Headshots Photography in New York – recommmendations?

A friend of mine wants to try some corporate modeling – she works for the agency. I am going to need a portfolio! I’ve read on various forums (for actors and models) that this portfolio would be your playing card. It has to be done really well and professionally. I was recommended one headshot photographer – David Martin in Chelsea.
His portfolio on the website looks really sleek with nice colors – actors, celebrities but his prices seem to be very reasonable – $250 for a basic headshot session.
Has anybody worked with him before?
Any recommendation what else I need for the basic portfolio?

Jobless Rate is scary – NYC

The nation’s unemployment rate rose to a higher-than-expected 7.6 percent in January as businesses shed 598,000 jobs.
Wonder what are the numbers in New York area.
Budget officials assume the city will have shed 294,000 jobs from mid-2008 through 2010, the highest official estimate by government officials yet, including 46,000 in financial industries.
Bloomberg has proposed cutting the city budget by about $1 billion and raising its sales tax to help close a $4 billion shortfall for the fiscal year that begins on July 1.
Via NYPOST

I can legally live and work in USA now! libertad! :-)

YEAH!!!!!!!After struggling for almost 15 years!!! Last year my parents thought about going back to Mexico!
God Bless America!
It’s a big thing for us.   We all can legally live and work in USA now! Hopefully one day we’ll become US citizens and settle here for good.

Our lawyer Dan Panitz did a tremendous job!. If you ever need immigration lawyer (abogado de inmigración) or have legal questions.

here is his info -

Panitz & Associates(habla en español)
40 Wall Street, 28th Floor
New York, NY 10005
(212) 400-7234 Main
web:www.lawgroup1.com
blog:Immigration Law Forum

email: danpanitz@yahoo.com

Homes Facing Foreclosure Jump 57% in January

The number of homes facing foreclosure jumped 57% in January compared to a year ago, with lenders increasingly forced to take possession of homes they couldn’t unload at auctions, a mortgage research firm said Monday.

Nationwide, some 233,001 homes received at least one notice from lenders last month related to overdue payments, compared with 148,425 a year earlier, according to Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac Inc. Nearly half of the total involved first-time default notices.

The worsening situation came despite ongoing efforts by lenders to help borrowers manage their payments by modifying loan terms, working out long-term repayment plans and other actions.

“You have more people going into default and a higher percentage of the properties going back to the banks,” said Rick Sharga, RealtyTrac’s vice president of marketing.

I  signed up with Realtytrac for 7 day free membership that allows you to search for foreclosures in your area. Doesn’t cost you anything for 7 day but you can get an idea. Home Bargains! Sign up for your Free 7-day trial at
RealtyTrac.

How to find a lawyer in New York?

Here is a site where you can find a lawyer that speaks your native language(da! oui!) an search by law practice area – lawfirmsofnewyork.com. This website seems to be for New York area only.

Foreclosures on the rise in New York area! Queens, Long Island, Brooklyn!

I just checked foreclosures in Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island and its insane!  We’ve been looking for a house for past 3 years and I am hoping to find a home next year before summer. Sick and tired of helping my landloard. I was suprised on how many houses are there – Suffolk – Nothport, Nassau – Port Washington ,Great Neck, Sea Cliff! I just signed up with Realtytrac for 7 day free membership that allows you to search for foreclosures in your area. Doesn’t cost you anything for 7 day but you can get an idea. Home Bargains! Sign up for your Free 7-day trial at
RealtyTrac.

Foreclosures on the Rise. What’s next?

Banks are posting billions in losses, Feds lowered the rate – but who cares, nobody is buying anyway. Our country is using foreign money not to go into government foreclosure and keep economy somewhat a float(would’ve been a recession 5 years back). Prices and affordability went so out of hand so it sounds more like they try to sell us Bentley as an everyday car with ridiculous 10% discount!!  The word foreclosure returns 3,880,000 searches in google.  Wanna buy your neighbor’s castle(which was probably financed with ARM!) check out wiseforeclosures.com for listings in your area.

Get a nice gift for your boss that will be remembered – website of corporate gifts

Get a nice holiday gift for your business associate, manager, partner from corporategiftbag.com. Items are handpicked so you are not going through 10,000 items. Gifts grouped by specialty – gifts for lawyers, gifts for big bosses, gifts for doctors, photography , gadgets.

Holidays are coming!

It is time to say thank you in a form of nice gift that will be remembered not a DVD of “Office Space” .

New Trend – Laser Tattoo Removal

Yeah it happens. You know .. you get your boyfriend’s name on your shoulder or tribal tattoo from spring break.. and then you become a mom or get a new boyfriend or husband and that tattoo is no longer appropriate. You wish you could peeled it off…

Now you can remove it with laser tattoo removal – check out this website to find a specialist – forgetink.com

Great article on simple tricks to push your ranking with google and other search engines

DomainFlipper has another great article on how a simple mistake in web design / SEO forced the company to use a sponsored search and pay for it. read it here http://domainflipper.blogspot.com/2007/10/big-web-design-mistake-learn-lesson.html

I’ve seeen alot of people using jump blank pages (ones that redirect user to Flash or another web page) . People don’t understand what gets picked by search engine I guess.