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April 1, 2013 : Jenna Bromberg - Past Contributor
Are you claiming unemployed — or were you unemployed at some point this year? You still have to file taxes. But there are a few special considerations for taxpayers who receive unemployment compensation (and plenty of ways to bring that tax bill down).
1. Unemployment benefits are taxable
As you know, the unemployment benefits you receive must be reported as part of your gross income when you file your taxes. Unless you've chosen to have taxes withdrawn directly from your unemployment checks, no taxes are withheld from unemployment compensation when you receive your benefits. So, to avoid a major bill at tax time, it's a good idea to make estimated tax payments throughout the year if you don't choose to have taxes withheld.
If you're unable to make your tax payment in full, you may be able to arrange an IRS tax payment plan by submitting Tax Form 4868 available on the IRS website.
2. Job hunting expenses are tax deductible
The good news: You may be able to deduct unreimbursed expenses you incur during your job search as long as you're pursuing a job within your previous career field. If you meet qualification criteria, deductible expenses could include:
- Mileage, airfare and lodging expenses for job interviews
- Employment agency fees
- Résumé preparation expenses
- Employment counseling fees
- Phone charges for long distance calls directly related to your job search
- Postage costs
- Advertising expenses
Splurging on some new interview attire? Sorry: not deductible. Contrary to popular belief, wardrobe related expenses are NOT considered tax deductible, even if they are related to job search efforts.
To claim qualifying job search tax deductions, you must itemize your expenses and take the expenses as a miscellaneous deduction. In addition, your total miscellaneous expenses must exceed 2 percent of your adjusted gross income (AGI).
3. Relocation expenses could help lower your tax bill
Next up: if you received unemployment compensation at some point during the year and landed a new gig, you may be in luck if you're relocating. If you're relocating for a new position that is within the same career field, you may be able to deduct your moving expenses without itemizing. To claim relocation deductions you must meet the following requirements:
- Your new job must be at least 50 miles farther from your prior residence than your old job was from that residence.
- You must be employed full-time at the new workplace for at least 39 weeks in the twelve month period following your move.
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As we get older we no longer have to worry about homework, personal statements or what to do for our 18th birthday. Instead we worry about electric bills, what to cook for dinner and organising an 18th birthday party for your miserable teenage son or daughter. However, it's fashion as we grow older that's worrying FashionBeans reader's over on our forums;
I appreciate that fashion is a personal thing, and generally doesn't fit into an age bracket if you're comfortable wearing it… or at least that's what we'd like to believe. But surely there are limits to things we should wear once we start getting on a bit?
Unfortunately, as we get older, fashion does become a further worry. No longer can we throw on a grotty band t-shirt and get away with it. As we mature so should our style and this can only help us look our best.
The most wonderful thing about fashion in my eyes has always been the opportunity to be unique and expressive with how you look. With this in mind, remember that the following are only guidelines and whether these work on you depends on many factors like looks, personality and body type. Look at these guidelines and ask yourself if they will work for you and if you're unsure, send us a post over on the forums.
In Your Twenties
Let's start with those trendy young things, and indeed, this is the time to be trendy. Trends are being created for twenty year olds, catwalks have people in your age group walking down them, and although you may not look like a D&G model, you can definitely integrate new clothes from each season into your look. Now is the time to experiment, so feel free to go wild with your cuts, patterns, colours and pieces you choose.
You will definitely make plenty of mistakes (as you will in life) but every single one will help you learn what works for you and therefore sculpt your own specific personal style.
Twenties Lookbook
As mentioned above, this is a time for experimenting and developing your personal taste. The twenties lookbook below showcases just how much variety there is when it comes to dressing yourself; do you like smart or casual? Timeless or trend led? Classic or edgy? Bright or subdued? Try to vary your looks and also your wardrobe in order to find colours, patterns and an 'image' that showcases who you are as a person:
With so much choice from the majority of shops targeting you, let's buy a bit of everything, right? Not quite. Even though we are encouraging you to experiment and see what works for you, the important thing about the 20s is choosing one or two pieces to integrate into your current wardrobe from the new season trends. Don't go mad, and remember, your wardrobe should always revolve around you, not around the latest trend – that applies to all of us.
Choosing the Right Clothes for YOU
You may think that choosing clothes is just about what you like and how much money is on your debit card (or Daddy's). However, there are many features that need consideration. To explain this further, E4's series Dirty Sexy Things – which revolves around the lives of young models – will help. The show sees photographer of all people 'famous and beautiful', Perou, take images of 8 models of varying build and character – a perfect example to show how to dress individuals differently.
Are you Beefcake or Bronte-gent?
It's important to consider body build when choosing most pieces, even shoes! A slim fitting t-shirt might look great on your 6-packed friend but when it comes to your slender frame, maybe an elegantly cut shirt might look better. In Dirty Sexy Things, model Jesse [above left] cuts a slender, elegant silhouette; different to Rob's bulky, chiselled torso [above right]. Note the difference in the two's outfits here.
The best way to learn about what works for your body is to look at people with a similar shape or features and see what looks good on them. Someone who you trust to give an honest opinion is also a very important person to have in your life; make sure you take them with you on shopping trips or ask their opinion when trying outfits on at home.
During your twenties you might find your body shape changing radically. You could slim right down after coming off the university diet, or go the other way and bulk up radically with your new found appreciation of the gym. Either way, these years are there so you can work out what type of items look best on your frame, which brands are cut perfectly for your particular body type, and what pieces emphasise YOUR good bits and flatter YOUR less attractive areas.
By the end of your twenties you should hopefully have this nailed and know each time you reach into your wardrobe that your clothing will fit you perfectly and showcase you in the best possible light.
That Shirt Really Goes With Your Eyes…
Choosing colours that complement skin or hair colour can also take an outfit to the next level. See how bulky BB [above left] wears a dark red/burgundy that really emphasises his dark skin and hair, opposed to Jay's light and bright reds on his shirt and shoelaces. Darker/tanned skin normally looks better with richer, darker colours and light skin with muted colours – brighter colours will generally wash you out and make you look paler. Eye colour is also important and is best being brought-out by a well place accessory like a pocket square or shirt detailing.
These are all really important aspects of your appearance that you should aim to have under control as you reach your thirties. By then it should be second nature to you and each time you add a new piece to your wardrobe you will be armed with the knowledge and experience about whether it will compliment your skin tone, as well as your hair and eye colours.
Who Are Yah? Who Are Yah?
Choosing whether to buy a velvet blazer or a grungy leather jacket can be more important than you think – especially during your twenties. This can be a decision on how you want to present yourself – musical interest, catwalk inspiration, personality, whatever – and the clothes will only help you to show the side of you that you want on show.
You should take the time to consider exactly who you are and the image you want to project through your clothes. Please don't take yourself too seriously; just make sure that your outfit choices and the pieces you wear represent you – not a clone of somebody else. Fashion is very personal form of expression and should be utilised as an extension of our personality.
As you develop through your twenties, you might find your image and personal style adapts or even changes completely. There is nothing wrong with this, and in fact it is a natural part of growing up. You may start out as an edgy indie type when you are 21, and then as the years progress find yourself becoming open to different types of music, becoming more professional or simply developing new loves/interests. You will find yourself experimenting (there is that word again) with new pieces or looks you might not have considered before – but again the most important point to take away is that your clothes should still reflect who YOU ARE at that point in time.
Note: This does not mean you have to pigeon hole yourself into a particular look or style. Many men like to dress differently each and every day depending on their mood. One day it might be hard and edgy, the next clean cut and minimalist, the next quirky heritage etc. etc. the key point to take away is that you can still show who YOU are via little touches such as accessories, detailing, colour/pattern/fabric choices, modifications and the like.
The Basics
With all that in mind, it's time to delve into the shops. Even though we are advocating you trying new things and pushing the boundaries of your style through these formative years, it is not a time to neglect the basics. These are called basics for a reason – namely because they are essentials that EVERY man should have in their wardrobe. These provide the building blocks in order for you to be able to experiment with other items that will showcase some flair and individuality.
For those of you who just don't know where to start, I would recommend our men's fashion basics series, but particularly the articles on the 6 key items you should have in your wardrobe:
Building the Capsule Wardrobe
Here at FashionBeans, we often talk about creating a capsule wardrobe. This isn't creating a fantastic cupboard full of paracetamol… a capsule wardrobe is one that contains the classics. We're talking camel overcoats, bold ties, fitted blazers, the chino, the loafer and even the simple white shirt. With the big three-zero on the horizon, investing in the classics will mean you are both well prepared and have a collection of items that will last long into the future.
These pieces should be bought in timeless neutral colours such as white, black, brown, grey and navy, as these have an almost chameleon ability to adapt to any current or future trend. They also have the capacity to transcend years and seasons without ever falling out of fashion. By the time you reach the end of your twenties, your should of carefully curated a wardrobe full of these pieces.
Speaking of investments, as we progress through the twenties, we are hopefully growing slightly more financially independent (not a given with the current economy unfortunately). So buy quality and don't be afraid to break the bank on some items – an item of good quality that is well looked after will pay you back with the amount of wear you can achieve from it over the years. Overcoats, well constructed footwear, tailored suits and anything leather are generally items you know will repay your investment over and over again.
Trend Pieces
Of course, once you have the basics down you can begin to really mould your wardrobe around your particular look or personality. Bring in some interesting new items from current trends or choose statement pieces that utilise bold colour/patterns, have a natural flamboyance or are one off vintage finds. Remember to also experiment with fabrics, materials and texture – corduroy, suede, tweed and the like are all great ways of giving your outfits some depth and detailing, without sacrificing your personal style to do it.
As you are still young, you can also get away with much more detailing. Rips, heavy washes, distressing and worn patches are all fair game – especially as far as denim is concerned – so look for examples that will make you stand out from the crowd.
Below are some pieces that are right on trend for this current season. Stick to just one or two trend led pieces in each outfit, anchor them with some of the basics mentioned above and then add your personal touches and accessories to develop your own take on a particular trend:
The Good & The Bad
Leading by Example: Douglas Booth (aged 19)
To give some further guidance, Burberry and FashionBeans favourite, Douglas Booth shows how to dress your best at 20:
Mr Booth shows exactly how to combine simple pieces like his favoured white tee or a simple shirt, with great tailored suits, bold boots or an elegant Burberry trench. It is an understated elegance that strays away from combining too many show stopping items, which could potentially become the wrong end of flamboyant. To have a full run-down of Mr Booth's style, check out our style icon article.
Douglas Booth Inspired
Some Looks to Avoid
This section should be prefaced by me mentioning that I personally have absolutely nothing against those shown here. They are merely fun examples to showcase what a lot of our readers mention (in the comments section or forums) that they want to try and avoid looking like on a daily basis.
The One Direction lads come in for a lot of stick but I am sure it is just the way the stylists have been told to meticulously sculpt their image to appeal to young girls and teens. They themselves are very young and I am sure will learn and experiment as they grow older.
There are however some items that need to be avoided, no matter your build, eye colour or character (unless it's in your character to be quite the idiot). If you can find a picture of someone wearing Hollister with style, please post to the forums. Otherwise, avoid the bland, advertisement-board slogan or logo t-shirts. Nothing stylish there.
The JLS/Geordie Shore style outrageously deep-scooped tops or vest are also a piece that need consideration – if you must use them, they should be used to layer, not as singular items to show off as much of your waxed pecs as possible. The same goes with the seemingly new trend of wearing just a low cut cardigan without any layer underneath – a bit of subtlety and class never hurt anyone.
Finally, the head to toe AllSaints/Topman/Generic High Street Retailer mannequin look [showcased by the cowl neck One Direction boys above] is another one that you should aim to avoid. Even though you can look good (the look books produced by the retailers are increasing in quality each season), you end up looking like every one else – a clone if you will.
Counter act this by trying new brands or shops, and make sure your wardrobe contains variety. There are plenty of good budget/mid-priced brands around if you cannot afford to spend very much, and they all offer their own unique take on basics or current trend pieces. It is the only way you are going to be able to find that separation from every other guy on the street that is also shopping at all the major high street shops.
That about wraps up style in your 20s. Most items will work for a twenty year old; however, it most certainly does not mean you should buy most items. Next time we will be looking at those leaving the roaring twenties rapidly behind; turning thirty isn't just about thinking before having that next pint down the pub – it's about what to wear too.
Final Tip for the twenties: You can never have enough denim shirts but buy different washes or shirts with interesting detailing. Also, even you can't wear socks with a cartoon graphic on them!
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Heavy metal band Metallica have just released their second single called "My Apocalypse". The song is a follow-up for their first song "The Day That Never Comes", which has been already released last week.
"My Apocalypse" is now available for download on iTunes where Metallica fans can also purchase "The Day That Never Comes". Both singles are among confirmed tracks in the band's upcoming ninth studio album, "Death Magnetic", which is scheduled to hit the stores on September 12. Furthermore, the band have recently unveiled a new widget which the band will frequently update with news, such as a trailer for their MissionMetallica.com fan site and other Death Magnetic related materials.
Elsewhere, the Veteran rock group have received Inspiration award at 2008 annual show of Kerrang! Awards. "There are so many people in this room that inspire us and keep us alive, so I just want to thank everyone for keeping Metallica alive," drummer Lars Ulrich said at the ceremony, held in London on August 21.


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text: NEW YORK ( ETF Expert) -- Bonds were dramatically overbought throughout the summertime. Blame it on "Fed QE2-speak" or deflationary pressure or a herd-like fear of stocks. Nevertheless, the 10-year's yield of 2.3% bordered on insanity. By the way, kudos to those who chose intermediate bond exchange-traded funds at the start of May, and then "went away" until the start of November. Investors who executed a seasonal trade of iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond ( LQD), for instance, witnessed 8% gains over a six-month stretch. Still, the markets giveth and the markets taketh away. The 10-year Treasury may have began the year at a 3.25% yield, and it may have slipped 100 basis points over the half-year soft patch, but it has since recovered the place it occupied at the start of 2010. Perhaps the 10-year will close out 2011 near 4%. And the current level of 3.3% shouldn't be viewed as a distrubingly high yield. (Are you kidding me?) Indeed, it's not the present yield that should trouble anyone, but rather the quickness of the bond blowout in November and December. We're talking about a 100 basis point recovery in just six weeks! There are at least three different camps that endeavor to explain why bond yields have risen so dramatically and so quickly. Here are a variety of ETFs to fit one or more of these particular paradigms. Possibility No. 1 -- Bond yields soared on decidedly brighter economic expectations. According to Goldman Sachs, U.S. consumption is conspicuously growing, industrial activity is moderately accelerating, real estate is holding firm, employment is turning positive, gross domestic product forecasts are increasing and core inflation is a non-factor. Bigger picture for GS, then? The economy is expanding at a reasonable rate. Goldman didn't stop there, however. The research team issued an S&P forecast of 1450 for year-end 2011, and recommended overweighting cyclical sectors like technology, consumer discretionary and industrials. If you buy into the Goldman Sachs paradigm, you might want to access SPDR Select Consumer Discretionary ( XLY), SPDR Select Industrials ( XLI) or iShares DJ Technology ( IYW). Possibility No. 2 -- Bond yields soared on U.S. deficit fears. Forget the fact that the federal deficit has surged from $161 billion to $1.5 trillion in four years. According to deficit hawks, the yields that began to skyrocket in November 2010 reflected the bipartisan compromise on economic stimulus; that is, Bush-era tax rates would be extended for a "permanently temporary" period of two years, hundreds of billions more would be added to unemployment coffers, and none of it would be paid for by accompanying cuts in spending.


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Now wide receiver Michael Floyd is one of the best wide receivers in the NFL as he enters his third season in 2014.
The University of Notre Dame product is coming off his first 1,000-yard season when he paced the Red Birds in receiving yards (1,041). He also added five touchdowns.
While that was impressive, what really impressed head coach Bruce Arians were the injuries Floyd played through – especially the shoulder problem he played with in his career-high 193-yard effort against Jacksonville last season.
"I think Michael is starting to reach his potential," Arians told azcardinals.com. "He still needs to be more consistent each week. He played through injuries for the first time which is a huge step for a young player to play through injuries. A lot of times they just sit themselves down. He wanted to win, he wanted to help us win. I thought he made great strides. This year, can he do it again?"
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By Staff Sgt. Amber Robinson, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry DivisionOctober 20, 2010
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii- Chemical Corps soldier throughout 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, were able to refresh their knowledge of chemical hazards and learn new information during the week of Sept 27 as part of Dragon Week here on post.
The CBRN training was designed to refresh Soldiers to refresh chemical Soldiers on their former training, introduce them to new HAZMAT equipment, HAZMAT awareness and discuss the current chemical threats in-theater, specifically Afghanistan, where the Bronco brigade will deploy next year.
"The Reconnaissance platoon (of the 71st Chemical Company) trained 38 CBRN Soldiers from the brigade on the equipment and tactical training procedures," said Cpt. Ericka Meir, company commander for Headquarters and Headquarters Co. Brigade Special Troops Battalion. "What we wanted was to familiarize ourselves on CBRN tasks and equipment, but also incorporate what is taking place in theater."
Each training day started with classes during the morning and hands on training in the afternoon.
"Soldiers were able to work through some simulation exercises each day and use equipment they may never have trained on before," said Cpt. Matthew J. Urban, a chemical corps Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Rgt., 3 BCT, 25th ID. "The Soldiers were able to train on the M17 Decontamination System, which is a large high-powered pump driven washing device."
Other training included how to decontaminate a casualty, decontaminate one's self, survey a radiological contaminated site and mark a chemically contaminated site. The training also incorporated more basic Soldier skills to include how to call in a nine-line medical evacuation on a chemically contaminated casualty and how to transport a chemically contaminated casualty to a pick up site.
The 71st Chemical Company were present for the week as graders for hands on training and also provided some of the equipment Bronco Soldiers trained on.
Dragon Week was culminated on Friday, Oct. 1, as teams from most of the battalions competed in a series of physically intensive battle-focused lanes.
"It was basically like a stress shoot for the chemical corps," said Urban.
The competition began with a nine-mile ruck march and included six lanes which participants had to complete for time and accuracy.
Lanes included a series of basic chemical tests, donning a protective mask and decontaminating one's self, decontaminating a casualty, assembling and disassembling various weapons systems, surveying and marking chemical and radiological sites and a written test.
Battalions who competed were 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment and 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion.
Each Battalion was represented by a two-man team of chemical corps Soldiers.
3rd BSTB were the overall winners of the completion with 2-35 Inf. Regt. coming in second.
"It was a challenging competition and the Soldiers really put their all into it," said Urban. "It provided our chemical corps Soldiers a chance to see what their combat potentials may be and how they would react in those extreme conditions."
Chemical Corps Soldiers were positive about the training and hope to be able to take on more training in the future.
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In July 2010, Mr. Jobs, Apple's former chief executive, told the chief executive of Random House, Markus Dohle, that the publisher would suffer a loss of support from Apple if it held out much longer, according to an account of the conversation provided by Mr. Dohle in the filing. Two months later, Apple threatened to block an e-book application by Random House from appearing in Apple's App Store because it had not agreed to a deal with Apple, the filing said.
After Random House finally agreed to a contract on Jan. 18, 2011, Eddy Cue, the Apple executive in charge of its e-books deals, sent an e-mail to Mr. Jobs attributing the publisher's capitulation, in part, to "the fact that I prevented an app from Random House from going live in the app store," the filing reads.
The newly released documents also quote David Shanks, chief executive of Penguin, as saying that Apple was the "facilitator and go-between" for the publishing companies in arranging the agreement.
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The Most Unusual Person In Second Life Ida Keen is the most unusual person I've met in Second Life. You'll recall that the people I've met in SL include Dirjha Summers, an exotic dancer who works in a midnight city prowled by vampires and demons, along with Tateru Nino, an androgynous figure in a long robe who works in an office floating high in the clouds. Ida Keen, however, is an ordinary woman who lives, along with her husband, in an approximate reproduction of her grandmother's house on the Florida shore. She wears jeans, a sweat
Surviving Media Disruption At AlwaysOn: Will There Be A Calm After The Storm? Yesterday, I was at the opening session of the AlwaysOn NYC Media Event. Many of the media industry's top congenscenti were on hand to discuss, debate, spin, and relentlessly pitch the future of all online media. All of the bloggers present (like yours truly) were sectioned off into a tiny space in the middle of the floor called the "Blogger Bullpe
Gartner Insight on BI Platforms Revealed Whenever Gartner cranks out another of its famous Magic Quadrants, we inevitably see the vendors in that prized top-right quartile cranking out press releases announcing their success. Sometimes they even purchase reprint rights to the Quadrant itself, which gives us all a peek at the outcome.
Outsourcing Reaches Its Tipping Point Author Malcolm Gladwell says a tipping point occurs when a phenomenon starts to multiply exponentially, as though it were an infectious virus. Outsourcing's tipping point occurred this week when Accenture announced it would have more workers in India than in the United States by August.
Jim Gray, Noted Database Researcher, Missing At Sea Jim Gray, 63, the noted database researcher, veteran of stints at IBM, Tandem Computers, and most recently Microsoft, is missing at sea. He set out Sunday morning to do something that I have done twice, sail from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge across 27 miles of ocean to the Farallon Islands. He hasn't returned.
The BS in Business Intelligence In the last year, corporate management seems to have gained a better understanding of what business intelligence (BI) means to organizations. Executives finally are realizing that information about performance and the metrics that measure it are keys to improving their bottom line. Yet even so, they have invested far less in efforts to support BI than in other areas of information technology.
Microsoft's Sound And Fury You would think that, for the launch of its much-anticipated Vista operating system, Microsoft could transcend the typical hype session that companies seem to think are the best way to introduce their products. But Microsoft's vaunted Vista launch event was a bigger version of the kind of production that you usually see at trade shows such as CES or the late, lamented Comdex -- a lot of noise, a lot of lights, and a lot of sound and fury, signifying ... well, you know the quote.
And Away We SVGo! Yesterday in NYC the Mobile Monday organization hosted a half-day seminar on scalable vector graphics (SVG). According to the fine collection of speakers the little group huddled at the Samsung Experience had the pleasure of listening to, this tiny little computer language is promising to revolutionize the mobile web experience. Some day. The take-away message for the afternoon was: SVG is grrrrrrate!
Hello, Vista. Good-bye Tablet OS? In case you didn't know, Microsoft's Vista operating system launches today. Though there are 80 gazillion different versions of Vista, I didn't see any of them labeled "Tablet OS". What gives, Ballmer? In scrolling the headlines today, I noticed a small blurb from HP about a new TouchScreen PC they are working on. You can read about it here. As I was perusing the article, I thought to myself, "Hmm, is there a Tab
IM, Therefore I Think I ranted about AOL's extreme makeover of AIM Express last week and was gratified by the comments and e-mails from people who were quick to fill in my memory lapses with the names of instant messaging alternatives. Trillian and Gaim both have numerous supporters.
What Happens In Second Life, Stays In SL Role-playing is an essential part of Second Life. But some people take it more seriously than others. Some people act as if Second Life really is a second life -- as if the person who exists in that virtual world really is a different person from the one in the real world.
Avoiding Failure: The Better Part of IT Valor? It felt confessional to explain to a friend the other day that typically my greatest value as a consultant comes from helping enterprises avoid making a big mistake. Usually the looming mistake is selecting the wrong software for their needs. That just doesn't sound as triumphant as "restored them to profitability," or "instituted a fabulously successful publishing regimen."
Strange Anti-Microsoft Bedfellows What do Brussels and Des Moines have in common? An apparent determination to keep Microsoft's competitive instincts under control that goes far beyond what Washington had the belly for.
Three New BI-Style Tools for Investment Managers The business intelligence movement rolls on and one of its benefactors is Wall Street. It's a good fit -- after all, what asset manager wouldn't want the most insightful views of the right data? I was recently briefed on three new or updated data analysis tools: one for analyzing the blogosphere for stock tips, one for analyzing SEC data, and one for portfolio backtesting. Here's what I found interesting.
Major Vista Facts? Please! There's an article floating around the Internet today called "Facts About Windows Vista." In it, you'll find 4 genuine pieces of information (which are not all that exciting, by the way) about the world's most expensive operating system, following by some inane statistics on how many dopes will use it. C'mon, Reuters. You call this news? The entirety of their article tells us this: new look, easier search, g
Is Palm Losing Its Grip on Business Customers? With tight integration to back-end systems becoming more and more necessary, is Palm OS on the verge of extinction? As nifty as the Palm OS is to use, it seems fewer and fewer businesses take it seriously, opting instead for Microsoft-based platforms. There was a time when I was addicted to my Treo 650. It was my first qwerty keyboard device, but more than that, it was my first smartphone. I loaded it chock full of contacts, synced it with my calendar, stuck some tunes and applications on there
Get Me The Geeks? Oh, Please! Apparently, computers and TVs are now so complicated they can only be set up by people who stay at home Saturday nights reading technical manuals. That's how 60 Minutes portrayed it Sunday, on a segment called Get Me The Geeks.
Sun Exec Rips Microsoft Patent Application Simon Phipps, chief open source officer at Sun Microsystems, took aim on his blog at a Microsoft patent application for an object test bench.
The First Celebrity Of Second Life Says She Was Misquoted Anshe Chung just e-mailed me to correct some statements in my earlier blog post. She says she never engaged in cybersex for Linden Dollars. She compares what she did to what a geisha does: "A geisha is not paid for sex, although an individual geisha may choose to pursue sexual relationships with men she meets through her work."
It's Not A Best-Seller, But Better Read It Anyway It's not going to make it onto the New York Times best-seller list, but the IT Infrastructure Library just might save your job. If you've ever seen things go disastrously wrong, then come to the understanding it was going to happen again--that's the time to read the ITIL titles.
My Dinner With Google I drove from San Francisco down to Mountain View last night to attend a dinner with members of the Google Apps and Google Enterprise teams. I rented a Zip Car for the occasion, since my car wasn't available and public transport wasn't an option. The car was a Cooper Mini. It's a fun little car. It had XM Radio and I have to say I was impressed with the sound quality. But I digress.
Down To Business: Another (Unconventional) Look At Executive Compensation To argue against artificial caps and controls isn't to denigrate the millions of hard-working wage earners. Capitalist markets are full of inequities, real and perceived, but in the end their attributes far outweigh their flaws.
Everything You Want Out Of Life: Computer Games, Money, And Sex Pity me, my job is such torture. I've been spending a lot of the last week explicitly, and with the enthusiastic support of my managers and colleagues, doing an activity which gets people fired from most rational jobs. I've been messing around with computer games. Specifically, the virtual world known as Second Life.
Second Life's First Celebrity Second Life has produced one authentic celebrity so far: Anshe Chung, who claims a financial worth of $1 million real-life, American dollars for creating and selling virtual goods and services. I interviewed her for two hours yesterday evening in Second Life, and woke up this morning with a new appreciation of how slippery identity and reality is in Second Life.
Time to Accept SaaS as Part of the Enterprise I was on a plane the other day, and I heard one salesman say to another, "I have that Salesforce.com." The other salesman said, "I have that Salesforce.com, too… a very fancy Website." To many people, SaaS-delivered applications are really just "fancy Websites," but it's crucial that these apps work and play well with existing enterprise processes.
IT Confidential: Computers And Football: Made For Each Other The Super Bowl has been the stage for some entertaining and provocative computer commercials. Here are a few more that we may--but probably won't--see this coming Super Sunday.
Mobile Spam Finally Arrives It's the day many of us wireless industry insiders have been waiting for, the day mobile marketing spam finally hits North American shores. And it appears mobile spam may be here to stay.
Nokia Mobile Enterprise Still Losing Money Nokia's enterprise group, Nokia Enterprise Solutions, is still in the red. Why can Nokia make so much money off its core business of cell phones, but not from business mobility? Is it that mobile enterprise is still the little engine that could? Or is the company's focus off? To be fair, Nokia said that it expects its mobile enterprise business to
"Cough! Cough!" Yes, That Was Your Smartphone Wheezing At You Believe it or not, the first mobile viruses began appearing back in mid-June 2004. The Cabir worm and Mosquito Trojan both targeted smartphones that run the Symbian Series 60 operating system, which is the most widely used smartphone platform across the world. Others targeting Windows Mobile appeared later. Should the enterprise be concerned? Hell, yeah!
HP, Alas, Why Did Ye Stray? That the weight of the spying scandal continues to cause small implosions and aftershocks over at HP isn't terribly surprising. What does surprise me is the lack of a battle cry from other journalists and the complete silence from HP's press team.
How To Improve Your VoIP Service Ferenc Veres over at VoIP.com offers some advice on how to improve your VoIP service.
Is Microsoft's Impact On The Economy Bigger Than Google's? Donna Bogatin asks a thought-provoking question: Who has more impact on the economy, Microsoft or Google? During his annual predictions for 2007, futurist Mark Anderson said that Google and Microsoft represent two very different types of money. Microsoft is plumbing money, Anderson said, while Google is
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I agree that it's not ethical, yes the shots can be made, I have friends that shoot LR and push "Nightforce" and "Trijicon" on me, too expensvie for my blood. I am of the opinion that the longe range business is just that, a business, its probably a blast shooting and hitting targets that far out, but it seems to me that a majority of the hunt is missing with this type of approach. I also believe in freedom of choice and would never push my opinion on others, but strongly believe that the stalk is just as satisfying, if not more, than a kill.
Havent been impressed with BOTW. I have a friend that guided for them last spring, it aired last week i believe, spring bear hunt in western montana. He said he wasnt impressed with how they reacted to shooting animals, and that they even wounded a bear and didnt want to track it.
Long range hunting should be banned!!!!!
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NO! NOT AGAIN! I hate this thread.
If you have practiced and CAN make the shot, then it's ethical. If you can't make a good shot at 100 yards, then that's too far. "Ethical" shot distance is different for every shooter. I don't shoot 1,000 at anything, but I have better things to do than to run down those that can and do. It's legal. They enjoy it. They put meat in the freezer and antlers on the wall to enjoy. More power to them. It's OK if we don't all hunt the same way.


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Mortgage borrowing surged in November
New Zealanders borrowed an additional $548 million in mortgages in November, bringing the total owed on housing to $67.502 billion, according to the latest Reserve Bank figures.
Thursday, December 27th 2001, 7:57PM
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That's the most borrowed in any month this year by a wide margin and confirms other indicators showing the housing market enjoyed a very strong November. The previous highest monthly amount borrowed in mortgages was March with $443 million.
Between November last year and this November, mortgage borrowing rose by $4.263 billion, or 6.74%. That's faster than the previous year's 6.19% growth in mortgage borrowing.
Mortgage borrowing in November was 90.7%
of total household indebtedness, down marginally from 90.8% a
year earlier and 91% in November 1999. Total household indebtedness
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IUP dismisses football coach Tepper after 6-5 season
After changing its bad-boy image in football by hiring conservative coach Lou Tepper five years ago, Indiana (Pa.) on Friday again found itself contemplating the future after announcing Tepper won't return next season.
IUP athletic director Frank Condino said in a statement that the school would begin an immediate search for Tepper's successor.
Condino was traveling and unavailable yesterday.
Tepper did not return a message left with the IUP football office.
Tepper will depart Dec. 31, although his contract doesn't expire until June 30. An IUP athletic department spokesman said Tepper will be "appropriately compensated" for the rest of his contract.
Tepper, 65, a native of Derry, Westmoreland County, has a career record of 101-75-2 with stints at IUP, Edinboro and Illinois. But he didn't win enough games at IUP to be retained, Condino said. IUP interim president David Werner agreed, saying a change in leadership was "the best option."
Tepper's five-year record at IUP was 36-18 but was 11-11 over the past two seasons.
IUP became an NCAA Division II power under former West Virginia coach Frank Cignetti, who led the Crimson Hawks to 19 consecutive top 25 seasons from 1986-2004.
Tepper's 2007 team was his only at IUP to earn a Super Region 1 playoff berth.
"Our football program needs to move in a new direction," Condino said. "After a thorough review of the program's history and this season, I don't have confidence that the current leadership can change course and position the team for a stronger future."
Condino said Tepper and his staff "undoubtedly made an enormous impact on the lives of the young men they have coached and mentored, (and) we are indebted for the contributions made to the players, the athletics department, IUP and the greater Indiana area."
Tepper led IUP to top 25 finishes during his first three seasons from 2006-08, but the Crimson Hawks fell out of the final rankings the past two seasons.
"We were expecting the team to be more competitive in both the PSAC and the NCAA Super Region 1," Condino said. "A record of 11-11 over the last two years is not what our supporters expect, and it's not what they deserve."


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PLACENTIA Police – have arrested a man accused of a string of residential thefts in Placentia between October and December.
Kyle Michael Sturms, 20, of Placentia, was arrested on suspicion of multiple residential burglaries, possession of stolen property, and possession of cocaine, according to police. He was booked into the Orange County Jail in lieu of $20,000 bail.
Police also are searching for a second person in connection with the burglaries.
Sturms' arrest followed the execution of a search warrant Saturday at his residence in the 500 block of El Cabrillo in Placentia. Numerous items were recovered from the residence matching property reported stolen in burglaries in several Placentia neighborhoods, police said.
At a local pawn shop, police also found items reported stolen in the burglaries and traced them back to Sturms, said Lt. Eric Point, a spokesman for the Placentia Police Department.
Stolen items include cash, jewelry, gift cards and electronic equipment.
Sturms confessed to 11 burglaries and 10 attempted burglaries from October through December in Placentia as well as additional burglaries in a nearby unincorporated area being investigated by the Orange County Sheriff's Department, police said.
Several of the burglaries were committed while the residents were asleep, according to police.
Entry was gained to some of the homes through sliding glass doors, windows or pet doors, said Placentia police Sgt. Brian Perry.
Some people have met with police to identify property stolen from their residences.
Joseph Hassan, whose home in the 2100 block of Tynes Street was reported burglarized Dec. 27, said he is pleased with Sturms' arrest.
"It kind of helps," he said, "Our whole block is in an uproar. A person coming into your home while you are sleeping is pretty invasive."
Placentia police detectives are attempting to identify additional property recovered from Sturms' residence as well as items found at the pawn shop.
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The Geekiest Schools
The students at these fantastically geeky schools don't need extra credit—but they do it anyway, because they can't resist an unsolved problem set! Not only are the students at these colleges among the smartest in the nation, they have an intense nerd culture that would put your childhood Pokémon card-trading club to shame. Check out the 10 schools where geek culture is THE culture.
10. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland, Ohio)
It would be a complete shock to hear a dim-witted exchange on this campus, considering College Prowler ranked Case Western as having the seventh smartest guys and the 17th smartest girls in the US. You'd think the first date conversations would be the best, but apparently, "having a better computer is more important than a girlfriend" at Case Western, according to one Urban Dictionary definition.
While one student on StudentsReview gave the school a A- for Educational Quality, Case Western bombed the Social Life category with a big, fat F. But students don't seem to mind the apparently lacking social scene because high school graduates are flocking to this nerdy paradise—the school gained significant recognition for its academics in 2011 when student applications increased by more than 44 percent!
9. SWARTHMORE COLLEGE (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania)
Students don't waste time at this high-intensity school, and, as a result, they've earned a spot on Ultius's Nerdiest Colleges in America list. One student on Unigo said, "My friends in the natural sciences in particular seemed to spend most of their waking hours working on problem sets or in the labs." Maybe their busy schedules are the reason they have a ninja Valentine delivery system that doubles as a charity fundraiser—with those study schedules, who has time to hand out their own valentines, particularly when ninjas can do it for you? When Swarthmore students aren't turning romantic holidays into an excuse to role-play, they are attentively taking notes in class. In a review on U.S. News & World Report, one alum attributes the students' work ethic to the positive relationships in the classroom: "I think that something unique to Swarthmore… is that professors are super appreciative of the fact that their students are invariably really smart and really nerdy." We know there's a Teacher Appreciation Week, but Swarthmore proves that nerds need love, too!
8. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago, Illinois)
UChicago students are no stranger to the phrase "where fun comes to die," but their hard work doesn't go unnoticed, as the school has an impressive alumni base that includes 87 Nobel laureates. One student on College Prowler says their first year at the intense university was "probably the most learning I have ever accomplished in one year." But brainiacs at the second best private Midwest school (according to Forbes) take study breaks to create their own definition of fun—and it includes school pride chants about physical constants. UChicago students know their place on the scale of nerdiness—and they are proud of it!
7. DREXEL UNIVERSITY (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
According to the National Research Council, Drexel's Materials Science and Engineering Department is ranked as the 11th best in the country. And if that wasn't awesomely geeky enough, Drexel's mascot is a dragon named Mario the Magnificent. Lana*, a student at Drexel, says, "Oftentimes during the week you will casually find students choreographing a lightsaber fight on the quad or slacklining between trees. When it snows, there are castles and mazes built out of the snow by our engineering students." Navigating a snow maze on the way to class sounds pretty fun—but knowing Drexel's superior academic standing, we wish anyone luck on solving it!
6. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY (Baltimore, Maryland)
JHU hosts a summer program for gifted elementary through high school students through The Center for Talented Youth, which is regarded by many as "geek camp." CTY students spend seven hours a day and five days a week doing challenging academic work there (fun fact: Lady Gaga once attended!).
But the geek culture at JHU doesn't stop after summer is over. Katie Naymon, a junior at Johns Hopkins, says, "I've heard of multiple stories where drunk freshmen will do calculus proofs together… there [were] once two drunk kids who were trying to out-calculus each other." We're guessing those two mathematicians probably reached their "critical points." Katie also says students snoozing in the library is a common sighting, so much so that there is an entire tumblr dedicated to pictures of people sleeping there. One JHU senior scientist leads GeekChic workshops that teach basic programming to aspiring female nerds. The intensive program lasts 10 weeks and helps women learn junior-level programming.
5. REED COLLEGE (Portland, Oregon)
Any college that dedicates an entire day to an element is guaranteed a spot on our geek list. Reed College celebrates the Seventh Annual Nitrogen Day every year—always the seventh because nitrogen is the seventh element on the periodic table—with free food and an open mike for students to recite poetry about nitrogen. The students, also called "Reedies," wonder how life would be without what the school website calls "one of the universe's most important, yet under-appreciated elements." With an amazing tradition like this, Reed has been showered with nerd culture accolades from sites such as the Huffington Post, Unigo, Ultius, and Geeky Tech News. In a review on College Confidential, one prospective student who went on a college visit claimed Reed had "almost too many nerds." We hope "almost" was the key word for that high schooler—how can you say no to a love of nitrogen?
4. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Pasadena, California)
As MIT's greatest rival, Caltech is sure to rank high on the geek scale. Their rivalry is hilarious, by the way. According to the Caltech admissions site, Caltech students once visited MIT's campus during a prospective student weekend to distribute shirts that said "MIT" on the front. However, when students unfolded the shirt, the back revealed the words "...because not everyone can go to Caltech."
One student on Unigo describes the student body as "'outcasts' from your high school: the nerds, the hippies, the anti-socials, the quiet." But when a school is consistently applauded for educating our generation's brightest minds (the Times Higher Education World University Rankings named Caltech the best university in the world within the Engineering and Technology Universities category), don't they have a little wiggle room for less-than-cool hobbies? Plus, we have to give Caltech some credit for their annual Ditch Day, a senior skip day where underclassmen take the initiative to "modify" seniors' rooms with sand, car parts, and other random materials and suspend the furniture from trees—we hear the prank day involves a little less science than most days (by a hair). Plus, how can a school not make the list when the Big Bang Theory character Sheldon Cooper is a researcher there?
3. MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Home to 78 Nobel laureates, MIT breeds nerds destined to change the world. Students use their brainpower for work and play by participating in scavenger hunt puzzle races, such as the Mystery Hunt. Every January, you'll find MIT students zooming around campus, solving a series of puzzles that lead to the discovery of an object, called a "coin," which changes every year. Past coins have all held significance to the theme of the race—in 2005, the coin was a piece of meteorite to fit the theme of superhero powers. The school's more famous tradition is their hacks, a series of harmless practical jokes executed by the student body ("hacks" has nothing to do with computers for once, though some hacks do pay tribute to computer-related themes). Some notable hacks include the time MIT's Green Building was transformed into a giant game of Tetris and the time Pacman and Blinky appeared on the Great Dome, a major MIT landmark.
But playtime on campus is short-lived, because students know firsthand that the amount of work at MIT is unforgiving. Handling the workload at the school has been compared to "drinking from a fire hose"—yikes! Even with a face full of water, nerds here should rejoice that they were among the about 8 percent who get accepted to this brainy institution every year.
2. COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY (Williamsburg, Virginia)
The nerds at William & Mary have a selection more than over 400 clubs to busy their brains after those grueling lecture classes. Some of the nerdier clubs include interest groups for The Settlers of Catan, competitive gaming, and Macintosh. The description for the Mac Club says the organization helps "Macintosh users make their computing experiences productive and enjoyable." Laugh all you want, but discovering new keyboard shortcuts is actually life changing! About.com also named William & Mary the number one school for Harry Potter fans, thanks to their thriving, 200-member organization called Wizards and Muggles (how clever!).
"This is a school where frat boys unabashedly watch Battlestar Galactica, Magic: The Gathering mini-tourneys between friends happen in common areas and kitchens, and where our nerf gun enthusiasts have hosted after-hours zombie apocalypse games in the halls," says Harper Yi, a junior at William & Mary. In a school of self-proclaimed nerds, Alexandra Court, a junior at Willam & Mary says, "We even have a name for our geekiness: we call ourselves 'TWAMPs' (typical William and Mary person)." Though the general consensus is that a TWAMP is an academically inclined college student, Mariana Debbe, a junior at William & Mary, thinks the label should be taken with a grain of salt. "It's not that we all lack social skills… we're out at parties, playing on sports teams, running for student government, playing in bands, etc.," she says. "But we understand what we have to do to succeed, and if that means practically living at the library during finals, so be it. We play hard but work even harder."
1. CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Carnegie Mellon University: where the kilt-clad marching band is twice as big as the student section at any given home game. But luckily, CMU students are proud to be "too school for cool," as one student posted on a Facebook group dedicated to conversations overheard on campus. While the computer science majors are on their way to becoming the highest paid graduates in the nation, students from every department can be found cracking away in Hunt Library—better known by its moniker, Club Hunt, because it houses many students late into the night. But CMU students do find some time for play; they unwind by slacklining on The Cut (the greenery in the middle of campus), running around on broomsticks in a game of Quidditch on the soccer field, or playing Humans vs. Zombies between classes (all very common college activities, right?). "It's just an average day when you see a robot interacting with students as they get their morning coffee or lunch," says Hannah Dellabella, a senior at CMU. "And it's even more typical to hear your friends laughing over programming jokes while arguing about who pulled the most all-nighters." Because what are five measly Red Bulls in the name of bragging rights?
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****Disclaimer- These are not real viruses, this is a spoof, a parody, a joke, maybe not a funny one, but none the less its not real.. Any questions, comments or Vida Guerrera photos can be sent to [email protected]
With a major SoBig virus going around infecting computers across the country, I did some research and found out about a new string of computer viruses named after pro wrestling personalities, so beware, and update your virus protectors to make sure you're protected.
Vince McMahon Virus- When this virus is contracted, it attaches itself to every program on your computer. Regardless of what you try to use on your hard drive the Vince McMahon virus is now a part of the program. Norton, McAfee and several other virus scanning systems are working day and night to find a removal for this virus but at this point there is no hope in site. This virus isn't new, and has in fact been around for a long time, but somehow is a stronger virus than many of the newer, younger viruses that have come out recently.
Triple H Virus- A very annoying virus indeed if contracted. This virus finds its way into your computer and attaches itself to the biggest and best program you have on you hard drive, and prevents any other programs from being able to be used on your system. Apparently it convinces the operating system on your computer that without this virus, it can no longer run successfully.
Kevin Nash Virus- This one is strange in that it finds its way into your system, but it never works the way the makers had hoped, so it's not much to really worry about except it will on occasion slow up some other programs.
Vince Russo Virus- This one just takes all the programs on your computer and mixes them up and tricks you into thinking you're using one program while actually using another. So if you open up Microsoft Word, and type up a long letter, or book report, by the end of the report about, lets say, the solar system, your printer will actually print out a book report about the Grand Canyon... and a picture of a topless woman.
The Hulk Hogan Virus- This is the smartest virus to ever be developed. Just when you figure out a way to remove it from your computer, it disappears on its own, leaving a small file you'll never detect that months down the road will prompt you to download new software from a website in order for your stem to continue working properly, once you do this, the Hogan virus attaches itself to that software and takes over your system once again, and the cycle continues forever., and ever and ever and ever...
Jim Cornette Virus- The difference between this virus and all the others is this one actually means well. When this virus is contracted on your computer it takes the newest, most unadvanced files and programs on your computer and makes them work properly, upgrading your system basically, but as soon as the Vince McMahon virus makes its way onto your system, it ruins all the work the Cornette virus has put in on your system.
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The following is the text of an editorial which appeared on the Opinion page of the July 1, 2014, Georgetown News-Graphic:
GEORGETOWN, Ky. – As if anyone needed proof that change is underway at Georgetown College, last week should have ended any doubts.
In a surprising move, Georgetown College President M. Dwaine Greene released information the college received a warning from The Southern Association of Colleges & Schools. The warning was issued Thursday after a determination Georgetown College was not in compliance with requirements on financial resources and standards on financial stability.
"'Warning' is the less serious of SACSCOC sanctions and is usually levied in the early stages of a situation needing correction," Greene said.
Under SACSCOC guidelines, Georgetown College has two years to correct the problem or face loss of accreditation.
No one should be surprised by this warning. In his nine months in office, Greene has taken extraordinary steps to give Georgetown College some financial stability. At the same time he has been refreshingly candid about the steps being taken and why they are necessary.
This is the second time in 10 years Georgetown College has been warned about its financial stability. In December 2004, the SAC's Commission on Colleges issued a warning when the college's net assets fell from $61 million to $44.5 million in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
That warning was kept mostly within the college's inner circles until this newspaper reported on it. A year later, SACS praised the college's accomplishments as its net assets had increased to $52.4 million from $44.5 million.
Certainly it was uncomfortable and not the kind of information Greene or the college wanted published or discussed. But by taking the steps to release the information, the college creates a sense of transparency and integrity as it struggles to get on more solid finical footing.
The steps Greene has taken are painful, but as this sanction signifies, the steps are necessary.
So far, Greene has demonstrated a steady leadership for Georgetown College during a a difficult and awkward time. Of course Greene has the luxury of knowing that this is a problem he did not create, and so he is only responsible for the fixes. Even so, he has shown a willingness to listen to others and an ability to do what he believes is necessary to bring Georgetown College back onto more stable financial ground.
By releasing information about the sanctions, Greene has shown that he is a leader who can be forthcoming with the good and with the bad news. Based upon what we have seen in Greene's first nine months, he is creating a greater possibility of more frequent good news in the future.
Re-posted from Georgetown News-Graphic website. Subscribers to the News-Graphic may read online or in the July 1, 2014, print edition.


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A Healthy Bite: Jessica Simpson
"For me, it's just eat whatever makes you feel good. Work out whenever you want to. Just take care of yourself."
After so much public scrutiny of her curves, Jessica Simpson shared this level-headed piece of advice with Us Weekly at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Seems like her world travels studying the international diversity of beauty standards have positively affected her outlook!
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MIS VACACIONES PERFECTRAS... MIS VACACIONES CLARO EMPEZARÍAN EN GUADALAJARA. Guadalajara NUEVA YORK CANCÚN SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES UTAH FLORIDA HOUSTON FRANKUFURT ROMA VENECIA PARIS BARCELONA MADRID EGIPTO MALI NIGER MARRUECOS CHAD GUINEA SUDAFICA NUEVA DELI BEIJING TOKYO MOSCÚ BANGKOK SYDNEY BUENOS AIRES TARAPACA LIMA SANTA CRUZ AMAZONAS Y AQUI TERMINAN. ONTARIOFull transcript


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A SLICE of toast left uneaten by Prince Charles on the day of his wedding to
Princess Diana is going to auction.
Served up to the royal before he tied the knot at St Paul's Cathedral in 1981,
the snack is already drawing attention from collectors around the UK.
And amazingly, it is expected to fetch up to £500, making it one of the most
valuable food items ever sold at auction in Britain.
The slice is to be sold at Charles Hanson Auctioneers, in Etwall, Derbyshire,
on behalf of Rosemarie Smith, whose daughter worked as a maid and a dresser
for the Royal family for almost three decades.
Mrs Smith, who lives near Derby, told how she had been invited by her daughter
to spend the hours before the wedding at Buckingham Palace.
She said: "At the time my daughter was a maid at the Palace and one of
her duties was to collect Prince Charles's breakfast tray from outside his
"I was with her in the corridor and saw that Prince Charles had left some
toast on the tray. I had been thinking about a keepsake from the wedding and
saw the toast and thought to myself: 'Why not'?"
Fortunately, the bread has not rotted away over the years due to the fact that
it was toasted, driving out the moisture and stopping it from going mouldy.
Auctioneer Mr Hanson said: "It must be the world's upper-crust slice of
"It witnessed Prince Charles in private on the morning of his big day and
to a royalist collector it provides an added dimension to the Royalist
The unusual item is set to go under the hammer on July 19.


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The singer gets covered in human waste after agreeing to do a 'Jackass'-inspired stunt which includes a Porta Potty.
After being blasted for her musical performance on "Good Morning America", Britney Spears shows off her funny side on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". The "Hold It Against Me" songstress appeared in a skit with "Jackass" gang on March 29.
The 29-year-old blonde beauty declared that she is not afraid of heights, poo-poo and pee-pee, and stated, "Hi, I'm Britney Spears and this is the poo cocktail supreme," before entering a blue Porta Potty. Inside, she got her eyes covered with googles while she was being flung through the air, like the stunt that Steve-O did for the 2010 movie.
In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Johnny Knoxville claimed Britney had originally been in "Jackass 3D" but her scene had to be "cut for time." The skit, however, was intentionally filmed for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on Tuesday afternoon. "Just did my first @jackassworld stunt with Knoxville and company. Knoxville better watch his back," she tweeted after taping her stunt.
In addition to appearing in the skit, Britney also performed on the late-night chat show. Wearing a black and green bodysuit, she belted out "Till the World Ends". She later traded her outfit with a super-tight, sexy black bodysuit with sparkles when catering the audience with "Hold It Against Me".
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Spinach and Rice Alfredo Recipe
Even folks who don't like spinach enjoy this rich, cheesy rice and spinach combination. We prefer it with pork chops, but it goes well with chicken or steak as well.
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 cups packed torn fresh spinach
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
- 1-1/2 cups hot cooked rice
- 1. In a small saucepan, saute garlic in butter. Stir in cream and cheese; cook for 1 minute or until the cheese is melted. Add spinach, salt and white pepper. Cook for 1 minute or until spinach is wilted. Stir in rice. Yield: 2 servings.
Nutritional Facts
3/4 cup: 515 calories, 37g fat (23g saturated fat), 120mg cholesterol, 497mg sodium, 37g carbohydrate (2g sugars, 1g fiber), 10g protein.
Reviews for Spinach and Rice Alfredo
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Reviewed Jan. 31, 2017
"Loved the flavors and how quick this came together. After adding 1 1/2 cups of rice, I thought it was a bit soupy, so I added about another cup of rice. It made enough for 4."
Reviewed Mar. 6, 2013
"Two thumbs up! I used a Uncle Bens pouch that cooks the rice in the microwave in a minute and it's the perfect amount of rice. Really quick recipe."
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Giant Beehive in Saginaw
Yesterday, we talked about the 'Rise of the Mosquitoes' in the state. Today, MLive.com reports that a woman in Saginaw, MI, realized this past weekend that she had a colony of bees numbering in the tens of thousands in a maple tree in her front yard. She was concerned they might attack the kids, so she tried killing them off. Click here to find out how the story played out.
(I didn't know bees could eat through wood…and the foam that's supposed to seal the hive.)


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CHEEKY Kylie Minogue has challenged Pippa Middleton to a sizzling battle of
the buns at the Diamond Jubilee.
The 44-year-old Aussie pop princess — who famously flaunted her shapely rear
in tiny gold hot pants — will be singing at the concert celebrating the
Queen's 60 years on the throne on Monday.
Also on the guest list is Pippa, 28, whose pert behind stole headlines when
she was bridesmaid at sister Kate's wedding to Prince William last April.
Kylie will be seen revealing her saucy challenge to TV chat host Alan Carr
Asked by the comic whether she would have a "bum-off" with young pretender
Pippa, she said: "I'm going to have to.
"I'll definitely have to (bend over and) pick something up off the ground."
Kylie, wearing a hot pink mini-dress, then leaned over and gave a wink to show
the Channel 4 audience she is still in excellent shape.
And to help in her battle with Pippa, joker Alan, 35, even gave Kylie a
vibrating bottom-toning machine as a gift for her birthday, which fell last
Yet while she is prepared to tackle the bum challenge, Kylie admits she is
nervous about singing in front of the Royal Family.
She said: "I can't tell you too much about the performance, but what I can say
is I'm doing a medley."
Last week Kylie performed her latest hit Timebomb on The Voice in a
cobweb-style dress, which she confides in the chat came from a Soho SEX
Kylie also speaks on the show about sister Dannii's embarrassment when Simon
Cowell's affair with her was revealed in Tom Bower's biography Sweet Revenge
— serialised in The Sun.
She said: "My sister has been through a lot worse — but she's busy with my
nephew Ethan who's adorable."
Kylie admitted she'd been in talks to be a judge on The Voice but said she'd
never join The X Factor panel.
She said: "It's a million per cent no."
By SAM AMOS, Rumpologist
BOTH these ladies are lucky enough to boast particularly pert backsides.
While Kylie's is very rounded — which conveys a strong character who is
seriously outgoing — Pippa's is closer to a pear-shape. The way her natural
curves flow out from her waist, over her hips and out into her full bottom
is very eye-catching.
Generally, I think the "better backside" is one that is curvaceous and flows
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On that basis, Pippa should probably edge this challenge. But because of her
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Pope to diplomats: Break bad habits of war, injustice
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- At the start of a new year, Pope Francis laid out a laundry list of suggested resolutions for religious and political leaders for making a joint commitment toward building peace.
No conflict exists that is "a habit impossible to break," the pope said, but he underlined that kicking such a habit requires greater efforts to rectify social injustice, protect religious freedom, jump-start peace talks, end the arms trade and cooperate in responding to climate change and the immigration and refugee crises.
In a 45-minute speech Jan. 9 to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, the pope underlined what he saw as the real "enemies of peace" and the best responses that could be made by today's religious and political leaders.
"One enemy of peace," he said, is seeing the human person as a means to an end, which "opens the way to the spread of injustice, social inequality and corruption."
The waste, "greedy exploitation" and inequitable distribution of the world's resources provoke conflict, he said, and human trafficking, especially the abuse and exploitation of children, cannot be overlooked.
Another enemy of peace, the pope said, are ideologies that exploit "social unrest in order to foment contempt and hate" and target others as enemies to be eliminated.


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About the Book
This book is about iBum, which is scanner built in chair, created by a London based Japanese Interactive artist Tomomi Sayuda.
iBum has been exhibited and introduced to many media worldwide.
This is the first book to show colourful result of bottom pictures which were taken by iBum at Tent London in September 2010. 100 selected London bums are on this book.
Features & Details
- Category Fine Art
Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
108 Pages
- Publish Date Nov 15, 2010
- Tags Tomomi Sayuda, Tent London, scanner chair, interactive design, interactive art, print out, digital stadium, Frieze art fair, Tent digital, iBum, i-Bum, 2010, book, fun, London, Japan, ass, bottom, scan, UK, Germany, chair, interior, Oshibe, 100, NHK
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We've had a tax lein on our credit for several years now which makes it nearly impossible to borrow any money.
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Now, we really want to get this IRS bill taken care of but obviously don't have the money. We've got some other little bills we'd like to have taken care of as well. Does anyone know any one who will lend us money to pay the IRS?
We don't want to make monthy payments to the IRS....the lein will not come off our credit that way. Only if it's paid in full will they take the lein off. We'd like to get it off so we can refinance the car and the house to get lower rates.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 8/5/2014 (1197 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
BRANDON -- It is the mayoral contest Winnipeg's voters may envy in the coming months.
While there could be 10 or more candidates running for mayor of Winnipeg, with the majority fighting for the centre-right vote, Brandon's mayoral election will give voters a clear choice between two well-known, experienced candidates who hold sharply contrasting views on a host of issues important to their city.
Mayor Shari Decter Hirst, a longtime New Democrat, is running for re-election against popular former deputy mayor Rick Chrest, a centrist business owner with deep, multi-generational roots in Brandon.
The incumbent often has the advantage in an election, but a Probe Research poll conducted for the Brandon Sun in January gave Chrest a 29-24 lead over Decter Hirst in a hypothetical contest involving seven potential candidates. If Chrest received all of the support given to the other centre-right candidates named in the poll, and Decter-Hirst received all of the support given to the other centre-left candidates, Chrest would lead by a 57-43 margin.
It is a risky extrapolation, but it accurately reflects the current mood of Brandon voters, many of whom are weary of the controversies that have dogged Decter Hirst throughout her mandate.
They include her attempt to raise property taxes by more than 20 per cent in one year, the squandering of hundreds of thousands of tax dollars on a futile Canada Games bid, conflict-of-interest allegations, exaggerated academic credentials, unpaid property taxes on properties she owns, and her open-mic threat to slap a city councillor during a council meeting.
In a recent column entitled Shari, Shari, quite contrary, Brandon Sun managing editor James O'Connor expressed his frustration with Decter Hirst, writing "Our city's first councillor needs to start playing nicer with others. She has to stop whining when things don't go her way. She has to stop getting her name in provincial media for negative issues.
"She needs to shut up and listen to her staff, fellow councillors and the people of Brandon who elected her."
With scorching criticism like that in the press and all the political baggage she has accumulated during her tenure as mayor, Decter Hirst's path to re-election is far from certain, but she will be relying on a strategy that has carried other incumbents to success.
In an effort to distract voters from her missteps, she will attempt to reframe the dynamics of the campaign by putting the focus on Chrest, arguing he is a pawn of Brandon's business class who neither understands nor cares about the concerns of ordinary Brandonites. She will warn he would take Brandon backwards, and isn't worth the risk of jeopardizing the city's bright future.
If that sounds familiar, it is the strategy Manitoba's NDP has successfully employed against the Progressive Conservatives in the past three provincial elections. The problem for Decter Hirst is it will be difficult to use against Chrest, for two reasons.
First, Brandonites already know who he is and what he stands for.
He was born here and has served the city in various capacities for three decades, including two terms on city council.
Second, he has strong answers to the mayor's fear-mongering. He can point to the large property-tax increases Decter Hirst voted for -- with little to show for it -- and compare that to the eight straight city budgets he voted for that kept property-tax increases at or below the rate of inflation.
In response to the accusation he is part of an "old boys club," Chrest can remind voters several of the city's most prominent business owners actually supported Decter Hirst in the 2010 mayoral campaign.
As to the suggestion he is a threat to the city's future, he can invite voters to recall Brandon consistently ranked as one of Canada's top 10 cities when he was on council, but not since Decter Hirst became mayor.
While Brandon's mayoral campaign promises to be a hard-fought affair, it has several attributes Winnipeg's will not: It will give voters a thorough airing of issues and a distinct choice. Best of all, the winner will emerge with a mandate delivered by the majority of voters.
Deveryn Ross is a political commentator living in Brandon.
Twitter - @deverynross