"Regulating is the fence at the top of the cliff, and we are the ambulances at the bottom of the valley, " says Mark Griffin of the Utah securities division.

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It didn't take a Powell or a Schwarzkopf to know that as a matter of basic military strategy, it was better to be at the top of a hill than at the bottom of a valley.

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There are plenty of other possibilities for exploring the area, including the 12km hike between the villages of Shicheng and Changxi which is popular among Chinese hikers for its stunning autumn scenery: imagine red maples shrouded in morning mist with a village nestled at the bottom of a valley.

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Another 16km south, past grandly named mountains including the Dronningen (the Queen), the Kongen (the King), and Bispen (the Bishop), is another design gem, located at the bottom of the Valldal valley.

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The road dips a precipitous path along the ridge from where the deep geological gash of the Great Rift Valley cascades downwards to meet its bottom at the Dead Sea, 400m below sea level.

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Bottom line: Apple, like Silicon Valley itself, is setting a pace way ahead of the rest of the economy.

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He alerted the Heavenly Valley Ski Patrol, who transported the pupil to the bottom of the 10, 000ft mountain in a caged sled.

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The annual loss of millionaires from the Bay Area--home to Silicon Valley--knocks this extremely rich and fertile place down near the bottom of the new millionaire list, putting it in the company of Detroit, Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

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Honda ( HMC - news - people ) in China, a wave of ten suicides this year (followed by pay raises) at the Silicon Valley-feeding Foxconn factory in Shenzhen and a newly appreciating currency are making factory bosses sweat for their bottom lines.

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