The Donovan Carless song, which ends the album - it's a cover of William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful For What You Got, " which especially on the West Coast is sort of this really classic soul and summer anthem, really.

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You've probably got at least another year, maybe, you know, another 18 months of downward pressures on housing prices especially in markets on the coast where you've got these housing prices that have gone up by incredible, unrealistic multiples for several years, double-digit percentage gains in the cost of - or the going rate for a home or for a condo over the last three, four, five years.

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) marked its annual World Maritime Day celebration today with a collective call-to-action to the United Nations, world governments, military forces and even shipowners and crews reminding them that they all play an integral role in helping rid the world of modern-day piracy on the high seas, especially off the coast of Somalia and Indian Ocean.

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On the southern coast, especially in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, close to Peru and a focus of opposition to Mr Mahuad, who is from the highlands, nationalist feelings run high.

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