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  • Peggy Olson, "Mad Men"

    She didn't have an easy start as a secretary at Sterling Cooper, but Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) has certainly worked her way up on the '60s era drama. Peggy was consdiered one of the biggest creative geniuses behind the company (before she left last season), although she certainly lost a few nights of sleep in the process.

  • Walter White, "Breaking Bad"

    Once just a high school chemistry teacher, Walt (Bryan Cranston) has spent the past four years battling cancer, cooking meth and killing people. Oh, and he's now considered the drug king of New Mexico. It's kind of a tough job.

  • Deborah Morgan, "Dexter"

    Deb (Jennifer Carpenter) is totally devoted to her job as a Lieutenant for the the Miami Metro Homicide Unit. In a mostly male-dominated field, she had to prove herself by outworking everyone else. She takes her job home with her, has no personal life to speak of, and has been rewarded for her dedication and police intuition with promotions to Detective and eventually Lieutenant for simultaneously busting asses and kicking them.

  • Saul Berenson, "Homeland"

    There were heartbreaking moments and tense developments galore in this crackling Showtime thriller, but anchoring it all was a wonderfully soulful performance by Mandy Patinkin as the hard-working Saul. He talked Carrie down from her more manic places, and when that failed, he comforted her at her lowest moments -- all in addition to holding down a demanding job as a crucial CIA employee. One of the most indelible images of Season 1 was a scene of Saul using a ruler to spread peanut butter on some crackers, a late-night snack that reinforced the idea that those who often work hard to keep America safe not only don't get credit -- they don't even get dinner.

  • Leslie Knope, "Parks & Recreation"

    You will not find a harder worker in the Parks and Recreation department of Pawnee. Heck, you probably won't find a more dedicated worker anywhere on TV. Leslie (Amy Poehler) spearheaded the Harvest Festival, saving Pawnee. She also tirelessly campaigned for a seat on the Pawnee City Council while continuing her work with the Parks Department. When she was suspended, she started her own citizen action league. You can take the Knope out of the office, but you can't take the work out of the Knope.

  • Tyrion Lannister, "Game of Thrones"

    Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) wasn't exactly a hard-working guy when "Thrones" began, but over the course of two seasons, more and more responsibilities piled up on him, to the point where he hardly had time for bordellos and wine (the horror!). One of the most fascinating things about the HBO show is the way it's shown Tyrion -- who'd been underestimated and mostly dismissed by everyone (including himself) -- realize that he not only was good at wielding power, he actually liked it. But it certainly cuts into a guy's recreational time, as courtiers Varys and Littlefinger could have told him.

  • Alicia Florrick, "The Good Wife"

    Is Alicia (Julianna Margulies) ever home? And when she's home, is her phone ever not within arm's reach? She always goes above and beyond for Lockhart/Gardner. This is her first job in years and Alicia has moved fast, climbing the corporate ladder with ease. Could it be Lockhart, Gardner & Florrick soon?

  • John Cooper, "Southland"

    Cooper (Michael Cudlitz) is recovering from addiction problems, but he never lets his bad back stand in the way of doing his job as an LAPD officer. His troubled past (a criminal father, a failed marriage and his closeted sexuality) explains why he's so passionate about the job, and why he does it all with a sense of humor. "You're a cop because you don't know how not to be one. If you feel that way, you're a cop -- if you don't, you're not."

  • Kate Beckett, "Castle"

    Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) has a lot on her plate -- the unsolved murder of her mother that drew her to the job and Castle, the man who wants to help her solve the case ... but not at the expense of her own safety. Her personal issues sometimes drive her to make emotional decisions in the field, but it just proves how much she really cares.

  • Sam and Dean Winchester, "Supernatural"

    Plenty of people take their work home with them, but few let their jobs consume them as thoroughly as hunky, demon-hunting brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) have over seven seasons of "Supernatural." The family business of "saving people" and "hunting things" not only has them living in motels and out of Dean's trusty Impala, it's also seen them sent to Heaven, Hell and many dimensions in-between in the name of saving the world. If anyone deserves a vacation, it's these two hard-working heroes. Sadly for them, kicking ass and looking good is a full-time job.

  • Miranda Bailey, "Grey's Anatomy"

    Dr. Bailey (Chandra Wilson) could not be more dedicated to her job at Seattle Grace. When viewers first met her, she was the play-by-the rules resident of general surgery and referred to as "The Nazi" by her five surgical interns -- Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh), Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl), George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) and Alex Karev (Justin Chambers) -- because she ruled with an iron first. But Bailey has since proven to have a soft heart, too. Her devotion to her job arguably cost her her marriage, but Bailey could never turn her back on the co-workers and patients at Seattle Grace, no matter how much stress and pressure she's under.

  • Kenneth Parcell, "30 Rock"

    The constantly-cheerful NBC page (and former Southern farm boy) is one of the most dutiful employees we've ever seen on TV. Sure, Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) is incredibly awkward and sometimes annoyingly optimistic, but he also could not be more devoted to "TGS," NBC and television at large. After all, how many times have we seen him out of his page uniform?

  • Max Black, "Two Broke Girls"

    One of the titular heroines of CBS' raunchy comedy, Max Black (Kat Dennings) seems to have tried her hand at just about every low-paying job in New York. She's also an excellent multitasker, balancing her burgeoning cupcake business with waitressing, nannying, cleaning, working as a department store Christmas elf, dog-sitting and wrangling her flaky roommate Caroline, to name a few. Someone give this poor broke girl a break!

  • Antoine Batiste, "Treme"

    It's not easy being a working musician in New Orleans. Whether he's trying to wrangle together his own band or lugging his trombone all around town going from gig to gig, Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce) is always hustling. At his wife's urging, he picked up a side job as an assistant band leader at a local high school, which will give his family a steady stream of secondary income.

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    Check Out the New 2014 Ford Fiesta ST in 80 Photos and on Film

    Photo by Winding RoadFord seems quite committed to the hot hatch in the United States, as the Dearborn-based manufacturer has just announced another speedy five-door for the North American market. Slotting below the 252-horsepower Focus ST is this, the 197-horsepower Fiesta ST.... Read full article

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    Thousands protest after Bangladesh fire traps workers, kills at least ...

    Thousands of textile workers gathered in Bangladesh in protest factory conditions following a massive fire that killed 112 people. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

    By NBC News wire services

    DHAKA, Bangladesh --?Thousands of Bangladeshi workers blocked the streets of a Dhaka suburb Monday, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, as they demanded justice for at least 112 people killed in a garment-factory fire that highlighted unsafe conditions in an industry rushing to produce for major retailers around the world.

    Another fire broke out in a multi-story garment factory in a Dhaka suburb on Monday, but a fire department official said the blaze was under control and there were no immediate reports that anyone had died in the latest blaze.

    Some 200 factories were closed for the day after the protest erupted in Savar, the industrial zone where Saturday's deadly fire occurred. Protesters blocked a major highway.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    Workers shout slogans Monday as they protest against the death of their colleagues after a weekend fire in a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh, killed more than 100 people.

    The government announced that Tuesday will be a day of national mourning, with the national flag flying at half-mast in honor of the dead.

    Fire official: No emergency exit
    Investigators suspect that a short circuit caused the fire, said Maj. Mohammad Mahbub, fire department operations director. But he said it was not the fire itself but the lack of safety measures in the eight-story building that made it so deadly.

    Fire sweeps clothing factory in Bangladesh -- more than 100 killed

    "Had there been at least one emergency exit through outside the factory, the casualties would have been much lower," Mahbub said.

    He said firefighters recovered at least 100 bodies from the factory, and 12 more people died at hospitals after jumping from the building to escape the fire.

    Local media reported that up to 124 people were killed.

    "I haven't been able to find my mother," one worker, who gave her name as Shahida, told Reuters. "I demand justice. I demand that the owner be arrested."

    Mohammad Ripu, a survivor, said Monday that he tried to run out of the building when the fire alarm rang but was stopped.

    "Managers told us, 'Nothing happened. The fire alarm had just gone out of order. Go back to work,'" Ripu said. "But we quickly understood that there was a fire. As we again ran for the exit point we found it locked from outside, and it was too late."

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    Ripu said he jumped from a second-floor window and suffered minor injuries.

    Mahbub said the fire broke out on the ground floor, which was used as a warehouse, and spread quickly to the upper floors. He said many workers who retreated to the roof were rescued, but dozens of others were trapped; firefighters recovered 69 bodies from the second floor alone.

    A fire blew through an eight-story clothing factory in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh on Saturday night. The factory made products for Walmart and other U.S. companies. NBC's Kate Snow has more.

    Many victims were burned beyond recognition. The bodies were laid out in rows at a school nearby. Many of them were handed over to families; unclaimed victims were taken to Dhaka Medical College for identification.

    More news from South & Central Asia on NBCNews.com

    Hazardous conditions are widespread
    The garment-factory fire was Bangladesh's deadliest in recent memory, but such dangers have long been a fact of life as the industry has mushroomed to meet demand from major retailers around the world.

    At least 500 people have died in clothing factory accidents in Bangladesh since 2006, according to fire department officials.

    The Savar factory is owned by Tazreen Fashions Ltd., a subsidiary of the Tuba Group. Neither Tazreen nor Tuba Group officials could be reached for comment.

    The Tuba Group is a major Bangladeshi garment exporter whose clients include Wal-Mart, Carrefour and IKEA, according to its website.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    A firefighter inspects a garment factory in Savar, Bangladesh, on Sunday after a fire caused more than 100 deaths there a day earlier.

    Bangladesh has some 4,000 garment factories, many without proper safety measures. The country annually earns about $20 billion from exports of garment products, mainly to the United States and Europe.

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    The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association said it would stand by the victims' families and offered $1,250 to each of the families of the dead. The association's acting president, Siddiqur Rahman, said on a talk show late Sunday that Tazreen's owner was to meet with group representatives on Monday.

    "We will discuss what other things we can do for the families of the dead," Rahman said on Rtv, a private television station. "We are worried about what has happened. We hope to discuss everything in detail in that meeting."

    The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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    Mitt Romney Finally Captures 47% of America

    Country music titan Dolly Parton is anything but shy.In an exclusive interview with "Nightline," Parton dished about her love life (including those rumors that she is secretly gay), losing a drag queen lookalike contest and building an entertainment empire estimated at half a billion dollars.Watch the full story on "Nightline" tonight at 11:35 p.m. ETIn her long reign as a country music legend, Parton, now 66, has done it all. In her new motivational memoir, "Dream More," which will be released on Nov. 27, Parton talks about growing up dirt poor in Sevierville, Tenn. ...

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    Budget battle weighs on shopping season

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    The impasse in Congress over the ?fiscal cliff? could be the Grinch that steals Christmas if it isn?t resolved soon.

    A record 247 million shoppers visited stores and websites over the four-day Black Friday weekend, up 9 percent from last year, according to the National Retail Federation. They spent an average $423 this year, up 6 percent from last year, for a total of $59 billion.

    ?I think there's a long way to go,? said retail industry analyst Dana Telsey. ?This season is going to be a battle almost every single day as you keep getting through to those ten days before (December) 25th. I think we go into a lull period now before you get the big sales coming again.?

    Even without the uncertainty over a $500 million wave of tax hikes and spending cuts set to hit paychecks Jan. 1, retailers face some major challenges this holiday season.

    With unemployment stuck at nearly at 8 percent, millions of households are without paychecks. Still reeling from last month?s Superstorm Sandy, millions of hard-hit households have had to dip into savings to clean up and rebuild. (Based on insurance data from previous storms, as much as half of the estimated $50 billion in property losses may have been uninsured.) Spending on lost household furnishings and damaged homes will divert funds that would otherwise have gone to holiday shopping.

    Spending may also fade this holiday season because, continuing a decade-long trend, retailers kicked it off ?even earlier this year. Some consumers have already spent all or part of the money they budgeted for the holidays.

    With so much economic uncertainty this year ?retailers started extending their promotional period,? said American Express vice chairman Ed Gilligan. ?Our research says that some people have been holiday shopping since Halloween or even earlier.?

    Consumers who haven?t finished ? or even started ? their holiday shopping face continued uncertainty until Congress and the White House reach a budget deal. One of the biggest single hits to spending would come from the expiration of jobless benefits which, unless renewed, would remove $26 billion from consumer spending next year, according to the non-partisan?Congressional Budget Office.

    Since the recession hit in 2007, Congress has battled multiple times over the extension of four separate? tiers? of extended benefits. As a result, most beneficiaries are keenly aware of just how vulnerable they are to a last-minute cutoff of those extended tiers.?

    All those people facing expiration are going to keep their wallets closed, even if a last-minute deal is reached before year-end.

    On Monday, a White House report estimated that letting taxes rise on middle-class families would take a? $200 billion bite out of consumer spending in 2013. That 1.7 percentage point cut in spending would knock 1.4 percentage points off GDP growth, according to the White House's National Economic Council and Council of Economic Advisers.

    The retail industry, which has accounted for nine percent of employment growth since the U.S. recession ended in June 2009, would be among the hardest hit, the report said.

    The CBO has estimated that, unless modified or postponed, the budget law set to take effect in January will push the U.S. economy back into recession and send the unemployment rate to 9.1 percent ? up from the current 7.9 percent. The budget package would send the nation?s gross domestic product, which grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the third quarter, into reverse, shrinking at a 0.5 percent rate, according to the CBO analysis.

    Much of the contraction would come from a sharp slowdown in consumer spending, according to Monday?s analysis by the White House of the impact on middle class consumers.

    The report was the latest volley by President Barack Obama in his ongoing political battle to strike a deal with Republicans that would extend tax cuts for families making less than $250,000 a year and raise taxes on people making more.

    Shortly after his re-election, Obama called on Congress to extend tax cuts for 98 percent of American families even before wider deal is reached. The White House also wants lawmakers to fix the alternative minimum tax, set up decades ago to remove tax breaks for high-income households. Because it was not indexed for inflation, is has to be fixed every year to avoid snaring in millions of less affluent taxpayers.

    Middle class households ? along with all wage earners - will also lose about $68 a week in spending money if the two percent payroll tax holiday is allowed to expire.

    Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/economywatch/budget-standoff-weighs-holiday-shopping-season-1C7206758

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    Email Marketing Tips, Tricks, And Techniques For ... - Businesses

    When?s the last time you checked your email? If you?re like most people, you check your email more than twice a day. If you are a business owner, email can be a highly reliable way to make contact and maintain communications with your ideal customers. The following are some great ideas for making the most of email promoting.

    You can change the format slightly to make your emails more personal on occasions. If your messages in marketing with email are in HTML format, try sending messages written in text format on occasion. If you write these well then you can actually provide a really intimate and simple message that can make people feel comfortable with looking at and purchasing your products.

    Always include an unsubscribe link in your emails. Do not forget to provide a link to unsubscribe and make sure it is obvious. Ideally, your users should feel like they have control over the messages that they receive, and they should never feel forced into receiving them.

    TIP! It is vital that you always get permission before adding someone to your email marketing list. If not, consumers will think you are spammer and throw your communications in the trash.

    Choose to install a double opt-in feature to make sure that the person signing up for your emails is truly interested. It may seem like overkill, but by doing this, you can be sure that a person wants to receive your emails and that will make it harder for your email provider to get into trouble.

    Remember that more and more people are reading their email with a mobile device, like a smartphone. You?ll have much less screen area to work with on these types of devices. Be certain that all of your mailings can be read on small, phone-sized screens.

    Put many links to your subscription form on your website, but don?t cram it down visitors throats. Let your customers know that you?ll keep their email information to yourself. Also, tell them the benefits of signing up. The success of your email campaigns will greatly depend on how many people will sign up for your mailing list.

    TIP! You should always get permission from your customers before you add them to your email list. Very few people like to receive information that they did not sign up for.

    Your marketing emails should be brief and to the point. Try to keep your language direct and to the point. Show your subscribers that you value their time. This is also effective at making readers more likely to go over the whole message. As your email will contain important information and links near the end, it is important that you hold your audience?s attention.

    Using email is one of the most basic ways to communicate with business customers. You will start seeing results with email marketing when you apply the advice from this article. If you use email to get your message out, it can be relatively easy to promote your company.

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    Business Week On TSA: Airport "Security" Is Making Americans Less ...

    Business Week | November 24, 2012
    By Amy Alkon

    "$100 billion spent and not one risk analysis study," wrote the engineering prof friend of mine who sent me this link from a Charles Kenny piece in Business Week:

    In 2010 the National Academy of Science reported the lack of "any Department of Homeland Security risk analysis capabilities and methods that are yet adequate for supporting decision making." DHS (and the TSA in particular) is spending huge bundles of large denomination bills completely blind.

    All this spending on airline security is worse than wasteful. Following the official rules while still attempting to show decency toward passengers all but forces TSA employees to delay, embarrass, and inconvenience many thousands every day. Faced with the prospect of such unpleasantries this holiday season, countless Americans will skip the flight to grandma's house and drive instead.

    Read more: http://amyalkon.mensnewsdaily.com/2012/11/24/business-week-o...

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    Trading Tips For Successful Forex Investing - Search Forex

    The foreign exchange market ? also frequently called Foreign Exchange ? is an open market that trades between world currencies. For instance, an investor from the U.S. who has purchased the Japanese yen may be seeing the yen getting stronger as compared to the U.S. dollar. If he?s right and trades the yen for the dollar, his will make a profit.

    There are several advantages to trading in the Foreign Exchange market as opposed to other trading methods. You can trade any time of day since it is available 24/7. In addition, only a minimum amount of capital is needed in order to take full advantage of all the different opportunities with forex. You can literally use Foreign Exchange any time, day or night.

    While it may seem simple, foreign exchange is a serious investment and should not be undertaken lightly. Investing in Forex is not a fun adventure, but a serious endeavor, and people should approach it in that manner. It would be more effective for them to try their hand at gambling.

    Forex is foreign currency exchange market where you earn income by trading against currency values. Forex trading can be a good at home job to make additional income and could lead to a second career. Do some basic research and learning so you understand what you are getting into before starting to trade forex.

    TIP! Are you interested in Forex trading? Before you start doing anything in forex, make sure you understand the basic fundamentals of how currency exchange markets function. Learn about currency fluctuations, and what causes shifts in the currency markets.

    Avoid the urge to gamble with the Forex market. Trade rationally and closely analyze your decisions before risking your funds.

    If you have lost on a few trades in a row you should avoid trying to compensate for those losses by taking an ill advised risk. Give yourself some downtime from the market. Take a break, cool down and move on.

    Stop Loss

    When trading Forex, placing stop losses appropriately is more of an art than a science. Forex traders need to strike the correct balance between market analysis and pure instincts. This will be your best bet in being successful with stop losses.

    TIP! Just like anything else, you can have too much of a good thing with trading. Protect your credit line and take it easy.

    Always make use of stop-loss signals on your account. This is like insurance created for your trading account. Without a stop loss order, any unexpected big move in the foreign exchange market can cost you a lot of money. A stop loss is important in protecting your investment.

    Research specific currency pairs prior to choosing the ones you will begin trading. Trying to learn everything at once will take you way too long, and you?ll never actually start trading. Choose one pair and read up on them. Focus on one area, learn everything you can, and then start slowly.

    Stick to currency pairs that are traded often. Trading with common currency pairs means you will be able to buy and sell at fast speeds since there will be other traders in the market trading the same pairs. You may be stuck with rare currencies longer than you want it due to a lack of buyers when you are ready to sell.

    If you want to truly succeed with Forex, you have to learn to make decisions without letting emotions get in the way. Doing so reduces your level of risks and also prevents you from making impulsive decisions. Although it is impossible to completely disregard your emotions in business matters, the best approach to making successful trades is a rational one.

    TIP! During your beginning forex trading forays, avoid overextending yourself with involvement in a large number of markets. Doing so will quite likely cause agitation and puzzlement.

    Forex robots or eBooks are unlikely to deliver satisfactory results and are seldom worth their prices. In most cases, what you get from these items in return for your hard-earned cash are trading techniques that are unconfirmed, untested and unreliable. Such products are designed to enrich their vendors; the success of the buyers is incidental at best. Avoid these scams, and spend your money for some one on one lessons with an established foreign exchange trader.

    Knowing when to accept your losses and try another day is an essential skill for any Foreign Exchange trader. Many traders leave their money hoping the market will readjust and that they can earn back what they lost. This is the wrong strategy to use.

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    You should figure out what sort of trading time frame suits you best early on in your forex experience. If you desire to move trades fast, make use of the 15-minute and hourly chart in order to exit your trade quickly. Scalpers utilize ten and five minute charts to enter and exit very quickly.

    TIP! Try to break away a few times each week or, at least, a few hours each day. Sometimes, you need to step back from the crazy market action to think clearly again.

    There is no larger market than foreign exchange. Investors who are well versed in global currency are primed to have the highest rate of success in forex trading. For uneducated amateurs, Foreign Exchange trading can be very risky.

    Source: http://search-forex.com/trading-tips-for-successful-forex-investing/

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