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Career isn't the only factor in determining someone's overall happiness, but it's certainly a major contributor. So, what kind of jobs do the happiest people in the U.S. have? And, what about these jobs contributes to overall happiness in life?

How many times have you looked into your closet and thought, “I have nothing to wear.” If you hear yourself uttering this statement more often than not, you have a dysfunctional closet. It is probably missing several key pieces that allow you to easily transition from one outfit to the next. It’s time to stop the insanity and get a ...

Now that I’m underemployed and juggling multiple jobs (herein referred to as “freelancing”), a whole new set of rules are in play. This week, for example, I learned that the interview process for freelancers is not what I’m used to; this is not your grandma’s office interview. For starters, they’re not called interviews – they're called meetings. Second, they don't take ...

Everyone knows the expression, "When you make excuses, you make an...ex out of... you and...umm." Oh wait, that's assumptions. Well, in the same way, I'd argue that making excuses is just as bad as making assumptions, if not worse. And these days it seems that the less time we have on our hands, the more excuses we make regarding our quality ...

1. Cooking I can name five women off the top of my head who have told me they wished they cooked more. For health reasons and for the general fun of it. Top Excuse: "I'll never be as good as Rachel Ray" or "It's too hard." Excuse Buster: Not only are there thousands of "fail proof" recipes out there, but ...

An insider's look at why we need more women in tech.

Michelle Obama is more popular than her husband, President Barack Obama, according a Gallup poll that finds 72% of respondents holding a favorable opinion of her; her husband's corresponding rating was 69%. This profile offers an idea how Europeans see America's first lady -- a Harvard Law School graduate who focuses on supporting military families, helping cope with work-life balance and ...

A record 15 female CEOs populate the latest Fortune 500. That’s reassuring (and surprising, actually) since we’ve seen many women close to the top drop out voluntarily–like Susan Arnold, the former president at Procter & Gamble (PG)–or get bounced involuntarily. Yet even as the female leadership pipeline seems to be leaking more than ever, women are still rising to CEO of ...

I used to teach freshmen at the big southern California university currently ranked third among the nation’s party schools, awarded extra points for its exceptionally high “bikini factor.”  I  tried to introduce them to literature, which from my point of view, meant empowering them ultimately to create a literature of their own.  Of course, like every self-respecting English professor who ...

For all those years that I devoted the best of myself to introducing college freshmen to literature, I dreaded but felt compelled to ask, “What was the last book you read?”  I still laugh—and cry—when I remember the most common answers: “The whole book?” many would look vaguely shocked.  “I suppose that doesn’t include the Cliff’s Notes, hunh?” most would ...

A book report is a common school requirement. Students have no other recourse, but to comply even if they are not comfortable with their writing skills.  Like any other essays, a book report provides both the students and teachers the opportunity to learn. Some people may ask how this scenario happens. But in this fast-paced age where every minute is ...

Hi Everyone, How did you get on with your walk? Have you been able to pick up your pace to 45 minutes today? In this blog, I discuss how walking can improve stress levels and how my personal experience with this and the choices I made for my life had an impact with a walk on a beach in Brighton, UK. ...

I can’t tell you how many times people start the conversation about green building with solar panels and wind turbines. That’s about as useful as discussing retirement plans on the first date. You skipped the courtship, the sex, the wedding, the antidepressants and the therapy and went right to the empty nest. “Greening” your home (and your lifestyle) begins with some ...

In the spirit of those annoying, addictive, you-know-you're-reading-them-even-though-you-wish-you-weren't Facebook notes popping up everywhere, Health.com presents its list of 25 random things you might not know about the human body, nutrition and exercise, sex, sickness, and health. Go ahead: Pass it on to your friends.

Several companies with Dayton-area operations have landed on the National Association for Female Executives’ 2009 list of the top 50 companies for executive women. Among those are PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC), Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and MetLife (NYSE: MET). The association, which was founded in 1972 and is owned by Working ...

There's a buzz around the feminist blogosphere about HBO's potential new show, "Women's Studies". Backed by "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" executive producer Ben Karlin, the show will supposedly star Julie White as a former feminist It Girl who is now a professor at a small liberal arts college. But will the show ever get made, and what will it look ...

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner defended the bank rescue program devised by the Obama administration Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund predicted U.S. financial institutions could lose $2.7 trillion from the global credit crisis. Geithner, testifying before the rescue plan's Congressional Oversight Panel, faced a battery of questions over the Treasury's public-private partnership investment plan to rid financial institutions of their troubled ...

In America today, there are almost as many people making their living as bloggers as there are lawyers. Already more Americans are making their primary income from posting their opinions than Americans working as computer programmers or firefighters.

I read this story and I am totally disgusted that an Institute like the World Health Organization would possibly even acknowledge such research. Yes, I am for putting all info out there, the more the better. But I feel that maybe this whole Global Warming thing is going a little too far. That the International community would host such ideas as ...

WASHINGTON -- Taxpayers are increasingly exposed to losses and the government is more vulnerable to fraud under Obama administration initiatives that have created a federal bank bailout program of "unprecedented scope," a government report finds. In a 250-page quarterly report to Congress, the rescue program's special inspector general concludes that a private-public partnership designed to rid financial institutions of their "toxic ...