IT Consultant Seeking a .Net Developer

PT Hamptoncappe Indonesia (Hamptoncappe Consulting)
Salary Range (3.000 K - 7.000 K)

We are a growing IT consulting company, seeking a .NET Developer with qualification or responsibility as follow:
Requirements:
A university degree in Computer Science or IT related.
1-2 years of relevant experience in Client/Server and Web based application using ASP.NET, C#.
Fresh graduates with development experience are welcome to apply.
Familiar with RDBMS.
Familiar with SSIS.
Able to write and code SQL statements.
Having knowledge in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
Good logic and able to solve problems quickly.
Self initiated and proactive, with good communication and interpersonal skills.
Able to work based on contract.

We offer attractive package with a lot of learning opportunity,exposed to a large IT environment and valuable experience in a national scale project.

To submit, please provide comprehensive CV, photo, expected salary and
write position code NETDEV on the subject,and email to: career@hamptoncappe.com

Applicants who do not meet the requirements are not encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be notified.

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Health Insurance That Just Right for You

Some insurance companies and life insurance make their health insurance market program with some different variants. In general, the health insurance company's program organized in cooperation with the hospital provider either directly or through intermediary institutions as a hospital network management.

Health insurance is a contractual agreement between insurance companies to its customers. Its contents, if the customer's risk of experiencing health-related, then the insurance company will replace the health cost issued.

Usually, replacement given to: Inpatient, operation, purchase of medicine and outpatient.

Not all replacement from health insurance gives the same. Some products only change Inpatient and other ads to the replacement operation. Only a few products give the full replace, from the Inpatient, surgery, medicine and outpatient, some Medical Insurance cover several medical services and items.

Costs of health care are basically divided into:
1. Health Care Costs, the costs that must be removed so that someone's health still fine. For example: for the health check-up, some vitamins etc.
2. Outpatient costs, the costs that must be issued to pay for consulting a doctor, when someone sick.
3. Inpatient costs, the costs that must be issued to pay for the costs associated with the Inpatient, when someone sick and have to stay.
4. Cost of medicine, the costs that must be spent to buy drugs.
5. Operating costs, the costs that must be removed when someone should be operated in the hospital.

Choosing Health Insurance
1. Health insurance should select that can provide protection Inpatient thoroughly, not only the replacement cost of a room, but also surgery costs, ambulance etc..
2. Keep taking Health insurance, even once your funds are limited at this time to pay the insurance premiums that may be felt expensive. However, select only the replacement cost of hospital rooms. Have this type of insurance excess.
3. Never take for the protection of outpatient services. Cost that you spend for treatment / dental treatment within a year is usually smaller and not at all comparable with the premium you pay.
4. Never take Health insurance that also provides the replacement cost of labor (Maternity). This is usually because the premium you pay will be almost the same magnitude with the number of claims later. Labor costs offered by insurance companies for labor is usually normal Maternity or confinement complicated Maternity.

Addition, the insurance company does not claim Maternity serve in the first year you pay the premium. This means you must pay a premium now, and new benefits you can receive if you give birth in the second.

So anyway to buy health insurance so must match the capabilities and objectives of the health insurance we participate. Not all health insurance products that can claim the product as the best, all the insurance products designed to meet a specific target market.

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Public Affairs Manager Dupont Indonesia

In line with the company’s rapid business expansion in Indonesia, we invite enthusiastic and motivated professionals to apply for the position of:
PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER
Lowongan Dupont 2009.
Major Responsibilities
- Guide and counsel management team in managing issues
- Be accountable for readiness on crisis communication
- Develop and implement community relations programs
- Improve corporate awareness among key external audiences including corporate favorability through leading the public affairs.
- Improve corporate favorability through leading the public affairs efforts in developing and implementing effective media relation activities
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor degree (S1) related disciplines from reputable universities
- 5-8 years experience in Public Affairs preferably in a regional or multinational corporation
- Agency experience is an advantage
- Excellent communications, internet knowledge and networking skills
- Familiar with local culture and with international professional practices in media, public relations and corporate communication..

Please visit the below mentioned website and click at “Career section” to proceed with the recruitment
http://id.dupont.com or email : dupon.idn@gmail.com
Only short listed candidates will be notified for interview.

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SQL Database Administrator

We are a company growing in the internet, online and live gaming field. We require professionals who are competent, motivated , honest and independent to fill the vacancy of:
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
Job role:
- Perform installation, administration, maintenance, tuning and trouble shooting of Database
- Data analysis and optimization

Requirements
- Bachelor degree majoring in IT
- DB language: MS SQL Server, MySQL Replication, Clustering & Back Up
- Certification in SQL DBA will be and advantage
- Good self motivation, strong analytical thinking and able to work as a team and strong organization skills
- Good command of the English both written and oral
- Technically independent with good initiative
- Able to be deployed on 24 x 7 support and perform rotating shift duties.

Submit your complete CV together with 2 recent color photograph (4 x 6) to:
Human Resou8rce Manager
P.O Box 3709 JKP 10037
Only candidates who fulfill the above requirements will be notified

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Satu-Satunya Kebutuhan Anda

Satu-satunya kebutuhan bagi orang yang mati adalah hayat ( kehidupan ).
Pendidikan, agama dan mawas diri, bukan kebutuhan mendasar bagi orang yang mati.
Orang mati tidak dapat ditolong ataupun mawas diri luaran, kecuali hayat ditaruh ke dalam orang mati tersebut, barulah ia akan hidup.

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SAP

I am in a confusion and need some help to know which is a better option.
SAP. SIEBEL, ORACLE APPLICATIONS, ORACLE CRM, CRM?
WHAT I don't have any detailed idea of what each focuses on?

Please help me out

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Hong Kong Red Cross Vacancy

Hong Kong Red Cross Vacancy as Finance & Administration Manager

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 09:19 AM PDT

Hong Kong Red Cross, with liaison office in Jakarta and field offices in Lhokseumawe and Mataram, is looking for a Finance & Administration Manager.

Job Description
- Reporting to our Head of Delegation. the position will initially be based in Jakarta and later be transferred to Lhokseumawe or Mataram. Frequent travel between the offices may be required.
- With the assistance of our Finance & Admin Assistants in Jakarta, Lhokseumawe and Mataram, oversee all the finance, administration and HR matters for our three offices.
- Prepare monthly financial reports and quarterly budgets and submit to our headquarter in Hong Kong.
- Monitor and manage the cash flows of the three offices.
- Monitor the daily expenses of the three offices, ensuring that expenses are within budget and following the proper approval channels as per HKRC’s financial guidelines.
- Monitor the utilization of our program funds by our program partners, ensuring that proper records are kept and funds are properly utilized as per the respective program MOUs.
- Liaise with IFRC regarding all HR matters for our national staff. Ensure that IFRC’s Human Resource Regulations and Code of Conducts are adhered to by all our national staff.
- Manage and monitor the performance of our admin and support staff, ensuring that our program delegates and staff are receiving the best support service.
- Manage the office facilities including but not limited to – premise rental and maintenance; utilities & telecommunication; acquisition, maintenance & disposal of office equipment; procurement of office stationary and supplies.
- Provide support to our expatriate delegates and guests including but not limited to – KITAS and visa matters; travel arrangements; accommodation rental & maintenance; daily transportation.
- Liaise with IFRC regarding security matters especially the security of our Lhokseumawe operation.

Qualification
- Diploma or Degree Holder, preferably with accounting qualifications (e.g. ACCA)
- Minimum 5 years relevant experience in accounting, administration and HR matters. Experience as office manager will be an advantage.
- Fluent English (both oral and written). Must be able to communicate independently with our headquarter staff and expatriate delegates.
- Good report writing and presentation skills.
- Good computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Must be able to be based in Lhokseumawe or Mataram for at least 2 years and can handle frequent travels.
- Mature, independent, pro-active, high integrity, with a strong drive of self-improvement and providing the best service.
- Experienced in managing junior staff from diverse background, with the tactfulness to handle misbehaving staff and the maturity to administer disciplinary measures when required.

Interested parties please email your applications to robert.li@redcross.org.hk to the attention of Finance & Administration Delegate, Hong Kong Red Cross, latest on 26 June 2009.

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AVP RISK ANALYSIS UNIT - CORPORATE BANKING (Code: AVP RAU CBA – 09)

HSBC, the balance of life of our employee is always be our first priority. That is why many of our people consider their office as their second home, a place where they can enjoy their work. Bank HSBC Jakarta Indonesia offers you the opportunity to become our new member of the House. Please explore this opportunity to find out more:

AVP RISK ANALYSIS UNIT - CORPORATE BANKING (Code: AVP RAU CBA – 09)
The job holder is responsible to provide credit risk analysis of the Corporate and Investment Banking clients to support the reduction of potential loss to the Bank within a set time frame period

Requirement:

Hold a minimum of Bachelor Degree in any related field from a leading/reputable university.
Has a minimum of 6 years relevant working experiences in the area of Financial Institution or Banking Industry.
Possesses strong credit risk skill, has a good knowledge of Corporate Banking activities, Investment and/or Trade products and ability to interpret meaningful information from financial accounts.
Has the standard knowledge of credit application processes, in line with Corporate Banking activities.
Possesses good knowledge of economic indicators and awareness to the industrial sectors.
Possesses the ability to maintain good quality of output under high pressure and tight deadline, and ability to maintain a high level of intense concentration for a prolonged period.
Good interpersonal and communication skills to maintain relationships with customers and to work with all levels within the Bank's organization.
Proficient in English and computer literate, i. e. Microsoft Office.
Demonstrate a high degree of integrity.

If you meet the above requirements and seek a rewarding career and the opportunity to develop with a progressive international bank, please send your detailed CV (in English) to address below: HSBC - Human Resources Department address: World Trade Center, 4th Floor, Jl. Jenderal Sudirman Kav. 29-31, Jakarta 12920 email: human-resources@hsbc.co.id To find out more information about the programme and the selection process, please visit our career site at www.hsbc.co.id

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German Chemical Company HR Manager

Our client is a German Chemical Company looking for a suitably qualified candidate to fill the following position
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, INDONESIA
Reporting to the Director, Asia Pacific Region, you will be responsible for leading HR Functions in Indonesia and be accountable for the success of AP-wide projects and initiatives. You will work with regional HR and business leaders to implement and administer human resources policies and programs , manager and coordinate administration of all required HR processes while complying with regional as well as local government requirements and ensuring effective HR practices within the organization. You will also be required to analyze and prioritize organizational and people related need through talent resourcing and retention, performance management succession planning and competitive reward systems as well as other initiatives , coordinating and driving staffing and right sizing processes throughout the region.

You should hold a professional qualification in Human Resources Management with a t least 5-7 years managerial. experience in human resources function as well as experience in supporting sales, supply chain and production set up
Interested candidates are invited to email or detailed resume by 27 June 2009 to:
Kenny Kingsley MGmt Pte Ltd
Email: Kenny@kingsleyc.om.sg

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Internal Audit Manager Vacancy

Our client, a leading Multinational Company, is currently looking for a high caliber candidate to be positioned as :
Internal Audit Manager (K/948)
Lowongan Internal Audit 2009.
The successful candidate is expected to lead the execution of audit assignment by planning, organizing, and deliver a high quality audit report. The incumbent will lead the audit team in reviewing and analyzing the working paper documentations to ensure the final audit report is based on audit methodology and the Institute of Internal Auditor’s standards of Professional Practice.
The incumbent have to maintain and effectiveness of the Internal controls of the assigned audit and to initiative timely completion of the audit staff’s individual Performance Plan supported by the organization’s performance Evaluation System and fairly assesses and provides appropriate and timely feedback on the individual audit team member’s performance.
To be successful candidate, you must possess CPA/CA/CMA/CGA/CIA with minimum 8 years of audit experience.

To apply, please email your comprehensive resume (not more than 300 KB) prior to the closing date of 22 nd June 2009, quoting the reference number of the position to resume@consultgroup.net and/or wing.baskara@consultgroup.net.
You applications will be treated with the strictest of confidence

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Get your own unique Facebook profile URL

Starting from June 13, 2009, you can get your own unique Facebook profile URL! Realize how your profile page might look something like: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=SOME_NUMBERS? It’s silly, hard to remember, and there is no easy way to show your profile to other people unless you give them the full link to your Facebook profile.

Now you can register your own URL by going to http://www.facebook.com/username/. Hurry up because you will compete with other Facebook users around the world! Once you choose yours, you can’t change it again though, so choose carefully!

Famous name Facebook users are going to be interested in the vanity URLs because it will make it easier for non-Facebook users to find them, noted Jacobson.

Those Facebook users who restrict access to their information may find it more convenient for their friends to connect to them with the vanity URLs, but their friends will still have to log in to see their restricted information, she said.

But according to the service, one name has already sold, though it has to be bogus. Assetize just started partially blocking out names sold so you can't see which ones were purchased, but if you load the page you will see facebook.com/alex.

What else is odd about this is that alex is a 4-letter URL, which is against Facebook's rules. So unless it was a Facebook employee who got the URL and was selling it, the whole thing seems to be a sham.

Not everyone was happy with the results of the URL FACEBOOK landgrab, as most of the people didn't get the names they wanted within minutes of login. Goodluck, if you got your's.

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prospects of Oracle developer OCP

I have a considerably good background in Oracle. I would like to go for Oracle certifications. What are the prospects of Oracle developer OCP. If, I can ask, Which one is better - DBA certfication or Developer (Forms, Reports, etc) certification or Oracle Applications certification? And what are their prospects now? Please suggest as what best I need to do. It would be very helpful for me to decide my future course of action.

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Facebook 1.6 on BlackBerry

Facebook 1.6 on BlackBerry, what's the difference?

Facebook application for Blackberry has released the latest version. RIM appears to have improved some of the features in the 1.6 version of this facebok. Like what?

Here is a features the latest Facebook 1.6 :

- Currently Facebook 1.6 photo viewing features. With this feature users can view photos with the slideshow format. Scroll with the movement forward and backwards, user can enjoy the view more beautiful images.

- By the wall viewing feature, writing on wall now can be done directly with only one click, without viewing our friend profile first.

- With the newsfeed support, now our friends status can be seen on each homepage.

- That is not less interesting, Facebook 1.6 has Indonesian language features. There are new additional Thailand and Portuguese language features.

If interested, users can download on Blackberry site.

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Google Squared Puts Search Results In A Grid

Google launches Google Squared, a new search tool

Google has launched a new experimental search tool called Google Squared, that collects facts from the web and presents them in an organised collection, similar to a spreadsheet.



A search for American Presidents on Google Squared, would bring up a grid listing several Presidents, with their date of birth, a description about them, political party and when they were died.
Google Squared does not provide a list of links to web pages like a regular Google search does, but presents information derived from a query in a spreadsheet-esque grid referred to as a “square”.

The tool has been developed for those queries which are more complex and require users to visit several websites to research and collect relevant information.

For example, a search for American presidents on Google Squared would bring up a grid listing several presidents, with their date of birth, a description about them and who they were preceded by.

Users of the new tool can then build upon and refine their “square” through further web searches.

Alex Komoroske, associate product manager for Google Squared, said: “It [Google Squared] essentially searches the web to find the types of facts you might be interested in, extracts them and presents them in a meaningful way.”

Martin McNulty, director of the search specialist Trafficbroker, commented: “Google Squared is something else. It massively enhances the search experience by bringing relevant results forward much more quickly and enabling people to quickly sort through and introduce new data as if on a spreadsheet. It effectively removes search layers, significantly improving the user experience by rapidly surfacing what they need to see. Other search engines are moving in a similar direction but once again you get the feeling Google is ahead of the crowd.”

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Keadaan Asli Anda

Dalam pandangan Allah, anda bukan sekedar berdosa, Anda pun telah mati.
Dalam pandangan Allah, manusia tidak bedanya seperti mayat atau gumpalan daging yang berjalan.
Boleh jadi Anda bingung mendengar ini, inilah beberapa fakta.

Berapa orangkah yang hari ini jujur dan tepat perkataannya ?
Atau lurus dan bersih cara berpikirnya ?
Atau bebas hatinya dari ingatan yang lalim, jahat, iri, bersaing, licik, sombong ... ?
Betulkah mulut, angan-angan dan hati bersih semua dan tidak mengandung dosa ?

Jika ada dosa namun anda tidak merasa melakukannya, itu karena hanya orang yang mati yang tidak berperasaan.
Anda tidak merasa karena anda sudah mati.
Anda mati karena dalam anda sudah mengandung dosa.
Tertulis di Alkitab "Kamu telah mati di dalam dosa dan pelanggaranmu"


Selain itu, anda sering ingin mengamalkan kebajikan, tapi pada kenyataannya tidak juga berhasil.
Ingin menempuh hidup yang tenang, tapi malah berbuat sesuatu yang tidak boleh diketahui orang lain; condong kepada keluhuran, malah bertambah jatuh ke dalam kenistaan, kecemaran dan kedosaan.
Dari luar anda terlihat baik, ada kedudukan, ada pengetahuan, ada kekuasaan dan ketenaran.
Anda juga berminat untuk memiliki hidup yang bermoral dan berbobot, namun anda tidak memiliki kekuatan untuk itu.
Anda sangat lemah, sehingga tidak pernah mampu menggapai cita-cita yang terpuji itu.

Selain tidak mampu, anda pun tidak berdaya melawan situasi sekeliling yang jahat, tidak berdaya mengelakkan godaan-godaan dosa, bahkan sebaliknya terseret dan terhanyut.

Hal ini juga merupakan bukti bahwa anda telah mati, sebab hanya orang yang mati yang tidak mampu melawan.
Sama halnya dengan jenazah tidak punya kemampuan dan kekuatan melawan, bahkan makin lama makin membusuk.

Bukankah usia anda makin bertambah? Apakah moralitas anda juga bertambah seiring usia anda?

Fakta telah berbicara bahwa keadaan anda sekarang justru tidak sanggup mengamalkan kebajikan, sampai-sampai menolak kejahatan pun tidak bisa. Ini menandakan bahwa di dalam anda sudah mati, tidak ada kehidupan. Satu-satunya kebutuhan anda adalah ....

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please suggest appropriately

I have recently completed my MCA and currently working in a call center. Prior to this job, I was a faculty teaching Oracle, Unix and other subjects. I had to change to Call center industry due to the recession in early 2001. I have considerable knowledge in Unix, Oracle 9i, C, VB and others. I would like to pursue my career further in Oracle/Unix. Could anybody please suggest appropriately.

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Kebutuhan Anda

Adakah kebutuhan pada anda? Kebutuhan apakah yang terasa pada anda?
Dapatkah anda menyebutkan kebutuhan anda yang sebenarnya?
Mungkin jawaban anda menyangkut hal makanan, pakaian, tempat tinggal,
atau mungkin ilmu pengetahuan, keterampilan rumah tangga dan lain sebagainya.

Saya ingin meneruskan pertanyaan tadi, seandainya semua itu telah terpenuhi
masih adakah kebutuhan pada anda?

Banyak orang yang sudah memiliki semua itu, bahkan berlimpah-limpah namun
mereka tetap merasa lapar dan dahaga, tetap merasa tidak puas dan sentosa,
tetap merasa sia-sia.
Dari luar mereka boleh dikata tidak berkekurangan, tetapi dalam batin, mereka
selalu merasa kekurangan sesuatu. Rasa kurang ini tidak mungkin dipenuhi atau
ditanggulangi dengan adanya pakaian dan makanan.

Anda benar-benar merasakan kebutuhan itu, namun kebutuhan itu sesungguhnya bukanlah
masalah materi.
Meskipun anda sendiri tidak jelas mengetahui apa kebutuhan anda, tetapi anda jelas
tahu bahwa rasa kebutuhan itu memang ada. Kurang pahamnya anda terhadap kebutuhan
anda tersebut disebabkan kurang kenalnya anda pada diri anda sendiri. Apabila anda
mengenali diri anda sendiri, maka selain merasakan kebutuhan itu, anda akan jelas
mengetahui apa saja yang sedang anda butuhkan.

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I've been working in a technical field for years (telecom) and I'm looking for a career change. (Telecom these days requires networking knowledge, Unix knowledge, Microsoft knowledge, understanding of protocols, and hardware)
I am planning to take the 3 courses required for a DBA (Oracle SQL, Admin I, Admin II), but obviously I won't be able to walk into a shop and be a DBA. I've read that starting as a developer is a way in, so I can take an additional PL/SQL class (I may take it anyway). I'm aware that I will need to take a pay cut to start and I am OK with that. Here are my questions:

How do I get started as a DBA?
Are their Entry Level DBA jobs in a shop with Sr. DBAs?
Is starting as a developer a valid way to get a foot in the door or is it a totally different carreer path?
What sort of starting pay can I expect?

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Oracle Update

I worked as a pl/sql developer for 5 years but I do have breaks in my career because of the kids. Now it has been almost 2 1/2 years I stopped working.

Now I would like to try for a job. But my skills in Oracle were out dated. What would be good career change for me to get a job based on present market conditions. I can easily learn new technologies but need to get a break.

Could you anyone what is easy to learn and which technologies have better jobs?

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Avoid the Procrastination

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Do you put off things until tomorrow what you can do today? If so, you are a procrastinator. A lot of people consider that a little procrastination is acceptable and perfectly normal. In daily life, many times you still delay the task. But, you’re not aware that if you still delay what you can do today, you are inviting trouble. For example, a lot of students commonly delay to study for their final exam. So, they must study hard in limited time, or just one night before the exam. Exactly, it’s futile to study hard in limited time, or just one night before the exam. If you do that, on the day you’re doing the final exam, certainly you feel so tired and feel sleepy. And if you feel sleepy, you can’t concentrate on your final exam. Another example, most of people commonly procrastinate to seeing the dentist semi annually. Usually, most of people just seeing the dentist if they have a toothache. And for the result, they must have a medical treatment for their toothache. I consider that medical treatment for the toothache is always painful. So, for that reason people usually postponing seeing the dentist, in other words people dread to seeing the dentist. Finally, from that examples, we know that procrastination can cause a bad result. So, we must avoid the habit of procrastination. I believe that by being discipline with yourself, always remember all of consequences, and with support from friends, you can avoid the habit of procrastination.

The first thing to avoid the procrastination is start from yourself. You can’t avoid procrastination if you don’t believe that you can do it. You must be discipline with yourself, you can discipline yourself in many ways. One example, you can make your daily schedule, you should write your activities start from when you wake up till you sleep at night. If you have plan all your daily activities, you don’t need to worry about wasting time in futile activities. Having a daily schedule can rise many benefits in our life. One of the benefit is, you have activities that had been scheduled, so you can move from one of your activities to another activities in the right time. Another benefit is, if you have done all of your chores or your daily tasks, you can have more free time in your weekend, you don’t need to think and worry about what activities that you had delayed, because you have done all of your tasks. One more benefit, you didn’t need to finish your work a day before the deadline, so you do your work not in a limited time, and you can finish your work with better result than finish your work in a limited time. But, the important thing if you have a daily schedule, you must stick with your activities that have written on your schedule.

The second thing you can do to avoid the procrastination is always remember all consequences. Surely, procrastinate your tasks will have consequences. One example, usually if you don’t do your homework or your assignment from your teacher, you get punishment from your teacher. Maybe your homework or your assignment should be done double, or you’ve got to accept another homework or another assignment to be your punishment. Of course those punishment will make you busier, because besides that you must do your assignment , you must do your punishment too. Another example, if you procrastinate your tasks, your tasks will be mounted . In consequence, you must do all of your tasks at one time. Furthermore, in that time you have an event which must be present. How can you do all of your tasks in that situation? So, if you know that consequences you will get more difficulty, and you keep remember that consequences, i’m sure you will think twice to procrastinate your tasks.
The last thing you can do to avoid the procrastination is you ask for help and support from your friends. You need friends to remind you if you procrastinate your tasks. Maybe your friends can remind you about the punishment if you forget to do your work. I think support from your friends to push you up, to convince that you can avoid procrastination, will help you to change your habit. But, if you depend on your friends to support you to avoid procrastination, you should be associate with people who live with discipline themselves. If your friends are rife with procrastination or your friends are procrastinator too, i’m sure that you can’t avoid your habit.

People who often postpone doing things and then get into trouble is procrastinator. Procrastination can become a habit that is hard to break. If the procrastinators don’t change their attitude, it can cause a grave result. So. procrastinators must move with dispatch to change their habit. The important thing to avoid procrastination is start from yourself, you must be discipline with yourself, by having a daily schedule for example, so you can control your activities. Another thing you can do to avoid procrastination is always remember that keep delaying your tasks will have consequences. The last thing to change your bad habit is get support from your friends, you need friends to remind you if you procrastinate your tasks.

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Grandma's Corn Pudding

"This corn pudding is definitely comfort food."

INGREDIENTS:

* 5 eggs
* 1/3 cup butter, melted
* 1/4 cup white sugar
* 1/2 cup milk
* 4 tablespoons cornstarch
* 1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn
* 2 (14.75 ounce) cans cream-style corn

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
2. In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs. Add melted butter, sugar, and milk. Whisk in cornstarch. Stir in corn and creamed corn. Blend well. Pour mixture into prepared casserole dish.
3. Bake for 1 hour.

Nutrition facts (per serving)

* Calories (kcal) 279
* Protein 7.7g
* Cals from Protein 10%
* Total Fat 12.1g
* Cals from Fat 36%
* Carbohydrates 39.7g
* Cals from Carbohydrates 53%
* Fiber 2.3g
* Cholesterol 155mg
* Sodium 534mg

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Crisis Change Consumer Behavior

Global financial crisis may have forced many people cancel they holiday dreams. However, it seems consumers still want to spend money for goods that are important, for example beauty products and health care products.

An international survey by market research company, Synovate, shows the expenditures for cosmetics and health care seems to stand still. In fact, recent economic decline has changed the behavior of consumers around the world.

Surveys find that, 41 percent of people plan to spend the same amount for cosmetics, such as before starting this crisis. Only 27 percent who say they will reduce the expenditure.

Meanwhile, products for health care, 55 percent of respondents said they would spend the same amount. Only only 17 percent of which will reduce the expenditure.

Surveys that ask 11,500 people in dozens of countries, including Brazil, Greece, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, UK, and USA.

Despite a dismal economic forecasts in their countries, respondents from Denmark, Brazil, and Malaysia is the most optimistic about their economic strength. As for those from the U.S. and UK respondents are the most pessimistic.

U.S. has been stuck in a recessionary economy. Meanwhile, data showed the UK in December to move to near recession. Economic crisis since the show years ago, started from the U.S. housing sector crisis, which then hit the global financial markets and mengimbas to the world economy.

Overall, consumers in many countries to reduce their spending money for luxury goods.

Only 10 percent of respondents in Brazil that recognizes akan spends more for luxury goods. While 49 percent of Hong Kong and 72 percent of Denmark, said their spending for luxury goods will remain the same.

More consumers, especially in Brazil, English, French, Greek, and the U.S., said, they will see more stringent price before the transaction.

However, many buyers in Malaysia, Taiwan, and Hong Kong who say they are not looking at the price of goods before purchase.

Now, without planning to buy into the story then. No more buyers are buying things only because of the mood. This shown by about 82 percent of Americans, 76 percent of the UK, 78 percent of the Belgium, and 70 percent people of France.

However, 55 percent of the Hong Kong and 72 percent of the Danish people are impulsive in buying the same amount as before.

Holiday and branded things are the first things that must be left for the family budget cut. However, these options vary across the world.

For the United States and Greece, eating in restaurants with family and friends is the first thing that must be left. While the delay Romania buy high equipment.

Serbian compromising choose a holiday, but 81 percent of the Danish no mention that they left away.

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HOW TO BE A GRACIOUS B!TCH

Jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching.
Nothing could dampen her excitement -- not even her parent's nasty divorce.
Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear and would be the best-dressed mother- of-the-bride ever!
A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn that her father's new young wife had bought the exact same dress as her mother!
Jennifer asked her father's new young wife to exchange it, but she refused.
'Absolutely not, I look like a million bucks in this dress, and I'm Wearing it,' she replied.
Jennifer told her mother who graciously said, 'Never mind sweetheart.
I'll get another dress. After all, it's your special day.'
A few days later, they went shopping and did find another gorgeous dress.
When they stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother, 'Aren't you going to return the other dress? You really don't have another occasion where you could wear it.
Her mother just smiled and replied, 'Of course I do, dear. I'm wearing it to the rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding.'

NOW I ASK YOU - IS THERE A WOMAN OUT THERE, ANYWHERE, WHO WOULDN'T
ENJOY THIS STORY?

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Yahoo! 360° is closing

Officially closing on July 13, 2009, bye2 something that I don't even use :)

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