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Certified financial planner Wes Moss provides personal finance advice and accessible investment strategies. His guest post appears here weekly.
There's bad news and good news in the list below. Which is the good news?
A) The race for president is heating up.
B) Congress' own accountants are warning lawmakers a recession looms in 2013 if they don't head off an automated schedule of massive tax increases and spending cuts.
C) Europe is still an economic basket case.
D) The U.S. housing market appears to have hit bottom.
The answer is D. It is indeed good news if housing has finally crash-landed (or stopped going down). An industry can't start recovering until that happens. And we need home construction, incredibly important to the U.S. economy, to bounce back.
In mid-2003, for example, residential investment contributed nearly one full percentage point to our gross domestic product. But in 2005, that investment — heavily dependent on new home sales — peaked and began a six-year slide that has repeatedly stolen nearly a percentage point from annual GDP.
That ended in the fourth quarter of 2011 when housing became a slightly positive GDP factor. It is currently adding 0.3 percent to GDP growth — not bad considering total GDP growth is running at only about 2 percent.
Some signs housing is about to dust itself off and rise up from the mat:
• Flat prices: On a national basis, prices stayed nearly even from May 2011 to May 2012, and even rose 2 percent from April to May. That's a huge improvement compared with the 34 percent drop from mid-2006 until the start of this year.
• Inventory is down: Most real estate experts will tell you a balanced housing market will have about six months of supply available. Inventory levels exceeded nine months in late 2010, but now are much closer to the ideal six months.
• The dream lives: While the number of renters has grown dramatically the past six years, a recent study shows 86 percent of current renters say they still plan on buying.
• Demographic history: Since 1965, an average 0.8 percent of U.S. households have purchased new homes annually. That number has fallen in recent years to 0.35 percent. If we do return to the long-term buying trend, demographic studies tell us we will need 1 million new homes annually by 2015 just to keep up with national demand. There are only 150,000 new units available now, so there is clearly room for improvement for new home sales.
How does this all impact Atlanta? Remember, we are about a year behind home price trends nationwide. (See my March 12 blog post for details.) Prices started climbing nationally at the beginning of 2012, so we could see local prices start to rise by the new year. We're already seeing increases in certain parts of the Atlanta area. Metrowide, second quarter median sales prices were up almost 6 percent, year-to-year.
Further, metro Atlanta's inventory has fallen by 42 percent — only a four-month supply.
Do you think the local housing market is turning the corner?
What are you seeing in your neighborhood? How will all this affect your financial planning?
– Wes Moss, for Atlanta Bargain Hunter
August 27th, 2012
5:33 am
What happens to all the vacant houses? We can't continue to do the same thing over and over!
August 27th, 2012
5:49 am
The value of my Buckhead condo is 50% lower now than four years ago.
August 27th, 2012
6:23 am
JOBS are the key to real estate values and home building.. if Romney wins business confidence and investment will improve dramatically !!
August 27th, 2012
7:09 am
No, "jobs" is not the key. Money is the key. Inflation, taxes, alternatives to ownership. Unlike gold or other hard assets, real estate can be taxed in perpetuity and variably by some of the biggest morons ever to hold public office. The property tax is onerous, misused, subject to outright theft, used for enriching the inept, the thieves of good ol' boyism and their brothers in law, and like all other taxes is a natural brake to the flow of commerce. Inflation is a tax by another name and real estate used to be a useful defense. No longer. Alternatives include mom and dad, rental, homelessness and moving to Costa Rica. More jobs is not the panacea to the real estate fix other than more money sloshing around that might bid prices up and give the taxers reason to up their tax rates. It's going to take a long time to get our heads around the problems we've made for ourselves. Meanwhile, we have to try to get in out of the rain….if we have the sense. I have doubts since we do indeed continue to do the same thing…over and over and over, somehow expecting different results.
August 27th, 2012
7:15 am
The Fed would love to blow another bubble to mask their own incompetence. Putting people back into debt and bankrupting them isn't the answer, though. We're becoming a nation of rent-croppers.
What a lot of folks also don't realize is that we're never going to go back to the sales volumes and pricing of the mid 2000's. Calling bottoms is a fool's errand.
August 27th, 2012
7:21 am
jwc.. if Romney wins taxes will go down too.. conservative values means less gov't… I'm sure lots of " renters, homeless, and living with Mom and Dad " ( 86 % Wes says above ).. want to own homes…. a Romney win means lower taxes and more jobs !!!!
August 27th, 2012
7:52 am
Independent voter- No, there is a negative correlation between taxes and unemployment since 1948, meaning that when taxes are low unemployment is high and when taxes are high unemployment is low. The correlation is statistically significant and consistently negative. That's what the numbers say and it's a fact, so your comment about lower taxes coinciding with more jobs is a complete myth.
August 27th, 2012
8:15 am
Progress = Idiot…. DUH !!!! yes…. when tax RATES are high total tax REVENUE is low.. less people working and paying taxes ……
August 27th, 2012
8:20 am
YES SIR and unemployment plus under employment rates are up to 15 % and going up under Obama.. worse for women and minorities ( 20 % )
August 27th, 2012
8:39 am
JFK tried to restore constitutional money by issuing EO11,110. The Fed is a scam run by the Rockefellers, who, with the Bushes, built "Big Oil" on unredressed murder and arson in 1870's Cleveland, and the Rothschilds, who promote ersatz "Israel," for oil-grabbing in the Middle East, though the only prophecy on the subject, Isaiah's, makes Our Nation the New Israel.
By Adam Smith's basis for "Wealth of Nations," "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," and Paine's "Common Sense," which triggered our Revolution against toryism's fascist plutocracy, then, only the Creator, G-d of the universe, matters, in Truth and Justice.
The People, sovereign under G-d alone, must follow Iceland in Righteousness: Bush and Cheney and their papist and Talmudic Khazar Zionist accomplices of the CIA/FBI and PNAC/Mossad must be brought to Justice for their 9/11 abomination against the Constitution and G-d.
Only Truth and Justice must rule in Our Land, by G-d.
Then, as with Iceland, with the banksters in jail and fascist plutocracy's tories again expropriated, and placed on Tory Oaks, where appropriate, shall "Annuit Coeptis" again pertain, proper values restored.
Until then we are enslaved by tory treason.
G-d is not mocked.
Death for treason, that G-d may bless America once more.
August 27th, 2012
8:46 am
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August 27th, 2012
9:41 am
Independent voter- No, you're wrong again. You apparently don't understand statistics and your reading comprehension is weak as well. First, I didn't say anything about revenue (although when tax rates are higher revenue is also higher). I did say that when tax rates are high unemployment is low, and somehow you interpreted low unemployment as "less people working"? Let me help explain a simple concept to you- a low unemployment rate means MORE people are working because FEWER people are UNEMPLOYED.
So let's try this again, because you seem to be having trouble. When tax rates are low, unemployment is high (more unemployment = fewer people working), which suggests a weak economy. When tax rates are high, unemployment is low (less unemployment = more people working), which suggests a stronger economy. Again, those are facts. So in other words, when tax rates were lowest the economy has been weakest over the last 64 years, and when tax rates were high the economy has been at its strongest, unless you have a way of trying to argue that the economy is strong when there is high unemployment, a pretty silly notion.
Do you understand now? (And I love how the dumbest people are usually the ones calling other people idiots.)
August 27th, 2012
9:56 am
Destin Dawg-
The metric used to calculate unemployment is the same as it's always been, so if you're claiming it's actually higher because there are a hidden number of unemployed, then you have to also say that the unemployment rate throughout our history was also higher because it wasn't capturing a certain portion of the population. So for instance, when unemployment was at its highest ever, which was during Reagan's term, instead of the unemployment rate being 9.7 and 9.6 in 1982 and 1983, respectively, you'd have to say that it was actually around 16-20% each of those years if you're trying to count under employment or any other hidden variables. And actually, unemployment was higher under Reagan than any president ever over 8 years and averaged about 7.5% during his full tenure.
But by your standards (which are not the standards of economists) all you have to do is tack on 7% to the historic unemployment rate for any year to capture your suggested hidden variables. So unemployment was 17% under Reagan, 14.5% under Bush II, and 12.8% under Bush II. There, now we have a little more perspective for the mathematically challenged.
August 27th, 2012
10:13 am
Progress… who would you rather have running YOUR company … Romney and Ryan or … Obama and Biden ????
August 27th, 2012
10:15 am
Progress- after 3 1/2 years of Obama/ Biden unemployment is going UP !!
August 27th, 2012
10:18 am
Destin- Michael Moore is running Progress' business- he's unemployed !
August 27th, 2012
10:23 am
You've got to be kidding, right? You're asking for an opinion when I just gave you factual numbers. Well, my opinions are informed by facts, in contrast to those of you who find "facts" to conform to your opinions. Romney would lower tax rates further, and the numbers show that unemployment is highest when taxes are at their lowest. Taxes are at historic lows now and unemployment is very high, so the numbers would suggest unemployment would get even higher under Romney's plan. He left Massachusetts in shambles and created fewer jobs during his tenure there than all but 3 other governors (he was #47 in the nation). In his business life he made himself rich and everyone else he came in contact with much poorer. There's nothing in his track record that would suggest that his policies would improve the nation's economy; as a matter of fact, it suggests just the opposite- a return to GW Bush economics and another depression. Ryan's plan would turn Medicare into a voucher program. Those vouchers would not cover the high cost of insurance for the elderly, so it would lead to an explosion of poverty and famine among retired people. No thanks. The nation is not a company.
August 27th, 2012
10:39 am
"Independent"- I see that at 10:15 you had no rebuttal to the facts I laid out at 9:41 so you changed the subject. Pretty spineless of you.
You are absolutely incorrect (again) that unemployment is going up under Obama. Unemployment was 9.3 in 2009, the year he took over, then 9.6 in 2010, then 8.9 in 2011, and will be somewhere around 8.1 or 8.2 this year. So are you saying that 8.2% is higher than 8.9 or 9.6 or 9.3? I'd suggest that you need to take one of my statistics classes, but from seeing your lack of ability in math and reading, I can say with certainty you'd never be accepted to the school.
Since his first 6 months in office he has created more jobs in 3 years than Bush did in 8 years. There has been something like 28 straight months of job growth. And no economist, not even the most conservative or the least intelligent (likely one in the same) would suggest that economic outcomes during a president's first 6 months in office are due to that president's policies, which would not have had a chance to take effect yet. The outcomes during the first 6 months of a president's tenure are always due to the holdover effect of the prior president's policies. And since that time we have had job growth every month.
At some point you should begin using actual facts because all you've offered so far is nonsensical and blatantly false rhetoric. I won't call you a liar, though, because it's more likely that you're just not smart enough to understand the details (since you think that low unemployment means "less people working").
August 27th, 2012
10:43 am
As a buyer we completely feel that the housing market is picking up. We have been looking to purchase are 1st home in the Smyrna/Vinings area the last 2 months and have run into multiple offers, higher prices, and little to choose from. When a house gets listed if it is in good condition and priced within comps it is undercontract in 1 – 10 days. As buyers we are finding that there is not much neogiating room and is almost more of a sellers market, different from what everyone has been saying. Its all a matter of supply and demand, when supply is short, price goes up.
August 27th, 2012
10:54 am
Progress…. What ?? you don't understand when TAX RATES are high = TOTAL tax revenues are lower because fewer people are working ?? I have an MBA and a million net worth !!!
August 27th, 2012
10:59 am
household income is DOWN $4800.00 since Obama's recovery began in June 2009 !! Hope and Change ???
August 27th, 2012
11:06 am
No, when tax rates are high unemployment is low. When tax rates are low unemployment is high. Once again, these are just the facts. You can pull the numbers on top marginal tax rates since 1948 and the numbers on unemployment since 1948, then run a Pearson product moment correlation and you'll see that there is a statistically significant negative correlation with 98.7% certainty that what I have described is correct. But then, I have a feeling you have no idea how to run or interpret a correlation. And your online "MBA" from the University of Phoenix or DeVry or whatever means nothing to me, particularly since you've made it clear you cannot understand basic statistical concepts. Your writing and thinking make it apparent that if you have any degree at all you purchased it from a diploma mill.
August 27th, 2012
11:12 am
@ Destin (I won't use the term "Dawg" because you sully the name of one of my alma maters)- That's exactly what we would expect in an economy such as this. When unemployment is high businesses can offer the lowest wages possible for the best workers because the many unemployed workers are competing for few jobs. This is exactly the same principle the article above describes; the basics of supply and demand in the housing market work the same way as supply and demand in the labor market.- a high supply of available workers = low wages. Are you going to blame the fact that the sky is blue on Obama as well. Or that water is wet?
August 27th, 2012
11:43 am
it must still be Bushes fault ???? 3 1/2 years and Obama own it and Romney will win in a landslide !! then things will pick up !!
August 27th, 2012
11:47 am
Indiana University B.S. in business and marketing in 1967 … MBA in 1972 on the G. I. bill after a tour in Vietnam.. Do you have a job ??? you're on here ALL DAY !!
August 27th, 2012
11:47 am
Only those of Romney's ilk, his fellow draft-dodging closet-queens, would ever see any virtue in scum no-men such as he, who took Salvadorean death-squad money to begin his worship of Mammon. Romney is beneath contempt, and it is no mystery how the curse causeless has not come, manifest in his effeminate "sons."
August 27th, 2012
11:54 am
"Independent"- If your reading comprehension was better you'd know what my job was, because I made it pretty clear earlier. Your "education" failed you miserably, unfortunately.
Destin: I left a comment in response to your 11:43, but it's being moderated because it contains links. If and when it gets through you'll find it at 11:48.
August 27th, 2012
12:37 pm
Certified financial planners, like politicians, should be fully aware of their choice of words in attempting to convey critical issues. To be sure, a healthy housing market is one OF MANY issues necessary in anything resembling economic health. However, Mr Moss, as with many views of uninformed pontification, has fallen prey to the world of instant gratification…specifically, the US economy will NOT/NEVER simply " bounce" back. I hear that term coming from so many quarters and, quite frankly, it pisses me off. The current state of fiscal doldrums took many years to develop; many many forces, independant of one another yet inter-related, were involved in this fiasco.
To simply "wave the wand" and insinuate "Go forth and buy a house, young man" is incredibly short-sighted and overly simplistic. This is tantamont to bringing the leaders of waring nations to the table and insisting "play nice and all bad things will go away"…unfortunately, Mr. Moss…good intentions notwithstanding, a REAL national economic recovery will require just a little more beyond wide-spread home ownership, like maybe a little in the way of political commitments which encourage economic initiatives, both at the private and business levels.
Nothing, sir, simply "bounces" back; certainly not when the damage was incurred over years/decades of idiocy and short-sightedness.
August 27th, 2012
12:40 pm
Progress . . . Interesting posts. You teach statistics, huh? Before you stated that I was guessing you were an economist.
August 27th, 2012
12:50 pm
Repatriating and expropriating the thirty trillion dollars America's fascist plutocracy, profiteers of the Rockefeller-Bush Fifth Column's multi-generational treasons and depredations, has "off-shored," and a return to constitutional money, will go far toward healing Our Nation's political economy.
August 27th, 2012
7:51 pm
Can someone explain to me why, if the real estate market in ATL has bottomed, did my property tax increase by 26% this year? I do not understand how this is possible. Before you ask, my property tax has gone up/down every year, so it isn't like it has been low for a while and corrected this year. My "Fair Market Value" literally went up 26% from 2011 to 2012. I never received the assessment letter, so I have no way of appealing it. Recent home sales in the area are nowhere close to the assessed value. No improvements..etc. I contacted the assessor's office and they basically ignored me because the window of opportunity to appeal the assessment has come and gone. I feel like I am being gouged by the city, and there is nothing I can do about it. Any advice from anyone on what I can do?
August 28th, 2012
12:25 am
To Atlanta it says…Taller Grass, for More Vacant Homes.
August 28th, 2012
1:09 am
@ATL Home Owner – My assessment was substantially over my purchase price but I'm just going to happily pay the tax as substantiation for a higher sale price to the hordes who are flooding into Atlanta, the New Jerusalem and Center of the universe, from all over America and the globe, looking to get a piece of Paradise by buying a house in the best city in the world.
August 28th, 2012
11:01 am
According to Zillow, my home is up$108K over the last 30 days to over $750K. Whaddup with that?
August 28th, 2012
11:02 pm
Well at least the market is stabilizing and not plummeting anymore. It seems that with so many people renting out homes this is a great time to invest in housing. Here is a great site with tons of information on how to start investing. http://arixacapital.com/about-us/faq-about-investing-in-single-family-homes/


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It's a tough subject to tackle. After all, veterinarians do plenty of annoying things, too. But this particular post is all about you — well, not you, but the annoying yous among you. Not that most of you deserve this, but some of you just might! So without any further hedging, let me launch into the most annoying things pet owners do.
Need I say more? Is there anything more annoying and disrespectful than answering a phone call while your vet is delivering her state-of-your-pet's-health address? OK, it might be worse if you dug out your phone to initiate a call midexam, but only by a smidge. They're both just plain rude.
I dearly love children (mine mostly, but yours can also be cool), but very young or badly behaved children are an unnecessary liability in a veterinary environment. It's hard enough to keep pets safe — much less kids. So unless your children are old enough and/or chill enough to hang out in a vet setting, they should probably stay home.
One exception: If your pet has an emergency and you have no one to care for your kids, you are most definitely excused. We'll understand. Call ahead and we may even assign an employee to keep tabs on them so you can concentrate on what's wrong with your pet.
This is not the dog park. And, for the record, retractable leads should remain in the shortest, locked position for the duration of your visit. After watching an innocent human get taken down in the lobby by an overlong retractable line, I decided there should be a law against these in vet hospitals.
I've never been able to fathom why some owners insist upon bringing their cats to the vet hospital without carriers. Some will use harnesses, which won't help them when faced with a truly motivated dog. And, honestly, I'd never blame a dog for attacking a cat in a veterinary hospital environment. After all, these cats are probably giving off cornered prey vibes that some dogs can't ignore.
Remember my post on cats in carriers? Cats are more comfortable in uncertain environments when they're enclosed.
It drives us crazy. These clients effectively employ us to be their experts, then they put up roadblock after roadblock: No, my pet is not fat. No, my pet's teeth are not rotting. No, he's too old for surgery. No, her claws are not too long. It's exasperating!
I can understand why you might (and should!) question your veterinarian about health care issues that are important to you, but why come to the vet if you're unwilling to have an open dialogue about what your pet needs and doesn't need?
It happens more often than you'd think. Pet owners agree to hospitalization and procedures — and later refuse to pay. Sometimes they say that they forgot their checkbooks. Other times they claim to have misunderstood the payment policy, even though there's a sign in almost every veterinary hospital in the United States that explains payment is expected when services are rendered. I even had a client cancel her Amex payment after we saved her anemic cat's life with a blood transfusion.
There's no shame in admitting that you can't medicate your difficult cat or trim your unruly dog's toenails. Veterinarians are pet owners, too. We absolutely understand why you might not be able to manage these not-so-simple tasks.
But you've got to let us know if you can't, don't or won't do what we say. After all, we have plenty of alternatives to offer. And there are few things more frustrating to a veterinarian than failing to treat a patient who could have been helped if only the vet were able to employ some ingenuity.
Want to give your veterinarian the best holiday gift ever? Resolve to be a more honest, open, conscientious, cat box-carrying, child care-finding, cell phone-shirking client. For my part, I promise to offer you a New Year's post on my personal mea culpa. It's a fair trade, don't you think? That is, as long as I do as I say and follow through.
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Some people use the global marketplace to make thousands of dollars. Discover their moneymaking method and how to make it work for you.
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With a little shopping savvy, you can turn the global marketplace into your own personal moneymaking machine.
Whether you're looking for some extra pocket change or want to earn enough to replace a full-time job, the income potential is there for the taking. Some people are making thousands of dollars and more buying and selling online, and you can learn how to do the same.
There are two main ways of buying and selling for profit. One involves buying new items cheaply and turning around and selling them elsewhere at a significant markup. The second method is similar. However, it involves used items and requires you to develop a certain level of expertise in a specialty area.
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The fancy term for this method is retail arbitrage. All that means is scouting retail shops for local deals and turning around and selling the items on the global marketplace for much, much more.
These are the four steps to make retail arbitrage work for you:
- Open an Amazon seller account. Start by opening an Amazon seller account. You could sell your finds on a lot of different websites, but Amazon is by far one of the largest and easiest marketplaces to use.
- Watch for clearance items and store closeouts. Next, keep your eyes open for clearance sales, business closeouts or other items being sold at a deep discount. You're looking for brand new, undamaged items in their original packaging.
- Use an app to find the most profitable items. Once you find some items with good potential, scan the UPC with the Price Check by Amazon app to see what the items are currently selling for on the site. If the markup is good -- at least 50 percent -- you may have a winner.
- List items and sell for a profit. After buying your bargains, turn around and list them on Amazon using your seller account. You could hold the items and ship them as they sell, but using the Fulfillment by Amazon service makes selling infinitely easier. You pay a price for the service, but Amazon holds your inventory and ships your items as the sales go through.
Making money selling online doesn't get much simpler than retail arbitrage. Startup costs are minimal, and if you spend only what you can afford, there isn't much risk either. Plus, using Fulfillment by Amazon means no storage and reduced shipping time and costs on your end.
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How many times have you been at a garage sale and noticed an expensive item being sold for way less than it's worth? Specialty selling is all about finding those gems and selling them someplace where they'll bring in their true value.
This second method of selling online involves a little more effort and expertise on your part. Typically, there are no barcodes to scan, and no app to tell you what something's worth. You need to know the market well enough to spot the moneymakers on your own.
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- Limit your focus. Start by focusing on a few categories of items, such as brand-name baby clothes or collectible Zippo lighters, and become an expert in those areas. Once you feel you have a handle on those initial items, you can branch out into more categories if you want.
- Pick lightweight and compact items. Because you'll be shipping items, focus on those that can be easily packed and inexpensively mailed.
- Beware items with headache potential. When selecting your area of focus, keep in mind that some categories of products may be more trouble than they're worth. Electronics can make a nice profit, but secondhand items may be defective. Fragile items can get broken in the mail. Designer handbags can be counterfeit. You don't have to rule these categories out completely, but tread carefully.
- Know your prices. Before you start shopping, you need to know what the items in your category are worth. EBay will be your go-to place for pricing many items. When you're researching prices there, it's important to look at the selling price on closed listings rather than the asking price on active listings. Just because some sellers have $50 Buy It Now prices doesn't mean that's what items are selling for.
- Scout out deals locally and online. Garage sales and local thrift stores are going to be your best sources of specialty items being sold for a song. Either people don't know what items are worth or, in the case of garage sales, they simply want the clutter out of their house. However, don't overlook online sources such as Craigslist and local classified ads as well.
- Sell on the right venue. Again, eBay tends to be the best choice for many items, but it's not your only option. Half.com can be used for books and movies. Amazon can also be a good choice. For vintage items, check out Etsy.com. Some categories of items, particularly collectibles and antiques, may have websites and discussion boards dedicated to them and could be a good way to connect with potential buyers.
Specialty selling can be more involved than retail arbitrage. It may be harder to find things to sell, and you'll generally need to store and ship everything yourself. However, if you find the right niche, you may discover that the items are more profitable and there is less competition from other sellers.
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The Kidd here...
Anytime I choose to hold a contest that requires its participants to do something more than just submit their names and hope for some random dumb luck, it's always interesting to me to watch people bitching and complaining about how they don't have time to do something of the sort. They have a life, you know? They can't put forth any effort, because, for some reason, they're entitled to whatever I'm giving away, and I should just hand it over. After all, their very existence is enough reason that they should be the ones claiming the prize.
Well, sorry... that's not how it works. Ain't It Cool has always been about the community it fosters and encourages. There's always been a level of interactivity to the site that others have never been able to even come close to capturing or duplicating. And that's something that should continue to flourish through people who are willing to go the extra mile in ther geekdom for something they'd like to have, something they think is cool. It's your prerogative if you just want to drop the 20 bucks on your own and pick up a Blu-ray... but it's my prerogative to do something that might engage people... and those people's prerogatives to say, "Fuck it... I'm getting involved."
I really didn't know what I was going to get out of asking people to record their own cover versions of the "Thunder Buddies" song from TED. But I knew that some people would brave internet embarrassment (because who the hell cares) for a chance at owning one of last year's tremendously funny movies.
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- Thomas Stadlauer and Leigh Price
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Dec. 19, 2012, 1:58 p.m. CST
No hating here...
by Bill C.
...though I'm surprised only one teddy bear actually appeared (maybe there were more in the other submissions?). And Thad Pittman, whomever you are: you REALLY need to do 'One More Kiss, Dear.'
Dec. 19, 2012, 2:01 p.m. CST
I couldn't come up with a Howard the Duck idea for this contest. lol
by Michael_Jacksons_Ghost
I like the challange of the AICN contests.
Dec. 19, 2012, 2:12 p.m. CST
Thomas Stadlauer won the Prometheus contest, too....and I think he was going to BNAT, too. This guy is all over the AICN contests.
by Bobo_Vision
Dec. 19, 2012, 2:33 p.m. CST
thank you, The Kidd!! :)
by brightgeist
your contests are great, and i'm looking forward to my TED blu-ray!
Dec. 19, 2012, 2:37 p.m. CST
by brightgeist
i just enjoy making videos for fun, and if it wins me great stuff, even better! ;)
Dec. 19, 2012, 2:50 p.m. CST
Your videos are good, brightgeist. Congrats
by Bobo_Vision
Dec. 19, 2012, 2:54 p.m. CST
by brightgeist
Dec. 19, 2012, 2:58 p.m. CST
The difference between Britgeek and every other writer on this site
by Denty420
... is clear. Britgeek's competitions are open to everyone around the world, but every other hack on here likes to be insular and restrict entries to the good ol' US of A and Canada. Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot. The US and Canada are the only places in the world. The rest of us don't exist, do we?
Dec. 19, 2012, 3:20 p.m. CST
Wow. Some talkbacker widdled in the Kidd's coffee this morning.
by Hint_of_Smegma
The Kidd vs Talbacker greed. While I agree with the sentiments, Kidd, did you really need to vent so on what should have been a congratulatory post to the people that did put the effort in? What was the point? Do you think it will shame the lazy ones who don't want to get into the spirit of things? And talk about aggrandising the site there - no offence matey but it's not a patch on what it once was, and most of us old timers come here out of habit rather than because of the sites attractions these days. A blu-ray giveaway is hardly the pinnacle of internet interaction. Add to that an acid outburst that was kinda pointless, and you're making yourself the equivalent of the old uncle who gives his family presents at christmas but makes sure they damn well know it's an inconvenience and he doesn't think they really deserve them.
Dec. 19, 2012, 4:52 p.m. CST
The Kidd vs. The AICN Talkbackers
by Michael Thompson
Sorry, Kidd. The contest WAS stupid and people voiced their opinion. I don't think anyone felt entitled. I feel the majorities prerogative was that the contest took a lot of effort for a $20 blu. It is the busy time of the year by the way. Sorry if I came off as rude. Your intentions were good, but some people work 40+ hours a week and don't have the luxury to give that much precious time for a contest they would like to enter.
Dec. 19, 2012, 5:16 p.m. CST
I dunno
by skoolbus
It took my entry longer to upload than to record. And I won. I looked at it like getting paid $25 to have fun spending 30 minutes making a little song. Now we can watch Ted in my bar. Yay!
Dec. 19, 2012, 5:16 p.m. CST
"the community AICN fosters and encourages" being North America...
by AttackingClone
That is a lot of peoples problem. You have a whole world of readers you know.
Dec. 19, 2012, 7:04 p.m. CST
•Thomas Stadlauer is that a freakin tanning bed behind you?? looks like a bunch of bulbs?
by peter
Dec. 19, 2012, 8:16 p.m. CST
by brightgeist
that's the heating ;) it's a somewhat unusual design for a heater, admittedly
Dec. 19, 2012, 8:36 p.m. CST
Thanks Kidd! I don't think I've ever won anything before. Great contest idea.
by Thad Pittman
That's my guitar video, I hope it made y'all laugh. And for the record, I despise country music.
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by KDog629
As one of the bitchers from the last post, I just wanted to clarify something: Speaking only for myself, it's not that I'm lazy. It's that the prize wasn't worth the effort. I don't want something for free. It's that if I wanted the Ted Blu Ray, I'd have it. It's easily obtainable...to the point of it arriving at my door for free, and the trade-off isn't worth the effort. Recording the Thunder Buddies song was worth at least a signed copy...or Mila Kunis kissing the disc sleeve, or something.
Dec. 20, 2012, 4:58 a.m. CST
The Kidd wont respond because he knows that majority of the Talkbackers are right.
by Michael Thompson
Dec. 20, 2012, 7:52 a.m. CST
Some people just like opportunities to be creative and win stuff
by Larry Sellers
And it's a goddamn bluray. They knew what they were getting. They had fun with it and earned their prize. But Kidd should understand that with contests like this, it does little to actually foster a community. Just look at that TB from the announcement. So, Kidd, a suggestion... Maybe next time keep the creative aspect for a better prize (as was suggested several times, a copy signed by someone from the cast? Hell, even a Ted bear?) and then also have a random drawing as well? That way, not only do the more eager and creative folks have a chance to do something cool and entertaining, but all the rest have the chance to win a little something as well.
Dec. 20, 2012, 11:27 a.m. CST
Were there only 3 entries?
by jim
Or 3 entries that abided by the rules? Or 3 entries deemed "good enough" to win? I ask because the original posting of the contest stated there were 5 copies to be won. What happened to the other two?
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TUCSON, AZ (AP) - Immigrant rights supporters rallied outside the downtown headquarters of the Tucson Police Department to protest the arrests of two men.
A day labor organizer in Tucson was pepper sprayed and arrested after he lay down underneath a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle in an unsuccessful bid to thwart the arrest of another man.
It happened on Sunday afternoon, near the intersection of 24th and 9th streets in the South Side.
Tucson police spokesman Fabian Pacheco said day labor organizer Raul Alcaraz Ochoa was pepper sprayed Saturday after he refused to come out from underneath the Border Patrol vehicle.
Pacheco said Alcaraz was protesting the arrest of a driver whose vehicle was pulled over after officers got a call from someone reported two children being put into a car trunk.
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Once they questioned him, police say they did a records check and discovered that the driver, Rene Meza Huerta had a suspended licence. They also noticed 4 out of 5 children in the hatchback were not restrained in child safety seats, as required by law.
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Dozens of protesters showed up outside TPD headquarters downtown. They chanted, and held up signs accusing police of racially profiling, and saying they were tearing families apart.
Ochoa, who had just been released from jail showed up at the protest and spoke to Tucson News Now, saying he felt compelled to lay down in front of the border patrol vehicle.
"I felt it was necessary to do this to bring spotlight to detentions and family deportations," said Ochoa.
Ochoa said police should not have contacted immigration, saying the traffic citations had nothing to do with a mans immigration status.
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Pacheco added that SB 1070 required officers to contact Border Patrol when they made any arrests during traffic stops.
Ochoa said police should find loopholes in the law and get around it.
"There are certain loopholes in SB 1070 they can take, to not have to create this terror and family separation in our community," said Ochoa.
We asked him what loopholes he was talking about. Ochoa said there was a loophole in the law that stated that police did not have to contact Immigration if it interfered with another investigation they were conducting.
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"The Tucson police department conducted themselves in accordance with our established rules and procedures, our general orders. They also notified and conducted immigration check as required and mandated by the law," said Pacheco.
Huertha is being detained by Border Patrol. Local immigrant advocates continue to demand that he be released.
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My 14 month old won't eat anymore. It all started when I began giving her table foods. She doesn't seem to like anything. I have heard many different forms of advice, but don't know which to follow. She is skinny to begin with so I have a hard time just letting her not eat.
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Toddlers are 'grazers'. They often eat as much again in snacks and nibbles as they do in meals, and many parents are pleasantly surprised when they look back over a two-week period.
Then, if her growth isn't suffering, re-frame the issue in your mind, not as one about nutrition but as one about control. The great goal of toddlerhood (besides making large messes) is independence, and struggles over control often center around toileting and feeding. The bottom line is you really can't control any longer what she chooses to swallow, though you can certainly influence it greatly. On the other hand, hunger is a powerful drive, and children won't deliberately starve themselves. If a parent plays it right, toddlers end up growing up and out of their picky phases.
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The billion-dollar Bay Lake Project was announced in 2012, and is aimed at improving electrical service to customers in Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
"The North Appleton-Morgan Project is needed to address reliability concerns, changes in generation and demand in the region, and the evolution of a wholesale electricity market," David Hovde, ATC local relations consultant, said in a news release. "Without these reinforcements, areas of northeastern Wisconsin, including Green Bay and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, would be vulnerable to widespread outages."
The North Appleton-Morgan project also includes expanded facilities at the substations at either end of the line, a new Benson Lake substation at the site of the Amberg Substation in Marinette County and work at 11 substations in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
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Plastic surgery is a growing business in Hawaii, with thousands of local customers and others flying in from the mainland, Canada, Japan and South Korea for procedures, say two of Hawaii's top specialists in the field.
Dr. Robert Peterson, chief of plastic surgery at Kapiolani Medical Center, says Kapiolani's Athena Clinic performs about 100 surgical and nonsurgical procedures each week and has about 1,000 new clients every year, plus returning patients.
Dr. Todd Mirzai, like Peterson, is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He operates Hawaii Plastic Surgery Associates and, with thousands of clients and locations on all four major Hawaiian Islands, says he performs three to four major procedures a week.
"Repeat business and word of mouth are cornerstones of our practice," Mirzai says.
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The Hawaii Medical Association's Physicians Directory lists 30 doctors who do plastic surgery. Nationwide, men had 1.1 million cosmetic procedures done last year, up 2 percent from 2009, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. But women still accounted for 91 percent of all cosmetic procedures in 2010 – 11.5 million.
Plastic surgery is expensive but rarely covered by insurance. The cost varies among physicians, often based on their experience, the procedure, materials and technology used, anesthesia needed and other factors.
"To stay abreast of the latest technology, we are often paying a small king's ransom for new devices and equipment," Mirzai says. "If patients want the latest and greatest like they would have access to in Manhattan, Beverly Hills or Miami, we need to charge what will make that delivery make sense financially."
Though most patients recover from plastic surgery at home, Mirzai is also trying to cater to those who want a complete getaway – "a full-service model." Here's how it works:
• Clients fly into Maui and transportation is provided from the airport;
• They stay at a private bungalow provided by Hawaii Plastic Surgery Associates near the surgical facility;
• After the surgery, clients return to their bungalows, where the surgeons do after-care "house calls." Mirzai says this is especially important during the critical first 12 to 24 hours after surgery.
This approach fosters more interaction and comfort between surgeon and patient, Mirzai says. "It gives them less to worry about," he says. "We are looking to establish long-term relationships with our patients rather than a 'churn and burn,' factory-style approach."
This package is offered with no additional cost to the patient, he says. "We foresee this being part of a medical-tourism model that Hawaii would be well-suited for. People come to a beautiful environment, with U.S. medical-care regulations and standards for care in a nurturing, healing place."
Most Popular Nonsurgical Treatments in Hawaii Include:
Botox A drug injected into the face, relaxing the muscles to reduce wrinkles
Soft-Tissue Fillers Fat injectables that restore youthful contours to the face
Microdermabrasia/Chemical Peels Micro resurfacing of the skin
Skin-Tightening and Smoothing Treatments Laser Hair Removal/Reduction
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Today's patients are more frequently requesting:
Lip implants: Soft implants can be molded and shaped to specific lip measurements and can replace collagen implants. If problems occur later, the implants can be removed, whereas chemical injections cannot.
Fat Transfers: Instead of using synthetic materials for breast implants, surgeons can graft fat from elsewhere in the body. Mirzai says he has learned that a body's response to foreign material is often unpredictable; using body fat results in minimal incision and reduces the chances of scarring, yet the fat can be shaped and sculpted like other synthetic implants.
Mommy Makeovers: A series of procedures that may combine a tummy tuck with a breast augmentation and possibly a breast lift. Mirzai says these are becoming more popular with women who have given birth, even though the procedures can cost $20,000 or more.
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