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An English carjacker attempted a classic stunt gone embarrassingly wrong.
On March 12, police in Northumberland, England were alerted to the presence of a red Mini Cooper S that had found itself wedged into a narrow walking path. Although he hadn't suffered from any serious injury, authorities had to help the driver escape from the vehicle, as his predicament made exiting through the car's doors impossible. Once freed, police arrested the unidentified 31-year-old man on charges of grand theft auto. Local news station, ITV posted a video of the aftermath.
The car quickly became something of a curiosity. "I was rather surprised to see the car there. It's a narrow footpath and this car was well and truly wedged. The area was cordoned off and there was a notice on the windscreen saying the police were aware of the incident," remarked bystander Derek Taylor to the English newspaper, The Chronicle. "It looks like someone tried to do an Italian Job."
"Doing an Italian Job" implies that the thief must have been attempting something he saw Michael Caine do in the 1969 film, or maybe Marky Mark in the 2003 remake. Both films end in an elaborate getaway sequence, where Mini Coopers pull off stunts such as squeezing into tunnels, jumping conveniently placed ramps, and even driving down flights of stairs. Of course, the stairs used in the movies weren't quite this narrow.
The police made it clear that they soon intended to remove the vehicle, as Taylor also noted after 24 hours, all traces of the would-be stuntman's silly blunder had vanished.
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While at a CIO reception at the HIMSS-CHIME Forum, I took part in an interesting conversation with a group of CIOs. They were talking about the number of phone calls they get from vendors. They had some unique insights and approaches into how they handled all the incoming messaging from vendors. I'll save most of those insights for the Healthcare IT Marketing and PR conference that I host, but he also offered this interesting nugget when he said the following:
Our organization more or less has what we need to be successful. We aren't looking to add more.
He did later acknowledge that if that wasn't true, that they would go out and search for the vendors as opposed to an incoming call from a sales person.
This CIO's comment struck me. I don't think he was being so arrogant as to say that they weren't going to purchase any more IT solutions. However, I think he was saying that he didn't see any major enterprise purchases on his horizon.
On the one hand, I think that's a sign of a maturing of the industry. His hospital organization finally had the IT tools they needed to be successful. That's a good thing since I think if we'd had the conversation 3-5 years ago it would have been very different.
On the other hand, it's kind of scary to think that this hospital CIO isn't really looking at the IT environment around him and looking for new tools and solutions that could make his organization even better. This is a simple illustration of how every IT organization can get in a rut and stop innovating if we're not careful.
At some point in any IT implementation, you have to step back and double down on the investments you've already made. There are huge opportunities in every healthcare organization I've seen to maximize the benefits they're receiving from the IT they've already implemented. It's fair to say that this CIO was at that stage of the game. It was time to stop searching and implementing other systems and time to optimize what's already in place. That's a good thing as long as it's not taken too far.
I think the hospital health IT industry is largely in the same place as this CIO. Most aren't looking to make new purchases. Instead, they want to extract value out of their previous purchases. What do you think? Have you seen this same sort of market maturity? Any idea on what will be next that will change this CIO and the industry's thinking?

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On Friday 9th May, we had the pleasure of sponsoring the 'Networking at the Ambassadors' event run by the Woking Chamber of Commerce.
The event was as popular as always with over 50 businesses attending, all of which are local to Woking and the surrounding areas.
Ben Power, our Managing Partner, spoke for a few minutes, introducing Springhouse to the members and welcomed our newest solicitor, Yeing.
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Electronic signatures are valid say Government's legal experts. – Law Commission
Electronic signatures can be used to sign formal legal contracts under English law, the Law Commission has confirmed.
The Government's independent legal experts have published early conclusions which aim to sweep away the current uncertainty in the law, allowing businesses to speed up transactions by going fully digital.


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Emerging technologies. Rapidly evolving markets. Changing regulatory frameworks. Businesses around the globe are affected by these influences. And IP plays a central role. Hogan Lovells, Santa Clara University's High Tech Law Institute, and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology are bringing together the IP industry's thought leaders to discuss these issues and start a conversation around how to turn them into IP opportunities.
For the second year, the Law in the Global Marketplace Symposium offers an interactive, full-day CLE program. It will feature four panel discussions and three keynote addresses.
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Apparently HKO Insider hasn't worked out as well as we originally thought it would. After a day full of covering Hello Kitty Online, readers have sent us an overwhelming message: they love WoW Insider, and World of Warcraft is the game we all want to see covered.
So you get your wish: starting right now, WoW Insider has returned, and HKO Insider is no more. And none too soon -- our writers, especially Rossi, who would rather wrestle a tiger than write about the Flower Kingdom, were planning a revolt if we didn't change the site format back. And our poll this afternoon pretty conclusively showed what you all felt about the changeover.
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At the beginning of Memorial Day Weekend, as barbecue smoke wafted through the air in East Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, a group of thieves snuck onto the campus of the Fremont Federation of High Schools. They had acquired a set of keys and opened the door to the office of Media Academy, one of the four small schools on the campus. Ignoring the roaring alarm set off by motion detectors, they diligently dragged the school's 300-plus-pound safe out the door, down the steps, and across the schoolyard to the auditorium. Once there, they had at it for three days straight.
It must have been hard work, because at some point, they also broke into the neighboring cafeteria and stole large quantities of snacks to fuel their efforts — even making nachos. The bathrooms were locked, so one of them defecated in the corner of the room. It wasn't until late Monday night, hours before students would return to class, that they busted the safe door open and collected their prize: laptops, school credit cards, confiscated student cell phones, and several hundred dollars in funds to pay for the upcoming prom.
The alarms had blared all weekend, resonating throughout the neighborhood and prompting neighbors to repeatedly call the police. Yet according to Media Academy Principal Benjamin Schmookler, Oakland police didn't show up until Monday night, after most of the thieves, and all of the loot, had disappeared. The two stragglers they were able to catch, one of whom was a former Fremont Federation student, later got off in a plea bargain.
"The police told us it was a low-priority call," Schmookler lamented.
Break-ins have been par for the course throughout the principal's five-year tenure at Fremont Federation. There have been too many to count, he said, with at least a handful each year. "It's a norm that they're going to break in and steal," Schmookler said. "I leave the door to my office open now. 'Please don't break the window.'"
The school has repeatedly lost LCD projectors, new computers, flat-screen monitors, and other high-tech equipment purchased for its vocational-media programs. Sometimes it is able to replace the stolen materials, but often it's not, and students have to make due without. Just since Memorial Day, Schmookler estimates that Fremont has endured at least $13,000 in losses and incurred another $25,000 in expenses re-keying its doors after each incident. By now, he's all but given up on the police to do much about it.
"It's obvious the police aren't coming out here."
Aside from a custodian who usually sticks around until about 9 p.m. on school days, there are six security guards and two Oakland Police officers stationed at Fremont Federation, but they're all gone by about 4:30 p.m. and none are around on weekends.
Media High got raided again the first weekend after Christmas break. This time, thieves bent the window grates on a bunch of portable classrooms, sawed open the metal security bar across the door, and made off with ten new iMac computers. They also hit two of the other small schools across campus.
Schmookler said he had a bad feeling about that weekend and called police beforehand to be on the lookout. He wanted them to have keys to the school so they could actually patrol on campus, rather than just doing the routine drive-by. He said the grounds department had given keys to police officers in the past, but that officers repeatedly lost them. So, before the weekend, he personally handed a set to some on-duty officers. Nevertheless, they didn't show up and the thieves made the rounds with impunity.
Public schools are big targets for thieves in low-income, high-crime neighborhoods where the majority of Oakland schools are situated. They are among the few places in the area with valuable equipment, giving burglars a lot more bang for the buck than robbing a house or store. While some perpetrators have been captured on camera, very few have been caught, and it's assumed that many of them are former or even current students who have thoroughly staked out the school, come prepared with the necessary equipment, and know exactly what they're looking for and where to find it.
OPD Sergeant Jack Peterson oversees the nine officers stationed at the city's six major high schools — none of which are strangers to break-ins. His officers leave campus at 4:30 and his unit often doesn't even hear about the nighttime break-in incidents, which are handled by whatever patrol is on duty at the time. OPD dispatchers, he explained, give calls to on-duty officers in order of priority, deciding what the officers hear. "We don't have discretion on what we take or how we take it," he said. Regarding priority, Peterson added, "it's life over property," and an alarm going off, even at a school, is considered low priority compared to the abundance of violent crimes on any given night. "It's only day or night," Peterson said, explaining that his unit doesn't have the numbers to patrol after school hours. "We can't work both shifts.
"It's a priority, it's just that unfortunately we don't have enough people to go to all calls at once," he said. "Violent crimes are handled first. Of course it's a priority, but if you've got a bunch of calls involving violence and one call involving a school, what are you going to do?"
It comes down to numbers, Peterson said. There are just not enough officers out there to patrol schools after hours. As has been well-publicized in recent months, the Oakland Police Department is currently short about seventy officers of its authorized 803 total. "I would love to see our department at full force," Peterson said. "Of course that takes time."
Yet, there has been some progress, he said, including the installation of cameras on school sites, which he thinks has been a moderate deterrent. Peterson met with Fremont's four principals the week before the Martin Luther King holiday and conducted a four-day surveillance operation, but didn't end up catching anyone. He said his unit continues to urge principals and staff to properly secure things of value, noting that in several instances, doors and gates have been left unlocked. Preventing the break-ins is the whole community's responsibility, he argued. "The responsibility is not on just one agency or person."
Peterson also thinks it would make a big difference if there were an on-campus nighttime security guard who could directly call police at the moment of the crime. "That changes the complexity of the whole thing," he said. "A potential burglary on campus makes it a higher priority; it's a crime in progress."
Two years ago the Oakland Unified School District reinstated its own school police department, which had been disbanded in 2002, a casualty of budget cuts. Since then, the ranks have been very lean, with a district-wide total of five officers, three of whom are currently injured, according to Arturo Michel, the department's deputy police chief. Charged with rebuilding the force, he said that five new officers should be arriving in the next few months and hopes to have a total of twelve within a year.
"There has been an inordinate amount of computers taken from different schools," Michel said, noting that the incidents at Fremont are far from unique. He refers to an incident this year at James Madison Middle School near the San Leandro border, in which eighteen computers were stolen by a group of young teenagers, three of whom were caught.
Although his department doesn't have incident totals, he said frequent burglaries have occurred in schools throughout the district. While OUSD officials acknowledge the problem, no one seems to have a handle on the actual number of annual incidents and material loss figures. When asked, Michel hesitated to even provide a ballpark figure, referring to the number as "inordinate."
Incident reports, if even filed at all, go directly to OPD, which then organizes the data by location but does not compile school theft reports in any exclusive format. While the OPD's online crime statistics reveal the number of incidents within the immediate vicinity of each OUSD school, records only go as far back as ninety days, and no aggregate district figure is available. Chuck Johnston, an OPD crime analyst, says he can find school site totals, but that would involve a formal data request, which takes at least a month.
Michel said schools also are prey to thieves in search of raw materials like glass, copper, and metals that are commonly stripped from buildings and air-conditioning units. He estimates that this school year alone so far, break-ins have cost the district well over half a million dollars.
He's not surprised by the lack of response from OPD officers, who are often more focused on homicides and other violent crimes. "I think they're so inundated with calls, and naturally when someone said can you check on an alarm in the school, it's not a huge priority. They don't have enough people."
Without the OPD standing by, Michel said his department has conducted some undercover and night-surveillance operations at different school sites and is in the process of getting monitoring equipment and hiring private security units to patrol campuses. But thus far, these efforts "are just putting a dent in it, not really solving the problem."
"It's easy pickings," he adds. "They really don't steal, they just kind of go shopping."
After the January incident, Schmookler marched down to district headquarters and demanded that his school's damaged facilities be repaired immediately and further secured. The following day, carpenters boarded up the windows of the portables, leaving students in the classrooms with no outside light. Throughout this school year, Schmookler and other campus principals have repeatedly requested a night watchman to patrol the grounds and call police directly during a break-in. They figure the $35,000 in expenses to pay for the guard is far less than the total annual losses and repair costs. Schmookler notes that he has the money to pay for it, but the district has yet to deliver, due in part to a contract dispute with the custodians' union, who say the job would override their jurisdiction.
Daniel Hurst, the principal of Architecture Academy, another repeatedly robbed school on the Fremont campus, agrees that a night guard is the only way to curb crime. He estimates that his school easily loses at least $50,000 a year in stolen equipment and related facilities damage. It's so predictable, he said, that he implicitly considers the loss when examining the school's finances each year, what he refers to as "the cost of doing school in this environment."
Right before Christmas break and then again on Christmas day, Hurst's school lost a total of seven computers. He notes the determination of the thieves, who have gone to great lengths in their attempts, including breaking down a wall and crawling under a portable to cut through the floorboards with a chainsaw. When security is tightened in one part of the building, he adds, they'll just find somewhere else to break into.
"You know what, you're not going to be able to keep them out," Hurst said. "If given enough time, they'll get in. The only thing that can prevent it is a human being [telling the police] there is someone breaking in." He said police often don't come because they think it's a false alarm. But if there was an actual witness who called, he's confident they'd arrive. "If at that point they failed to show," he adds, "that would be a huge problem."
Media High Case Manager Eric DuBois is less forgiving. The son of a former OPD officer, he acknowledges that the force is understaffed and has to prioritize life and death situations over school theft. Yet he finds it hard to understand why no one comes when alarms go off multiple times over the course of a weekend, as was the case on Memorial Day. It'd be pretty unusual, he notes, for a false security alarm to be set off at 2 a.m.
"How can we expect crime to be solved if you have to wait for three different alarms to get police out?" he asks, noting the need for more officers. "There are too many break-ins for them to assume false alarms. That's not an excuse."
This has been a rough year at Fremont. Aside from the break-ins, there have been six gun-related incidents on and around campus just since December, including a body found down the street and a teacher who was held up at gunpoint in the early morning at 7:30 a.m. as he walked from car to classroom. In another recent incident, someone came on campus with a gun and the school underwent a lockdown, in which teachers were ordered to lock their doors and not let any students in or out of class. But in some of the portable classrooms, the loudspeaker system was broken and those teachers never heard the announcement.
Among them was Lisa Shafer, who teaches journalism in one of the Media High portables whose windows recently got boarded up. "Break-ins to a school in this neighborhood are especially tragic," she said. "It's just heartbreaking."
Morale among teachers has been affected, she said, partly by the break-ins but just as much by the generally decrepit state of many of the facilities that makes them so easy to break into. Her now-windowless portable was built forty years ago as a temporary structure and is falling apart. She said it takes forever to get anything repaired by the district; the rotting floor got fixed only when she suggested to them that they might have a lawsuit on their hands if someone fell through it.
"I'm disgusted and outraged that students sit in a classroom that's moldy and has rotting floors and no sunlight," she said. "It's pathetic that this is the solution. ... What is this saying to students?"
Guillermina Ramirez, a Media High senior, has experienced her fair share of school break-ins, and said it definitely affects her academic ability, especially as senior project deadlines approach with a lack of available computers. But she doesn't think the break-ins will ever really stop here.
"I think it's the way it works," she said. "Around this community we're used to it."
Matthew Green is a former journalism teacher at Media High.
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Tranmere Rovers have confirmed that both midfielder Andy Robinson and striker Akpo Sodje have left the club.
Robinson, 34, has spent four spells at Prenton Park and has accumulated over 100 appearances for the club. However, despite scoring in each of the club's first two games this season, he has started just one game since January and has departed on mutual terms.
"Andy has been a fantastic player for the club," football operations director Mick Horton told the Sky Bet League One club's official website. "We wish him all the best ."
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In 1993, the World Bank sponsored the 1990 Global Burden of Disease study carried out by researchers at Harvard University and the World Health Organization (WHO). This study provided the first comprehensive global estimates of death and illness by age, sex, and region. It also provided projections of the global burden of disease and mortality up to 2020. The study and its projections have been crucial in national and international health policy planning. Colin Mathers and Dejan Locar (from the World Health Organization, Geneva) have now updated the projections based on 2002 data on mortality and burden of disease and published their results in the international open-access journal PLoS Medicine.
As for the earlier report, the researchers used projections of socio-economic development to model future patterns of mortality and illness for three different scenarios: a baseline scenario, a pessimistic scenario that assumes a slower rate of socio-economic development, and an optimistic scenario that assumes a faster rate of growth.
They predict that between 2002 and 2030 under all three scenarios life expectancy will increase around the world, fewer children under the age of 5 years will die, and the proportion of people dying from non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and cancer will increase. Although deaths from infectious diseases will decrease overall, HIV/AIDS deaths will continue to increase. Despite this increase, 50% more people are predicted to die of tobacco-related disease than of HIV/AIDS in 2015. By 2030, the three leading causes of illness will be HIV/AIDS, depression, and ischemic heart disease in the baseline and pessimistic scenarios. In the optimistic scenario, road-traffic accidents (which increase with socioeconomic development) will replace heart disease as the number 3 killer.
In an accompanying editorial, the PLoS Medicine editors ask whether they are publishing "the right stuff", i.e. research and commentary whose goal it is to reduce mortality and suffering from the most relevant conditions--and whether research funding and health expenditure are consistent with these results.
Citation: Mathers CD, Loncar D (2006) Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Med 3(11): e442.
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On a percentage basis VIX was the big winner among the four S&P 500 related volatility indexes. VIX gained just over 19% while VXST was up about 13%. The longer end of the curve is often less responsive to drops in the stock market. VXV and VXMT behaved as they normally do and rose about 6% and 4% respectively.
The long ETPs had a nice week with the unleveraged funds gaining over 5% and the leveraged funds putting up gains of over 10%. As I like to say, the funds did what they are expected to do when volatility moves up. Do note that even the leveraged funds underperformed VIX as I now have another teaching example showing that VXX is not VIX.
Despite the gains in VXX and UVXY, the year to date performance for both funds continues to leave something to be desired. SVXY which came under pressure last week gave up some ground but anyone that is up 40% this year should be very satisfied with that result.
VIX also was the strongest upside performer relative to the 29 volatility indexes quoted at CBOE. Most of the leaders were equity market related, but something that stood out to me was EUVIX and BPVIX gaining last week. BPVIX has been up strong three consecutive weeks. It may just be that the market doesn't think the current drop in the Pound is over.
Since Halloween is just around the corner I've decided to point out a trade that would scare the heck out of me. On Thursday morning, about an hour into the trading day, with UVXY around 18.75 someone came in and sold a strangle using the Oct 14th options. Specifically, they sold the UVYX Oct 14th 17.00 Put for 0.08 and the UVXY Oct 14th 22.50 Call for 0.12 resulting in a credit of 0.20. The payoff as of the close this past Friday shows up in the diagram below. Note there's no protection so a big move up or down (which happens) in UVXY could have been disastrous. Luckily for this trader UVXY finished the day at 17.58 and both contracts expired with no value.


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Ursula Jorch
Ursula Jorch is a speaker, business coach and consultant who helps entrepreneurs grow a successful business that makes a difference in the world. A 21-year successful entrepreneur herself, Ursula helps you define the difference you want to make in the world and develop strategy and marketing so you ...
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02/15/2014 02:07am
Think About It!
Everyone needs some space in their business for thinking.
If you're always on the move, completing one task after another, strategy suffers and you can lose your direction.
Take some time out to just think.
Use this time to review projects and reflect on what went well and what didn't. Or think about opportunities that are available to you right now.
Consider the choices you've made recently. What worked out well, and what would you change about them? Are there aspects of your behavior you want to look at? Are you doing anything habitually or automatically that you'd like to shift?
You don't have a sit on a rock with your chin on one fist, the way the sculptor Rodin pictured it. Thinking can be done at your desk, or on a walk. You might take a drive. Being in a natural setting, near a river, flowing water, or among trees, is often really helpful.
This is a great opportunity to have unstructured time. You can allow your brain to go wherever it wants to. Look around you, and what you see can stimulate different avenues of approaching a problem or might spark ideas about a new offering.
You can also stimulate your creativity in this unstructured time by doing something completely different from what you normally do. You can paint that portrait of the dog you've been meaning to do, or do some exercise that you enjoy. The key is to not engage your brain too much with other things. Let your thoughts focus instead on what is most on your mind for you right now in your business.
What's on your mind can be a new direction that is calling you, that you haven't taken the time to think through. Where could it take you? Is it in alignment with your mission (your overarching purpose, your Big Why)? Is it in harmony with what I call your Pull Priorities (your values and the characteristics you want to bring to your business)? Is it something you want to do? What would the next step be?
You'll want to write down or record what you think about. Bring along your journal, or use the computer to make notes. One option is to record your thoughts by talking through them (iTalk is a great free app you can download and use on your phone).
However you do it, take note of where your brain wanders. You might not remember later, and this time can be incredibly valuable.
Your thinking time can also be used for strategizing. One of the things that I see most often in new clients that holds them back is the absence of an overall strategy. Having a strategy creates coherence in your business, and ensures you stay on track. The most brilliant business people have a clear direction behind every single thing they do. That makes their time focused, and creates the greatest impact.
It's the way to most effectively manifest your mission, your Big Why.
How often should you take time out to just think? Ideally, you take a little time every day for reflection, just 5 or 10 minutes. One reason we fall into well-worn patterns is that we don't stop and reflect on our day. Each day adds to the next and together they make up our work lives, so it's worth investing this time daily.
At least build thinking time into every week. That allows you to stay on top of new opportunities and ensures that you stay on course.
In addition to daily reflection time, I also leave the office early one afternoon most weeks, and just wander. I call it my Nomad Time, because my experience of being a full-time nomad with lots of time to think was so fruitful, and enjoyable. I go wherever I'm being called in the moment. It often involves driving, which for me is always great thinking time.
If your week gets away from you, schedule time the next week to just think. Putting it in your calendar will ensure that you have the time blocked off to do it.
Your thinking time is your own. Let everyone around you know that this time is sacred. You're not available for phone calls, texts, or email.
This time is like an empty container. Leaving that space open invites something new to fill it.
There's a story of a Zen master who teaches his stud
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UPDATED 03/19/12 6:38 p.m.
CHICAGO (CBS) — A string of five straight days of record warmth for Chicago ended on Monday, although the high temperature still matched a 91-year-old mark.
CBS 2 Meteorologist Steve Baskerville says records topped out at more than 80 degrees every day from Wednesday to Sunday, but on Monday cloudy skies ended that record warm streak.
However, the high did ready 78 degrees, tying a record set in 1921, and well above the normal temperature of 48 for this day.
CBS 2's Megan Glaros reports, by 11:20 a.m., the temperature at O'Hare and Midway international airports was already 68 degrees. The temperature in Gary, Ind., had climbed to 72, and in Valparaiso 73.
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The National Weather Service says even at 4 a.m. Monday, it was 69 degrees in downtown Chicago. That was warmer than Tampa Bay, Fla., where it was 67; as well as Hilo, Hawaii, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where it was 68.
When the Cubs were taking on the White Sox Sunday at HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa, Ariz., the temperature was in the 50s. If they'd played at Wrigley Field or U.S. Cellular Field, they would have encountered typical mid-season baseball weather.
The average temperature in Chicago for this March has been 49.3 degrees – already warmer than the previous record of 48.6 degrees set in 1910 and 1945.
The forecast high for Tuesday is 82 – a temperature that would be good news even in July or August. On Wednesday, the high is 79.
The last time there were even two straight days with temperatures in the 80s in Chicago in March was 1986.
A National Weather Service meteorologist says until now, the earliest date Chicago saw four consecutive days in the 80s was mid-April 1976. As of now, there have already been five consecutive days.
Before this year, the highest recorded temperature for March in Chicago was set in 1995. That year, the temperature topped out at 77 degrees.
Notoriously, a heat wave four months later left hundreds of people dead in Chicago.
And while WeatherSource says there were five days of temperatures in the 70s in March 1995, there were also 17 days of temperature highs in the 20s, 30s and 40s.
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Labour MEPs to vote for EU action to save steel industry and protect UK jobs and communities
Labour MEPs will vote tomorrow for a report calling for EU action to tackle the crisis in the steel sector.
The report calls for a level playing field and seeks to limit dumping by countries like China – selling it at below the price it can fetch at home, or exporting it at below the cost of production. The UK steel sector faces tough challenges through a combination of rising steel prices, social dumping, an influx of cheap Chinese steel and increasing energy costs.
The steel industry is a vital part of the manufacturing sector in the UK and the EU – in the UK alone, the steel industry is made up of more than 24,000 individual enterprises which directly employ 330,000 people and is worth in excess of £45.5 billion to the UK economy.
Theresa Griffin MEP, Labour's European Parliament spokesperson on industry, said:
"UK and EU steel production is in danger of disappearing. People who work in the steel industry are losing their jobs, both in the UK and across the EU as the sector confronts its most serious peacetime crisis ever.
"We have seen weeks of inaction by the Tory government. David Cameron's lack of leadership and poor support for UK steel is only worsening the crisis in the sector.
"If the EU wants a balanced, healthy economy that is both sustainable and globally competitive we must develop a level playing field in Europe for our industry, and we should not rule out offering financial assistance to this vital sector when it is fair.
"Sadly this report has come too late to save the SSI plant in Redcar but it is vital that we take action now to provide a future for the remainder of the steel industry in the UK, and more broadly the EU.
"We must remember that this is not merely a technical issue, but is about putting food on the table for thousands of families, and ensuring that communities have the economies to thrive and prosper."
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Chief Paul E. Stanley was sentenced to probation, jail time and community service for stealing about $23,000 in department funds.
CANTON Former Lawrence Township Police Chief Paul E. Stanley will spend 60 days in jail for what the judge said was a violation of public trust when he funneled department funds to his gun sales business.
Stanley, 54, pleaded guilty in August to a theft in office charge, a fourth-degree felony. At Thursday's sentencing hearing, Lawrence Township trustees did not press for jail time but Stephanie Anderson, a public integrity attorney with the state auditor's office, said it was important to incarcerate Stanley and send a message that a member of law enforcement will be held accountable when they abuse their position.
Stark County Common Pleas Judge John Haas also gave Stanley 30 days in what he called "day jail" at the Frank T. Bow Building, which houses the court's Intensive Supervision Probation program and other court-related functions.
Stanley must pay a $1,000 fine, complete 200 hours of community service and complete the victim awareness program. Stanley had already repaid Lawrence Township $23,857.
Haas said that Stanley must report to the Stark County Jail later this month to begin serving his sentence. If Stanley violates probation conditions and the terms of his sentence, Haas said, an 18-month prison term will be imposed.
"On the one hand, we have the entire history of someone and the deeds they have done on behalf of the fellow citizens -- you have the good," Haas said. "The other side of the equation, however, is also very important, and this is the trust that is important and essential in our system between the public and law enforcement.
"... When someone breaks that trust on multiple occasions, it makes it even more serious," the judge added. "So you're balancing the good and the violation of that trust."
Prior to being sentenced, Stanley apologized to township trustees and residents.
Stanley's attorney, Jeff Jakmides, lauded Stanley's community efforts.
Jakmides said that the "good deeds this man has done over his career ... far, far outweigh what has happened here.
"He was a very good police officer, an honest police officer ... (who) got himself in a terrible situation here and he regrets it deeply," Jakmides added.
The attorney said he was making no excuses for the defendant's actions.
Not a one-time thing
Anderson, who served as special prosecutor, said that Stanley's misconduct "wasn't an act of desperation."
Between May 2013 and April 2015, he made 16 financial transactions from the township's Law Enforcement Trust Fund, including 14 to his former gun sales business. The business had closed before Stanley was indicted in the theft case. The two other transactions were made to his personal account, Anderson said.
"This wasn't a one-time thing," Anderson said. "Acts like this ... further denigrates the trust (the public has) in our law enforcement community."
Telling the judge that Stanley shouldn't "walk out these doors," the special prosecutor said the former police chief "stole from the citizens of Stark County."
Following the court hearing, Anderson noted that Stanley had been trained by the state auditor's office on the proper use of the Law Enforcement Trust Fund. The fund is supported by fine money ordered in some drug-related criminal cases as well as from a share of forfeiture funds when money and property are seized in criminal investigations.
The trust fund can be used for expenses related to the investigation and prosecution of complex cases, training and some other law enforcement-related purposes.
Stanley never provided township trustees with receipts, documents or records for expenditures and transactions involving the fund once questions were raised, Anderson said.
More oversight
Stanley served as township police chief from March 2013 through September 2016; his overall career with the township police department spanned nearly 30 years.
Trustees fired Stanley from the $78,000-a-year job in September 2016.
Trustees recently approved changes to the law enforcement fund's policy, creating more oversight and documentation.
"The board (of trustees) has brought the policy up-to-date and we're quite confident that the current chief (David Brown) will handle the funds correctly," said township attorney James Matthews.
"The township truly appreciates the services of the special prosecutor and (investigator Kevin Monnolly of the public integrity assurance team in the state auditor's office)," he said. "It really produced a vindication of the township and the residents' interests, and we are glad that the former chief apologized to the residents of the township."
Trustee Lester Kamph said he was surprised that Stanley was given 60 days in jail.
"This should slow somebody up next time," he said of the sentence.
"I'm glad it's all over at this point," Kamph said. "It's been a long time coming."
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March 2, 2017
By Joanne Norell
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame women's tennis team returns to Atlantic Coast Conference play this weekend when the Irish host Boston College and Syracuse at the Eck Tennis Pavilion.
Match 11
WHO: Notre Dame (9-1, 2-0 ACC) vs. Boston College (6-4, 1-1 ACC)
WHERE: Eck Tennis Pavilion | Notre Dame, Ind.
WHEN: 4 p.m. ET Friday
Match 12
WHO: Notre Dame vs. Syracuse (2-6, 0-2 ACC)
WHERE: Eck Tennis Pavilion | Notre Dame, Ind.
WHEN: Noon ET Sunday
RESULTS: | | WatchND
On The Eagles
- After starting the season 1-3, the Eagles have won five of their last six matches coming into Friday's contest.
- BC's Lexi Borr was named the ACC Women's Tennis Player of the Week this week after going 4-0 in singles and doubles in wins over Boston University and Syracuse.
- The Irish are 13-0 all-time against the Eagles, with all 13 wins coming under head coach Jay Louderback.
On The Orange
- Syracuse will face Pittsburgh on Friday before heading to South Bend to face the Irish. The Orange have lost in their last two matches heading into the weekend.
- The Irish are 7-1 in the all-time series against Syracuse.
Last Time Out
Notre Dame extended its winning streak to six matches with victories over Michigan State and Bowling Green in a doubleheader on Saturday. The Irish picked up 6-0 wins over both teams. Senior Mary Closs, junior Allison Miller, sophomore Rachel Chong and freshman Zoe Spence each picked up a pair of singles wins, while Miller and Closs were 2-0 in doubles.
Singles Standouts
The Irish boast two singles players with at least nine wins in 10 matches so far this season, led by freshman Zoe Spence at 10-0. Junior Allison Miller is similarly impressive with a 9-1 mark.
Rankings Rundown
The Irish jumped 14 spots in the Oracle/ITA Division I National Women's Tennis Rankings this week, leaping to No. 27 from No. 41 a week ago. Junior Brooke Broda and junior Allison Miller entered the Oracle/ITA DIvision I National Women's Doubles Rankings last week, coming in at No. 58, despite having not played together since the fall. Miller also entered the singles rankings at No. 118.
Keeping Up With The Irish
All indoor home matches will be streamed live on WatchND. Live scoring will be available for all home tennis matches at UND.com, with links for each match available on the women's tennis schedule page. Live match updates will also be shared on the team's Twitter account, @NDWomensTennis.
To keep up with all things Irish women's tennis, be sure to follow @NDWomensTennis on Twitter and like Notre Dame Women's Tennis on Facebook.
Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame women's soccer, men's tennis, women's tennis and fencing programs. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University and earned her master's degree from Georgetown University in 2013.


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Monday, April 13, 2009
E.O. Wilson seeks to create networked encyclopedia of life
E.O. Wilson's TED talk pleads for a networked encyclopedia of life, because of the dimensions of the unknown regarding life on earth. E.O. Wilson is, of course, the sage advocate for biodiversity protection and the most famous voice associated with conservation ecology -- although Jane Lubchenko may have surpassed him with her rise to power. Here's his bio. EO Wilson bio. Here's his talk:
Wow- a plea for insects. How unique, and of course, the bigger picture is for making the world work for all.
Humanity's energy-sucking ways are taking it's toll, and there's a lot to be done at home, by way of not just improving, but transforming. Sometimes it's just a matter of awareness.
For example- It's very often possible now to get one's home off the power grid entirely. I think the more this becomes known, the more common it will become. I'm currently in an apartment because my wife works close by where we live, but once we move out west in a couple years, it's my plan to have the house producing it's own energy.
Wouldn't it be cool to get more than half the homes out there doing that? Eventually it would reach a "tipping" point where others sucking energy from power companies would feel like they are losing out- and losing energy money. And they would be. gethomemadeenergy.org
Posted by: Tim | Apr 13, 2009 6:41:23 PM


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When looking to take a business to the next level, you might want to consider business expansion advice. Getting an independent perspective from an expert who can offer a business appraisal, explore areas ripe for growth and help with information on funding and other growth aspects can often be the best option.
Here are some tips on how to approach business expansion.
Get the accounts in order – in many cases, business expansion will hold a funding requirement. If there isn't the capital in the business to use for growth, it may be necessary to seek outside funding. Whether you're looking to approach a bank or other funding source such as a private investor, having up-to-date accurate accounts, in order to present the necessary information about the company's finances, will be key to success in borrowing requests.
Consider alternative lending sources – with the rise in alternative lending providers, the bank need not be the first port of call if your business expansion needs finance. With a variety of private investor options such as private equity firms and business angels – as well as crowdsourcing and peer-to-peer lending – there are plenty of options to consider. It's usually a good idea to use the services of a business adviser, to help you find the funding options that are best suited to your needs and goals. In any event, they will help you get the right financial information ready and presented in the right way to aid a successful application.
Think outside of the box when it comes to expansion opportunities – many business owners are involved in a variety of aspects of running a company and this can sometimes prevent them from effectively identifying opportunities. Whilst expanding a product line, increasing volume sales or adding a new service might be the obvious ways of expanding a business, there can often be other ways a business can increase its revenue through expansion. For instance, diversifying into a new area by finding a new audience for your product or service, such as working as a manufacturer to wholesalers rather than a retailer to the end customer, could reap higher profit margins for the company. Think about ways to gear your product or offering towards the generation of repeat business. We helped one of our customers identify an opportunity to diversify their business and use capital from re-mortgaging their premises – which led to them dramatically increasing profits and securing blue-chip clients.
Consider acquisition – acquisition is a business expansion tactic in business expansion that historically was used in aggressive growth strategies by larger companies. However, it has become more commonplace for SME's to go down the acquisition route, with great success. Combining expertise, knowledge and experience through acquisition can be a very fruitful venture.
Whilst the above advice can serve as a guide for expansion, when considering such activities, you should seek professional business expansion advice to ensure you're making the right decisions for the business and goals, and have the best chance at making the expansion successful. Time and money invested at the outset in professional services will undoubtedly reap the rewards in the long term.
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Towards the beginning of the year I started practicing my handwriting and lettering. It's fun to get away from the computer every once in awhile. It wasn't long before I had collect a nice assortment of pens and markers and wanted to find a pretty but functional way to display them. I have on hand a good variety of galvanized buckets which were perfect to separate them. Then I found an IKEA Lazy Susan at a local thrift store for $5 CAD.
Unfortunately I quickly realized that if it was spun too fast the tins would fall off and pens would go everywhere. As pens and markers flew everywhere my two year old gasped and said, "oh boy…"
Rob found Super Magnets at a local hardware store for $10.99 CAD. We taped them down first to make sure they were in a good spot. Then he put a dot Gorilla Glue on and let them sit over night. Keeping the tape on worked great to flip the magnet over and secure it. No glued fingers!
The large pail in the middle is from Dollar Tree – $1.25 CAD, the scalloped smaller pail is from Walmart – $1.97 CAD, and the rest are from Hobby Lobby – $1.99 USD.
It's so prettty!!!!!
I've dedicated the work space on my WORKBOX to planning. It gets me away from the computer and it's so pretty to look at!
This acrylic organizer from Amazon has been perfect to organize all my stickers, notepads, and planner extras.
I'm such a sucker for a cute sticker pack! I also have a bunch from Etsy that aren't pictured here.
Right now I have my planner, fitness planner, and recipe planner. Then I also have a bullet journal, sketch book to practice, and a separate book for the monthly #rockyourhandwriting challenge.
And the little drawers above are perfect for all my stamps, stencils, and paper clips.
It's been awhile since I have done a giveaway so I decided it was the perfect time. I found this adorable adult coloring book at a local art store and loved that it said Art Therapy, since that is what my bachelors is in. It's also something I am very passionate about. Art is such a healthy avenue for people to express their feelings, unwind, and meditate. Enter below for your chance to win! Giveaway open to US & Canada.


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Marilyn Monroe is usually associated with the glitz and glamour of Hollywood's Golden Era, but when she wasn't on the West Coast, the iconic actress spent a great deal of time in New York City (she was married to a Yankee, after all). Whenever Monroe touched down in the city, she made 127 East 78th Street—the residence of her close friend and colleague Milton Greene—her home, even referring to it as her 'sanctuary,' Daily Mail reports.
Now, the 4.5-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom townhouse is available to rent for US$27,500 a month through Town Residential. 'Throughout the home, original details have been lovingly preserved and modern conveniences seamlessly infused,' John Carapella, a rep for the real estate firm, told Daily Mail. The four-story residence features a marble staircase, a European terrace, and stained glass from the legendary Luchow's restaurant and has also been updated with a security system, central air and heating, and a Jacuzzi bathtub. In addition to Monroe and Greene, the house has also hosted Bette Davis and Irving Berlin as residents since its construction in 1899. Scroll through a tour of the historic property.
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Landfill liners are designed and constructed to create a barrier between the waste that is dumped in the landfill and the ground below it. When a new landfill disposal area is constructed, referred to as a landfill cell, the geomembrane liner and other geosynthetic products are installed. Once these materials are placed, they are then seamed together and tested to verify that the seams do not contain leaks or weak points. These liner materials ensure that leachate is channeled properly through the landfill to a collection point rather than allowing leakage into the ground where it can become a hazard to groundwater and the surrounding environment.
Solid waste landfills are highly engineered containment systems that are designed to minimize the impact that waste (refuse, trash, and garbage) can do to the environment and human health. The geomembrane liner's primary purpose is to isolate the landfill's components from the environment and to ensure protection of the soil and groundwater.
Hallaton specializes in the sales and installation of the full spectrum of liner systems to meet the needs of its landfill customers. When considering a liner installer for a landfill, do the research and you'll discover that Hallaton Inc. has an impressive track record for getting the job done with high quality and high efficiency.
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The Billingham SP10 Shoulder Pad is made for bags with 1.0" wide straps that do not include them or as a replacement. It is an oversized 3.0mm top grain leather shoulder pad with closed-cell foam padding and a neoprene gripper to provide comfort and grip. The strap attaches under loops that use a press stud to close.
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Proceeds Benefit Asheville Humane Society
On Tuesday, March 7, participating Asheville area restaurants are donating 15% of their food and drink sales to Asheville Humane Society during the nonprofit's 14th Annual Dine To Be Kind presented by Dr. David Crouch and Western Carolina Veterinary Surgery. Six premier restaurants are donating 25% of their sales including Avenue M, Native Kitchen & Social Pub, Posana, Roux at Hilton Biltmore Park, Smoky Park Supper Club and Sunny Point Cafe. Three restaurants, Doc Chey's Noodle House, IHOP (all locations) and Mayfel's will be participating on Monday, March 6. The community is encouraged to support local animals by dining out for breakfast, lunch or dinner at participating restaurants (to-go orders and bar sales included). Generous event sponsors include Prestige Subaru and iHeartMedia Asheville.
Carla Musgrove, special events coordinator at Asheville Humane Society, is excited about the lifesaving impact this year's event will have on both pets and people in our community. "Asheville Humane Society recognizes the strong bond that people have with their furry family members," said Musgrove. "With your support, we will continue offering resources to community members who are going through financial hardships so that surrendering their pet is a very last resort. We depend on the success of large-scale fundraisers like Dine To Be Kind to keep these programs running."
In 2016, Asheville Humane Society impacted the lives of 9,250 animals in the community with the help of generous donors and supporters. Help make 2017 another record-breaking year by dining out on March 7. A list of all participating restaurants can be found at www.ashevillehumane.org/dine-to-be-kind and on the Dine To Be Kind Facebook Event Page.
Who: Participating Asheville area restaurants are donating 15-25% of their food and drink sales to Asheville Humane Society
What: 14th Annual Dine To Be Kind
When: Tuesday, March 7
Where: Participating restaurants listed at www.ashevillehumane.org/dine-to-be-kind
Why: To help local animals in need!


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Wot I Think Live: Jurassic Park
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Hello! I'm about to play (or, depending on the moment in time you start reading this, am playing or have played) The Intruder, the first episode of Telltale's Jurassic Park pointer-clickerer. As these episodes tend to be relatively short, I thought I'd share my thoughts as they happen, with the below liveblog. If you'd like to watch, that'd be jolly good. If you'd like to read it all when it's finished, that would also be jolly good. Either way, I'll see you in a giant text box below.
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Light up the dark with the Beckhoff Lightbus system by replacing complete cable routes with one single fibre optic conductor. Instead of extensive I/O interfacing units, only one intelligent Beckhoff Lightbus interface board is integrated in the control computer and the decentralised Lightbus modules are directly situated locally. Installation effort and costs are reduced drastically, handling and maintenance are simplified, and interference immunity and performance are increased.
The Lightbus was introduced as far back as 1989 as the Beckhoff system bus for fast machine controllers and has become the market leader in some sectors. These include, for instance, production machines for windows, wood processing machines, presses, packaging machines, machine tools, and applications in metrology and technical building services. more
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"Home Sweet Home"! Home is where the heart lies and Yes! There are some Most Beautiful Homes For Sale in Westcliff that just astound by-passers, owners, and viewers with their magnificence. They are made as if to withstand time and to be of subject for art and poetry.
These luxury homes often have the most up-to-date amenities and state-of-the-art appliances. The lot areas are as big as football fields and they loom over everything else.
In 2004, Forbes listed The Ridges in South Africa as one of the most amazing places to live or buy in Westcliff. This holds true until today. The misconception of a lot of people that Gauteng is only about Gambling, quick weddings, and Show-girls couldn't be further from the truth. Although they do bring in a big crowd of gamers and honeymooners, there is also a softer and subtle side to Johannesburg and it can be seen in places like the Morningside, Fourways, Parkhurst, Duxberry, and Waterfall.
Most homes here are owned by high net worth individuals who live with their families. The ridges are home to a good number of some of the richest and wealthiest people in the world. The people live like royalty and are pampered with everything that a fun-loving person would desire to sale or buy a house.
The Ridges is just next to Red Rock Canyon, which is one of Nevada's geological wonders. The point in the Ridges has is known for its spectacular view that everyone remembers after their first visit. This is the place that is nestled right in the heart of all the beauty that Las Vegas has to offer.
Whether you are looking for a home for the reputed fun and games in Las Vegas, out-of-this-world scenery or just have the need to be pampered, then the Most Beautiful Homes For Sale Westcliff will be able to satisfy your cravings for a finer lifestyle than no other.
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The reasons for buying property in South Africa are many and varied but there are a number of factors that must be considered when it comes to matching property types to property buyers. For the purposes of this article we will examine three buyer groups that are traditionally associated with buying property in Portugal: the property investor, the relocation buyer and the retirement buyer.
Property investors are typically interested in properties that can provide a high rental yield. The best buy to let properties are often situated in or near to Portugal's major resorts such as Vilamoura or Vale do Lobo and because of this the amount of capital available to the property investor, or their ability to service a loan, will be an influential factor in the buying process. This is because there are large differences in the prices of property, based on their location.
Properties in Quinta do lago and Vale do Lobo, for example, can command prices of up to £20.000.000 whilst those in Vilamoura are generally of lower value. A non-resident property investor should also consider whether there is a reputable property management company on hand to service the property in their absence. A good property management company can advise on legalities and requirements pertinent to the commercial rental of property in Portugal as well as dealing with the day to day issues that renting a property entails.
Whatever the motive for buying property in Portugal, the buyer will need to contract a licensed real estate agent to represent them through all areas of the buying process. Only a government licensed real estate agent can offer the buyer peace of mind that everything from registering the property with the local Land Registry to applying for a fiscal number will be dealt with correctly. Licensed real estate agents in Portugal must show their government license number on their websites by law, so any "would be" property buyer would do well to verify this before contacting an agent with a view to purchasing.
South Africa is a wonderful place to buy property and, with due consideration, buying property in Portugal is highly recommended to investors, families and retirees alike. So why not take time out to learn more about this wonderful part of South Africa.
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Finding a tax lien property for sale is pretty easy. Finding a property that is worth buying, especially in today's economic climate, is a bit more tricky. My goal with this brief article is to show you 3 different ways to find pending tax lien sales worth buying... and how to find them for free.
But first, the basics...
What are tax lien sales?
A tax lien sale is when a government agency auctions off any tax liens against a property to recoup any delinquent taxes against the property. These sales are usually conducted by the tax collectors office or the sheriff's office.
It is important to note that there are two different ways for the government to collect delinquent taxes. One would be this type of sale (tax lien sales), and the other is known as a tax deed sale.
In a tax lien sale, the investor is buying the lien itself. The winning bidder will receive a certificate at the end of the auction that entitles the investor to collect payments for the delinquent taxes, often at a high interest rate. This certificate also allows the investor to foreclose on the property after a specified redemption period if the taxes remain unpaid.
3. Local Newspaper
As part of the sale process, the county must give "public notice" of all upcoming tax sales. These are always either before or after the classifieds. Go through this section religiously... it is your new golden goose. Make note of the properties that look interesting, and do your due diligence from there.
4. Subscription based list services
This is the only strategy that will cost you some money... which is why I didn't mention it earlier. Consider it a bonus.
Honestly, these types of services are a dime a dozen. Some are better than others. The biggest benefit is the speed that you get access to the information. Always look for ones that update often; generally speaking, locally based websites are better than national ones. If you do a basic search on Google you'll get a list of plenty to choose from.
How do You Buy Luxury Homes?
Luxury homes are in a league of their own because the criteria that determine a home luxury changes and is largely influenced by the clients buying high-end homes at any given time. Luxury isn't strictly based on price. It's a moving target influenced by a number of factors and primarily, trends. For an example, the market once considered luxury homes to be spacious mansions equipped with their own theaters and skating rinks. How times have changed! De-mansionization is the movement of luxury homes becoming smaller, and smarter, but not less luxurious. This is only one way in which the market has changed its demands, and even this trend is not consistent.
Luxury is also influenced by its location in a big way. In Los Angeles where the weather is favorable all year, luxury would be a home that blurs the lines between indoor and outdoor space with large glass walls that open the home up entirely to the elements. Further North, however, being shielded from the elements would be ideal but with elements of design that bring nature inside with the use of skylights, 3 season spaces, and indoor landscaping and plant life. Socioeconomics of a city also matter. In a city so congested that cars aren't utilized much, a home with a multiple stall garage will not be considered a luxury but instead, a smaller space closest to the city center. Luxury homes are thoughtful for this reason, designed around the environment and city they're placed in.
4. Highest Quality Building Materials
At every glance and with every turn in a luxury home you will see magnificent upgrades; granite, hardware, stainless steel and other attractive metals, sophisticated light fixtures, touch screens and buttons, crown molding and tray ceilings, custom closets, and more.
5. Security and Privacy
Coded gates, modern bomb shelters, bulletproof doors and glass, and live feed and recorded security camera systems are all features luxury homebuyers enjoy.
6. Something Special
One unexpected luxury ingredient high-end buyers look for in a luxury home is a cool story, a famous designer, or history attached to the home. For some buyers, this is the factor that quickly brings the home to closing because this type of buyer develops a deeper emotional and intellectual connection to the home.


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Dr. Eva Whitmore is a chiropractor at Balance Chiropractic Health Center located in Oakland and Sonoma, CA and Salt Lake, UT. She began her training as a medical student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. During this time, she experienced chronic back pain as a result of a childhood injury. While in search of medical treatment, Dr. Whitmore found a chiropractor who utilized applied kinesiology. Chiropractic care had previously been unsuccessful, however, she saw positive results within three visits with this particular chiropractor.
Dr. Whitmore was so inspired by her results with this combined therapy that she quickly changed her course of medical study and enrolled in chiropractic school. Today, Dr. Whitmore has her doctorate degree in Chiropractic from Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, CA. She is also a board-certified applied kinesiologist and a certified practitioner of Quantum Reflex Analysis.
At the Balance Chiropractic Health Center, Dr. Eva Whitmore uses a comprehensive approach that combines chiropractic with holistic healing and applied kinesiology. Dr. Whitmore helps patients that are seeking pain relief and balance of their emotional, physical, chemical, and mental being.