What to watch out for when commencing part time work

Part time jobs are a great alternative for those that require a little more time in their week, which is good news for parents that need to be at home at certain points of the day for their children or alternatively students who want to earn a little extra cash whilst they study.
Part time work is flexible, meaning those that sign up to less hours are able to work around their lifestyles and also able to fit in other activities to their weeks.
Some part time jobs will allow the employee to work just mornings or alternatively one day on and one day off. This is great news for those that can only afford childcare for part of the week as they can often be back in time to pick the kids up from school.
When it comes to choosing a career, the number of hours required is one of the most important deciding factors to many people. Read more…


Arkansas Prosecutors Back Prison Reform Bill

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas prosecutors say they’re backing Gov. Mike Beebe’s efforts to overhaul the state prison system after legislation was changed to address their concerns about the effect it would have on some violent and drug offenders.

The Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association on Friday said it had voted unanimously to back the legislation pending in the Senate to change the state’s sentencing and prison laws. The legislation is aimed at curbing Arkansas’ prison costs.

Prosecutors had initially complained about a provision in an early draft of the bill that would have made some violent offenders eligible for parole after 120 days in prison. That provision was removed, and a section reducing sentences for methamphetamine manufacturing also was changed to address prosecutors’ concerns.

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Google Updates Chrome OS

Google has released a new update to its Chrome OS browser-based operating system for Cr-48 notebook users. This newest update from Google brings Chrome OS up to version 0.10.156.46.

The updated version has many stability and functional improvements, including a fix for the trackpad issues making this an important update for Cr-48 users. Among other fixes, this update also includes power optimizations which will add to the Cr-48 notebook battery life.

Chrome OS improvements include:

  • 3G connection to the carrier fixes
  • Wi-Fi connectivity/Out of the Box fixes
  • New trackpad and sensitivity setting adjusted
  • Auto update engine and debugging improvements
  • Power optimizations
  • GTalk video/chat optimizations
  • Audio CPU utilization improvements
  • Improved on screen indicators: brightness, network status, update icon
  • Scratchpad application security vulnerability fix (included in Chrome 10)

The Engineering behind LinkedIn Products “You May Like”

This is a part of our continuing series on engineering and analytics at LinkedIn. If this isn’t your cup of Java, check back tomorrow for regular LinkedIn programming. - Ed.

We are approaching the first anniversary of LinkedIn’s Recommendation Engine. Our team’s goal is to create a single platform to power all recommendations ‘you may like this’ on LinkedIn. A single platform eliminates the need to reinvent the wheel for:

  • Extracting features from Semi Structured Data
  • Message flows between different system to do real-time recommendations
  • Blend Content Based, Collaborative Filtering, popularity and graph based approaches to recommendations in an algorithmic manner.

Once done this enables rapid iteration on many different recommendation products for our users, and iterate we did. Over the

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A Baby Is On The Way – In Debt – Help!

Truly, having a baby on the way indicates changes not only in your family but to your finances as well. One may ask now, what will be the additional expenses necessary for this. The following may be of aid to you on what you are going to do when this time comes.

It is very vital to work on your debt management skills although you are not yet pregnant or even thinking about becoming pregnant. Having a baby is a costly venture, so lessening your liability today will help you get ready for the financial accountability that becoming a parent necessitates. A skilled credit management advice can work with you on ways to optimally manage your finances and cut down your debt in the shortest possible time.

Examine your health insurance plan

If a baby is on the way, it is a good idea to examine the coverage of your health insurance policy.

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