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Friday, October 26, 2012

Negotiate Your Way To A Higher Salary - Business Insider

The phone rings and it?s a job offer on the line!? You?re so excited that someone is interested in hiring you that all you think of is yes, yes, yes ? YES!?

Then you get off the phone and review your mental notes.? Suddenly you realize that you?ve been low balled on the salary offered. How do you wiggle your way out of a lowball offer?

Nothing sucks more than being deliberately paid less than what you know that you?re worth.? However, you don?t get what you work for ? you get what you negotiate for.? Remember that.? It isn?t your employer?s job to see your worth, that job, my dear, is yours.

Over the weekend a reader sent us this question:

I just received a job offer a few days ago. I verbally agreed to what they offered not personally taking into consideration I have a degree and experience in the field. I don?t start until the 29th. Would it be too late to negotiate as of now?

Have You Signed An Offer Letter?

If not, then I would write an email inviting them to discuss the salary since you?ve had some time to consider the offer. This makes it clear that you have not settled on the offer and need to discuss the salary. You already have them reeled in so this is actually a good time to do this because they are very interested in having you start and perhaps declined the other candidates already. Given the competitiveness of the job market, the high unemployment rate, and the number of qualified candidates for open positions, be careful about over-negotiating.

Research Industry and Real Life Salaries For Your Position

For example, someone who aspires to be a lawyer might think all of them make at least 6 figures.? The reality is that some lawyers are paid as little as $30k and the range can go up to compensation in the $millions depending on the industry.? Do your research about the specific areas within your industry.? If you?re an attorney working for a nonprofit, make sure you?re researching salaries in the nonprofit sector and not corporate transactions.

Get with a few people in your groups on Linkedin.? Ideally, these should be people who are where you want to be.? Ask about going salaries for your position based on your level of experience and education.? This should give you an idea around where you should start.

Make Contact

State that you have had some time to consider the offer and would like to discuss the terms.? Personally, I?d do this via email to make sure that you have everything in writing and avoid the emotions that come with the desire to acquiesce over the phone due to balls required for this confrontation. ? Tell them that you would like to make a counter with the salary of $XX,000 based on your degree, industry standard and experience. Make sure to cite references from salary sites like salary.com and highlight your experience and education that directly relate to the position.

Negotiate:? Ask For What You Want

Here?s a sample adapted from cvtips.com

Dear?.. (write directly to the signatory of the employer?s letter)

Thank you for your letter offering me the position of (insert position here). ? There are a few matters regarding this offer I would like to discuss in more detail.? Specifically, the salary offered for my position.

The salary quoted is $150,000 per year. I regret to inform you that this offer is below my salary requirements which is based on my experience and education within the field.

Based upon my experience and education, I?ve listed a detailed summary of how what I bring to the table fits neatly with what you?re seeking in an ideal candidate contrasted with the salary offered.? (This should be a comparison of your salary, market salary, what they require (job listing and description and your experience and education)

[THIS IS IMPORTANT:? List how your experience and education specifically meet this requirement.? Make sure that you show how your experience directly correlates with their requirements in the job posting and job description.? Each part of your counter offer must be a direct response to the employer?s offer, point by point. The employer must have a clearly quantified statement of your counter offer.]

As you can see, I do bring a wealth of experience that speaks to what you seek in a candidate such as myself.? It is my hope that you will value my time and contribution to your organization by increasing the salary offer to 200,000.?

If they are unable to meet your requirements in a salary then negotiate based on time off or other specifics in the benefits package.? You may be tempted to think that accepting $5k less than what you deserve is no big deal but it is a huge deal!? If you stay there just 5 years with no raise that?s $25k you?re missing out on and even more over 10-15-20 years.? So negotiating a higher salary is a big deal and don?t you miss out on it!

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Longtime MMA figure Jeff Blatnick dies

Jeff Blatnick, a longtime figure in MMA as a judge, official and announcer, died after complications from heart surgery at the age of 55.

Blatnick was involved with the UFC from its early days. He was the commentator for UFC 4 through UFC 32, and as UFC commissioner was instrumental in the sport's evolution into the regulated sport we know today. He stuck with the sport as a well-respected judge.

Nick Lembo, the head of the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board, remembered Blatnick as key to the growth of MMA.

"Jeff will always be a crucial part of the formation and growth of MMA. He was a great judge and even refereed here. Far more than that, he was one of the best men I ever was graced with the pleasure of calling my friend," Lembo said to Cagewriter.

"I just spoke to him last week when he was appointed as a judge by the State of Washington Commission to officiate December 8 for the UFC on FOX Show," UFC vice president of regulatory affairs Marc Ratner said via email. "Very sad. He was one of the pioneers of the sport and was there at the very beginning of MMA in 1993. He was involved in formulating the Unified Rules of MMA and was one of the top MMA judges in the world."

UFC president Dana White also remembered Blatnick by tweeting, "RIP Jeff Blatnick."

Before Blatnick started with MMA, he was a highly decorated wrestler. He qualified for the Olympic team in 1980, but didn't compete because of the boycott. In 1982, he was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma. He fought back to make the Olympic team again, and Blatnick won Olympic gold in 1984. Though a return of cancer forced his retirement, he continued to support wrestling as a coach and commentator.

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Victim who got Sandusky case going recalls ordeal

This undated image released by ABC shows ABC News' Chris Cuomo, left, with Aaron Fisher, 18, a victim of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky during an interview airing Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 on the news magazine show "20/20," at 10 p.m. EST on ABC. Sandusky wants his child sexual abuse charges tossed out "and/or" a new trial, saying the statute of limitations had run out for many of the 45 counts for which he was convicted in June. Currently in a county jail near State College, he is awaiting transfer to the state prison system to begin serving a 30- to 60-year sentence. Fisher said he was 11 when he met Sandusky and was abused during weekend visits at the Sandusky home. (AP Photo/ABC News)

This undated image from video shows ABC News' Chris Cuomo, left, with Aaron Fisher, 18, a victim of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky during an interview airing Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 on the news magazine show "20/20," at 10 p.m. EST on ABC. Sandusky wants his child sexual abuse charges tossed out "and/or" a new trial, saying the statute of limitations had run out for many of the 45 counts for which he was convicted in June. Currently in a county jail near State College, he is awaiting transfer to the state prison system to begin serving a 30- to 60-year sentence. (AP Photo/ABC News)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? For nearly a year, the young man whose claims of abuse triggered the molestation investigation into Jerry Sandusky was known publicly as "Victim 1."

On Friday, Aaron Fisher put aside anonymity to speak by name about his ordeal, saying he had contemplated suicide because authorities took so long to prosecute the former Penn State assistant football coach.

"Victim means people feel sympathy for you, I don't want that," Fisher said in an interview with on ABC's "20/20." ''I would rather be somebody that did something good."

Fisher first reported the abuse in 2008, but he said the Pennsylvania attorney general's office told him it needed more victims before Sandusky would be charged. Sandusky was not arrested until last November.

The delay, Fisher said, made him increasingly desperate.

"I thought maybe it would be easier to take myself out of the equation," he told ABC. "Let somebody else deal with it."

Fisher, now 18, testified as Victim 1 at Sandusky's trial. He, his mother and his psychologist have co-written a forthcoming book about his ordeal. Sandusky was convicted in June of abusing Fisher and nine other boys, and was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison.

Fisher told jurors that Sandusky approached him through a summer camp for youth sponsored by The Second Mile, a charity for at-risk youth the former coach had founded.

Physical contact began with a hand on his leg in the car, Fisher said, and he began spending nights at the Sandusky home in State College, about 30 miles from his own home in Lock Haven, when he was 11 years old. Kissing and back rubbing during those overnight visits progressed to oral sex. He said he tried to distance himself from Sandusky, to no avail.

Fisher was 15 when he and his mother eventually reported the abuse to the school principal, who responded that "Jerry has a heart of gold and that he wouldn't do those type of things," Fisher told ABC, repeating his trial testimony.

"They tell me to go home and think about it," his mother, Dawn Daniels, told ABC.

School officials reported Sandusky to Clinton County Children and Youth Services, which began an investigation and brought in state police.

The Associated Press typically does not name sexual abuse victims, unless they identify themselves publicly, as Fisher has done.

Sandusky defense lawyer Joe Amendola, at a legal seminar in Wilmington, Del., said Fisher and other victims were motivated by money, a claim he has repeatedly made.

"These accusers could have financial motives, and they could have been abused," Amendola said. "They're not mutually exclusive."

On Thursday, Amendola filed a 31-page document in the case that is the first step in Sandusky's effort to overturn his conviction, contending there wasn't enough evidence against him and the trial wasn't fair. The post-sentencing motions attacked rulings by the judge, the closing argument by the prosecution and the speed by which he went from arrest to trial.

Sandusky, 68, wants the charges tossed out "and/or" a new trial, saying the statute of limitations had run out for many of the 45 counts for which he was convicted in June. Currently in a county jail near State College, he is awaiting transfer to the state prison system to begin serving a 30- to 60-year sentence.

Fisher and seven other young men testified against him in June, describing a range of abuse they said included fondling and oral and anal sex when they were boys.

The abuse scandal rocked Penn State, bringing down longtime coach Joe Paterno and the university's president and leading the NCAA, college sports' governing body, to levy unprecedented sanctions against the university's football program.

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Associated Press writer Maryclaire Dale in Wilmington, Del., contributed to this report.

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Best Steps to Protect Family and Computers Online During the ...

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This is a list of 15 mostly free and low-cost things that consumers can do to protect home computers and family members on the Internet. To see this press release with active hyperlinks, go to http://www.firewallguide.com/safe-holidays-2010.htm

ISP Offers? Use free or discounted Internet security services or software offered by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). These options may include spam and virus filters for an email account, and an Internet security software suite with firewall, antivirus, and more security features. Before installing ISP software, check for online reviews.

Windows Update? Use the free Microsoft / Windows update service every second Tuesday of the month. Hackers like out of date software. Note: If it has been awhile, run update and reboot, then run it again.

Patch Auditor? Use a free application security patch auditor like Securia Online Software Inspector (OSI) at least once a month to check for security patches. For continuous coverage, download the Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI).

openDNS? Use the free openDNS service to filter everything entering your computer from the Internet. Free basic protection includes anti-phishing, anti-botnet, and more than 50 categories of web content filtering. Filter some or all, its up to the user.

Email Spam/Virus? Use email software and/or an online email service that has spam and virus filters.

Browser? Use an up-to-date Internet browser like Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3.6, Opera10.6, or Chrome 7. Be sure to use the built-in privacy and security features.

Passwords? Use a password manager like Lastpass. Can anyone remember even ten 12 digit passwords with numbers, symbols, lower and upper case letters like ^80enmfVC^6g ? A excellent password manager makes it simple.

Firewall? Use a two-way firewall. The one included in Windows is OK but one-way, incoming. There are excellent free two-way personal firewalls available like Checkpoint ZoneAlarm Firewall, Comodo Firewall Pro, Online Armor, PC Tools Firewall Plus, and PrivateFirewall.

Anti-Malware? Use anti-malware software that checks for viruses, spyware, Trojans, worms, key loggers, root kits, phishing? It may take two or more products to cover all of these threats. Top free combo choices include Panda Cloud Antivirus, avast! antivirus home edition, and Microsoft Essentials. All three include antivirus and anti-spyware features. OpenDNS (above) includes anti-phishing, anti-botnet, and web content filtering.

HD Clean Up? Remove software applications that are never used. Try PC Decrapifier and Revo Uninstaller to help remove unwanted software. For cleaning temporary files, cookies, etc., try CCleaner.

Back Up? Back up vital files. Try a free online service. Is the entire system backed up? Use a low-cost flash drive or external hard disk. Have a system repair disk? If needed, be very pleased there is one.

Retail Items

Router? Use a low-cost hardware router with built in firewalls for to use with one to four computers, wired or wireless. Be sure to get one with NAT, SPI, WAPA security features.

Broadband? Get Internet service quicker than dial-up (cable, dsl, etc.). Keeping a computer secure entails a lot of downloading of patches, updates, and utility software.

Windows Upgrade? Upgrade to Windows 7. Before purchasing, run the Microsoft upgrade advisor to see if it will work on your computer. Windows 7 is better accepted than Vista and much more secure than Windows XP.

Security Suite? An Internet security software suite can include a two-way firewall, anti-malware, anti-spam and more features in a single product. Top rated ones are available from Norton, Kaspersky, PC Tools, Webroot, ZoneAlarm and others. These products are not free.

Vital Tips

Remove Ancient Software. To avoid problems, remove ancient security software before installing new security software even if the two products are from the same vendor. The free AppRemover utility enables the thorough uninstallation of security applications.

Just One, Not Two. To prevent problems, do not use two software firewalls or anti-malware products at the same time (unless the vendors say it is OK).

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No antibodies, no problem: Researchers identify how mosquito immune system attacks specific infections

ScienceDaily (Oct. 18, 2012) ? Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have determined a new mechanism by which the mosquitoes' immune system can respond with specificity to infections with various pathogens, including the parasite that causes malaria in humans, using one single gene. Unlike humans and other animals, insects do not make antibodies to target specific infections. According to the Johns Hopkins researchers, mosquitoes use a mechanism known as alternative splicing to arrange different combinations of binding domains, encoded by the same AgDscam gene, into protein repertoires that are specific for different invading pathogens.

The researchers' findings were published October 18 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe and could lead to new ways to prevent the spread of a variety of mosquito born illnesses.

Mosquitoes and other insects use their primitive innate immune systems to successfully fight infections with a broad spectrum of viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites, despite the lack of antibodies that are part of the more sophisticated human immune system. The effectiveness of the human immune system is to a large degree based on the ability to produce an enormous variety of antibodies containing different immunoglobulin domains that can specifically tag and label a pathogen for destruction. This great variety of pathogen-binding antibodies is achieved by combining different immunoglobulin gene segments and further mutate them through mechanisms called somatic recombination and hypermutation. While mosquitoes also have genes encoding immunoglobulin domains, they lack these specific mechanisms to achieve pathogen recognition diversity.

The Johns Hopkins researchers discovered a different way by which mosquitoes can combine immunoglobulin domains of a single gene called AgDscam (Anopheles gambiae Down Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule) to produce a variety of pathogen-binding proteins. The AgDscam gene is subjected to a mechanism called alternative splicing that combines different immunoglobulin domains into mature AgDscam proteins, depending on which pathogen has infected the mosquito. The researchers showed that this alternative splicing is guided by the immune signal transducing pathways (analogous to electrical circuits) that they previously demonstrated to activate defenses against different malaria parasites and other pathogens. While alternative splicing of the AgDscam gene does not nearly achieve the degree of pathogen recognition diversity of human antibodies, it does nevertheless vastly increase the variety of pathogen binding molecules.

"Using antibodies to fight infection is like fishing with a harpoon -- it's very targeted. The mosquito's innate immune system is more like fishing with a net -- it catches a bit of everything," explained George Dimopoulos, PhD, senior investigator of the study and professor with the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. "However, we discovered that immune pathway-guided alternative splicing of the AgDscam gene renders the mosquito's immune net, so to speak, more specific than previously suspected. The mosquito's immune system can come up with approximately 32,000 AgDscam protein combinations to target infections with greater specificity."

Dimopoulos and his group are developing a malaria control strategy based on mosquitoes that have been genetically modified to possess an enhanced immune defense against the malaria parasite Plasmodium. One obstacle to this approach is the great variety of Plasmodium strains that may interact somewhat differently with the mosquito's immune system.

"Some of these strains may not be detected by the engineered immune system proteins that mediate their killing. Our new discovery may provide the means to create genetically modified mosquitoes that can target a broader variety of parasite strains, like casting a net rather than shooting with a harpoon," said Dimopoulos.

Malaria kills more than 800,000 people worldwide each year. Many are children.

The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, the Calvin A. and Helen H. Lang Fellowship, and the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

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Yuemei Dong, Chris M. Cirimotich, Andrew Pike, Ramesh Chandra and George Dimopoulos. Anopheles NF-kB -Regulated Splicing Factors Direct Pathogen-Specific Repertoires of the Hypervariable Pattern Recognition Receptor AgDscam. Cell Host & Microbe, October 18, 2012

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Men, women have different stress reactions to relationship conflict

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Men and women who are expectant parents have different stress reactions to relationship conflict, according to researchers at Penn State, who studied couples expecting their first child. In addition, recovery from the initial reaction to conflict also can be different for men and women, depending on individual difficulties, such as anxiety, or relationship difficulties, such as chronic relationship conflict.

The researchers found that men's increased stress levels -- measured by the amount of the stress hormone cortisol -- during a conflict discussion depended on the level of hostility the couple expressed. More hostility led to a larger stress reaction for men, but the stress levels of pregnant women during the discussion were not linked to the amount of hostility expressed.

The team also found that recovery from the conflict discussion -- measured by assessing cortisol levels 20 minutes later -- did not differ for men and women with low levels of anxiety. However, men with a high level of anxiety recovered less, whereas women with high anxiety recovered more if the couple had expressed a high level of hostility during the discussion. The same pattern was found for men and women who reported low versus high levels of chronic, unresolved relationship conflict.

"Hostility and negativity in a relationship has been shown to have a major impact on mental health and the future well being of the couple," said Mark Feinberg, research professor in the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development at Penn State. "It is especially important to understand how relationship conflict may affect stress during pregnancy, as maternal stress has been linked to health problems for both the mother and child. And men who have difficulty dealing with stress could end up reacting angrily to future disagreements, which could affect the quality of the relationship, parent-child relations and children's adjustment."

The researchers recruited 138 heterosexual couples expecting their first child (82 percent were married) to participate in the study. In their own homes, the expectant parents separately completed questionnaires regarding their relationship experiences and individual qualities, attitudes and well-being. Interviewers videotaped two six-minute interactions of each couple discussing something not related to the relationship. Next, the couples were asked to discuss three problems in their relationship, such as money and housework.

During the home interviews, the researchers collected three saliva samples from each of the participants in order to measure the amount of cortisol contained within the saliva. They collected the first baseline sample prior to videotaping the interactions among the participants. They collected the second sample after the conflict discussion to examine the participants' reactivity to the conflict. They collected the third sample 20 minutes after the second sample to assess whether cortisol levels had gone back down as they typically due after a brief stressor, indicating recovery from the stress of the conflict.

As expected, the researchers found that greater hostility in a conflict discussion led to increased levels of cortisol, indicating greater physiological stress, for men. The same pattern was not found for women. However, the researchers noted this may be due to the fact that women's cortisol levels are already high during pregnancy.

In examining the participants' recovery to conflict, men with a high level of anxiety recovered less, whereas women with high anxiety recovered more. The same pattern was found for men and women who reported low versus high levels of chronic, unresolved relationship conflict.

The research findings appeared in the British Journal of Psychology at the end of the week of October 15.

"We found that all men appeared to find hostility stressful," said Feinberg. "For generally anxious men, more expressed hostility was also linked to more persistence of this elevated stress. On the other hand, generally anxious women experienced relatively more prolonged stress when there were lower levels of negativity and hostility expressed during the discussion. We speculate that these anxious women, as well as women in relationships in which chronic arguing is a feature, find the airing of differences, even when the tone turns negative, to be reassuring that the couple is engaged with each other. This may be particularly important for women during the vulnerable period of their first pregnancy. It would be useful for couples to understand that they need to carefully balance the apparently beneficial effects that discussing difficult relationship topics had for some women with the apparently negative effects it has on some men."

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Campbell's Skillet Sauces At The NYC Wine & Food Festival ...

Lady and the Blog partnered with Campbell?s to launch their new line of Skillet Sauces at the NYC Wine & Food Festival. We did 4 live cooking demonstrations that featured the sauces over white rice.

The premise of the sauces is that it?s a quick go-to option for busy people. It takes only 15 minutes to prepare and is super easy. It can be made in 3 easy steps and there?s tons of room for adding your own flair to the recipe.

This sauce is perfect for me.

As a blogger and fashion designer, my days are filled with events, lots of writing, meetings, appointments and running all over Manhattan. At the end of the day, the last thing I want to do is stand in front of a stove for a long time to cook a full meal for my boyfriend and I. Usually I cook a big meal over the weekends and eat leftovers for a few days. Then, I do quick, easy options like macaroni pie (a Trinidadian pasta dish) and beans with some sauteed vegetables. I have to admit that, oftentimes, I?m still on the computer, even after I?ve gotten home. On these days, my boyfriend takes over and whips something up. Our days usually finish around 9pm so we?re always looking for quick food options.

We did 4 cooking demonstrations in the Kitchen Aid area, within the Shop Rite section. If you haven?t been to the NYC Wine & Food Festival Grand Tasting, consider yourself robbed of a true delight. This festival is for foodies, people who truly enjoy savoring their foods and wines.

I demo-ed the Creamy Chipotle Skillet Sauce with chicken and the Fire Roasted Tomato Skillet Sauce with steak with Senior Research Chef Todd Lyons and Senior Chef Robert Kristof. There are 6 flavors, though. Guests were able to taste the Thai Green Curry Skillet Sauce with chicken and the Toasted Sesame Skillet Sauce with tofu.

I couldn?t decide, between the Creamy Chipotle and the Thai Green Curry sauces, which was my favorite. They were so delicious! Chef Todd and Robert walked me through the preparation of each sauce as I prepared them with their respective proteins. We used white rice but the sauces can be made with pasta, potatoes or any other starch you fancy. You can also use which protein you like.

The demos were so much fun to do and I couldn?t believe that it actually took me 15 minutes to make each meal with the sauce. I asked Chef Todd what would go into making the sauces from scratch. He said it would take over $70 in ingredients and definitely much longer than 15 minutes. I loved that there were bits of veggies in the sauces. These sauces are great for after you put the kids to bed. When it?s just you and your spouse, you can whip this up in 15 minutes and enjoy some time together. One packet of sauce serves 2.

Okay, so don?t judge me but my absolute favorite thing about these sauces is the clean-up. I?m just going to go ahead and admit that I often leave the dishes to my boyfriend. There?s just something so intimidating about a sinkful of dishes! Sometimes, I dread cooking because I dread the clean-up. For these sauces, I literally used ONE pan! Yup, you read that right. You don?t have to cook the protein in one pot, then do the sauce in another. Everything goes in one pan. Here are the 3 easy steps for preparing the sauces.

Add vegetable or canola oil to saucepan and wait until it sizzles
Add protein of choice (chicken, beef, etc) and let cook thoroughly
Add sauce from packet and leave on for about 5 minutes

End of story.

It?s done!

I had such a great time demo-ing (and testing out) these sauces. You can find them in your local Shop Rite in the Prepared Food section and other grocery stores nationwide (they don?t need to be refrigerated!). Click here to check them out, online.

Full disclosure: This is a sponsored post. Campbell?s hired us to assist with the demonstrations and post about the experience. All opinions are our own. This is an unscripted feature.

Tabitha St. Bernard

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