Hospitality_Recreation

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A guard stands at the entrance to a gated village near Beijing, waiting to check the papers of anyone coming in or out. Guards also roam the villages during the day.

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Associated Press photographs Archeologists (above) take measurements of the wood hull of a 32-foot-long 18th-century boat found at the World Trade Center site and workers survey the planks sticking out of the mud. Archaeologists are racing to analyze the vessel before the delicate wood begins to deteriorate.

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** FILE ** In this Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, a customer reads a Nook electronic reader at a Barnes & Noble book store in Hackensack, N.J. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)

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The curved ribs of a wood hull of a 32-foot-long (9.75 meters) 18th century boat poke up from the mud at the World Trade Center site on Thursday, July 15, 2010 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy prepares to putt on the 16th green during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)

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Tiger Woods of the United States, center, and Colombia's Camilo Villegas, right, and caddie Brett Waldman walk across the Swilken Burn bridge on the 18th hole during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Colombia's Camilo Villegas in action on the 9th green during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Fiji's Vijay Singh hits off the 18th tee during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

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The living room features track and recessed lighting, a wood-burning fireplace and built-in cabinets.

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The living room features track and recessed lighting, a wood-burning fireplace and built-in cabinets.The living room features track and recessed lighting, a wood-burning fireplace and built-in cabinets.The family-room addition features a wall of windows as well as floor-to-ceiling windows on a second wall with a glass door to the deck.

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Owners at Timber Village can choose to add a sunroom to the Potomac model, which features a center-island kitchen with a breakfast area. It is priced from $479,900. Four additional models are available.

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The kitchen in the Berkley model at the Duke in Old Town Alexandria has a breakfast bar. The Berkley flat has 1,557 square feet and is priced from $654,990 to $667,810. Three-level town homes also are available.

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The Berkley model has two bedrooms with two baths and a generously sized open living area including a sunroom, a kitchen, a dining room and a living room with a fireplace.

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An undated image made available by the National Gallery in London of Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin on the Rocks before (left) and after restoration. The gallery says a restoration project for Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks" has revealed new details and suggest that the painter may have painted all the picture himself, instead of with his assistants as previously thought. (AP Photo/The National Gallery)