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Quitting your job or thinking about joining the ‘great resignation’? Here’s what an employment lawyer advises

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Quitting your job or thinking about joining the ‘great resignation’? Here’s what an employment lawyer advises: Record numbers of Americans have quit their jobs in recent months, with more than 4.4 million submitting their resignation in September alone. Millions more may be preparing to follow them to the exits – one survey found that around a third of workers wanted to make a career change. But one of the things I learned over the years as a lawyer and later as a professor specializing in employment law is that timing and preparation matter when it comes to quitting a job. So even if you have another job lined up, it’s worth considering a few factors that might influence whether you quit now or stay in your current role for a few weeks – or months.

How vulnerable is your personal information? 4 essential reads

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How vulnerable is your personal information? 4 essential reads: When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation?

A Sweet, Simple Way to Make Your Holiday Healthier

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A Sweet, Simple Way to Make Your Holiday Healthier: With holiday menus in full swing, many Americans aim to add healthier dishes and ingredients to their seasonal tables but are hesitant to

Is COVID-19 here to stay?

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Is COVID-19 here to stay? : Now that kids ages 5 to 11 are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination and the number of fully vaccinated people in the U.S. is rising, many people may be wondering what the endgame is for COVID-19. Early on in the pandemic, it wasn’t unreasonable to expect that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) might just go away, since historically some pandemic viruses have simply disappeared.

Family Wholesome Winter Meals

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Family Wholesome Winter Meals : Seeking comfort from the cold in the form of a wholesome meal is a perfect way to cap off a day with loved ones. During the winter months when brisk temperatures chill you to the bone, warming up with hearty dishes at the family table can bring everyone together.

Doing your holiday shopping online? Here are 10 tips for avoiding scams

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Doing your holiday shopping online? Here are 10 tips for avoiding scams: Online shopping is already booming this holiday season. While last year’s big increase in holiday e-commerce due to the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t going to be repeated this time around, November and December online shopping is projected to top US$200 billion for the first time. And as online shopping increases, so do online scams.

Delicious Rice & Egg Ethnic Dishes

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Delicious Rice & Egg Ethnic Dishes : When tried-and-true family favorites turn stale and boring, digging through cookbooks and sorting through blogs for new recipes may seem far

5 ways to break into the video game industry

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5 ways to break into the video game industry: When you break out the game console to play a video game like NBA2K, chances are the biggest decision you’ll have to make is which player or team you want to be. But have you ever considered becoming one of the people who actually designs a game like NBA2K?

Aligning Yourself With the Universe | Sadhguru

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Aligning Yourself With the Universe | Sadhguru: In this speech, Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev) explains in yoga, every experience that you have is mainly conducted through your spine.

Aligning Yourself With the Universe | Sadhguru

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Aligning Yourself With the Universe | Sadhguru: In this speech, Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev) explains in yoga, every experience that you have is mainly conducted through your spine.

Buyer beware: 4 tips for buying new products from online marketplaces

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Buyer beware: 4 tips for buying new products from online marketplaces : During the holiday season, shoppers everywhere are hunting for great bargains and unique items online. Today’s online marketplaces — where anyone can buy or sell new items — are numerous, offering a wide variety of products.

Pumpkin Streusel Sweet Potato Boats

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Pumpkin Streusel Sweet Potato Boats : Pumpkin Streusel Sweet Potato Boats - Enjoy baking better-for-you treats this holiday season. Outdoor temps are cooling down, leaves are falling

Delightful Dishes to Dazzle Holiday Guests

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Delightful Dishes to Dazzle Holiday Guests : Delightful apple dishes to dazzle the guest. Entertaining guests during the holidays isn’t just about the main course that calls all to the table.

Jordan Peterson’s Warning To The World “a wing and a prayer”

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Jordan Peterson’s Warning To The World “a wing and a prayer”: “A wing and a prayer or the enemy (this has to stop) God lift me from the intolerable burden of my ignorance, arrogance, wilful blindness, bitterness and resentment As I pray that others rise above the same faults and temptations I watched Fox News release a message this week: There are terrible things afoot under the surface of our society, and the perpetrators are coming for you And coming for us And then I watched the Democrats respond in panic and anger, saying: There are terrible things afoot under the surface of our society, and the perpetrators are coming for you And coming for us Are there terrible things afoot, bubbling under the surface? Is something coming for you? And for us? Ask yourself how true that is of yourself and your own life Have you addressed all that? Are you concerning yourself with the dust in your enemy’s eyes, instead of attending to the filth that obscures your own sight? Do we want accusation, s

What Paul McCartney’s ‘The Lyrics’ can teach us about harnessing our creativity

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What Paul McCartney’s ‘The Lyrics’ can teach us about harnessing our creativity : In his new book “The Lyrics,” Paul McCartney divulges the origins of 154 of his most significant and enduring songs. Although each song’s provenance is unique, the compendium is an unprecedented resource for those hoping to better understand both McCartney’s own creative process, and, more broadly, the human creative process.

6 priorities could deliver energy breakthroughs at the Glasgow climate summit

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6 priorities could deliver energy breakthroughs at the Glasgow climate summit : Much of the news coming out of the U.N. climate conference has focused on the spectacle, and how countries’ pledges aren’t on track to prevent dangerous climate

Daylight saving time: The time change raises your risk of hitting deer on the road

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Daylight saving time: The time change raises your risk of hitting deer on the road: Daylight saving time ends in the U.S. and Canada on Nov. 7, 2021, and most of us will be setting our clocks back an hour. There is a long-running debate about the benefit of the time change, given how it disrupts humans’ circadian rhythms, causing short-term stress and fatigue. Another risk accompanying the time change is on the roads: As more people drive at dusk during an active time of year for deer, the number of deer-vehicle accidents rises.

Bacon-Wrapped Halibut

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Bacon-Wrapped Halibut: When meals at home get stale and boring, adding some excitement back to family dinners can be as simple as a protein swap. Despite fish being a no-go