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- SheFinds has a tip for taking one important measurement to determine whether a pair of heels will be comfortable or not.
- Sociology of Style has a post on the symbolism of women's clothes, and pantsuits in particular. Vice looks at pantsuits too.
- Time shares career advice from women on Fortune’s latest list of the Most Powerful Women in Business.
- Forbes talks to Ellen Taaffe of Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management about women and leadership.
- Speaking of leadership: Considering a run for office? The Barbara Lee Family Foundation offers “Keys to Elected Office: The Essential Guide for Women.”
- Business Insider talks to a financial planner about not allowing your fixed expenses to get out of hand in your 30s and 40s — not succumbing to “lifestyle creep.”
- NPR has a way to start narrowing the political divide: “Read The Book That's Not For You.”
- AdvertisingAge reports on a new project from Whitney Wolfe, the founder of Bumble: BumbleBizz, “a feature that will let users jumpstart their networking efforts by matching with career peers and mentors.”
- For those of you who lean left, The Guardian has rounded up several quality conservative websites for you to get the point of view of the other side. (This is not for those of you who saw SNL's “The Bubble” sketch and wished that it were real.)
- A couple of charity donation–related links for you: Charity Navigator tells you how to avoid mail solicitations, and Wardrobe Oxygen explains how to donate anonymously.
- For your Laugh of the Week: Above the Law comments on a career services email sent to UVA's 1Ls.
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- Kat shared some clothes for working moms, including some maternity basics and washable office clothes.
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In-House in Houston
Hi Ladies,
I’m thinking about buying a iPhone 6 off Ebay for my husband. Many listings say “Unlocked” or reference a certain carrier, like AT&T. We use Sprint. My husband had an iPhone 6 and lost it, so he’s been using his old iPhone 5. Does anyone know what I should be looking out for? I thought it would be safer to buy from Ebay because if I get ripped off, I think Ebay will make it right. Thanks!!
Anonymous
Check ESN/IMEI to make sure it’s not bricked. One thing I did when I bought a phone on eBay was I looked for local sellers and met the guy to pick it up so I could examine it for damage, make sure it turned on, and check the numbers before I walked away with it. I mostly did it because I needed a phone quickly but it also made me feel reassured about its condition.
Anonymous
The link is wrong for the UVA article :-( Please update it!
CMT
http://abovethelaw.com/2016/11/t14-law-schools-career-services-has-some-testy-words-for-1ls/
Godzilla
I’d love to follow a personal finance blog but they’re just SO BORING
Yup
I like Clark Howard’s but I get the weekly e-mails. I have to be forced haha I won’t go to the site.
Wendalette
Have you already checked out the “Get Rich Slowly” blog?http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/
The original author/owner sold it and now only guest blogs, but the posts are from many different viewpoints and reflect many different experiences. It’s very much NOT one size fits all, or particularly prescriptive. But the overarching theme is that building wealth takes some time, thought and planning, but shouldn’t be hard or confusing for non-finance professionals. I’ve been reading it since I was an undergraduate, now so many years ago.
Yup
3 cm between the ball and heel? She must mean inches….
Virve Georgeson
Re: ” one important measurement to determine whether a pair of heels will be comfortable or not.” In reviewing the photo and reading the text it appears that the authors shoe buying tip relates to the the position of the heel of the shoe. This is an important tip. When buying heels look critically at the placement of the heel of the shoe. It should be squarely under the centre of your heel when you try on the shoe. If the heel is badly placed it indicates a poorly designed shoe that will feel wobbly and be difficult to walk in. A heel placed too far forward (as illustrated) or too far back- are both bad shoe design.
A high heel shoe style with for example a three inch heel that fits properly with at least 1/4 to 1/2 inch of wiggle room in front of the longest toe will fit a person with a bigger foot such as a size ten much more comfortably – ceteris paribus or all other things being equal – than a person with a size seven foot. This is because the pitch is much steeper the smaller and shorter the shoe, if heel height is held constant.
The pitch of the insole of a high heel shoe is the top side of a triangle formed by the points of the mid ball of the foot , the wearer’s heel, and the spike of the shoe heel. If the distance from the ball of the foot to the spike of the heel is for example 3 1/4 inches in the size 7 shoe, and 4 1/4 inches in the size 10 shoe it is obvious that the slope(from the ball of the foot to the wearers’ heel) in the longer shoe will be less steep.
Thus models, who tend to be close to six feet tall and have correspondingly larger feet will always be able to walk in high heels much more comfortably than ‘ regular gals’ with smaller feet. Models have a huge advantage of comfort by having a less steep pitch. Take care, Virve Georgeson