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The interesting point of these numbers that they are especialy useful to people who are retiring or engage in a business that physical location is not important.
Makes you wonder what the people from Ft Wayne Indiana think about this. Talk about inferiority complex's!
Being a regression minded person, the question that pops into my mind when I view that table is: What is the rest of the story. If these markets are this hot then there must be something driving a hoard of people into these areas and the same people must be leaving some other areas that are suffering the losses in value that offsets the gains in value in these hot areas. It is a zero sum game to the total economy. The big story here is not whats hot; the big story is what is not hot.
Read the list and you will notice some interesting things: The big are getting bigger. The growth is taking place along coastal cities and resort type areas. Read from the bottom up and you are looking at the interior heartland in relative decline. Is that where the hoard is coming from? Does this show a shift in our economy from a manufacturing to a service/entertainment economy? I would love to take LA and see an analysis of property values from places within 500 miles of LA in comparison.
Herd mentality. Buzz words that most real estate agents are using are: you never get this kind of interest rate in your lifetime (might be true). If you dont buy it now, you will miss the boat (Might not be true). With your fix income, you will be qualified 50% or more than the amount of loan that you were qualified 2 years ago or may be 2 years later if you missed the boat and rate went up. (Not true). What they dont say to home buyers is that 2 years ago home prices were also 50% or more lower than today and 2 years later, home prices might be 50% lower if interest rate increased. Most renters with some income followed the crowd and bought homes, any home or condo. In my neighborhood that I have been living for a long time, I have seen 2 for rent signs last 2 months. They are still there. Not many renters are around any more. There were no for rent signs in this neighborhood before. Has anybody noticed this trend? I know one shrewd person with a lots of wealth who sold his home 2 month ago with the peak price and rent a home waiting for the prices to come down and buy back his home or similar to that with lower price. I am not sure this is wise thing to do but the guy is a financial guru.
Very interesting. Broome County New York is an I am familar with(its not listed). They have been hemmoraging business and industry. High Pay, High tech types jobs for the past decade or longer.
Why? They have an entitlement mentality which causes tax and spend policies. The population average age is rising, the people on welfare and other dependent programs are increasing rapidly. The people who produce, invest and make the economy grow are running away as fast as possible. Its a vicious cycle and there is no end in sight. My brother informed me this past weekend that Broome County is raising property taxes a whopping 10% due to budget shortfalls. They are also increasing spending. Small wonder that it is the cheapest place in America to buy a house.
I think you could find this correlation at other cities around the US. Now I admit there will me anomalies. Liberal areas typically are located to very strong capitalist centers so as to glom off of the prosperity.
Yea, I did notice a huge increase in apartment vacancy here. I have been doing apartment appraisals for a long time for mortgage loans and it has always been textbook cases. Do the approaches and the sale price is right in the middle of the target, real no brainers. The last one I appraised the income approach done first came up almost double the sales price and I thought I was having a stoke or something. I couldnt figure out what was going on. Then I reviewed the sale data on the best comp and found out what the problem was. VAC had gone from the typical 5% to 50%. I have never seen that before. That will do it every time.
There are some strange things going on at the same time. New apartment units are being built with high occupancy. I think what is happening is that older more affluent people are selling their houses and moving into preferred locations so now we have market segments with 100% VAC at the same time we have older units with VAC of 50%. My explanation for this is that the new economy is not having the same affect on all economic classes. The high VAC is on the lower end of the pole and the low VAC is on the upper end. This is a localized version of what I was talking about above. In the new economy the educated and skilled are moving in droves to where the technology jobs are creating a boom market, meanwhile, down home in fly over country the bottom is falling out. A mass migration is going on. I read recently that African Americans are moving back to the South in droves.
If I had to described our local real estate economy it would be this way: Our economy is driven not by growth or new technology but by a mass migration of commercial districts to a new commercial district to avoid the problems of the old district and a mass migration from the city to the county lead by the affluent escaping urban problems like high taxes (double the county level) and terrible schools. Even inside the city people are moving from one location to another to get away from something and it is like a dog chasing its tail. It is a never-ending migration of people escaping social problems created by bad government by moving from where the problems exists to where they dont exist-yet. I think I heard on the news this week that public schools in Boston, MASS, are 86% non white. How can that be? In the same news story it said Boston is going to stop busing to achieve racial equality in the schools. I can see why, 86% is pretty equal. Busing solved that problem. Meanwhile, didn't I read that prices in VT are skyrocketing? Hey, where would we be without the Liberals and their social policies? You will have to admit, they keep things stirred up. Isn't the Vagas market smoking with people moving in from CA? Get the picture?
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......and imagine what chaos there would be if a governmental dictate shut down the borders and no one could leave their state...as of midnight of a certain day ? ! Americans have always been great migraters, and its our Freedom that has allowed that to occur. It is to some extent the People's own personal systyem of Checks-and-Balances. When local, county and state governments, in concert with existing affiliations of business, commerce and "jobs" create a reality that bodes poorly with the Public......the public exercises its Rights to pack up and move to where the pastures are truly greener. The only thing that is constant is change and Americans like to change their locations.... on average, about every 5 to 7 years, right ? So, I guess that means that any appraiser who is doing a report in one of those approximately 124 metro/city locations in that article's listing had better check the "Increasing" box in the form field relating to trend of property values, or else the LO and the U/W are going to be barking and screaming.......because they read the article and do NOT necessarily believe in concepts like.....immediate subject area, most-similar home's compared, most-recent closed sales, etc. Someone said it earlier in this thread of postings. I, too, would like to see the listing proceed from the 0% stable condition....and show all those city/metro areas where the negative %'s (of market depreciation) go out to -10% or even -20%. Now, watch the feathers start to get ruffled ! Can't live in two places at the same time, supply and demand, zero-sum, new construction vs. existing old properties, or something to that effect ?
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I just read that article Moh posted. First of all, it sounds like we are right on the money in our prognostications but I read something in the article that reminds me of an interesting experience. One of the first AI classes I took back in the 80s was taught by an MAI from Charlotte, NC. His name was Rocky but I cant remember his last name. He told us about the time he received an assignment from an S& L in Texas to do an appraisal I believe in Nashville, TN, on a proposed 400 multi-unit apartment complex. The S & L sent him a copy of the survey plat and the site ran along the Tennessee River for a good distance. Stamped on the plat in big letters was THIS LAND IS NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE. Rocky said he and his buddy walked the land and he could see the flood level seven feet up in the trees from recent floods. He immediately called the Texas S & L and informed them of the problem. He was instructed to stop at one and send a bill for his services up to that point.
About two years later he had another assignment in Nashville, TN, and happened to drive down a road overlooking the old flood site. Guess what he saw? A two year old 400 unit apartment complex. The Texas S & L just called another appraiser and I guess the other appraiser figured, hey, the map says no flood zone so if the project gets flooded it is the engineers problem not mine. I think the point of the story is that to be an appraiser you have to learn the nature of the business: If mama says no, ask grandmother.
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Larry Callahan and Selected of God, 'Born of Fire'
By Puakea Olaisha Anderson
Special to the Michigan Citizen
Emmy winner Larry Callahan and the Selected of God (SoG) choir, best known for their performance for the Chrysler 200 commercial "Born of Fire" during the 2011 Super Bowl, have made a huge impression on Chrysler.
Selected of God choir delivered a soul-stirring rendition of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" during the spot.
"We enjoy partnering with companies that have contributed positively to either Detroit or Michigan's economy by providing much needed jobs, or organizations that have an interest in supporting the health and well-being of the community," says Callahan.
Callahan and Selected of God choir released Nov. 13 their CD "The Evolution II," which topped the Billboard Gospel charts and sold out in a matter of six hours across the world.
"The CD is banging and reaching people all across the world," says Callahan. "It's so overwhelming. I never knew people around the world would want my CD."
Callahan began his choir over 12 years ago with three people in his mom's living room. The venture has evolved into a choir of 33 and with a seven-piece band.
Chrysler has invested in SoG and they have performed at venues all over the world. Since SoG's performance for the 2011 Super Bowl commercial, Chrysler has paid back the $7.6 billion dollar bail out loan from the U.S. government.
The automaker forged a partnership with Eminem's publisher, 8 Mile Style, to release the choir's version of the rapper's 2012 hit "Lose Yourself."
Proceeds from the song's iTunes sales will go to local charities.
Oliver Francois, president and chief executive of Chrysler, says: "The Chrysler brand is firm in its commitment to the city of Detroit and we would like to continue to extend the generosity and goodwill generated for the 'Imported from Detroit' campaign … The new rendition of 'Lose Yourself' is very moving; it is meant to inspire the listener from within and perfectly captures the emotion felt in the 'Born of Fire' commercial."
Generosity is the key word here; Chrysler has enjoyed a 141 percent increase in sales since the Super Bowl. Wise in their innovative approach and marketing tactics its safe to say that Chrysler, with the help of Callahan's collective, is carving out a new approach for big business marketing.
SoG did not stop there. Corporations with Michigan roots have approached the choir for public and private events. These businesses include DMC, Garden Fresh Salsa, Whole Foods Market, The American Cancer Society, AT&T, The American Heart Association and Hungry Howie's Pizza.
Chrysler will also feature Larry Callahan and SoG in their holiday commercial campaign slated to air from November to mid January. "Everything is coming back to back and it's so humbling. We are booked up through December of next year. We have a video coming out for Christmas that we did at Second Ebenzer, and we will be at the Stellar Awards Jan. 19, in Nashville, Tenn."
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Gossip Girl Review: The Final Chapterby Courtney Morrison at . Comments
It's the end of an era. Gossip Girl concluded its final season with "New York, I Love You XOXO," an epic finale to a series closed out in classic GG style.
Over the past six seasons, loyal Gossip Girl fans have been treated to everything we could possibly want. The relationship pairings, the friendships, the glamour, the fashion, the drama and the best possible backdrop - New York City.
The finale gave us all of this one last time. Let's discuss...
Bass Be Gone. The death of Bart was huge in "The Revengers", but this episode, not so much. Blair and Chuck were questioned, but ultimately, his death was ruled an accident. The best part about it was the return of Desmond Harrington, who is always welcome on my TV screen.
Chair Forever. Even with the Bart drama going on, Blair and Chuck finally tied the knot! After a sweet proposal and help from Uncle Jack and the rest of their friends, the couple got married by Cyrus. These two looked absolutely stunning in their wedding attire.
The debate has been going on between Dair and Chair fans for what seems like forever. Did Blair make the right choice? Is Chuck who she is supposed to be with? After watching this episode, there is no doubt about it.
Their long history has built them up to be this epic couple. Do they always measure up? Maybe not. Have there been plenty of instances that made this couple seem so wrong? Of course. But one thing is clear: These two are meant for each other. Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick have made these characters come to life and they will truly be missed.
Another reason that this fight can finally be settled between the GG Shippers is the five-year flash forward that might have been the highlight of the entire hour.
Lonely Boy & The Golden Girl. Can you ever really become one of "them?" Dan Humphrey did his best over the past six years to find his place on the UES. The main reason for doing so? His love for Serena Van Der Woodson. And, (lonely) boy, did it work out.
After leaving Serena with his final chapter, Dan found his way back in with his friends and family by revealing the identity of Gossip Girl. These two have been pivotal characters and their relationship has been so important in building the foundation of this series. It gave Serena a relatable side and it made Dan someone to envy. These two were always enjoyable as a couple (that is until their parents were married... then it just became weird).
As beautiful as a couple that Serena and Nate were, she was meant to be with Humphrey. As a longtime fan, I was very happy to see these two finally get it together for good. I know I am not alone in that.
Back to Florida with the Swamp People? Ivy spent all season looking to take down Lily and having William by her side. What a let down to see how this turned out. Luckily, these characters didn't take up too much of the final season, but I expected something major. What I didn't expect was for William to be doing all of this just to get back with Lily. This was one arc that really didn't interest me. Not even a little bit. Did any of you care about these two? Or would you rather have seen the screen time go the main characters?
Who Is Gossip Girl? One of the most important parts of the finale was the revealing of the person behind Gossip Girl. Who could it be? Jenny? Eric? Dorota? Rufus? Turns out that all of guesses had been wrong. Dan Humphrey is the man behind the mysterious blogger. Can you believe it?!?
I was a bit surprised (my money was on Eric). But looking back, it all made sense. I expected the person behind the site to be a minor character. Someone who was always around but didn't have a huge role. Wrong. Lonely Boy proved his position when he revealed he had been pulling the strings all along. Even Jenny knew this whole time.
The funny thing is, for a show that was so invested in the identity of this character, I found myself not even caring that much about who GG was but more about the characters. Don't get me wrong, it was exciting to find out. But didn't you feel more interested in where the characters were going instead of who was the blogger?
Still, Dan Humphrey! Way to go, Lonely Boy.
Flash Forward. The last few minutes of the installment flashed forward five years and showed us where our favorite Upper East Siders had ended up. Blair and Chuck happily married with an adorable son, Henry. Lily back with William. Jenny and Eric back in NYC. Nate doing extremely well with The Spectator and possibly running for mayor.
Cyrus and Eleanor still happy. Dorota still being one of the funniest background characters ever. And Dan and Serena getting married! How gorgeous did Blake Lively look in that gown? Only she could pull that off.
After Thoughts...
- It was so nice to have Uncle Jack back. Wouldn't have minded having him on more this season. When Chuck and him are getting along, its a great team to watch.
- During the Rachel Bilson/Kristen Bell cameo, we got to see some familiar faces: Lola, Vanessa, Agnes and Juliet.
- Loved, loved, loved everyone discussing who they thought Gossip Girl was. Serena thought it was Rufus for a while! This really shows that the writers have paid attention to sites like ours. You can't really want anything more than that.
- Jenny, Eric, and Vanessa had split second scenes. Anyone wish they would have made more of an appearance?
So, this is it. It's really over. Monday's will never be the same. The ride has been so much fun and this series has given us TV Fanatics something to laugh, cry, and debate about. Many thanks to Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage for a clever and enticing series that we could escape to for an hour a week.
What did you think, Gossip Girl fans? Did the finale measure up to what you expected? Were your surprised by the reveal of Gossip Girl? Did the right couples end up together?
Sound off below and let us know what you thought of "New York, I Love You XOXO." Take the time to go back and look at the Gossip Girl cast. It is definitely one to remember. And don't forget to check back for the very last Gossip Girl Round Table.
It's been fun Gossip Girl fans. Thanks for the memories.
Wow that's all ... no more gossip, no more drama Chair, Serena crushes no more, no more Gossip Girl ... adore this series, each chapter made me angry, sad, kill me with laughter, made me mourn, I fell in love Chuck and Blair undoubtedly every scene they did amazing, so I leave with a great taste, we may not have agreed a much chapters, but we were millions of fans, I loved to come to this blog every Monday and read mass hysteria that conveyed by each chapter was really fun, believe me I'll miss that too.
So I can only say that I love and will always love this series, all their music, their clothes and especially my beloved it's Girl's, I wish them well in their careers all cute will always continue viewing screen. I lover so Gossip Girl ... XOXO.
The woman Rufus ended up with isn't "some random", it is Lisa Loeb! She was the host of that one show Lincoln Hawk played in during season one and I think he went on tour with her at some point.
I absolutely adore final episode! All my favourite couples are together. I can die in peace ;) I cared once about Lilly and Rufus, but somewhere along the way I just lost interest in them. Chair, Derena and was thah Georgina (one of favourites charachters) with Uncle Jack? And o course Rachel Bilson and Kirsten Bell (she was the reason I started watching this show in the first place, I mean, hello? Any Veronica Mars fans over here?)
Well done, Gossip Girl, well done.
My most favorite part was seeing Henry! Too cute! Wish we got to see Dorota's kids as well! And Nate for Mayor? Yes! As a New Yorker, I would vote for him any day! MEOW.
@ Marco!!! Yess we were right!!! High Five! @Zoran like Marco said you were right too! Serena and Dan were meant to be
@chiara i agree, nate n carter the only men to accept her and love her for who she is. dan is her dan basically and thus the rhodes curse begins...... i say nate to be her rufus and carter the other one who got away....
@citii it was also the birth of GG
@citii if you saw in the earlier half of the finale where dan revealed this to be the scene where him n serena first talk n meet and where he fell in love with her
Jenny was such an important character in the first seasons... why didn't they allow Jenny to say something useful at the end?... Lol or anything at all in fact?!... I love how they tried to age Eric with his goatee... and all the other 'business men' of GG look like they are still straight out of High School 5 years on - VFX ppl cmon!! I think Serena has worn better dresses in her average night out... it didn't sit well, and also why on earth did they get married in that strange little living room, it was weird...
I love Georgina, she was still awesome! Dorota is epic, with her vodka! I loved Blair's line, 'I always thought it was Dorota!' I'm glad it was Dan... that was cool. I like Serena & Dan and Chuck and Blair. I liked seeing Nate as a successful businessman at the end, not attached to a manipulative woman... ironic and all but fun!
The girl that Rufus was with reminds me of the IT specialist that works for the Queen Corporation, in Arrow...


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For whom the bell tollson October 11, 2013 @ 7:14 am (Updated: 9:23 am - 10/11/13 )
As the markets have gone up and down over the past 11 days, they have been warning the default-deniers that they're not going to get the same pass as their global warming cousins. The impact won't be in some distant dystopian future, it'll be here and now.
It's sending as message to people like Representative Steve King, "I don't think the credit of the United States is going to be collapsed. We have plenty of money coming in to service the debt. When we stop servicing the debt - that would be default. We're a long, long ways from that."
Well, I'm sure you're a smart man, but I'm afraid the investment community doesn't agree with you.
And whatever you think about Wall Street, one way or another, everybody's wealth, from the change in the cup of a street beggar to the retirement funds of 77 million Baby Boomers, depends on it.
And not only has the stock market been sending a message - every financial executive Congress invites to testify says the same thing. Here's a collection of clips - and this is just from Thursday's testimony.
"Unnecessarily triggering a voluntary default will result in a dramatic and possibly permanent damage to our economy and markets ..."
"Resulting in higher mortgage rates and increasing the rate in buying a home..."
"The damage of a default who saves, invests, borrows or who has any stake in the economy..."
It sounds like an episode of "Breaking Bankrupt." Unfortunately, this drama would only just be starting.
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Gobal Macro: Winter Storm Shakes Markets
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Winter storms across the U.S. this week have affected energy prices, airline travel and consumer spending, and could hit first-quarter economic numbers.
The storm has helped send natural-gas prices -- as measured by exchange-traded fund United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) -- higher. Prices have trended higher since the beginning of the year as demand for heat has risen. Temperatures have been in the sub-zero range for much of the country, and even in the South, temparatures have approached negative digits.
Natural-gas prices formed a channel pattern higher the past few days. Demand caused a short-term spike, but on a longer time-frame chart, the trend remains downward as increased supplies should ultimately lead to selling when the winter storm passes.
Flights across the country have been delayed or canceled the past few days, affecting business operations and possibly affecting economic growth. Halted flights may also weigh on airlines' revenue for the quarter, and although the storm seems like a one-time event, it could lead to lower earnings outlooks.XRT data by YCharts At the time of publication, the author had no position in any of the funds mentioned. Follow @macroinsights This article represents the opinion of a contributor and not necessarily that of TheStreet or its editorial staff.
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Wil HaygoodAs part of a Celebrating Freedom program, Miami University is offering three free showings of the top-rated movie "The Butler" at 4 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, at Hall Auditorium. "The Butler" is inspired by the true story of Eugene Allen, an African-American man who witnessed the civil rights changes in America while serving eight presidential administrations at the White House.
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, Haygood, also a biographer and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, speaks on "The Hot Summer of 1964: Wil Haygood Takes You There," at 7 p.m., also in Hall Auditorium.
Tickets to "The Butler" are available to the Miami community and the public at the Shriver Center box office, room 111, 513-529-3200, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. To pick up movie tickets ahead of time at Shriver, please do so by 3 p.m. Monday. From 3:30 p.m. through the 10:45 p.m. showing Monday, reserved tickets can be retrieved at Hall Auditorium and available tickets will also be distributed at Hall before the movie showings.
"Celebrating Freedom: Understanding the Past, Building the Future" is a universitywide, yearlong effort focusing on civil rights and the broader theme of freedom. Events will include issues in our nation's history and current news today — immigration, voting rights, women's rights, religious freedom, human trafficking and gay rights — that relate to the basic right of freedom.
Haygood, Miami's May 2013 commencement speaker, has earned a National Headliner Award, Sunday Magazine Editors Award and National Association of Black Journalists and other journalism awards. Recently he was awarded the Ella Baker Award from the Zora Neal Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, which honors an author whose work epitomizes citizenship and community service. He also has been a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow and last May was awarded a 2013-2014 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for research on a book about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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If you're into whisky, High West's Double Rye whiskey is definitely a drop worth sampling. The Double Rye is a combination of a feisty high 2 year-old and a smooth rich 16 year-old rye whiskey, great when served neat, on the rocks, with a dash of water or in a classic whiskey cocktail like a Manhattan. The Double Rye is available from a number of sellers, but if you're up for an adventure, High West is located in Old Town Park City and Utah's oldest distillery and saloon is the only ski-in gastro-distillery in the world.
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It's not actually Utah's oldest Saloon. That would be the Shooting Star in Huntsville, Utah, near Snowbasin ski resort. Shooting Star was opened in 1879. Highwest opened in 2009. http://www.utah.com/schmerker/2001/huntsville.htm
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Oh, I didn't know the shooting star had a distillery in it… oh, they don't? Oh, so High West is in fact, the oldest DISTILLERY AND SALOON in Utah.
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If you are a long-time user of Microsoft Word, you probably use AutoText to add boilerplate text to your documents.
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Apple announced at a conference in San Francisco today that the company will be including software in its new operating system that will make it harder for thieves to resell stolen smartphones.
The announcement at Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference revealed that the new iOS 7 coming this fall will include "activation lock" technology requiring the initial user's Apple ID and password to turn off the Find My iPhone app or to or reactivate the phone.
Users who lose their iPhone or have it stolen can also display a custom message on the phone's screen with their phone number and a request to return the phone.
The company said in a statement on its website that the new technology will "make it harder for anyone who's not you to use or sell your device."
The announcement comes just days before Apple was set to meet with other smartphone manufacturers at a summit organized by top San Francisco and New York law enforcement officials.
The meeting, scheduled for Thursday with San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon, New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the manufacturers, will be about how to curb the rising trend of smartphone thefts, which has been dubbed "Apple-picking."
San Francisco police estimate that roughly half of all street robberies in the city target cellphones.
Gascon has criticized Apple and other manufacturers for not doing enough to prevent the thefts, saying the technological fix is simple and would reduce the incentive to steal the phones.
Gascon and Schneiderman made a joint statement today about Apple's announcement regarding the new security measures.
"We are appreciative of the gesture made by Apple to address smartphone theft. We reserve judgment on the activation lock feature until we can understand its actual functionality," the pair said.
"We are hopeful that the cellphone industry will imbed persistent technology that is free to consumers that will make a phone inoperable once stolen, even if the device is off, the SIM card is removed or the phone is modified by a thief to avoid detection," Gascon and Schneiderman said.
Thursday's "Smartphone Summit" will take place in Schneiderman's office in New York City.
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Queen City Fashions Earn Celebrity
Tame your tendencies toward wanderlust and the lights of Tinsel Town because right around the corner a local lady is dressing the brightest stars in Hollywood and beyond.
Basking in a national limelight is an opportunity that doesn't present itself too often, and most Cincinnatians usually leave the screen time to the Bengals. But right across the river, a Covington woman's fashionable faux furs are shining brightly as they tackle the entertainment industry, while the Bengal boys are just tackling each other.
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Before starting her own business in the late 1980s, designer Donna Salyers already had the show-business bug. She starred in her own syndicated television program about sewing and fashion and had her own newspaper column on the same subject. Her entrepreneurial fire wasn't lit, however, until her plans to buy a full-length mink coat were foiled by a disturbing report by radio personality Paul Harvey. The upsetting account of kittens being skinned and marketed as mink teddy bears quieted Salyers' desire for animal fur forever and inspired her to pursue a career in a "kinder alternative."
"It occurred to me that I could have been about to buy a kitten coat. I was horrified and couldn't buy [an animal skin] coat. But that's when I thought — 'a faux fur business is a great idea!'" Salyers says, and in that moment Donna Salyers' Fabulous Furs was born.
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Fabulous Furs is one of the leading manufacturers of faux fur apparel in the country and satiates the world's need for luxurious fur apparel without having to harm innocent animals. "What's the point?" Salyers asks. "Why do you need a coat made of animal skins when there are so many beautiful fakes that are so much more practical?"
Salyers' garments have been featured heavily throughout all areas of the entertainment industry including movie and television sets, fashion magazines, celebrity public appearances and even the personal wardrobes of royalty like Queen Silvia of Sweden.
If you look inside your September issues of Cosmopolitan or Marie Claire magazines, you can find full-page fashion editorials featuring faux furs by Salyers'. From the soap opera starlets on "All my Children" to rapper Ice-T and Hugh Hefner's girlfriends on "The Girls Next Door," everyone loves Salyers' Fabulous Furs. Even Michelle Obama and Oprah have purchased furs from Salyers!
For more information on Donna Salyers' Fabulous Furs, visit the Web site at FabulousFurs.com, and make sure to register for Fabulous Furs' 11th Annual Saturday Salon Series on Oct. 17.
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Since the early 2000s, and especially since Eastern European Countries joined the EU in May 2004, migration has played a larger part in Scotlands demographic change than in the previous decade. So it has become more important to have high quality statistics on migration and the population, for policy development and for planning and providing public services. NRS was part of an inter-departmental effort, led by the Office for National Statistics (ONS),to improve the estimates of migration and migrant populations in the United Kingdom, both nationally and at a local level. The ONS website has more information on the Migration Statistics Improvement programme including the programmes final report.
The new information provided by the 2011 Census has allowed us to review our methodology and make improvements to elements of the rolling-forward process. Further analysis of census data, particularly relating to migration, and continuing work to incorporate new data sources, will help us to improve our methods and be confident that we continue to capture population change into the next decade and beyond.
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In recent days, US officials have admitted that negotiations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a bilateral security agreement (BSA) continue to make little progress.
Washington's ambassador to Kabul has reportedly concluded that Karzai is unlikely to sign an accord before the elections this spring - and yet the Obama administration, after allowing earlier deadlines to lapse, is now insisting that any agreement needs to be in place "in weeks, not months."
Such talk increases the possibility that Washington - and, most likely, its NATO allies - will be unable to leave a residual troop presence in Afghanistan after international forces leave at the end of this year. It's a prospect that arouses anxiety from Washington to New Delhi and many places in between - and likely in Kabul as well.
Such concern is understandable. But let's keep things in perspective: The stabilising role of a post-2014 force - and its overall utility - would be modest at best.
This noncombat force would be expected to build on on-going efforts to strengthen Afghanistan's war-fighting capacities so that Afghan troops can keep a lid on the Taliban insurgency - which is now largely restricted to Afghanistan's southern and eastern regions - and eventually eliminate it altogether.
Fair enough - but let's not overstate the capacities of a residual force. NATO officials suggest it would number at the very most 12,000 troops (most of which would be American). This is a mere fraction of the 140,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan at the height of the surge. Such a modest force would be powerless to address the range of factors that could hasten Afghanistan's descent into deeper violence - from Taliban sanctuaries in Pakistan that Islamabad refuses to eliminate, to fragile Afghan security forces vulnerable to militant infiltration.
This modest residual force would also be powerless to avert a worst-case scenario: An intensified insurgency; heavy refugee flows and other spill over effects into the tinderbox nation of Pakistan; and, most ominously, a ratcheting up of India-Pakistan tensions as the nuclear-armed nemeses try to deepen their influence in Afghanistan, and as anti-India fighers active in Afghanistan (such as Lashkar-e-Taiba) turn their guns back on India.
Such scary scenarios certainly aren't inevitable. But a post-2014 force could neither prevent Afghanistan from falling into this abyss, nor save it if it takes this plunge.
The limitations of a post-2014 force highlight a discomfiting fact - one that Pentagon analysts and Washington think-tankers should be mindful of in the months ahead as they devise possible post-2014 scenarios, identify those most desirable for US interests, and consider how to obtain such wanted outcomes. In effect, the US can deliberate and plan all it likes, but ultimately it can do very little to shape Afghanistan's post-drawdown fate.
Afghanistan's future will largely be determined by domestic political considerations in South Asia that the US has little ability - or desire - to influence. For example, the Taliban insurgency's trajectory will hinge to a great extent on Afghanistan's upcoming elections and resulting new leadership. Only a legitimately elected government that properly administers justice, effectively delivers basic services, and above all is seen as clean, will convince Afghans that their government is a better alternative to the Taliban - and consequently slow recruitment to the insurgents' cause.
Additionally, the insurgency thrives because it enjoys sanctuaries inside Pakistan, which regards the Taliban as a hedge against Indian influence in Afghanistan. Pakistan will dismantle Taliban havens on its soil only if the Pakistani military softens its view of India as an existential threat - a view that has long justified the institution's outsize role in Pakistani politics, and most likely will not change anytime soon.
At the end of the day, Washington has relatively limited leverage in Afghanistan (and Pakistan), despite ample military and economic assistance - aid that would continue under a BSA. It's New Delhi that's earned the trust of Kabul (the two signed a strategic partnership accord in 2011) and the Afghan opposition. And it's Islamabad that enjoys influence over the Taliban.
In an ideal world, Washington would simply defer to those actors with actual leverage in Afghanistan. The problem is that some of them, like Pakistan - whose security establishment has sponsored militants that target US troops in Afghanistan - pursue interests that are inimical to the US'.
However, there is one objective for Afghanistan that the US and South Asian governments do share in common: stability. Some may therefore argue that the US should aggressively seek to relaunch the fledgling peace process that collapsed last year. According to this line of reasoning, Washington should lean on Afghanistan's neighbours to use their leverage to bring reluctant, yet critical, factions to the negotiating table. Islamabad would target the Taliban, and New Delhi would help Kabul court the anti-Taliban, non-Pashtun Afghan opposition. If successful, so the narrative would conclude, this could pave the way for something approximating a best-case scenario: An end to the Taliban insurgency, greater economic development, and democratic consolidation.
But here's the problem. Given the Taliban's lack of commitment to talks, Islamabad's poor relations with both Kabul and New Delhi, and the acrimony between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the White House (not to mention a recent rash of killings of Afghan Taliban leaders reportedly exploring talks), launching - much less successfully concluding - peace talks will be a very difficult task.
Ultimately, BSA or not, Washington can only cross its fingers and hope that Afghanistan doesn't fall apart - a fitting act for a superpower with little influence over the country where it has fought its longest war.
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About 3 weeks ago I created a blog concerning the problems I was having with my lap band. Well, things turned for the worst and I wanted to let you know of my experience.
Starting on 9/17 I started stressing out over a new job and started throwing up every day. After 2 weeks of that I went back in to see my doctor only to be seen by his physician's assistant. She saw on the scan that I couldn't swallow the barium and she told me that I was "swollen" from throwing up and that I should have warm liquids for 24 hours and then have protein shakes after that. Then things will get back to normal! WRONG!
Her suggestion didn't work for me and I continued throwing up every day. On Saturday 10/16 I threw up everything, nothing would go down, even water. On Sunday night 10/17 I called my doctor's answering service and told them that I was dehydrated and that I'm taking myself to emergency for IV fluids and can the doctor call me. I waited and waited to hear back only to get a call from his nurse (he didn't even have the compassion or care to call me himself). She said that the doctor agreed that I should go to emergency but suggested I go to where my doctor has privileges so he can remove the band. I told her that I'm not traveling all the way to their hospital when there's a great one 10 minutes from my home.
I received the IV fluids I needed in the ER and met caring and compassionate people that actually cared about my health and well-being. The on-call doctor spoke with their bariatric surgeon and he agreed that the band should come out IMMEDIATELY and offered to perform the surgery. I said yes and I had the surgery last Wednesday 10/20. Still, to this day, my original doctor has not called me to check up on me. Also, my new doctor removes more bands than he puts in.
I couldn't be happier that I no longer have the band but now I have to be very careful about keeping the weight I lost off. The loss needs to be a reminder of the almost 4 years of hell I went through with the band.
If you know anyone that's thinking about having lap band surgery and need a different perspective please have them contact me.
I wanted to share my lap band experience with those that are thinking about having the procedure. PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH! I had the surgery done 3.5 years ago and after all that time I've only lost 50 pounds. Unfortunately I can't say that I've exercised and eaten the things that I should but my circumstances are a little different.
The first 5 months after surgery everything was fine. I was losing weight, feeling great, buying new clothes, IT WAS AWESOME! Then my whole world changed. I started vomiting and spitting up at least 2 days a week and to top it off, I found out my doctor discontinued my insurance company! Not only could I not afford to go to see my doctor but I never knew what I could or couldn't eat and I ended up wasting food and money
After 8 months of torture I finally broke down and went to see my doctor anyway and found out that he's reinstating my insurance company but he really couldn't give me any real answers to the issues I was having. He recommended an "unfill" (taking water from my band) because I was so tight it was making food and liquids hard to pass through my band. I did that, but it didn't work!
I haven't been able to find any good support groups on people having issues with the band and my doctor's office is giving me NO support. He's only there 1 day a week so I can't even call him with questions.
After 2.5 weeks of throwing up EVERYDAY I decided to go back in. There the PA told me that after seeing the barium not pass through my band that I was swollen. She then informed me that when you throw up you're swollen and it takes about 24 hours for the swelling to go down. During this time I should have warm fluids and then the next day have only protein shakes. Funny, after all the problems I've had I've NEVER been informed about the swelling issue.
Currently I'm trying to find another doctor to take my case that will actually care about my well-being but for those considering the surgery, please do your research. Fortunately it's a procedure that can be reversed but just remember that the band is with you for life!!!!!!!!
I'm so tired of making promises to myself and never following through. I'd never do that to anyone else but me and it's time for a change. I would really like to lost 15 pounds before my next birthday on June 18th. If I start on April 2 it will be eleven weeks until June 18th and I think if I really try I'll lose it. Then I think if I lose it what's going to stop me from continuing on. I think the best way to start losing weight is to make goals that are attainable and realistic and I think losing 5 pounds a month can be done.
My biggest hang up is finding time to exercise which right now, would have to be in the mornings. I did it before and I'm sure I can do it again. It's just forcing myself to go to bed early enough to get at least 7 hours sleep before I wake up to exercise.
I was actually thinking about starting a message about it to see if anyone wanted to participate with me. Everything is always better with support.
I decided yesterday to start taking eating right seriously! I use SparkPeople occasionally to count calories and water intake but I really took it to heart. I watched what I ate and I walked the stairs twice in my building and I lost 2 pounds. I felt so proud of myself, which is rare, that I've decided to try and stay on track, even on the weekends, which is very hard for me. I'm going to give it 200% for at least 90 days and if the progress is substantial I think that's what my brain will need to continue.


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FAIZABAD: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on Thursday launched the election campaign of his party from Ayodhya for the upcoming 2012 assembly election. After offering special prayers at the shrine of Ram Lalla at the makeshift Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Kalyan issued the first list 162 candidates of his Jankranti Party candidates including from the Ayodhya assembly seat.
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Jamie Gangel, a Washington based correspondent for the Today show, is putting together a story on Twitter, set to air tomorrow morning. It appears Gangel, who is new to the social networking tool (@jamiegangel / 1,047 followers), has some Twitter-envy. She's shaming her colleague David Gregory (@DavidGregory / 203,929 followers) in to following her.
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