Something occurred to me this morning during my morning run that I felt somewhat relevant to many of us.
You see, this morning I felt, or rather I felt or perceived that my body felt better or more fit and even a little more loose than on a previous run. The last time I has headed out the door I felt stiff despite a good warm up.
Regardless of my “feelings” or perceptions as I watched my wristwatch my times around the track did not vary enough to make any real difference. I recalled years ago when I did run a LOT (I was fairly serious, putting in close to 40 to 50 miles in a week.) and I remembered the same phenomenon. Despite what I felt that “feeling” was rarely reflected in my time. In fact there were times when I felt like crap that I put in my best times and instances when I “felt” great and would put in one of my worst workouts! (for the rest of this great article go to - http://dudesndivorce.com/2009/08/03/perceptions/ )
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
On Line Surveys and Divorced Men
You've very likely seen pitches like this that you receive via spam:"Earn $140 per week! Earn $560 a week! Earn $6,270 a year! All by just sitting home, sipping coffee, and filling out surveys."Is this too good to be true?Yes. Although it does make sense that a few companies are willing to pay for market research by using online surveys, we believe this is not a good way to spend your time.Here's how the scam works: Scammers use spam and promise you quick money for little effort. They claim that you only need to spend a few minutes and you'll earn excellent money. Of course, you have to pay the "low" price of $34.95 to learn how to do this.So their goal is to get thousands of people paying $34.95 (or whatever amount is charged) for the info.This would be fine if they didn't spam -- and actually delivered what they promised. However, the vast majority of these online survey products are worthless.Now, you may be thinking, "Well, I'll go online and find a site that screens out the scammers and ranks paid survey sites, and that way I'll find the legitimate online survey companies."This makes sense on the surface, but unfortunately, many of these "ranking" sites may actually be middlemen who are paid commissions by the survey companies for referrals. Often, whoever pays the most to the ranking site gets the highest rating, and the online survey companies they rank well are not necessarily reliable.Are there legitimate online survey companies? Yes, there must be, but unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find them. It's like picking a needle out of a 77,300,000 haystack (type "online surveys" into a Google search for similar results).
(Hey guys! I included this article because I know many of us divorced men are looking for a good side income - the rest of this article can be found at the following link - this is also a good site to visit on other possible scams! http://www.scambusters.org/onlinesurveys.html )
(Hey guys! I included this article because I know many of us divorced men are looking for a good side income - the rest of this article can be found at the following link - this is also a good site to visit on other possible scams! http://www.scambusters.org/onlinesurveys.html )
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Summary
According to these analyses, the majority of men and women will marry at some point: The probability that men and women will marry by age 40 is over 80%. Important differences arise, however, in the timing of first marriage. Women tend to marry at younger ages than men, and fewer non-Hispanic black men and women have been married at all ages relative to non-Hispanic white and Hispanic men and women. Marriage is uncommon for all groups in the teen years, but disparities in the probability of first marriage between the race groups increase with age. Non-Hispanic white women have a 90% probability of having married for the first time by age 40, compared with a 63% probability for non-Hispanic black women.
Overall, greater percentages of men have not married by age 35 than women. Although being poor is associated with greater proportions of men and women not marrying by age 35, there are again racial and ethnic variations. Greater percentages of poor non-Hispanic black men aged 35-44 have not married by age 35 than those who are at least 200% above the poverty level. Although the data suggest a similar trend for non-Hispanic white and Hispanic men, poverty status was not significantly related to marriage by age 35 for them. (This is just the summary of a very interesting article that you can access by going to: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db19.htm )
According to these analyses, the majority of men and women will marry at some point: The probability that men and women will marry by age 40 is over 80%. Important differences arise, however, in the timing of first marriage. Women tend to marry at younger ages than men, and fewer non-Hispanic black men and women have been married at all ages relative to non-Hispanic white and Hispanic men and women. Marriage is uncommon for all groups in the teen years, but disparities in the probability of first marriage between the race groups increase with age. Non-Hispanic white women have a 90% probability of having married for the first time by age 40, compared with a 63% probability for non-Hispanic black women.
Overall, greater percentages of men have not married by age 35 than women. Although being poor is associated with greater proportions of men and women not marrying by age 35, there are again racial and ethnic variations. Greater percentages of poor non-Hispanic black men aged 35-44 have not married by age 35 than those who are at least 200% above the poverty level. Although the data suggest a similar trend for non-Hispanic white and Hispanic men, poverty status was not significantly related to marriage by age 35 for them. (This is just the summary of a very interesting article that you can access by going to: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db19.htm )
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