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23-05-2012 23:43 Self help guru and personal success coach Bob Proctor from "Beyond The Secret" talks about facing resistance and if it means you should change course when you face constant resistance...or are you on the right path toward your dreams and goals. Find out in this amazing video http Click on to find out more about Bob's Success Program!

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CHICAGO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When choosing insightful market research, making the right decision has never been more important to drive successful product innovation. But leading household, personal care and OTC healthcare brands will have a distinct advantage from today (May 23) on as Mintel announces the launch of its innovative serviceMintel Household & Personal Care.

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Expanding Mintel's already proven experience in the global CPG market, Mintel has combined the best-in-class research team with robust market data to provide a forward thinking toolkit to support clients' strategic planning and decision making. Developed in response to client feedback, Mintel's new service provides predictive analysis and critical recommendations, combined with the abilityto visualize global trends and product concepts.

Michelle Strutton, head of household and OTC healthcare global insight, said:

"Mintel Household & Personal Care provides research and expertise designed specifically for professionals in household, personal care and over the counter health markets. Our global industry analysts gather all our relevant content and distill it into a digestible and accessible format. Every piece of information is backed by best-in-class data and expert opinion. We designed the service to help the industry to get a global view on what is impacting the business worldwide."

To stay on top of constantly evolving industries, Mintel's global analysts also contextualize changes in environment, society and markets to offer a deeper understanding of what is influencing consumer behavior and driving global trends. The new service also integrates different media channels, featuring engaging expert videos, discussing the most innovative products seen across the globe in the household, personal care and OTC health markets.

Mintel Household & Personal Care is the result of a network of passionate industry experts - real people providing real insight and strategy.

About Mintel Mintel is a leading global supplier of consumer, product and media intelligence. For 40 years, Mintel has provided insight into key worldwide trends, offering exclusive data and analysis that directly impacts client success. With offices in Chicago, New York, London, Sydney, Shanghai, Tokyo, and now India, Malaysia and Singapore, Mintel has forged a unique reputation as a world-renowned business brand. For more information on Mintel, please visit http://www.mintel.com.

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OLYMPIC hopeful Joe Thomas will hope to play a major supporting role to Usain Bolts headline act in Ostrava this evening.

Bolt will make all the headlines in his 100m against Dwain Chambers.

But Thomas had been due to face Kenyan 800m world record holder and world champion David Rushida, but the African pulled out yesterday.

The 24-year-old from Pontypridd needs to achieve a time of 1min 45.6secs, the A qualifying standard for the Olympics, after watching English rivals Andrew Osagie and Michael Rimmer already achieve that target this summer.

It is seven tenths of a second quicker than his outdoor personal best, but Thomas is hoping for a repeat of his remarkable indoor campaign when he clocked sixth successive personal best on the way to a World Indoors semi-final in Istanbul in March.

A heel injury curtailed his hopes of a medal, but Thomas is hoping to have recovered from this setback.

Hopefully if I can get the standard in the first couple of races, it will take some pressure off me, he said.

I can look to the trials at the end of June where I will be looking to be in peak form and finish in the top two.

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23 May 2012 Last updated at 19:08 ET By Karen Weintraub Boston, Massachusetts

Clover Food Lab, a trendy food truck and regional restaurant chain, has been experimenting with parsnips lately.

The soups and fritters worked well from the start, but the sandwich, offered at one food truck, needed some tweaking.

So, the chef used the food truck's Twitter feed and blog to solicit opinions about the sandwich's flavour, and the texture of the root vegetables.

He tinkered twice with the recipe according to suggestions, and then put version three out for public consumption.

Asking for such responses helps improve Clover's food - and its connection with customers - according to the company's president and founder, Ayr Muir.

"When you ask people for help, you deepen the relationship you have with the person," says Mr Muir, whose rapidly expanding Boston-area chain currently includes six food trucks and two restaurants.

For many small businesses like Clover, social media outlets such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs offer a relatively inexpensive way to build brand loyalty and reach potential customers.

Twitter's a neat way for me to hear what people have to say

But many companies are still very reactive - coming to social media only because they know everyone else is using it, says Zach Hofer-Shall, an analyst with Forrester Research.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Schaller Equity Partners ("Schaller") announced today that Coalition to Improve the Bank of Floyd, of which Schaller and its affiliates were members, succeeded in its proxy solicitation to elect three new directors to the Board of Directors of Cardinal Bankshares Corporation ("Cardinal") (CDBK.OB) at Cardinal's annual shareholders meeting held on May22, 2012. Cardinal is the public holding company for the Bank of Floyd.

The three new directors, who were supported by the Coalition, are T.Mauyer Gallimore, John Paul Houston and James W. Shortt, each a local Floyd, Virginia resident and businessman.

Douglas E. Schaller, President of Schaller Equity Partners, commented: "Obviously, we are pleased that shareholder democracy had a victory yesterday. Mauyer Gallimore, John Paul Houston and Jim Shortt are strong, thoughtful leaders who love the Bank of Floyd and the Floyd community, and they will provide the kind of independent, strategic direction the Bank needs to be all that it can be."

The other three highest vote recipients each an incumbent director who was nominated by Cardinal are Dr.Joseph Howard Conduff, Jr., Kevin D. Mitchell and G. Harris Warner, Jr. Presently, it is not known whether the latter three will serve on the Board, because Cardinal previously indicated that none of its nominees would serve if any of the Coalition's three nominees were elected.

Mr. Schaller continued, "As a personal matter, I hope Dr. Conduff and Messrs. Mitchell and Warner will answer the shareholders' call and join the new directors to serve the Bank. In any case, I believe the stage is set with exceptionally talented new actors who will deliver a great performance for the Bank, its shareowners, employees and the community. I'm looking forward to watching the success they achieve from the audience."

The election results from Cardinal's annual shareholders meeting were certified today by the independent Inspector of Election, CarlT. Hagberg and Associates, and are expected to be announced by Cardinal in accordance with its legal obligations and compliance procedures.

Schaller Equity Partners owns approximately 9.8% of Cardinal's stock. Its concerns about the management and strategic direction of Cardinal and the Bank resonated with other Floyd area residents to form the catalyst for the Coalition's commencement of its proxy context. Other members of the Coalition were BobbyL. Gardner, CarolS. and R.Devereux Jarratt, and John Michael Turman.

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OAKLAND, Calif., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Litigation firm Boxer & Gerson today announced a unanimous victory over Volvo Truck, Consolidated Metco and Wittke Manufacturing. The firm's client, a Brentwood man and his wife were awarded $11.4M for personal injuries sustained in a 2007 crash caused by defective parts and servicing used in a garbage truck. Judge Maxine Chesney of the U.S District Court for the Northern District of California presided and had indicated that relevant parties should settle the matter. None of the three defendants offered settlement terms during trial despite the recommendations of Judge Chesney.

On October 29, 2007, the plaintiff, a 46-year-old Local 70 Teamster employee of Waste Management was driving a garbage truck near the Livermore airport when the right front hub of the vehicle fractured, causing the right front wheel to detach. As a consequence of the failure of the hub, the garbage truck crashed to pavement, causing a compression injury to the plaintiff's spine. He has undergone three surgeries with limited success and more surgeries will be required to alleviate the constant pain that has prevented him from continuing employment.

"We are gratified by the total vindication of our client," said Gary Roth of Boxer & Gerson, who argued the case with colleague John Anton. "We were well aware of the wrongdoings on the parts of Volvo, ConMet and Wittke, and the very difficult outcomes created for the plaintiff. We appreciate the thoroughness of the court's unanimous decision and the consideration reflected in the award."

The failure of the right front aluminum hub occurred because the hub was overloaded. The defendants knew that 15,000 to 25,000 hubs were already in service in trucks across the United States and that there had been a number of failures due to overloading.

At trial, the plaintiffs introduced emails dating back to 2004 between engineers from ConMet and Volvo Truck in which ConMet advised that "going forward" alternate hubs should be used or that the hubs should be rated at a lower capacity. Despite this knowledge in 2004, neither ConMet nor Volvo Truck sought to recall the aluminum hubs or to notify of the risk of failure due to overloading during normal use.

About Boxer & Gerson

Boxer & Gerson, LLP in Oakland, California is a law firm recognized nationally for its trial advocacy skills. Founded in 1977, our attorneys are dedicated to protecting the rights of Bay Area workers, elders and families. Our practice areas are concentrated in workers' compensation, social security and personal injury and we are the largest firm in Northern California representing injured employees.

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Mayor Michael J. McGlynn announced the recycling event held May 9 at Medford City Hall was a huge success.

This service was provided for Medford residents who would have no other way to dispose of personal information, McGlynn said. I think our senior citizens especially were able to take advantage of this service. any residents attended to have personal records that they no longer needed such as bank statements or medical files, disposed of right in front of them.

More than one ton of paper was able to be recycled.

Councilor Paul A. Camuso, who introduced this as resolution at a recent City Council meeting agreed.

In todays world, you can never be too cautious, or too safe, so being able to provide this service free to all Medford residents was an invaluable resource, Camuso said.

Most of the items that were shredded were items that could not safely be placed in recycling bins. In keeping, with the Go Green Medford, theme, it enabled residents to recycle their personal documents in a secure fashion.

Universal Shredding of Georgetown, a state contracted company, handled the shredding for the event.

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20-05-2012 12:26 Think & Grow Rich Infographic - A must watch for anyone wanting to improve their lives and their positive thinking. There have been more millionaires and indeed, billionaires, who have made their fortunes as a result of Napoleon Hill's teachings. NAPOLEON HILL's "Think and Grow Rich" is the authors most famous work. This is the book in his own voice. A true masterpiece with the fundamentals of the Success philosophy. ABOUT NAPOLEON HILL: He was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the best-selling books of all time. Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success. "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" is one of Hill's hallmark expressions. How achievement actually occurs, and a formula for it that puts success in reach for the average person, were the focal points of Hill's books.

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Summary: To distinguish itself from Apples iOS and Googles Android, Microsofts smartphone platform needs to be a shutterbugs paradise.

All of my Bahamas vacation photos were taken with a low-end Samsung Focus i917 Windows Phone.

Going on vacation these days for me is something of a mixed bag affair. On one hand, Im psyched that Im going to get some extremely crucial rest &relaxation, but on the other, I have a lot of personal stuff going on right now in the background thats driving me completely crazy and of course I end up missing out on what is going on in the industry at large.

So to summarize, while I was beach bumming, Facebook IPOed, Zuckerberg promptly got married, and the CEO of Yahoo! resigned in disgrace with a golden parachute, and the Oracle vs. Google lawsuit is shaping up to be Groundhog Day. Does that sound right? Alrighty then.

So where does Jason like to go on vacation? Preferably someplace cut off from civilization with warm weather, swimming pools, nice beaches, and good places to eat.

One of my favorites is Grand Bahama, as its pretty easy to get to (Its only 60 miles off the east coast of South Florida) and has some of the best beaches in the world, with cool breezes, welcoming local people and of course, great native cuisine.

I tend to do a bit of digital photography when I go on trips, but this time, I was so scatterbrained that I forgot to bring my trusty Canon point-and-shoot.

However, I didnt forget to bring a GSM-capable cell phone. Just before I left, I packed a spare Samsung Focus lying around that I upgraded to Windows Phone Mango. I hadnt intended to use it as my vacation camera, or to do any cellular data. I simply wanted to use it for the occasional Wi-Fi email check and to place and receive occasional calls using a local pay-as-you-go SIM card.

As it turned out, the Focus had to be unlocked, wasexorbitantlyexpensive to do locally ($80) so I bought a cheap Nokia world phone ($50) and had some minutes thrown onto it. Which left the Windows Phone somewhat redundant on my trip.

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How does someone succeed in college? Its the $64,000 question or, these days, more like the $150,000 question whose answer has been sought by countless policymakers, researchers and universities over the years.

In a new attempt to provide insight into the discussion, sociologists Dan Chambliss of Hamilton College and Christopher Takacs of the University of Chicago took the long road to an answer. In 2001, they started conducting what would turn into a 10-year study of Hamilton students in an attempt to learn what had the greatest effects on their college experiences. What were the turning points? What mattered most? What didnt?

The Hechinger Report sat down with Chambliss recently to discuss the results of the study, which will be included in a forthcoming book titled How College Works," and what implications the results might have for U.S. higher education.

Q: Tell me more about the study.

A: In 2001, we started tracking a cohort of students as they went through the college. We took 100 people, randomly selected, and we interviewed them every year they were in college and every year after they got out. In addition to that, we collected a lot of information about these people. We collected papers they wrote while they were in college and papers from high school. And we basically tried to learn what were the important turning points what kind of things made a big difference, and what things didnt.

The goal of this was to find how colleges or universities could have relatively resource-neutral, reliably effective interventions that really help students in a big way. In other words, how can you do stuff that you know you can do, that you know will make a positive difference, but you dont have to turn the world upside down or have a big capital campaign and spend a lot of money.

Q: So what were they?

A: Its all about people, not programs. Colleges spend a huge amount of time and effort worrying will they have writing-intensive programs or a freshman seminar program or if a major is set up right or if their curriculum is done this way or that all the kind of stuff about the content and information for kids and students. Thats not where its at.

The problem is not access to information. The problem is motivation. And student motivation goes up and down a lot. And the key to motivation is face-to-face contact with another human being. Thats what really works. And it doesnt take that much of it to have a big impact on a students career.

So, for instance, having a great intro teacher is incredibly important, and schools dont spend much time on that at all. Yet its very, very doable. A single department chair can impact thousands of students educational careers just by moving one professor. Because if they have a great experience in an intro class, that paves the whole way throughout academia. If they have a bad experience Bam! The door slams shut.

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