Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Rumor: Apple readying 'at least two' new iPhone cases

By Sam Oliver

Published: 10:13 AM EST (07:13 AM PST) Along with an anticipated redesigned iPhone, Apple is also rumored to be planning to release two new cases for its next-generation handset, with one of the designs said to have a "major impact on the accessory market."

While one of the rumored cases is expected to be a larger "Bumper" case to accommodate a taller iPhone screen, the second case will feature a new, different design, according to iLounge. Citing a "highly reliable source," the site reported on Monday that though the new case will affect third-party case makers, the design will be "not hugely surprising," which led author Jeremy Horowitz to speculate the case could include a stand.

Apple stepped into the iPhone case accessory business with the launch of the iPhone 4 in 2010. Its first-party "Bumpers" wrap around the outside edges of both the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, which feature the same external design.

Monday's report follows up on an earlier rumor that claimed Apple will launch its next-generation iPhone at a media event on September 12. Corroborating some of those details, Horowitz said the new iPhone will be ready to ship in mid-September.

Also rumored to arrive in September is a new iPod touch, which will presumably also feature a larger 4-inch display to bring it in line with the new iPhone. iLounge, however, disagreed with an earlier rumor that suggested a new iPod nano will also be unveiled at an alleged September event.

As for the so-called iPad mini, Horowitz was told that it will not be ready to ship at the same time as Apple's next-generation iPhone. He speculated that the device could have its own, separate media event ahead of a November launch, while the 7.85-inch device is also expected to have its own Smart Case and Smart Cover accessories.

Rumors of Apple's next-generation products have picked up steam, as both photos and a video of parts claimed to be from Apple's sixth-generation iPhone have also appeared online.

Earlier this month, pictures of alleged "iPad mini" engineering samples also surfaced, showing a smaller iPad with a 7.85-inch display and a shrunken dock connector also expected to appear in the next iPhone. Numerous reports from mainstream media outlets have indicated that Apple plans to expand the iPad lineup with a new, smaller, less expensive model this fall.

As for Apple's full-size iPad, iLounge was told that Apple currently plans for its fourth-generation model to have a "relatively modest body tweak." The device is expected to keep largely the same shape while adopting a smaller 19-pin dock connector, a new rear-facing microphone, and design tweaks to reduce heat.

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Kanye, 2 Chainz Vie For Hip-Hop Crown In MTV's Summer Jam Games

Is your summer anthem in the running? Vote now in MTV's inaugural Summer Jam Games!
By Rob Markman


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Photo: Guillaume Baptiste/ AFP/ GettyImages

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1690878/kanye-west-2-chainz-summer-jam-games.jhtml

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Estate Planning Basics

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Estate planning might be the farthest thing from your mind, especially if you have a moderate to low income or net worth. In fact, many of us tend to view estate planning as something only rich people need to worry about, but in reality proper estate planning can make things easier for loved ones if you pass away unexpectedly and can also ensure that your wishes are carried out.

To start with, let?s establish what estate planning really is. You may not realize that it includes preparing a living will to handle tough topics like what to do if you are being kept alive by life support with no chance for recovery, as well as a traditional will to direct what happens to your personal property and assets, along with the guardianship of your minor children, if applicable. No matter how much money you have, these items are absolutely necessary.

If you have a high net worth, keep in mind that estates totaling more than $5 million will face hefty estate taxes under current law. This makes it essential to work with a trusted financial advisor to develop a plan that will shelter assets from taxes as much as possible.

For high net worth individuals who are married and have assets totaling $5 million or more, it can also be helpful to establish a credit shelter trust. This savvy investment move simply works to protect the assets of the first spouse to pass away, allowing the credit limit to be used.

Simply titling assets in joint name will not always help avoid probate, unless the joint account holder is your spouse. This means that assets held in joint name with a friend or relative are subject to the gift tax upon your death if the total value is more than $13,000. This amount is always subject to change, however, so be sure to stay current on changes in legislation.

Gifting assets to friends and relatives prior to your death is one of the simplest ways to whittle down your taxable assets. And as long as you stay within the gift tax exclusion limit, there will be no tax burden for anyone.

Also, make sure any retirement plans you own ? either individual or employer sponsored accounts ? have the proper beneficiary designations. For example, if your spouse has passed away, you will need to update the information and select a new beneficiary. If this person is not your spouse, be sure to look at whether or not the payout options are affected, and be sure to share this information with your new beneficiary.

Finally, no matter how much you are worth or how much you earn, selecting a good life insurance policy can make things much easier for those you leave behind. This is especially true for low to moderate-income households, where the expenses and loss of income associated with an unexpected death could cause bankruptcy, or at the very least, extreme financial hardship.

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Source: http://pfcents.com/estate-planning-basics/

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Nathan & Heather's Cozy Vintage Ballard Home House Tour ...

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Name: Nathan & Heather Spaulding
Location: Ballard ? Seattle, Washington
Size: 2 Bedroom- 900 square feet
Years lived in: 1.5 years ? Rent

Nathan and Heather live in a cozy two bedroom apartment in Ballard, where they have designed the vintage whimsy home they've always wanted. Here, art and creativity abound as their apartment is furnished generously with vintage estate sale goodness.

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Married for three years, Nathan and Heather clearly love vintage and collecting second hand pieces from family, estate sales and second hand shops. "Nathan works as a Site Lead and Carpenter for a residential remodeling company. Heather has an apparel design background but decided to switch careers for a breath and is currently managing a large apartment complex in Ballard. We are moving to Los Angeles in October and are looking for jobs!! We can't wait!" Living in the Pacific Northwest has its effect on designing a home. "Because of the Scandinavian history of Ballard we found many of our nautical pieces from local estate sales and vintage shops. And because we don't love spending our time outside in the overcast cold drizzle our apartment has to be warm and inviting so we don't go crazy!"

They believe strongly that designing a home depends heavily on accommodating flow and seating. Also they attribute their happy environment to the good lighting and ample windows. When I asked what were the most significant things in their house they noted the dining table which had great sentimental value. "This was our first furniture purchase together. It was in mint condition, made in Seattle by Arrowline, Inc. in 1961. The family who owned this was expecting family from the Midwest in 1961 so the father decided to refurnish their whole house. He passed away only months later and the table sat virtually unused for almost 50 years. We cherish it and are happy to bring new life to it. "

Thanks to Sophie and Isaac Carpenter for introducing me to Heather and Nathan!

Apartment Therapy Survey:

Our Style: Cozy vintage that evokes nostalgia and joy.

Inspiration: Sunshine, Grandparents, estate sales, the Ol' West, old magazines, catalogs, films & TV shows.

Favorite Element: Our orange couch Heather found 7 years ago at a Seattle thrift store for $25! The couch was in perfect condition and was made in Seattle for Kraski's North City Furniture.

Biggest Challenge: Our bedroom.

What Friends Say: "Your place is so cozy." & "I love your kitchen."

Biggest Embarrassment: Nathan crafted our fireplace mantel to accommodate the flat screen & Christmas stockings.

Proudest DIY: Nathan crafted our fireplace mantel to accommodate the flat screen & Christmas stockings.

Biggest Indulgence: Our bedroom nightstands: West Elm

Best Advice: Be yourself

Dream Sources: Really cheap estate sales.

Resources of Note:

ENTRY

    ? Bookshelf: IKEA
    ? Lamp: Grandma Fretwell
    ? Rock/Glitter Wall Art: Ballard estate sale
    ? Far left pot: Old honey jar from childhood
    ? Middle pot: hand made by Gammy Phillips
    ? Far right pot/Globe: Thrift store
    ? Jonathan Adler-Utopia Ceasar/Cornelia Vase: Christmas gift
    ? Jonathan Adler-Darjeeling Teapot: Wedding gift from Nathan's Brother & Wife

LIVING ROOM

    ? Couch, End Table, Lounge Chair, Ottoman, Travel Case: Thrift store
    ? Coffee Table, 2 Danish Chairs: Purchased from friends
    ? Wood Mantel: Made by Nathan
    ? Lamp on End Table: Fremont Sunday Market
    ? Wheel Wall Lamps: Fremont Vintage Mall
    ? Magazine Stand: Estate sale
    ? Chalkware French Bulldog: Prize won by Great Aunt Frances or her Beau at the 1937 Idaho Fair.
    ? 3 Viking Ships: Heather had the large Viking ship from her Brother who found it at a thrift store in Eastern Washington around the year 2000. Later Nathan and Heather were looking through an old 1961 Spiegel catalog and found that the ship was originally part of a set of 3. A few years later, Nathan was in an abandoned motel in Eastern Washington and found the 2 missing ships! He brought them home to make our complete set. We like to believe they were once a set and we reunited them.
    ? Curtains: Fred Meyer
    ? Carpet Remnant: Remnant King

DINING ROOM

    ? Dining Table with leaf & 6 chairs: Collective (no longer in business). Made in Seattle by Arrowline, Inc. in 1961.
    ? Eden Girl Print: Pike Place Antiques
    ? E.O. Brody Co., Pressed Glass, Pedestal Fruit Bowl: Yard sale
    ? Jonathan Adler-Bird Salt & Pepper Shakers: Nordstrom

MUSIC COMPUTER AREA

    ? Yamaha CP70B: Craigslist
    ? Piano Bench: Heather's family
    ? Glass Vase: Gammy Phillips
    ? Zenith Stereophonic High Fidelity Record Cabinet: Thrift Store for $10!!
    ? Eve Boy & Girl Prints: Fremont Vintage Mall (Gift for Heather from Nathan for 1 year wedding anniversary)
    ? Deer Head "John Dear": Babysitting for our friend who is in Sweden.
    ? Duck Lamp: Richland Antique Mall (Birthday Gift for Nathan from Heather)
    ? Desk: Pappy Phillips
    ? Dog Paint by Number: Richland Antique Mall (Birthday Gift for Nathan from Heather)
    ? Spode Woodland Turkey Plate: Wedding china from Aunt Naomi
    ? Hull Art Vase: Was Grandpa & Grandma Spaulding's from the 1940's
    ? Gold Dogs: Heather's parents' from the early 1970's
    ? Chalk Board: Ikea

KITCHEN

    ? General Electric Oven & Stovetop: Original to apartment - 1957
    ? Kitchen Table & Chairs: Craigslist
    ? Pull Down Ceiling Mount Light Fixture, Cream & Sugar: Thrift Store
    ? General Electric Musaphonic Radio: Antique store near McCall, Idaho
    ? Framed Farm Fabric: Antique store in Silvana, WA (the city where we were married)
    ? Key/Apron Rack: homemade gift from dear friends
    ? Tins: Various Sources - Purchased for our wedding centerpieces.
    ? Curtains, knick-knacks: Estate sale

BEDROOM

    ? Nightstands: West Elm
    ? Right Lamp: intercepted from my friend's goodwill run
    ? Left Lamp: Estate sale
    ? Dog Paint by Number: Thank you gift from Heather's Brother & Wife.
    ? Bedding: Anthropologie
    ? Mirror: From exchange room at apartment complex

GUEST BEDROOM

    ? Bookshelves: On loan from Heather's Brother & Wife
    ? Headboard: From exchange room at apartment complex
    ? Dresser: Side of the road
    ? Chair: Old roommate left behind
    ? Ceramic/Marble Light: This was Heather's mother's when she was a child, Heather remembers visiting her grandparents' house and needing this to fall asleep.
    ? JC Penney Radio: Antique store in Old Downtown Kennewick, WA
    ? Bedding: Estate sale
    ? Curtains: Thrift store
    ? Juki Sewing Machine & Dress Form: Craigslist

BATHROOM

    ? Shower Curtain, Towels, Floral Hook, Garbage Pale, Glass Jars, Swan Jewelry Carrier: Anthropologie
    ? Makeup Brush Cup: West Elm
    ? Brass Horse: ???

Thanks, Nathan + Heather!

(Images: Julie Harmsen)

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Source: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/nathan-and-heathers-cozy-vintage-ballard-home-house-tour-174708

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The First Company To Build Your Identity Into Your Phone Wins The Next Decade

rotaryphoneEditor's note: Rebekah Cox is a product designer at Quora and previously a product design lead at Facebook. This post is a followup to a recent tweet, and first appeared on Quora. It's important to understand what identity isn't: Identity is not a password, it's not root access, it's not your calendar, it's not your email, it's not a technical achievement, it's not your location, it's not a user account in a system, it's not your contacts and it's not a feature.

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

MarkMorley: RT @WSJ: Only 9% of India?s 1.2 billion people now have Internet access. Plans for a 4G wireless network could change that: http://t.co/ ?

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Sales Pro: Sales Manager - International Business School

Job ID: 76175

Job Views: 36

Location: London, London

Job Category: Field Sales

Employment Type: Full time

Salary:

Posted: Sat Jul 28

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Job Description

Sales Manager ? International Business School
London
30-40k base, 60-80k OTE + Benefits Package

Our Client, a leading Business School is highly ranked and known worldwide for delivering groundbreaking programmes to tomorrow?s business leaders. With a full range of MBA, Master, Undergraduate and professional programs they are well placed for further expansion. They now have an immediate opening for a Sales Manager to lead a London based team.

As a hands-on Sales Manager you will manage a large team of field and internally based sales executives. You will hold direct responsibility for turnover, profit and performance alongside recruitment, mentoring and accompanying team members on sales visits. This is an exciting opportunity to join a market leader in a hands-on team management role where you will work with team members to train, discuss and deliver key objectives on an ongoing basis. Contact Certus Sales Recruitment for a full overview of this exciting organization and their immediate opening.


The ideal candidate will need to demonstrate a minimum of 3 years target driven and successful sales leadership experience. You will have hands-on management (player-manager) experience and possess the ability to lead both field and internal sales teams by example. You will be an excellent communicator and presenter with a strong personality, the will to win and the experience to drive a performing team to greater heights. This role requires a polished and inspiring individual who is educated to degree level.

The successful candidate can expect a base salary circa 30-40k with an uncapped OTE of 60-80k plus excellent benefits.

Certus is an established and experienced specialist sales recruitment and marketing recruitment consultancy, providing sales and marketing recruitment services to the business to business marketplace throughout the UK. We are experts in the recruitment of internal and external (field sales) sales professionals from Graduate & Sales Trainee through to Sales Manager and Sales Director levels. With specialist Sales divisions covering: Commercial Sales, FMCG, Information, Financial, Medical and Pharmaceutical, IT/Technology (Software, Hardware, Telco and Services), Media, Rec2Rec and a Marketing division covering everything from Marketing Executives through to PR Managers and Marketing Director level positions; we are well positioned to deliver cost effective recruitment solutions in a timely manner. To find out more about Certus, please visit http://www.certussales.com and http://www.certusmarketing.com?????

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Source: http://www.salesprorecruitment.co.uk/display-job/76175/Sales-Manager---International-Business-School.html

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Best Ways to Get Rid of Zits Naturally - Health And Sport News

Posted on : 28-07-2012 | By : mary | In : Health Tips

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fitnessNobody likes having pimples. They are embarrassing. Some pimples are painful to the touch. And you never know when one is going to show up. When you?re a teenager, you eagerly wait for the day when you?ve outgrown acne and don?t have to deal with it anymore. Then you grow up and realize that adults get acne too. When you get acne as an adult, you may be tempted to pop the pimples, as you might have done at a younger age. This isn?t the best approach. When you?re older, your skin is different from when you were a teenager. Your skin is more prone to problems as you age. Your best approach is to use natural substances to treat your acne.

Many people use green tea for a variety of purposes. It can help your body fight off all sorts of illnesses and infections. Taking green tea on a regular basis can be a useful tonic. Green tea is not only helpful when taken internally, though; when applied to the face, it can help clear up pimples. That?s why many natural acne remedies list green tea as one of the ingredients. Since green tea is the active ingredient, you may as well just use it on its own. This is an acne cure that?s safe, healthy and cheap, and it?s at least as helpful as most packaged products. If you do have acne on your face, it could be because of the food you eat every day. Oily food has not been proven to induce acne, though you could possibly increase the amount of pimples on your face if you rub oil into your pores. What it does mean is that if you are eating a lot of junk food you could be clogging your pores from the inside out. The acne that you have may be the result of your body trying to purge impurities from your system through your pores because of what you eat. A healthy diet that is eaten on a regular basis will be very beneficial to your overall skin condition.

We believe the above thoughts and suggestions must be taken into account in any discussion on canadian drugstores. There is a tremendous amount you really should take the time to find out about. It is difficult to ascertain all the different means by which they can serve you. Once your knowledge is more complete, then you will feel more self-confident about the subject. We are not finished, and there are just a couple of very strong suggestions and tips for you.

Binge drinking and chain-smoking can harm your skin. Either habit can be harmful to your health. Not only will your internal organs be affected in a bad way, it can also adversely affect your skin. The quality of your skin, as well as damage to the pores, can also occur with smoking. If you drink a lot of alcohol, you will dehydrate your body, and your skin, causing the acne to get worse. While this isn?t exactly the same thing as a ?natural remedy? in the sense that you use it to cure your acne, it is a ?natural remedy? in that it is a behavior that you can change naturally that will help improve the quality of your skin. There?s no reason you should have to put up with acne forever. You may experience this problem, but there are many possible remedies. You?ve got a wide range of acne remedies that can help you prevent or treat this condition. Many can be used to treat the skin directly. Some are meant to act as preventative measures. You can also focus on eating a diet rich in vitamins and minerals that help treat and prevent acne. If you want healthy skin and you want to put an end to acne, you just have to find the natural treatment that works best for you.

Source: http://www.metroliners.org/best-ways-to-get-rid-of-zits-naturally

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Saturday, July 28, 2012

The Best Phone Service can Help You Give the Best Customer Service

For businesses, quality customer service is of primary importance, and for a company owner to deliver the best customer service to his customers, he must have the best phone service available. Using unreliable and ineffective phone services can never deliver quality customer service ? a case which can sooner or later result in failure of both the telephone system and the business itself.

What is good customer service?

There?s a difference between good customer service and a plain customer service.

Customer service is basically how employees and company owners treat clients or customers. Whether in the process of promoting, advertising, negotiating, or following-up, company owners and their employees need to always take into consideration the clients? demands. To serve their customers in the finest way possible, they must try to be present at all times as much as possible.

Good customer services means serving the customers in the best possible way, sending them home pleased and contented with the service. It is not just about treating the clients well at the time of the business transaction. Most importantly, good customer service is about making the clients come back for the business? services.

Do remember: letting customers experience the best service ?may be quite different from? letting them experience the best service that they keep on coming back.

In delivering the best customer service, what?s the importance of communication?

The only tool which can establish, sustain, and strengthen a strong customer-owner relationship is communication. Nevertheless, not all company owners or personnel get to interact with the clients personally; especially now that people live in a highly virtual planet. Phone services are now more commonly employed as major types of communications between owners and clients, instead of individual interactions with the advent of modern communications technology.

Given that some company owners and workers wouldn?t be able to have a face-to-face interaction with their customers, it?s important that the company has the best phone service. This way, communication lines between the clients and the company will always be dependable and accessible. A phone service that is helpful to all companies is the one that allows the business to fax and contact the clients with no rigid limitations, and will not be hindered by distance and numbers of individuals to connect. Moreover, the phone services of a company will increase the mobility and flexibility of the employees if it offers access through the world wide web or if it can be integrated with mobile phones.

But don?t forget: choosing the best phone service is about selecting the phone service most suited to the company ? it doesn?t mean picking the provider with the most pricey nor the cheapest offers.

Company owners should always put their clients? demands first without, of course, losing sight of the business? targets. One of the main reasons why consumers will favor one particular enterprise over another is a great customer relationship. Customers will definitely come back for the services given by the company if they can communicate with the people in the company both in the individual and professional level. The communication line between consumers and companies must never be severed and must constantly be open.

All these qualities show the mark of excellent customer service ? a thing which companies can obtain only by having the best phone service in the market.

Check out for more details on how you?ll enhance your marketing and advertising strategies by means of a dependable phone service. We also provide valuable information relating to business telephone system as well as finding efficient phone services which will help your company with its communication demands.

Source: http://bishoprosary.org/?p=370593

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Get the best Samsung Galaxy S3 Accessories

Samsung Galaxy S3 Accessories

Now is the best time to pick up some accessories for the Samsung Galaxy S3.  Whether it's a car mount, screen protectors, desktop cradle or a spare battery -- Accessorizing your Galaxy S3 lets you take full advantage of what this phone has to offer.

We recently ran an accessories poll and discovered three-fourths of owners are buying a Galaxy S3 case. It further proves what I already had a good hunch on - that most phone owners these days want to protect their investment. As for what kind of cases are most popular, the top vote went to hard cases, followed by skin cases.

Beyond cases, there are a lot of other accessories out there that help you get more out of your phone. For any phone I own, I always pick up a car mount and desktop cradle, which makes using the phone better in the car and office. I'm curious to find out what kind of other accessories Galaxy S3 owners are interested in the most. And as a reward for letting us know, we're going to hook a lucky S3 owner up with their wish list for free. Jump over to ShopAndroid.com and pick out the Galaxy S3 accessories you want for your phone. Then leave a comment here with your top three picks and one lucky person will have the chance to win them! Check past the break for more info on accessories for the Galaxy S3.

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Biel says Timberlake engagement is 'wonderful'

FILE - In this May 7, 2012, file photo, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit, celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada in New York. Biel says that before Timberlake proposed, she didn't expect to ever get married. The 30-year-old actress told The Associated Press on Friday that she feels "wonderful" about the engagement. The couple reportedly became engaged late last year but rarely speak publicly about their relationship. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

FILE - In this May 7, 2012, file photo, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala benefit, celebrating Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada in New York. Biel says that before Timberlake proposed, she didn't expect to ever get married. The 30-year-old actress told The Associated Press on Friday that she feels "wonderful" about the engagement. The couple reportedly became engaged late last year but rarely speak publicly about their relationship. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Jessica Biel says that before Justin Timberlake proposed, she didn't expect to ever get married.

The 30-year-old actress told The Associated Press on Friday that she feels "wonderful" about the engagement. Biel and Timberlake, 31, reportedly became engaged late last year but rarely speak publicly about their relationship.

Biel called the engagement "wonderful. It's actually not anything I ever really thought was going to happen to me or that I really wanted. And when it happened it just seemed ? it just was right."

No wedding date has been made public.

Biel is promoting "Total Recall," which also stars Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Bryan Cranston.

Associated Press

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Gov. Brown pushes $23-billion plan to tunnel under delta

Gov. Jerry Brown's administration said Wednesday that it is pushing ahead with a $23-billion proposal intended to improve water deliveries to the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California and stop the ecological free fall of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The plans, which would involve construction of the most ambitious water supply project in California in decades, call for the building of two massive tunnels beneath the delta to transport water south, and the restoration of tens of thousands of acres of delta habitat.

Invoking California's "pioneer spirit," Brown said the project was "profoundly important to California's future" and called it "a big idea for a big state."

"I look at this as another test of whether we can govern ourselves," he said at a Sacramento news conference, at which he was joined by U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. "Analysis paralysis is not why I came back. I want to get [stuff] done," he said, using an expletive to emphasize his resolve.

Under the proposal, which is a scaled-down version of an earlier design released during Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration, three large intake facilities would be built on the Sacramento River near Hood. They would be capable of diverting 9,000 cubic feet of water a second into two side-by-side underground tunnels that would carry supplies 35 miles to the huge government pumps in the south delta that send water to Central Valley farms and Southland cities. Currently, supplies are drawn through the delta to the pumps, a system that has profoundly altered the delta ecology.

Water users ? ultimately farmers and residential customers ? would foot the $14-billion construction bill and roughly $5 billion in operating costs. State taxpayers would cover most of the $3-billion to $4-billion expense for habitat restoration.

Though Brown's announcement signaled momentum after years of planning, the proposal remains far from a sure thing. Key issues remain unsettled ? most important, the volume of water that would be exported from the delta system.

If the water agencies paying for the new conveyance facilities can't be assured of the deliveries they want, they could pull out. The project must also win permits from the state and federal agencies responsible for enforcing endangered species protections.

Officials said alternatives, including building larger or smaller facilities, will remain under consideration while they try to nail down details of their preferred proposal in coming months. They are hoping to release draft environmental documents this fall and issue a final decision next year. Under the most optimistic time frame, construction could begin in two to three years, and the project would be up and running in 2026.

The tunnel proposal echoes the peripheral canal project that Brown, in an earlier term as governor, pushed through the Legislature, only to see it killed by voters in 1982. Brown said the new project is based on a much better understanding of the delta ecosystem and the effects of delta pumping. "Here we are 30 years later with a lot more knowledge, a lot more science and better technology," he said.

The plan for a new system to ship Northern California water supplies south is the latest in 20 years of efforts to resolve the conflict between the state's thirst and the environment of the West Coast's largest estuary.

As water exports rose in recent decades, the health of the delta has deteriorated sharply. Its native fish are imperiled, its waters infested with invasive species. The delta's basic hydrology has been thrown out of whack by the enormous south delta pumps that are so powerful they reverse the flow of delta waterways.

With environmental decline have come tighter export restrictions that cut water deliveries to the Southland and San Joaquin Valley agribusiness. The premise of the new proposal is that by combining new conveyance facilities with extensive habitat restoration, the delta environment will improve, fish species will rebound and water deliveries will stabilize or grow.

But environmentalists and delta advocates argue that the only way to save the delta is to take less water from it. "They can't prove [the project] will work for the environment," said Jonas Minton, a former state water official who is now water policy advisor for the Planning and Conservation League. The estuary "needs more fresh water to sustain it, and they continue to deny that," he added.

The proposal to build a peripheral canal around the delta to carry supplies to the pumps sparked a nasty north-south battle 30 years ago.

But political opposition to the tunnel proposal has so far been centered in the delta, which has limited political clout and has aimed its guns at corporate agriculture rather than Southern California ? recognition that most of the water diverted from the delta goes to irrigation ditches, not urban faucets.

The commercial salmon industry worries that the big intakes will harm migrating salmon on the Sacramento River. Delta farmers are concerned that a reduction of the river's flows into the delta will hurt their water quality. And they don't want to lose fields to wetlands restoration.

After the morning news conference, a bipartisan group of about 200 farmers, fishermen and lawmakers from the delta region, some holding pitchforks and homemade signs, gathered on the steps of the state Capitol to blast the proposal. "To the governor and the secretary ? you launch a war, we'll fight the battle," declared Rep. John Garamendi (D-Walnut Creek).

In Washington, Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) called the plan "completely unacceptable," and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena), who represents fishing communities, said it was a "terrible mistake to outline what it is that they prefer happens before the science is done to determine what can and should happen."

In statements, officials of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Westlands Water District ? which together would pay for about half the cost of the intake-tunnel system ? called Brown's announcement a milestone.

But Westlands raised the possibility that some water users could ultimately decide the program wasn't worth their investment. And in an interview earlier this week, an official of the Kern County Water Agency was similarly cautious.

"This isn't affordable at all costs for our water users," said Jim Beck, the agency's general manager. "In the next few months, we hope we get more information that would help them make an informed decision about the viability of the project for them and our willingness to continue funding our share of the permitting effort."

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Times staff writer Richard Simon in Washington contributed to this report.

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Companies Are No Longer Using Leaves In Their Logos - Business ...

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Leaf logos have begun to decline in the past two years.

Between 2000-2009 the percentage of corporate logos featuring images of leaves more than tripled, going from around 1% to as high as 3.87%.

And no wonder: there's no quicker way of signifying "growth" and "Earth friendly" than with a stylized green frond.

But according to data from Emblemetric, the glory days of the generic leaf logo might be over. In 2010 and 2011 the amount of leaf logos began to decline for the first time in more than a decade.

"It appears that the leaf is transitioning from logo design trend to logo design clich?," Emblemetric says.

Here's a chart of leaf usage by sector:

Big losses (of leaves) in the agriculture and beverage sector coupled with mild losses in chemicals and insurance businesses contributed heavily to the overall decline.

For brands, being perceived as environmentally friendly was of great importance in the 2000s?likely leading to the rise in leaves. So does that mean brands don't care about being environmentally friendly anymore?

Probably not. Many of the companies who adopted the leaf had nothing to actually do with sectors where being environmentally friendly was of major concern.

In addition, Emblemetric notes the rapid rise in abandoned trademarks with the generic leaf over the last few years?something that suggest the decline is likely to continue.

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The Hunt For Red September: A Robotic Submarine Simulator Game

Screen shot 2012-07-26 at 2.33.17 PMThis is brilliant. A team at Red Bull Creation (which has the worst possible website ever) has built a submarine simulation game called "The Hunt For Red September," under the theme of "A Game Of Games." The team, 1.21 Jigawatts, just so happens to be the winner of last year's Red Bull Creation for "Energy In Motion." The game employs 3 Arduino micro-controllers that simulate the attack of a submarine, which is built to the scale and likeness of a real submarine. There are various levers and valves that the user must trigger to repair different threats to the submarine, such as a high pressure hull rupture, radiation levels, reactor temperature, or a depth charge.

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Dierks Bentley releases 4-song ode to summer fun

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ? A few years ago Dierks Bentley went hard against country music convention by releasing a rockin' bluegrass-roots album. He's decided to break the rules again.

This time around, Bentley is releasing a new four-song EP called "Country & Cold Cans" even while his last album continues to chart hit singles. Turns out Bentley just wanted to have a little fun with his friends.

"Sometimes that should be the driving force in your decisions, you know?" Bentley said. "It doesn't always have to be a business decision or well-thought-out plan. Just go out there, have fun, do it with some friends and put out some new tunes."

"Country & Cold Cans" is out Aug. 21. The EP will be a digital-only release available on Apple Inc.'s iTunes initially. Bentley will support the EP with a quick three-date tour Aug. 20-22 at the University of South Carolina, the University of Georgia and the University of Mississippi. Tickets go on sale Friday.

Bentley released his last album "Home" earlier this year and "5-1-5-0," his 10th No. 1 country single as both artist and songwriter, reached the top of the charts this week. It's the third No. 1 from "Home."

Normally, competing music would be considered a hindrance to the success of that album. But in this case, Bentley welcomes the interruption in business as usual. The music was written on the road, then recorded over a two-day period with his touring band and produced with Jaren Johnston, a member of The Cadillac Black ? Bentley's opening band on tour this year.

The music is meant to be loose and off the cuff. With songs like the title track, "Grab a Beer" and "Back Porch," the aim is clear.

Bentley said he's targeting the same kind of kids curious about country music like he was as a teenager growing up in Arizona.

"It's called 'Country & Cold Cans,'" Bentley said with a laugh. "It's not called Beethoven."

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

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Analysis: In Syria crisis, stakes high for Hezbollah

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's powerful Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah has publicly tied its future to Bashar al-Assad, but as the tide turns against the Syrian president it is silent on whether it will join the fight to support him.

The stakes are high for the group which fears that toppling Assad will pave the way for increased Western pressure - if not war - on its strongest ally and founder, Shi'ite Iran. By losing Assad the group would also be deprived of its strategic partner and main supply line for its arsenal.

"Hezbollah is at a point of enormous strategic uncertainty. (Syria's uprising) is not an existential threat, they are too well armed. But now they face a threat from two sides," a Western diplomat in Lebanon said, referring to Hezbollah's foe Israel and a potentially hostile post-Assad Syria.

Hezbollah has shown no sign of abandoning Assad and Lebanese officials close to the group say it won't stand idle if the battle worsens. Some said it will fight Israel. Others said it will deploy some of its fighters to secure the border with Lebanon, from which rebels are attacking Syrian frontier posts.

They also said Hezbollah is bracing for the fighting in Syria to be long and hard.

"They cannot distance themselves. What is happening now is fateful for them," said Lebanese analyst Jihad al-Zein. "Their alliance with Syria is strategic and was formed with the Assad family."

"They do not have a choice - they are with the regime until the last minute. This is a strategic alliance between Iran and Syria and they are part of it," he added.

Hezbollah believes that its enemies, including the West and Israel, are working to reshape the Middle East by replacing Assad with a ruler hostile to it.

In a region riven by a Sunni-Shi'ite divide, Assad belongs to the Alawite sect that is an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. A new Sunni Muslim leadership is unlikely to favor the Shi'ite Hezbollah.

OPTIONS OPEN

While Hezbollah supported the revolts in the Arab world that toppled the leaders of Egypt, Tunis and Libya, it responded to the initially largely peaceful protests in Syria by saying it backed Assad's promises of reform.

"Hezbollah will definitely take part in the war if Syria faces foreign intervention. It sees the whole campaign on Assad as a campaign to target resistance," a second Lebanese official said, using the label for armed groups opposed to Israel.

For now, they say Hezbollah has been watching the unrest in Syria. It banned officials and members from publicly talking about the revolt, leaving its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah as the only voice of the group, reiterating his support for Assad.

A year ago, officials close to Hezbollah denied Syrian opposition accusations that it was sending fighters to help Assad's forces. The same officials now say this might change if there is foreign intervention or Assad is weakened.

"So far, Assad does not need more fighters. His army is more than capable of dealing with this. He does not need Hezbollah's fighters. They are only a few thousands and he has hundreds of thousands," a Lebanese security official said.

But another official said "this is a war and in wars all options are on the table.. What is important is that the Damascus supply line remains open to Hezbollah. It is willing to do whatever it takes to keep it like that."

Hezbollah's view can be encapsulated in the comments of a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander who said on Tuesday that any foreign power intervening in Syria would suffer "decisive blows", specifically referring to "hated Arabs" - a veiled reference to regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Damascus has accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar of channeling weapons and money to rebels fighting Assad's forces. Activists say more than 17,000 people have been killed in the 16-month uprising against his rule.

Israel's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Haim Waxman labeled Hezbollah and Iran of being "part of Assad's killing machine".

"Iran and Hezbollah - Assad's allies in this 'trio of brutality' - will cross any line to keep the Assad regime in power," he told a U.N. Security Council debate on the Middle East on Wednesday.

RELATIONSHIP IS DEEP

While Hezbollah believes that Assad will not be unseated, it is bracing for a long battle that will get tougher by the day.

"I want to know how do (the West) think Bashar is going to fall? By them (rebels) controlling Damascus? Then there will be a major war," said a Lebanese official close to the group.

"Or do they think he will leave by foreign intervention? Then the whole region will be set ablaze. So he is not going to fall. Please get this out of your head."

In a speech last week Hezbollah's leader Nasrallah said the unrest in Syria was a continuation of the 33-day war which his group fought with Israel in 2006.

The group, established nearly 30 years ago to confront Israel's occupation of south Lebanon, inflicted serious damage and casualties by firing missiles deep into Israel in that conflict, and was able to sustain weeks of rocket attacks despite a major Israeli military incursion into Lebanon.

Western intelligence sources say the movement's arsenal has been more than replenished since the fighting ended, with European-led U.N. peace keepers in southern Lebanon powerless to prevent supplies entering mostly from Syria.

"(The goal was) after destroying the resistance in Lebanon to topple President Bashar al-Assad, destroy Syria and submit it to the American-Israeli agenda," Nasrallah told supporters.

He described the four top Syrian security officials killed last week as martyrs and said the rockets that his group used to bombard Israel were made in Syria.

"(The speech) was a signal that the relationship is deep and any revaluation of the position will not take place immediately," Ayham Kamel from Carnegie centre said.

PROBLEMS AT HOME

Assad's fall would weaken Hezbollah in Lebanon and unleash a Sunni-led campaign to limit the group's power.

The tension between Sunnis and Shi'ite in Lebanon, a small country where sectarian factions fought a 15 year civil war in the 70s, surfaced when former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed in 2005. Hariri supporters accused Syria and then Hezbollah of killing him - a charge they both deny. An international tribunal set to investigate the killing accused several Hezbollah members.

The revolt in Syria has deepened sectarian divisions in Lebanon, pitting many Sunni Muslims who support the rebellion against Hezbollah and other Shi'ite groups who back Assad.

A little known Sunni Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, from the southern coastal city of Sidon, has gained increasing prominence, calling for Hezbollah to be disarmed and emboldening other anti-Hezbollah voices.

While Sunni Muslims have no military power to match Hezbollah, Sunni Islamist fighters including Arab veterans from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have always found haven in Lebanon.

But some officials played down the impact on the group internally. One said: "Even if Assad leaves. Who is going to touch Hezbollah here? It is a very powerful group and targeting it is not a joke."

And for the majority of Shi'ites who form the base of the group's supporters neither Hezbollah nor Assad will be alone.

During the street fights in Damascus a liberal Shi'ite, summing up the sentiments of many Shi'ites, wrote on his facebook :"Please Sayyed (Nasrallah) give us the orders (to fight)."

(Editing by Dominic Evans/Janet McBride)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-syria-crisis-stakes-high-hezbollah-155932714.html

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Coupon Incentives Are Small Business Marketing Magic ...

Coupons and incentives that motivate prospective customers to try your product or service have always been one of the most successful small business marketing strategies.

Now with the proven success of Groupon, LivingSocial and a myriad of other online coupon promotional applications delivering these purchasing inducements across a wide variety of media, the marketplace is even more conditioned to the world of incentive marketing.

This is added evidence that small business owners need to consider a couponing or incentive marketing strategy as a valuable technique you can employ to introduce new customers into your buying stream.

In fact, I recently read about a prominent social media promotions company named Wildfire Interactive that conducted a survey that suggests that if you are concerned about how to monetize your Facebook Fan Page marketing strategy that you might want to start offering coupon incentives.

In their broad based random sampling of approximately 10,000 Facebook marketing campaigns the results suggested that the highest response rates favored those promoting sweepstakes, sampling, giveaways and of course coupons.

But before we go any further let?s back up a minute, break this down, and analyze this small business marketing strategy in an effort to understand a little more about the power of incentives.

Let?s start by looking at the definition of the word incentive.

DEFINITION: One dictionary states, ?Something that incites or has a tendency to incite determination or action.? Another dictionary says it this way, ? Something, such as the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort.?

Now think about it for a moment from the other side of the fence. You are a buyer and consumer right?

Do you appreciate it when you are offered an incentive discount, added bonus to your purchase or your money back in a risk free guarantee when you buy? I sure do and a lot of others do to.

Does it help incentivize you to make a purchase you may not have been willing to try without the inducement?

Especially if it is with a company you are not familiar with?

Smart companies have known and used this practice for a very long time and certainly long before Groupon came onto the online scene. Coupons ranging from the $1.00 off of Tide or, to the many added bonuses offered to you by prominent Internet marketers if you?ll purchase from them for the first time.

Remember, they realize that their company is an unknown and unproven resource to first time buyers and accept they have to work hard to induce you to buy from them in order to prove their value to you so they will be able to sell to you again and again.

Companies ranging from Proctor and Gamble to Dell Computer are pretty sophisticated in their strategic marketing incentives including couponing and small business product and service providers can learn something from such successful companies.

For years, coupons have been delivered to prospective customers in a variety of media like newspapers, Val-Pak, flyers, direct mail, telemarketing, email, websites and now in mobile text marketing.

Expect to see online couponing at individual websites grow significantly.

An important tip to consider is that as you craft your incentive marketing proposition be sure that the incentive you offer is compelling enough or, it may not leverage that prospect to make a buying decision.

Additionally, a substandard offer may only serve to drive your prospect to favor a direct competitor who offers a more attractive incentive to draw them into their buying continuum.

Another incentive development tip is to clearly educate, and articulate, your incentive-based advantage to your prospect so you are certain he or she fully understands the incentive and its impact upon their possible buying decision.

When you are developing your incentive marketing strategy for your website, make sure to consider introducing it and promoting it as a coupon on your website.

One way I have seen it presented is on a website page you call ?Specials? which offers a coupon discount or added bonus that clearly incentivizes a visiting prospect to choose to purchase from you over your competitors.

Another incentive strategy that is being used very successfully is a mobile marketing text message incentive campaign. Here?s the text marketing platform I recommend to my clients http://www.izigg.com/getprofitable

A word about smartphones. Businesses should be alert that smartphones are exploding with coupon app?s that allow consumers and business buyers to locate deals and promotions in their local areas.

This means that as a local business you should make sure you have a Google, Yahoo and Bing ?Local Places Page? that gives you the opportunity to offer a monthly coupon / promotion as an inducement to prospects.

Regardless of the medium that you use to deliver coupons or purchasing incentives, they are a remarkably effective marketing tool. Particularly in times when people are concerned with the economy, their pocket books and saving money.

Remember that the main purpose of an incentive based purchasing promotion is to give your small business an opportunity to introduce a prospect into your buying stream so you can build a long term purchasing relationship with a new customer. This particularly makes sense if you understand the lifetime value of a customer and are focused on keeping them as a returning customer for a period of time.

One Final Word About Incentives. Without incentives it?s likely fewer people will be attracted to your products and services. It makes sense to give them an extra reason and push to investigate what you have to offer so you can show them what great quality, excellent service and superior benefits you can deliver.

Kevin M. Clark is a past Entrepreneur Of The Year Award Winner and is the author of ?Kevin M. Clark?s Guide to Marketing Your Business Online. Go to http://MarketingHotWire.com and claim your Free copy of this highly acclaimed new book and unleash some of Kevin?s most powerful marketing strategies. But hurry, this offer is available for a limited time. Feel free to forward this to your friends.

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Option Venture Finance: Federal Grants and Loans | ApostolicCM ...

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Housing Market Turns Corner; U.S. Home Values Post First Annual ...

Zillow?s second quarter Real Estate Market Reports, released today, show home values increased 2.1% from the first to the second quarter of 2012 to $149,300 (Figure 1). On an annual basis, home values rose 0.2% from June 2011 levels (Figure 2), marking the first annual increase in U.S. home values since 2007. In addition to showing both quarterly and annual appreciation, national home values also rose for the fourth consecutive month, increasing 0.7%. Notably, home value appreciation in the second quarter was the highest since the fourth quarter of 2005.

Nationally, home values reached their bottom in February of 2012 and have since appreciated at very robust monthly growth rates. Despite encouraging monthly growth, we do not believe that this monthly rate is sustainable and expect it to taper off towards the end of the year. According to the Zillow Home Value Forecast, we expect national home values to appreciate by 1.1% over the next year (June 2012 to June 2013).

The housing market?s recovery continues to show tremendous variation market by market. Sixty-nine of the 157 markets covered by the Zillow Home Value Forecast are expected to see increases in home values over the next year, with the largest increases expected in the Phoenix metro (9.9%) and the Miami metro (6.1%). We believe that ninety-six out of the 157 markets have already hit a bottom in home values, including Boston, Miami, and Phoenix. In some of the hardest hit markets, the bottoming process has been quite different than we had initially expected. Due to very low inventory levels paired with greater consumer and investor appetite and low mortgage rates, home values have appreciated faster than anticipated in markets like Phoenix and Miami, creating a V-shaped recovery in home values.

Home Values

The Zillow Real Estate Market Reports cover 167 metropolitan areas (metros) of which 98 showed quarterly home value appreciation. Five metros remained flat, while 64 metros show home value losses. Nearly one-third of metros covered by the Real Estate Market Reports posted annual increases in home values. The largest annual increase was in Phoenix, where home values rose 12.1% from the second quarter of 2011 to the second quarter of 2012. Phoenix is benefiting from high demand for homes from investors looking to convert them into rentals, high demand from mainstream buyers pulled back into the market by historical affordability (almost 43% below the historical average) and constrained supply due to high negative equity (55.5% of Phoenix homeowners with a mortgage were in negative equity in 2012 Q1) and natural resistance of sellers to sell at market bottom.

Overall, national home values are back to January 2004 levels, having fallen 22.9% since their peak in May of 2007.

Rents

The June Zillow Rent Index (ZRI) is up 5.2% from year-ago levels, and 68% of the 293 metropolitan areas covered by ZRI in this report experienced year-over-year gains. The rental market remains strong even as home values start to once again appreciate in many markets. Markets that saw extremely strong year-over-year rent increases include Philadelphia (11.9%), Chicago (11%), Baltimore (11%), and San Francisco (9.5%). Continually rising rents will increase consumer demand for home purchases, especially in this low mortgage rate environment.

Foreclosures

The rate of homes foreclosed continues to decline in June with 5.8 out of every 10,000 homes in the country being liquidated (Figure 4). This is the lowest foreclosure pace we?ve seen since December 2007 when 5.5 out of every 10,000 homes were being liquidated. Nationally, foreclosure re-sales also continued to slow, making up 15.6% of all sales in June, down from 16.4% in May (Figure X). The decreasing prevalence of foreclosures in the monthly transactional mix is due to both seasonality (more non-foreclosure sales in the spring and summer) combined with the much slower pace of foreclosure liquidations over the past year. This lower level of foreclosure re-sales is contributing to home value appreciation, as these are usually sold at a discount and influence surrounding non-distressed sales. With foreclosure starts again increasing now that the National Foreclosure Settlement has been approved by the courts, we do expect some increase in foreclosure liquidations in the back half of this year, although lenders are being more aggressive in pursuing foreclosures alternatives for homes in the pipeline.

Outlook

Nationally, we believe that housing has finally turned a corner, and our forecast calls for U.S. home values to increase by 1.1% over the next year. In general, we continue to believe that high levels of negative equity paired with higher than normal unemployment will keep foreclosure rates higher than normal for at least the next 2-3 years. In some markets, we believe this combination will temper near-term price appreciation and lead to a U-shaped recovery in home values.

In other markets, however, we believe the trajectory of home values will look more like a step-function characterized by cycles of price spikes and plateaus. In these markets, negative equity-induced supply constraints in combination with mainstream buyer demand and robust investor demand will lead to short-term price spikes (as we?re seeing now in Phoenix and Miami). These price spikes will free some homeowners from negative equity, allowing them to sell, thereby easing supply constraints and dampening prices until the cycle is repeated.

Downside risks to our outlook are that the pace of foreclosures increases more than expected, job growth becomes even more sluggish, or we have a political train wreck on the budgetary and tax issues we face at the end of this year. We, however, remain optimistic that low mortgage rates, high levels of affordability, rising rental prices, and slowly improving conditions in the overall economy will combine to keep the housing recovery on track, and we expect that both existing and new homes sales will continue to increase for the remainder of the year, being tempered only by low inventory levels (versus anemic demand).

Source: http://www.zillow.com/blog/research/2012/07/23/housing-market-turns-corner-u-s-home-values-post-first-annual-increase-in-nearly-five-years/

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

@WMATA Accepts Beer Offer From Twitter Frenemy

Pity the PR minion behind Metro's Twitter account. Stuck in WMATA HQ, he's deluged daily with Metro problems he's helpless to solve. And it doesn't help that he can, apparently, be kind of a jerk.

That put-upon tweeter?top Metro flack Dan Stessel says it's not him?got a little sympathy last week from one of the many Twitter accounts devoted to Metro grousing. After finding out that there's mostly just one person behind the transit agency's social-media presence, the awkwardly named @WMATAngst offered WMATA's Twitter operator a beer (emphasis added):

Dude. Duuuude. Look, I rage my fair share of rage, but dude.. Every day? Just you? Hlly fuck, I want to send you a fucking beer.

As you can see above, WMATA's lone Twitter defender was into the idea. On Reddit, WMATAngst inadvertatently ?gave us all something to think about the next time the Red Line is single-tracking and the urge to drunk-tweet Richard Sarles strikes:

@wmata is just a dude, dude. Damn.

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Teen Choice Awards 2012: Complete Winners List

Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and 'Hunger Games' clean up Sunday night.
By MTV News staff

<P>On Sunday (July 22), teens took over.</P><P>Fox's Teen Choice Awards gave teens all the power, and they had some clear favorites. Justin Bieber &#8212; who <a href="/news/articles/1690173/justin-bieber-teen-choice-awards-performance.jhtml">performed his latest single, "As Long as You Love Me,"</a> with Big Sean at the show &#8212; took home four surfboards, including Choice Male Artist. Taylor Swift snagged the Choice Female Artist prize and nabbed five awards total.</P><P>On the movies front, "The Hunger Games" dominated, winning Choice Movie Sci-Fi/Fantasy and the top actor and actress prizes for Josh Hutcherson and Jennifer Lawrence.</P><P></p><div class="player-placeholder right" title="Demi Lovato Describes Preparing For Teen Choice Hosting Duties" id="vid:817412.id:1690172" width="415" height="255"></div><p></P><P>Read on for the full winners list:</P><P><big><b>Movies</b></big><br> <b>Choice Movie Actor: Action</b><br> Tom Cruise, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" <br> Robert Downey Jr., "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" <br> Tom Hardy, "Warrior" <br> <b>WINNER: Taylor Lautner, "Abduction"</b><br> Logan Lerman, "The Three Musketeers"</P><P><b>Choice Movie Actress: Action</b><br> Salma Hayek, "Puss in Boots" <br> Milla Jovovich, "The Three Musketeers" <br> Paula Patton, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" <br> Noomi Rapace, "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" <br> <b>WINNER: Zoe Saldana, "Colombiana"</b></P><P><b>Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy</b><br> "The Avengers" <br> <b>WINNER: "The Hunger Games"</b><br> "Mirror Mirror" <br> "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" <br> "Wrath of the Titans"</P><P><b>Choice Movie Actor: Sci-Fi/Fantasy</b><br> Robert Downey, Jr., "The Avengers" <br> Chris Hemsworth, "The Avengers" <br> <b>WINNER: Josh Hutcherson, "The Hunger Games" and "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island"</b><br> Taylor Lautner, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" <br> Robert Pattinson, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"</P><P><b>Choice Movie Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy</b><br> Lily Collins, "Mirror Mirror" <br> Vanessa Hudgens, "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" <br> Scarlett Johansson, "The Avengers" <br> <b>WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence, "The Hunger Games"</b><br> Kristen Stewart, "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"</P><P><b>Choice Movie: Drama</b><br> "Drive" <br> "The Help" <br> <b>WINNER: "The Lucky One"</b><br> "The Vow" <br> "We Bought a Zoo"</P><P><b>Choice Movie Actor: Drama</b><br> Matt Damon, "We Bought a Zoo" <br> <b>WINNER: Zac Efron, "The Lucky One"</b><br> Ryan Gosling, "Drive" <br> Channing Tatum, "The Vow" <br> Justin Timberlake, "In Time"</P><P><b>Choice Movie Actress: Drama</b><br> Sandra Bullock, "Extremely Loud &amp; Incredibly Close" <br> Viola Davis, "The Help" <br> Scarlett Johansson, "We Bought a Zoo" <br> Rachel McAdams, "The Vow" <br> <b>WINNER: Emma Stone, "The Help"</b></P><P><b>Choice Movie: Comedy</b><br> <b>WINNER: "21 Jump Street"</b><br> "American Reunion" <br> "Crazy, Stupid, Love." <br> "The Muppets" <br> "What to Expect When You're Expecting"</P><P><b>Choice Movie Actress: Comedy</b><br> Cameron Diaz, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" <br> Alyson Hannigan, "American Reunion" <br> Jennifer Lopez, "What to Expect When You're Expecting" <br> <b>WINNER: Emma Stone, "Crazy, Stupid, Love."</b><br> Reese Witherspoon, "This Means War"</P><P><big><b>Television</b></big><br> <b>Choice TV Show: Drama</b><br> "Bones"<br> "Gossip Girl" <br> <b>WINNER: "Pretty Little Liars"</b><br> "Revenge" <br> "Touch"</P><P><b>Choice TV Show: Fantasy/Sci-Fi</b><br> "Fringe" <br> "Once Upon a Time" <br> "Supernatural" <br> "True Blood" <br> <b>WINNER: "The Vampire Diaries"</b></P><P><b>Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi</b><br> Jensen Ackles, "Supernatural" <br> Joshua Jackson, "Fringe"<br> Jared Padalecki, "Supernatural" <br> <b>WINNER: Ian Somerhalder, "The Vampire Diaries"</b><br> Paul Wesley, "The Vampire Diaries"</P><P><b>Choice TV Actress: Fantasy/Sci-Fi</b><br> <b>WINNER: Nina Dobrev, "The Vampire Diaries"</b><br> Ginnifer Goodwin, "Once Upon a Time" <br> Kat Graham, "The Vampire Diaries" <br> Anna Paquin, "True Blood" <br> Anna Torv, "Fringe"</P><P><b>Choice TV Actor: Action</b><br> LL Cool J, "NCIS: Los Angeles" <br> Daniel Dae Kim, "Hawaii Five-O" <br> Zachary Levi, "Chuck" <br> <b>WINNER: Adam Rodriguez, "CSI: Miami"</b><br> Shane West, "Nikita"</P><P><b>Choice TV Show: Comedy</b><br> "2 Broke Girls" <br> "The Big Bang Theory" <br> <b>WINNER: "Glee"</b><br> "Modern Family" <br> "New Girl"</P><P><b>Choice TV Actor: Comedy</b><br> Ty Burrell, "Modern Family" <br> <b>WINNER: Chris Colfer, ""Glee""</b><br> Neil Patrick Harris, "How I Met Your Mother" <br> Ashton Kutcher, "Two And a Half Men" <br> Jim Parsons, "The Big Bang Theory"</P><P><b>Choice TV Actress: Comedy</b><br> Miranda Cosgrove, "iCarly" <br> Kaley Cuoco, "The Big Bang Theory" <br> Zooey Deschanel, "New Girl"<br> <b>WINNER: Lea Michele, ""Glee""</b><br> Sofia Vergara, "Modern Family"</P><P><b>Choice TV Female Scene Stealer</b><br> <b>WINNER: Candice Accola, "The Vampire Dairies"</b><br> Dianna Agron, "Glee"<br> Sarah Hyland, "Modern Family"<br> Francia Raisa, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"<br> Casey Wilson, "Happy Endings"</P><P><b>Choice TV Male Scene Stealer</b><br> Max Greenfield, "New Girl"<br> Gabriel Mann, "Revenge"<br> <b>WINNER: Michael Trevino, "The Vampire Diaries"</b><br> James Van Der Beek, "Don't Trust the B-- in Apt. 23"<br> Damon Wayans Jr., "Happy Endings"</P><P><b>Choice TV Breakout Star: Female</b><br> Beth Behrs, "2 Broke Girls"<br> Sutton Foster, "Bunheads"<br> Katharine McPhee, "Smash"<br> <b>WINNER: Hannah Simone, "New Girl"</b><br> Dreama Walker, "Don't Trust the B-- in Apt. 23"</P><P><big><b>Music</b></big><br> <b>Choice Male Artist</b><br> <b>WINNER: Justin Bieber</b><br> Drake<br> Bruno Mars<br> Pitbull<br> Blake Shelton</P><P><b>Choice Female Artist</b><br> Adele<br> Jennifer Lopez<br> Katy Perry<br> Rihanna<br> <b>WINNER: Taylor Swift</b></P><P><b>Choice Music Group</b><br> <b>WINNER: Selena Gomez &amp; The Scene</b><br> Gym Class Heroes<br> Lady Antebellum<br> LMFAO<br> The Wanted</P><P><b>Choice Single by a Female Artist</b><br> "Set Fire to the Rain," Adele<br> "Stronger," Kelly Clarkson<br> "Dance Again," Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull<br> "Part of Me," Katy Perry<br> <b>WINNER: "Eyes Open," Taylor Swift</b></P><P><b>Choice Single by a Male Artist</b><br> <b>WINNER: "Boyfriend," Justin Bieber</b><br> "Take Care," Drake featuring Rihanna<br> "Good Feeling," Flo Rida<br> "It Will Rain," Bruno Mars<br> "Give Me Everything (Tonight)," Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, AfroJack &amp; Nayer</P><P><b>Choice Female Country Artist</b><br> Lauren Alaina<br> Miranda Lambert<br> Kellie Pickler<br> <b>WINNER: Taylor Swift</b><br> Carrie Underwood</P><P><b>Choice Country Song</b><br> "Tattoos on This Town," Jason Aldean<br> "Crazy Girl," Eli Young Band<br> "Storm Warning," Hunter Hayes<br> "God Gave Me You," Blake Shelton<br> <b>WINNER: "Sparks Fly," Taylor Swift</b></P><P><b>Choice Love Song</b><br> "Die In Your Arms," Justin Bieber<br> "Give Your Heart a Break," Demi Lovato<br> "Home," Phillip Phillips<br> "I Won't Give Up," Jason Mraz<br> <b>WINNER: "What Makes You Beautiful," One Direction</b></P><P><b>Choice Break-Up Song</b><br> "Climax," Usher<br> <b>WINNER: "Payphone," Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa</b><br> "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra<br> "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," Kelly Clarkson<br> "Wide Awake," Katy Perry</P><P><b>Choice Summer Music Star: Female</b><br> Carly Rae Jepsen<br> Jennifer Lopez<br> <b>WINNER: Demi Lovato</b><br> Katy Perry<br> Rihanna</P><P><b>Choice Summer Music Star: Male</b><br> <b>WINNER: Justin Bieber</b><br> Flo Rida<br> David Guetta<br> Pitbull<br> Usher</P><P><b>Choice Summer Music Star: Group</b><br> Coldplay<br> Gym Class Heroes<br> Maroon 5<br> <b>WINNER: One Direction</b><br> The Wanted</P><P><b>Choice Music: Breakout Artist</b><br> Ellie Goulding<br> Gotye<br> <b>WINNER: Carly Rae Jepsen</b><br> Kimbra<br> Phillip Phillips</P><P><b>Choice Music: Breakout Group</b><br> Eli Young Band<br> fun. <br> Karmin<br> <b>WINNER: One Direction</b><br> The Wanted</P><P><big><b>Fashion</b></big><br> <b>Choice Fashion Icon: Male</b><br> <b>WINNER: Justin Bieber</b><br> Chris Colfer<br> Cee Lo Green<br> Justin Timberlake<br> will.i.am</P><P><b>Choice Female Hottie</b><br> <b>WINNER: Miley Cyrus</b><br> Selena Gomez<br> Katy Perry<br> Rihanna<br> Kate Upton</P><P><b>Choice Male Hottie</b><br> Justin Bieber<br> Ryan Gosling<br> Liam Hemsworth<br> Robert Pattinson<br> <b>WINNER: Ian Somerhalder</b></P><P><big><b>Other</b></big><br> <b>Choice Book</b><br> <b>WINNER: "The Hunger Games" trilogy, Suzanne Collins</b><br> "The Giver," Lois Lowry<br> "The Twilight Saga," Stephenie Meyer<br> "Divergent" trilogy, Veronica Roth<br> "The Lucky One," Nicholas Sparks</P><P><b>Choice Comedian</b><br> <b>WINNER: Ellen DeGeneres</b> Jimmy Fallon<br> Andy Samberg<br> Daniel Tosh<br> Kristen Wiig</P><P><b>Choice Twit</b><br> Justin Bieber<br> Miley Cyrus<br> Jimmy Fallon<br> <b>WINNER: Demi Lovato</b><br> Ryan Seacrest</p>

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