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Oscar ratings look to be up between 6 – 10% this year over last, considered a modest success. Twihards are probably taking credit for this.
Anyway, I have a flight out of LA this afternoon. And I have to check out soon. So I'm rushing to pack to get to the airport to write some more there before getting stuck on the plane for 3 hours.
Jen vs Brange is coming.
Shelf Ass is coming.
Best and Worst dressed is coming.
But those require some brain power and focus. So we'll get the short ones out of the way first before I can concentrate the juices into the deep sh-t. Cool?
Keep refreshing, I'll keep writing.
And just because…
Because this requires no explanation, no embellishment…
I am OBSESSED with Sophia Loren.
Can you imagine?
Sophia Loren, Karl Lagerfeld, Giorgia Armani…a reality show?
Oh and PS. I'm still on Twitter today. It'll be shut down tonight when I get home.
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Caramel Cashew Cake Pops
Nothing beats the pairing of buttery caramel and rich cashews; add it to a chocolaty cake pop and you have one irresistible little treat. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen
Total TimePrep: 1-1/2 hours + chilling
Makes4 dozen
- 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
- 3/4 cup dulce de leche
- 48 lollipop sticks
- 2-1/2 pounds milk chocolate candy coating, coarsely chopped
- Chopped cashews
- Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions, using a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Crumble cake into a large bowl. Add dulce de leche and mix well. Shape into 1-in. balls. Place on baking sheets; insert sticks. Freeze for at least 2 hours or refrigerate for at least 3 hours or until cake balls are firm.
- In a microwave, melt candy coating. Dip each cake ball in coating; allow excess to drip off. Coat with cashews. Insert cake pops into a styrofoam block to stand. Let stand until set.
Editor's NoteThis recipe was tested with Nestle La Lechera dulce de leche; look for it in the international foods section. If using Eagle Brand dulce de leche (caramel flavored sauce), thicken according to package directions before using.
Nutrition Facts1 cake pop (calculated without cashews): 210 calories, 11g fat (7g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 104mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (23g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.
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Rockies avoid arbitration with RHP Juan Nicasio and OF Drew Stubbs
Both Players Agree to One-Year Deals for 2014
DENVER - The Colorado Rockies announced today that the club has avoided arbitration with right-handed pitcher Juan Nicasio and outfielder Drew Stubbs by agreeing to one-year contracts with each player. Terms of the deals were not disclosed, per club policy.
Nicasio, 27, was a member of the Rockies starting rotation for the majority of the season in 2013, posting a 9-9 record with a 5.14 ERA (157.2 ip, 90 er). Nicasio set career-highs in wins, starts (31), innings pitched and strikeouts (119) during the 2013 season. In parts of three Major League seasons with Colorado (2011-13) the native of the Dominican Republic owns a career mark of 15-16 with a 4.92 ERA (287.1 ip, 157 er), 104 walks and 231 strikeouts. Nicasio has spent his entire professional career with the Rockies organization, as he originally signed with Colorado as a non-drafted free agent on August 21, 2006.
Stubbs, was acquired by Colorado from Cleveland in exchange for left-handed pitcher Josh Outman on December 18, 2013. In 2013, his only season in Cleveland, Stubbs hit .233 (100-for-430) with 21 doubles, 2 triples, 10 home runs, 45 RBI, 59 runs and 18 steals. In parts of five Major League seasons with Cincinnati (2009-2012) and Cleveland, the Atlanta, Texas native owns a career batting line of .239 (531-for-2221) average, 80 doubles, 14 triples, 69 home runs, 223 RBI, 344 runs and 127 steals.
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Heya guys! In my last post I mentioned that I received some new items from chicwish, and this post is dedicated to two of my favourites! I have never looked so 'girly' haha, the petticoat skirt I have wanted for ages, it reminds me a little of the american apparel one - which was a bit too pricey, well I just didn't want to spend that much. So gladly I was able to receive this one, which is equally as cute. You can find the link *here* and the bobble jumper to match *here*. The jumper was also one of my favourite items from them as it will be perfect for England's annoying and often freezing -1000 degree weather to come. Hope you like the outfit :) xx
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Hola, Bonjour, Hallo! This is a bit of a random outfit post, this dress is my sister's from primark, and it's surprising that you can often find such great pieces in there - even though in a few days/ weeks you will see just about everyone wearing it on the street, well hopefully not anyway. I love the dress, the top velvet detailing is so cute :) Anyway hope you like the outfit, more photos will be added tomorrow seeing as I haven't had time to put them all together yet. Also planning on doing one or two outfit posts this weekend as I just received such cute pieces from chicwish! xx
Sunday, 23 September 2012
London Fashion Weekend
Hiya guys! Yesterday I went to London Fashion Weekend with Elena and Ria. Luckily we got into the catwalk show so that was good, but they seemed to have got rid of quite a lot of stuff there and it was all laid out quite strangely! Regardless it was fun and hopefully it will be better next time. Here are some photo's from today, sorry I'm not writing much the weather is depressing and is making me lazy! Oh and I will be putting the rest of the photo's from my photoshoot with Edric Chen up soon! Anyway here are some photos of my outfit and some of my favourite outfits from the catwalk :) xx
Monday, 17 September 2012
It has been too long! Sixth form has taken over my life haha (not really but I need an excuse!), but in seriousness getting back in to the whole school routine has left little time for lookbook - except for Saturday's. This Saturday was such an amazing day! Firstly I was reunited with my best friend Elena and then we got to do a photoshoot with Edric Chen. He has shot some other 'famous' lookbookers like Bethany, Peter, Edward and Kani so it was great meeting him. The photos turned out great, I'm going to have to post them in two lots as they haven't all been emailed yet but here are ones of me in my first outfit. It's quite a simple outfit, a lace crop top and black trousers, but I think it really suits the setting. Anyway after me and Elena headed off to a fashion show, where some one recognised me from lookbook so that was cool! Hope you like the photos xx
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Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Designed with the primary objective of attracting school enrolment, the school canteen programme in Côte d'Ivoire, a low-cost exercise (25 FCFA a meal), has become popular means of poverty alleviation.
United Nations experts therefore insist that the school canteen programme in Côte d'Ivoire has been a successful operation on which most African countries could emulate by following the example.
African countries are confronted with problems ranging the education of their children of schooling age to poverty alleviation.
They also have the obligation to nurture and mould a new type of citizen who would participate in village development communities and the management of local affairs.
The project was originally designed as an attractive framework aimed, in the long run, at increasing school enrolment in primary education, while discouraging school dropouts, by keeping children at school until the end of the cycle.
Nearly fifteen years after, the Ivorian school canteen is considered as a real vector of development, "the entrance door to local development", according to the principal technical adviser of the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Jean Négrel, who pilots the project.
Launched in 1989, thanks to the assistance of the World Food Programme (WFP), with some 277 canteens, the project was popularised by the slogan: "One school, one Canteen".
The school canteen programme currently covers about 4,000 out of the 8,000 schools in the country, or a 50% national coverage.
It makes it possible to serve a balanced meal to more than 350,000 pupils in primary education, against the modest contribution of 25 FCFA for a meal.
Although thwarted by the dichotomy of the country since the 19 September 2002 armed insurrection, with the suspension of the programme in rebel-held zones, this progression testifies to the success of the operation which is confirmed by a joint technical mission of WFP and UNESCO carried out in 1996.
The mission had commended the positive impacts of canteens on the schooling rates and recommended a re-directing of activities towards the regions with the lowest schooling rates.
It had also advocated the introduction of local foodstuffs into the basket and better internal control in the management of resources.
With the announcement in 1997 of WFP'S gradual withdrawal over four years, a substitution device likely to ensure the programme's sustainability was put in place by the Ivorian government, with the technical and financial support of the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Not being in a position to take full operation of the canteens, nor of charging the cost price (25 FCFA on average) of a meal to parents, the State of Côte d'Ivoire finally decided to bring village solidarity into play.
It avoided the risk of instituting real social discrimination through money and this, all the more so as underprivileged families already have difficulties to bear school fees.
As a child-centred strategy, in exchange for support to favour local development, of which canteens would be the focal point, the project enlisted the support and endorsement of UNDP and WFP.
It eventually took shape in 1999 with the School Canteen Sustainability Project (PP/CS).
With UNDP's much accelerated involvement, the programme served as a pretext to the development of a set of community income- generating activities, within the wider framework of poverty alleviation, especially with women's economic integration.
Implementing the project came against the background of an economic and social situation marked by a sharp decline in the living conditions of the populations, particularly those of farming communities hit by persist illiteracy, most prevalent in rural areas.
UN estimates put the rate of poverty in Côte d'Ivoire at 33.
6% in 1998.
The most affected socio-economic groups mainly farmers, including a majority of women engaged in food crop production, planters of export crops, 45% of households in this group and one third of agricultural workers' households.
For UN experts, lack of education is undisputedly one form of poverty.
In Côte d'Ivoire, the authorities have been endeavouring in the past few years to reduce the average illiteracy rate, which, in 1998, was about 63%.
Official figures indicate that women are the most disadvantaged ones as far as literacy education and schooling are concerned, as two-thirds of illiterates living in rural areas come from their number.
On the basis of the school canteen programme, expected to lead to total autonomy by 2005, UNDP undertook the formulation of a local development support programme.
This programme is an integral part of the Ivorian State's decentralisation policy, thus making the government to devote substantial financial resources into it, even at the height of the on-going crisis in the country.
The programme provides direct assistance to grassroots communities, within the framework of partnerships, to bring answers to their needs of self-belonging, in order to contribute to the exercise of local democracy.
In the long run, with all the activities that will revolve around it, the school canteen has the potential of becoming a gateway to local development.
The scheme will make it possible to put in place several strategies that will deal a the local level with, among other things, HIV/AIDS control, the promotion of participatory civic education and participation in local governance.
"The school canteen will finally facilitate the use of Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and a better integration of Côte d'Ivoire into the globalisation process," UN experts say.
In addition to the State itself, whose education promotion and poverty alleviation strategy it supports, the project will be beneficial to village communities, through the strengthening of their production and management capacities.
In this regard, vulnerable categories (women and youths) will see the improvement of their living conditions and quality of life, along with primary school pupils, in particular women and dwellers of remote villages.
The schooling of that category of population will be ensured through regular and diversified nutrient intakes as means to valorise the production capacity of women.
The success of the Ivorian experiment led several donors to get interested in the project.
This is the case of Japan, which decided to allocate $20 million earmarked for the sustainability of some 300 canteens.
Many people on the continent also emulated the Ivorian experiment.
Togo, Congo-Brazzaville and Guinea have already shown immense interest in this special innovative project.


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Need advice for turning a negative service call into a positive referral? Having trouble drumming up new business? With more than 30 years in the electrical service industry, Patrick Kennedy (AKA, Mister Sparky) is ready to help. Send your service-related questions to [email protected], and each month he'll answer them to help you set a course for business success.
We've been in business more than 15 years in mostly the commercial field. We're now attempting to enter the residential field with a stronger force. We've advertised in all the local newspapers with a fair response. Do you have any ideas or suggestions for making a more prominent marketing campaign?
Allow me to start by welcoming you to the residential service field. There's an unlimited amount of potential in this industry just waiting to be tapped by those business owners who want to go for it.
That being said, I don't truly think you're in the service field until you're in the yellow pages. When a homeowner needs service, they inevitably turn to the yellow pages, not the newspaper. To get results here, you'll need the right ad. Don't let your yellow pages sales rep design it for you, but rather craft your own that delivers benefits to the consumer.
You also have several opportunities around your community to market your services. You can team up with other plumbing or HVAC contractors in your market that also do residential service. Have them recommend you to homeowners, and you can return the favor when you're on calls. You can even share the cost of a marketing piece that goes out to their client base.
If that's not enough to get you started, you can also make the most of the service opportunities you do have. Every time one of your technicians is on a service call, have them canvas the neighboring houses. Drop a door hanger on each of the houses on that street with a special "while we're in the neighborhood" offer.
Do whatever you can to build your service base. Once your marketing gets someone to call you the first time, your mission is to get them to call you again and again. That's the formula for profits in the residential service industry.
Through a random drug test, I recently found that one of my best technicians uses drugs. I have a zero tolerance policy, but this particular tech is the best I've had in a long time — he's always on time, never had a complaint from a customer, and he knows his stuff. What should I do? Do I give him another chance or tell him to pack his things?
This is always a difficult situation, and what makes it worse is that this guy is your top producer. I hope that you've taken action by this time because this isn't the type of scenario you want to leave unresolved. However, as I see it, you have two options.
The first is to uphold your policy. If you have a zero tolerance policy, then you must have a zero tolerance policy. I have one in place in my company, and I've been in your situation several times. In every instance, I've let the individual go. I absolutely hated doing it, but it has made our company stronger. If you don't enforce your policy, what message does that send to the rest of your team? They'll see that you don't do what you say and that you don't enforce your policies. What's worse, this technician will think he's receiving preferential treatment.
Your second option is to amend your policy, but this may be even more damaging. Other policies I've heard of allow an employee who is caught using drugs to keep his job if he agrees to attend mandatory drug classes and passes recurring random drug tests for a given period of time. However, the rest of your team is respecting your policies. What message will you send if you change your policy now for this guy? That's not to mention the impression your clients will get if you had been publicizing a drug-free workplace (and you should.)
Overall, as much as it hurts to do it, I would say let this individual go and uphold your policies. You'll only improve your team's morale and work environment, and you'll eventually attract another superstar who will remain drug free.
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Musical theatre by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones.
New Swedish lyrics by Ulricha Johnson.
A musical theatre about a marriage by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones for everybody who is married, has been married, is going to get married or knows somebody who is married!
The musical takes place in a bedroom, around a double bed, during 50 years of time! In the beginning (1950) we share the young couple Agnes and Michael's expectations and nervousness before the wedding, then we follow them into the bedroom. We stay there for 50 years, until it is time for the aging couple to move to something smaller.
The songs are a string of pearls mixed with spoken scenes with witty and playful dialogue. The music is very accessible and it is likely that quite a few songs will stay on the mind of many in the audience after the performance.
SKÖVDE STAGE 10-19 September, and 13-29 October.
Ticket price: SEK 200
The performance at the Skövde Stage will be given at daytime, 13, 20 and 27 October, including a lighter lunch. Price: SEK 270.
SMALL STAGE 3-14 November.
Ticket price: SEK 200
There will be two daytime performances, 4 and 10 November. The café will be open in connection with the performance.
Music by Harvest Schmidt
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Based on The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog
Originally produced on Broadway by David Merrick
Originally Directed by Gower Champion
New Swedish translation by Ulricha Johnson
Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York.
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The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household
The multi-generational American family household is staging a comeback — driven in part by the job losses and home foreclosures of recent years, but more so by demographic changes that have been gathering steam for decades.
Home for the Holidays… and Every Other Day
Instead of traveling across country or across town for Thanksgiving this year, many grown sons and daughters will be coming to dinner from their old bedroom down the hall, which now doubles as their recession-era refuge.
Recession Turns a Graying Office Grayer
The American work force is graying — and not just because the American population itself is graying. Older adults are staying in the labor force longer, and younger adults are staying out of it longer.
Most Middle-Aged Adults Are Rethinking Retirement Plans
In the midst of a recession that has taken a heavy toll on many nest eggs, just over half of all working adults ages 50 to 64 say they may delay their retirement — and another 16% say they never expect to stop working.
Different Age Groups, Different Recessions
Older adults are less likely than younger and middle-aged adults to say that in the past year they have cut back on spending; suffered losses in their retirement accounts; or experienced trouble paying for housing or medical care.
Luxury or Necessity? The Public Makes a U-Turn
From the kitchen to the laundry room to the home entertainment center, Americans are paring down the list of familiar household appliances they say they can't live without.
Before the Great Recession, a Phantom Recovery
The eight-year period from 1999 through 2007 is the longest in modern U.S. economic history in which inflation-adjusted median household income failed to surpass an earlier peak.
Testimony of Paul Taylor, Executive Vice President, Pew Research Center to the Senate Finance Committee
Comments on a report that combines findings of one of our major national public opinion surveys with the Center's analysis of four decades of demographic and economic trends from the Census Bureau and other sources.
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Not even a housing-led recession can shake Americans' faith in the blessings of homeownership.
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At a time when the American economy is trending down and the unemployment rate is ticking up, one out of every seven U.S. workers fear they will be laid off in the next 12 months.


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A growing and vocal minority of rabid Illinois basketball fanatics wanted the university to fire Illinois coach Bruce Weber last season, when the team had a losing record for the first time in nine years. There was never a chance of it happening, and for good reason: After averaging 28 victories his first four seasons, Weber deserved an opportunity to rebound from one bad year. Patience, however, is not an abundant resource in college sports.
Bruce Weber needs to prove he can win again, and he has precious little time to do it.
A growing and vocal minority of rabid Illinois basketball fanatics wanted the university to fire him last season, when the team had a losing record for the first time in nine years. There was never a chance of it happening, and for good reason: After averaging 28 victories his first four seasons, Weber deserved an opportunity to rebound from one bad year.
Patience, however, is not an abundant resource in college sports. And Weber's biggest supporter at the school, athletic director Ron Guenther, is expected to retire at the end of 2010.
"He's a coach's AD," Weber said Sunday. "He understands the ups and downs of our business. He leaves you alone and lets you coach. Not every AD is like that."
He smiled and added: "I need to get a real long contract before he leaves."
Weber must earn such a contract. He is a good guy and a fine coach but has yet to prove he can recruit well enough to sustain success. That's unacceptable at a historically outstanding program such as Illinois.
Since guiding Deron Williams, Dee Brown, Luther Head and other players he inherited to the cusp of the 2005 national title, Weber has won only one NCAA tournament game. He suffered with the rest of Illini Land through last season's 16-19 debacle.
Though he told reporters at Big Ten media day that the worst is behind his program, it wasn't the easiest sell.
If you could stack the collegiate accomplishments of every big man on Weber's roster, the pile would barely reach the kneecaps of Chester Frazier - a 6-foot-2 guard who, tellingly, is the top returning rebounder. The team will rely heavily upon a backcourt that has promise but won't be confused with the Deron-Dee-Luther group.
"The fans have questions, the media has questions and I do, too," Weber said. "But I have a good feeling about this group."
Teams rarely go from bad to good overnight, especially without a major infusion of new talent.
Alex Legion, a sharpshooting transfer from Kentucky who won't be eligible until late December, is the only newcomer expected to do anything for Illinois this season. Otherwise, much rests on the continued improvement of sophomore point guard Demetri McCamey, as well as intangibles such as chemistry and desire.
"Coach Weber is still a great coach, but he has changed a little," Frazier said. "I suggested that he loosen up a bit and he has. Before, he was all basketball. Now, he hangs out with us sometimes. He laughs and jokes with us more. I think it has improved our team chemistry, which is already so much better than it was last year."
If Illinois fans thought they were depressed last winter, they should have been with Weber and his assistant coaches in the wee hours after any of several excruciating defeats.
"There were so many games we could have won, games we found ways to lose, and we'd go back to the office and just sit there for two, three hours," Weber said. "My wife was worried about me. She'd call and ask, 'Are you OK?'
"As the year went on, I worked hard to stay enthusiastic. It was my job to help the kids. I had to keep saying, 'Keep fighting, everybody, we're gonna turn the corner.' And, right at the end, we did."
Illinois won its first three games in the Big Ten tournament before losing to Wisconsin in the final. A portent of good things to come? Or fool's gold?
If it was the latter, Weber's critics won't let up.
"It's the difficult part of success," he said. "When you have success, everyone almost demands it happen all the time. And with today's Internet ... it becomes even more difficult because everyone has an opinion and they can state their opinion without a name or a face. And then there's talk radio. It's a competition to see who can be most negative."
Should the Illini do poorly again in 2008-09, the negativity only will increase. No matter how much Guenther likes Weber, the AD won't be allowed to extend the coach's contract.
Bruce Weber needs to do his best coaching job ever, and he needs to sign the top recruits who have made verbal commitments. Period.
The clock is ticking.
Mike Nadel (firstname.lastname@example.com) is the Chicago sports columnist for GateHouse News Service. Read his blog, The Baldest Truth, at www.thebaldesttruth.com.


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Here it is! The big, fun filled tanning 2007 guide to beautiful, sun-kissed skin sans UVA and UVB rays (basically, tanned skin without the sun!)
I have tried a plethora of products in my quest for the best! Here, in no particular order, are a couple of tanning products that I just can't live without...
GlowFusion Micro-Nutrient Face & Body Natural Protein Tan: The absolute best spray tan that you can do yourself! Like a mystic tan, just at home. It applies evenly and leaves skin bronzed within seconds. I have very sensitive skin and I use this product on my face without fear of break-outs!!! It rocks!!! PRICE: $58.00 (and well worth every last cent!)
Dove Energy Glow Daily Moisturizer with Subtle Self Tanners, For Medium Skin Tones: It also comes in light, but I use medium because I want a quick, rich tan asap. This is a lotion that you use EVERY day after the shower... it works by gradually enhancing your NATURAL skin color, thus the more you use it, the darker you become. It smells fresh, not like a self-tanner, it doesn't stain clothes AND it actually moisturizes. I tried many tanning moisturizers and what I found is that most don't actually moisturize. This one does it all! PRICE: $7.99
NARS Blush & Bronzer Duo – Orgasm & Laguna: The perfect Summer compact: Two of my favorite colors side by side. Laguna is a rich, golden bronzer, while Orgasm is a subtle pinky-peach shimmer blush. Used together, it makes you look like you just left the beach! All sun-kissed and fresh-faced! PRICE: $36.00
L'Oreal Sunless Sublime Glow Daily Moisturizer, Fair Skin Tones: Like the Dove moisturizing lotion, this too enhances your natural skin tone, but it also adds a hint of sparkle every time you use it! I like to wear this lotion when I'm going out at night because the shimmer accentuates the tan and also makes my skin look dewy. Available in medium too! PRICE: ON SALE for $8.99
Jergens Natural Glow Face Moisturizer, Fair: This oil-free, non-comedogenic face lotion with SPF 20 is ideal for sensitive, acne prone skin types. Not only does it enhance your skin's natural color (building a "tan" the more times you use it), but it is perfect for evening out blothcy, or scarred skin. I love this product and have actually started using it as my primary facial moisturizer! PRICE: ON SALE for $5.78
Tarte Celebutante Dry Oil Shimmer Spray: Most people love the Nars body shimmer but I've gotta say, it's so greasy and always gets all over my clothes. That's when I found this dry oil product. Essentially, it does the same thing: spray on your body and you have a dewy, bronzed glow. But this one is not greasy AND it dries much faster then Nars (it also smells like coconut... yummy!). It's not as deep of a tan as Nars, more of a champagne color, but I'll sacrifice so long as my clothes stay fake-tan free! PRICE: $28.00
Physicians Formula Summer Eclipse Bronzing & Shimmery Face Powder: This bi-colored bronzer provides both a light tan and a golden shimmer! Physicians Formula rules the market in bronzing products - they sent me 23 different bronzers to test! Although I haven't had a chance to use all of them, this specific bronzer worked really well for my skin because it gave a natural glow and provided that dewy look that I love. Plus, it's hypoallergenic, fragrance-free, oil free, non-comedogenic AND dermatologist approved! WOW! PRICE: $11.95
I just can't write this post without once again discussing my all-time favorite face product, Laura Mercier's Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer in Sand with SPF 20: I use this product EVER day and it completely evens out my blothcy skin-tone PLUS it adds color to my face! The sun is so bad for your skin, not to mention what it does to scars and brown spots, so by using this product, I look tan, I'm saving my face AND I producing a "perfect palette;" even skin tone! I kid you not, when I wear this product, people tell me that I have fabulous skin! Can oyu imagine?! PRICE: $40.00
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Every once in a while, a cool job title catches your eye. But beyond capturing attention, trendy or leading-edge job titles can be an effective recruitment and retention tool and open conversations that can lead to business opportunities.
According to John Sullivan of Pacifica, Calif., an internationally known HR thought leader, compelling job titles may have the highest ROI of any single retention or recruitment tool.
He acknowledged in a blog post that this may be an "outrageous statement," but he noted companies such as Apple (Genius), Starbucks (Barista) and Best Buy (Geek Squad) have had success with interesting job titles that helped recruit and retain employees.
In the credit union industry, we found a few CU professionals who have cool job titles. They tell us how their job titles were created and what they mean. More importantly, they also explain how their attention-grabbing job titles invariably lead to conversations and open opportunities to explain and advance the credit union difference.
Here they are (and we invite you to let us know about others in the Comments section below):
Vice President of Alternative Financial Services
Laura Castro de Cortes, Centris FCU
About a year ago, the $506 million Centris Federal Credit Union in Omaha, Neb., launched an alternative way for underserved consumers who don't have checking accounts to manage their financial needs.
Centris rolled out self-serve kiosks at their branches and retail locations that enable underserved consumers to do a variety of financial transactions, including RightTrack checking, which gives consumers a second chance to manage a checking account. Centris said it became the first financial institution in Nebraska to offer self-service kiosks to the underserved market.
"At the core of our solution was the word 'alternative,'" said Laura Castro de Cortes, vice president for alternative financial services at Centris. "This was not lost both on the consumers or us, so the word alternative became part of the title."
In addition to using her job title on business cards, email signature and letters, Castro de Cortes also uses it when interviewed by the media, which helps promote the credit union's program.
"A common question (I get) is, 'what are alternative financial services?" she said. "Which is a great segue to explain what I do and how Centris is different from all other financial services in our market, or for that matter, in the United States."
Castro de Cortes believes her job title sends a positive message that Centris is a progressive credit union with an eye to the future.
Next: Power to the People Officer
Chief People Officer
Monique Little, First Tech FCU
Monique Little's job title came during organizational changes following a completion of a merger deal at the $5.6 billion First Tech Federal Credit Union in Mountain View, Calif.
"My role isn't exclusively HR, so a traditional HR title didn't make sense," said Little. "As the chief people officer, my role encompasses the functions that focus on people – developing people, how we communicate, and how we interact with our community. My title is representative of the variety of functions that my role oversees. It's also unique and forward-thinking, and we work with many forward-thinking companies."
First Tech operates about 30 branches mostly in the high-tech centers of California, Washington, Colorado and Oregon, serving 362,350 members who work at some of the world's largest tech companies, including HP, Microsoft, Agilent Technologies, Amazon and Cisco. (Those also are the kinds of companies where variations on the title "chief tech evangelist" appeared a few years ago and perhaps launched this trend.)
Although titles like chief people officer are not very common in credit union HR offices, Little believes there is a gradual shift in the HR industry to move away from traditional roles and titles.
Little said she has found her job title invites conversation.
"I get a lot of positive feedback from people in the HR field and in the credit union industry," she said. "I think employees find it approachable. It's also more reflective of my personality – I'm very social and people-oriented, so I think it plays to my strengths."
In addition to sending a fun and forward-thinking message to employees and partners, Little said, her job title reinforces the importance of her function and represents the importance of people in the credit union.
Next: Unofficially Fun
Minister of Fun
Jeff Papas, Northern Communities CU
Officially, Jeff Papas is a marketing specialist for the $76 million Northern Communities Credit Union in Duluth, Minn.
Unofficially, Jeff Papas is also the Minister of Fun.
He came up with the idea for his new title to coincide with the credit union's rebranding initiative in 2010.
"We wanted to establish ourselves as an interesting and fun place to do business with, and a place that is always focused on our members," explained Papas. To promote the focus on members, the credit union placed the letters 'nccyou' on its logo. The letters also are used as the credit union's Web address, nccyou.com.
"Minister of Fun is not my formal title, but it is a title I use fairly frequently. I wanted to reinvent myself at the same time we were reinventing the credit union," Papas said. "The title is an attention grabber. After all, grabbing attention is one of the main points of marketing."
Papas also had a lot of fun creating an ad campaign to introduce the credit union's rebranding. The ads won two national excellence awards at CUNA's marketing and business development convention in Las Vegas in 2011.
"You can't do marketing with the fake nose and clown shoes, but at the same time, you do need to make a point gently to people that we are different," said Papas. "That is the way I choose to do it on my own personal level."
Next: CEO Plus
CEO + Innovator
Linda Bodie, Element Credit Union
Linda Bodie's job title sends the message that she is no ordinary credit union leader who doesn't like to do anything in an ordinary way.
As the chief + innovator of the $27 million Element Credit Union in Charleston, W.Va., she is passionate and proud to be called a technology geek.
"It's always been an innate part of me," she said.
Because Bodie has been able to develop and implement IT projects, the small and growing credit union has been able to control costs, making it affordable to deliver the latest technology solutions to meet member's expectations and attract new members.
"We wear so many hats that traditional titles just don't fit. So, whenever applicable, we create titles that reflect what we do," said Bodie. "My title of CEO + Innovator fits me because it tells the whole story of what I do at Element. CEO is what it is … traditional 'run the show' sorta thing. But I do a lot more than run the show. I create new processes and ways of serving our members and employees. I create a lot of non-traditional credit union stuff. So, adding innovator to my title lets you know who and what I really am."
Bodie said she has received positive comments about her title, pointing out that people like to see unique things.
"It's a conversation starter, too. So I can really engage with folks who want to learn more about what I do," Bodie said. "Employees are used to me being a little off the wall, so they're not really surprised. They have fun creating their own titles, too."
Next: Are You Experienced?
Chief Experience Officer
Ashley Kohlrus, Allegacy FCU
In the financial services markets, credit unions and banks pretty much offer the same products and services. But many credit unions work hard to pull ahead of the crowd by delivering exemplary service.
Ashley Kohlrus' job as chief experience officer (CXO) for the $1 billion Allegacy Federal Credit Union in Winston Salem, N.C., is to focus on improving and enhancing the member experience that can help the credit union stand out among its competitors.
"The way we make our members feel will be our key differentiator and allow us to deepen members relationships," said Kohlrus. "There is an ever-increasing range of ways members can interact with their credit union. Adding a dedicated CXO to the mission will only further the opportunity to distinguish ourselves."
In addition to working on creating better member experiences in all of the credit union's channels, she also is responsible for improving the employee experience.
"We want happy, engaged employees to help take care of our members, which will allow for life-long relationships that support Allegacy's mission to help members make smart financial choices," explained Kohlrus, who was named the 2012 CUES Next Top Credit Union Executive.
Her first project as CXO was mapping the member experience that took employee groups through all delivery channels and identified what impressions employees create for members and where member impressions may be enhanced.
Kohlrus said her job title sends a strong message that members and employees are always the credit union's top priorities.


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text: Leave a Legacy: Transition Tips for Aspiring and Retiring Farmers October 27, 2011 05:10 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Kevin Spafford Farm Journal Columnist Email Last year, my farming partner and I attended your workshop in Columbus, Ohio. We've been working together for the past three years. Pat is in his mid-60s and wants to retire soon. I'm 35, and I want to become a full-time farmer. Our original intention was to work together until I am ready to buy his place. He is teaching me about farming, and I am giving him the opportunity to cut back. Pat wants the farm to continue, and none of his daughters are interested in farming. We're at a point where we have to make some definite decisions. I need to quit my off-farm job and work full-time on the farm, and Pat needs to move on. He has a new granddaughter, so he wants to travel to see her. We just don't know what to do now. Can you help? It sounds like the two of you have the foundation for a good working relationship. There's obviously a lot of mutual benefit in working together to achieve your separate, yet complementary goals. Today we're seeing more farm owners who want their property to continue as a productive farm; however, they don't have a relative interested in being a farmer. I suggest you and Pat review the following topics to make sure you're in alignment as you plan for the future. Keep in mind that complete agreement is not necessarily the goal. Your aim should be good communication, clear understanding and common objectives for the farm. Do the two of you: share common goals regarding the long-term disposition of the farm? agree on a transition time line? understand and agree on the terms for ownership transition? Since I don't know you, I must also ask: Are you capable of becoming a farmer and assuming a leadership role? There is a difference between working for someone and being self-employed. Like any other profession, farming requires the appropriate education and experience as well as the right temperament and attitude, especially when it comes to handling the cyclical nature of farming. Measuring these often subjective characteristics is hard, and you must be truthful with yourself. I suggest you use the following questions to initiate a discussion: Do you have the education and experience necessary to assume the roles and responsibilities of management and ownership? Are you and Pat prepared to participate in the respective roles of protégé and mentor? Does Pat have the ability and the time to mentor you? Have the two of you shared your financial records, and does each feel that the other has the respective means, capital and cash flow to support a management/ownership transition? In the end, much of the satisfaction in this kind of an arrangement will come from the financial outcome of the deal. When considering your long-term needs, ask: Do you have the income and capital to cash-flow and farm through a growing season? Does Pat have a retirement fund and cash flow to fund his retirement needs, given conservative expense and cost-of-living estimates? Will he be dependent on note pay-ments, or rent or crop share income? As you devise a transition plan, it should include dispute resolution, an exit strategy and financial distributions. Make sure you are both protected from divorce, dissolution, death and disability. As the Farm Journal Legacy Project continues to grow, we'll create a matchmaker program to pair retiring and aspiring farmers. The program will include formal introductions, education programs and professional development. You don't have to do it alone. We're here for you. Back to news


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Services such as Find my iPhone are great as long as they work the way they're supposed to. Wayne Dobson, a 59 year old Las Vegas resident, has learned the hard way what happens when cell phone tracking programs malfunction. Owners of lost cell phones keep showing up at his door demanding their phones back. The only problem is, he doesn't have them. The problem seems to be isolated to Sprint cell phone users and due to a glitch that shows owners of lost devices that they are located near Dobson's home. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal:
Dobson was told that cellphone GPS systems don't provide exact locations - they give a general location of where to start your search. And for some reason his house is that location for his area.
Dobson's issues began way back in 2011 when the owner of a lost Sprint cell phone knocked on his door around midnight demanding his lost phone back. It turns out, the tracking software had led the disgruntled owner right to Dobson's front door. This man is one of many since that have shown up at Dobson's home demanding he return stolen cell phones he doesn't have possession of.
Unfortunately, the glitch hasn't just been limited to cell phone tracking programs but has also led police to his door on domestic violence calls that were placed from Sprint cell phones. It appears the issue has to do with a glitch in the GPS data that is sent from the carrier to the tracking software or police departments.
As of now, Dobson still has no clear answers from Sprint or any other company that may be able to help him. They agree it's an odd issue but still aren't sure exactly how to fix it.
A spokesperson from Sprint said they're looking into the problem but until it is solved, Dobson has been forced to put up signage outside his home stating that he doesn't have your cell phone and to call the police.
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Skip to comments.UVU professor's study puts focus on LDS women and depression
Posted on 02/06/2013 1:03:42 PM PST by Colofornian
...LDS women in Utah are at risk for depression due to "toxic perfectionism" and a host of other cultural factors, according to a recent study presented at Utah Valley University...
UVU professor Kris Doty..conducted a "qualitative exploratory study" by repeatedly interviewing 20 women over a one-year period. The women were diagnosed as depressed, signed up for the study and identified themselves as active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In her findings, Doty identified five major factors that she said led to depression among the study's participants genetics, history of abuse, family relationships, feeling judged by others and toxic perfectionism.
Doty said the church's teachings on striving for perfection led to misinterpretations and contributed to feelings of inadequacy.
"In the (Mormon and Utah) culture, people have just taken it too far," she said during the 2013 Mental Health Symposium at UVU's Sorensen Student Center. "They think they can't make a mistake and so they become hyper-competitive and anxious. If you think you can make no mistake, you're setting yourself up for failure."
Doty...said LDS women are frequently confronted by the perfect storm of unrealistic expectations, personal guilt and suppressed feelings.
"I put pressure on myself to be that perfect Mormon," said Lynette, an LDS woman interviewed for the study who declined to be identified by her full name...
"There's such a huge population of LDS people here. They practically live on top of each other," she said. "People get a sense that they're always on display, so that their neighbors will see the best of them rather than who they really are."
The average age of the women who participated in the study was 33. Seven of the women used multiple medications, 19 were on at least one pill and 10 sought therapy.
(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...
Depression is never anything easy to fight through: Dealing with past "issues" that have been stuffed. Frustration, often relationally-based. Emptiness. Loss of hope. Feeling overwhelmed without the needed energy. And then the repetitive thought cycles and feelings of isolation, and for so many Mormon women -- just the opposite -- always "on display" in the "worthiness" comparison "game."
There is help.
Christian counselors are out there. And the true Christian Gospel is one of hope, empowerment, and is anti-legalistic.
About three years, ago, a Truth in Love campaign included billboards in their outreach toward Lds women, particularly overstressed and depressed Lds women. (See RELIGION: Group targets LDS women)
Per this linked article from the Rexburg Standard Journal (Rexburg, Idaho is "base" for BYU-Idaho): Cares preaches that God's forgiveness and blessings are available to everyone for free if they simply accept the "good news of God," that "we are already perfect and worthy in God's sight." So the question is, are Mormon women actually plagued with guilt and stress because of their religion...? The Speaking the Truth in Love campaign is different from many anti-Mormon groups in that most typically seek to argue or dispute facts regarding Mormon history or doctrine...the Truth in Love campaign seeks to fellowship and love Mormons into accepting their views that Mormonism will lead to "eternal death" rather than "eternal life." One reason for the change in tactic may be because of recent scientific studies by Mental Health America and Express Scripts, a national drug distribution company. The report ranks Utah as the most depressed state in the country and shows that Utah residents are prescribed antidepressant drugs at twice the national average. Researchers have drawn conclusions that the large LDS population was partially to blame for the high levels of depression in the state.
I provided links to first two headlines below...plus several others [wherever you see "source headline"]:
* Two Studies Find Depression Widespread in Utah
* Utah leads the nation in rates of depression
* And referenced where Utah has the most anti-depressant use, especially in women: Study Finds Utah Leads Nation in Antidepressant Use. Some point to the pressures of Mormonism, especially for women, to explain the surprising findings. [Source urls: http://www.usu.edu/psycho101/lectures/chp2methods/study.html http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/06/03/eveningnews/main510918.shtml ]
Other related depression and suicide Utah anecdotes:
* Utah, which a 2007 report said had the country's highest rate of nonmedical painkiller abuse. Source headline: Utah has new prescription for painkiller problem [Original link...click on first link above for linkage to actual article]
And depression is not only a female issue in Utah:
* Utah leads the nation in suicides among men aged 15 to 24: As of 5 years ago: Utah leads the nation in suicides among men aged 15 to 24...Utah also has the 11th highest suicide rate 14.3 deaths per 100,000 people in the nation over all age groups, according to the most recent data from the American Association of Suicidology. Source headline: Deadly taboo: Youth suicide an epidemic that many in Utah prefer to ignore [Original link -- click on first link above for linkage to actual article]
* Utah has the country's highest suicide rate for males between the ages of 14 and 25. That grim statistic is given a name and a troubled family in Carol Lynn Pearson's impassioned Facing East, now at the International City Theatre in Long Beach. Source url: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2285528/posts
* For more than 10 years, 15- to 34-year-old males in Utah have had suicide rates markedly higher than those seen nationally. In fact, in the early to mid-1990s, suicide was the number one cause of death among 25- to 44-year-old men in the state and the second-leading cause of death among men aged 15 to 24. Source url: http://www.adherents.com/largecom/lds_LowSuicideRate.html
Now, this article actually says being active Lds "helps" in comparing rates. But this and another study I saw actually says when you compare the suicide rates for active Lds, inactive or less-active Lds, and non-Lds, the middle category is by far the highest: I
n addition, per this article the risk of suicide among males aged 15 to 19 was three times higher among the less active church members than among their active peers, but the rate among the active youth was comparable to the national suicide rate.
So...this article not only says suicide risk is 3x higher among less active Lds than active Lds (among 15-19 yo), but that the suicide rate for active Lds 15-19 yo is no different than the national suicide rate!!!
One point that can be drawn from the above is that Mormonism is no barrier to the suicide rate for teens, and in fact, jeopardizes more teens (the less active ones)!
This article is from an lds owned newspaper.
Man made teachings/doctrines are from the pit, so depression shouldn't be a surprise.
Hopefully, some Mormons will start to realize this and begin to put their life in GOD'S HANDS alone and not in the hands of man and 'their opinion' that is meant to deceive them and does. May they reach for TRUTH/God as there is only ONE vs. opinions/man which are many.
But he's not depressed.
Because this article is from an lds owned newspaper and about the depression of lds women suffer as a result of mormonism, do you have a comment?
Or are you more concerned that this article is posted over that these women are suffering?
I'm commenting on post #8 and already three have been deleted??!!
Well, that certainly is odd.
Wonder what was posted.
#4 and #8 both refer to #3.
#6 and #7 shall remain unknown, unless someone read them and would like to comment...
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Federal law enforcement authorities are conducting a warranted search at two private residences in Beaumont this morning, but U.S. Attorney John Malcolm Bales declined to confirm or deny the nature of the investigation.
The first home, 8010 N. Windemere Drive, is where Naomi Lawrence-Lee, the Beaumont school district's furloughed purchasing agent, lives. The second is that of former West Brook Booster Club president William "Bo" Kelley Jr.
Bales said the search warrant at the home of Lawrence-Lee is based on probable cause that a witness or witnesses gave, The warrant is signed by a judge.
Kelley was accused in February of stealing and later repaying more than $30,000 from the Booster Club.
The FBI in early November, also executing a search warrant, raided the Beaumont school district administration building, carting off boxes full of records, many with names on it like "McCraney" and "Allison."
That refers to Devin McCraney, former Beaumont school district director of finance, and Sharika Allison, former comptroller.
Both were indicted in January by a federal grand jury on charges of embezzling at least $4 million from the school district during a three-year period up to October 2013.
McCraney said through his attorney this week he plans to plead guilty in federal court on April 14 to most of the charges in exchange for the government dropping a conspiracy charge against him. Allison still face trial in May.
Bales said the warranted search conducted today is not connected to the embezzling charges against McCraney and Allison.
Lawrence-Lee joined the BISD staff on July 14, 2008, after resigning as the Jefferson County purchasing agent under pressure in 2007 for misuse of public funds.
BISD placed her on administrative leave in mid-January.


text: Remember when Mona was revealed as -A and everything made sense in the world because the show was a story about four teenage girls struggling with growing up and dealing with the consequences of their actions? Remember when we could each find a storyline to relate to? Remember when we could actually learn something from each episode? How in the sweet fuck did we go from that to the bullshit storylines we got in season 6. They were literally centered around cheating and Alison's 80,000 secret relatives/love interests that served no educational or logical purpose to the show.


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A recent Demo Slam video shows a new Google Docs interface that has separate sections for documents, images & videos and other files, new menu items for active and archived documents, a new navigation bar. Most likely, the new interface is tested internally at Google.
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I write this letter trying to understand the situation at Spencer County Middle School.
Shelby Tyler Smith always had to have the last word in any conversation that he was involved in. He was a compassionate, caring, loving young man whose whole entire life revolved around serving the Lord.
He touched the lives and hearts of many and we will miss him very much until the day we are reunited with him in the kingdom of heaven. If Shelby could have one conversation with the people that he had never met, I believe with all my heart that it would start with one question, "Have you asked Jesus Christ into your heart?"
Most of the news today is about going over the cliff. If our President and Congress would take a look at where America is at today with God, they would see that we have already fallen over the cliff and hit hard on the bottom.
Thanks to everyone for another great Toys for Tots year. A special thanks to my helper Dean Curtsinger, who made it without any illness this year; Becky Wilson and her crew for getting all the toys given out; Mary Williams and her helpers for their ability to keep the toys sorted; and not the least, all the places that had the toy boxes and kept us informed on toy counts and pickups.
Bruce Kapfhammer
Toys for Tots
Sending Christmas love in a card — yes, that's what we sat out to do.
As a family, we sat down and started filling out Christmas cards for children at St. Jude's hospital fighting cancer. As we sat around one night signing cards, Frank, Billy and Frances pulled my attention toward the schools.
They said their classmates might want to sign some cards, and from there it went.
After the horrible shooting in Newtown, Conn., we must secure our schools. Our society has grown more violent [and we] need to protect our children. Having trained staff in our schools, as done in Israel, is the only way to buy those two or three minutes for extra law enforcement and medical care to arrive.
America has thousands of unemployed veterans that need jobs and have put themselves at risk for this country, they would do so for our children in a heartbeat. Israel had a similar problem, armed teachers who were veterans solved the problem. That should be the goal.
The Taylorsville-Spencer County Fire Protection District takes its responsibility seriously. Our community is protected by dedicated and committed emergency service responders who do their jobs when called upon, even at three o'clock in the morning.
Everyone is getting ready for the Christmas holiday, with people running to and fro, trying to get that special gift before anyone else got it.
But after all of this, people are not happy. This is supposed to be a time to be happy. We need to go back to that night when it was time for Mary to have her baby.
She and Joseph had to stay in the stables for there was no room in the inn. So, when Mary had her baby, she laid him in the manger and named him Jesus.
Christmas is the most wonderful day of the year because it celebrates the birth of our savior Jesus Christ, but some of us think of it as a time to receive gifts.
I'd like to ask you a question: Do you have a home, clothes to wear, food to eat, a job and family and friends who love you? If you can answer with a yes, then you are enjoying the most precious gifts that anyone could ask for, so what else would anyone need if they have all those things?
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I love to study the Bible, and for a long time have looked for a book that would help us learn to study God's Word in an easy, understandable way. Last fall, my dear friend Karin Kruger gave me the book, "Women of the Word" as a gift, and I could not put it down! I thought - "This is the book I have been praying about for a long time"!
Our second quarter Members Meeting will be held this Sunday evening, May 3, from 6:30-8:00pm. We have a number of important topics on the agenda: 1) Our partnership with Sovereign Grace After several months of deliberation, the Council of Elders approved a revised partnership agreement designed to compliment our Book of Church Order. All Sovereign Grace elderships are required to sign the revised partnership agreement by June 1, 2015.
First Sunday lunches provide a great opportunity to meet new people at Kingsway. We'll enjoy a regular potluck lunch after the meeting on May 3. Bring food to share!
On Monday, April 27, Ladies 13+ are welcome to join us for a Girls Night Out at Sweet Frog Westchester Commons starting at 7pm. It's the perfect setting for strengthening friendships and plenty of laughter. The event is on rain or shine. Posted by Matthew
In a culture that values individualism, I'm frequently asked the question, "Why should I join a church? Do I have to be a member of a church to be a Christian?" The answer is an emphatic no. But that strikes me as the wrong question.


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For more than a year, James Williams has been watching his house crumble around him.
For more than a year, James Williams has been watching his house crumble around him.
Daylight shines through the cracks in his laundry room walls now, and the vertical crack that began at the front of his concrete-block home now stretches across the living room floor and through the tile fireplace. He's patched that crack three times, but it just keeps splitting open again.
At night, he and his wife, Heather, listen as the creaking and popping in their house grows louder.
"It's truly a nightmare that I can never seem to wake up from," Williams said.
His insurance company, Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Co., has denied his assertion that a sinkhole has developed beneath his house, saying test results show otherwise. In denying his insurance claim, the company told Williams that his house, built in 1978 at 1405 S. Gordon Ave. in Bartow, is experiencing normal settling.
Corporate officials with Universal Property did not return phone messages for this report.
Next door, at 1395 S. Gordon Ave., Pascal Singletary and his wife, Melissa, are watching the Williams house closely.
Six years ago, they witnessed similar problems in their own home. Those began in the laundry room, on the end of the house closest to the Williams home.
"My insurance company ran all kinds of tests but said it was just the expansion and contracting of the clay under the house," Singletary said. "We just kept an eye on it."
Recently, Singletary said, he's been noticing additional cracking, and sunlight now pours through the split between the concrete blocks in the laundry room.
He said he plans to see what happens with the Williams house before calling his insurer, State Farm Insurance, to take another look at the home where he's lived since 2004.
"With the Williams house going like that, it sure raises our suspicions about what's going on," he said. "We're concerned, and I know we both would like to get out of here."
Williams said he feels trapped in a ticking time bomb.
"We bought this house nine years ago for $80,000, and we still owe about $55,000 on it," he said. "We can't afford to move anywhere else, and nobody's going to buy it the way it is now. If we could stabilize this house and repair it, I'm all for it. I just want some place safe to live."
Bartow engineer Larry Madrid, whose engineering firm specializes in sinkhole issues, said the damage to Williams' house doesn't appear to be normal settling.
"When you can put your finger through a crack in the wall, that's not what we would consider normal settlement," he said. "If that was normal, it wouldn't be happening now, as opposed to earlier in the life of the building, and not to this degree."
If this is a sinkhole, Madrid said, it's different from the kind that killed a Seffner man about a month ago when it opened up under a house, pulling him into the hole. That one had sheer vertical sides, unlike the bowl-like depression that appears to be forming under Williams' house.
Williams said the Seffner man's death from a sinkhole made him and his family keenly aware of the dangers sinkholes can pose.
He has hired Bartow lawyer Brad Stewart, who has brought in sinkhole engineers to examine the 1,200-square-foot house and property. Stewart said Tuesday those results are expected within the next month.
"I just want to get something done," Williams said.
The problems began about 16 months ago with a vertical crack up the middle of the house, he said.
"I didn't think much of it," Williams said. "I tried to seal the crack three different times, but it just busted open each time. Since then, it's been a steady progression. Now, the laundry room is separating from the rest of the house. You can see the ground below the house through the crack in the floor, and some of the doors don't shut anymore."
Not long ago, the phone quit working after the wiring inside the wall shorted out, he said.
A payload operator on the night shift at Mosaic, Williams said he worries about his family throughout his shift.
"I'm worried to death about this when I'm not home with Heather and our son," he said. "I'm scared the whole house is going to fall in while I'm gone."
Heather Williams said she's equally concerned to be home alone with their 2-year-old son, Jacob.
"I don't have any peace of mind," she said. "When James was gone one night, the whole house shook for a few seconds. Even the windows rattled. I just don't know where this is going to end."
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A lucky Mercury reader is tucking into some tasty Fairtrade treats courtesy of Sainsbury's, Matlock, after winning a competition.
Marion McCormick, of Derby Road, Matlock, won the Mercury's Fairtrade competition by correctly answering the name of the famous banana which originates from Chatsworth Estate was the 'Cavendish banana'.
She was presented with the prize by manager Matt Bingham and store trainer Phil Greaves.


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One sign of Microsoft ASP.NET's popularity is the wide availability of custom server controls that extend the web application framework by targeting the AJAX paradigm. AJAX controls provide a client-side object model that developers can use JavaScript to code against. In this way, developers can, for instance, attach a data source to a grid control and populate cascading drop-down lists when one of the selections changes. To work with today's typical AJAX server controls, developers also need a layer of ad hoc services that return JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data to be manipulated on the client side. Microsoft and third-party vendors like Telerik, ComponentArt, Devxpress, and Infragistics are actively providing tools and solutions for this model.
The usual approach to AJAX-base development forces developers away from the familiar programming model of classic ASP.NET Web Forms. Instead, developers tend to use JavaScript instead of C#, and bind to JSON data instead of .NET data types. Is there any alternative?
In the early days of AJAX, a few members of Microsoft's ASP.NET team proposed to expose from the ASP.NET platform a set of server controls emitting both rich script and markup. Unfortunately, this approach never gained enough traction to become an actual implementation. Consequently, today's developers have to learn a new programming model and take the plunge into JavaScript to do AJAX effectively.
An alternative is Gaia Ajax, a little known commercially available library that does what Microsoft was about to do years ago -- that is, offer a set of ASP.NET server controls that have the same programming interface as AJAX. Gaia Ajax offers relatively low-level controls such as Button and TextBox that are, for the most part, derived from original ASP.NET controls but enriched with the unique capability of supporting asynchronous AJAX postbacks instead of plain postbacks.
For example, when you write a Button1_Click event handler, you know that your code will be executed in response to a client request. However, any response will be sent to the client and displayed without refreshing the entire page. The Gaia Ajax library also features a GridView control that, in turn, inherits from the base GridView control of Web Forms. Using the Gaia's GridView is no harder than using the classic GridView -- the programming interface is nearly the same. However, paging, sorting, in-place editing, row selection, and checkability of rows are all fully AJAX-compliant, and you don't have to write a single line of JavaScript code.
Moreover, Gaia Ajax encourages developeers to continue using the familiar programming style of ASP.NET Web Forms. AJAX comes free with the surrounding library. Had Microsoft done ASP.NET AJAX this way, we could have upgraded our applications to the next version of ASP.NET gaining AJAX capabilities almost for free.
So what's the difference between Gaia Ajax and ASP.NET-style partial rendering? Both preserve the classic ASP.NET programming model. With Gaia Ajax you don't need to use the ScriptManager control, nor wrap your controls in a special updateable panel. Neither does partial rendering allow multiple simultaneous calls. If two calls occur at the same time, then the oldest is killed to make room for the newest. Gaia Ajax, instead, employs a queue transparently. Finally, with Gaia the update of the page is faster because it is smarter. While partial rendering refreshes a portion of the page by setting the innerHTML property to a new HTML string, Gaia Ajax controls keeps in sync the server-side tree of controls with the DOM-level tree of controls. Any updates, in the end, are applied by modifying the individual element in the client DOM tree without erasing and replacing the entire tree.
What makes Gaia Ajax worth considering is just its underlying architecture -- it lets you avoid additional learning curves by allowing you to do your AJAX-based development in an ASP.NET familiar way. In other words, you keep on writing ASP.NET apps, except with Gaia Ajax they're automatically AJAX enabled.


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breddy7699 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
I am the founder of Likaholix. My bio cut and pasted from the about section -
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Before starting Likaholix, Bindu was a Group Product Manager at Google. She oversaw product management for several products including Google Docs, Google Sites, Google Video and Blogger. When she first started at Google, Bindu was a product manager for AdWords where she improved the AdWords bidding model by introducing Quality Based Bidding and Quality Score for keywords. She was also in-charge of Google's shopping engine - Google Product Search and designed and launched Google Base. Before Google, Bindu founded AiYo - a shopping recommendations service. Earlier in her career, Bindu was the Director of Product Management at eLance and a Computational Biologist at Exelixis. Bindu has a MS from Dartmouth College and a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai.
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And now again comes the question of what the White Sox should do with Gavin Floyd.
Keep him in the starting rotation?
Put him in the bullpen?
Send him back to the minor leagues?
The answer will not be easy after Saturday night's 7-6 loss to the Mariners.
Floyd gave up all the runs in just four innings, long before Josh Fields' ninth-inning grand slam almost took him off the hook.
The problem was compounded when Jose Contreras, whose spot Floyd took, had his second strong outing out of the bullpen, going the final five innings and again returning to 94 m.p.h. on the radar gun.
"We don't know what we're going to do," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "Right now it's on hold. For what Jose did for this organization in the past ... a lot of people have struggled with the White Sox, and we gave them more opportunities."
Saturday's start was a major disappointment for the Sox because Floyd had shut out the Tigers for six innings in his previous start last Sunday.
But by the time he faced his third hitter Saturday, he had allowed more walks than he had last time. And by the time he faced his fifth hitter, he had allowed more runs.
By the time he left after four innings, he had given up seven hits, seven runs and two homers, not to mention hitting a batter.
"It's confusing and frustrating," Guillen said. "He had two bad starts, then he pitched the way he should and then he goes back and doesn't perform the way we expected. You just keep waiting for good things to happen."
Although he was sharp in the second and third innings, the 24-year-old Floyd was smoked for a three-run homer by Raul Ibanez in the first and a grand slam by Yuniesky Betancourt in the fourth.
Contreras relieved and was poked for three hits but no runs in the fifth. He left two more on in the sixth but settled down after that, allowing only one baserunner in his final three innings.
That was a ninth-inning single with one out, but he struck out Adrian Beltre and got Richie Sexson to ground out.
Contreras most likely has pitched out of the bullpen for the last time in the foreseeable future because he must get ready for his next start in Seattle. If Floyd stays in the rotation and John Danks gets one more start before taking a rest, the Sox will be short in the bullpen.
"We put [Contreras] in the bullpen to refresh his mind and body, and he responded well," Guillen said. "His last two outings have been very good."
Said Contreras: "I've felt good the past couple of times in the bullpen. It's done me good for my head. Maybe I needed that."
As for the Sox's offense, it mostly belonged to Fields, who hit two homers the night before.
He drove in the Sox's second run in the fifth inning with a single, and he deposited the first pitch from All-Star closer J.J. Putz into the center-field bleachers 409 feet away to cut it to 7-6 in the ninth.
Scott Podsednik, still around despite rumors he might be headed for the Cubs, singled and stole second in the third inning. After Danny Richar walked, Jerry Owens singled and Podsednik streaked home.
Fields, a rookie who hit his first major-league grand slam, is on pace to hit 33 homers and drive in 107 runs over a full season.
"The more playing time he gets, he should get better," Guillen said. "We never had any doubts that this kid can hit in the big leagues."
The doubt now lies with Floyd.


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Mary Lou Jepsen stirred up a controversy when she left the struggling One Laptop Per Child nonprofit effort in December to start her own for-profit company, Pixel Qi, with the goal to create a US$75 laptop using technologies she invented at OLPC.
Jepsen's departure as CTO prompted critics to accuse her of taking advantage of OLPC's nonprofit inventions for personal gain, but supporters shot back, saying it was the right time for her to leave a listing ship. OLPC has been afflicted by production delays and rising costs over years, with the laptop's estimated price rising from US$100 to US$188. It is now beset by waning orders and competition from commercial vendors like Intel that threaten to sideline the nonprofit effort.
Jepsen denied the allegations, saying her departure was put in place early last year, and that she continues to work with OLPC on developing technologies for future XO laptops, while selling it for a profit to commercial organizations.
Technologies she invented at OLPC include the display system optimized for low-power operation, which has been implemented in the XO laptop.
Retaining the OLPC spirit, Jepsen said Pixel Qi is developing inexpensive products like a power-efficient display that can be used in developing countries. She chatted with the IDG News Service about the new company, the US$75 laptop and her days at OLPC.
IDGNS: How is Pixel Qi progressing?
Jepsen: Things are going great. Pixel Qi is now a month old. I've done a lot of startups before, but [Pixel Qi] is a very unusual startup. It's got products to ship already, so that's unusual. It's getting a lot of attention, which surprises me, but it is good that people are interested.
IDGNS: Are you working on the US$75 laptop right now?
Jepsen: The US$75 laptop -- maybe people are interested in it because it's a catch phrase -- but mostly it's about designing things for the billions of people that are joining the information age right now. That's what Pixel Qi strongly believes in.
Right now I'm starting this company ... to get a lot of the technologies in [OLPC's XO] laptop into other laptops and cell phones as a first priority. Then working with OLPC to focus on driving that next-generation laptop. But we just started shipping this generation [of XO laptops], we owe it to ourselves to see how the children use them ... and before we start in earnest the design and development cycle to have the feedback from children in different countries.
I'm focused on getting the screens and power management into other people's small laptops and cell phones right now. I think the [US$75 laptop] will happen pretty soon, but again I'm not really focused on the US$75 laptop right now, while the innovations that I'm working on can go into that.
That mimics what we did at OLPC. We thought a lot about [designing the XO laptop] before executing on it. It's a lot easier to redesign on paper. [We are] taking this time and really talking to a lot of who's who in technology about what [the US$75 laptop] should be. But it's certainly possible to go lower price -- if you look, there are US$10 CPUs around.


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A while back I was thinking of buying a new phone and I just realized today that I forgot to post an update on the subject.
You've probably already guessed from the title of this post that I finally bought a phone and yes I got the Motorola XT5 that was on sale at the time of my previous post.
I've had the phone, which has been christened the "aussiedroid" for almost 3 months now and all I can say is that I'm so happy with it, truth be told I'm in love with the Android OS.
I only have one complaint about the phone, the internal memory sucks, I started off with 120mb, when the memory should have been 512mb, it seems that all the pre-installed apps that I can't get rid off are using up all the missing space, and after installing some useful apps I now have less than 50mb left, so in other words I have to be really careful choosing any more apps, especially since the version I have (Eclair 2.1) doesn't support saving them on the memory card.
Apart from that, the Android is a really cool OS, the apps in the market seem to work without freezing and are pretty cool, and I love that Google owns it, yes Google is like the coolest thing on the internet. With the droid all you need is a Google account and you're set, I used my existing account so now all my contacts are synced on Gmail, I can access them from my account online if I ever forget my phone anywhere, I can add new contacts from my Gmail and sync my phone without having to bother using the phone for adding or updating anything. And best of all I can download market apps from my computer straight to my phone.
Most importantly I've finally started loosing weight again thanks to the MyFitnessPal app that was highly recommended on the market, the reason is that I can now update my food diary wherever I am and whenever I want, it's always with me, before the droid I had to be in front of a computer and had to memorize what I'd eaten all day, now I just log it even before I eat it.
So yeah I'm pretty happy with my new phone and if I ever think of buying another phone it's definitely going to be another Android.