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RE: Torture Supporter
Released on 2012-09-01 01:00 GMT
Email-ID | 1075 |
Date | 2005-12-01 17:40:31 |
From | email@example.com |
To | email@example.com, email@example.com |
my opinion, is an utter policy nightmare. The court couldn't possibly
publicly announce the criteria, thus the entire issue is skirted. The
reason people are upset about torture is because we've found out that the
United States engages in behavior that they deem "necessary" and that
Americans deem "torture". When pressed about this recently CIA Director
George Tenet said essentially: I can't speak to any particular form of
torture because doing so would make that ineffective in the field, but
whatever we do it is not torture. In effect, George Tenet knows torture
when he sees it, but you don't get to find out why or what or how he
determines what torture is.
The beauty of the McCain amendment is that it is categorical. All branches
of the military are given clear guidelines on how to treat prisoners
(Field Manual), even the CIA. To the McCain amendment George Tenet
responded that he was NEUTRAL to it. The restrictions it may or may not
impose certainly didn't worry him enough to lash out against it. He
doesn't think that it restricts his ability to combat terrorism.
I'm certain that the ticking time bomb scenario is irrelevant, but even if
it isn't the McCain amendment doesn't restrict the person's action in any
practical sense. If an agent in the field is presented with a scenario
where they know they must torture someone to save millions of lives, then
they will do so. We expect them to do so. There aren't any provisions in
virtually every law on the books; breaking and entering, car theft,
assault, etc. that specifically exempt the CIA from these laws. Why?
Because we know and expect the CIA to have to do underhanded things to get
the job done.
The McCain amendment speaks clearly to the rest of the world that the
United States has standards for prisoners that do not involve torture. It
follows international guidelines prohibiting torture. The psychological
and social effect that has on our standing with the rest of the world
makes the United States infinitely safer from future attacks without
unnecessarily limiting the capacities of our anti-terrorism law
This guy and the President play a dangerous political game. Every
politician knows that if they fail to support the torture amendment, their
reelection campaign gets to compete with a guy who can say, straight up,
"My opponent authorizes the torture of human beings. Is that what we stand
for?" As simplistic as that attack is, the 90-9 senate vote in support of
the McCain amendment should suggest how compelling it is to our
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Ott [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:29 AM
To: Allensworth, Will W.; email@example.com
Subject: Torture Supporter
Abu Ghraib was a travesty and a tragedy. It tarnished America's reputation
and credibility. It gave ammunition to America's enemies and critics. It
set back progress in Iraq.
What took place at Abu Ghraib was illegal - and those responsible have
been rightly prosecuted and punished.
So what is the point of Sen. John McCain's amendment to ban "cruel,
inhuman, or degrading" treatment of any prisoner by any agent of the
United States?
His proposal might be seen as simply sending a message, a way to clean up
the mess left by Abu Ghraib -- legislation in the service of public
The problem is the amendment fails to distinguish between two very
distinct situations: (1) ordinary prisoners being detained as punishment
for crimes or simply to keep them from returning to the battlefield, and
(2) captured terrorists in possession of information that could save
In regard to the first situation, McCain is correct. Such prisoners should
never be abused - certainly not for amusement or to indulge sadistic
impulses (as, nevertheless, happens in prisons around the world).
The second situation is not so simple. The most notorious scenario is, of
course, the "ticking time bomb." What should be permissible when a threat
is imminent and making a suspect talk can mean the difference between life
and death? Such circumstances are not as rare as some contend.
For example, two years ago, there was controversy over the actions taken
by Army Lt. Col. Allen B. West. He was serving near Tikrit, fighting
insurgents loyal to deposed dictator Saddam Hussein. While interrogating a
hostile suspect, he drew his pistol - and fired it, twice.
His intention was not to kill or wound - only to frighten. He succeeded.
The suspect revealed details of a planned ambush. Lt. Col. West saved the
lives of men he commanded, men for whom he felt responsible. For that, he
was accused of "torture," charged with assault and drummed out of the
The McCain amendment would confirm that outcome. It would mandate that
other officers in similar situations walk away - and if that means
innocent men, women and children are slaughtered, so be it.
Should that really be our policy? Can a war can be fought and won with
such limitations? Is that really the moral approach?
Put those questions aside for a moment and consider the more common
scenario: the "high-value suspect," someone in possession of information
not about an imminent threat but about how, for example, terrorist leaders
communicate their orders, how they raise funds and distribute weapons, how
they recruit, train and deploy suicide bombers and those who plant
explosives along roads.
Instilling a moment of fear, as Lt. Col. West did, would be unlikely to
get such suspects to reveal all they know. And more severe forms of
"torture" - already illegal under U.S. law - would probably not be the
best way to induce them to cooperate. What can succeed are interrogation
techniques short of torture: physical "stress" coupled with psychological
"duress." But such techniques may be seen as "degrading" and so might be
outlawed by the McCain amendment.
Clearly, lines need to be drawn and someone must have both the expertise
and authority to draw them. More than a year ago, former federal
prosecutor and legal expert Andrew C. McCarthy proposed the establishment
of a "national-security court," a tribunal that would "monitor the
detention of terrorist captives."
It also could be empowered to decide, in consultation with physicians,
psychologists and intelligence experts, which techniques are always to be
prohibited (for example, those likely to cause death or permanent
disability), and which are permissible -- and effective.
Trained government interrogators should be required to apply to the court
for authorization to use specific techniques in specific instances. What
the court would license for use against a "ticking time bomb" would differ
from what it would allow against a bin Laden lieutenant -- and both would
differ from what would be permitted to elicit information from a low-value
The key decisions would not fall on the shoulders of an isolated army
officer in the field - no soldier should be made to go through what Lt.
Col. West has experienced. But neither would decisions about sacrificing
innocent lives be made by international bureaucrats or lawyers
representing self-proclaimed "human rights" organizations.
Wouldn't this be better than a no-holds-barred approach? Wouldn't it be
better than treating terrorists with kid gloves? Wouldn't it be preferable
to the McCain amendment?
Clifford D. May is the president of the Foundation for the Defense of
Democracies, a policy institute focusing on terrorism and a Townhall.com
partner organization.
Bill Ott
Index Austin Real Estate, Inc.
1950 Rutland Dr.
Austin, TX 78758


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Two articles about charter schools in this week's Economist are online here (Chicago) and here (New York).
Mike just passed along to me the June Atlantic (not yet available online), in which one finds an article titled "In the Basement of the Ivory Tower." It is a poignant piece, written by an adjunct professor whose night classes contain all those that society deems ready for college--who must go to college--but are in reality far from it. The author (the anonymous "Professor X") writes, "They are not ready for high school, some of them, much less for college."
And so, it becomes the adjunct professor's responsibility to clean up for society's destructive romanticism. Does he lower standards or hand out multiple Fs? The professor in question takes the latter route, but he doesn't sleep well because of it. His students, many of whom cannot construct a coherent sentence, are confused by the poor grades they receive. Haven't they done everything right, haven't they fulfilled society's expectations and returned to school to better themselves? It may not occur to many of them that society's expectations are unrealistic, its hopes based on fiction, and that they have been set up for failure.
It's a piece well worth reading, because the human cost of the "all kids to college" push is seldom discussed.
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Listen, I know it's been tough-sledding at Ed in '08 making education a top-tier issue in the election. Maybe the general will bring you better luck. But it's hard, what with the sinking economy, war in Iraq, worries about health care, $4/gallon gas, etc. I see you're making lemonade out of lemons, though, trying to link the education issue to the economy. That's smart. Plays on people's fears. It worked back in the 80s (The Japanese are coming! The Japanese are coming!) and it could work today (The Chinese are coming! The Indians are coming!). That just might spark enough interest to get you through November.
But I understand that you have ambitions to keep up the advocacy long past this election cycle. And that's where you've got a problem. For better or worse, eventually, the economy is going to turn around. The housing crisis will end, jobs will come back, and the American people will lose focus. Rather than fretting about competing with the rest of the world, their education concerns will turn to stupid worries about the "crisis of energy drinks" and such. (Remember the big education issue of the mid-90s? School uniforms, for Pete's sake!)
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New Jersey education officials have admitted that an African-American vice principal inappropriately punished 15 Hispanic elementary students in Camden. The principal forced the students in a fifth-grade bilingual class to spend a week eating their lunches while sitting on the gymnasium floor. This was "punishment" for behavioral problems in class.
Parents and activists claimed that the incident was another example of racism directed against Hispanics. State education officials, however, in a report released this week refute those allegations. Although the principal's actions were insulting and demeaning to the students, the report says they were not biased because similar punishments have been meted out to non-Hispanics.
Prejudice is not the issue; common sense--or the lack of it--is. I'm all for greater principal autonomy. I'm also for stricter discipline in the classroom. If students are disrupting a school's learning environment, they should be punished--and quite severely. Our schools have become way too lax in maintaining proper and respectful student behavior. But this principal's actions are beyond the pale. Besides hygiene considerations (eating off a floor is a sure way to contract unhealthy bacteria and germs), the punishment was degrading. These kids are not animals, and they should not be treated as such.
Whatever happened to principals notifying parents of students' disruptive, unruly behavior? If that doesn't do the trick, there are other tried-and-true measures, such as after-school detention, suspension, or if the students are especially bad, expulsion. In short, there are many effective ways to enforce discipline...
The Center for Education Reform released an analysis of 2006 charter school funding , claiming that charters receive 39 percent less funding than district schools, on average. That's a huge, unfair difference, if it's true.
But is it? Fordham's own such analysis three years ago found gaps that were very troubling, but only about half that size--22 percent on average. True, we only reviewed some of the states, and CER hits them all, but even state-by-state there are big variances. So who's right? If you were hoping for a nerdy data discussion this Friday, you've now found it, as I have a few major concerns about their work.
First, it's worrisome that they rely on a 2006 "Charter School Survey" for some of their data. Did they literally ask schools how much money they received ? Three years ago, Fordham's team found that the only way to get reliable charter information in many states was to unearth school-level audits and add them up. Any good analysis needs to involve something equally rigorous.
Second, it's a huge red flag that they cite the U.S. Census Bureau for district-level data. Our team found its district funding data often included some charter school funding, overstating the actual district-only budgets. These funds couldn't be separated out, making the data worthless.
Third, even accurate district data needs to be purged of certain revenues, like those for adult education, pre-K, or other programs outside of normal K-12 education,...
Amidst criticism over her principal firings, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has dismissed the principal of the school that her own kids attend.
Over at the Cato blog , Andrew Coulson reports that New Jersey lawmakers have taken a step toward approving a tax-credit scholarship program, much like what Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Iowa, and Rhode Island already have.
The best part of the post, however, is an anecdote from Coulson's book about what happened the last time such a plan was floated in the Garden State:
In late October of 1995, officials of the Pepsi company announced at Jersey City Hall that their corporation would donate thousands of dollars in scholarships to help low-income children attend the private school of their choice. The immediate response of the local public school teachers' union was to threaten that a statewide boycott of all Pepsi products could not be ruled out. Pepsi vending machines around the city were vandalized and jammed. Three weeks later, company officials regretfully withdrew their offer.
I know the protest mentality runs deep through the union ranks, especially when it comes to evil multinational corporations. But to boycott a company for giving away millions of dollars to poor kids? How do you justify that?
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Now that's original. Perhaps we at Fordham should take a page from Code Pink's playbook and come to work dressed as witches. We can all beef up on witchcraft, and start casting spells for universal proficiency in K-12 reading and math. We should even ask President Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to help us mix our secret brew. But that would only confirm for the Bush-haters that the administration is possessed by evil, demonic spirits.
Most ed reformers are drawn to their calling by one, or sometimes both, of two considerations: civil rights and economics. The first concern addresses the achievement gap between mostly white, upper-class students and their mostly minority, low-income peers. That this gap exists--and that it's shameful and unacceptable--is undeniable.
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Belief in Life-After-Death, Beliefs About the World, and Psychiatric Symptoms
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- Christopher G. Ellison,
- Kathleen Galek,
- Nava R. Silton
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Data from the 2010 Baylor Religion Survey were analyzed by structural equation modeling (SEM) to test five hypotheses: (1) that religious commitment is positively related to belief in life-after-death; that belief in life-after-death is (2) positively related to belief in an equitable world, and (3) negatively related to belief in a cynical world; (4) that belief in a cynical world has a pernicious association with psychiatric symptoms; and (5) that belief in an equitable world has a salubrious association with psychiatric symptoms. As hypothesized, religious commitment was positively related to belief in life-after-death (β = .74). In turn, belief in life-after-death was negatively associated with belief in a cynical world (β = −.16) and positively associated with belief in an equitable world (β = .36), as hypothesized. SEM further confirmed that belief in a cynical world had a significant pernicious association with all five classes of psychiatric symptoms (β's = .11 to .30). Belief in an equitable world had a weaker and less consistent salubrious association with psychiatric symptoms. The results are discussed in the context of ETAS theory.
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- Title
- Belief in Life-After-Death, Beliefs About the World, and Psychiatric Symptoms
- Journal
Journal of Religion and Health
Volume 51, Issue 3 , pp 651-662
- Cover Date
- 2012-09-01
- 10.1007/s10943-012-9608-7
- Print ISSN
- 0022-4197
- Online ISSN
- 1573-6571
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Life-after-death
- Mental health
- Psychiatric symptoms
- Religion
- Religious beliefs
- Evolution ETAS theory
- Authors
- Kevin J. Flannelly (1)
- Christopher G. Ellison (2)
- Kathleen Galek (1)
- Nava R. Silton (3)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. The Spears Research Institute, HealthCare Chaplaincy, 307 East 60th Street, New York, NY, 10022, USA
- 2. Department of Sociology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
- 3. Department of Psychology, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, USA


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Seen as I'm trying my hand at something a little different today it's probably best that I give you a little bit of background information.
My skin can be very temperamental at the best of times, I can't second guess it - one day its normal the next day it can be so dry that my skin is sore. I suffer from hormonal breakouts and the occasional in between breakout that I can only ever link back to alcohol (consumption, not on my face of course.)
The Eve Lom cleanser is "the original balm cleanser" that is supposed to give " incredibly glowing, radiant skin with a smoother, more refined texture." I started using the cleanser about 3 months ago originally with the a muslin cloth on a morning and the clarisonic on a evening. My skin is a bit too sensitive to be using the clarisonic everyday so I have since dropped that to a couple of times a week max. I've also ditched the muslim cloths for flannels. I like the way the product works with a muslin cloth, I just find flannels longer lasting and more accessible to me. I tend to double cleanse with this as the first time I use it I've got makeup on, I don't take my eye makeup off with this cleanser but I do rub it over my eyes during the second cleanse so I wouldn't see any reason why you couldn't use it to remove eye makeup, I just personally prefer to use a lotion to do this.
I like the packaging, it sits pretty in my bathroom and seen as I would always wash my face with clean hands anyway I don't particularly have the hygiene issue with the packaging that I know some people have. I can appreciate that it would be a lot more convenient it a tube for a lot of people. The ingredients in the product initially put me right off, the main ingredient is mineral oil and there is also cocoa butter in there too, both of which I don't really like the sound of and if it hadn't been for the lovely girl I always speak to in Space NK and her very generous supply of samples and gorgeous skin as testament to the product I'm not sure I'd have bought it at what is slightly over priced in my opinion, (£55 for 100 ml.) Since beginning to use this cleanser I find my skin much more predictable and easier to manage, it doesn't dry my skin out so I'm not in any pain anymore. The overall appearance of my skin is clearer and softer to the touch, breakouts have not subsided completely but are much more manageable. They say this product is great for all skin types and I'd be inclined to agree with that to a certain extent, I don't have oily skin so I cannot review it from the perspective but I would imagine anyone with very oily skin would struggle to love this.
I like this product a lot, I think a little goes a long way so for that it is worth the price tag. I'll definitely be sticking with this product until I've finished it, for me it does everything it claims to do. I'd recommend it especially to those with dry skin however, I think i'll be shopping around the balm cleanser market before repurchasing.
Did any of you have a similar or completely different experience with this cleanser? What balm cleansers do you recommend I try out?


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Item title reads - Chalfont St. Giles.
M/S of a signpost pointing to Chalfont St. Giles, the site of the first squatters' town. The camera pans across the huts in the army camp taken over by squatters. Various shots of the interior of one of the huts, seen through a window. C/U of a housewife making tea, another peels potatoes. The first woman hangs up her clothes and tides the room. Pathe's John Parsons interviews the woman in her house with the children around her feet. She says they moved in because where they were before was very overcrowded. A group sit around and discuss the fact that the men in the families are all ex-servicemen. A lady tells of the bad conditions she used to live in. The squatters get together for a 'town council' meeting everyone says they will stand by the Chairman if the army tries to evict them.


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Between the bright oranges, neon pinks and saturated reds, it's easy to forget that nude is a lipstick option that can be just as captivating as your coral and berry colors. Lancôme national makeup artist Ricardo Costales agrees. "There is something magical about wearing a nude lipstick, but it has to be the right shade for the undertone of the woman." Understanding your undertones is essential to finding a nude lipstick that won't wash you out. A quick and easy way to figure it out is to look at the veins that show through the thin skin on the inside of your wrist: if they look blue, you have cool undertones and if they take on a slightly greenish hue, you're warm. Not sure which way you go? You most likely have neutral undertones. When choosing a nude lipstick, keep the color of your bare lips in mind. Even if you've found a shade that's right for your undertones, straying too far from your natural color with a lipstick that's two shades too light will not be flattering. Warm Undertones Costales finds it best for warm undertones to stay with warm colors—anything from peachy pink tints to rich coppers and bronzes. Try mark. Lipclick Full Color Lipstick in Bare Hug, Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Liar, Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture in Golden Copper, and L'Oréal Colour Riche Lipcolour in Brazil Nut. Cool Undertones If you have cool undertones, Costales says look for a rosy pink nude. Stick with soft shades like Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Volupté in Nude Beige, bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipstick in Be Free, Lancôme L'Absolu Rouge in Coquette, and Jouer Hydrating Lipstick in Monique. Neutral Undertones Those with neutral undertones can generally go either way (congrats you olive-skinned beauties, you look great in everything!). Costales recommends neutral beige shades like Tom Ford Lip Color in Sable Smoke, Hourglass Femme Nude Lip Stylo in No 4, Lancôme L'Absolu Nu in Beige Silk, and Maybelline Color Sensational Lipcolor in Barely Brown. Still not sure you've nailed your hue? Just avoid shades with gray undertones, which will make anyone look pale and dull. And when in doubt, peach tints tend to be universally flattering. Do you have a question for our experts? Leave it below or tweet us @Makeupdotcom! Photos: bareMinerals, Jouer, Urban Decay, Yves Saint Laurent, Lancôme, L'Oréal, Maybelline, Tom Ford, Hourglass, mark.
These are beautiful shades, but there's no way I'm spending that much for a single lipstick.
how do i correctly identify my undertone ?
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would have been nice to have been told some affordable brands of nude lipsticks...Yves Saint Laurent, Volupte? Please!
Can anyone tell me if the color 'Buzz Buzz Pink' is still around and where I can find it? My mom used it back in the 60s and I wanted to see if I could find it for her again. If anyone has any information on this, MUCH APPRECIATED! Thanks!
I have a mixed colour of brown and pink lips and not sure which lipstick to use.
No matter what color lipstick, stain, balm, etc. I use it all turns a deep red/berry color. Even the lightest pink or nude color turns. I have used a lip primer, but nothing works. Any suggestions?
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I love wearing a nude! I would be more curious about how to wear dark lipstick...
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Flipping used to be a dirty word in residential real estate, but not anymore. A recent policy change by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is encouraging flipping to foster more sales of foreclosure homes that were badly damaged by the previous owners or others.
Chandler looks to expand foreclosure program
Area realtors are praising the move, saying it should help the still-struggling existing home market.
When the real estate market was booming and home values escalated, "flippers" could purchase homes, then turn around and sell them at an enormous profit without actually doing anything to increase the home's value. To discourage the practice, the department amended its regulations to prohibit flipping on properties to be financed with Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages.
According to the policy, a mortgage would not be eligible for FHA insurance if the purchase contract was executed within 90 days of the prior acquisition by the seller. The 90-day prohibition has been waived for one year starting Feb. 1.
"Since a large part of the mortgage activity taking place today is FHA, there were concerns that efforts to stabilize neighborhoods hard hit by foreclosure and abandonment were further challenged by this prohibition," said Brian Sullivan, department spokesman. "This is about people coming in trying to stabilize neighborhoods by purchasing homes and actually rehabilitating them. And then selling them to families that are low, moderate and middle income."
In January, foreclosure activity increased nearly 4 percent from the previous month in the Valley, and one in every 102 housing units received a foreclosure filing during the month - the second-highest foreclosure rate among U.S. metropolitan areas with a population of at least 200,000, according to the latest report from Realtytrac, an online tracker of foreclosure properties.
The Valley was the only metro area among the top 10 to post a month-over-month increase in foreclosure activity.
"There's a lot of foreclosure homes out there that are in really bad shape," said Jay Thompson, an East Valley real estate agent. "Allowing an investor to come in, buy the property, fix it up and then turn right around and sell it is a good thing because there's a lot of people who want to buy a house, but they don't have the knowledge or the money to fix it up."
The anti-flipping waiver isn't the solution to the foreclosure crisis, but it's a step in the right direction, said Jay Butler, associate professor of real estate in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.
The waiver includes numerous safeguards to prevent inflated pricing, such as if the price of the home is 20 percent over the previous sale, the seller has to justify that increase, he said.
Still, market variables might prevent the waiver from having much of an effect locally, Butler said.
"The problem is, the potential buyer is not a big number," he said. "The first-time, entry-level buyers ... we're sort of running out of them. There's not a lot around. And you've got to look at the neighborhood. You may have a nice home that you fixed up, but if the neighborhood is still largely foreclosures, it's (the sale) not going to happen."
FHA financing, which took a back seat to subprime and nontraditional financing during the boom, is more in demand now, Butler said.
"The waiver is really going to benefit certain neighborhoods," he said. "What they want is to get an owner-occupant into this home ... and begin to improve the neighborhood, and values stabilize and begin to move up."
The waiver is aimed at helping to sell properties that might otherwise remain vacant for up to 90 days while making sure that buyers aren't tricked into overpaying, Sullivan said.
"If you buy a house for $120,000 and it's actually worth $100,000, you're underwater to the tune of $20,000," he said. "You've seen how declining home values all over Arizona have put property owners in that position. But it's the market conditions that have done that, not unscrupulous property flippers who collude with appraisers to artificially inflate the value of the home."
Shawn Stagg, a real estate agent with US Preferred Realty in Mesa, said he's seeing a lot of "good flippers" buying bank-owned homes and installing new carpet, paint and appliances.
"As a buyer, I'm having to give 3.5 percent down to FHA, which doesn't leave me a lot of money to repair the cupboard that's broken, or to put in the refrigerator or dryer, those things that cost," he said.
Chandler-based real estate agent Zack Alawi said he's seen an uptick in interest from investors in Las Vegas and California wanting to flip homes in the East Valley. Nearly all offers made on his listed properties are cash from investors looking to flip.
"They're not only flipping bank-owned homes and Fannie Mae-owned homes, but you can also now flip short-sales that are backed by Fannie Mae loans, which you couldn't do before either," he said. "That moves up the whole short-sale flipping game, where an investor can come in and buy a short-sale, make the original offer around 60 percent to 70 percent of the market value ... and then they turn around and resell it to the final end-user at 85 percent to 90 percent of market value. And they pocket that 15 percent or 20 percent margin."
The FHA guarantees loans when homes are purchased, and then it sells the loans to Fannie Mae.
David Donaldson, a real estate agent with Keller Williams Realty East Valley in Gilbert, said flippers have every right to expect a profit if they've added value to the home.
"If you buy a house for $50,000, it may be worth $100,000 in a couple of weeks or a couple of months because of the improved value," he said. "And the important thing is if it's above 20 percent ... they have to show verification of why there's that much improved value from when it's acquired by the investor."


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I'm always careful with hearing when shooting, however recently I was lazy with hearing protection when listening to music and doing lawn care. Even little things like having a fan to close to me when sleeping or having the TV on as I sleep.
My mother's side always has hearing problems as they age (however I'm under 40, so a bit early for that). Father's side is not much better, again, as they age. I value my hearing a lot, and just disapointed in myself.
Since June 1, I'm been having hearing problems (especially left hear). Went to a specialist, and I have some loss, not sure if permanent. I have noticed something for a year or so (last year hunting I keep turning my hear right to hear better and there was a light ring I thought was a TV).
Being to hard on myself, and could just be an infection, doctor is not sure. MRI next week and on some meds.
It comes and goes a bit, so I'm hopeful, but I have a ring that will not quit.
For those who pray, I would not mind a few others whispering in God's ear. I'm a bit down on my luck in other areas (unemployment mostly), but I know I have it good overall (who needs a job when you have a good wife who is employed). Mild joke, but we are good as long as one of us is employeed, we are careful.
The hearing is something I am going to really miss if it goes. Music and conversation are two of my most enjoyable hobbies. Be careful everyone.


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One of my goals for 2014 is to get more exercise (and I know I'm not the only one!), so I'm starting up a walking group with other moms in my neighborhood.
When we lived in Texas, I walked twice a week with several other moms, all of us pushing strollers for 4 miles. It was one of my favorite parts of the week – the fresh air, the socializing, and the exercise. I can't wait to get it started here too.
Of course, starting in January means it's pretty chilly outside so I'm feeling really grateful for my stroller blanket that will keep my baby nice and snuggly each morning while we walk.
Have you seen stroller blankets? I'd never even heard of them until I got one as a gift for my older daughter. Now it's one of my favorite baby items!
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