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14 May Toronto Housing Market Crash – 15 Reasons why the Toronto Real Estate Bubble is About to Burst?
Toronto Housing Market Crash?
May 14, 2018. When we begin counting the many reasons why and when the Toronto real estate estate market might finally implode, we might agree it is a real possibility now.
It's only the persistence of Millennials hoping to buy a Toronto condo that's keeping this market alive. Although some call it healthy, this quiet in the "critical care unit" is deceiving. As new construction wanes, pessimism could become intense. Ontario needs new poltical leadership and a boost for the housing construction sector.
The drop in housing prices in the Toronto area has been shocking and now we hear Ontario politicians aren't interested in saving it, even if it brings the Ontario economy crashing down.
Is the Big Toronto housing crash coming this year or 2019? Would it precede or or be connected at all to a potential Toronto stock market crash? In this post we're going to explore the Toronto housing crash factors, some of which are getting noisy. Check here if you're looking for the latest US housing bubble report.
Rising Gas/Oil Prices and $CAD, Troubled NAFTA
Added to 50% drops in sales, Ontario is looking at rising interest rates, rising gasoline prices and rising CAD, and lower government spending with a potential minority government (where nothing can done).
The Ontario government's disturbing strategy now is now working within an economy on the downturn and a smaller tax base. Wynne was rightfully concerned about the TPP trade deal threat which holds little promise for Ontario manufacturing.
With the US pulling auto manufacturing back into the US, our auto industry is threatened. Oil could pull up the CAD value and decreasing competitiveness for Ontario, but it's looking good for the ailing Calgary housing market.
Companies here aren't competitive with US companies enjoying a new low tax rates. You can read the other reasons for a doom and gloom picture for the Toronto housing market report.
If there's been a perfect time to sell your home, this is it.
And with US President Donald Trump's 2018 state of the union speech, it looks like the US is on its way to its biggest economic growth in history. Without the full benefits of NAFTA, Canadian economic predictions are troubled, and if oil prices rise too high, the Ontario economy is looking risky.
And for Ontario, the picture is less positive:
- the TSX stock exchange is one of the worst performing in the world
- the NAFTA deal may be cancelled or manfacturing exports down
- the TPP deal would open up Ontario to cheap Asian competitors
- the price of oil is rising and raising Ontario's costs of doing business
- real estate is very expensive
- rent to income ratios are extremely high in GTA
- interest rates are high
- consumer debt is maxed out
- the Ontario government is anti-business and anti-housing growth
- Ontario's taxes can't generate enough money for infrastructure improvements
- the CAD is rising and eroding Ontario's competitive advantage
- Canada has been near last in direct foreign investment for many years
- US tax rates have plummeted giving companies reason to relocate there
- cash strapped, stressed out Millennials will finally give up on the dangerous gamble of buying a home for $600k+
- the Federal Government may raise the Capital gains tax
Are Canadians thinking crash?
From the Bank of Canada governor to expert authors, there's a dull roar of people warning about a Toronto housing crash. Are they contibuting and pushing or is this just plain fact?
Now we're into 2018, home sales are slow, sellers are definitely getting nervous, and younger buyers more frustrated. More worrisome is the recent troubles in the stock market, with the rising dollar and rising oil prices which just hit $66 per barrel.
The debate raged last year, but it looks like Douglas Porter (his most recent thoughts) might have it right for a 2018 forecast.
Here's Douglas Porter again on Feb 1 saying there is no immediate danger:
The Americans too are worried about a housing bubble in 2018, yet their economy is on a definite upswing. The amount of money being repatriated into the US (Apple bringing in $450 billion) is incredible. All that investment money is coming back home to create jobs in the US. Of course there will be a spillover into Canada.
Huge personal debt and a vulnerable economy combined with Millennial desperation and huge immigration growth are fueling some sort of event.
Everyone's wondering what will start the avalanche. The election of the PC party in June could create the euphoria and optimism that will inflate prices severely next summer. There's some risk in it, however the benefits will be tremendous for anyone in Ontario looking to buy their own home.
"This is either a pause in the bubble and inflation is going to resume into even more stratospheric levels, or this is the start of a hard landing," said Hilliard MacBeth, portfolio manager at RichardsonGMP and author of "When the Bubble Bursts: Surviving the Canadian Real Estate Crash."
Should you list and sell your house now? Will interest rates and inflation, and government policies lead to a catastrophic housing and economic collapse in Canada in 2018/2019? Could our prime minister mismanage the economy?
In the booming US, they're asking similar questions about a housing market crash. That would make a Toronto market crash more plausible. Yet many see the market ready to boom. Very confusing, but let's take a look at the Toronto market crash scenario first and see all the factors to consider before you buy or sell your home.
2018, 2019, 2002 or Beyond?
If it's not a question of if the Toronto market crash might happen, then might a questio of when — 2018 or 2019? Or will the crash threat simply fade as demand for homes weakens? Lots of uncertainty and not much consensus.
There's a list of the crash factors however if they line up in a certain squence, it might be enough to set the house of cards plummeting. Is the key crash factor financial, political, or would it be a sudden loss of consumer confidence in real estate and the Canadian economy?
Much of Canada's prosperity comes via natural resources and trade with the US. Despite all the optimism, trade restrictions (Bombardier loss) by the US are no joke as are falling commodity prices. And if you were a bank, would you want to lend out billions to young first time home buyers in the face of an unstable government and economy?
I just read a story about a company that is ready to help buyers rent to buy so they don't have to pay a downpayment in some cases. Is the same scenario we had in 2006 and 2007?
Provincial Governments and Drastic Actions
The Ontario Premier impulsively reacted with the foreign buyers tax which helped cool demand, but the crash may not be about the flame. It may be about the fundamentals of a Canadian economy which has the least direct foreign investment of any G20 country and a shaky trade deal with one country which seems to blocking imports of our wood and oil.
The Ontario, BC, and Canadian federal governments have been so negative, repressive, and unsupportive of the contribution of real estate to the economy, that those actions are the key to a disaster. Continued suppression of land development for housing is creating a true housing crisis.
1 million new immigrants are arriving in Canada by 2020, it's sets the stage for desperate buying (the dreaded housing bubble) and bigger opportunities for rental property investors.
Some experts suggest a crash is impossible, while other expert predictions (from TD's Bank President), support the theory that rising unemployment and rising mortgage rates would be needed to begin the landslide.
Canadians have one of highest per capita debt levels of any G7 nation. With the NAFTA deal in trouble, we could see those rise. So when someone asks "should I sell my house" in Toronto, the response depends on whether the government will change course and help in a massive housing development program.
What Causes Housing Bubbles to Form and then Burst?
What causes a housing market bubble? What factors could burst Toronto's bubble and possibly send the economy into a skid? Most of those factors are listed below. The key is rocketing demand (like we saw in spring 2017) combined with intensive government meddling, during a time of economic prosperity.
The key may be market susceptibility, instability, caused by investor uncertainty. After a charged up price index, an event occurs that sends investors scurrying fast. It could be foreign investors or Canadian investors. Only if the economy suddenly loses its strength and people find themselves without jobs will they default and abandon their underwater mortgages, as they did during the US economic recesssion. When bank governors begin to use vague, waffling language, it creates the kind of uncertainty investors dislike.
Bank governor Poloz said that interest rates could move "in either direction." He emphasized that the Canadian economy was still highly susceptible to shocks, and a cooling housing market combined with debt worries are still worthy of concern – from the Fool.ca
Find out how the Toronto Real Estate market shaping up. Check out more detailed market updates and forecasts for of Mississauga, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Aurora, Newmarket, and Bradford.
Vancouver's real estate market has shown volatility of late. It looked like the market was coming back but it has leveled off again.
The lack of rentals is the "biggest pain point for our city," With 100,000 people moving to the Toronto area annually, the region needs about 30,000 rental units. Toronto has about 1,500 coming on stream" from Toronto Star report.
If you're thinking of selling your home to get in on this Toronto market winfall, you need to find a real estate agent. The market might not burst until 2018, but it could heat up badly in April, May and June to begin the freefall.
What exactly happens in a real estate market crash? Here's one answer:
If a bubble were to burst, the real estate market would slow to a crawl. "You'd probably see very little transaction volume," said University of British Columbia professor Thomas Davidoff. "People would be locked into their homes and their mortgages."
In a crash, you couldn't sell your home since buyers would just wait forever for the market to hit bottom and fewer could get financing to buy it.
Lots of questions to ask such as "is this just a monster luxury home problem?" If the market plummets, what will it mean if I have an underwater mortgage and can't renew at higher mortgage rates? Are my relatives wise to buy right now? Will a crash have an effect on employment in the Toronto area? Consider this from a report on CBC:
1 in 10 wiped out by 20% correction — "A badly managed downturn in real estate prices could wipe out the wealth of a large number of Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers. We need to recognize that young families are the most likely group to be plunged underwater by a nasty housing correction," said CCPA economist David Macdonald.
Sound scary? Then let's take a real, no holds barred look at the real estate market in Toronto and the factors that could create a crash because our assumptions might be false.
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This report from the CBC tells us a lot about the whole business of forecasting crashes (and that they haven't happened)
Prices keep rising. Bearish predictions that Canada's housing market is about to crash, and calls for the government to cool hot markets, have been around for at least that long.
In fact, prices have risen steadily since the recession of the early 1990s and even the dip during the financial crisis of 2009 was a mild one. "Da Bears may some day be right, especially on the hottest markets, but getting the timing down is half the challenge," Porter said. A Goldilocks market is not too hot, not too cold. But Canada's housing market is running both hot, cold and lukewarm all at the same time. From http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bmo-porter-housing-crash-1.3493809
Nostradamus and the Pundits
Some experts are calling for a housing crash in 2017, based on overheated prices, yet they don't discuss what might be done to alleviate the problem in the Toronto region. The key issue for the Toronto real estate market, (as it is in the US market) is a lack of housing supply but there are other factors outline below. A host of government leaders have sought to crush land development and have quietly gotten away with their policies. But now the spotlight is aimed directly on them.
Could Premier Kathleen Wynne arrange to cancel the Places to Grow legislation and open up new land to ease home prices? Isn't that a more sensible thing to do rather than providing more incentives for first time buyers who are up to their ears in consumer debt pondering a very high priced condo or house purchase? Is Kathleen Wynne is precipitating risk factor for a big housing crash in Toronto? Will interest rates rise so buyers would be less likely to bid on homes and condos?
Some would suggest that she and the Liberals are too ideologically driven to flex on that one. Yet Wynn's approval rating is now below 20%. That is really low so easing up when the Federal government is crack down on mortgages doesn't make a lot of sense. Her super low rating means Ontario doesn't want her as Premier anymore and out of desperation facing years more in office, she could do something risky to seek approval. Wynne is a sell now factor.
More Foreign Investment Needed
The high demand for homes and property from foreign investors from China and the Middle East and the US, has been a wonderful thing for Ontario and Canada. If not for real estate, the world has no interest in investing in Canada. Foreign investment is at its lowest level in 60 years which means no one is going to save us.
Federal Justice minister Bill Morneau recently announced measures to cool the Toronto market, however experts feel the Feds can't do much, in fact the Feds have said that themselves. They believe the provinces should be managing their own affairs. That brings it back to the Wynne government who has used risky, sudden measures. So when ministers start using words such as fragile, you've been given fair warning about a potential crash.
Justin Trudeau should be travelling and posing for cameras on the subject of why investing in Canada is wise. New free trade deals with ailing South American countries won't work because we have nothing to export and they don't buy our stuff. Without financing, the Ontario companies don't stand a chance competing against well funded foreign firms. A low dollar and access to the US market is all we have.
If the 2018 Toronto Housing Market does Crash
If a housing crash is imminent, you'd be wise to unload your property now during the winter. Is 10 or 20 thousand dollars worth missing out on the greatest real estate cashout of all time? Up or down market, a wise person would answer the question of "Should I sell my home now" is in the affirmative.
Toronto Housing Market Crash Factors
What are the economic and real estate market factors that affect your selling decision?
- strength of the US economy
- GTA economy and employment starts to fall
- Canadian consumer debt reaching lmits
- NAFTA agreeement conflicts and refusals
- US restrictions on imports from Mexico and China begin to topple their housing markets
- immigration levels drop off
- add on taxation by Ontario, city and Toronto governments
- soaring home prices fall
- moderate new home construction – abandoned security deposits
- government meddling with property use
- mortgage rates rising faster
- number of millennials buying homes drops or house prices are out of reach
- Wynn and Trudeau don't have a handle on the economy
- political pressure to keep home prices up to protect homeowner's equity and credit situations
What the Heck Happened in Vancouver?
The booming Vancouver real Estate market plunged not long after the foreign buyers tax was implemented. That hurt speculators and Asian buyers who were finding a way to invest in Canada. It was good for BC renters, but not good for Vancouver. Foreign investors will have lost some trust in the BC government. These sorts of radical taxes and regulations don't go over well with investors.
Unfortunately, the pain of high rents and no vacancies was too much for the Vancouverites to to bear and they pushed the tax through. The Asian money soon transfered to Los Angeles and Seattle where potential is so high.
Will the bubble burst in Toronto soon? A lot of buyers and sellers and mortgage lenders are struggling with that question.
Kathleen Wynn and John Tory aren't talking about the crash possibility and the various mayors in Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Aurora Newmarket etc aren't saying much either. They're enjoying the tax haul, but they realize Canadian consumer debt is a huge matter. If mortgage rates and unemployment rise, we've got a crash type situation on our hands.
With high home prices come new home construction and if you've been to Aurora Newmarket, Bradford and King township lately you've seen the huge growth in new communities. But the demand far outstrips supply. The fact is Toronto is a hot market and prices aren't slowing.
Is this the best year to buy rental income property? Read these posts on best investments in 2017 including investing in real estate.
Does the Past Tell Us Anything?
If the past does tell us anything, it tells us we'll probably make the same mistakes again about forecasting crashes and bubble downturns. If we look at Toronto home prices over the past 60 years, we'll see that they've just kept rising. Even the great recession cause only a small blip and the US recession of 2007 didn't even leave a dent. As long as there's a lack of development land, the price will speed up like an angry commuter on Indy 400 (or 404 or 401) and inevitably crash.
The last thing we're left with in pondering the possibility of a Toronto housing crash in 2017 is what starts an avalanche? Is a stock market crash in 2019 a possibility that will affect your decision to buy?
Here's a few resources on the bubble issue:
Housing market has 'low probability' for collapse: RBC report
Why Every Investor Needs to Worry About Canada's Housing Bubble
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"I love you, Jason Stackhouse."
Spoilers ahead. On last night's episode of True Blood, Eric and Bill both rushed to save their fellow vampires from a fate prophesied earlier in the season, in which Pam, Jessica, Tara, and others would meet the sun in a white room. While most of them were saved by a last-minute infusion of faerie blood (courtesy of Bill, who had some from Warlow), one little vampire was denied a taste, and was consequently burned to a crisp: Steve Newlin, former leader of the Fellowship of the Sun during his human days. Michael McMillian, who plays Steve, chatted with Vulture about coming up with his character's dying declaration, an idea he has for the True Blood comic books, and what Steve's sex life with Sarah Newlin was really like.
Steve's last words were, "I love you, Jason Stackhouse."
If this were Lost, Jason would be Steve's constant. And it's not only Steve's final proclamation for his one true love, but it's also a giant fuck-you to his ex-wife. It was a line I actually pitched to [showrunner] Brian Buckner. One of the things I missed most this season was that Ryan Kwanten and I hadn't had any scenes together, so when they called and said I was going to be killed off, I asked, "Am I going to have any more scenes with Ryan?" And Bucky said, "No, but he's going to be at the camp and he'll be watching from the observation room when you die." And so I said, "Then I want my final words to be, 'I love you, Jason Stackhouse.'" "Will that make you feel better?" "Absolutely." And he wrote it into the script. [Laughs.]
What was it like shooting your True Death scene and getting burnt to a crisp?
I actually had a stunt double, Tim Eulich, so I didn't have to do that stuff. I had to imagine catching on fire and dropping to the floor as a pile of goo. What they do is take images of the stunt double burning, and overlay them on me, and then the last image of Steve as a charred corpse before he explodes into goo is the stunt double. It looks like an extremely overcooked soufflé. It's like very crispy and crunchy on the outside, and hot goo on the inside. Crispy vampire soufflé.
Did you see this coming for Steve? How much advance warning did you get?
Steve was really digging himself into a hole this season. Steve Newlin is the Jabba the Hutt of the True Blood universe. He has a very important place in the mythology, but he's not going to help Luke Skywalker blow up the Death Star, you know? And especially seeing how the story was going, and Steve taking his place as a villain again and causing so much damage? If you think about it, Luna died because Steve and Russell kidnapped Emma. Pam was outted as Eric's progeny because of him. Nora dies because of him. And he just wasn't going to make it through. But Steve really dies at the hands of both Eric and Sarah.
Those two had a lot of issues.
They do! Steve got a lot of blame in their divorce, but she cheated on him! And I think Steve didn't know exactly what he was feeling for Jason. I think he was so repressed that it took becoming a vampire to really understand that he was gay: Not only am I gay, but I also love this guy, and that's why I was really upset. So becoming a vampire for Steve was really an enlightening experience. Unfortunately, it didn't last too long. [Laughs.]
Do you think he was gay, or bisexual? Because there must have been something between him and Sarah at one point.
Yeah, well, Anna Camp and I used to talk about it, and we still do. We think that they still had a bit of a kinky sex life there for a while. I think they married young, and they were both virgins when they got married, and I think she was just trying to keep Steve happy for a long time. I think there was probably some intense dom/sub play going on in the bedroom. I think Sarah was willing to perform certain acts for Steve to keep her husband happy.
Was she a virgin, or a technical virgin?
I know where you're going with that, but I think it's actually the reverse! I think there may have been some props in the bedroom that Steve may have been on the receiving end of. I think they did nothing before their wedding night, and then they tried the traditional stuff, and Steve quickly started asking for a little bit more experimentation. And it may have blown her mind. And then after a while, the flame kind of burned out for the both of them, and things weren't happening by the time Jason came along.
Maybe the solution should have been threesomes with Jason Stackhouse, since they both wanted him.
Possibly. Although at this point, I don't think Steve would have any interest with Sarah in the bedroom, but if he were her lapdog, and she would allow him to watch ... ? But I think there was genuine love and respect between those two, even in season six. Anna and I joked that in return for Steve giving information, she would sneak him hair products. [Laughs.]
Who was Steve's maker? He didn't know her name ...
I'd love to answer the question, but the truth is, I don't know! And I'm not sure if the show is ever going to answer it or not. At one point, we were going to find out last season, and it was written out in the script, but they scratched it out.
Do you remember what it said?
I would answer that question, except I co-wrote a book with one of the associate producers on the show, Gianna Sobol, that is coming out in the fall, and it's called Steve Newlin's Field Guide to Vampires (and Other Creatures of Satan), and one of the things we pitched to Brian Buckner was to answer that, but Bucky asked us to stay mum. So I guess there's always the possibility that it could be answered next year. I'd love to see Steve's origins as a vampire, but honestly, any flashback that involves Steve and Sarah's history would be the best. I would love to do a whole prequel series about the two of them. It could be from the start of their marriage to starting up the Fellowship of the Sun camp in season two.
You also write for the True Blood comics. Will you keep doing that when you're no longer on the show?
I'd love to keep doing the comic books. I'd love to write for the show. I really want to do a True Blood–Six Feet Under comic book crossover. You could relocate it, so Fisher & Sons might be in Bon Temps, and reimagine that world there, and bring back Nate Fisher or Daniel Fisher as a vampire. But I'm not sure it's something Alan Ball would ever sign off on!
Well, if you continue doing the comics, perhaps you can explore a story line from the books, how Jason is actually part faerie.
I always thought that's what made him so attractive to everyone in town! Because he had a bit of that spark, too. It's sweet to think of Jason as an underdeveloped faerie, you know? Because he's always been a character in search of his own true potential, and that is a nice metaphor. It's like with the Skywalkers — Luke had the Force within him, but Leia did, too. So maybe it's the same for Jason. Maybe he's got some untapped faerie powers that he could learn to yield. Let's break that story down!


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U.S. striker Eddie Johnson started the second half of the United States-Mexico World Cup qualifier with an impressive goal off a corner kick in the 49th minute.
The U.S. 2-0 victory plus Honduras' 2-2 draw with Panama means the United States has qualified for its seventh consecutive World Cup.
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This year our international tellers are all set to entertain and train both children and adults from different walks of life with stories, puppetry, ventriloquism and a couple of catchy tunes. There are exciting workshops in store for teachers, parents and the corporate community.
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If you've been wanting to read Gaiman and don't know where to begin, start here!
This is, IMHO, Gaiman's best book, and no author reads their own work as well as he. His world-building is impeccable, his storyline is imaginative and unique—with just enough violence to make threats seem real without gratuitous gore.
I love the character development and evolution in this book. Some victories and some defeats, all great story telling.
After listening to The Ocean At The End of the Lane I believe Gaiman may be my favorite narrator. He straddles fanciful with the logical and makes the internal voice of every child in his stories instantly relatable. I recommend giving any of his stories a try in audio format.
A fun tale revealing parallel worlds--the real world of London and a fantasy underworld--with twists and turns that help readers appreciate the mystique of their imaginations as well as the grounding of our seemingly banal lives. This is like a grown-up version of Gaiman's "Fortunately, the Milk," written for a younger audience. Also, I love hearing Gaiman narrate his stories!
Wow. I am not sure how to describe this wonderful book. I have never been much of a fan of the fantasy genre, aside from the Harry Potter series, so I was quite surprised to love this story as much as I did. The author's narration was top notch, the best I think I have ever encountered in an audiobook, so it's hard to say how my enjoyment of the book was derived from simply hearing such a talented storyteller vs the plot itself. I think I actually developed a wee bit of a crush on Gaiman if the truth be told..........
The characters were very well developed and the plot quite original IMO. I will definately check out his other titles
I tried to listen to this book in the car. The problem is that the author who reads the book lets his voice drop at the end of almost every sentence. In order to hear the quiet words over the engine noise, the volume has to be turned up so that the words at the beginning of the sentence are too loud. So, I gave up before the first cd was finished.
Excellent. I first read the story and enjoyed it. But hearing Neil read it absolutely took it to the next level. He did a wonderful job and I would happily recommend this book to any young adult or adult fantasy/alternate reality reader.
Of course I loved it, it is Neil Gaiman. Every one of his books amazes me, but all in different ways. He has such an imagination that I am in awe.
Here, the main character is Richard Mayhew, a young man living in London and living a quiet ordinary life, a meek man. His life is changed completely when he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on the street, as he and his fiance are on their way to an important dinner. His act of human kindness takes him to a side of London he never knew existed and causes him to disappear from his ordinary life.
The London he now exists in is a difficult place, full of shadows and hidden meanings, full of creatures that are unpredictable or horribly predictable, full of creatures with special talents and amazing histories. Richard struggles against this world at first, until he realizes that he must deal with it.
Richard is everyman, who has been leading an ordinary life until he finds himself in this situation. This book asks the question: what does a man really want from life? and finds that the answer isn't as easy as one thinks. Taking someone completely outside of reality as they know it and challenging them to be all that they can be is a life-changer.
Listening to Gaiman read his own book is like hearing the characters the way they were meant to be heard, and it is exquisitely delightful. The story itself is terrific, and this is the best way to experience it.
The author, Neil Gaiman, is the reader on this compact disc. He does an outstanding job, making the characters of "London under" come alive. The main character, Richard Mayhew, rescues an injured girl on the streets of London. He becomes embroiled in the adventures of characters in this other parallel London. Gaiman makes this character sound a little like Shrek, and the other characters; the Marquis du Carabas is a languid fop; Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandermar are the oiliest sounding villains you'll ever meet.
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Sophie Turner & Dominic Cooper Step Out at BAFTA Nomination Announcement
Sophie Turner and Dominic Cooper look like they had a blast at the 2017 BAFTA nomination announcement ceremony!
The 21-year-old Game of Thrones actress and the 38-year-old Preacher actor were on hand to read off the nominees during the ceremony on Monday (January 10) in London, England.
While posing for photos on the carpet, Dominic had a hilarious wardrobe malfunction where he realized that his pants zipper was undone!
Dominic and Sophie cracked up on the carpet before getting back to business.
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Interventions developed and implemented by the Center have four signatures. They: (1) incorporate novel technologies (e.g. smartphone, sensors, internet) to overcome access barriers and reduce costs; (2) engage social networks and systems; (3) apply optimization techniques drawn from engineering to develop and refine treatments; (4) integrate human interventionists (e.g. peer, health educator, psychologist, exercise physiologist, nutritionist).
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You raped my life from me
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A cautiously placed grin upon your face, your face
A swift smile at my circumstance
You raped my identity another callous smile
You raped my dignity another laugh to last the mile
You took all you could from me and spit me right back out
You had your fun with me
Then you let the dogs do their work with me
Left my soul to rot
How could you be so cold?
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You son of a bitch!
You blew me off and left me for dead
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VR-Zone has stumbled upon a presentation slide showing what looks like AMD's mobile GPU roadmap for the next two years. The roadmap comes courtesy of Turkish site DonanimHaber and includes details on four new GPUs purportedly slated to be built using 28-nano fabrication tech. AMD's current lineup of Radeon HD 6000M mobile GPUs includes Blackcomb, Whistler, and Seymour silicon built with 40-nm process technology.
What may be called the Radeon HD 7000M series boasts four GPUs dubbed Thames, Chelsea, Heathrow, and Wimbledon. Thames, the lowest-end offering, promises double the performance of the Seymour GPU that anchors the current Radeon HD 6400M and 6300M series. Some of that additional performance can likely be attributed to Thames' 128-bit memory interface, which is twice what you get with Seymour.
Thames is slated to slot into a 15-25W thermal envelope. Notebooks with greater thermal headroom may opt for Chelsea, a 20-30W part that looks poised to replace the Radeon 6500M and 6700M. Like Thames, Chelsea has a 128-bit memory interface. Interestingly, the Heathrow GPU listed above it is shown with 128- and 192-bit memory interfaces. We'll probably see that GPU roll out in a couple of different memory configurations, although it's a little odd to see that kind of segmentation with notebook GPUs.
The slide says that Heathrow will have a thermal envelope of at least 35W, and that it will be joined by an even faster Wimbledon GPU with a 256-bit memory interface. Wimbledon seems likely to supplant the Blackcomb GPU that underpins the Radeon DH 6900M, although it's not due until the second half of 2012. The rest of AMD's forthcoming 28-nm mobile GPUs appear to be scheduled for production in the fourth quarter of this year.
What's interesting about this mobile roadmap is that the new GPUs have moved upmarket. Where Seymour is listed as a "value/mainstream" part, its Thames replacement is filed under "mainstream/performance," leaving no new hotness for the value segment. AMD expects those customers to be using the integrated graphics processors built into its Fusion APUs. According to the slide, the Radeon maker will continue to supply "legacy/refresh" products to notebook makers looking for cheap discrete GPUs.


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Anthony Michael Hall: Coming to CommunityMatt Richenthal at . Comments
Community has often, hilariously compared itself to The Breakfast Club.
Now, in an inspired bit of casting, one of the stars from that iconic film will guest star on the NBC sitcom.
TV Guide Magazine confirms that Anthony Michael Hall will appear on a the December 10 episode. His character will brawl with Joel McHale's Jeff Winger.
"We all freaked out when Hall's casting was announced. I blushed profusely," said Alison Brie (Annie). "I couldn't help but let him know that I've been a big fan. It's funny, because Annie's the nerdy character, and we referenced The Breakfast Club in the pilot and in episodes.
Over two decades ago, Hall also appeared with Community's Chevy Chase in the comedy Vacation.
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Botox treatments 'still popular'
The economic crisis has not stopped people having Botox treatments.
The economic downturn has done little to diminish people's appetite for Botox treatments, it has been argued.
Dr Martin Braun of the Vancouver Laser and Skin Care Centre told News 1130 that the "lipstick effect" has meant that people have put greater stock in making themselves look beautiful at a time when their finances have been hit hard.
First coined in the Great Depression of the 1930s, the phrase would still appear apt today, he noted.
"Generally with these facial injectables, you'll take five to 15 years off someone's face, which they feel is well in a competitive marketplace is good because we glorify youth," Dr Braun commented.
Elsewhere, Harry Heiti recently wrote in a blog post for Official Spin that people wishing to look youthful without the pain and cost of cosmetic surgery have been advised that Botox injections could be the best solution.
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Limbic Entertainment has a very friendly work atmosphere. Our horizontal hierarchies make it easy for everyone to contribute their own ideas and to act out their professional ambitions. We acknowledge proficiency as well as offering opportunities.
We want our employees to broaden their horizons. Playing other games in order to analyse how they work, discussing game design, watching colleagues building levels, talking to coders about the complexity of a fight system – all of this is not only possible, but explicitly encouraged.
Good planning is important to us. We draft our games together, estimate how long everything will take and make a schedule. And then we work hand in hand in order to meet our deadlines. While we love our jobs, we also love to play. That's why we organize network gaming sessions at our office from time to time, as well as dart competitions and Magic gatherings. Some of us also like to cook lunch together, and our lunch-break barbecues are legendary.
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Mondavi – the name speaks volumes within the wine world and has been considered, by some, a legacy of great quality as well as an organization known for their ingenious marketing. When you hear the name you may think Robert or Opus One. Sadly, the name may also conjure up a less flattering image, with their decision over the years to expand into the 'lower cost markets' with their less quality table wines, selling to big box stores and supermarkets. The Mondavi name in Napa Valley goes back over seventy-years, not to mention that the old winery, prior to the Robert Mondavi's father purchasing it, already had over 100 years of winemaking heritage in the region. Robert also had a younger brother, Peter, who is actually my focus for this piece.


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But our American counterparts, The Consumerist, proves that there's a fine line to be drawn.
One of their readers, Bryan, crossed that line recently, when he sent in a 'tip', confident that they would take his side:
"Okay.... Here's an awesome email exchange between an adorama.com camera customer service rep and myself. Yeah, I'm an asshole, but this ignorant woman actually suggested that I become "born again". All this because they put all kinds of restrictions on MY package which won't allow me to pick up my package at the UPS office. Enjoy!"
...they did not take his side.
Saying that this guy is a 'jerk' is probably the understatement of the year.
Read the exchange between him and the customer rep. You will understand why.
And well done to The Consumerist, standing up for a business when the consumer is a total a**. There is justice in this world after all.
Complaints, anyone?
Customer Service: The Worst Tip We Have Ever Received [The Consumerist]
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- David P.I kind of had a similar experience with 7dayshop.com back in 2007: Your post - 27/05/2007 - 22:07 According to your website, this USB key drive has "Super fast read/write transfer @ up to 153x (23 MB/s!)" but when connected to my computer it only has write speeds of 1.6 MB/s meaning that it is too slow for Windows Vista ReadyBoost. This product is not as described, do you stock a 4GB ReadyBoost compatible USB key drive which you could replace it with? 7dayshop reply - 30/05/2007 - 17:34 Are you sure you are plugging the device into a USB 2.0 slot? As we have tested these here at 7dayshop and they are the speed we advertisde them at, so either the item is fautly or the usb slot is not full speed USB 2.0. Regards Your post - 05/10/2007 - 13:18 The 2 Samsung USB Flash drives I bought on 30/4/07 are not Vista Readyboost Compatible, despite your website saying they were. I would like to return them for a similar USB or have a full refund. I have tried these USB flash drives on 3 different machines and all confirmed that the drive was not Vista ReadyBoost compatible. 7dayshop reply - 05/10/2007 - 15:33 Provided the item is in absolutely original condition, and you are sending the item back within 7 days of receipt, you may return the unwanted item to us at: 7dayshop.com Landes du Marche Guernsey GY6 8DN Please ensure you have printed out our returns form which can be found: Here. We cannot be held responsible for items being returned which get lost in transit, and therefore recommend a signed for service for your peace of mind. We will not cover the cost of return the goods to us. If you wish to order an alternative item please place a new order online. In all cases, we do not accept returns of photographic Film, DVD's, CD's, BlueRay Disc, PC Memory or Software. Your post - 05/10/2007 - 22:34 Did you read my message? The USB flash drives were bought on 30/4/07, 5 months ago. I have used them to test for Vista ReadyBoost compatibility so are not in their sealed original state. Again, I ask you to send an alternative 4GB which is ready boost compatible or offer a full refund. All PCs tested only had USB 2.0 slots 7dayshop reply - 08/10/2007 - 11:02 As stated on the website this item is compatible with ready boost but does not have ready boost, we have one available on the websitewith ready boost, therefore please return the item as stated and re-order the correct one, regards Your post - 31/10/2007 - 16:45 I am not sure you understand how ReadyBoost works. Basically, if a USB flash drive is fast enough, it is ReadyBoost compatible. USB flash drives cannot "have" ReadyBoost, they can only be ReadyBoost compatible, that is, operate fast enough to be used as a ReadyBoost device. You have asked me to return the item as stated and re-order a different (compatible) USB flash drive, however, the item is used (e.g. not in the sealed condition that it arrived in) and obviously cannot be returned within 7 days of receipt. Please advise. 7dayshop reply - 01/11/2007 - 09:27 They are not stated to be Vista Ready Boost enabled from our supplier but they are compatible with it as we have tested them to work. Regards I gave up on them at this point and just bought another 4GB USB drive, but got it from play.com. Luckily it was ReadyBoost compatible.
- Paul N.I think the difference is you weren't an ass David! Great transcript though - if it was a recent one we'd definitely put that up as a post so if it happens again send us the transcript ;)
- Chanel b.... I believe most people would jibe with your post . I am going to bookmark this web site so I can come back and say more military posts. Keep up the great work! . ...


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Frank Wilczek Interview
Frank Wilczek: The Right Stuff
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The language cited for winning is quite technical. Tell us in layman's terms why you won.
Frank Wilczek: There are four fundamental forces of nature. I'm going to over-simplify a bit, but I'm not going to tell outright lies (laughs). Two have been known for a long time and have had beautiful theories -- one is gravity, and everyone knows what that is. It's had a beautiful theory since the 17th century with Newton's laws, and a really beautiful theory since the early 20th century with Einstein's [Theory of] General Relativity. Then there's electromagnetism, a theory which covers all the phenomenon of electricity, magnetism and also optics, because we know light is a form of electricity, magnetism and chemistry -- a huge subject. And that had a beautiful theory in the 19th century with Maxwell's equations.
Okay, that's two fundamental forces. What about the other two?
FW: In the early part of the 20th century, physicists started exploring deep inside the atom -- in particular, the so-called atomic nucleus, the core where almost all the mass is, and all the positive charges. But they found they couldn't account for what goes on inside the nuclei in terms of just those [first two] forces. There were two more that had to be introduced. One is called the weak force, and I won't talk about that. And then there's something called the strong force, what holds the nucleus together, makes it so small. It's a very powerful force, the strongest in nature, but acts only over short distances. And it's very mysterious. The great Freeman Dyson, a well-known theoretical physicist, in 1970 surveyed the subject and the scattered, puzzling facts known about it and said there wouldn't be a proper theory of the strong interactions for 100 years. Well, three years later, we managed to figure out the right equations for the strong interaction and, very importantly, how to prove them, how to check experimentally that they really were right. That's what the prize was for.
Fascinating. With the recent completion of CERN's Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, there is growing debate about whether we can produce dark matter.
FW: Dark matter is something astronomers have discovered. It's not dark; it's transparent. The way it's been sensed is not through emission or absorption of light but by the gravitational influence it exerts on the kinds of matter we do detect. Embarrassingly enough, we've found the kind of matter we do understand -- that which we're made of, the kind that chemistry and biology are about -- is, in the universe as a whole, only about 5%! A full 25% is dark matter, and another 70% something even more mysterious called dark energy. Let's not go there.
On to practical matters, then. With the collapse of the former Soviet Union, many say nuclear material is not as secure as it once was over here. Your thoughts?
FW: Some of it is held securely, but much isn't. It would be possible to smuggle it out if you were determined. But making a bomb is not entirely trivial. It's a demanding enterprise with technical knowledge, and some of the materials are poisonous. Nevertheless, I think the main thing that's between us and truly ghastly events is that it's difficult for terrorists and individuals to acquire the stuff. I think one of the most urgent priorities of Western civilization is to round up this nuclear material. It's something that could be done with a determined effort. It would be much cheaper and much wiser than fighting in Iraq [and the Middle East], for instance, and, really, a matter of will and imagination.
And if we don't, a terrorist group will eventually make a bomb?
FW: We will have to be very lucky for it not to happen. It seems more a question of "if" and not "when."
The late physicist Edward Teller was controversial. I met him once, and found him both charming and disquieting at the same time.
FW: Well, he was very charming, a real old-world Hungarian with very big eyebrows. He played a very significant role in developing the hydrogen bomb. And I have mixed feelings about him because I feel he was very fond of his child and very proud of it -- meaning the bomb. He wanted it to be important. And, in the early days, he tried to pioneer the peaceful use of atomic energy -- of hydrogen bombs, in particular -- building canals and the like. But that didn't really work out. As a substitute, I think he was very interested in not promoting the actual use of the bomb, but in its use as a military deterrent and, in any case, building a lot of them.
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Catnip also known as Catmint is a herb related to the mint family and has an unusual phenomenon among cats, it has the ability to cause an amazing reaction that can alter your cat's behaviour. Only about 50-70% of cats are affected by this herb and when exposed to Catnip some cats will present with various behaviours some of which may resemble a drunken appearance, vocalisation, rolling around, elevated energy levels, increased affection and playfulness.
Catnip is great to encourage and stimulate activity in cats, especially lazy cats and indoor cats. Catnip can be grown in the garden or purchased as a dry herb which can be sprinkled onto food, incorporated into toys or put onto a scratching post.
If you are lucky enough to have a cat that does react favourably to Catnip the reaction may only last a few minutes, then the cat acclimates to it and it can take an hour or two away from the catnip to 'reset' and stimulate the cat again.
Unfortunately no one knows exactly what happens in the cat's brain when they come into contact with catnip. One thing that is known is that Catnip contains a chemical called nepetalactone and it is this that is believed to be responsible for triggering the intense reaction and interest. Apparently, it somehow kicks off a stereotypical pattern in cats that are sensitive to the chemical that cats just can't seem to get enough of.
Catnip is surprisingly very easy to grow and will thrive indoors or outdoors. Catnip seeds can be purchased from most garden stores, pet stores or vet clinics.
Catnip does not need much care, as it can flourish well on its own. Give them plenty of space away from other plants in your garden as they tend to crowd other plants.
Mix two parts potting soil with one part coarse sand or vermiculite into a small pot. Sow the seeds on the top of the slightly moistened soil mixture and gently press them into the soil. Cover your pot with plastic wrap to keep the moisture in. Place your pot in a warm, bright part of the house. However, do not place it in direct sunlight.
In about 7 to 10 days you should see some sprouts come through the soil. Once the sprouts get their first set of leaves on them, take the plastic cover off the pot and move it into a sunny window or area. The air inside your home will typically be dryer than the outside air so check the moisture of the soil daily. Keep the soil moist, but not wet.
As the plants grow to about one foot, start harvesting the catnip. You don't have to dry the catnip for your pet to enjoy it. Cats also like to eat the leaves off the fresh plants.
If you plant catnip in the spring, it should flower by early summer. While the plant is in bloom, cat owners may wish to harvest the flower, top leaves and stems, these can then be placed into a toy or stuffed into a small pillow case. According to some gardeners, three good harvests of catnip can be produced in one year.


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Cobalt stabilization of silver extraordinary optical transmission sensing platforms
In this study, plasmon-mediated extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) is finding increased interest for biosensing applications. While Ag nanostructures are capable of the highest plasmonic quality factor of all metals, the performance reliability of pure Ag EOT devices is limited by degradation through environmental interactions. Here we show that EOT devices consisting of nanostructured hole arrays in Ag/Co bilayers show comparable transmission with that of identical hole arrays in Agthin films as well as enhanced reliability measured by the rate of resonance peak redshift and broadening with time. The Ag/Co EOT devices showed 2.6× and 1.9× smaller red shift in short timescales (20 days) and after 100 days, respectively, while they showed a 1.7× steady-state decrease in rate of bandwidth broadening. This improvement is likely due to the Co metal stabilizing the Agfilm from morphological changes by reducing its propensity to diffuse or dewet on the underlying substrate. The improved reliability of Ag/Co bilayer EOT devices could enable the use of their superior plasmonic properties for optical detection of trace chemicals.
- Authors:
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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- Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 108; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Research Org:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; silver; red shift; electron beam deposition; gold; metallic thin films
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1235845
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This is snow time for fooling around
Delta State swimmers see rare sight during championships
GENEVA, Ohio -- Once the snow started falling in northern Ohio on Wednesday, it fell hard, fast and for a long, long time.
Accumulation totals varied in the region, with around eight inches or so at the site of the NCAA Division II swimming and diving championships. And with an expected high temperature Thursday hovering around 20 degrees, the snow wasn't going anywhere for at least a day or so.
Swimming and diving isn't exactly a winter sport, and of the hundreds of student-athletes here this week, there's a pretty good chance that some of them had rarely seen even a few flakes of the white stuff, much less this much.
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This week, they might need to change that to the Frozen Fighting Okra.
Dugas, Bennett and Page knew they'd be spending a lot of time in the water this week. But what they didn't expect was so much of the frozen kind.
"I was so excited about it," said Dugas, a sophomore. "All the coaches kept reminding me, 'We're going to get snow tomorrow. There's going to be six inches.' I was like, 'I can't wait! I can't wait!' I was like a little child walking around [Wednesday]."
Bennett wasn't going to believe it until she saw it, no matter how much anybody tried to tell her that a heavy snowfall was all but a done deal. Page, on the other hand, was "super-duper" excited about it all.
"I couldn't wait to see this much snow," Bennett said. "I didn't think snow could get this high, that so much could accumulate."
The Lady Statesmen made the 20-mile trip from their hotel to Geneva and arrived with sleet already beginning to fall. The snow came later … and later … and later …
Page thought she was prepared for the weather, having brought boots and a ski jacket, but she forgot a hat and gloves. She'll remember them the next time she competes for a swimming national championship in the middle of a blizzard.
Dugas brought a pair of gloves and hat for the occasion, but was quick to add, "I don't think I brought enough." Of the three, Bennett had multiple sweatshirts on -- and a pair of gloves.
"I guess I'm OK," Dugas said.
However, the Delta State swimmers did not come to Ohio to goof off in the snow. There was business to be conducted at the SPIRE Institute, on the biggest DII stage of all: the national championships.
"I think it actually made me perform better [Wednesday]," Dugas said. "I was so excited to just finish the meet and get outside and play in it."
"It put me in a better mood," Page said. "I'm more excited and pumped up for everything. I'm happier, ready to go."


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Coach impressed with Kirkland, Johnson and Kongbo's commitment
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UT offensive coordinator `excited' to have Jennings back
The Cleveland Cavaliers make moves to attempt to replace LeBron James, Brian Akins breaks down the newest trade
UT coordinator said he will draw from past experiences
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There were two others who, he believed, could be trusted, so he made known his intentions to them, and finding them sound on the question of freedom he was glad of their company. For an emergency, he provided himself with a pair of pistols and a formidable-looking knife, and started, bent on reaching Canada; determined at least, not to be taken back to bondage alive. Charles was twenty-four years of age, a very dark-colored individual, and also belonged to said Johnson.
Charles was well acquainted with his old master and mistress, and made very quick work of giving his experience. After hearing him, from the manner in which he expressed himself, no one could doubt his earnestness and veracity. His testimony ran substantially thus:
"For the last three years I have been treated very hard. In the presence of the servants, old Johnson had me tied, stripped, and with his own hands, flogged me on the naked back shamefully. The old mistress was cross too." It was some time before the smarting ceased, but it was not long ere the suffering produced very decided aspirations to get over to John Bull's Dominions. He resolved to go, at all hazards. In order that he might not be surprised on the Underground Rail Road without any weapons of defense, determined as he was to fight rather than be dragged back, he provided himself with a heavy, leaden ball and a razor. They met, however, with no serious difficulty, save from hard walking and extreme hunger. In appearance, courage, and mother-wit, this party was of much promise.
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These passengers journeyed together from the land of whips and chains.
Sam Benton was about twenty-six years of age, medium size, pretty dark color, and possessed a fair share of intelligence. He understood very well how sadly Slavery had wronged him by keeping him in ignorance and poverty.
He stated as the cause of his flight that William Campbell had oppressed him and kept him closely at hard labor without paying him, and at the same time "did not give him half enough to eat, and no clothing."
John Alexander was about forty-four years of age, a man of ordinary size, quite black, and a good specimen of a regular corn-field hand.
"Why did you leave, John?" said a member of the Committee. He coolly replied that "Handy (his master was named George Handy) got hold of me twice, and I promised my Lord that he should never get hold of me another time."
Of course it was the severity of these two visitations that made John a thinker and an actor at the same time. The evil practices of the master produced the fruits of liberty in John's breast.
James Henry, the third passenger, was about thirty-two years of age, and quite a spirited-looking "article." A few months before he fled he had been sold, at which time his age was given as "only twenty." He had suffered considerably from various abuses; the hope of Canada however tended to make him joyful.


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