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Realtor.com is working with Inman News, to bring you the latest real estate news and advice for home buyers and sellers:

By Dian Hymer, Inman News:
Interest rates are bouncing around record lows. Home prices are down in most areas. Many buyers who have been waiting for a good time to buy want to move forward. But there is still uncertainty in the housing market.
Nationally, the housing market appears to be stabilizing, although home prices were down 2.5 percent in 2011, according to the National Association of Realtors. The recovery is expected to be rocky and could take years. Prices might decline before they reach a plateau. This should be factored into your decision to buy.
This is not to say that the price you pay should have future possible price declines built into it. Most of today?s sellers have difficulty selling at current market value. It?s unlikely they?ll compensate you for a potential event that might not happen. But you need to know that you aren?t paying too much.
The more information you have about the housing market in the area where you want to buy, the better. The health of the housing market doesn?t only vary over time; it?s different in one location than the next. For example, in California, the San Francisco housing market appears to be picking up. That can?t be said for most inland California markets.
Before you even make the decision to buy in an area, take a look at the local economy. Are jobs being created or lost? Are public services being cut to the extent that will affect your lifestyle?
Find out if there if there is an oversupply of homes for sale, and a dearth of buyers. If so, you?re in a buyer?s market. This gives you more negotiating power. If the inventory of homes for sale is low and buyer demand high, you?re in a seller?s market.
Even though the national housing market is still a buyer?s market, there are pockets of strength, which is usually associated with robust job creation. More employment creates more need for housing.
Armed with this information, and anything else you can find out about future plans for development or employers moving into or out of the area, you can focus in on looking at homes for sale in neighborhoods where you?d like to live.
The Internet is a great source of information. You can preview homes online, which is a real time-saver. However, it doesn?t replace the value of seeing a home that interests you in person.
HOUSE HUNTING TIP: The best way to keep from overpaying is to look at a lot of listings that have features you?d like to have in a home. Although time consuming, it?s a good way to become familiar with local pricing, and to see what?s not shown to you on the Internet, like the lack of a backyard.
Create a file of fliers you pick up at the listings and make notes about your impressions. Ask your real estate agent to let you know the selling prices of listings you liked, and the time it took to sell.
When you?re finally faced with making an offer, you?ll have a personal source of information you can turn to, which will include notes on what you liked and didn?t like about the listings you?ve seen, and the list and sale prices.
Ask your real estate agent to give you a list of comparable sales for a listing you?re trying to buy, including all photos. If a price looks too good to be true, make sure to ask for any disclosures on the property to see if there is repair work to be done.
THE CLOSING: A low-priced listing that needs a lot of work is not a good deal if the price you pay plus the fix-up cost exceeds the price of similar homes already in good condition.
Dian Hymer, a real estate broker with more than 30 years? experience, is a nationally syndicated real estate columnist and author of ?House Hunting: The Take-Along Workbook for Home Buyers? and ?Starting Out, The Complete Home Buyer?s Guide.?
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For much of his career, the knock on Jimmy Rollins was that he was not a quintessential leadoff hitter. For a kid who grew up in the Bay Area emulating the greatest leadoff hitter of an era in Rickey Henderson, Rollins possessed little of what the Hall of Famer brought to the game.
Rollins? on-base percentage never seemed to be quite high enough, critics claimed, and he didn?t work the count the way a leadoff man should. The Phillies seemingly always had better leadoff candidates on the club, but manager Charlie Manuel ? and maybe Rollins as well ? were resistant to the change.
Rollins was always Manuel?s leadoff guy and he wasn?t going to change that unless he had a good reason.
But as the 2012 season gets ready to begin, Rollins likely will start it as the Phillies? No. 3 hitter. Call it the end of an era?
Actually, call it a necessity.
Shortly before the Phillies broke camp in Clearwater and began to head back to Philadelphia, Rollins and Manuel got together with the thought of pitching one another an idea. Interestingly, the shortstop and the skipper had the same exact thought? with Ryan Howard and Chase Utley to start the season on the disabled list, Rollins and Manuel reasoned that it would make sense for the shortstop to slide down the batting order a couple of spots.
With Rollins in the third slot, speedy outfielders Shane Victorino or Juan Pierre could hit first, Placido Polanco can remain in the two-hole and Rollins, with his free-swinging ways, could become an RBI threat at No. 3.
Given the Phillies? needs, it made perfect sense.
?I think I talked to Jimmy [about hitting third in the lineup] before spring training was over,? Manuel said. ?I also talked to him last winter about hitting and I talked to him this spring about hitting, and when he?s ahead in the count to make sure he got better balls to hit and to make sure he got his ball to hit [and] not the high fastball out of the strike zone and things like that. He?s been working on it. He?s trying things.?
Rollins batted third in the lineup 27 times last season, batting .271 (29 for 107) with a homer, five RBIs and six extra-base hits. He also had a .361 on-base percentage out of the three-hole as opposed to a .331 on-base percentage in 108 games as the leadoff man.
However, over his entire career, Rollins has a .314 on-base percentage in 67 games in the three-slot and a .333 rate in 1,242 games as the leadoff hitter. Regardless, if Rollins and Manuel are on the same page from the jump, the new spot in the lineup might be one that suits the player and the team.
If there was ever resistance from Rollins in the past, he?s moved beyond it.
?When I talked to him in the past, I?m not saying he didn?t agree with it, he?s never given me too much of a struggle. He?s pretty much been very professional about things as long as you?re right,? Manuel explained. ?If he thinks you?re wrong about something he?ll stand his ground, which is good, which is fine.
?Jimmy knows how to play ? he?s a tremendous player. He knows his hitting and if you tell him something and you?re right, he buys into it.?
Rollins batted third during both exhibition games against the Pirates at the Bank. In Monday?s game he went 1 for 2 with a double that ended with him being thrown out stretching for a triple and two RBIs. He also attempted a bunt in a situation to set the table for cleanup hitter Hunter Pence, only to get the bat on the ball a little too far out in front.
Still, Manuel was pleased with the baseball savvy Rollins showed in that situation.
?He bunted there [Monday night], but it went to the back of the pitcher,? Manuel said. ?I think he went a little quick on it. He was trying to get the guy over, but at the same time if he drops it down the third-base line he could get a hit, too.?
Indeed, Rollins could be even more of a threat in the three-hole than as the leadoff man. Not only does he have plenty of slugging ability, but his speed plays well in that spot, too. Plus, it seems as if Rollins is forced to swing the bat more wisely simply because he comes up with more runners on base. On Tuesday night he set up the Phils? first run by moving Victorino from second to third with a ground out.?
Some may argue that it has been a long time coming, but for the time being it appears as if Rollins will settle into a different role in Manuel?s lineup.?
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While there is a way of catharsis, many believed that water has the power to purge and cleanse our mind and our body. From the benefits of drinking it, water has therapeutic effects especially when it is flowing water. Asians especially the Chinese believes that flowing water from your indoor floor standing fountains is a lucky sign for continuous money and financial luck aside from the sanative noise it creates.
This belief has actually made a lot of people, to arrange fountains inside their homes not only for interior design and decorating purposes. Office water fountains may have built to correspond with this reason. Say, the Buckingham Fountain in Chicago, Illinois that is built in the heart of the city surrounded with business establishments or the Bethesda Fountain, one of the world?s most popular fountains as the crown jewel of New York?s Central Park. These fountains and many others in the world aim to give out the benefits of nature?s healing capacity.
At home, you can definitely make this ambiance possible. By building an indoor floor standing fountains in your favorite part of the house, the dream of a calm and purging environment is now in your hands. The benefit of having your own fountain at home like those office water fountains is firstly an addition to indoor decoration and to refurbish your house with the state of equilibrium.
The calmness is felt when everything at home is ruled by sense of balance. Your aim of building one at home should be well planned and prepared. Fountain will not operate without electricity which means it should be built safely. Unsafe wirings of your fountain might cause fire. You may never want your house burn caused by your fountain, right? Or it may be the most ironic accident that could happen.
It is important to keep your home and your family secured when it comes to renovating and adding some interior designs and decorations. There are a lot of accidents that can happen at home that is why as a precaution, be sure to rely on experts and professionals when setting up and building your indoor floor standing fountains to enhance your home and at the same time have the most cathartic ambiance while relaxing.
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NEW YORK, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Time Out New York announced the 2012 Food & Drink Award winners tonight at an annual industry awards event honoring the city's best restaurants, chefs, bars and barkeeps. Over 100,000 votes were cast to determine the ten winners in the Readers' Choice category in addition to the ten Critics' Picks winners. Seamus Mullen of Spanish restaurant Tertulia took top honors as Chef of the Year, while The Dutch won Best New Restaurant and Maison Premiere won Best New Cocktails.
The event, hosted by Time Out Food & Drink editor Jordana Rothman, included a first-ever Foursquare Award, a nod to not only the quality of restaurants, but their popularity as well, measuring the nominated restaurant with the most check-ins on the popular social media site during the voting period. The award marked the second win for The Dutch, and was presented to partners Andrew Carmellini, Luke Ostrom and Josh Pickard by Foursquare CEO and cofounder Dennis Crowley.
"It's been great to see so many restaurants and bars breaking the grip of comfort food and exploring fresh new terrain," says Jordana Rothman. "This year's list of winners is incredibly diverse, but what unites them all?whether the kitchen is sending out stark and studied new Nordic plates, lusty Spanish ones or even sloppy, gut-busting bar food?is a sure-footed confidence."
Hosted at Skylight West, part of the Skylight Group, the 2012 Food & Drink Awards guests were treated to 360-degree views of the Manhattan skyline, plus beer, wine and spirits provided by sponsors Stella Artois and Frederick Wildman. Culinary treats included everything from baked goods to a roasted pig from nominated spots like Il Buco, Fatty 'Cue, Zucker Bakery, Bien Cuit and Dominique Ansel Bakery.
The full list of winners includes:
Readers' Choice:
Chef of the Year: Seamus Mullen (Tertulia)
Best New Restaurant: The Dutch
Best New Cocktails: Maison Premiere
Best New Neighborhood Joint: Red Rooster Harlem (Harlem)
Best Spin-off: Parm
Best New Pizza: Forcella
Best International Eats: Miss Lily's (Jamaica)
Best Out-of-Town Import: Fleisher's Grass-Fed & Organic Meats (Kingston, NY)
Best New Bakery: Dominique Ansel Bakery
Best New Beer Bar: La Birreria
Foursquare Award: The Dutch
Critics' Picks
Best Culinary Blitzkrieg: Acme
Best Countermove to Comfort Food: Boulud Sud
Best New Gallic Charmer: Buvette
The Instant Classic Award: Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria
The Watch The Throne Award: The Monkey Bar
Best Pint-Size Powerhouse: Earl's Beer and Cheese
Artisan of the Year: New York Distilling Co./ The Shanty
Best Dim Sum Provocateur: RedFarm
Best Love Letter to the Philippines: Maharlika Filipino Moderno
The Intergalactic Kitten Award: Isa
About Skylight Group:
Skylight Group is a Manhattan-based event space management firm that reclaims historic spaces and converts them for high-end event use. With a portfolio that includes Skylight Soho, Skylight West in Manhattan, Skylight One Hanson in Brooklyn, and more recently, Skylight at the McKittrick Hotel, the Skylight Group is known for providing high-end service and an extensive network of resources, to its discerning clients, who include Ralph Lauren, Google, Amazon, Target and CFDA/ Vogue. Skylight Group hosts several hundred events per year, which run the gamut from fashion shows and gala dinners to weddings and photo shoots.? www.skylightnyc.com ?
About Time Out New York:
Time Out New York is a comprehensive arts and entertainment multiplatform media business, delivering engaging features, local listings and critical reviews to active and informed residents and visitors of New York City. Sometimes irreverent but always intelligent, Time Out New York provides passionate coverage of music, film, theater, dance, shopping, dining and more. Time Out New York?is part of Time Out Group, the global media business delivering local information and cultural guidance in 35 cities across 24 countries and encompassing a worldwide audience of more than 17 million.
CONTACT:? Meg Rushton
(646) 432-3090
meg.rushton@timeoutna.com
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ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2012) ? A new study contrasting ocean temperature readings of the 1870s with temperatures of the modern seas reveals an upward trend of global ocean warming spanning at least 100 years.
The research led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego physical oceanographer Dean Roemmich shows a .33-degree Celsius (.59-degree Fahrenheit) average increase in the upper portions of the ocean to 700 meters (2,300 feet) depth. The increase was largest at the ocean surface, .59-degree Celsius (1.1-degree Fahrenheit), decreasing to .12-degree Celsius (.22-degree Fahrenheit) at 900 meters (2,950 feet) depth.
The report is the first global comparison of temperature between the historic voyage of HMS Challenger (1872-1876) and modern data obtained by ocean-probing robots now continuously reporting temperatures via the global Argo program. Scientists have previously determined that nearly 90 percent of the excess heat added to Earth's climate system since the 1960s has been stored in the oceans. The new study, published in the April 1 advance online edition of Nature Climate Change and coauthored by John Gould of the United Kingdom-based National Oceanography Centre and John Gilson of Scripps Oceanography, pushes the ocean warming trend back much earlier.
"The significance of the study is not only that we see a temperature difference that indicates warming on a global scale, but that the magnitude of the temperature change since the 1870s is twice that observed over the past 50 years," said Roemmich, co-chairman of the International Argo Steering Team. "This implies that the time scale for the warming of the ocean is not just the last 50 years but at least the last 100 years."
Although the Challenger data set covers only some 300 temperature soundings (measurements from the sea surface down to the deep ocean) around the world, the information sets a baseline for temperature change in the world's oceans, which are now sampled continuously through Argo's unprecedented global coverage. Nearly 3,500 free-drifting profiling Argo floats each collect a temperature profile every 10 days.
Roemmich believes the new findings, a piece of a larger puzzle of understanding Earth's climate, help scientists to understand the longer record of sea-level rise, because the expansion of seawater due to warming is a significant contributor to rising sea level. Moreover, the 100-year timescale of ocean warming implies that Earth's climate system as a whole has been gaining heat for at least that long.
Launched in 2000, the Argo program collects more than 100,000 temperature-salinity profiles per year across the world's oceans. To date, more than 1,000 research papers have been published using Argo's data set.
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