Integrated Asset Services®, LLC (IAS®) (www.iasreo.com), a leader in default management and residential collateral valuation, this month celebrated the first anniversary of its IAS360 House Price Index (http://www.iasreo.com/ias360_update.html). The IAS360 HPI remains the only index to track U.S. housing trends at a county level. The index tracks monthly change in the median sales price […]
New York State Senate Mired in Chaos
A coup in the New York state Senate results in finger pointing and a potential lockout, and calls to mind previous instances of Senate shenanigans. Smith Holds the Keys Following a coup that has tentatively left Republicans in charge of the New York state Senate, the new majority could now face being "locked out" of […]
Unlocking the Talent of a Musical Savant
Nicknamed the “human iPod,” pianist Derek Paravicini is wowing audiences with his extraordinary repertoire of thousands of songs he can play entirely by memory. A Musical Gift Derek Paravicini has a rare musical gift called absolute pitch. If someone plays a chord with ten notes in it, he can decipher each one individually, when most […]
“Picture Me” Sheds Light on the Dark Side of the Modeling World
American model Sara Ziff spent five years filming “Picture Me,” a documentary about the underbelly of the modeling world and the damage it can do to its young participants. From Film Project to Pioneering Exposé Sara Ziff began modeling at 14, before she had even reached puberty. But that didn’t stop the photographers she […]
Alhurra Bleeding Viewers, Poll Finds, But Spending is Up
by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica Results from the largest public opinion poll in the Arab world indicate that Alhurra [1], the U.S.-funded Arab satellite station that has cost U.S. taxpayers more than half a billion dollars, is the least-watched station in the region and is losing viewers. The annual poll [2], by the University of Maryland […]
Pakistan: A Humanitarian Crisis
Pakistan has been hit by a severe humanitarian crisis as a result of the military onslaught against the Taliban insurgency. The valley of Swat is in Pakistan’s Malakand division, a beautiful valley often dubbed as another heaven on planet earth. It used to be a prominent tourist resort before it was struck by militancy and […]
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