Google Plays Up Nexus 7 Tablet Gaming Chops | Kotaku Australia

?Who said mobile gaming has to be casual?? quipped Google?s engineering director, Chris Yerga, at the company?s launch of its first ever tablet this morning. I wouldn?t go quite that far, but the 7-inch (1280 x 800) handheld does have attractive mobile gaming specs: a quad-core Tegra 3 CPU, gyroscope, accelerometer, and a 12-core graphics chip. At $249 in Australia next month, can you see yourself on the train with one instead of, say, a ~$349 PS Vita? Watch the Nexus 7 in action?

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Obviously the two machines are very different beasts. Google?s tablet is pretty much a blown up Android phone (with all the multi-function benefits and touchscreen gaming cons that go with that), and I?m sure you already have one of those anyway. And it looks like those 12 GPU cores aren?t exactly physical; just shader cores (though seriously feel free to correct me if I have that bass ackward). My most lingering impression really, is that Google has gone super competitive with that pricing. And Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) looks like a slick update to the Android OS.

In the video above, Yerga demonstrates Horn from Phosphor Games, who you might remember from the beautiful iPhone action/RPG Dark Meadow. Though Yerga doesn?t actually call Horn an Infinity Blade killer, he gushes that it?s ?a detailed world with the kind of environment never before seen on a mobile device. We?ve got lens flares, environmental effects and even individually rendered leaves on the trees.? Is it the kind of experience that until recently you would not have seen outside of a dedicated gaming console? Check out the refracting water droplets in the Dead Trigger demo in the video and let us know what you think in the comments.

Android favourite Gameloft is already on board also. The company will be optimising 10 titles for the Nexus 7, including upcoming games Asphalt 7 and The Amazing Spider-Man. No word yet on Dark Knight Rises though.

Head over to Gizmodo for full Nexus 7 specs.

7-inch 1280?800 HD display (216 ppi)
Back-lit IPS display
Scratch-resistant Corning glass
1.2MP front-facing camera
Microphone
NFC (Android Beam)
Accelerometer
GPS
Magnetometer
Gyroscope
340 grams

Source: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/google-plays-up-gaming-chops-of-its-new-nexus-7-tablet/

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Apex Center Personal Training | Apex Park and Recreation District

The Apex Center offers an innovative personal training program to enhance fitness and lifestyle through results oriented training designed to help you reach your goals.

Please call 303-463-4241 or e-mail us at for more information.

Working with a trainer is one of the quickest, easiest, and most successful ways to improve your heath and fitness. At the Apex Center, we make personal training accessible for people of all ages, fitness levels, and economic statuses. Our fitness professionals are nationally certified, highly experienced, and offer specialized expertise to help you achieve your ultimate health and fitness goals. Training services include one-on-one sessions and group personal training. You can choose a training method, or consult with a trainer to determine the best approach for you.

Kettlebells:

Kettlebells have been used for centuries in Eastern Europe. They?re great for training the body as a whole with particular emphasis on the core and back muscles. An Apex Center personal trainer can show you how to use them for a challenging and efficient workout. Our professional kettlebell workout will burn fat, increase lean muscle, improve shape, increase range of motion and flexibility, improve conditioning and stamina and help you achieve just about any fitness goal. Kettlebells are exciting, fun and results-producing?perfect for people who are normally bored by exercise!

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Apex Center Personal Trainers

Lisa Heaton

Lisa is certified through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America as a personal trainer and has 15 years of experience with specialty populations that include teens to seniors, pre and postpartum women, and fitness. For seasoned athletes, Lisa challenges them to increase the strength, balance and flexibility necessary for their sports. She also teaches Group Exercise classes. Her goal is to take the intimidation factor out of all the machines, free weights, and training methods so you can come in and give yourself a chance to learn how to feel good again. Lisa is available mornings and afternoons.

Nicole Rieke

Nicole has eight years of experience as a Personal Trainer with additional background in many related areas, including nutrition, weight management, fitness, pre/post natal fitness, special populations, sport specific training and triathlons. Clients will benefit from her enthusiasm, friendliness, knowledge and dedication, as well as her emphasis on safe, functional and innovative activities that suit each individual?s needs. Her background includes a wide variety of sports on land, water and ice; her current passions include swimming and triathlons. She is certified through ACE, NASM and AFPA and available evenings Tue., Thu. and Fri., and on weekends.

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Jay has been involved in fitness and the personal training industry for over 20 years. He specializes in developing fitness routines that promote weight loss and weight management. Jay has vast experience in ?sport specific? training. If you?re looking to improve your power, strength, agility and balance, Jay is your trainer. He is currently working with many adults, figure skaters and young athletes looking to better their overall performance. Jay believes that a fun and functional fitness program will encourage and motivate individuals in continuing the path to a healthier way of life. Jay?s unique training methods will keep you smiling and sweating at the same time. He is certified through the National Endurance Sports Trainers Association and AFAA.

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Charla Hill

Charla has been a Certified Fitness Instructor for 9 years and holds multiple certifications through the Aerobic and Fitness Association of America. Her background also includes Yoga and Kick-box training. Charla works with all fitness levels and needs, and designs personal training programs based on each individual?s needs and goals. She?ll help you work within your own abilities to challenge your body and reach your goals. Charla is available at a variety of times during the week and on weekends.

Jack Perry

Jack is a Colorado native that loves training a broad range of client?le, specifically seniors, teens, and clients with sports specific needs. As a NETA (National Exercise Trainers Association) certified trainer, he has over ten years of fitness experience, six of which have been as a personal trainer. He believes winning is not just gaining strength alone, but rather overcoming one?s total physical needs. Accomplishing this can be obtained by designing a specialized training program that meets individual needs. The result is an overall feeling of great achievement. Jack is available most days and evenings.

Janeen Haller-Abernethy, Personal Trainer/Life Style Coach

Janeen combines her passions for supporting people and encouraging fitness as a personal trainer with a Health and Wellness Coaching focus. She is certified through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America with specialized training on youth fitness. Janeen assists clients in using behavior modification techniques to achieve fitness, healthy eating, disease management, and other wellness goals. She has many years of experience coaching and instructing children, adults, and families. She is available by appointment weekdays and weekends.

Amy Callahan

Amy has been in the fitness industry since 1995. She is a nationally certified (ACE and AFAA) personal trainer and group exercise instructor, teaching yoga, Pilates, kickboxing, sports conditioning, functional fitness and aerobics. She has experience training clients with injuries and post rehab work. She is also is a licensed massage therapist.

Amy has a great deal of expertise designing programs for athletes in many disciplines. She enjoys mountain biking, yoga, snowboarding, rollerblading, rock climbing and hiking. She has appeared on television and in the newspaper as a fitness expert and has competed in triathlons, fitness and bodybuilding.
She states, ?It is my passion to teach other people understand their bodies, be healthy, and feel great. We take care of our bodies and stay fit so that we can enjoy all that life has to offer.?

Tyler Porter

A former semi-professional cyclist, Tyler shares his training and nutritional knowledge with clients, as well as his belief in motivation and education for achieving fitness goals. Besides training alongside the best youth cyclists in the nation, Tyler has also designed successful exercise regimens for endurance athletes and bodybuilders alike. Tyler is a nationally certified Personal Trainer through the American Council on Exercise who can help you to increase core strength, stability, coordination, muscle development, and sport specific performance. His training methods provide variety, challenge and fun.

Alex Stanislawski

Alex has over 4 years of personal training experience, working with clients in every age and ability group. He is certified with the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Certified Personal Trainer and as a Performance Exercise Specialist. He has extensive personal experience and enthusiasm for all kinds of competitive and endurance activities.

He focuses on body-weight exercises, total-body functional training, cardio, core stability and balance and weight lifting. He utilizes his nutritional background to help others realize a lifestyle of healthy eating rather than the short-term ?diet of the month? His overall message is that there are no excuses when it comes to physical activity!

Joelle Dunaetz

Joelle believes that maintaining balance in all areas of life is key to ?being well?, and she uses an untraditional, holistic approach to access fitness and wellness. She has been coaching clients to create lifestyle changes for over 10 years, and for much of this time worked with clients to increase their physical fitness and mind/body connection. She specializes in helping people make positive change in all areas of their well-being- exercise, healthy eating and stress reduction. Joelle is a professionally certified coach, trainer and instructor through the Aerobic and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), the National Exercise Trainers Association (NETA) and Wellcoaches Corporation. Joelle teaches yoga, senior fitness, relaxation techniques and mindful hiking. She is available a variety of days and times.

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The golfers' guide to British golf courses

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Golf is one of the most popular sports in Britain both for players and for spectators. It is such an accessible sport for all ages which means people of all different backgrounds can share a passion for the game. If you have played before, then why not get out your old set of clubs and have a little bash.

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To make sure that you have the most enjoyable day of golfing possible here is a compilation of the best golf clubs in Great Britain, hopefully one of them is near enough to you so that you can give it a go:

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1. Royal St. George?s ? This course tops the list of English courses by a country mile. The Royal St. George down in Sandwich, Kent, has an illustrious history and is one of the most enjoyable courses to play on in the country. The course saw its first round of golf in 1887 and went on to be the first English course to host the Open championship. Since then it has hosted thirteen more Opens, making it the fourth highest played course in the British Open.

2. Royal County Down ? We move up to Northern Ireland for our next candidate, a course that is widely regarded as the best course in the UK. This course opened two years after the St. George in 1889 but quickly surpassed it as the more superior course. Many golfing experts who have played all over the world say County Down is the third best in the world behind Pine Valley and Cypress Point in America. Not only is this course renowned for its playability, it is also considered to be one of the most picturesque golf courses in the United Kingdom.

3. St Andrews ? Next we head to Scotland to what is probably the most well-known golf course out of our selection. This course has hosted more British Opens than any other, a whopping 28, with the last one coming in 2010. It is famous for its seaside location which can often spell high winds for the competitors, and is generally considered as a very difficult course to play. Experts suggest that this is the ninth best golf course in the world, and is by far and away the best in Scotland.

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It is fair to say that Britain has been blessed with some of the best golf courses in the world, and so it should be considering the popularity of the sport in this country. If you have never tried the game before, get yourself out there and give it a go, it truly does have something for everyone.

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Pakistan's Texas-sized problems

Despite the some cultural overlaps, the American and Pakistani paths are parting ways.

By Scott Baldauf,?Staff writer / June 28, 2012

A Pashtun boy stands at the window of his family's mud house, looking at children playing nearby on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, last week.

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Years ago, before Sept. 11, when I first started traveling in South Asia, a Pakistani diplomat gave me a quick tutorial about how his people, Pashtuns, were not so very different from my own people, Texans.

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We both follow conservative religions, although not so closely as we like others to believe, said the diplomat, delicately cutting into a plate of enchiladas at a Tex-Mex joint in Washington. Like Texans, we love our guns. We have very traditional beliefs about marriage and the role of women in society. We love barbecued meat. We distrust government, and hate paying taxes. We?re not as different as you might think.

As intriguing as this Pashtuns-are-Texans theory is, it is clear that the differences between the United States (which includes Texas, for the time being) and Pakistan (which includes many ethnic Pashtuns, for the time being) have become vast. US military airstrikes, aimed at Islamist militants but also killing civilians and even Pakistani soldiers, have turned many Pakistanis against what they see as a ?great Satan.? Pakistani tolerance of, and even support for, Islamist militant groups on Pakistani soil has pushed many US military commanders to conclude that Pakistan is, in effect, more an enemy than an ally. According to Christine Fair in this week?s Foreign Policy magazine, some are contemplating a new approach: either containment, or benign neglect.

At present, Pakistan no longer allows the US military or the NATO alliance to use its ports or roads to resupply NATO troops based in Afghanistan. And with US elections approaching, and Pakistan?s government increasingly fragile, it is hard to see how the two countries can bridge the gap.

Pakistani public opinion has turned sharply against the United States, with a recent Pew Research poll showing that 74 percent regard America to be an enemy, up from 69 percent in 2011, and 64 percent three years ago.

Recent headlines indicate that things are not getting better, but rather worse.

* In her?Foreign Policy piece, Ms. Fair suggests that US military are close to giving up on its tactical alliance with Pakistan. As Fair writes, Pakistan is in such a state of crisis, it couldn?t change course even if it wanted to do so.

Pakistan is in crisis. Its courts act on whim rather than jurisprudence. Its political parties are vast pools of corrupt patronage networks that aggregate elite interests while disregarding the interests of Pakistan's struggling masses. Neither elected politicians nor military rulers have had the political courage to right the nation's fiscal woes by enforcing income tax or imposing industrial and agricultural taxes on the ruling elites and their networks of influence. While the army has retrenched from a direct role in politics, it has done so likely because it has no other option: Pakistan's military suffered a mighty humiliation after the bin Laden raid, which left many citizens wondering whether their country is a failed state, a rogue state, or both.

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Importing a boat to European Economic Area demands CE mark

Boating is a widely known adventure and leisure activity mostly common amongst North Americans and Europeans. Cruising over the high seas or just on the local water bodies has become the favourite hobby of millions. The activity has spawned the interest of people in owning a boat. The Europeans want to import the vessels from USA, the reason being economical pricing with a low rate of dollar exchange.

However, in Europe, importing a boat (importera b?t) comes with a legal liability known as CE marking. The initials CE expands to form Conformit? Europ?enne, which means European Conformity. Whether you are a manufacturer or importer, your product need to carry CE mark as an evidence of conformity with the Recreational Craft Directive (RCD). This is a prerequisite enforced on all the boats to sail on the European waters.

The RCD has outlined some safety guidelines for boats, which have to be met to protect the marine environment and boat users. This unique label means that the vessel is manufactured agreeing to the specifications laid out in the directive. The boats (sports or leisure) with a hull length between 2.5 to 24 metres lie under the Recreational Craft Directive. Even if, an importer imports USA boats (usa import b?tar), he is responsible for CE certification of the boat. In this case, a post assessment process is carried to inspect the boat and modify it according to the European Union standards. Using a boat without conformity mark is a criminal offense in European Economic Area and can charge a penalty of up to 5,000 pounds or 3 months prison.

There are firms which help in the post assessment process. These professionals carry out the inspection of your boat and report you about the modifications, if required. You need to implement all the changes stated in the analysis report for getting the certification. Once the process is complete, the firm will provide you all the essential documents like the declaration of conformity and CE mark plate.

Thus, importing a boat (importera b?t) to European Union is not an easy task. The directive was introduced to reduce the complexities of trade and provide a common standard for business. Along with the builder's plate, the vessel should show CE marking and other details including design category, maximum power permissible, additional weight allowed and number of persons on board. Other information such as the Hull Identification Number (HIN) containing model year, built year, country code and builder's code.

One of the most critical thing to acknowledge, while getting a CE certification, is the authenticity of the firm carrying assessment process. It must be certified under a notified body.

Marine Certification Scandinavia AB carries out post assessment process for USA imported boats (Usa Import B?tar). We understand that importing a boat (Importera B?t) to Europe imposes a duty on the importer and thus, helps them in executing their duty towards Recreational Craft Directive.

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HEALTH & Vitality ? Archive ? Protect your eyes with style and ...

June 27, 2012

It looks like my kids and I need to pick up some sunglasses. Melanie Pickett, O.D., assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute at the IU School of Medicine, said sunglasses are the most important component of a summer wardrobe ? for adults and kids.

Brothers from Carmel, Ind., model proper eye care.

I always wear them, but my kids? Rarely. Pickett said long-term UV exposure ? including reflection from water, sand or pavement ? can cause lasting damage, including cataracts, age-related macular degeneration and eye growths that could include cancer.

Eyes are at risk from harmful ultraviolet rays year-round, but the problem is compounded in the summer when the days are longer and people spend more time outdoors. Pickett said sunglasses of all makes and models are effective at blocking the sun?s harmful rays as long as they block UVA and UVB rays.

?Sunglasses that offer wrap-around protection are best,? she said.

Pickett?s sun-related eye-care tips include the need for contact lens wearers to wear sunglasses regardless of whether the contacts offer UV protection, and the suggestion that sunglasses be worn even in the winter because clouds do not block harmful rays.

Fourth of July

Sparklers can be hard to pass up this time of year, but don?t let the innocent-sounding name fool you: The handheld firework favorite can lead to serious eye injuries.?Jennifer Eikenberry, M.D., a comprehensive ophthalmologist at the Glick Eye Institute, says too many Fourth of July celebrations end early ?when a child or an adult has to be rushed to an emergency room with an injury caused by fireworks.?

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?Playing with fireworks can lead to head injuries, burns and eye injuries that could result in vision loss,? she said recently. ?Children are often given sparklers, and those devices can reach a temperature of 1,900 degrees Fahrenheit, hot enough to cause a third-degree burn.?

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries occur each year. The Indiana Academy of Ophthalmology says children 15 or younger account for half of all fireworks injuries in the United States, with sparkers causing one third of those injuries.

Her tips include not allowing kids to play with fireworks, particularly sparklers, the importance of seeking help at an emergency room for any injury related to fireworks, and more.

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Self improvement - Spirituality - Personal Growth: Do Less, Think ...

In a world crammed with information we are ironically compelled toward action and against thinking. Just to keep up with all the information we act without thinking.

Somehow we feel deceptively safe when we achieve all our deadlines, both those that are imposed on us and those we impose on ourselves. In this age of relative freedom there are a great deal more self-imposed deadlines.

Somehow we get stuck by our freedom.

Somehow we begin making decisions without thinking. And if we don't think, we have no chance of triggering thought for feeling. How do we feel about this?

Feeling is the greatest denominator for our state of existence.

Why on earth do we do the things we do? Is there a purpose, and is that purpose worthwhile? Are we compelled by purpose or are we just going through the motions?

The more time we take to adequately think, and therefore genuinely feel, the more meaning we can derive from the things we do and choose not to do. The things we do are, as a matter of introspection, checked for validity. None of us want to waste our lives, surely.

LESS IS ABUNDANTLY MORE

In a world throbbing with stuff, pretty stuff with frills and many attractive intonations, we still trust too much. We spend endless portions of time in front of computers, locked into our smart phones, collecting apps, followers, and information we may never use.

We have become hoarders against the sense of genuine need.

We are far better off rejecting ninety-eight percent of the thoughts that come into our minds about accumulation. We would be far better served to spend the time with which we rummage through the world, rummaging through our thoughts and feelings.

Only when we have done that can we know what we truly need and, therefore, want.

The skill of the new-age is critical discernment. That is, having the poise and self-discipline to say 'no' to most of the things that are simply there to distract us.

REMAINING FREE IS CONSERVING OUR LIMITED CONSCIOUSNESS

Thinking and feeling are precious. They are finite resources. When we spend our thinking and feeling on unimportant things, the important things get neglected.

If we wish to reclaim our spiritual freedom, becoming and staying more in touch with our emotional selves, and enjoying better portions of thinking capacity, we best learn to conserve our limited consciousness.

The more we learn to reject much of the world, as far as its stimuli is concerned, the more control we have over our thinking and feeling; to deploy these at the right times, in the right ways, within the important things of our lives.

Our world encourages us to do more but think and feel less. The spiritual life reverses this. We enjoy more peace, grace, and inner joy when we do less and think and feel more.

? 2012 S. J. Wickham.

Steve Wickham is a Registered Safety Practitioner (BSc, FSIA, RSP[Australia]) and a qualified, unordained Christian minister (GradDipBib&Min). His blogs are at: http://epitemnein-epitomic.blogspot.com/ and http://inspiringbetterlife.blogspot.com/

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Respect More Important To Happiness Than Money - The ElderCare ...

New research from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley found that a person?s happiness is more closely tied to their standing in their community and how much respect and admiration they receive from their friends, neighbors, and co-workers than it is to how much money they have. Psychological scientist Cameron Anderson set out to examine the relationship between respect, money, admiration, and happiness. And, over the course of four studies which surveyed and followed a diverse sample of participants, Anderson found clear evidence that having influence and social acceptance was more important than accumulated wealth. Having high standing in your local ladder leads to being more integrated into the group?s social fabric, Anderson said. According to Anderson, one reason money doesn?t buy happiness is how quickly people adapt to new levels of income. More here.

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Clocktower Condos Highlands Ranch Colorado New Build Condominiums

Team Sampron of Home Real Estate ? Carrie (303) 931-3629 and Kathy (303) 931-3780 want to introduce you to the Clocktower Condominiums in Highlands Ranch Colorado a New Build Condo community. If you are looking for condo living this community could be the perfect choice for you. Cardel Homes just finished the first of six condo buildings and sales have been very brisk with only three units still available for purchase in this 32 unit building (there are four models located here that will remain until building two is available).

There are four Clocktower condo floorplans offered, ranging from 659 square feet to 1,062 square feet. Cardel is just weeks away from starting the second condo building, bilding 2A, which when completed (estimated at summer 2013) will be the new home of the condo models as well as the Clocktower Sales Office. Pre-sales and interest have been great with several more purchase opportunities still available.

Each building has an elevator from the underground parking garage to the fourth floor in addition to a storage area in the garage for every condo. The buildings have controlled access entries which allow for privacy and peace of mind. Every condo home provides a unique style and comfort that offers practical and functional living for the space most of us use on a daily basis. For many, multi-family living is a new way of living and has proven to be a perfect fit for those who are looking to lock and leave, downsize, right-size, up-size, have a second home or become a homeowner for the very first time. For many it?s like urban living in the suburbs.

As we mentioned, Clocktower Condos Highlands Ranch Colorado New Build Condominiums offers four floorplans which include:

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OUTSTANDING INTERIORS

1 and 2 bedroom plans available; All homes have tech space area; Gas fireplaces in all units; Rounded drywall corners; Wood floors in entrance and kitchen; 29 oz. carpet with ½? rebound pad in bedrooms, hallway, living room and dining room; Door headers on doors facing hallways and public areas; Approximately 9? interior ceilings; Ceiling fan prewire in living room; Walk-in master closet; Window coverings included; Two interior color schemes to choose from

DESIGNER KITCHEN ELEMENTS

42? upper maple cabinets; Granite countertops; Double bowl stainless steel sink; Track lighting; All appliances included: Microwave, Electric range with flat cook top, Dishwasher, Fridge, Washer and dryer

PLUMBING DETAILS

Moen Eva plumbing fixtures in bathrooms; Modern, beautiful, easy to maintain tub and shower surrounds in bathrooms; Moen Camerist chrome pull-out kitchen faucet

DETAILS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Maintenance-free living; Elevator; Underground parking for most units; Extra storage for each home (located in parking garage); All homes have balcony or patio space; first-level homes have extended patio space; Sprinkler (fire suppression system) in each unit; Dual pane, low-e windows; All homes have air conditioning; Phone and TV wiring in each bedroom, living room and tech areas; High-style exterior architecture with stucco, brick and metal accents; Controlled access to building

COMMUNITY BENEFITS

Located in the heart of Highlands Ranch Clocktower retail district. Nearby amenities include restaurants, pubs, bookstores, spas, etc; Public library ? Douglas County; Public park ? Civic Green Park; Public transportation ? RTD Park & Ride; Douglas County School District; Douglas County Sheriff Sub-station; Fire station; Access to walking and biking trails; Four local recreation centers.

Call Team Sampron of Home Real Estate if you?re considering making a move to the Clocktower Condos Highlands Ranch Colorado New Build Condominiums. Remember, when visiting any new build community, the lovely individuals in the sales office work for the builder and not for you, the buyer. Bring representation whether Team Sampron or another real estate professional so that all of your interests are protected. You can reach Carrie at (303) 931-3629 and Kathy at (303) 931-3780 to schedule an appointment today.

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In the first episode, titled ?Something Is Wrong,? C.K. tries to break up with the woman he's been seeing, but he cannot. For one thing, he's in a funk of passivity and mute hesitation. ("What is this? A game of relationship charades?" she asks, from the other side of a booth in a diner while he digs his spoon into his regressive bowl of ice cream.) For another, well, she hasn't even met his kids, so the situation calls more for falling apart than for an active breaking up, doesn't it? For a third thing, there?s the first thing: ?This is amazing. You?re gonna make me break up with myself!? He leaves the diner, and out on the street, a backhoe is casually totaling his car. Is it funny? Yes, like Samuel Beckett.

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FindTheBest, the startup led by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor, has built charts comparing everything from financial advisors to dog breeds to smartphones. And now that those charts can be embedded in blog posts, you might start seeing them a lot more often. O'Connor's aim, as he's explained to me in the past, is to create the site where you can find the data you need to make a decision, presented in structured, easily understandable format. (FindTheBest is also trying to use that data to improve classified ads.) The company says it has created comparison widgets for more than 800 products and services.

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Personal development is actually a highly personal procedure. Everyone functions diversely, which means that your self improvement objectives and programs needs to be custom-made to match your character and needs. Any personal development program needs to be carried out with considerable forethought, because this procedure demands substantial operate and vigilance. This post will outline some pointers that can make self improvement a little less elusive.

Established goals for the upcoming 5yrs of your life. You may not really know what you wish to do for the remainder of your lifestyle, but establishing short-term objectives for where you wish to be is an excellent commence. This also allows you to keep on track and get even more.

If you are having trouble dealing with the results of depression, you will probably find serenity and guidance from signing up for a despression symptoms assistance team. Sometimes our relatives and buddies usually do not know the way major depression can impact us contacting a support class allows you to obtain the assistance of individuals who are undergoing the identical issues you are.

Will you turn out to be offended when other individuals insult you or place you lower? Naturally! So it is only normal that you should allow yourself a break when you begin to have concerns regarding your seems, lifestyle, or expertise. If you fail to say one thing nice about yourself, then you definitely absolutely shouldn?t say nearly anything at all.

In order to greater on your own, you need to attempt to be humble. Stay away from simply being conceited simply because while you are arrogant, you might be close-minded about nearly anything new. Humility means you are proud of your achievements, nevertheless, you generally give credit history exactly where it really is expected, and also you always keep your brain open. Getting available-minded is the key to increasing on your own.

Personal development can be stressful, as it features numerous problems as you?re looking to modify older routines. Make an effort to lessen tension in your lifetime during this period. Minimizing anxiety can protect against overreacting to stressors. This will make each and every barrier very likely to be an eventual accomplishment, since overreacting makes us far more prone to missteps.

To become a much better you, you should appear the best every single day. If you take time to make oneself look nice you will have a whole lot self esteem. You may really gladly be your identiity and may by no means believe bad of yourself again!

As was reported at the beginning of this content, personal development can be a difficult and extended process. Becoming educated about the subject will assist you to have the procedure and easier as well as perhaps enjoyable a single. Utilize the guidance given to you on this page to help you out with your self improvement.

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For Sale By Owner - The Process of Selling Your Home Yourself

Sell your home yourself and obtain full selling price and pay no charges. Selling real estate quick hasn't been an easy job. Selling your home right to the buyer provides you with much more advantages. Because there could be no presence of a realtor who may have other interests in your mind. Individuals thinking about purchasing a house would benefit largely with fsbo purchases. Selling your home by using a property buying company is a little known technique that everybody is using to sell homes quick in the current market. Sellers have bombarded the property market because of the present economic turmoil. Selling your property the fsbo way can be quite attractive since you pay simply no commissions and possess total treatments for your sale. Selling a house through the for sale by owner style is usually debated within the real estate community. We definitely don't blame you for trying to sell your home yourself, instead of using the help of an agent.

Any amendments or supplements to buy contracts should be written around the standard addenda. These forms offer most frequent amendments and changes to buy contracts. Because of this you'll have limited exposure to qualified buyers. If your seller promotes a house like a fsbo, and a buyer who is not dealing with a real estate agent wishes to get your home, the seller pays absolutely no commission because virtually no realtors play in the process. To be able to simplify the owner finance scenario, you ought to have a potential investor prepared for the freshly developed income. These kind of homes can be found on for sale by owner listings that are available on the internet. While a for sale by owner purchase can eliminate the presence of the real estate agent in the deal, it will bring on a lot more responsibilities and dangers for buyer and seller.

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Consumers of for sale by owner houses can meet online, with useful resources directories for lawyers, appraisers, home loan and home remodeling companies. These types of sites area websites that can help you receive serious buyers. You'll find houses or market and sell your very own for sale by owner property. You may also bargain using the seller to get a cheaper closing price, that is if you if did your homework around the house.

Selling a house is not really that simple. Selling real estate by yourself also needs plenty of work, from forms to marketing to showing possible buyers the home. Selling real estate fsbo puts sellers in a hard position. Due to the responsibilities normally handled by the realtor has become at the disposal of the vendor. Selling real estate requires an in-depth and thorough understanding of the housing market. You need to be aware of such things as how to locate the very best motivated buyers,and many other steps that result in a successful sale. Selling a property is as significant as purchasing one. I purchase properties constantly and one good thing about supplying a trader is that you can stay in the home right until your new rentals are prepared to move into. Should you ever consider selling your house keep in mind to give a trader a call.

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ErrorFix Review | TIVAC Visual Art Center

ErrorFix may be a registry cleaner program that was designed to hurry up your laptop, each whereas it?s booting up or whereas it?s running. It will this by obtaining rid of a bunch of junk from your computer?s registry. The question we?ll be staring at during this ErrorFix review is ?Does it live up to its name??

What will ErrorFix aim to fix?

Like the name ?registry cleaner? implies it?s aiming to close up your computer?s registry. The registry is what your laptop uses to store all of its settings, each for the pc as an entire and for all of your programs. Whenever you put in or uninstall a program it adds additional to the registry, and it?s no manner of cleaning itself out.

But obtaining rid of junk and duplicate registry entries isn?t the sole issue it?ll do. ErrorFix can even fix all of the ?Item Not Found? errors that almost all computers have (and most have thousands of them). It wills this by fixing methods in your registry entries. This may create your laptop as quick because the day to procure it, creating it fun to be on your laptop once more.

What ErrorFix essentially will

ErrorFix is in a position to considerably improve the potency of your laptop. Not on that, it?s truly able to get rid of an excellent deal of the errors that folks can typical have on a laptop, simply from traditional usage. There?s a general consensus among users of ErrorFix that the applying support offers them an improved general understanding of their laptop. That isn?t to mention you wish to be laptop literate to require full advantage of ErrorFix.

Final words on ErrorFix

ErrorFix will certainly works to administer you an improved expertise when using your laptop. It?ll create your laptop faster, assuming you?ve been using it for a minimum of a number of months. It?s an excellent, simple-to-use user interface and a step-by-step method that creates it easy for anyone to induce a faster laptop. Therefore grievance that appears to come back up from time to time is that their pre-sales groups aren?t forever on-line so you may simply get to attempt ErrorFix to check if it works for you.

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Nearly 3 in 10 have no emergency savings

By Allison Linn

Most Americans don't have enough money saved for a rainy day -- or even a cloudy one.

A new?survey from Bankrate.com finds that 28 percent of Americans haven?t saved any money at all to cover their bills in case of a job loss or other disaster.

Only 25 percent of people had six months of savings -- the usual?amount financial experts say you should have socked away for an emergency.

And six months might not even be enough?given how long it?s taken people to find a job these days. The median duration of unemployment was 20 weeks in May, or about five months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For older Americans it can be much longer.

Another?21?percent said they had some money saved up, but not even enough to cover three months of expenses.

Taken together with those who hadn?t saved at all,?49 percent of people couldn?t go three months without a paycheck. That?s up from 46 percent last year.

Still, the figure is?better than six years ago, when a similar Bankrate.com survey found that 61 percent didn?t have three months of living expenses saved up.

The recession and the weak recovery have been a wake-up call for?many Americans, sparking an increase in savings and a decline in debt.?But recently there have been signs that people are?taking on debt again for things like cars and education, and relying more on their credit cards.

It?s not clear whether that?s by choice or necessity, although Bankrate research did show that about one-third of those?surveyed were less comfortable with their savings than they were a year ago.

The survey was based on telephone interviews with 1,000 Americans.

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Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) ? It was hard to find a happy soul at the end of the Rio+20 environmental summit.

Not within the legion of bleary-eyed government negotiators from 188 nations who met in a failed attempt to find a breakthrough at the United Nations conference on sustainable development.

Not among the thousands of activists who decried the three-day summit that ended late Friday as dead on arrival. Not even in the top U.N. official who organized the international organization's largest-ever event.

"This is an outcome that makes nobody happy. My job was to make everyone equally unhappy," said Sha Zukang, Secretary-General of the conference, nicely summing up the mood.

In the end, this conference was a conference to decide to have more conferences.

That result was hailed as a success by the 100 heads of state who attended. Given how environmental summits have failed in recent years as global economic turmoil squashes political will to take on climate and conservation issues, the mere fact of agreeing to talk again in the future constitutes victory.

Faced with the real prospect of complete failure, negotiators who struggled for months to hammer out a more ambitious final document ended up opting for the lowest common denominator. Just hours before the meeting opened Wednesday, they agreed on a proposal that makes virtually no progress beyond what was signed at the original 1992 Earth Summit, removing the kind of contentious proposals activists contend are required to avoid an environmental meltdown.

"We've sunk so low in our expectations that reaffirming what we did 20 years ago is now considered a success," said Martin Khor, executive director of the Geneva-based South Centre and a member of the U.N. Committee on Development Policy.

Indeed, the word "reaffirm" is used 59 times in the 49-page document titled "The Future We Want." They reaffirm the need to achieve sustainable development (but not mandating how); reaffirm commitment to strengthening international cooperation (just not right now); and reaffirm the need to achieve economic stability (with no new funding for the poorest nations).

Some of the biggest issues activists wanted to see in the document that didn't make it in included a call to end subsidies for fossil fuels, language underscoring the reproductive rights of women, and some words on how nations might mutually agree to protect the high seas, areas that fall outside any national jurisdictions.

"We saw anything of value in the early text getting removed one by one. What is left is the clear sense that the future we want is not one our leaders can actually deliver," said Greenpeace executive director Kumi Naidoo. "We now need to turn the anger people around the world are feeling into creative, thoughtful and meaningful action."

On the "glass half full" side of things, while the effort to make progress on multilateral talks among the collective U.N. body were a disappointment, the big gathering produced nearly 700 promises and advances made by individual countries, companies and other organizations, in total worth about $500 billion if actually followed through

For instance, the U.S. agreed to partner with more than 400 companies, including Wal-Mart, Coca- Cola and Unilever, to support their efforts to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains by 2020.

Andrew Deutz, director of international government relations at the Nature Conservancy, pointed out that Indonesia, Australia and Colombia all made strong commitments to protecting oceans in their national waters, in part to ensure future food security.

"Monday morning, the challenge will be to go back home and hold governments and companies accountable for the commitments they made here and help them get things done," he said.

Despite the shifting global economic order, with the rise of nations like Brazil and China and a host of other "middle-income" countries, critics said negotiators still argued along the lines of old "north-south" arguments that pit richer developed nations against developing nations.

The Group of 77 nations that represents the poorest on the globe maintained their demand that richer nations in Europe and the U.S. recognize their "historic debt" eating up a much greater amount of the globe's resources since the industrial revolution began 250 years ago. They say rich nations should finance environmental improvements in the poorer nations, and also freely transfer technology that would help the developing nations use more renewable energy and build cleaner industrial sectors.

"Everything has been kicked down the lane a few years, we'll have to wait to formalize sustainable development goals and make the transition to a green economy," said Muhammed Chowdhury, a lead negotiator of Group of 77. "It's not a good scenario."

However, a U.S. delegate member said that countries can no longer debate issues with an eye on the past, that once poor nations are becoming rich, and that anybody looking for the Rio+20 summit to somehow reach a magical agreement and solve complicated environmental and development challenges would be sorely disappointed.

"I think the expectation that there is one document or one approach that can solve one of the major questions of our time ? how do you maintain economic growth and protect the environment? ? there's not one paper that can do that," said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones.

"This is a process. We have to embrace it as a process, look at the positive things we have done, and keep working, as there is much more to do."

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Associated Press writer Jenny Barchfield contributed to this report.

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'Brave' hits bull's-eye at the box office

By Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter

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"Brave" earned $66.7 million on its opening weekend.

Fears that a female heroine would slow down "Brave" proved unfounded as the animated tentpole opened to a whopping $66.7 million at the domestic box office -- the fifth best debut of all time for a Pixar title.

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"Brave,"?continuing Pixar's unblemished record of opening all of its movies to No. 1, also scored the second highest June opening for an animated pic after Pixar's "Toy Story 3" ($110.3 million). Overseas, the Pixar and Disney title debuted to $13.5 million in 10 markets.

The 3D event pic -- receiving an A CinemaScore in North America -- marks Pixar's 13th film and is the first movie in the company's history to feature a female lead. "Brave" did skew female (57 percent), but got plenty of male attention.

"You have to draw men and boys as well to see this number," Disney executive president of worldwide distribution Dave Hollis said. "The themes in the movie -- bravery, fighting for your fate -- transcend gender."

Hollis credited Pixar/Disney animation chief John Lasseter, producer Katherine Sarafian and directors Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman for delivering an "enveloping experience" that drew both families (66 percent) and adults.

One troubling statistic: 3D revenues only made up 34 percent of "Brave's"?opening gross, furthering worries that families find the upcharge for a 3D ticket too expensive.

Still, family product ruled the box office all the way around. DreamWorks Animation and Paramount holdover "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" fell to No. 2 in its third weekend with an estimated $20.2 million for a domestic cume of roughly?$157.6 million ("Madagascar 3"?opened to $60.1 million).?

Animation also ruled overseas, where "Madagascar 3" stayed at No. 1 for the third weekend in a row, grossing $30.1 million from 44 markets to race past the $200 million mark. The pic has now earned $208.4 million internationally for an impressive worldwide total of $366 million.

Managing only a third-place domestic finish was 20th Century Fox's 3D genre epic "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." The R-rated film, playing like a horror title, grossed a soft $16.5 million in its opening. Fox had predicted a debut in the $15 million range -- considering there are no big stars in the film --? but box office observers believed it could get to $20 million.

Directed by Timur Bekmambetov and featuring Tim Burton in the producer's seat, "Abraham Lincoln" received a C+ CinemaScore. The pic's cast is led by Benjamin Walker.

"Abraham Lincoln,"?costing $68 million to produce, features the storied U.S. president as a vampire hunter and is based on the novel by?Seth Grahame-Smith, who also wrote the adapted screenplay. The film is an important test for the "mash-up" genre, with Lionsgate queued up to make the film adaptation of Grahame-Smith's book "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."

Fox believes "Abraham Lincoln,"?which skewed male, will have good legs.

"Audiences will continue to seek out Timur's daring and brilliant vision of 'Abraham Lincoln,' " Fox's incoming president of domestic distribution Chris Aronson said.

The news wasn't good for Steve Carell-Keira Knightley indie pic "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," which debuted to $3.8 million from 1,625 locations. The Focus Features title, directed and written by Lorene Scafaria, came in No. 10, just ahead of fellow Focus pic "Moonrise Kingdom," which grossed a pleasing $3.4 million from only 395 theaters for a pleasing cume of $11.6 million.

"It's disappointing. The right people turned up to see "Seeking a Friend," but they didn't come in volume," Focus president of distribution Jack Foley said.

At the specialty box office, Woody Allen's new entry "To Rome With Love" got off to a strong start, grossing $379,371 from five theaters for a sizeable location average of $75,874 -- easily the best of the weekend. Sony Pictures Classics, which distributed Allen's box office hit "Midnight in Paris," is once again handling domestic distribution duties for the filmmaker.

Elsewhere, New Line and Warner Bros.' troubled musical "Rock of Ages" fell to No. 6 in its second weekend, grossing $8 million for a 10-day domestic cume of $28.8 million. Adam Sandler's comedy "That's My Boy," likewise troubled, fell to No. 7 in its second outing, grossing $7.9 million for a 10-day total of $28.2 million.

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