The 9, 000-square-foot house, made of wood and stone, wouldn't look out of place in a typical wealthy Midwestern suburb.
The shop also trades in rough diamonds, and the moment Gilmar Campos, one of the owners, takes a look at the stone, he starts to cry.
Down the road, those will be the traits that will help you succeed, as well -- the traits that will lead you to invent a device that makes an iPad look like a stone tablet.
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The owners were keen to move to a smaller house and, after meeting with a Bonhams expert, invited him to look at the stone, which was lying at the end of a path in their garden.
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The Seattle-based Livemocha will continue to operate as it has been but will look to find synergies with Rosetta Stone.
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Designed by high-caliber Hollywood set designers (The Bourne Legacy is among their recent credits), the bedroom has the look and feel of an ancient stone temple tells the story of the Mayan numerical system, alphabet, and astrological chart.
Supports were installed along the edges, slate tile was laid around it for a stylish new look, and the fireplace was resurfaced with matching stone.
Look and you spy a cherub, cast in white stone, dancing on a street corner.
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Guests can look forward to a Camelback Signature Facial complete with a hot stone hand and foot massage, or explore the Camelback Golf Club, featuring two-championship 18-hole courses and a 36, 000-square-foot pueblo-style clubhouse.
As the bus passes Belfast City Cemetery, where the loyalist terrorist Michael Stone once opened fire on a republican funeral, our driver asks the group to look for any kind of peace line dividing the graves.
Just outside of the entrance to the village and linked by a caldera hugging footpath, Perivolas is a longtime favorite, featuring peaceful (no TVs), gleaming white rounded stone cave houses terraced down the caldera, a much photographed infinity pool and guests who look like cover models.
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"It would make such a difference if people would start to look into the history of this much maligned monarch without the old prejudices, " Stone wrote.
And, look, during the recent debate about General McChrystal, remember a decent part of the Rolling Stone article discusses frustration within our own military about rules of engagement around civilian casualties.
"What we're trying to do is to make sure that we look at the evidence and the law in the broadest possible fashion to make sure that we leave no stone unturned, and we will continue to do that, " Reno said.
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