Hey Facebook, What About Our Privacy?

By Uri Estrin

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Facebook has recently launched its graphic tools and this is exposing user's weak privacy settings spilling their content unwittingly back into the public domain. This article discussed Facebook's attitude to user privacy and how users react.

Grace Hopper once wrote that is was ?easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to get permission.? This seems to me to be the corporate mantra of Facebook Inc. And they've done it again with their new graphing feature.

When Facebook really started to take off back in the early 2000s privacy wasn't a concern or issue to either users or providers. This new style of sharing became the new normal and people were happy to post all sorts of private content on the web. That was until they figured out that everyone, stalkers and all, could gawk at their privates.

It took Facebook a long time to segment users into categories and there was a major obstacle to present some sort of security settings based on each group. The forced capitulation was quite simple ? user group pressure. Early Facebookers were the Millennials. They quickly worked out, after a few embarrassing moments, that they didn't want mom and dad to see the same postings, pictures and comments that they shared with their other 20-something friends or of greater severity where employers have terminated users based on their Facebooks postings. This was an obvious and necessary evolution.

Users then became quite adept as closing down their profiles so their admirers, strangers and prospective employers couldn't have a window into their life. But Facebook made this intentionally cumbersome and difficult to use and security around groups even more so. It's easy to understand Facebook's reluctance. Stalking, browsing and just glimpsing into friends of friends or voyeuristic peeks into total random strangers was not only fun, but keeping active users on the site.

But here's the thing Facebook, users always win ? always !! Internet users today are much much more savvy, particular and picky about where their content goes. Instagram, owned by Facebook, tried to dupe it's user with a bait & switch on it's terms of use, remember who won ? Those young Facebook users have already all but abandoned their profiles. They are using things like snapchat ? which protects your digitals. Even sharing one on one, they are ensuring those shared moments are just that, about 3 seconds. This is the new shelf life of openness and sharing.

It seems though that Facebook has learned nothing.

The recent introduction of its graphing tool is a throwback to the days of cyber-stalking. Content that users thought was private is all of a sudden searched and mined and available for all to consume. The user can shut this down through a myriad web of intricate security settings, but most are at this point completely oblivious. Wait until they find out.

It's not that Facebook is some Orwellian, terrible organization that is hated by all. On the contrary, Facebook has served as an incredible platform to connect the globe in a way that no other has yet managed to come even close to. But Facebook is so fixated on it's lackluster share price performance that it's forgetting who its core is ? its users. I'm not sure something is coming along to usurp Facebook, like Google+ or a revived MySpace, but I can tell you that users are going to start parking their content somewhere else, somewhere safe and they're going to ask for neither permission nor forgiveness.

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Mich. governor front, center in Detroit bankruptcy

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder addresses reporters during a news conference Friday, July 19, 2013 in Detroit. Seven governors came and went during the decades-long decay of Michigan's largest city that culminated with a humiliating collapse into financial ruin. It's the eighth, former business executive and relative political novice Snyder, who is aggressively tying his legacy to the prospects of a Detroit turnaround. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder addresses reporters during a news conference Friday, July 19, 2013 in Detroit. Seven governors came and went during the decades-long decay of Michigan's largest city that culminated with a humiliating collapse into financial ruin. It's the eighth, former business executive and relative political novice Snyder, who is aggressively tying his legacy to the prospects of a Detroit turnaround. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

DETROIT (AP) ? Seven governors came and went during the decades-long decay of Michigan's largest city that culminated with a humiliating collapse into financial ruin.

It's the eighth, former business executive and relative political novice Rick Snyder, who is aggressively tying his legacy to the prospects of a Detroit turnaround.

When he took office, Snyder pushed for more powers for the state to intervene in distressed cities and schools. After voters repealed the law last November, he ignored critics and signed another one. He also hired the city's turnaround specialist and, nearly four months later, blessed the request to file for bankruptcy.

For the man with the "one tough nerd" moniker, it's the latest bold decision in a 2 ?-year stretch that's remarkable for the sheer breadth and pace at which Snyder has moved. He's again in the national spotlight just a half-year after making Michigan ? the bastion of the auto industry and organized labor ? a right-to-work state, a move that pollsters say led a drop in his approval ratings.

Though the impact of the bankruptcy filing on Snyder's 2014 re-election may be difficult to predict, it's still a legacy definer that's being watched not only in Michigan but also by Wall Street and other elected officials across the country.

Snyder, a former venture capitalist and computer company CEO, has no known presidential aspirations.

"I don't spend time dwelling on my legacy. I just try to do my job well," the Republican governor told The Associated Press in an interview. "That's relentless positive action. No blame, no credit. Just simply solve the problem.

"Here was a problem 60 years in the making. The can was being kicked down the road for far too long. It was time to say enough was enough. Let's stop, let's stabilize, let's grow."

Detroit's bankruptcy could last at least through summer or fall 2014, when Snyder is expected to ask voters for another term.

"I deeply respect the citizens of Detroit," he said. "They along with the other 9 million people in our state hired me to do this job. They're my customers. This was a tough step, a difficult decision, but it's the right decision."

The first-term governor, perhaps more than any other state's chief executive, hasn't been afraid to confront mounting retiree pension and health care costs hampering state and city budgets. He's done that mainly by signing laws making public workers pay more of their health costs, ending retiree health care for new hires and enticing teachers to contribute more toward their future pensions.

But the stakes could be higher with the Detroit intervention under Michigan's emergency manager law.

Eric Scorsone, a Michigan State University economist and expert on government finances, said while Snyder helped revise the law to make it one of the toughest in the country, bankruptcy likely was inevitable even under the old law ? unless creditors had voluntary agreed to accept far less than what they're owed.

"Other governors may have taken different approaches. But even under the old law, if we had a different governor, it's pretty obvious something would have had to be done," he said.

Scorsone said many other U.S. cities have issues similar to Detroit, though not on the same scale. Other states will be watching to see what happens in part because Snyder ? not local elected officials ? is taking responsibility for improving public safety and other basic needs, he said.

"I think it's aggressive in the sense that most states don't intervene in local affairs to the same extent," Scorsone said.

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, a Democrat who lost to Snyder in the 2010 election, said Snyder "definitely" deserves credit if Detroit emerges in better shape, especially in providing everyday services.

"It's bold and decisive. You've got to give him credit, however late," Bernero said, adding that Snyder should have intervened in Detroit within three months of taking office in 2011.

"There was a sense of inevitability about this bankruptcy," Bernero said. "I would have moved quicker with an emergency manager. The ship couldn't right itself. Why prolong the agony? Lance the boil and move on."

Snyder first struck a consent agreement in April 2012 with the Democratic-led Detroit to wipe out its enormous budget deficit and mountainous debt but appointed Kevyn Orr as emergency manager after that didn't work in part because local officials

Steven Rattner, who was chief adviser to President Barack Obama's auto bailout task force, said from his detached vantage point in New York, Snyder "has handled this thing quite well."

While acknowledging the political difficulties associated with anything viewed a bailout, Rattner questioned why the state and possibly the federal government aren't offering Detroit a rescue package.

"It's not logical for there to be political fallout from putting Detroit in bankruptcy because there's no other alternative to that," Rattner said. "The question people can ask is whether Snyder is offering all the help the state of Michigan can offer. ... These are tough politics either way."

There seems little appetite from either Democrats or Republicans in Washington for a federal rescue of Detroit. Bailing out the city with state money could bring resistance in the Republican-led Legislature and prompt anger from out-state residents concerned about funding their own schools and local services.

"There are so many great things going on in Detroit. We resolve the city government issue, Detroit's really well poised to see outstanding growth take place when people can say there are better services," Snyder said. "We're going to get there."

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Associated Press writer Ed White in Detroit contributed to this report.

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Chrome OS beta channel updated for all devices

If you're using a ChromeBook or ChromeBox and are on the beta track, you'll want to check your settings. The beta track has been updated to version 29.0.1537.32, and brings along bug fixes, security patches and a handful of new and improved features.

For the hardcore nerd types, the big news is the move to the 3.8 kernel on the Pixel and the Samsung 550. Like all software, the kernel has more options and features as new versions are released. The biggest changes we expect to see will concern battery life on these two Intel-powered models.

In addition, there are improvements to immersive mode and monitor scaling, as well new features like drag and drop from the launcher to the shelf and a new consumer kiosk mode. Another nice change for those with multiple devices is wallpaper sync tied to your account. Finally, we see big improvements to search in the app launcher, as it will now "learn" as you search and direct you to the Chrome Web Store if no matching application is found.

To check for an update on your machine, just open chrome://help/ and restart when prompted.

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Colts TE Weslye Saunders draws 8-game suspension from NFL

The NFL has suspended? Indianapolis Colts reserve tight end Weslye Saunders without pay for the team's first eight games of the 2013 regular season for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances. This is the second NFL suspension for Saunders. He was suspended by the league for four games last season while a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 24-year-old from Durham, North Carolina, admitted at that time to using the stimulant Adderall.

The Steelers released Saunders October 12, 2012. He signed with the Colts on October 16. He played in 11 games last season for the Colts, starting four. The 6-foot-5, 261 pound Saunders was used primarily as a blocker. Wearing #85, he caught just two passes for 15 yards.

Saunders enters his third season in the NFL out of the University of South Carolina. He can return to the Colts' active roster on Monday, November 4. He is allowed to report to training camp and participate in all preseason practices and games.

Saunders is the third Colts player to run into off-season trouble in the past month. In June, the NFL suspended wide receiver LaVon Brazill four games for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. Earlier this month, special teams standout and reserve safety Joe Lefeged was arrested in Washington, D.C. on a gun possession charge.

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Law And The City - Jotwell: Legal History

When I was growing up in Chicago in the 1970s, I obsessed about Jane Jacobs? Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961). The book captured much about what I loved about living in the city: The differences one discovered walking down that street instead of this one, the various faces a single block could present at different moments of the day, the way the little independent stores that sold small market journals or Asian specialties butted up against the more generic stores that sold the Snickers bars and Dr. Peppers that I lived on in high school. But there were also things about Chicago that the book did not address: The fact that there were areas not far from my home that I could not go into as a white teenager and other areas that my classmates could not go as teenaged blacks. The way that those spaces were defined as much by the city government?s decisions not to enforce laws or to fail to enforce laws equally, as they were by local preferences. The fact that Chicago?s neighborhoods, and the racial tensions between them, were defined as much by choices to ignore federal laws against redlining, racial steering, or housing discrimination as they were by community norms. And, finally Jacobs? celebration of the local did not capture the extent to which the struggles over those problems were defined by national, and sometimes even international, debates.

I started reading Mariana Valverde?s recent book, Everyday Law on the Street: City Governance in an Age of Diversity (2012), a study of street-level urban governance in Toronto, because it promised a law and society alternative to Jacobs? work. But while I came, so to speak, for the law and society recasting of Jacobs, I stayed for the reminders her work offers legal historians.

Of course, there have been important legal histories of cities before; one thinks of Dirk Hartog?s Public Property and Private Power (1989). Valverde?s book, although not directly a history (though history plays a role in her account), is clearly in that vein. But her book is more than a reminder of important law and society contributions to the legal history of urban life. It is a constitutional story of how people negotiate multi-layered sovereignty (from the local to international) that shows us how historical actors are shaped by, and shape, a mix of legal regimes. Her descriptions of the grey and informal spaces where laws, regulations, government agents, and members of the public interact, demonstrate how blurry the lines between formal law and popular constitutionalism or extralegal justice can often be. And by unpacking that in-between space of quasi-law and discretion, she points us in the direction of the important work being done in Latin American legal history by scholars like Amy Chazkel (Law?s of Chance: Brazil?s Clandestine Lottery and the Making of Urban Public Life (2011)) and Pablo Piccato (City of Suspects: Crime in Mexico City, 1900-1931 (2001)). Valverde focuses on land use and regulation, while Chazkel and Piccato look at criminal law, but all three works describe cities where law and the legal system are merely a part (albeit an important part) of a larger social system. In the process, they also show us how constitutional claims (from state power to the scope of citizenship and individual rights and privileges) are defined, in all senses of the term, by the enforcement, non-enforcement, or disregard of laws and regulations on the ground.

Ultimately, by peeling back the elements of law in Toronto, Valverde?s book shows us just how variegated a city can be; it also reminds us how amorphous the subject of legal history is.

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Third court overturns Obama recess appointments - Washington Times

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Outgoing people lead happier lives

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Young adults who are more outgoing or more emotionally stable are happier in later life than their more introverted or less emotionally stable peers.

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Taj Hotels opens third Africa property

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Source: www.hospitalitybizindia.com --- Thursday, July 18, 2013
Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces has opened Taj Palace, Marrakech, making it the company's third property in Africa and increasing its international portfolio to 17 hotels. The 161?room hotel has 25 suites, a Royal Suite, and four themed riads. Taj Palace, Marrakech features several dining options, serving Moroccan specialities at Rumi; and Asian cuisine at fusion restaurant, Mantra. Bombay Club offers cognacs and cigars. The new property also houses a spa with 14 treatment rooms, two large hammams and a fitness centre, spread across 3,800 sq mts. The range of treatments includes Moroccan therapies. ...

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Chris Douglas-Roberts trying to get his NBA career started again

LAS VEGAS ? He won't roll his eyes. He won't shake his head. He won't sigh.

If this is what it takes for Chris Douglas-Roberts to get back into the NBA, well, bring on as many seemingly meaningless games as it takes.

The onetime college star whose professional career once held significant promise now finds himself among hundreds of fringe hopefuls trying to impress in the Las Vegas Summer League.

It's an odd spot for a player who once averaged 17.3 points a game for a month with the New Jersey Nets.

Not that Douglas-Roberts thinks he's above it.

"At this point, I don't have any ego anymore," he said Wednesday night after a practice with the Lakers' summer league team. "I have to pay these dues, wherever they are. If they're in summer league, whatever, I have to pay these dues."

If things work out, Douglas-Roberts will earn an invitation to fall training camp with the Lakers or another team, where he would have to prove himself anew. If not, who knows? The 6-foot-7 swingman concedes he doesn't have a Plan B because he doesn't want it to detract from his focus on Plan A.

He was one of the last players cut in the Lakers' training camp last fall. After scoring as many as 49 points in one game during a brief stint in the Development League, he earned a call-up with the Dallas Mavericks but was waived after six games.

It was just another disappointment in a series of letdowns that started shortly after New Jersey drafted the former Memphis standout early in the second round in 2008. A knee injury limited him to 44 games in his rookie season.

The following season started with promise even though the Nets lost their first 17 games. Douglas-Roberts experienced a breakthrough, scoring in double figures in 20 of the team's first 28 games before he fell out of the rotation.

Kiki Vandeweghe, who was then New Jersey's interim coach, said the emergence of rookie Terrence Williams and the return of a few injured players resulted in reduced playing time for Douglas-Roberts.

"Chris hit a little bit of a confidence bump in the road when Terrence started playing well and Devin Harris got healthy," Vandeweghe said, "so a lot of the guard time was taken up."

The Nets traded Douglas-Roberts the next summer to Milwaukee, where he had a decent season. But with the lockout looming, Douglas-Roberts wanted to make sure he kept playing and signed with Virtus Bologna of the Italian League.

He's barely made a peep in the NBA since then.

A sprained ankle has limited him for two of the Lakers' three summer league games, his averages of eight points and 1.6 assists on the modest side. But Douglas-Roberts said he no longer fashions himself as a prolific scorer, his game having evolved into one that emphasizes versatility.

"I know people expect me to have tremendous scoring numbers, but that's not what I'm here to do, honestly," he said. "I'm just trying to play more of a point-forward role and get guys involved as if I was actually playing on the real team."

Appearances don't matter as much to Douglas-Roberts anymore. He acknowledged having cringed when he was in the Lakers' training camp last fall, his status having taken such a serious hit.

Now he's willing to do whatever it takes, something Vandeweghe said he's noticed while watching his former player in the summer league.

"He's somebody who has matured a great deal and is not only going to utilize his skill in scoring but to make others around him better, and that's something all young players need to learn ? to facilitate more, handle the ball, maybe run a team a little bit more," said Vandeweghe, who is the NBA's vice president of basketball operations. "Those are all things that come with time."

At 26, Douglas-Roberts realizes time is one commodity that's no longer in heavy supply when it comes to his making the NBA. He hopes a new attitude results in a different outcome.

"Last year, I kind of had a higher expectation," he said. "But you can't do that. You're never done paying dues and that's how I look at this."

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2Q Earnings Beat for United Rentals

United Rentals, Inc. (URI) reported second-quarter 2013 earnings of $1.12 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.01 and exceeding the prior-year quarter?s earnings of 66 cents per share.

On a reported basis, earnings were 78 cents per share compared with the prior-year quarter?s loss of 63 cents per share. Earnings in the reported quarter include RSC merger related costs along with restructuring and asset impairment charges.

Operational Update

Total revenue improved 22% year over year to $1.206 billion in the quarter. The year-over-year rise is mainly due to growth in the sales of rental equipment and an increase in equipment rentals. The results missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.228 billion.

Cost of sales increased to $735 million in the second quarter from $619 million in the year-ago quarter. Gross profit improved 26% year over year to $471 million. Consequently, gross margin expanded 240 basis points (bps) to 47% in the quarter.

Selling, general and administrative expenses went up 4% year over year to $152 million. Reported operating profit raised an impressive five-fold to $250 million. Adjusted operating profit went up 40% to $319 million in the quarter. Operating margin increased 350 bps to 26.5% in the quarter.

Adjusted EBITDA in the reported quarter improved 31% to $549 million from $418 million in the year-ago quarter. Time utilization increased 60 bps year over year to a record 67.9%. The size of the rental fleet was $7.7 billion as of Jun 30, 2013, compared with $7.23 billion as of Dec 31, 2012. The company also realized cost synergies of $60 million in the quarter from the RSC integration.

Segmental Performance

Revenues in the General Rentals segment increased 19% over year to $932 million in the reported quarter. Gross profit for the segment also increased 25% to $366 million in the second quarter from $293 million in the year-ago quarter.

Trench Safety, Power & HVAC segment?s revenues climbed 20% to $77 million in the quarter from $64 million in the year-ago quarter. Gross profit for the segment improved 20% to $36 million in the second quarter from $30 million in the year-ago quarter.

Financial Update

Cash and cash equivalents were $133 million as of Jun 30, 2013, compared with $106 million as of Dec 31, 2012. Long-term debt stood at $6.73 billion as of Jun 30, 2013, compared with $6.67 billion as of Dec 31, 2012.

Cash provided by operating activities was $469 million as of Jun 30, 2013, compared with $88 million a year ago. For the second quarter 2013, total rental and non-rental capital expenditures were $763 million, compared with $472 million in the prior-year quarter.

Outlook

United Rentals reiterated its adjusted EBITDA guidance for full year in the range of $2.25 billion - $2.35 billion. The company has reaffirmed its outlook for time utilization of around 68.0%. It has also retained the outlook of cost synergies on a run-rate basis in the band of $230 million-$250 million for fiscal 2013.

Greenwich, CT-based United Rentals is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of 830 rentals. The company offers for rent about 3,300 classes of equipment with a total original cost of $7.23 billion.

United Rentals currently retains a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Other companies in the building and construction industry with favorable Zacks Ranks are National Research Corp. (NRCIB), Aegion Corporation (AEGN) and USG Corporation (USG). While National Research holds a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Aegion Corporation and USG Corporation carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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Hosting a Party in Summer - Its Overflowing

July 17, 2013 by Aimee ?

Hosting a Party in Summer is always fun!? My hubby doesn?t usually have business trips, but last week he was away for a full week!? My Sweet MIL came out to keep us company (and to take my three sweet B?s home for Gigi and Pa Camp the following week).? Yes, I?m blessed!? While she was here, we decided to spoil my hubby with a special family meal ?Party? when he returned home!

I usually leave my table spread with my favorite burlap?drop cloth monogrammed table runner topped with dried Craspedia Billy Balls Yellow Flowers.? How do I dry them!?!?? EASY!? I just put them in my vases without water (to avoid mold) and leave them there until they?re dry!? They last forever?well, at least for years!? They?re seasonal so check with your local florist to see when they?ll be in stock!? I found mine at Trader Joe?s recently!

For the party, I moved my flowers atop the piano and switched out my runner to a simple DIY white table runner I made years ago.? I knew I wanted to incorporate seashells and succulents!? And I also wanted to pull out some of the colors in my plate collection!

I picked up these coral candles at Target a few months ago and they were the perfect pop of color!

I?ve been collecting seashells for a long time.? You may have seen more of my seashell posts, like my Potterybarn Inspired Beach Table or my DIY ZGallerie Seashell Candleholder Souvineer?!?? Nothing says summertime quite the like the beach!? I?m still loving this Beach House Tour and can?t wait for our Florida Vacation in a few weeks!? I totally need to find a new white dress for our annual family pic!? Have you seen any!?!? ?- Okay enough tangents!

I always find great table linens at Crate and Barrel, I bought these placemats a while back, but everytime I?m there I find more I totally LOVE and for a pretty good price!

My napkins are from Home Goods ? two packages of five!? I love white ? Bleach Friendly!

My reusable chalkboard stakes are from JoAnn?s David Tutera?s Classic Elegance line ? I had my three sweeties each write a little message welcoming Daddy home!

Did you ever see what my pretty white chandelier used to look like!?!? Here?s the Chandelier Makeover.

I?ve had a thing for Mason Jars for years now and it doesn?t seem to be going anywhere!? Love them!? A decorative straw, slice of lime, and some sun-brewed iced tea is the perfect summer beverage!

My napkin holders were found in Target?s Dollar Spot ? 75% off!? Awesome, right!? I can?t ever walk through Target without taking a little peek ? I love the randomness.

If you haven?t checked out my MIL?s blog you should hop over to Zu Haus At Home and say hi ? we both enjoy creating tablescapes!

Curious what I served!?!

Mango and Chicken Shish Kabobs

Knockoff Chipolte?s Lime Rice

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Hands-On With LG?s 100-Inch Laser TV

Technically, LG's 100-inch laser TV is not really a TV. It's a short-throw projector, and something pretty far from the design of today's LED or plasma displays. But because of it performs surprisingly well in rooms with even a significant ...

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Crescent Communities Launches Crescent Main Street in Durham

16 Jul, 2013

CHARLOTTE N.C., July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ ? Responding to a growing demand for large luxury rental living from area professionals, Crescent Communities has launched development of Crescent Main Street, a $40 million multifamily community in Durham?s Ninth Street district. The community will feature the area?s largest luxury apartments complemented by a full range of amenities and easy access to Duke University Medical Campus.

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;?Our research indicates growing interest in larger apartments in the Durham area,? said Ben Collins, vice president for Crescent Communities? Multifamily Group. ?Apartments at Crescent Main Street, many of which incorporate den floor plans, will be among the largest in the region, which we believe will appeal to nearby professionals looking for more space than typically is available in urban apartment communities.? ;

Crescent Main Street, slated to open in Fall 2014, will have a boutique feel with 208 apartments and many of the two-bedroom units will range from 1,200 to 2,000 square feet. ; ;

Crescent Main Street also will be differentiated from other multifamily communities in the area by its exterior design. The three-story and four-story building each features contrasting interior and exterior architecture, color schemes and aesthetics; one of the buildings has a classic design while the other is more modern in look. ;

?We?ve designed Crescent Main Street to resemble a neighborhood built over time ? much like the charm of Durham itself with architecture reflecting the ornate ambience of Old Durham juxtaposed with more contemporary structures,? Collins said.

Within the Crescent Main Street community, residents will enjoy the conveniences of structured and secure parking, a health and wellness facility with private training room, a pet spa and demonstration kitchen. ;Outdoor amenities include a resort-style pool with sundeck, outdoor kitchen and dining area, community fire lounge, rooftop terrace and dog run.

Located on the northeast corner of 15^th and Main streets, the new apartments will be two blocks from Duke University Central Campus and Medical Center and two blocks from eclectic dinning and street-level retail on Ninth Street.

?Crescent is focused on improving the quality of life for residents in all of our communities through thoughtful site selection and community design integrated with the programming of amenities and added services,? said Brian Natwick, president of Crescent?s Multifamily group. ; ?Crescent Main Street offers an exciting lifestyle for Duke University Medical students, employees, professors and doctors.? ;

Crescent has a growing presence in North Carolina?s Triangle area. In addition to Crescent Main Street, the company is developing Crescent Ninth Street (www.crescentninthstreet.com), a 303-unit luxury apartment community in Durham, and Crescent Cameron Village (www.crescentcameronvillage.com), a 282-unit apartment community in Raleigh?s historic Cameron Village lifestyle center. Both communities open this fall.

Crescent Main Street is being financed by an equity investment by Crescent Communities, and Regions Bank is providing a construction loan. Cline Design Associates of Raleigh is serving as project and landscape architect, Historical Concepts of Atlanta is the design consultant, and John R. McAdams of Durham is the civil engineer. Vignette Interior Design of Charlotte is the interior designer and Clancy & Theys Construction of Charlotte has been named general contractor. ;

About Crescent ; ;

Founded in 1969 in Charlotte, Crescent Communities is a diversified real estate investment, development and operating company dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people through sustainable multifamily, residential and commercial communities and responsible land management. Crescent?s portfolio today includes 27 master-planned communities, including its signature Palmetto Bluff, as well as 16 multifamily projects with 4,600 units under construction or in planning/pre-development. The company owns and manages approximately 72,000 acres, including 1,400 acres zoned for commercial use.

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Pro Football Hall of Fame removes Hernandez photo

The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, removed a photo of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.

The photo of Hernandez, who was charged with the killing of 27-year-old semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, was the subject of complaints from visitors.

"In the spirit of good taste we thought we'd take it down," said Joe Horrigan, vice president of communication and exhibits for the Hall of Fame.

The photo depicts Hernandez running into the end zone during a game against the Green Bay Packers in 2010. It was the winner of an annual Hall of Fame photo contest.

The Patriots released Hernandez after he was arrested in June.

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Hungary aims to close IMF office, repay loan early

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ? Hungary is considering paying back early a bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund and also wants to close the organization's office in Budapest.

National Bank of Hungary President Gyorgy Matolcsy said Monday in a letter addressed to IMF chief Christine Lagarde that while they "appreciate the valuable support" the Washington-based group gave the country, the stand-by credit program "is almost complete." As such, it was no longer necessary for the IMF to keep an office in Hungary.

In 2008, during a Socialist-led government, Hungary received a rescue credit line of 20 billion euros ($25 billion at the time) from the IMF and other creditors. But Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government chose not to renew the deal in 2010 to avoid closer IMF scrutiny of its economic policies.

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