What to Do If You Feel Like You're Being Discriminated Against at Work

Here are a few things you should know before you go the legal route. Workplace discrimination takes many forms, and its more common than you may think. Far more reported unfair treatment, and all of those numbers are likely under-reported. In other cases, it can just be one manager acting out their personal prejudices. We sat down with Elizabeth Unrath, a labor and employment law attorney, to talk about it....

November 11, 2015 · 3 min · 607 words · Justin Davis

Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Teleprompter Operator

Its hard work to appear effortless. Ive been running a prompter for about seven years now. Basically anywhere someone might need notes or a cue card, Ive been there with my prompters. Ive also done interview-style prompters which are just monitors on sticks basically. What drove you to choose your career path? I sort of fell into the gig. A friend needed help in his prompting business, and I had just been laid off....

November 10, 2015 · 5 min · 997 words · Tina Price

Frank Slide: Canada’s Deadliest Rockslide Now a Tourist Attraction

It weighed an estimated 90 million tons. Tourists get their pictures taken among the huge boulders at Frank, Canada. About 80 bodies are still buried under these rocks. Large surface cracks along the summit of the mountain allowed water to enter deep within Turtle Mountain. Turtle Mountain was just waiting to fall. They called it “the mountain that moves”. The Canadian Pacific Railway ran special trains that brought people from neighboring communities to celebrate the event....

November 10, 2015 · 2 min · 270 words · Michael White

How to Build a Powerhouse Steam Machine for Hundreds of Dollars Less

Too bad most of them cost an arm and a leg. Heres how to build your own for less. Its also remarkably quiet. The Case:Silverstone RAVEN RVZ01B, $84: This is the really unique part of this build. The Silverstone RAVEN series aims to have a more console-like look, feel, and size. Alternatively, you’re free to stand it up vertically next to your TV stand. Its cheap, comfortable, and works out of the box with most modern games....

November 10, 2015 · 5 min · 899 words · Brianna Jones

Is the “Female Viagra” Worth It?

Addyi is a new libido-boosting pill for women. But the drug is expensive and has scary side effects. So is Addyi worth it? Addyi wasapproved amid controversyin August and went on sale in October. The FDA had rejected it twice before, due to its small benefit and serious risks. But the downsides could be forgiven in a drug that truly works. Addyis maker,Sprout, has backed amarketing campaignthat argues drugs like Addyi are desperately needed....

November 10, 2015 · 5 min · 977 words · Jared Holland

Woodhenge: Stonehenge’s Sister Circle Made of Wood

Less than 2 miles north-east of the famous Stonehenge stood another Neolithic-age monument but made of timber. The postholes are of varying diameters and depths indicating that the posts were of differing heights. The positions of the postholes are today marked with concrete posts. Altogether, the henge has a diameter of 110 meters. Another grave of a teenager was found on the Eastern section of the ditch, opposite the entrance....

November 10, 2015 · 1 min · 168 words · Christopher Mcknight

Are Energy Drinks Bad for You?

Red Bull may give you wings, but at what cost? To some, energy drinks are dangerous elixirs, while others consider them magic potions of vitality? The truth about how they affect your body is not so black and white. To get to the bottom of this caffeine-packed can, we spoke with Kamal Patel, the Director ofExamine.com. For the purposes of this article, well focus on those. But as always, check the ingredients list yourself and see how your drink of choice stacks up....

November 9, 2015 · 2 min · 363 words · Derrick Fields

Gaming Software Showdown: Logitech Gaming vs. Razer Synapse

Logitech and Razer both have some pretty awesome gaming peripherals. Whether youre playing games orgetting real work done, theyre both great options. The software they use have some small, but important differences. Heres how they stack up against each other. Instead, we want to know about the capability of the software as a whole. In most ways, theyre pretty similar. Well get to that in a bit. Fortunately, the company spent more time on features than it did on naming its software....

November 8, 2015 · 5 min · 895 words · Jose Brooks

Elephant Foot Glacier

Such glaciers are known as piedmont glaciers, and the Elephant Foot Glacier is a perfect example of it. Its shape is so distinct that it stands out dramatically from its surroundings when viewed from high above. Glaciers are one of the most extraordinary of the earths natural phenomena. Photo credit: unknown The Elephant Foot Glacier is located on the Kronprins Christian Land peninsula. It is not connected to Greenlands main ice sheet....

November 6, 2015 · 1 min · 112 words · Joseph Gomez

How to Stop Getting So Damn Distracted During Sex

These tricks can help. Meditation can help a lot here. I highly recommendHeadspace, an app thatteaches you how to meditate. It guides you through structured meditation sessions, so youre never left wondering what youre supposed to be doing. If ever there was a good argument for starting up a meditation practice, this is it. you’re free to transform your bedroom a sex haven by making it a clutter- and electronics-free zone....

November 6, 2015 · 2 min · 377 words · Brett Bowman

How to Stop Other People's Emotions from Bringing You Down

Heres how to stop absorbing what others around you are feeling while still being an understanding fellow human being. Its in our nature to empathize with others. (Thats why babies cries can be so agonizing for us and their giggles so infectious.) Empathy is what makes ussneeze or yawn when someone else doesand unconsciously mimic others body languageand facial expressions. Our brainsare hardwired for it. We dont just catch others yawns, though....

November 6, 2015 · 2 min · 249 words · Tiffany Walsh

The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur

The Bent Pyramid of Dahshur is located approximately 40 kilometers south of Cairo. So the upper half was completed at a shallower angle of 43-degrees to prevent the structure from collapsing. This gives the Pyramid a bent appearance leading to its modern name. These were stripped away during later generations and carted off to build other structures around Egypt. The blocks of stones we see on the pyramids today is the core structure....

November 6, 2015 · 1 min · 175 words · Kelsey Schneider

The Value of an End of the Week "Brain Dump"

This post originally appeared onThe Simple Dollar. Whats a Brain Dump? Heres the big key behind all of this. Usually, these things fall directly under the important but not urgent category of stuff you should be doing. Those things get stuck in your mind over time, distracting you regularly from the things you oughta do. That derailment can cause you to lose productivity at work and even fail to get things done at home....

November 6, 2015 · 2 min · 321 words · John Cox