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I am an avid music lover. In fact, whenever I'm working on my PC or browsing the internet, I pull out my favorite over-ear headset and crank up the tunes. Because of this, my headphones are dear to me, and I end up shelling out quite a bit more than the average person on "above-average-priced" peripherals. It's worth it to me, and the difference in sound across some brands is just incredible.
Unfortunately though, I haven't really come across a practical or safe way to store my prized headphones, and I often end up with broken ear cups, frayed wires, or scratched and damaged parts. I actually just recently purchased a new set of headphones after the wire on my old set got "tugged" during storage. Some companies will give you small bags or "cases" to house your accessories, but it doesn't really keep them in a beneficial shape, and it surely doesn't keep the cord straight and free of damaging bends.
The folks over at Just Mobile may have finally come up with an easy (and great looking) fix to this dilemma. Their brand new "Just Mobile HeadStand" is a practical, simple, and beautifully designed headphone stand that will finally solve the dilemma of what to do with your headphones when you aren't using them. This rigid stand is made from high quality aluminum and is pieced together in a simplistic way to ensure maximum stability.
It has a nice amount of functionality too. The thick "hook" which the headphones sit on is large enough to accommodate a variety of shapes and sizes and it is claimed that this stand will work with any set of headphones which features a "band" construction. There is also a cord storage (which is lifesaving if you ask me) that will keep your ever-precious lines tangle-free and straight. This is the perfect way to display your headphones too, yet still allows you to keep your computing space looking clean with a modernized flair.
Co Founder of Just Mobile, Erich Huang, had the following to say concerning the newly launched product in a recently released press packet:
"We couldn't find a nice headphone stand on the market, so we just made our own. Just like Xstand for the iPhone, we believe HeadStand will create headphone stands as a new product category."
The sleek and innovative HeadStand is available now. Customers in the United States can have the accessory for USD $49.95, while European customers will pay Euro €49.95. The stand is also already available to consumers in the UK at a price of £39.95. Be sure to head over to Just Mobile's website and grabs yours today. Your valuable headphones will thank you, and so will your wallet in the long run.
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Congratulations! You're engaged to the love of your life and on the road to marital bliss. If you are ready to start planning for the big day, you may be wondering where to begin. From starting your wedding registry to planning a rehearsal dinner, we've created a comprehensive how to plan a wedding checklist to help the countdown to your wedding day run smoothly.
Along with a detailed timeline of what to do 12+ months in advance of your "I dos," we've shared advice for your big day and the important post-wedding tasks. Use our wedding planning checklist below or download and print it out for your home, office, or daily planner so that you stay on track for the big day. For a more customizable version of this checklist, check out our interactive how to plan a wedding checklist.
12+ Months Before Your Wedding
Celebrate your engagement: You're officially engaged! Take some time to celebrate before you get started planning.
- Choose a date: Do you want a summer or fall wedding? Choose up to three dates that you are comfortable with and begin planning from there.
- Set a budget: Draft a detailed wedding budget making sure to include any staple elements such as venue and catering. Allow a buffer for any hidden costs such as gratuities and cleaning fees.
- Find your wedding planning community: Join the Zola community on Facebook and share advice and tips with other Zola couples.
- Create a wedding folder or binder: Stay organized and use this as a place to keep track of thoughts, ideas, receipts, and your wedding to-do list. Start a budget document to put in here and update throughout the planning process.
- Consider a wedding planner: If your budget allows, consider hiring a wedding planner to help you coordinate the big day.
- Brainstorm your wedding style: Keeping in mind the season and your venue options, begin looking at wedding magazines and online resources— like Zola Real Weddings —to determine your vision for your wedding style. Choose a color palette that you can stick to throughout your wedding decor and create an inspiration board that you can share with vendors.
- Have an engagement party: Celebrate your upcoming marriage by hosting (or having someone else host) your engagement party. Make sure to only invite those that you plan to invite to the wedding.
- Insure your engagement ring and consider getting wedding insurance: Research insurance options and find one that will give you and your fiancé peace of mind.
- Begin researching vendors: Through your own research or with the help of a wedding planner, begin researching caterers, photographers, entertainment, florists, and videographers that will fit your wedding style.
8-12 Months Before Your Wedding
- Choose a wedding theme: Get together with your significant other to come up with a wedding theme that embodies both your personal style and love story. Consider brainstorming a wedding hashtag for guests to use on the day-of.
- Decide on a wedding party: Consider whether you like the idea of having a wedding party. If you do, who do you want with you every step of the way? Choose your maid of honor, bridesmaids, best man and groomsmen, and make them feel special by asking them in a clever way or with a gift.
- Draft a guest list: Consider how many people you can invite based on your budget and the size of your venue, and how any people you want to invite based on the vibe you want to create.
- Schedule venue tours: Will you have separate locations for the ceremony and the reception? Explore venue options and make sure to factor in time between various locations and how weather conditions could affect the commute.
- Take engagement photos: Share your love with all of your friends and family by taking engagement photos. Use these for your wedding website, your engagement party invitations (should you have one), and your save the dates.
- Plan your wedding night stay: Where will you spend your first night as a married couple? Book a special room and secure any requirements that you may need to make sure the night is perfect.
- Research bands and DJs: Meet with different bands and DJs to find the perfect one for you and your partner. Once you find the one, book them now so you don't have to worry about it later.
- Schedule tastings with caterers: With your significant other, do some research online to find a few caterers that you each agree on. Schedule your tastings now so that you have enough time before the wedding to decide upon a menu.
- Try on wedding gowns, dresses, or suits: Plan a fun outing with your support crew to search for that perfect dress, suit, or tux. Celebrate by popping champagne while trying on different options until you find the flawless wedding look of your dreams.
- Book an officiant: Think about who you might want to officiate your wedding and make sure they're certified in the state where you're getting married.
- Book venues: Sign the contract, pay the down payment, and start making things official by deciding on your wedding ceremony and reception venues.
- Establish a fitness and beauty routine: Whether you cut back on sweets or spend a few extra minutes on your skin care routine, take some time to get in the swing of self-care so you feel your absolute best on your big day.
- Book a blowout appointment: For all upcoming wedding events, book a blowout appointment (or two!).
- Schedule a menu tasting with your caterer: Your wedding menu doesn't have to be limited to the standard steak and chicken options. Get together with your fiancé(e) and caterer to start crafting a unique wedding menu all while remembering to stay within budget.
- Register for gifts: Make it easy on your guests by creating a Zola registry. From coffee makers to luggage for your honeymoon, create your dream wedding registry by using our list of registry essentials and our helpful tips on how to create a wedding registry.
- Launch a wedding website: Get crafty and design a wedding website to keep your guests constantly informed. Include important details like ceremony and reception addresses, engagement photos, registry information, and more.
- Pro tip: Create a wedding-specific email address to keep everything organized.
- Request time off: It can be easy to overlook even the most obvious to-do. Make sure to request days off from work for your pre-wedding prep, wedding day, and honeymoon.
6-8 Months Before Your Wedding
- Discuss details: Hash out the minor wedding day details with your fiancé(e). Do you have any religious or family traditions that you would like to incorporate? Will you be writing your own vows?
- Fill any special roles: Aside from your wedding party, who will you have as ushers, flower girls, ring bearers, and readers during your ceremony?
- Send save the dates: Tell your wedding guests to mark their calendars by sending out either paper or digital save the dates. Keep your wedding theme in mind when designing these sneak-peeks.
- Assemble your wedding dream team: This means hiring all your vendors, including a wedding photographer, videographer, florist, caterer, and entertainment. Explore examples of your vendors' work to make sure it aligns with your vision.
- Schedule cake tastings: Now for the fun part! Choose what kind of dessert you'll serve and start tasting cakes, pies, brownies, and more to find the perfect dessert for you, your partner, and of course, your guests.
- Order your wedding cake: Once you have decided upon your wedding cake design and flavor, (or your dessert of choice) make sure that it's ordered and confirmed to arrive on time.
- Order flowers: Sticking to your color scheme and being cognizant of the season, work with your florist to create the perfect floral arrangements and personal flowers for your wedding day.
- Say yes to the dress: Decide on your wedding gown, dress or suit.
- Choose wedding party attire: Collaborate with your bridal squad to ensure everyone feels comfortable and beautiful in their outfits. Make sure to coordinate colors and styles with the groomsmen's attire as well.
- Reserve rentals and decorations: This includes elements such as chairs, decor, lighting, linens, and more.
- Begin planning your honeymoon: Where will you and your partner spend your first vacation as a married couple? If you're leaving the country, factor in the time to renew or get new passports for your honeymoon vacation.
4-6 Months Before Your Wedding
- Order wedding invitations: Wedding invitations can be expensive depending on the paper quality, quantity, and design. Luckily Zola's wedding invites are not only budget-friendly, but coordinate with our wedding websites and save the dates.
- Consider a calligrapher: If it matches your wedding style and if your budget allows, consider hiring a calligrapher to give your invitation envelopes, wedding signage, menus, and place cards an extra stylized touch.
- Purchase wedding bands: Order your wedding rings now so that you have time to adjust the size and engrave them, should you choose.
- Finalize any honeymoon plans: Make sure all your documents are in order and that any flights, hotel rooms, and activities are booked so you can have a stress-free honeymoon with your new husband or wife.
- Book rehearsal venues and finalize your guest list: Decide on your rehearsal dinner venue and assemble your final guest list. This is also a good time to order any rehearsal dinner invitations you may need.
- Create a guest list for your wedding shower: If you're having a shower, choose and send a guest list to your wedding shower host so he or she can begin planning the party.
- Book a stylist: Book a stylist and schedule a trial for your wedding day makeup and hair to ensure you wind up with a look you love. Make sure to use long-lasting wedding makeup that will keep you looking flawless throughout the day.
3 Months Before Your Wedding
- Attend your wedding shower: Let someone else do the planning and attend your own wedding shower! Enjoy the spotlight and relax a little.
- Order wedding favors: Show your guests how much you appreciate them by gifting wedding favors. Think beyond your basic trinket: our unique ideas will ensure that they always have something to remember your special day.
- Complete your wedding day look: Solidify your wedding attire by choosing shoes, accessories, and undergarments. If you're wearing a suit or tux, make sure it's fitted and tailored just the way you like it.
- Select the music: Start crafting a dancing playlist and choose songs for your processional, recessional, first dance, and any other special dances or moments.
- Create welcome bags for out-of-town guests: If guests are traveling far for your wedding, show your appreciation and make them feel comfortable with welcome bags for their hotel rooms.
- Book group transportation: Book transportation that may be needed to transport your wedding party and guests to and from venues on the big day.
- Choose who will be giving a toast: Make a list of the people you would like to speak at your reception. Keep the list short, while remembering to include important people like parents and siblings.
- Consider wedding alcohol: When considering what types of drinks to serve at your wedding bar, think about the season as well as any personal favorites you might have. Will you and your partner be creating your own signature drink? If so, settle on the specialty cocktail recipes and share them with your caterer.
- Create a final event schedule for your vendors: If you don't have a planner or coordinator, collaborate with your vendors and finalize an event schedule to make sure that everyone is on the same page.
- Purchase the minor details: Make sure you have the smaller details accounted for such as the ring bearer pillow, flutes for toasting, and any other thoughtful items that you think your guests will enjoy.
- Plan your exits: How will you be exiting the ceremony and reception? Will your guests be standing and clapping or showering you with sparklers?
- Choose a guestbook: How do you want your guests to record their presence at your wedding? Find or create a guestbook that you and your significant other will want to look back on for years to come.
2 Months Before Your Wedding
- Purchase thank you gifts: Let the ones who helped get you to this point know how much you appreciate them with thank you gifts. Make it even more special for your maid of honor.
- Meet with your officiant: Meet in person to solidify any details and specific plans for your ceremony.
- Start planning your first dance: Once you have chosen the perfect song to represent you as a couple, sign-up for dance lessons (or practice in your living room) with your fiancé(e) while you break in those wedding shoes.
- Finalize your menu: Once you have decided on a menu that will satisfy your tastebuds, create and print menu cards that will match the rest of your paper suite or wedding theme.
- Confirm menus for all events: To ensure smooth sailing, get in touch with your caterer to confirm menus for all events during your wedding weekend.
- Get a gift for your fiancé: Whether you decide to DIY a gift or buy one, surprise your significant other on the big day to express how excited you are to be spending the rest of your life with them.
- Touch base with your stylist: Make sure you and your stylist are on the same page when it comes to your wedding day hair and makeup, and communicate any last-minute changes.
- Mail your invitations: A general rule of thumb is to mail out invitations about six to eight weeks before the ceremony. Set the deadline to RSVP four weeks before the big day to avoid any last-minute cancellations.
- Meet with your entertainment: If you hired a DJ or live band, make sure to meet with them beforehand to discuss the playlist and any special songs that you want to be played, as well as ones to avoid.
- Submit wedding announcements: Shout your marriage from the rooftops and submit wedding announcements to local newspapers and any other place where you would like your marriage publicized.
- Pick your "Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue": If you're sticking to this time-old tradition, put some thought into what you want to use and make it unique to you.
1 Month Before Your Wedding
- Apply for a marriage license: Make sure to get 2-3 extra copies just in case one is misplaced.
- Write your vows: Find a quiet time to sit down with pen and paper and put your feelings into words. Proofread and practice several times so that you get it just right.
- Create a wedding day timeline: Create a run-of-show timeline for exactly how you would like your wedding reception events to flow. Consider everything from introductions to toasts to cake-cutting.
- Pick out wedding weekend attire: Make you sure know what you are wearing for all of the wedding weekend festivities and events.
- Get your wedding party ready: Check in with your wedding team to make sure they are prepared for the big day. Do they have their attire? Do they know their wedding day duties?
- Give your photographer and videographer a shot list: Ensure they have a wedding day agenda for any must-have shots you want captured. Mention any special moments that you have planned so your vendors know where and when to be ready.
- Cover all your bases: Purchase any just-in-case essentials like umbrellas or tents so you and your guests are prepared for any drastic weather changes.
- Have your bachelor or bachelorette party: Let loose! Enjoy a fun night out on the town with your posse of closest friends.
- Send rehearsal dinner invitations: Assemble the rehearsal dinner list and send out invitations to make sure everyone arrives on time.
- Arrange final payments: Mark off final payments for all vendors in your wedding planning binder (or your Zola Checklist) and confirm everything is staying within budget.
- Confirm times with your vendors: Make sure your vendors know the date, time, and location of their expected arrival so there is no confusion on the day-of.
- Design a ceremony program: Create a guide for guests that details the ceremony (including its songs, readings, special rituals or traditions, and the wedding party members) and a thank you message. Keep your wedding theme in mind when designing your ceremony program.
- Keep track of gifts: Make the post-wedding thank you process easier by tracking of all your wedding gifts with Zola's Gift Tracker tool in your Zola registry dashboard.
- Begin writing thank you notes: When you have spare time and as gifts are received, begin writing thank you notes to make the post-wedding process less daunting. Thankfully your Zola registry comes with a free Thank You Note Manager to make this process easy.
2 Weeks Before Your Wedding
- Finalize your seating chart and review final RSVP list: Follow up with guests who have not RSVP'd to make sure that you have not missed anyone. Do one last review of your guest list and make any final adjustments to the seating chart.
- Attend a final fitting: Bring your undergarments and wedding day accessories to make sure the dress (or suit) of your dreams fits perfectly.
- Pre-pack for your honeymoon: Do this now so you don't have to worry about it later. Don't forget to pack any important travel documents.
- Send final timeline to your wedding party: Send your wedding party a detailed timeline, highlighted with the important times and locations they're required to be present, so that no one skips a beat.
- Pick up your wedding attire: Make sure to pick up your wedding outfit from the shop or the tailor, or arrange for it to be delivered.
- Break in your wedding shoes: Nothing is more uncomfortable than blisters. Make sure you are blister-free as you walk down the aisle.
- Plan drinks and snacks for your wedding party: Getting ready is so much more fun with a mimosa! Make sure you and your wedding party have things to snack and sip on while getting ready.
- Check the weather report: If there is a chance weather could affect your day, double-check the weather report and contact the venue to confirm your back-up rain plan.
1 Week Before Your Wedding
- Make any last-minute adjustments with vendors: Review playlists, menu details, decor placement and design, and send any adjustments that you may need.
- Send the final guest list: Send the final head count to your venue and caterer so they know how many people to expect and can staff appropriately.
- Finalize your vows: Once you have proofread your vows and made them perfect, don't forget to practice!
- Get any beauty treatments you need: If you are getting a haircut or a color, now is the time to do it.
- Create a wedding day emergency kit: From lipstick to lint rollers, make sure you have everything you need to cover any minor emergencies on the day-of.
- Give readers their scripts: Practice makes perfect, and you don't want anything less than perfection on your wedding day!
- Determine special day-of roles: Delegate wedding day duties such as a point person to set up the gift table, the wedding favors, and the guest book.
- Finalize transportation for the day-of: Make sure to send directions to your transportation vendor and any additional drivers of your guests, if applicable.
- Deliver welcome bags to the hotel concierge: Make sure out-of-town guests are greeted the right way with welcome bags upon arrival.
- Steam or press your wedding wear: Feel fabulous in your wedding attire with a picture-perfect suit or gown.
- Prearrange the rental returns: If the rental company won't be picking them up from your venue, delegate someone you trust to return any rentals.
- Book your beauty appointments: Pamper yourself and your wedding party with spa, nail, hair, and beauty treatments.
The Day Before Your Wedding
- Attend your rehearsal ceremony: Iron out the details of your ceremony by doing a full rehearsal. Make sure your readers know their order and bring any essentials such as programs and decorations.
- Give your officiant your marriage license: Give your marriage license to your officiant at your rehearsal so you don't have to worry about it in the morning.
- Host a bridal luncheon: Let your bridal party know how much you appreciate their hard work by hosting a bridal luncheon for them. Invite flower girls and any other female relatives you want to thank.
- Present thank you gifts: At the bridal luncheon, rehearsal dinner, or whenever you see fit, present your wedding party with their much-deserved thank you gifts.
- Set out wedding day attire: Make the next morning as stress-free as possible by setting out your wedding day garments the night before.
- Pack an overnight bag: Make sure to include any essentials you may need on your wedding night, and hand off the bag to someone who can deliver it to your hotel suite.
- Pamper yourself: You deserve it! Take some quiet reflection time, a relaxing bath, and maybe even get a massage to make sure you look and feel flawless for the big day.
- Get some sleep: Go to bed at a decent hour and get some much-needed rest before you tie the knot.
Your Wedding Day
- Eat a good breakfast: It's true: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Make sure you have a protein-packed meal that will give you the energy you need to be your most present self.
- Get your hair and makeup done: Sip a mimosa and sit back as you get your hair and makeup done.
- Present your parents with gifts: Slip away from your friends and stylists to share a special moment with the ones who got you to where you are today.
- Hand off your wedding bands: Hand off your rings to someone you trust and make sure they arrive at the ceremony safely.
- Assign a point of person for your photographer: Introduce your photographer to someone who knows everyone in the wedding party so that they can round up friends and family for important photo ops.
- Greet your guests: You're technically the host, so make sure to greet and thank as many guests as you can.
- Get married!
- Enjoy yourself: All the stress of planning is over. It's time to enjoy your new marital bliss surrounded by everyone you love.
After Your Wedding
- Create a wedding album: Most professional wedding photographers offer albums you can purchase to preserve your favorite moments from the day. If you want to DIY this, find a unique photo book or create a digital slideshow.
- Return your rentals: Ensure that all your tuxes and rentals have been returned.
- Bring wedding attire to the cleaners: Keep your wedding attire looking as good as the day you wore it, so you can always look back at the happiest day of your life fondly.
- Send thank you notes: Make sure your guests know how much you appreciate them being there with heartfelt, handwritten thank you notes. Zola's Thank You Note Manager will make it easy!
- Send wedding announcements: This is optional, but for those that couldn't make it, send wedding announcements as a formal way to announce the good news and make them feel included.
- Change your name: If you are changing your name, now is a good time to get that process started.
- Thank your vendors: Thank your vendors for all their hard work with a card or an email. Consider adding a tip for those that went above and beyond.
- Enjoy your honeymoon and new life as a married couple!
Now that you know the steps it takes to plan your wedding, it's time to get started! Download our wedding planning checklist below so that you can create the wedding of your dreams and never miss a beat during the entire wedding planning process.

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I really don't think "boys" ever stop loving fire trucks and I have yet to meet one that hasn't, at one time or another, wanted to be a fireman. Zain, who is now 8, was saying the other day. "I was watching Fireman Sam with Mir and it was kind of awkward." When I asked him why he responded, "Because I'm too big to like fire trucks." I assured him that Baba (what they call my husband) still loves fire trucks.
So Mir was born with the love and so we decided to do his 3rd birthday with a fire truck theme. As an event planner (by day) I have the occupational hazard of going a bit over and beyond for my boys' parties. I can't help it! So first I had to find a venue since while every other year or so I host a kids party at my house, it take a year or so to forget how awful it was since our house is TINY! His birthday is in January, so taking a tour of our local fire station seemed like more coordination than it was worth, plus they weren't going to let us have the whole kit and caboodle there, so I found the Boston Fire Museum, which is only open on Saturdays and Sundays and only hosts birthday parties on Sundays. It's run by a group of retired firemen that display vintage fire trucks and during the week take a retrofitted ambulance out to active fire scenes with food and drink to the firemen on the scene. This required everyone to drive into Boston, but during the holiday break, everyone is always looking for something to do!
I will predicate that Mir was suffering from an ear infection, so he wasn't incredibly cheerful during his party, but everyone else loved it! And he remembers it fondly, which is what matters now!
For his invitation, I purchased A7 mailing boxes, kraft cover stock paper, and a fire truck stamp from Paper Source. I printed the invite text, with a border, onto the kraft paper (I set it up to have two to a page, so then I just cut them down to size), leaving enough room to do the stamp at the top. I then put a little bit of kraft shred in the box so that it wouldn't look completely empty when they opened it up, put the lid on it and then wrapped each with a strip of brown paper. On the brown paper I wrote the address and put the fire truck stamp on it again.
When we go there, I set up one table with paint with water sheets of fire trucks and other types of vehicles and then ran brown paper down the food table with containers of crayons so they could color on the table. I then did basic red plates and napkins with a few fun polka dot balloons with red ones (for whatever reason, the balloons kept popping as I blew them up with my "mobile" helium tank, which put us all on edge). I then found these awesome fire hydrant drinking cup when I was building my Fire Truck birthday Pinterest page. This was part of the favor to take home and were a huge hit.
We started the party in the museum itself with the boys picking up the fire hose and rushing to the fire.
They also got to take turns in one of the fire trucks and some of the parents got in the fun as well.
They even got to pretend slide down the fire pole.
We then went back upstairs to have pizza and then cake. I had the paint with water, plus a ton of vehicles and bristle blocks for the kids to play with. But really, the only thing that anyone wanted to do was ring this bell, which got very old, very fast! Our guests ranged from 1-7 and all boys!
I make, at most, two cakes a year. It takes all of my patience and thus I could never do them for others. I used to donate kid party packages for local fundraisers, and it caused so much gray hair that my hair dressing bill was climbing! But for Mir's party, I had found a cake idea on Flickr (which is where I get most of my cake inspiration) of a burning building. I love tiered cakes, so I did three "floors" to the building and then used chocolate frosting—out of the can people! I had visions of making bricks to cover the whole thing with, but then came to my senses. I used a star tip on a pastry bag and covered the whole thing. I then rolled out white fondant that I purchased at AC Moore, cut out squares and then colored in the window details with an edible marker and made some fire hose. I then mixed white corn syrup, and water to a high temperature and then poured it onto waxed paper and then dropped red and orange food coloring into it as it hardened and then, when it was cooled, broke it apart to create "fire". I then purchased Match Car fire vehicles to embellish it with and a big three candle. I then added sparkler candles to it that won't blow out.
Then for the favors, the boys and I had made homemade play dough that was red, with red glitter and cinnamon and wrapped it up in cello bags with a fire hat cookie cutter tied on to it. I then made my white party mix for the adults and then every family got one Curious George and the Firefighters book.
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This is a real touristy trip down one street. But it is cool and there is loads of histroy to see, At the top end of Whitehall, is Nelson atop his column.
and at the bottom he is guarded by the Lions sculpted by Lnaseer
As you saunter down Whitehall towards Parliament there are various Government ministries to pass, the tourist highlight is probably the entrance to HorseGuards, which is now guarded by armed plod and the more traditional Household cavalry.
Then, just before you get to Downing Street (Which I remember when you could just wander down it like any other street, but not any more) you come to the Cenotaph is the new(ish) memorial to women's role in the Second World War. The uniforms and clothing represent the different roles that women played during the war.
Just down from that is the Cenotaph. Under which is buried a body of one of the many unknown soldiers from WW1. The brought 4 bodies of unknown soldiers from 4 different battlefields to London and then blindly selected one to buried there. The idea being that nobody would know where the body came from so it could be your son, husband, father buried there. As always, the British do do a dignified war memorial.
As we continue down we reach Parliament Square which is now a lot more interesting.
They've added statues of 'parliamentarians' from both the UK and around the world. I am not sure how Gandhi or Nelson Mandela would feel about this given their treatment by UK governments during their lives.
Still, I suppose we got there in the end and, again, it is a nice addition to the landscape. Obviously, being Britain, the most prominent statue goes to one of the most historically airbrushed people: Churchill (so I've done the same!). I also liked the Millicent Fawcet statue.
The next post will deal with Parliament, Westminster Abbey and the South Bank of the Thames. Otherwise this is just going to ramble on forever and ever.
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Digital Citizenship--the combination of technical and social skills that enable a person to be successful and safe in the information age; an essential skill to be a confident, connected, and actively involved life long learner.
The Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship*
1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society
2. Digital Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods
3. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information (including email, social networking, texting, etc.)
4. Digital Literacy: knowledge about and ability to use technology effectively (evaluating websites for credibility and reliability, Web 2.0 toolsknowledge and ability, using databases when appropriate, keyword development, smart online searching, etc.)
5. Digital Etiquette: standards of conduct or procedure online
6. Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds (copyright, file sharing, plagiarism, etc.)
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities: freedoms and rights that should be extended to everyone in the online world
8. Digital Health & Wellness: physical and psychological well-being in a digital world
9. Digital Security: electronic precautions to ensure safety online
*adapted/quoted from Mike Ribble, www.digitalcitizenship.net
Further Resources for Teachers and Parents:
Facebook Privacy Chart for Teens
CyberSmart! Curriculum
BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship


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Faculty & Administration
Learn more about Faculty & Administration at Temple / St. Luke's.
Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS
An internationally renowned academic executive, thoracic surgeon, researcher and author, Larry R. Kaiser, MD, FACS is CEO of Temple University Health System, Senior Executive Vice President for the Health Sciences, and Dean of the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.
Dr. Kaiser's research and clinical interests include lung cancer, malignant mesothelioma and mediastinal tumors. He is the author or co-author of 14 books and over 250 original papers, and is a current or past editorial board member of the Annals of Surgery, the American Journal of Surgery, the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and a half dozen other journals.
Joel C. Rosenfeld, MD, MEd, FACS
Chief Academic Officer, St. Luke's University Health Network
Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM)
Dr. Rosenfeld serves as the Chief Academic Officer for St. Luke's University Health Network. In this role, he manages 12 residency, six fellowship and three allied health programs. His vision and leadership were instrumental in the formation of the regional medical school campus of Temple / St. Luke's.
Dr. Rosenfeld is board certified in general and vascular surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
Dean's Staff
Kathleen Dave, PhD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Assistant Professor, Neurology, LKSOM
Jim Anasti, MD
Director of Student Activities
Clinical Professor OB/GYN
Megan Augustine, MEd
Director, Network Simulation Center
Doreen Tartell
Curriculum & Admissions Coordinator
Melissa Ripper
Administrative Assistant
Ana Ruela
Department Secretary
Akaash Kumar
"To say I was looking forward to medical school would be an understatement, yet I could tell from day one that the faculty and staff were just as excited and proud to have us join them at Temple / St. Luke's. I couldn't have found a better fit."
– Akaash Kumar, Class of 2015


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One of the passages God has been speaking through to me lately has been Numbers 13. For context, this is the account of the spies of Israel being sent into the Promised Land. If you recall the story, you remember that this was the point where Moses selected leaders from each of the 12 tribes to scout out the land of Canaan. Canaan was part of the inheritance; the land God said He would give to Israel. Each of these leaders were men we assume Moses selected because of their maturity and depth of faith and devotion to God. These men were the best of the best and chosen because they were dependable, reliable, and would do the job well. This journey into Canaan would be their opportunity to scout out the land and determine how Israel would go about taking it.
In closing today's entry, I will mention once again that what I write and share are the thoughts and feelings already going on within me. I've been wrestling lately with the idea of taking the land. God has shown me some things and has burdened my heart for certain opportunities. But I know they are big and appear as giants. How can they be conquered? How can I not feel like the 10 spies who dug in their heels and said "nope, not gonna do it"? If your spirit resonates with this topic, how can we pray for each other? I would love to do that and start the process of accountability. Through that, we can stop letting fear and lies hold us back from stepping into our God-ordained promise. The land is there and I believe if God has called us to it, it's ours for the taking. Let's go!


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Constraining the cogenesis of visible and dark matter with AMS-02 and Xenon-100
Kohri, K and Sahu, Narendra (2013) Constraining the cogenesis of visible and dark matter with AMS-02 and Xenon-100. Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 88 (10). ISSN 1550-7998Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)
We study a nonthermal scenario in a two-Higgs doublet extension of the standard model (SM), augmented by a U(1)B-L gauge symmetry. In this setup, it is shown that the decay product of a weakly coupled scalar field just above the electroweak scale can generate visible and dark matter (DM) simultaneously. DM is unstable because of the broken B-L symmetry. The lifetime of DM (≈5×1025 sec) is found to be much longer than the age of the Universe, and its decay to the SM leptons at the present epoch can explain the positron excess observed at the AMS-02. The relic abundance and the direct detection constraint from Xenon-100 can rule out a large parameter space, just leaving the B-L breaking scale around ≈2-4 TeV.
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the nature of penal justice, may possess its weight in the Divine councils. Virtue perhaps is the greatest of all ends. In human beings, relative virtues form a large part of the whole. Now relative virtue presupposes, not only the existence of evil, without which it could have no object, no material to work upon, but that evils be, apparently at least, misfortunes; that is, the effects of apparent chance. It may be in pursuance, therefore, and in furtherance of the same scheme of probation, that the evils of life are made so to present themselves. I have already observed, that, when we let in religious considerations, we often let in light upon the difficulties of nature. So in the fact now to be accounted for, the degree of happiness, which we usually enjoy in this life, may be better suited to a state of trial and probation, than a greater degree would be. The truth is, we are rather too much delighted with the world, than too little. Imperfect, broken, and precarious as our pleasures are, they are more than sufficient to attach us to the eager pursuit of them. A regard to a future state can hardly keep its place as it is. If we were designed therefore to be influenced by that regard, might not a more indulgent system, a higher, or more uninterrupted state of gratification, have interfered with the design? At least it seems expedient, that mankind should be susceptible of this influence, when presented to them: that the condition of the , world should not be such, as to exclude its operation, or even to weaken it more than it does. In a religious view (however we may complain of them in very other) privation, disappointment, and satiety, are not without the most salutary tendencies.
IN all cases, wherein the mind feels itself in danger of being confounded by variety, it is sure to rest upon a few strong points, or perhaps upon a single instance. Amongst a multitude of proofs, it is one that does the business. If we observe in any argument, that hardly two minds fix upon the same instance, the diversity of choice shows the strength of the argument, because it shows the number and competition of the examples. There is no subject in which the tendency to dwell upon select or single topics is so usual
because there is no subject, of which, in its full extent, the latitude is so great, as that of natural history applied to the proof of an intelligent Creator. For my part, I take my stand in human anatomy: and the examples' of mechanism I should be apt to draw out from the copious catalogue, which it supplies, are the pivot upon which the head turns, the ligament within the socket of the hip-joint, the pulley or trochlear muscles of the eye, the epiglottis, the bandages which tie down the tendons of the wrist and instep, the slit or perforated muscles at the hands and feet, the knitting of the intestines to the mesentery, the course of the chyle into the blood, and the constitution of the sexes as extended throughout the whole of the animal creation. To these instances, the reader's memory will go back, as they are severally set forth in their places ; there is not one of the number which I do not think decisive; not one which is not strictly mechanical; nor have I read or heard of any solution of these appearances, which, in the smallest degree, shakes the conclusion that we build upon them. But, of the greatest part of those, who, either in this book or any other, read arguments to prove the existence of a God, it will be said, that they leave off only where
they began; that they were never ignorant of this great truth, never doubted of it; that it does not therefore appear, what is gained by researches from which no new opinion is learnt, and upon the subject of which no proofs were wanted. Now I answer that, by investigation, the following points are always gained, in favour of doctrines even the most generally acknowledged, (supposing them to be true), viz. stability and impression. Occasions will arise to try the firmness of our most habitual opinions. And upon these occasions, it is a matter of incalculable use to feel our foundation; to find a support in argument for what we had taken up upon authority. In the present case, the arguments upon which the conclusion rests, are exactly such, as a truth of universal concern ought to rest upon. " They are sufficiently open to the views and capacities of the unlearned, at the same time that they acquire new strength and lustre from the discoveries of the learned." If they had been altogether abstruse and recondite, they would not have found their way to the understandings of the mass of mankind; if they had been merely popular, they might have wanted solidity. But, secondly, what is gained by research in the stability of our conclusion, is also gained from it in impression. Physicians tell us, that there is a great deal of difference between taking a medicine, and the medicine getting into the constitution. A difference not unlike which, obtains with respect to those great moral propositions, which ought to form the directing principles of human conduct. It is one thing to assent to a proposition of this sort; another, and a very different thing, to have properly imbibed its influence. I take the case to be this: perhaps almost every man living has a particular train of thought, into which his mind glides and falls, when at leisure from the impressions and ideas that occasionally excite it; perhaps, also, the train of thought here spoken of, more than any other thing, determines the character. It is of the utmost consequence, therefore, that this property of our constitution be well regulated. Now it is by frequent or continued meditation upon a subject, by placing a subject in different - points of view, by induction of particulars, by variety of examples, by applying principles to the solution of phaenomena, by dwelling upon proofs and consequences, that mental exercise is drawn into any particular channel. It is by these means, at least, that we have any power over it. The train of


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Catchy isn't it?
Meet Louie Christie. He's a family-friendly, street theatre performer.
Louie Christie wows audiences with juggling, mime, clowning, and generally messing about.
He is also working on his latest and greatest trick: The Skateboard of Doom.
Louie Christie performs at:
- The world famous, family-friendly tourist attraction, London's Covent Garden Piazza
- Around the world
- and…
- Once a year at his friend Lizzie's summer BBQ / wedding
Louie also teaches circus skills.
But not the skateboard of doom, it's too flipping dangerous.
Louie Christie has trained under the instruction of world famous street performer (and brother) Andy Christie at City Lit, a stone's throw from the world famous Covent Garden Piazza.
Louie Christie has also trained in acrobatics at the world famous 'Circus Space' National Centre for Circus Arts.
Evening classes, not the three year degree.
That would require doing stretches and stuff.
Louie has also trained at the world famous Gosport Village Church Hall.
Louie Christie has performed at Covent Garden Piazza exactly three times:
The first time was in a wet January audition. He passed. But his brother was one of the judges. The judge/brother said:
'You've got to start somewhere.'
'If you can't be crap on the street, where can you be crap?'
The second time, Louie fell off the skateboard of doom and bruised his bum cheek.
The third time Louie was on a date with a woman at Roadhouse Nightclub.
After, he decided to try and impress the woman, by juggling for her at nearby Covent Garden Piazza.
But a homeless guy interrupted the show.
The rough sleeper politely asked to keep the noise down.
And stop juggling in his bedroom.
Surprisingly, the woman found the date funny, and she and Louie just celebrated their anniversary.
^ Never press the red button kids
^^ Don't say I didn't warn you
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1. Good shearing run - after a 3-week holdup of rain in late October, I had a straight run through in which I didn't get rained off again until after Christmas. This is unusually good.
2. The house is warm - it's only in the last week or so that I've started wearing anything more than a singlet in the house. Compared with every other house I've lived in, feeling warm all the time is really noticeable. This probably improved my view of all temperatures because the percentage of time I've spent feeling cold is relatively small.
3. Spending New Year in Sydney. I'm told the New Year period was foul in New Zealand, almost all the festivals got cancelled as a southerly storm wiped out summer for a few days. In Sydney it was 22+ every day, sunny with a light breeze. What can I say? TIMING.
4. Dr Wheel's return. Made everything seem sunnier.
So yeah, the rest of the country is probably right and the summer was probably crap, but for me it was still one of the summeriest summers I recall since moving here. I can't wait for a really nice one!
For the pagany-leaning among us that means Samhain is just around the corner. Personally, I don't buy the 'thinning of the veil' business - to me it's kind of "What veil? Isn't it all part of the same universe?" But I do like the acknowledgement of the turning of the wheel and that there's a time to be reminded to think of those now gone. I don't usually celebrate the cross-quarters because they don't really mean anything to me and frankly, I base my ancestor-acknowledgement on a feeling that has nothing to do with an arbitrary day.
However, that wasn't what I wanted to talk about. This is. We are now approaching the second winter since the main Christchurch earthquake, and the rebuild still hasn't started. People are still displaced, many houses are sitting empty awaiting repair, the rental market has reduced supply and increased demand, and Gerry Brownlee (Minister of Earthquakes) reckons it should be left to the market to sort out.
What the market is doing is not supplying enough houses. Insurance companies won't insure new builds while earthquakes are still going on (another 4.2 yesterday), and the building industry has not yet recovered from the recession, in which many companies had to lay off staff. We currently have about half the builders we need, and a lot have bailed for overseas. You see, in the same year as the Christchurch earthquakes, 2 other countries had disasters that require rebuilds - Japan had an earthquake and Australia had the Brisbane flooding. Both these countries have more money than us. They are not only sucking up the available builders, they are also sucking up the available materials and driving the prices of stuff up. The result is we have too few builders, the ones that remain have higher overheads, wages have stalled so it's not an attractive proposition for newbs to go into, and we can't train them fast enough anyway.
So what about existing houses then? Well, our house exists. It's an apartment building, fairly typical of one in Wellington. About half of it is rented, the other half owner-occupied. It's insured for a substantial amount, as all apartment buildings are required to be. Since the earthquake, it's been a lot harder to insure buildings that were built before the most recent code change. Our building was inspected prior to all this earthquake kerfuffle and it was found that since the last strenghtening, the code had changed sufficiently that it was no longer up to code and it was listed as earthquake prone, along with about 240 other buildings in Wellington. What this means is that we as owners have to pay for the building to be brought up to code. This has all been budgeted for and was underway prior to the earthquakes. But then there were earthquakes and the insurance companies got very cagey.
Consequently, the insurance on our building has increased by a factor of 4. In monetary terms this equates to approximately $100 a week more for us to pay for our apartment, just for insurance. This may reduce when the strengthening work is done, but that also has to be paid for, which is currently a cost of $50 a week to us for the next 6 years. This may increase because the cost of building materials is going up and builder charges are likely to increase due to demand.
Now, if you're a landlord, these increased costs have to go somewhere. The likely scenario here is that many landlords, who are decent people, are sucking up as much as they can. As owner-occupiers, we have no choice but to suck it all up - but if we were landlords we'd probably increase the rents on our properties to help cover it. After all, we're still paying mortgages and the cost of living is still increasing while our wages stay static as well. So, rents go up and thanks to the combination of a depressed building industry for the last 4 years and the Christchurch earthquakes taking out a bunch of houses, you have increased demand for the available rentals with a reduced supply, which in most markets pushes up the cost.
That, my friends, is Gerry Brownlee's idea of how to fix this. Dunno about you, but this particular market is not going to reach any kind of equilibrium soon, and I'm not sure that poor families living in the alley behind my building is actually fixing anything. It hasn't happened yet but I predict that it will if we continue to rely on the market (which is being artificially unbalanced by a variety of factors) to work without intervention.
By the way, everyone's focused on Christchurch but if I were you I'd be looking at Auckland as the place where this particular crisis will come to a head. They've been quietly having a deepening housing shortage up there for years. Anyone tried to rent up there recently?
Anyway, so if Gerry's Market FixTM isn't going to fix it, then what is? The government is apparently likely to veto anything that looks costly until we're back in the black (and frankly with this lot in I don't see that happening any time soon).
Where does that leave us? Well from what I can see (and I have spent a reasonable amount of time reading up about this for my work), all predcitions are that the rebuild is likely to get underway in mid-to-late 2012. It's likely to have a snowball effect in terms of improving employment prospects for labour while increasing the supply of houses and improving the incomes of builders so they can employ more staff and build more houses, and so on and so forth. However, that's several months away before it even gets started, and in the meantime it seems all we can do is cross our fingers and hope. Hope that those people currently in crisis can find somewhere to live, hope that this winter is reasonably mild, hope that there's not another disaster in a rich country that will drive the price of materials up, hope that the government's tertiary education strategy doesn't kill off industry training and force our builders to be trained in classrooms so all the new houses fall down in 5 years' time.
I would expect better than 'hit and hope' from a government that claims to be steering us to a Brighter Future, just saying.
So yeah. I'm not sure that blaming the landlords is really helpful in this situation. I'm sure there are some people who are taking advantage of the situation for their own gain, but I'm equally sure that the majority of them are people who don't even live in New Zealand, you know? The things that are influencing this are not happening at an individual level, and Mr Brownlee, we are not acting with perfect information and I don't think you can really call us rational actors, not when one person's benefit is another million in their pocket against the other person who just doesn't want to freeze to death - especially when the constraints on the latter reduce their choices to zero.
And I can't help but wonder why the government could afford $1.775 billion to bail out South Canterbury Finance and $500million for the Rugby World Cup, but doesn't seem to be able to stump up some cash to subsidise rent/insurance/training/materials costs until the building industry gets enough momentum to sustain the growth it needs to fix this.
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Without knowing it, many people develop something akin to a split personality when it comes to buying a home. In the beginning, as they pursue their ideal Herndon house, they automatically assume an unabashedly active role. Nobody has to tell them that they're the boss in the process—since they are the customer, they correctly expect to be in total command of the house hunting process. They develop their unique wish list and ultimately decide which property best satisfies it.
But then a split can develop. The active, in-charge commander often does an about-face when it comes to the nuts and bolts of the next step: securing the lowest Herndon mortgage rate. Upon entering the realm of what seems to be a monolithic and largely inscrutable home loan industry, the formerly active, energetic house hunter turns passive, hoping for approval with fingers crossed.
To some degree, that's not an unreasonable stance, since home loan terms are based on hard numbers already set in stone: income and expense records, payment histories, and credit score numbers. But in truth, the best way to secure the lowest mortgage rate for a new Herndon home loan is to start early and actively to create the scenario you're hoping for. Here are six ways to make it happen:
1. First, as soon as possible and well before any house hunting begins, check for errors in your credit report. They can and should be corrected, but since the process can take months, here's where being proactive early pays off.
2. Stay on top of those credit accounts. Continue to use credit cards, but keep the balances below 30% of their maximum (better yet: below 20%).
3. As you approach application time, keep your documents and reports up-to-date. Quick responses to document requests speed the process, and having everything at hand makes your part of the work much easier.
4. Watch the market. Rates change frequently, and keeping an eye on their movement from week to week will build your confidence in being able to recognize an opportune moment to tap the lowest mortgage rates.
5. Be wary of loans advertised as "no-cost." The Brooklyn Bridge is not for sale, either: loans cost something to develop, and those costs will always be paid by the borrower. The bottom line lowest mortgage rates are best represented by the APR percentage, which summarizes the total cost, including fees, in a single number.
6. Be prepared to shop. Whether you tap a savvy area mortgage broker for help or go it alone, tracking down the lowest mortgage rates in Herndon is doable. The home loan industry really isn't as monolithic as it might seem.
There shouldn't be a split between actively seeking your dream house—then merely passively hoping for favorable loan terms to come your way. Starting early is one key—and teaming with an experienced real estate professional is the other.
That's right—you guessed it: call me!
Last week's 141st Westminster Dog Show TV ratings may not have gone through the woof—but for "Rumor," the winning German Shepard, it was a wag-tastic finale. It brought to mind one of the foremost issues facing today's Herndon rental homes landlords: Fido or No; Kitty or not. It can be something of a brow-wrinkler.
For sure, no matter what the ultimate decision, the owners of Herndon's rental homes will remain on the upside in the tenant-landlord relationship. As landlords, they are in the happy position of receiving rents from their well-behaved tenants—even as they build equity in their rental properties. But one of the decisions that goes into that picture-perfect arrangement is the one about allowing or restricting pets.
A primary rule for Herndon rental home success is keeping the property rented. Vacancies cause divots in Herndon rental homes' balance sheets—the antithesis of what rental homes ideally produce. And for each turnover, advertising, cleaning, and reconditioning expenses create new expense items. That's where the pets/no pets decision weighs in.
The American Pet Products Association told us in 2012 that 39% of U.S. households owned at least one dog and that 33% owned at least one cat (there's ample evidence that it's the cats who actually own the households, but that's another issue). But now comes evidence that those percentages may be severely underestimated.
In their "Animal House 2017" study dealing with remodeling, the National Association of REALTORS® found that 81% of respondents say that animal-related considerations play a role when "deciding on their next living situation."
Eighty-one percent!!! That's 4 out of 5! If Herndon rental homes even come close to fitting that kind of profile, it means that landlords who choose a "no pets" strategy to protect their properties from all clawing digging, scratching and chewing might be severely limiting their potential renter pool—with bottom line repercussions. Since 89% of respondents with pets say they wouldn't consider giving up their animals due to housing restrictions, that conclusion could be accurate.
Along those lines, the pro-animal sector is ready, willing and able to produce studies and statistics aimed at publicizing the financial benefits for owners of pets-allowed rental homes. Petfinder is one such site: when it tallies rent surcharges and shortened vacancy periods and subtracts average damage and insurance increases, it calculates a net benefit of more than $2,700 per year as a conservative estimate. I don't know how conservative that figure truly is (most of the net is due to pet surcharges), but it could well be true that tenants in pet-friendly digs did remain in place more than twice as long (Petfinder's calculation). Interestingly, it's also noted that extended tenancy did not occur for tenants who kept pets illegally.
If you are thinking about the advantages of acquiring one of Herndon's rental homes— whether it will be pet-friendly or not—now is a particularly good time to take a look at today's available properties. Getting a jump on the spring rush makes sense—so why not give me a call?
Buying a home as a place to live certainly has important financial implications, but they are only part of an equation that has major lifestyle implications. A given house may be a really terrific deal—but if it turns out that you aren't comfortable living there, buying it will probably wind up being a mistake.
When the motivation for an investment in Herndon residential real estate is purely financial, it's a less complicated decision. Taking all factors into account, when a property pencils out as a likely financial winner, it's a matter of weighing it against the risks and rewards of available alternative investments. In one risk-minimizing longer-term strategy, for instance, the risk that a rental property might go vacant is minimized by setting its monthly rental at little more than the cost of maintenance and mortgage payments. The plan is to patiently await the blissful moment when the mortgage is paid off—at which point a substantial net income begins to flow.
In all cases, any real estate investment in Herndon should be part an overall strategy. It's likely to represent diversification within a mix of other investment vehicles. Equities and bonds don't have the "reality" that a deed conveys, but do have the advantage of being less complicated to buy and manage. To the extent that they can be sold more quickly, they are rightly thought of as being more liquid...which brings up the point, here.
Knowing when you can cash out to free equity for other purposes is a positive, for sure—but there are liquidity options for Herndon real estate investments, too:
As Investopedia's Robert Stammers writes, "increasing concerns about the future long-term variability of stock and bond returns" explains why a tactical investment in real estate "is known for its ability to serve as a portfolio diversifier and inflation hedge."
Knowing how an investment in Herndon real estate would figure into your own long-term plan requires knowing what all the options are—and the easily overlooked liquidity dimension of a real estate investment is one of those. Give me a call if you are interested in sharing an overview of some of the best opportunities now on the market!
When I see a feature with a title like X Ways to Make Your Kitchen Feel Bigger, I'm someone who's unlikely to pass it up. Making any Herndon kitchen feel bigger would be a definite plus for any Herndon home sale. On the scale of honorable pursuits, it would be right there next to cleanliness.
Increasingly, today's Herndon homebuyers think of the kitchen as a (and possibly the) center of family entertaining—the center of gravity where everyone hangs out more than anywhere else. It's true that if another room features a giant TV entertainment center, that might be serious competition for the family's attention. But although it might be a place that will occupy goodly chunks of everyone's time, it's in the kitchen where family members wind up interacting the most and which gets the most scrutiny when it comes to a home sale.
There's no debate that in today's Herndon market, a claustrophobic kitchen can retard an otherwise appealing home's sale. Yet actually hiring an architect, contractor, pulling permits, etc. to physically expand a kitchen is a major undertaking that runs the risk of costing more than it returns. So finding ways to make your Herndon kitchen feel bigger without blowing out walls and tearing up the property for months on end, well—that's definitely worth looking into.
To cut to the chase, most of the Feel Bigger Ways aren't magical: they turn out to be design ideas that maximize storage efficiency. To achieve positive Herndon home sale results, the idea is to systematically substitute suffocating kitchen clutter with eye-pleasing open space.
One clear tactic is to make the most of any existing kitchen island. The space beneath is ideal for "smart" storage solutions. Googling smart storage yields 1,000,000+ results (not to mention the ads), comprising a ready-made resource for maxing out the cubic feet that are ready to use right there in the center of the kitchen.
On the opposing side of the "feel bigger" agenda is the suggestion to abandon one of Herndon's most popular design ideas of bygone eras: the overhead cupboard. In most layouts, those utilitarian storage solutions assail kitchen occupants' sight lines exactly where it will do the most harm. When you remove those overheads, a whole lot of claustrophobia goes with them. Unfortunately, a good deal of storage space goes with them as well.
That brings up two other tried-and-true alternatives. First, placing shelving on unused wall space can solve some of the storage dilemma—most pleasingly, when it's some variety of open shelving. Kitchen design publications are filled with examples of appealing open and glass-windowed shelving.
Second is what could be the most useful, least expensive, and most easily adopted insight for making your Herndon kitchen feel bigger: just get rid of excess kitchen stuff! It's simple but true. Removing unused utensils, pots, pans and kitchenware can work miracles. For the gourmet-pleasing cooks who can't get by without a lot of exotic cookery aids, the solution is an off-site storage space in the garage or a dedicated closet. The minor inconvenience will be worth it if a quicker home sale results—besides, the extra going back and forth is healthy exercise, right?
If you are planning to list your Herndon home, a good place to start is with a no-obligation consultation about your home and today's Herndon real estate market. Call me!
When even severely draught-ridden California neighborhoods are having trouble coming up for air, you know that 2017 is turning out to be one of those winters. Punxsutawney Phil only confirmed what we already knew: until the bulbs start pushing their way upward, we're likely to have more wind-blown stormy days than usual. When it comes to Herndon showings, some strategic thinking can be in order.
Herndon showings are always at their best when the wind is gentle, the clouds are white, puffy, off in the distance instead of blocking the sun—and the ground is agreeably soil-like rather than squishy. February is the season when prospective buyers are few, but Herndon home sellers should also remember that they tend to be more focused and determined than at other times of the year. They are more likely to persist through stretches of inclement weather. But even though you may be painfully aware that the property isn't at its glamorous best, keep in mind that showings of your competitors are subject to the same meteorological handicap. IOW, don't give up—you can cope!
Here are a few tips culled from various real estate musings on the subject of showings in foul weather. They start with some fair-weather activity:
Herndon showings when it's nasty outside can seem to be a fool's errand—but experience teaches that it's not necessarily so. I will always sound out potential buyers about whether they would rather postpone a showing on a difficult day. When they decide that they really want to proceed despite uncomfortable weather, that is, after all, a very good sign. In fair or foul weather, I hope you won't wait for the sun to shine to give me a call!
Owning your own Herndon home is, for most of us, a goal that's been with us so long we don't even question it. In addition to the economic advantages that come with Herndon real estate ownership, there are, for most, a host of corresponding emotional benefits—the sense of security and "belonging" within the community are just two.
So it should be no surprise that the real estate industry is bound to be at least somewhat affected by changes in the public's emotional outlook. After all, when people start feeling good about the country and their own circumstances (they're "optimistic"), they'll be more likely to see the future in a positive light. More businesses will be started; more couples will decide it's time to grow the family—and in Herndon real estate terms, more homes will be bought and sold.
Last week, Herndon real estate observers didn't have to look hard to find a number of optimism-signaling items in the media. If local sentiment is in line with what was being reported nationally, it has to boost confidence in the commercial outlook for both Virginia and Herndon. For real estate matters in particular, optimism ruled.
The first wave arrived on Tuesday when Fannie Mae published its prognosis on "housing attitudes." The quasi-governmental entity reported an abrupt turnaround in their Home Purchase Sentiment Index. This is the comprehensive sampling that measure various consumer sentiment on six components related to residential real estate. Most notable (actually, sort of astonishing!) was the component that measures consumers' optimism regarding their own personal financial prospects and the economy. It registered the highest level in the history of the Index.
The percentage of those who say they feel now is a good time to sell a home rose, as did those who reported higher income in their own households. And the number of those who also believe home prices will rise in the coming year grew by 7%—which could explain why potential buyers might be increasingly eager to buy sooner rather than later.
The following day, RealtorMag® quoted a 1,000-consumer survey which confirmed that conclusion. It tracked those who "consider homeownership as a priority" and are considering buying a home in 2017. Undaunted by rising real estate prices, consumers are saying that they are more willing to sacrifice other priorities to save for a down payment. USA Today listed some of those "other priorities" as saving for emergencies or retirement—clearly signaling an increase in positive outlooks.
Some people grumble that roses have thorns; others are delighted that thorns have roses. When public sentiment begins to see more roses than thorns, Herndon real estate is bound to be among the biggest beneficiaries. If you are thinking of taking advantage of what looks like a breakout spring selling season, why not give me a call?
When you first contemplate packing and moving to or from Herndon, it's advisable to take a deep breath first, then close your eyes and mentally recall the best, most positive moments from past moves.
Okay, if there aren't any of those, try thinking of some bracing truism like "This too shall pass" or "The night is darkest just before the dawn." Realistically, the packing and moving will be over before you know it. Those visions of jackknifed moving vans and your good china strewn across the Interstate...they're NOT going to happen!
Not only that, but you can do some painless preparation for the move, whether or not you decide to go with one of Herndon's professional movers. Here are some reminder do's and don'ts.
Some people do put off hunting for a new Herndon home because of the dreaded packing and moving that goes along with a change of digs. But if your family's lifestyle has outgrown your current residence, most of the trauma of moving can be avoided by a little pre-move organization. I help with more than just buying and selling: my Herndon real estate clients are able to count on my assistance in all aspects of the process, every step of the way!
There are a couple of ways to look at the difference between the way you approach a typical Herndon home sale and the way your real estate agent does. One is positive, the other, less so—but considering both reveals something about the value we REALTORs ® add to the process.
Most Herndon homeowners do decide to enlist the services of an experienced Herndon real estate agent, but sometimes it's only after trying to avoid it. The reason is nearly always because, although the percentage of the standard agent commission is only 5% or 6%, when the sale amount is hundreds of thousands of dollars, it can seem like an awful lot of money for hardly any work at all.
The reality is otherwise—and in fact, since it's a competitive business, those commissions would certainly be lowered here and there if it were commercially feasible to do so. But supporting the ongoing office and networks involved make that unrealistic. And then there is the other factor, which is to make all that background noise as invisible as possible. Part of a good agent's accomplishment is to quietly assume most of the tedious tasks of the buying and selling process so that the client can concentrate on only those issues necessarily theirs to perform. Good agents don't burden their clients with all those details—and certainly don't complain about them! An unfortunate but unavoidable consequence is that the job seems far simpler than it actually is.
And in fact, the principal reason that most buyers and sellers do rely on Herndon real estate agents is because it's the nearly universally accepted common practice. For a transaction as important as buying and selling a home, most people safely assume that it's not prudent to make it a DIY project. Too, since teaming with a REALTOR was probably the path chosen by their parents (and most of their neighbors and friends), there is little impetus to change the method that has succeeded for everyone in the past.
There is another good reason people count on their Herndon real estate agent, as well: it has to do with the perspective we add. When a client is house hunting, the overriding goal is to find the Herndon home that offers the most pleasing combination of features that fits their budget. When an experienced agent is part of the scouting team, another dimension is present: a sounding board for how properties stack up against the wider Herndon market in terms of competitive value. If a home is a perfect fit with a client's gotta-have-it features list—but is nonetheless overpriced—an experienced agent is there to supply that perspective. When the later time comes to sell and reclaim value, that input can prove to have been all-important.
Whether selling or buying, staying abreast of the Herndon market is a key part of making discerning choices. Call me anytime to discuss what's new!
Except for the few chip remnants that will dwell down there wedged between sofa cushions until spring cleaning time, the principal residue from most Herndon Super Bowl parties is little more than a jumble of disconnected memories. There was the seemingly endless progression of pregame interviews, clips from past Roman numeralled contests, silly football-themed features, prognostications (somehow seeming to favor Atlanta, even though the serious odds-makers never wavered from their confidence in a Patriots win)—then, finally, the game itself. Well, the beginning of the game, anyway. The actual contest was suspended at length while Gaga was suspended from the rafters. But at long last, once the game resumed, that segment of Herndon's citizenry that wasn't already Super Bowled-out was witness to New England's march into the record books.
At least crestfallen Falcons fans had the consolation of a thrilling season and their quarterback's rise to become the league's Most Valuable Player. They'd also been witness to a memorable event in sports history. One thing is for certain: New England sewed up its place at the top of the pro pigskin record charts—and it's likely to be a long time before they're dislodged.
Meantime, the non-Super Bowl-fixated portion of the world hummed along as it does on any Sunday. In our Herndon real estate world, not a lot of home-showing activity was going on—but it was against a background of some mortgage rate news that was the exact opposite of what was going on inside NRG Stadium. The expected wasn't happening as predicted. The mortgage rate favorite was a no-show. The week's mortgage rate outcome was a surprise. Those mortgage rates that are supposed to gradually rise this year? They didn't.
As CNN Money headlined, "Mortgage rates kick off new year with a drop." It was the first downturn in 30-year fixed rates since the presidential election. Freddie Mac said that the average rate fell from 4.32% to 4.2%. "Here's some good news to start the new year," they said; "mortgages are a little cheaper."
As everyone knows, when Herndon mortgage rates fall, it's good news for Herndon buyers and sellers. For homeowners looking to join the Herndon listings, it means encouragement for their prospective buyers, because it offsets increases in asking prices. And in fact, Herndon's real estate scene continues to be most favorable. Monthly mortgage payment numbers are still suspended at near-historical lows (unlike Lady Gaga, whose suspension was way up there).
The Super Bowl parties may be over for a while, but at least until March Madness fires up, Herndon house-hunters can now make the most of it. Whether you'll be looking to list or to do some serious house-hunting, give me a call—the Herndon real estate playing field is clear of distractions!
We all know what shaggy dog stories are. They're the jokes that go on and on and then peter out without much of a punchline. I think I found a scientific study about real estate that fits that description—but you can decide for yourself.
We remember that true "science" is only possible when a theory can be experimentally tested and then repeated by others. Since Herndon real estate's market conditions are always in flux, controlled laboratory conditions don't exist. The result is that marketing residential real estate here in Herndon is rightly classified as at least as much art as science.
Since that's the case, whenever serious study is aimed at the field of real estate sales, it deserves consideration. Such was the case a while back when a professor at George Washington University published an "econometric" study about real estate transactions. It dealt with "The Effects of Pictures and Virtual Tours on Home Sales."
Since it involved some heavy-duty mathematical analyses, a little introductory history might be in order. It wasn't that long ago that Herndon "listings" meant Xeroxed pages quaintly carried around in Herndon agents' 3-ring folders. Some of those pages may still survive in a museum someplace, but they went bye-bye as soon as online real estate sites gained access to the digital listing information. It took a while longer before the web was fast enough to regularly include pictures and videos as a matter of course, but by now we all know that Herndon listings almost always feature lots of pictures, sometimes a video, and sometimes both.
So when the GWU study promised to add insight into how those visual elements are influencing home sales, it attracted more than just academic attention. For those preparing their Herndon homes to go on the market, for instance, it would seem to be worth looking into. The paper is 32 pages in length, with six tables using things like the White Heteroskedasticity- Consistent Method to calculate the covariances. True, I didn't spend a lot of time examining the columns of numbers, but I'm glad they are all there in the tables (along with the 24 References naming the economic journals cited).
So here's the punchline—what the Conclusions section tells us about the effects of pictures and virtual tours on home sales:
They help.
To quote the findings precisely, they "suggest that pictures and virtual tours both increase the expected transaction price and decrease the average time on the market..."
When you get ready to list your Herndon home, I hope you'll give me a call. One thing is for sure: we'll make sure your listing includes terrific-looking visuals—the kind that don't need calculated covariances to pull in the prospects!
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The patron saint of musicians is being honoured as part of a forthcoming season of concerts at Norwich Theatre Royal.
A beautiful version of the Ode To St Cecilia is performed by one of the world's leading period instrument orchestras this winter in just one of the highlights of the theatre's thriving classical music programme.
The saint is first mentioned in a medieval collection of stories of early Christian martyrs who met particularly nasty deaths and she became the patron saint of music in the fifteenth century.
Her feast day on November 22 is thought to have acted as the inspiration for composers to hit their creative heights and one of these is Handel who wrote his own piece in her honour. The piece is thought to have been a favourite of Handel's as he re-used sections of it in other works, and it is also much loved for its overture and instrumental slots.
In keeping with the feast day, the piece is being performed at Norwich Theatre Royal on November 25 as close to her martyrdom as possible as part of a programme which will also feature an ode to her by Purcell, plus a hymn to her inspired by WH Auden and composed by Benjamin Britten, who was himself born on St Cecilia's Day in Lowestoft.
Bringing all three pieces to life will be The King's Consort (above), one of the world's leading period instrument orchestras.
Founded in 1980 by Robert King who will conduct the concert, they have toured five continents appearing across Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, the Far East, and North and South America.
For more than three decades, they have presented a wide-ranging repertoire from 1550 to the present day which has taken them to a host of concert halls. This includes a number of appearances at the Proms, performances of Bach's Mass in B Minor, the St Matthew Passion and Mendelssohn's Elijah across Britain and Europe, and even staging operas at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris and across Britain, Europe and Japan.
Before their arrival, there is an autumn appearance for the Russian State Symphony Orchestra (above) on October 7. One of the country's oldest symphonic ensembles, they made their debut on October 5, 1936, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and were particularly known for their former iconic leader Evgeny Svetlanov who was the face of the orchestra from the mid-Sixties to 2000. As well as performing worldwide and releasing hundreds of CDs, they have also recently focused on working more with young composers.
Their programme in Norwich will see them showcasing some of the classic works of the Soviet and pre-Soviet era including Tchaikovsky's intensely moving Swan Lake, Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 1, and Shostakovich's Symphony No 5. Conducted by Valentin Urupin, they will be joined by violin soloist Chloe Hanslip who was named Young British Classical Performer of the Year at the 2003 Classical Brits and has graced many of the world's top stages including London's Wigmore Hall, Vienna Musikverein and the Carnegie Hall.
Meanwhile the Czech National Symphony Orchestra rounds out its 25th year with a return visit on December 2 for an afternoon concert. Known for its versatility and broad programme, Norwich audiences can enjoy a taste of this with a pre-Christmas performance of work which aims to appeal both to those who love classical music and those new to it.
You will be able to enjoy the likes of Dvorak's Carnival Overture, the pomp and excitement of the Thunder and Lightning Polka by Strauss, and the iconic Nimrod by Elgar among a programme which also features pieces by Bruch, Smetana, Tchaikovsky and Debussy.
Joining them will be the energetic and versatile violinist Jennifer Pike. At the age of 12, she shot to prominence as the youngest winner of the BBC's Young Musician of the Year before making her Proms debut just three years later. Jennifer has worked worldwide with some of the globe's most respected conductors and is a great lover of all styles of music from baroque to the present day, as well as being an ambassador for young people working with the Prince's Trust.
Norwich Theatre Royal's classical programme continues on into 2019 too with the first two concerts already confirmed.
Sunday 17 March will see the Flanders Symphony Orchestra join forces with the Bonn Beethoven Competition winner Felippo Gorini to perform Beethoven's third piano concerto which was the only one to be written in a minor key. The programme will also feature Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3 which was inspired by his trip to Scotland and Puccini's elegiac Chrysanthemums which he wrote following the death of the Duke of Savoy.
Looking further ahead, Sunday 19 May sees the Russian Philharmonic of Novosibirsk live on stage for a programme which includes Mussorgsky's colourful and vibrant Pictures At An Exhibition and Tchaikovsky's dramatic and always popular Piano Concerto No 1.
The orchestra itself is based in the Siberian city which is known as a place rich in culture with a strong international reputation for the quality for its work and performance. Set up in 1956, the musicians are highlighted by critics and audiences as being part of one of Russia's finest orchestras.
Stephen Crocker, Norwich Theatre Royal chief executive, said: "Norwich can already boast a buoyant collection of classical music concerts, and both the city and county benefit from a large and active amateur music-making community.
"We are ideally placed to add additional vibrancy by programming larger scale works on the stage at Theatre Royal and our first three concerts have been enjoyed by over 3000 people.
"Spurred on by the success of these concerts to date, it is also a great pleasure to welcome some more highly regarded international orchestras, artists and soloists in the months ahead."
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