text: | Dáil Éireann - Volume 415 - 18 February, 1992 Written Answers. - Approximation of Indirect Taxes. Mr. Spring Mr. Spring 184. Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline (a) the main areas of divergence in indirect taxes between Irish and United Kingdom rates and (b) the steps he proposes to take to avoid trade diversionary effects in the aftermath of the dismantling of customs borders in the EC. Minister for Finance (Mr. B. Ahern) Bertie Ahern 2069 Minister for Finance (Mr. B. Ahern): For some time now, it has been apparent that, when tax-motivated border checks are abolished within the EC Single Market, a closer approximation of indirect tax rates would be required, particularly between neighbouring member states, if unacceptable diversions of trade and revenue were to be avoided. Budgetary policy here in recent years has responded to this requirement through a combination of reductions in the standard VAT rate, a virtual standstill in the main excise duty rates, except [2069] those on tobacco products, and the abolition of many minor exercises. These changes, coupled with certain upward adjustments in UK rates, have resulted in a considerable narrowing of the differentials in indirect tax rates between the two countries. For example, whereas there was a 10 per cent difference between the respective standard rates of VAT in 1989, this gap has now been reduced to 3.5 per cent. The other remaining main areas of rate divergence concern domestic energy products, zero-rated in the UK but liable at the 12.5 per cent VAT rate in the State, beer, wine, petrol, heating oil and motor vehicles, where excise rates are significantly higher than in the UK. Under the post-1992 arrangements agreed by the ECO/FIN Council, the freedom of private individuals to purchase in other member states without tax implications will be the guiding principle. However, in order to limit potential cross-border trade distortions, the Council have also agreed that as regards VAT special arrangements shall apply for a transitional period, until end-1996 at least, in the following areas: mail order and distance sales, i.e. where goods are dispatched or transported by or on behalf of the supplier to a private individual in another member state; new vehicles and other means of transport and, covering private cars, commercial vehicles and certain motor cycles, boats and aircraft; non-taxable bodies and small traders, involving purchases above at least 10,000 ECU annually. In these cases, VAT will be payable in and at the rate of the country of destination. The Council have also agreed that member states who apply zero-rating should have the option to retain such rating, at least, during the transitional period. In recognition of the distortion of competition that this could involve for Ireland, because domestic energy products are zero-rated in the UK, it has been agreed that, following a favourable opinion from the Commission, we may apply a reduced rate to such products. 2070 In the excise duty area the ECO/FIN [2070] Council have agreed that, post-1992, excise duties on commercial quantities of tobacco, alcohol and mineral oil products will continue to be payable in the country of consumption at that country's rate. On 10 February last, the Council approved a directive establishing a control framework for inter-Community trade in excisable goods designed to ensure the security of revenue involved. The new arrangements and deterrents envisaged are designed to correspond to the degree of risk associated with the various channels of movement involved, ie duty suspended or duty-paid and to the nature of the operator concerned ie bonded warehouse-keeper, registered operator or unregistered operator. The provisions of the new directive will be translated into national legislation during 1992: supplementary national measures are also under consideration. Post-1992, with the exception of hydrocarbon oils, excisable goods acquired in another member state by private individuals for their own use and carried by them when returning to their own member state will not be subject to further duty on their return. Criteria have been laid down to enable private transactions to be distinguished from commercial transactions. These include the commercial status of the holder of the goods as well as the quantity carried. In the case of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, indicative quantities have also been specified; if these are exceeded, there will be an onus on the person carrying out the transaction to prove that it is a private one. Ireland has been authorised to apply lower indicative figures for beer and wine until mid-1997. Finally, I should say that, in the run-up to the completion of the Internal Market, I shall continue to review our indirect tax rates with a view to ensuring that undue trade and revenue distortions do not occur when border controls are removed, while, of course, having regard to the wider budgetary repercussions of any changes. Dáil Éireann 415 Written Answers. Approximation of Indirect Taxes. Questions 19920218 | ||||||||||||||||||||||


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My DH and I are pulling our all of our first floors up in order to save some money on the install of our new hardwood floors. Half of the floor is ceramic tile; the previous homeowner installed the floor, pulling carpet off half that previous area and on top of vinyl on the other half. We're trying to get an area cleared so that we can at least get a couple of new cabinets installed. So....we've pulled the ceramic tile, the backer board, and upon trying to pull up the vinyl we realized there was paneling underneath. Well, in our DIY frenzy, we started pulling the paneling up-how great! The vinyl is so easy to get off the floor! Weellll...here's the sticky point. Our existing cabinets are on top of the vinyl and panelling.
How do we NOT pull all of the cabinets and yet still pull the exposed vinyl and paneling? Is there some safe way to saw through the vinyl/panel (keeping in mind it's a tight space there in front of the toekick) without terribly damagaing the plywood underneath? Ack! What do we do?! Does this make sense? I'm a little full of ceramic dust right now...running on E, too. Time for some chow! Check back later!! Thanks for reading! |
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You could try a toe-kick saw. See the link below. Are you sure that's paneling under the vinyl vs subflooring over the plywood? |
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Yeah, that's subfloor under there. Um..not really into buying a new saw to get this done..esp. one that costs $260! Can't find a rental either. I'm going to try to cut away the vinyl. Then I'm going to seriously score the subfloor and try to snap it clean against the toekick. |
- Posted by sombreuil_mongrel (My Page) on Sun, Nov 15, 09 at 16:19
When you say "paneling" I'm thinking it's actually 1/4" plywood of some kind. A really sharp utility knife will cut it; just be really careful; wear gloves. A Japanese-type "pull saw" would perhaps also be useful if you got one that cuts flush without the handle in the way. Expect to pay about $25. for one. If it hits a nail or staple it will soon be toast. The knife will do the job. Casey |
This panel/subfloor whathaveyou has a name...I just can't think of it.. Anyway, yes, it's thin enough to snap-probably about 1/4" thick. I've taken a hammer to the back of an utility knife (at the best angle I can under the toekick) and I have gotten an okay edge, but nothing great. I've gotten a very important part done, but might wait for the floor installers to take a look and see if they have a suggestion/tool. If they can't halp me out, I'll try that little hand saw. |
"Um..not really into buying a new saw to get this done..esp. one that costs $260!" By the saw, use it, then sell it on e-bay. You will likely get at least half the cost. |
- Posted by glenster_jr (My Page) on Thu, Nov 19, 09 at 12:35
It's probably 1/4" Luan plywood under the vinyl. |
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Obama in Boulder: Libertarian zealots, Romney bashing and (maybe) a 3OH!3 sighting
Barack Obama's appearance in Boulder on Sunday brought out Rich Black Mormons (one of them, anyway) and thousands of others -- a fascinatingly varied swath of humanity willing to swelter in the heat for hours for a chance to stand on CU-Boulder's Norlin Quad, site of the annual 4/20 celebration, to hear the President explain why he deserves to be re-upped. But the scene that preceded him was just as fascinating as the main event.Obama at the Buff.
While Obama was dropping in at The Buff, a popular Boulder breakfast joint, in an echo of his visit to The Sink during an April campaign swing to Boulder, I settled into the security line with my retinue -- my wife, my twin daughters (both CU-Boulder sophomores) and several of their friends, including one who'd eventually find his way onto the speaker's platform a few hours hence. The mood was positive, if a bit shy of exuberant -- a natural consequence of Obama having appeared in Colorado so many times of late, not to mention the temperature, which made us grateful every time our ultra-slow progress toward the Quad stopped in a rare shady spot.
Nonetheless, entrepreneurs were out in force, peddling buttons and presumably unauthorized T-shirts (I especially liked the one that appropriated the Broncos' horse), and so were protesters, including several upset about Monsanto and GMOs. Still, the most vocal demonstrator had broader concerns. Given that he carried a placard festooned with images of Obama in Joker makeup over the word "Socialism," we assumed he was a Mitt Romney supporter, but no. Turns out he was actually backing Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson -- and doing so in the most strident way possible.Photo by Elizabeth Roberts A Libertarian protester thinks Obama's a Joker.
At one point, he engaged in heated dialogue with someone twenty feet or so in front of us, a fella we're pretty damn sure was Nathaniel Motte from 3OH3! -- although we admittedly didn't double-check by going up to him and saying, "You's a punk bitch if you don't know 'bout Boulder" (a lyric from the song "Holler 'Til You Pass Out").
When it was my turn, I asked if he realized some people might associate the Joker imagery with the Aurora theater shooting. "That's your problem, bro," he responded -- an answer that made absolutely no sense, since anyone with an iota of political savvy knows a message's clarity is the responsibility of the person delivering it. Still, I gave him a chance to explain what he was trying to convey, and he replied that Obama wore a mask, pretending to be a liberal when he was actually just as beholden to corporate interests as were Romney or George W. Bush.
No big hoots from the people close enough to overhear this conversation. They appeared to have pretty much tuned him out.
After a couple of hours, we finally made it to the security station, where the person checking the contents of my pocket paused at my keyring (which rocks a spark-plug lighter I got as a promotional item for BadMotorFinger, a 1991 Soundgarden album) before letting me pass. Then, finally, we reached the actual Quad...specifically the area set aside for students, thanks to my daughters, who'd scored some extra passes for their elderly folks.
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3 - calamondin (miniature) oranges Brugmanisa - Chas. Grimaldi
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3 gallon black plastic pots - lots of them 3 small one year old red leaf ornamental crabapple trees. Bloom a beautiful pink. Birds love the small crab apples. 1 purple crape myrtle (small) 1 Near East Pink crape myrtle (small) 1 small start of Pampas grass. 1 ornamental pomegranate 3 feet tall |
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7 - one year old flowering crabapple seedlings. The parent has red leaves. Most of these have red leaves and one or two have green leaves. |
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I have one nice start of what is commonly called Seven Sisters rose. This one is more like Caldwell Pink with the light lavender color on the light pink. It is a spring only bloomer; not a repeat bloomer. |
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I have about 1.5 to 2 square feet of dark green mondo grass. This is not liriope. It has narrow leaves maybe 4 inches long. I dug it out of a bed by the greenhouse so we can start a herb bed. |
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1 white wisteria - It is small but it bloomed this year. 1 purple wisteria - 3 y/o - good sized - proven bloomer. |
Sorry, posted this on the wrong page. Terry, |
- Posted by tsmith2579 7B (My Page) on Fri, Apr 23, 10 at 21:14
Hi, Shay. I'm so glad y'all are coming to the swap. Yes, I'll bring the malvas for you. How about we swap for the hosta? Thanks, Terry |
- Posted by alabugtamer (My Page) on Thu, May 6, 10 at 20:33
any malvas left? |
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So desperately sorry to hear about the loss of Cath - she will be sadly missed & I feel an honor in working with her at one stage on her CT team... I just can't believe it! Prayers speeding across the blue seas to her family and friends... (I haven't been well either with high blood pressure now & then, so that's why I haven't been around GDS much... - I'm going to the doctor's tomorrow...) but I'm hoping to be back real soon with a surprise for you all...
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OMG! I am so.. so.. sorry to hear of her passing. I can't believe she just had a heart attack and it..it really killed her. Did she have a heart condition? Does anyone know how old she was? She didn't have any children still at home, did see? OMG! She was so helpful during the layout contests each year and she was so patient and kind. Does anyone know ,if she knew the Lord? I want to think she is in the arms of God/Jesus tonight. I wish I had a chance to send a nice word of thanks and appreciation, before she left. I'm stunned, but it is as the Bible says, you must be ready to go every minute of everyday. It was a surprise to us and to her too, but not our Lord. I'll pray for her family.
Andrea what a Beautiful Tribute to Cathy! I have been away the last 2 weeks in Minnesota for my Mom's 85th Birthday Celebration and I just now found out about Cathy as I had no internet till now. I was so shocked and sad to learn of this sweet and wonderful Woman's death but know we have an Angel watching over us and guiding us in our scrapping journeys now. She was an inspiration and always left such sweet comments that made me want to try and do even better as I scrapped. RIP Sweet Angel Cathy! Praying for her Family and Multitude of Friends she has left behind.


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This is my first post on this forum. I don't do a lot of cannas, but this year I had a 'volunteer' canna sprout in my daylily hybridizing beds. This happens about every other year and I usually just yank them out. For some reason I let it grow this year and it turned out to be quite a nice plant. It bloomed profusely and the color was beautiful and it was even somewhat branched. I wish I had taken more photos, but I just took two. So, first of all, after reading everything I could about growing cannas from seed, I'm surprised that this thing came up and bloomed like a mature plant all in the same season. Also, we experienced a terrible drought this year. Even more amazing. Secondly, where in the world did this come from? I haven't grown cannas in years. These seeds must be left-over from years ago....I do only daylilies. How long can a seed last and still germinate? I know these are a lot of questions, but it's mostly just fascinating to me that this happened. I'll post the two photos I did take, and , I decided to save this one, so it's resting in my basement for the winter. What do you think, I think it's pretty. Bob Faulkner |
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Bob, Welcome to the world of growing cannas from seed even if not by design. Canna seeds are encased in a very hard outer coat that is nearly impervious to water. Until the outer shell is permeated the embryo cannot germinate. Canna seed can survive a very many years and remain viable. It has been established that native Indians used canna seeds in their musical hand rattles and after over 500 years the seed inside were found to be viable. Kent |
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My name is Stella!
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- Breed: Chow Chow Mix
- Color: Red/Golden/Orange/Chestnut
- Age: Adult
- Size: Med. 26-60 lbs (12-27 kg)
- Sex: Female
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I am already spayed, up to date with shots, not good with kids, and not good with dogs.
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Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture. Players step into the boots of the most iconic denizen of Rapture, the Big Daddy (Prototype), as they travel through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and their own survival.
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The Champions Tour opened its season in Hawaii over the weekend with the MasterCard Championship in fitting fashion, as the tour's all-time victory leader, Hale Irwin, notched a five-stroke victory. In garnering his 45th victory, the 61-year-old Irwin shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday to finish with a sparkling 23-under 193 total for the 54-hole event.
The victory also stopped Irwin's winless streak, which dated back to October of 2005, 25 tournaments in all. He did not win on the Champions Tour last season, the first time in 12 seasons he did not win at least one event. Irwin opened the event with a 66 on Friday, followed by a tournament-low round of 62 on Saturday, as he outdistanced defending AT&T Champions Classic winner Tom Kite and Jim Thorpe, each of whom shot 198 to tie for second. While the AT&T Champions Classic is not one of the events Irwin as won, Kite, as mentioned, did win last year's event and the 2002 event at Valencia Country Club.
The Champions Tour players call Hawaii home for one more week, as Loren Roberts looks to defend his title at the Turtle Bay Championship. The Kahuku, Hawaii, based Palmer Course at Turtle Bay is the site.
The Champions Tour welcomes a new member to the 50 and over set – Nick Price, a three-time Major winner hits the milestone on January 28th. Price won two PGA Championships (1992 and '94) and the 1994 British Open. He has 18 PGA Tour Victories and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.
Since this is our first edition, we missed sending birthday greetings to Mark O'Meara, who turned 50 on January 13. He won the 1998 Masters and the 1998 British Open and owns 16 PGA Tour victories in all.
Jerry Pate and Peter Jacobsen returned to Champions Tour play following surgeries last summer. Pate had shoulder surgery, while Jacobsen had hip replacement surgery. Pate finished last week's season opener tied for 9th, while Jacobsen tied for 19th. Both players are expected to be among the field for the 2007 AT&T Champions Classic.
AT&T Champions Classic tournament officials announced last week that in addition to reigning champ and 2002 winner Tom Kite, recent past winners of the event scheduled to appear in this year's tournament include: Des Smyth, the 2005 winner, Gil Morgan from 2004 and Tom Purtzer, the 2003 Classic winner.
Just last week tournament officials put out the call for local volunteer assistance for the upcoming event. Community members interested in aiding the operation of this year's tournament can check out the event website at www.attchampionsclassic.com and hit the volunteer link for more information.
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To greatest and to least;
For all are welcome; "Come with us;
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2. This simple food of bread and wine
Reminds us of the one
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Fought evil and he won.
3. There's plenty here for all to share,
So do not be subdued;
The only thing you need to be
Is hungry for this food.
4. Come now the table is prepared;
You are the cherished guest;
With Christ, as host, you are affirmed;
You are upheld and blest.
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When it comes to nonviolent drug offenses, systems that favor treatment over incarceration not only produce better health outcomes, they save money, too. It's yet another example of how investing in public health and prevention yields valuable returns on investment.
A new study finds that the public does, indeed, support legal interventions aimed at curbing noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. However, they're more likely to support interventions that create the conditions that help people make the healthy choice on their own.


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[1847] Identification of Early Pathologic Markers of Interstitial Lung Diseases
LM Sholl, IE Fernandez, IO Rosas, RF Padera. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background: The absence of longitudinal pathologic data in patients with developing interstitial lung disease (ILD) limits our understanding of the pathogenesis of these diseases. We retrospectively examined surgically resected "uninvolved lung" taken from patients with stage I non small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) in an attempt to discover early features of ILD, particularly usual interstitial pneumonitis, in this susceptible population. We correlated the pathologic findings at the time of surgical resection with the subsequent clinical and radiologic outcomes.
Design: Microscopic slides of uninvolved lung for 66 sequential patients who underwent surgery for stage I NSCLC in 2000 were evaluated by two pulmonary pathologists. None of the patients had clinical or radiologic evidence of ILD at the time of surgical treatment. Follow-up chest radiology and clinical features were extracted from the medical record.
Results: Mean patient age at time of surgery was 70, with 38 (58%) women and 54 (82%) smokers. Mean follow-up was 5 years and median survival was 7.8 years. 57 (86%) had at least mild emphysema, 22 (33%) had respiratory bronchiolitis, 19 (29%) had at least focal interstitial fibrosis, and 20 (30%) had at least moderate vascular disease. Two patients (3%) were subsequently radiologically diagnosed with ILD during follow-up; neither patient had received adjuvant therapy. One patient who developed bilateral lower-lobe predominant honeycomb change after 3 years had patchy subpleural interstitial fibrosis with small scattered fibroblast foci and minimal architectural distortion on the original biopsy. The other patient who developed bilateral subpleural reticular opacification and honeycombing after 8 years showed NSIP/DIP-like changes on the original biopsy.
Conclusions: Retrospective pathologic review of surgical lung cancer resections is a feasible approach to identifying the early lesions of ILD before they become clinically or radiologically manifest. Further study of these early lesions by molecular genetic techniques may provide insight into the early stages of development of these diseases. In our initial study, smoking-related changes were common findings in the lungs of patients with early stage NSCLC. These findings warrant a larger study to identify specific histologic features that predict which patients may go on to develop bona fide ILD.
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A wonderful short film that says it all..
As economist Herman Daly once commented, he would accept the possibility of infinite growth in the economy on the day that one of his economist colleagues could demonstrate that Earth itself could grow at a commensurate rate.
Whether or not the stumbling international negotiations on climate change improve, our findings make clear that much more will be needed than simply more ambitious reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. This report concludes that a new macro economic model is needed, one that allows the human population as a whole to thrive without having to relying on ultimately impossible, endless increases in consumption.
This video ignores the basic premise of modern inflationary economics – inflation, when boiled down to basics, is reflective of the human condition of optimism and hope, converted into the quantifiable form of money.
Thus the economy can certainly constantly grow in monetory terms – while theoretically staying stable in real terms – because the relative value of money gets balanced out by the accompanying inflation.


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Sean Bean to Star in TNT Spy Series 'Legends'
Former "Game of Thrones" star Sean Bean has been cast as the new lead in TNT's pilot for "Legends," a new series based on Robert Littell's novel of the same… More
Former "Game of Thrones" star Sean Bean has been cast as the new lead in TNT's pilot for "Legends," a new series based on Robert Littell's novel of the same… More
By all accounts, Paul Winstone was dead. A car bomb in Vienna blew him to smithereens in the premiere of "Missing" (Thursdays, 8/7c), and he was to be relegated to… More
Sean Bean doesn't have a big problem with his characters getting killed. The death of his Ned Stark in "Game of Thrones" was a shocking turn for the HBO drama… More
In her first starring television role, Ashley Judd plays a mother obsessed with finding her "Missing" son. The catch is she's no ordinary desperate housewife … she's a former CIA agent.
In nearly all of the on-air promos for the premiere of ABC's "Missing," Ashley Judd is seen running, jumping, screaming "Michael!" (her character's son whose disappearance is the central storyline responsible for the show's title) and generally appearing as a badass mother on what seems to be a repeated loop.
Major spoiler alert! Stop reading if you don't want to know the outcome of last night's episode of "Game of Thrones." It was the moment no one saw coming (unless… More
"Game of Thrones," HBO's epic 10-episode adaptation of the first book in George R.R. Martin's best-selling fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, premieres this Sunday (9/8c). Co-created and… More
Could all of Charlie Sheen's "epic" and "winning" talk just be an elaborate marketing device by HBO to promote "Game of Thrones?" Take a look at the newly released poster… More
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The Queue: Noblegarden free!
Feel free to ask any and all WoW related questions in the comments of this post, we'll try to get to them in future editions of The Queue!
Azzarrea asked...
"With regards to the Argent Tournament, If you start being a valiant of another city, can you still purchase the items (pet, mount, etc...) of the first city, or do you lose the ability to purchase items from them?"
No, you do not. You can purchase items from any city you've become a Champion of regardless of your status with other cities.
Naix asked...
"I was thinking of re-rolling a new character but with the next expansion on the not too distant future. Would it be better to squeeze every drop of fun out of my main or re-roll and always wonder where I could have been if I only kept going?"
This is definitely a personal choice, and with that said, I tend to get one of my characters really geared up before I start working on another alt. If you're thinking of completely re-rolling, I'd say now is as good a time as ever. The next expansion is probably a year or so away, even though I suspect we'll start hearing about it in the next few months (BlizzCon in August).
Hehut asked...
"I'm wondering, how long is the Argent Tournament going to be around?"
It is a permanent in-game feature.
Kerowyn asked...
"Is there a way to hide the user interface on the character select screen?"
No, but you can press Alt-Z when you're in-game to hide the interface (or whatever you have it set to if you've remapped the hot key).
Darxide asked...
"I recently noticed patch 3.1 has been making WoW a little bit more demanding with my resources. Now iTunes seems to be using up a bit of crucial memory and I know that there are better music players with smaller memory/CPU foot-prints out there that I can use. Do you know any good iTunes substitutes for playing my music in the background?"
Good question. As Riley said, check out Winamp. It really whips the llama's ass.
Keyra asked...
"Here's a question for the Queue...not necessarily game-related, but why don't you ever post anything like "Congratulations to (user name) for winning the (contest)" whenever you are holding a "post your comment for your chance to win"?"
Most of the time there is really no compelling reason to post randomly selected contest winners. However, some of our other, larger contents, like the recent artwork one, will get a post showing off the winner.
Avan asked...
"On the WotLK soundtrack, there is a track called "Forged in Blood." I'm certain I've heard several of the motifs used, but I just can't place where. I also haven't heard where the second half of "Rise of the Vrykul" plays in game; I know the first half is used in both Utgarde Keep and Utgarde Pinnacle, but the second part (with the choir singing part of the main theme of WotLK) eludes me. Are these heard anywhere?"
This is a great question, and one that I have absolutely no answer to myself. However, hopefully some others here will have an answer and be able to provide some input in the comments. The music of WoW is truly amazing. Before I came to WoW Insider I worked as an operations and personnel director for a symphony orchestra, and the lengths that Blizzard goes to orchestrating and producing WoW's soundtrack is astounding. There is a nod to the fifth movement of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique in the loading screen's music that gives me chills (and horrific memories of producing the concert) each time I hear it.
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Sooo, what would you think about soaking parsley seeds tonight, planting in big pot tomorrow and putting it out on the patio to be snowed on tomorrow night?? And I'd just leave it out there until it germinated (if it did). My first foray into Winter Sowing. I haven't checked out that forum yet. If I add another forum to my favorites list to read every day, I'll never get off this computer!
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If you don't want to add the entire Winter Sowing Forum to your list, and you still want to try Winter Sowing, take the few minutes to at least read the FAQ so that you get the basics down instead of guessing. Starting Parsley Seeds Good Discussion I suggest multiple methods as a test. Try winter sowing some seeds and save some for when soil temps raise to about 60 degrees. Soak in warm water overnight. |
- Posted by sunnyside1 z6/SW Mo. (My Page) on Thu, Feb 26, 09 at 21:28
Thank you, Violet -- that's good advice. Sunny |
There isn't that much to winter sowing, but you probably don't have the milk jugs or two liter pop bottles saved. It isn't just a pot outside, the top is covered with plastic with ventilation. I have copied the idea for cuttings of coleus on my windowsill. When I have an empty clear water bottle, I cut the top off partially, put in a cutting with a little water or potting mix in the bottom, tape it up, put it on the window sill and forget it. |
- Posted by christie_sw_mo Z6 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 27, 09 at 9:22
I haven't grown parsley from seed. I put out some plants last year that I purchased in the herb section. After reading that "Starting Parsley Seeds" discussion, it sounds like I should've stolen them instead. lol It's sort of an old timer's version of "winter sowing" to put out seed right before a snow. The snow helps to keep the seeds moist and makes it a little harder for the birds to find them for awhile. My father sows grass seed that way or will even throw it out on top of a snow and let it sink down. The FAQ's in the Winter Sowing forum are a little intimidating because there's so much information there, but at least read that first one "How to Winter Sow Seeds Outdoors" to get the basics then you can just reference all the other topics as you have questions. |
That parley thread was funny; I just now took the time to read it. |
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Corruption undermines both social and economic development. Its profound impact is felt most acutely by the poor, who are least able to navigate corrupt systems. The Institute is developing a long-term research and policy agenda focused on mitigating corruption's impact through sectoral analyses.The Institute's work aims to uncover latent inefficiencies and to promote efforts to deter and combat corruption at all levels.
Recent Activities
FCPA Workshop
To further the anti-corruption agenda, GCL hosted a conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act entitled, FCPA Workshop: Enforcement and Outcomes in March 2008.
In cooperation with the Berkeley Center for Law Business and the Economy (BCLBE) GCL convened this event as the first in a series of conferences on global anticorruption efforts
The workshop opened with a panel discussion on current trends in, and experiences with enforcement activity, under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) with additional discussion of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. The FCPA is a far-reaching statute which in recent years has been more aggressively enforced. The FCPA encompasses small foreign affiliates with tenuous ties to American corporations.
Recent FCPA enforcement activities have spanned industries, from oil to technology, and countries, from China to Nigeria. Actions have imposed corporate fines amounting to losses of up to $23 billion. According to Bruce Karpati, Assistant Regional Director, SEC, New York and Richard Messick, Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank, this trend is likely to continue. Charles James, General Counsel of Chevron, expressed concern that his company incurs significant costs to avoid the risk of FCPA liability. He believes that despite its extreme extraterritorial reach, the FCPA puts U.S. companies at a disadvantage.
The workshop concluded with a discussion of the policy and economic impacts of anticorruption regulations. Participants discussed the FCPA's success in achieving the primary goal of anticorruption regulation - global development. Most speakers expressed optimistic views with regard to the success of global anticorruption efforts in curbing global poverty over the last ten years, but of course a great deal more work needs to be done. James, however, suggested that the FCPA may prevent real and lasting advances in anticorruption, as non-US entities are not similarly constrained.
The successful program provided GCL with information that will be used in ongoing efforts to develop a research and policy agenda focused on combating corruption internationally. We are currently planning future activities and events.
For a video of the conference please click here: Panel 1, Panel 2
Speaker Profiles
Lay-Person's Guide to the FCPA
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Opening RemarksMadhuri MessengerExecutive Director, The Institute for Global Challenges and the Law Ken Taymor Executive Director, The Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy |
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Session One: FCPA: Current Enforcement ActivityTrends in and Experience with FCPA Enforcement and other International Anti-corruption InitiativesJoyce Y. Smith Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP Presentation Bruce Karpati Assistant Regional Director, SEC, New York Richard E. Messick Senior Public Sector Specialist, World Bank Presentation Jeffrey Cottle Associate General Counsel, International & General Compliance, BAE Systems Presentation |
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Session Two: Policy and Economic Impact of Anti-Corruption RegulationsIntended and Unintended Consequences of Anti-Corruption RegulationsChristopher Edley Jr. Dean, Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law Robert Klitgaard President & Professor, Calremont Graduate University Excerpt from the Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb 1, 2008, p. A36 Charles A. James Vice President & General Counsel, Chevron Corporation Judith A. Miller Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Bechtel Group, Inc. Presentation Summary of Remarks |


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European Fisheries History:Pre-industrial Origins of Overfishing (Released August 2009)
In 1741 the crew of a Russian expedition lead by Captain Vitus Bering found itself stranded on a North Pacific island that was later to be known as Bering Island. On this island the crew found an abundant sea otter population and another extremely large and hitherto unknown marine mammal that was named the Steller sea cow after the expeditions' naturalist, Georg Steller. At first the expedition focused its attention on the island's easier prey; they hunted the sea otters both for food and their valuable pelts. Greed for the pelts, which they hoped to sell once they escaped the island, led the still stranded explorers to hunt the sea otter at a rate that far exceeded their need for immediate sustenance. By the next year they needed to hike many miles just to find more otters. At this point they turned to the sea cow, a mammoth manatee-like creature that could measure as much as 30 feet in length. The men constructed harpoons and used knives and bayonets and hunted in groups. In the summer of 1742 Bering's crew finally managed to escape from the island. They brought back with them sea otter pelts and tales of the sea cows. Other expeditions returned to the island and by 1768 the sea cow had been hunted to extinction for food, skin, and blubber (Roberts, 2007).
Sturgeons are just one example of how pre-industrial peoples impacted aquatic resources, though it was not always due to overfishing. Habitat alteration such as that seen during the development of medieval urban culture also had adverse impacts on inland fisheries. Bottom trawling not only damages large amounts of non-target species, but it also decimates complex habitats that attract rich species diversity. Though it may be an extremely effective fishing method, it also has the capacity to inflict great harm on complex bottom environments. Habitat alteration and overexploitation of aquatic resources are by no means a new phenomenon, although they are now being done systematically at a global level. Learning more about the history of fishing provides a salient window into understanding the complexities of human interaction with nature.
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Principles of Effective Reading Instruction
The following principles have been shown to be effective for developing readers.
Use explicit and systematic reading instruction to develop the major components of reading—decoding, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension—according to the assessed needs of individual learners. Although each dimension is necessary for proficient reading, adolescents and adults vary in the reading instruction they need. For example, some learners will require comprehensive instruction in decoding, while others may need less or none. Instruction that helps learners develop component skills in the context of performing practical literacy tasks also increases the likelihood that literacy skills will be used outside the classroom.
Combine explicit and systematic instruction with extended reading practice to help learners acquire and transfer component reading skills. Learning to read involves both explicit teaching and implicit learning. It is vitally important that learners have extensive practice using their new skills, including both formal practice (structured assignments to develop decoding or comprehension) and informal practice (engaging with reading materials outside the classroom that are personally interesting).
Motivate learning through learners' engagement with the literacy tasks used for instruction and extensive reading practice. Learners are more engaged when literacy instruction and practice opportunities are embedded in meaningful learning activities that are useful to and valued by the learner.
Develop reading fluency to facilitate efficient reading of words and longer text. Some methods of fluency improvement—for example, guided repeated reading—have been effective with children and are likely to be effective with adolescents and adults.
Explicitly teach the structure of written language to facilitate decoding and comprehension. Develop learners' awareness of the features of written language at multiple levels (word, sentence, passage). Teach regularity and irregularity of spelling-to-sound mappings, the patterns of English morphology (the units of meaning in the English language, which can be words or parts of words, such as prefixes and suffixes), the rules of grammar and syntax, and the structures of various text genres.


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They turned out so well and I am just so pleased with them, I thought I would share.
I bought a couple of smooth lengths of bass wood; 4" wide and 1/8" thick and cut them into 4" squares. Sanded them smooth and stained them. Then I glued on my pressed flowers with modge-podge and covered them with 3 coats of polyurathane, sanding lightly between coats. I let them dry for a week to make sure that the polyurathane was good and hard then I glued brown felt to the bottom to keep them from sliding or scratching furnature. I have been using them for a month now. Liquid beads up on it and does not seem to affect the finish. They look and work great! I think I am going to make a few sets for gifts. I want to design some type of simple container for them using the same method and materials. I'm thinking of something with a bottom, 3 sides and no top. Easy to remove and replace the coasters. Kay. |
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When we found out about the news that Agyness Deyn would launch a weirdly titled style website called Naag, we were intrigued, but naturally a bit skeptical. Models becoming editors? Mainly, we're just jealous because it's not like most of us can do the reverse switch, considering our lacking in the height and size 0 departments. Anyhow, Naag launched today, and for the most part we like what we see! (To be fair, Deyn's title is Creative Editor, but she isn't the sole brain behind the project—although, let's face it, she'll probably get most of the press and credit. She's teamed up with her friend Fiona Byrne, who is the mag's ed-in-chief.) Keep reading »
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Lots of ingredients went into making Tekno Bubbles such a big hit, but the Swetlands were successful mostly because they followed a three-step formula that has always worked for inventors:
1. Know your customers. Black lights became popular at dance clubs and raves and then caught the interest of high school and college students. The Swetlands have always tried to stay true to that market. "We realize that we have an underground product," says Byron, "and we have only sold through the Internet and to specialty shops like Spencer Gifts. We feel our product would lose its appeal to our target customer if it was in mainstream retailers."
2. Sell in a hot new product category. This minimized the necessary sales footwork for the Swetlands, as retailers were the ones calling on them. This isn't uncommon when a new product category gets hot. Retailers are always aggressively looking for innovative products they can sell. Once a market matures, retailers have plenty of products to pick from-and inventors with run-of-the-mill products often have a much tougher time getting them onto retail store shelves.
3. Be easy to find. The Swetlands didn't advertise, and their Web site was really their only promotion. But people came to their site anyway. That won't happen, though, unless you can determine the most popular search terms people will use to find your site. The Swetlands' Web site had about 10 meta tags, those text clues seen by search engines but not visible to visitors. "The most common search terms people use to find our Internet site are 'black light' or 'UV bubbles,'" says Byron.
You don't want to just show up on search engine results; you want your site to appear near the top of the list. For example, in the case of Tekno Bubbles, typing in "black lights" brings Tekno Bubbles up right away because there aren't too many sites categorized under that search term. For more information on getting your site listed (and listed often) on search engines, refer to the book Increase Your Web Traffic in a Weekend (Prima Tech) by William R. Stanek.
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$$$ Wall Street Junk Kings Selling Debt Poised to Lose Value [Bloomberg]
$$$ Volcker Rule Could Be Delayed — Again [WSJ]
$$$ Occupy the SEC is suing to force regulators to work faster on the Volcker Rule [Occupy the SEC]
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Matt, this cannot go unpunished: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-27/about-th…
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Wow. Bberg can make a sensible post without the use of charts? Extraordinary.
…and it is the poorer for it.
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Marijuana cannon. What's next? Human cannon for illegal border crossing.
Shaz, where's the fucking morning bell. My coffee is getting cold.
Since tomorrow the Sequester Spending Cuts kick in, I'm just wondering. Will it have an impact on the tax credits Breaking Media receives for hiring disabled staff (Shazar).


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The end is nigh. Read this from PRNewswire:
The median price of an existing home in California in March increased 22 percent and sales increased 4 percent compared to the same period a year ago, the California Association of REALTORS(R) (C.A.R.) reported today.
"The median price of a home continued its run of double-digit price increases last month as buyers scrambled to purchase homes amid concerns of rising mortgage interest rates," said C.A.R. President Ann Pettijohn. "This unprecedented demand helped push the median price of a home in many regions in the state to record highs in March. And at $428,280, the median price for the state also hit a record high in March compared to $351,130 just one year ago."
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1. Amy
NOOOO – don't say bubble!
My closest and dearest friend was selected by lottery to buy in on the first phase of a Condo in Carlsbad. A 1500sf condo, but a condo nonetheless for…drum roll please…$424,000!!! The condo isn't slated to be ready till October so hopefully if this bubble bursts it will be before Oct. so they can bail, if that is a possiblity…
on the otherhand my parents in south Orange County, are planning to put their home on the market in August…paid $215,00 in '88 and the realtor suggested the listing price…another drumroll…pinky up, One Million Dollars!!!
I was in OC last August and was astounded at the housing prices, on my visit this April nearly fell out of my chair reading the real estate section of the LA times. In 6 months HUGE increase.
And this is the whole state. I am in Sacramento, not quite as desirable to south coast, but last I looked 1000 sq. ft bungalow downtown could fetch $400,000 plus!
sheesh…I'm just crossing my fingers for it to hit September so all my loved ones make out okay!
April 27, 2004 - 3:09 pm Link to this Comment -
2. Jay
Around Silicon Valley and Santa Cruz County, it's not so much that prices are rising, but just that it's the more expensive homes that are on the market and that are being bought. This is why the median keeps rising while the prices haven't really gone up much. There might be some contraction, but I don't think it will be nearly what some people think it will be. Interest rates will go up, but the economy will improve as well, and people aren't going to want to stop living in 80 degree weather by the beach any time soon. Plus, the amount of regulations on building, anti-development ideals, and high labor prices all keep the price of real estate in California high. Maybe some places will decline in value, but when you're talking about some of the beach towns especially, you're talking about increased demand over time with virtually no additional supply, so it makes sense that prices will continue to rise.
April 27, 2004 - 3:26 pm Link to this Comment -
3. V-Man
It's not just in California. Here in Montreal, Canada, the occupancy rate is around 0.3%, people can't rent decent places, and since interest rates are low everyone is trying to buy something, anything.
The fiancee and I looked into buying our apartment block when it was put up for sale, but we realized there was no way we could pay for it. The building sold in two weeks, and the guy who bought will likely lose money (by my estimate, just paying off the building will take about 35-40 years at current rent rates, assuming no external factors).
On the other hand, when the bubble does pop and all those poor people try to sell off their house for cheap, we'll have a nice fat cash reserve and should be able to get a decent place for not a whole lot.
Some lose, some win.
April 27, 2004 - 3:30 pm Link to this Comment -
4. Sandy P.
Wow, it's 1993(?) all over again!
However, Howard Veit did post last week that the mid-week classified ads was thick. Lots of companies looking for people.
And when these people buy, their prop taxes get reassessed.
April 27, 2004 - 3:37 pm Link to this Comment -
6. Bender
Is it actually reasonable for a housing bubble burst to create situations where prices get rolled back 2 or even 3 years?
Im not talking suburbs, im talking manhattan condos. I just dont see property losing 50% of its market value because interest rates go up 1 or 2 points.
As an aside – do you REALLY think its low interest rates that create this irrational property bidding thats going on right now?
Im young – but I want to poach as soon as this bubble burst (sorry to anyone who gets killed – but Im frothing for the fall!)
April 27, 2004 - 4:05 pm Link to this Comment -
7. Jackal
Your experience would tend to indicate that Montreal is not a bubble. One of the indicators of a bubble is that Purchase prices shoot up while Rentals stay lower. I don't know about the rents in OC. Are they going up along with the purchase costs?
April 27, 2004 - 4:05 pm Link to this Comment -
8. Steve
Time to sell the hovel, move to Nebraska and buy a mansion with the money, enjoy the cleaner air, and get away from the state known only for its collection of weirdos which is bound to, sooner or later, fall into the ocean anyway.
April 27, 2004 - 4:06 pm Link to this Comment -
9. Frank Martin
By August, We can expect to see this headline "Bush policies causing overheated economy, says Senator Kerry"
April 27, 2004 - 5:10 pm Link to this Comment -
10. charles austin
Haven't you been selling deflation for quite some time now? Mind you, I recently chose not to move to California in large measure because of the housing inflation there, but still.
April 27, 2004 - 5:49 pm Link to this Comment -
11. MarkD
After dinner with the parents Sunday, I was subjected to NBC's Sunday newscast, which included a story already hyping the fear of inflation and citing the high price of houses. They left out Greenspans speech days earlier citing "no fear of inflation" and even buried the total figure, which while I can't remember it, was nearly non-existent, and a far cry from what Carter subjected it too, so yeah, Kerry's press secretaries at NBC are already switching from "unemployment" to "inflation" as the bad thing Bush inflicted on us, so what if the numbers don't support it?
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13. michele
That old post of yours that you link to contains the first comment I ever left here.
Full circle: I just bought a house, something I said in that comment I would never do, at least not here on Long Island. 418k for a house that would sell for 100k in other places.
Soon, the housing market will crash once again and I will never be able to sell back at the price we paid.
Someone get me a cardboard box.
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14. Mike M
Joe and Mary should take some classes on personal financial responsibility. Or at least have moved into a neighborhood with good public schools and stable property values…
Anyways…using LA homebuying as an example of a nationwide interest bubble doesn't really fly. Central Ohio has a glut of office space, apartments, and houses despite low interest rates and one of the better job markets in the state. Runaway suburban sprawl has a lot to do with it, but the market is stable and fairly strong in "desirable" areas (you're screwed downtown). No bubble here, and probably not in a lot of different areas around the country.
Interest rates will creep up slowly, not spike and suddenly make buying impossible. Don;t worry too much.
April 27, 2004 - 7:21 pm Link to this Comment -
15. aaron
But you have a low interest rate michele. And I doubt Long Island would take much of a hit, if any.
Those highly desired locations will always be money until the mediocre communities find something special to offer. Its your cookie-cutter rural suburb neigborhoods that will get hit.
Do you have to sell to take a loss on your taxes?
April 27, 2004 - 7:47 pm Link to this Comment -
16. aaron
If job growth is above 400k, it'll be time to short soon.
April 27, 2004 - 7:59 pm Link to this Comment -
17. Timbeaux
Someone bring me a bubble down here in Louisiana! The free money would be nice, but I guess I can live with the current rate of appreciation.
April 27, 2004 - 8:38 pm Link to this Comment -
18. Mike Daley
All of you, Stephen and the commenters, should go at once to an archive of Thomas Sowell's columns.
I've soap-boxed this one before, but nobody seems to want to face the truth.
Putting in succinctly, current homeowners, in collusion with their elected officials, have placed so many impediments on the development of new housing, that the old market saw of supply and demand is operating at full tilt.
If there's a growing market for new cars, more new cars come to market; the same can be said for computers, washer dryers, cheap/expensive wines, chickens, cattle, airline seats etc. ad nauseum. Virtually only new housing is restricted and fee'd and permitted to an ever shrinking supply. Benefitting who? why the current homeowner and his elected synchophant who wants nothing to do with going out and getting a real job.
A pox on all their houses.http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell.html
Housing hurdles
A new study shows that you need an income of about $104,000 to buy an average home on the San Francisco peninsula with a 20 percent down payment. Since the average price of a home in this area is more than half a million dollars, the 20 percent down payment itself would be more than $100,000.These aren't mansions we are talking about. Often they are little nondescript houses packed pretty close together.
Who can afford to buy a home in such an area? Not many. California is among the states with the lowest rates of home ownership. Moreover, many of those who do own homes in coastal California bought them back before the state's home prices went sky high in the wake of severe building restrictions promoted by environmental extremists.
Things are not much better when it comes to renting. A calculation of how many hours someone making the minimum wage would have to work to pay the rent on a one-bedroom apartment in this general area showed that, in San Jose, a minimum-wage worker would have to work 168 hours just to pay the rent.
At 40 hours a week, that means working the whole month to pay rent, with nothing left over for frills like food and clothing. Tell this to someone on the Left Coast and the answer will come back immediately: Raise the minimum wage!
If people cannot afford even a one-bedroom apartment while making minimum wages, they certainly cannot afford it when they are unemployed
April 27, 2004 - 10:03 pm Link to this Comment -
19. aaron
Damn Mike, I didn't get past the first paragraph. People I know in construction are most impeded by material costs and low quality labor.
April 27, 2004 - 11:00 pm Link to this Comment -
20. Mark
My Sister and her husband we're looking to trade up from a small San Diego condo. They put it on hold. One thing they noted is friends making $95k combined got approved for a 1/2 million dollar mortgage! So the lenders are also trying to squeeze as much as they can from the mortgage rush of the past years. I worked for Bank of New England in '89-90 and saw some of the effects of that kind of lending…
(BNE was taken over by the FDIC and assets eventually sold to Fleet)
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21. Yehudit
1) don't post a whole article if you have a link.
2) an exampole from a high-end market like Calif or NYC doens't mean anything about the rest of the country.
April 28, 2004 - 1:02 pm Link to this Comment -
22. David
How about Milwaukee then? There are "lofts" (condos) downtown selling for $200K+.
About 6 years ago, you could get a house (never mind a condo) in the same location for about $50,000.
As to deflation. Guess what's going to happen if there's a housing asset deflation?
April 28, 2004 - 1:07 pm Link to this Comment -
23. Mike Daley
As JWR archives are not article specific, and I really didn't have time to try to find others who may have picked up Dr. Sowell's columns, you got the full articles.
I'm well aware of the limits comments should impose on posters, but when you have no alternative—?
if you think it's only CA & NYC that suffer from this, then I've got a great bridge for sale, the only way into SF from the North.April 28, 2004 - 8:23 pm Link to this Comment -
24. Slartibartfast
1) I've seen people predicting the end of the housing bubble for nearly three years now. I'm not seeing evidence of it, yet.
2) Housing prices are growing somewhat less frenetically elsewhere, but here in Orlando the price of existing housing is going up pretty quickly, while new-housing prices are increasing (I believe) much more moderately. We just had our place reappraised (to get out of PMI) and we've gained 28% in three years. But we're in a part of town that people want to move to.
Having now exhausted (more than exhausted, actually) everything I know about housing, I make my exit.
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In 1970, a cyclone hit the southern cost of Bangladesh, and to date caused the world's worst reported natural disaster. Over 500,000 people lost their lives, with millions homeless on a single day. That event triggered two men from Sweden who were working with MAF at the time to travel to Bangladesh with the sole purpose of seeing what they could do to help in the midst of so much devastation.
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