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"The timorous mineral water and "better not" attitude to life rather than the "why not?" attitude seems to be among the saddest of the health postures – a loss of joy, hedonism and self=exploration."
- Frank Moorhouse in his fine book Martini: A Memoir
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Quote of the day: On alcohol and joy
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Speaking of alchohol and joy are the bloggers drinks on this Thursday?ReplyDelete
The same is said about vegetarians and joy in the foodie world. Not trying to be particularly argumentative, but top vege chefs like Simon Rimmer are never vege themselves.ReplyDelete
They claim one cannot be a food lover and be vegetarian. The loss of joy, hedonism etc etc.
I know vegetarianism is not in the legislative eye of the govt, but the point you are making still stands in respect of it.
Don't know who Simon Rimmer is, and don't know who "they" are, but I can tell you I never feel any loss of joy at not consuming dead animals.ReplyDelete
Quite the opposite -- leaves more room for more flavours. :-)
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A Holland woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash early Thursday morning, Aug. 28,�on Butternut Drive in Holland Township.
Yolanda Alvarez-Mandujano, 32, was taken to Holland Hospital then transferred to Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff�s Office.
Alvarez-Mandujano�s vehicle was entering Butternut Drive from a private driveway on the west side of the road and collided with a vehicle driven southbound on Butternut Drive by Sheila Jacobs, 42, of Holland.
Alvarez-Mandujano, who failed to yield the right of way, was pinned in her vehicle and had to be extricated, police said.
Jacobs received minor injuries and was in good condition at Holland Hospital.
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The shortend version of pissed off used by school children to avoide getting in trouble, or to help make a conversation short.
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Gotta love good-ol' boy red state cops!
This is the kind of guy Bush would appoint to run the U.S. Anti-Terror efforts.
For all we know, he already has.
No surprises there. If he had been black or Latino, he would have been shot.
He looked for tats cuz he assumed all peckerwoods have full sleeves.
Lousiana cops are dicks, especially if you have Texas plates on your car...
The New Orleans cops are the exception to the rule, though... Most of those guys are as cool as they wanna be.
Um, hopefully this cheerful office has been fired?
In Bush's America?
This guy probably runs his department by now.
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This blog post originally appeared on the National Relief Charities Blog . In 1974, the US government re-designated some of Hopi's land to the Navajo, forcing many Hopi people to abandon their long-time homes, yet another trail of tears. Some of the Hopi resettled in a new community – Yuwehloo Pahki Village (YPV), also known as Spider Mound. Only 24 people live there, including 10 Elders. YPV is extremely isolated and essentially cut off from the rest of Hopi. Because of the forced relocation, the Navajo community of Jeddito separates YPV from the rest of Hopi. Also standing between YPV and...


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Add fish cubes and stir to coat.
Cover and refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes.
Lift fish from marinade; add onion and zucchini and turn to coat.
Lift vegetables from marinade (reserve any marinade).
On 4 to 6 metal skewers, alternately thread fish cubes, onion, and zucchini.
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Total Fat 114 g176.1%
Saturated Fat 18.7 g93.7%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 462.7 mg154.2%
Sodium 1750.7 mg72.9%
Total Carbohydrates 35 g11.8%
Dietary Fiber 8.5 g34.1%
Sugars 14.6 g
Protein 198 g396%
Vitamin A 62.1% Vitamin C 194.6%
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Poblano peppers provide many health benefits, such as vitamin C and potassium. Serve up this zesty, low calorie dish to your friends and family.
2 large poblano peppers
2 tomatillos, quartered
¼ cup vegetable broth
2 green onions, sliced
1 jalapeno, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cumin powder
¼ teaspoon oregano
1 ounce cilantro, chopped
¾ large onion, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons oil
1 carrot, chopped
1 green bell pepper, diced
½ cup zucchini
2 cups tomatoes, canned
½ pound mushrooms, sliced
4 ounces green chile, canned
2 ounces black olives, canned
1 teaspoon chile powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon oregano
½ teaspoon cumin powder
8 tortillas
On baking sheet, roast poblanos, turning once, until charred, at minutes.
Place in paper bag; seal; cool.
Scrape blackened skin off poblanos; remove stems and seeds.
In blender, puree poblanos, tomatillos, broth, green onions, jalapeno, garlic, salt, cumin and oregano.
Transfer to sauce pan. Simmer 10 minutes. Add cilantro.
In a large skillet, sauté onion and garlic in oil until soft.
Add vegetables and seasonings. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
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What's new with Skype and small business
To celebrate the connection of Lync 2013 with Skype, we thought we'd share some highlights from the Lync Conference in San Diego, as well as some of the other ways Skype was hard at work in small businesses last week. From the living room to the boardroom At the Lync Conference this past Tuesday, Tony … Read more
Who Says Doctors Don't Do House Calls Anymore? They Do on Skype!
Like most people, Cristina isn't a fan of dragging herself to the doctor's office when she's sick. And don't even get her started about getting stuck in traffic or, worse, stuck in the waiting room when she'd be better off in bed. Moreover, this Seattle-area working mother of two says, "Appointments have become increasingly rushed … Read more
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Today I'm here at the sold out Lync Conference in sunny San Diego. Tony Bates, the president of Skype division for Microsoft, just finished his keynote address, unveiling a clear vision for the future of communications, which is about enabling people to connect wherever they are, from the living room to the board room. "We … Read more
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Friday, January 22, 2016
Seeing 2015 Through the Lens, Part One
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Full-time Freelancing: The One-Year Report
Yes, the rumors are true: being your own boss is pretty much the best thing ever. Except when it's not. After more than a year of full-time freelancing, I can say that being self-employed is one of the best and hardest things I've ever attempted. I thought it would be fun to write a report from the frontlines of what many people would call "living the dream." For me, the two keys to long(er)-term success have been keeping the faith and keeping my sanity, depending on how much I am working at any particular time.
I'll start with the highlight reel: the best parts of self-employment for me.
* The pride of building a career from scratch. I don't think I have talked about it much on the blog here, but I really did try to find a more "traditional" job in 2013. It didn't work out for me—I didn't get hired for the jobs that interested me the most, and then I was laid off from a one-year lab position for which I was hired. By the end of 2013, I was starting to realize that if I was going to find happiness in my work, I would have to build the house myself.
There are days of work that are really, really hard. The commuting, the cancellations, the occasional unhappy student—it all comes with the territory. But I have such deep love for what this work entails. I find a way to endure because the reward is love—a love for learning, for my students, for independence and inspiration. Love is bigger than hard work.
* A new love for science. After my heartbreaks in 2013, it took me a long time to return to a place where I could love science again. I felt very betrayed by academic science and all of its trappings. Working independently helped me find my way back to a place where I can honestly enjoy my work as a scientist.
Am I still a scientist? Having earned a PhD, I think I've earned the right to call myself a scientist. Interestingly, in our work with Acton Academy Southwest, Paul and I serve as teachers and mentors, which is something that science professors do. And a lot of science professors don't spend much time in the lab. Instead, they read, analyze and think about data, write grants, and promote their science at meetings. A lot of scientists don't spend all day in the lab. I count myself as one of them.
* Incredible, inspiring students. My students work so hard, and I feel very honored to work with them. They are smart, funny, lovely people. They are at the heart of a tutoring business, the reason I'm able to do any of this. I cannot thank them and their families enough for their support and their belief in what I do.
* More opportunities to be creative. Teaching and tutoring are full of chances to be creative. I feel more connected to my creative energy these days. In addition, I've been writing for a science blog that my friend Michelle has started, to which I'll link once the site starts sharing articles.
On the science blog, I'm writing about cancer. Inspired by that work and by my biology students, I'm thinking about writing a popular science book about cancer…that's the long-term project I'm contemplating.
(By the way, have you listened to this wonderful talk about curiosity by Elizabeth Gilbert? Go now, listen! It's great.)
* Choosing my own schedule…kinda. My schedule is an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of students, homework, and exams. I have "anchors," regular events which create a framework upon which the rest of my work is built.
There is this myth that freelancers can work whenever they want to. That is both true and not true in my case. I have my independent work that I can do any time: writing, billing, studying, working on our website. But my work with students is completely dependent on when they are available; much of my schedule revolves around them.
The most important decision I've made about scheduling is taking Fridays off. I work hard to protect Friday as my day for self-care and fun, and it's been an essential part of my work.
And amidst so much good stuff, there are hard parts on the path I've chosen. Here are some of the challenges with which I wrestle:
* Following the rhythms of the academic calendar. As I write this, we are finishing up winter finals. And dear reader, I am exhausted. December and May are now very hard months in my calendar because I am so booked with sessions. On some days, I barely have any time for exercise or cooking. Finals season is a short period of time that feels very long and daunting.
* Drivin', drivin', drivin'. Paul and I drive A LOT for work. We have put a lot of miles on our car. We're getting better at grouping our sessions into the same part of town and saying no to inquiries that are too far outside our travel radius. In one day, I might be in three or four different locations, meeting with students in coffee shops, on campus, or in their homes. Commuting stress is its own kind of hell.
I will say that one of the advantages of doing more work on the weekends (when my high school students are more available) is that traffic is generally lighter and faster. Sunday is typically a long work day for me. But it's satisfying to get so much good work done in one day!
* Uncertain income. This is the bane of all self-employed people, and I'm no exception. I've been fortunate so far in that I have had long stretches of steady work and similar levels of monthly income. For tutors, the summer is predictably drier than the rest of the year. But it's still hard to make peace with the anxiety of billable hours instead of a salary.
For 2015, I think we'll break even. We've had enough money to support a comfortable lifestyle, one that reflects our values and preferences. We won't have much left over once we pay our 2015 taxes. I'd love for us to have enough cash to put money into savings each year. I'd also love for us to be able to save for a dual maternity/paternity leave and retirement. Those are big goals, and I think we'll get there, with time and patience.
* TAXES. Paying self-employment taxes is still no fun. No surprise there.
* Saying no. This has probably been the biggest game-changer for me this year. Like many people, I hate saying no and I have a hard time doing it. I'm learning to say no to situations that are not a good fit for me, which gives me more time and energy to say yes to good things! I have faith now that I can afford to be more selective about my work.
In short, life is good. We've had a good year in Austin. I'm keeping the faith in freelance life and all the good things it has brought me.
PS Another good link to inspire your creative flow: Danielle LaPorte on freedom-based creativity. She is so inspiring!
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
What 34 Feels Like
Yesterday I celebrated my 34th birthday. As a treat to myself, I wanted to take some time to update my poor blog, which remains so neglected in the hustle and bustle of this new life I'm building in Austin.
34 feels good. I'm now in my second year of full-time freelancing. It's definitely easier this year than it was last year. I feel more confident, more sure of myself and what I'm doing. I love the work and the students. I'm getting better at saying yes to the right things and no to the wrong things. I'm still learning and growing, which feels wonderful.
34 feels busy. Very busy! Due to the logistics of sharing a car, Paul and I have longer days of work, more time away from home. I was not on board with sharing a car, but now I am. Somehow we are making it work. It puts some boundaries on my work life because I can't meet students in as many locations, but I think those boundaries are healthy.
34 feels accepting. I've learned to let some stuff go in order to feel more peaceful. We eat more meals out to alleviate some pressure on the cooking/cleaning front. Our house is usually a little dirtier than I would like. I've developed a tiny Starbucks habit, just to give myself something to look forward to on my longest days.
34 feels assertive. As a freelancer who works with other people most of the time, it's hard to prioritize my own projects and professional development. And yet, part of how we get better at our craft is through concentrated effort at climbing the next mountain. I'm inching my way toward the weekly decisions that give me time for growth. This is hard for me because 1) I really like helping people and 2) I really like getting paid for my time. But if I don't take time to refill the well of my intellectual and creative powers, then I'm not doing anyone any good.
34 feels well-loved. Sometimes, I look around my house filled with people I love, one furry cat, books and art and good food, and I am overwhelmed with gratitude. How did I stumble into such a good life?
34 feels optimistic. So many things give me optimism for the year ahead: Bernie Sanders is running for president. Everyone in my house is gainfully employed and moving in the direction of their dreams. My family is healthy. Love is the law of the land in this country.
34 feels big and small. Building a life is big. But I think we find more pleasure and happiness in our daily routines, our daily treats. The small stuff comforts us. It gives us the strength and the courage to carry on with the big stuff. 34 feels like the perfect blend of big and small.
34 feels committed. Paul and I are engaged! And if I can ever get over my paralysis toward wedding planning, we will be married within the next year or two. I love him so much.
And just for fun, here's a rapid-fire Q&A on a few things wedding-related:
Who proposed? We both did!
When is the wedding? Either summer of 2016 or 2017.
Where are you getting married? Probably Michigan, near the shores of Lake Huron
Are you excited? I am equal parts excited and terrified. I'm less afraid of being married and more afraid of wedding planning. But my sister just gifted me with two fantastic books that a dear friend gave her, so I'm feeling like I have a roadmap to hold my hand.
Do you guys want children? Yes. We're hoping to have one child, and after that, we'll see how we feel about more. (To the moms and dads whose "first child" is twins, I salute you!)
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That seems like a good note on which to end. Onward and upward, friends! May you always be moving in the direction of your heart's desires.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Budgeting for Freelancers, Part Five: Tax Time Confessions
It's that time again: another Budgeting for Freelancers post! This series is my way of sharing my imperfect approach to freelance life. Emphasis on the imperfect part for today. Click here to read Part Four and find links to my earlier posts.
One of my motivations for writing this series is that most of the advice for freelancers on the internet is idealized. By "idealized," I mean the advice assumes ideal-case scenarios, which makes freelance money strategy seem easy and do-able.
The truth is that it's not. It's really not. It's messy and uncertain, and it comes with a steep learning curve. Today I'm going to share with you the backstory on why I've been freaking out about taxes. (Don't worry—this story has a happy ending.)
In October of 2014, I became the official accountant for Paul and me. I manage our shared budget, tracking our expenses and our income. I keep tabs on how much money we have saved for summer (our dry season—we're both academic tutors). I am also in charge of taxes. Paul is in charge of some of his bookkeeping, but I manage our overall financial life.
In August of 2014, Paul and I completed our move to Austin, and I transitioned to full-time freelancing as a tutor. I had been working two part-time jobs before we moved: tutoring and managing a lab at Texas A&M University. I had taxes taken out of my lab job paychecks, so I was paying some taxes for most of 2014. But once I started freelancing full-time, I paid no taxes. Whoops.
Actually, it's not quite so simple. In June or July, I had checked on my "tax status" to see if I should send in a payment for my freelancing income. And the answer was no. After we moved to Austin and I started hustling for work, I was so freaking busy with work that I didn't even think about taxes. Plus I was making so little money for the year that how could I possibly owe any taxes on top of what had already been withheld?
The answer is a lot. I could owe a lot in taxes, because self-employed people bear a huge tax burden, something on the order of 20% in taxes.
So now I owe some money because of my own negligence, and Paul owes some money because he didn't make any estimated tax payments. Fortunately, the late payment penalty is very reasonable, so I can breathe a sigh of relief about that.
Altogether (because I think the numbers matter), we owe about $3500 in taxes. I've been freaking out as I scramble to find $3500 in our budget to pay taxes on April 15th. And I think I've managed to do it, though it will drain our liquid assets. I've been pretty upset about this situation. On the surface, it seemed like maybe I was just upset that self-employment taxes were unreasonably high and now I had to drain our bank accounts. I mean, I was definitely upset about that. I was in despair: it's so hard to be self-employed, and on top of that, 1 out of every 5 hours I work is to pay taxes just for the luxury of working my ass off with no benefits. I started thinking, I can't afford to be self-employed! It was just too hard. But every time I thought about going back to having a boss and letting someone else call the shots in my work life, I thought, Absolutely not. I'm not giving up just yet.
So that gave me some clarity on how I feel about self-employment: grittingly determined to make it work. But I still felt very upset, even lashing out in anger one night over something petty and stupid at the house. That night was a turning point for me: there was something deeper going on here.
What I came to realize is that I was embarrassed and ashamed that I had fucked up our taxes this year. I didn't know what I was doing, and I hadn't built taxes into our budget. My negligence came from several places: 1) I had been paying taxes and thought it would be more than enough to cover my tax bill, 2) I hadn't fully assumed the responsibility for budgeting for Paul's taxes, and 3) I was so freaking busy during the fall semester that taxes didn't even cross my mind. It sounds naïve, and it totally was, but there you go: sometimes all your hustle gets aimed in one direction.
And now that I've unpacked the shame, I'm actually feeling much better about taxes. It's interesting: we don't owe any less money, but I feel much calmer about our situation. Now that I know better, I can do better.
Another noteworthy observation: if I had known in 2014 how hard it would be to establish myself as a self-employed person, I don't think I would have had the courage to start. I really think the deck is stacked against the self-employed; it is so expensive to support yourself and a business on freelance income. It's so expensive, in fact, that I have increased my tutoring rates. I feel much less apologetic about how I run my business now, which is an unexpected gift from this whole experience. I still want to help students, but I feel more confident about my boundaries. This is a very good thing.
Freelancing has been trial by fire for me, but I have no regrets. I'm glad I made the leap.
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Six for Saturday: Reading, Watching, Thinking
Paul and I took a little vacation this week to his family's cabin in the woods. It was the perfect break except for the fact that it was way too short. We read our books, worked on a puzzle, cooked, and lounged about with no to-do list. I still did some work (haven't quite figured out my work-life balance as a freelancer), but it was so nice to work with no appointments to keep and no place to go. I figure that in this first year of full-time freelancing, every mistake is a chance to learn. What I learned this week: I need a longer break during spring break—two full days away from the hustle of real life. As it turns out, most of my students who wanted to meet with me this week canceled their appointments anyway, which makes the idea of being "available" during spring break seem silly. Next time: a longer break and more lounging!
At The Cabin, I worked on my taxes, and you guys, taxes are seriously bumming me out. A little backstory: I've been doing my own taxes for ten years, so I know my way around a 1040. But 2014 is my first year of self-employment (SE), and holy god, doing SE taxes SUCKS. I owe the government close to $2,000, and that's despite the fact that 2014 was not particularly lucrative for me. If I thought before this that self-employment was tough, I must amend my statement: I'd say it seems damn near impossible to make it work, to actually make enough money to live as a self-employed person. Fortunately for me, I didn't know how bad the tax burden would be, so I carried on cheerfully, meeting students and building my business. I'm actually really grateful for my ignorance now because not knowing made my life less stressful at a time when I didn't need any more stress. I feel like I can handle the reality of SE taxes now, and moving forward, I can make decisions with that knowledge in hand.
But that's the end of my sighing about taxes. Onto the Saturday six!
{ONE} My book of choice at The Cabin was The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris. If you haven't heard of Sam Harris or his work, you are in for a treat: few people are as thoughtful and rigorous in their writing about religion, spirituality, and ethics as Sam Harris. I'm a huge, huge fan of his work, most of which I've only experienced through youtube. So far, I'm really enjoying The Moral Landscape, and I'm thinking about adding Waking Up, his book about non-religious spirituality, to our next Amazon order.
{TWO} I've been really bummed about call-out culture. Call-out culture, for those of you who live under a rock like me, is the practice of publicly shaming people who say or do oppressive things (think homophobic, trans-phobic, misogynistic, that sort of thing). I didn't even know this practice had a name until today. But Paul shared this piece with me, and I think it really articulates the problems I see in call-out culture, namely that it's alienating and dehumanizing. It seems to bring out the worst in people. The piece was an interesting read.
{THREE} I'm thinking about buying some new makeup to go along with the subtle makeover that I'm doing on myself. At Target, I saw the Pacifica line of products, which are vegan! Anybody have any experience with Pacifica makeup? I saw this good review on-line and am thinking about plunking down $14 for a lipstick (but see above re:taxes, hence I haven't bought any new makeup yet…)
{FOUR} This piece on pop culture exhaustion made me smile and nod. I feel the same way: with a few exceptions, I just don't care much for pop culture. I have no mental bandwidth for it!
{FIVE} My Twitter friend Fran recently posted a day in her life as a second-year med student who is studying for boards. While I am so, so glad I did not go into medicine, I find the lifestyle fascinating. Fran seems so calm and balanced! She makes it look easy.
{SIX} We've been making a vegetarian version of this gnocchi recipe with greens and sausage, and it's outrageously good. Just sub in your favorite veggie sausage and you are good to go. It might become your favorite busy-night dinner. Maybe I'll post our version of it…
Whew, that's it from me for now! What have you been up to lately, my dears?
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Life Lately
It's a gray, rainy day here in Austin, Texas, but I'm wearing new red pants with bare ankles, so all is well! I have a few hours of downtime today between work gigs, so here I am with a life update.
Overall, life is good. Work is busybusybusy—I have a full roster of students, and I like working with them. Most of my students this semester are high schoolers, so I'm anticipating that when they go on spring break in March, I'll have a slower week. When that happens, I'm looking forward to working on some content for my professional website. It's been too long since I've posted anything over there. (But I do love my most recent post on what Cheryl Strayed and Wild taught me about tutoring. Honk honk—of course I toot my own horn!)
In light of my work, Paul has really stepped up his game at home. Not only does he do a lot of the dishes after our meals, he's been turning our home into an art/engineering exhibit. A list of his projects this year: a hydroponic garden with a computerized lighting/watering system, a set of cubbies for our living room, and a remote-controlled power box for the strings of lights in our living room. He's amazing. And in February, we celebrated two years together! What an adventure it's been for us—the best.
I've been thinking a lot lately about "big things," like motherhood, authorship, and what my purpose in life is. Truthfully, I feel like Paul and I have been doing a big thing together this year, which is helping our roommate Courtney get back on her feet, financially and otherwise. In some ways, I feel very parental toward her, even though she's a grown-up. Paul and I are older and more stable in life. Together, Paul and I have been able to use our financial stability to help Courtney. After being underemployed for seven-plus months, Courtney landed a job with a cool company called Legal Zoom in north Austin. She started working in January. Now, for anyone who hasn't been unemployed or underemployed for an extended period of time, I can tell you that it's a long, slow climb out of the unpaid bills that accumulate during unemployment. You go from having lots of time and no money to no time and no money as you start paying down those bills. So while Courtney works on her bills, Paul and I are keeping our house afloat, paying the rent each month and helping out as unexpected expenses pop up. Given our collective circumstances, I feel a lot poorer right now, but I also know that it's absolutely the right thing to do.
Now that my career as a tutor seems to be stabilizing, I've had more mental bandwidth to start thinking about other big things in life, like having a baby and writing a book. I've been wanting to start working on a book for like two years now, but I've lacked whatever it takes to truly commit to a book project. I've had some false starts, but I'm wondering how I'll know when I have an idea that's good enough to nurture into full existence. Maybe I won't know until the end, when I look back and say, "Yes! Now that is a book I am proud to have written."
As for babies…I have never been more ambivalent about that possibility. And when I say I'm ambivalent, it's not that I don't care. It's that I really want and don't want a kid at the same time. I think of a line from Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert and I just know that I would have moments of parenthood like this:
The one thing nobody ever warned me about when I started having babies was this: Brace yourself for the happiest years of your life. I never saw that coming. The joy of it has been an avalanche.
And then there's this tidbit, also from Committed:
Just go for it. It's not that hard. You just have to push against all the forces that tell you what you can't do anymore now that you're a mom.
It probably says something about me that I'm more drawn to the "go for it!" quotes than the "it's so hard" quotes. Because the truth is that I already know it's hard. But is it what I want? Do I want motherhood to be one of my "big things" in life?
I don't know. But I do know that I want to give birth to a book, so maybe I'll focus my creative efforts on that one for a while. At least with a book I can put the project aside for a while and nobody will start screaming!
Happy day, friends.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Blossoms and Inspiration for Wednesday!
Hello, hello! After the hurricane that was the start of the 2015 academic semester, I am back with a few great links to share with you on this fine Wednesday. Above, I share with you some springtime blossoms I saw this morning outside the library. (So pretty, right? So hopeful! Come on, spring!)
Let's get to the links!
* ONE: Dear Sugar is back! In podcast form! Hurray!
* TWO: When I was in graduate school, I never got around to writing a post about the care and feeding of your graduate student. So I loved this post from Alison on the care and keeping of your med student. Yes.
* THREE: I'm trying to revise my wardrobe to reflect my new lifestyle as a professional freelancer. I no longer work in a lab, nor do I go to the same place every day for work. Some days I need to look more professional; other days I'm sitting on the floor with kids talking about science. I'm trying to figure out how to curate a wardrobe that will work for me. I loved Jess's teacher capsule wardrobe—so many pretty pieces! All those jewel tones are my kind of capsule—I want to see more capsules where people don't shy away from using beautiful, vibrant COLOR.
* FOUR: I'm feeling drawn yet again to meditation and to contemplating my spirituality. I have more to say on this topic, but for now, enjoy this beginner's guide to meditation from my favorite, Gabrielle Bernstein. I especially like #5: peace begins with me.
* FIVE: "Don't doubt yourself." I've been super-busy with work, mostly high school chemistry. On top of that, I've been offered some interesting freelancing opportunities that will push me out of my comfort zone. I want to bookmark this post on avoiding freelancer burn-out because some weeks are really hard and I need reminders that it's okay to set limits, to take time to learn new things, to be a little choosy over the jobs I take.
So what's new with all of you, lovely readers?


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Definition of mathematics in English:
plural noun[usually treated as singular]
1The abstract science of number, quantity, and space, either as abstract concepts ( pure mathematics), or as applied to other disciplines such as physics and engineering ( applied mathematics): a taste for mathematics
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- He wrote on the history of mathematics and the philosophy of mathematics and science.
- This question is a perfect example of a problem in the branch of mathematics known as information theory.
- For example, in the history of mathematics, the concept of zero is rather late.
1.1 [often treated as plural] The mathematical aspects of something: James immerses himself in the mathematics of baseball
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- We thought that the latest attack might be thwarted by the machines' own faulty mathematics.
- Ruby was the person who had the mathematical ability and she did all the mathematics.
- The mathematics of counting then allow you to work out your winning chances, and how much your prize might be.
Late 16th century: plural of obsolete mathematic 'mathematics', from Old French mathematique, from Latin (ars) mathematica 'mathematical (art)', from Greek mathēmatikē (tekhnē), from the base of manthanein 'learn'.
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July 8 News: Wildfires — In Alaska — Force Evacuations Of People And Sled Dogs
A wildfire sparked by an Army artillery exercise burned close to the communities of Two Rivers and Pleasant Valley on Sunday, forcing an evacuation of hundreds of people and animals in the heart of Alaska's Interior dog mushing country.
The Stuart Creek 2 fire, which started on June 19 but flared up last week, had burned 40,249 acres northeast of Fairbanks largely on Fort Wainwright land as of Sunday morning and was zero percent contained, said Michelle Weston, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center.
At 1 p.m. Sunday, the head of the firefighting team in charge and the Fairbanks North Star Borough asked residents and businesses between Chena Hot Springs Road Mileposts 18 and 34 to evacuate, Weston said.
By Sunday afternoon, 843 residents and 434 structures had been evacuated, along with scores of sled dogs and livestock, Weston said. The Tanana Valley Fairgrounds had taken in dog teams, a horse, chickens, turkeys and a "big pig" as of Sunday night, according to an incident command Twitter feed.
"Warm dry weather is hurting firefighting efforts" in Alaska.
The train derailment and crude oil-fueled explosion in Quebec on Saturday killed at least five people, with 40 still missing, according to police. [New York Times]
The Marshall Islands are grappling with both rising sea levels and devastating drought. [Climate News Network]
As oil and gas emissions become the primary source of volatile organic compounds in Colorado, public health officials are looking at new rules to protect residents. [Denver Post]
A new report showed that Australia is five times more likely to face heat waves because of global warming. [Guardian]
After the deadly wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona, fire experts are pushing for more direct action on preventing future fires with controlled burns. [USA Today]
Scientists investigate more deeply the connection between pine beetle kills and forest wildfires in Colorado. [Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network]
As Nigeria faces threats from increasing floods, droughts, and heat waves, the government is beginning to more directly address the idea of climate adaptation. [Reuters]
Soaring temperatures are doing a number on U.S. infrastructure, buckling pavement and warping railways. [NPR Science Friday]
Louisiana Highway 1, an essential highway for the fossil fuel industry, is threatened by rising seas and eroding lands and requires hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure investments. [Huffington Post]
The Primary Industries Minister of New Zealand has proposed cutting climate research by $10 million. [New Zealand Herald]
Vienna is trying out electric buses that use the overhead power lines of older trains to recharge on the go. [New York Times]
Germany produced a record amount of power from solar energy on Sunday: 23.9 gigawatts nationwide. [CleanTechnica]
The Solar Impulse aircraft touched down in New York City's JFK airport, completing a multi-leg journey across the U.S. [AP]
The bike share system in New York City may open the city, reduce pollution, and cut congestion, but it also proves one thing: "If you build something, New Yorkers will find a way to lean on it." [New York Times]
10 Responses to July 8 News: Wildfires — In Alaska — Force Evacuations Of People And Sled Dogs
Does Sea Ice loss create the condition for an emerging permanent El Nino state? http://climatestate.com/magazine/2013/07/does-sea-ice-loss-create-the-condition-for-an-emerging-permanent-el-nino-state/
Updated my post from #101 with some more recent study paper. Though it turns out the data is not yet conclusive enough to tell how "El Nino/ENSO" will behave under projected climate change. But because oscillation is such a big part the jet stream might contribute through various teleconnections.
El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO): A Review (May 2012)
The tropical eastern Pacific SST trend may be also caused by the Atlantic warming (Kucharski et al., 2011) through the mechanisms of the Walker circulation across equatorial South America or inter-basin SST gradient and ocean dynamics…
Neither climate models and observations nor proxies provide a conclusive answer on whether ENSO is going to become stronger or weaker as the tropics warm up in response to increasing greenhouse gases (GHGs). Climate change simulations coordinated by the CMIP3 simulate a wide range of responses from weaker to stronger. Whether ENSO has changed due to recent observed warming is also controversial according to the observational record (e.g.,Trenberth and Hoar,1997; Harrison and Larkin,1997; Rajagopalan et al.,1997). For these reasons, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report(AR4) concluded that there is no consistent indication of discernible changes in ENSO amplitude in response to increasing GHGs (Meehl et al.,2007; Guilyardiet al., 2009). http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/cdeser/Docs/submitted.wang.enso_review.pdf
For some Real Science on the reasons why climate change is now pretty solidly behind most all of the wacky weather, perfectly well-presented in the clearest of terms, see this ABC Australia world-class video:
See it if you are science-literate, think about it, and encourage the less literate amongst your family, friends and colleagues, to view it….
Mark Kowal
Tropical Storm Chantal: a Likely Harbinger of an Active Atlantic Hurricane Season http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2456
Chantal: an uncommon early-season Cape Verde-type tropical storm
Formation of a tropical storm east of the Lesser Antilles Islands in early July from an African tropical wave is an uncommon occurrence. Since Atlantic hurricane records began in 1851, there have been only thirteen tropical depressions or tropical storms that have formed July 15 or earlier that have passed through the Lesser Antilles, an average of one early-season tropical cyclone every thirteen years. Note that two of these storms, Dennis and Emily, occurred during the notorious Hurricane Season of 2005.
According to Phil Klotzbach and Bill Gray, leaders of Colorado State's seasonal hurricane forecasting team,
"Most years do not have named storm formations in June and July in the tropical Atlantic (south of 23.5°N); however, if tropical formations do occur, it indicates that a very active hurricane season is likely. For example, the seven years with the most named storm days in the deep tropics in June and July (since 1949) are 1966, 1969, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, and 2008. All seven of these seasons were very active. When storms form in the deep tropics in the early part of the hurricane season, it indicates that conditions are already very favorable for TC development. In general, the start of the hurricane season is restricted by thermodynamics (warm SSTs, unstable lapse rates), and therefore deep tropical activity early in the hurricane season implies that the thermodynamics are already quite favorable for tropical cyclone (TC) development."
Two of this season's three storms have formed in the deep tropics–Tropical Storm Barry, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico's Bay of Campeche at a latitude of 19.6°N, and now Tropical Storm Chantal, which formed at a latitude of 9.8°N. With recent runs of the GFS model predicting formation of yet another tropical storm southwest of the Cape Verde Islands early next week, it appears that the Atlantic is primed for an active hurricane season in 2013.
Antarctic Lake Vostok 'might have fish' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23230864
At the weekend, Christopher Booker at the Daily Telegraph made another attempt (see previous) to downplay the obvious decreases in Arctic sea ice by (mis-)quoting a statement from Arctic oceanographer Ken Drinkwater and colleagues:
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Panic over Arctic ice – what else can the warmists get wrong?
Ken Drinkwater, one of a team of scientists at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen who have been observing the Arctic for decades, dismisses the idea that the ice is melting because of any rise in global temperatures. "The warming," he says, "is primarily due to currents.
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This was added to by Andrew Neil as well, despite the best estimates of sea ice history showing nothing of the sort:
In the comments yesterday, Ken responded directly to this to make the context far more plain (slighty edited):
The article by Christopher Booker … is a misrepresentation of my views. He does not state where he obtained his information but it might have been from [this press release] in which I was discussing the increase in the abundance of Atlantic cod in the Barents Sea and its relationship to sea temperatures from studies we had conducted, or in Drinkwater et al., (2011, Progress in Oceanography 90, 47-61). In both articles, my comments focussed upon the Barents Sea and not the Arctic Basin. Our studies did indicate that much of the heat entering the Barents Sea in recent years was advected in by the inflow of warm Atlantic Waters and although direct warming through air-sea heat exchanges no doubt occurred, it appeared not be the dominate process at the time of our studies. This increase in heat led to the melting of the sea ice. I did NOT dismiss "the idea that the ice is melting because of any rise in global temperatures" as Mr. Booker claims. One of the reasons that more heat is being transported into the Barents Sea is because of the general rise in temperatures within the Atlantic waters. Increased melting of sea ice did occur in the 1920s and 1930s in the Barents Sea (Ifft, Monthly Weather Review, November, 1922, p. 589) and over the Arctic Basin (Ahlmann, 1949, Rapports et Proces-Verbaux des Revions du Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer 125, 9-16 ) but it was much less so than in recent years. I did NOT state that ice melted more in the 1920s and 1930s than in recent years as Mr. Booker claims. Mr. Booker has a duty as a journalist to ensure [that] his facts [are] correct.
We will await the corrections with bated breath…
Typo above Daily Mail = Daily Telegraph.
Giving Booker, Rose, Delingpole, Bolt, Monckhausen, Nova or any other denialist troll any attention is in my opinion a waste of time. They must be ignored, for now, and set aside for the day that justice will be dealt. Part of denialism's poisonous effect is the time wasted on pointless attention paid to execrable buffoons.


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SDCC: Marvel's "Doctor Strange" Combats "Death and Pain" in New Trailer
Comic Books, Film
Every week you'll get a brand-new comic cover theme game! The game works like this: I'll show you three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, a connection between all three characters, a locale, a creator, a trait all three creators share, SOMEthing. And it isn't something obvious like "They all have prices!" "They all have logos!" "They all feature a man!" "They are all Avengers (who ISN'T?)!" "They're all dead (who HASN'T been killed off?)!" "They've all been cloned (who HASN'T been cloned?)!" "They're all mutants! (who ISN'T a mutant?)" "They're all legacy heroes (who ISN'T a legacy hero nowadays?)!" etc.
In addition, please note that you must have some familiarity with comic book history to correctly guess these comics. You cannot guess the connective theme just by looking at the covers solely, you must have some knowledge beyond just the covers. The connections will ONLY have to do with connections in the actual comic books (so no incidental connections like "they share the same last names of Vice Presidents," etc. Now, if the three characters were each named Gerald Ford, that'd be another story, as that'd no longer be incidental).
If you come up with an answer that works outside of what I intended, I'll give you credit (well, provided I think it fits, of course).
One more thing – if there are floating heads on the cover, ignore them! They don't mean anything! Same thing with corner boxes!
If you think you know the answer, e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Don't answer in the comments. This way, people who check in at different times of the day can still get credit for answering it correctly!
Here is an archive of all the past cover theme games, plus their answers. Before each new installment, I'll post the answers to the previous week's game.
Good luck and enjoy!
I thought last week's was on the easy side since you folks always seem to get my topical themes, but I was way off base. This week…hmmm…it is a straightforward theme and I think it is pretty gettable, but after last week, I guess I don't know how to judge these things!
By hiding behind any of these covers, readers can slowly regenerate their health during a mission. Additionally, readers may use the circle button to peer from behind these covers and the triangle button to fire Snark at any targets they see. The autotargeting feature is partially disabled, however, so be aware that any Snark potshots may hit the wrong targets or miss entirely. If a player wishes to move from one cover to another, he or she will have to hit the right buttons as part of a "Theme Connection" quick-time event.
By holding down the circle button and using the left analog stick, readers may also move by edging along one of these covers. While edging along, readers will not alert the moderators to their presence; however, launching Snark tirades will be noticed by moderators and, in multicomment mode, other commenters. "Walking the edge" to Snark away at your targets is therefore a risky but sometimes useful strategy. — excerpted from the instruction manual for Comics Code of Duty: Snarkfighter: The Theme Wars
Omar…this game really exists, right? I want it so bad.
Also: I forgot that at one point Colossus just didn't bother wearing clothes.
I'm amazed that I got last week's. Not being American, the Independence Day theme did not occur to me (if it had I would have been more certain of my solution). I've just spent so much time working on Brian's Comic Six Degree challenges, that I'm hyper-aware of all of those mega-crossovers.
This week, I'm going to have to go and look up who those characters on the Harbinger cover are (I never read the Valiant books).
Before they adopted costumed identities, Catwoman and Wolverine allowed people to experiment on them….
I'm coming up blank; possibly because there are 16 characters on these covers.
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Sunday, 13 November 2005
Buy one pollie, get another free?
I notice new things are afoot at the Libertarianz site. There is a merchandise section in the process of being added, at which you can purchase (so far) T-shirts, books and politicians. The politicians may not be the best that money can buy -- and it's uncertain whether they'll remain bought -- but you can be sure everything else will be of the very highest quality.
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Version of Record online: 4 AUG 2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2011.01397.x
© 2011 The AuthorsPacific Philosophical Quarterly © 2011 University of Southern California and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly
Volume 92, Issue 3, pages 283–304, September 2011
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FEIT, N. and CULLISON, A. (2011), WHEN DOES FALSEHOOD PRECLUDE KNOWLEDGE?. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 92: 283–304. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2011.01397.x
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Falsehood can preclude knowledge in many ways. A false proposition cannot be known. A false ground can prevent knowledge of a truth, or so we argue, but not every false ground deprives its subject of knowledge. A falsehood that is not a ground for belief can also prevent knowledge of a truth. This paper provides a systematic account of just when falsehood precludes knowledge, and hence when it does not. We present the paper as an approach to the Gettier problem and arrive at a relatively simple theory with virtues linked to several issues at the heart of contemporary epistemology.


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I'm a combination of different sorts:
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-I'm a mediator (I actually like to help my friends sort out drama)
-I love to read, write, and edit. I want to be an editor.
-I like to be active (I'm more motivated with company ;) ).
-I enjoy meeting new people :)
I love movies, walking around, riding my bike, and hanging out with friends. I'm not really into anime anymore, but I try to do everything at least once with new people.
Big plus if you love dogs and/or cats and have at least one. I have a cat and live with my parent's dog (I call it a pipsqueak lol). I've noticed I'm more of a cat person now, but I love both cats and dogs.
Found this interesting quote:
"Women are like apples on trees; the best ones are on the top. Men don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraid of falling and don't want to get hurt. Instead, they go for the rotten apples from the ground that aren't so good, but easy. So, the apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they are amazing. They just have to wait for the right man to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top because they value quality."
-Would rather work than school. Currently looking for work.
-I used to write a lot of short stories when I was about 8 and would like to turn them into a book. I have another book I've been writing since I was 16 that I'd like to publish.
- I'm hoping to possibly be an editor some day.
My goal in life is to be happy.
-Taking people by surprise
-Doing things wrong at least 2-3 times before I get it right.
-I've also been told I'm very good at pleasing, mediating, writing, and editing.
-My transitional hazel eyes have been called stunning
-My smile is called beautiful frequently *blushes*
-Fav books:
Harry Potter
Twilight Saga (if you imagine Bella *sarcastic* and clumsy, it's hilarious. I agree the movies up till 2nd half of 2 sucked)
Gallagher Academy
Mortal Instruments
--other kinds of books I like:
Every Breath You Take, Body Heat, Summer Affair, Pandora, The Host, all three 50 Shades (of Grey)
I'm a movie fanatic, so I'll sum it up a little. Send me a message if you want to know more.
-Fav musicals:
Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Rock of Ages, Pitch Perfect, Repo Genetic Opera (the only opera I'll watch/listen to), Queen of the Damned
-Fav movies: [genre and examples]
Action (Taken, last couple Fast Fives)
Comedy (Grown Ups 1, Fun with Dick and Jane, 50 First Dates) Horror (Prom Night, Stay Alive)
Syfy (depends..)
Drama (The Wedding Planner, Raising Helen)
-Fav shows: [depends on the school/summer season...] I categorize by the days of the week they're on to keep track.
BUUUUT there are too many to list.
*Ask if you're curious :). We might have a few in common ;)*
-Fav music:
Country: Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Sheryl Crow, Gretchen Wilson, Keith Urban, Faith Hill (to name a few) [I grew up with country, but can stand very little "honky tonk"]
Pop: Kelly Clarkson, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake (to name a few)
Rock: Eminem, Staind, Lifehouse, Daughtry, Bruce Springsteen, Maroon 5, Pink, (to name a few)
Alternative: Radiohead, Coldplay, Muse, The Smashing Pumpkins (to name a few)
-Fav food: Mexican (cheese & bean burritos). I also like Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and American (in that order)
I love being cooked for :), especially pastas (anything with cheese and/or meat sauce) and cheese burgers well done.
However, I'm not the greatest cook :/ and I am a very Plain Jane/picky eater.
Essentially, I like a little bit of everything, BUT I DO NOT like:
mushrooms, onions, cauliflower, peppers/hot sauce, really spicy things, olives, artichokes, uncooked spinach, leafy salad, cabbage, mayo, mustard, sea food (except scallops and water chestnuts)...
See? I'm terrible XD
2. intimacy
3. showers
4. entertainment
5. support
6. transportation
-The next time I'm going to see friends/visit fam.
-Situations going on around me.
-What I want to do with my life.. It tends to fluctuate.
-Trying not to worry so much.
-How things in life seem to happen for a specific reason.
Wondering if there is someone out there specifically for me. I'm starting to think it's a compromise between what I enjoy and can tolerate in someone.
-I have a difficult time trusting people some times. (And sometimes I'm too trusting)
-I am not very good at adjusting to change and doing things too quickly scares me. I am currently working on that..


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Working!Jan3020071/30Ship Inn Great weekend visiting family and friends, more on which later, I am pressed for time now I'm back working full time! Started yesterday, am learning all the systems, mostly PHP and XML no problems at all. It's a great place to work, huge and modern but also very friendly and a lot going on. There's a music quiz this Friday, but I may not go as I'd need to round up a team among people I don't yet know, and this weekend we ought to be going out big style to celebrate the new job really.
Got a new computer, a very cool PowerBook Pro with all the trimmings, haven't set it up on the network at home yet, it is a work thing.
Out tonight, another quiz, at The Ship.
Snow todaySo are we going to Glastonbury or what?
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So you work for HolidayExtras.com?I'm confoosed.
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YesThat's my new job, I'm a developer for holidayextras.com.
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powerbook prois it set up to do a dual boot, i.e. os/x or xp?? which model is it you've got?
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Don't know what version it is, it's new, do you mean what size is it? Looks like the 17'', I'll have to get my tape measure out...
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RE: osxhmmm so i think i meant which config
as there's a few - just curious to know how quick it is and stuff. having real problems with my pc at home with blue screen of deaths and just feel like getting anything which doesnt run MS. feeling sorry for myself.
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it's the Intel version
This does HDMI output looks like, I'll have to try it through my TV.
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Job Description What you'll do: Everyday Health is seeking an experienced Analyst to join our Sales Analytics team in a highly visible, strategic role. The Sales Analytics team at Everyday Health is critical to the management and operation of our business, using our6/5/2016 New York, NY Save This Job
Job Description Email Manager - (1603T) What you'll do: The Email Manager?s primary function includes the coding and distribution of sponsored emails and newsletters to over four million registered Everyday Health users. In this position, the person will work cross6/5/2016 New York, NY Save This Job
New Business Sales New York based sales role selling know your client (KYC), Anti money laundering (AML), client on-boarding, reference data/ entity mapping workflow /software solutions to the banking, accounting, legal, insurance and management consulting market. The primary6/4/2016 New York, NY Save This Job
Account Management New York, NY Job Description --Note: This opportunity is for either an Associate Account Manager or Account Manager.-- Want to join a company on the cutting edge of technology and travel? Want to be part of a fantastic and fun company that?s revolutionizing6/4/2016 New York, NY Save This Job
at PulsePoint New York About You: Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and leading a team of four, the (S)VP of Marketing will define, drive and implement a cohesive Corporate Marketing Strategy to position PulsePoint as THE leading global programmatic platform for brand6/1/2016 New York, NY Save This Job