Monday, January 2, 2012

Gladys Ida Turner, 84, Tampa, Florida

Gladys Ida Turner, 84, of Tampa, passed away December 28, 2011. Born in
Caibarien, Cuba, Gladys moved to the Tampa area in 1992. She is survived by
her loving family; sons, Carlos Parra and Mario Lauchy, seven grandchildren,
Marielena, Marilin, Yaxeline, Lasaro, Anaelys, Yusniel, and Elsys, sisters,
Oilda, Acela, and Nancy, brothers, Francisco, Jose, Luis, and Arnaldo. Gladys was
preceded in death by her husband, James M. Turner. The family will receive
friends, Tuesday, January 3, 2012 from 5-8 PM at the Blount & Curry West
Chapel, 6802 Silvermill Dr., Tampa, where a service of remembrance will be
held Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Noon. Burial will follow at the Garden
of Memories Cemetery.

Source: http://abcactionnews.tributes.com/show/Gladys-Ida-Turner-93017564

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Verizon reverses on $2 fee for one-time payments

(AP) ? After a customer backlash, Verizon Wireless on Friday dropped a plan to start charging $2 for every payment subscribers make over the phone or online with their credit or debit cards.

In a statement on its website Friday, the company said "customer feedback" prompted the decision to drop the "convenience fee" it wanted to introduce on Jan. 15.

Verizon wanted to steer people to electronic check payments, which are cheaper, and automatic credit card payments, which are more reliable.

A petition on Change.org against the fees had gathered more than 95,000 names by Friday afternoon, a day after Verizon, the country's largest cellphone company, announced the fees. The petition was set up by Molly Katchpole, who earlier this year started a successful campaign to make Bank of America drop a $5-per-month fee for debit-card use.

Payment processors for power companies usually charge "convenience fees" of up to $5 for every payment made by phone or online, but cellphone companies haven't taken the step yet. The furor against Verizon hints that they may have to wait further.

Verizon Wireless serves 91 million phones and other devices on accounts that pay the company directly, and more who pay indirectly through other companies. It's a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. of New York and Vodafone Group PLC of Britain.

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Online:

Verizon's statement: http://news.verizonwireless.com/news/2011/12/pr2011-12-30.html

Associated Press

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Look out featherweights, neophyte Jimy Hettes crushes Nam Phan at UFC 141

Look out featherweights, neophyte Jimy Hettes crushes Nam Phan at UFC 141

LAS VEGAS - The UFC must have a lot of faith in Jimy Hettes because it rolled the dice by putting the 24-year-old on the pay-per-view portion of UFC 141. Hettes made the bosses look smart by putting on a three-round exhibition of grappling, takedowns, submissions, and ground and pound on his way to an easy win over Nam Phan, 30-25, 30-25 and 30-26.

Hettes, 24, only had one UFC fight under his belt and he was taking on a grizzled veteran of the sport in Phan. He came out strong with takedowns 16 and 35 seconds into the fight. From there, Hettes used trip takedowns and judo throws to dump Phan (17-10, 1-2 UFC) on his head whenever he wanted.

On the ground, Hettes (11-0, 2-0 UFC) shifted between working for submissions and pounding away at Phan's head was super accurate punches.

Look out featherweights, neophyte Jimy Hettes crushes Nam Phan at UFC 141

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/blog/cagewriter/post/Look-out-featherweights-neophyte-Jimy-Hettes-cr?urn=mma-wp11334

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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Sinead O'Connor Reveals Why She Ended Her 16-Day Marriage

Sinead O'Connor is being quite candid about the reasons she ended her marriage after only 16 days.

Source: http://www.ivillage.com/sinead-oconnor-reveals-more-about-why-she-ended-her-18-day-marriage/1-a-414369?dst=iv%3AiVillage%3Asinead-oconnor-reveals-more-about-why-she-ended-her-18-day-marriage-414369

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SAG sends members postcards with voting instructions (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? It's time for Screen Actors Guild members to start paying close attention to their mailboxes.

On Friday, three days after the Academy mailed out Oscar ballots, SAG sent postcards to nearly 100,000 of its members. And for members who want to have a say in this year's SAG Awards, those postcards are essential.

The cards, which are being sent to every member of the guild eligible to vote, contain ballot instructions that will enable members to cast their ballots online for the 18th SAG Awards.

Paper ballots will not be mailed to members unless they request them by calling a toll-free number, (877) 610-8637, before five p.m. on Monday, January 16.

SAG has been encouraging its members to vote online for the last seven years, but 2010 was the first time that it mailed a postcard to advise members that paper ballots would be available by request only.

Although the change was publicized at the time in an October 2010 press release and a fall issue of Screen Actor magazine, many members contacted TheWrap to complain that they didn't notice or had misplaced their postcards, and were having a hard time voting.

The process remains in place this year, with members needing a PIN number included on the postcards to vote online.

Last year's cards also contained codes good for free downloads of nominated movies, and for coupons that provided free admission to movie theaters.

SAG is by far the largest Hollywood guild, with around 120,000 members. Only members whose November dues were paid by December 16 are eligible to vote, which reduces the number of potential voters to between 90,000 and 100,000.

SAG has been honored by the Environmental Media Association for its green practices.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111230/film_nm/us_sag_ballots

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Friday, December 30, 2011

Facebook Messenger for Windows 7 is Official

facebook messenger imageFacebook has done it?s darndest to take over your digital life. The massively popular social network has your photos, videos, a news feed, apps and games and even instant messaging. Seeking further ubiquity, Facebook is bringing its Facebook Messenger IM feature to Windows 7 as a desktop download.

While Facebook Messenger may play second fiddle to chat services such as Google?s Gchat, Facebook Messenger has amassed a horde of dedicated users ? not to mention the millions of people that use Facebook every day.

Of course, the software isn?t entirely surprising. Facebook Messenger for Windows 7 was recently leaked to the interwebs as a private, unauthorized download. Facebook is fighting fire with fire by releasing an official version of the download which you can get here through a direct download. Facebook Messenger has been available as a mobile app for some time but this is the first (official) release for a Windows desktop.

The Windows app looks almost identical to the chat bar on Facebook.com. Users can permanently dock the chat bar on their home screen or access chat via the Windows system tray.

Users get notifications when friends want to chat. Friend activity is also shown, however clicking on these items will take you to a web browser. The same goes for messages in your Facebook inbox.

The chat bar is meant as a chat client and as such many of Facebook?s features are disabled. For example, you can accept pending friend requests but if you want to search for new friends or check profiles you?ll need to go to Facebook.com. Facebook says the chat bar is a trial application so expect updates and changes (it is Facebook, after all).

The download currently doesn?t support video or voice calling though these features will have to be added if Facebook wants to stay competitive. Does Facebook Messenger have legs? Let us know your thoughts below.

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Source: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/SeN050GWzaU/

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Video: Options Action: PHM

An options strategy on home builder, PulteGroup, with Mike Khouw, Cantor Fitzgerald.

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