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Or DreamWeaver? OMG yes I'm a dum dum, but trying to get there and become GREAT just like u
Yes you can but Dreamweaver is not as easy as Muse and InDesign does not work as well as Muse. I hope Indesign gets better for web design but as for now I am very impressed with Muse.
Dreamweaver makes tables and lists much, much easier than Muse.
Thanks 4 the replies, so as long as I'm not working with lists or tables..... Muse is probably the way to go for a beginner like me. If I have a data base to display in a table, it's normaly in my Excel so I normaly import that, if that's what is ment by lists/tables.
Lists and tables are two different features that are missing from Muse. There is no other web design program in the world that lacks these features. Even Adobe's PageMill web design program from over a decade ago had these features. I was just challenging medeamajic's suggestion that Muse was easier than DW. A crayon is easier to use than Photoshop but few of us would choose such an elementary tool.
One does not need a database to display a table or list. These are very basic design tools that should not have been neglected.
The last screen shot of this Muse Showcase site shows where an actual unordered list would be ideal. Instead, the designer had to manually drop in bullets in a very crude way. The ordered list on this page has ragged type on the left edge. It is just messy.
Yes but tables are not the way of the future and it is suggested that you will not be able to maintain a table based website in the future. And even with dreamweaver it is rightfully suggested that you not use tables. Why support a feature that is no longer useful or preferred?
Can you suggest why it is needed other than you might have used them in the past or you still like tables.
After all are most web designers using divisions instead of taables?
Wade, are you kidding? Do you understand what tables are for?
Even InDesign uses tables.
Seriously if you know and love InDesign, like I do, Muse is the way to go. I can't believe how easy and beautiful it is. I am working on my first site, a monster with over 40 pages and it looks amazing. I am living without table feature, not something I would use. But I also agree that lists are necessary, and I believe they will be coming in Muse shortly. For the short term I've used bullets and the indent/outdent solution, but I can't believe that real lists will be far behind. Seems like they would be so easy to implement. Again, if you know InDesign, give the free Muse trial a go, that's what I did. ( I also know some HTML/CSS and Dreamweaver, but at a basic level.)
grayrockgraphics wrote:
...if you know and love InDesign, like I do, Muse is the way to go...
That is nearly identical to a previous marketing campaign for Freeway Pro, from a decade ago. BTW, Freeway has lists and tables and everything else Adobe is still struggling to put in Muse.
You can create tables and lists on DW and paste it to Muse like "insert HTML". Or not?
Yes, but that makes DW an expensive table generator.
Marion I am serious.
Then you must not understand what tables are for.
Your comment just caught me off guard as you normally make sense here.
LOL I'll try create bullets lists in DW and paste it on Muse... bullets was not visible!
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Lists and tables are two different features that are missing from Muse. There is no other web design program in the world that lacks these features. Even Adobe's PageMill web design program from over a decade ago had these features. I was just challenging medeamajic's suggestion that Muse was easier than DW. A crayon is easier to use than Photoshop but few of us would choose such an elementary tool.
One does not need a database to display a table or list. These are very basic design tools that should not have been neglected.
The last screen shot of this Muse Showcase site shows where an actual unordered list would be ideal. Instead, the designer had to manually drop in bullets in a very crude way. The ordered list on this page has ragged type on the left edge. It is just messy.
Muse is a new program. Why do you want to knock it so much? I think Dreameaver is great but in another 18 or 19 months I think Muse may out shine DreamWeaver. If it does not that is OK with me. Like others have stated I think Muse can do some very cool things and will get even better. I admit so will DreamWeaver. I seen a favicon option in Muse. I am not sure if DreamWeaver CS 6.0 has it or not. I insert the favicon on the host server myself s opposed to using software. I am just getting into web design myself. Below are two websites I designed using Dreameaver. I know they a pretty lame compare to what you folks can do. Having said that I just think Muse might be very usefull for some of my clients websites. The cheesy imagekraft website is mine. What can I say other than I am still learning?
I'm sorry if you perceive me as a "hater". I am certainly not. I am an "expecting more-er" from a company that should know better. You might feel some disappointment in Muse if you knew the competition (ie: Freeway Pro) and the previous Adobe program that could do so much more for a designer (ie: GoLive).
You seem to be confusing the idea that Muse and Dreamweaver are related and that one might fall to the other. They are two very different tools intended for two very different types of people. Adobe is marketing Muse to people that previously did not have the confidence or experience to dive into web design. Muse delivers on the confidence but it cannot supply experience. In some ways, this is like giving someone a wrench and a screwdriver and telling them that they are an auto mechanic. As you progress as a web designer, you may see the same faults in Muse that others see... and hopefully expect more from Adobe.
I have heard GoLive was cool but it got EOL before I got into web design. I like Muse and I am sure it will get better. Some can argue WordPress is better than Dreamweaver because of the CMS. I just do simple websites myself so a good CMS is a non issues. We will all have different needs. Muse will work OK for some of my clients but not all of them. I wish Adobe had kept Flash Catalyst. I liked that a lot.
Go Live was fantastic. I actually used it in Win7 under VM until I learned about Muse. Although there is no HTML editor to tweak stuff out, it is my experienced opinion as a designer of 20 years that MUSE is a great tool for creating simple, sexy, speedy and powerful sites. I am in the middle of a redesign for my three sites and it is awesome to work with. Look: Try out MUSE. If you don't like MUSE then don't use it. PERIOD. End of story. Don't whine and say it writes bad code or is missing this or that. It's a beta. Nobody has a gun to your head to use it. Heck, my PS CS 4 & 6 has bugs and still can't preview type correctly after 20 years!!! Go figure. Make your own decision by doing, not listening to a bunch of insecure coders.
Even with 20 years of alleged experience, it is ignorant to think that coders are "insecure" about Muse. Adobe is not selling Muse to steal work from professional web designers. Adobe is selling Muse to the print design market to introduce them to web design. The web design market is growing, not shifting from one app to another.
Who is arguing that WordPress is better than Dreamweaver? We're comparing apples to oranges again. Dreamweaver can be used on WordPress design. It is insane to think that there are disputes between different types of designers and different apps.
As expressed earlier, Muse is an ideal way to go for a beginner that does not need advanced web design and interaction. If you like Muse, you might also like similar apps like Freeway Pro that have been on the market for over a decade and offer more mature options. I'm not mentioning Freeway to push sales their way. I'm pointing out that a web designer should be aware of the tools available to them. Some of the participants in this discussion are ignoring possibilities.
"Can I use InDesign to make a webpage w/out knowing code 2?... ehem"
An unequivocal YES. Yes you can. And quite functional and sexy pages too. You can make a whole site. Have at it. It's new so explore, create some awesome pages and have fun!
Don't listen to the haters.
Ignorance is bliss now isn't it? (Get the Irony there?) If you understood my comment I was stating that MUSE is not designed for the hard core coder, but for the "Right side of the brain(ers)". Look up all the discussions/blogs about MUSE and you will see self proclaimed coders complaining about how sloppy the code it writes is, and how (indirectly) they feel threatened that it will take business away from them because the "average joe" will design their own sites. That, my dear, implies insecurity! If you happen upon my comments on the other forums/blogs you will clearly see that I support and respect coders. I don't support their (or anybody's) snobbery that the only way to truly design a site is by hand coding. I don't agree that MUSE is for beginners as I am sure there will be some professionals using it to save time on less consuming sites to make a quick buck. MUSE is simply a tool, and any tool can be modified to suit your needs. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, this is just mine. It's been fun but now I have to go design an awesome site without (thankfully) having to code with MUSE. Peace.
Mr. Rogers, don't be an idiot. The only trolls in this forum are those that try to cause division by calling others "haters". Grow up. Nobody said that the OP could not make a site with Muse.
rogersphoto.com wrote:
...Look up all the discussions/blogs about MUSE and you will see self proclaimed coders complaining about how sloppy the code it writes is, and how (indirectly) they feel threatened that it will take business away from them because the "average joe" will design their own sites. That, my dear, implies insecurity!
It would be fun for you to point to just one post from just one "coder" who has explicitly (not "indirectly" in your warped perception) expressed insecurity from the advent of Muse.
This is lunacy. There is no war here. Lay down your gun.
If you have a false sense that inexperienced designers from the print realm are going to replace the professional web designer because of an easy-to-use tool, then you must conceed that their client (with neither design nor technical skill) could bypass both parties with that same easy-to-use tool.
Take a peek at a tweet from someone who worked on the Muse team:
Christine worked on the development of Muse marketing (the old muse.adobe.com site). She is an experienced web designer. She knows web design and she knows Muse. It is not a product intended for professional web designers. They don't really care and are not threatened by it. Your assumption of Muse threatening professional web designers is as crazy as PowerPoint users being a threat to the professional print designers that use InDesign.
"Is this a bad thing? Yes, in the same way Dreamweaver design view is a bad thing. If I were a freelance web designer I'd be a little concerned that the market may get saturated (like it already isn't) with cheap and cheerful website-for-£200 guys who will poach my business but not to the point where I'd lose sleep..." http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/adobe-muse-a-step-in-the-wrong-directi on/
"I'm sure this could hurt web devs..." http://www.zeldman.com/2011/09/02/fast-company-on-adobe-muse/
Those two examples are mild granted, and they do go on to say/suggest that it is not a big deal, but there it is. It's all how you interpret it I guess.
Taking a step back, my problem is the snobbery of coders calling it "sloppy "and "a step backward..." Why do coders care so much (insecurity)? If the code is so sloppy and will interfere with the end users experience, then they should rejoice because no respectable company would put up with that.
As for "a war, lay down you gun." Jeez. Lighten up. My replies are done. Thanks for exercising my brain.
This is silliness. Read the full quote and quit trying to snip sections to suit your delusional perception of web design.
rogersphoto.com failed to fully quote:
"I'm sure this could hurt web devs, but in general I believe any time a machine or software is created to do a human job, we see professionals step up their game and make some really incredible work out of necessity to compete. So perhaps we should be excited by what we'll see devs do.
I have a feeling that the work this will cost us is probably the kind led by people with delusional budgets and a general lack of appreciation for an expertly crafted website. So fear not."
The sad thing is that you have somehow found three very well observed articles that detail the problems of Muse, yet you are too blind to understand the articles.
There are indeed other web desing software programs on the market that have a very friendly GUI like Muse. They may even be much better than Muse. I know you can use DreamWeaver with WordPress. My point was some foks like WordPress because of the CMS and it is free. I think WordPress is great if you like to use templates and then code by hand a tad bit. I am trying to avoid coding by hand and focusing on the artistic side of web design and I doubt I am alone. I am not worried about CMS, databases and shopping carts at this time. I wish I knew how to do all that and maybe one day I will. As for now I am glade Adobe's Muse is out there. Where will it be in another 18 months? I am not sure but I know it will be better and not worse. I think it is wise for some of us to use Muse if it can get the job done for certain clients. No one is arguing that Muse can replace WordPress or Dreamweaver as of now or that Muse is perfect. I know I have never tried to imply that Muse will do everything I need it to do as of now but it is an intersting program with a lot of potential in my opinion. Have you sent any feature request to try and make the program better? If not why haven't you?
medeamajic wrote:
...They may even be much better than Muse...
So why aren't you using them?
medeamajic wrote:
...No one is arguing that Muse can replace WordPress or Dreamweaver as of now...
You are still incapable of realizing that Muse is not positioned to replace Dreamweaver ever. Your belief is as silly as saying that Microsoft Word will replace InDesign. Two different markets! Two different types of users! ...and neither one is a threat to the other.
If I only did web desing I might buy the less expensive alternatives but I do video editing as well as graphic desing so I have bought The Master Collection. MicroSoft Word to replace InDesing? Muse is going to get better and better regaurdless of what you want to believe. In 3 years from now you might even be using it : )
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If I only did web desing I might buy the less expensive alternatives but I do video editing as well as graphic desing so I have bought The Master Collection. MicroSoft Word to replace InDesing? Muse is going to get better and better regaurdless of what you want to believe. In 3 years from now you might even be using it : )
Just wanted to respond to the idea that Indesign users are rank amatuers as far as web design goes. Most print designers I know do web design as well, even if we're laying it out in INDD and having someone else code it. Even in doing this, we have to be aware of web standards, sizing convetions, colorspace converstions, etc. Along the way I've tried many web design programs, and I do also know how to write basic HTML and CSS code enough to recognize that which is good or sloppy. It's been many years since designers could make their livings being blissfully unaware of tags and pixels.
The one thing that keeps me well-rooted in Indesign, though, is that it's just the best design tool, period. I don't want Muse to be a light version WYSIWIG web program just because it's based on Indesign and the prospect of getting the print workers engaged. We bring a lot to the design table and I think the best case scenario is not watering down the pool of web designers but bringing new persepctives to current web asthetics and standards.
medeamajic wrote:
...Muse is going to get better and better regaurdless of what you want to believe....
Ignorance is tiring.
I've never said that it won't get better. I certainly hope it does get better. I certainly hope you find joy in using it. I simply tried to convey that you are confused to think that Muse is going to replace or "outshine" Dreamweaver. Adobe is marketing these programs to two different users. Adobe is not going to eliminate its professional design tools in favor of tools for casual users.
KeyStudio wrote:
Just wanted to respond to the idea that Indesign users are rank amatuers...
Nobody said that.
If you use InDesign to build web pages, then you are a rank amateur at web development, in the same way as if you use Microsoft Word to layout print design, you are a rank amateur at publishing. That's ok, not everything needs to be professionally designed, or coded. People can learn, by starting out with the easy and progressing to the dificult. Or they can stay with the easy. Whatever.
This whole discussion feels a tad overwrought. Muse is rubbish, and like countless similar products, it is not aimed at professional web developers. If that works for you, great.
Otherwise, don't worry about it.
It's what Lauren Herda's said in her tweet you posted–that is what I was responding to, not anything anyone in this thread posted. I should have made that clear.
"rank" was not tweeted.
Duly noted.
Avoid all fancy applications and code it by hand using some free editor. HTML and CSS is not hard to learn. No harder, and not much more time consuming, than learning an entire application. Chances are you are going to need to edit the resulting application's HTML and CSS anyways at some point. Might as well know what you are doing. Plus, there no alternative markup language for the web. So you won't have people selling you on their loyalty to brand X's markup. In the end, its only HTML and CSS. Get good at that and you might want to learn Javascript too. Just make sure you do everything on an Apple computer. Those are the best!


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WASHINGTON — Dr. and Mrs. Donald Kerr of Shoals would like to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Kathy Marie Kerr, to Adam Joseph Overton, son of Martha and the late Kenneth Overton of Washington. The future bride is a 2006 graduate of Shoals High School and a 2010 graduate of Oakland City University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in english education. She is currently employed at Jasper High School. The future bridegroom graduated from Washington High School in 2006 and Vincennes University in 2009 with associate degrees in land surveying and architectural drafting. He is currently employed by Landmark Surveying of Washington. The couple will be wed on July 14 and will reside in Montgomery.
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Mrs. Koch was the humbled recipient of an award this morning. It was a surprise. Her younger daughter, Natalie, somehow finagled getting Mrs. Koch away from the front gate this morning in order to attend the ceremony. The award is from the Crisis Connection here in southern Indiana. They're all about zero tolerance toward violence…Read More »
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Gate gifts
It's so sweet to see Mrs. Koch empty her pockets after spending the morning at our front gate, greeting Guests. There's always something interesting … Some of the smaller visitors bring her heartfelt gifts. It may be a simple message: … or intricate artwork, such as this masterpiece from young Cale: … or even a…Read More »
Life is like a box of …
I've teased Mrs. Koch that she's a bit of a Forrest Gump. No, she hasn't suddenly become a ping-pong fanatic, but she's taken part in a few moments of national importance. This photo is from 1941, when she helped place the cornerstone for what is now the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial: And today, in honor…Read More »
"Carry the church around the village"
When Nathan started posting photos of the town's 132-year-old church moving to its new home one-half mile away on the Santa Claus Museum's Facebook page, Sabine from Germany commented, "… in German we have a saying: 'carry the church around the village.'" Indeed, Mrs. Koch's dream to carry the past into the future took flight…Read More »
A chilly perspective
Dan's like a kid in a candy shop when he stops by the Mammoth construction site. He just can't help himself. This morning, he dragged his mom along with him. The first few pieces of Mammoth tunnel are already assembled up in the woods. It's not exactly a stretch to say this is one of…Read More »
A Halloween tale
Back in 1994, it was such a thrill to take part in naming our first big roller coaster. We knew it was going to be built in our Halloween section, so there were nearly endless theming ideas. It turned out to be a rather creepy experience. The first shivery chill occurred on a very hot…Read More »
Who's the Friendliest of them all?
With the annual Golden Tickets Award ceremony coming up this Saturday (we're hosting the event), thought it would be fun to dust of this Hospitality Training story, which was first posted on 6/6/05. It doesn't just happen, folks. It's not something in the water. …or in the free, unlimited soft drinks. We have to work…Read More »
Pasta perfect
When a family-owned business has been around for 65 years, there are always new discoveries. By that I mean … we're forever finding precious old photos and mementos tucked away in odd places. The other day, Mrs. Koch bounded into my office carrying a big box. Look what we just found in the attic over…Read More »
A cast of thousands
Mrs. Koch was chuckling over this encounter from the other day. Man in park: How many of you are there? Mrs. Koch: Oh, gosh…I think we have hired about 1,700 seasonal hosts and hostesses this year. Isn't that incredible? Man in park: No, that's not what I meant. How many of you are there? Mrs….Read More »
Cooking with Mrs. Koch
During the summer months, Mrs. Koch … well, she really doesn't cook. She helps out a lot in our restaurants, though. The other day, right before her 80th birthday, she was helping in the kitchen at Kringle's Kafe. Until, that is, she saw a Guest waving frantically to catch her attention. As Mrs. Koch approached…Read More »
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Tonight's the night. We all get to tune in and watch The Travel Channel. For tonight, Bert the Conqueror will conqueror … Indiana. Bert is the host of this crazy show where he goes from state to state–and often from park to park–trying to conquer his fears. Fear of heights. Fears of high speeds. Fear…Read More »
"She planted far more than flowers…"
She was independent and hard-working. She was smart and she was funny. And she lived to be 100. But sadly, our beloved "flower lady," Frieda Foertsch, passed away yesterday. From 1954 until 2009, Frieda graced us with her formidable presence. Whether working the front gate, helping in the kitchen, sewing a new red suit for…Read More »


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Did you see those amazing shots of a meteor streaking across the sky and exploding in Russia?
An expert at Albany's Weatherbee Planetarium say it was probably about the size of an SUV.
It's rare for a meteor that large to make it through the atmosphere and that close to land.
Allison Young says the meteor was probably just rock and we probably won't see another event like this for a while.
"Earth passes through tons of debris every single day, so it's not uncommon for this to happen just something of that size to come through the atmosphere and to actually strike a populated area, that is extremely rare," said Young.
The huge explosion from the meteor blasted out windows and shook buildings in central Russia, injuring more than a thousand people.
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A startup founders' story slamJanuary 14, 2013: 12:11 PM ET
Michigan-based Entre-SLAM encourages entrepreneurs to let all their business frustrations (and joys) out into the world, through competitive storytelling.
By Vickie Elmer
FORTUNE -- Like most startup founders, the women who launched Entre-SLAM have plenty of stories about the joys and complications of getting their business going.
They could tell you all about their search for the perfect venue or the right emcee for their storytelling competition and networking events for entrepreneurs. But partners Jeannie Ballew and Christa Chambers-Price would be just as happy to have their storytellers do the talking.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Entre-SLAM encourages entrepreneurs to connect over stories and a beer. "We are drawn to authentic, real life stories," says Ballew, who has written two unpublished novels and hosted a local public access television show. She gave it up this summer to spend more time on Entre-SLAM. "This is like The Truman Show -- watch everyday people and their everyday dramas and issues," she says. Except the people telling stories are business owners, some who have decades of experience and some who started just days before their storytelling debut.
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Ballew and Chambers-Price are tapping into the kind of audience that shows up for The Moth, the NPR monthly story-slams staged in a dozen cities, Creative Mornings, and TedX conferences. They are also drawing on marketers' passion for using stories to sell everything from cars (think Jeep) to whiskey (Jack Daniels) and much more.
There are a handful of other business storytelling events around the country, but very few are held monthly like Entre-SLAM. The events also attract organizations that consult and coach, film, and fine-tune business leaders' tales so they appeal to customers, investors, or potential partners.
In a sense, Entre-SLAM combines elements of a chamber of commerce mixer, The Moth, and a MeetUp event. Winners take home prizes ranging from a gourmet dinner from an area chef, to validated parking stickers, to a free massage.
Ballew and Chambers-Price came up with the idea for Entre-SLAM last January 2012 while they were discussing how they could collaborate on a veterans' training course. (Ballew's background is in training.) Ballew asked Chambers-Price if she wanted to go The Moth. "I couldn't go," Chambers-Price recalled. But she thought that they could create a similar event for small business owners.
Within three weeks, they decided to launch a new venture, which had no name but did have a hope to reach "that person on the fifth row, that guy or gal in the dark, who has a great story to tell, but never had the right connections" to get invited on-stage, said Chambers-Price.
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The duo met through a bookshop owner who lives in their neighborhood. "He first saw the potential in our meeting," says Ballew. "Little did he know what blessed madness it would birth." Ballew eventually became Chambers-Price's client, at her company KnowledgeCrush, which helps market and coach solo entrepreneurs. (Besides the storytelling and networking business, the two women are working together on a book-writing cruise aimed at executives, part of Ballew's book coaching and editing work.)
They held their first Entre-SLAM on March 29 in a packed catering space, where some of their friends and a few surprise guests shared stories of their business setbacks.
Chambers-Price told a tale at an Entre-Slam in April, sharing a lesson she learned when she was 18 years old and in the Army, about the importance of not leaving any of your partners behind. Entrepreneurs are also on a battlefield, she said, "low-crawling, scraping and fighting for our dreams.… I hope that we all will do that for each other because at the end of the day, we're all in this together."
At a recent gathering, 20-something business owners sat next to older entrepreneurs at a downtown Ann Arbor bar. Besides the storytelling, the evening featured a curry taste-off by two Indian restaurants, a massage therapist, and an improv group performance during intermission. A few of the storytellers were giving their third Entre-SLAM performance.
"The stories that evolve from these gatherings are meant to be told again and again," Ballew said. "We envision building a thriving, online community of entrepreneurs but also we plan on releasing a series of books."
Ballew and Chambers-Price have big plans for Entre-Slam. "I keep visualizing Entre-Slam in Japan," said Ballew "We have every reason to believe it can be international."
First, though, they plan to build a strong following in the Midwest: The duo will focus on Ann Arbor for most of this year; then probably Chicago; Austin, Texas; or the Grand Rapids area, where a business group has expressed interest in the entrepreneurial story slam to reinvigorate its business networking events. They've already had the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Chamber of Commerce Gen X and Y group take part.
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With that 20- and 30-something group in the house in October, the story topic, "Winging It," brought some strange tales: A gourmet tasting entrepreneur had to buy 60 ducks' hearts as part of a quest to make the right sauce for a dinner party for 12. A musician moved into radio, then software development, and spent three months on what should have been a two-week machine simulation project -- all to keep his babies fed and in diapers. One year into building a fast-growing painting marketing venture, one entrepreneur left his company in the hands of his staff when his father developed an aggressive cancer. "When hard becomes normal, normal becomes easy," said David Landau, who later won the night's top prize.
Entre-SLAM's business model is based partly on corporate sponsorships, so far most of them local enterprises such as a monthly magazine and a travel agency. Eventually, they'd like to land major corporate sponsors like Google (GOOG) and Red Bull. "It's a product that entrepreneurs use to stay awake. And Red Bull is fun," said Chambers-Price.
So is Entre-SLAM, especially if you have a friend who's telling a story, or if you hear a story that feels like an old friend.


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Yoga Benefits Are in Breathing Less (Yoga Books)
Yoga Benefits Are in Breathing Less (Yoga Books)
Yoga benefits, as ancient yoga books teach, are in breathing less air automatically and 24/7, even less than the tiny medical respiratory norm. Then one can expect more oxygen in the brain and other organs, and experience true benefits from yoga. Millions of people think and believe in a myth that yoga progress is about more and more difficult asanas or spiritual enlightenment. However, one can start yoga for beginners and can practice asanas for months or years, but this does not provide any guarantee that your health is going to improve.
You can eat tons of supplements and super-foods, drink canisters of herbal drinks, have hundreds of colonic irrigations, and practice yoga for many hours every day, but if your body oxygen level remains the same, you will suffer from the same symptoms and require the same dosage of medication. You can also have years of spiritual practices while getting sicker and sicker with cancer, diabetes or some other condition.
Only 2-3 generations ago, yoga did cure chronic diseases. Old American health journals and yoga books from the 1920′s and 30′s were full of advertisements of yoga courses with money back guarantees. Those yoga courses were for people with asthma, hypertension, chronic fatigue, insomnia and other common conditions who successfully restored their health with old, traditional yoga.
The main yoga benefit relates to better body oxygenation or correct automatic breathing. If you get this yoga benefit, all other benefits will follow. Then you can get an astonishing level of energy, perfect digestion, excellent sleep, and greatly improved physical fitness.
Why could modern yoga teachers not replicate the same success? What is wrong or different in contemporary yoga leaders and their teaching of yoga for beginners and masters? Why most yoga courses provide almost no benefits to yoga?
Modern yoga teachers cannot explain, in exact numbers, the ideal breathing pattern that provides maximum body O2 levels. What do they say? Most yoga teachers claim that we need to breathe more air (even at rest) and expel "toxic" CO2.
Modern science testify about solid physiological foundation of ancient yoga: when we breathe more air at rest (hyperventilation), we have less O2 in body cells. Breathing more air does not increase blood oxygenation to any significant degree. A person can breathe twice less or several times more than the medical norm, but blood oxygenation will be about the same, or about 97-99 %. But CO2 is the crucial factor for O2 transport. The book explains why slow and small breathing (with more CO2) provides more O2 for the cells.
Thousands of recent research studies have proven beyond all doubts that chronic health problems, on a cell level, are based on low O2 levels. This relates to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, arthritis, inflammatory conditions, cystic fibrosis, HIV-AIDS and many other conditions. You cannot have normal body oxygenation and a lifestyle disease. Therefore, freedom from diseases is among main yoga health benefits.
There are also hundreds of research studies that measured breathing of healthy people, ordinary people and people with chronic diseases. Dozens of these studies and their exact results are quoted in this book. These studies testify about the triumph of ancient yoga and its benefits.
Deep breathing, as during pranayama, only looks deep. In reality, pranayama should be done with maximum breath holds and accumulation of CO2 in order to have slower breathing after the practice and 24/7. Only with progress in pranayama, one can get main yoga benefits.
Progress in yoga for beginners and masters can be measured using a simple DIY body-oxygen test that is described in this book. If you get over 40 seconds of O2 for this easy test, then you will be astonished with changes in your health and real yoga benefits.
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The Athena Project
A Thriller
From behind the rows of razor wire, a new breed of counterterrorism operator has emerged.
Just as skilled, just as fearsome, and just as deadly as their colleagues, Delta Force's newest members have only one thing setting them apart—their gender. Part of a top-secret, all-female program codenamed The Athena Project, four of Delta's best and brightest women are about to undertake one of the nation's deadliest assignments.
When a terrorist attack in Rome kills more than twenty Americans, Athena Team members Gretchen Casey, Julie Ericsson, Megan Rhodes, and Alex Cooper are tasked with hunting down the Venetian arms dealer responsible for providing the explosives. But there is more to the story than anyone knows.
In the jungles of South America, a young U.S. intelligence officer has made a grisly discovery. Surrounded by monoliths covered with Runic symbols, one of America's greatest fears appears to have come true. Simultaneously in Colorado, a foreign spy is close to penetrating the mysterious secret the U.S. government has hidden beneath Denver International Airport.
As Casey, Ericsson, Rhodes, and Cooper close in on their target, they will soon learn that another attack—one of unimaginable proportions—has already been set in motion, and the greatest threat they face may be the secrets kept by their own government.
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Cheers for Africa's new military ruler. For now.
Fifteen years ago this month, Guinea's late ruler Lansana Conte made clear what form democracy would take under his rule.
We answered a summons to a late night news conference to hear the result of his first multiparty election, speeding through silent streets where armoured vehicles waited in the shadows. The interior minister announced that ballots from the east, the opposition's stronghold, had been cancelled because of irregularities. Conte had therefore won 50.93 percent of the vote. There was no need for a run-off because he had an absolute majority.
The show was over.
We rushed off to file our stories at the press centre, set up helpfully by a government under pressure to show the world it was ready for fair elections. The press centre was gone, the lines cut. In the morning, fighter jets swept over Conakry in case the message had not been clear already.
There were more elections, there was occasional turmoil on the streets, sometimes bloodshed. At one point Conte was almost overthrown, but he managed to hold on until his death from illness on Monday.


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"My Teenage Years: Transplant Number Two"
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I was placed on the waiting list for a kidney from an organ donor. I am fortunate to have a really common perfect match and the blood type most commonly transplanted. I only had to be on dialysis for a little less than five months. I received my second transplant on February 4, 1989 at the age of 17. It was a six antigen perfect match. Meaning not only did the blood type and antigens match but the antibodies did as well. This meant there was less chance of the kidney trying to reject right away. This time I was only in the hospital for 11 days. Everyone who came into my room had to wear a mask and gown just as before. And when I left my room I had to wear a mask and gown as well. When I went home I had to wear a mask every time I went outside or when I was around other people who didn't live with me. My sisters and I had gotten a Super Nintendo for Christmas from my dad. We had also gotten another one from an organization who adopted us. Since we were on welfare we got adopted every year by companies every year. I had kept one unopened in the box so I could take it to the hospital with me when I got my new transplant. My dad had bought me the game "Jeopardy" for it and the nurses, nurses' aides, and sometimes my dad would come in my room and play teams with me. I was in the hospital for about eleven days. I had to wear a mask for about six more weeks after I went home.
About the middle of March 1989, I was finally able to go outside without a mask on and we got new neighbors across the street. Their names were, Kathy and her two daughters, Amy who was thirteen and Stacy who was ten. I eventually became friends with both Amy and Stacy. I began just hanging out with Amy, but then I got closer to Stacy. I went to their dads' house quite a few times on the weekends. Stacy and I are still friends although we don't talk as much as we used to. Between her work and my dialysis treatments, it is so hard to keep in touch. I still talk to Amy now and then too. When they moved in Amy was in 7th grade and Stacy was in 5th grade.
Because I had to start dialysis at the beginning of the school year my Sophomore (10th grade) year I missed three quarters of the year. I was finally able to return the last quarter. So, I was even more behind than before. Again, they had to pass me because it was health related. I was a Junior with Sophomore credits. I had received three credits from the second half of 9th grade and now I had received 3 credits for each semester of 10th grade. They had to pass me again because it was health related. So, I was a Junior with Sophomore credits
My Junior (11th grade) year I only missed 11 days and that was basically all at once when I had a real bad chest cold! I had a fever of 102! I had insisted on going to school the first day I woke with the fever because I had a test in my Accounting class. I also let all my teachers know I would be out sick and got my assignments. I had excellent grades except for Chemistry and second semester Geometry. I just sucked in Chemistry and I got a new teacher for Geometry second semester and he didn't have the right teaching style for me. I got A's and B's in Accounting, Business Math, Business Communications, Business Law, Journalism and Health. Because I was so far behind the school made me take a special education study period. As long as I live I will never understand why they made me take that when the time could have been put to better use. My Chemistry teacher tried so hard to teach me, but I just did not understand it. In Geometry, I understood parts of it the first semester and I really liked my teacher, but I was transferred out due to a schedule change and the teacher just wasn't the same. My other teachers were great. I was trying to take as many business classes as I could to prepare for college. But the following year when I was 19 I realized that if I went as long as they let me in public high school which was age 21 I would still be short on credits. I decided to drop out and go to Green River Community College for high school completion. I went for about a year until my mom decided she didn't want to take me and I did not have a license or a car and we weren't on a bus line so I couldn't go. My mom has mental health problems and she didn't want any of us girls to leave her. Eventually we all did just that. We love her but we had to break free and live our own lives.
I had a group of friends I sat with at lunch. Julie, Angie, Christina, Lisa and Jason H. were the ones I was usually seen with. Some of my friends smoked and when I was 18 I started smoking too. Dumbest thing I ever did! Well, maybe the second dumbest thing I've ever done. Keep reading and you'll know why.
Most of my friends in my neighborhood were people I met through Amy and Stacy. Their names were Jeremy, Josh, Wayne, Steve, Jason, Travis K., Brian C. and his younger brother, Bobby, James and Robert. Jeremy and Josh were fraternal twins. James and Robert were brothers. Jeremy was somewhat of a player in our neighborhood. And he dated a lot of girls. Wayne and Jeremy were best friends back then. James hung out with them often too. There were a few girls in the neighborhood who hung out with me and the guys too. Their names were Amy, Stacy (from above), Chantal and Correy. Amy and Stacy were sisters and Correy was Jason's older sister. Everybody hung out at my house most days. Although I did spend the night at Amy and Stacy's house and also Chantal's house on occasion. They were all younger than me. Travis K. by 1 year; Brian and Skip by 2 years; Robert and Steve by 3 years; Amy, Chantal, Jeremy, Josh and Wayne by 4 years; Correy and Bobby by 5 years; Stacy by 6 years and Jason by 7 years.
We had a couple of good sized hills in my neighborhood. They were great for sledding in the winter. My house was on one of them. I was never really allowed to sled down it because my parents thought it was too dangerous. They were probably right but it sure would've been fun. There was a much bigger hill a couple blocks away. One of Karla's friends lived at the bottom of it. I think we all slid down that one. We were aloud to use that one because it was a dead end road.
It seemed as though one or more of those guys were always at my house. We always had a good time. I remember some days very well. One of them takes place in the summer and is about Wayne. We had a cherry tree in out front yard and Wayne liked to climb it. My mom had told him to stay out of it because he was breaking the branches and causing the blossoms to fall off too soon. One summer day Wayne, Jeremy, Steve and Amy were in my living room. Wayne jumped up and said he had to go home for dinner. Jeremy, Steve and Amy were sitting in that order on the sofa in front of a large window. I was sitting in a chair directly across from them. A few seconds later Amy looked out the window and said, "Wayne's up in that cherry tree again." As I stood up to look out the window I said, "I'm gonna go spray him with the hose." "Are you?" Amy asked. "Ooh, I wanna watch!" She said as she turned around to look out the window. "Yes." I said as I ran out the front door. The tree was about six feet from the house where the hose was. I said nothing to Wayne as I walked outside. As soon as I leaned over to turn on the water Wayne asked, "What are you doing?" I did not say a word. I just kept turning the water level up. We did not have a sprayer nozzle so I had to improvise. As I began taunting him by putting my fingers over the end of the hose, Wayne started saying, "I wouldn't do that if I you, I really wouldn't do that if I were you." In the meantime, Amy and Jeremy were taking turns opening up either end of the window and shouting, "Do it, Krisna, do it!" So, I did it! I sprayed him until he got about halfway down. Then I dropped the hose and ran into the house. As soon as I got inside Steve said, "Quick get behind us, we'll protect you." Just then Wayne came back inside and headed for the kitchen saying, "Get me something wet!" Meanwhile, Jeremy and Steve said to me, "Quick run into your room." I took off running down the hallway with Wayne right on my heels. My door locked by pushing the handle in and turning it. I got into my room, leaned on the door, turned the knob and pushed it in. Just then I felt him hit the door and let out a big Uh. Jeremy came back a few minutes later and told me the coast was clear. As soon as I walked into the living room Amy said, "Oh my gosh, Krisna, he looked like a big X when he hit the door. Believe it or not, he never again climbed that tree.
We had a lot of good times and we also had some bad times, but we always managed to stay friends. I remember one winter when it was snowing. We were out of cigarettes and my mom couldn't take me to the store because it was around midnight. She didn't have very good tires. So a bunch of us decided to walk to a local 24 hour supermarket. There was no curfew back then and it was either on a weekend or holiday break. I know for sure that Amy, Chantal, Stacy, Steve, and Jeremy and my sister, Kelli were there but there may have been more. It was freezing and on the way home we got into an argument about which way was shorter. So, we split up into two groups. The group I was in got home first. Kelli had gone with the other group and they had gotten stopped by a cop who was wondering what they were doing out after midnight. My friends and I used to walk around out neighborhood all the time. There wasn't much else to do in those days, but at least we got good exercise.
Another funny story happened on the 4th of July. I'm not positive of the year but I believe it was 1992. Which would have made me 20 and already living with my dad.
A bunch of us had gathered at Chantal's house that evening. The group included Stacy and Skip who were dating, Steve, Jeremy, Josh, James and probably Robert and Wayne as well. My dad had given me 2 bricks of bottle rockets and I had hidden them in both sleeves of my coat. Yes, that's right, I had to wear my coat because it was pouring rain that night. But I suppose that is the best weather for the 4th of July. Anyway, I was sitting on the hood of Skip's Mercury Capri on the center of the hood. Chantal was on one side and Stacy on the other. There were a bunch of kids at the other end of the street and the guys we were with decided to get into a fireworks war with them. After a while they started shooting things at each other! At some point Skip had turned around and asked, "Hey, why's everyone sittin' on my ride?" To which Chantal replied, "Because we know Skippy's not gonna let anything hit his ride!" After a little while the dumb-ass guys I was with decided it was a good idea to turn a Saturn Missile on its side. We had the 25 shot ones. If you've never seen one go off the 25 shots go everywhere. They don't go straight up. So, when they put it on its side and bent down to light it, I started saying, "Uh guys, I wouldn't do that if I were you! Guys, that's not a good idea!" But of course they didn't listen and I wish I'd had a video camera because that thing spun around in circles and you should've seen them scatter! Throughout the night I had been handing bottle rockets out to Stacy and Chantal every time the guys all turned their backs. Eventually I got bored just shooting them straight up. So, I started shooting them at the ground directly behind Skip. Which would cause him to jump. Remember his girlfriend is sitting next to me watching me do this. After a few times Skip spins around and yells, "Who the f-word keeps shootin' bottle rockets at me?" Nobody answers. He never did figure it out until I told him a few years later.
I have kept in touch for the most part with Stacy and Steve. I tried to keep in touch with Jeremy and Wayne, but they moved around too much. I recently found everyone but Chantal on one of the social network sites. I kept in touch with Steve's mom, Bonnie, too. Bonnie was like another mom to all of us. She used to take us to a local restaurant for coffee and a little snack. She would sometimes just take us for a drive. When Steve got his driver's license we all went driving with him around too.
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A sunny sky and slight breeze graced the Davis & Elkins College Amphitheater Oct. 5 as a large crowd gathered to witness the coronation of Queen Silvia LXXVI Emily McKibbin Everson. Everson joined the stage with several dignitaries, 38 festival princesses - who represent the beauty of the Mountain State's fall colors, three Royal Trumpeters, Mascot - Woodly the Elf, Royal Scouts, Flower Girls, Train Bearers, Cadet Wing Escorts from the WVU Air Force ROTC and members of the Sabre Team, Crown Bearer, Scepter Bearer, Court Jesters and Maids of Honor. With Everson and all the dignitaries on stage, Sen. Clark S. Barnes greeted the audience. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin was given the honor of crowning Everson. The crowning was followed by a series of presentations and gifts to Everson. Everson was escorted across the stage by Tomblin and the royal jesters performed for her one final time. Andrew Montgomery then sang "Silvia," written by John Angotti. All the parties on the stage made their way back up coronation hill, as the "Crown Imperial" recessional closed the 76th MSFF coronation. The Queen's Reception followed at Halliehurst Mansion immediately following the coronation.
Everson descended Coronation Hill wearing a classic ball gown style in forest green velvet. The gown was designed by dress designer and seamstress Connie Linger. The gown's accent fabric is a burnt orange maple leaf jacquard. The bodice of her gown features a modest 'V' neckline. This neckline sports yet another 'first' for Linger: the wired Ruff! "I was excited to create this piece from a sheer green chiffon and edged with a one inch frayed gold organza ruffle, then trimmed with gold-lame edging," she said. Tiny gold oak leaf swirls are embroidered on it and gold brocade maple leaves accent the center front. Swarovski crystals accent the flounce in clusters and among the leaves.
The deep 'V' cut waistline of the gown is accented by a peplum with couching and embroidery of swirls and leaves as the peplum flows from around the waist and asymmetrically across and down the front of the skirt to become a hem flounce of about 10 inches all the way around. The top edge of the flounce is accented by a gold brocade bias braid, which flows around the peplum and follows the line around and back up the front to meet the waist again. A gold organza rosette on her right and a matching carnation on her left are set off by ribbon leaves and velvet rosebuds in the color of the Maids Brandy velvet. The entire peplum and hem flounce have been embellished in layers including metallic yarn couching overlayed by multiple leaf embroideries and finished with a final layer of small gold oak leaf swirls and gold brocade leaves.
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Emily McKibbin Everson is crowned Queen Silvia.
Everson's green velvet train attaches in an unusual place under the shoulder flounce. A band of gold brocade flows down the center of it and is surrounded completely by a burnt orange jacquard flounce to match the one on her gown. A 'windblown' swirl of leaves makes its way asymmetrically across the lower portion of the brocade and finishes off in the orange jacquard, which flows over the bottom edge of the 12-foot train.
When not busy with her royal duties as part of the Mountain State Forest Festival, Everson enjoys skiing, biking, swimming, playing volleyball and spending time with family, friends and her family's rescue dog, Bella.
Everson is the daughter of John M. and Lisa M. Everson, of Martinsburg. She is the granddaughter of Mildred A. and the late Billie L. Everson and Virginia "Sue" Long and the late Ralph L. Long Jr., all from Martinsburg. She is a 2010 graduate of Martinsburg High School and enjoys participating on the West Virginia University club archery team. The WVU student is studying exercise physiology with an emphasis in health professions and aquatic therapy.


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Matrix iz been Instrumental in making Maria's LIfe both Tennis and Lovelife ....
I don't want to go to Any one's(Dartagnan) Post to Question him...
-> Actually Why Dartagnan making hypothetical stories about Maria and Grigor..
@ If Dartagnan wantz to Know Truefactz..
Just go to ask Maria whom she really Loves !! so that all Doubts would be Cleared..
@ And With respect I request U(Dartagnan)
Stop making absurd Stories on Posts to hamper her Mindset,Tennis Career..
-> Already the "LoveMania"of Maria on Media, Press really Killed her Tennis Career..
Fact iz: To Hide Her real Lover (Requested to Maria by her real Lover)from Media, People she iz been acting with Grigor..
-> Again I Request+Warn all of Senior+Junior Members of Forum not to Post.. anything absurd regarding Maria's Love+Tennis Winningz Without Valid Proof..
-> Actually She iz been Mentally Depressed so much..
Any Questions if anyone wants to Know ..Then Question Me here !!
Hi can you help me please?I'm italian and i want to realize the dream of my girlfirend.She has only a dream in her life:meet maria sharapova.She had a lots of problems in this years, her parents don't stay good and i want to make happy her for only one day.She would be happy if she can see maria in front of her for one minute.Tell me if it is possible, i can pay money if it needs.Thank you for the help!!
Hi dario, I think that you'd better buy one of Maria's matches ticket in a tournament! Then you and your girlfriend will see Maria for more than one minute!
Maria's next tournament is in Stanford,USA! You're in Europe, if you came earlier here, you could see Maria in Europe! Now Maria's most of the tournaments are in USA! But if you are not able to go to USA, Istanbul Open is good,too! The tickets are on sale!
And you can see Maria's 2013 tournament schedules in her official site: www.mariasharapova.com/tour.aspx
It was my idea. other members can help you with other ideas, then you can choose! I wish you will make your girlfriend happy
Thank you very much for your answer.We have seen Maria in Rome this year, but my girlfriend's dream is make a photo, with her, or have the chance to speak her one second. According you, is this an impossible thing to realize?exscuse me for my english.
Well, your girlfriend has seen Maria Sharapova, this is wonderful! Many people want to see Maria while she is playing and your girlfriend has done it! You know few of us ,this forum members, have seen Maria!
Your girlfriend's dream is most of Maria's fans dream. They all want to have a photo with her and a sign! Of course it is NOT impossible and you can do it!
In each tournament there is a place that players are there and give signs to their fans and fans can have a photo with their favorite players, you can try it,too!
No more solution come to my mind except this.
Yeah.. Matrix
I can fulfill Ur Girl Friend's Dream... But Not Now... But anyhow thiz Year ...
Itz A Commitment!!
Itz A Commitment!
Matrix tell me that i have understood what have you told!!:):)Did you promise me that you help me to realize my girlfriend's dream???i can't believe it!if is the truth she 's really happy finally!!
Hi.. Dario!!
-> I respect all True Lovers of World!!
-> I am really impressed the Way U love Ur Girl Friend......!!
-> U must be Glad to Know:
Really I have Committed to U.. Make U both (U and Ur Girl Friend)
to Meet with Our Forever Heartful Maria !!
Yeah Thiz Year anyhow!!
-> I know Ur English:
Hence I want to say:
Itz Promise By Matrix to make U both ..meet with Maria!!
-> Hence Relaxed!!
U both would get More than Maria(Maria& Her Soulmate) when U meet Her !!
Yeah.. Matrix!!
(Matrix & Music Never sleep.. on Earth frvr !!)
-> Mr. Dario....
I want to Say:
@ I alwayz Respect.... True Loverz in the World !!
@ I am Very much Impressed Of Ur Dedication to Ur Girl Friend.....
@ I am going to fulfill Ur Dream:
B'coz :
I alwayz Fulfill "Anyone's Wish".....
Who requests Me By Heart ..to get something From Me without Selfishness !!
-> I help Needy people .....
without thinking of Getting any Returns from them for My Help !!
B'coz I feel Blissed.....When I help Needy Peoples!!
-> About Ur meeting with Maria:
I would Write to U @ Ur Mail-ID
When U r going to Meet !! (Just know: Last Month of Year!!)
Hence Enjoy Life!!!


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Did the government-constructed narratives surrounding the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2008 financial crisis shape the policymaking that led to the Dodd-Frank Act. In Bad History, Worse Policy, Peter Wallison argues that every major provision of the Dodd-Frank Act can be traced directly to that narrative, which ignored the government's own role and focused entirely on the errors of the private sector. What are the consequences and fall out from Wallison's assertion?
- Hon. Peter J. Wallison, Arthur F. Burns Fellow in Financial Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
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Realty market to see price hike in next 12 months: Co-founder, PropTigerNov 2, 2012, 01:39PM IST
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Real Estate business in India has emerged as one of the most profitable businesses in the recent years. Investing in property here is sure to fetch you a rewarding deal as the returns on investment in this sector are at an all time high. Even so, the questions like where to invest? When to invest? What will be the return on investment (ROI) occurs in buyer's mind before investing.
Addressing such concerns, Prashan Agarwal, co-founder, PropTiger.com, on the online chat forum – GuruTalk organised by Magicbricks.com says, "Looking at the returns across asset classes in the last decade or so, property in India comes up as a formidable investment option and one should look at dedicating a sizable portion of his financial portfolio in property as well."
While sharing his views on the real estate scenario in India and how to maximize returns on investments here, Agarwal answered over 40 queries on GuruTalk chat forum. The real estate scenario in India is positive and stable. He believes that real estate has performed well in the last 1.5 years in key markets across India. "With the growth momentum created by the Finance Ministry, we will see good movement and appreciation in the real estate market in the coming 12 months," he says.
"The macro demand statistics as released by various agencies stands at a shortage of 24 million homes in India and given the supply constraints in the industry, this demand cannot be met even in the next 10 years. Thus structurally, investment in property will give better or at-par returns vis-à-vis other asset classes", he adds.
So which cities in India can fetch good returns? Agarwal says that the real estate investment in residential segment in metropolitan cities such as Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai has given favourable return, having said that, residential sales continue to be robust in coming years. However, he believes that Mumbai has seen relatively lower off take due to regulatory environment which has caused the supply to reduce to 1/3rd levels of previous years. In tier II markets, the cities such as Lucknow, Bhubaneshwar and Indore have performed well in the recent past.
"On an average, property investment across all the mentioned cities will give approximately 10-15 per cent returns over the longer term and in micro markets it has even gone up to 80 per cent," he says.
To fetch good returns on property, Agarwal suggested that it is important to stay invested for at least 3-5 years. "Short term investments can give superior ROIs but comes with its own high risk," he adds.
Does affordability exist in Indian Real estate market? "Even though the property rate (Rs/sq ft) might be high in some localities, but some builders are still offering smaller homes to ensure it comes within the reach of the individual. But looking at the cost of construction alone, anything which is being offered to customers between Rs 2000 Rs per sq ft-3500 per sq ft falls in the affordable segment," opines Agarwal.
So what will be the future of property investment in India? He says, "The markets across key cities are maturing and present a good avenue for investment. There is an immense appetite for home purchase in Indian buyers. Residential real estate will be the preferred flavor of investment for the foreseeable future.
Neha Nagpal, MagcBricks.com Bureau


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Well, the Danica Patrick experiment is about to come to fruition with word she is close to completing a Nationwide Series deal with JR Motorsports.
No doubt, track officials already are talking to owner Dale Earnhardt Jr. to make sure she drives at their venues. Let's face it, that series needs a boost, and what better boost than one of the most popular drivers?
Nationwide regular Carl Edwards, for one, would welcome her presence.
"If Danica Patrick could come over here to NASCAR and run well, it would be great for the sport and it would be great for the sponsors that she brings over here," Edwards said. "The fans would love it, so I think the better she does over here — barring running in front of me — the better it is for the sport, and I think that's good."
Patrick's NASCAR future was a hot topic this week, and nearly to a man Sprint Cup drivers believe her arrival would be a good thing. However, they also feel, as has been proven numerous times, that transitioning from open wheel to stock car will take some time.
"It seem like it's been a little bit difficult for those (open-wheel) drivers who grow up on the go-karts, high-down-force, Indy Car-type stuff," Kasey Kahne said. "But Juan's (Pablo Montoya) figured it out really well, and I think other guys can with the right amount of time and right people helping them if they want to spend the time helping them. It's going to be a lot different for her. She's showed that she's really good in Indy Cars, and I think she could probably adapt if she had the right time."
But what happens if she doesn't have any success? She wouldn't be the first open-wheel driver to try and fail.
"There are a lot of people who have come over here and not been able to do well, and I think Juan Montoya is the best example, to me, of a guy who has huge talent, who came over and had a mass of success in other things, and was able to do it," Edwards said. "He's as good as any of us over here now, so if she doesn't do it, I don't think it would be a huge surprise, but, like I said, for all those reasons I hope she does well."
Lindsey Young is a sports writer at the Chattanooga Times Free Press who started work at the Chattanooga News-Free Press 24 years ago. He covers the Northwest Georgia prep beat and NASCAR. Lindsey's hometown is Ringgold, Ga., and he graduated from Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School. He received an associate's degree from Dalton Junior College (now Dalton State) and a bachelor's degree in communications from UTC. He has won several writing awards, including two Tennessee Sports ...