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sex shopsA good thing about being unemployed during the recession is that it gives you a lot more time at home -- doing chores, cleaning the garage -- and having sex.

But being jobless and home all day -- whether cooking in the kitchen or cooking in the bedroom -- can lead to frustration with the job hunt that can lead to depression and ultimately migrate to the bed, said Debra Laino, a sex therapist and relationship counselor.

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]]>recessionsexAaron CroweWed, 25 Nov 2009 15:00:00 ESTFood stamp use skyrockets: How one family puts food on the tablehttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/25/food-stamp-use-is-skyrocketing-how-one-family-puts-food-on-the/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/25/food-stamp-use-is-skyrocketing-how-one-family-puts-food-on-the/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/25/food-stamp-use-is-skyrocketing-how-one-family-puts-food-on-the/#commentsFiled under: , ,

While most of us are preoccupied with gorging ourselves on turkey and stuffing, it can be easy to forget about the growing number of people who are struggling just to eat one meal a day. In fact, a recent government survey found that more than one in seven U.S. households are finding it difficult to afford putting food on the table.

Those 14.5% of U.S. households, representing about 49 million people, make up the highest rate of "food-insecure" households since the U.S. Department of Agriculture began monitoring the issue in 1995. As the recession has deepened, so has the number of people using food stamps from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, with participation growing by 23% in the last year, according to Hans Billger of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The situation would be far worse if not for food pantries and federal food assistance programs, such as SNAP. For the nearly 35.9 million people who receive SNAP benefits, they're a lifeline to survival. In July, more people were using SNAP benefits than at any other time in the history of the program.

The average SNAP benefit for one person is $101.53 per month with a maximum of $200. For a household of four, the average benefit is $226.59 per month (the maximum benefit is $668 per month). WalletPop recently spoke with a few families who rely on food stamps to find out just how hard it is to stretch their resources and put healthy meals on the table.

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]]>foodfood stampsFoodStampsAaron CroweWed, 25 Nov 2009 10:00:00 ESTHow not to be an unemployed 'downer' at spouse's holiday office partyhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/24/how-not-to-be-an-unemployed-downer-at-spouses-holiday-office/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/24/how-not-to-be-an-unemployed-downer-at-spouses-holiday-office/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/24/how-not-to-be-an-unemployed-downer-at-spouses-holiday-office/#commentsFiled under: ,

holiday partySoon after the last turkey leg is eaten, planning Christmas parties will begin.

For the unemployed who no longer have a workplace holiday party to attend, the next best thing can be going to a Christmas party at their spouse's workplace. Or maybe their friend's workplace. Or a friend of a friend.

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]]>office partyOfficePartyunemployedunemployeedAaron CroweTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTTravel with the flu during holidays and you could end up in quarantinehttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/23/travel-with-the-flu-during-holidays-and-you-could-end-up-in-quar/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/23/travel-with-the-flu-during-holidays-and-you-could-end-up-in-quar/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/23/travel-with-the-flu-during-holidays-and-you-could-end-up-in-quar/#commentsFiled under: ,

crowdJust as swine flu activity is slowing, health officials are worried about another increase as people travel for Thanksgiving. And a few weeks after Thanksgiving, more people will be preparing to travel for Christmas, making now a good time to review government recommendations on travel during swine flu season.

Nobody wants another travel scene like last spring in Mexico, when thousands of travelers canceled trips to Mexico after a swine flu outbreak there.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a whole list of interim guidelines for flight crews regarding the swine flu, and probably the best among them for travelers is that "People with symptoms of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection should not leave home or travel."

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]]>swine fluswine flu mexicoswine flu mexico travel adviceswine flu pandemicswine flu travel adviceSwineFluSwineFluMexicoSwineFluMexicoTravelAdviceSwineFluPandemicSwineFluTravelAdvicetravelAaron CroweMon, 23 Nov 2009 15:00:00 ESTDetroit's Silverdome almost sold for 1% of original costhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/detroits-silverdome-almost-sold-for-1-of-original-cost/#commentsFiled under:

SilverdomeWhat a difference a year makes. Or 34 years. Take your pick. Either way, it's a loss for Detroit and the surrounding area.

The Pontiac Silverdome was sold this week at auction for $583,000, or about 1% of the $55.7 million it took to build it in 1975, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

The sale was halted Wednesday when a judge ordered an injunction to stop it after a complaint was filed by developer H. Wallace Parker, who claims he had an agreement with the city to buy it, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

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]]>DetroitDetroit LionsDetroitLionsSilverdomeAaron CroweFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:00 ESTPodcast: How to spot fake job board postingshttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/podcast-how-to-spot-fake-job-board-postings/#commentsFiled under:

In this "Your Job Will Come" podcast, WalletPop's Aaron Crowe talks with Francis Larkin, a senior product manager at SimplyHIred.com, a job board Web site that helps people search for jobs, about how to spot fake job postings.

I wrote about the site in October, and was impressed by its various filters to help narrow job searches.

Among the tips that Larkin suggests for spotting fake postings on job boards are to not apply for jobs that require you to move money from one bank account to another, which is essentially money laundering, and looking for misspellings in a job post.



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]]>job boardjob boardsJobBoardJobBoardssimplyhiredAaron CroweFri, 20 Nov 2009 14:30:00 ESTIf 'cash for caulkers' starts, we should rethink how we heat our homeshttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/if-cash-for-caulkers-starts-we-should-rethink-how-we-heat-our/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/if-cash-for-caulkers-starts-we-should-rethink-how-we-heat-our/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/20/if-cash-for-caulkers-starts-we-should-rethink-how-we-heat-our/#commentsFiled under:

caulkA "cash for caulkers" program being studied by the Obama administration should look at much more than caulking windows and other simple ways to give households money to pay for weatherization projects.

Filling in air gaps where heat escapes from homes is a good start to cutting heating bills and thus cut America's energy use, but any stimulus project aimed at homes should look at how most American homes are heated and how to do it more efficiently.

New York Times columnist David Leonhardt recently wrote about the home weatherization version of the wildly successful cash for clunkers program. It would help put contractors and construction workers back to work insulating homes and caulking air leaks, while saving homeowners money in the long term by weatherizing their homes.



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]]>cash for caulkersCashForCaulkersheatinghomeAaron CroweFri, 20 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTUnemployed seek jury duty for pay, but it's not worth ithttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/19/unemployed-seek-jury-duty-for-pay-but-its-not-worth-it/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/19/unemployed-seek-jury-duty-for-pay-but-its-not-worth-it/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/19/unemployed-seek-jury-duty-for-pay-but-its-not-worth-it/#commentsFiled under: ,

Some unemployed people are so anxious to work that they're volunteering for jury duty and the minimal pay that goes with it, according to a New York Post story.

As someone who recently spent four boring and frustrating days sitting on a jury, the $30 that I'll get wasn't worth the hassle and won't make me volunteer for it, no matter how underemployed I am.

Other than the civic duty involved, it's a waste of time as far as getting paid. My recent jury duty netted me $1.53 per hour.

Besides, if I was a lawyer I wouldn't want a juror who was there for the money and would be likely to extend deliberations a few more days for some extra pay.

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]]>juryjury dutyJuryDutyAaron CroweThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 ESTForget candy canes, Santa's handing out hand sanitizer this yearhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/forget-candy-canes-santas-handing-out-hand-sanitizer-this-year/#commentsFiled under: ,

It's a promise from Santa Claus, so it has to be good: The global swine flu pandemic won't stop him from delivering presents this year.

"I swear that Christmas will not be canceled this year," Father Christmas told Finnish national broadcaster YLE, explaining that many children were worried he would catch swine flu, according to an ATP story.

And in what may not look like the kindest move after a child has left his lap, Santa Claus is pulling out the hand sanitizer and tissues more than ever this holiday season in an effort to ward off swine flu and the seasonal flu.

In yet another sign of how lives are changing in the fight against H1N1, mall Santas are being asked this year to get vaccinated, use hand sanitizer often, wash their beards regularly and bleach and wash their white gloves nightly, according to a story in the Vancouver Sun.

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]]>H1N1H1N1 fluH1N1 Swine Fluh1N1 vaccineh1n1 virusH1n1FluH1n1SwineFluH1n1VaccineH1n1Virussantasanta clausSantaClausswine fluswine flu pandemicSwineFluSwineFluPandemicAaron CroweWed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:00 ESTThanksgiving dinner cost drops for first time since 2004http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/thanksgiving-dinner-cost-drops-for-first-time-since-2004/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/thanksgiving-dinner-cost-drops-for-first-time-since-2004/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/18/thanksgiving-dinner-cost-drops-for-first-time-since-2004/#commentsFiled under:

thansgiving dinnerAfter five years of price increases, the cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner dropped 4% this year -- down $1.70 to $42.91 for a feast for 10.

The figures are from the American Farm Bureau Federation, which has conducted the annual survey since 1986 as an informal gauge of price trends around the nation.


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]]>american farm buerau federationAmericanFarmBuerauFederationthanksgivingthanksgiving dinnerthanksgiving menuThanksgivingDinnerThanksgivingMenuAaron CroweWed, 18 Nov 2009 11:30:00 ESTAnother team unveils new look to get fans to buyhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/another-team-unveils-new-look-to-get-fans-to-buy/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/another-team-unveils-new-look-to-get-fans-to-buy/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/another-team-unveils-new-look-to-get-fans-to-buy/#commentsFiled under: ,

New Twins uniformThe Minnesota Twins, or as they now call themselves, "The 2009 American League Central Division Champion Minnesota Twins," have unveiled new uniforms for 2010, joining the long list of teams looking to get fans to buy whole new wardrobes of team merchandise.

Everyone wants the latest in fashion, but paying $169.99 for a new home jersey that doesn't look much different than the 2009 model seems like a waste of money.

The best news is that the new jersey costs $10 less than the old one, but that may be more a sign of the recession than of the Twins subtly trying to offer a deal on something that is outrageously priced to begin with.

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]]>baseballmerchandiseMinnesota TwinsMinnesotaTwinsAaron CroweTue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 ESTRecession creating a new workforcehttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/17/recession-creating-a-new-workforce/#commentsFiled under: ,

offcie workersOne of the worst things about the recession may turn out to be one of the best things about it: The layoffs are creating a new workforce -- the part-time workforce.

Cobbling together enough part-time jobs to add up to full-time work is becoming the skill set of the new part-time workforce.

A new economy is being formed, or at least expanded upon, as more laid off workers join the ranks of freelancers and contract workers who don't get benefits such as paid vacation and sick days, but get paid for each project they complete.

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]]>part-timepart-time jobpart-time jobspart-time-jobsPart-timeJobPart-timeJobsrecessionAaron CroweTue, 17 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTUse Google Flu-shot to find local H1N1 vaccinationhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/use-these-locators-to-find-your-h1n1-flu-shot/#commentsFiled under: ,

fluMicrosoft and Google, two titans in technology, are separately trying to help combat the worst flu season in decades. First came an interactive Web site from Microsoft to help diagnose the swine flu.

Now comes a flu shot finder from Google to help find shots for the regular flu and swine flu. If only Microsoft and Google combined their efforts in battling H1N1, we'd have this problem solved.

The swine flu is causing the worst flu season in the United States since 1997, when current measurements started. So far the virus has killed an estimated 3,900 people, according to a Reuters story.

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]]>fluflu seasonFlu shotflu shotsFluSeasonFluShotFluShotsH1N1H1N1 fluH1N1 Swine Fluh1N1 vaccineh1n1 virusH1n1FluH1n1SwineFluH1n1VaccineH1n1Virusswine fluswine flu pandemicSwineFluSwineFluPandemicAaron CroweFri, 13 Nov 2009 13:30:00 ESTPodcast: Getting back self esteem after job layoffhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/podcast-getting-back-self-esteem-after-job-layoff/#commentsFiled under: ,

In this "Your Job Will Come" podcast, WalletPop's Aaron Crowe talks with Abraham Twerski about his new book, "Without a Job, Who Am I?" and how to get back your self esteem after being laid off.

Among the tips he gives are to spend some time mourning after a job loss and to not let your job define who you are.


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]]>layofflayoffspodcastPodcastsself esteemSelfEsteemAaron CroweFri, 13 Nov 2009 12:30:00 ESTDropping out of community college pays off for poker champhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/13/dropping-out-of-community-college-pays-off-for-poker-champ/#commentsFiled under: ,

The world has a new poker champ -- whose life story may inspire people to pursue their dreams of being a professional gambler -- but don't let the tale of Joe Cada fool you into following his career path.

Cada, 21, won the $8.55 million jackpot in the World Series of Poker, making him the youngest winner of the event.

Cada started playing poker on the Internet when he was 16, and he was so good at math that he later dropped out of community college to pursue a career as a professional gambler.

It's not a career path that Cada recommends anyone follow, although speaking to the Detroit Free Press from his high-roller, 9,000-square-foot suite at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is an odd place in which to be doling out that type of career advice.

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]]>careercareersgamblepokerpoker tournamentPokerTournamentworld series of pokerWorld Series of Poker: Tournament of ChampionsWorldSeriesOfPokerWorldSeriesOfPoker:TournamentOfChampionsAaron CroweFri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 ESTPodcast: Making job board work for youhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/11/podcast-making-job-board-work-for-you/#commentsFiled under: ,

In this week's "Your Job Will Come" podcast, WalletPop's Aaron Crowe talks with career search expert Kevin Kermes about how to make Internet job boards work for you in your job search.

They discuss how to best use the job boards as a tip service leading to more networking to reach the right person who is hiring, and how difficult it is to get a job by using a job board.


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]]>careerjob boardjob boardsJobBoardJobBoardspodcastPodcastsAaron CroweWed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:00 ESTBurglaries usually rise in a recession, but not this onehttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/10/burglaries-usually-rise-in-a-recession-but-not-this-one/#commentsFiled under:

I noticed some surprisingly good news in the annual report from the city where I live in the San Francisco Bay Area -- crime has dropped. I say surprisingly because in a recession, I'd expect crime to increase as more people lose their jobs and have to find other ways -- some illegal -- to make money.

It turns out my suburban city isn't alone. Large and small cities across the country are seeing crime drop -- particularly burglaries -- during the recession. "With a lot more unemployed people, a lot more people are staying home, and they see more in their neighborhood," Sgt. Thomas Lasater of the police department in St. Louis County, Mo., told the Associated Press.

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]]>burglarycrimerecessionshopliftingtheftAaron CroweTue, 10 Nov 2009 19:00:00 ESTMy 5-year-old opens a savings account -- you can, toohttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/09/my-5-year-old-opens-a-savings-account-you-can-too/#commentsFiled under: ,

Piggy bankAs with too many lessons I try to teach my daughter, now 5, I end up caving in and the lesson I set out to instill is lost.

We'll see if it turns out the same way with her savings account we recently opened together, but it couldn't have been a strong lesson in how to save money when immediately after leaving the bank, we went to a store where I bought her a promised toy.

I'll get back to the toy spending in a bit, but first I'd like to focus on the good part of that afternoon -- opening a savings account in her name in an effort to teach her about saving money.

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]]>bankschildrenSavingsSavings Accountsavings account interestsavings accountsSavingsAccountSavingsAccountInterestSavingsAccountsAaron CroweMon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 ESTWal-Mart's sick leave policy risks spreading swine fluhttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/05/wal-marts-sick-leave-policy-risks-spreading-swine-flu/#commentsFiled under:

swine flu maskWith swine flu in full swing, Wal-Mart's punitive sick leave policy is discouraging employees from calling in sick, lest they earn enough demerits to be fired, according to a report by the National Labor Committee.

Wal-Mart employees who miss one or more days due to sickness or other reasons, including caring for a sick child, earn a demerit point and lose eight hours of wages. Employees with more than three absences in a six-month period will be disciplined, and four demerits in six months leads to warnings that can lead to dismissal.

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]]>swine fluSwineFluwal-martAaron CroweThu, 05 Nov 2009 18:00:00 ESTRecession giving people a lot more to worry abouthttp://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/recession-giving-people-a-lot-more-to-worry-about/#commentsFiled under:

Managing the Worry CircleThrough no fault of their own, the recession is giving people more reasons to worry.

Along with the constant worries of death and taxes, the recession is adding worry lines over keeping a job, finding a job, paying bills, affording necessities such as food and shelter, and other basic needs in the first two stages of Abraham Maslow's "Hierarchy of Needs."

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