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While we're on the real estate kick

Amerivision Mortgage Corporation (see here and here ) has published some "Buyer Don'ts" for people who are close to closing on a home. Excerpts: It may be tempting to order that new sofa for your soon-to-be living room, but its best to avoid making major purchases like furniture, cars, appliances, electronic equipment, jewelry, or vacations until after the closing. Financing that furniture with a store credit card or even one of your own credit cards could jeopardize your credit worthiness during the time it means the most.... Generally, changing jobs will not affect your ability to qualify for a mortgage loan - especially if you are going to be making more money. But for some people, getting a new job during the loan approval process could raise some concern and affect your application.... [from] Amerivision Mortgage Corp 2990 Inland Empire Blvd Ste 120 Ontario, CA 91764 Phone: 909-481-2833 Fax: 909-481-0442 Favorite U.S. president - Third favorite Finnish figure skat...

Kiira Korpi search surge

And it's understandable - she placed third in the 2007 European Figure Skating Championships . But you already knew that. YouTube video here . Favorite U.S. president - Third favorite Finnish figure skater

The Caliphate, or why Adam Smith and Karl Marx were wrong

Followup . A bit more on the political theory of the Caliphate: Hizb ut-Tahrir says that Muslims should abolish national boundaries within the Islamic world and return to a single Islamic state, known as "the Caliphate," that would stretch from Indonesia to Morocco and contain more than 1.5 billion people. It's a simple and seductive idea that analysts believe may someday allow the group to rival existing Islamic movements, topple the rulers of Middle Eastern nations, and undermine those seeking to reconcile democracy and Islam and build bridges between East and West.... "The Caliphate is a rallying point between the radicals and the more moderate Islamists," says Stephen Ulph, a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation. "The idea of a government based on the Caliphate has a historical pedigree and Islamic legitimacy that Western systems of government by their very nature do not have." But unlike Al Qaeda, Hizb ut-Tahrir believes it can recreate the ...