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• Comment on Leighanne Law's answer…

  0 0 Thanks, this is a great list! I've read The Wednesday Wars and Amy & Roger, so I'm sure I'll enjoy your other recs. ianto commented 12 months ago

• Follow Following 1 Can you recommend some non-depressing YA fiction? ianto asked Leighanne Law in Book Recommendations about 1 year ago 1 Answer by Leighanne Law…

• Follow Following 1 Where can you buy lawn games in Downtown/Capitol Hill? ianto asked in Sports & Recreation about 1 year ago 3 Answers by Angelina Allen, Rev.Enant , Buzzy…

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  YA book recommendations?

  0 0 Lots of great recommendations so far. I would add: -Anything by Nancy Farmer, especially her Sea of Trolls trilogy, which is a coming of age/wizard-y series that uses Celtic and Norse mythology. -The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. These are super popular amongst the grade school kids, but not super trashy. It might also get her interested in Greek mythology. -Linda Buckley-Archer has a trilogy that for some reason has different titles for England vs the US. Look for it under either the Gideon Trilogy (First book is Gideon the Cutpurse) or the Time Travelers Trilogy (First book is The Time Travelers). If she's into current fantasy series, I'm sure she'd like the classics: The Dark is Rising series, Chronicles of Prydain, A Wrinkle in Time, etc. ianto answered in Books & Writing over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 12 more answers »

• Comment on Angelina Allen's answer…

  0 0 This place is exactly what you're looking for, Michael. It's where all the old man bankers and attorneys downtown get their hair cut. ianto commented over 2 years ago

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  0 0 If you are fired for any cause which could get you in trouble with the law--theft, violence, sexual harassment, etc. Any other reason and there is a lot of leeway. I actually separated out claims into Y/N piles and some of the things that would go into the Y pile would be: fired for lack of competence or an ee who voluntarily resigned with good cause (job location changed and he could not make the commute, she divorced her husband who is also the SVP, any number of valid reasons) and did not indicate that he/she was leaving for another job. Documentation is really important in this process, especially if the ee resigned. ianto commented over 2 years ago

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  How to get fired?

  1 0 I used to work for HR/Records for a large corporation and my entire job was responding to requests for information from Unemployment. They require the reason you were let go AND documentation. If there is no documentation and the company's version of events differ from yours, they will schedule a call with the firing manager and legal to get an official statement. In my experience, if it comes down to a purely he said/she said situation, the severed employee gets the benefits. That said, your best chance at finessing (re: cheating) the system is to resign verbally directly to your manager and get out of there ASAP. If you have a good relationship w/your manager, you could plead an emergency situation that requires you to depart without notice. Just keep in mind that you will probably burn a lot of bridges here. ianto answered in Jobs & Education over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 8 more answers »

• Comment on Kip Waddle's answer…

  0 0 I fully agree. If the ee's last day worked is her last paid day, you should wait as long as you can. Unless you are able to lay her off early and then pay her through the end of the month. I'm not sure if you can do this at your job--my previous company could code paid time as "manager's discretion." If that is in your power, that's a good way to go, since she'll have that extra jump on the job search. Though, it's not like anyone is really hiring in the end of December anyway. ianto commented over 2 years ago

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  Wine for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner: Red, white, or both? Favorites?

  2 0 I always go for a Gewurztraminer--you can Fetzer or Helfrich at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. Gewurztraminer is usually too sweet for me, but it pairs with turkey and gravy like nobody's business. ianto answered in Food & Drink over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 5 more answers »

• Follow Following 1 Alterations/Tailoring on Capitol Hill ianto asked in Style & Beauty over 2 years ago 2 Answers by LMNOP , RamonaMess…

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