protection they dont offer much. I ve torn off half my toe nail when running and hit a tree root and if you hit a rock in the right way its the same as being barefoot pretty much. What you do learn is to be more aware of your surroundings and in touch with the earth below you.
I was a shoe addict and had over 30 pairs of sneakers which just collect dust now. Thats how much I love my five fingers.
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I'm a surveyor and wear KSO's in the field and LOVE them!
I wear my old KSO's everywhere except the office.
Walking, running (trail and pavement), any workouts I do, floating the river, trips to the store... everything. I bought them about a year ago, before Bikilias and Komodos came out. The KSO seemed like the most well rounded pair at the time, kind of the jack of all trades.
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So...sounds like KSO is the winner? Thanks Tyler for starting this thread!
*off to see if REI has my size*
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I live in Maine, hiking is on granite, rocky, nasty trails. I chose the KSO Treks. It's all about technique, pay attention and don't clod your way up the mountain, a soft touch goes along way. I really enjoy them. They quiet your hiking both in sound and body movements.
You'll never see the light if you're in someone else's shadow, or said another way, life is like a dog sled team, if you're not the lead dog, the scenery never changes
I forgot to mention one of the best things about 5 fingers is they are machine washable so they are always pretty clean. Even the Kangaroo leather KSO Treks.
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Barns, Reborn as Homes
Old barns provide ample space and open-concept design, yet the sleek interiors belie their former life in agriculture.
Take a rooster—and maybe a milk cow while you're at it—into Judith Racht's home in Niles, Mich., and the animals would likely agree it looks nothing like a barn.
While the concrete grain silo is a giveaway to the structure's former life, the sleek, modern interior looks more like an urban loft space than a place where animals might have once slept. Ms. Racht, a 64-year-old art-gallery owner, used to live in a proper house on the 62-acre farm. But in 2010, she razed the house and moved into the antebellum barn. "You went in there and you just felt like you were in church," she says.
A two-year renovation transformed the interior of the 4,200-square-foot home, which now features contemporary furnishings, modern-art pieces and an open-concept kitchen with stainless-steel cabinetry. The home has two bedrooms and four bathrooms, with a workout room and 57-foot-long lap pool in the basement.
Many old wooden barns dotting the landscape don't see much agricultural use anymore. But these structures are proving to be surprisingly compliant with current tastes, offering ample square footage and open-concept design in remote locales with plenty of privacy. The result: Instead of tearing them down, deep-pocketed homeowners are making hay while the sun shines, turning them into spacious, modern residences.
The inside of Arnold and Elise Simon Goodman's barn in Pine Plains, N.Y., could be mistaken for a New York City warehouse conversion. The posts, beams and trusses—all joined with wooden pegs—frame a space with polished concrete floors, a leather sofa and glass tables.
The Goodmans, whose main residence is on Manhattan's Upper West Side, caught the barn bug over a decade ago. In 2001, they paid $35,000 to buy a barn located west of Albany, N.Y., and have it moved to their 150-acre property in Pine Plains. In late 2003, while the barn was being converted into their vacation home, they paid about $15,000 for two smaller barns, these from south of Albany, that are now used as a garage and storage shed next to their 1-acre pond. The couple's latest project is a barn from Great Barrington, Mass., that was disassembled so it could be converted into a two-bedroom guesthouse on their Pine Plains property.
While Mr. Goodman declined to disclose spending totals, the guesthouse is budgeted at $175,000, he says.
"We love the space and the airiness of the old wood," says Mr. Goodman, an 81-year-old literary agent. "It's been an interesting second career."
Barn projects vary widely in expense and complexity. Sometimes the structures stay put and get a top-to-bottom makeover with modern heating and cooling systems, and other updates for full-time living. Increasingly, however, homeowners are having the barns disassembled and either moved to a new site or used as parts for new construction.
Heritage Restorations, a Waco, Texas, company that turns old barns into homes, has seen business increase steadily over the past 15 years—even during the housing downturn, says Kevin Durkin, the company's 59-year-old founder.
Mr. Durkin has built barn homes in 25 states and for clients in Japan, New Zealand and Australia. Projects range from a simple 1840s barn transformed into a loft home, to a complicated 1780s-barn turned into a mountain ski home with multiple floors and dormer windows.
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To find barns for home conversions, Mr. Durkin posts signs and advertises in newspapers throughout upstate New York. After the purchase, the barns are disassembled and put into storage; the structure's specs and renderings are cataloged for future homeowners to browse.
Most of his clients buy the wood frames, which he fumigates for insects, and have them relocated to their building site. His staff includes architects, contractors and craftsmen who do everything from recreating barn doors to designing furniture. The typical project takes about a year, and Mr. Durkin usually has 25 going at once—so he spends a lot of time on the road. Prices for completed projects have ranged from $200,000 to $5 million.
Mr. Durkin is currently completing a barn conversion in Millbrook, N.Y., where two structures—one from the 1820s and the other from the 1860s—are being turned into a country retreat. The barns, both found near Albany, retain most of their original hand-hewn hemlock structural elements. Mr. Durkin estimates the project, which has taken two years, will cost $2 million. Details of the four-bedroom home include ornate claw-foot tubs, a 35-foot-tall stone fireplace and reclaimed wood floors.
Mr. Durkin says most of his customers aren't cutting corners. "People looking for a barn home, they're not looking to save money," he says. "It's character. You're living in a piece of history."
Moving and altering these structures can make some preservationists jittery. Dutch barns, first built by European-American settlers in the early 17th century, are particularly popular. While thousands once existed, fewer than 1,000 are estimated to remain, says Walter R. Wheeler, vice president of the Dutch Barn Preservation Society in Rotterdam Junction, N.Y. "So-called historic-barn companies are frequently very aggressive in their approach to the acquisition of barns," he says. "After removal to a new site they are separated from their history; what was once a building which had a crucial connection to the development of a community is now nothing more than old wood with an attractive patina."
Other barn enthusiasts say that many structures are being lost to neglect, development and insects. Some owners even give their barns away to rid themselves of both a potential safety hazard and a tax burden. "The first choice is to try to use them as close to the original purpose, but I would rather see them as homes than as kindling or in a landfill," says Jeffrey Marshall, president of the Heritage Conservancy, a not-for-profit preservation organization.
As a real-estate investment, there's no guarantee the barn conversions will increase in value or sell quickly. When Lei Barry listed an 1890s converted barn in Horsham, Pa., three years ago, she thought it would command around the $3.9 million asking price within a year. But, after multiple price cuts—including more than $100,000 in late August—it remains on the market as a short sale for $1.2 million. She says she has taken hundreds of calls, but the 10-acre suburban site off a busy road can't be subdivided or used for anything else. "The listing has been a challenge," says Ms. Barry, a real-estate agent with Keller Williams Real Estate in Blue Bell, Pa.
Because such abodes are uncommon, barn homes can generate buzz when listed for sale. "There's a certain elegance that can come along with these properties that is very hard to capture with a more recently built home," says Chris Masiello, who grew up in a converted barn and is now chief executive of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate the Masiello Group in Keene, N.H.
Still, these homes aren't for everyone. They tend to be located in remote areas or on larger pieces of land. Many have soaring spaces that can be pricey to heat and cool. They often have lofts and floor plans that might not appeal to families with children. Buyers are "accustomed to more traditional room arrangements," says Norman Callaway, managing member of Callaway Henderson Sotheby's International Realty in Princeton, N.J., who is marketing a $4.4 million converted barn on 17 acres in Hopewell Township, N.J.
Last year, house hunters Alan Wiener and Patti Liberman fell in love with the Tulane Barn in Princeton, N.J. After spending 16 years in a traditional side-hall colonial, they were excited about living in a former dairy and hay barn that had undergone an "exquisite" restoration, says Ms. Liberman, an attorney. The stately five-bedroom home, which they bought for $1.75 million, includes the historic timbers as well as modern touches, such as a kitchen for entertaining and a spa-style bath. The backyard includes a grassy ramp left over from the barn's working days.
Ms. Liberman, who doesn't mind the sloped yard, loves that the year "1876" is carved into one of the beams. "We don't know if it's authentic, but we think having a bit of history is really exciting," she says.
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A water main break in Cedarville has prompted the Health Department to issue a boil water notice to residents in the area.
The ADH said 350 people are impacted by the boil order.
Officials advise customers they should boil their water before using it to drink, prepare food or brush their teeth are in these areas: Shiloh Road, Shiloh Village, the Uniontown Area, Lee Creek Rural Water, Cameron Road, Burchfield Road, Barcelona Road, Macedonia Road, Bull Run road and Harrington Drive.


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A teen girl talked about the world of sexual promiscuity she'd fallen into and the possibility she'd contracted HIV.
They were just two of several characters presented over about 15 minutes by Susie Vanderlip, who addressed a crowd of some 500 parents and youth at the Santa Clarita's eighth annual Teen Scene Unplugged, held at the Hyatt Valencia.
"The problems that these characters have are rampant all across America," Vanderlip said.
She said the vignettes she uses to lead off her presentation are inspired by people she has met in her 18 years as a speaker.
That includes drawing on personal experience.
Towards the end of the hour, she told the story of high school sweethearts who eventually got married, and whose dream life became a living hell when the husband gradually became a drug addict and alcoholic.
The story was punctuated by the revelation that it was her own husband who died of a drug-induced heart attack some 25 years ago.
Throughout her talk, which focused on the need for teens to address emotions and not just symptoms like drug and alcohol abuse or sexual promiscuity.
"There's nothing worse than feeling completely and utterly hopeless," she said.
Vanderlip said the four keys to dealing with emotional fears and problems are: Getting out of denial, reaching out and asking for help, setting personal policies to deal with difficult times and committing your life to service.
She finished her talk by going back into character as Julio, whom she described as a young gang-banger she met who eventually finished high school and college and today works with troubled youth.
"There is somebody to love, and that's you," she exhorted the audience.
Teen Scene Unplugged is organized by the city's Blue Ribbon Task Force, which deals primarily with youth issues.
Year after year, many of the issues facing the valley's youth remain the same, Community Services Analyst Tess Simgen said. Those issues include abuse of alcohol, illegal drugs and over-the-counter drugs.
Events like Teen Scene do make a difference for local kids, said Camilla Maalouf, 15.
"We're going through a lot of hard times and (parents and educators) don't get it," the Valencia High School student said, and added the key to dealing with problems is to "forgive, forget, move on and don't look at the past."


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NCAA: No More Than Two Contact Practices Per Week
The newest "suggestion" made by the NCAA involves college football programs and how many contact practices they can hold per week.
According to Fox College Football, schools cannot hold more than two.
The NCAA is suggesting that football teams hold no more than two contact practices per week during the season.
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The Douglas County Public Library in Minden presents "An Evening with Local Authors," 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3.
This free event will feature an appearance by local authors Todd Borg, Elizabeth Leiknes, and William Hill.
Other authors participating include: Conrad Buedel and Steve Achard; Dave Anderson; Kaine Andrews; Maggy Anthony; Megan Avila; Victor Brodt; Sue Cauhape; Catherine M. Cavanaugh; Bob Chambers; Linda Chambers; George E. Gruell; Lewis Horton; Sandie La Nae; Janice Oberding; Skip Pardee; Elizabeth Patterson; Ben Rogers; and Cindy Southerland.
The authors will sell their books, meet readers, and sign autographs.
The Douglas County Public Library is located at 1625 Library Lane in Minden. For more information find them on Facebook, visit douglas.lib.nv.us, or call 782-9841.
n Todd Borg is the author of the Owen McKenna mystery series set at Lake Tahoe and the surrounding area. His latest book "Tahoe Trap" was released in August 2012.
n Elizabeth Leiknes' inspiration for her new book "The Understory" came one night while reading her sons a bedtime story about the rainforest. Other novels by her include "The Sinful Life of Lucy Burns," "Black-Eyed Susan," and "Let Them Eat Corn," a work in progress.
n William Hill's many thriller novels are split between fantasy and the supernatural. His most recent book is "Prey of the Spirit Bear."
n "Lost Legacy of Carson Valley" by Steve "Dink" Achard and Conrad Buedel is the first comprehensive history of H. F. Dangberg and his family.
n Dave Anderson is the managing editor of "EDGE," a literary publication of the Tahoe Writers Works (TWW), a group of writers, poets, and other individuals.
n Kaine Andrews has been writing for 20 years. He recently published his first novel, "Darkness of the Soul."
n Maggy Anthony's first published book was "Jung's Circle of Women: The Valkyries." Recently she published two e-books, "Death is a Crapshoot" and "The Cup of the Ptolemies."
n Megan Avila is a 19-year-old poet, who has always lived in Minden. She is currently attending Western Nevada College, pursuing an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Studies and plans to transfer to UNR and pursue a Bachelor's degree in English writing.
n Author Victor Brodt is a longtime public speaker and jack of all trades. His book "Jack the Dog and His Boy" was very successful on Amazon.com. He is the forever friend of the famous old dog, Jack.
n Sue Cauhape has written for the "Deseret News," "Reno-Gazette Journal," and "Our Town Truckee." Her poetry has appeared in "Ash Canyon Review," the first Jibboom Street Poets journal, and other regional publications.
nCatherine M. Cavanaugh's book "A Legacy for the Eight of Us: The Story of Our Early Family Life" is about her life on a farm in the first half of the 20th century.
n Bob Chambers teaches others how to quickly and easily publish a book and upload it to the Amazon.com bookstore.
n Linda Chambers is a poet and children's author whose books include: "Be Good Boys," "On a Journey to Mirth," and "Inside My Grandma's Pocket."
n George E. Gruell, a wildlife biologist for nearly six decades, has worked in the forests and rangelands of Nevada and other western states. Through his work in repeat photography, he has recreated more than 500 early landscape photographs depicting changes in wildlife habitat.
n Lewis Horton is the author of "Travels in the Land of the One-Eyed King," a travel memoir. He is the author of a novel, several short stories, and plays which have been published in five countries.
n Sandie La Nae has authored six books about the properties of stones for divination and healing, and her investigations of paranormal activity and history in Northern Nevada.
n Nevada historian/paranormal researcher and author Janice Oberding has written 13 books. Her "Haunted Nevada" was the first book written about Nevada's ghosts and history.
n Skip Pardee has been a chiropractor in Minden since 1983. His book is titled "Skip Pardee's 10 Principles for a Healthier and Happier Life."
n Elizabeth Patterson's first children's book, "Bonners Fairy," was published in 2011. She has just finished "Mischief and Mayhem," the third book in the series for ages eight years and up.
n Ben Rogers' debut novel "The Flamer," about the boyhood of a closet pyromaniac, was published in 2012. He has earned the Nevada Arts Council Fellowship and the Sierra Arts Foundation Literary Artist Endowment Grant for his fiction.
n Cindy Southerland, a cemetery historian and archivist, has been researching Nevada's historic cemeteries for more than 25 years. Using historic and contemporary photographs, she illustrates how the stories the tombstones reveal are significant to the history of the state.