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Which Body Part Would You Insure?

FitSugar — Fri, 11 May 2007 09:25:00 PDT

Celebrities will do anything to keep their bodies in tip top shape, even if it means taking out a hefty insurance policy on it. ~~It's absolutely absurd~~ Makes sense, especially with all the hard work a celeb can put into their bod.

All this comes to light with the announcement that America Ferrera's teeth are being insured by Aquafresh for a cool $10 million with Lloyds of London. So, if you had the means, which part of your own body would you have insured?

Source and Bauer-Griffin

Should You Move Your Money to a Credit Union?

LearnVest — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:15:03 PST

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy!

You wouldn’t normally think of credit unions as sexy or hip.

They don’t have glossy ad campaigns and beautiful branches on every street corner. Even their basic definition-non-profit financial co-ops - sounds boring.

But these days, more and more Americans are clamoring to join the club of credit unions because of their low fees, higher interest rates on savings accounts and lower interest rates on loans.

Because they are non-profit, credit unions are the only financial institutions that go out of their way to serve low-income clientele. But you’d be wrong if you think that’s the only group they serve. Anyone can benefit from the low-fee, low-rate products that credit unions specialize in. And in fact, many more people are.

After a furor erupted over new debit card fees announced by several commercial banks in September, 650,000 customers have switched to credit unions, depositing $4.5 billion in new accounts. (That’s the same amount as existing credit union customers across the country had been depositing in an entire month.) Those bank fees have since been rescinded, but the bad taste in many Americans’ mouths remains.

Read on for more.

Details on Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux's Romantic DC Date

PopSugar — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:14:50 PDT

Inside Jennifer and Justin's romantic date night in Washington DC - People
Is there a training manual for dating George Clooney? - Lainey Gossip
Emma Watson feels pressure to look good - Huffington Post
Pictures from the latest royal wedding - D-Listed
More stars step out at Paris Fashion Week - JustJared
Pictures to prove Ashton Kutcher's cheating ways - Pink Is the New Blog
Megan Fox's Marilyn Monroe tattoo is almost gone - Hollywood Tuna
Courtney Love gets candid about Kurt Cobain's drug use - The Superficial
SJP hangs with Bravo's Andy Cohen - TooFab
Minka Kelly does mouth to mouth on camera - The Blemish
Mariah Carey and other stars who have insured body parts - The Daily Beast

10 Jobs That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago

Kiplinger — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:30:29 PDT

We're thrilled to present this smart Kiplinger story here on Savvy!

Thinking about a career change? For the best odds of snagging and hanging onto a job for the long haul, you'll want to avoid professions on the decline in today’s economy (think bookbinders, textile workers and machine-tool operators) and focus on professions whose outlook is rosier (such as health care, financial analysis or social work).

Technology, cultural shifts and changing demographics combine to create new career fields all the time. Here are ten of our favorite new roles for 2011 and beyond, ones that didn't even exist ten years ago:

Social Media/Online-Community Manager

Social media or online-community management is a field made possible and necessary by the gargantuan rise in social networking activity. Sites like Facebook serve 500 million (yep, that's half a billion) users, who share personal and public messages, photos, videos, games and other experiences at a dizzying pace.

Social media strategists focus on building their employers' or clients' brands through the use of social media sites and tools, whereas online-community managers specialize in fostering user discussion and evangelism for the marketers they support. There is overlap between the two fields; one can manage social media tools without dabbling in online community, and vice versa, or the two functions can be combined in one group or person. What does a social media or online-community manager need to succeed? Essentials include great written communication skills, a sense of humor, empathy, a marketing background and lots of experience with social media tools (Facebook, Twitter and Youtube among them).

For more jobs that didn't exist 10 years ago, read on.