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I am a 32 year old US citizen who enjoys learning and sharing what I have learned. This includes reading, writing, traveling, photography and leadership.

My degreed specialty is in Computer Information Systems, but I have studied a wide variety of topics including

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Jobs & Careers > Information Technology Jobs Optimizing your IT skills to avoid losing your job to outsourcing: 3 of 8
Outsourcing has been a trend for many years now. At first, the biggest use of outsourcing was for labor intensive semi-skilled manufacturing. These were areas where the cost of labor was a significant portion of the cost of production. Finding countries where people are willing to work for 1/10 or 1/20 or less of the wage re... More..
Relationships & Family > Crisis Support (Other) How to look after your family in a disaster: 2 of 5
Hurricane Katrina, earthquakes in California, even tsunamis in Asia al bring home the oint that it is important to be prepared for disasters. Even the fire trucks and ambulances that constantly respond to emergencies around our hometowns can provide that same reminder. While it is difficult or impossible to predict when a di... More..
Health & Fitness > First Aid How to administer first aid to kids: 2 of 5
As a child, we all thought that we were invincible. For many of us, we did not worry about getting hurt when playing around. Actually, some of my friends loved to do things to see how worked up they could get their parents. We would clamber up and down trees, rocks, cliffs, even a few buildings. Sometimes we would get hurt. ... More..
Jobs & Careers > Information Technology Jobs Will software programmers become jobless in the future?: 2 of 5
Science Fiction authors have spent years and volumes teasing us about a world where our creations are smarter, faster and stronger than us. In some cases, they are benign, working secretly to preserve us from ourselves. In others, they are vengeful and seek to enslave or destroy humanity. Short of us reaching that milestone ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons Should police have to submit to routine drug and alcohol testing?: 23 of 55
The stereotype of a police officer as a strong, unruffled presence in the midst of a crisis exists because it is generally true. As a profession, they are entrusted with the lives and care of the community to protect it from many dangers. With that trust comes a responsibility to live up to some high standards for personal c... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Help (Other) Can you stay calm in times of chaos?: 6 of 14
The squeal of tires. The screech of the brakes. Then the sounds of glass breaking and metal being violently twisted. Welcome to a source of chaos. Anytime there is an emergency, our bodies leap instinctively into fight-or-flight mode. The less control and the more chaos around you, the harder it is to stay calm and deal rati... More..
Personal Finance > Financial Planning How an emergency fund can help take the sting out of financial surprises: 3 of 7
What would you do if your furnace died in the middle of the winter or if your car started smoking when you got in to go to work one morning? Most people would get the problem fixed and add the expense to their credit card. Not a great solution, considering how many of us carry a credit card balance from month to month. Not o... More..
Jobs & Careers > Information Technology Jobs Is an MBA the new route to IT success?: 3 of 7
For many years, IT departments have operated as a bastion of magic and alchemy. With the right incantation and spells (requirements documents and test cases for example) new and wonderful systems would be developed. With an error or omission, those same incantations and efforts could produce vastly different results. This ha... More..
Personal Finance > Financial Planning Housing: When renting is better than buying: 3 of 7
Whether it is better to rent or buy a home is more of a function of where you live and your type of work than anything else. The economic conditions play a role in determining both of those factors. Let us look at all three components. Where you live Real estate, and the housing market in particular, is a strongly local comm... More..
Personal Finance > Retirement When to start investing for retirement: 8 of 17
There is a significant challenge to starting to invest for retirement. Article after article attempts to boil it down to a single commandment: 'Thou shalt invest for retirement no matter how young you are.' The funny thing about this is that it is good advice. Investing early, often, and with as much money as you can will he... More..