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Rupert met us at the large doors near the front entrance of the library. The library wasn't even
officially open, yet, but he had a set of keys and a look on his face that seemed to have been carved out
of stone. There were bluish bags under his bloodshot eyes.
"I would have called last night, but I didn't get word until just a few hours ago, and I had to make all
of the necessary skeptical inquiries."
"Rupert," Ricky said, " . . . you sound a bit loco there, buddy."
"You must excuse my crass nature this morning," Rupert apologized as he led us to the 'dangerous'
books room. "It is quite rare that we find a book of this magnitude and cultural significance."
We found ourselves sitting at the rectangular table, quietly staring at the Book of Sighs, while Rupert
shuffled through a stack of papers he had printed recently. They had that hot-ink smell.
"Alright, Rupert," I said as I steepled my hands, "give us the goods."
"Yes, of course," he said as he pulled two pieces of paper to the top of the pile, then adjusted his
Coke-bottle glasses. "Gentlemen, our search yielded some remarkable results for this particular
volume. If it is what it looks to be, then it will be just incredible." He shook his head, looking from the
printed pages, down the book, and back. " . . . incredible."
"Rupert?" Ricky nudged. "You're killing us, here."
"Oh, right. Well," he said, clearing his throat several times in that kind of gross way that made me
want to clear my throat, and get a pneumonia shot.
He laid the first page down on the table, a few inches from the book. On the printed page there was
a small grainy picture of the book. Well, of some book.
"What we have here, this book, is one of three." He lowered his voice. "This book, called the,
'Book . . . of Sighs' . . . "
Ricky and I glanced at each other nervously.
My tumor just got a fraction smaller.
Rupert continued reading, " . . . these books date back to three twenty-five AD. Do either of you
know the significance of that year?"
We both looked gloss-eyed at him, our shoulders and eyebrows lifting, and dropping.
He had a smug grin, deliciously sinister, " . . . that dates back to the Council of Nicaea. A quick
lesson. In three-thirteen, Constantine—the new emperor of Rome—ended the persecutions of the
Christians. They were a small percentage at that time, but the religion, now protected, grew quickly.
The various other pagan religions made up the remainder of spiritual thought at that time. But there was
movement in progress.
"They all felt that they were fulfilling a mission and ministry based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
By three-fifteen, many people saw the advantages of belonging to Constantine's new imperial faith, and


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ZwWriteFile routine
The ZwWriteFile routine writes data to an open file.
NTSTATUS ZwWriteFile( _In_ HANDLE FileHandle, _In_opt_ HANDLE Event, _In_opt_ PIO_APC_ROUTINE ApcRoutine, _In_opt_ PVOID ApcContext, _Out_ PIO_STATUS_BLOCK IoStatusBlock, _In_ PVOID Buffer, _In_ ULONG Length, _In_opt_ PLARGE_INTEGER ByteOffset, _In_opt_ PULONG Key );
- FileHandle [in]
Handle to the file object. This handle is created by a successful call to ZwCreateFile or ZwOpenFile.
- Event [in, optional]
Optionally, a handle to an event object to set to the signaled state after the write operation completes. Device and intermediate drivers should set this parameter to NULL.
- ApcRoutine [in, optional]
This parameter is reserved. Device and intermediate drivers should set this pointer to NULL.
- ApcContext [in, optional]
This parameter is reserved. Device and intermediate drivers should set this pointer to NULL.
- IoStatusBlock [out]
Pointer to an IO_STATUS_BLOCK structure that receives the final completion status and information about the requested write operation. The Information member receives the number of bytes actually written to the file.
- Buffer [in]
Pointer to a caller-allocated buffer that contains the data to write to the file.
- Length [in]
The size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by Buffer.
- ByteOffset [in, optional]
Pointer to a variable that specifies the starting byte offset in the file for beginning the write operation. If Length and ByteOffset specify a write operation past the current end-of-file mark, ZwWriteFile automatically extends the file and updates the end-of-file mark; any bytes that are not explicitly written between such old and new end-of-file marks are defined to be zero.
If the call to ZwCreateFile set only the DesiredAccess flag FILE_APPEND_DATA, ByteOffset is ignored. Data in the given Buffer, for Length bytes, is written starting at the current end of file.
If the call to ZwCreateFile set either of the CreateOptions flags, FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_ALERT or FILE_SYNCHRONOUS_IO_NONALERT, the I/O Manager maintains the current file position. If so, the caller of ZwWriteFile can specify that the current file position offset be used instead of an explicit ByteOffset value. This specification can be made by using one of the following methods:
Specify a pointer to a LARGE_INTEGER value with the HighPart member set to -1 and the LowPart member set to the system-defined value FILE_USE_FILE_POINTER_POSITION.
Pass a NULL pointer for ByteOffset.
ZwWriteFile updates the current file position by adding the number of bytes written when it completes the write operation, if it is using the current file position maintained by the I/O Manager.
Even when the I/O Manager is maintaining the current file position, the caller can reset this position by passing an explicit ByteOffset value to ZwWriteFile. Doing this automatically changes the current file position to that ByteOffset value, performs the write operation, and then updates the position according to the number of bytes actually written. This technique gives the caller atomic seek-and-write service.
It is also possible to cause a write operation to start at the current end of file by specifying for ByteOffset a pointer to a LARGE_INTEGER value with HighPart set to -1 and LowPart set to FILE_WRITE_TO_END_OF_FILE. This works regardless of whether the I/O Manager is maintaining the current file position.
- Key [in, optional]
Device and intermediate drivers should set this pointer to NULL.
Return value
ZwWriteFile returns STATUS_SUCCESS on success or the appropriate NTSTATUS error code on failure.
Callers of ZwWriteFile must have already called ZwCreateFile with the FILE_WRITE_DATA, FILE_APPEND_DATA, or GENERIC_WRITE flag set in the DesiredAccess parameter. Note that having only FILE_APPEND_DATA access to a file does not allow the caller to write anywhere in the file except at the current end-of-file mark, while having FILE_WRITE_DATA access to a file does not preclude the caller from writing to or beyond the end of a file.
If the preceding call to ZwCreateFile set the CreateOptions flag FILE_NO_INTERMEDIATE_BUFFERING, the Length and ByteOffset parameters to ZwWriteFile must be an integral of the sector size. For more information, see ZwCreateFile.
ZwWriteFile begins the write operation to the file at ByteOffset, at the current file position, or at the end-of-file mark. It terminates the write operation when it has written Length bytes from Buffer. If necessary, it extends the length of the file and resets the end-of-file mark.
If the caller opened the file with the DesiredAccess SYNCHRONIZE flag set, the caller can wait for this routine to set the given FileHandle to the signaled state.
Drivers should call ZwWriteFile in the context of the system process in three cases:
The driver creates the file handle that it passes to ZwWriteFile.
ZwWriteFile notifies the driver of I/O completion by means of an event created by the driver.
ZwWriteFile notifies the driver of I/O completion by means of an APC callback routine that the driver passes to ZwWriteFile.
File and event handles are only valid in the process context where the handles are created. Therefore, to avoid security holes, the driver should create any file or event handle that it passes to ZwWriteFile in the context of the system process instead of the process context that the driver is in.
Likewise, ZwWriteFile should be called in the context of the system process if it notifies the driver of I/O completion by means of an APC, because APCs are always fired in the context of the thread issuing the I/O request. If the driver calls ZwWriteFile in the context of a process other than the system process, the APC could be delayed indefinitely, or it might not fire at all as the originating thread may never enter an alertable wait state.
For more information about working with files, see Using Files in a Driver.
Callers of ZwWriteFile must be running at IRQL = PASSIVE_LEVEL and with special kernel APCs enabled.
Target platform
Available starting with Windows 2000.
PASSIVE_LEVEL (see Remarks section)
DDI compliance rules
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Severe scarring post Active FX laser - PLEASE HELP! I am nearly 8 weeks post-op from the Lumenis Active FX/Deep FX laser on my face. I have 'pock' marks and divets all over the lower 1/2 of my face. The doctor says these will 'fade' but it is incredibly severe. Please help me. Should I seek a second opinion? I had NO scars going in and my face is now 100% worse than before the surgery. Please help!
Bad Laser Peel: How to Fade Laser Treatment Scars
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Scarring after ActiveFX
I am sorry that you are going through such a difficult recovery. I would definitely go in to see the physician who performed the procedure. You may need a series of microdermabrasion treatments or scar treatment therapy to reduce the "divets." Gentle massage with a bland emollient on the lower face may help smoothen out some of the scarring but it sounds like you are probably experiencing a negative side effect of laser resurfacing. If you seek a second opinion, I would go to someone who has an Active FX and knows how to manage this kind of complication.
Recovery after Active FX might take a while
Difficult to answer without seeing you in consultation. Sorry to hear you are going through a difficult recovery. Talk about it with your doctor. Perhaps, a second opinion will be helpful for you. I would discuss this with a doctor who is familiar with the Active FX and other resurfacing treatments.
Sometimes, indeed, it takes a long time to heal after a laser treatment, so hopefully you are just taking longer than the average. We had some patients who took longer than expected, up to 2 - 3 weeks, but ended up with beautiful results.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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We are currently in the middle of major renovation of our facility, including the inside of our building to enclose a surgical suite acceptable to the state Veterinary Association so that we can open our weekly reduced-cost spay/neuter clinic.
We feel strongly that the spay/neuter program is a vital part of our mission, and the best way to correct the problem of homeless and unwanted animals.
A BIG THANK YOU GOES TO...We would like to thank volunteer, Bob Taylor for constructing our much needed K-9 Kondos! K-9 Kondo
If you would like to make a donation to our organization, please either bring it by our Adoption Center at 501 E. Central in Miami, or mail it to Animal Welfare Society, 501 E. Central, Miami, OK 74354.
Our Mission: To work with the City of Miami, its Animal Control Officer, the Ottawa County Commission, and area Veterinarians to reduce the number of abandoned and stray animals in Ottawa County by providing affordable spay and neuter services to the public, providing low cost adoption opportunities for these animals, and by educating the public about responsible pet ownership and humane treatment and necessary health care of animals.
Adoption hours are on Thursdays from 1 to 6 pm and on Saturdays from noon to 4 pm. All other adoptions can be done on an appointment basis, please call our facility at: 981-542-2129 to arrange a time that is good for you.
If you are interested in one of our animals, the best way to contact us is by email. You can also leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. We do conduct out-of-state adoptions with all transportation costs being the responsibility of the adopter.
Our application can be emailed to you or you can fill it out when you visit the Adoption Center. We require that you understand the responsibilities of pet ownership and have the time and resources to care for your new four-legged friend/family member!
We do require all pets, 3 months or older, that are adopted from us be spayed or neutered before being released. If kittens or puppies too young to be altered are adopted the cost of the surgery is included in the adoption fee, and the animal must be brought back to the Adoption Center for the surgery when it is old enough. If the adopter lives too far away for this to be feasable, a voucher worth $35 toward the cost of the surgery will be provided.
All of our animals have received basic immunizations and are wormed and treated for fleas. Most also receive a Rabies Vaccination, and adult dogs are tested for Heartworm. Other tests will be done at the adopter's request with the cost added to the adoption fee.
Adoption fees start at $45 for cats and kittens, and $75 for dogs and puppies. Senior animals, and animals that have been at the center for a long period of time may usually be adopted at reduced cost, and certain breeds of dogs and cats that are in high demand are designated as "Special Angels" and may command higher fees which help pay for needed surgery and medications for sick or injured animals, and for the everyday feeding and care for animals that have to stay with us longer in order to find their forever homes.
We are easy to find. From Interstate 44, take the Miami exit (#313) and proceed to the stoplight at Highway 10 intersection. Turn left (west) toward Miami and continue until you cross railroad tracks and come to the truck route (D Street). There is a stoplight at this corner. Turn right (north) onto the truck route and proceed to the first stoplight. This is Central Street. Turn right (East) and cross the railroad tracks and we are right there on your left.
If you come into Miami from any other direction, follow the signs to the truck route, proceed to Central, and turn east across the railroad tracks.


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This is a discussion on Mrs GB bought her first gun today!! within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Congrats on the very smart wife....
Congrats on the very smart wife.
Have Fun and Shoot Straight !!
Good for her.
I cannot even envision Lory at a gun show by herself. "Oh that's nice, I will take one of those, and the pink one and oh my husband would love that". I can't wait to get home and take her to one she will love it. The bank account won't but she will.
"A first rate man with a third rate gun is far better than the other way around". The gun is a tool, you are the craftsman that makes it work. There are those who say "if I had to do it, I could" yet they never go out and train to do it. Don't let stupid be your mindset. Harryball 2013


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We Saw 84 Lions, 9 Cheetahs and 7 Leopards!
We're still enjoying our safari 'high' and are very excited to share our adventure with you! The trip you planned for us was a fabulous overview of all of Tanzania. We started at the Ngorongoro Crater, turned south to beautiful Tarangire, traveled through the central Serengeti, headed north to track the wildebeest herds along the Mara River and concluded our adventure in the Lobo game reserve. After our group of ten arrived at the Ndutu airstrip, we were met by our guides Arnold Mushi and Thomson Maleki …
- July 21, 2013
- BY Michael
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Our Magical Travel Experience
As dawn lit up the Serengeti stage, we witnessed nature acting out its drama, its comedy, its romance and suspense, each day as it has over thousands of years; the theater of life. And, my husband and I had front row seats thanks to Africa Dream Safaris. Our guide Ally took us on an adventure unlike any vacation we have ever experienced. We are active, seasoned travelers who are accustomed to hands-on, interactive travel where we control and contribute physically to the action. But we soon …
- May 13, 2013
- BY Michael
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A True African Dream Trip
Having returned late Thursday night and still recovering from jet lag, we are still pinching ourselves at how lucky we were to experience, explore and witness all that we did. I can't begin to thank you enough for all your hard work in putting together an unforgettable itinerary. Being met in Dar es Salaam and again in Arusha by the very friendly Meet and Greet staff was much appreciated and took the stress out of our arrival in to Tanzania. Our tented lodge accommodations were incredible …
- April 17, 2013
- BY Michael
- Posted under ADS Guest Testimonials, Apr, Arizona, Bucket List, Mar, Trip of a Lifetime


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Need for Speed: Rivals is a game that evokes the many successes of the series and truly epitomizes the need for speed.
Rivals begins with a choice: Racer or Cop. Choose the path of a Racer, and the game brings forth the traditional Need for Speed experience: 25 customizable cars from modern muscle Ford Mustang to the futuristic Lamborghini Veneno. Like previous games, if you earn the appropriately titled Speedpoints through races and other challenges you can buy new cars, upgrade their five stats and choose a color or decal to make the vehicle your own.
As a Racer, the more Speedpoints earned during a session then the higher the point multiplier becomes. Racers must navigate to one of the many safehouses (a return to the series last seen in Undercover) in order to bank their accrued currency.
Both Racers and Cops have limited health, but car damage is only cosmetic a la Hot Pursuit. Unlike Hot Pursuit however, cars can be repaired instantly by driving through a repair shop (which looks suspiciously like a gas station). If a Racer's health bar is depleted, they not only lose their multiplier but all Speedpoints earned during the session as well. It becomes a desperate gamble of speed and skill to reach the nearest safehouse or repair shop, but it can be incredibly satisfying to escape the Cops with a big score, especially if your health is critically low. At the same time, it never feels discouraging to lose a big score, as a simple Hot Pursuit or other race can quickly rack the points back up.
Rivals allows players to switch between Racer and Cop at any time, so your initial decision will not restrict your game. As a Cop every unlocked car is free, a wholeheartedly appreciated benefit. The cop side offers 23 different vehicles each with three different statistically different variants. The patrol car accelerates faster, the enforcer car is more durable, and the undercover car is lightweight for better handling. There are no personalization options beyond those three types, however. Cops also lack the point multiplier that makes the Racer side so interesting, but they do not lose their speed points if they enter their safehouse equivalent, the Command Post. Essentially, playing a cop is about wrecking Racers. Stats-wise the cop cars can outperform and outlast the Racers, but vehicle weapons heralded by both Cops and Racers called 'Pursuit Tech' level the playing field.
Police-only Pursuit Tech, such as spike stripes or road blocks, are mainly offensive and meant to slow down Racers. On the flip side, Racers have access to tech like turbo boosts and jammers – generally tech that is more defensive and meant to help a Racer outmaneuver rather than overpower. It's frantic fun to blast a rival with a big shock wave, or ram into them with an electrocuted car. Pursuit Tech is open to friendly fire however, so you can choose to help or hinder fellow Cops or Racers—a choice that carries throughout the game's story and core mechanics.
To progress and unlock new cars, you are given a choice of three Speedlists to complete, categorized by 'Drive,' 'Pursuit,' and 'Race.' The choice attempts to correlate to the player's approach. Do you just like to drive fast and take huge jumps? Pick Drive. Does the thrill of the chase and the flash of red and blue get you going? Pursuit is for you. Want to take out every other racer you see and leave them in the dust? Race. The Speedlist choice doesn't limit player options; rather, it rewards the player for adhering to an area of the game. It also has a nominal effect on the story. Players can shape a thematic narrative by picking their Speedlists, but the story is little more than a collection of cheesy one-liners and cutscenes consisting of scattered images of cars and computers. Moreover, the Speedlist can be changed at any time, so the tunneling choice is simply an illusion that contradicts the openness of the game.
Rivals' world is a compilation of archetypal geographical sites; from snowy mountains and dense forests to Carbon-esque open canyons. There's a night and day cycle as well as a weather cycle that's purely aesthetic (albeit beautiful), and the different lighting effects on the car models can be incredibly impressive. These cars aren't modeled to be realistic, but to be sleek and sexy, and sexy there are. At one point I was in a race up the mountain while being pursued by what felt seemed like the entire police force. It was pitch dark, the mountain snowfall glistened in our headlights, and the lens flare of flashing red and blue reflecting off the vehicles gave an intensity to the otherwise poignant scene. It was reminiscent of NFS: Shift 2 in the way I relied on the lights of other drivers to guide me through the dark.
Throughout the world is a number of events familiar to the series; time trials, races, hot pursuits, and more fill the streets. It's just disappointing that the world size, while never feeling small, does not mirror that of most recent predecessor Most Wanted. It's simply not as big, full, or varied in environments, and in those ways a step-down from the series' high-point. What Rivals does succeed in is the way it promotes players to always keep driving. Right from the start, every car is pre-equipped with a nitrous container. Free-roaming AI racers and cops allow for on-the-spot head-to-head races and pursuits. Cops will band together either with or against the player, and racers are always around for those off-times in between events. The best part: while connected online, these AI will be mixed in with real people.
Playing with others is awesome; the system is so seamless that sometimes it's hard to notice if there are real people in the game. When another player is nearby, an "All-Drive" alert will show, and any pursuit or event they are participating in will allow you to join in instantly. If it weren't for the alert (and the sometimes ostentatious driving of other players) it would be hard to spot the difference from an AI. One of the best All-Drive features allows players to wait at the starting line of an event for other players to line up and complete the race simultaneously. Alternatively, players can band together with their friends as cops and sabotage the remaining racers and reset their Speedpoints. As before, it's immensely satisfying to make it out of those pursuits as a racer, and even more so against a horde of human cops. The AI and online features make sure the world never feels lonely, despite the minimal civilian traffic. The returning friend leaderboard 'Speedwall' also assures there's always a record to beat. Players can go from a multiplayer pursuit, to a head-to-head race with an AI, to a Speedwall challenge against a friend without ever letting go of the gas. The game is truly about rivalries, whether cop versus racer, racer versus racer, or friend versus friend.
Rivals does support Xbox One's Kinect, which compliments the game's lust for speed. Health getting low? Say "GPS, Repair Shop," or any other of the many Kinect commands to add a waypoint to the mini-map without ever slowing down. It's a bit spotty, however. One voice command is "Open Map," and I'd find myself doing something crazy in the game, saying "Oh, Damn!" and it would open my map in the middle of my race. It's often convenient nonetheless. Rivals also has an official companion app in which players can effect others racers with their phone during multiplayer games via "Overwatch". Using points earned during waiting games, players can pop tires, refill nitrous, and otherwise troll friends or rivals with a touch of the screen. There isn't much point to it however, and it's much less useful than the Most Wanted app before it, which synchronized bonus speed points to the console.
Need for Speed: Rivals is not a massive game, but it knows its purpose. There's always a reason to keep going, and keep going faster, and it's a game that comes away fully deserving the name Need for Speed.


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10 Ways to Fight Back Content Thieves
Content thieves "make money online" off your content. This car could be yours instead.
Recently two of my blogging friends were struck by bold content thieves. I do not speak of automatic content scrapers who also are a pain in the back of my SEO 2.0 blog but lowly and greedy copy cats who only manage to find out which posts are very popular on social media and to copy and paste them in their entirety to their blogs.
You must fight content thieves at least to prevent Google to drop you assuming that you are the duplicate content.
Maybe some automation is used in these cases too but I'm sure there is some human behind it who will notice if you get angry.
Of course getting angry is not enough, you got to strike back to make them feel the pain they inflicted on you.
Lawyers and police do not help much on the Internet. The web on the other hand, especially of the 2.0 kind has plenty of self-healing aspects which are very supportive in these cases.
So here I present to you 10 ways to fight back content thieves:
- Comment if possible, make 'em feel you know about them
- Tell everybody and expose the content thieves publicly by just writing "The x blog is a content thief".
- Contact their blog hosting service: wordpress.com e.g. is very quick and supportive Lid of Blog Well told me.
- Contact their ISP. Run a who is search and report the content thief to the ISP they use. Unless they have a server in the basement, it breaks the TOS.
- Contact their advertisers, Content thieves want to "make money online" by cheating so fight them where it hurts most. Again, most advertisers do not allow content theft.
- Use social media like StumbleUpon to give them a bad review and add the original source where-ever they have been submitted instead of you. Also contact the social site admins to remove the copy and take the original URL of yours.
- File a Google spam report.
- Find other bloggers whose content has been stolen and act together.
- Take some content from the site that took yours. If they think they can steal from others, why not taking theirs too? Guess where I got the pic above ;-)
- Write a post making others aware of the ways to fight back content theft
Do not provide additional publicity for the thieves, as they do not care how they get traffic or links, they only care that they do. Do not link them, not even using nofollow as people will still click the links.
Precaution is the best way to deal with content theft, there are few easy measures that will at least make the content theft a two edged sword:
- Add internal links to older blog posts to your list posts, thieves are lazy and will not in most cases edit #21, #37 and #54 of your list.
- Write from a personal point of view, "my friends a, b, c think" and link your blogging peers. These friends will also notice that they just got befriended by a content thief and at least alert you.
- Mention your name or your blog in the post.
These methods do not make the content thievery go away but you aren't and you do not feel powerless in such cases.


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Building Inspection
Welcome to the Department of Codes and Planning Official page.
Building Inspection is responsible for the following:
- Issuing building permits
- Making Inspections on all construction projects
- Processing contractor registrations
- Issuing certificates of occupancy
If you are a Kentucky HVAC Contractor and have not received your copy of "Kentucky State HVAC, Law, Regulations & Code References" for 2011; please contact the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, Division of HVAC.
The primary purpose of the Division of Building Inspection is to ensure safe minimum levels of construction through enforcement of the uniform Kentucky Building Code. This is closely followed by the enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance, which provides for the safe orderly growth of our community.
Our mission is to attain compliance with City codes regarding land use regulations and the maintenance of structures and premises through education, cooperation, enforcement and abatement to achieve a cleaner, healthier and safer Corbin.
The Department of Code Enforcement deals with properties and property owners on a day-to-day basis to ensure that minimum maintenance and repair standards for all existing structures throughout the community are met. It ensures that residential and commercial structures are maintained to the minimum standards set forth in the International Property Maintenance Code.
Code Enforcement provides information and insures compliance with other laws regarding private property, such as:
Bushes obstructing sidewalks
Junked vehicles
The Code Enforcement Board shall consist of three (3) members, all of whom must be citizen members and must reside within the city limits. Board members shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the City Commission. The term of office shall be for three years, but the term of office of members first appointed shall be staggered so that a proportionate number serve one, two, three, and four years respectively. The Board as constituted at the time of adoption of this Ordinance shall continue in power. Future appointments shall be made as required in this Section of the Ordinance.
Frank Burke - Building Inspector / Code Enforcement Officer
Download a Building Permit Packet Here: BUILDING PERMIT
Application for Variance Here: VARIANCE APPLICATION
Application for Zone Change Here: ZONE CHANGE APPLICATION
Request for Annexation Here: ANNEXATION REQUEST
Application for Conditional Use Here: CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATION


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In the past we've commemorated Black History Month by celebrating the names of great figures in history and the civil rights struggle. This year we salute some of the notable thespians, some now sadly forgotten, who have contributed so much to the cultural fabric of this country—and of course paying particular attention to their distinctive names.
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr., winner of two Academy Awards, started in TV on St. Elsewhere, then became a superstar after the 1987 Cry Freedom. Denzel is an old Cornish name that was rarely heard in this country before the ascent of Mr. Washington.


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Chapter 12
Who hath desired the Sea - the sight of salt-water unbounded?
The heave and the halt and the hurl and the crash of the comber wind-hounded?
The sleek-barrelled swell before storm - grey, foamless, enormous, and growing?
Stark calm on the lap of the Line - or the crazy-eyed hurricane blowing?
His Sea in no showing the same - his Sea and the same 'neath all showing -
His Sea that his being fulfils?
So and no otherwise - so and no otherwise hill-men desire their Hills!
The Sea and the Hills.
'I have found my heart again,' said E23, under cover of the platform's tumult. 'Hunger and
fear make men dazed, or I might have thought of this escape before. I was right. They
come to hunt for me. Thou hast saved my head.'
A group of yellow-trousered Punjab policemen, headed by a hot and perspiring young
Englishman, parted the crowd about the carriages. Behind them, inconspicuous as a cat,
ambled a small fat person who looked like a lawyer's tout.
'See the young Sahib reading from a paper. My description is in his hand,' said E23.
'Thev go carriage by carriage, like fisher-folk netting a pool.'
When the procession reached their compartment, E23 was counting his beads with a
steady jerk of the wrist; while Kim jeered at him for being so drugged as to have lost the
ringed fire-tongs which are the Saddhu's distinguishing mark. The lama, deep in
meditation, stared straight before him; and the farmer, glancing furtively, gathered up his
'Nothing here but a parcel of holy-bolies,' said the Englishman aloud, and passed on amid
a ripple of uneasiness; for native police mean extortion to the native all India over.
'The trouble now, ' whispered E23, 'lies in sending a wire as to the place where I hid that
letter I was sent to find. I cannot go to the tar-office in this guise.'
'Is it not enough I have saved thy neck?'
'Not if the work be left unfinished. Did never the healer of sick pearls tell thee so? Comes
another Sahib! Ah!'
This was a tallish, sallowish District Superintendent of Police - belt, helmet, polished
spurs and all - strutting and twirling his dark moustache.
'What fools are these Police Sahibs!' said Kim genially.
E23 glanced up under his eyelids. 'It is well said,' he muttered in a changed voice. 'I go to
drink water. Keep my place.'


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Downes, David and Hansen, Kirstine (2006) Welfare and punishment in comparative perspective. In: Armstrong, Sarah and McAra, Lesley, (eds.) Perspectives on Punishment: the Contours of Control. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 133-154. ISBN 0199278768
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A New York Fall Theater Primer
The lights are on again at the Great White Way for the start of the fall theater season. At least 11 new musicals are scheduled to open on Broadway this year. Some critics say this will be the fall of the has-been and the rehashed. But others say that's true only if you stick to Broadway plays.
WNYC's Brian Zumhagen gets the skinny on fall theater from Elisabeth Vincentelli, chief drama critic of The New York Post, and Adam Feldman, theater critic at Time Out New York. They weigh in on "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," a musical adapted from the 1988 Spanish film of the same name by Pedro Almodóvar; "Spider-Man On Broadway," "The Scottsboro Boys," Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes," and "Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson."
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May 2, 2011
Obama gets Osama
A year and a day after the previous post, one finds something worth writing about, and rhyming about.
Earlier today (Pakistan time), Ob obliterated Os, as we may have heard yesterday America time. The present author knows someone who went to an Obama rally in February 2008 with a sign reading, "HEY OBAMA GET OSAMA". Looks like dreams come true.
See http://obamaism.org/?cat=256 for our previous Osama topics.
God blessed America. And, for now, Obama.
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Chat with Andrew Feldman
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Send your questions now and join Feldman at 2 p.m. ET!
Feldman Archive: Chats | Columns
Andrew Feldman (1:59 PM)
Hey everyone. Welcome to Wednesday's WSOP chat. Today's guest is Bluff's editor in chief Matthew Parvis. Submit the questions now, we'll get started in a minute
Matthew Parvis (2:01 PM)
Hey Everyone, thanks for tuning in! Hope the WSOP has been keeping you all entertained!
Marc in Atlanta
Based on the turnout we've seen thus far, what would you put the over/under at for the Main Event turnout?
Matthew Parvis (2:02 PM)
Im thinking we're going to get a bigger field than last year. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say 7400. Thats more than last year right? I hope so...
Andrew Feldman (2:03 PM)
7,400???? I'd love to see it...very ambitious.
Jimmy (NY)
Matthew - Who do you believe will be the breakout player of the WSOP?
Matthew Parvis (2:04 PM)
There are a ton of really great young players out there, so its hard to pick just one. If I were to put money on someone having a really great WSOP, I'd probably say Boosted J, Justin Smith
Matthew Parvis (2:05 PM)
I think he is putting a lot of pressure on himself to suceed this year, and has some side action on winning a bracelet
Pete (San Diego, CA)
Justin Bonomo and Greg Raymer were the biggest names at the 40K final table, were you surprised?
Matthew Parvis (2:07 PM)
I guess a little suprised there werent more recognizable faces, although some of the other players like Alec Torelli are pretty well known within the industry. But we did get both Greg Raymer, and Bonomo. I think Bonomo is one of the games great tournament players and we ill be seeing a lot more from him in the future, if not during this years WSOP
Matthew Parvis (2:07 PM)
It would have been nice though if one of them had taken it down...
Craig (Buffalo, NY)
We hear a lot about how some pros (Lindgren, durrr) stake other players, including at the WSOP. Why do you it is that some pros do a lot of staking, but others do it less or not at all?
Matthew Parvis (2:09 PM)
There are a few factors. First someone staking a lot of people has to have a huge bankroll, and the ability to manage there own money... which is tough for a lot of poker players. Secondly, these guys who stake have to have a lot of gamble in them. Think about staking 10-20 guys in the Main Event, thats investing 100-200K in a poker tournament, and it takes a lot of balls go full throttle with something like that.
Joe (Green Bay) [via mobile]
Matthew, what do I have to do to become part of the Bluff Team at the WSOP? I love following the action of poker tournaments and would be very interested in logging hands, doing live updates, etc.
Matthew Parvis (2:11 PM)
Well, Joe we get that question a lot. First of all, it helps if you are local in Vegas, as covering the WSOP is pretty expensive for any media entity. Bluff doesnt tend to do live updates, we focus more on getting the interesting stories from the floor throiught the day, but there is an email on bluffmagazine.com where you can email support, and try and submit a resume.
Justin (E. Brunswick, NJ)
What are the odds of someone pulling off 2+ bracelets this year? Seems like it happens every year, but with bigger fields should be getting harder and harder to do.
Matthew Parvis (2:14 PM)
wow, predicting the actual odds is tough, but as you said its happened every year now for quite a while, so I'd have to say the odds are pretty good. It basically comes down to the specialty game events though, where the fields are smaller. For instance, today there is a 10K Stud final table happening with some big names going for it. If one of those guys cranks out a win, its very feasible to see them with another mixed game, or stud final table due to the smaller field sizes in those events. Daniel Negreanu told me he was going for 3 this year! Imagine that!
Andrew Feldman (2:15 PM)
Also, as Barry Greenstein told us yesterday, the pros are really concentrating on the mixed games in terms of winning bracelets. They know their odds are much better than the huge no limit hold 'em fields....but I still don't see anyone winning 3, even Negreanu.
David Wright (NY)
What would be your dream final table to cover, including which players and what game?
Andrew Feldman (2:15 PM)
Thanks for taking the time to submit questions, David.
Andrew Feldman (2:16 PM)
Also, sorry to interrupt Matt, but a poll just went up on espn.go.com/poker asking if there will be a double-bracelet winner this year...go vote!
Matthew Parvis (2:18 PM)
well, first of all it would be a big deepstacked Pot Limit Omaha Final table, and in the game I'd like to see Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan, Phil Hellmuth (just to spice up the trash talk), Myself (I'd like to win a lot of money), Phil Ivey, Phil Laak (so he could chatter endlessly about percentages, etc...) and Luke Schwartz aka _fullflush_ online
Matthew Parvis (2:18 PM)
Seems like a pretty standard dream table, I guess -- but i think it would be great to watch for the fans.
Cosmo (Anytown, USA)
I am curious as to how much money some of these guys (the more popular players) actually have. We see their 'career earnings' from tournaments, but we have no idea how much is won or lost in cash games, how much they use to enter tourneys, how much they were staked in tourneys that they made money in. So, are the guys we see on TV worth a half-million, $1 mil, $10 mil, $50 mil?
Matthew Parvis (2:20 PM)
First off, David Wright...Im a huge Mets fan. So even though you're probably not the Mets Third baseman...Lets go Mets.
Matthew Parvis (2:22 PM)
Its really tough to say Cosmo. Some of them really manage there money well, and invest it outside of poker, and some of the big names that you may think have a ton of money, are broke. I've heard of some recent swingsfrom some players losing 3-4 million in the pit over the past few weeks. as far as some how high the bankrolls go -- I'd bet Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu -- those guys probably have a nice little multi 7-figure portfolio
Matthew Parvis (2:22 PM)
although -- i dont think any of them are mega mega rich
Matthew Parvis (2:23 PM)
probably in the 10-20 million range I would guess for the top top guys
Ricky(Chattanooga, Tn)
I saw on a Poker show a couple of weeks ago that hellmuth said he would have 25 braclets in 10 to 15 years you agree with that.
Matthew Parvis (2:24 PM)
well that would be him wining 1 bracelet every year, and i dont see that happening. Phil has been pretty steadily winning bracelets though, maybe 1 every 2 years. So Ill say he in 15 years Phil will have 19 bracelets.
Greg (Greensboro, NC)
Obviously we see a lot of coverage about the tournaments at the WSOP since that's whay you guys are there to cover, but it sounds like most of the pros are just (if not more) excited about the cash game opportunities. Who are the best cash game players and what do you think the average cash game take would be for some of the top pros.
Matthew Parvis (2:27 PM)
well, without a doubt the time for cash games is now during the WSOP. Everybody is in town, and the games have been bustling over in Bobby's room at the Bellagio. I think guys like Tom Dwan, and Patrik Antonius are focusing more on those than winning a bracelet, since there is much more money to be won or lost. Your looking at multi million dollar swings over the course of the summer. Just imagine the nosebleed games online, with no cap
Ryan (Baltimore MD)
Do you think that the $50k HORSE event should be the new main event? I believe Barry Greenstein mentioned that yesterday.
Matthew Parvis (2:29 PM)
Im in the middle of writing an article about The Grand Slam of Poker, which I believe to be The WSOP Main Event, The WPT Championship, The Aussie MIllions and the EPT Grand Final. I see the 50K HORSE, more as The Players championship in Golf. It deserves a ton of coverage, and respect, but I dont think it should replace the main event.
Matthew Parvis (2:30 PM)
The reason poker is so great is that, anybody, can get a chance to play in the most important event in the game, with the 10k main event.
Kyle (Dayton, OH)
Obviously some tournaments have to overlap, but curious as to why the 40k and Champions was set up the way it was. Would it not been better to spread those two out since a lot of the same people were playing in both?
Matthew Parvis (2:32 PM)
Well, I think honestly there was only a handful of players who played both. There are a lot of main event champs who wouldnt touch a 40K buy-in, nor should they. Sure we ran into a strange spot with Raymer going so deep, but honestly the Champions Invitational was more for show than anything. The Champs that could play the 40K, would have chosen it over the Champions event in a heartbeat.
Michael Mizrachi(Las Vegas)
Is this the year i break the curse and finally win a bracelet?
Matthew Parvis (2:34 PM)
Grinder is a great guy, and a great poker player, so I certainly hope so. He went on such a tear a few years back it looked like he couldnt be beaten in tournaments. He came very close last year in a few different events, and he finished second to Bonomo in a recent 10K event here in Caesars, so look for his game to be sharp. I think he may pull one out of his hat this year, and add some bling.
Pete (Rochester, NY)
Have there been any comments from any of the players in the stimulus special so far in regards to it lasting 4 days? If this tournament turns out to be a success, could we see a push to more 4 day events to alleviate the ridiculously long day 2s of the past couple years?
Matthew Parvis (2:36 PM)
I think its a problem the WSOP is happy to have. Over 6,000 players is amazing, and we;ve seen they made the right call to give the final 9 rest last night before todays final table. Will we see more 4 day events? Im not so sure, I think the 1K may see its way into the schedule again in the future, but I dont think we will see multiple 1K's.
Andrew Feldman (2:38 PM)
Interrupting again, but just a note that Event 4's final table will be played out starting at 5 ET on ESPN360.com. Steve Sung, Danny Fuhs and Dan Heimiller are the notable pros at the table
Ben (Knoxville, TN)
I'm enjoy the ESPN and Bluff WSOP coverage a lot. How do all the various press people navigate the WSOP? I'd think you'd all the tripping over each other.
Matthew Parvis (2:41 PM)
Ha! It can be pretty nutty at times for sure. Every outlet has there own stomping ground, or are within the Rio. Harrahs has done a great job giving the media ample room to navigate, which helps a lot. But yes, there are times when you'll be at a table, and you cant get what you need, or your in someones way because there is just so many people covering these events. Most of us are all friends though, so its like summer camp. We all spend 6 weeks at the Rio, and do what we love to do, which is be around the greatest sporting event of the year.
Andrew Feldman (2:41 PM)
Definite echo the same feelings. It's a great time out there and although it seems endless most of the time, everyone gets along and works together.
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Cameron (Arizona)
Was the Rio too crowded during the $1,000 event? Should there have been a third day of starters?
Matthew Parvis (2:43 PM)
I think two days eas enough, sure it was crowded, but I mean, there was enough room for the players that they projected. Im sure there were some dissapointed players, but on a whole, i think it worked out fine.
Lon (Tracy, CA)
Matt and Andrew, what do you consider your top two - three must read books for a poker player making a transistion from casual home games to competative poker. Consider Super System a given, with that one done, what's next?
Matthew Parvis (2:46 PM)
Wow, good question. I think the books by Harrington are great, and I got a lot of great info from them, I also would say a book that helped me a lot was Joe Navarro's book on tells. It really helps you think about the stuff going on at the table, that are not related to your cards. Also try out some of the onlien training sites, as i think they are a very intuitive way to take your game to the next level.
Andrew Feldman (2:47 PM)
Other good ones include Phil Gordon's little green/blue/whatever color books, and Navarro is great. Good call Matt.
Comso (Anytown, USA)
What is the most interesting bet you have ever heard of that did NOT involve poker, but did involve poker players?
Matthew Parvis (2:48 PM)
wow -- the most interesting huh? There was some I read about involving either Ted Forrest and Huck Seed (or both) running a marathon in the middle of the summer in Vegas. I think the soles of the shoes ended up basically melting off by the end of it. Also, I think Huck has to float in the ocean for 24 hours.
Matthew Parvis (2:49 PM)
That one sounds crazy...
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Hey Matthew, if I can ask a question about the magazine...some of the criticism of the inaugural November Nine was that the media hype didn't meet up to initial expectations. Is Bluff changing things up any from last year's coverage in any way in response to that? If not, what changes can readers expect to see during the WSOP and in post-WSOP wrap up coverage that maybe we haven't seen yet?
Matthew Parvis (2:51 PM)
I think the biggest thing is trying to find interesting stories about the final nine leading into the tournament. I think maybe if we can find time to spend a day or two with each of them away from Vegas, and really capture there life would be a great way to hype it up. I think 3-4 months is a little too long, I'd like to see a month delay, so we dont lose all the momentum thats gained leading into the final table. So yes, we expect to have a better grasp this time around, since we have a little more experience knowing how this whole November Nine thing works
Matthew Parvis (2:52 PM)
Thanks so much guys, this was a blast. Be sure to check out BluffMagazine.com, and my video blog that brings you tons of good stuff from the WSOP.
Andrew Feldman (2:53 PM)
Thanks for coming by today Matthew. Check out all their coverage at bluffmagazine.com and of course, for more coverage, check out ESPN's poker section. Podcast today, great videos coming up and of course, chat tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET!
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Date: November 6, 2012 03:23PM
As of Nov. 2, Gabelli Asset Management Company (GAMCO) Investors grew its shares in energy, industrial, chemical and pharmaceutical equipment supplier, Robbins & Myers Inc. (RBN) by 302.31 percent, reported on GuruFocus Real Time Picks. This gives GAMCO a total of 2.7 percent ownership, with more than 1.14 million shares of Robbins & Myers common stock.
With a market cap of $2.5 billion, Robbins & Myers is currently trading at $59.59 per share.
Headquartered in Texas, Robbins & Myers' fourth quarter ended Aug. 31, which prompted the release of its fourth quarter and full-year fiscal results in mid-October. According to the report, consolidated sales and diluted earnings per shares both underwent increases for the quarter, as well as its business segments of energy services and process and flow control.
Robbins & Myers also announced distribution of its quarterly cash dividend payment of $0.05 per share, payable to shareholders Nov. 20.
Last August, Robbins & Myers announced a merger agreement with National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NOV), a sale worth $60 per share in cash of Robbins & Myers' 42.4 million shares outstanding. The merger was initially set for the fourth quarter; however, the company recently decided the closing could slip into 2012 due to a request for information from the U.S. Justice department.
Besides GAMCO, other funds managed by billionaire Guru Mario Gabelli, also maintain holdings of Robbins & Myers including: Gabelli Funds at 2.2 percent ownership and 927,149 shares of common stock; Gabelli Securities Inc. at 0.93 percent ownership and 392,823 shares of common stock; Gabelli Asset Management (GBL) at .05 percent ownership and 23,100 shares of common stock; Gabelli Group Capital Partners (GGCP) at .04 percent ownership at 14,937 share of common stock; and lastly, Mario Gabelli himself at 0.16 percent ownership and 64,500 shares of common stock, according to a 13D filing with the SEC.
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In a five-year timeframe, Robbins & Myers has undergone intermittent price hikes, as it nears its 10-year high of $60.19 per share.
GuruFocus ranks Robbins & Myers a Business Predictability rank of 2 out of 5 stars, a Financial Strength rank of 6 out of 10 and a Profitability & Growth rank of 7 out of 10.
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Another Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival has come and gone. This year, though enjoyable, it seemed to inspire discussion as well as drinking. First, I have rarely seen as long a line for a local event as I did on Saturday night. One line for those who'd already bought their tickets -- the early birds apparently do get the IPA -- and one for those eagerly awaiting ticket purchase, in case the "Sold out" status changed when other patrons left the premises.
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Akira Yeiri loves lean, swift management--and loathes obstructions. One detested formality is the hanko, or personal seal, stamped on documents as a sign of approval. When he became president of Japan's huge Bridgestone Corp., some documents had to be reviewed and stamped by 20 executives. "It held everything up," grumbles Yeiri. He cut the maximum number to three and began preaching a philosophy known as genbutsu-genba, aimed at making on-the-spot solutions. "He's obsessed with it," says Nobumichi Takizawa, general manager of a Bridgestone quality-control group.
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MULTICULTURAL. Production is not a Yeiri specialty. Uncomfortable with machinery, he never even got a driver's license and often gets his wife to chauffeur him around. But he surely has the right resume for taking Bridgestone overseas. To begin with, he speaks six languages. Through the third grade, he was educated in Chinese schools in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Back in Japan, he switched from the naval academy after the war to Tokyo University, where he joined a jazz band and played bass at U. S. military clubs.
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When it came time to bid for Firestone, Yeiri was determined not to walk away empty-handed. Initially, the two companies announced that Bridgestone would buy 75% of Firestone's tire operation only. But a surprise bid for the whole company by Italian tiremaker Pirelli forced him to think bigger.
BIG WHEEL? Takeuchi woke Yeiri up with a late-night phone call from Los Angeles to tell him of the bid. Over the next 10 days, Yeiri shuttled between Bridgestone's boardroom and the U. S. Some top executives warned that the buyout would drain Bridgestone of too much talent and money. But Yeiri felt that Bridgestone's shot at becoming the big wheel of the tire business rode on the buyout. Worried about U. S. reaction to the bid, he wanted to end the contest with a direct hit to Pirelli. Acting on a rumor that Pirelli might raise its bid from $58 to $75 per share, Yeiri, after a call to Honorary Chairman Kanichiro Ishibashi, decided on $80.
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2001 330Xi left control arm and Powerflex bushings
Hello, I am having trouble Installing the left front Control arm on my Xi. I did the right side with no issues. I used the Xi version of the FCAB Powerflex Bushings. I oriented the eccentric in the bushing as instructed in the power flex instructions, i am using the washer included with the bushings and the brown powerflex grease....
I just can't seem to get the Lollipop aligned with the two bosses from the subframe. Is there a certain order of installing the three main connection points ? (Inner ball joint, Outer ball joint and rear control arm bushing (lolly pop).
The way i did it was;
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It is step 4 that I'm have trouble with, the hole in the lolly pop doesn't quite line up.
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