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``So this is good right? The months of inventory is decreasing. This is the argument the media is telling you. The only problem is the properties that are selling are distressed properties which are growing!''

You know you do it. Deep down you know you feel a bit sneaky when you do it like going on a clandestine secret mission. I would venture to guess that you have Zillowed yourself or homes in your neighborhood. Welcome to the major equalizing force in the housing game, information. [...]Related Posts:■Living Large on $25,000 a Year in Southern California.■Real Homes of Genius: Today we Salute you Monterey Park. 800 Square Feet for $479,000.■Real Homes of Genius: Forget Buy 1 get 1 Free Deals. How About 3 for the Price of 1. Today we Salute you Riverside.■5 Reasons Why The Housing Market Will Continue to Decline Until 2010: Extrapolating The Free Ride Bird and Dancing with the Housing Pied Piper.■The Short Sale Report: Volume 2 – Record 10,000+ Short Sales in Southern Cali

I stumbled across an interesting piece of news on CNETnews.com. Michael Kanellos had written about vanishing ink to help in the recycling of paper. It was too good an invitation to ignore and I started digging for information on this topic. Xerox Research Centre and Palo Alto Research Center Inc. (PARC) have come up with a concept to make the printed words and images last only a day, so that the paper can be used again and again. They say that the technology is still in a preliminary state. This piece of paper is blank, but about eight hours ago it said,'Reusable Paper. Xerox Parc Inside Innovation at Xerox' in block purple letters(Credit: Michael Kanellos/CNET Networks) Xerox has filed for patents on the technology, which it calls "erasable paper." Meanwhile, PARC are r

An order issued by fishing authorities prohibits any fishing of Pacific Salmon because stocks have declined drastically over the past few years for an unknown reason. Several theories have been suggested ranging from ocean temperature warming to disease. Whatever the cause, there is serious fear that the Pacific Salmon is quickly facing possible extinction. Watch the story below.

Growl is a lightweight JavaScript (mootools powered) that you can use for creating Lightbox-like but disappearing notifications. Growl has 2 effects: Smoke (slowly fades out) Bezel (fades out and slides down) Growl is very handy for events like "product added to basket, password sent.. and similar notifications. Advertisement: Use Coupon Code “WRD” and get $50 discount from Dreamhost. addthis_url [...]

If you have driven down Dunwoody Way or popped into Morrisons over the weekend you might have noticed that another chunk of Crewe's railway history is being demolished. The sheds that border the road met the bulldozer on Saturday and it looks as though the demolition firm are onsite for a while. No further details, so if you know how much of the old works is being taken down then please drop the blog an email...

One of Ben's front baby teeth is going back up into the gum, and his adult tooth is coming through in front of it. So strange. I honestly thought he either lost his baby tooth and didn't tell me, or...

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People who are looking to purchase a property or remortgage in the current climate, need to act fast.Lenders are changing products and criteria on a daily basis as they wrestle with liquidity issues and problems with pricing.The mortgage market is changing rapidly and you need to try and ensure that you act fast to try and complete the deal as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.There are limited funds around at the moment and products are not being withdrawn without reason.In the sub prime sector it is becoming ever harder to place business and if you have more than 3 arrears in the last 12 months you will really struggle to find a lender. Our lender panel has been whittled down to 5 lenders who are actively writing business at the moment.However we are still managing to complete mort

It’s quite incredible that there are people dying in the world and nobody makes something, nobody says something. The great authorities in the world like US president, the pope, Russia president, ONU, are looking minorities which are disappearing. Catholics say nothing because they want to build a good friendship with China and they are too busy [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Populations of tiger, bull, dusky and other sea sharks have plummeted by more than 95 percent since the 1970s as fisherman kill the animals for their fins or when they scoop other fish from the ocean, according to an expert from the World Conservation Union, or IUCN.At particular risk is the scalloped hammerhead shark, whose young swim mostly in shallow waters along shores all over the world to avoid predators.The scalloped hammerhead will be listed on the 2008 IUCN Red List as globally "endangered" due to overfishing and high demand for its valuable fins in the shark fin trade, said Julia Baum, a member of the IUCN's shark specialist group."As a result of high and mostly unrestricted fishing pressure, many sharks are now considered to be at risk of extinction," Baum s

Surprise, surprise. We had another fight last night. This time, because I tried to give him toasted sandwiches and salad for dinner. He was like 'I work fucking hard all day, come home starving and you want to give me fucking sandwiches and rabbit food?'Apparently that shit's not on. Anyway. The argument escalated all out of proportion, there were many accusations flung about and much feeling sorry for ourselves. He stormed upstairs to go sleep on the sleeper couch, and I went outside. He thought for a smoke, so thought nothing of it. A couple minutes later when the garage door didn't open (we smoke in the garage, not the house) he must have panicked.Unbeknownst* to him, I had strolled down the road within our complex and was sitting by the fountains looking at the moon. I saw a car drivi

Once in a while, Windows gets into a terrible state and the Taskbar and its Start menu disappear. This is because the software that manages these, called the Windows Explorer shell, has crashed. To deal with this, without logging off and on the computer, you have to end any existing sessions of Explorer and run a new one.To end existing Explorer sessions hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys and press the Delete key. On some versions of Windows this will open up the 'Windows Security' dialog box, if so then press the 'Task Manager' button; on other versions you will be taken straight to the 'Task Manager' program.To stop the Explorer shell, go to the 'Processes' page and look for 'explorer.exe'. You can sort the processes into alphabetical order by clicking on the Image Name heading. If you find an entry for 'explorer.exe', highlight it and click the End Process button and click Yes on the warning dialog. If you don't find an entry for it you can go straight to the next step.To

Anyone can think of various practical applications for this interesting concept. Have acquaintances over the crib and don’t want them meddling? Well here you go. Going out of town for a while? Keep your valuables protected on the top level, then shut down the stairs, etc. Created by industrial designer Aaron Tang, his wall-mounted stair concept applies a series of hinges and pistons to retract planate to the wall. The staircase’s seemingly choreographed step-by-step motion (seen above, and the animation can also be viewed via blackberry) of unfurling doesn’t hurt the product’s appeal either… {source} Related PostsPresenting the Amosu 24ct Golden IpodLittle Brother - ‘Time of your life ft. Carlitta Durand’Presenting “Flip Frames” the newest, bestest widget to hit the net…

Instead of looking forward to an evening’s entertainment, debating the why’s and wherefore’s of the players and their stages of fitness, I can guess what the topic of bar conversations tonight will be; How long before Lehmann is officially put up for sale and will he make it to midnight January 1st 2008 as an Arsenal player? On the first count, I am not convinced he will be, more likely it would be announced that he is moving to whichever Bundesliga Club lights his fire. The latter is highly debatable as he has not only burnt his bridges but mined the roads leading to them. On German TV, according to the Telegraph, he said It’s possible that some day I’ll feel like talking about the whole issue Facetiously, I thought that is all he had been doing. Anyway, he continued, But at the moment I’m just swallowing it all as part of the humiliation. That’s something one has to take in. But I think - and this is aimed at my dear manager - one shouldn&rs

Following on from the quite brilliant Global Warming Mug featured on TFTS some considerable time ago, you can now increase your prized collection of political statement mugs (what, you don’t have one?) with this heat reactive disappearing civil liberties mug which is sure to result in a heated debate (pun wholly intended) in the office or workplace. Working on the same principal as those rather tacky cups where a person’s clothing disappears on the addition of boiling water, the Disappearing Civil Liberties Mug will show the full bill of rights until hot water is poured into the mug (the result being disappearance of entire swathes of the text in light of the Patriot Act). Apparently the manufactures were intending to release a UK Bill of Rights Espresso Cup but it was decided that a cup with several CCTV cameras attached to it and well as an entire DNA database would prove especially hard to drink from. The Disappearing Civil Liberties Mug retails for around $11. Copyright &c

This trick is one of those and it is easy to make. You will pick up one card from a pile of cards with a handkerchief, and with a few magic words make it disappear. It's quite easy to do this. All... The Secret of Magic Tricks are revealed here! Learn street magic tricks, bar magic tricks, card tricks, coin tricks, etc. Easy lessons and magician secrets revealed. Dedicated for beginners who want to start learning secret magic tricks step by step.

Is David DeJesus' career in jeopardy? Probably not, but according to Bob Dutton of the Kansas City Star, there's considerable cause for concern:Even David DeJesus isn’t sure how to evaluate his season.From one perspective, his .268 average represents a 27-point drop from last season and is the result of some atypically extended slumps.The flip side is DeJesus is just two runs shy of becoming the first Royal since Carlos Beltran in 2003 to score 100 runs, leads the club in RBIs despite spending most of the season as the leadoff hitter and sports an on-base percentage that approximates his career mark.Well, the runs and RBI are largely lineup-dependent, so they don't tell us a whole lot about Dejesus' own performance. Let's concentrate on the average and OBP. It's true that his lifetime average is .285, but fluctuations in batting average from year to year are often largely dependent on luck. Let's check out DeJesus' BABIPs (Batting Average[s] on Balls in Play) for the first fo

Every year I send an e-mail to all the B&B and self-catering properties listed on the Our Inns websites telling the people what we’ve done with the sites during the year and the kind of improvements that we’re planning for the coming year. Each year, I get a trickle of returned e-mails representing those properties that have been sold within the previous year. This year has been particularly sad in that almost 10% of the original people listed on the site have dropped out of the market and aren’t traceable. Now, if we charged for a listing we’d expect to have people drop out each year but the free listings that we provide just keep going. Why do they give up on B&B (and, so far, it’s been exclusively the B&B properties)? Well, many people come to France with rose coloured glasses courtesy of the many “moving to France” series that you get these days. In those, there are never any insurmountable problems but in real-life there are pr

I did post a blog last night. Really, I did. Some of you even got a nice little e-mail notification. Sorry about that. Is there such a thing as blogging false alarms? The gal who cried “Blog!” Thankfully it wasn’t a very brilliant or witty, or even mildly amusing, post. The pictures, often a redeeming factor in the blog, were only average. So actually, you should be thanking me for sparring you the annoyance of a sub par blog. What happened is I posted the blog to our old server whereas Tim has moved everything to the new server. It all seems a bit science fiction-y to me but I listen attentively and murmur words of encouragement as needed. I’m sure that I am a big help. It has definitely been a big job to move everything over to this new server. I still don’t understand why the hosting company isn’t more helpful. Let’s see, I pay you MORE money each month and then I do all the work myself? Of course! Silly me. David is VERY upset ab

Washington, July 4 (Xinhua) Research has uncovered alarming evidence that high Arctic ponds, many of which have been permanent bodies of water for thousands of years, are completely drying out during the polar summer. (more…)

I can't decide if Myriam is a genius or pure evil. (meant nicely, of course.) As I love chocolate, and I love brownies, I thought her BrownieBabe concept was fantastic (the genius part). Until the roundups started... and I spent all that time drooling over brownies and blondies... and after I printed more recipes than I could count, and daydreamed about thousands of calories... I realized...

What you probably thought was a growing trend, really is according to a federal study that was just released. 1/4 of young adults, ages 18-24, only have a cell phone as their means of communication. 29% of 25-29 year olds also fell into the same category with the percentages declining after that. According to the report, figures were based on interviews with people in 13,056 households from June through December last year. Doesn’t this tell us something we already know or knew? Young adults most likely are single, in college and don’t need or cannot afford two lines of service so why have the extra bill? No need to wait at home for phone calls and with LNP (local number portability) no need to change your number. I think the convenience is obvious. Thanks: Yahoo! Share This

As I've long suspected, the appearance of a new Harry Potter book doesn't seem to add much to the bottom lines of the retailers involved, be they the big bookstore chains or small independent shops. The impact of a Harry Potter book is felt in the secondary sales that might follow when Potter fans return to the stores for something new to read, still excited about books and the fun that they offer.Harry Potter has become the ultimate loss leader in the book retailing industry.It is expected to become the fastest-selling book in history, smashing the record set by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which sold 6.9 million copies within 24 hours of being launched in 2005.With two and a half months to go, Amazon.com alone has received more than one million pre-orders. Potter 7, as Deathly Hallows is known in the trade, should provide a huge boost to book stores. After all, fat sales should equal fat profits.But Hogwarts is not the gold mine it might seem. Indeed, for all the hype a

I'm going with Tony to his parents' house for the flower show in Washington, D.C. The flower show is tomorrow, but we are going up tonight. I don't know if or when I'll get to post while I'm up there, so please bear with me.See you when I get back and it will be written about, whether Tony does it or I do.

Well it looks like Verizon and Cingular do have something in common…not selling “kid” friendly phones. You remember the phones that were intended to keep kids connected but not offering them many standard cell phone features such as a dial pad, text messaging, etc… LG Migo and Firefly, shown above It seems as sales of these devices were not as popular as the manufacturers had hoped and although their intentions were good, parents saw fit to get “regular” cell phones for their kids over the feature limited devices. According to a Verizon spokesperson, parents preferred other devices such as the LG 3450L over the Migo, which has more traditional phone features. The Firefly will still be sold online through Cingular/AT&T’s website and other retailers such as Target and Toys R Us. As for this being shocking news, well not really. I personally have yet to see a “kid” using one of these devices no matter what their age. Usually

Google is the world's most visited website, but today they put themselves in the toilet.But Google is already reporting approximately 24,000 new subscribers have ordered their new and revolutionary (some would say disgusting) wireless routers for free broadband service. Offering a free broadband service called TiSP, Google says that by lowering a wireless Google-made router into a toilet, users can link their computers' to fiber-optic nodes through existing sewer pipes. While most pre-odor customers have experienced problems with configuring the device, others are reporting some strange incidents. There are at least 13 reports of the devices themselves coming back up through their toilets transformed as mooninites and various characters from the popular hit TV show South Park, most particularly the intrepid and vulgar Cartman. "Respect my authoritaaahhhh, you piece of S*IT!, screw you!" Cartman was quoted as telling a Los Angeles Google TiSP subscriber Willy Nilly. Nilly received hi

Somewhat less formidable that the previously featured electrified jacket, though no less interesting, this eco friendly dissolvable dress has been developed at the University of Sheffield in a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Dear Useless Men,I started a new job a while back and a guy that i worked with gave me his number. we started texting and he flirted with me and started telling my he was the kind of guy i needed and blah blah blah. we decided to hang out one night and we had fun and we were like all over each other. he stayed the night but nothing happened and the next day i drove him home. now he doesnt talk to me and screens his calls and texts but when i work with him he's normal. what is his deal? why would he bring himself into my life just to disappear? the worst part is, now i cant stop thinking about him. what should i do?In the ShadowsDear In the Shadows, There is a reason why men and women don’t understand each other. I believe it has to do with the fact that women don’t speak English. Or maybe it’s the men that don’t. Either way, we don’t understand. Maybe I’m just old fashioned. I can’t text, since I still use a rotary phone. If I wanted to text the word flirt to someo

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I've mentioned the Railway Age (or The Crewe Heritage Trust Ltd) a few times over the last couple of weeks. That's because I'm bothered about it. It represents what Crewe is all about and, as such, I believe it should be a real jewel at the heart of the town. As it stands, it falls way short of that. It's a ramshackle yards of loco parts, a few buildings and a couple of exhibits for kids. Harsh, but I think fair. It needs help. It can't be easy keeping such an attraction going on modest funds. The big question, as always, is who should help pay for it? Should it be wholly reliant upon donations and visitors through the doors? Come April, when its doors open at Easter, I'll be taking my two lads along - again. I'll be hoping that a few things have changed, that it looks a bit smarter. We'll see. Sadly, the Mrs won't be coming. She has no interest in it at all. She's been once, as a kid, and was so unimpressed by it she has made her decision. That's sad, but probably true of m

SATAN Jesus hasnt been around in a while. you wouldnt happen to KNOWWW anything about that would you ? Baghdaddy Dear Baghdaddy, He's fine but not happy. This is his busy time of the year as you can imagine, and his agent overbooked his appearances. Eventually yours, ~S

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With a little help from Avatar, AYT now has a delightful little piece of code operational. Thanks!Check out his post here.Now whether or not this is a TOS violation, he responds:Well, the way i see it, it is not, becuase the nabvar is intact in all it´s funtionality and original look, and every single user can see it.That´s why i think this is the optimus blogger navbar hack, this way it doesn´t disrupt the look of your blog and you comply not only to a good blogetiquette (more on this later) but to your google contract. becuase as stated in the very last message from a blogger representative, in this case you have not:1. Removed your navbar,2. You have not altered it´s functions,3. You have not limited it´s use.Thanks again!Update: I've not figured out how to get rid of the Navbar now that I've switched to Blogger beta.[America's Young Theologian][Blogging]

Is the New York Republican Party even relevant anymore?A question that needs to be asked. We all know that the New York GOP is reeling. The party last all four major statewide races in landslides in 2006 (even won where the Democrat was sinking in scandal). They lost three House seats and nearly lost three more. They lost three State Assembly seats, where they were already a super minority, and lost a State Senate seat in Westchester. They narrowly kept a Queen State Senate seat where Republican Serphin Maltese, in office since 1986, won by a mere 783 votes (and that with the Democratic party in the area endorsing him.) The icing on the cake of death was this month's special election on Long Island for a State Senate seat where a Democrat won a Republican's seat.Can it get any worse for the New York GOP? Well, they still control the State Senate, by a narrow margin. Two more seats will tie the chamber 31-31 with Democratic Lieutennant Governor David Paterson breaking the tie, effecti

They serve a strong brew at the Alamo coffee-house in Presidio, a small farming town near the US-Mexican border. They need to. Times are tough, says Terry Bishop, looking up from his second mugful. This land, next to the Rio Grande in Texas, has probably been continuously farmed for longer than anywhere in America, he says. Six hundred years minimum. It has been home to scalp-hunters and a penal colony; it has seen Comanche raids, Spanish missionaries, marauding Mexican revolutionaries and a population boom during a recent aliens amnesty. All that time, it has been farmed. But soon it will be back to sagebrush and salt cedar. Climbing the levee by the river at the end of his last field, Bishop shows me the problem. The once mighty Rio Grande is now reduced to a sluggish brown trickle.In its middle stretches, the river often dries up entirely in the summer. All the water has been taken out by cities and farmers upstream. "The river's been disappearing since the 50s," says Bishop, who h

There was a spider in my bathroom.  It was small by any spider lover's standards, but because I do not like spiders it was rather large.  Large enough that from near the bathroom ceiling I could see that there were markings on its back, though I could not see what ...