| The case for the 4-day workweek and Women, swearing & work |
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(CareerBuilder.coom) -- If your employer offered the opportunity to work four 10-hour days per week instead of a traditional five 8-hour-day workweek, would you take it?Teresa Allen, a customer service representative for American Fidelity Assurance Co. in Oklahoma City, did take it and is pleased with her decision."I love the arrangement of the four-day workweek. I like getting to the office as early as I do, 6:30 a.m. The morning is my most productive time of the day, the phones are off until 8:00 a.m. and the office is very quiet. I enjoy having Wednesdays off and can focus on spending time with family and maintaining a home. It helps me with balancing stresses of being a family provider and full-time employee."Allen is not alone in her sentiments. From employees able to save a day of child-care costs to employers pleased to have extended hours of office coverage, the system can be win-win. [Read the full article] Chef Dale Talde recently shared his list of five Southeast Asian dishes he felt everyone ought to know, and halo-halo...Scorpacciata is a term that means consuming large amounts of a particular local ingredient while it's in season. It's a...What do you do with a 12-year-old niece who has just started her summer vacation and is already bored? You...Alexandra Willingham is a CNN video journalist. She previously introduced us to the culinary delights of Key West. For all...Flight attendant on a plane home from SXSW: "You are not gonna eat barbecue on my plane unless you brought...Fame Bites goes inside the belly of the entertainment beast. We're dishing out where the celebrities are eating, what they're eating and who they're eating with. [Read the full article] (CNN) -- Mike Berezowsky spends up to 60 minutes a day perusing style blogs, catching up on trends and cultivating his own look.He's no fashion insider, just a 36-year-old married father and government employee from Edmonton, Canada, who favors what he calls the "college professor" look: tweed jacket, corduroy pants, wing-tipped shoes."I'm not going to jump on every trend -- hello camo and driving moccasins, I'm looking at you -- but the sites and their writers often inspire me to try different things and help me develop my own personal style," he said.He describes his interest in dressing well as "above average," which pretty much makes him the target customer of several full-priced retail websites launching this fall geared exclusively toward men.Sure, there are already plenty of sites where men can buy the latest Ben Sherman shirt, or find out how to wear a pocket square. [Read the full article] 
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