Archive for July, 2012

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Blog Feature: Anne the Dog Photographer


07 Jul

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I love Anne The Dog Photographer’s site. In addition to posting great pictures of dogs in need of adoption in her local area (and she is an excellent dog photographer), she’s started posting stories about her adventures with her own dogs, including this week’s “It Felt Like a Death March”, written from the perspective of her dog, Ollie.

I absolutely love the booties that were made for Ella, and Ollie looks beyond happy being carried. That’s just the goofball kind of grin that makes you fall in love.

So head on over to check out the pictures and the stories.

Your Money Friday: Using Community Service as a Career Stepping Stone


06 Jul

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It starts in high school. Kids are told that being straight A students isn’t enough to get them into a good college. Extra curricular activities are not enough. And work experience doesn’t count. But volunteer experience? That’s where the money is- or at least the scholarships.

That attitude is carrying over into the work world. There have long been organizations that do charity work where you could make professional connections, but now, many people feel that they need to have volunteer experience on their resume. Sadly, it does not always lead to good things for the organization they volunteer for.

Television


05 Jul

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Today our cable gets upgraded. And I’m sad. We have to have a home phone. Going without one is no longer an option, so we’re upgrading from limited basic cable (we got local broadcast, PBS, and Discovery) to regular basic. We’re going from 13 watchable channels to over 100. I know that should seem great, but there’s a reason we dropped down to the limited to begin with. And we’ve really liked not having the TV on all the time.

Let’s hope our new habit of only turning on the TV when there’s something we want to watch can hold.

Affordable Care Act- the 80/20 Rule


03 Jul

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You may hate parts of the Affordable Care Act. You may think the individual mandate is unconstitutional, despite the Supreme Court. (Lots of people think this about income taxes.) But there are parts of the ACA that everyone can like.

One part of the act you should like- the 80/20 rule. This rule says your insurance company must spend at least 80% of your premium on healthcare costs. Only 20% can go toward administration. The company must make visible exactly what those percentages are and issue you a rebate if they don’t spend enough of your premium on medical costs.

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