January 19, 2015

Older Job Seekers Find Ways to Avoid Age Bias

Source: ny times

When he was let go as the director of corporate communications at Time Warner during a round of layoffs, Mr. Kunen confronted the core questions: What is it he could do? Where did his skills translate to a job, one that made him feel some sense of purpose? And who would hire him, given his age?

Many older job seekers know age discrimination, although tough to prove, is a fact of life. But increasingly they are finding jobs at smaller organizations, including nonprofits, start-ups, small trade associations and niche educational programs. Typically, these are employers that operate with a spare staff and depend on the experience and expertise that comes with age.

Before he was laid off, Mr. Kunen volunteered to teach immigrant teenagers to speak better English, but concluded that if he was going to do it right, and get paid for it, he needed some kind of certification. So he enrolled in a 160-hour course to earn a certificate to teach English as a Second Language for Adults.

“When I initially sent out résumés to commercial language schools, the only school that responded was one run by a person as old as I was,” said Mr. Kunen, the author of “Diary of a Company Man: Losing a Job, Finding a Life.” “And I was interviewed by 30-year-olds who totally didn’t ‘get’ me,” he said. “You can sense it immediately; it’s like being on a bad blind date.”


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January 18, 2015

Anonymous Promises #OpSallieMae

One branch of the infamous hacker collective, Anonymous, has announced an upcoming operation: #OpSallieMae. Student loan debtors across social media platforms found themselves imagining their loan debt wiped away, and the hashtag is getting a lot of attention as those suffering under student loans beg the hackers to go forward with this operation.

Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/1758894/anonymous-promises-opsalliemae-student-loan-debtors-cross-fingers-for-debt-deletion/#07SD8p7633hh2XXQ.99

January 18, 2015

Lindsey Graham 'testing the waters' on presidential bid

http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2015/01/18/lindsey-graham-president-testing-waters/

January 18, 2015

napping dog and boy now have a sis

And the baby makes three! Napping toddler and puppy who charmed the world are now joined by little sister
Beau and puppy Theo were first pictured sleeping together a year ago
Shyba family's newest arrival Evangeline has also grown close to the pair
Mother Jessica Shyba has continued her photo-taking ritual as they sleep
The family are set to release a book of the cute images later this year


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2915776/And-baby-makes-three-Napping-toddler-puppy-charmed-joined-adorable-baby-sister.html#ixzz3PCytEOi0

January 18, 2015

guy walks away from this

Pictured in mangled wreckage that saved his life: Man who SURVIVED being crushed between two big rigs in icy freeway crash and walked away without a scratch
Kaleb Whitby, 27, was pictured in mangled wreckage of Chevy pickup truck
Tried to avoid jackknifed big rig on Oregon's I-84, but was left facing traffic
A second semi truck bore down on him and also got caught in the pileup
But Whitby improbably survived - and posed for an incredible photograph
Around 50 vehicles were involved in Saturday morning crash

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Whitby, a farmer from Pasco, Washington, managed to cut himself free of his seatbelt, and move the steering column from his leg.
He then shouted for help - and was rescued by Sergi Karplyuk, who drove the second truck in the crash. Whitby, now safe, posed for the incredible picture before getting out.
After looking himself over, Whitby realized he was hardly injured at all. He told The Oregonian: 'I've got two Band-Aids on my right ring finger. And a little bit of ice on my left eye

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2915575/Pictured-Man-SURVIVED-crushed-two-big-rigs-84.html#ixzz3PCu3K456

January 18, 2015

justice dept end asset forfeiture programs. cops will have to find new ways to exploit

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/229803-justice-ends-asset-forfeiture-program

January 18, 2015

is it bad sportsmanship to win by 161 to 2? basketball coach suspended

High school girls basketball coach suspended after team wins 161-2
Sports Illustrated

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California high school basketball coach has been suspended and faces accusations of mercilessly running up the score after his team won a game 161-2, one of the most lopsided scores in state history.

Arroyo Valley High girls' coach Michael Anderson was suspended for two games after the victory last week against Bloomington High.

Anderson said that he wasn't trying to run up the score or embarrass the opposition. His team had won four previous games by at least 70 points, and Bloomington had already lost a game by 91.

"The game just got away from me," Anderson told the San Bernardino Sun (http://bit.ly/1znnLWJ) Friday. "I didn't play any starters in the second half. I didn't expect them to be that bad. I'm not trying to embarrass anybody."





http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/California-girls-basketball-coach-suspended-6021357.php

January 18, 2015

Frosbit boy: Northern Irish schoolboy's amazing accent makes him a viral video star

January 17, 2015

Christian woman will no longer wear "lustfull" leggings to help men w self control

A Christian wife and mother has announced her decision to no longer wear leggings so she won't inspire 'lustful' feelings from men who are not her husband.
Lululemon, look away.

An online blog post by a Christian wife and mother has created a firestorm in public chatter after her drawn-out declaration on why she will no longer wear “lustful” leggings.

In what has become a contentious avowal — drawing more than 100 comments and 23,000 Facebook likes — Veronica Partridge spills about her inner struggle over the form-fitting pants, which for months she states had weighed "heavy on my heart."

It wasn’t until the comely Oregon woman confronted her husband about his thoughts as a man that she resorted to banning them from her wardrobe.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/oregon-mom-outlines-decision-no-longer-wear-leggings-article-1.2081962
"...When I walk into a place and there are women wearing yoga pants everywhere, it's hard to not look. I don't, but it's not easy," he allegedly confessed to her.

"If it is difficult for my husband who loves, honors, and respects me to keep his eyes focused ahead, then how much more difficult could it be for a man that may not have the same self-control?" she wrote

January 17, 2015

Congo's first women park rangers

A Kalashnikov, a cartridge magazine, some spare casings and a pink plastic hand mirror are strewn across Francine Bwizabule Muhimuzi’s roughly made bed at the staff accommodation on the edge of Virunga national park. She is one of the first tranche of women who last year became rangers – “gardiens du parc” – at Africa’s oldest national park.

Muhimuzi has just returned from a week stationed halfway up Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most active volcanoes. “I’d see the volcano as a child from Goma, but I never thought I’d go up there,” she says. Today, she makes the 2,000m ascent, Kalashnikov on her shoulder, without breaking a sweat. “There is not yet equality, but in the park, we see it is improving, because they have begun to recruit women.”

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The 27-year-old, who was forced to flee her home in Bukavu, South Kivu, in 2004, when CNDP rebels took the town, says she is putting her career first; marriage is not in her plans right now. “I had nothing, and to get married with nothing? Men would be walking all over me.”

With few jobs available in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, many women work in the informal sector, where income is erratic and benefits such as holiday and maternity leave don’t exist. There are only 300,000 formal private-sector jobs for the whole country, with a population of 68 million, according to the World Bank.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jan/15/gorillas-guns-volcanoes-congo-virunga-park