As of January 1, Florida will rank 20th in the nation for minimum wage. Our state’s minimum wage will rise to $6.79 per hour from $6.67.
In 2005, Florida voters amended the state constitution and raised the Florida wage from $5.15 (the federal minimum), to $6.15. Part of the amendment said the wage would rise subsequently […]
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by onecleardot
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When I graduated from college with a degree in English and a degree in Journalism, I had to work hard to carve out a niche for myself in the professional world. I was not like my roommate, who got her degree specifically in hotel management. She went right into the job she wanted after graduating, […]
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by onecleardot
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Since I have been thinking about my own life and career lately, I got to thinking about the jobs people in my family have. It was odd to start making the list and realize that, for the most part, my relatives have the kind of interesting jobs that make for good conversation starters.
My dad was […]
Posted on December 30th, 2007 by onecleardot
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Just yesterday I was writing about divorce as entertainment and about how people seem obsessed with the personal lives of celebrities to the extent that a divorce of an actor becomes front page news right alongside the report of Bhutto’s assignation. As I was still pondering the phenomenon in my head, I got a call […]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by onecleardot
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We live in a current cultural climate where the sobriety of celebrities is as big a news item as the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. OK, well it’s not AS big, but the headline about Lindsay Lohan’s questionable sobriety before a 2005 car accident had the nerve to sit right up there side-by-side with all of […]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by onecleardot
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Women are vain. Actually, humans are vain. We are all seemingly predisposed to care more than we should about what other people think about us. It can be absolutely crippling when it comes to developing self esteem and learning how to love yourself.
Can you really blame a person for bouts of vanity sometimes, though? I’m […]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by onecleardot
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You can’t throw a virtual pebble and not hit a company who sells web hosting. In fact, anyone at all can buy a reseller account and sell their own hosting packages, all without actually owning any servers. Needless to say, the competition is fierce when it comes to working to win the hearts and the […]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by onecleardot
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I just finished up some post-graduate work to get certified to teach school this past July. I had a very busy summer schedule, but the load was lessened considerably by the fact that I never had to leave the house for half my classes. They were all done using web conferencing technology. I logged onto […]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by onecleardot
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I hate to take a look at the morning headlines and see that another celebrity divorce has made the news. This time around it’s Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn, as well as Brendan Fraser and his lovely Afton Smith. The news of these divorces comes close to Christmas, which makes it all the sadder. […]
Posted on December 28th, 2007 by onecleardot
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OK, so my headline is a little misleading. I wear shoes every day. I have not worn heavy, uncomfortable shoes in almost ten years though. I wear sandals or mules every day.
I remember when I was back in college I had a very solid wish that I would be in a position one day that […]
Posted on December 27th, 2007 by onecleardot
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