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I am a SAHM of two kids, a toddler and a 5 yr old. I LOVE being a SAHM and hardly ever have days that I feel like I miss being at work. I worked in a fairly creative job but the hours were really bad (not 9-5), there were egos and politics, and it is not a family friendly career. I did freelance off and on with the first child. I couldn't afford child care so I worked during naps and at night. But since it is deadline-driven, project based work it was very inconsistent and difficult to know how many hours I would be working each week. This was stressful and I couldn't take on big projects. Even if I could hire help, that person would have to be very, very flexible. Well, when #2 came a long I had no time to fit in my work so I have stopped taking on projects. We are ''ok'' financially--being very careful with money and living a humble lifestyle. I never feel that I miss working--I just miss the paycheck. I have other creative outlets for that side of myself and I definitely miss it when I can't find time to create for me. I find spending time with my children a much more rewarding experience then working. I feel that this time with them is going by quickly so I am trying to savour it. But, I wonder will I regret not keeping my ties to my old career? Taking on little projects kept me connected, but I have no time for that now. My oldest will be in part time Kindergarten in the fall, but my youngest won't be in preschool for another 18 months so that will put me farther behind. Juggling two kids with work seems so crazy, especially if you don't really crave the work. Will I regret taking time off work? If I do need to find work again in a few years will it be impossible for me to find it if I haven't been working all this time? I have always found a job easily and feel that if I really wanted to work again I could. Am I being naive? I need a role model--someone in a deadline-driven, creative field who has managed to balance work and family. Most of the moms I know in this field just had kids, so I don't have a real example of someone who has found this balance. I guess I just want to know that I will still be able to find work once I decide to start doing it again. -Anon
I too feel perfectly happy not working but wonder if in the future I'll wish I had done more. I have decided that I won't live in fear or doing something counter to my current instinct of fear in the future. Sure lots of people will say if you don't do something now you may never have an option, but I just am not going to buy into that kind of fear. I figure I can have what I want when I want it and if in 3-5 years I want to work, I can make it happen then. That said, I am thinking of a class or two, a conference or two. Frankly though my motivation a little low on that front.
I just think life is too short to change something you love doing for the fear of maybe not having what you want in the future. That's my take, good luck anon
I can't tell you how glad I am that I stayed home with my children for those early years. I, too, tried to work on a project basis while they were young and I could never swing it. (Seems the important issues always came up on the day the baby wouldn't nap! Or I'm in the middle of a call when the kids start fighting...that's always nice.) I did enjoy my SAHM status while I had it, but I also dreamed of working (both for fulfillment and for the paycheck). Now I am sentimental about the old days and can honestly say I spent as much time with them as I should have! They are young for only such a short time. When they're both in school full- time, you'll be more than ready to go back!
In the meantime, I suggest treating your back-to-work plan as your part-time job. Just because you choose not to go back to work doesn't mean you have to cut ties with your career. Keep in touch with your professional contacts...occasional e-mails, even meeting them occasionally for lunch during the work day. If you were involved in any professional organizations, attend a meeting or function once in awhile. Stay up-to-date on your industry (technology, trends, etc.) and maybe attend a conference every 6-12 months if that is relevant to your position. You might find that keeps you feeling connected, and instead of the door to your career closing, it just keeps revolving! Good luck! Grateful Stroller
Secondly, here's my take. I worked in publishing for years as a writer and editor. I was a managing editor when I decided to work part-time freelance from home. (My youngest was about 5 months old when I quit.) At first I worked because I wasn't ready to give up that part of my life. But as you pointed out, working in a deadline-driven job with two little kid is hell. I eventually scaled back to maybe 10 hrs/week, plus I got help with the kids. Basically, it turned my job into a hobby that just paid for itself.
After years of that, I stopped working altogether. That was actually really nice and I could have done it for a lot longer, but when the economy started falling apart, I got freaked out about being a one-income family and being so dependent on my husbandC",b"s job, health, etc.
Now, I am editing books freelance here and there to keep myself sharp and connected. Like you, I've never had trouble picking up work, but I was worried that my luck would run out with so many extremely talented people out of work with fresh experience and contacts. I feel that I cannot risk letting my skills and industry connections go stale.
Even though my kids are older, it is still difficult to balance things. I allow myself time between assignments so I don't feel too stretched all the time. Maybe you could do that? Just do two or three projects a year? One thing that helps is that I have to tell my kids to respect my work time. I think it is good for them to see me working and learn that they cannot pull on me and demand my immediate attention 24/7. You also need to get buy-in from your partner. That is crucial. My husband and kids have to do more around the house when I am working, which I think is good for them.
I hope hearing my experience with this has helped you in some way. Maybe when/if your toddler starts preschool, you can set a few hours a day aside for working? And then, as I said earlier, only take on a few projects a year? If you end up really hating it or cannot find the balance between home and work you need, then stop. YouC",b"ve already said you love being a SAHM, so it isnC",b"t a bad plan B. That's the good thing about freelance, you can let it ebb and flow as your time and temperament allow. Personally, I am just worried about the economy right now and have seen so many people I know have to sell their houses, borrow money from their parents, and make other sacrifices due to losing jobs or investment money.
Good luck. I don't thing you can make a ''wrong'' decision in this case, which is probably why it is so difficult.
I can't decide whether to quit my lucrative, and relatively easy, public sector job in order to spend more time with my 7 month old daugher. My boss absolutely won't let me go to a reduced schedule. I could easily find consulting work with more flexibility, but would miss out on the benefits (especially the retirement) of this job. OTOH, I am missing out on being around for my daugher, most likely my only child (I am in my early 40s). For those Moms who quit, any regrets? How has it worked out as your child got older and entered pre-school and school? d
Having said all that, the reason I said earlier that I wish I could switch places with you was that I want my husband to retire earlier. In addition, I have an older child from a previous marriage and now that she is ready to graduate from college and enter the working world, I cannot relate to her the way I wish I could. I was in college at the same time as she was and both she and my elementary school child were able to talk about school, homework, tests and even though it was at different levels, it was fun and really brought us very close together.
So I think it's a catch-22, on the one hand, you want to be at home with your children, on the other, how can you resucitate a career after so long out of the workforce?
It's hard to provide the best for your family. As commuting times increase and we become more reliant on technology, it seems, we get further away from our core, our family. A real dilemma. I wish you good luck with your search for the right balance. Super Mom wannabe
I think a life coach might be a good route for you since you have a specific issue. It would be great to have someone think through how YOU want your life to look and feel and then come up with a plan that you believe in for achieving it. I love Toni Littlestone (528-2221) but there are I am sure many people who would be happy to help you think it through. I encourage you to do this instead of jumping to a rash decision that might not be the best one for your situation and desires. Figuring it out myself
5 years later, I can honestly say I don't regret my decision at all. My kids are both in school now, and I can pick them up and take them to do things, have their friends over, and so on. If they are sick, my husband and I don't have to go into strategic planning mode to deal with it. So many kids have to get dropped off early at on-site childcare and get picked up from there hours after school is over. Many of these parents don't have a choice, so I'm not criticizing them. I'm just grateful that we have enough income that I can be here with my kids and still work a little doing what I enjoy. I doubt you'll regret it. And if you can consult, do it. Because if you find you're not the stay-at-home type, your resume will be fresh and you can try to reenter the workforce with current jobs on your resume. Good luck. anon
For one thing, we don't have to pay for childcare, although we do pay for health insurance (my husband is also self-employed). But the most important thing is that my schedule is flexible, I think our son has benefitted from it, and I know I'm not missing out on any of his development. Although I get bored and miss work at times, I still work part-time. I figure this time while he's a toddler will pass soon enough, and I don't want to regret not spending it with him (and our next one, due early next year). Colleen
But, I feel like the benefits that my kids have received have out weighed that. Our lives are so much less stressful. My kids enjoyed preschool without having to be there all day. You get a lot of time to understand your kid & their needs. I always thought that once my daughter started kindergarten that I would have lots of spare time & could get a job. But, I have found out that mothers are the reason schools are successful. Schools need help with yard duty, library, volunteering in the classroom, fund raising...5 years ago this would have sounded like torture but now I can see the value. Anyway, I'm trying to say that every year I find more reasons to stay home. Some kind of consulting work would be great, but I would not want to return to work full-time as long as I have the financial means to stay at home. roz
My typical day consists of making the kids breakfast and getting them off to school. I then have a couple of hours in which I typically take care of all the household nitty gritty: cleaning, shopping, doing finances, paperwork and volunteering at the schools. After I pick up the kids it is homework time. After an hour or so of downtime we are back out again for sports activities. Upon our return, we have a sit down (homemade) family meal, then showers, reading and bedtime for the kids. Weekends then get taken up by more sports, social engagements, and I try to keep sunday completely unscheduled for us.
I don't know how I would get all this done if I had a job on top of it all. Are there much more efficient ways of getting things done that I don't know about?
If you work outside the home what is your typical schedule and when does it all get done? wondering how others do it
I need advice and support on the issue of becoming a stay-at- home-mom. I am married and have a five year old and 8 month old baby. I have been working as an attorney part-time and am due to go back full time next month. I have been unhappy at my job for some time and have decided to quit before I go back full time. In addition to staying home with the baby and having more time for the 5 year old, my husband and I are hoping to improve our quality of life with only one parent working outside the home. We are exaughsted all the time (order lots of take-out, barely feed the cat, house is a disaster). I feel constantly overwhelmed and am impatient with my older child. On the other hand, the financial stress when I quit will also play a role (It will be MAJOR).
I am scared and feel a bit lost about this process. I am also worried about getting bored with playing with the kids and feeling guilty if I just schlep them around to do errands all the time.
I would love any ideas on how to make it through without just trading one type of stress for another. changing mom
The money issue is hard, too, and I confess that I take on weekend work once a month or so just for the income. It only breaks us even, though, so I've just been trying (not always successfully) to not lust after ''things'' and live more simply (no fancy vacations for us, no major housework, inexpensive or no new clothes, no gymboree, a grocery budget, etc.). I throw away catalogs without looking at them and avoid retail at all costs. My boy is already looking so big to me, I try to remind myself that its him that I'll remember and not the fact that our dressers are ugly and we can't afford new ones. If you have friends in a similar situation, connect with them now. If not, consider networking here or with a more formal mother's group.
Good luck and congratulations again to you. I think you have some sweet summer days ahead. Rebecca
A key may be using some of the skills you acquired while working (organization, teamwork, negotiation) while learning to live on ''baby time'' (hurry up and wait). If you go out and find them there are moms like you in the East Bay, and the potential for wonderful friendships exists. Please feel free to contact me with questions and for support in a less public forum. I think you are making a good choice. Heather
As an example, it is now summer break and instead of having to spend thousands on summer camps I can take my kids on adventures we all enjoy: rollerskating, beaches, museums, biking, etc. When I need a week or two to myself for rest I can enroll them in a one or two week camp. When you work full time (unless you teach) you scramble each spring to fill up your child's entire summer with camps, schools, etc. Since you have a child that is entering regular school you will have a much greater view into their world if you actively particpate in their school, get to know their friends, etc. Our children attend a well regarded public school and I do notice a unintentional division that occurs between those kids whose mothers work and those that do not, mainly due to stay at home moms' availability for weekday play dates, after school activities, etc. You also develop your own relationships this way that you will need to keep your sanity.
I also feel like I'm living a life of luxury when compared to the time crunch I experienced when working and commuting. While the kids are in school I can spend at least an hour or two doing something for myself whether it's working out, hiking, taking a class etc. I just feel like a much more balanced person now that I am home full time. In the end, so many mothers must work full time. If you have the choice you are fortunate. You can always return to work if being a full time mom doesn't suit you, but you can never retreive that lost time with your children during their most tender years. anon
I really don't make it to any specialty shops anymore and I don't stress about. If the grocery store has it, I buy it there. Tuesday I go walking with friends, wed is a free day so we stay home or go to a park, Thursday is my baby swap day for two hours, Friday is my hiking day. The lunch/afternoon time is pretty much the same everyday. I put mine and my children's fun in front of every thing else (except husband) and I make sure I have plenty of friends that I interact with. Most of what I'm doing is free. I make exceptions for the mom's groups because that's my support group. I am not stressed. I am relaxed and very content. Also, keep in mind that if you are a type A personality and think you will be bored, get creative. Redirect your energy as an attorney. Think of all the women who have done great things because they stayed home (ie. the women who wrote Super Baby Food, the mystery writer, and others). Have fun with your kids! tief
I think the phrase ''you can have it all'' still applies but not at the same time. Something will definitely suffer if one tries to do too many things at once or if one does not have at least one parent who is able to spend a lot of time with the kids. The situation with two professional parents with executive jobs makes it particularly challenging with kids. In terms of moving forward, I suggest getting involved with classes or activities with your child as well as meeting up with a mom's group. This will enable you to interact regularly with other interesting moms. retired investment banker
But, at least in my experience, the rewards of being a stay-at-
home parent are great. Some thoughts:
1. I wake up in the morning with my kids and instead of rushing off to childcare/work as I used to, I get to ask them, What do you want to do today? The day is open and ours to discover.
2. Spending so much time with my kids, I know my kids so well and get to experience their thoughts and emotions as they happen.
3. I like being a major influence in teaching my kids certain values, beliefs, and how to navigate their way in the world. When people compliment my kids and say, Oh, you have such nice kids, I try not to be too egocentric and think its because of me ;-) but having spent a lot of time with my kids, at least I see how they got that way.
4. I get to discover--or rediscovernew interests as my kids explore them. Since my son has become interested in astronomy and biology, weve both embarked upon a journey to learn and experience as much as we can in depth on the subjects much more interesting than my former line of work.
5. I enjoy putting on play clothes every day and expect them to be messy with dirt and sweat at the end of the day (I have boys), instead of having to dress up for the office. And Im saying this as a former dress-up professional gal with a habit for Banana Republic clothes and corporate-babe shoes. Okay, it was an adjustment to shop for my clothes at Target and Old Navy (on sale!), but I will say thisI dont ever want another job where I have to dress up and go to the office every day.
6. My husband has a lot of stress at his joband not everyone he works with loves him at the end of the day. Being at home with the kids is my full-time job. At the end of the day, I know my kids (and husband) love me. That makes my job so much more rewarding than any job Ive had before. I tell people that I consider myself lucky to have the opportunity to stay at home with my kids-a lot of my friends say, Oh, Id love to stay home with my kids but we cant afford it on one income. But really, it has less to do with luck as it does a willingness to do it this way (we are not a high-income family so it is a big financial hit to live this way). Bottom line, though, Ive never regretted my decision to quit work and stay home with my kids, and sometimes I wonder why I didnt do this sooner.
Your kids are young for such a short window of timeand youre not going to get that time back, ever. Being a stay-at-home parent is stressful and overwhelming, kind of like training for an extreme endurance sport every day, but so worth it I say go for it and good luck. Another stay-at-home parent
It's inevitable that you'll be running errands with your kids, I find it's easiest to do while my 4 year old is in preschool so that I only have to deal with one. I just try to balance it with a children's activity so that my 1 year old gets some play time as well. The reward of doing those errands during the week is that you have your weekends free and the stores are generally a lot less crowded.
Another benefit of being a stay at home mom is the flexibility - I love that we can change our schedule if it's a beautiful day and just head to the beach or whatever. Good luck to you! Jackie
Consider it a management opportunity. For an ambitious person, staying at home can feel like a demotion, but it doesn't have to (feel that way). I view my job as running this household, and I keep my lists, I make phone calls, I plan meals, I do the shopping and all that time, I take care of my daughter. It helps that my husband places great value on the work I do, and lets me run with the whole ''Chief Operating Officer'' title (though I suspect it amuses him a bit).
Plan activities for your kids. There are oodles of books about games and crafts and activities you can do with the kids, and having a few things planned each week may be fun for all of you (well, both of you until your 8 month old is a little bigger). Cultivate hobbies and interests. When I have time, I am learning to sew, doing a little decorating, trying out new recipes. I'd like to sit down at the piano a little more, read a few more books, learn to garden. With one child, some of these things are possible; when my second arrives, I expect the time will diminish, but just knowing that my life extends beyond cleaning and changing diapers gives me a sense of dimension, like I'm still here under this 'Mom' title.
Keep the big picture in mind. Early on, I kept thinking about how long it would be until I could go back to work, but as time has passed, I think more about the kind of home I am trying to provide for my family. I want our home to be a safe place for us to return to when the world outside our door is cruel; I want it to be a place where our kids and their friends gather and spend time; I want to create serenity for my family because things are orderly, saving weekend time for more fun stuff.
I can't imagine how hurried our life would feel if I was working, and I'm grateful that my husband's income allows me to stay home. Hopefully, when it all nets out, the financial hit will not be as bad as you expect. As a homemaker, I think I can feel brain cells dying sometimes, but then I also notice that my mind is growing in completely new directions, too. I do laugh at this ''new me'' - I never, in a million years, expected to be happy being ''Holly Homemaker'', but at some point, I realized that the ultimate irony would be to sacrifice my career to stay home with my child(ren) and then miss their childhood because I was so wrapped up in a ''Am I happy or am I not?'' quandry. I may go back to school someday or back to work, but it seems sort of distant and irrelevant right now, since I don't know who I'll be when that time comes, and what I might want to do. Hope that helps! Happy Holly
In my observation of the SAHM's I know, the happiest/most content appear to be the ones that have sufficient means to do lots of activities with their kids (classes, etc.) and/or hire a sitter regularly for a break. Since we are on one income and it is a stretch, there isn't room for me to hire a sitter for my baby so I can have my own time. My solution has been to do a childcare swap with another SAHM. You can use the Childcare Digest for this. Just remember this means for every break you get, you also have a time with two babies.
Also, I think I have mastered the free and cheap things to do in the East Bay to keep things interesting for the kids. If you haven't already, join the Oakland Zoo and one of the science centers (Cal Academy, Zeum, Chabot, LHS) and you will have reciprocal discounts at all of the other zoos and science centers in the area. Add to that plagrounds, parks, and free beach areas and you will have enough variety for yourself and your kids.
As far as schlepping the kids around, this does happen, but what I do is try to make one day each week the schlep day. My older daughter knows the drill so its just part of her routine, too. Every Wednesday, we grocery shop, stop at Longs, whatever, and sometimes I reward her for being a good helper for the day (her favorite dinner that evening or a short video). If you can get most of the week's errands done in one day, you can focus more on the fun outings for the rest of the week. It also means that there is hopefully less busy stuff to do on the weekends and you can spend time with your husband doing family things. Good luck! Elizabeth
- Public school for the 5-year-old. Most of them are a lot better than you might think. Don't spend scarce money on private school. Also, many schools have good afterschool activities for a nominal cost. Don't feel guilty about using these because having two kids at home is HARD.
- Look into co-op daycare or preschool for the little one. You do need SOME time without a child for difficult errands or time for yourself. Co-op can mean trading off with a friend. If you don't know anyone yet, go to your local parks and playgroups. You'll soon meet wonderful people. These relationships are good support and will keep you from going crazy.
- There have been many good money saving tips published in these newsletters. Mostly they involve shopping at certain stores and cooking everything for yourself. I hope some of the threads have been archived, but to summarize: Eating out (as well as take-out) is by far the biggest money burner I can think of. Trading off dinner with friends (preferably ones who can cook!) gives you a respite from the kitchen and entertainment for free. Now that you don't work, you can go to Trader Joe's, Costco and Monterey Market in the morning before things get crazy, and I find these to be fun trips for the little one (though not always for the 5-year-old). Rent movies, listen to the radio (rather than buying CDs), watch the ballgame on TV, use the public library.
- Before you quit, get a line of credit on your house (if you have a house and enough equity). It'll be easier while you have a job and it will be your back-up. When I quit working, we cut our income by 60%! Yeah that's right, I was the big earner, but it's the best thing we've ever done. Our lives are much better and I'm perfectly happy being a mom and a housekeeper. It's been 4 years and we're doing pretty well. we occasionally have to dig into our equity line for a big ticket item, but the house is going up in value so I think it's justified. Glad I did it - you can too!
I am looking for some advice from other working mothers out there who although may be satisified with their work, might at times feel resentment towards their husbands or their situation due to the fact that they ''have to'' work due to the fact that their husbands do not make enough for the whole family to live off one income.(oh yeah, we live in the bay area)
Since I returned to work (when my son was 4 months old, he is now 2) I always felt working part time with one child was managable and I have felt so lucky to have the best of both worlds- a career and being available to my son. At times the balance is really tough because I work in the city and work a 10 hour day with an additional time for the commute and I have moments when I really miss my son and feel like I need to stay home with him. I always figured I would eventually take time off when I had a second child as our quality of life with two parents working would definately suffer. Not to mention, I have been feeling as though it was time for a career change and i would welcome the time off while I searched for a new job when my kids went to school.
My husband and I have talked about wanting a second child and also buying a home (should we stay here) but to afford a home I would have to work and to afford quality child care as we have provided for our first born, we would need my income again- I may even have to go back full time since child care for two children would be very costly.
I know everyone has a choice in life and plenty of people try to live off of one income but we do live in the bay area we have run the numbers and we cannot do it unless we were to rent a one- bedroom apartment! We do not live extravagent lives but we are also realistic of how much we can live off of- and my husband's income is just not enough.
I can't help but feel recentment towards my husband for not earning more to give us more flexibilty. Before I had children I thought I could handle both a career and children but I am finding it more and more difficult and the thought have having two children and a full time job makes me so depressed- for several reasons- the first not being able to raise my children and the everyday chaos associated with two working parents- I just feel like everyone will suffer.... in the end the kids will be alright but it is me and my marraige I worry about!
I know this is the bay area and a majority of families are two income. How do you handle the day to day? For those who may have had some recentment towards your partners for not making enough- how do you make peace with this?? Did any of you make career moves that would allow for a more flexibility with your family? I would like to encourage my husband to think about other positions (in his field) that may allow him a higher earning potential but part of me says I just have to own up to reality and cope!! I never wanted to feel locked into a job for money but that is how I feel and what's worse is that I feel it is at the expense of my children.
Any advice out there???
Resentful Working Mom
My experience is similar to yours where I was totally a career person before kids and thought I would be able to keep my job momentum and have a baby, too. It turns out, that I went to 4 days after my first baby was born and now, with baby #2, I am basically a SAHM (some freelance at home). I went through lots of opinions and emotions about my husband's income and wanting him to earn more (which is ironic since I used to be so proud of being the higher-earner previously). It is such the double-edged sword of marriage in today's society/economy--we want women to earn as much as men, but we also want men to earn enough that we women can live with just their income. Tough to do in the bay area!
If I were you, I would have a full discussion with your husband and tell him how you are feeling. Clearly you have some resentment, but you also sound just stressed and tired. Do you need more time to yourself? Alone with your husband? Sleep? You should also to talk about what both of your priorities are. Is the bay area TOO expensive for you, based on these priorities? Are you able to do the career change you talked about? When would you want a second child?
I never thought we could do it, but we are managing to get by on just one income for now. We live very economically (luckily we bought our house before we had kids). We talk about our budget a lot. I know my husband works really hard, so I try not to focus on his income.
Good luck and hang in there! Elizabeth
It is a real balancing act in the Bay Area. I tend to be resentful that things are so expensive here, but I don't consider that my husband's fault. We work together as a team to try to cope, and stay here because of all the friends, family, school, church, and people dear to us here.
I would strongly encourage you to consider moving away from the Bay Area if you want to be a Stay at Home mother. We can't necessarily have it all--we have to pick and choose whether the advantages of living in the Bay Area outweigh the disadvantages of having both parents work, having children in childcare, having a small house with a big mortgage and never enough money to do all the things we wish we could do. anon
I grew up with the notion that I would go to college, get a great job, work my tail off and fall madly in love with a man, get married and raise my kids at home. Lo and behold, I just went back to work last week.
My hubby and I crunched the numbers and for me to stay home that would mean selling our house. We just bought it last year.
So, I know how you feel. The bay area is a major let down when it comes to home buying. My husband and I make pretty decent money but it still doesn't seem to be enough for the bay area. We moved into suburbia.
Keep your head up. Do what is best for you and your family.
:) Back to work but would rather be with my son
Now, from a breadwinner perspective, I can't imagine coming home to someone who resented me for not earning more, when I am working my butt off every day to provide. I assume you knew your husband's earning power when you married him - I did and I have to remind myself of this - and you knew that the bay area was an expensive place to live. Your resentment of your husband actually sounds like a childish perspective, as if you expected him to provide for you as your parents did - hence the term ''sugar daddy.'' If you approached this more from a partnership perspective - how can WE change this situation to make BOTH of us happier - I think you would get more cooperation from your husband.
In the current job market, which seems to be improving but not all that quickly, I'm not sure it's as easy as compelling your husband to find a higher-paying job in his field. Indeed, you may consider yourselves fortunate that neither of you is facing involuntary unemployment. anon
Perhaps this viewpoint is more obvious to me because, before we had a child, it was always my husband, not me, who thought it would be nice to be an at-home parent. Now that I've had a baby I understand the attraction more, to be sure, but although I'd love to work part-time I can't imagine doing the full-time mom gig. But then, I've never been interested in the type of Major Career that requires long hours and lots of dedication and allows no opportunity for a full personal and social life, either. Neither has my husband. So, we both have a sufficient but not large income, and we both have sufficient flexibility to take the odd day off for a preschool function but not enough to just quit working for a long period of time. Life is a series of choices and no choice is perfect! I think you make peace with your own choices simply by recognizing that you *do* have a choice and have made the best possible one for your family.
So you and your husband may have some choices to make. A job change for him, which might involve more money but less family time? Stay in the Bay Area, with all its advantages, or a move to a cheaper area? A second child, or stop at one? What about a job change for you? These are all things you can discuss and ponder, but ultimately you and your husband have to take responsibility for these choices and deal with the attendant compromises *together*; to me, that's what marriage is all about. Wasn't expecting a white knight
If you don't feel comfortable asking your husband to leave a job that he enjoys, maybe you might consider doing something that would be more flexible and allow you more time with your child. Because we are not supposed to advertise our individual businesses on this forum, I will be fairly vague. But I will say that I work in the Direct Sales industry (I would have gasped to hear myself say that only a year ago!) and really love it. I really love the freedom to run my business as I wish and also love the fact that there is unlimited potential and loads of positive reinforcement. I recently went to a conference and was surprised to find corporate people who had quit their 6 figure salaries to do what I am doing. They wanted to focus on their kids, and their former jobs did not allow this. They are now happy to be with their families, but still bring in good income. There are different types of Direct sales companies, so there is probably one that could suit your interests: toys, candles, cooking tools, scrapbooking, home decor, etc...
If you'd like to discuss this avenue further, I'd be happy to share more details about what I am doing. I also know several people in other branches of this type of business and would be happy to put you in contact with them.
Best Wishes, Happy mom...who loves her flexible work schedule
I think you need to change your attitude and get creative with other ways to bring in income or adjust your life styles to make staying at home a more affordable option. We looked at our budget and saw that just having my husband take a lunch to work several times a week instead of eating out added up to a lot of money. We check books out of the library instead of just buying them. We make coffee at home more often instead of going to cafes. anon
Someone once gave me this advice -- You can't change someone's behavior, only how you react to it.
So rather than let the resentment eat away at me and our relationship (he is a loving caring man, just a software engineer who got caught in the dot com craziness), I decided to do something. I told my partner that I have to leave my job because it makes me unhappy. So we are saving money, cutting our costs, and I plan to leave this year. And he continues to look for a job. We will most certainly go into debt but being unhappy in my job was a big part of my resentment towards my husband and my desire to stay at home. I plan on finding another career that allows me to work at home. I may be naive, but I'm putting my faith in the universe that we will be okay. Look at what you really resent -- is it your job? is it your husband's lack of understanding of your desire to stay at home? or? Then, you and only you can do something to change your life. Good luck anon
I work from home. My job pays a high hourly rate. We use a health plan with a high deductible. We live aggressively on the edge of financial ruin. We recently bought a home in a nice but not fancy area. Our mortgage is interest only adjustable for minimum monthly payments. We do not own new or even newer cars. We rarely eat out and we don't shop much. We may not have a second child due to financial constraints.
But life is good!! We get to spend lots of time with our daughter because we both have flexible schedules. We take it one day at a time and focus on her. If my husband worked a straight 9-5 job he would be a very unhappy busy person who we would not see very often. I much prefer worrying about how we will pay our monthly bills than about how I can improve my daughter's realtionship with her Dad.
You have to take responsibility for the situation you are in. Be creative and find the compromise that works for your family. Your husband probably won't make more money anytime soon so figure out a way around that. I get upset sometimes too about my husband's income but the alternative of him working all the time would be so much worse. Living on the Edge and Loving It
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Tony then calls Luis to let him know that someone who owes money needed some help, Mori Kibbutz, Brucie's little brother. Mori and Luis talk about some situations which the two headed to the docks. Then, they see some drug dealer, who ripped Mori off in the past and refused to do business with him anymore. Instead, they became hostile to Luis and Mori which they send some guys at the meet. Luis managed to kill them off and board on a boat which the two chases the fleeing gangsters and Mori will shoot the boats. After it's all done, Luis drop Mori off at the shore and concludes.

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1 Salvador Cidade Alta
Architecture, castles and historic districts
BR - Salvador
The Cidade Alta, or upper town, is Salvador's historical centre. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991, the area has steep cobbled streets, where many gems are hidden away: churches, museums and several hundred colourful 17C and 18C colonial houses..
2 São Francisco de Salvador Church and Convent
Religious buildings
Largo Cruzeiro de S. Francisco BR - Salvador
Wood panelling sculpted with a thousand motifs and heavily gilded... A Baroque profusion decorates the inside of this church, an early 18C masterpiece. The paintings on the ceiling, by José Joaquim da Rocha, as well as the sculpture of St Peter of Al..
3 Pelourinho
Architecture, castles and historic districts
BR - Salvador
The Largo do Pelourinho is located in a street in Old Salvador. Its name comes from the pelourinho (pillory) that stood here during colonial times, and it was the place where slaves were punished before the masses. Today, this picture-perfect locatio..
4 Igreja and Convento N. S. do Carmo
Religious buildings
Largo do Carmo BR - Salvador
The Convent of the Carmelites (17C), laid out around two cloisters, is partially occupied by a luxury hotel. It served as a refuge to Dutch forces during the invasion of 1624, as well as for Portuguese troops during Bahia's wars of independence. You ..
5 Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo
Religious buildings
Ladeira-do-Carmo BR - Salvador
The original church was destroyed by a fire in 1788 and has been replaced by this Rococo building (1803). The showpiece of the Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo, is a cedar carving of Christ (1730), inlaid with rubies to represent 2 000 droplets of b..
6 Salvador Museu de Arte Sacra
Museums and art
R. do Sodré 276 BR - Salvador 40060 240
Housed in the former convent of Santa Teresa de Ávila (17C), the Museu de Arte Sacra has a substantial collection of 17C and 18C works. All the main names of Bahian colonial art feature: Frei Agostinho da Piedade, José Joaquim da Rocha, and his disci..
7 Salvador Museu da Misericórdia
Museums and art
R. da Misericórdia 6 BR - Salvador
The Santa Casa da Misericórdia, a Portuguese Catholic institution, opened its first "branch" in Brazil in 1549. Their rammed-clay hospital was replaced in 1697 by this imposing complex built around two cloisters and a church. It houses a mu..
8 Terreiro de Jesus (Praça XV de Novembro)
Architecture, castles and historic districts
BR - Salvador
The Terreiro de Jesus, also called Praça XV de Novembro, is extended by the Largo do Cruzeiro. It is the place where you will find the most tourists in Pelourinho. Capoeira rodas are held here before wide-eyed passers-by, there are numerous bars and ..
9 Basílica da Sé
Religious buildings
Terreiro de Jesus BR - Salvador
On your left as you come onto the Terreiro de Jesus stands Basílica da Sé (or Catedral Basílica), built by the Jesuits between 1657 and 1672, using the noblest of materials: gold, marble from Portugal and jacaranda wood. A canny mix of Baroque and Ro..
10 Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco
Religious buildings
R. da Ordem-Terceira BR - Salvador
The façade (1702-1703) of this church, made of stone sculpted in the Baroque Plateresque style common in the Spanish colonies, is the only one of its kind in Brazil. Inside, the Baroque talhas were replaced in 1828 by a neo-Classical decoration. The ..
11 Igreja N. S. do Rosário
Religious buildings
Largo do Pelhourino BR - Salvador
This was the slaves' church, which they built themselves, as they were banned from entering the others. They had little to work with, so it took nearly the whole of the 18C to complete. Nowadays, the blue façade of Igreja N. S. do Rosário brightens u..
12 Salvador Museu Abelardo Rodrigues
Museums and art
R. Gregório-de-Mattos 45 BR - Salvador
Solar do Ferrão, one of Salvador's finest buildings (17C), is home to a collection of 860 pieces of 20C African art, bequeathed to the city by the Italian industrialist Claudio Masella. Masks, statuettes and everyday utensils are displayed in the sup..
13 Solar do Unhão
Museums and art
Av. Contorno BR - Salvador
The Modern Art Museum has been installed in Solar do Unhão, a fine 17C building. The grounds include a chapel, transformed into an exhibition room, and a sculpture garden (works by Carybé and Mário Cravo, to name but two). The permanent exhibition pr..
14 Itapagipe Peninsula
Nature and gardens
BR - Salvador
Itapagipe peninsula juts out into the bay under the protection of Fort N. S. de Monte Serrat. The Boa Viagem neighbourhood has a popular beach that gets crowded at weekends and its little village streets wind up to the fort, the church and the Monte ..
15 Museu de Arte da Bahia
Museums and art
Av. 7-de-Setembro - Corredor da Vitória 2340 BR - Salvador 40080 001
The Museu de Arte da Bahia is housed in a 19C villa that still bears the name of one of its former owners, Cerqueira de Lima, who made his fortune from the slave trade. For a time Governors Palace, it was substantially reworked in 1925. The collectio..
16 Museu Carlos Costa Pinto
Museums and art
Av. 7-de-Setembro 2490 BR - Salvador 40080 001
The collections of the Museu Carlos Costa Pinto show the luxury and refinement of the sugar aristocracy in the 17C-19C through exhibits including Baccarat crystals, Bahian jacaranda furniture, silverware and porcelain from China and Japan... Note als..
17 Igreja N. S. do Bonfim
Religious buildings
Praça Senhor-do-Bonfim BR - Salvador 40425 360
The façade of this church, illuminated by white light bulbs in the evening, can be seen from afar, perched on the Colina Sagrada (Sacred Hill). The church (1754) is a strong symbol of the religious syncretism of Bahians. Attend mass on Friday (5pm), ..
18 Praça Tomé de Souza
Architecture, castles and historic districts
BR - Salvador
Praça Tomé de Souza, named after the founder of the city of Salvador (a statue in the centre of the square pays homage to him), or Praça Municipal, because of the institutional monuments that surround it: the Paço Municipal, the city's seat of power,..
19 Museu Afro-Brasileiro in Salvador
Museums and art
Largo do Terreiro-de-Jesus BR - Salvador 40026 010
The Afro-Brazilian Museum is dedicated to African culture in Brazil, which is particularly profuse in the State of Bahia. Between the 16C and 19C, some five million Africans were taken to Brazil, most of them Bantu from Angola, the Congo and Mozambiq..
20 Forte São Marcelo
Architecture, castles and historic districts
BR - Salvador
Forte São Marcelo is a small, circular fort that was erected on a sandbank in 1650, opposite the Cidade Baixa (Lower Town). It had 54 cannons in a fan formation. Its wall houses rooms where you can find out about the history of the fort and the colon..


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It's also that the Sabres lack a strong organizational identity. Who are they? What kind of hockey do they play? How do they beat you? Are they a skilled team? A skilled team trying to add toughness? What?
Pegula knows what he needs to do. He said it at his introductory news conference. He said he wanted the Sabres to be the best in the league at finding, developing and keeping talent"
The Sabres have $15M to get sign 5 players by next fall, it should not be in thehands of a GMs that has been there since 1997.


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Technology Outsourcing's Next Level
Info-tech firms in India are being hammered by lower-priced rivals. To land more profitable work from U.S. customers, they're reinventing themselves, going from data bucket shops to full-service technology providers.
It's easy to miss this West Bengal outpost of Tata, which houses one of many IT services units belonging to one of India's largest conglomerates. The company's facilities—two inconspicuous, dark brown towers shoehorned between what look like residential buildings—go almost unnoticed amid the clatter of food hawkers and rickshaws.
But to many U.S. business executives, Tata Consultancy Services is anything but anonymous.
The company is one of India's best-known vendors to technology outsourcers, along with Infosys Technologies, Cognizant and Satyam Computer Service. Tata's client roster reads like a who's who of U.S. corporations, including Alcoa, Chrysler, Motorola and Prudential.
And the list continues to grow.
Despite the demonization of offshoring by politicians and labor leaders, there appears to be little chance of U.S. corporations weaning themselves off of Indian outsourcing anytime soon. This year alone, American companies will send some $24 billion worth of IT business to cities such as Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Although American companies initially made the passage to India to tap into the country's vast reservoir of low-wage workers, that's hardly the big attraction now. Seeking out the lowest-price outsourcers comes with a full set of pitfalls and trapdoors.
"One, you may only see very short-lived savings, because as technology changes, all the stuff you're doing needs to be reinvented," says Shaun Coyne, who served as chief information officer for Toyota Financial Services and works now as a private consultant. "Two, your IT operations will constantly be moving to the lowest-cost country, for the simple reason [that] that place is going to be changing over time."
What's more, other locations—including Eastern Europe and Latin America—often offer better value for simple tasks such as data processing.
Even those in the India outsourcing sector concede it's hard for them to compete on price alone these days. Part of the problem stems from the remarkable success of these companies. Buoyed by its technology sector, India's gross domestic product, pegged at $1 trillion last year, is soaring, up 9 percent a year.
With that robust growth, however, the rupee has strengthened mightily versus the U.S. dollar, making India more expensive for American firms. At the same time, local wages have risen sharply—up 15 percent annually over the past three years.
The result? India's IT workers come cheap, but they no longer come dirt cheap.
"If it's just about costs," says Coyne, "India is not the place to go."
To fend off lower-priced rivals, India's outsourcers have reinvented themselves. No longer low-margin, data bucket shops, they now bill themselves as full-service technology providers—"moving up the value chain," as India's National Association of Software and Services Companies put it.
Assignments from clients can include writing software code that builds core business applications, as well as hardware diagnostics and managing entire business functions.
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Outsourcing to India is about acquiring brain power rather than cutting costs, says Allstate's Anthony Abbattista.
Tata Consulting's 10-year contract with AC Nielsen is typical of the full-service model that India's outsourcers are now touting. The company handles a variety of technology tasks for the ratings specialist, enabling the company to centralize multiple systems and technologies.
Says Sridhar Bakshi, who oversees one of Tata Consulting's delivery centers: "[Our] whole strategy is centered around a fully integrated services play that looks at a combination of IT services, BPO, infrastructure services and consulting as the key focus area."
BPO, short for "business process outsourcing," is fast gaining in popularity with corporate clients. BPO now accounts for nearly 30 percent of India's IT outsourcing revenue—with U.S. companies among the biggest customers.
In some cases, American businesses are outsourcing business processes work after shutting down their own company-owned operations in India (known as captives). In others, they're simply expanding the amount of work they farm out to their outsourcers.
Either way, research firm Gartner believes India's outsourcing market is growing by as much as 40 percent annually among the U.S. companies it services.
It's hard to say how the current economic downturn might ultimately affect that projection. But managers at India's top outsourcing vendors see real possibilities in the current problems in the U.S.
Ashutosh Vaidya, head of Wipro's global practice for business process outsourcing, says business executives typically do two things during a downturn. "They will look for opportunities to help them take out costs, and areas where they can add value. If we can take out one-third of their BPO costs, that's a big deal. If I [demonstrate] areas where Wipro can add business value, that is icing on the cake."
Existing customers will no doubt zero in on the value-add proposition. Take Allstate.
The insurance company began outsourcing 10 years ago, setting up a captive operation in Ireland to deal with "Y2K" issues. It began sending IT work to India in 2003.
"Cost was not what made us look at India seriously," says Anthony Abbattista, vice president of enterprise technology, strategy and planning for Allstate Insurance. "The real reason we looked at India was ... getting other people's ideas and brain force."
The carrier, which sold $37 billion worth of insurance policies last year, now uses three outsourcing vendors on the subcontinent: Syntel, Wipro and Infosys. Although the Indian outsourcers do handle some simpler tasks for Allstate, such as IT maintenance, they also work on higher-value—and more crucial—functions.
One example: the processing of premium payments.
Allstate receives millions of these checks each month. Once that flood of cash is applied to groups within the company, Allstate must reconcile accounts—no small task. Outsourcers in India handle much of the work flow.
Equally important, Abbattista says, the company's Indian vendors have figured out ways of making the monthly reconciliation chore run more smoothly. "We use them for process innovations, things making us stronger and better at IT procedures."
Nevertheless, Allstate "co-sources" some of the work to U.S.-based vendors such as IBM. "We've not handed over the whole responsibility to anyone," Abbattista says.
Indeed, outsourcing veterans say that projects with global applications—a billing and communication system for a multinational bank, for example—may be better suited to a U.S. outsourcer such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard or others that have a strong global presence.
"They can set up a center for you in South America or Africa," says Coyne. "The Indian companies are just now learning to do that."
Co-sourcing also lessens the risk of sending sensitive company data or projects out of house. That should be important to finance managers.
"Any CFO should be concerned with outsourcing. Fiscally, there are savings opportunities, [but] the CFO is in the spot of making sure you don't mortgage the future of the company by making the wrong decision," says Abbattista. "[My] job is to maintain the right amount of control over our IT. Co-sourcing rather than only outsourcing it all gives you a higher level of control and quality; that's why we do it."
Certainly, getting locked in to an offshoring arrangement with a single vendor can be risky.
"It depends on the culture of your company and how comfortable you are giving up various aspects of control," says Abbattista. "For Allstate, co-sourcing to make sure that we have high quality in these arrangements is a value that we feel very strongly about."
It may not be the cheapest way to work, but he says that, for Allstate, outsourcing to India isn't about cost arbitrage.
"What outsourcing lets us do is keep the strategic work with us."
That seems to be the modus operandi for scores of U.S. companies—even as they ship increasingly complex work to the subcontinent. "Most companies have found over time that the best method is to "outsource your context and keep your core," says Coyne.
The idea was likely first hatched at General Electric.
In the mid-'90s, GE was keen to generate more of its income from outside the U.S. To do that, then-CEO Jack Welch decided that the company would need to acquire and integrate other businesses—and to do that, GE needed standards and sets of processes that could be applied to all the acquisitions.
So the U.S. conglomerate established company-owned centers of excellence around the globe, placing them under the corporate banner of GE Capital International Services (GECIS).
Eventually, General Electric spun off a 60 percent share of GECIS for $480 million, selling the stake to two private equity firms, Oak Hill Capital Partners and General Atlantic Partners. The outsourcing specialist, headquartered in India, was renamed Genpact and went public last year in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange that raised nearly $500 million.
Not all American businesses have been as successful with their Indian captives.
Dell shut down its hardware R&D center in Bangalore last year. The computer maker relocated that high-end operation to its facilities in Taiwan and Austin, Texas. The year before, Apple shuttered its technical support center in Bangalore—a month after opening it. Citigroup is reportedly shopping all or part of its India-based captive, Citi Global Services.
Expect others to follow suit. A recent Forrester Research study found that the cost of the average employee working at a captive center in India is $4,944 a month. That number dips to $4,231 for a worker at a third-party supplier. Forrester concluded that more than 60 percent of the current captive BPOs in India are in bad shape.
Ken Brame, who until recently served as CIO for auto parts retailer AutoZone, believes captive operations make sense only under certain circumstances.
The size of the operation tops the list. The greater the scale at the captive, the better the chance of reducing selling, general and administrative expenses and operating in the black. If an IT project requires several hundred people or more, setting up an offshore captive in India might be the way to go, says Brame.
Communication still difficult
If a job can be done by fewer than 100 workers, however, an outsourced development team may well be a better choice. Even in the age of digital connections, Brame says, communicating with employees working halfway around the world can be frustrating. "You can't just jump on a plane."
He speaks from experience.
In 2004, AutoZone began outsourcing some of its software development to India—albeit on an extremely small scale.
He kept his IT design team in-house in Memphis, but began sending some generic software application development to about 10 workers in India, through Infosys. That operation has grown to include some BPO functions, but it is still comparatively small, with just 50 programmers.
For more sensitive projects, like developing inventory indexing and automation software, Brame set up a "captive near-shore" practice in Chihuahua, Mexico.
"It was so easy for me to go down there to check on our guys, since we were in the same time zone."
The time difference between Memphis, Tennessee, and Bangalore, on the other hand, is 10 ½ hours.
This can complicate things mightily. To keep mix-ups to a minimum, an outsourcer will often assign staff to a client's facilities. Brame says Infosys "sent a few guys to Memphis who stayed at the office late every night to be the communication link between my employees and the outsourcers in India."
But the joys of proximity cannot be overstated.
"When we're doing application design [at home], we can hand a project spec to someone in the next cubicle and they'll ask questions," he says. "But if you're sending it off to India, you've got to do a much more thorough job of documenting what you want those vendors to do. That is something that a lot of companies struggle with."
They're also struggling to find enough IT talent at home.
There are more technology jobs in the U.S. now than there were at the height of the dotcom boom in 2000. Yet enrollment in IT courses is half what it was eight years ago. Despite a recent rise in the number of engineers graduating from American universities, Brame sees a 20 to 40 percent shortage for tech talent.
Given the gap, U.S. firms will continue to throw more work to companies in India like Tata—no matter what the headaches.
"We can't find enough people with the skills we need here, so we have to tap the world economy," says Abbattista. "This is a race for talent."
Back in Kolkata, they're getting ready for that race. In the farmland beyond the outskirts of the city—in the complex that houses Tata's buildings—construction crews are working feverishly to keep up with the demand for space from technology outsourcers in India. Cranes dot the skyline, with builders putting up steel frames that will soon tower over the landscape.
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Is ABC's Dancing with the Stars already having a positive effect on the career of retired NBA veteran Rick Fox? Possibly.
NBA TV, a partner channel with TNT, announced Rick Fox will join the network as a guest studio analyst. NBA TV is carried in more than 53 million homes in the United States and will broadcast up to 275 games this season.
Fox, a three-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers, joins an illustrious roster of talent on NBA TV including, Ernie Johnson, Ahmad Rashad, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Reggie Miller, Cheryl Miller, Craig Sager and David Aldridge.
Sounds like a great move for Rick Fox. Let's just hope he doesn't start taking fashion tips from Sager.


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I think I saw a video of this on the tube some time ago, but I didn't understand much about it (but I was impressed by the sprites), hmmm... If the pokes will have that quality I guess I'll keep a close look on this one.
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Problem: CSS/XHTML code incorporates jpg/gif images that appear correctly in Dreamweaver 8 and in the Dreamweaver browser for IE, Safari, Firefox 2.
The images ALSO appear correctly on a live page in IE 6 (PC), IE 5.2 (Mac), Safari, Firefox 1.5 (Mac/PC).
BUT! As soon as I load the LIVE page in Firefox 2 (Mac or PC), only **certain** images disappear. The mysterious images appear in the source code, but do not actually appear on the Firefox page.
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If so, then whatever was cached before will be displayed again, and the 'new' images won't be fetched from your server for another six hours...
If it's not a caching issue, then I'd suggest removing/reinstalling Firefox (your settings and bookmarks will be preserved).
I have dumped my cache. No luck.
I found a new (to me) Firefox toolbar for web design troubleshooting and was able to turn off CSS styles. In this mode, at least I see my alt text with links.
This problem has been replicated on 7 different machines (both Mac and PC) at different locations -- but all with Firefox 2.
But on 7 other machines also? Do they all have the same browser extensions?
The mysterious images appear in the source code, but do not actually appear on the Firefox page.
or does it look more like this?
<img src="C:\Document and Settings\user\My documents\something.gif" />


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4 Jul 2010 6:52 AM #1
Pinch to Zoom
Hi folks
I'm wanting to implement pinch to zoom using Sencha Touch.
As an example, if you take the Solitaire demo app and imagine that the user can pinch to zoom in or out on the board, and then swipe to move around it vertically and horizontally. Any initial hints as to how would you do that?
The simplest goal is that the elements scale up/down as the user pinches either way. Taking the idea a step further, I'd like my view to update itself to show more details depending on how zoomed in you are.
My starting point is to play with the CSS scale factor, but any pointers welcome.
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6 Jul 2010 10:25 AM #2
Yeah, the CSS scale property is the first thing that comes to mind.
10 Jul 2011 6:06 AM #3
Tommy, is there a way to reenable the native browser pinch zoom behavior for certain aspects of the app, such as a card that displays an article, without faking it via CSS?
19 Jul 2011 4:14 AM #4
I'd like to achieve the same feature: is there a way to easly implement a pinch to zoom ( let's say a Panel with text)?
The best would be to get back the native browser behaviour.
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I would never do this to anyone, but I could see this as a way to screw others while making money for yourself. As someone who is looking on Craigslist to get tickets for the game this weekend, I'm just curious what other think of this "risk"?
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Mission trip spans 11 countries in 11 months
CORNELIUS — For 11 months starting in July, everything Alexa Kwiatkowski owns will have to fit in a backpack with her sleeping bag and a tent.
The 22-year-old Cornelius resident is about to embark on a mission trip, called the World Race, which will take her to 11 countries in 11 months to serve others.
"I'm leaving friends and family, I'm not sleeping in a bed and I'm abandoning the life I'm used to," Alexa said. "But God is calling me and put it on my heart to really go for it."
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"It's still serving and through serving I'm showing how to live like Jesus," she said. "I'm excited to make relationships and bring them hope and joy they might not be seeing."
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Though a self-proclaimed planner, her life has already had unexpected events strengthening her faith. She attended Saint Mark Catholic Church through graduation from North Mecklenburg High School, where she participated in the Young Life program, an adolescent non-denominational Christian ministry. She went on to East Carolina University, but found it wasn't the place for her. In 2011, she spent a semester in Colorado interning for Young Life. She said her faith grew as she thrived in a community of believers.
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THE PUBLISHING DILEMMAJanuary 9th, 2015 by J.H. Soeder
For those of you wondering about getting published, the biggest thing to remember and be is PERSISTENT.
Due to my publishing background, I have been fortunate that I learned how to get my books published using Amazon's Createspace site. But there is more to it than just that, if you want to do things right. Innumerable books are out there about HOW to write, but the best thing you can do is join a writing group, or take classes where you must write each week and then present your work to your class and get feedback. That is most helpful and having the chance to hear what others write not only gives you ideas about what to write but something to compare your writing to.
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That's another point. A great book to read is Stephen King's ON WRITING. You get great perspective and wonderful advice. Besides that, read books that are bestsellers in the genre you are writing about, reading not just from a pleasure point of view, but WHY they are good books. That is where writing classes come in.
The next point is getting published. Two sites, wordhaus.com and commuterlit.com will publish your writing if they like it. There is no exchange of money, but agents like to see that your work has merit. The point is, the more you write, the better you will get.
If you self-publish, you have Kindle e-books. They have a great way of setting you up so that you can publish electronically. But the main thing is that you will also need to market your books on-line, which is a blog in itself. The point is to be PERSISTENT.
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