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April 21 2008

Bosses 'weigh up pregnancy risk'

obiterdicta:

And somebody needs to survey employers to arrive at this self-evident conclusion?

Here is a better idea - ask women in child-bearing years about the sort of side-stepping questions about if they are married, how long they have been married and if they own their house etc that are asked.

Women themselves are no help. A friend who had a child at 19 or 20, when she was married to a trader, now goes into job interviews and offers proactively the information that her son is now at University and therefore she is not as the risk of being pregnant on their time.

This sounds like that job interview that I had (and I told you about). The funny thing is that not many women even realize that they are being asked illegal questions or that they are willingly providing information that they absolutely don’t need to.

AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010 | Tech News on ZDNet

Didn’t we always know this? I’m interested in finding out the steps which businesses are taking to mitigate the problem. Such an article would be more interesting.

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April 20 2008

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Saw this at the grocery store yesterday

April 18 2008

We shall not cease from exploration …And the end of all our exploring …Will be to arrive where we started …And know the place for the first time.

-T. S. Eliot

(via Anand)

This is a crisis, and we can’t keep muddling around the edges, said Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a nonpartisan advocacy group. We can pay for mental health care now or pay for the jail cells and cemeteries and alcohol and drug treatment programs later. Not to mention the moral obligation we have to these veterans. Terms of Use
Nearly a fifth of U.S. veterans report mental disorders - International Herald Tribune

5.2 earthquake rocks large area of Midwest; no major damage - Yahoo! News

This explains it! I went to sleep only at around 4 am and was violently woken up just minutes later. I moved away from my window and wanted to run down to the open yard, but was too shocked to do anything. I could hear things moving all around me. A very scary experience all in all. Even this morning, around 10 am, there was a slight tremor. I hope everybody is fine. The entire Midwest felt this tremor, it seems.

April 16 2008

April 13 2008

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(via confessions)

My feelings precisely. I don’t understand how people waste their time reading an d forwarding such crass photos/joke/incidents/whatever.

April 12 2008

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lomo:

„ { ipod’s Laundry } „” © all rights reserved - B a r s h o ™

via photophlow

-discovered in the photophlow_jp room

April 11 2008

Bush Reported Taxable Income of $719,274 in 2007

From CNN:

President and Mrs. George W. Bush reported taxable income of $719, 274 for the tax year 2007 and paid $221,635 in federal income taxes, the White House said Friday. Vice President Cheney and his wife earned $2,528,068, the White House said, and owe taxes of $602,651.

Had enough? No? Take a look at Bush’s and Cheney’s Tax Returns (1040 PDF).

I know many women who find it safer to conceal their opinions, since women have also been conditioned to be seen and not heard and to be the pretty face next to the strong and powerful husband, which can clearly be seen in any story where a male politician or sports star is discovered in a sex scandal; of course, the woman is always standing by her man with her mouth shut, smiling politely like she is told to. A woman who chooses to speak her mind freely and openly is mostly ridiculed for her blunt honesty by the majority of people who care not to listen based purely on her possession of a vagina.

It seems as if once women set their footprints in the wet concrete of history and start making own choices without having to consult a man before doing so, the men start to get all uppity. You would think that with men feeling the way they apparently do, they would begin to see what women have gone through to get where they stand today and that they would understand and appreciate the activism and determination in which we have fought for our rights and have a better understanding of equal rights. However, men believe that they are deserving of all power in all aspects of life and in society based purely on their possession of a penis.

While you feel completely emasculated, confused and rejected from society, welcome to the lives of women.

The world is now dominated by women, where have I been? (via gauntlet) It really comes down to the type of men you choose to hang out with. While there will be narrow minded people everywhere, it is up to you to be with those who value you and those who don’t feel threatened by a woman who’s more educated and much more intelligent than them. Funnily, I always attract weaker men. They find my strength and courage comforting. On second thoughts, women are much stronger than men mentally!
Never judge someone by who he’s (she’s) in love with; judge him by his friends. People fall in love with the most appalling people. Take a cool, appraising glance at his pals.
Cynthia Heimel (via vasta) Oohh! Nice. Now only if we remember this quote the next time we decide to judge someone.
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Reading The Stranger by Albert Camus. One of the finest books on absurdism. Next read will be Unaccustomed Earth, provided I get my book by mail.

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thillythenny:

meandworld:Real friends

(via konrad)

April 10 2008

On Studying

CFA Level II exam is only two months away and I’m already losing sleep over it. Probably most of you don’t even know what CFA is. You must be thinking that I’m mad because I’m getting worried about an exam that is TWO F**King months away. Well…I’ve already been studying for it since the past 8 months. If I don’t clear it on the 7th of June, 2008…then I’ll need to re-take it next year. That means, spending more time with the same books for another year, which is totally not good for my social life. Since the time I’ve enrolled in this program, I don’t remember how many parties I’ve been to, how many times I’ve gotten drunk or done anything without thinking about Fixed Assets, Inventories, Derivatives, Interest Rates…ZzzzZ.

Time to hit my books again. Everybody at Tumblr seems to be in a state of absolute bliss- posting pictures, quotes, links etc. I wish I could do it again.

April 09 2008

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It’s Raining! Hallelujah! I’m so happy because I can keep my sweaters away. Yay!

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