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Here's a stat that will stop you in your tracks: Almost 40 percent of human resources managers believe that résumés will eventually be replaced by user profiles on social-networking sites. "When this transition happens, it's going to be overnight," says Christopher Bilotta, president of the executive-search firm Resource Development Company. "Soon you'll just send a link to your website, where a hiring manager will find everything she wants to know."
For now, you do still need a traditionally formatted PDF résumé, because many HR people are accustomed to seeing them. But you also need to pay attention to what comes up when your name is Googled—and you want to be happy with what a potential employer will see. For many people, establishing a sophisticated online presence will mean pushing well out of their comfort zone. But doing so, particularly if you're in the job market at the moment—or preparing to be in the near future—is not optional. Here's how to step up your digital game.
A few years ago, when someone Googled your name, all she saw was text-based results. Today search engines pull video and images, too—which means you need to add some audio-visual elements to your digital résumé to round out the presentation of yourself as a job candidate.
"If you're the type of person who gets sweaty palms before a big meeting, video can work in your favor because it's a chance to manage how a potential employer first sees you," says Catharine Fennell, CEO of VideoBIO. Though you may worry about looking old, a video can put to rest an employer's fears that you also act old or aren't in touch with the way business is conducted today. "Filming a video shows that you're confident, innovative and an early adopter," Fennell says. "A great video is about making a personal connection with your audience, sharing experience and establishing credibility."
1. Put a video bio on your website
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A two-minute clip—-essentially, your elevator pitch. "This is where you introduce yourself," says William Arruda, president of Reach Personal Branding, Inc. "It's an opportunity to go beyond the one-dimensional résumé and give recruiters a sense of your personality and the skills that make you exceptional." (Find an example at videobio.com/Kdixson.)
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If you're very tech savvy and good with iMovie, you can go the DIY route. Shoot inside with a white background for a crisp, modern look and do some lighting checks to make sure you aren't creating unflattering shadows. "Avoid natural daylight and fluorescent bulbs because they show every line," says Fennell. "Indirect soft lightbulbs, like a lamp with a paper shade, will create the most flattering glow." Otherwise hire a video-production company like VideoBIO, Fennell's firm. For $299, these professionals will set you up with a videographer and offer script advice; they will also light, shoot and edit the video (videobio.com).
Whichever route you take, aim to rehearse for a minimum of 30 hours beforehand, suggests Ken Sundheim, CEO of KAS Placement, a recruitment firm in New York City. And spring for professional hair and makeup—you'll look and feel more polished, which will improve your performance.
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Gone are the days of flying across the country to meet with a prospective employer. "Companies need to cut costs while still finding great talent, so we're seeing them turn to video," says Arruda. You may even find that local firms are interviewing this way, since video avoids any scheduling hassle. Your video interview may be a two-way conversation via a conferencing program like Skype. Or employers may send you a list of questions and ask that you post video responses using a site like HireVue. Either way, you'll need to do all your usual prep work—and then some.


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We've been going nuts over this duo since the advanced stream dropped last week. PYYRAMIDS is killing it on their Brightest Darkest Day debut album, which you can hear below. The melodic indie music pulls together something evocative The Mynabirds, Nirvana, and The Kills all into one tasty delight.
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In previous versions of Windows, managing your files meant organizing them in different folders and subfolders. In this version of Windows, you can also use libraries to organize and access files regardless of where they're stored.
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This appears to be another example of the dissent and internal implosion occurring within the Republican Party, which I discussed in my piece yesterday Night of the Long Knives. According to The Hill:
McConnell met with the House Republican Study Committee last week to warn conservatives in the lower chamber not to sign on to any bipartisan initiative requiring super-PACs to disclose their donors.
The meeting came at a time Democrats are reaching out to Republican colleagues in the Senate to build support for legislation strengthening campaign finance disclosure.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) has been talking with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and other "interested parties" about drafting a new version of the Disclose Act, which would require outside political groups to disclose the identities of their biggest donors.
So how does McConnell defend this position? He claims that:
He was simply making the point, 'We're all in favor of disclosure, so it seems very easy to put your name on something called the Disclose Act, but don't be confused. The Disclose Act is not about creating more disclosure. It's about targeting one group, one set of donors and trying to create [a] chilling effect,' " said Rob Woodall (R-Ga.), who attended the meeting.
I've had enough of this "he said, she said" nonsense. If McConnell's claims are true let's see specific sections of the legislation that prove this to be the case. Then we can really see where things stand. Enough is enough with these games in Washington.
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What is the glory of God? The human person, alive, and reflecting at every moment the wonder of God's love. Human life, in fact, is always a reflection of God's glory — whether big or small, healthy or sick, born or unborn. Let that be our conviction, and our message, this Christmas.
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Comparing Fertilizer Costs
The best way to compare costs of fertilizers is to calculate the cost per pound of its nitrogen. Multiply the weight of the material by the percentage of nitrogen (as a decimal), then divide that number into the price. For example, the nitrogen in a $3.97, 1-1/4-pound package of 14-14-14 costs $22.69 per pound: $3.97 divided by (1.25 x .14).
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The key benefits of slow- and controlled-release fertilizers are their ease of use, reduced number of applications, and more specific and accurate directions on the product label. However, if you have never used them before, you might have general questions. Here are guidelines for some common situations.
Houseplants. Actual nutrient needs depend upon the particular plant and how fast it's growing. Especially in fall through spring, when growth slows and water needs decrease, use at half the recommended rate. However, if growth is fast, as in a sunroom or under artificial lights, or if new leaves are pale yellow, increase the rate.
Outdoor container plants. Fertilize most outdoor container plants at the recommended rate. Start just before spring growth starts, and choose a fertilizer according to how long your plants will remain in the pots (which may be the same as the length of your season). In most areas, make one application of an eight- to nine-month formulation, or two of a three- to four-month one.
Lawns. Most quality brands of lawn fertilizer contain a significant proportion of controlled- release nitrogen. The most commonly used sources are SCU, methylene urea, or polymer-coated urea.
Lawn-fertilizing schedules abound. Generally it is best to fertilize lawns just prior to periods of active growth. That means spring and fall for cool-season, northern grasses; spring and summer for warm-season southern grasses.
Most northern lawns need about 2 to 3 pounds of "actual" nitrogen for every 1,000 square feet each season to remain healthy; southern lawns of Bermuda grass need twice that. Calculate the needed amount of fertilizer by dividing the pounds of actual nitrogen you want to apply by the percent (as a decimal) of the nitrogen in your fertilizer. For example, 11 pounds of an 18 percent nitrogen fertilizer equals 2 pounds of actual nitrogen.
Check with your local cooperative extension agent for specifics, and follow label recommendations.
Landscape plants. If your plants are closely grouped and the roots overlap, scatter 10 to 15 pounds of a three- to four-month 14-14-14 controlled-release fertilizer over 1,000 square feet. The best time is late winter or early spring. Repeat again in late fall. If applied only once a year, spread 17 to 22 pounds of 18-6-12 over the same area.
Flowers. For indoor flowers, follow the directions for houseplants. For annuals or perennials, apply as directed for landscape plants. Apply at planting time or shortly after. Incorporate the fertilizer into the top 2 to 3 inches of soil, or scatter it evenly over the soil surface. Don't pile it on or near the plant's base.
Vegetables. Fast-maturing cool-weather vegetables such as radishes and lettuce are best fertilized with a fast-release fertilizer, because the soils are too cool to allow nutrient release from most slow-release, controlled-release, or organic fertilizers. For warm-season crops such as tomatoes and corn, use a three- to four-month 14-14-14 controlled-release fertilizer at planting time. Incorporate at a rate of about 10 pounds over 500 square feet of soil.
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The several States composing, the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that, by a compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a general government for special purposes — delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.
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It was always inevitable. Once enough people realized that the Federal government is nothing more than a collective of corrupt, criminal thugs there was bound to be a backlash. Given the structure of these United States, it was bound to take the form of States rights versus centralized power in Washington D.C. This is not about Obama; the cancer in the capital is bipartisan.
While a lot of people like to knock Texas, you have to give some of their state representatives credit for bringing forward these acts; particularly on the NDAA. From the Tenth Amendment Center:
The Texas legislature will take up two bills designed to protect basic civil liberties in the Lone Star State during the 2013 legislative session.
On Monday morning, Rep. David Simpson (R-Longwood) prefiled The Texas Travel Freedom Act (House Bill 80).
The act would put an end to the most intrusive pat-down searches conducted by the TSA.
"If you walk up to somebody and grab their crotch out on the street, it will land you in jail. Blue uniforms and federal badges don't grant some goon the power to sexually assault you, or at least they shouldn't. A person doesn't forfeit her or his personal dignity or Fourth Amendment protections with the purchase of an airline ticket," Tenth Amendment Center communications director Mike Maharrey said.
The Texas legislature will also consider a bill that would block any attempt to indefinitely detain people in Texas under sections of the National Defense Authorization Act.
The legislation also provides for criminal penalties against any agent attempting to detain persons in Texas without due process under the NDAA. If passed, the law will effectively nullify federal indefinite detention in the Lone Star State.
Don't mess with Texas!
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Infrastructure improvements merit praise
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Let's be honest: Infrastructure usually isn't a sexy topic. Every once in a while, such as the case with the Interstate 85 bridges over the Yadkin River, folks will unite around a needed project. When a disaster happens, like the collapse of the I-35W bridge over the Mississippi River in August 2007, then deficiencies come to the forefront. But for the most part, people drive over bridges and along roads, drink water carried through pipes and expect the lights to come on when they flip the switch — and don't give such actions a second thought.
Yet much of the infrastructure in the United States needs repair. One study estimates the need at $2.5 trillion. Needless to say, there's no quick fix when the project list runs that long and reaches that expense. In the highly partisan environment in which politicians operate today, no one is stepping up to rally the public behind a massive public works project, like Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s.
So Americans are left to applaud when an important piece of infrastructure finally sees replacement. Work continues at a fast pace on the I-85 bridges over the Yadkin; the northbound bridge is already open and carrying both northbound and southbound traffic. The southbound bridge will open in a couple of months as the massive I-85 Corridor Improvement Project, with a price tag of $201.5 million, continues.
One plus for that project is no road closures or detours were necessary for interstate traffic. Sure, motorists encounter congestion and delays at times, but the North Carolina Department of Transportation designed the project in a way to minimize the impact on traffic. Many times that's not possible. Drivers heading into Lexington from the southeast have been forced to detour around East Center Street Extension since August 2012 as a bridge over Abbotts Creek is replaced. That detour is scheduled to end in May.
Now comes news DOT will soon begin work on another key bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 64 West over Interstate 85 Business Loop. Tree clearing and other work has already started, and the road will close next month for approximately nine months. The detours are fairly quick and close to the site of the closure. That bridge certainly ranks toward the top of the list of ones motorists would like to see replaced.
Other bridges and intersections could use replacement and redesign as well. The bridge that carries Raleigh Road over Abbotts Creek, which is the detour route while East Center Street Extension is closed, is narrow. The intersection of U.S. Highway 64 East at Interstate 85 Business Loop and North Main Street is a mess. It will take time to address all the issues, but Davidson County drivers are becoming used to detours. In the end, it's important to remember the eventual improvement to the infrastructure that will result.
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MOWM 2: Why I Can Never Ever Not Work
My sentiments have to do with how I was brought up. I grew up with my sister, parents, and maternal grandparents. My maternal grandmother was one of the smartest, fiercest, and most energetic people I have ever known. Her family did not allow her to go to school past the 4th grade (this was before World War II) because she was a girl and this was her biggest regret -- not having been able to further her education and having to be financially dependent her entire life on my grandfather, who was a nice man with very little appetite for advancement. My grandmother had two daughters, my mom and my aunt, and always insisted that they have "their own piece of bread" (a literal translation of an expression that means they should earn their own money, be able to sustain themselves). Unfortunately, neither my aunt nor my mother finished college even though they both started it, but they both earned associate's degrees and held good white-collar jobs their entire lives.
In the country where I grew up nearly everybody works. It's really not possible to sustain a family on one income. As a result, many married women stay married to men that they should divorce because they cannot afford to support the children on their own. If a married woman doesn't work, people feel sorry for her husband, because there are only two reasons for her not working -- either she can't find work or she's lazy and doesn't want to, and both are reasons to pity the husband.
Even though a majority of women work, they are trapped by the inability to earn enough. My parents' marriage was not happy. They stopped loving each other long before I can first remember, and I really cannot recall ever seeing anything resembling affection between them. My mom always worked but my father made more money (she worked while he finished his BS, then later his MS). The fact that he made more money was always yet another reason to put her down, which he often did. He was also a serial philanderer. They finally divorced when I was in my early 20's, which was way past due if you ask me. One thing about parents divorcing when you are an adult is that you may actually hear more details about their life than you ever cared to know -- for instance, I know that my father gave my mother crabs when she was pregnant with my baby sister. Can you imagine the humiliation? And she stayed married to him for another 15 or so years, because she did not have the support -- moral or financial -- from her parents, with whom my family lived, to leave my father (their attitude was "You are the wife, you gotta shut up and take it") and she could not afford to raise the kids on her own.
As I was growing up, I remember my mother buying clothes and then hiding them, because my father would always give her shit about anything that she did or bought for herself. After hiding the clothes, she could pull them out later and pretend that she'd had them for a long time and that they weren't new. My father spared no expense for his beloved daughters, but his wife was not so fortunate. So even though she earned a salary, she could not go and buy what she wanted. Witnessing this was very disturbing.
Now imagine the same situation, but without her working. I bet that he simply would not give her money to buy anything until he decided she could.
The thought of someone telling me what I can and cannot buy (we are talking small stuff here) makes me positively crimson with rage. Early in my marriage, my husband used to tell me I spend too much money on coffee. We were broke, raising a kid on two student stipends, but I still believe I should have been allowed my daily coffee. These comments where pissing me off to high heaven. Now imagine the same situation, but without me having my own stipend...
Even now, my husband and I have separate checking accounts and separate credit cards; the mortgage is in my name alone; we have a joint savings through which we also transfer money to each other. Maybe there are relationships out there where women are comfortable enough to stay home with the kids and let the husband support them, and the husbands do not look down on their wives, but my experiences are such that I would never allow myself to be financially supported if I could help it. I feel that not bringing in a paycheck would mean that I am relinquishing the rights to make decisions about the money and would prevent me from being a true partner to my husband. Perhaps this also means that I don't trust my husband entirely, but it is what it is. It is not my husband's fault; there is nobody on this earth whom I would trust in this way.
And none of this even touches upon the situation in which the husband, however wonderful he may be, simply loses his job. Or dies. What happens then to the wife and the kids if the wife doesn't work, if she hasn't worked in years?
I think it's great that some women feel secure enough in their relationships that they can stay at home and take care of the children while the husbands work. I just must say that I don't fully understand such a choice, and I am well aware that I never might. It probably takes having absolute belief in harmonious, committed relationships for life. It probably also takes growing up in a country with a much more robust economy than my homeland's to give one such faith in the husband's job security.
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- Pika said...
I fully agree with you, but I guess I am also different from people in my nearest environment being originally from somewhere else.
Where I grew up, there were no stay at home mothers. There may be some rare exceptions, but in my parents' generation and my generation I just can not think of anyone who ever even considered staying at home. Before moving to Sweden/Ireland, I only ever saw this phenomenon in the movies and thought it was very American. It just doesn't occur to people there to do so. There's no discussion in society if a woman should stay at home or not, beacuse it's just not something that happens. Granted, looking from outside, I now see there is social support for this (e.g. 1 year maternity leave, cheap local kindergartens that have to be provided for every child by law, etc.), but if you live there, you don't see this as something special. It is the norm and so it doesn't occur to everyone that things may be different somewhere else.
Looking back, I suppose there are two reasons for everyone (men and women) working, one is the same that you mention, i.e. financial. But the second one may have something to do with the principle we were brought up and that was hammered to us in school (perhaps you as well?), that work is your duty and so you have to work if you can. Like I said above, it just doesn't occur to people to not work, because that's what everyone does.
So, call me weird, but I don't get this whole not working thing at all. And now I'll stop to not completely hijack your comments. :-)
- March 4, 2012 at 7:04 AM
- nicoleandmaggie said...
I will always work (unless I have enough saved to get the same income from stocks at a Mitt Romney rate of taxes), but for different reasons.
I was brought up to believe that I need to be a productive member of society. That I need to make the world a better place. That I have gifts and I need to share those gifts with the world. If I did have a steady income stream from dividend-bearing stocks, I would no doubt be spending my time on charitable work. There are a lot of young women out there who need to learn that math isn't scary and that they can do it.
- March 4, 2012 at 7:17 AM
- Alyssa said...
After reading about what your mother had to deal with while married makes it completely understandable that you need to make your own money and keep it separate from your husband's for the most part.
I also feel I must work, but also for a different reason - mostly my sanity!
- March 4, 2012 at 11:21 AM
I can't imagine being an adult and not working. Working and being responsible for ourselves is what makes us adults.
- March 4, 2012 at 12:47 PM
- Rebecca said...
I completely understand what you are saying. My mom was a stay-at-home mom, and in my parents' dysfunctional relationship (different from your parents, my mom did the self-berating without any assistance from my dad) it was pretty clear which side of the equation I wanted to be on when I grew up.
So today, I work, and my husband is a stay-at-home dad. I don't know if it's any better than my parents' relationship, but I like to think it is. He feels some issues relating to it, which recently came up when I had to make a big career decision. I told him that he had veto power, and I feel like we made the decision together, although if it turns out that it was the wrong decision, I hope I don't get all the blame ;)
- March 4, 2012 at 1:37 PM
- feMOMhist said...
having been divorced, and being the leaver, I can only say YES YES YES> My income dropped about 2/3rds when I left. What if I didn't even have that 1/3rd of my own. I shudder to think of staying in that shit marriage for financial reasons
- March 4, 2012 at 1:57 PM
Loved your post. I can totatlly relate with you and also undestand you for keeping a separate account (though I don' do it). My mother was a stay-in-home mom in a bad relationship. This affected me badly during my teenage years and I never accepted to be financially dependent on anyone. Working woman was considered bad in my country, but my mother completely supported my wish since she understood the value of being independent. I feel proud to be able to contribute to my home equally and actually enjoy my work, but can never explain this to my brothers who still think that I am working because my husband can not support our family.
- March 4, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Where I grew up, it was normal for women to be stay at home moms and contribute to society in other ways: volunteering, church activities, organizing school events as a parent volunteer, etc. This is normal in the culture of my area - southern US state, suburb, very religious hence the church activities thing.
I myself could never do this. Being a stay at home mom and volunteering is not my strong point. Some people may look at stay at home moms doing charitable work and think that it's "easy," but I would argue that like anything else, you have to be "good" at it. I happen to be better at science/engineering than volunteering and running a school or charity event.
I don't think that science/engineering is a "better" contribution to society than running a school event or charity in any way. If you want to argue that it's more demanding and rigorous, you might have a case (i.e. you do need to go to school and take some demanding classes, go through sleepless nights in the lab sometimes, etc.). But I'd fail epically if I ever tried to run a charity event and organize 100s of volunteers.
- March 4, 2012 at 4:07 PM
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The financial independence aspect is important to me, too. It is one of the reasons why I can't imagine quitting working. Like you, I don't mean to judge other people when I say that I just can't imagine staying home working out for me.
I find the cultural differences in what is considered the "right" thing to do fascinating. If we could be rational about it, I think that alone would prove to us that there is no single right way to be a mother. But of course, many people can't be rational about this!
I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
- March 5, 2012 at 12:03 AM
"And none of this even touches upon the situation in which the husband, however wonderful he may be, simply loses his job. Or dies. What happens then to the wife and the kids if the wife doesn't work, if she hasn't worked in years?"
Isn't this what life insurance and disability insurance are for? (It obviously wouldn't cover unemployment due to incompetence, undesired skills, or lack of will.)
I have to say I don't understand the "I have to work and be financially independent" mentality, and I grew up with two working, professional parents and a mother who earned over twice as much as my dad. I'm incredibly financially responsible, and this was drilled into me by my mother. Marriage strikes me as too much of a partnership, however, to rule that both parties ought to have formal jobs. I might be taking it for granted that if necessary, either party would be skilled enough to reenter the workforce if necessary.
Like nicoleandmaggie, for me the issue is "What can I contribute to society?" It's not about a job per se. I would also seriously consider more risky philanthropic projects if I were more financially stable. I kind of wish I had sold out after college instead of doing this kind of volunteer work for a year--I would then be in a better place now to take off from academia, if I decide I can make a better contribution some other way.
- March 5, 2012 at 6:25 AM
I think some of the comments are making the mistake of confusing "work" with "contributing to society." My mom was a SAHM (very common in the US in the 70s). In addition to being a great mother, she was very active in the community: girl scouts, school, volunteering, etc. Many of the community ties that seem absent today (for good or ill) were provided by SAHM networks. How could she do it? My dad has many faults but his reliability is rock solid.
- March 5, 2012 at 12:22 PM
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I totally get where you're coming from. It sucks that you had to know that about your father, but it certainly sounds like knowing the truth has made you stronger.
- March 6, 2012 at 6:22 AM
- Dr. Sneetch said...
What a beautiful honest post! I totally get what you are saying and i'm blown away by your keen self-analysis.
- March 7, 2012 at 8:09 AM
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I'm totally scared that the person not working, be it the man or the woman, will be depending on the other one financially. I wouldn't want someone to stay with me "bc they couldn't divorce"...
My parents have always had one seperate account for themselves but one joint savings for "family things". And bills were divided btw them. I think what they taught me that I really like it "you have to be able to discuss money with your spouse and be honest about it. Even if you aren't putting it in the same account."
Maybe bc one of them had a messy divorce behind them when the other partner took out money from the account in common and spent them/hid them etc??
- March 19, 2012 at 1:09 PM
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I agree with you 100% yet I'm thinking of quitting the work force when we move to Italy, at least for a year. Of course I know many women in the U.S. who quit to be with their kids and could never get back into the workforce. I'm very worried about financial independence but I'm also burnt out and really can't envision jumping into the work pool in a foreign country. I'm not "above" doing labor like childcare or retail but I also would like to see if I get more options once my language skills improve and my kids are older.
One thing I would like to add is that as much as I value stay at home non-paid work, whether it's volunteering or helping with schools, I do think I have more decision making power as the main provider and yet I would hate my husband to think the same once the tables are turned! It's not really about the clothing purchases etc.. It's that I like to send money to my parents and right now i can do so without question since I'm earning. I don't know if that would be the case if I stopped working.
- May 3, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- Ronda said...
This post makes me sad and just a wee bit amused at the same time. I was raised by a stay-at-home-mom, as was my husband, and I have always stayed home since I had children. Most of my friends live similar to me, so in my world, it is the norm. I pretty much buy what I need (and plenty of unnecessary wants as well :)) without any problem, and my husband respects my decisions. I am thankful that I fully trust my husband and that he fully trusts me so that we can do this, and sorry that you can't, because it makes life so much easier and happier, not to mention being far better for children.
The amusing part is that you seem to think that a SAHM does not 'work.' By staying home I am probably able to *save* more money than I could possibly *make* in the workplace. I have time to cook from scratch, shop frugally, grow and preserve our own food, make many of our clothes and other items. I save tons of money on child care, clothing, and transportation that are unnecessary when I don't leave home every day.
I know that this concept is really foreign to many people, but it has worked very well for us, and even though our income seems low according to national standards, we live very well and have no debt. And I honestly believe that my work at home has been as much responsible for that as my husband's.
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Filter > Noise > Reduce noise.
Reducing noise usually blurs the pixels making the image less sharp. play with the sliders to strike a good balance between sharpness and noise reduction
If the image is shot in RAW (unlikely on a compact) then Camera RAW v6 brought significant updates to the noise reduction engine. You'll get a better result removing noise from the RAW before you bring it into photoshop.
Maybe push it in the other direction. Leverage the lo-fi-ness of it and further tweak the imagery in that direction?


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Put leftover cranberries and pumpkin to great use in this moist quick bread. It's very good with my Secondhand Turkey casserole for an after-Thanksgiving meal.—Dixie Terry,Goreville, Illinois
- 3-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 cups sugar
- 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
- 1/2 cup canola oil
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- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, pumpkin and oil; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries and walnuts.
- Spoon into two greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 70-80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 2 loaves (16 slices each).
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ZF-11725: Updated CDNs and version.
1) There have been some changes concerning the available CDN's for Dojo. One has been added (Yandex), the other (AOL) has been "deprecated" for lack of a better word. They're having problems with AOL, rumors are the entire AOL CDN will be discontinued. The actual CDN is still active but Dojo has removed it from their site without any further notice or communication. I've contacted Peter Higgins and he'll provide some official word as soon he gets a hold of AOL (which seems to be difficult) so action can be taken. For the time being i'll add a diff/patch for the addition of Yandex.
2) The version that's bundled with zf (1.5.0), needs an upgrade to 1.6.1 (has been out for quite a while now) and so does the default CDN version (1.5.0). But that raises a problem: AOL. As said, they're having problems and don't have the 1.6.1. Dojo is not sure if they ever will. Pushing to 1.6.1 would break setups using AOL CDN. This could be avoided by doing a check in getCdnBase for the AOL CDN and force them to 1.5.0 and/or maybe throw notice/error. Not sure what proper protocol is here, please comment.
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|Tennis announces fall slate
MOSCOW - The University of Idaho men's and women's tennis teams will each play in six tournaments this fall, as Idaho Director of Tennis Jeff Beaman announced the schedules Tuesday.
Each team will participate in the University of Idaho Campus Showdown, a non-collegiate event in Moscow on Sept. 8. The Vandal men will split the team between the Eastern Washington fall Classic and the Baylor Invitational in its first collegiate action Sept. 21-23. The Vandals will also play in the Boise State Fall Tournament Oct. 5-7, the ITA Mountain Regional Championships in Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 17-21 and the Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate in Seattle, Nov. 9-11.
"I am looking forward to this fall and excited to see how the guys do in the upcoming events," said Beaman, who is also the head coach for the Vandal men. "We finished last year on a real strong note and hopefully we can care the momentum into this year. With the events at Baylor, BSU, UW and the regional there is the potential to match up against some nationally ranked players and for guys to earn a singles or doubles ranking going into the spring."
The Idaho women will stay close to home in their first collegiate tournament of the fall, as they cross the border to play in the Washington State Cougar Classic in Pullman, Sept. 14-16. They will also play in the Boise State Jack Taylor Invitational Sept. 28-30, the ITA Mountain Regional Championships Oct. 10-14 in Las Vegas, Nev., the Duck Invitational in Eugene, Ore., Oct. 19-21 and the Houston Cougar Classic Nov. 2-4.
"I'm really excited about our fall tournament schedule," second-year Idaho women's coach Dan Pollock said. "From start to finish we will see high quality opponents and we'll be able to test ourselves against some of the toughest competition in the nation. We'll see teams from Pac-12, SEC, and the Big-12 this fall and it will be really interesting to see how our girls match up."
Pollock added that he will be splitting the team and taking smaller groups of players to each tournament.
"I hope that will give me a chance to spend more time on court coaching each individual player, and more time to help develop each girls match play skills in preparation for the spring season."


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Interview with a Nutritarian: Gary
On January 2, 2010, Gary was fed up with being an unhealthy artist and art professor so he attended a New Year's Eat to Live Kick Off that I hosted in my hometown. Something "clicked" that day that permanently transformed Gary's thinking about nutritarian eating, and he's now on the path to long term, weight loss and health success. Welcome to Disease Proof, Gary!
What was your life like prior to discovering Eat to Live?
I was addicted to food, especially sweets and desserts. I would overeat and get seconds and thirds until I was absolutely miserable. I was also, at one point in my life, about 75 lbs overweight.
What motivated you to get your health back?
I've always been an unhealthy eater and packed on the pounds at an early age. In my 20's I took up bicycling which helped me lose about 40 lbs, but I didn't have good eating habits established to maintain the weight loss. After a bike ride I would reward my efforts with junk food.
Then I began working full time, going to college and taking care of my family. Due to lack of time I quit riding my bike and put all the weight back on. During my first teaching position as an art professor, I continued to gain weight so I joined Weight Watchers and lost 60 lbs. Eventually I put most of the weight back on. Then I met you [Emily] through some friends and was inspired by your weight loss story. I read Eat to Live and was impressed with the health and nutrition facts in the book. It gave me the necessary encouragement to lose weight again, because I was motivated to live a healthy and long life without medication. I followed the six week plan in Eat to Live and experienced tremendous results in weight loss and well-being. However, I began to get comfortable and lax, and gained a lot of the weight back. Then on January 2 of this year, I attended the Eat to Live Kick-Off event that you hosted in Fort Wayne. I heard real life testimonies from nutritarians, and was inspired to earn my health back once again.
One thing that you said that day that stuck in my mind was, "You can't do this with one foot in nutritarian eating and the other foot in the standard American diet. You have to go all the way." I knew that I had to jump in with both feet in order to permanently succeed. That was about four months ago, and I am happy to say that I've jumped in all the way for the rest of my life. I've continued to educate myself on healthy eating and getting the right nutrients, and I'm now at a weight that I have never seen in my life; at least since I began weighing myself years ago.
How did you feel before starting ETL?
I felt blasé' and was self-conscious about my appearance. I had absolutely no energy and had trouble staying focused.
How do you feel now?
I am energetic and feel great! I am back to riding my bike almost everyday, and I'm even planning a long distance bike trip this summer.
In addition to bicycling, I've started doing push-ups every night. When I started I was lucky to accomplish two push-ups. Now I am up to doing two sets of 30. I hope to get to 100 without stopping by the end of summer.
Before weight: 260 lbs
Current weight: 173 lbs
Success tips that you'd like to share with others in the journey to health:
- Don't go half way... go all the way.
- Get radical about it and lose the excuses!
- Read, study and get educated on health and nutrition. Read Dr. Fuhrman's book, Eat to Live, and Dr. Campbell's book, The China Study.
- Learn to cook. You can't succeed at this eating lifestyle with fast food and microwaveable processed crap. You have to learn to control the food that goes into your mouth. I've learned to enjoy cooking and trying new, creative recipes.
- Learn the value of regimen. We live in a culture that is flooded with choices. Learn to limit choices; by establishing healthy boundaries anyone can succeed!
If you could sum up what nutritarian eating has done for you, what would it be?
I want to live to be a hundred years old without medications or radical medical intervention, and I want to still be riding my bike at that age. I now believe I can do this; I now have the tools to make this a reality!
Congratulations Gary for taking the plunge and jumping in with both feet for life!


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Graduates Represent 15 Northern Illinois Teams and 25 Different Majors
Bryce Emory finishes in the top-25 as NIU takes 16th
Bryce Emory is tied for eighth heading into Sunday's final round
West Lafayette awaits the return of Bauman, Emory, Luedtke and Pohlmann
Nick Schiavi fires 72 to lead the day, Griffin Bauman ties for 12th
2012-13: Competed in all 13 of the team's tournaments ... Led the team with a 75.7 scoring average ... Opened his senior campaign with a tie for 29th at the Northern Intercollegiate ... Tied for 31st at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate ... Earned his seventh career top 20 at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate ... Secured his best finish (2nd) as a Huskie while contending for the title at the John Dallio Memorial ... Tied for 27th at the Pinetree Intercollegiate to round out his fall season ... Tied for sixth at the one-day Forest Hills Collegiate, shooting one over for 36 holes ... Shot five-over-par 221 en route to a tie for 12th at the Kemper Sports Intercollegiate ... Capped his Huskie career with a tie for 19th at the 2013 MAC Championships.
2011-12: Competed in eight tournaments and was a regular in Coach Porten's lineup during the spring ... Tied for 48th at NIU's Northern Intercollegiate ... Tied for 40th at the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate ... Finished the FAU Spring Break Championship at -1, good for a tie for 11th as well as his lowest event to par of his career ... Notched his sixth career top 20 at the COG Mizzou Intercollegiate ... Posted a tie for 33rd in his third MAC Championships appearance ... Recorded a 75.3 scoring average for the season.
2010-11: Competed in a pair of fall tournaments for the Huskies ... Recorded a tie for 46th at the CSU/Telich Sun Life Financial Invitational ...Made five spring starts ... Shot a final-round 72 en route to a tie for 15th at the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational ... Recorded back-to-back top 20s after a season-best share of 11th at the Boilermaker Invitational ... Overcame a difficult first round to tie for 42nd in his second MAC Championships appearance ... Posted a season scoring average of 76.9.
2009-10: Opened his collegiate career with a team-leading 214 (+1), including a personal-low 67 (-4) in the second round, at the Spartan Classic ... Registered one of the Huskies' two top-ten finishes of the fall with his Spartan Classic performance ... Placed 50th at both the ORU Shootout and the Davidson Invitational ... Earned starting nods in all seven of NIU's spring events ... Recorded his best collegiate finish, third, at the Missouri State Invite after firing 72-71-75--218 (+5) ... Followed up that tournament by shooting a second-round 69 at the Missouri Invite, capturing a tie for 23rd ... Tied for 37th in his first MAC Championships appearance ... Tallied top-40 finishes in six of seven spring events ... Ranked second on the team with his 75.4 scoring average.
2008-09: Redshirted.
Prep: Two-time team captain and team MVP ... A first team all-area choice as a senior and earned second team recognition his junior year ... Took second place at the Fox Valley Conference meet his senior season and went on to place 19th at the state championships ... Won the Regional title with a 74 at Marengo Ridge to help his team to the region crown ... Central also won the Sectional title and went on to place fourth in the state that year ... Shot 71 to win the McHenry Invitational as a junior ... HS team took second in the Region his sophomore and junior years ... Carried a nine-hole stroke average of 38.0 as a junior and 38.6 his senior season ..
Personal: Son of Doug Bauman and Gail Zalokar ... Has three brothers and one sister, including older brother and former NIU teammate Greg ... Father played golf at Wisconsin ... Born July 15, 1989... Won back-to-back McHenry County Amateur titles in 2009 and 2010.


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Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice; they will be satisfied. This beatitude speaks to the heart of the pro-life movement. We seek justice first of all by seeking to be right with God and in all our relationships, and we seek justice by seeking to protect the rights of all, especially the weakest among us, our brothers and sisters in the womb. We are blessed not merely by believing they have a right to life, but by feeling the hunger and thirst, the longing and yearning, that they be protected and that this right be recognized and secured by law.
We also seek justice by working to extend healing and forgiveness to all who have been involved in abortion, that they, too, will be right with God and know His peace.


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High potassium level is a problem in which the amount of potassium in the blood is higher than normal. The medical name of this condition is hyperkalemia.
Hyperkalemia; Potassium - high; High blood potassium
Potassium is needed for cells to function properly. You get potassium through food. The kidneys remove excess potassium in the urine to keep a proper balance of this mineral in the body.
If your kidneys are not working well, they may not be able to remove the proper amount of potassium. As a result, potassium can build up in the blood. This buildup can be due to:
There are often no symptoms with a high level of potassium. When symptoms do occur, they may include:
The doctor will perform a physical exam and ask about your symptoms.
Tests that may be ordered include:
Your doctor will likely check your blood potassium level and do kidney blood tests on a regular basis if you:
You will need emergency treatment if your potassium level is very high, or if you have danger signs, such as changes in an ECG.
Emergency treatment may include:
Changes in your diet can help both prevent and treat high potassium levels. You may be asked to:
Your doctor may make the following changes to your medicines:
Follow your health care provider's directions when taking your medicines:
Seifter JL. Potassium disorders. In: Goldman L, Schafer, AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 119.
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The service that the Church carries out to humanity embraces life at every stage and in every circumstance. Our "ethic of life" is indeed consistent, because love is indivisible. To fail to respect a human life at any stage of its development is to break the principle that holds it sacred at every stage of its development.
That is why one may never use our duty to life at one stage as a justification for destroying it at another. Some have tried to do this in the health care debate, by their willingness to expand child killing in the process of helping adults get medical treatment. This approach is self-defeating, because as soon as we tolerate the killing of children, we undercut every rationale to provide health care to both children and adults.


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After 40 years of making Hollywood stars beautiful by doing up their faces, celebrity makeup artist and best-selling author Tara Starling had an epiphany.
"Making somebody look like a movie star is the easy part," Starling writes in an email interview. "But if I merely put a bunch of fancy products on her, and then the 'beauty' she sees on the surface washes off at night, then I haven't served her at all."
So she started the Taking Back Beauty movement, which empowers women to feel beautiful without all the products. And if you cringe at the thought of going makeup-free—even just for a day—you may want to attend Starling's "Celebrity True Beauty Boot Camp," happening this weekend in Sandy.
But before this Beauty Myth Debunker touches down in Utah, here's a sneak peek at the advice you'll get at her workshop. (I recommend printing and taping this next to your mirror!)
Beauty expert Tara Starling believes makeup should be a 'crown, not a crutch.'
1. What's the most common misconception women have about beauty?
"The deeply damaging belief that the media and beauty industries have the authority to define beauty, and that our worth, value and abilities are in some way inextricably tied to how closely we can resemble that artificially-manufactured image of 'perfection.'
From the time women are young girls, we are indoctrinated by social bias with the beliefs that beauty is something we have to buy or become, and not something that we already have."
2. What product is the most damaging to a woman's beauty?
"Makeup can either be used to mask our insecurities or to magnify our own unique beauty. It can enslave us or serve us, as either a crutch or a crown. When we are held captive to the false beliefs of the beauty myth that says we are inherently defective, then every product we put on our face is damaging because we are, with each step, further subscribing to the belief that we must 'fix' ourselves in order to be beautiful, to be loved and to be successful. But the reverse is also true. When we use makeup as a tool to celebrate the unique beauty that we each possess, then every product we use can be a beneficial instrument in expressing our authenticity and individuality.
The most beneficial product a woman can use is actually knowledge: Truth about the intrinsic beauty, worth, and ability she already possess—no matter what size, shape, age, etc. she is—and the understanding of which tools, colors, makeup formulas and application techniques most effectively and powerfully communicate that truth visually."
3. What are a few ways a woman can start feeling more beautiful NOW?
"There are three simple things that every woman can do right now to begin feeling more beautiful—and they have nothing to do with a beauty product.
a) Write your own Beauty Manifesto to declare your truth about what the real definition of beauty is. Not what society tells you, or what the media has taught you, but what you believe to be true. Not until we choose our own new belief about beauty—based on truth and our own values instead of those of the media and beauty industries—will the broken beliefs of the Beauty Myth begin to lose hold on us.
b) Literally reject the messaging that the media and beauty industries feed us about what we must look and how our bodies must be shaped in order to qualify as 'beautiful.' Rip the advertisements that objectify women and perpetuate unhealthy and dangerous expectations of beauty right out of your magazines, and throw them away! Turn off the television or change the channel when commercials, programs or music videos come on that convince you of the belief that you will never be thin enough, pretty enough, or perfect enough. Taking such pro-active measures against socially irresponsible advertising and the demeaning treatment of women will immediately begin—on a subconscious level—to diminish the power of these dangerous messages that leave us feeling like we can never 'measure up.'
c) Find a way to create beauty in the world around you. Pay for the person's order behind you in the drive-through. Buy a candy bar for the clerk at the gas station. Call up a friend and tell them how much they mean to you. You cannot create beauty for very long without beginning to feel beautiful. And when you feel beautiful, you glow with a radiance that cannot be obtained from any bottle, or for any price!"
That inner-to-outer beauty is something Starling believes makes women not only the "stars of their own lives," but agents for positive change in the world.
"I know that when a woman not only looks beautiful, but feels beautiful, she automatically begins creating a more beautiful world around her. And that's the kind of makeover I am truly interested in."


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Daytona Beach police looking for man stealing restroom pipes
Published: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 9:08 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 13, 2012 at 9:08 a.m.
One might not think there is much to steal in a restaurant bathroom, but Daytona Beach police are looking for a man who is doing just that.
Police said a man was seen entering the bathroom of the Pizza Hut, 500 S. Atlantice Ave. on Saturday and is suspected of removing the metal pipe that feeds water to a urinal. The handle had also been removed.
The suspect, who was wearing a bluish-green backpack, was in the restroom between 5 to 10 minutes, police said.
On Sunday, a similar theft occurred at the McDonald's at 3001 N. Atlantic Ave. In that case, piping connected to a urinal was removed as well.
Police describe the suspect in that theft as a white male, between 5 feet and 11 inches to 6 feet and 2 inches tall and weighing about 200 pounds. He has a thin build and was last seen wearing a gray T-shirt, jeans, a black jacket and a light-colored baseball cap. The suspect was carrying a large soft lunch box over one shoulder.
The value of the pipes in both thefts was estimated at $200 each, police said.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's memoir of life with his single mother is at once an ode to her and a lamentation. From his youth in the grim upstate New York tannery town of Gloversville to his college days in Tucson, through marriage and fatherhood, Russo's mother is there with her refrain: "It's you I need." He drives her, tends her, soothes her, houses her. He examines his filial responsibility, only occasionally grumbling that such duty can be a burden. "She'd never really considered us two separate people," he explains with compassion, "but rather one entity, oddly cleaved by time and gender, like fraternal twins somehow born twenty-five years apart, destined in some strange way to share a common destiny." Though during her life he tries valiantly to show his mother that they are two distinct people, Russo wonders after her death if he owes much of his novel-writing talent to the trait he shares with her: "sheer cussedness."
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