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How to Dress for a Banking Job
Jobs in the banking industry can range from bank teller or customer service representative to a high-level stock trade adviser. It's important for individuals working in the banking field to look polished and professional no matter what the job. Know how to dress for a banking job to succeed in your banking industry career.
1Choose comfortable shoes
- Dress for bank employment by starting with comfortable shoes. You'll be on your feet a lot, so choose shoes that can have inserts placed in them to absorb shock and cushion your feet. Many banks are partially tiled and partially carpeted, so find shoes with non-slip soles to keep your traction. Check your company dress code about whether open-toed shoes or sandals are acceptable.
2Keep everything neat
- You should dress for a bank job neatly, cleanly and conservatively. Iron out any wrinkles, tuck in your shirt and don't wear anything stained or ripped. A client or customer that sees these details will change their opinion about you and your bank for the worse. Mend or replace these items so they don't make you look sloppy or unprofessional.
3Read the dress code
- Familiarize yourself with your company's dress code and dress for your banking job based on those guidelines. The dress code will give you a good understanding of how you're expected to look and ensure that your wardrobe meets banking and company standards.
4Cover piercings and tattoos
- To look professional at your bank job, eliminate any body modifications like piercings or tattoos from your client's line of sight. Keep ear piercings tasteful or small, remove facial and tongue piercings and cover tattoos with pants or long sleeves while you're at work.
5Wear clothes that are appropriate lengths
- Check shirts and sweaters to ensure that they cover your stomach and midriff without exposing too much cleavage. Be sure that your skirts are an appropriate length for the workplace by not wearing any that don't at least reach your fingertips when your hands are down at your sides. Anything shorter, or with a slit that goes higher, isn't appropriate for work attire.
6Ask about casual days
- If you really want a day when you can wear jeans and sneakers, ask about casual days within the company or bank branch. On casual days it's often appropriate to wear clothes that would otherwise be considered too casual for working in the banking industry.
7Dress for your clientele
- The level of professionalism you need to show when dressing to work at a bank will depend on your job and it's level of seniority. A meeting with business executives calls for a suit and tie or heels. A day behind the customer service desk makes khakis okay. Consider who you'll be interacting with when choosing your clothes.
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Originally posted by Ericg View PostUsing edRAM is probably a fairly 'balanced' thing for Intel since they have to rely solely on DDR3 system RAM, meanwhile AMD's cards have 1-2Gbs of GDDR5 to play with. And while Intel's "mainstream" GPU isn't the greatest (we'll see how things are with Broadwell vs Kavari, Broadwell's supposed to do to the GPU what Haswell did for power efficiency.) it is definitely very usable for the average user, even a light-gaming user, or a movie-watcher. Hell I'm using -Sandy Bridge- to run 1080p flash video and its perfectly fine. I would LOVE to have Broadwell or Skylake in my next laptop...
And not directed at you:
I like that Intel is trying to improve their graphics, but the top end Iris stuff seems to only be made for one purpose, which is winning benchmarks. If the price was magically the same as the Intel i3s, which is what the AMD APUs are really competing against, they Intel would never be able to build these in quantity. They couldn't get enough of the RAM.
To me, it's the same thing as when car manufacturers send their cars to reviewers, complete with the entire option package installed (that usually costs almost as much as the car itself). It looks good in reviews, but it's not the same thing as most people will drive off of the lot.
Originally posted by Ericg View PostUsing edRAM is probably a fairly 'balanced' thing for Intel since they have to rely solely on DDR3 system RAM, meanwhile AMD's cards have 1-2Gbs of GDDR5 to play with.
Originally posted by smitty3268 View PostI disagree. "Brute forcing" the problem is exactly what they needed to do. It's what their competitors have done - if you buy an AMD or NVidia part, you're buying billions of transistors. Intel always tried to go on the cheap, and they were never going to get better performance until they spent the necessary die space required.
All said, the eDRAM is just an expensive brute force method to make a sub par iGPU actually stand a chance by giving it it's own memory bandwidth, give the 8670D it's own GDDR5 and watch it throughly kick the Iris Pro 5200 up and down the block.
In any case wait till Kaveri gets released if you are looking to get an iGPU system.
Originally posted by benmoran View PostI thought we were talking about APUs? In which case, they are also using DDR3 system ram.Originally posted by Kivada;Wrong. All AMD APUs are using the system ram as vRAM and as such the GPU gets bottlenecked by the slower DDR3 ram as well as having to share that bandwidth with the CPU. Intel is essentially comparing a dedicated GPU in the Iris Pro 5200 to an iGPU in the AMD APUs.
Hmm, it's good to see the progress. But apparently you need really recent code. On the SuSE installation (just got to openSuSE 13.1) I am supervising there are still problems with the free driver stack and an A6 5400K. Glitches and graphic deformations, garbage from time to time on the screen. And the SW components aren't that old. (Kernel 3.11.something, Mesa 9.2.2 and so on). (I should have installed Gentoo on it anyway, but then installation takes much longer and I can't come over to that box so often for regular syncing and updating.) Fglrx worked "fine" besides giving me a black screen on any real console (ctrl-alt-Fx). It is a bit sad since I had hoped for 8 months since the last SuSE that I could use the free driver stack now. But no, it is still haunted by bugs.
Just in case you didn't know, there's an open bug for a year now, only on Black Editions, and only on China-assembled ones:
The top end GPUs are now overclocking themselves based on thermals. The cooler you can keep the GPU the higher it'll push itself.
Originally posted by Kivada View PostWhy? Overclocking is pretty trivial these days if you don't have crippled Dell/HP/Acer/Lenovo etc. hardware.
The top end GPUs are now overclocking themselves based on thermals. The cooler you can keep the GPU the higher it'll push itself.
- It�s not representative of the out-of-the-box performance of the hardware that most users will experiment.
- It may require a different cooling solution than the one provided by AMD in order to keep the noise down (though arguably the same can be said of my non-overclocked i3�)
- Different processors will (AFAIK) have different overclocking possibilities, so it�s not certain that everyone will be able to overclock this processor to 4.7*GHz.
- Overclocking will cause the processor to consume more power and the fan to spin faster which I don�t like; I prefer to undervolt my processors and keep them at their normal frequency.
Now if GPUs are overclocking themselves out of the box, then maybe it�s what should be benchmarked� But the results will change according to the case ventilation and ambiant temperature and length of the test� fun.
Originally posted by stqn View PostNow if GPUs are overclocking themselves out of the box, then maybe it's what should be benchmarked… But the results will change according to the case ventilation and ambiant temperature and length of the test… fun.
Some planned to only benchmark with that disabled; but that has two problems 1) not all cards let you disable it 2) then it's not what most users will see.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; March 14, 2014 - The NCAA postseason has arrived in Happy Valley and the historic Recreation Building will act as one of six hosts sites for the 2014 NCAA Regional Championships. No. 15 Penn State will host No. 1 Florida, No. 12 Oregon State, No. 23 New Hampshire, Kentucky and Maryland, along with selected individual and all-around competitors, at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 5.
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Senior Kassidy Stauder was named a regular season second team All-American last week, finishing the season ranked 14th on the balance beam to become the second Penn State gymnast to earn the honor in the two years of the regular season All-America program. The senior owns a Regional Qualifying Score of 9.895 and posted the 10th highest score in school history earlier this season at 9.950. The Palmerton, Pa. native also finished among the top-20 nationally in the all-around with a team-best RQS of 39.365.
Two weeks ago at the Big Ten Championships, junior Krystal Welsh set a new career-high in the all-around at 39.500 to post the team's highest score of the season and finish fourth in the event. She notched a pair of 9.900 scores, doing so on the floor exercise and vault to kick off the meet on a high note. She scored 9.850 on both the uneven bar and balance beam, with her beam score marking a new career-best effort.
Welsh joined freshman Emma Sibson as the only two gymnasts on the squad to record two scores of 9.000 or better at the Big Ten Championships. Sibson also collected 9.900 on the floor exercise and vault to register her fourth and fifth scores of 9.900 or better this season.
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A customer was injured during an attempted armed robbery at a post office in Market Bosworth.
A man entered the shop and stopped a 49-year-old woman customer from leaving before he threatened members of staff with what was believed to be a firearm.
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For the London Design Festival, designers Vezzini & Chen created a collection of lighting and glass ware that express their affinity with nature by encapsulating forms created in fine bone china and glass from which light is directed and diffused.
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After recently finishing their MA at the Royal College of Art, Cristina Vezzini and Sheng Tsang Chen set up Vezzini & Chen, a ceramic and glass company based in north London. One of their first creations, 'Close Up', is a series of pendant and table lights made of bone china and glass.
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The Parisian-based designer duo Dan Yeffet and Lucie Koldova have recently presented their latest collection of simple glass pendant lights called 'Shadows'. Manufactured by the Czech lighting brand Brokis, the series is composed of four variously-shaped shades which are available in three colour versions: black-tinted semiopaque glass with a black ash neck; opaque, matte black glass with a black ash neck, and a matte white model with natural oak neck. (more…)


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State report: Bell faces crisis after scandal
The modest Los Angeles suburb that became the poster child for municipal corruption when it was discovered three years ago that its municipal leaders had looted millions of dollars from its treasury remains deeply in debt and on the verge of financial crisis, according to a report released Wednesday by the state Controller's Office
The city of Bell's general fund balance is more than $1 million in the red and its residents are owed more than $3 million in illegally collected taxes and licensing fees, according to the audit by state Controller John Chiang's office. The city must also repay the state $663,000 in misspent gas tax funds and return $256,000 in grants to the state Department of Parks and Recreation. Bell could also be on the hook for as much as $4 million in legal fees as a result of the scandal, Chiang said.
If those issues aren't addressed, he said, the city faces a "fiscal crisis."
What's more, many reforms he recommended three years ago to prevent such a scandal from recurring have not been implemented, the controller said.
"The city of Bell has made some progress since it ejected a corrupt city management two years ago," Chiang said in a statement. "But many of the same fiscal management and internal control lapses that allowed Bell to fail its citizens in the past remain unaddressed today."
Mayor Violeta Alvarez said the city appreciates the audit and will use it as a blueprint as Bell continues to work on solving its debt issues and other problems that were left behind by a previous City Council, which saw several of its members convicted of corruption charges earlier this year.
City Councilman Ali Saleh added that several of the reforms Chiang mentioned have been or are being implemented and that the city continues to work diligently to solve its financial problems, negotiating with bankers and others to eliminate some of the millions of dollars of debt the previous council ran up.
"We went into a city that was in dire need, there were a lot of problems and we corrected many of those," said Saleh, who along with Alvarez was elected when most of the previous council's members were recalled two years ago.
Authorities arrested Bell's former city manager, his assistant and six former City Council members in 2010 after it was revealed that more than $5.5 million had been diverted to pay council members' salaries of about $100,000 a year and the city manager's annual salary of $800,000 a year. Several other officials, all of whom have since left the city, were also earning huge salaries.
A jury convicted five of the former council members in March of misappropriating public funds by creating a Solid Waste and Recycling Authority that met only once, did no work and existed only to pay them. One former councilman, who was not in office when the agency was created, was acquitted.
Jurors deadlocked on other charges, and prosecutors announced Tuesday they plan to retry the five officials on those counts.
Robert Rizzo, the former city manager who was said to have been the salary scheme's mastermind, faces trial later this year, along with his former assistant, Angela Spaccia.
Chiang praised the city's newly elected leaders for bringing honesty and transparency to local government and for instituting more than two dozen internal controls to prevent such a scandal from happening again. But he said dozens more reforms remain to be implemented.
"For example, the city has yet to establish oversight procedures to ensure the accuracy of financial and accounting records prepared by staff," his audit said.


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Microsoft's Phil Spencer recently addressed concerns related to the Games with Gold program and the comparisons to Sony's PlayStation Plus program that it frequently receives. Spencer said the business for Microsoft's two-free-games-per-month service is "fundamentally different" from PS Plus, and stressed that players are able to keep the free games they download after their Xbox Live premium subscriptions run out.
Trendy Entertainment announced a sequel to Dungeon Defenders in March 2013, which is still scheduled to launch this spring, according to the game's website. The developer also revealed cross-platform online shooter Monster Madness Online in December.
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Dungeon Defenders brings together all the best elements of tower defense and RPG progression in a fully 3D environment with 15 unique maps in which players take the role of one of four heroes defending the Eternity Crystal -- an ancient artifact containing an old evil. Players can download the game for free from the Xbox Live Games Store and load up on the DLC now.
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Quest for the Eternal Shards (Part 1: Mistymire Forest): A new campaign and challenge mission that puts players and their fellow heroes on a quest to recover the long-lost fairies from the fog-shrouded bogs of Mistymire. Rare and powerful items await those who can brave the hazards of the forest!
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Tower defense fans and RPG nuts alike will find themselves enthralled by the depth of the character progression. Each class has a slew of towers and skills in their arsenal with 90 levels worth of stat building with all four DLC packs. All this makes for a chaotic, fun romp of a time in expertly crafted dungeons full of monsters attacking from every angle.
Rated T for Teen, Dungeon Defenders is now available as a free download on Xbox Live. For more information, please visit www.dungeondefenders.com.
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Submarine Seized In Ecuador With DEA's HelpJuly 3, 2010 - 5:45 PM | by: Mike Levine
Authorities in Ecuador, joined by agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, have seized a submarine built secretly in the jungles of the South American country, according to a DEA press release.
The electric-powered submarine, 30 feet long, was intended to transport multi-ton quantities of cocaine. But after acting on intelligence obtained by the DEA, authorities in Ecuador were able to seize the clandestine vessel on Friday before it was ever deployed, the DEA said.
One person at the site of the submarine was taken into custody, but no additional details about the suspect were provided. The DEA said the investigation of the captured submarine is ongoing.
In order the evade detection by law enforcement or military personnel, the submarine was constructed in a remote area of jungle near the Ecuador-Colombia border. Friday's operation marks the first seizure of a clandestinely constructed, fully-operational submarine built to facilitate trans-oceanic drug trafficking, according to the DEA.
"The advent of the narco-submarine presents new detection challenges for maritime interdiction forces," DEA Andean Regional Director Jay Bergman said in a statement. "The submarine's nautical range, payload capacity and quantum leap in stealth have raised the stakes for the counter-drug forces and the national security community alike."


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"Power lasts only ten years" is a Korean proverb which suggests a giant's decline with the passage of time. Despite the wisdom it embodies, however, it seemingly fails in the case of Suwon Bluewings who, nine years after they had claimed back-to-back Asian club titles, are now well on track to return to their glory days.
The four-time K-League champions are only three matches away from winning their third continental title, having edged past Iran's Zob Ahan 3-2 on aggregate and into the last four of this year's AFC Champions League. Should they prevail against Al Sadd of Qatar over the two-legged semi-final, they will face either compatriots Jeonbuk Motors or Saudi Arabia's Al Ittihad in a one-off final, with the victors to represent Asia in December's FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.
"It is too long since we last won a continental title," Suwon coach Yoon Sung-Hyo told FIFA.com in a recent exclusive interview prior to Wednesday's first-leg meeting with Al Sadd at home. "It is time that we returned to the top in Asia and I believe our side have sufficient qualities to contend with our rivals and win."
Continental glory will also mark a maiden success since the rebirth of the competition in its current format eight years ago. Having failed in four previous attempts, including losing out to eventual winners Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 4-3 in last year's quarter-finals, Suwon have proven themselves unstoppable on the Asian scene this season, winning a group that also featured Japanese heavyweights Kashima Antlers, Sydney FC and Shanghai Shenhua, before outlasting J.League champions Nagoya Grampus 2-0 in the Round of 16.
But their narrow triumph over Zob Ahan has provided the 49-year-old Yoon with food for thought, ahead of the Al Sadd test. "We were struggling to cope with the Iranians' different tactics in the two legs and my team didn't perform at their best," he said.
"Al Sadd are a strong opponent and they won the Asian Club Championship in 1989. They also have an excellent coach and group of players. But still, we have a lot of Asian experience and we can overcome them as long as we keep our cool and focus on our own play."
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Yoon's confidence is not unfounded considering the club's star-studded roster, which features the likes of goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryong and captain Yeom Ki-Hun. The latter has been a stand-out with four goals in continental competition so far this campaign. Having also racked up ten goals on the domestic front to steer his side to third place in the K-League, the 28-year-old Korea Republic international told FIFA.com he is ready to give his best against the Qataris.
"I have been in top form with Suwon since wearing the captain's armband," Yeom said. "I have never played against Al Sadd but I am familiar with the west Asian playing style. They possess skills and pace so we can't underestimate our rivals."
Suwon won their last continental laurels by defeating compatriots Anyang LG (now FC Seoul) in the 2002 Asian Club Championship final. And coach Yoon is of the view that history can be repeated. "If we meet Jeonbuk in the final and win, it will definitely be an interesting scenario," said Yoon. "And the chances are pretty much good this time around. Having achieved this nine years ago, I believe our experiences will stand us in good stead throughout the remainder of the campaign."


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We're at that point in the year when new reviews start hailing down from Pitchfork Media like that ridiculous snowstorm on Tuesday. That being said, there are a multitude of artists who are slated to release new music in the upcoming month, from alternative, noisy rock stars like Mikal Cronin to frigid, experimental composers like Ben Frost. If there's ever a time to check up on your favorite artists, it's now—at least one of them is coming out with a new album.
For those who don't have the dedication (or time) to comb through innumerable blogs and forums to stay up-to-date on releases, here are some of the most interesting artists with upcoming albums.
Chromeo, 'White Women' (May 12)
Columbia's got a soft spot for David Macklovitch, also known as Dave 1 of Chromeo. After completing his Ph.D. in French literature at Columbia, he joined Barnard's French department as a lecturer before taking a leave to go on tour. Although it's been a while since this electrofunk duo's last release, they've been stringing fans along with two singles they released in 2013. Dave 1's vocals are smooth and charming, and his voice glides easily into bouncy, vibrant use of synth and a simple beat. Chromeo also released "Come Alive" earlier this year, which features synthpop artist Toro Y Moi. Toro Y Moi isn't the only artist who's been called in to collaborate on "White Women," though: The album will also feature Solange, LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney, and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig. Honestly, this album will probably be interesting for the collaborations alone, but from what we've seen so far from these singles—with high-energy beats and a synth that sounds beautifully retro—"White Women" has the potential to be the soundtrack of the summer.
Swans, 'To Be Kind' (May 12)
Following their last album, the wildly popular "The Seer" from 2012, Swans' two-year hiatus is finally coming to an end with "To Be Kind," set to come out on the same day as Chromeo's "White Women." So far, they've released a couple tracks, including "Oxygen" and "A Little God in My Hands." If the entire album is anything like this track, listeners are in for another treat. Admittedly, "Little God" is a lot more upbeat than the formidable sounds of "The Seer." But that didn't make it any less enjoyable to listen to. Similarly, "Oxygen" seems to be a lot simpler and shorter than Swans' past efforts. It's also worth noting that "To Be Kind" will feature several individuals who are not members of the band—including St. Vincent, who provides background vocals for a couple tracks. Even if "To Be Kind" doesn't seem to be the Swans we've come to know, the album's worth a listen for this unlikely collaboration.
Thee Oh Sees, 'Drop' (April 19)
In the more immediate future, Thee Oh Sees are dropping "Drop" on Saturday—Record Store Day. The album, which can be previewed on Pitchfork, maintains all of the noisiness that fans have come to expect from Thee Oh Sees. "Drop" appears to be a bit more edgy than "Floating Coffin," with wilder guitar riffs coupled with high-pitched vocals. Thee Oh Sees sound like the kind of reckless abandon that is part and parcel of a solid summer jam.
Sam Smith, 'In the Lonely Hour' (May 26)
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SBTRKT, 'Transitions I' (May 5)
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The UK Ministry of Defence's Airborne Standoff Radar (ASTOR) system has made its operational debut over Afghanistan, ending a two-year delay in getting the ground surveillance asset into frontline use.
Military sources say the Royal Air Force's 5(AC) Sqn met an objective to have two Raytheon Systems-supplied Sentinel R1 aircraft and two ground stations operational during November, the benchmark required for the system to achieve its in-service date.
A UK counterpart to the US Air Force's Boeing 707-based Northrop Grumman E-8C JSTARS airborne ground surveillance system, ASTOR will deliver imagery from its dual-mode synthetic aperture radar and ground moving target indication sensor in support of ground operations.
The Sentinel R1s - modified Bombardier Global Express business jets - plus related ground-based communications and imagery exploitation equipment are now at undisclosed sites in the Middle East region, the sources say. The MoD formally announced the in-service date milestone on 1 December.
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ANAHEIM, CA - (April 29, 2009) - "Make the Connection!" on June 3 at The Shops at Anaheim GardenWalk
Job seekers and employers can "Make the Connection!" as the City of Anaheim hosts the first annual Anaheim/OC Job Fair and Expo, Wednesday, June 3 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., at The Shops at Anaheim GardenWalk (321 W. Katella Ave). Admission and parking are free.
Job growth is a priority for Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle and the Anaheim City Council members. Mayor Pringle has asked Councilman Harry Sidhu to take the lead on this job fair initiative as a timely and necessary means of providing jobseekers with important employment opportunities. The Anaheim/OC Job Fair and Expo is an additional way the City looks to encourage job placement opportunity and connect local workers with employers during this challenging economic time.
More than 75 employers are anticipated to be represented at the Job Fair and Expo. Career and life-skills leaders will conduct workshops throughout the day. Job seekers can also take advantage of a resume review and a computer station for applying for jobs online.
Job seekers and employers who pre-register will receive a complimentary VIP shopping pass to The Shops at Anaheim GardenWalk. To pre-register, please visit www.anaheim.net. Information on the Job Fair and Expo, as well as the employer list, will be continually updated on www.anaheim.net. Job seekers can call (714) 765-4563 with additional questions, and can visit www.AnaheimJobs.com to research job opportunities in Anaheim.
Employers wishing to have a free booth at the Anaheim/OC Job Fair and Expo can contact Rita Slayton at (714) 765-4348, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Anaheim/OC Job Fair and Expo is a partnership event with The City of Anaheim, Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, Anaheim Public Utilities, Anaheim Workforce Center, AnaheimJobs.com, Clean City, Inc., County of Orange, The Disneyland® Resort, Employment Development Department, Orange County Business Council, Orange County Register, Orange County Workforce Investment Board, Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board, The Shops at Anaheim GardenWalk, and Youth Leadership America.
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(AP) NEW YORK - President Barack Obama says the United States stands with Kenya against the "terrible outrage" of a shopping mall terrorist attack.
Obama says the United States is providing law enforcement assistance and all the help it can to deal with the tragedy.
More than 60 people have been killed by members of the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab. The attackers say the strike was retribution for Kenyan forces' 2011 push into neighboring Somalia.
Obama made his first public remarks on the attack while meeting with Nigeria's president on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. Obama had called Kenya's president over the weekend to offer condolences and support.
Obama said the attack shows the international community must stand against the "senseless violence" he said groups like al-Shabab represent.
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Menu Planning Around Budget Foods And Leftovers – Frugal ChallengeMonday, October 26th, 2009
We know that our grocery budgets are probably one of the first places we can comfortably cut expenses. Most of us think about clipping coupons and shopping sales as the best ways to trim the food budget, but did you know you can take an even more aggressive step towards some big savings?
Many frugal homemakers have started planning their family dinners with their food budget in mind. Instead of regularly making the same meals they've always made, they are replacing several dishes each week with a frugal alternative and planning these menus in advance. These dishes often include a variety of dried beans and peas, a less expensive cut of meat, and "reinvented" leftovers.
My challenge for you is to try this approach for just one week and see if you save money on your food budget… along with saving yourself a bit of stress!
Let's see how it works.
First of all, you need to create a meal plan for the week. Develop a menu for 7 days, beginning on the day that you want to serve a big meal. You will use this big meal to create at least one additional meal with the leftovers. This, in and of itself, will save money because you will be cooking two meals at once, using leftovers, and not stopping at fast food places.
For instance, if on Wednesday everyone is home at the same time and a nice, big dinner is in order, plan a hearty pot roast cooked in the crock pot. Choose a large roast so you are guaranteed leftover meat to use in open-faced sandwiches or beef soup. Cooking in a crock pot allows you to choose a budget cut of meat like a rump roast because a crock pot cooks the meat at a low temperature for a long time which breaks down the tougher cut into a fork-tender meal. You are saving money in a couple ways with just this one meal by creating leftovers and by using a budget cut of meat.
Another option might be to bake a large ham when you find a good sale price and serve it with a big dish of scalloped potatoes. Choose ham with a bone so you can use it to make Split Pea and Ham Soup later in the week.
You could choose to roast a chicken and then boil the carcass and leftover scraps to make broth, which you can use for Lentil Soup for another day. You can shred the leftover chicken and turn that into chicken salad to make sandwiches on a night when you want to eat light.
These are just a few options of where to get started with your big meal, but you see where this planning can really take shape now.
When you decide which day to begin, sit down with a pad and pencil and figure out what large meal you would like to make on day one. Then start searching for recipes that are nutritious and frugal that will use up leftovers as your week progresses. When you plan your big meals, keep in mind how you can use those particular leftovers for another meal using inexpensive, but nutritious, foods like black beans, lentils, dried peas, garbanzo beans, navy beans, and the like.
If you haven't tried to plan a menu for your family in the past, this will be an eye-opener. Once you get one week of menu planning behind you, I know you'll be patting yourself on the back, congratulating yourself for having nutritious, delicious, and inexpensive meals on the table every night for your hungry family.
This is a great way to save money on the grocery bill because no one feels the penny pinching with dinner on the table every night! I sincerely hope you'll try this frugal challenge on your family this week.


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Jerry Sands entered 2011 as a top Dodgers prospect and made his major league debut on April 18th to chants of "Jerry! Jerry!", but on June 7th, 144 plate appearances later, he played his last game in a Dodgers uniform until he was recalled as part of the expanded rosters in September. Over those 144 plate appearances that spanned from April to June, Sands was underwhelming to say the least, as he put up a .200/.294/.328/.622 line while playing primarily in left and right field.
His dismal start dulled fan expectations a bit for his September recall, but when he did return on September 8th, Sands was a different player, or at least he performed like it. In 83 plate appearances, he put up a huge line of .342/.415/.493/.908, giving Dodgers fans an immense amount of hope for his 2012 season.
But what was the cause for the sudden change in performance?
The most popular explanation among both fans and the media revolves around Sands making adjustments to his swing, and Sands even said as much himself while talking to Jim Peltz of the Los Angeles Times:
"I changed some big things in my swing," Sands said without disclosing specifics. Now, he said, "it's just a mental thing, just settling down, relaxing."
Changes without disclosing specifics, huh? Well that's rather frustrating for fans to read, don't you think?
I did, so I thought maybe a comparison of his swing from April and then September would help diagnose the specifics he left out.
The changes that Jerry Sands made between April and September were both smart and significant.
1) Hands held significantly lower.
Watching Sands in the minor leagues, it was clear to me that the holes in his swing were fastballs of any velocity up in the zone and fastballs thrown hard in on his hands. By dropping his hands, it compounds a weakness (up), but provides dual benefits (in, down).
Since Sands has always had trouble with pitches up anyway, I don't think exposing that further is a huge deal, as the solution to that problem is for him to stop swinging at balls up and out of the zone to begin with.
Now what the change in setup does do is allow for less moving parts and allow for his hands to start in the hitting position, thus making him quicker to balls thrown in on his hands and down in the zone (where his strength lies, IMO).
2) Opened up his stance.
Early in the year, Sands setup closed and then closed off further through his timing mechanism. When he was recalled though, Sands sets up open and then closes off back to a neutral setting through his timing mechanism.
This part of his swing adjustment allows for easier hip clearance so that he can pull the ball with greater frequency (notice that he went the other way almost exclusively in April). Additionally, it allows him to keep his left shoulder on the ball longer instead of having to bail with his front side in an attempt to get the bat head around in time.
3) Weight distribution balanced.
In April, you can see how unbalanced he is at footstrike, which was a common theme during his first stint by my observation. His closed setup was part of the issue, but it was more about how he would load his weight heavily on his back leg. Thus, as he shifted his weight forward, he would commonly get too wide and spread out, allowing him to basically get destroyed by breaking balls he wasn't looking for.
By contrast, in September, you can see he's in a neutral position at footstrike and ready to attack the ball aggressively. Sands stopped loading so heavily on his back leg and instead kept a generally even weight distribution throughout his approach, allowing him to keep his hands and hips back with greater consistency.
I'm not at all familiar with whoever reconstructed the swing of Jerry Sands, but in my opinion, whoever did it knew exactly what they were doing and should take credit for it.
While I listed the advantages of the adjustments above, the changes themselves are not what impressed me, but rather it was what they fixed that was important.
I think what's most important when making adjustments to the swing of a professional player is not trying to fit everybody's swing into an ideal, but rather sculpting what they already have and making it efficient.
From what I've seen, that's exactly what these changes do, as they ask Sands to learn to layoff fastballs up and then both allow him to expand on a strength (down) and create a solution for weaknesses (in, breaking balls).
To say I'm impressed by the changes that have taken place is an understatement.
All that said, and I know this disclaimer gets annoying, but despite my admitted optimism, these are all short term results and small sample size conclusions. While they can absolutely lead to long term success, it's certainly not in the bag by any means.
Still though, when asking whether or not Sands actually made adjustments and whether those adjustments made him better, the answer to both is a resounding yes.


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Kanye West Thinks Cash Money Signing Limp Bizkit Is A Bit Of A LOL
Kanye West, master of Twitter and epic rants, gave his two cents on the news that Cash Money Records signed Limp Bizkit today. And it was simply 'lol'. We're thinking that's a pretty hefty insult from someone who's not exactly known for being sparing with words. [Kanye West Twitter]
Andre 3000 Tells GQ There Won't Be A New Outkast Album Any Time Soon
Andre 3000 dashed the hopes of Outkast fans everywhere, telling GQ, "There's been a lot of talk on the Internet about an OutKast album and I have to say that as of now, there are no plans for another OutKast album." [GQ]


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By Esther Williams
"There is no livestock here. Most of them have died because there's no grass, no water - everything is disastrous."
These are the words of 18-year-old Terry Said, who lives and attends school in Marasibit, Northern Kenya. Marsabit is the driest region in Kenya and its population consists of mainly pastoralist communities and farmers who depend on consistent weather patterns to feed their animals and produce crops.
This region has received little rain since 2009. The scorched, red dusty earth is littered with animal carcasses and despair is etched into people's faces. Yet they maintain their dignity – surprisingly, no one begs.
When we see images of poverty and suffering on our television screens, it's easy for fatigue to set in. "Africa's perennial begging bowl is out again," we think. I understand this cynicism. There is a global economic crisis happening and many of us in the developed world are struggling to make ends meet. So why should we help hungry Africans?
After spending four days in Marsabit, the answer is simple. None of us will ever come close to the level of suffering these communities experience on a day-to-day basis.
Farmers rely on the land to produce regular harvests and to have healthy animals. If the crops and animals are all dead, they have nothing to eat or sell. Having no animals is like having no money in your bank account. No rain means no food, so people have to rely on assistance from aid agencies to address a climate-related crisis that is not of their making.
While there are those who continue to deny the realities of climate change, it continues to have its devastating impact on parts of the developing world, exacerbating existing inequalities between rich and poor nations.
For the communities in Marsabit, the recent World Food Day was a day like any other that came and went with people counting themselves lucky to have one small meal of rice. But for us, it was an opportunity to remind ourselves that no one should have to sit and wait, sometimes for weeks at a time, for food or water.
Donor governments must invest in small-scale, sustainable agriculture and diversified livelihoods, aimed at marginal groups, to build their resilience to recurring droughts, volatile food prices and conflict.
Tearfund works with a local partner in Marsabit to provide water to remote rural villages and schools. The water table is low in this region so it is very difficult to sink bore holes – one of the reasons why water scarcity is such a critical issue here.
It's here that I met Terry, who hopes to be a journalist one day.
"The international community need to help us with alternative livelihoods and water. When water is not available at home or at school we have many problems. We can't bathe, we can't clean. Water is life," she said.
Esther Williams is a journalist working for Tearfund, the Christian relief and development agency.


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N.C.'s Majesty Rose in 'American Idol Live!'
Is there something in the water here? What is it about North Carolinians who succeed on "American Idol," the long-running competitive reality show? Scotty McCreery. Fantasia Barrino. Clay Aiken. Kellie Pickler. Chris Daughtry. Anoop Desai. Bucky Covington.
And now with this most recent season, the winner was Caleb Johnson of Asheville, and one of the top 10 finalists was Majesty Rose York of Goldsboro. The finalists are now on tour, and "American Idol Live!" comes to the Durham Performing Arts Center on Sunday. The Herald-Sun spoke with York, who goes by just Majesty Rose, by phone this week from the tour stop in New Jersey.
The 22-year-old preschool teacher has also noticed that many "American Idol" winners and finalists also hail from her home state.
"I can't figure it out. Maybe it's how we're raised? I don't know," she said. She watched "American Idol" on and off over the years, and knew competing on the show would be hard, she said, but didn't think it would be so much pressure from so many voices each week. She made it to the top 10 finalists, and was eliminated in late March in ninth place.
"I wanted to be -- not just the best. I wanted to be my best," she said.
The "American Idol Live!" tour has been a lot of fun, Majesty Rose said. They meet their fans during "meet and greets" or those who just wait outside after a concert. On the Fourth of July, the Idol finalists did fireworks in a parking lot, she said, but the tour has been so busy she couldn't remember where they were that day. They performed in Ohio July 3 and in Connecticut July 5. They perform in a new city almost every night until the tour wraps up in Washington state on Aug. 23. Concerts include solos, duets, and group numbers, Majesty Rose said. She didn't want to reveal what songs she'll be singing, but did say they would include the most popular songs from the season.
Songs she sung on the show include "Let It Go," "Wake Me Up," "Shake It Out," "Happy" and "Fix You." Majesty Rose said all her performances meant something to her, but she really liked "Wake Me Up" and "Happy."
"You'll have to see. I'm really big on surprises," she said.
Being on tour versus on television means now only having one camera in front of her, and that's for the concert screen, she said.
"It's free, not being judged. We don't have to prove ourselves. We already made it," she said.
Majesty Rose's family and friends from Goldsboro will come see her Sunday at the Durham performance. After she left "American Idol" in the spring, she came home for two weeks before getting ready for the tour. She hung out with friends and visited her favorite restaurants.
After the tour ends, she said she'll start small and perform shows in her hometown. Social media seems to be the way to go, she said, and she'll sing covers and post them on YouTube.
"I'm trying to make plans now," she said. Traveling with the other Idol finalists has brought them closer, Majesty Rose said. She doesn't think she'll ever be in a televised competition again.
"I just want to be myself. That's what matters to me," she said.
WHAT: "American Idol Live!" tour
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Sunday
WHERE: Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian St., Durham
TICKETS: Prices start at $41. www.dpacnc.com
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Posted: March 30th, 2013
Saving today means borrowing less tomorrow
I celebrated making my final car payment this month. But this doesn't mean I have plans each month to spend the money that used to be going toward my car.
Instead, I'll stick a good portion of that amount in my savings account. That way, I'll have some cash on hand in case I need car repairs. And, hopefully many years from now, when I need a new car I'll already have some money saved up for the down payment.
When I went looking for this car four years ago and my previous car 12 years before that, I had money already set aside for the down payments. That meant I had to borrow less and pay less in interest.
Watch for tomorrow's blog entry on how I managed to save even more when buying the 2009 car.
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Kimberly Kelly Santini is a painter who specializes in pet portraiture and loves to dabble in still lifes. Creator of the "Painting a Dog a Day" project, the artist has been completing at least one dog (or animal) portrait daily since 2006. The venture into still lifes happened when the artist began painting dog collars and other ephemera as an extension of portraiture. Now the still life objects chosen are ones with sentiment and whimsy - vintage children's toys and chocolates are two favorites.
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Duane Hill begins his sixth season with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga volleyball team. Working primarily with the Mocs outside hitters, Hill brings 19 years of coaching experience at the Junior Olympic and high school level.
Hill began working with Junior Olympic volleyball in the Atlanta area in 1993 coaching teams between the ages of 14 and 18. This experience began with Volleyball Atlanta, which transformed into A5 Volleyball, one of the top programs in the Southeast. He has coached six different teams (1994, 1996-97, 2006-08) that have qualified for the National Championships.
The 1997 team was the first 18-year old team from Atlanta, Ga., to qualify for Nationals at a Junior Olympic Qualifier tournament.
Additionally, he has coached at Milton High School (1993-95) and the Marist School (1996-99, 2005). During the five years at Marist, Hill was involved with three State Championship and two State runner-up teams.
Hill worked as the assistant coach at Brenau College in 2004.
In the Chattanooga area, Hill has been the head coach at Notre Dame High School (2007) and Ringgold High School (2009), while also working with the Choo Choo City Volleyball Club. He took Notre Dame to the District Championships in Tennessee and Ringgold to the Elite Eight in Georgia.
Throughout Hill's coaching career, he has assisted at summer camps at Georgia Tech, Georgia and Emory. Hill has additionally organized and instructed at many high school camps.
Hill has also trained players individually and as a group as a private trainer since 1992. He has conducted one-on-one training and taught in conjunction with the Suwanee Sports Academy and VolleyPerformance Atlanta. He currently leads the VolleyPerformance program for North Georgia and Chattanooga.
The Los Angeles, Calf., native earned his associates degree in history from Georgia Perimeter College. He is currently completing his bachelor's degree in history at UTC.
Hill is married to the former Angie Schweikhardt. The couple has four daughters, Madision (19), Jazmine (18), Kennedy (9) and Baylee (9) and reside in Ringgold, Ga.


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AMARILLO -- The Amarillo Zoo is looking for some volunteers to help out at the annual Halloween event Boo at the Zoo.
BOO Crew volunteer jobs include costumed characters, handing out candy, supervising games and crafts, serving as area monitors and other fun positions!
BOO Crew volunteers must sign up by October 11th and fill out a volunteer application and attend a pre-event orientation on Saturday, October 19 at 10 a.m.
BOO at the Zoo is scheduled for Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, October 27 from noon to 5 p.m.
Each volunteer must register in advance and be available to work from 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5:30p.m. on Sunday.
To sign up or for more information please contact the Zoo at 806-381-5605 or email email@example.com.
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Raised among Beatrix Potter's woodland creatures in a nest of drawing supplies somewhere in Southern California, Kelly Vivanco grew up with a confident hand, an acute sense of color and a wealth of playful intuition. Seeking to express a childlike perception of endless possibility, she paints a mysterious world in which young people and charismatic animals are busily engaged in their lives. Although her work brings to mind the great children's illustrators of the turn of the century, its vintage storybook sensibility is made contemporary by the self-possessed attitude and quirky style of her subjects. In many of her paintings, it is the eyes that captivate the viewer – they are deep, glistening pools of emotion that can evoke a narrative in a glance. Yet her goal is to leave their meaning open to interpretation, so as to allow an infinite potential of stories and associations to unfurl.
Springs to Mind will exhibit through February 26, 2011.
Thinkspace Gallery
6009 Washington Blvd
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Hit the leap for a selected preview of Vivanco's latest paintings.