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0 Comments | Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), July 22, 2007
Byline: CRAIG ALEXANDER WILSON
Bronzing doesn’t get much better than Guerlain’s Terracotta Tan Booster Active Bronzing Powder. It prepares, activates and prolongs a tan and is so hot at the moment that it’s flying off the shelves. pounds 30 from Guerlain counters in Debenhams, Frasers and John Lewis.
Craig is proprietor of WILSON AND WILSON Hair and Beauty in Prestwick
Market Wire, July, 2010
OneShield, Inc. , the developer of OneShield Dragon , an innovatively modern, rules- and tools-based, data-driven policy management solution, congratulates Dalia Dannenberg of Capitol Insurance Companies recently recognized as a “Notable Achiever” in the 2010 Women in Insurance Leadership Awards to be presented in September by Insurance Networking News.
Dannenberg, along with the other winners of the Women in Insurance Leadership Awards, will be recognized in the September/October print issue of Insurance Networking News and will be honored in person during the Women in Insurance Leadership (WIL) Forum being held September 26-27 at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort in Oak Brook, Illinois just outside of Chicago.
According to the event website, the WIL Forum, presented jointly by Insurance Networking News and insurance industry analyst firm SMA Strategy Meets Action, “is dedicated to the advancement and professional growth of women in the field of insurance and provides the opportunity for mentors and their protges to develop and hone natural leadership skills and obtain key resources in order to better focus on business strategies and execution.”
Dannenberg, a F&S Staff Services Manager for Middleton, Wisconsin-based Capital Insurance Companies, was nominated by OneShield and is being recognized for her leadership efforts within Capitol’s Fidelity & Surety (F&S) operations at a corporate level and her focus and expertise on product strategy, underwriting policies and procedures, rating and filing rules, forms, and compliance. Recently, Dannenberg has taken a lead role at Capitol managing three large projects which have directly impacted the way that the F&S Department operates its business, including replacing the company’s legacy bond administration system with a new web-based bond administration system underpinned by the OneShield Dragon platform.
“It was our sincere pleasure to nominate Dalia for the award and we are very pleased she is getting some well-deserved recognition for her hard work on behalf of Capitol,” said Glenn Anschutz, president and CEO of OneShield.
For further information, please contact Meaghan Kenagy at 508.475.0188 or mkenagy@oneshield.com .
About OneShield
OneShield provides browser-based solutions to automate the sales and service of insurance and bond products for insurance carriers, major brokers, and managing general agents. Its flagship product, OneShield Dragon , is a tools-based, data-driven insurance underwriting, policy administration, rating and workflow engine. Dragon provides configurable and modifiable options to meet today’s goals and to adapt to future demands
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In the shower, avoid scented soaps and perfumed scrubs or products.
There are too many home remedies to ease the symptoms of painful hemorrhoids to name here but a few that you may consider include the following:
* Apply vitamin E oil topically to the anal area or cutting off the end of a vitamin E capsule, and squeezing the oil inside into the anus also brings a great deal of pain relief.
* Aloe vera gel applied to the anal area also soothes the pain and witch hazel applied with a cotton ball a few times a day can do the same while also keeping the area clean.
* Homemade enemas and peeled garlic clove or small pieces of potato suppositories also help ease inflammation.
Changing your diet in order to ease constipation will also help keep from making the pain of hemorrhoids worse every time you have a bowel movement. Drink prune juice and eat fiber-filled foods like apples, whole grains, broccoli, and more. All of these in combination or even just one will help ease the pain of hemorrhoids.
Jeanette Pollock is a freelance author and website owner of hemorrhoiddomain.com.
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Flat-liner home sales need new life
0 Comments | Daily Post; Liverpool (UK), Feb 19, 2010 | by Anonymous
LDP TODAY’S latest set of figures from the transmogrified housing market make for sobering reading. Gone are the days when 100% mortgages were commonplace – or, indeed, even available – and with them have gone the chances of first-time buyers actually getting onto the housing ladder any time before reaching middle age.
An analysis carried out by the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit reveals that almost three-q uarters of young families in Liverpool cannot afford to buy a home.
And, in boroughs around the rest of Merseyside, the picture is almost as grim, with no more than a third of families under 40 able to snap up their own property.
The current situation, where lenders are demanding near- impossible deposits from young buyers who cannot even be certain that their jobs might be safe in the short to medium term, means that thousands have been condemned to rent property – or even remain as a burden to their parents – until such time as they have the necessary money in the bank.
So many financial advisers have said so often in the past that rental money is “dead money”, that it is not funding a future lucrative asset for anyone paying it out.
But, nowadays, with houses selling slower than Jedward downloads, is there any realistic alternative? Surely, if there is anything that might unite the political parties in the run-up to the general election, it is the importance of increasing the supply of affordable housing, and getting the market moving again
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Franchisee will prominently indicate on its letterheads and business forms that Franchisee is a licensed Franchisee by using language saying that Franchisee operates an independently owned Franchise.
Franchisee will maintain employee records to show clearly that Franchisee and its employees are not employees of the Franchisor.
The liability of Franchisee?s shareholders, members or partners will be both joint and several. A breach of this Agreement by Franchisee or by any shareholder, member or partner will be a breach by all of the shareholders, members or partners and also by Franchisee.
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A franchisor must not only perfectly execute his strategy to extend brand name and market share thru its outlets, but it must also be careful to distance its self from unnecessary liability in a litigious industry. You of course will have to ask your own professional parasite [attorney] how your company will most likely deal with this. This is how we dealt with the problem. Consider all this in 2006.
Lance Winslow.
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Business Wire, Nov 11, 2009
Wickless candles offer a unique spin to traditional holiday presents
and parties
MERIDIAN, Idaho — ‘Tis the season to start shopping for your loved ones, and just as
shoppers try to find special gifts for their family members and friends,
Scentsy, Inc. has released its Top Holiday Gifts for 2009.
“What makes us different from a typical candle provider is that our
candles are flameless, smokeless and soot-free; this means safer candles
for family members, including children and pets,” said John Curtis, vice
president of communications for Scentsy. The following are Scentsy’s Top
Holiday Gifts for 2009:
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So, how do you purchase these gifts? By going to home parties or
visiting an Independent Consultants personal Web site. Curtis says this
upcoming holiday season offers a great opportunity for residents to have
Scentsy parties in their homes, offering people a new way to entertain
for the season.
For more information about Scentsy, please visit www.scentsy.net.
Beauty: A tonic for the roots: Rescue remedy for hair damaged by straighteners
0 Comments | Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland), The, Feb 28, 2009
Byline: ALICE WYLLIE
GHD has a lot to answer for. Approximately 97 per cent of the female population is addicted to her ceramic hair straighteners. Behind every shiny bob, flicky fringe, princessy ringlet and glossy mane bouncing down Princes Street on a Saturday afternoon, there’s likely a pair of GHD straighteners. Of course, we know that much like a skin-damaging sun tan, straightening our hair might make it look healthy, but it’s actually hurting our follicles.
GHD know this too, which is why they’ve come to our rescue with a new range of spa treatments for hair
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Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Oct 22, 2006
WICHITA – Dawn faintly touched the horizon as Fernando Tello Del Pilar guided a green Ford pickup truck along US-56 highway in far southwest Kansas.
Pilar was wheelman for an outfit hauling fragile freight – eight illegal immigrants, including himself, from Mexico in the cab and 11 more in the back under a camper shell. It was the sixth day of a covert trek from Phoenix to destinations in the Southeast that included Atlanta and Myrtle Beach, S.C. Passengers crammed into the vehicle were struggling to sleep as Pilar pointed the pickup east at 6:40 a.m. on Feb. 21.
Without warning, they were all launched into a squall of steel, bodies and debris.
Bedlam was triggered when the F-150′s left rear tire snapped off. The brake drum slammed to the road surface, grinding a flat section before breaking free. The truck heaved right and began tumbling end over end in a grassy ditch.
When the vehicle came to rest on its top 500 feet down the highway, three men lay motionless. Tossed like rag dolls to their deaths were brothers Pedro and Fernando Montalvo-Ramirez and Juan Manuel Perez-Rosales.
The 16 survivors, ranging in age from 3 to 60, also were ejected from the vehicle. Each was driven or flown to hospitals for treatment. Once healed, all but one was deported. The exception was Pilar. He went to jail.
Their pilgrimage to the United States in search of a better life was over.
“This was a worst-case scenario that points to the inherent dangers of this form of human smuggling,” said Eric Melgren, U.S. attorney for Kansas. “In case after case, we see smugglers driven by a desire for profit, charging undocumented aliens for transportation in unsafe conditions.”
The reaction
This bad fortune on US-56 highway illustrates a prominent feature of immigration law enforcement in Kansas.
Interviews with city, county, state and federal officials indicate that a policy of reaction, rather than proaction, guides this Heartland state’s approach to impeding the flow of illegal aliens.
Major highways that slash through Kansas – Interstates 70 and 35 – along with lesser-known state roads are important routes for human traffickers. Law enforcement officers say untold thousands of illegal immigrants are smuggled into or through Kansas each year along these routes. Some aliens stay, adding to the state’s total of illegal residents. Most, however, are headed for jobs and family elsewhere.
There are occasional law enforcement roadside checkpoints along these Kansas corridors, but there are too few officers, too few jail cells and too few dollars to justify aggressive programs to root out people in the state illegally. In areas of Kansas where undocumented labor is the backbone of the economy, local authorities operate under what amounts to a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy toward their guest labor pool.
When an undocumented immigrant runs afoul of state or local police in Kansas, there is no guarantee U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, will take custody of the offender for deportation. In 2005, Kansas law enforcement officers made 2,429 inquiries about possible immigration violations to the ICE support center in Vermont. In 97 cases, ICE agents told local authorities to put a hold on a person for deportation.
“I worked raids in the ’60s and ’70s,” said Shawnee County Sheriff Dick Barta. “We’d call immigration (U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, forerunner of ICE). They would come in a short amount of time. Nowadays, that’s just not the case. They’ll be the first to tell you, unless those detained are wanted, they don’t have time to spend with them.”
Renamed and expanded following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, ICE lacks muscle in Kansas to deal with the high volume of illegals ripe for deportation. In Kansas, ICE and the U.S. attorney’s office concentrate on undocumented immigrants who can be charged with a felony, such as drug smuggling, or those subject to felony arrest for entering the United States after being previously deported.
Pilar fell into the felon category after the deadly wreck in Morton County.
“We’re reactive,” said Brent Anderson, an assistant U.S. attorney in Wichita. “Basically, that’s what’s going on out there. We don’t have any big program designed to go out and find cases.”
But Anderson isn’t sitting on his hands. The federal prosecutor’s docket is swamped this year with about 200 criminal cases involving illegal immigrants – five times the caseload of five years ago.
Feds in charge
ICE was created in 2003 from the old INS and is now the largest investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE’s broad responsibilities touch upon immigration, child predators on the Internet, gang violence and intellectual property rights of U.S
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But you must have a discipline plan in place prior to the start of school. No matter what your plan is it must have well thought out expectations and consequences. Remember, consequences should be planned for both positive and negative behavior. If you are teaching Middle School and following the Middle School concept, then you have a team of teachers. These teachers should get together and work out the specifics concerning the expectations and consequences for your individual school.
While I would not try to make a conclusive list of helpful hints, concerning expectations and consequences, these are a few of the tools that I would suggest you include in your tool box for effective classroom management:
1. Group work or cooperative learning is a valuable model of teaching. When you use this model make sure that you have plenty of hands on activities to keep students full attention.
2. Be careful about letting Middle School children out to go to the restroom. Many times another student has set up an appointment to meet them at a certain time. I would tell that student to finish their work and if they still need to go in about ten minutes I will send them.
