Facebook exec says it's OK for women to cry at work
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it's ok for women to cry at work, share emotions and be honest about their femininity.

Independent midwives – and home births – are under threat | Jo Marchant
For some women there are small extra risks involved in having a natural home birth, but the benefits far outweigh them I was accused on national radio last week of risking my son's life by giving birth at home. I had been talking on the BBC's Woman's Hour about the threat to independent midwives, who work outside the NHS and offer a natural approach to birth. A change of UK law in October will ...

Philippine envoy tells workers in Taiwan to eat at home and avoid streets amid row over death
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a fisherman by the Philippine coast guard.

Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now."

Stuck at home: When moms can't afford to work
Conventional wisdom holds that stay-at-home moms do so because they can afford not to work. Instead, experts say, many moms appear to be staying home with their kids because they can’t afford to work.

Stuck at home: Moms who can't afford to work
Conventional wisdom holds that stay-at-home moms do so because they can afford not to work. Instead, experts say, many moms appear to be staying home with their kids because they can’t afford to work.

Number of stay-at-home mothers drops as more women seek work
The number of "stay-at-home" mothers has fallen to a near-record low, as more women seek work in the labour market, official statistics show.        

Tips for setting up and improving your home office
If you work from home, you know how important it is to turn your home office into an efficient workspace. And these days, making improvements with that goal in mind rests on keeping up with the trends and times.

How to Work at Top Performance From Home
It's not ink cartridges, printers and faxes anymore. The cloud and smart devices have changed the home office landscape -- for the better. There are now numerous free apps for instant messaging, video conferencing and cheap calls; plus it's easier than ever to keep coworking teams on the same page. Working from home lets businesses reduce real estate costs while boosting worker productivity.

Knicks-Pacers Preview
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- - The Indiana Pacers won't know until Saturday night whether point guard George Hill will start in Game 6 against New York.

How to turn your Galaxy S4 into a universal remote
With the built-in IR blaster, use your Galaxy S4 as a universal remote that controls many components and offers personalized recommendations on what to watch. Originally posted at How To

Remote Working: Who's Right?
Recently there has been a considerable amount of discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of remote working. It began when Yahoo! ended its program. Best Buy followed rather quickly with the announcement that it too was ending its program. Both Yahoo! And Best Buy were criticized by numerous writers and academics based on the view that remote working makes jobs more attractive and ...

Smartphone Tracker Gives Doctors Remote Viewing Powers
Here’s the smartphone technology that alerts a doctor when patients are headed for trouble. At the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, nurses can see into the lives of some diabetes patients even when they’re not at the clinic. If a specific patient starts acting lethargic, or making lengthy calls to his mom, a green box representing him on an online dashboard turns yellow ...

Deaf Aotearoa Supports the Use of Video Remote Interpreting
Deaf Aotearoa believes increased access to frontline services via a new video remote interpreter service will greatly benefit the Deaf community.

Mother dies, father missing on family trip to remote Australian beach
It was supposed to be a dream trip: Two children and their parents on a yearlong family road trip around Australia.

Review: Logitech Harmony Ultimate Universal Remote Control
Since Logitech’s Harmony division has made well-regarded universal remote controls for a decade, it could be resting on its past successes—slightly tweaking earlier designs, adjusting their prices, and pushing “new” units out the door. Harmony Ultimate is a somewhat more ambitious product. Logitech started with two existing accessories, the $250 standalone touchscreen remote Harmony Touch, and ...

Qualcomm Optimizes Tech Support with Bomgar Remote Support
Bomgar, a leading provider of secure remote support solutions, today announced Qualcomm is using its solution to support more than 40,000 computing devices worldwide. A global communications company, Qualcomm is the world leader in 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies.

Remote control boat race a gem, says Angkah
SIBU: The remote control boat race here can become a cash cow if it were properly promoted as [...]

Electricity Smart Meters support remote management.
Concentrating external connection for set of meters in building, InMeter combines elements for measuring, viewing, monitoring, and controlling power levels as well as remotely cutting supplies. Two-way communications from or to distribution company's central remote management system do not reside at each individual meter, but rather at communications hub that performs Gateway function. Depending ...

Aselton picks 5 films about strong women
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The thriller "Black Rock" is about a trio of childhood friends (Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and director Katie Aselton) who travel to a remote island off the coast of Maine to work through past issues and reconnect. But when it turns out they're not the only ones on the island, they end up having to fight for their lives.

Justices review $100M award for home care workers
Justices on the Washington Supreme Court are considering whether the state should have to pay a $100 million verdict awarded to some 22,000 home care workers who were shortchanged by a rule that was in ...

New scheme targets home office workers
Working from home is a growing trend these days, but so is a new scheme targeting those home office workers....

Minn. House backs nursing home pay hike
The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5-percent pay increase.

Son’s hidden camera catches nursing home workers mistreating his mother
The home’s chief executive officer said he was taking the incident “very seriously” and that the workers caught on film had been suspended

Philippine envoy tells workers in Taiwan to eat at home and avoid streets amid row over death
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a fisherman by the Philippine coast guard.

MN House backs nursing home pay hike
ST. PAUL - The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a5-percent pay increase.

Philippines fears for workers in Taiwan amid row
The Philippine envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high on the island over the shooting death of a fisherman by ...

Nursing Home Workers Protest Medicaid Spending Cuts
Hundreds of nursing home staff members and others rallied outside the Thompson Center on Monday, trying to fend off new cuts for medical services.

Home Care Company Lays off Workers
A Trinity Bay home care company has been forced to issue layoff notices to its unionized workers due to what it calls government's refusal to increase the amount of money provided to help them supply the services needed in the region.

KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports - - Minn. House backs nursing home pay hike
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota House has voted to give nursing home workers in the state a 5% pay increase. The pay hike is included in a broader, $6 billion a year budget for health and human services programs that the House passed Friday night by a party-line vote of 73-61.

Start-Up Hopes to Help Freelance Writers Get Paid
Assignmint hopes it can act as a middleman between freelance writers and publishers, helping put payment and billing into the cloud.

What does freelance success look like?
Outside a standard career, when do you know you've made it? From commissions to cash, Eleanor Turney counts the ways Success. It's a slippery word, isn't it? And outside a traditional career model – without appraisals, line management, incremental pay rises, feedback, promotion paths – it's even harder to get a grip on what it might mean. One answer is to compare oneself to other people, but ...

Why I Gave Up Job Security to Go Freelance
Not having a steady gig isn't for the faint of heart, but the rewards can be big, both personally and financially. 

Making money through online freelance jobs
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Work Market Announces $10,000,000 Expansion Financing to Fund Continued Growth
NEW YORK, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Work Market, the leading enterprise-class freelance labor platform and marketplace, announces today the close of a $10 million Series Scale financing. The round was ...

Millennials: Are they entitled or smart about work?
Faulted for the 'me' in their 'me' generation Gen Y's focus on entrepreneurship and freelance work may just reflect the times

Gothamist Wants Your Freelance Submissions
Gothamist is looking to expand and deepen our coverage of New York City, and we're paying. [ more › ]

Now you can be a freelance cyber cop
It is a police job sans khaki and stars. The Kerala police are mooting a corps of freelance cyber personnel to crack complex online crimes with a view to bridging acute shortage of talent in uniform.        

Defiant jockey Paul Mulrennan defeats silence of the freelance
PAUL MULRENNAN fought back from serious injury to re-establish himself as one of the north’s leading jockeys. Ahead of the Dante Festival at York this week, he talks to STEVE CARROLL

The 10 Best Freelance Careers
According to professional job service FlexJob's vast database of flexible job listings, the following careers offer the most freelance job openings. They also feature stimulating projects and solid paychecks, according to salary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Glassdoor.com. These freelance careers allow you to work independently and on your terms.

Chief Funster? Yep, That's a Job
Chief funster? Yep, that's a job. It's one of six dream jobs Australia is hiring for. How do you qualify? Read on.

Knowing Where to Look: 5 Tips to Find Hidden Job Openings
The 'hidden job market' is very real, and it’s causing frustration among job seekers. You can find these jobs by determining what a company needs.

6 Signs You Should Quit Your Job
Not sure when to leave your job? A bad day could be just that, or it could signal the breaking point. Read the six reasons to quit your job below, and learn to recognize the systemic signs that show you should sever ties - for good.

How An Online Reputation Can Hurt Your Job Hunt
 This is a guest post by Chris Forman, CEO of the online job-search organizer StartWire. His last article for FORBES was "Make Your Age An Asset: 7 Job-Search Tips If You're Over 50."

Job Stress Affecting Your Heart? Follow A Healthy Lifestyle
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online While a stressful job can increase the risk of heart problems and lead to a 25 percent higher chance of having a heart attack or dying of other heart related illnesses, researchers have found that a healthy lifestyle could reduce this risk. The results, which were published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ( CMAJ ) , found that ...

Job fair for veterans held Thursday
A job fair just for veterans was held in Cincinnati on Thursday. The event was one of 67 job fairs held in 38 cities across the country this year.

What's Your Job Offer Really Worth?
When it comes time to deciding on a job, it boils down to the opportunity and what you're offered. If you get more than one job offer, consider each carefully.

Lifestyle change may ease heart risk from job stress
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being under stress at work is tied to a higher risk of heart problems, new research confirms - but putting down the beer bottle and going for a walk may help. Researchers found that job strain - defined as having a lot of demands at work, but little control - was tied at a 25 percent higher chance of having a heart attack or dying of heart problems ...

Class of 2013 Job Seekers: Buy, Sell or Hold?
Once college graduates unzip their gown and take off their mortarboard cap, they enter into the bloated ranks of overeducated but underemployed job seekers pounding the pavement, armed with similar skill sets and mindsets trained on the same mantra: find a job, find a job, find a job.

Obama focusing on job creation in Baltimore visit
President Barack Obama is leaving behind scandal-focused Washington to focus on the country's slowly improving jobs picture. Obama is to fly by helicopter Friday about 40 miles north to Baltimore, which ...