As adults, most of us can appreciate the loss of the afternoon nap. Today, they're reserved for my kids and the lucky people of Spain. Turns out that may be changing, at least a bit. More and more companies are allowing and in some cases encouraging the afternoon power nap.

On the heels of the this new trend is a tool ca

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Coffee giant Starbucks has announced all of its 7,100 stores nationwide will close later this month for a few hours as the company tries to boost sagging sales.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says all stores will close Tuesday, February 26th at 5:30 p.m. for three hours to retrain baristas on skills like making the perfect sh

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If you’re a job seeker, you’ve probably read eleventy-billion pieces of advice about what you MUST and MUST NOT do in your resumes, cover letters, and interviews.

How can you possibly remember all the rules? You know what? Relax.

No one can remember ALL the rules, and not every rule applies in every situation, anyway. So

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A federal appeals court has overturned a Texas statute outlawing sex toy sales, leaving Alabama as the state with the strictest ban on such devices. Gotta love the south.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Texas law making it illegal to sell or promote obscene devices, punishable by up to two years in jail

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Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah,  Harry and Sally, Jim and Pam...the list goes on and on.  While all these couples had their challenges to overcome, only Jim and Pam had to navigate an office romance.  While not as deadly as Romeo and Juliet's experience, the office romance is certainly frought with it's o

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These days Valentine's Day means overpriced flowers, candy, hard to get dinner reservations and of course a massive overdose of jewelry company commercials.  Needless to say the older we get the less important Valentine's Day becomes.  So instead of focusing strictly on the material aspects, here's a little history

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Recession or no, certain fields just keep on growing. Beyond.com published their Q4 job forecast today and as expected, fields such as IT, Healthcare, Accounting and Sales remain strong.

Recession will definitely slow overall

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As more and more people work from home and take company calls from there, it's inevitable that we'll be hearing more and more interesting sounds in the background going on at people's homes. Everyone has heard the toddler trying to talk to daddy or mommy while they're on an important conference call.  Here are some of

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For years time management has been the buzzword in working smarter.  But is this really the answer?  I say toss out time management and learn to work more effectively.  Cut out the things are time wasters and focus on the things that are truly important.  Pareto's law says 80% of anything comes from 20% of

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"When I realized that wasn't going to happen, I made up what I wanted to be reality. I am sorry for disappointing and embarrassing my family, coaches, Fernley High School, the involved universities and reporters covering the story," Hart said.

No matter what, I applaud that this guy had the stones to eve

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Sometimes you come to a point in your career when you realize you’re just not on the right path. It happens to lots of people, and there are plenty of resources out there to help you make a change. These tools offer assistance for finding the best career for you, and how you can get there.

They encompass a wide r

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Ah, the performance review.  Only slightly less dreaded than filing our taxes and conviently scheduled for the same time of year.  It's been a long held belief that they are the annual check in for the employee and a metric in determining the annual merit increase.

The reality is something much different.&nb

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Much has been written about Gen Y being unprepared to enter the job market.  Additionally, many seem more interested in making the big bucks than in gaining experience.  With the advent of blogging, some entry level job seekers are even leveraging their blogging experience as a reason for a larger salary.  The re

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Every four years we have the opportunity to select our president.  For most of my voting years, it's been the same old thing.  Tired retread candidates saying the same old thing.  This time out appears to be different, Gen Y joins the fray and the pool of canididates offers an opportunity for real change.&nbs

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The game's been played, the winning team hoisted the trophy and drank the champagne, but there's still something to be learned from the Super Bowl.  Both the Giants and the Patriots took their own distinct path to the Super Bowl and while the Giants won the game we can draw some interesting parallels between football and

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