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Thankful: Channeling Virginia Woolf

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Virginia Woolf would be pleased. My guy, the reason I’m here in North Carolina and the reason I glow. The strong wireless signal connects me to news and information, but more importantly to friends and not-yet-friends, or, channeling Fritz Maytag here, friends in fermentation. photo by flickr: lecates (Andrew).

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Lending updates: Federally backed mortgage rules tighten for condos in vacation areas

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Terrie Suit, board president of Sanctuary at False Cape Condominium Association in Virginia Beach, Va., and CEO of Virginia Realtors, says the 248-unit building was disqualified from Fannie Mae financing in December after the new rules went into effect.

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AMG’s CEO Paul Mengert leads successful legislative battle to protect community association rights

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All of these scenarios became very real probabilities in North Carolina in recent years. In addition, these probabilities were being carefully watched by Community Association Institute (CAI) chapters across the US, because the way North Carolina handled the issue could inspire similar action–and set a precedent–around the nation.

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Amazon’s HQ2: 3 Ripple Effects for Associations

Associations Now

With one of two new Amazon headquarters planned for Northern Virginia, associations in the DC region are likely to see some big shifts in the local market in the coming years. A decision by Virginia Tech to build a billon-dollar Tech Innovation Campus near the new Amazon headquarters reportedly helped the area seal the deal.

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Internet Association Opens Texas Office And Hires State Government Affairs Southern Region Director

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Hines will also cover Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, which include an additional 1,366,000 American internet sector jobs.

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You’ve Got to Read This: January 4, 2011

Reid All About it

I discovered some of Virginia Woolf’s resolutions , thanks to a tweet from Ayse. The Virginia Woolf tweet trail led me to Tracy Seeley sharing the LA Times’ list of the literary resolutions of 37 writers and readers. . I especially like, “to fill my brain with remote books & habits.” What a cool glimpse into her head.

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3 Reasons for Brain Drain—and 3 Possible Solutions

Associations Now

As Bloomberg noted last year , this is particularly problematic in cities with larger urban areas nearby—such as Hanford, California, within shouting distance of both Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, and Danville, Virginia, near the tech hotbed of Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. The solution.