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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>Detroit's Silverdome almost sold for 1% of original cost</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/extracurriculars/" rel="tag">Extracurriculars</a></p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Where_Is_Everyone%3F.jpg#file"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" align="right" alt="Silverdome"  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/pointiacsilverdomeb.jpg" /></a>What a difference a year makes. Or 34 years. Take your pick. Either way, it's a loss for Detroit and the surrounding area.<br />
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The Pontiac Silverdome was sold this week at auction for $583,000, or about 1% of the $55.7 million it took to build it in 1975, according to the <a href="http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/11/18/new-tale-of-detroits-woe-silverdome-sold-for-583000/">Christian Science Monitor</a>.<br />
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The sale was halted Wednesday when a judge ordered an injunction to stop it after a complaint was filed by developer H. Wallace Parker, who claims he had an agreement with the city to buy it, according to <a href="http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20091118/FREE/911189991/-1#">Crain's Detroit Business</a>.<p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Detroit's Silverdome almost sold for 1% of original cost</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/">Detroit's Silverdome almost sold for 1% of original cost</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20091118/FREE/911189991/-1#>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19245682/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Detroit</category><category>Detroit Lions</category><category>DetroitLions</category><category>Silverdome</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Podcast: How to spot fake job board postings</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/career/" rel="tag">Career</a></p>In this "Your Job Will Come" podcast, WalletPop's <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/bloggers/aaron-crowe/">Aaron Crowe</a> talks with Francis Larkin, a senior product manager at <a href="http://www.simplyhired.com/">SimplyHIred.com</a>, a job board Web site that helps people search for jobs, about how to spot fake job postings.<br />
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I <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/10/15/simplyhired-lets-job-seekers-be-picky-in-a-recession/">wrote</a> about the site in October, and was impressed by its various filters to help narrow job searches.<br />
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Among the tips that Larkin suggests for spotting fake postings on job boards are to not apply for jobs that require you to move money from one bank account to another, which is essentially money laundering, and looking for misspellings in a job post.<br />
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<img border="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTg3NDE4Njk3MDMmcHQ9MTI1ODc*MTg3MTQ4NCZwPTQ1MDk3MiZkPSZnPTImbz*zMGE1ZjI1MTU5NmI*ZTA1OGQ5NTdjMjZmZjAyZGZlZCZvZj*w.gif" style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" alt="" /><embed width="210" height="108" allowscriptaccess="always" menu="false" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eblogtalkradio%2Ecom%2Fplaylist%2Easpx%3Fshow%5Fid%3D788983&amp;=true&amp;bufferlength=5&amp;volume=100&amp;borderweight=1&amp;bordercolor=#999999&amp;backgroundcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;dashboardcolor=#0098CB&amp;textcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;detailscolor=#FFFFFF&amp;playlistcolor=#999999&amp;playlisthovercolor=#333333&amp;cornerradius=10&amp;callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx?referrer_url=/show.aspx&amp;C1=7&amp;C2=6042973&amp;C3=31&amp;C4=&amp;C5=&amp;C6="></embed><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/">Podcast: How to spot fake job board postings</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.simplyhired.com/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19248292/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>job board</category><category>job boards</category><category>JobBoard</category><category>JobBoards</category><category>simplyhired</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>If 'cash for caulkers' starts, we should rethink how we heat our homes</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/if-cash-for-caulkers-starts-we-should-rethink-how-we-heat-our/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/if-cash-for-caulkers-starts-we-should-rethink-how-we-heat-our/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/if-cash-for-caulkers-starts-we-should-rethink-how-we-heat-our/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/home/" rel="tag">Home</a></p><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/3036920_ea42908181_m.jpg"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/3036920_ea42908181_m.jpg"  alt="caulk" /></a>A "cash for caulkers" program being studied by the Obama administration should look at much more than caulking windows and other simple ways to give households money to pay for weatherization projects.<br />
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Filling in air gaps where heat escapes from homes is a good start to cutting heating bills and thus cut America's energy use, but any stimulus project aimed at homes should look at how most American homes are heated and how to do it more efficiently.<br />
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New York Times columnist <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/economy/18leonhardt.html?_r=1&amp;scp=2&amp;sq=david%20leonhardt&amp;st=cse">David Leonhardt</a> recently wrote about the home weatherization version of the wildly successful <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/05/01/cash-for-clunkers-could-give-you-5-000-toward-a-new-car/">cash for clunkers</a> program. It would help put contractors and construction workers back to work insulating homes and caulking air leaks, while saving homeowners money in the long term by weatherizing their homes.<br />
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As someone who recently spent four boring and frustrating days sitting on a jury, the $30 that I'll get wasn't worth the hassle and won't make me volunteer for it, no matter how <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/01/07/the-job-hunt-under-employed-numbers-increasing/">underemployed</a> I am.<br />
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Other than the civic duty involved, it's a waste of time as far as getting paid. My recent jury duty netted me $1.53 per hour.<br />
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Besides, if I was a lawyer I wouldn't want a juror who was there for the money and would be likely to extend deliberations a few more days for some extra pay.<p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/19/unemployed-seek-jury-duty-for-pay-but-its-not-worth-it/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Unemployed seek jury duty for pay, but it's not worth it</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/19/unemployed-seek-jury-duty-for-pay-but-its-not-worth-it/">Unemployed seek jury duty for pay, but it's not worth it</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/jury_duty_pick_me_please_pAofBbtclXi5jwhTJLDvCK>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/19/unemployed-seek-jury-duty-for-pay-but-its-not-worth-it/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19244962/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/19/unemployed-seek-jury-duty-for-pay-but-its-not-worth-it/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>jury</category><category>jury duty</category><category>JuryDuty</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Forget candy canes, Santa's handing out hand sanitizer this year</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/shopping/" rel="tag">Shopping</a>, <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/health/" rel="tag">Health</a></p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wyscan/315268883/"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt=""  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/mallsanta.jpg" /></a>It's a promise from Santa Claus, so it has to be good: The global swine flu pandemic won't stop him from delivering presents this year.<br />
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"I swear that Christmas will not be canceled this year," Father Christmas told Finnish national broadcaster YLE, explaining that many children were worried he would catch swine flu, according to an <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJKXc6PCRXpnOqViu9yqmbG1jfWQ">ATP story.</a><br />
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And in what may not look like the kindest move after a child has left his lap, Santa Claus is pulling out the hand sanitizer and tissues more than ever this holiday season in an effort to ward off swine flu and the seasonal flu.<br />
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In yet another sign of how lives are <a href="http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091117/OPINION/911170303/-1/SITEMAP">changing </a>in the fight against H1N1, mall Santas are being asked this year to get vaccinated, use hand sanitizer often, wash their beards regularly and bleach and wash their white gloves nightly, according to a story in the <a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/health/season+even+Santa+washing+hands+checking+them+twice/2229943/story.html">Vancouver Sun</a>.<br /><p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Forget candy canes, Santa's handing out hand sanitizer this year</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/">Forget candy canes, Santa's handing out hand sanitizer this year</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.vancouversun.com/health/season+even+Santa+washing+hands+checking+them+twice/2229943/story.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19243960/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>H1N1</category><category>H1N1 flu</category><category>H1N1 Swine Flu</category><category>h1N1 vaccine</category><category>h1n1 virus</category><category>H1n1Flu</category><category>H1n1SwineFlu</category><category>H1n1Vaccine</category><category>H1n1Virus</category><category>santa</category><category>santa claus</category><category>SantaClaus</category><category>swine flu</category><category>swine flu pandemic</category><category>SwineFlu</category><category>SwineFluPandemic</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Thanksgiving dinner cost drops for first time since 2004</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/thanksgiving-dinner-cost-drops-for-first-time-since-2004/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/thanksgiving-dinner-cost-drops-for-first-time-since-2004/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/thanksgiving-dinner-cost-drops-for-first-time-since-2004/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/food/" rel="tag">Food</a></p><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2355/2125952891_9cb1d3abc4.jpg"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/turkey.jpg"  alt="thansgiving dinner" /></a>After five years of price increases, the cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner dropped 4% this year -- down $1.70 to $42.91 for a feast for 10.<br />
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The figures are from the <a href="http://www.fb.org/index.php?fuseaction=newsroom.newsfocus&amp;year=2009&amp;file=nr1112.html">American Farm Bureau Federation</a>, which has conducted the annual survey since 1986 as an informal gauge of price trends around the nation.<br />
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Everyone wants the latest in fashion, but paying <a href="http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3416838&amp;cp=3915293">$169.99</a> for a new home jersey that doesn't look much different than the <a href="http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3397801&amp;cp=1452357.1452810">2009</a> model seems like a waste of money. <br />
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The best news is that the new jersey costs $10 less than the old one, but that may be more a sign of the recession than of the Twins subtly trying to offer a deal on something that is outrageously priced to begin with.<p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/another-team-unveils-new-look-to-get-fans-to-buy/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Another team unveils new look to get fans to buy</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/another-team-unveils-new-look-to-get-fans-to-buy/">Another team unveils new look to get fans to buy</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091116&amp;content_id=7671650&amp;vkey=pr_min&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;c_id=min>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/another-team-unveils-new-look-to-get-fans-to-buy/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19241841/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/another-team-unveils-new-look-to-get-fans-to-buy/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>baseball</category><category>merchandise</category><category>Minnesota Twins</category><category>MinnesotaTwins</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Recession creating a new workforce</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/career/" rel="tag">Career</a>, <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2067/2473728872_bc7c80cdb3.jpg"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/office-1258470288.jpg"  alt="offcie workers" /></a>One of the worst things about the recession may turn out to be one of the best things about it: The layoffs are creating a new workforce -- the part-time workforce.<br />
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Cobbling together enough part-time jobs to add up to full-time work is becoming the skill set of the new part-time workforce.<br />
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A new economy is being formed, or at least expanded upon, as more laid off workers join the ranks of freelancers and contract workers who don't get benefits such as paid vacation and sick days, but get paid for each project they complete. <br />
<br /><p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Recession creating a new workforce</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/">Recession creating a new workforce</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.solvate.com/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19241649/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>part-time</category><category>part-time job</category><category>part-time jobs</category><category>part-time-jobs</category><category>Part-timeJob</category><category>Part-timeJobs</category><category>recession</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Use Google Flu-shot to find local H1N1 vaccination</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/technology/" rel="tag">Technology</a>, <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/health/" rel="tag">Health</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/flushot111309.jpg" alt="flu" />Microsoft and Google, two titans in technology, are separately trying to help combat the worst flu season in decades. First came an interactive Web site from Microsoft to help <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/10/08/avoid-the-doctor-diagnose-swine-flu-on-the-web/">diagnose</a> the swine flu. <br />
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Now comes a <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/flushot/flushot.xml">flu shot finder</a> from Google to help find shots for the regular flu and swine flu. If only Microsoft and Google combined their efforts in battling H1N1, we'd have this problem solved. <br />
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The swine flu is causing the worst flu season in the United States since 1997, when current measurements started. So far the virus has killed an estimated 3,900 people, according to a <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5AB53220091112">Reuters</a> story.<p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Use Google Flu-shot to find local H1N1 vaccination</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/">Use Google Flu-shot to find local H1N1 vaccination</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/flushot/flushot.xml>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19236599/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>flu</category><category>flu season</category><category>Flu shot</category><category>flu shots</category><category>FluSeason</category><category>FluShot</category><category>FluShots</category><category>H1N1</category><category>H1N1 flu</category><category>H1N1 Swine Flu</category><category>h1N1 vaccine</category><category>h1n1 virus</category><category>H1n1Flu</category><category>H1n1SwineFlu</category><category>H1n1Vaccine</category><category>H1n1Virus</category><category>swine flu</category><category>swine flu pandemic</category><category>SwineFlu</category><category>SwineFluPandemic</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Podcast: Getting back self esteem after job layoff</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/career/" rel="tag">Career</a>, <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p>In this "Your Job Will Come" podcast, WalletPop's <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/bloggers/aaron-crowe/">Aaron Crowe</a> talks with <a href="http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/hazAuthor.jsp?author_id=381&amp;section=null&amp;item=15644&amp;sitex=10020:22372:US">Abraham Twerski</a> about his new book, <a href="http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=15644&amp;sitex=10020:22372:US">"Without a Job, Who Am I?"</a> and how to get back your self esteem after being laid off.<br />
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Among the tips he gives are to spend some time mourning after a job loss and to not let your job define who you are.<br />
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<img border="0" alt="" style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTgwNTI4MjYyOTYmcHQ9MTI1ODA1MjgyODA5MyZwPTQ1MDk3MiZkPSZnPTImbz*zMGE1ZjI1MTU5NmI*ZTA1OGQ5NTdjMjZmZjAyZGZlZCZvZj*w.gif" /><embed width="210" height="108" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/BTRPlayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eblogtalkradio%2Ecom%2Fplaylist%2Easpx%3Fshow%5Fid%3D767890&amp;=true&amp;bufferlength=5&amp;volume=100&amp;borderweight=1&amp;bordercolor=#999999&amp;backgroundcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;dashboardcolor=#0098CB&amp;textcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;detailscolor=#FFFFFF&amp;playlistcolor=#999999&amp;playlisthovercolor=#333333&amp;cornerradius=10&amp;callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx?referrer_url=/show.aspx&amp;C1=7&amp;C2=6042973&amp;C3=31&amp;C4=&amp;C5=&amp;C6=" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" menu="false" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/">Podcast: Getting back self esteem after job layoff</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.hazelden.org/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?item=15644&amp;sitex=10020:22372:US>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19235154/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>layoff</category><category>layoffs</category><category>podcast</category><category>Podcasts</category><category>self esteem</category><category>SelfEsteem</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dropping out of community college pays off for poker champ</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/career/" rel="tag">Career</a>, <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/wealth/" rel="tag">Wealth</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/joe-cada-poker-champ-186x124.jpg" alt="" />The world has a new poker champ -- whose life story may inspire people to pursue their dreams of being a professional gambler -- but don't let the tale of Joe Cada fool you into following his career path.<br />
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Cada, 21, won the <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20091111/NEWS05/911110359/1001/NEWS/Poker-champ-Joe-Cadas-career-gamble-pays-off">$8.55 million jackpot </a>in the World Series of Poker, making him the youngest winner of the event.<br />
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Cada started <a href="http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/127287.html">playing poker</a> on the Internet when he was 16, and he was so good at math that he later dropped out of community college to pursue a career as a professional gambler.<br />
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It's not a career path that Cada recommends anyone follow, although speaking to the <em>Detroit Free Press</em> from his high-roller, 9,000-square-foot suite at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is an odd place in which to be doling out that type of career advice.<p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Dropping out of community college pays off for poker champ</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/">Dropping out of community college pays off for poker champ</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.freep.com/article/20091111/NEWS05/911110359/1001/NEWS/Poker-champ-Joe-Cadas-career-gamble-pays-off>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19235292/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>career</category><category>careers</category><category>gamble</category><category>poker</category><category>poker tournament</category><category>PokerTournament</category><category>world series of poker</category><category>World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions</category><category>WorldSeriesOfPoker</category><category>WorldSeriesOfPoker:TournamentOfChampions</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Podcast: Making job board work for you</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/career/" rel="tag">Career</a>, <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p>In this week's <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WalletPop-/2009/11/11/Making-job-board-work-for-you">"Your Job Will Come"</a> podcast, WalletPop's <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/bloggers/aaron-crowe/">Aaron Crowe</a> talks with career search expert <a href="http://www.kevinkermes.com/">Kevin Kermes</a> about how to make Internet job boards work for you in your job search.<br />
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They discuss how to best use the job boards as a tip service leading to more networking to reach the right person who is hiring, and how difficult it is to get a job by using a job board.<br />
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<img border="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTc5NjQyOTQ2NTYmcHQ9MTI1Nzk2NDI5NjkyMSZwPTQ1MDk3MiZkPSZnPTImbz*zMGE1ZjI1MTU5NmI*ZTA1OGQ5NTdjMjZmZjAyZGZlZCZvZj*w.gif" style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" alt="" /><embed width="210" height="108" allowscriptaccess="always" menu="false" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/BTRPlayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eblogtalkradio%2Ecom%2Fplaylist%2Easpx%3Fshow%5Fid%3D754790&amp;=true&amp;bufferlength=5&amp;volume=100&amp;borderweight=1&amp;bordercolor=#999999&amp;backgroundcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;dashboardcolor=#0098CB&amp;textcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;detailscolor=#FFFFFF&amp;playlistcolor=#999999&amp;playlisthovercolor=#333333&amp;cornerradius=10&amp;callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx?referrer_url=/show.aspx&amp;C1=7&amp;C2=6042973&amp;C3=31&amp;C4=&amp;C5=&amp;C6="></embed><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/">Podcast: Making job board work for you</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WalletPop-/2009/11/11/Making-job-board-work-for-you>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19233102/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>career</category><category>job board</category><category>job boards</category><category>JobBoard</category><category>JobBoards</category><category>podcast</category><category>Podcasts</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Burglaries usually rise in a recession, but not this one</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/310838315_198953bc2f_m.jpg"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/310838315_198953bc2f_m.jpg"  alt="" /></a>I noticed some surprisingly good news in the annual report from the city where I live in the San Francisco Bay Area -- crime has dropped. I say surprisingly because in a recession, I'd expect crime to increase as more people lose their jobs and have to find other ways -- some illegal -- to make money.<br />
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It turns out my suburban city isn't alone. Large and small cities across the country are seeing crime drop -- particularly burglaries -- during the recession. "With a lot more unemployed people, a lot more people are staying home, and they see more in their neighborhood," Sgt. Thomas Lasater of the police department in St. Louis County, Mo., told the <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g076qmwwM4ZF_O6hqXL27r5NwrPAD9BS81K00">Associated Press</a>.<br />
<br /><p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Burglaries usually rise in a recession, but not this one</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/">Burglaries usually rise in a recession, but not this one</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g076qmwwM4ZF_O6hqXL27r5NwrPAD9BS81K00>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19230029/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>burglary</category><category>crime</category><category>recession</category><category>shoplifting</category><category>theft</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>My 5-year-old opens a savings account -- you can, too</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/banks/" rel="tag">Banks</a>, <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/banking-savings-account/" rel="tag">Banking-savings-account</a></p><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3101/2738104237_ec4765eb0c_m.jpg"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/2738104237_ec4765eb0c_m.jpg"  alt="Piggy bank" /></a>As with too many lessons I try to teach my daughter, now 5, I end up caving in and the lesson I set out to instill is lost.<br />
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We'll see if it turns out the same way with her savings account we recently opened together, but it couldn't have been a strong lesson in how to save money when immediately after leaving the bank, we went to a store where I bought her a promised toy.<br />
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I'll get back to the toy spending in a bit, but first I'd like to focus on the good part of that afternoon -- opening a savings account in her name in an effort to <a href="http://www.iqualifynow.com/article.html?id=4812">teach her about saving</a> money.<br /><p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>My 5-year-old opens a savings account -- you can, too</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/">My 5-year-old opens a savings account -- you can, too</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.iqualifynow.com/article.html?id=4812>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19224041/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>banks</category><category>children</category><category>Savings</category><category>Savings Account</category><category>savings account interest</category><category>savings accounts</category><category>SavingsAccount</category><category>SavingsAccountInterest</category><category>SavingsAccounts</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Wal-Mart's sick leave policy risks spreading swine flu</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/health/" rel="tag">Health</a></p><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3412/3483781370_71674763e9.jpg"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/flumask.jpg"  alt="swine flu mask" /></a>With swine flu in full swing, Wal-Mart's punitive sick leave policy is discouraging employees from calling in sick, lest they earn enough demerits to be fired, according to a report by the <a href="http://www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=688">National Labor Committee</a>.<br />
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Wal-Mart employees who miss one or more days due to sickness or other reasons, including caring for a sick child, earn a demerit point and lose eight hours of wages. Employees with more than three absences in a six-month period will be disciplined, and four demerits in six months leads to warnings that can lead to dismissal.<br />
<br /><p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Wal-Mart's sick leave policy risks spreading swine flu</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/">Wal-Mart's sick leave policy risks spreading swine flu</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=688>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19224020/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>swine flu</category><category>SwineFlu</category><category>wal-mart</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Recession giving people a lot more to worry about</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p><a href="http://worrycircle.com/images/176_Worry-Circle-cover-0320_copy.jpg"><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" alt="Managing the Worry Circle" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/worry-1257353497.jpg" /></a>Through no fault of their own, the recession is giving people more reasons to worry.<br />
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Along with the constant worries of death and taxes, the recession is adding worry lines over keeping a job, finding a job, paying bills, affording necessities such as food and shelter, and other basic needs in the first two stages of Abraham Maslow's <a href="http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/maslow.htm">"Hierarchy of Needs."</a><br /><p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Recession giving people a lot more to worry about</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/">Recession giving people a lot more to worry about</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://worrycircle.com/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19222371/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>recession</category><category>worry</category><category>worrying</category><category>WorryingTooMuch</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Podcast: Networking tips while your company undergoes layoffs</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/podcast-networking-tips-while-your-company-undergoes-layoffs/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/podcast-networking-tips-while-your-company-undergoes-layoffs/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/podcast-networking-tips-while-your-company-undergoes-layoffs/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/career/" rel="tag">Career</a>, <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p>On this week's <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WalletPop-/2009/11/04/Networking-tips-to-use-while-your-company-has-layoffs">"Your Job Will Come"</a> podcast, WalletPop's <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/bloggers/aaron-crowe/">Aaron Crowe</a> talks with branding and networking expert <a href="http://thomsinger.com/">Thom Singer</a> about how to network while you're company is undergoing layoffs, and how to network after losing a job.<br />
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Among the tips are staying positive, networking early and not saying anything bad about your company after a layoff.<br />
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<img border="0" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyNTczNjA3NjE*NTMmcHQ9MTI1NzM2MDc2MzQ2OCZwPTQ1MDk3MiZkPSZnPTImbz*zMGE1ZjI1MTU5NmI*ZTA1OGQ5NTdjMjZmZjAyZGZlZCZvZj*w.gif" style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" alt="" /><embed width="210" height="108" allowscriptaccess="always" menu="false" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/BTRPlayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eblogtalkradio%2Ecom%2Fplaylist%2Easpx%3Fshow%5Fid%3D754800&amp;=true&amp;bufferlength=5&amp;volume=100&amp;borderweight=1&amp;bordercolor=#999999&amp;backgroundcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;dashboardcolor=#0098CB&amp;textcolor=#FFFFFF&amp;detailscolor=#FFFFFF&amp;playlistcolor=#999999&amp;playlisthovercolor=#333333&amp;cornerradius=10&amp;callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx?referrer_url=/show.aspx&amp;C1=7&amp;C2=6042973&amp;C3=31&amp;C4=&amp;C5=&amp;C6="></embed><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/podcast-networking-tips-while-your-company-undergoes-layoffs/">Podcast: Networking tips while your company undergoes layoffs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WalletPop-/2009/11/04/Networking-tips-to-use-while-your-company-has-layoffs>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/podcast-networking-tips-while-your-company-undergoes-layoffs/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19223367/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/podcast-networking-tips-while-your-company-undergoes-layoffs/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>networking</category><category>networking tips</category><category>NetworkingAdvice</category><category>NetworkingTips</category><category>podcast</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Recession tales: The workplace is changing forever</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-tales-the-workplace-is-changing-forever/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-tales-the-workplace-is-changing-forever/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-tales-the-workplace-is-changing-forever/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/recession/" rel="tag">Recession</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/06/paperwork.jpg" />For the 138 million Americans who still have jobs, the recession is changing the way they work.<br />
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Work furloughs are common, pay cuts are mandated to save jobs from being eliminated, <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gPBFPLz9fKChEr4R7JvnyGrPmyGQD9BG4KMO0">four-day work weeks</a> are gaining popularity, and companies are cutting benefits such as matching 401(k) contributions.<br />
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It's enough to make someone quit.<br />
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When the 15 million unemployed Americans do find jobs again, they'll return to a workplace that is likely to have grown accustomed to less pay for more work, or at least working less hours in a week. The raises that were once part of an annual employee review, if not entirely gone, will take years to get back to where they were before the recession.<br />
<br /><p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-tales-the-workplace-is-changing-forever/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Recession tales: The workplace is changing forever</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-tales-the-workplace-is-changing-forever/">Recession tales: The workplace is changing forever</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/10/27/consumer-utah-four-day-workweek.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-tales-the-workplace-is-changing-forever/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19212595/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-tales-the-workplace-is-changing-forever/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>employment</category><category>recession</category><category>unemployment</category><category>work</category><category>working</category><category>workplace</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Drinking at work a bad idea, just ask Sue Simmons</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/drinking-at-work-a-bad-idea-just-ask-sue-simmons/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/drinking-at-work-a-bad-idea-just-ask-sue-simmons/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/drinking-at-work-a-bad-idea-just-ask-sue-simmons/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/extracurriculars/" rel="tag">Extracurriculars</a></p><br />
<img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/sue-simmons-drinking-on-job-240cs110309.jpg" alt="" />Admitting to drinking on the job during a live television interview would typically be considered a bad career move. <br />
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Not for Sue Simmons, though. The <em>WNBC-TV </em>New York anchor <a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/media_people/sue_simmons_admits_to_drinking_on_the_job_141977.asp">recently appeared</a> on a chirpy lifestyle show, <em>LX New York</em>, where she admitted that she used to have a drink or two before going on the air. <br />
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So why hasn't the anchor been shown the studio door? Those days of boozy dinners before the evening news hour happened more than 20 years ago, she says. And after such a late confession, <a href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/station/about-us/Sue_Simmons.html">Simmons</a>, who has been at WNBC for 28 years, isn't likely to lose her job. <br />
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"That stopped in the mid-'80s, late '80s," Simmons said in the interview with Bravo executive-turned-night-show host Andy Cohen. "Because I looked in the mirror before -- when I was about ready to go on the air -- and my eyes were red."<p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/drinking-at-work-a-bad-idea-just-ask-sue-simmons/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Drinking at work a bad idea, just ask Sue Simmons</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/drinking-at-work-a-bad-idea-just-ask-sue-simmons/">Drinking at work a bad idea, just ask Sue Simmons</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/media_people/sue_simmons_admits_to_drinking_on_the_job_141977.asp>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/drinking-at-work-a-bad-idea-just-ask-sue-simmons/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19221165/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/drinking-at-work-a-bad-idea-just-ask-sue-simmons/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>alcohol</category><category>drinking</category><category>wnbc</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Free telescope keychain</title><link>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/free-telescope-keychain/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/free-telescope-keychain/</guid><comments>http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/free-telescope-keychain/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/category/fantastic-freebies/" rel="tag">Fantastic Freebies</a></p><img hspace="4" border="1" align="right" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.walletpop.com/blog/media/2009/11/keychain.jpg"  alt="" />The Sun Explosion Astronomy Club is giving<a href="http://www.sunexplosion.com/news458.htm"> free telescope keychains</a>. All you have to do is fill out a short online form. No fee is required.<br />
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The free keychain is limited to one per household. Stock is limited and will only be available while supplies last.<br /><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/free-telescope-keychain/">Free telescope keychain</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog">WalletPop Blog</a> on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:02:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><p><a href=http://www.sunexplosion.com/news458.htm>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/free-telescope-keychain/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/forward/19218448/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/03/free-telescope-keychain/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a></p>]]></description><category>Fantastic Freebbies</category><category>fantastic freebie</category><category>Fantastic Freebies</category><category>FantasticFreebbies</category><category>FantasticFreebie</category><category>FantasticFreebies</category><category>free</category><category>freebie</category><category>Freebies</category><dc:creator>Aaron Crowe</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:02:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>