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Thursday Catch Up: Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson

Several days ago Your Mama discussed The Wong House, a low-slung, Buff & Hensman-designed mid-century modern residence in Los Angeles that recently divorced Tinseltowners Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson purchased for $2,900,000 just a few short months before they split in late 2010 and just this week flipped back on the market with a $3,650,000 price tag. Newly released listing photographs—snapped in a glittering, city-view twilight—show the 2 bedroom and 3 bathroom post and beam abode has been altered little (if at all) since the former couple bought it in...

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Extended Unemployment: Initial, Continued and Extended Unemp...

Today’s jobless claims report showed declines to both initial and continued unemployment claims as seasonally adjusted continued to trend below the closely watched 400K level. Seasonally adjusted “initial” unemployment declined 12,000 to 367,000 claims from last week’s revised 379,000 claims while seasonally adjusted “continued” claims declined by 130,000 resulting in an “insured” unemployment rate of 2.7%. Since the middle of 2008 though, two federal government sponsored “extended” unemployment benefit programs (the “extended benefits” and “EUC...

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10 Funniest Super Bowl Ads

From Jet-Skiing sock monkeys to pint-size Darth Vaders, see if your favorite ad made our LOL list Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/people/photos/~3/WsSjFQwLNao/0,,20566060,00.html demi moore Ashton Kutcher

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Sir Elton films TV commercial with Amaro

SIR ELTON JOHN has given SIMON COWELL’s new pop protege MELANIE AMARO a boost after filming a TV commercial with the teenager. Source: http://uk.ok.feedsportal.com/c/33339/f/586181/s/1c53a811/l/0L0Sok0O0Ccelebrity0Enews0Cview0C450A630CSir0EElton0Efilms0ETV0Ecommercial0Ewith0EAmaro0C/story01.htm kim kardashian megan fox...

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Photos: Gold Coast demolition makes way for Starbuck’s...

 It’s always news when a building is getting knocked down on famous Rush Street.  Bob took this shot yesterday as demolition ramped up. A commercial building at 1003 N Rush goes down.  The highly anticipated new Starbucks demolition and construction is in full swing on Rush Street in the Gold Coast.  The new “greener” Starbucks store could have new twists for the brand.  It speaks to the economic power of the Gold Coast as it continues to land and reinvent top chains, boutiques and test...

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Communication Chains

“Why don’t we just automate all of our routine mail?”It all started so innocently, with such a seemingly logical question…The folks who work in financial aid offices in community colleges have unbelievably complicated jobs.  I knew that at some level already, but I recently watched as several people attempted to build a flow chart of communications with the goal of automating wherever possible.Tolstoy wrote that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The same could be said for financial aid applications.Was our college listed on the online FAFSA?...

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