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2007
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Have you ever wondered why people who say "thank you" a lot tend to do rather well?Well Deborah Norville's new book "Thank You Power" might just provide you with the answer.In it she tells us how Robert Emmons, PhD, has essentially proved that gratitude has measurable benefits.A professor at the ...
10/31/2007
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Unfortunately for Florida residents, the legislature was indeed serious with its quite frankly pathetic attempt to fulfill the Governor's promise of property taxes dropping "like a rock"Last night at the 11th hour the House approved a "take it or leave it" proposal from the Senate. The Senate pas...
10/30/2007
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An exciting show awaits on this Sunday when Simon Conway once again takes to the airwaves as he hosts The Home Team Radio Show on 540 wfla in central Florida and available on line across the country at http://www.540wfla.com/ The Home Team airs at Noon Eastern every Sunday.This week we will be di...
10/27/2007
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We all know about how famous Florida has become over the assorted chaotic voting problems. if I ever hear about another Hanging Chad....grrrrrr. Well anyway, Florida seems intent on renewing it's membership of the "laughing stock of the nation" club with the potential for not one, but TWO conflic...
10/27/2007
Do you live in Boston? Perhaps Buffalo, NY? How about Minneapolis or Washington DC? Perhaps even Philadelphia?Why do I name these five cities? Because they have the distinct honor of being the five most expensive places in the country to heat a home during the winter.Now obviously here in Florida...
10/27/2007
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What an incredible opportunity this is. Both the two homes next door sold for $2m Plus - and this is slightly bigger than both of them for less than HALF THE PRICE!So why I hear you ask, is this so cheap? The answer is simple, because although this is truly in "move in" condition wit...
10/27/2007
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The Commerce Department reported today that sales of new homes rose by 4.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 770,000 units. This came against analysts predictions of a DROP of 2.5% so once again, Housing seems to be in far better condition than the media and others are le...
10/25/2007
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A few days ago I blogged about what I referred to as The magic roundabout which talked about the craziness taking place in Tallahassee regarding changes to Florida's property taxes. Today was supposed to be the day of the big vote, but it became clear that there was no way that the Senate would a...
10/25/2007
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So they are at it again in Tallahassee! The House has passed a motion on property tax by a large margin and the Senate votes on it on Thursday. Currently there are indications that it will not pass. And even if it does, once again, confusion reigns supreme! I would love to tell you what it all me...
10/23/2007
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Have you ever wondered why the one parking spot you seek is already filled when you get there? How you never manage to actually get THAT spot no matter how many times you travel to the same place? Well I used to wonder about that too, but then I saw a movie and believe it or not, parking is now n...
10/23/2007
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