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Your Work Wardrobe Could Affect Your Performance

We already know that dressing appropriately for work is usually part of the condition of many of the jobs out there. Dressing inappropriately could result in not getting that job, getting fired for it, or even just giving the wrong impression. Uniformed jobs have it the easiest, let’s face it that removal of choice makes […]

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The Symptoms of Sluthood: Before They Lose Their Clothes, They Lose Their Way

In an earlier post, “Deep Inside The Sluts,” we talked about the reasons behind the outrage associated with the Slutwalk and like-minded movements. Now that we’ve seen some statistics, let’s look at the flawed logic behind the reaction.  In essence, the point of Slutwalkers is a fair one. We should all be able, technically, to […]

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Apple, Adobe, Microsoft: Thieves to answer to Australian Federal Enquiry

You know how songs on iTunes in the US are 99c? Well in Australia they’re $1.69. That’s seventy cents extra for the same file, stored in the same data centre, sent at the speed of light across cables that have nothing to do with how Apple operates. Now, considering that $1 Australian dollar currently buys […]

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Sex For President 1964: Momentum Is Everything, And So Is Machismo

1964 – Lyndon Johnson vs. Barry Goldwater This is an episode in the series Sex For President, which considers the 2012 U.S. presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the historical context of previous U.S. presidential elections. To read more about the premise of Sex For President, read the first installment at http://americanparser.wordpress.com/2012/05/23/sex-for-president/ […]

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Social Media Suicide: A Dissection of the Applebee’s “Strategy”

‘Social media‘ has got to be one of the most thrown about buzz phrases of the last year, and with internet usage growth meaning that brands find it more and more important to be found online socially, they are also finding that they are expected to take a point of view on all things social. […]

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