The US housing bubble was a real estate bubble affecting over half of the U.S. states. Housing prices peaked in early 2006, started to decline in 2006 and 2007, and reached new lows in 2012.
However, for the past several years, home sellers have had the upper hand as they haggled with buyers over price. However, next year it will be a fair fight.
People of many faiths and from various communities will gather together as The Cathedral of St. John the Divine rings in 2018 with the 33rd annual New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace on Sunday, December 31, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 1047 Amsterdam Avenue 112th Street, NYC, NY.
As we approach the end of another year, we make resolutions after taking stock of who we are and how we want to be.
We think about our diets and whether or not we need to exercise more, eat, or drink less alcohol. We wonder if we’re smart, frugal, ambitious enough, whether we've studied or read enough books or donated our time and spent our energies wisely. We question if we’re in the right relationship or the wrong job. We try to imagine how we can better enjoy our quality of life. How can we be the best person we can be.
Marsit Poll http://maristpoll.marist.edu/1220-being-a-better-person-weight-loss-top…
50 New Year's Resolution Ideas And How To Achieve Each Of Them http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/50-new-years-resolution-…
Being a Better Person Tops List of 2017 Resolutions - http://maristpoll.marist.edu/1222-being-a-better-person-tops-list-of-20…
Are you a good person? Morality experts say this is how to find out https://usat.ly/2C6gamL
Winter weather problems from Portland Oregon to Portland Maine are upon us during these final days of 2017, just days after Winter Storms brought Christmas clobbering temperatures to portions of the US. So bundle up and keep down and away from a bitter cold snap which is sticking around like an unwanted holiday houseguests. Bitterly cold temperatures and wind chills are affecting millions.
Reading is fundamental’: Orrin Hatch has been the butt of jokes and is ridiculed for thanking Utah paper that attacked his unquenchable thirst for power. So, Merry Christmas @OrrinHatch, The Salt Lake Tribune had a parting present for being naughty to the US.
The influential Salt Lake City newspaper has closed the hatch on the once powerful politician. Utah Senator Orin Hatch's eggs are not appreciated as much by The Salt Lake Tribune, which gave him a Christmas present much worse than a bag of coal. Thr Utah paper suggests Hatch 'call it a career' in a blistering editorial.
The lyrics to the Christmas Carol O Come All Ye Faithful was written in Latin and intended to be a hymn. The music to O Come All Ye Faithful was composed in the early 1700s. The tune was first published in 1751.
In 1841 Rev. Frederick Oakley is reputed to have worked on the familiar translation of O Come All Ye Faithful which replaced the older Latin lyrics "Adeste Fideles".
Santa Claus is coming to town (Children version) https://youtu.be/PJ2CuKgyNW0
Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town https://youtu.be/iSgEDKjmT5o
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town https://youtu.be/HWv72L4wgCc
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Back on Dec. 24, 1955, according to official accounts, a phone call was made to the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. However, this call was not from the president or a general. It was a young child in Colorado Springs who was following the directions in an advertisement printed in the local paper. The boy wanted to know the whereabouts of Santa Claus.
The ad said “Hey, Kiddies! Call me direct and be sure and dial the correct number.” However, the number was printed incorrectly in the advertisement and rang into the CONAD operations center.
The President signed an infamous GOP tax bill into law, which as it turns out is the only legislative achievement of his first year in office.
In a new Brookings Podcast, economist and tax expert Adam Looney speaks about who wins and who loses under the new tax code. Winners and losers in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act http://brook.gs/2p9GRBA
For a shorter take, listen to Richard Reeves weigh in on why the bill is pure politics, and simply a boon to corporations and the wealthy. Republican tax bill is a boon to the rich http://brook.gs/2p7xRwS
Nazareth is ancient, with the domed Basilica of the Annunciation where the angel Gabriel told Mary she would bear a child. St. Joseph’s Church is said to be the site of Joseph’s carpentry workshop. The underground Synagogue Church is reputedly where Jesus studied and prayed. Nazareth Village, an open-air museum, reconstructs the holy life of Jesus Christ.