﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Trevco Insurance Blog</title><link>http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/</link><description>View Trevco Insurance's Website Blog</description><language>en-us</language><managingEditor>postmaster@www.trevcoinsurance.com</managingEditor><generator>Insurance Website Builder - www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com</generator><a10:id>urn:uuid:c69d2318-5510-414a-9fad-6edea2d43c98</a10:id><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:2fd1ee38-8032-4e71-a994-fded5b68002d</guid><title>Presidents: worth more than the money they're on</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/PresidentFinal-210x273.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Presidents: Worth more than the money they&amp;rsquo;re on         Since Monday is President&amp;rsquo;s Day, we thought we&amp;rsquo;d kick off the holiday a bit early with some good, old fashioned learning&amp;mdash;don&amp;rsquo;t worry; we&amp;rsquo;ll get to the fun st...</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:22:40 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Presidents_worth_more_than_the_money_theyre_on.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em; color: #c55124; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif;"&gt;Presidents: Worth more than the money they&amp;rsquo;re on&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Since Monday is President&amp;rsquo;s Day, we thought we&amp;rsquo;d kick off the holiday a bit early with some good, old fashioned learning&amp;mdash;don&amp;rsquo;t worry; we&amp;rsquo;ll get to the fun stuff in a second. Ahem: Did you know that President&amp;rsquo;s Day was established in the 1880&amp;rsquo;s in order to celebrate the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln? While the two were born in different centuries, Washington in 1732 and Lincoln in 1809, both were born in February. And both were pretty awesome.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Hence the birthday celebration.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;We see the contributions of these two men everyday, from our nation&amp;rsquo;s laws and policies, right down to their shining faces on our money. Which brings us to the fun part: How much were these two really&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;worth?&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;These days they&amp;rsquo;re worth a five, a one, and some change; but we thought it would be fun to find out how much these Presidents&amp;mdash;and the rest of the faces decorating our currency&amp;mdash;were really&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;worth&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;when they were alive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So check out today&amp;rsquo;s infographic to find out just how much money those Presidents whose faces you know so well (just take a look in your wallet!) really had.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Who do you think was the wealthiest President EVER? The answer may surprise you&amp;hellip; We&amp;rsquo;ll let you know if you&amp;rsquo;re right!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sources:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/21/the-net-worth-of-the-amer_n_825939.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;HuffingtonPost.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://mistupid.com/currency/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;MIStupid.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.history.com/topics/presidents-day" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;History.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left" class="subPrimaryTextCell" valign="top" style="width: 519px;"&gt;4506 Garth Rd&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Baytown , TX 77521&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left" class="subPrimaryTextCell" valign="top" style="width: 519px;"&gt;2106 Strawberry&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Pasadena , TX 77502&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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                        &lt;td align="right" class="phoneTextCell" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(713) 477-1314&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5KU-wQf7vhk" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:8703c6df-95a3-4ba5-859a-d8ab199902a1</guid><title>10 Cheap and Fun Valentines day gift ideas</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Park1.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Today is Tuesday February 7th. Now I point this out, not because it is a momentous date, a holiday, or a due date for some important federal document; no, I point this out simply to let you know that you have&amp;nbsp;one week&amp;nbsp;until Valentine&amp;rsquo;...</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:11:59 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/10_Cheap_and_Fun_Valentines_day_gift_ideas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Today is Tuesday February 7&lt;sup style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; font-family: inherit;"&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;. Now I point this out, not because it is a momentous date, a holiday, or a due date for some important federal document; no, I point this out simply to let you know that you have&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;one week&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;until Valentine&amp;rsquo;s Day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Seven days and counting until V-Day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;If you are lucky enough this year to have somebody that you love, that you like, or that you&amp;rsquo;re even just getting to know; what you plan for Valentine&amp;rsquo;s Day might be a make or break kind of situation&amp;mdash;and for you married folks, it might at least determine whether or not you&amp;rsquo;re sleeping on the couch!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;So we thought we&amp;rsquo;d give you some romantic rendezvous on the skimpy side (&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;cost&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;that is.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Check out these ten date ideas for&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;under $10.00&lt;/em&gt;. After all, love doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to be expensive; it just has to be thoughtful, heartfelt, and sincere&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;And nobody wants to be the guy on the couch, am I right?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Park1.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7569" title="Park1" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Park1.jpg" width="350" height="284" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Field trip to the park.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Now this is always a little iffy in February&amp;mdash;the month where in most places, the weather is torn between winter and spring. But if you do happen to live someplace where the sun is out, take a stroll to the park with your sweetheart. There is nothing like a seesaw, some swings, and maybe a bottle of bubbly to make you feel like a kid in love again.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: Free&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gallery.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7570" title="Gallery" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Gallery.jpg" width="350" height="245" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Gallery or museum.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Museums and galleries usually have a free night, but even if it doesn&amp;rsquo;t happen to fall on Valentine&amp;rsquo;s Day, admission is generally pretty low, or in some cases is just a &amp;ldquo;suggested donation&amp;rdquo; of about $3.00 or $5.00 per person.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: $6-$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Sampling.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7571" title="Sampling" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Sampling.jpg" width="350" height="280" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Go Sampling.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;If you two are into wine or beer, you might want to try sampling at a winery or brewery on Valentine&amp;rsquo;s. They&amp;rsquo;re known for letting visitors taste their products for free, and sometimes will even have paired snacks on hand (cheese plates, strawberries, etc.) If you find something you like, you can take it straight home without paying the marked-up retail price later.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: $0-$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Picnic.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7572" title="Picnic" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Picnic.jpg" width="350" height="268" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;4)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Picnic!&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is a great activity to add on to number one above. Do you two have dogs? Make a family trip of it! There&amp;rsquo;s nothing quite as fun, light-hearted, and easy as creating a date out of just hanging out outside! A post-swing set picnic at the park is a perfect way to just simply enjoy the outdoors, and ultimately each other, with no distractions. Check out&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/lifestyle/healthy-waist-healthy-wallet-12-good-for-you-meals-under-5" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;our post&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for some meal ideas for less than $5 per serving.&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: $10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bakesomethign.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7573" title="Bakesomethign" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bakesomethign.jpg" width="350" height="279" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;5)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Bake something awesome.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Okay, it doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;turn out&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;awesome&amp;mdash;the point of this one is just doing the activity together. Need a delicious and inexpensive recipe for apple pie?&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/2009/11/veggie-might-grandmas-apple-pie.html" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Check this out.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: $4.71&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hangoutanimals.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7574" title="hangoutanimals" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hangoutanimals.jpg" width="350" height="288" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;6)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Hang out with some animals&lt;/strong&gt;. Even if you two don&amp;rsquo;t have pets of your own, or perhaps&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;especially&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;if you don&amp;rsquo;t have pets at home, visiting a local zoo, aquarium, wildlife center, or even pet shop will bring out that lovey-dovey side in anyone. Zoos and aquariums often have free days, and usually have low admission prices; and of course, pet stores and wildlife centers are always free (unless you wind up taking home a furry souvenir!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: $0-$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Community.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7575" title="Community" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Community.jpg" width="350" height="301" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;7)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Community Events.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Check out your city&amp;rsquo;s events website and find out what&amp;rsquo;s going on around you! Most event sites will list things in categories: location, type of activity, and even price. They&amp;rsquo;ll give you the scoop on what, where, and how much for this Valentine&amp;rsquo;s Day. Do you like local music? Doors are usually only about $5.00 each if it isn&amp;rsquo;t a big band. What about street festivals or open-air markets? These are free and great places to just walk around and catch up!&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: $0-$10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stargaz.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7576" title="stargaz" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/stargaz.jpg" width="350" height="286" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;8)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Go Stargazing&lt;/strong&gt;. All you need here is a blanket, a clear night, and maybe a bottle of something delightful or some snacks. This might just be&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;the&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;inexpensive date idea to stir up some romance. Hint: do a little research on various constellations before you roll out the blanket. Wow your date with your Googled knowledge!&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: $0-10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/couch.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7577" title="couch" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/couch.jpg" width="350" height="264" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;9)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;A night in.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;This inexpensive option is great for those of you who just need a minute to breathe! If you&amp;rsquo;ve been caught up in a whirlwind romance, or even a whirlwind workweek, make Valentine&amp;rsquo;s simple this year. Rent a movie, pop a pizza into the oven, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;relax&lt;/em&gt;. Slowing things down a little might be a great way to get to know each other even better.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: About $10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/concert.jpg" style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-7578" title="concert" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/concert.jpg" width="350" height="303" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;10) &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sing away&lt;/strong&gt;. Do you secretly have the voice of an angel? Want to impress your date? Whisk your Valentine away to a karaoke bar for some inexpensive, light-hearted singing and drinks/snacks. Now this isn&amp;rsquo;t exactly the most&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;romantic&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;of Valentine&amp;rsquo;s dates but it will be fun and break the tension for the rest of the evening. Afterward, take a nice long stroll around town and talk about your favorite music.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cost: about $10&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;For many Americans, this Sunday&amp;rsquo;s Super Bowl marks&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;sports day of the year, but for still others, it is&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;commercial day of the year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Think about it: How many other times a year do you shush the folks you&amp;rsquo;re around during the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;commercial break&lt;/em&gt;, only to resume talking during the program?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;And just how much does&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;it cost to advertise anyway? Check out today&amp;rsquo;s infographic to find out the economics behind these ads, and even how those&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;ads&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;reflect the economy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;And if you want to sit back, relax, and recap on your favorite Super Bowl ads from the past, just&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://superbowl-ads.com/article_archive/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;click here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Happy Super Bowl weekend, everyone!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/SuperbowlAds21.gif" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7536" title="SuperbowlAds2" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/SuperbowlAds21.gif" width="550" height="1586" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s your all-time favorite Super Bowl ad?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sources:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2012-01-03/super-bowl-ad/52360232/1" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;USAToday.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/keithlevy/2012/01/19/despite-super-price-tag-super-bowl-xlvi-advertising-time-still-super-valuable/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Forbes.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-super-bowl-ads.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Physorg.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/1984-apple-superbowl-ad.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;IOwnedMac.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/6ntDYjS0Y3w" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Youtube.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://www.superbowladsforgeeks.com/2011/12/super-bowl-2012-advertisers.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;SuperBowlAdsforGeeks.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;CrashTheSuperBowl.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/super-bowl-ads-tell-the-economys-story-2011-02-04" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;MarketWatch.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://mangomoney.com"&gt;www.mangomoney.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:45d443f2-0e3e-4dfb-84e9-273487b35708</guid><title>Trevco Insurance: Life Insurance in Baytown, Texas</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/Library/Buttons/QuoteButtons/GAQ_LG.png' align='left' /&gt;Life Insurance in Orange Texas&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;                                            Baytown Alexander                                            411 N Alexander&amp;nbsp;             Baytown , TX 77520&amp;nbsp;             Location Map &amp;amp; Driving Direc...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:15 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Trevco_Insurance_Life_Insurance_in_Baytown_Texas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Life Insurance in Orange Texas&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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            &lt;td class="subPrimaryTextCell" valign="top" align="left" style="width: 519px;"&gt;411 N Alexander&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Baytown , TX 77520&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            &lt;a href="https://5e47216e-25d6-4abb-be9d-eacc40ea08c7.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/locations/tx/baytown/baytown_alexander.aspx" target="_blank" re_target="null"&gt;Location Map &amp;amp; Driving Directions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(281) 427-9063&lt;/td&gt;
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                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(281) 427-9063&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td class="subPrimaryTextCell" valign="top" align="left" style="width: 519px;"&gt;4506 Garth Rd&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Baytown , TX 77521&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            &lt;a href="https://5e47216e-25d6-4abb-be9d-eacc40ea08c7.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/locations/tx/baytown/baytown_garth.aspx" target="_blank" re_target="null"&gt;Location Map &amp;amp; Driving Directions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone Number&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(281) 420-0809&lt;/td&gt;
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                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fax Number&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(281) 420-0727&lt;/td&gt;
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There are many kinds of life insurance, but they generally fall into two categories: term insurance and permanent insurance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Term insurance is designed to meet temporary needs. It provides protection for a specific period of time (the "term") and generally pays a benefit only if you die during the term. This type of insurance often makes sense when you have a need for coverage that will disappear at a specific point in time. For instance, you may decide that you only need coverage until your children graduate from college or a particular debt is paid off, such as your mortgage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;In contrast, permanent insurance provides lifelong protection. As long as you pay the premiums, and no loans, withdrawals or surrenders are taken, the full face amount will be paid. Because it is designed to last a lifetime, permanent life insurance accumulates cash value and is priced for you to keep over a long period of time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;It's impossible to say which type of life insurance is better because the kind of coverage that's right for you depends on your unique circumstances and financial goals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;But remember, the best way to figure out the amount and type of life insurance that makes sense for your particular situation is to meet with a qualified life insurance professional.&lt;/p&gt;
We have been serving the Orange Community for over 15+ years&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/36Wc3pXEl0g" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:433dc5cd-62b5-4fee-b4f6-70196cadd184</guid><title>Trevco Insurance: Life Insurance in Orange, Texas</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/Library/Buttons/QuoteButtons/GAQ_MD.png' align='left' /&gt;			Life Insurance in Orange Texas&amp;nbsp;                                            Orange                                            3733 N. 16th st&amp;nbsp;             Orange , TX 77630&amp;nbsp;             Location Map &amp;amp; Driving Directions          ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:29:50 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Trevco_Insurance_Life_Insurance_in_Orange_Texas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"&gt;			&lt;/span&gt;Life Insurance in Orange Texas&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/life/insurance_quote.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/img/Library/Buttons/QuoteButtons/GAQ_MD.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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            &lt;td class="subPrimaryTextCell" valign="top" align="left" style="width: 519px;"&gt;3733 N. 16th st&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Orange , TX 77630&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            &lt;a href="https://5e47216e-25d6-4abb-be9d-eacc40ea08c7.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/locations/tx/orange/orange.aspx" target="_blank" re_target="null"&gt;Location Map &amp;amp; Driving Directions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone Number&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(409) 883-8444&lt;/td&gt;
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                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fax Number&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(409) 883-8546&lt;/td&gt;
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There are many kinds of life insurance, but they generally fall into two categories: term insurance and permanent insurance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br style="text-align: -webkit-auto;" /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Term insurance is designed to meet temporary needs. It provides protection for a specific period of time (the "term") and generally pays a benefit only if you die during the term. This type of insurance often makes sense when you have a need for coverage that will disappear at a specific point in time. For instance, you may decide that you only need coverage until your children graduate from college or a particular debt is paid off, such as your mortgage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;In contrast, permanent insurance provides lifelong protection. As long as you pay the premiums, and no loans, withdrawals or surrenders are taken, the full face amount will be paid. Because it is designed to last a lifetime, permanent life insurance accumulates cash value and is priced for you to keep over a long period of time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;It's impossible to say which type of life insurance is better because the kind of coverage that's right for you depends on your unique circumstances and financial goals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;But remember, the best way to figure out the amount and type of life insurance that makes sense for your particular situation is to meet with a qualified life insurance professional.&lt;/p&gt;
We have been serving the Orange Community for over 15+ years&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So whether you&amp;rsquo;re still going strong or need a little inspiration for your Resolution&amp;mdash;or even if you never made one in the first place&amp;mdash;here are some helpful tips to making and maintaining that New Years resolution. It&amp;rsquo;s never too late to get started, and it&amp;rsquo;s never too late to get back on that proverbial horse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bear1.jpg" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-7490" title="Bear1" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bear1.jpg" width="300" height="300" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Remember the &amp;ldquo;why.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;Remember how excited you were when you first made this resolution? Well that momentum got you this far. If you&amp;rsquo;re starting to struggle, just take a few minutes and really remember&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;why&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;you made this resolution in the first place. If you can&amp;rsquo;t get excited about what you&amp;rsquo;re trying to do it won&amp;rsquo;t happen. It&amp;rsquo;s ok to reevaluate your resolutions as long as you&amp;rsquo;re not giving up on something you really want or need. Come up with as many reasons as possible about what will happen if you accomplish your goal as well as what will happen if you don&amp;rsquo;t. Just making a list won&amp;rsquo;t do it. Connect with all the reasons emotionally.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Re-inspire&amp;rdquo; yourself.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Along the same lines of getting excited about your goal, is creating something inspirational for&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;yourself&lt;/em&gt;. If you didn&amp;rsquo;t do this at the onset of your Resolution, it certainly isn&amp;rsquo;t too late. Put together an &amp;ldquo;inspiration board&amp;rdquo; or write out a list of things you&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;will&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;accomplish. Fill these things with pictures of what you&amp;rsquo;re aiming for; positive quotes; things that really&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;matter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;to you! If you wanted to get strong would you work out once and call it a success? No, take a look at your masterpiece at least 2 times a day, when you wake up and before you go to sleep. Engage with it and feel the end result as if it&amp;rsquo;s already happened. Condition your body and mind to get into the right mindset to&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;make things happen!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bear3.jpg" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright wp-image-7492" title="Bear3" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bear3.jpg" width="300" height="300" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Keep celebrating your successes!&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;A resolution takes&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;time&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;energy,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;dedication&lt;/em&gt;. It might take you a month, three months, the entire year, or even five years to &amp;ldquo;complete&amp;rdquo; your resolution. But rather than think about this whole daunting Big Picture, just take it one step at a time. It&amp;rsquo;s important to celebrate each small success along the way. You&amp;rsquo;re already one month into the New Year&amp;mdash;celebrate those successes and reward yourself for what you&amp;rsquo;ve already accomplished. These little rewards don&amp;rsquo;t have to be expensive but they do need to make you feel great.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;4)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Stay honest.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;When you first came up with your resolution, you probably made some rules for yourself. For example, if you told yourself you could have one cookie a day, you need to stick with it even now, one month later. If you rationalize by saying &amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s been a month, maybe I can have just&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;one&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;more&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; just remember, you&amp;rsquo;re only cheating yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;5)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Keep getting back up.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;A positive attitude is&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;key to success, which I know is sometimes easier said than done. If you&amp;rsquo;re starting to struggle with your resolution one month in, don&amp;rsquo;t worry&amp;mdash;most people probably are too! Just remember, dwelling on a mistake will only make it worse! So say you miss a workout one day, you have that extra cookie, or you smoke that cigarette you said you wouldn&amp;rsquo;t. Well, take a minute to think about&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;you didn&amp;rsquo;t want to do that in the first place; focus again on your goal; and move on. If you beat yourself up for the metaphorical cookie, chances are, you&amp;rsquo;ll just make yourself want another one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bear7.jpg" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignleft wp-image-7493" title="Bear7" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Bear7.jpg" width="301" height="301" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;6)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Remember your friends.&lt;/strong&gt;Research shows that things like happiness, quitting smoking, and even obesity can spread through networks of friends! So keep yourself surrounded with those positive influences and role models. Want more incentive? Check out this awesome article by&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Time&lt;/em&gt;, &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808446,00.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Quitting Smoking is Contagious&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;7)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Keep up with your &amp;ldquo;buddy system.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;One step further than just surrounding yourself with positive influences, is actually working on your resolution&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;with&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;somebody. If you&amp;rsquo;re struggling, give your buddy a call&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;now&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;(okay, if you&amp;rsquo;re at work, send a text or an email; we won&amp;rsquo;t tell&amp;hellip;) The great thing about having someone to go through this with, is, well,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;going through it&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;with them! So keep each other motivated, on track, in check, and focused. Besides, life is just more fun with company.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So whether you&amp;rsquo;re going strong, need to get back on track, or would like to start a February resolution right now, keep these tips in mind. After all, a little motivation never hurts!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;How is your New Years Resolution going?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sources:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1950511,00.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Time.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://drinkerscheckup.com/index.cfm?CFID=98387053&amp;amp;CFTOKEN=16143870" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;DrinkersCheckup.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.aa.org/?Media=PlayFlash" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;AA.org&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1950511,00.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Time.com/health&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808446,00.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Time.com (article)&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.tonyrobbins.com/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TonyRobbins.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:772b9995-b4f7-4911-b61b-b821f2959366</guid><title>Trevco Insurance: Life Insurance in Port Arthur Texas</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/Library/Buttons/QuoteButtons/GAQ_LG.png' align='left' /&gt;Life Insurance in Port Arthur Texas   There are many kinds of life insurance, but they generally fall into two categories: term insurance and permanent insurance.&amp;nbsp; Term insurance is designed to meet temporary needs. It provides protection for a ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:59:41 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Trevco_Insurance_Life_Insurance_in_Port_Arthur_Texas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 14pt;"&gt;Life Insurance in Port Arthur Texas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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There are many kinds of life insurance, but they generally fall into two categories: term insurance and permanent insurance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Term insurance is designed to meet temporary needs. It provides protection for a specific period of time (the "term") and generally pays a benefit only if you die during the term. This type of insurance often makes sense when you have a need for coverage that will disappear at a specific point in time. For instance, you may decide that you only need coverage until your children graduate from college or a particular debt is paid off, such as your mortgage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In contrast, permanent insurance provides lifelong protection. As long as you pay the premiums, and no loans, withdrawals or surrenders are taken, the full face amount will be paid. Because it is designed to last a lifetime, permanent life insurance accumulates cash value and is priced for you to keep over a long period of time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It's impossible to say which type of life insurance is better because the kind of coverage that's right for you depends on your unique circumstances and financial goals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But remember, the best way to figure out the amount and type of life insurance that makes sense for your particular situation is to meet with a qualified life insurance professional.&lt;/p&gt;
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            &lt;td class="subPrimaryTextCell" valign="top" align="left" style="width: 519px;"&gt;411 N Alexander&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left" valign="top" class="subPrimaryTextCell" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 7px; width: 279px;"&gt;3733 N. 16th st&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Orange , TX 77630&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 7px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone Number&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                        &lt;td align="right" class="phoneTextCell" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 7px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(409) 883-8444&lt;/td&gt;
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                        &lt;td align="right" class="phoneTextCell" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 7px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(409) 883-8546&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;div class="subtitle"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Port Arthur&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left" valign="top" class="subPrimaryTextCell" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 7px; width: 279px;"&gt;5539 E Parkway&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Port Arthur , TX 77619&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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                        &lt;td class="phoneTextCell" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 7px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone Number&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
                        &lt;td align="right" class="phoneTextCell" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 7px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(409) 963-0349&lt;/td&gt;
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                        &lt;td align="right" class="phoneTextCell" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 7px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(409) 963-0503&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;a name="Employee"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have been serving the Golden Triangle for 15+ years including Beaumont, Orange and Port Arthur, Groves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/county/Jefferson_County-TX.html" style="color: #dd4f4f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb;"&gt;Jefferson County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Population in July 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;56,674.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Population change since 2000:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;-1.9%&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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            &lt;td valign="top" align="left" style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li sp-rod" style="background-image: url(http://pics3.city-data.com/city-sprite.png); width: 5px; height: 15px; position: relative; left: 106px; top: 21px;         background-position: 0px -1373px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Males:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;27,009&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://pics3.city-data.com/sg.gif" width="95" height="10" style="border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;(47.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Females:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;29,665&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://pics3.city-data.com/sg3.gif" width="104" height="10" style="border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;(52.3%)&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Median resident age:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://pics3.city-data.com/sg4.gif" width="69" height="10" style="border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;34.6 years&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Texas median age:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://pics3.city-data.com/sg6.gif" width="64" height="10" style="border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;32.3 years&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; text-align: left; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Zip codes:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/zips/77640.html" style="color: #dd4f4f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb;"&gt;77640&lt;/a&gt;, 77641,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/zips/77642.html" style="color: #dd4f4f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb;"&gt;77642&lt;/a&gt;, 77643.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/zipmaps/Port-Arthur-Texas.html" style="color: #dd4f4f; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Port Arthur Zip Code Map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Estimated median household income in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$30,086 (&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;it was&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$26,455&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;in 2000&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Port Arthur:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;$30,086&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Texas:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;$48,259&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Estimated per capita income in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$16,794&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/income/income-Port-Arthur-Texas.html" style="color: #dd4f4f; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Port Arthur city income, earnings, and wages data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Estimated median house or condo value in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$58,445 (&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;it was&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$35,700&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;in 2000&lt;/strong&gt;)
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            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Port Arthur:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;$58,445&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Texas:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td style="padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 3px;"&gt;$125,800&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Mean prices in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;All housing units:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$71,170;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Detached houses:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$70,742;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Townhouses or other attached units:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$63,948;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In 2-unit structures:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$49,791;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In 3-to-4-unit structures:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$45,151;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In 5-or-more-unit structures:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$248,236;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Mobile homes:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$42,678;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$128,834&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Median gross rent in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$550.&lt;br /&gt;
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Read more:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/city/Port-Arthur-Texas.html#ixzz1kU20x8EC" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb;"&gt;http://www.city-data.com/city/Port-Arthur-Texas.html#ixzz1kU20x8EC&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:ba85ac67-cfc7-4403-8a29-b1bdd69bc2cc</guid><title>Renter's Insurance in Golden Triangle</title><description>&lt;img src='http://images.talkingphonebook.com/images/timesunion/media_library/311/666/media3.jpg' align='left' /&gt;We offer Homeowners and Renters insurance! Trevco Insurance-Golden Triangle also provides excellent&amp;nbsp;homeowners insurance&amp;nbsp;plans.&amp;nbsp;Homeowners insurance&amp;nbsp;provides financial protection against disasters. A standard policy insures the ho...</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:25:44 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Renters_Insurance_in_Golden_Triangle.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: #4d4d4d; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;We offer Homeowners and Renters insurance!&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 13px; margin-bottom: 13px; color: #4d4d4d; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:56c6817e-5a1e-4448-8634-c14313de8f71</guid><title>Kyle Williams receives heart melting letter from 7 year old fan</title><description>&lt;img src='http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CR8.ONmgb.M5EprTUnWWOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTI3NQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnflexperts/Letter-to-Kyle-Williams.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Kyle Williams probably hasn't been opening much of his mail recently. The 49ers receiver who had the disastrous NFC championship game has probably&amp;nbsp; for now.&amp;nbsp; can probably make a man shy. There's at least one letter I hope he got, though. Be...</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:52:54 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Kyle_Williams_receives_heart_melting_letter_from_7_year_old_fan.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">Kyle Williams probably hasn't been opening much of his mail recently. The 49ers receiver who had the disastrous NFC championship game has probably&amp;nbsp;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for now.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; can probably make a man shy.
&lt;p&gt;There's at least one letter I hope he got, though. Ben Mankiewicz at The Huffington Post &lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Owen loves his 49ers and was as crestfallen as any other Niners fan when the Giants pulled out the overtime victory. Here's Owen's story, from Mankiewicz:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote id="yui_3_3_0_1_1327628844994340"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He was crying, saying of Kyle Williams, with the distinct sobs of a seven-year-old between each word, "But... why... did he... have to... fumble?"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Trying to get his son to stop crying, Michael asked him, "If you feel this way, how sad do you think Kyle Williams is?"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Owen paused a second, then asked his dad, "Can I write him a letter to make him feel better?"&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here's that letter:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=12vgur0v8/EXP=1328838444/**http%3A//media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnflexperts/Letter-to-Kyle-Williams.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="275" height="320" title="Letter to Kyle Williams" class="editorial aligncenter" src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/CR8.ONmgb.M5EprTUnWWOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTI3NQ--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnflexperts/Letter-to-Kyle-Williams.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Letter to Kyle Williams&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All together now: Awwwww.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here's the full text (and yes, it's unedited for grammar and spelling, but this kid is 7 ? the Twitter lynch mob has no such excuse):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote id="yui_3_3_0_1_1327628844994349"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dear Mr. Williams:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We just watched the Playoff game. I feel really bad for you but I wanted to tell you that you had a great season. you sould be very proud, so I wanted to say thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I am your #1 FAN!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Owen Shure&lt;br /&gt;
Los Angeles, CA&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;p.s. your awsome&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All it took to transform sobbing, frustrated anger into human compassion is one thoughtful question from a concerned father. I love that. It's human nature to get angry when things don't go our way; everyone does. But as evolved humans, we learn to get past that, and quickly move on to understanding, patience and basic respect for our fellow man.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Owen just learned that lesson at age 7. As Twitter showed us after the Kyle Williams incident, a lot of people still haven't. Maybe this letter can teach them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Reference: &lt;a href="http://http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/awwww-read-seven-old-heart-melting-letter-kyle-214810120.html"&gt;sports.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:2a2b8ee2-dba6-41ab-8df1-ad4b215c7618</guid><title>Trevco: Home Insurance Agency</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20logo/trevco%20insurance%20logo%202.jpg' align='left' /&gt;   Protect Your Investment with Homeowners Insurance Home ownership: it's an American dream. But buying a place of your own or settling the family in new digs requires financial commitment. That means saving for a down payment, getting the right loan...</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:52:58 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Trevco_Home_Insurance_Agency.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div class="grid_10 alpha" id="ctl00_landingText"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Home ownership: it's an American dream. But buying a place of your own or settling the family in new digs requires financial commitment. That means saving for a down payment, getting the right loan, and&amp;mdash;perhaps most importantly&amp;mdash;finding affordable home insurance. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Whether you're buying your first home or just moving up to something larger, your home represents a huge investment you can't afford to ignore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;That's where we can help. By helping you understand your options, providing you money-saving insurance strategies, and matching you with local insurance agents offering free home insurance quotes, getting insured cheaply is simple, easy&amp;mdash;and convenient.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Tips for Getting Insured&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;When you buy a new home, lenders need insurance information up-front. To make things quick and easy on yourself, let the agents you're matched with know what you're looking for and how much you can afford to spend. Then examine several price quotes and choose the policy that fits your budget best.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Once your home is insured, supply the lender your insurer's name and contact information, coverage levels and deductibles. They'll add this information to the new contract and escrow insurance as part of your monthly expenses. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;No matter how long you live in your house, don't stick with the same homeowners insurance company year after year just because it's easier. Though commendable, loyalty may keep you from getting the best deal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Instead, pull your insurance policy out and take a peek at least once a year. Shop your rates, make coverage changes that reflect changes you've made to your home, and discuss discounts with local insurance providers. Then settle on the broadest coverage for the least amount of money. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;As you compare coverage, prices and quotes, use these money-saving tips to save 60 percent or more on the protection you need: &lt;img alt="" width="220" height="181" style="width: 228px; float: right; height: 180px;" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/btnHome.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Set deductibles as high as possible to slash as much as 25 percent from insurance rates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Buy insurance for car and home from the same provider. This could garner you an additional savings of up to 15 percent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Install security or safety devices in your home. This extra protection makes homes more secure and can score you another 20 percent in savings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Eliminate unnecessary coverage. Save a bundle by getting rid of extra, unneeded coverage on items no longer owned or greatly depreciated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Make home improvements. Update electrical or plumbing systems, or add items like deadbolt locks for a sizeable discount. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Insurance rates can vary by thousands from one insurer to the next. So take these basics to heart, shave money off your home insurance policy, and shop for low cost coverage right here and now. You'll insure your home affordably and be able to enjoy it securely for years to come.&lt;br /&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left" valign="top" class="subPrimaryTextCell" style="width: 60%;"&gt;2465 S. 11th St.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Beaumont , TX 77701&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left" valign="top" class="subPrimaryTextCell" style="width: 60%;"&gt;3733 N. 16th st&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Orange , TX 77630&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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            &lt;td align="left" valign="top" class="subPrimaryTextCell" style="width: 60%;"&gt;5539 E Parkway&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
            Groves , TX 77619&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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                        &lt;td align="right" class="phoneTextCell" style="white-space: nowrap;"&gt;(409) 963-0503&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;We have been serving the Golden Triangle for 15+ years including Beaumont, Orange and Port Arthur, Groves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/county/Jefferson_County-TX.html" style="color: #dd4f4f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb;"&gt;Jefferson County&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Population in July 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;56,674.&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Population change since 2000:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;-1.9%&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Males:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;27,009&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://pics3.city-data.com/sg.gif" width="95" height="10" style="border-width: 0px;border-style: solid;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;(47.7%)&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Females:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;29,665&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Zip codes:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/zips/77640.html" style="color: #dd4f4f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb;"&gt;77640&lt;/a&gt;, 77641,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/zips/77642.html" style="color: #dd4f4f; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb;"&gt;77642&lt;/a&gt;, 77643.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Estimated median household income in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$30,086 (&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;it was&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$26,455&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;in 2000&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Port Arthur:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;$30,086&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Texas:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;$48,259&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Estimated per capita income in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$16,794&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Estimated median house or condo value in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$58,445 (&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;it was&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$35,700&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;in 2000&lt;/strong&gt;)
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            &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Port Arthur:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;$58,445&lt;/td&gt;
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            &lt;td&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #505050;"&gt;Texas:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
            &lt;td&gt;$125,800&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Mean prices in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;All housing units:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$71,170;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Detached houses:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$70,742;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Townhouses or other attached units:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$63,948;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In 2-unit structures:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$49,791;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In 3-to-4-unit structures:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$45,151;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;In 5-or-more-unit structures:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$248,236;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Mobile homes:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$42,678;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$128,834&lt;br style="font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;" /&gt;
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&lt;strong style="color: #505050; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Median gross rent in 2009:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$550.&lt;br /&gt;
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Read more:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.city-data.com/city/Port-Arthur-Texas.html#ixzz1kU20x8EC" style="color: #003399; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #d4d4cb;"&gt;http://www.city-data.com/city/Port-Arthur-Texas.html#ixzz1kU20x8EC&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:f50d9f09-0ebb-479a-81ed-ae93813c66b4</guid><title>2012 Republican Presidential candidates and the issues: Economy, Debt, Abortion, Healthcare</title><description>Here&amp;rsquo;s where the 2012 Republican presidential candidates stand on a selection of issues. They are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. ABORTIO...</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:04:59 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/2012_Republican_Presidential_candidates_and_the_issues_Economy_Debt_Abortion_Healthcare.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Here&amp;rsquo;s where the 2012 Republican presidential candidates stand on a selection of issues.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;They are former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ABORTION:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Gingrich: Platform calls for conservative judges and no subsidies for abortion but not for constitutional abortion ban.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Paul: Says federal government should have no authority either to legalize or ban abortion. Yet signed pledge to advance only anti-abortion appointees for relevant administration jobs, cut off federal dollars for clinics that perform or finance abortions, and support a ban on abortions after the fetus reaches a certain stage in development.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Romney: Opposes abortion rights. Previously supported them. Says state law should guide abortion rights, and Roe v. Wade should be reversed by a future Supreme Court. But says Roe vs. Wade is law of the land until that happens and should not be challenged by federal legislation seeking to overturn abortion rights affirmed by that court decision. Would not sign pledge to advance only anti-abortion appointees for relevant administration jobs, cut off federal dollars for clinics that perform or finance abortions, and support a ban on abortions after the fetus reaches a certain stage in development. &amp;ldquo;So I would live within the law, within the Constitution as I understand it, without creating a constitutional crisis. But I do believe Roe v. Wade should be reversed to allow states to make that decision.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Santorum: Favors constitutional abortion ban and opposes abortion even in cases of rape because &amp;ldquo;I would absolutely stand and say that one violence is enough.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; Previously supported right to abortion in cases of rape, incest and to save the life of the mother.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&amp;ndash;&amp;ndash;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEBT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Gingrich: As House speaker in mid-1990s, engineered passage of a seven-year balanced-budget plan. It was vetoed by President Bill Clinton but helped form a bipartisan balanced budget two years later. Supports constitutional balanced budget amendment. Said that without a balanced budget, the U.S. had no choice but to raise its debt limit in the deal that avoided a default.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Paul: Would eviscerate federal government, slashing nearly half its spending, shut five Cabinet-level agencies, end spending on existing conflicts and on foreign aid.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Romney: Defended 2008 bailout of financial institutions as a necessary step to avoid the system&amp;rsquo;s collapse, criticized the bailout of General Motors and Chrysler and said any such aid should not single out specific companies. Cap federal spending at 20 percent of gross domestic product, down from today&amp;rsquo;s recession-swollen 25 percent. Stayed silent on the debt-ceiling deal during its negotiation, only announcing his opposition to the final agreement shortly before lawmakers cast their votes. Instead, endorsed GOP &amp;ldquo;cut, cap and balance&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; bill that had no chance of enactment. Favors constitutional balanced budget amendment. Proposes 10 percent cut in federal workforce, elimination of $1.6 billion in Amtrak subsidies and cuts of $600 million in support for the public arts and broadcasting.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Santorum: Freeze social and military spending for five years to cut $5 trillion from federal budgets. Opposed the financial-industry bailout and stimulus programs of the Bush and Obama administrations. Supports constitutional balanced budget amendment holding federal spending at no more than 18 percent of GDP, down from the current recession-swollen 25 percent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&amp;ndash;&amp;ndash;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ECONOMY:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Gingrich: Repeal the 2010 financial industry and consumer protection regulations that followed the Wall Street meltdown, and repeal the 2002 regulations enacted in response to the Enron and other corporate and accounting scandals. Restrict the Fed&amp;rsquo;s power to set interest rates artificially low. Make work training a condition of unemployment insurance and have states run it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Paul: Return to the gold standard, eliminate the Federal Reserve, let gold and silver be used as legal tender, eliminate most federal regulations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Romney: Lower taxes, less regulation, balanced budget, more trade deals to spur growth. Replace jobless benefits with unemployment savings accounts. Proposes repeal of the (Dodd-Frank) law toughening financial-industry regulations after the meltdown in that sector. Proposes changing, but not repealing, the (Sarbanes-Oxley) law tightening accounting regulations in response to corporate scandals, to ease the accountability burden on smaller businesses. &amp;ldquo;We don&amp;rsquo;t want to tell the world that Republicans are against all regulation. No, regulation is necessary to make a free market work. But it has to be updated and modern.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Santorum: Spur jobs by eliminating corporate taxes for manufacturers, drill for more oil and gas, and slash regulations. Repeal every Obama-era regulation that costs business more than $100 million a year. &amp;ldquo;You may have to replace a few, but let&amp;rsquo;s repeal them all because they are all antagonistic to businesses, particularly in the manufacturing sector.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Gingrich: &amp;ldquo;Dramatically shrink the federal Department of Education, get rid of virtually all of its regulations.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; But supported Obama administration&amp;rsquo;s $4 billion Race to the Top grant competition for states, which encourages compliance with national education standards, because it also promotes charter schools.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Paul: Abolish the Education Department and end the federal role in education.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Romney: Supported the federal accountability standards of No Child Left Behind law. In 2007, said he was wrong earlier in his career when he wanted the Education Department shut because he came to see the value of the federal government in &amp;ldquo;holding down the interests of the teachers&amp;rsquo; unions&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; and putting kids and parents first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Santorum: Voted for sweeping No Child Left Behind education overhaul, now says he regrets doing so. Wants &amp;ldquo;significantly&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; smaller Education Department but not its elimination. Criticized early childhood education programs as an attempt by government to &amp;ldquo;indoctrinate your children.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;HEALTH CARE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;
Gingrich: Repeal Obama&amp;rsquo;s health care law if Republicans win congressional majorities. Prohibit insurers from cancelling or charging discriminatory rate increases to those who become sick while insured, which is an element of Obama&amp;rsquo;s law. Offer the choice of a &amp;ldquo;generous&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; tax credit to help people buy health insurance or the ability to deduct part of the cost from taxes, another feature similar to the existing law. Limit medical lawsuits to restrain health care costs and let people in one state buy policies in another. &amp;ldquo;Block-grant Medicaid and send it back to the states.&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; Previously supported proposals that people be required to carry health insurance.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Paul: Opposes compulsory insurance and all government subsidies for health coverage. Favors letting people deduct full cost of their health coverage and care from taxes. Says doctors should then feel an obligation to treat the needy for free.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Romney: Promises to work for the repeal of the federal health care law modeled largely after his universal health care achievement in Massachusetts because he says states, not Washington, should drive policy on the uninsured. Proposes to guarantee that people who are &amp;ldquo;continuously covered&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; for a certain period be protected against losing insurance if they get sick, leave their job and need another policy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Would expand individual tax-advantaged medical savings accounts and let the savings be used for insurance premiums as well as personal medical costs. Would let insurance be sold across state lines to expand options, and restrict malpractice awards to restrain health care costs. Introduce &amp;ldquo;generous&amp;rsquo;&amp;rsquo; but undetermined subsidies to help future retirees buy private insurance instead of going on traditional Medicare.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;No federal requirement for people to have health insurance. His Massachusetts plan requires people to have coverage, penalizes those who don&amp;rsquo;t, and penalizes businesses of a certain size if they do not provide coverage to workers. His state has highest percentage of insured in nation. On Medicaid, proposes to convert program to a federal block grant administered by states&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-image: initial; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Santorum: Would seek to starve Obama&amp;rsquo;s health care law of money needed to implement it, and to repeal it. Was a leading supporter of Bush administration&amp;rsquo;s prescription drug program for the elderly, which he now calls a mistake.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif;"&gt;
Read more at : &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://articles.boston.com/2012-01-23/news/30656308_1_abortion-rights-finance-abortions-balanced-budget/5" style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif !important;"&gt;articles/boston.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Unless you live somewhere south of the equator, chances are, it is cold where you are. And if you&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;do&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;live somewhere south of the equator&amp;hellip; Any room for guests?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Just kidding, sort of. The truth is, I absolutely&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;hate&lt;/em&gt;, no, that&amp;rsquo;s not nearly strong enough a word&amp;hellip; I&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;despise, abhor,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;detest&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;being cold. And the sad thing is, it doesn&amp;rsquo;t even get that cold in Texas. (Hats off to those of you in Minnesota&amp;mdash;I don&amp;rsquo;t know&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;how&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;you do it!)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In November I wrote a&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;post&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;all about the benefits of space heaters, as I&amp;rsquo;d recently moved into a new home that was&amp;hellip; well, a&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;little&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;drafty to put it nicely. Two months later, it is just getting colder and I am still in my poorly insulated and drafty home&amp;mdash;albeit, much more comfortably with my three space heaters. But it&amp;rsquo;s getting a little old having to layer up and put on boots as soon as I get out of bed, so I started wondering if there wasn&amp;rsquo;t something else out there I was missing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;As it turns out there were&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;several&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;somethings out there I was missing. So if you&amp;rsquo;re in a chilly, old house like me, or maybe you just want to cut down on your heating or electrical bill, check out these very inexpensive and simple tips to keep your house warm without cranking up the heater.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_7132" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; width: 138px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-7132" title="openwindow" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/openwindow.jpg" width="128" height="111" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;When you crack a window you are letting out more than just the smell...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Check your windows. This may seem obvious, but you&amp;rsquo;d be surprised how often a tiny crack between window frame and window can go unnoticed. You can use a lit incense stick and watch the smoke to see if there is a draft in the window, and if there is, cover it with tape (if it is a crack in the glass), or a towel or plastic (if there is a gap beneath the window.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Seal those doors. Just like windows, heat can escape from beneath and around doors and cold can get in. So if there is any space at all, block it with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=weather+stripping&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;client=safari&amp;amp;rls=en&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&amp;amp;biw=1119&amp;amp;bih=565&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;tbm=shop&amp;amp;cid=3022442379048446803&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=6JT8TsfdC-Pu2gWzv-itBw&amp;amp;ved=0CJ8BEPMCMAM#ps-sellers" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;weather stripping&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(inexpensive) or at least some old towels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_7137" class="wp-caption alignright" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; width: 160px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-7137" title="3139311813_ea720a48b0" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/3139311813_ea720a48b0-210x139.jpg" width="150" height="99" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Make sure the doggie door and the Santa door are both closed off&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Close your flu. I know, that sounds weird. But if you have a fireplace, be sure that you close your flu when you don&amp;rsquo;t have a fire going. Matter of fact, it is a good idea to minimize the number of fires you have during the winter anyway, because, believe it or not, they make the rest of your house&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;colder&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_7134" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; width: 121px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-7134" title="3089060111_edfcf60f56" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/3089060111_edfcf60f56-210x157.jpg" width="111" height="84" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Make sure there is no furniture or stray babies blocking your heating vent.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;4)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Do some rearranging. Be sure to move your furniture&amp;mdash;couches, chairs, potted plants, etc.&amp;mdash;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;away&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;from the vents in your home during the winter. This might seem obvious, but when you look around, you might be surprised to find what is blocking the airflow!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;5)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Close off any unused rooms. This will stop air from circulating as much which will reduce heat loss and will also create another barrier between you and the cold weather outside.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_7136" class="wp-caption alignright" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; width: 139px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-7136" title="1473990127_4a3a771d39" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/1473990127_4a3a771d39-210x280.jpg" width="129" height="172" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Candle? Can'duh!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;6)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Redecorate. By simply putting up a heavier, thicker set of curtains you can block drafts from both windows and doors. Be sure to open them during the day while the sun is shining to heat up the room, and close them at night. Curtains aren&amp;rsquo;t always exactly cheap, though, so if you&amp;rsquo;re not fussed about the aesthetics, you can throw a blanket or two up.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;7)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Light candles. You might be surprised how much heat a bunch of little candles can produce. Be sure to be mindful of where you place them, of course, and never leave them burning when you&amp;rsquo;re not around!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_7138" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; width: 172px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-medium wp-image-7138" title="3946405444_8c63a3a762" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/3946405444_8c63a3a762-210x150.jpg" width="162" height="116" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;If none of these tips warmed your house, maybe this picture of two Pandas cuddling will at least warm your heart&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;8)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cuddle. Ladies, winter is your season, because whether he likes to cuddle or not, it will keep you both warmer, and you wouldn&amp;rsquo;t want to catch a chill and get sick, would you? Cuddling is 100% free and 100% effective. So if you&amp;rsquo;ve got a cuddle buddy or even a pet, light some candles, get close and use that body heat to stay warm!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Do you have any tips or tricks to keep warm in the winter? Share them below!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:52148a46-d497-4598-b2d1-a83caa75115b</guid><title>From being Homeless to being Successful</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/HomelessFinal.jpg' align='left' /&gt;From Homeless to Successful          Celebrity &amp;ldquo;rags to riches&amp;rdquo; stories are certainly inspiring, but there are thousands more out there with equally, and in some cases even more motivational tales of triumph. They&amp;rsquo;re just never hear...</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:51:41 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/From_being_Homeless_to_being_Successful.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em; color: #c55124; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif;"&gt;From Homeless to Successful&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7328" title="HomelessFinal" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/HomelessFinal.jpg" width="550" height="368" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Celebrity &amp;ldquo;rags to riches&amp;rdquo; stories are certainly inspiring, but there are thousands more out there with equally, and in some cases even more motivational tales of triumph. They&amp;rsquo;re just never heard.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So today we thought we would share some of those lesser-known stories from the regular Joes; the little guys; you know, people like you and me. The only difference between these folks and most of the rest of the population is that at one time or another, they were homeless.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;And they&amp;rsquo;ve come a long way. These three people are the epitome of accomplishment. They have literally come from nothing&amp;mdash;homelessness&amp;mdash;to achieve greatness in anyone&amp;rsquo;s eyes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So next time you&amp;rsquo;re feeling down on your luck, which let&amp;rsquo;s face it, happens to us all; remember these tales of success. No matter your situation, you can beat the odds and achieve your dreams. Become your own success story in this New Year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-7320" title="Harvard" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Harvard-210x210.jpg" width="210" height="210" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;From Homeless to Harvard:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Liz Murray may be the most well known of these, well, lesser-known stories. She has appeared on&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Oprah&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and received the talk show host&amp;rsquo;s coveted &amp;ldquo;Chutzpah Award;&amp;rdquo; she has a book deal with Hyperion Publishing; she lives in a nice apartment in New York City; she tours the country giving inspirational talks and lectures; and, yes, she graduated from Harvard with a degree in psychology. But it certainly wasn&amp;rsquo;t a walk in the park to get where she is today.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Murray was born in 1980 to parents who were heavily into drugs. By the mid eighties, they had lost their apartment and were spending their welfare checks on their habits. When Murray was 15, her mother died of AIDS. This was her wakeup call.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Murray enrolled in public high school, completed four years of education in just two, all without the help of parents, family, or even a home. She studied tirelessly in the hallways of friends&amp;rsquo; apartments and at just 17, graduated from high school.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The next step came when she saw an ad in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;New York Times&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;for a scholarship to Harvard. She applied, she got it, and then the media started taking notice. Who was this homeless Harvard student? What was her story? Well, she&amp;rsquo;s certainly an open book these days.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-7321" title="BusinessWoman" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/BusinessWoman-197x300.jpg" width="197" height="300" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;From Homeless to CEO:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Almost ten years ago, Stephanie Tillman and her family were evicted from their home and left with nothing; they wound up in a Salvation Army homeless shelter in Kansas. Several months later, they had made a few connections through the shelter, and soon, Stephanie was able to land a job at an engineering firm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Tillman eventually branched out and in 2007 she opened her own graphic design company, Crossover Graphics. Over the years, the company has grown in leaps and bounds and today is a&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;multi-million dollar company.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The Tillmans are certainly in a very different financial situation these days, and were even able to donate a generous $25,000 to the Salvation Army in order to help open up a new shelter in their area.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-7322" title="CanadaFLag" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CanadaFLag-210x280.jpg" width="210" height="280" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;From Homeless to Entrepreneur:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Doina Oncel had the perfect life to onlookers: she had a husband who owned a successful business, a nice house, and children who adored her. But in reality, her husband was an abusive alcoholic, and finally in 2009, Doina decided she couldn&amp;rsquo;t take anymore. She took her children and left, just hoping that friends or family would take them in temporarily.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sadly, nobody did. Doina ended up in a women&amp;rsquo;s shelter with her children for several months. She eventually landed a job and moved herself and her children into their own apartment, but this wasn&amp;rsquo;t enough. She had big dreams. She saved her money and spent it on business classes, and eventually started the join venture&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Entrepreneurial Moms of Toronto&lt;/em&gt;. Today, Doina has moved up and on to owning her very own PR Company,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Doina&amp;rsquo;s Infinite Solutions&lt;/em&gt;, and is well on her way to making a six-figure salary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Remember, no matter your situation, you can beat the odds and achieve your dreams too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;What has been your biggest financial achievement?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:ae681071-598f-419f-8079-8f39c19b6e95</guid><title>Sarah Burke Dies after training accident </title><description>Sarah Burke Dies After Training Accident     Sarah Burke, the daredevil superpipe skier who helped get the sport on the map died today 9 days after a training session accident left her in a coma in Park City, Utah.&amp;nbsp; she was 29   Test taken after...</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:38:14 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Sarah_Burke_Dies_after_training_accident.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h1&gt;Sarah Burke Dies After Training Accident &lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Sarah Burke, the daredevil superpipe skier who helped get the sport on the map died today 9 days after a training session accident&lt;a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/179610/sarah-burke-park-city-ski-accident-coma/" title="Sarah Burke in a coma"&gt; left her in a coma&lt;/a&gt; in Park City, Utah.&amp;nbsp; she was 29&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Test taken after the accident showed that Burke had &amp;ldquo;irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest,&amp;rdquo; All of Burke&amp;rsquo;s organs and tissues were donated, as she had wanted.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Burke, a four time X-games winner, lobbied heavily to have her beloved sport added to the Winter Olympics in 2014, making it clear that no new infrastructure would be needed.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The game will be featured in the Sochi Games in 2014, it is likely Burke would have won a gold there if she competed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Peter Judge, the CEO of Canada&amp;rsquo;s freestyle team said about Burke,&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;Sarah, in many ways, defines the sport. She&amp;rsquo;s been involved since the very, very early days as one of the first people to bring skis into the pipe. She&amp;rsquo;s also been very dedicated in trying to define her sport but not define herself by winning. For her, it&amp;rsquo;s been about making herself the best she can be rather than comparing herself to other people.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Burke&amp;rsquo;s death is also sure to re-ignite the debate over safety on the halfpipe.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;ve been doing this for long time, 11 years. I&amp;rsquo;ve been very lucky with the injuries I&amp;rsquo;ve had. It&amp;rsquo;s part of the game. Everybody gets hurt. Looking back on it, I&amp;rsquo;d probably do the exact same thing again.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Burke is survived by her husband, Rory Bushfield, who is also a freestyle skier.&lt;br /&gt;
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Sarah Burke was a pioneer for women's sports and should be remembered a hero and a leader. She will be missed.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:8e35c591-fcb0-4ab3-a412-71a63baf2624</guid><title>Make Money doing what you Love, Playing video games</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/VidGameImage1.gif' align='left' /&gt;Make Money doing what you LOVE: Video Games&amp;nbsp;           The idea of making money by doing something unique and that you love is by no means a new one, but in today&amp;rsquo;s tough economy, people seem to be growing more and more innovative in the w...</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:03:24 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Make_Money_doing_what_you_Love_Playing_video_games.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em; color: #c55124; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif;"&gt;Make Money doing what you LOVE: Video Games&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7279" title="VidGameImage" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/VidGameImage1.gif" width="550" height="550" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The idea of making money by doing something unique and that you love is by no means a new one, but in today&amp;rsquo;s tough economy, people seem to be growing more and more innovative in the ways that they pay their bills. Talented cooks are opening food trailers or becoming caterers; photographers are advertising unique photography packages and deals through discount networks like Groupon; artists, jewelers, crafters, and carpenters alike are writing blogs and creating a bigger presence on social media. The rules of the game have changed dramatically in the last few years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;And yes, among these creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial go-getters are people, just like you and me, who have a passion for playing video games.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The gamers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Whether you like it or not, video games do&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;play&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(pun intended) a major role in our world today. 183 million people in the United States alone spend at least one hour a day playing video games, and in the world, we spend a whopping 3 BILLION HOURS A WEEK playing video games (&lt;a href="http://www.ted.com/conversations/44/we_spend_3_billion_hours_a_wee.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Jane McGonigal&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, author of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Reality is Broken&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So it only makes sense that some of the more expert players would cash in on their passion. From becoming professional video game testers to entering into tournaments, gamers all over the world are not only earning some side cash, but also in some cases, earning a living with their skills.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Video gaming is just&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;one&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;of many options to make money doing what you love. We&amp;rsquo;ll follow up with some more examples in later posts, but for now, ask yourself this: What are your talents? What are your passions? Try to come up with an innovative and&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;creative&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;way to combine these skills, whatever they may be, with a way to make a profit.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;And if you&amp;rsquo;re stumped, check out our post on&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/financial-empowerment/earn-extra-income-with-a-side-hustle" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Side Hustles&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for some inspiration!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-7285" title="VideoGame2" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/VideoGame2.gif" width="268" height="500" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-style: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;5 Innovative Ways Some Gamers are Cashing In:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/31405779/How_to_Make_Money_Playing_Videogames" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Tournaments:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Once upon a time, professional gamers ruled the videogame tournament world, but that seems to be changing these days with a handful of companies that allow individual players to challenge friends and strangers with similar levels for cash.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4487932_make-money-playing-world-warcraft.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Warcraft:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;World of Warcraft adepts are making a profit these days by leveling their characters above 70 and simply selling their &amp;ldquo;gold.&amp;rdquo; You WoWers out there will know what that means&amp;mdash;and you&amp;rsquo;ll know that it isn&amp;rsquo;t as &amp;ldquo;simple&amp;rdquo; as it sounds!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.chickjunk.com/make-money-in-second-life/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Second Life&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;: In this virtual reality game players can take on jobs to earn &amp;ldquo;Linden dollars,&amp;rdquo; which can be converted into US dollars (one Linden is worth about half a cent.) Some more experienced players out there take on more intensive jobs to earn more money, and in the case of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/23/entrepreneur-anshe-chung-makes-millions-selling-virtual-land-banking-and-fashion/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Anshe Chung&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;even earn millions (of&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;dollars!&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;4)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1182540p1.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Starcraft:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;There are a few ways players are cashing in on Starcraft. They&amp;rsquo;re entering tournaments (as seen above); they&amp;rsquo;re offering their services as coaches for other gamers; they&amp;rsquo;re becoming &amp;ldquo;casters&amp;rdquo; for tournaments or on YouTube; and companies are even earning a profit by advertising within the game.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;5)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson5.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Professional Testing:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Remember in the movie&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Big&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;when Tom Hanks gets&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;paid&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to play with toys? Well, as a full-time tester, people are doing just that (except with video games, of course!) Sounds fun, doesn&amp;rsquo;t it?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;What passions or skills could&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;put to use to earn some extra cash, or perhaps even a living? Share your idea below&amp;mdash;perhaps you&amp;rsquo;ll even see it in an upcoming post!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sources:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ted.com/conversations/44/we_spend_3_billion_hours_a_wee.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Ted.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/31405779/How_to_Make_Money_Playing_Videogames" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;CNBC.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.bringit.com/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;BringIt.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4487932_make-money-playing-world-warcraft.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;EHow.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://singularityhub.com/2011/08/23/entrepreneur-anshe-chung-makes-millions-selling-virtual-land-banking-and-fashion/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;SingularityHub.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.chickjunk.com/make-money-in-second-life/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;ChickJunk.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://pc.ign.com/articles/118/1182540p1.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;PC.Ign.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson5.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sloperama.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:87a58f8a-8bb8-4401-a540-c127f0a04e5c</guid><title>The best time to post on twitter and facebook</title><description>&lt;img src='http://socialtimes.com/files/2011/06/The-Science-Of-Social-Timing-Infographic.jpg' align='left' /&gt;What is the best time to share content on social networks for maximum exposure?&amp;nbsp; Should you post first thing in the morning?&amp;nbsp; During lunch?&amp;nbsp; At the end of the workday when people are getting ready to head home?&amp;nbsp; And how do you acc...</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:56:17 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/The_best_time_to_post_on_twitter_and_facebook.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: georgia, times, serif;"&gt;What is the best time to share content on social networks for maximum exposure?&amp;nbsp; Should you post first thing in the morning?&amp;nbsp; During lunch?&amp;nbsp; At the end of the workday when people are getting ready to head home?&amp;nbsp; And how do you account for the fact that you may have potential customers living in different time zones?&amp;nbsp; A new infographic from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://blog.kissmetrics.com/science-of-social-timing-1/" target="_blank" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #2e4d8e;"&gt;KISSmetrics&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;answers these questions and more with a new infographic called &amp;lsquo;The Science of Social Timing.&amp;rsquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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The infographic, which was released late last week on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://blog.kissmetrics.com/science-of-social-timing-1/" target="_blank" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #2e4d8e;"&gt;KISSmetrics blog&lt;/a&gt;, is Part 1 of a series of infographics related to timing on the social web.&amp;nbsp; According to the blog, this week they&amp;rsquo;ll be releasing a second part, discussing timing and email marketing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: georgia, times, serif;"&gt;Here are a few key takeaways from the Science of Social Timing infographic:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: inside; list-style-image: initial; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: georgia, times, serif;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;The best time to tweet is 5PM ET&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;1 to 4 tweets per hour is ideal&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;The best days to tweet are midweek and on the weekends&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;The best day to share on Facebook is Saturday&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;The best time to share on Facebook is Noon ET&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; line-height: 22px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: georgia, times, serif;"&gt;Check out the full infographic below and let us know what you think!&amp;nbsp; Do you think you&amp;rsquo;ll start paying more attention to the timing of your social networking as a result of these findings?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:a12de95c-3c14-41c5-922e-6329d016655e</guid><title>6 games that can help you conquer money and business</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/GamesTitles1.jpg' align='left' /&gt;6 Games that can Help You Conquer Money and Business by:&amp;nbsp;Rob Berger         As a kid growing up in Ohio, we played a lot of board and card games.&amp;nbsp; My family didn&amp;rsquo;t have much money, and games provided a low cost form of entertainment.&amp;...</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:13:00 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/6_games_that_can_help_you_conquer_money_and_business.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em; color: #c55124; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif;"&gt;6 Games that can Help You Conquer Money and Business&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7244" title="GamesTitles" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/GamesTitles1.jpg" width="550" height="176" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;As a kid growing up in Ohio, we played a lot of board and card games.&amp;nbsp; My family didn&amp;rsquo;t have much money, and games provided a low cost form of entertainment.&amp;nbsp; But they also accomplished something else, too.&amp;nbsp; The right games can improve your critical thinking, judgment, memory and social skills.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Studies have confirmed the benefits of playing games.&amp;nbsp; In&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro02/web3/mschlimme.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;one study&lt;/a&gt;, for example, the researches found that certain video games may &amp;ldquo;improve spatial abilities, the ability to create and apply multiple strategies, and may help develop critical analyzing techniques.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; And games don&amp;rsquo;t have to be educational in nature to have a positive benefit.&amp;nbsp; Many games can promote positive communication, teamwork, and risk taking.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So with the benefits of gaming in mind, here are 7 games that can help build important life skills.&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7219" title="Catan" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Catan.jpg" width="383" height="255" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Settlers of Catan:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; This is one of the greatest games never heard of.&amp;nbsp; If you&amp;rsquo;ve played it, you love it.&amp;nbsp; But so many have no idea what they are missing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Settlers is a multiplayer board game in which each player builds his or her settlement by acquiring various resources (timber, sheep, grain, etc.).&amp;nbsp; Players get points as they grow their settlements, and the game is won when a player reaches a certain point total.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;There are two things that make this game ideal for our purposes.&amp;nbsp; First, no players are ever eliminated from the game, and every roll of the dice can impact each player.&amp;nbsp; This makes the game ideal for social interaction and for family time.&amp;nbsp; Second, decisions that a player makes early in the game can have a lasting effect on the game&amp;rsquo;s outcome.&amp;nbsp; This requires careful planning and evaluation of your opponents&amp;rsquo; moves.&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7228" title="Pente" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Pente.jpg" width="330" height="278" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Pente:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Based on the Japanese game ninuki-renju, Pente is played on a board with intersecting lines.&amp;nbsp; Each player has colored game pieces, and they alternate placing a single piece on an intersecting line.&amp;nbsp; Capture of an opponent&amp;rsquo;s pieces is permitted by surrounding pairs of an opponent&amp;rsquo;s pieces vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. The goal of the game is to either place five pieces in a row or to capture 5 pairs from your opponent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Pente is a fast game that&amp;rsquo;s easy to learn and fun to play.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;rsquo;s similar to Connect 4, but with much more strategy involved.&amp;nbsp; Players have to learn to think ahead, visualize the board as it may look in two or three turns, and defend against captures.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;rsquo;s a great way to exercise the brain.&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7229" title="EuchreCC" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/EuchreCC.jpg" width="329" height="219" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Euchre:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; If I had to pick just one game, this card game would be my choice.&amp;nbsp; If you&amp;rsquo;re not familiar with Euchre, it&amp;rsquo;s played with a partial deck of cards (just the nines through aces).&amp;nbsp; There are four players in teams of two that play the game.&amp;nbsp; Much like Bridge, Euchre involves trump and taking &amp;ldquo;tricks.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; With each hand players receive five cards.&amp;nbsp; The goal is for your team to capture at least three tricks for 2 points or all five for 4 points.&amp;nbsp; Part of the fun and challenge of the game is that you don&amp;rsquo;t know what cards your partner is holding.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Euchre can help develop several important skills.&amp;nbsp; First, you must be able to evaluate your cards and assess the chances of winning a hand in advance.&amp;nbsp; You must remember each of the cards that have been played, particularly any trump cards.&amp;nbsp; You need to calculate the risks of different strategies.&amp;nbsp; And you must work with your partner without communicating what cards you are holding.&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7230" title="509692819_37b7d1539d" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/509692819_37b7d1539d.jpg" width="329" height="219" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Chess:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; With just 64 squares and 16 pieces per side, chess is both simple and complex at the same time.&amp;nbsp; Playing the game can improve important skills such as planning, judgment, risk-taking, and memory.&amp;nbsp; Speaking of memory, it&amp;rsquo;s been said that Bobby Fischer could meet someone on the street he&amp;rsquo;d played in a game of chess a year early and recall the entire game from memory.&amp;nbsp; While most of us will never rise to a world champion caliber player, even playing for fun can improve the above skills.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;If you have young children you&amp;rsquo;d like to introduce to chess, consider playing the &amp;ldquo;Pawn Game.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; Set up the pawns as you normally would, but leave the other pieces off the board.&amp;nbsp; The goal of the game is to get one of your pawns to the other side of the board or to capture all of your opponent&amp;rsquo;s pieces.&amp;nbsp; Each game moves very quickly, and the strategy is more complex than it may at first appear.&amp;nbsp; My daughter loved playing the pawn game when she was younger.&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7232" title="yahtzee" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/yahtzee1.jpg" width="330" height="231" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Yahtzee:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; For younger children, Yahtzee is a fun game that helps build several important qualities.&amp;nbsp; There is strategy involved in the game that requires players to evaluate risk, take chances, and think ahead.&amp;nbsp; And for children still learning basic math, it&amp;rsquo;s a fun way to practice as they count their score with each role.&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7231" title="Rummi" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Rummi.jpg" width="330" height="247" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Rummikub:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; My family and I have just started playing Rummikub again.&amp;nbsp; If you&amp;rsquo;re not familiar with the game, it&amp;rsquo;s a lot like the card game Rummy 500, but with two differences.&amp;nbsp; First, it&amp;rsquo;s played with tiles, not cards.&amp;nbsp; Second, and important for our purposes, tiles that have been played can then be rearranged by players on every turn.&amp;nbsp; Let me explain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The tiles are numbered from one to 13 in four different colors, plus two wild cards.&amp;nbsp; Like Rummy 500, the goal is to collect three of a kind in different colors (e.g., three 7&amp;rsquo;s, each in a different color) or to get a straight of at least three all in the same color (e.g., a one, two, and three all in the same color).&amp;nbsp; Once tiles are played, each player can break apart the sets in order to play their own tiles, so long as each set when they are done is either a three of a kind or a run.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;rsquo;s this aspect of the game that requires visualization, creativity and foresight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So the next time you&amp;rsquo;re looking for something to do one evening with the family, bring out the board games or a deck of cards.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;What great games have you played that help develop important life skills?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;This articles comes from Rob Berger, the founder of the popular personal finance blog, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.doughroller.net/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Dough Roller&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Today&amp;rsquo;s money-conscious consumer looks a lot different than he did twenty, or even &lt;em&gt;ten &lt;/em&gt;years ago. It used to be that in order to find the best deals, people looked in &lt;em&gt;newspapers&lt;/em&gt; for sales; bought &lt;em&gt;coupon&lt;/em&gt; books; and even drove all the way to the store&amp;mdash;yes the &lt;em&gt;physical &lt;/em&gt;building&amp;mdash;to pilfer through items to find the best deals.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But those days are quickly coming to an end. It&amp;rsquo;s not because we&amp;rsquo;re getting lazier&amp;hellip; Okay, it&amp;rsquo;s not &lt;em&gt;entirely &lt;/em&gt;because we&amp;rsquo;re getting lazier; mainly it&amp;rsquo;s due to the huge advances in technology as of late, and in particular, the mighty App.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The App (or &amp;ldquo;application&amp;rdquo; for you people still looking in coupon books) has revolutionized the way we shop, save money, and find deals. We no longer have to go from store to store, or even from Website to Website, to find out which business will give it to us for less; there&amp;rsquo;s an app for that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And now that there are all these apps that will consolidate deals for you, we thought we&amp;rsquo;d publish a post to consolidate &lt;em&gt;apps &lt;/em&gt;for you. So here you have it: Our five favorite, &lt;em&gt;free&lt;/em&gt; apps (good for &lt;em&gt;all &lt;/em&gt;device types) that will help you save money. Enjoy!&lt;a href="http://shopsavvy.mobi/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: right;" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7064" title="Screen shot 2011-12-29 at 11.01.33 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2011-12-29-at-11.01.33-AM-149x150.png" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://shopsavvy.mobi/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ShopSavvy:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;ldquo;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Find the right product at the best price! Now the fastest, most accurate and most comprehensive scanner around. It won&amp;rsquo;t find everything in the world, but it is close. Now you can be savvy when you shop!&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geoqpons.com/gq/app/user/indexHome"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left;" class="size-full wp-image-7065 alignleft" title="Screen shot 2011-12-29 at 11.03.09 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2011-12-29-at-11.03.09-AM.png" /&gt;GeoQpons:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;ldquo;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;The GeoQpons app empowers consumers to save significant dollars at their favorite local and national retailers and contains more offers than any other mobile coupon application today&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://get.ziplist.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: right;" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7066" title="Screen shot 2011-12-29 at 11.04.36 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2011-12-29-at-11.04.36-AM-180x150.png" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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ZipList:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Create and manage your grocery shopping list, find and save your favorite recipes from across the web, get great savings and share with your entire family &amp;ndash; for free!&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads" originalPath="http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads" originalAttribute="href"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: left;" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-7067 alignleft" title="Screen shot 2011-12-29 at 11.05.21 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2011-12-29-at-11.05.21-AM-147x150.png" originalPath="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2011-12-29-at-11.05.21-AM-147x150.png" originalAttribute="href" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads" originalPath="http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads" originalAttribute="href"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;UrbanSpoon:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;ldquo;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Urbanspoon&amp;rsquo;s mobile apps are a kind of restaurant slot machine. Just hit the Shake button (or shake the phone) and the wheels will spin, until they settle on a good nearby restaurant. You can also lock down the neighborhood, cuisine and/or price range to narrow the results.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pageonce.com/" originalPath="https://www.pageonce.com/" originalAttribute="href"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="float: right;" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7068" title="Screen shot 2011-12-29 at 11.06.02 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2011-12-29-at-11.06.02-AM-147x150.png" originalPath="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2011-12-29-at-11.06.02-AM-147x150.png" originalAttribute="href" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
PageOnce:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Rather than providing its own set of services, PageOnce Personal Assistant aggregates your online accounts and feeds them to your [device] in one handy, streamlined interface&amp;rdquo;&amp;hellip; &amp;ldquo;You can automatically track your money and pay all your bills in this one app.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Do you have any favorite money-saving apps? Share them below!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Images From:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://shopsavvy.mobi/" originalPath="http://shopsavvy.mobi/" originalAttribute="href"&gt;ShopSavvy.mobi&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.geoqpons.com/gq/app/user/indexHome" originalPath="http://www.geoqpons.com/gq/app/user/indexHome" originalAttribute="href"&gt;GeoQpons.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://get.ziplist.com/" originalPath="http://get.ziplist.com/" originalAttribute="href"&gt;Get.Ziplist.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads" originalPath="http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads" originalAttribute="href"&gt;UrbanSpoon.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.pageonce.com/" originalPath="https://www.pageonce.com/" originalAttribute="href"&gt;PageOnce.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;a href="http://shopsavvy.mobi/" originalPath="http://shopsavvy.mobi/" originalAttribute="href"&gt;ShopSavvy.mobi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.geoqpons.com/gq/app/user/indexHome" originalPath="http://www.geoqpons.com/gq/app/user/indexHome" originalAttribute="href"&gt;GeoQpons.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://get.ziplist.com/" originalPath="http://get.ziplist.com/" originalAttribute="href"&gt;Get.Ziplist.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads" originalPath="http://www.urbanspoon.com/mobile-downloads" originalAttribute="href"&gt;UrbanSpoon.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,77030/description.html" originalPath="http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,77030/description.html" originalAttribute="href"&gt;PCWorld.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.pageonce.com/" originalPath="https://www.pageonce.com/" originalAttribute="href"&gt;PageOnce.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog" originalPath="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog" originalAttribute="href"&gt;MangoMoney.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Amarillo, Texas - A new year is bringing a new law to roadways across the country and it aims to keep you safer when at&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/untitled.bmp" style="float: right;" /&gt; the wheel.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Today a federal law went into effect that prohibits truckers from using hand held cell phones.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; But some say the effort to increase safety could bring big problems for drivers of big rigs. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;When you're behind the wheel of an 80 foot long vehicle, carrying as much as 40 tons, using your cell phone simultaneously can turn your truck into a lethal weapon.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Truck Driver Angel Cruz says, "People that drive while using their cell phones or texting are just a hazard on the road."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Which is why drivers of large commercial vehicles can no longer text, dial, or even hold a phone when in motion.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Under the new law, truck drivers can still talk on the phone using a hands-free mobile device or headset like a Bluetooth, as long as calls can be made or answered with a single touch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;For some, following the new rules won't be much trouble.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Cruz says, "I don't use my cell phone when I drive anyway. I use a Bluetooth, so I don't have to hold it."&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;But for others, it won't be so easy. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Truck driver Virgil Asan says, "I need to get in touch with my dispatcher and a lot of us don't have ear pieces and some of the ear pieces don't work that well. They don't cancel out the noise."&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;While the law aims to prevent fatal accidents caused by the number one distraction for drivers, pulling over on the side of the road to use that cell phone may bring new dangers. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Asan explains, "I have to stop and look and then pull over. It takes some time to pull over a truck and then start all over again."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Other say enforcing the ban could be pretty difficult, but the Texas DPS says it's just like cracking down on anything else.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;Trooper Gabriel Medrano says, "It's going to be the same thing with a commercial motor vehicle, you have to train your eyes to look for that cell phone either up by their ear or in their hand as they're driving down the road."&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p orgfontsize="12px"&gt;DPS troopers are not yet enforcing the law in Texas, until the state adopts it into the administrative rules.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br orgfontsize="12px" /&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Preventing and lowering high blood pressure (hypertension).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The claim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;A healthy eating pattern is key to deflating high blood pressure&amp;mdash;and it may not hurt your waistline, either.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The theory:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Nutrients like potassium, calcium, protein, and fiber are crucial to fending off or fighting high blood pressure. You don&amp;rsquo;t have to track each one, though. Just emphasize the foods you&amp;rsquo;ve always been told to eat (fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean protein, and low-fat dairy), while shunning those we&amp;rsquo;ve grown to love (calorie- and fat-laden sweets and red meat). Top it all off by cutting back on salt, and voil&amp;agrave;!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="section" id="drill" style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;How does the DASH Diet work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;First, decide how much you want to read. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), which helped develop DASH, publishes free guides on the plan. One (PDF&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf" style="color: #0072b2; text-decoration: none;"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) is 64 pages while another (PDF&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/dash_brief.pdf" style="color: #0072b2; text-decoration: none;"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) is six. Both take you through the same process of determining how many calories you should eat for your age and activity level, tell you where those calories should come from, and remind you to go easy on salt. It&amp;rsquo;s as simple as that.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;For a 2,000-calorie diet, you should shoot each day (unless otherwise noted) for 6-8 servings of grains; 4-5 each of veggies and fruit; 2-3 of fat-free or low-fat dairy; 6 or fewer of lean meat, poultry, and fish, with one serving being equivalent to an ounce; 4-5 (a week) of nuts, seeds, and legumes; 2-3 of fats and oils; and 5 or fewer (a week) of sweets. DASH suggests capping sodium at 2,300 milligrams a day and eventually working to stay under 1,500 mg.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s OK to ease into DASH. Try adding just one vegetable serving to a meal, and a fruit serving to another. Go (sort of) vegetarian by preparing two or more meat-free dishes each week. And start using the herbs and spices hiding in the back of the pantry&amp;mdash;they&amp;rsquo;ll make you forget the salt&amp;rsquo;s not on the table. Meanwhile, you&amp;rsquo;ll be encouraged to stick to a regular physical-activity program.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;As for weight loss, you&amp;rsquo;re advised to ask your doctor about how to best tailor your plan. Because DASH emphasizes so many healthful foods, it can easily support weight loss. Just move more and eat slightly less, says the NHLBI.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Will you lose weight?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Likely, provided you follow the rules, and especially if you design your plan with a &amp;ldquo;calorie deficit.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Though not originally developed as a weight-loss diet, some studies have looked at DASH&amp;rsquo;s potential to help dieters shed pounds. Here&amp;rsquo;s a closer look at the data:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="padding-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In one study, published in 2010 in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Archives of Internal Medicine&lt;/em&gt;, 144 overweight or obese adults with high blood pressure were assigned to one of three approaches: DASH, DASH plus exercise and classes on weight loss, and a control diet where participants maintained their usual eating habits. After four months, those in the beefed up DASH group lost on average 19 pounds&amp;mdash;while the other groups either lost a little or gained weight. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="padding-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In another study, published in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Annals of Internal Medicine&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;in 2006, researchers randomly assigned 810 adults with borderline or mild high blood pressure to three groups. The first received general advice on lifestyle changes to control blood pressure. The second had goals of staying under 2,300 mg. of sodium a day, losing weight, exercising, and limiting alcohol. The third mirrored the second but participants were also told to follow DASH&amp;rsquo;s dietary guidelines. After 18 months, the second group lost an average of about 8 pounds while the DASH group lost about 9&amp;frac12;&amp;mdash;both significantly more than the first group&amp;rsquo;s 3 pounds. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Does it have cardiovascular benefits?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Yes. Rigorous studies show DASH can lower blood pressure, which if too high can trigger heart disease, heart failure, and stroke. (In fact, the name DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension&amp;mdash;hypertension being the medical term for high blood pressure.) It&amp;rsquo;s also been shown to increase &amp;ldquo;good&amp;rdquo; HDL cholesterol and decrease&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/health-conditions/heart-health/lowering-ldl-cholesterol" style="color: #0072b2; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;bad&amp;rdquo; LDL cholesterol&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and triglycerides, a fatty substance that in excess has been linked to heart disease. Overall, DASH reflects the medical community&amp;rsquo;s widely accepted definition of a heart-healthy diet&amp;mdash;it's heavy on fruits and vegetables and light on saturated fat, sugar, and salt.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Can it prevent or control diabetes?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;A few studies show favorable results, and the approach is generally viewed as an ideal eating pattern for both. Moreover, DASH echoes dietary advice touted by the American Diabetes Association.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Prevention:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Being overweight is one of the biggest risk factors for type 2 diabetes. Although DASH isn&amp;rsquo;t specifically designed for weight loss, it will likely help you lose weight and keep it off&amp;mdash;almost certainly tilting the diabetes odds in your favor. Combining DASH with calorie restriction has also been found to reduce risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome, which increases the chances of developing diabetes and heart problems.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Control:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;A small study published in 2011 in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Diabetes Care&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;found type 2 diabetics on DASH reduced their levels of A1C&amp;mdash;a measure of blood sugar over time&amp;mdash;and their fasting blood sugar after eight weeks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Because there are no rigid meal plans or prepackaged foods, you can ensure that what you&amp;rsquo;re eating doesn&amp;rsquo;t go against your doctor&amp;rsquo;s advice.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Are there health risks?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;No. However, if you have a health condition, check with your doctor to be sure DASH is right for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:9f3d2706-63b3-4497-a002-dba8cf80a4ff</guid><title>Jenny Craig Diet 2012</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Jenny%20Craig.jpg' align='left' /&gt; Jenny Craig Diet 2012 Overview Resembles these&amp;nbsp;U.S. News-rated diets:  Weight Watchers   The aim: Weight loss.   The claim: You&amp;rsquo;ll drop up to 2 pounds a week.   The theory: Losing weight is as simple as restricting calories, fat, and port...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:52:20 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Jenny_Craig_Diet_2012.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div class="section" id="overview" style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h3 class="first" style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Jenny Craig Diet 2012&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 class="first" style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 280px; float: right; height: 93px;" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Jenny%20Craig.jpg" /&gt;Overview&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 1; font-style: italic; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Resembles these&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style="line-height: 1; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;U.S. News&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 1; font-style: italic; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;-rated diets:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/weight-watchers-diet" style="color: #0072b2; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"&gt;Weight Watchers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The aim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Weight loss.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The claim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll drop up to 2 pounds a week.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The theory:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Losing weight is as simple as restricting calories, fat, and portions. Jenny's prepackaged meals and recipes do all three. You&amp;rsquo;ll learn how much you should be eating, what a balanced meal looks like, and how to use that knowledge once you graduate from the program.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;How does the Jenny Craig Diet work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll get a personalized meal and exercise plan, plus weekly one-on-one counseling sessions with a Jenny Craig consultant. Note: These are not nutrition professionals&amp;mdash;anyone who is &amp;ldquo;health-oriented and customer-focused&amp;rdquo; can attend a training course and get certified&amp;mdash;but when consultants have questions, they seek advice from one of Jenny&amp;rsquo;s registered dietitians. Your diet, which ranges from 1,200 to 2,300 calories a day, is designed around your current weight, fitness habits, motivation level, and tendencies to chow down when stressed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #9bbb59; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More about: How does the Jenny Craig Diet work&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Jenny Craig offers several program variations, including Jenny Craig For Men, Jenny Craig Silver, and Jenny Craig Type 2. The difference: Weekly one-on-one counseling sessions are tailored to the people who sign up for each program; if you have diabetes, for example, and you join the Jenny Craig Type 2 program, you&amp;rsquo;ll be assigned to a counselor who is more knowledgeable about the disease.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The diet lasts as long as you need it to, be it three months or two years. During stage 1, you eat three prepackaged Jenny meals and one snack a day&amp;mdash;options like apple cinnamon waffles and three-cheese ziti marinara&amp;mdash;in addition to two to three servings of fresh fruits, vegetables, and non-fat dairy products. Once you&amp;rsquo;re halfway to your goal weight, you&amp;rsquo;ll begin cooking for yourself again twice a week, using Jenny&amp;rsquo;s recipes. After reaching your goal weight, you&amp;rsquo;ll spend four weeks transitioning back to making only your own meals, while adjusting to a slightly higher number of daily calories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Although success hinges on Jenny Cuisine, the program isn&amp;rsquo;t inflexible. A &amp;ldquo;splurge strategy&amp;rdquo; is built in from the beginning, allowing up to 250 extra calories for special occasions. It&amp;rsquo;s even OK to splurge a couple of times a week, if you balance it out with extra physical activity, like walking more each day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;One-on-one support plays a big role, although Jenny participants don&amp;rsquo;t get together for group meetings, which is part of some commercial diets. You&amp;rsquo;ll typically talk with your consultant once a week, either in person or by phone, and discuss how well you did the previous week, and whether you had trouble sticking to the plan. You&amp;rsquo;ll also choose the next week&amp;rsquo;s meals and order your food.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="section" id="lose" style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Will you lose weight?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Probably, if you&amp;rsquo;re motivated enough to stay on the diet.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;ul style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="padding-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The most promising evidence comes from a Jenny Craig-sponsored 2010 study in the&lt;em&gt;Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;that tracked 331 overweight and obese women who got free Jenny Craig meals and weekly counseling sessions. The study compared those women with another 111 women who were on their own other than an initial meeting and a six-month followup session with a diet counselor, plus sample diets and monthly phone or E-mail check-ins. After 12 months, the Jenny participants had lost an average of about 10 percent of their initial body weight and after 24 months were still 7 percent under. Average weight loss for the non-Jenny group was 2.6 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively. But keep in mind the thousands of dollars worth of free Jenny products and intensive handholding. And while the study (and the company) noted the unusually high compliance rate&amp;mdash;92 percent of the women were still in the study at the two-year mark, which&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Consumer Reports&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;called a &amp;ldquo;remarkable level of adherence&amp;rdquo; in a diet analysis in its June 2011 issue&amp;mdash;the rate actually was slightly higher for the non-Jenny group. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;ul style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="padding-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In another study, published in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Obesity&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 2007, participants who stuck with the plan for about a year shed 12 percent of their initial body weight, while those who quit in the first month lost just 1 percent. &lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li style="padding-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Keys to Jenny&amp;rsquo;s success may be the prepackaged food and the psychological support of connecting with trained consultants, concluded a 2004 study published in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;But that same research warned that the program&amp;rsquo;s high cost may be a roadblock for some. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:7829d5ff-c3b5-442c-af39-01f0dd438f97</guid><title>The Biggest Loser Diet 2012</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Biggest%20loser.jpg' align='left' /&gt; Biggest Loser Diet 2012 Overview  Resembles these&amp;nbsp;U.S. News-rated diets: DASH Diet,&amp;nbsp;   The aim: Weight loss, disease prevention or reversal.   The claim: Six weeks of healthy food and regular exercise not only is a great start to a weight-...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:48:43 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/The_Biggest_Loser_Diet_2012.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div class="section" id="overview" style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h3 class="first" style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Biggest Loser Diet 2012&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 class="first" style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 400px; float: right; height: 400px;" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Biggest%20loser.jpg" /&gt;Overview&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Resembles these&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;U.S. News&lt;/em&gt;-rated diets:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/dash-diet" style="color: #0072b2; text-decoration: none;"&gt;DASH Diet&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The aim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Weight loss, disease prevention or reversal.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The claim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Six weeks of healthy food and regular exercise not only is a great start to a weight-loss journey&amp;mdash;it can also help prevent or reverse diabetes; cut the risk for cancer, dementia, and Alzheimer&amp;rsquo;s; improve your heart health; and boost your immune system.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; font-style: italic; margin: 4px 5px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: left; color: #333333; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The theory:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;We eat too many of the wrong foods and not enough of the right ones, and we sit around too much. The not-so-surprising solution: eat regular meals that emphasize filling calories from fruits, vegetables, lean protein sources, and whole grains; practice portion control; use a food journal; and get up off the sofa.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="section" id="drill" style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;How does the Biggest Loser Diet work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;First you have to choose a Biggest Loser book to follow. They&amp;rsquo;re all based on the same principles. What&amp;rsquo;s your appetite for reading? There&amp;rsquo;s the short-and-sweet 2005 edition, the more bulky&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;30-Day Jump Start&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;from 2009&lt;em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and, midway between the two, 2010&amp;rsquo;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;6 Weeks to a Healthier You.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;All are heavy on success stories from past contestants of the Biggest Loser reality TV show, tips for developing your menu based on a special food pyramid, and suggestions for sweating out some calories. Expand this section for more on the most recent version.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;6 Weeks to a Healthier You&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;is a crash course in nutrition. You&amp;rsquo;ll learn about foods with &amp;ldquo;quality calories&amp;rdquo; (you can guess which ones they&amp;rsquo;d be) and acquaint yourself with the Biggest Loser diet pyramid. It suggests four servings a day of fruits and vegetables, three of protein foods, two of whole grains, and no more than 200 calories of &amp;ldquo;extras&amp;rdquo; like desserts. That should make for a menu where 45 percent of your day&amp;rsquo;s calories come from carbs, 30 percent from protein, and 25 percent from fats. You&amp;rsquo;ll also take a hard look at your risk factors for developing diseases, calculate your calorie allowance, learn about portion control and when to eat, and see why keeping a food journal is important.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;The rest of the book is split into thematic chapters&amp;mdash;from preventing or reversing diabetes to lowering high blood pressure&amp;mdash;and each takes you through a week of meal plans and recommendations for different types of exercise.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #99aa66; clear: both; font-size: 1.7em; border-top: #cccccc 1px dashed; font-weight: normal; padding-top: 0.5em;"&gt;Will you lose weight?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s likely you will, given the plan&amp;rsquo;s two foolproof dieting tactics&amp;mdash;calorie restriction and exercise. You just have to make sure you stick with it. Expand this section for research on the diet&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="toggle_container" style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.7; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Some research has evaluated obese or morbidly obese contestants who have appeared on the Biggest Loser show. Interpret cautiously: The sample sizes are small, contestants may have had more&amp;mdash;or much more&amp;mdash;weight to lose than you do, and many had motivation-boosting TV cameras, prize incentives, and expert advisers surrounding them throughout the process.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="padding-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;In one small study, published in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;American Journal of Medicine&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;in 2011, researchers reported that 14 Biggest Loser contestants lost an average of 133 pounds (39 percent of their initial weight) after seven months of intense exercise and moderate calorie restriction following a plan where 30 percent of calories came from protein, 25 from fats, and 45 from carbs. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;ul style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="padding-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;An unpublished study split 62 adults into three groups. The first group consisted of 14 Biggest Loser contestants who exercised four hours a day, six days a week and were encouraged to eat a diet largely of protein sources, fruits, and vegetables while avoiding saturated fat, processed grains, and added sugar. The second group&amp;mdash;36 &amp;ldquo;home contestants&amp;rdquo;&amp;mdash;attended a three-day symposium on diet and exercise and were instructed to exercise twice a day for 60 to 90 minutes each session. The third group, the controls, were sent home without any instructions.&lt;br /&gt;
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    At eight months, those in the Biggest Loser group typically lost from 31 to 39 percent of their initial weight; for those in the home group, the typical range was from 22 to 28 percent. By comparison, the control-group individuals typically added from 2 to 5 percent of their starting weight. At 20 months, those in the first two groups typically had backslid somewhat, but were still 19 to 31 percent below their starting weight. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;ul style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="padding-bottom: 0px; list-style-type: disc; margin: 5px 0px 5px 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;Two additional sets of data on Biggest Loser contestants, published in 2007 in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Journal of Clinical Densitometry&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Journal of Bone and Mineral Research,&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;reported similar amounts of weight loss. One reported that on average, 25 women had dropped 25 percent of their initial body weight and 22 men lost 32 percent of their weight after 8 months. Another set of data showed nearly identical figures for 27 women and 22 men after 8 months. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:cd4a7887-48f5-4029-afed-27ff428acffb</guid><title>Weight Watchers Diet 2012</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Weight%20watchers.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Weight watchers  The aim: Weight loss.   The claim: You&amp;rsquo;ll drop up to 2 pounds weekly.   The theory: There&amp;rsquo;s more to dieting than counting calories&amp;mdash;if you make healthy choices that fill you up, you&amp;rsquo;ll eat less. Weight Watchers...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:42:38 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Weight_Watchers_Diet_2012.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;strong&gt;Weight watchers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The aim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Weight loss.&lt;img alt="" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Weight%20watchers.jpg" style="float: right;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The claim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll drop up to 2 pounds weekly.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The theory:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s more to dieting than counting calories&amp;mdash;if you make healthy choices that fill you up, you&amp;rsquo;ll eat less. Weight Watchers&amp;rsquo; PointsPlus program, launched in November 2010, assigns every food a points value, based on its protein, carbohydrate, fat, fiber, calories, and how hard your body has to work to burn it off. Choices that fill you up the longest &amp;ldquo;cost&amp;rdquo; the least, and nutritionally dense foods cost less than empty calories. So if you&amp;rsquo;re wavering between a 200-calorie fruit smoothie and a 200-calorie iced coffee, the smoothie is the smarter choice.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; color: #99aa66; line-height: 1; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-top-color: #cccccc; clear: both;"&gt;How does the Weight Watchers Diet work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s no fixed membership period; many people who join Weight Watchers stick with it even after they&amp;rsquo;ve shed unwanted pounds. You can eat whatever you want&amp;mdash;provided you stick to your daily PointsPlus target, a number based on your gender, weight, height, and age. You can find the points values of more than 40,000 foods on Weight Watchers&amp;rsquo; website. Processed choices like bologna usually have the highest point values (meaning they should be eaten in small amounts or less often) while fresh fruits and vegetables carry zero points, so you can eat as many as you&amp;rsquo;d like. That&amp;rsquo;s because they&amp;rsquo;re high in fiber and are more filling than, say, a candy bar. (Fruit juice, dried fruit, and starchy vegetables don&amp;rsquo;t count as freebies, since they&amp;rsquo;re higher in calories.) Weight Watchers also pushes specially- designated Power Foods, or the best choices among similar foods. If you&amp;rsquo;re mulling 10 types of canned soup, for example, you can quickly see which has the least sugar and sodium, the most fiber, and the healthiest types and amounts of fat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.7; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The company offers hundreds of recipes, each with a PointsPlus value, to show how it fits into your eating plan. If you&amp;rsquo;re preparing a dish that&amp;rsquo;s not listed in the database, you can calculate points ingredient by ingredient, using tools on the company&amp;rsquo;s website.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.7; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Weight Watchers isn&amp;rsquo;t only about what you eat; support is also a big component. Though you can choose to follow the plan online only, the company says dieters lose about three times more weight if they attend weekly meetings, too. What happens during those get-togethers? You&amp;rsquo;ll swap weight-loss tips and recipes with other members, and step on the scale for a confidential weigh-in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; color: #99aa66; line-height: 1; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-top-color: #cccccc; clear: both; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Will you lose weight?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Most studies suggest Weight Watchers is effective. None have evaluated the new PointsPlus program, which replaced the Points program that preceded it. But the new system is not different enough from the old to negate previous findings.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Short-term weight loss is a reasonable goal. Researchers compared the effectiveness of four commercial weight loss programs (Atkins, Weight Watchers, Slim Fast, and Eat Yourself Slim) in overweight or obese adults. After four weeks, Weight Watchers dieters were down an average of 6 pounds, compared with 10 pounds for Atkins, 6 for Slim Fast, and 7 for Eat Yourself Slim. After that first month of the six-month study, dieters continued to lose weight, with no significant differences in weight loss among the groups. The findings were published in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;British Medical Journal&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 2006.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Evidence on long-term weight loss is promising, too. In an analysis of more than 600 Weight Watchers participants, researchers found that nearly 60 percent stayed within 5 pounds of their goal weight one year after completing the program, according to a study published in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;British Journal of Nutrition&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 2008. That number dropped to 45 percent two years after program completion and 37 percent five years later, suggesting Weight Watchers is not only an effective way to lose weight but also reasonably effective at keeping it off.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Weight Watchers is more effective than standard weight-loss guidance, according to a study published in 2011 in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Lancet&lt;/em&gt;. Researchers tracked 772 overweight and moderately obese people who either followed Weight Watchers or got weight-loss guidance from their primary care doctors. After a year, those in the Weight Watchers group had dropped 15 pounds compared with 7 pounds for the doctor-advised group. What&amp;rsquo;s more, 61 percent of the Weight Watchers dieters stuck with the program for the full 12 months the study lasted, compared with 54 percent for the standard-care group. The program&amp;rsquo;s success is likely explained by its regular weigh-ins and group meetings, which hold dieters accountable while offering support and motivation. The study was funded by Weight Watchers, but an independent research team was responsible for all data collection and analysis.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Another study, published in 2011 in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;British Medical Journal&lt;/em&gt;, found that people lost more weight&amp;mdash;and saved money&amp;mdash;when they enrolled in a commercial weight-loss program as opposed to a primary care-based program. After 12 weeks, Weight Watchers participants had lost 9.8 pounds; those on a primary care-guided plan had dropped 3 pounds.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;After comparing the menus of eight popular commercial weight-loss programs, researchers praised Weight Watchers&amp;rsquo; emphasis on fruits, vegetables, and foods high in whole grains and low in trans fats. The program also got high marks for providing ample fiber, which helps dieters feel fuller for longer, thus promoting weight loss, according to a study published in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Journal of the American&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dietetic Association&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 2007.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;The program&amp;rsquo;s emphasis on support helps its effectiveness&amp;mdash;if you go to the group meetings. Weight Watchers dieters who attended the most weekly group sessions over a two-year period, rather than routinely skipping the meetings, kept the most weight off, according to a study published in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Annals of Internal Medicine&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;in 2005. About half the participants stopped attending weekly meetings within the first six weeks, and 70 percent stopped within 12 weeks.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:4de79d2d-06ee-4746-85b1-d5cc87309fcf</guid><title>Best Weight-Loss Diets</title><description>The best diet for losing weight is Weight Watchers, according to the experts who rated the diets below for U.S. News. Biggest Loser, Jenny Craig, and the raw food diet came in close behind. Other diets performed as well or better in enabling fast wei...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:35:18 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Best_Weight-Loss_Diets.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">The best diet for losing weight is Weight Watchers, according to the experts who rated the diets below for U.S. News. Biggest Loser, Jenny Craig, and the raw food diet came in close behind. Other diets performed as well or better in enabling fast weight loss, but long-term weight loss is more important for your health.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Weight watchers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The aim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Weight loss.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The claim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll drop up to 2 pounds weekly.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The theory:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s more to dieting than counting calories&amp;mdash;if you make healthy choices that fill you up, you&amp;rsquo;ll eat less. Weight Watchers&amp;rsquo; PointsPlus program, launched in November 2010, assigns every food a points value, based on its protein, carbohydrate, fat, fiber, calories, and how hard your body has to work to burn it off. Choices that fill you up the longest &amp;ldquo;cost&amp;rdquo; the least, and nutritionally dense foods cost less than empty calories. So if you&amp;rsquo;re wavering between a 200-calorie fruit smoothie and a 200-calorie iced coffee, the smoothie is the smarter choice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; color: #99aa66; line-height: 1; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-top-color: #cccccc; clear: both; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;How does the Weight Watchers Diet work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s no fixed membership period; many people who join Weight Watchers stick with it even after they&amp;rsquo;ve shed unwanted pounds. You can eat whatever you want&amp;mdash;provided you stick to your daily PointsPlus target, a number based on your gender, weight, height, and age. You can find the points values of more than 40,000 foods on Weight Watchers&amp;rsquo; website. Processed choices like bologna usually have the highest point values (meaning they should be eaten in small amounts or less often) while fresh fruits and vegetables carry zero points, so you can eat as many as you&amp;rsquo;d like. That&amp;rsquo;s because they&amp;rsquo;re high in fiber and are more filling than, say, a candy bar. (Fruit juice, dried fruit, and starchy vegetables don&amp;rsquo;t count as freebies, since they&amp;rsquo;re higher in calories.) Weight Watchers also pushes specially- designated Power Foods, or the best choices among similar foods. If you&amp;rsquo;re mulling 10 types of canned soup, for example, you can quickly see which has the least sugar and sodium, the most fiber, and the healthiest types and amounts of fat.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;The Biggest Loser Diet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="section" id="overview" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The aim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Weight loss, disease prevention or reversal.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The claim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Six weeks of healthy food and regular exercise not only is a great start to a weight-loss journey&amp;mdash;it can also help prevent or reverse diabetes; cut the risk for cancer, dementia, and Alzheimer&amp;rsquo;s; improve your heart health; and boost your immune system.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The theory:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;We eat too many of the wrong foods and not enough of the right ones, and we sit around too much. The not-so-surprising solution: eat regular meals that emphasize filling calories from fruits, vegetables, lean protein sources, and whole grains; practice portion control; use a food journal; and get up off the sofa.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="section" id="drill" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; color: #99aa66; line-height: 1; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-top-color: #cccccc; clear: both;"&gt;How does the Biggest Loser Diet work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;First you have to choose a Biggest Loser book to follow. They&amp;rsquo;re all based on the same principles. What&amp;rsquo;s your appetite for reading? There&amp;rsquo;s the short-and-sweet 2005 edition, the more bulky&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;30-Day Jump Start&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;from 2009&lt;em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and, midway between the two, 2010&amp;rsquo;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;6 Weeks to a Healthier You.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;All are heavy on success stories from past contestants of the Biggest Loser reality TV show, tips for developing your menu based on a special food pyramid, and suggestions for sweating out some calories. Expand this section for more on the most recent version.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="toggle_container" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;6 Weeks to a Healthier You&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;is a crash course in nutrition. You&amp;rsquo;ll learn about foods with &amp;ldquo;quality calories&amp;rdquo; (you can guess which ones they&amp;rsquo;d be) and acquaint yourself with the Biggest Loser diet pyramid. It suggests four servings a day of fruits and vegetables, three of protein foods, two of whole grains, and no more than 200 calories of &amp;ldquo;extras&amp;rdquo; like desserts. That should make for a menu where 45 percent of your day&amp;rsquo;s calories come from carbs, 30 percent from protein, and 25 percent from fats. You&amp;rsquo;ll also take a hard look at your risk factors for developing diseases, calculate your calorie allowance, learn about portion control and when to eat, and see why keeping a food journal is important.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;The rest of the book is split into thematic chapters&amp;mdash;from preventing or reversing diabetes to lowering high blood pressure&amp;mdash;and each takes you through a week of meal plans and recommendations for different types of exercise.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Jenny Craig Diet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="section" id="overview" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The aim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Weight loss.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The claim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll drop up to 2 pounds a week.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The theory:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Losing weight is as simple as restricting calories, fat, and portions. Jenny's prepackaged meals and recipes do all three. You&amp;rsquo;ll learn how much you should be eating, what a balanced meal looks like, and how to use that knowledge once you graduate from the program.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="section" id="drill" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; color: #99aa66; line-height: 1; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-top-color: #cccccc; clear: both;"&gt;How does the Jenny Craig Diet work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll get a personalized meal and exercise plan, plus weekly one-on-one counseling sessions with a Jenny Craig consultant. Note: These are not nutrition professionals&amp;mdash;anyone who is &amp;ldquo;health-oriented and customer-focused&amp;rdquo; can attend a training course and get certified&amp;mdash;but when consultants have questions, they seek advice from one of Jenny&amp;rsquo;s registered dietitians. Your diet, which ranges from 1,200 to 2,300 calories a day, is designed around your current weight, fitness habits, motivation level, and tendencies to chow down when stressed.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div class="toggle_container" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Jenny Craig offers several program variations, including Jenny Craig For Men, Jenny Craig Silver, and Jenny Craig Type 2. The difference: Weekly one-on-one counseling sessions are tailored to the people who sign up for each program; if you have diabetes, for example, and you join the Jenny Craig Type 2 program, you&amp;rsquo;ll be assigned to a counselor who is more knowledgeable about the disease.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;The diet lasts as long as you need it to, be it three months or two years. During stage 1, you eat three prepackaged Jenny meals and one snack a day&amp;mdash;options like apple cinnamon waffles and three-cheese ziti marinara&amp;mdash;in addition to two to three servings of fresh fruits, vegetables, and non-fat dairy products. Once you&amp;rsquo;re halfway to your goal weight, you&amp;rsquo;ll begin cooking for yourself again twice a week, using Jenny&amp;rsquo;s recipes. After reaching your goal weight, you&amp;rsquo;ll spend four weeks transitioning back to making only your own meals, while adjusting to a slightly higher number of daily calories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Although success hinges on Jenny Cuisine, the program isn&amp;rsquo;t inflexible. A &amp;ldquo;splurge strategy&amp;rdquo; is built in from the beginning, allowing up to 250 extra calories for special occasions. It&amp;rsquo;s even OK to splurge a couple of times a week, if you balance it out with extra physical activity, like walking more each day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;One-on-one support plays a big role, although Jenny participants don&amp;rsquo;t get together for group meetings, which is part of some commercial diets. You&amp;rsquo;ll typically talk with your consultant once a week, either in person or by phone, and discuss how well you did the previous week, and whether you had trouble sticking to the plan. You&amp;rsquo;ll also choose the next week&amp;rsquo;s meals and order your food.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Atkins Diet&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="section" id="overview" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
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&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The aim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Weight loss.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The claim:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;You&amp;rsquo;ll lose up to 15 pounds within two weeks, and eat lots of fatty foods.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-top: 4px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; color: #333333; font-style: italic; line-height: 1; float: left;"&gt;The theory:&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;The body is an engine; carbs are the gas that makes it go. Limiting carbs makes the body turn to an alternative fuel&amp;mdash;stored fat. So sugars and &amp;ldquo;simple starches&amp;rdquo; like potatoes, white bread, and rice are all but squeezed out; protein and fat like chicken, meat, and eggs are embraced. Fat is burned; pounds come off.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="section" id="drill" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; color: #99aa66; line-height: 1; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-top-color: #cccccc; clear: both;"&gt;How does the Atkins Diet work?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;You go through four &amp;ldquo;phases,&amp;rdquo; starting with very few carbs and eating progressively more until you get to your desired weight. Keeping carbs at bay isn&amp;rsquo;t as simple as saying No to sugar and baked potatoes. You&amp;rsquo;ll keep acceptable foods lists handy and polish your arithmetic skills. In phase 1, for example, you&amp;rsquo;re allowed 20 grams a day of &amp;ldquo;net carbs&amp;rdquo; (pull out the food list), 12 to 15 of them from &amp;ldquo;foundation vegetables&amp;rdquo; (pull out another list) high in fiber. But as for fat, you don&amp;rsquo;t even have to trim it off your steak.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="section" id="lose" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.7em; font-weight: normal; color: #99aa66; line-height: 1; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: dashed; border-top-color: #cccccc; clear: both;"&gt;Will you lose weight?&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Atkins and other low-carb diets have been studied longer and harder than most other approaches, and Atkins does appear to be moderately successful, especially in the first couple of weeks. That&amp;rsquo;s only part of the story, however.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div class="toggle_container" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.7;"&gt;Much of the initial loss is water, say experts, because of the diet&amp;rsquo;s diuretic effect. That&amp;rsquo;s true of many other diets, too, and is one of the reasons researchers don&amp;rsquo;t judge diets based on a few weeks of results. In diet studies, long-term generally starts at two years. Here&amp;rsquo;s what several key studies had to say about Atkins and other low-carb diets:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Over short periods, Atkins results vary. In one study, published in 2006 in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;British Medical Journal&lt;/em&gt;, Atkins dieters lost an average of 10 pounds in the first four weeks while those on meal-replacement (Slim Fast), caloric-restriction (Weight Watchers), and low-fat (Rosemary Conley&amp;rsquo;s&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Eat Yourself Slim&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;book) diets lost 6 to 7 pounds. At the one-month point and thereafter, however, there were no significant differences in weight loss among the groups.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;A 2007 study that appeared in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Journal of the American Medical Association&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;divided roughly 300 overweight or obese women into groups and assigned them to one of four types of diets: low-carb (Atkins), low-fat (Ornish), low saturated-fat/moderate-carb (LEARN), and roughly equal parts protein, fat, and carb (Zone). At two months, the Atkins dieters had lost an average of about 9&amp;frac12; pounds compared with 5 to 6 pounds for those on the other three diets. At six months, weight loss for the Atkins group averaged about 13 pounds; the other three groups averaged 4&amp;frac12; to 7 pounds. At 12 months, the Atkins group had lost what researchers called a &amp;ldquo;modest&amp;rdquo; 10 pounds; the other dieters averaged 3&amp;frac12; to 6 pounds. Drawing firm conclusions from this study is risky, however. The dropout rate in all four groups was significant, and many participants didn&amp;rsquo;t follow their assigned diet. The Atkins dieters, for example, took in far more carbs than they were supposed to.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;A third study, published in 2010 in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Annals of Internal Medicine&lt;/em&gt;, found no clear advantage either to a low-carb diet based on Atkins or a generic low-fat diet. Both helped participants lose an average of 11 percent of their starting weight at 12 months, but they gained about a third of it back after that. At two years, average loss for both diets was 7 percent of initial body weight. (That&amp;rsquo;s still not bad&amp;mdash;if you&amp;rsquo;re overweight, losing just 5 to 10 percent of your current weight can help stave off some diseases.) An analysis of five studies that compared low-carb and low-fat diets published in 2006 in the&lt;em&gt;Archives of Internal Medicine&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;concluded similarly&amp;mdash;while weight loss was greater at six months for low-carb dieters, by 12 months that difference wasn&amp;rsquo;t significant.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: disc; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;It is still unclear, regardless of claims made for low-carb diets, whether the main reason for weight loss is carb restriction specifically or simply cutting calories. A study published in 2009 in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;New England Journal of Medicine&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;found that after two years, participants assigned either to a 35 percent or a 65 percent carb diet lost about the same amount of weight&amp;mdash;6 to 7&amp;frac12; pounds on average. In 2003, researchers who analyzed about 100 low-carb studies concluded in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Journal of the American Medical Association&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;that weight loss on those diets was associated mostly with cutting calories and not with cutting carbs.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:afa0a5d9-cba0-4b08-8da5-658bd2fdf2bb</guid><title>What is the best diet for you?</title><description>What Is the 'Best Diet' for You? We've named some standouts, but you have to decide for yourself which diet is the best fit for you  By:Michael Trevno  January 4, 2012&amp;nbsp;  What makes a diet best? In&amp;nbsp;Best Diets&amp;nbsp;2012, the latest set of exc...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:10:13 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/What_is_the_best_diet_for_you.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;What Is the 'Best Diet' for You?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.4em; color: #999999; line-height: 1.3; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;We've named some standouts, but you have to decide for yourself which diet is the best fit for you&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p class="name" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.1em; line-height: 1.2;"&gt;By:Michael Trevno&lt;/p&gt;
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January 4, 2012&amp;nbsp;
&lt;div id="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; font-size: 10px; line-height: 17px; font-family: 'lucida grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;What makes a diet best? In&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Best Diets&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;2012, the latest set of exclusive rankings from U.S. News, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/dash-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;DASH&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;diet beat out 24 others, among them&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/atkins-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Atkins&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/jenny-craig-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Jenny Craig&lt;/a&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/slim-fast-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Slim-Fast&lt;/a&gt;, to win the "&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-overall-diets" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Best Diets Overall&lt;/a&gt;" crown. Among the 12 commercial diet programs marketed to the public,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/weight-watchers-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Weight Watchers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;came out on top. (Our&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/articles/2011/06/06/best-diets-methodology-how-we-rated-them.html" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;methodology&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;explains how.) We also ranked the diets on likelihood of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-weight-loss-diets" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;weight loss&lt;/a&gt;, ability to prevent and control&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-diabetes-diets" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;diabetes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-heart-healthy-diets" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;heart disease&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-healthy-eating-diets" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;healthiness&lt;/a&gt;, and how&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-easy-diets" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;easy they are to follow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a id="read_more" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Our analysis puts hard numbers on the common-sense belief that no diet is ideal for everybody.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Take DASH, the Best Diets Overall winner. It wasn't created as a way to drop pounds, but as a means of combating high blood pressure (it stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension). The federal government, which funded the research behind DASH, doesn't even call it a diet&amp;mdash;it's an "eating plan." If losing weight is your No. 1 goal, a diet in our&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-weight-loss-diets" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Best Weight-Loss Diets&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;rankings would be a more likely choice. Or if you have diabetes, you might want to look especially hard at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-diabetes-diets" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Best Diabetes Diets&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;That's why we're giving you lots of tools. Each diet was scored by a panel of experts in short-term and long-term weight loss, on how easy it is to follow, how well it conforms to current nutrition standards, and on health risks it may pose&amp;mdash;plus its soundness as a diabetes and as a heart diet. On the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-overall-diets/data" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;data page&lt;/a&gt;, you can reorder the 25 diets in any of these categories with the click of a mouse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Besides the rankings and data, each diet has a detailed profile that tells you how it works, what evidence supports (or refutes) its claims, a nutritional snapshot, right down to daily milligrams of potassium, and, of course, a close look at the food you'd eat&amp;mdash;with photos. All of it is reliable and easy to understand.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;These tools will be at least a start at helping you, your mother, your brother&amp;mdash;whoever&amp;mdash;find that elusive perfect-for-me diet. Once you've whittled down your eligible diets to a few, consider your personality and lifestyle. If you're a foodie, you probably won't be happy with a plan built around frozen dinners, like&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/nutrisystem-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Nutrisystem&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/jenny-craig-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Jenny Craig&lt;/a&gt;, or mostly just-add-water meals, like&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/medifast-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Medifast&lt;/a&gt;. If cutting carbs will just make you cranky and resentful, you'll want to stay away from low-carb diets like&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/atkins-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;Atkins&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/south-beach-diet" style="color: #005ea6; text-decoration: none;"&gt;South Beach&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;Then think about what did and didn't work the last time you were on a diet. Was it too restrictive? Lots of diets we covered don't consider any food off-limits. Didn't provide enough structure? Some plans will tell you exactly what to eat and when.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;With any diet, ask yourself: How long can I stay on this? No matter how good it looks (or how good it might make you look), if you can't stick with it in the long run, you'll be right back where you started after a couple of months.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;And consider physical activity, an important component of any healthy lifestyle. Does your plan lay out a specific exercise program, or are you on your own?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.3em;"&gt;The questions are endless. Right now you may have no idea what will or won't work for you. That's what we're here for. We're not going to tell you what diet you should be on, but we can help lead you to a winner&amp;mdash;the Best Diet for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:20df67d9-2894-41bc-abbb-558a977ede0c</guid><title>3 Helpful Tips on how to be prepared for Tax Season</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FamilyPhoto.jpg' align='left' /&gt; It is January and that only means one thing. Okay, it means quite a few things, but one of those things is this: It&amp;rsquo;s officially tax season. I know that doesn&amp;rsquo;t sound nearly as fun as holiday season, or snowy season, or even sweater vest...</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:41:03 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/3_Helpful_Tips_on_how_to_be_prepared_for_Tax_Season.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It is January and that only means one thing. Okay, it means quite a few things, but one &lt;em&gt;of &lt;/em&gt;those things is this: It&amp;rsquo;s officially tax season.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;I know that doesn&amp;rsquo;t sound nearly as fun as holiday season, or snowy season, or even sweater vest season (which, let&amp;rsquo;s be honest, is there ever a sweater vest season?), but tax season really doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to be as daunting as it sounds. With a few simple tips to get you started, you&amp;rsquo;ll have your taxes filed and out of your mind in no time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here are some helpful tips with your tax refund!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1) Gather Information.&lt;/strong&gt; Be sure you have the correct Social Security&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; Number&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; and date of birth for each &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;person you&amp;rsquo;ll claim as an &lt;a href="http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tax_exempt.asp#axzz1hkiSpXaX"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;exemption&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on your return. If each name, SSN, and date of birth do not match &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; when you file the return, BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN&amp;hellip; No, just kidding; but the IRS will reject your return and ask you to submit the correct information.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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2) Gather documents.&lt;/strong&gt; Before you prepare your return, it will be a lot easier if you go ahead and get your needed documents together. So what&amp;rsquo;ll you need?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/PapersDocs.jpg" title="PapersDocs" class="alignright size-full wp-image-7040" style="width: 270px; height: 203px; float: right;" /&gt;Proof of identification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Social Security Numbers for you, your spouse, and dependents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Birth dates for you, your spouse, and dependents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Wages and earnings statements: Forms W-2, W-2G, 1099-R, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Interest and dividends statements from banks, brokerages, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;A copy of last year&amp;rsquo;s tax return&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Bank routing and account numbers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The amount you paid for childcare and the childcare provider&amp;rsquo;s tax identification number&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Receipts for charitable donations&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3) Preparing your Return.&lt;/strong&gt; There are a few ways to go about this. You can do it yourself or get assistance through a professional. If you do it yourself, you can use a tax software program to make it a bit easier.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.taxact.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;TaxAct&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is a free tax prep software&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TaxMan.jpg" title="TaxMan" class="alignright size-full wp-image-7043" style="width: 227px; height: 162px; float: right;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://turbotax.intuit.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;TurboTax&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;has a free option&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.irs.gov/efile/article/0,,id=118986,00.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;FreeFile&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is also a great option offered on the IRS website&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If you choose to get assistance with your tax return, hiring a professional is an option&amp;mdash;but it can be expensive. Luckily, there are free options out there: IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites. These VITA sites have volunteers who are trained to help you navigate your tax return from start to finish. To find a VITA site near you, call (800) 906-9887 or &lt;a href="http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=219171,00.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;click here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Right now if you directly deposit your tax refund onto your Mango card, you could DOUBLE your tax refund. &lt;a href="https://www.mangomoney.com/double-your-tax-refund"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Click here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;to find out more!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="546" height="261" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-shot-2011-12-28-at-9.50.34-AM.png" title="Screen shot 2011-12-28 at 9.50.34 AM" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7033" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;So much for tax season being daunting, right? HAPPY TAX SEASON, EVERYONE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;What will you do with your tax refund money?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Photos Courtesy of:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/"&gt;Seattle Municipal Archives&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/featheredtar/"&gt;FeatheredTar&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://gotoplaces.wordpress.com/2011/02/01/valuable-tips-on-income-tax-preparation/"&gt;Go to Places Monthly&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;a href="http://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tax_exempt.asp#axzz1hkiSpXaX"&gt;Investopedia.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.1040.com/federal-taxes/filing-basics/"&gt;1040.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.taxact.com/"&gt;TaxAct.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://turbotax.intuit.com/"&gt;TurboTax.intuit.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:dd56bb28-d1b7-4cc6-9c26-760c0fd35b2c</guid><title>The Cost of going to College and how it translates to salaries</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/educationcostssalary2.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Education Costs vs. Salaries: Infographic   In the past, things seemed simpler: go to college, get a degree, graduate, and BAM! Just like magic, you&amp;rsquo;ve got a job and you&amp;rsquo;re on the path to your career. Okay, maybe it has never been quite&amp;n...</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:20:17 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/The_Cost_of_going_to_College_and_how_it_translates_to_salaries.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em; color: #c55124; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif;"&gt;Education Costs vs. Salaries: Infographic&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class="entry-content" style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: #d2d2d2; color: #808080; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;
&lt;div style="font-size: 14px; clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 550px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In the past, things seemed simpler: go to college, get a degree, graduate, and BAM! Just like magic, you&amp;rsquo;ve got a job and you&amp;rsquo;re on the path to your career. Okay, maybe it has never been quite&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;that&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;easy; but these days, with all of the difficulty graduates and non-graduates alike are facing, it certainly seems like it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The problem is, college is&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;expensive&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and these days, it doesn&amp;rsquo;t even necessarily guarantee a job. For example, in the US, public four-year colleges are an average of about $12,000 per year for out of state students; private colleges are even more, at about $27,000 per year, and 2-year schools run around $3,000 per year in tuition and fees.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So is a college education really worth the cost?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Well, see for yourself. This infographic compares the costs of degrees, average wages, their ability to fair through a recession.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So, what do you think: are these schools really worth the costs? Comment below and share your thoughts!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial;"&gt;&lt;a href="www.mangomoney.com" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-5761" title="educationcosts&amp;amp;salary" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/educationcostssalary2.jpg" width="100%" height="auto" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;INFOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;These numbers reflect the 2010-2011 school year and are approximations&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-family: inherit;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Public four-year colleges charge, on average, $7,605 per year in tuition and fees for in-state students. The average surcharge for full-time out-of-state students at these institutions is $11,990.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Private nonprofit four-year colleges charge, on average, $27,293 per year in tuition and fees.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Public two-year colleges charge, on average, $2,713 per year in tuition and fees.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Of course, that&amp;rsquo;s not the total price. You still have to live somewhere, eat, buy books and supplies, and do your laundry&amp;hellip;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;COSTS:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;PUBLIC 4-YEAR UNIVERSITIES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;More expensive:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Pennsylvania State University&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TUITION COST (PER YEAR)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$15, 250&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Out of state:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$27,114&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;BOOKS AND SUPPLIES:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$1,456&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;LIVING ARRANGEMENT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;On Campus room and board:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$9,054&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Other:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$3,924&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TOTAL EXPENSES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state (on campus):&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$29, 684&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Out of state (on campus):&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$41,548&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;"&gt;Less expensive:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Concord University&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TUITION COST (PER YEAR)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state- on campus:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$14,844&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Out of state- on campus:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$20,436&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state &amp;ndash; off campus:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$5,638&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Out-of-state- on campus:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$11,230&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;PRIVATE 4-YEAR UNIVERSITIES (not for profit)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;"&gt;More expensive:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Bates College- Maine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TUITION COST (PER YEAR)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state or Out:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$53,300&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;BOOKS AND SUPPLIES:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$800&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;LIVING ARRANGEMENT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;On Campus room and board:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;*included in tuition cost&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Other:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$1,250&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TOTAL EXPENSES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state or out-of-state (on campus):&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$55,350&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Less expensive:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Coker College&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TUITION COST (PER YEAR)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state or Out:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$19,368&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Room:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$3,070&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Board:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$3,170&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Activity Fee:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$220&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Accident &amp;amp; Basic sickness insurance:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$110&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Academic Technology Fee:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$270&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TOTAL EXPENSES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state or out-of-state (on campus):&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$26,208&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;PRIVATE FOR PROFIT 2-YEAR (Vocational Schools)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;More expensive:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts- Orlando&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TUITION COST (PER YEAR)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state &amp;amp; Out:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$39,550&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;BOOKS AND SUPPLIES:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$3,695&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;LIVING ARRANGEMENT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Off&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Campus room and board:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$6,559&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Other:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;$4,235&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;TOTAL EXPENSES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In-state &amp;amp; Out: $&lt;/strong&gt;54,039&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Less expensive:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ashford University (online)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Tuition: $390 per credit hour, or about $1,000 per course, plus fees (see below)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:260979b9-422e-49f2-b859-67579ab93b99</guid><title>Statistics on healthy lifestyle behaviors: Life Insurance</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Family%20playing.jpg' align='left' /&gt;If you ever had the unfortunate circumstances of having a family member or loved one die early due to a unhealthy lifestyle, then you would hopefully want to make some changes to your lifestyle. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released...</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:16:32 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Statistics_on_healthy_lifestyle_behaviors_Life_Insurance.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;If you ever had the unfortunate circumstances of having a family member or loved one die early due to a unhealthy lifestyle, then you would hopefully want to make some changes to your lifestyle. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released statistics based on their scientific findings on how you can live a healthier and potentially longer life.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.6em; color: #0c5205; font-weight: normal; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif;"&gt;CDC report finds people live longer if they practice one or more healthy lifestyle behaviors&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;Healthy behaviors include not smoking, eating well, getting regular exercise and limiting alcohol consumption&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;People can live longer if they practice one or more healthy lifestyle behaviors &amp;ndash; not smoking, eating a healthy diet, getting regular physical activity, and limiting alcohol &amp;ndash; according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.33em;"&gt;During the study period, people who engaged in all four healthy behaviors were 63 percent less likely to die early, compared to people who did not practice any of the behaviors. Not smoking provided the most protection from dying from all of the causes examined.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.33em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/life/insurance_quote.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Family%20playing.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 300px; float: right;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;If you want to lead a longer life and feel better, you should adopt healthy behaviors&amp;ndash; not smoking, getting regular physical activity, eating healthy, and avoiding excessive alcohol use,&amp;rdquo; said CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;People who engaged in all four healthy behaviors were 66 percent less likely to die early from cancer, 65 percent less likely to die early from cardiovascular disease, and 57 percent less likely to die early from other causes compared to people who did not engage in any of the healthy behaviors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The study, &amp;ldquo;Low Risk Lifestyle Behaviors and All-Cause Mortality: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III Mortality Study,&amp;rdquo; is published online today by the American Journal of Public Health at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://ajph.aphapublications.org/first_look.dtl" class="external" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: #4a006e;"&gt;http://ajph.aphapublications.org/first_look.dtl&lt;img class="externalImg" alt="External Web Site Icon" title="External Web Site Icon" src="http://www.cdc.gov/TemplatePackage/images/icon_out.png" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; display: inline; position: relative; left: 3px; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto; width: auto; text-decoration: none;border-style: none;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Researchers analyzed data from CDC&amp;rsquo;s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III Mortality Study, a mortality follow-up of NHANES III survey participants aged 17 years and older who were recruited from 1988 to 1994 and followed through 2006.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The researchers defined low-risk health behaviors as never smoking, eating a healthy diet, moderate intensity or vigorous intensity physical activity, and moderate alcohol consumption. According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, men should drink no more than two drinks per day; women, one drink per day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Among people in the CDC study, 47.5 percent had never smoked, 51 percent were moderate drinkers, 39.3 percent had a healthy diet, and 40.2 percent were adequately physically active. The percentage of people who reported low-risk behaviors did not differ significantly by gender. Mexican-Americans had more healthy behaviors compared to whites and African-Americans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.33em; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The authors noted the challenges in encouraging a large percentage of the U. S. population to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Although studies have shown only a small percentage of people have adopted all of these healthy lifestyle behaviors, significant progress has been made in decreasing the rate of people who smoke. This study adds to the mounting evidence of the substantial gain in life associated with healthy behaviors, and underscores the need for the clinical and public health communities to work together to promote greater adoption of&amp;nbsp; these behaviors.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Refernces:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
For more information about CDC&amp;rsquo;s efforts to promote healthy lifestyles visit&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: #4a006e;"&gt;www.cdc.gov/tobacco&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: #4a006e;"&gt;www.cdc.gov/alcohol&lt;/a&gt;, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: #4a006e;"&gt;www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:ca335d6e-3277-4a6d-aa57-d1be868eaacd</guid><title>Best Websites to help build your website</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Flavors-2011-09-07-at-9.30.04-AM.png' align='left' /&gt;Build your own Website Websites    If you are reading this, you are connected to the Internet. If you are connected to the Internet, you are probably using it to browse various websites (like this one.) And if you are browsing various websites (like ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:57:58 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Best_Websites_to_help_build_your_website.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #c55124; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em;"&gt;Build your own Website Websites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="entry-content" style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: #d2d2d2; color: #808080; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;If you are reading this, you are connected to the Internet. If you are connected to the Internet, you are probably using it to browse various websites (like this one.) And if you are browsing various websites (like yours truly), you have undoubtedly noticed that there are quite a few of them out there.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;In fact, by the end of 2010 there were 266,848,493 registered websites, and the numbers have only increased since then. So why all of this website trivia? No it&amp;rsquo;s not National Honor Thy Website Day (though I wouldn&amp;rsquo;t be surprised if this became a holiday soon!)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So if you are one of the few remaining souls out there who doesn&amp;rsquo;t have your own website&amp;mdash;be it for personal use, business, or perhaps a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/how-to/earn-extra-income-with-a-side-hustle" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;side hustle&lt;/a&gt;&amp;mdash;here is a list of a few great, and affordable websites to help&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;build your own website, no matter what the purpose.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_4913" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; width: 276px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Flavors-2011-09-07-at-9.30.04-AM.png" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-4913 " title="Flavors 2011-09-07 at 9.30.04 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Flavors-2011-09-07-at-9.30.04-AM.png" width="266" height="265" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; height: auto; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;text-align: left; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Flavors pulls from social media sites to make your site unique.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://flavors.me/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Flavors.Me&lt;/a&gt;: This website pulls content from other sites, like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc., to help you create your own, very personalized website. They offer a ton of color combinations, templates, and pictures to let you truly create a one of a kind website. Most of their services are free, and the added features are just $20/&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;year.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_4927" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; width: 332px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/HighWire-2011-09-07-at-9.32.51-AM1.png" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-4927 " title="HighWire 2011-09-07 at 9.32.51 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/HighWire-2011-09-07-at-9.32.51-AM1.png" width="322" height="231" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; height: auto; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;With HighWire you can sell products online, and if you use it through Facebook, it's free!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.highwire.com/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;HighWire:&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Are you looking to sell products online? Perhaps open up your own online store? HighWire is a great, and affordable way to do just that. Setup and using the site through&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are free, but if you want to add more, there are monthly fees. Give it a try, though&amp;mdash;they offer a free 30-day trial!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_4928" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; width: 330px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SSquareSpace2011-09-07-at-9.38.36-AM1.png" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-4928 " title="SSquareSpace2011-09-07 at 9.38.36 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SSquareSpace2011-09-07-at-9.38.36-AM1.png" width="320" height="192" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; height: auto; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;These are just a handful of SquareSpace's many unique templates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.squarespace.com/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;SquareSpace&lt;/a&gt;: This site will not only host your website, but it has amazing, customizable templates, so your site won&amp;rsquo;t look like all the others. It&amp;rsquo;s not free, but at only $12 a month, it is a lot less than hiring a professional designer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_4917" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; width: 308px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ThemeForest2011-09-07-at-9.39.55-AM.png" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-4917 " title="ThemeForest2011-09-07 at 9.39.55 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ThemeForest2011-09-07-at-9.39.55-AM.png" width="298" height="310" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; height: auto; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;ThemeForest is a site just for themes, from Email to blog templates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://themeforest.net/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;ThemeForest&lt;/a&gt;: This site has thousands of theme templates for you to choose from, starting as low as $1. These include E-mail templates, blog templates, and website templates. Note: ThemeForest is just for&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;themes&lt;/em&gt;. They don&amp;rsquo;t host your website&amp;mdash;they can just help it look good&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif" alt=":o" class="wp-smiley" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_4920" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; width: 308px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Weebly2011-09-07-at-9.41.32-AM.png" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-4920 " title="Weebly2011-09-07 at 9.41.32 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Weebly2011-09-07-at-9.41.32-AM.png" width="298" height="291" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; height: auto; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Weebly will host your site for free and it's simple to use.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.weebly.com/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Weebly&lt;/a&gt;: Weebly.com is absolutely free, easy to use, and provides hundreds of options for your site&amp;rsquo;s theme and design. They even offer an online tutorial on their main page to help guide you through the process, but it&amp;rsquo;s pretty straightforward&amp;mdash;you probably won&amp;rsquo;t even need it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_4921" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; width: 312px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Wordpress-2011-09-07-at-9.45.20-AM.png" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-4921 " title="Wordpress 2011-09-07 at 9.45.20 AM" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Wordpress-2011-09-07-at-9.45.20-AM.png" width="302" height="240" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; height: auto; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 12px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"&gt;WordPress will host your site for free, but many businesses and even celebrities use it as a content manager.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://wordpress.org/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt;: This is perhaps the most well known website host. WordPress allows you to create a blog or a website, use their library of thousands of themes, design templates, and plugins, and it&amp;rsquo;s all for free.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Do you have a blog or a website? Share your link below and gain some new followers!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:4f6585d0-4c1b-411e-8861-46b48852d4a1</guid><title>10 Fun and Exciting Adult Party Games for New Year's Eve 2011</title><description>New Year's Eve is approaching and you are hosting an adult-only party. You have the usual stack of board games, movies to watch and great food and drink. But this New Year's Eve you want to do something different. Try some of these party games for a ...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:09:18 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/10_Fun_and_Exciting_Adult_Party_Games_for_New_Years_Eve_2011.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">New Year's Eve is approaching and you are hosting an adult-only party. You have the usual stack of board games, movies to watch and great food and drink. But this &lt;a href="http://voices.yahoo.com/theme/729/celebrate_new_years_eve_in_style.html" title="New Year's" class="link interlink" rel="&amp;amp;content_type=theme&amp;amp;content_type_id=729"&gt;New Year's&lt;/a&gt; Eve you want to do something different. Try some of these party games for a fun filled evening.&amp;nbsp;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. Adult Belly Dance Competition -&lt;/b&gt; Have the women judge the men in an exotic dance contest this New Year's Eve! All you need are scarves and some exotic Arabic music. Have the men cover their faces with the scarves, pull up or take off their shirts to expose their bellies. Start the music and watch the fun begin. They could dance at the same time or one at a time for 30 seconds each. Have prizes for the things like the "most voluptuous" or the "sexiest". Make sure there are enough prizes for everyone to win something. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Charades -&lt;/b&gt; Make it a New Year's Eve version of charades by acting out popular song, book or movie titles, events, or people that made the news during the year. Divide the group into two teams and determine how long each round will be. Have each team brainstorm and write the names of the things to be acted out. Have them write each one on a small piece of paper and put them in a New Year's Eve Hat. The first person chooses a paper from the opposite team's bowl and acts out the name or phrase. Remember - no talking allowed! Only the team of the person acting out tries to guess. If the timer goes off before the correct answer is guessed, no point is earned. It is now the other team's turn. Alternate turns between teams and the one who guesses the most correctly wins. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. The Cherry Game -&lt;/b&gt; Ask your guests who likes cherries. When you have a few volunteers, place a maraschino cherry in a bowl in front of them. Explain that this is a race to see who can eat the cherry first. The rules are they cannot use their hands. Just as they think this is an easy game, fill each bowl with whipped cream. Now the fun begins! The winner is the first person to find and eat their cherry. Make sure you have a camera handy. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;4. Bouncing Ball Drinking Game -&lt;/b&gt; Have everyone sit in a circle with their drink in hand. You do need an IMAGINARY ball. The rules are simple but seem to get more confusing as the game progresses. Someone needs to start the game by saying one of the following words: whiz, bounce or boing. Whiz means the ball moves on to the next player. Bounce means the ball skips the next player and moves on to the following person. Boing means the ball hits the wall and switches direction. The penalty for any error is taking a drink. Please only play this game only if you are NOT driving. Remember to drink responsibly. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;5. Two Truths and A Lie -&lt;/b&gt; This New Year's Eve see how well you know your adult guests. Have everyone sit in a circle. Each guest should think of two truths and one lie. It is much more effective if the truths are somewhat outlandish and the lie is more believable. This makes it harder for the other guests to tell the lie. In turn, have each person tell their two truths and a lie. The group gets to discuss the statements and has to guess which is the lie. The person then reveals the actual lie and the next person takes their turn. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. Anonymous version of Two Truths and a Lie -&lt;/b&gt; Have each person write the two truths and a lie on a piece of paper, fold it and put it in a bowl. The host then randomly pulls them out one at a time and reads them to the group. Now the group must guess BOTH the person and the lie. It is best if they try to identify the person first. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;7. Pick Up -&lt;/b&gt; Have everyone stand in a circle facing outward with their arms linked together at the elbows. Place the prize, perhaps a $10 bill in the center of the circle. The object of Pick Up is very simple - get the prize! Players may use their hands but their arms must remain linked with the people on both sides. If the circle breaks the game starts over. The winner is the person who succeeds in picking up the prize. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;8. Park Bench -&lt;/b&gt; For this adult New Year's Eve game you need to move two chairs together and have a lot of imagination. Pretend these chairs are a New York City park bench. The object of the game is to do whatever you can to make the person next to you move off of the park bench. For example, if you were sitting on one seat and a stranger came up to you and started hugging you, you would probably leave. When you succeed in making the person leave the seat, you move to that seat and it's the next person's turn. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;9. Wooden Spoons -&lt;/b&gt; Guess someone's identity by feeling them only with wooden spoons. One guest in blindfolded and sits in a chair. Each person stands or kneels in front of the blindfolded person. That person must guess each identity only by feeling them with the wooden spoons. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;10. Aura -&lt;/b&gt; This game is a great spectator sport for New Year's Eve. Set up several groups of two people. These people will compete with each other. Two partners stand face-to-face, arms extended, palms touching. Either blindfold each person or have them close their eyes. Have them turn around five times and try to find their partners palms again and return to their original positions without looking.&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:5b62b4cc-c0eb-498c-871f-e0bd0e6e649a</guid><title>Gift Return for the Holidays 2011</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/TooMuchChristmas.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Gift Return for the Holidays   So you&amp;rsquo;ve successfully made it though the holidays, hopefully without any major family squabbles or gift or gorging-related injuries. Congratulations! But now comes the truly difficult part: Returning those unwant...</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:23:04 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Gift_Return_for_the_Holidays_2011.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em; color: #c55124; letter-spacing: -1px; text-align: -webkit-auto; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif;"&gt;Gift Return for the Holidays&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So you&amp;rsquo;ve successfully made it though the holidays, hopefully without any major family squabbles or gift or gorging-related injuries. Congratulations!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;But now comes the truly difficult part: Returning those unwanted holiday gifts.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;And to avoid this problem in the future, simply click&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: inherit;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Best_and_Worst_Christmas_gifts_for_2011.aspx" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;for our list of the best and&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;worst&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Christmas presents. Print it out, pass it around, and spread the joy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-6968" title="TooMuchChristmas" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/TooMuchChristmas.jpg" width="423" height="259" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;How to politely decline a gift:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Luckily this isn&amp;rsquo;t something that we have to do often, but the instance&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;does&lt;/em&gt;come up sometimes that you&amp;rsquo;ll have to simply decline a gift in the beginning, rather than even return it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;When is this necessary?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-family: inherit;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;If a gift is given romantically, but you&amp;rsquo;re not interested&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The gift-giver spent&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;way&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;more money than they should have&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Large or inappropriate gifts from business associates&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Any gifts from business associates, if it is against company policy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So what&amp;rsquo;s the protocol?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-family: inherit;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Approach your gift-giver in private and in person&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Thank them greatly for their kindness and be careful not to embarrass them&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Explain honestly why you can&amp;rsquo;t accept the gift&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Give the gift back and part with no hard feelings&amp;hellip; hopefully.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-6969 alignleft" title="WhyASweaterStupid" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/WhyASweaterStupid.jpg" width="396" height="248" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: left; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;How to politely ask for a receipt:&lt;/strong&gt;More and more stores are giving customers gift receipts these days, especially around the holidays. If, however, you receive a gift&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;without&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;a gift receipt, you&amp;rsquo;ll have to ask your friend or family member for one in order to return it. This can be a little sticky, but there are ways to tackle it tactfully.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-family: inherit;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;If you are returning the item because you have more than one, just tell them that you already have it and need the receipt to return it. This lets them know that you do like the gift&amp;mdash;in fact, you like it so much that you already have one!&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;If you simply don&amp;rsquo;t&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;like&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;the item, really consider whether or not it is worth exchanging, and whether or not it will hurt the gift-giver&amp;rsquo;s feelings.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;If you decide to exchange it, wait a few days to ask for the receipt.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Thank them for the gift and honestly and succinctly explain why you&amp;rsquo;ll exchange it (for another color, another size, just not your style&amp;hellip;)&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;It is never socially acceptable to exchange a gift for cash.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-6970" title="Returns" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Returns.jpg" width="381" height="265" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;     border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;How to actually return the thing:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Now that you&amp;rsquo;ve handled that whole uncomfortable getting the receipt process, you&amp;rsquo;re free to take the item back. But you&amp;rsquo;re not quite in the clear yet&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-family: inherit;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Check out the store&amp;rsquo;s return policy online.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Even if the policy doesn&amp;rsquo;t mention receipts, this is almost always the first question the sales clerk will ask you for a return. So don&amp;rsquo;t forget that receipt!&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Do your returns during the store&amp;rsquo;s slow period (when they first open in the morning or just after lunch.)&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Be patient. There are likely to be lines, perhaps even during the store&amp;rsquo;s slow time, just after the holidays. So prepare for this, don&amp;rsquo;t attempt to make a return if you&amp;rsquo;re in a rush, and wait like everyone else.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Be polite. Remember, this customer service rep has probably been dealing with holiday gift returns all day, so be sure to treat them kindly. Remember, it&amp;rsquo;s not their fault you got a gift you didn&amp;rsquo;t want!&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: #808080; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Thank everyone involved in the transaction. Again, these folks deal with a lot of angry people returning gifts after the holidays so make their day a little brighter, thank them, and maybe even&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;smile&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;when it is all said and done.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Are you taking any gifts back this year?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Sources:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.giftypedia.com/Declining_a_Gift" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Giftypedia.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.etiquette-and-manners-for-the-contemporary-woman.com/gift-giving-etiquette-cont.html" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Etiquette-and-manners-for-the-contemporary-woman.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href="http://www.fatwallet.com/blog/an-insider-s-guide-to-gift-returns/" style="border:0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px;       border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Fatwallet.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Michael's%20Pics/big_cards.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:0682af34-31c9-44de-89b5-1d5a1fec701b</guid><title>Top 5 Online Shopping Websites</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/assets/images/blog/parkinglot.jpg' align='left' /&gt;5 Reasons To Shop Online For Christmas Gifts!! No Virtual Parking Lots  This one is pretty simple. When most&amp;nbsp;people discovered shopping online, I think they all had the same reaction, &amp;ldquo;You mean I don&amp;rsquo;t have to go to the mall to shop?...</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:48:55 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Top_5_Online_Shopping_Websites.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h3&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;5 Reasons To Shop Online For Christmas Gifts!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;No Virtual Parking Lots&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignnone" src="http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/assets/images/blog/parkinglot.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This one is pretty simple. When most&amp;nbsp;people discovered shopping online, I think they all had the same reaction, &amp;ldquo;You mean I don&amp;rsquo;t have to go to the mall to shop? Awesome! If these jeans don&amp;rsquo;t fit I&amp;rsquo;ll just send them back. On second thought, I&amp;rsquo;ll just wear them. Maybe I can just leave them unbuttoned, or staple them closed somehow.&amp;rdquo; There is nothing I hate worse than pulling into a crowded parking lot trying to find a spot I can fit in without doing the proverbial 22-point turn. &lt;strong&gt;Winner:..... Online Shopping.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;No Lines To Stand In&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignnone" src="http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/assets/images/blog/longline.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Who is that lady with the&amp;nbsp;fake nose&amp;nbsp;on the cover of &lt;em&gt;People&lt;/em&gt;? Should I buy a Snickers or not? How many coupons does that lady have? Wow, who knew they made flashlights that small? I wonder if we need any double AA batteries? How can they possibly have 30 checkout lanes and only 3 are open? All thoughts I have had when standing in line at my local stores. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Winner:..... Online Shopping.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Easy to Find The Best Price&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignnone" src="http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/assets/images/blog/bestprice.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When you are wandering the aisles of your local stores, hopefully dropping bread crumbs so you can find your way out, it can be hard to know if you are getting the best price available. The Internet makes this process seamless. In a matter of seconds, you can type what you are looking for into Google and you will be inundated with shopping resources&amp;nbsp;that will help you determine the best price.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Winner:...... Online Shopping.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;No Children&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignnone" src="http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/assets/images/blog/nokids.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I love my kids, but I gotta be honest and say that&amp;nbsp;taking them shopping is&amp;nbsp;not&amp;nbsp;a total opposite of heaven,&amp;nbsp;but you can clearly see the flames. &lt;strong&gt;Winner:...... Online Shopping.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Never Closed&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignnone" src="http://www.rather-be-shopping.com/assets/images/blog/neverclosed.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I can&amp;rsquo;t remember how many times I have pulled into&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;parking lot only to learn the store closed 5 minutes ago. The beauty of shopping online is you can do it at 3 a.m.&amp;nbsp; or 1 p.m&amp;nbsp; it makes no difference whatsoever.&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;Winner:...... Online&amp;nbsp;Shopping.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;And Don't Forget!!!......Online Coupons&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;d be reminisced if I didn&amp;rsquo;t at least mention the use of online&amp;nbsp;coupons as a positive aspect of shopping online. Most online coupons&amp;nbsp; are not available to you when you go into the mall or hardware store. They are essentially free money and you should taken advantage whenever possible. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now&amp;nbsp;are you&amp;nbsp;ready to start your online shopping spree and get those Christmas gifts on their way to your doorstep? To help get you&amp;nbsp;started here are some of the top rated online shopping websites.....enjoy!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.overstock.com/" title="Go to Overstock.com Homepage" xloc="21" yloc="12"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="198" height="53" style="width: 191px; height: 69px;" src="http://ak1.ostkcdn.com/img/mxc/ostk_logo_110311.jpg" xloc="21" yloc="12" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/"&gt;&lt;img width="702" height="206" title="Amazon_com-Logo.jpg" id="main-img" style="width: 171px; height: 75px;" alt="Image Detail" src="http://lytle-mythologicalallusions.wikispaces.com/file/view/Amazon_com-Logo.jpg/230153324/Amazon_com-Logo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.newegg.com/"&gt;&lt;img width="300" height="143" title="... PLACE TO BUY CORE COMPONENTS, PERIPHERALS AND SOFTWARE: Newegg.com" id="main-img" style="width: 182px; height: 70px;" alt="Image Detail" src="http://computershopper.com/images/newegg.logo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.ebay.com/"&gt;&lt;img width="679" height="367" title="Ebay Logo" id="main-img" style="width: 185px; height: 94px;" alt="Image Detail" src="http://www.mikehaywardcollection.com/files/images/ebay-logo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.smartbargains.com/?AID=1668&amp;amp;PROGRAM=17461&amp;amp;ls_sid=TZjLf55Hu8A-mLxQZLuUxx_eJB81GPJCWg"&gt;&lt;img width="150" height="100" title="Go to SmartBargains.com" id="main-img" style="width: 176px; height: 100px;" alt="Image Detail" src="http://zondos.net/images/tagfiles/smartbargains-tag.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.shopzilla.com/"&gt;&lt;img width="180" height="125" title="Shopzilla connects shoppers with over 100 million products from tens ..." id="main-img" style="width: 180px; height: 93px;" alt="Image Detail" src="http://www.orderdynamics.com/images/HIVEImages/shopzilla-logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.shopzilla.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:21b318ba-5237-41d5-8645-8112e99d6ff3</guid><title>Best and Worst Christmas gifts for 2011</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/GiftCardGift-210x281.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Best and worst Christmas Gifts for 2011   Every year, countless sad little Christmas gifts are returned by mail and in stores all over the country. And your gift could be among them. But we&amp;rsquo;re here to help. We&amp;rsquo;ve compiled a list of some o...</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:54:54 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Best_and_Worst_Christmas_gifts_for_2011.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em; color: #c55124; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Best and worst Christmas Gifts for 2011&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;div class="entry-content" style="margin-bottom: 10px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-color: #d2d2d2; line-height: 18px; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #808080; font-size: 14px; clear: both; min-height: 1px; height: 3px; width: 550px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Every year, countless sad little Christmas gifts are returned by mail and in stores all over the country. And your gift could be among them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;But we&amp;rsquo;re here to help.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;We&amp;rsquo;ve compiled a list of some of the most popular Christmas gifts given during holiday seasons. Now bear in mind,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;popular&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;doesn&amp;rsquo;t necessarily mean&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;best&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;Christmas gifts, so we&amp;rsquo;ve done a little research to find out just which of these are not only popular, but also really and truly appreciated. We&amp;rsquo;ll tell you which gifts will go over well this year and which gifts will&amp;hellip; go back to the store. Check out these best (and worst!) Christmas gifts for 2011.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The Best Christmas Gifts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6792" title="GiftCardGift" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/GiftCardGift-210x281.jpg" width="210" height="281" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;Gift Cards:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Gift cards are hugely popular,&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;especially&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;this year, and for the most part are a huge success. Now, I say for the most part, because a recent survey has uncovered a few&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;types&lt;/em&gt;of gift cards that are more likely to be redeemed for cash or go unused. Steer clear of seasonal cards. EX: Sunglass Hut, Bass Pro Shops, REI, and Rita&amp;rsquo;s Ice. Also, don&amp;rsquo;t go for gift cards to spas or salons, as those places often require the recipient to pay extra for things like tipping. Also remember that these cards often have a small balance that is never spent in its entirety. The best way to use these cards is to either make a single purchase where all the money is spent in one transaction, or to know the card&amp;rsquo;s balance and make sure there is enough money to make a successful last transaction. For example, If the card has $0.84 left, the money will most likely remain unspent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The best gift cards are to places like Simon Mall, iTunes, Kmart, Macy&amp;rsquo;s and other department stores, WalMart, Target, or even Amazon, so your recipient can choose from almost anything he/she needs!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Electronics:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;In today&amp;rsquo;s techy world, you really can&amp;rsquo;t go wrong with the latest electronics. Here are just a few suggestions for the tech lover in your life for 2011:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-family: inherit;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Best Inexpensive Tablet Computer&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Kindle Fire:&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;A tablet computer, half the size and half the price of the iPad 2.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Best eReader&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Kindle Touch:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;This is great for the book lover in your life. Portable and affordable (much less than the new Nook color!)&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Best MP3 Player&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;: iPod:&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;Apple has a variety of iPod products (the Nano, Shuffle, Touch&amp;hellip;) for every style and price range. If you haven&amp;rsquo;t jumped on the iPod bandwagon yet, welcome aboard!&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6793" title="ElectronicGift" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ElectronicGift-210x191.jpg" width="210" height="191" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Best Compute&lt;/strong&gt;r: There are so many options out there for every need and budget, just&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/lifestyle/get-the-right-computer-for-less" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;to find out what type is right for you and how to get it for less.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Best Techy Toy&lt;/strong&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Leapfrog Learning Tablet&lt;/em&gt;: This educational toy is one of the hottest buys (and a great investment) this year for kids ages 4-9.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Best GPS system&lt;/strong&gt;: Garmin makes some of the most popular GPS systems. For the person in your life without a smart phone (which already has GPS) but who loves to drive (and get lost&amp;hellip;), this is a great, and depending on the model, very affordable choice.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Best Classic Toy&lt;/strong&gt;: For the past decades, Lego has been number one around the holidays, and this year is no different. You can&amp;rsquo;t go wrong with a tub of legos or even a model set. And if you are looking for a cheaper alternative, try your local Goodwill for a set of used legos, or go for Mega Bloks&amp;ndash; Lego&amp;rsquo;s less expensive cousin.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Jewelry:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s hard to go wrong with a simple necklace or basic pair of earrings. Do a little bit of sneaky reconnaissance and find out what she doesn&amp;rsquo;t have already (if she has a million pairs of earrings now, best stick with the bracelet or necklace section&amp;hellip;) or add a personal touch and figure out what her birth stone is.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: 25px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; font-family: inherit;"&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.limogesjewelry.com/Default.asp" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Limoges Jewelry&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is an online retailer with low prices on all types of jewelry and a huge selection in the birthstone department.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Another option is&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www1.macys.com/shop/jewelry-watches/sale-clearance?id=22000&amp;amp;edge=hybrid&amp;amp;cm_mmc=Google_Jewelry-_-Jewelry+Generic+Exact+-+G_Sale+Jewelry-_-8801416383_Exact-_-jewelry%20sale_mkwid_s2ICxzROo_8801416383%7C-%7C2ICxzROo" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Macy&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/a&gt;. Right now, much of their jewelry is on sale in time for the holidays.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Remember, &amp;ldquo;pretty&amp;rdquo; is very subjective when it comes to jewelry, so it&amp;rsquo;s best just to keep it simple if you don&amp;rsquo;t know exactly what she wants.&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6794" title="HomemadeGift" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/HomemadeGift-210x232.jpg" width="210" height="232" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;Homemade Gifts:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Even if you&amp;rsquo;re not the creative type,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/lifestyle/10-inexpensive-homemade-holiday-gifts" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;homemade gifts&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are always appreciated because it shows you really put some effort into it. And these gifts are&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;never&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;returned (thrown away maybe, but not returned&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" class="wp-smiley" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&amp;ldquo;Inside&amp;rdquo; Gifts:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;What I mean by this is a gift that really&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;means&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;something to the two of you. This can be anything: a movie you watched together, a CD from a band you both like, something he/she mentioned in passing. Even if the gift appears on the list below (the dreaded&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;worst&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;gifts), if it means something or recalls a special memory, it&amp;rsquo;s a safe bet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Cash:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;lsquo;Nuff said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Have you thought about Getting a term or Life Insurance for yourself or for your family? Leaving your family with security is the greatest gift of all. Click &lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/life/insurance_quote.aspx"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to get a &lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/life/insurance_quote.aspx"&gt;life Insurance quote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;The Worst Christmas Gifts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6795" title="SweaterGift" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SweaterGift-210x281.jpg" width="210" height="281" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;Clothes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Unless somebody literally points at an item of clothing and says &amp;ldquo;I want this, in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;this&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;color&amp;rdquo; and then hands you a piece of paper with their exact measurements written on it, steer clear of clothing. This is the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;most&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;returned item every year, and usually for good reason. Remember that ugly sweater&amp;hellip;?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Shoes:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is similar to the clothing rule, but shoes are even trickier to pick sometimes. Not only do they need to be the right style and size, but they need to be comfortable enough to walk around in all day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6798" title="DustBusterGift" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DustBusterGift-210x175.jpg" width="210" height="175" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&amp;ldquo;Gender-Inappropriate&amp;rdquo; Gifts&lt;/strong&gt;: Do you remember the scene in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Father of the Bride&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;where the young couple almost breaks up because the groom-to-be gives his fianc&amp;eacute; a blender? Well, that&amp;rsquo;s what I&amp;rsquo;m talking about here. Don&amp;rsquo;t give your spouse anything that has any chance of demeaning or stereotyping him or her. Yes, that means toasters too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Music&lt;/strong&gt;: It&amp;rsquo;s great to share your passion for a certain band, but sometimes you and your beloved gift recipient just don&amp;rsquo;t share a love for the same tunes. Besides, who listens to CDs anymore? A better solution: an iTunes gift card. This way, you can suggest what they might like, they can feel free to politely ignore you, and everyone wins.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6796" title="HousewareGift" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/HousewareGift-210x221.jpg" width="210" height="221" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;Housewares:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Unless you know a certain somebody who just&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;loves&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to throw Tuesday tea parties, housewares (i.e. decorative plates, bowls, cups, etc.) are not generally a great gift. Leave the china shopping for weddings.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Movies:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Yes, I was kind of surprised to find this on the &amp;ldquo;most returned&amp;rdquo; list as well, but when you think about it, it does make sense. With so many different ways to watch movies these days (DVR, Netflix, iTunes, and about a million others), DVDs are becoming a thing of the past, and this gift&amp;rsquo;s return rate last year just proves it. Want to buy a movie gift that keeps on giving? Order your loved one a subscription to Netflix.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/10%20gift%20ideas/lottery-ticket.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Lottery tickets or scratch-offs.&lt;/strong&gt; If they're turning 40, buy 40 and wrap them with a big red ribbon. You can get these at the gas station on your way to the party. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.txlottery.org/export/sites/lottery/Games/Scratch_Offs/"&gt;www.txlottery.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;2. Gift cards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt; from the grocery store kiosk. iTunes are great for any age, Nordstrom is always a hit with any adult, or pick a favorite restaurant. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.walmart.com"&gt;www.walmart.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="" width="245" height="213" style="width: 249px; height: 220px;" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/10%20gift%20ideas/coasters.jpg" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="376" height="276" style="width: 341px; height: 241px;" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/10%20gift%20ideas/coasters%202jpg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Coasters&lt;/strong&gt; from Target or Pier 1. Stuff them in a colored paper handle bag and you're good to go. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Candles&lt;/strong&gt; from&amp;nbsp;your favorite retailers&amp;nbsp;are usually wrapped cute enough to present as-is.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. Wine&lt;/strong&gt;. Available everywhere, appreciated by (almost) everyone. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.target.com/c/grocery/-/N-5xt1a/Ntk-All/Ntt-wine/Ntx-matchallany"&gt;www.target.com &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. Box of chocolate&lt;/strong&gt; from a favorite candy shop or even online, if you have time. Sees.com has&amp;nbsp;good choices and quick&amp;nbsp;shipping. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sees.com/cat.cfm/Christmas_Gifts"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;http://www.sees.com/cat.cfm/Christmas_Gifts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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7.&amp;nbsp;Board game&lt;/strong&gt; like Uno, Monopoly Deal, or Scrabble Slam makes a fun quick gift. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;8. Homebaked cookies&lt;/strong&gt; don't take too long and you'll get points for going that extra mile. Plus you'll get to lick the batter&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;9. Cash &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;for someone who you don't know what to get is alway's a great gift. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.acecashexpress.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;www.acecashexpress.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;10. Netflix subscription&lt;/strong&gt; is the gift that keeps giving. And you don't even have to leave your computer&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.netflix.com"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;www.netflix.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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The best gift of all is protecting&amp;nbsp;yourself and your family&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;getting in&amp;nbsp;trouble these holiday Travels. &lt;br /&gt;
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1-855-487-3826&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:fffb5aad-aa6b-42d1-8863-d3cdfc8f73ca</guid><title>8 New year's Resolution Tips</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jam1stCalendar.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Eight Ways to Start your Resolution Early and Make it Stick           January 1st&amp;nbsp;is quickly approaching and for many of us this means only one thing:&amp;nbsp;The dreaded New Years Resolution. So we thought we&amp;rsquo;d take some of the pressure off....</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:58:43 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/8_New_years_Resolution_Tips.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1em; color: #c55124; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: cantarell, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Eight Ways to Start your Resolution Early and Make it Stick&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-6442 aligncenter" title="Jam1stCalendar" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jam1stCalendar.jpg" width="450" height="293" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; display: block; width: 550px; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;January 1&lt;sup style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; font-family: inherit;"&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;is quickly approaching and for many of us this means only one thing:&amp;nbsp;The dreaded New Years Resolution.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So we thought we&amp;rsquo;d take some of the pressure off. After all, there is so much buildup for one little date&amp;mdash;one little&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;arbitrary&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;date, at that&amp;mdash;that it is no wonder some people feel overwhelmed with their resolutions! Matter of fact, about half of all American adults say that they are likely to make a resolution this year. Statistically, bout 65% of these folks will keep their promise for at least&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;part&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;of the year, but about 35% won&amp;rsquo;t even make it out the door. Why? Oh the pressure!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So how can you avoid becoming one of these 35%? Like I said, take the pressure off.&amp;nbsp; January 1&lt;sup style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; font-family: inherit;"&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to be the day that you start working on your resolution; it doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to be the day that you stop or start something cold turkey.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Because&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;you&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;are going to start&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;your&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;resolution early.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;That&amp;rsquo;s right, rather than wait around for the dreaded first day of the New Year, why not start your resolution today? Take some of the pressure off, and by January 1&lt;sup style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em; font-family: inherit;"&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;, you&amp;rsquo;ll be well on your way to the new you&amp;mdash;whatever that looks like.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So start your resolution&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;early&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and make it really,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;stick this year with these eight tips.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6778 alignright" title="Confetti" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Confetti-200x133.jpg" width="200" height="133" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get started NOW. You have your resolution in mind, you know how you want to go through with it, so why sit around and count down the days until the first? If you start now (yes as in&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;), it doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to be such a Big Deal. Half the battle with a resolution is changing your mindset, so rather than dwell on your goal as something to conquer or worry about, just think of it as something that you&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;do&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;now. What is the simplest action that you can take within the next 24 hours that will get you started, or at least point you in the right direction, even if it&amp;rsquo;s something simple? If you start&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;, you won&amp;rsquo;t have time to think about it, dwell on it, or mourn the loss of a lifestyle that you are trying to change in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get a big enough &amp;ldquo;why&amp;rdquo;. It&amp;rsquo;s important to get PUMPED UP for your resolution, especially at the beginning. If you can&amp;rsquo;t get excited about what you&amp;rsquo;re trying to do it won&amp;rsquo;t happen. Come up with as many reasons as possible about what will happen if you accomplish your goal as well as what will happen if you don&amp;rsquo;t. Just making a list won&amp;rsquo;t do it. Connect with all the reasons emotionally..&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6777 alignright" title="RetirementBeach" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/RetirementBeach-150x150.jpg" width="150" height="150" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get inspired. Along the same lines of getting excited about your goal, is creating something inspirational for&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;yourself&lt;/em&gt;. You might put together an &amp;ldquo;inspiration board&amp;rdquo; or write out a list of things you&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;will&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;accomplish. Fill these things with pictures of what you&amp;rsquo;re aiming for; positive quotes; things that really&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;matter&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;to you! If you wanted to get strong would you work out once and call it a success? No, take a look at your masterpiece at least 2 times a day, when you wake up and before you go to sleep. Engage with it and feel the end result as if it&amp;rsquo;s already happened. Condition your body and mind to get into the right mindset to&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;make things happen!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;4)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Celebrate every step of the way! If you&amp;rsquo;re like most people with a resolution this year, chances are it isn&amp;rsquo;t something simple like &amp;ldquo;take out the trash&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;see a movie.&amp;rdquo; Those are tasks. A resolution takes&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;time&lt;/em&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;energy,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;dedication&lt;/em&gt;. It might take you a month, three months, the entire year, or even five years to &amp;ldquo;complete&amp;rdquo; your resolution. But rather than think about this whole daunting Big Picture, just take it one step at a time. It&amp;rsquo;s important to celebrate each small success along the way. &amp;nbsp;Think of some rewards that you can have along the way. They don&amp;rsquo;t have to be expensive but they do need to make you feel great.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Trying to lose 30 pounds? Don&amp;rsquo;t think about it that way. Take it 5, 3, or even 1 pound at a time. Reward yourself for the landmarks&amp;mdash;maybe a new workout top for 10 pounds, or a book or CD you&amp;rsquo;ve been eyeing&amp;mdash;and remember, with each celebration, you&amp;rsquo;re just getting closer to completing that Big Picture.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6775" title="Cookies" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Cookies1-124x150.jpg" width="124" height="150" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;5)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Be honest with yourself. Tell yourself ahead of time how much&amp;mdash;of whatever it is&amp;mdash;is too much or even too little and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;stick&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;to it. For example, if you tell yourself you can have one cookie a day, stick with it. If you rationalize by saying &amp;ldquo;just&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;one&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;more&amp;hellip;&amp;rdquo; just remember, you&amp;rsquo;re only cheating yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;6)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Keep getting back&amp;nbsp; up. A positive attitude is&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;key to success, which I know is sometimes easier said than done. Sometimes it&amp;rsquo;s hard not to think negatively when you mess up on a goal, but dwelling on a mistake will only make it worse. So say you miss a workout one day, you have that extra cookie, or you smoke that cigarette you said you wouldn&amp;rsquo;t. Well, take a minute to think about&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;you didn&amp;rsquo;t want to do that in the first place; focus again on your goal; and move on. If you beat yourself up for the metaphorical cookie, chances are, you&amp;rsquo;ll just make yourself want another one.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-6776 alignright" title="Joggers" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Joggers2-105x150.jpg" width="105" height="150" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; float: right; font-family: inherit;border-width: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;7)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get a little help from your friends. Research shows that things like happiness, quitting smoking, and even obesity can spread through networks of friends! So surround yourself with a positive influences and role models. Want more incentive? Check out this awesome article by&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Time&lt;/em&gt;, &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1808446,00.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit;"&gt;Quitting Smoking is Contagious&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;8)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Get a buddy. One step further than just surrounding yourself with positive influences, is actually working on your resolution&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;with&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;somebody. You and your buddy can keep each other motivated, on track, in check, and focused. Besides, life is just more fun with company.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 23px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 23px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"&gt;So whether you&amp;rsquo;re trying to quit something, cut back, or start something new, these eight tips should help you on your way&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit;"&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:bed85fc0-962a-4dc9-9ed4-ab3dd6337803</guid><title>Auto Insurance claim In Pasadena Texas</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20Insurance%20Crash.jpg' align='left' /&gt;  Auto Insurance claim In Pasadena Texas Accidents happen every minute of every day. There were an estimated 6 million accidents last year alone. So your chances of being in an accident and having to file a claim at some point in your life are pretty...</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:49:27 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Auto_Insurance_claim_In_Pasadena_Texas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div style="background-image: url(http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/admin/controls/editorstyles.aspx) !important; text-decoration: none !important; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important;"&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #333333; line-height: 1.5em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Auto Insurance claim In Pasadena Texas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #333333; font-size: 9pt !important;"&gt;A&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt !important;"&gt;ccidents happen every minute of every day. There were an estimated 6 million accidents last year alone. So your chances of being in an accident and having to file a claim at some point in your life are pretty good. That&amp;rsquo;s why it pays to have a reputable insurance company and a good understanding of what you need to do before you file an&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/admin/www.trevcoinsurance.com" style="font-size: 9pt !important; text-decoration: none;"&gt;auto insurance claim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt !important;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before you&amp;rsquo;re in an accident &amp;hellip;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Find out what kind of service you can expect.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20Insurance%20Crash.jpg" style="color: #000000; text-align: left; width: 251px; height: 201px; float: right;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 9pt !important;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Most people don&amp;rsquo;t give their car insurance much thought. They get a quote with a few companies, pick the cheapest and expect that if they have a claim it will be handled quickly and fairly. However, poor service, repair d&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;elays and billing problems can cost more in time and frustration than&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;any amount saved. Before you buy, consider what kind&amp;nbsp;of service you can&amp;nbsp;expect. A good clue is how you&amp;rsquo;re treated when you call for a quote.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 9pt !important; color: #333333;"&gt;Make sure you have enough liability coverage.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Liability coverage pays for other people&amp;rsquo;s costs if you cause an accident. The Insurance Information Institute recommends that you have at least&lt;br /&gt;
$100,000 of bodily injury protection per person and $300,000 per accident. But if your net worth is more than $300,000, consider buying additional liability protection today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #333333;"&gt;Make sure you have enough money put aside for your deductible.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Choosing a higher deductible can be a smart way to save money on your car insurance. The higher your deductible, the lower your rate. Just make sure you can afford to pay your portion of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://auto.21st.com/insurance-information/article.do?title=Filing_An_Auto_Claim" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;auto claim&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After an accident &amp;hellip;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If you&amp;rsquo;re unfortunate enough to find yourself involved in an accident here&amp;rsquo;s what you need to do before you call your insurance company&amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;1. Call the police (911 in most areas). Report any injuries.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;2. Write down the other car&amp;rsquo;s make, model, and plate number. Get the driver&amp;rsquo;s name, address, and license number&amp;hellip;get the owners name, too. Most states require drivers to have an insurance identification card in the vehicle and it will provide most of this information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;3. Write down the names and addresses of all passengers and witnesses.&lt;img src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20Insurance%20Crash%202.jpg" style="width: 350px; height: 175px; float: right; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 1px;        border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;" alt="Trevco Insurance Crash" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;4. Get the officer&amp;rsquo;s name and badge number. Ask how you can obtain a copy of the police report for your insurance claim.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;5. Do not admit to guilt, do not accept money from the other driver, and do not agree to forget about a minor accident.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;6. Write down what happened: include the time of day, weather conditions, hazards, road conditions, and driving speed. Make a note of any prior damage on other cars.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Once you collect this information, contact your&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/admin/www.trevcoinsurance.com" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;auto insurance&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;company as soon as possible. Many insurance companies have 24-hour claims service by phone. So you can call your insurer right from the scene. Your insurance ID card should provide the number.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:02105c4a-48fd-49d5-ad44-1284c60735de</guid><title>Top 5 Auto Insurance Quote Tips. </title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Ready%20set%20go%20Trevco%20Insurance.jpg' align='left' /&gt;   Tired of brown-bagging your lunch? Sick of staying at home for vacation? One easy way to make the most of your money is to take a look at your&amp;nbsp;car insurance. Auto insurance represents a significant annual expense to mot people and these tips ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:04:25 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Top_5_Auto_Insurance_Quote_Tips.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"&gt;
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Tired of brown-bagging your lunch? Sick of staying at home for vacation? One easy way to make the most of your money is to take a look at your&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="www.trevcoinsurance.com" style="text-decoration: none; color: #e58712;"&gt;car insurance&lt;/a&gt;. Auto insurance represents a significant annual expense to mot people and these tips could save you hundreds, maybe thousands, of dollars.
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Don&amp;rsquo;t put it off&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Auto insurance rates go up and down &amp;mdash; by hundreds of dollars a year. Which is why you should compare rates often. But how often is enough? I recommend you should compare your rate when the following events happen in your life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"&gt;* Your premium goes up&lt;br /&gt;
* You&amp;rsquo;re unhappy with your service&lt;br /&gt;
* You buy a new car&lt;br /&gt;
* You move&lt;br /&gt;
* Your marital status changes&lt;br /&gt;
* You add a new driver to your policy&lt;br /&gt;
* Your salary or assets increase&lt;br /&gt;
* Two years pass since you last compared rates.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Ready%20set%20go%20Trevco%20Insurance.jpg" style="width: 410px; height: 200px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="Be Ready with Trevco Insurance" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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2. Be ready&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Getting a quote for car insurance is easy. In fact, you can get a quote online in less than 7 minutes if you have everything you need. Before you get started, make sure you have the following information available.
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"&gt;* Your Current Insurance Declarations Page&lt;br /&gt;
* Year make model and VIN of each car you&amp;rsquo;re insuring&lt;br /&gt;
* Your annual mileage and distance to work&lt;br /&gt;
* Value of any custom or after-market equipment&lt;br /&gt;
* Type of alarm or theft recovery device&lt;br /&gt;
* Name, occupation, gender, number of years licensed, and Driver&amp;rsquo;s License number of each household member old enough to drive.&lt;br /&gt;
* Information about any accidents or violation in the past 3 years including dates, who was at fault, if someone was injured and the claim amount.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Ask%20for%20what%20you%20want%20.jpg" style="width: 359px; height: 200px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="Trevco Insurance- Ask for what you want" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
3. Make sure you&amp;rsquo;re getting what you need&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Before you get started, take a look at your current&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="www.trevcoinsurance.com" style="text-decoration: none; color: #e58712;"&gt;auto policy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and make sure it&amp;rsquo;s giving you the level of protection you want or need. Consider increasing your deductible to lower your rate. Or increasing your liability limits to cover your new home or new income level. If you have an older car find out what it is worth. It may be wise to drop collision coverage and save some money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Discounts%20Trevco%20insurance.jpg" style="width: 300px; height: 300px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="Trevco Insurance Discounts" /&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4. Ask about discounts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: normal;"&gt;Be sure you&amp;rsquo;re getting credit where credit is due. Not all car&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: normal;"&gt;insurance companies offer the same discounts. But most companies will discount&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;your&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rate if you have more than one car on your policy or if your car has s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: left;"&gt;afety features&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;like air bags, automatic seatbelts and anti-lock brakes. Some companies even have discounts for young drivers who earn good grades or complete driver education courses.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20Insurance%20shopping%20around.jpg" style="width: 428px; height: 300px; vertical-align: middle;" alt="Trevco Insurance Shop around" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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5. Shop around&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;All of these tips are a great way to reduce your rate and get the best value for your insurance d&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"&gt;llar, however, the quickest and easiest way to see the biggest drop in premiums is to shop around. Auto insurance rates can va&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;ry by hundreds of dollars, if not thousands, fro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;m one company to the next. And the service and features you get with one company may not be included with another. Shopping around and comparing rates is the only way to be sure you&amp;rsquo;re getting the best coverage and the best rates.&lt;br /&gt;
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Call Trevco Insurance Today&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Why Free Online Insurance Quotes?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Remember this: there is no reason that you should ever pay for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/category.aspx?id=MISC1"&gt;insurance quotes.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;If a company or broker wants to charge you money, you can simply walk away from them. There are enough ways to get free online insurance quotes that you should never have to pay for any quote. If you do, you are only wasting your money.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;The best reason to obtain free online&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/default.aspx" class="FAAdLink" id="FALINK_3_0_2"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;insurance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt; quotes is because they&lt;/span&gt; are just that, free. In other words, you have nothing to lose. Since you do not have to pay any money, the only thing you are spending is a few minutes to go through the quotes that you receive. And with the chance to find a better policy, this is well worth your time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Additionally, you can obtain free quotes online which makes everything much easier on you. This allows you to fill out your &lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;application via the internet, and then receive your quotes the same way. No phone calls and no personal visits to agents. As long as you have internet access you can obtain free online insurance quotes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;All in all, free online insurance quotes are the way to go if you are in the market for a new policy. And remember, never feel like you have to pay for quotes; these should be free no matter who is offering them to you.&lt;br /&gt;
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Visit us online at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/default.aspx"&gt;Trevcoinsurance.com&lt;/a&gt; for your free online quote today!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:a5fc4742-eb57-4708-b929-45d5834c4e27</guid><title>Car insurance myths in Texas</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/%7Ewww.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20logo/trevco%20insurance%20logo%202.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Understanding all the legal mumbo-jumbo of an insurance policy is hard enough. So auto policy holders should know what's fact and what's fiction about what insurers look for when determining premium rates. Here are 10 auto insurance myths debunked.  ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:24:58 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Car_insurance_myths_in_Texas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Understanding all the legal mumbo-jumbo of an insurance policy is hard enough. So auto policy holders should know what's fact and what's fiction about what insurers look for when determining premium rates. Here are 10 auto insurance myths debunked.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. The color of my car matters.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Red cars may be a hot ticket item, but they do not drive premium prices up as is widely believed. Car insurers are more interested in the make and model, year, body style, engine size and, in some areas, location (street parking versus driveway/garage-kept vehicles, for instance). What does count, however, is drivers' behavior. Moving violations, like speeding or reckless driving that result in "points", certainly affect the cost of premiums no matter what color the vehicle happens to be. You may care what color your car is, but insurance companies don't.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. My old car won't be a target for theft.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wrong. According to a National Insurance Crime Bureau report, car thieves preferred older models because they are easier to steal. In fact, a 2007 bureau report that listed the most stolen vehicles included a 1995 Honda Civic, a 1991 Honda Accord and a 1989 Toyota Camry.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The insurance bureau's report also suggests that thieves' preference varies from state to state. Crooks in Texas grab trucks, while thieves in California prefer Hondas, Toyotas and other imported models.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. I'm covered if my car is stolen, vandalized or damaged by hail, wind, fire or flood.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Comprehensive and collision coverage are optional when purchasing an insurance policy. So it's not an "automatic" if a tree limb smashes your windshield or vandals spray-paint graffiti on your door. Comprehensive and collision riders are usually required if you're leasing or financing your vehicle; but once the car is yours, you must request this additional coverage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Credit scores don't affect insurance rates.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Most car insurers take a lot of factors into consideration when determining your premium rates. Since your credit score is an indication of how well you manage your financial affairs, many companies look at this number if you want to purchase, renew or change an insurance policy. (Credit is one factor that may affect your rate.)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5. My insurance company can cancel my policy at any time.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unless you give them an adequate reason to do so, car insurers can't arbitrarily cancel a policy in the middle of a term. Grounds for cancellation may include fraud or non-payment of premiums.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6. My friend borrowed my car, so he's responsible if there's an accident.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id="yui_3_3_0_1_1322840922465255"&gt;Car insurance companies follow the car, not the driver. So you are ultimately responsible for an accident and any damages that occur.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7. Personal property inside my car is covered.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sorry. If your expensive golf clubs get ruined when your car is rear-ended, you're out of luck. Likewise, if expensive items like a laptop or fur coat are damaged or stolen from your car in the course of an incident, you may file a claim through your homeowner's (or tenant's) policy but not through your car insurance.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8. I'm automatically covered for a rental car.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If your car is stolen or damaged, rental car reimbursement is not automatically included in your policy. But it is one of those very affordable additions. According to the Insurance Information Institute, rental reimbursement coverage is available for $1 to $2 a month with most insurers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But take heed: Even with this additional coverage, there may be limits on how many days you can rent a car, or how much is allowed per day toward rental costs (including a maximum cap).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Speaking of rentals, don't assume your coverage will be sufficient if you're using a credit card for the transaction. Each credit company has its own policy inclusions and exclusions. So check the fine print first, or you may get stuck with a hefty bill.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9. Drivers of sports cars pay more insurance because of more tickets.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This may be true if you're also a high-risk driver (younger than 25) or have a checkered driving history with multiple moving violations. But according to a study published in 2009 by Quality Planning, drivers of the Hummer H2/H3 led the pack with the most violations and, more than likely, higher premium rates. Others on the list included drivers of the Scion xB multipurpose wagon and the Subaru Outback station wagon &amp;mdash; definitely not hot sports cars.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10. Having no-fault insurance means it's not my fault.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;No-fault insurance varies from state to state. But in a nutshell, it means you and the other party will be covered for immediate expenses, such as medical attention or lost wages, while the insurance companies arm-wrestle about who will pay for the accident itself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But you may still be liable for repairs and other damages if the insurance companies ultimately determine the accident was your fault.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Bottom Line&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It may take a little reading of the fine print and asking questions of your agent, but you can save yourself a lot of headaches and pain in your wallet if you understand fact from fiction about your auto insurance policy.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 13px; color: #d8d8d8;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a5a5a5;"&gt;References&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;a href="http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0411/10-Car-Insurance-Myths.aspx#axzz1fOSdxXnU"&gt;investopedia.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;a href="http://http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-car-insurance-myths-070000594.html"&gt;finance.yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:50c77b0e-df5e-4905-8cab-32add25e0d3f</guid><title>10 Cheap and fun white elephant gift ideas </title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Title.gif' align='left' /&gt; A&amp;nbsp;White Elephant gift party&amp;nbsp;is a fun and inexpensive way to celebrate the holidays, whether it&amp;rsquo;s with family, friends, or co-workers. But depending on which of these groups you&amp;rsquo;re partying with, and indeed what kind of party it...</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:01:31 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/10_Cheap_and_fun_white_elephant_gift_ideas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6282" title="Title" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Title.gif" width="550" height="423" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;A&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2117714_throw-white-elephant-gift-exchange.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;White Elephant gift party&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a fun and inexpensive way to celebrate the holidays, whether it&amp;rsquo;s with family, friends, or co-workers. But depending on which of these groups you&amp;rsquo;re partying with, and indeed what kind of party it is, will really determine what kind of gift you get.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;For example, you probably wouldn&amp;rsquo;t walk into a work party bearing gifts of shot glasses or funny T-shirts; but you might with a group of your buddies. On the same token, you wouldn&amp;rsquo;t give your good friends a stapler or fancy pen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;So the way I see it, there are two basic categories, and it&amp;rsquo;s up to you to decide which one your White Elephant party will fall under. There are Gag Gifts&amp;mdash;great for friends, family, or more casual get-togethers&amp;mdash;and then there are Gift Gifts&amp;mdash;you know, things that people will actual use.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Either way, there is going to be a budget. Now, depending on the crowd, the budget can vary widely, from anywhere from $5 to about $25. But we&amp;rsquo;re a financial services company, and what kind of service would we be providing if we didn&amp;rsquo;t strive to give you guys the best deals possible? So for this post, let&amp;rsquo;s say your gift budget is $10&amp;mdash;and believe me, you can get all&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;kinds&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;of stuff for $10!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Let&amp;rsquo;s start with the Gag Gifts&amp;hellip;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A framed and autographed photo&amp;hellip; of yourself. Clearly, everyone will know who the present is from once it&amp;rsquo;s opened, but that is just the sacrifice you&amp;rsquo;ll have to make for this gag gift. The frame is the only thing that will cost you, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?tab_value=All&amp;amp;search_query=picture+frames&amp;amp;search_constraint=0&amp;amp;search_sort=4&amp;amp;pref_store=1253&amp;amp;depts=F_E_T_Bb_J_S_Gi_Bk_P_Po_Mo_Hi_&amp;amp;ref=&amp;amp;ic=16_16" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Walmart&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;has a selection, some for under $3.00! Also, even though the gift is a joke, the recipient can use the frame for something else (or who knows, maybe they&amp;rsquo;ll keep your picture!)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Set of rechargeable batteries with the &amp;ldquo;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;toy&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;not included.&amp;rdquo; Just like the picture frame above, this may be a gag gift, but a pack of rechargeable batteries is also useful. This gift can cost as little as about&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.greenbatteries.com/noname.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;$10.00&lt;/a&gt;, it&amp;rsquo;s easy, and these batteries are energy efficient&amp;mdash;they&amp;rsquo;re the gift that keep on giving! Just buy a pack of &amp;ldquo;green batteries&amp;rdquo; and label it with a tag that says &amp;ldquo;toy not included.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; City dweller&amp;rsquo;s S&amp;rsquo;more kit. Here&amp;rsquo;s what you do: just box up some candles or tea lights, an old pronged fork, some marshmallows, chocolate bars, and graham crackers. Voila! You have a s&amp;rsquo;more kit perfect for any indoor dwelling&amp;mdash;even the White Elephant party!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;4)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A gift for the Monty Python fan. This one is as inexpensive as it is easy. Just wrap up a can of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/anwy2MPT5RE" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(they don&amp;rsquo;t&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;have&lt;/em&gt;to eat it&amp;mdash;this is a gag gift remember?) and a small, toy bunny. Anyone who is a fan of this comedy will be in on the joke, and for those that aren&amp;rsquo;t, well, they&amp;rsquo;ll have a free can of spam and a new toy.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;These gifts will make you the life of the party!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;5)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A white elephant.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=white+elephant+toy&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;client=safari&amp;amp;rls=en&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&amp;amp;biw=1174&amp;amp;bih=596&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;tbm=shop&amp;amp;cid=15476202364459513899&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=R3HKTsHtIaiq2QXE1qXjDw&amp;amp;ved=0CIwBEPMCMAg4FA#ps-sellers" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;This cute little guy&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is perfect for any White Elephant party. And hey, if somebody ends up with the toy who doesn&amp;rsquo;t want to keep him (but who wouldn&amp;rsquo;t?!), they can bring him to their next White Elephant party. I mean, it&amp;rsquo;s a white elephant at a White Elephant. How can you go wrong?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Now for the Gift Gifts&amp;hellip;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A gift card. Gift cards are the perfect White Elephant present, because there is always somebody who will love it. As a matter of fact, I remember at my last White Elephant party,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;everybody&lt;/em&gt;wanted that little Starbucks card. Now keep in mind, with a $10 budget, a card to, say, Barnes and Noble isn&amp;rsquo;t going to do much good; but a card for a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.starbucks.com/card" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;coffee shop&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/gifts/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;iTunes&lt;/a&gt;, or some other business with inexpensive items, will make a great gift.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Accessories, gadgets, toys&amp;mdash;oh my! If you have never been to the site&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;ThinkGeek.com&lt;/a&gt;, go to it now&amp;mdash;even if you don&amp;rsquo;t have a White Elephant party coming up! This site has gadgets and gizmos for anyone, many for under $10. Check it out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Edible goodies. You really can&amp;rsquo;t go wrong with cookies, candies, or chocolates. I mean, who doesn&amp;rsquo;t like something sweet&amp;mdash;especially around the holidays? These are inexpensive to buy, but if you want to save even more money (and make the gift even more special!), you can&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipes/desserts/cookies/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;make your own&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;4)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; A cool coffee cup. Even if your friends, family, or coworkers are not coffee drinkers, a cool coffee cup is always a good gift. I mean, pens have to go somewhere don&amp;rsquo;t they?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;5)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mini plant. A little bit of green brings a whole lot of life to any space. An easy maintenance, low-light, potted plant can be a particularly great gift for coworkers to keep on their desk and liven up the space! Like I said, go for something easy to maintain so that you&amp;rsquo;re not just giving away a project. Want a plant that&amp;rsquo;s more like a pet? Go for a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.botany.org/bsa/misc/carn.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Venus flytrap&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;What was the best gift you&amp;rsquo;ve ever gotten at a White Elephant gift exchange?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_6287" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #7a7575; line-height: 19px; width: 496px; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif;             text-align: center;border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: #dddddd;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;Remember, no matter what gift you give, it is the thought that counts!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Sources:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2117714_throw-white-elephant-gift-exchange.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;EHow.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?tab_value=All&amp;amp;search_query=picture+frames&amp;amp;search_constraint=0&amp;amp;search_sort=4&amp;amp;pref_store=1253&amp;amp;depts=F_E_T_Bb_J_S_Gi_Bk_P_Po_Mo_Hi_&amp;amp;ref=&amp;amp;ic=16_16" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Walmart.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://blog.couponsherpa.com/15-funny-white-elephant-gifts/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Blog.CouponSherpa.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Youtube.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=white+elephant+toy&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;client=safari&amp;amp;rls=en&amp;amp;prmd=imvns&amp;amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&amp;amp;biw=1174&amp;amp;bih=596&amp;amp;um=1&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;tbm=shop&amp;amp;cid=15476202364459513899&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=R3HKTsHtIaiq2QXE1qXjDw&amp;amp;ved=0CIwBEPMCMAg4FA#ps-sellers" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Google.com/products&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.starbucks.com/card" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Starbucks.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/gifts/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;iTunes.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;ThinkGeek.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipes/desserts/cookies/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;AllRecipes.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.botany.org/bsa/misc/carn.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Botany.org&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.greenbatteries.com/noname.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Greenbatteries.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://mangomoney.com" target="_blank"&gt;mangomoney.com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:98bf774a-86fa-4299-a2bb-630e1faf2dab</guid><title>Cheap Car insurance</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Dollarsign.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Don't miss out on&amp;nbsp;Quality&amp;nbsp;But Affordable&amp;nbsp;Car Insurance! &amp;nbsp;    &amp;nbsp;   &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; It is easier than you may think to miss out on a good car insurance policy. That being said, you do not have to miss out if you know what good car...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:46:33 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Cheap_Car_insurance.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;n't miss out on&amp;nbsp;Quality&amp;nbsp;But Affordable&amp;nbsp;Car Insurance!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;But for some of us the weeks approaching the holidays (yes, there are mere&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;weeks&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;now!) are a little stressful, if not downright scary. Why? Holiday shopping of course!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Nobody should have to deal with department stores, window-shopping, Internet shopping, or, even worse, the M Word during the holiday season. I mean, who wants to make a trip to the&amp;hellip; M-m-mall during the holidays? I&amp;rsquo;ll tell you who: thousands of other last-minute shoppers who are equally impatient and in a rush as you are&amp;mdash;probably most of them with screaming babies. It&amp;rsquo;s terrifying.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Shopping online is a little better, because you don&amp;rsquo;t have to face the crowds; but there is always the question of whether the product will be shipped on time, undamaged, and correctly. Besides, shopping online can be just as expensive, if not more, than shopping in a store.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;So what should you do if you want to avoid shopping and the costs that go along with it? Well, you should make a gift yourself, of course! You&amp;rsquo;ll save a bundle, your gifts will be so much more personal, and you won&amp;rsquo;t have to face the holiday hordes!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;With these ten inexpensive, homemade gift ideas, you&amp;rsquo;ll bring back the joy, merriment, singing, dancing, and magic of the holiday season&amp;hellip; I&amp;rsquo;m not sure how; but it sounds nice, doesn&amp;rsquo;t it?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;1)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Baked goods:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;It&amp;rsquo;s hard to go wrong with cookies, cakes, pies, or breads around the holidays. Just bake your best and fancy it up by putting it in a gift basket, a nice holiday tin, or a beautiful platter.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;2)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Cookies in a jar:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;With this one, you&amp;rsquo;re not giving the actual cookies, but all of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;ingredients&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;for someone else to make the cookies. It&amp;rsquo;s not lazy&amp;mdash;it&amp;rsquo;s fun. Just layer the ingredients in a mason jar, like you would with colorful sand, and to top it off, decorate the jar with ribbons. Attach the recipe with one of these ribbons, and voila, you&amp;rsquo;ve got yourself a present! Check out some recipes&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Tips-for-Cookie-and-Brownie-Mix-In-a-Jar/Detail.aspx" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_6119" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #7a7575; line-height: 19px; width: 458px; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif;             text-align: center;border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: #dddddd;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-6119 " title="CookieJarDraw" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CookieJarDraw.jpg" width="448" height="335" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; max-width: 100%; height: auto;        border-width: 0px;border-style: none;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;A jar full of cookie ingredients isn't lazy-- it's a great gift!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;3)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Biscotti or chocolate spoons:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;These are perfect for the coffee-lovers in your life. Click&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipe-collections/biscotti/index.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for some great biscotti recipes, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Chocolate-Dipped-Spoons" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for the spoons. Pair these gifts with a hand-decorated coffee mug or an inexpensive bag of fine&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.specialtyjava.com/wholesale.htm?gclid=CNTcreDLuawCFYtR7Aod1yuLqA" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;coffee beans&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and you&amp;rsquo;re in business!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;4)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Jars of homemade bath salts:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;These are luxurious, relaxing, inexpensive, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;easy&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;to make. Check out this&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/_HlXJFcQQbw" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;video tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_6120" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #7a7575; line-height: 19px; width: 458px; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif;             text-align: center;border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: #dddddd;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-6120 " title="BathSaltsDraw" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/BathSaltsDraw.jpg" width="448" height="335" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; max-width: 100%; height: auto;        border-width: 0px;border-style: none;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;Bath salts are as luxurious as they are easy to make.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;5)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Mini Garden:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Go to a vintage store and pick up some inexpensive but pretty teacups. Fill it with dirt and plop an ornamental bulb or even a small oregano, rosemary, or basil plant in there, and you have a tiny, little garden. It&amp;rsquo;s inexpensive and this gift will keep giving.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;6)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Book of coupons:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;I&amp;rsquo;m sure you&amp;rsquo;ve seen those clever little books of coupons at the bookstore, for things like &amp;ldquo;One Free Massage,&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;One dinner in,&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;One day of laundry,&amp;rdquo; etc., that you are supposed to give to a loved one. Well, those clever little books can be expensive! Why not make your own? You can make the coupons more personal, the pages can be decorated however&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;want, and it is cheap!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_6121" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #7a7575; line-height: 19px; width: 458px; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif;             text-align: center;border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: #dddddd;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-6121 " title="CouponsDraw" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CouponsDraw.jpg" width="448" height="335" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; max-width: 100%; height: auto;        border-width: 0px;border-style: none;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;Your own book of coupons can be as unique as you'd like it to be.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;7)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Create your own &amp;ldquo;Of the month&amp;rdquo; club:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Just like the coupons above, this is creating something yourself that is often overpriced when you buy it. You know those &amp;ldquo;beer of the month,&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;fruit of the month,&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;pretty much whatever you can think of&amp;hellip; of the month&amp;rdquo; clubs? Create your own! Give a certificate for one _____ of the month, and each month, give that person a different variety of said _____.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;8)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Paint a picture:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is pretty self-explanatory. If you have a little bit of artist in you, paint, draw, print out, or just somehow&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;create&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;a picture of something meaningful to a person you love. I do this almost every year for my parents and they say they appreciate those gifts more than anything I could buy. And I do too&amp;mdash;because they save me a&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;of money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_6122" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #7a7575; line-height: 19px; width: 458px; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif;             text-align: center;border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: #dddddd;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-6122 " title="PaintingDraw" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/PaintingDraw.jpg" width="448" height="335" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; max-width: 100%; height: auto;        border-width: 0px;border-style: none;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;You have tons of options if you paint a picture as a gift.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;9)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Frame a photo:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you&amp;rsquo;re not so artistically inclined, just borrow your gift recipient&amp;rsquo;s favorite photo, sneak off to any Walgreens or CVS, get the photo enlarged, and then slip the original back in its place. Pick an inexpensive, simple frame, or even a blank one designed for decorating&amp;mdash;I&amp;rsquo;d go with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.michaels.com/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Michaels&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for either&amp;mdash;and there&amp;rsquo;s your gift!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;10) &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; color: #1c1c1c;"&gt;Create a scrapbook:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;This is along the same lines of framing a photo, but probably just a&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;"&gt;little&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;more involved. If you have the time, though, a scrapbook can be the perfect and most thoughtful gift. I got one from my best friend once for my birthday and it was one of the best gifts I&amp;rsquo;ve ever gotten!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div id="attachment_6123" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #7a7575; line-height: 19px; width: 458px; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif;             text-align: center;border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: #dddddd;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-6123 " title="ScrapBookDraw" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/ScrapBookDraw.jpg" width="448" height="335" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; max-width: 100%; height: auto;        border-width: 0px;border-style: none;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 4px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 17px;"&gt;Scrapbooks are a great way to preserve your best memories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;What are your crafty holiday gift ideas?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; color: #7a7575; font-family: 'droid sans', arial, verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"&gt;Sources:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Tips-for-Cookie-and-Brownie-Mix-In-a-Jar/Detail.aspx" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;AllRecipes.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Chocolate-Dipped-Spoons" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;TasteOfHome.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipe-collections/biscotti/index.html" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;FoodNetwork.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.specialtyjava.com/wholesale.htm?gclid=CNTcreDLuawCFYtR7Aod1yuLqA" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;SpecialtyJava.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/_HlXJFcQQbw" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;YouTube.com&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.thefrugalshopper.com/articles/frugalgifts.shtml" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;TheFrugalShopper.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mnn.com/family/family-activities/stories/10-elegant-inexpensive-homemade-holiday-gift-ideas" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;MNN.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.michaels.com/" style="border:0px;  border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; color: #00b7f3;"&gt;Michaels.com&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.mangomoney.com"&gt;Mangomoney.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:f9d14e5d-6138-43f9-8af0-1350acd39554</guid><title>Ten things you can be thankful for now</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/water.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here at Trevco we always strive to, not only inform and educate you in all things Insurance &amp;amp; financial; but we want to entertain as well. Let&amp;rsquo;s face it; sometimes we all just need to laugh. But all jokes aside...</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:48:29 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Ten_things_you_can_be_thankful_for_now.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Here at Trevco we always strive to, not only inform and educate you in all things Insurance &amp;amp; financial; but we want to entertain as well. Let&amp;rsquo;s face it; sometimes we all just need to laugh.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;But all jokes aside, today we wanted to dedicate this post to the very spirit of today: being thankful. At Trevco, we are thankful for &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;. Maybe you are a long time customer or no longer a customer with us, Maybe you just liked us on facebook because one of your friends told you too. Maybe you were just looking for a new article online &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Whoever you are, you are reading this post. You&amp;rsquo;re here now. So thank you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;To show our gratitude, we&amp;rsquo;re going to give you a little something. Now, I know that a lot of times when times are tough, financially or otherwise, it can be hard to think of something you are grateful for. So our gift to you is simply this: a list of things that &lt;em&gt;you &lt;/em&gt;could be grateful for. Yes, you. This list is just for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6136"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/water.jpg" title="water" class="size-full wp-image-6136 " style="vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 6px;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: Stevendepolo&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;You have access to clean water. &amp;nbsp;Nearly a billion people in world lack access to this basic need.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6143"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="500" height="333" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/toilet1.jpg" title="toilet" class="size-full wp-image-6143" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: thetejon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;You have access to improved sanitation facilities (otherwise known as a toilet). 2.5 billion people have to make due with unimproved facilities, while 1.2 billion more people have no facilities at all.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6144"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="500" height="334" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/plumbing2.jpg" title="plumbing" class="size-full wp-image-6144" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: artbystevejohnson&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;You have access to indoor plumbing. Everyday people in developing nations spend more than 200 million hours collecting water manually for domestic use.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6145"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="500" height="334" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pool1.jpg" title="pool" class="size-full wp-image-6145" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: titlap&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;You &lt;/em&gt;are richer than 75% of the world.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6147"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="500" height="334" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/America1.jpg" title="America" class="size-full wp-image-6147" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: celso&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;If you live in the United States,&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;You &lt;/em&gt;are among the top 15% of the world&amp;rsquo;s wealthiest people. Seriously, &lt;a href="http://www.globalrichlist.com/"&gt;check it out&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6148"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="500" height="334" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/wages.jpg" title="wages" class="size-full wp-image-6148" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: Andrew&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;You are &lt;em&gt;not &lt;/em&gt;living off of $2.00 a day. Over 2.5 million people are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6149"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="500" height="334" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/education.jpg" title="education" class="size-full wp-image-6149" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: Elizabeth Albert&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Maybe you didn&amp;rsquo;t go to college, or even high school, but as a &lt;em&gt;grade school&lt;/em&gt; graduate, you are luckier than 72 million children who where never given the opportunity to go to school.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6150"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="500" height="334" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/literacy.jpg" title="literacy" class="size-full wp-image-6150" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: Adactio&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;If you can read this at all, you are luckier than many. 3 billion people in the world cannot read.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6151"&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/heart.jpg" title="heart" class="size-full wp-image-6151" style="vertical-align: middle;" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: Epsos&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Your heart is still beating.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="width: 510px; text-align: center;" class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_6152"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="500" height="334" src="http://www.mangomoney.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/breathe.jpg" title="IMG_4910" class="size-full wp-image-6152" /&gt;
&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Photo By: Boedker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;You are still breathing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;So, what are you most grateful for this year?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sources: &lt;a href="http://www.globalrichlist.com/"&gt;GlobalRichList.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a&gt;SmarterToSmartest.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.globalissues.org/article/26/poverty-facts-and-stats"&gt;GlobalIssues.org&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.worldhunger.org/articles/Learn/world%20hunger%20facts%202002.htm#Footnotes"&gt;WorldHunger.org&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://mangomoney.com"&gt;Mangomoney.com&lt;/a&gt; Water.org&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:87170b89-361c-4f29-b4e9-a2e578202053</guid><title>Why do I Need Life Insurance?</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/lifeins4.jpg' align='left' /&gt;The most common life insurance question is, &amp;ldquo;Why do I need life insurance?"   The truth is you need life insurance to protect your loved ones. Life insurance is a selfless act, an act of love. When you let Trevcoinsurance.com help you find the ...</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:25:29 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Why_do_I_Need_Life_Insurance.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h1 class="entry-title" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The most common life insurance question is, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;ldquo;Why do I need life insurance?"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p class="entry-content" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/default.aspx"&gt;&lt;img alt="" width="183" height="198" src="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/lifeins4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="entry-content" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;
The truth is you need life insurance to protect your loved ones. Life insurance is a selfless act, an act of love. When you let &lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/default.aspx"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Trevcoinsurance.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;help you find the perfect life&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/life/default.aspx" class="FAAdLink" id="FALINK_1_0_0"&gt;insurance plan&lt;/a&gt; for you, you are taking care of the financial future of your loved ones. Think of the financial responsibility you currently have for your family. If you were gone tomorrow, your loved ones lose more than your physical presence. They also lose the financial support you were providing. By acquiring life insurance, you protect from the sudden loss of that financial support. Acquiring life insurance is a selfless act, but it does come with some personal benefits. &lt;br /&gt;
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For example, you will receive peace of mind. This may seem like a pat phrase, but it&amp;rsquo;s amazing what that peace of mind can do for you. Knowing that, if something were to happen to you, your family would be protected is extremely comforting. Having life insurance leaves educational doors open for your children, it pays for the doctor visits, the dentist visits, the prom dresses, and all the other expenses that add up in life.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;In your adult life, we accept many different responsibilities. Having life insurance is one of the biggest. By choosing Trevcoinsurance.com, to help you acquire life insurance, you have taken care of a huge responsibility, and committed an incredibly loving act.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For more information on how to get your Life Insurance Plan started, talk to a Trevco Independent agent or broker today!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/contact.aspx"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1-855-4-TREVCO&lt;br /&gt;
1-855-487-3826&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:addeec36-d58c-4e2c-a556-ccf883ed6766</guid><title>Common Auto Insurance Mistakes</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/thumbnailCAT7NR8H.jpg' align='left' /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbs...</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:48:18 -0600</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Common_Auto_Insurance_Mistakes.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Common &amp;nbsp;Auto Insurance Mistakes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;" dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/default.aspx" re_target="null" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt="" style="width: 300px; height: 100px;" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/thumbnailCAT7NR8H.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No one wants to spend extra money on their &lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/automobile/quote.aspx?txtZIP=77701" re_target="null" target="_blank"&gt;auto insurance &lt;/a&gt;needs if they do not have to. Right?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
With that said, are your auto insurance costs driving you to the poor house?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
While we all know that auto insurance is a necessity, it doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg in the process.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;So what are some mistakes you should avoid when putting your&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;auto &lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/default.aspx" re_target="null" target="_blank"&gt;insurance plan &lt;/a&gt;into drive?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;First, you never want to buy the cheapest policy just in order to save money. Yes, you could save a few dollars here and there, but imagine the more expenses that could ensue in the event you are in an accident. If there are major damages and/or injuries, others who were involved could sue and try and get your assets.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;While we all get forgetful at times, forgetting to pay your auto premiums is a major no-no.&lt;br /&gt;
In the event you do not pay your bill on time, your&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/default.aspx" id="FALINK_2_0_1" re_target="null" target="_blank"&gt;auto insurer&lt;/a&gt; has no obligation to cover you. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;One way to steer clear of this problem is by setting up automatic payments through the bank or insurer. That way the money is pulled on a regular basis and you do not have to remind yourself to pay it each time.&lt;br /&gt;
In the event you have expensive accessories on your vehicle, be sure to have the right amount of coverage for them. These items can include an expensive stereo system, customized wheels, etc. &lt;br /&gt;
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If you need to, look into adding extra coverage through an endorsement that will allow you higher limits for some items.&lt;br /&gt;
Finally, be sure to keep your agent updated on any changes to your auto status and life status in general that would impact your insurance needs.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;If you have purchased a new car and/or an additional one, your agent should be at the top of the list to contact.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;Your agent can also suggest ways for you to save on your auto insurance, including adding security systems and taking a driver safety class.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;Use your agent to your benefit.&lt;br /&gt;
Call Trevco today , our licensed agents are ready to help you with your insurance needs!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;1-855-4-TREVCO&lt;br /&gt;
1-855-487-3826&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:4ac011d0-6604-4b9e-bdb2-e9267e423fb6</guid><title>Motorcycle insurance in Texas</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20motorcycle%202.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Motorcycle Insurance 101  Whether you just bought a motorcycle or are a veteran rider, you might have a few questions about insuring your bike. What's liability insurance? Do I need Comprehensive insurance? How can I make sure my custom chrome is cov...</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:39:53 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Motorcycle_insurance_in_Texas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;h1&gt;Motorcycle Insurance 101&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img alt="" style="float: right;" src="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20motorcycle%202.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whether you just bought a motorcycle or are a veteran rider, you might have a few questions about insuring your bike. What's liability insurance? Do I need Comprehensive insurance? How can I make sure my custom chrome is covered?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are some motorcycle insurance tips that can help you navigate your motorcycle insurance policy and feel confident you've made the decision that's right for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;How do I pick the right insurance policy for me and my bike?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First, determine how much insurance you're required to have. Most states require that you carry liability insurance, which covers you if you cause an accident that injures another person or damages someone's property.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When picking your liability limits&amp;mdash;the maximum amount an insurance company will pay in the event of that type of claim&amp;mdash;a good rule of thumb is to review your car insurance coverages and buy a policy with similar limits and deductibles. The premium can be relatively inexpensive, and your assets are similarly protected in case of an accident.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once you choose liability limits, you may want to add insurance that protects your bike. Collision covers damages caused by an accident, while Comprehensive covers damages caused by an incident like fire or theft.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you buy Collision or Comprehensive, you'll be asked to select a deductible. This is the amount that you'll have to pay out-of-pocket if you have a claim. Be sure to pick an amount you can afford.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;I've tricked out my bike with lots of custom parts. How can I&lt;img alt="" style="float: right;" src="/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Trevco%20Motorcycle.jpg" /&gt; make sure they're insured in case my bike is stolen or in an accident?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many motorcycle policies will cover some basic accessories, but if you added some serious chrome to your bike, got a custom paint job, or installed a GPS, you might want to consider additional accessory coverage.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When you purchase Comprehensive or Collision coverage&amp;nbsp;through&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Trevco Insurance&lt;/strong&gt;, $3,000 of accessory coverage is usually included. You can also buy more coverage &amp;ndash; up to $30,000 worth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;I like to take my bike out on long rides across the country. Would I be covered if I broke down in the middle of nowhere?&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Consider getting Roadside Assistance coverage so that help is just a phone call away in case you break down.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Trevco also has companies that offer coverage that will pay up to $500 for lodging, transportation and food if your bike has a mechanical breakdown more than 100 miles from home. Most customers can add both coverages to their policy for just $15 a year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For more information, talk to a Trevco Independent agent or broker&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1-855-4-TREVCO&lt;br /&gt;
1-855-487-3826&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:39854807-bda1-4118-a880-3442d73a2b04</guid><title>4 Ways to help lower Insurance cost for young drivers</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Young%20drivers.jpg' align='left' /&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re currently shopping around for car insurance for a first-time driver, you&amp;rsquo;ve most likely noticed that the&amp;nbsp;auto insurance quotes tend to be very high for these young drivers. The reason for this is that teenagers are statisti...</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:38:01 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/4_Ways_to_help_lower_Insurance_cost_for_young_drivers.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re currently shopping around for car insurance for a first-time driver, you&amp;rsquo;ve most likely noticed that the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/automobile/quote.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;auto insurance quotes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; tend to be very high for these young drivers. The reason for this is that teenagers are statistically more at-risk for having car accidents than older drivers. The good news is that there are ways to find auto insurance for first-time drivers that won&amp;rsquo;t totally empty your bank account.&lt;img alt="" style="border:0px solid; width: 254px; float: right; height: 199px; border-image: initial;" src="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Young%20drivers.jpg" usemap="#rade_img_map_1316532204400" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Be sure that your first-time driver is driving a car that has up-to-date safety features. Typically, minivans and SUVs have lower insurance costs than sports cars (although we don&amp;rsquo;t think your teen would love driving a minivan). &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;If the first-time driver does well in school, then you can probably get a discount on your auto insurance. Many companies offer a good-grade discount for students between the ages of 16 and 24. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Consider signing your first-time driver up for a defensive driving course. Many auto insurance companies will give discounts to drivers that take educational courses such as a defensive driving class. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Sometimes adding teen drivers under a parents insurance policy will be cheaper because of the discounts parents already have, depending on the kind of cars the parents drive. (If you have 2 brand new vehicles it may be cheaper to get a seperate policy for the young driver under the parents name.) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Those are just some things to think about when you&amp;rsquo;re ready to purchase&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/automobile/quote.aspx"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;auto insurance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for a first-time driver. Do you have any other tips and tricks you can think of that can help first-time drivers save some money?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;map id="rade_img_map_1316532204400" name="rade_img_map_1316532204400"&gt;Call Trevco Insurance today as we represent over 30 different insurance companies&amp;nbsp;to find the best rate for you.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;1-855-4-Trevco&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(1-855-487-3826)
&lt;area href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/automobile/quote.aspx" shape="RECT" coords="10,10,30,30" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/map&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:21038430-7fcd-4664-aa71-05e488c251f9</guid><title>Could a Traffic Ticket Save Your Life?</title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Traffic%20ticket.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Nobody likes getting a traffic ticket--they're expensive, cause your auto insurance rate to increase and are a real pain in the you-know-what. But according to a new study, a ticket could save your life.  Research published in The Lancet, a medical j...</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:00:37 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Could_a_Traffic_Ticket_Save_Your_Life.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">Nobody likes getting a traffic ticket--they're expensive, cause your auto insurance rate to increase and are a real pain in the you-know-what. But according to a new study, a ticket could save your life.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;img alt="" style="float: right;" src="http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Traffic%20ticket.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Research published in The Lancet, a medical journal, has found that drivers are more conscientious after being ticketed, at least for a while.&lt;br /&gt;
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Researchers found that for a few weeks after receiving a traffic ticket, a driver's chances of being killed in an automobile accident fall by 35 percent. After three or four months, though, the impact wears off and drivers continue to leadfoot around town.&lt;br /&gt;
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So, the next time a cop gives you a ticket, give him a big smile and say thank you--he or she may be saving your life.&lt;br /&gt;
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Article referred by &lt;a href="http://blog.insweb.com/2011/09/traffic-tickets-save-lives.html"&gt;insWeb blog&lt;/a&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:7e017f97-ee9b-4c7e-b125-0e6bc6230a4b</guid><title>Buying your first Renters policy? Four ways to save</title><description>Posted by&amp;nbsp;Michael Trevino&amp;nbsp;on 09/16/2011at 11:30 AM   If you&amp;rsquo;re buying renters insurance for the first time, here&amp;rsquo;s good news: Protecting your belongings generally costs less than protecting other assets like your car. Plus, ther...</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:32:40 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Buying_your_first_Renters_policy_Four_ways_to_save.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div class="meta" style="z-index: 570;"&gt;Posted by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=64479368&amp;amp;trk=tab_pro"&gt;Michael Trevino&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;on 09/16/2011at 11:30 AM &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class="entryBody" style="z-index: 560;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re buying renters insurance for the first time, here&amp;rsquo;s good news: Protecting your belongings generally costs less than protecting other assets like your car. Plus, there are ways to lower the price of your renters policy even more.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="page-break-after: always; z-index: 550;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Consider a higher deductible&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
Choosing a higher deductible&amp;mdash;the amount you pay out of pocket when you have a renters insurance claim&amp;mdash;could save you up to 25 percent (with a $1,000 deductible), according to the Insurance Information Institute (III).&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bundle, if you can&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
Consider buying your renters policy from your auto insurer, if it&amp;rsquo;s an option. Many insurance companies, including Progressive, will discount property insurance for their auto customers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maintain good credit&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
If you do, you might get a lower rate. Paying bills on time, only having as much credit as you need and keeping low balances all contribute to good credit, according to the III.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consider replacement coverage&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
Although choosing replacement coverage might not save you money upfront, it could save you big if your belongings are ever damaged beyond repair. Here&amp;rsquo;s why: With replacement coverage, your insurer will pay to replace your belongings instead of just paying you their current value.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="/renters/insurance_quote.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;Quote a renters policy &lt;/a&gt;today! At Trevco, you can get renters insurance for as little as a $1 a day&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:8e76ccef-f4e1-454a-9494-9b83a8c53646</guid><title>Safety Tips For Motorcycle Season</title><description>The roar of motorcycles is in the air, as baby boomers seek to relive the two-wheel dreams of their youth and drivers of all ages look for lower-cost transportation. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the number of motorcyc...</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:47:17 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Safety_Tips_For_Motorcycle_Season.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">The roar of motorcycles is in the air, as baby boomers seek to relive the two-wheel dreams of their youth and drivers of all ages look for lower-cost transportation.
&lt;p&gt;According to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the number of motorcycle fatalities decreased in 2009, ending 11 years of straight increases.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Although things are improving, there were still 4,762 motorcyclists killed in accidents last year. As cars become safer, motorcycle riders now make up approximately 14% of all deaths from motor vehicle crashes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Tips For Drivers&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) offers these tips to make sure you share the road safely with motorcyclists:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Always allow a motorcyclist the full lane width. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Don't assume a motorcycle is going to turn just because its signal is flashing. Some signals are not self-canceling and motorcyclists forget to turn them off. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Motorcycles can stop more quickly than cars, so allow greater following distance. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Realize that wet pavement and road debris can create driving conditions that are especially hazardous for motorcyclists. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Tips For Motorcyclists&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The GHSA has identified the following tips for motorcyclists&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Wear your helmet. 41% of fatally-injured riders were not wearing helmets. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Don't drink and ride. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Slow down. 35% of motorcycle riders involved in fatal crashes were speeding. More than half of all fatal motorcycle crashes did not involve another vehicle, and speeding likely contributed to many of these. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:8bea1778-2e97-489b-b109-6ce6a2950ff7</guid><title>Flood Insurance for Texas </title><description>&lt;img src='http://www.insurancewebsitebuilder.com/img/~www.trevcoinsurance.com/Hurricane%20Irene%207.jpg' align='left' /&gt;Our hearts go out to all of those affected by&amp;nbsp; hurricane Irene.&amp;nbsp;The damages from the storm that hit the eastcoast will have a great economic impact for many Americans for months to come. Those 80% of Americans without flood insurance, accor...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:04:50 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Flood_Insurance_for_Texas.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Our hearts go out to all of those affected by&amp;nbsp; hurricane Irene.&amp;nbsp;The damages from the storm that hit the eastcoast will have a great economic impact for many Americans for months to come. Those 80% of Americans without flood insurance, according to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.fema.gov/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Fema&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;, will have the burden of waiting for disaster assistance to help restore normal life.&amp;nbsp;This may take several months for Fema to help reach the 700,000+ people whom have been affected by this hurricane. Many of these people were not currently rated in a flood zone, so many neglected to purchase Flood Insurance. &lt;br /&gt;
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Most americans think that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Home insurance &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;policies cover&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="/flood/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Flood insurance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; , but unfortunately many people don&amp;rsquo;t realize this until it&amp;rsquo;s too late. Home Insurance and Flood insurance In many cases are too different entire policies. Very few&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="/homeowners/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Home insurance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; policies include coverage for&amp;nbsp;flood. &lt;br /&gt;
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For those who don't have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="/flood/default.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Flood insurance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;, It usually takes 30 days for a policy to go into effect.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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Don't wait before it's too late. Contact us at one our&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="/contact.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;convenient locations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Flood insurance policies starting off at $58 for the year! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Follow these tips to read and understand your policy faster.&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have you ever sat down to read your auto insurance policy contract &amp;mdash; not your Dec Page that lists the coverages you purchased, but the actual policy contract that looks like a very long legal agreement?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="page-break-after: always; z-index: 550;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;If not, you're not alone. Many people find this task daunting due to the contract's complexity, so they avoid tackling it.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;While we recommend that you read your policy to fully understand specific coverage details, we also know that your policy is written as a legal contract, so it can seem intimidating or confusing.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To simplify the reading of your policy, we've put together a brief overview of the types of coverages in a typical policy contract and how they work.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Elements of an Auto Insurance Policy&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Your auto insurance policy consists of sections that define every type of auto insurance coverage offered by your company. Policies are distinguished by the state in which they're issued, and coverages available may vary among states. Your policy simply explains the types of coverage available and how or when they can be used. For your specific policy information, please refer to the terms, conditions, limitations and exclusions contained in your specific policy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you see these coverages in your insurance policy, here's what they do:&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Liability&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; This coverage consists of Bodily Injury and Property Damage (BI/PD), which covers your legal liability, up to the limit you select, for damages caused in a covered vehicle accident. Under BI/PD, your insurance company will pay for damages to an injured person and for property damage that you are legally obligated to pay as a result of an accident. If your insurance company covers an accident for which you are sued,&amp;nbsp;they pay for a lawyer to defend you, too. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Personal Injury Protection (PIP)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; Available in certain states and commonly referred to as "no-fault insurance," PIP covers your medical bills and often lost wages if you are disabled or unable to work as a result of an accident. PIP also usually covers the cost of personal services you must now pay someone else to do for you. PIP coverage is subject to a limit, which is specified in your policy. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Medical Payments (MedPay)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; This coverage applies no matter who is at fault and covers the cost of reasonable and necessary medical care provided to you as the result of a car accident. The coverage is often limited to a specified time period following the accident (usually three years) and the amount of coverage you chose when you purchased the policy. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist (UM/UIM)&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; UM/UIM coverage pays for damages that you are legally entitled to recover for your bodily injury. In general, this coverage provides what you would have received from the other person's insurance company had that person been insured. UM/UIM may also protect you if the person who caused the damage does not have enough insurance. Uninsured Motorist Property Damage coverage is available in some states and provides protection for damage to property caused by a person without insurance. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Collision&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; If your vehicle overturns, or if it collides with another vehicle or object, Collision coverage pays for the damage to your vehicle. Collision involves a deductible amount you select when you purchase your policy. This amount, typically $250 or $500, is the amount you are required to pay in the event a claim exceeds the deductible amount. &lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comprehensive&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;ndash; This coverage pays for damage caused by an event other than a car collision, such as fire, theft, vandalism, hail or flood damage. Comprehensive also covers damage from an animal hit. Additionally, if your car is stolen, Comprehensive will cover the cost of a rental (subject to a daily limit). Like Collision coverage, a deductible usually applies. &lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If you have further questions about your&amp;nbsp;Insurance policy, please&amp;nbsp;Contact us&amp;nbsp;at &lt;strong&gt;1-855-4-TREVCO&lt;/strong&gt; (1-855-487-3826). Our representatives are always available to answer your questions or help you with your policy.&lt;/p&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:2f00b4f3-2095-455d-b319-f535908a33b9</guid><title>How to really save money on your Car Insurance</title><description>I have many people ask me "why is Insurance so expensive" and "how can I save money on my insurance". So, I decided to write blog and help explain the many discounts. Also I may help explain what you are doing wrong when it comes to your insurance ne...</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:00:43 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/How_to_really_save_money_on_your_Car_Insurance.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">I have many people ask me "why is Insurance so expensive" and "how can I save money on my insurance". So, I decided to write blog and help explain the many discounts. Also I may help explain what you are doing wrong when it comes to your insurance needs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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1. Most companies give loyalty discounts. Stay with your company for 6 months and upon renewal you should get what insurance agents call "a proof of prior discount (POP). It's the equivalent of showing good credit to insurance companies. Insurance companies feel the more responsible you are with making your insurance payments, then the more responsible a driver you must be. It just makes sense right?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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2.&amp;nbsp;Always&amp;nbsp;take defensive driving. Defensive driving is really cheap and you can even take it online (like I did) for 25 bucks. It's actually way easier online because you can take it over the course of a week. Do a few hours here and a few hours there and you are done. Don't waste your whole Saturday and even worse don't ignore it completely, because it may make your insurance rates higher. My customers will tell you, it does make a difference.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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3. Make sure you THINK before you file a claim. I've had people who had a $500 deductible on their insurance policy, and want to make a claim because their side window got busted. They got an estimate and was told it would cost $300 dollars to fix. Let me do that math here, let's see now.... If it cost 300 dollars to replace the window, and you have a $500 deductible then, $300 damage - $500 deductible = you didn't get nothing back and now you have comprehensive claim on your record. This means that if you try and go shop around and they ask you, (in my big insurance voice) "Do you have and tickets, accidents, or claims in the past 3 years?" Yes you do. This may make your insurance rates a little higher.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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4. Email address! We have some companies that give you a 5% discount for giving your email address to them. You may ask: "why would they give you a 5% discount?". The reason is instead of sending you letters in the mail to let you know when your monthly payment is and when it's due, it is much more cost effective to send you an email. email= free, mail = more cost to to the company which means more cost to you! I personally like this because I get a ton of letters in the mail (mainly credit cards telling me I've been selected for a loan) and sometimes I forget where I had my important mail. I never forget where my important mail is in my email. Think about it!&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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5. Direct withdrawal. In the insurance business we call this EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer). Having your monthly payments come out of your checking account, debit card, credit card etc, can really save you money. (also save you time) When I talk to my clients about how to save money, I always make sure I tell them about EFT. If you are a person who likes to pay every month in stores, think about how much more you spend a year. First by declining to have your payments drafted you may lose a 10% discount. Also, &amp;nbsp;you may have to get off work and pay your monthly insurance, which means you are losing more hours from work. Next, you have to drive over to the insurance agency and pay which means you are spending more money on gas. So this may cost you $20 more a month. $20/ month x 12 months = $240 per year. &amp;nbsp;I feel like Dave Ramsey!&lt;br /&gt;
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6. Pay it in full. When you pay your insurance premiums in full for the 6 months you really save the most money. You avoid billing fees, late fees, cancellations fees and etc. I've saved people up to $120 just by paying it in full. If you have the money then the smart thing to do is pay for it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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7. Combine your policies. Don't have one car on one policy and a different car on another. Combine policies together to get a multi-car discount. Also, if you own a Home, Boat, RV, motorcycle, Travel Trailer, etc, you can save money by combing policies together. I've seen people save up to %15 by combining these policies together.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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8. Call us at Trevco Insurance today. With 6 convenient locations we have been saving money for the past 20 years. We are a family business with the idea that everyone should be treated with honesty, respect and equality. We represent over 25 different insurance companies to provide you with the best company for your insurance needs. Call, quote online or stop by&amp;nbsp;any of our convenient locations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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-Michael Trevino</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:0f920076-6e29-4483-a702-af09ecf245ca</guid><title>Ways to save hundreds on your driving expenses</title><description> Saving money is everyone's goal in a recession.&amp;nbsp;Making a few changes to your car, you could save hundreds or more over the course of the year. &amp;nbsp;Gasoline If you live near a grocery store chain that offers discounts on gasoline, consider enr...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:50:55 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Ways_to_save_hundreds_on_your_driving_expenses.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div class="entryBody" style="z-index: 560;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Saving money is everyone's goal in a recession.&amp;nbsp;Making a few changes to your car, you could save hundreds or more over the course of the year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="page-break-after: always; z-index: 550;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Gasoline&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;If you live near a grocery store chain that offers discounts on gasoline, consider enrolling in its rewards program. Also, check to see if your credit card company offers cash back on gasoline purchases or similar rewards. And, before you buy premium gasoline, check your owner&amp;rsquo;s manual. Most cars run well on regular&amp;mdash;which is about 20 cents less per gallon.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maintenance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Read your owner&amp;rsquo;s manual to find out exactly what maintenance is recommended for your car. Then, follow that schedule to avoid paying for service that might not be necessary, such as a transmission fluid change.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Car insurance&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Even though you&amp;rsquo;re required to buy car insurance, you have a choice in your insurer and your coverage&amp;mdash;and often, it pays to shop around. Get a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/automobile/quote.aspx"&gt;free auto insurance quote&lt;/a&gt; from&amp;nbsp;Trevco to find out if you could save over $500 a year.*&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rental car insurance&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;In many cases, your personal auto insurance extends to the car you rent. So, when you book your next rental car, confirm with your car insurance company that you&amp;rsquo;re covered, then consider turning down the rental car company&amp;rsquo;s damage waiver, which could cost as much as $19 a day, and liability insurance, which could cost between $7-14 a day.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="disclaimer"&gt;*National annual average savings by new customers surveyed who saved with Progressive March-May 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</a10:content></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">urn:uuid:5e1361ad-81af-40b5-a728-99d1c1abf37c</guid><title>Safety or bust! Protect your home while you’re away</title><description>   Protect yourself while away from your home&amp;nbsp; Whether you&amp;rsquo;re road-tripping to a neighboring city or relaxing for a week in the Caribbean, protect your home by following this quick checklist. (Keep in mind that with short trips, you might ...</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:37:48 -0500</pubDate><a10:link href="http://www.trevcoinsurance.com/blog/Safety_or_bust_Protect_your_home_while_youre_away.aspx" /><a10:content type="html">&lt;div class="entryBody" style="z-index: 560;"&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Protect yourself while away from your home&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
Whether you&amp;rsquo;re road-tripping to a neighboring city or relaxing for a week in the Caribbean, protect your home by following this quick checklist. (Keep in mind that with short trips, you might skip some of these to-do&amp;rsquo;s.)
&lt;div style="page-break-after: always; z-index: 550;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Security to-do&amp;rsquo;s&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;bull; Set a timer to turn exterior and interior lights on and off when you normally would, or use a mobile app to control lights remotely.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; &lt;span style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Stop your mail&lt;/span&gt; and newspaper deliveries.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Ask a neighbor to keep an eye on your home and, if necessary, bring your recycling and garbage cans to and from the curb on pickup day.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Hide and/or lock up valuables, like jewelry. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Inform your security system provider and local police of your travel dates, so they can take extra steps to protect your home, if necessary. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Don&amp;rsquo;t share your travel plans on social media sites.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Preventive to-do&amp;rsquo;s&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;bull; Turn off the water supply to your washing machine, sinks and toilets, or consider installing a system that will shut off water where it detects a leak.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; Unplug electronics and appliances, or use a mobile app to control appliances remotely.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;bull; If freezing weather is a possibility: Clear gutters and downspouts, remove garden hoses from exterior faucets and open cabinet doors under sinks to keep your pipes warm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now go enjoy your trip!&lt;/p&gt;
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