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Ways To Make Gift Giving More Meaningful (And Less Expensive)

15Dec

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FINANCIAL HEALTH

Ways To Make Gift Giving More Meaningful (And Less Expensive)

More than 2 in 5 shoppers expressed feeling pressure to spend more and buy more. According to last year’s Bankrate Holiday Gifting Survey, involving 1,000 interviews, more than 2 in 5 shoppers expressed feeling pressure to spend more and buy more. However, there are ways to purchase fewer gifts, spend less money and still enjoy gift giving. October’s Real Simple offered such solutions as: ‒ Pitching in on one gift for someone special, a parent or grandparent, for example. ‒ Doing something together: meeting at a home — or renting one — and playing games, watching movies or making crafts. ‒ Purchasing a recurring gift, such as fruit, cheese or meal-prep kits, that everyone in a home can enjoy. ‒ Swapping favorite baked goods. And, of course, there is always the popular white ...

What To Know About Applying For Seasonal Work

15Dec

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FINANCIAL HEALTH

What To Know About Applying For Seasonal Work

Department stores, coffee shops, specialty stores like toy stores, and distribution and fulfillment centers are all hiring temporary workers now. Opportunities abound for those looking to make some extra money over winter break. “Retailers hire hundreds of thousands of people for seasonal jobs. If you can give an employer between four and eight weeks you can find a job this holiday season,” said Ellen Davis, president of the National Retail Federation Foundation and senior vice president of strategic initiatives at the National Retail Federation. Department stores, coffee shops, specialty stores like toy stores, and distribution and fulfillment centers are all hiring temporary workers now, Davis said. Restaurants are often looking for workers on a more permanent basis, but they do ...

8Dec

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DATING

Single and Waiting

Are you waiting for your Boaz? If you don't know who Boaz is, he is a character from the Book of Ruth in the Bible. Boaz was a wealthy landowner. He noticed a foreigner named Ruth, took interest in her and immediately began to protect her. He found favor in her because of her kindness and Godly qualities. He instructed his male servants not to lay a hand on her and treated her like a queen. He knew that she was the woman for him when he first saw her. Today, many Christian women compare his qualities to those of the man they want in a husband; a man who will take care, protect, and treat them like queens. Whether you haven't met him yet or you think you have but you are still technically single, you may often find yourself wondering either "where is he?!" or "when is he going to ask me to ...

Even After Blocking An Ex On Facebook, The Platform Promotes Painful Reminders

12Dec

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RELATIONSHIPS

Even After Blocking An Ex On Facebook, The Platform Promotes Painful Reminders

Anthony Pinter, a Ph.D. student in information science at the University of Colorado Boulder, recently completed a study on people’s experiences with upsetting and unexpected reminders of an ex on Facebook. His team’s findings are examples of algorithmic cruelty – instances in which algorithms are designed to do something and do it well, but end up backfiring because they can’t fully grasp the nuances of human relationships and behavior. How has social media made breakups more difficult? Anthony Pinter: Breaking up with a loved one has always meant making difficult choices: who gets the couch, who gets the fridge, who gets the cat. But before social media, once the messy details were sorted, it wasn’t too difficult to create the physical, mental and emotional space that research ...

16Dec

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HOME

The Ranching Lifestyle — Giddy Up

The Ranching Life: Stewards Of The Land, Animals And Community. (BPT) - When you picture a cattle rancher you might imagine someone wearing a cowboy hat and riding a horse, not a conservationist. But that's what most ranchers are. "Ranchers and farmers were the first environmentalists, and we take that very seriously," said Darrick Whipple, Land & Government Affairs Manager at Deseret Ranch. Caring for cattle is also an opportunity to care for the land, and farmers and ranchers work hard to protect the land they are entrusted to manage, and that we all depend on. Not only is this the right thing to do, but it's also critical for ranching families who take pride in passing the way of life down to future generations. While farming and ranching looks different across the country, one ...

27Sep

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DATING

Swipe Left, No Swipe Right, No

Dating apps are accused of being ‘addictive’. What makes us keep swiping? A class-action lawsuit filed in the United States against Match Group – the parent company of dating apps Tinder, Hinge and The League – is making headlines around the world. The claimants accuse Match of having a “predatory” business model and using “recognized dopamine-manipulating product features” to get people addicted to their apps. So, can dating apps really be addictive? Are we swiping right into a trap? Here’s the science behind how dating apps are influencing our brains. How do apps give us a dopamine hit? Dating apps, like many apps these days, are designed to keep users engaged. Like any product on the market, one of the developers’ goals is for the app to be sold and used. While dating apps are designed...

27Sep

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DATING

What Is A Libra Like In A Relationship?

* The Temperament of a Libra While they don't usually trust their own instincts, most Libras have an amazing sense of intuition. Because of this, many Libras tend to work under their ability level because they are so mellow and easy-going. While they aren't exactly known for being lazy, Libras just tend to take whatever they get dealt with and deal with it. Libras are very accepting of their situations and don't really fight to get anything different. Despite their "live and let live" attitude, Libras will generally only stand up and fight about something if they feel that the situation that they are in or that they are observing isn't fair. Libras are really very big about issues surrounding fairness and have a lot of respect for others who also hold fairness in high regard. Libras are at...

Months Before Either Partner Realizes Their Relationship Is Tanking – Evidence Of An Impending Breakup May Exist In Everyday Conversation

15Dec

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BREAK UP, TOP FOUR

Months Before Either Partner Realizes Their Relationship Is Tanking – Evidence Of An Impending Breakup May Exist In Everyday Conversation

When doubts about a relationship start to creep in, people don’t just blurt them out. They might not want to worry their partner and figure they’ll ride out what could just be a rough patch. They probably think they can hide their feelings pretty easily. But it turns out, hidden signs of their turmoil appear in the way they communicate. In our recently published study, we were able to show that people’s language subtly changes in the months and weeks leading up to a breakup – well before they’ve made a conscious decision to end things. Mining Reddit for cracks Breakups are difficult to research. They unfold over weeks, months – even years. To truly understand the dynamics of a breakup, researchers should, ideally, be able to track people’s lives before, during and after the breakup takes...

How Long Should I Wait Before Meeting My Online Date For The First Time?

13Dec

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DATING

How Long Should I Wait Before Meeting My Online Date For The First Time?

There is no sense in communicating with someone endlessly, talking on the phone for hours and days, if you can just as easily do so in person to find out if you like each other. Therefore, you should try to meet up with someone you're interested in as soon as possible. In other words, within 2 weeks of striking up conversation. This prevents several things. Don't Waste Your Time First, it prevents you from wasting your time on someone with whom you have no chemistry. Let's say you spend several days and even weeks texting, or otherwise communicating with each other, not in person. Let's say you finally meet, and - woops! - there's no chemistry there for you. Talk about a let down! Here you've built up this person, thinking your first date would culminate in fireworks, because of how fun i...

13Dec

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ATTRACTION

So, Who Is Mr Right Anyway?

I have been a tarot reader for 23 years now, and in that time I have had the honor of being privy to thousands of people's hopes, dreams and deepest secrets. Many of my clients come to me for confirmation of what they already know, or they are at a crossroads and are stuck as to which direction to go in. Some people are married and wish they weren't, and some are single and wish they weren't. It often feels like the grass is invariably greener on the other side of the fence! Looking for Mr/Ms Right Relationships of all sorts form a large number of the reasons that both men and women seek my counsel. Some want to know if the person they are with, or who they've just met, is the right person for them, or do they have to wait for someone else to come along. I am obviously generalising here, ...