​14 Subtle Signs You're Pregnant Right Now

No matter how careful you are with your birth control method, it's only human to wonder every now and again if it's actually working. But you don't have to pee on a stick or call your ob-gyn every time you get a random wave of nausea or a strong burrito craving. (Again: Those things are only human.) Instead, look for these early symptoms of pregnancy to determine whether you actually need to take a pregnancy test — or to test your patience by waiting for your next period to arrive. 1. You're nauseous. Pregnancy causes certain hormone levels (human chorionic gonadotropin or hCG) to rise really quickly, explains Maria Sophocles, board-certified gynecologist and medical director of Women's Health Care, a private practice in Princeton, New Jersey, and a mother of four who's delivered more than 8,000 babies. These particular hormones affect digestion and make it harder for your stomach to keep food down. Unfortunately, the morning part of morning sickness is actually a myth — the kind of nausea linked to pregnancy can last all day, beginning no sooner than four weeks after your last period began. The good news for women who actually want to be pregnant: Nausea is sign of a normal, healthy pregnancy. (Miscarriages can occur when hCG levels stop rising — so a suddenly settled stomach could warrant a call to your doctor.) 2. You're ridiculously exhausted. When you're pregnant, your body is basically taking on a second full-time job of growing a human inside of you — as you can imagine, that requires a whole lot of energy. So early on in pregnancy, you might experience fatigue. "It's like you get up in the morning and by 10 a.m., you just want to be sleeping," says Dr. Sophocles. "It's overwhelmingly different from anything you've experienced before." 3. Your 34B breasts are now a *~34D~*. If your breasts suddenly balloon — and this could be your only symptom in addition to missing your period — you very well could be pregnant. Your breasts will feel a little fuller than they do right before you get your period and may be slightly more sensitive for more than a few days. The longer this lasts, the more likely you are to be pregnant. 4. You experience a mini, early period. Also known as spotting, a light period that lasts for a couple of days (or more) could be a confusing sign you're pregnant. That's because five to 10 days after your egg and his sperm rendezvous in your fallopian tube, the fertilized egg burrows into the lining of your uterus. This could lead to light bleeding that makes you think you've got your period. Not everyone who's pregnant will spot. But everyone who is pregnant will miss their next scheduled period after spotting. So look out for the combo: spotting and a cycle that's mysteriously absent. 5. Your areolae have changed colors. When you're pregnant, hormones sometimes darken or widen the skin that surrounds your nipples — and it can happen within the first month of pregnancy. 6. You develop a dark vertical line below your belly button. Known as the linea alba, hormones could trigger this skin change, which may accompany darkening of the areolas super early in your pregnancy. (Lots of people attribute the linea alba to skin stretching — but it can actually precede a noticeable baby belly. 7. Your cheeks sort of darken. Also knows as the "mask of pregnancy," cheek darkening can be triggered by — you guessed it — the hormonal changes that accompany pregnancy. While this usually happens later on in the pregnancy, it can sometimes kick in on the early side. (If the idea of your skin changing freaks you out more than the prospect of pregnancy, relax: This usually goes away on its own. And if it doesn't, laser treatment can easily erase it after you give birth.) 8. You have the world's weirdest food cravings. One way Dr. Sophocles knew she was pregnant? She developed a strange and specific craving for an egg-white omelet with pesto and blue cheese — a fairly random combo by any count. Experts don't entirely understand why pregnant women experience food cravings. But anecdotally, Dr. Sophocles says pregnant women report them often — even early on. 9. You develop insane food aversions. Pregnancy can heighten your sense of smell to the point where you might vomit if your partner opens up a jar of a mayo — something that never offended you in the slightest. "They're so real," Dr. Sophocles says of food aversions. They can happen as few as four weeks into your pregnancy. 10. You develop some serious cramps. Menstrual-type cramping happens but your period doesn't? It's probably time to pee on that stick. While some women feel cramping daily throughout their pregnancies, others feel it only once. (Note for women who are hoping to get pregnant and stay that way: Severe cramping followed by spotting could be an early sign of miscarriage, so definitely call your health care provider if this sounds familiar.) 11. Your sex drive has seriously disappeared. In the first trimester of pregnancy, you're likely to feel exhaustion and nausea, which can suck the desire to have sex right out of you. While this has nothing to with hormone levels so far as researchers can tell, your sex drive can return by the second trimester when you're feeling less sick, and wane again toward the end of the third trimester when moving becomes cumbersome. 12. Your weight hasn't changed in the slightest. While many women think you gain weight consistently throughout a pregnancy, that's not the case: Weight gain is almost never the first sign of pregnancy, Dr. Sophocles says. 13. You could literally eat a cow right now. Because pregnancy hormones throw off your digestive system and make it difficult to keep food down, while your body craves calories to fuel the effort it takes to grow a baby, newly pregnant women can be hungry all the time. 14. Your vision is a little blurry. While Dr. Sophocles warns that this side effect is fairly rare, some women say their vision changes for the worse when they become pregnant. If things get fuzzy and your period is late, you'd be smart to see a doctor for a proper diagnosis.

44 Ways To Make More Money

Usually, people who want to bolster their finances trim their expenses. But cutting costs only goes so far. Unless you already make a lot of money and spend like a bon vivant, most people can’t eke out that much more from their budget by decreasing expenses. Plus, the more you retrench, the more your quality of life suffers. (It’s all relative, though — certainly some overspenders could actually improve their lives by tempering their expenditures.) If you’re looking to increase your revenue streams, take heart: Opportunities to earn extra money abound for people at all levels of experience. While the gigs requiring more experience will pay more money, for those starting out, even the earnings of lower-paying jobs will add up over time. That extra money can be put toward helping you pay down debt, boost your net worth or save for big goals, such as making the leap to freelance. The Forbes eBook To Succeed In A Brutal Job Market Don’t let a rotten economy spoil your goals. Use the career and money advice in The Millennial Game Plan to get and stay ahead for good. These ways of making extra money cover a wide range in terms of compensation and prestige. Check out the options to see what could work for you, keeping tabs on a projected per-hour rate so you can see what would be worth your time. The list is loosely arranged by 1. jobs requiring more skill or expertise, 2. gigs needing less and 3. things you can sell. And if you think of any good options I missed, please let me know in the comments. 1. Change jobs. This is the best way to boost your earnings, as you have the most leverage at the moment that a company wants you but isn’t sure whether it can get you. Use that to your advantage in negotiations. Another benefit of getting a bump up when you switch jobs is that the percentage boost will be baked into all your future raises, elevating your lifetime earnings. Here’s how to negotiate your salary. 2. Request a raise. Getting a raise is an excellent move because it doesn’t require you to trade more time for more money. You are putting in the same amount of time, but pulling a bigger paycheck. But, it’s always a bit tricky to ask for a raise when your company already has you at your current salary. You’ve got to make a strong argument you deserve the increase. Here are the top 10 mistakes to avoid when asking for a raise. 3. Freelance. Freelancing is the next best thing to being paid more for your full-time work, because professional work always pays more than unskilled. To find opportunities, let former colleagues or other personal connections that you’re available for freelance gigs. (Here are some ideas on how LinkedIn could be useful for that.) Or, post on marketplaces particular to your field. For instance, Mediabistro, a journalism site, allows freelancers to post profiles of their experience and services. Though these are more up to chance, designers can bid on jobs at 99Designs.com or submit a design at Threadless, to see if it will be crowdfunded. Elance-Odesk also lists many freelance opportunities, and you can also post your own services on Fiverr, although some freelancers say these services create a race to the bottom on fees and so are not very lucrative. If you’re new to freelancing, here’s how to set your rates, and here’s how to negotiate raises with clients. 4. Blog. If you have an area of expertise, you can create a website with ads and affiliate links, like blogger J. Money did (boosting his net worth $400,000 in 7 years) in and as Smart Passive Income guru Pat Flynn, who has so far earned $3 million blogging, does. Get Flynn’s tips on how to create value for your audience. 5. Coach. If you have enough experience in your field to coach others with their careers, then create a website — or, if you have one, add a section describing what you’d offer as a coach. Advertise your services in industry forums and give new clients a discount or other incentives to refer you. 6. Tutor. Whether for high school students or adults, you can monetize your expertise by teaching people with less experience or knowledge than you in that subject area. You can work with an established group like Kaplan for, say, SAT tutoring, or you could try hanging out your own shingle and making your services known either to students, parents and schools in your community. If you are targeting adults, you can create your own website or list your services with adult tutoring companies. 7. Teach an online course. If you have an area of expertise, instruct a course through a site like Udemy or Skillshare. 8. Temp. Many offices need temporary workers, so old-school companies like Kelly Services do still exist and list such opportunities. Indeed.com aggregates listings by location. Do an Internet search to find local listings. 9. Cash in on your craftsy side. Do you knit or make jewelry or create letterpress items? Sell your wares on Etsy, Cargoh, Craft Foxes and other such sites. 10. Give tours of your city. Vayable allows you to guide tours centered around a particular cultural experience. Some members’ offerings include a Paris photography tour and a Queens tastes of the world tour. 11. Capitalize on your inner chef. If your cooking skills regularly impress family and friends, get paid to create memorable meals for clients with KitchenSurfing. 12. Get paid to run errands. If you’re handy and generally available to run errands, sign up with TaskRabbit or Zaarly, or just put a notice up on Craigslist to get groceries for time-crunched people or do general handy person tasks for the useless-with-a-hammer set. 13. Become a driver. If you’ve got wheels, you can earn extra money shuttling around those without through Uber and Lyft. 14. Wash cars. Even if you don’t have wheels yourself, you can spiff up those of your family, friends and neighbors. 15. Walk dogs. If you have a flexible schedule and a passion for pets, ask friends, family or neighbors if they might need a dog walker. You can also post your services on dog walking sites. 16. Wait tables or bartend. Almost anyone can wait tables, and if you know how to mix drinks, bartending can be a quick way to make extra cash. Both can be lucrative in tips. Read here to find out how to earn more in tips. 17. Cater waiter. Try Waiters to Cater or find a local company offering cater waiters, and sign up for opportunities. 18. Clean homes. Use a service like HomeJoy to find housecleaning opportunities. 19. Mow lawns, rake leaves or shovel snow. Again, ask friends, family and neighbors if they’d like to hire you for these services. 20. Babysit. Use SitterCity, and ask family, friends and neighbors if they could use a sitter or know of other families looking for one. 21. Photograph or play music at weddings. If you’re a musician or photographer, advertise your skills for weddings or other commercial events on your own portfolio site or with a service like Thumbtack, Gigmasters, Gigsalad, WeddingWire, and Snapknot. 22. Busk. If you play an instrument and/or sing, take your music to the public squares or popular transit stops, keeping mind of local laws. Hey — even world-famous violinist Joshua Bell does it. 23. Be a delivery person. You can apply at local restaurants, or try a service like Postmates. 24. Be a mystery shopper. Get hired to shop and then report back on your experience. Find out how it works and then, to avoid mystery shopping scams, find legitimate opportunities at the Mystery Shopping Providers Association. 25. Promote products and events on the street. Try Street Team Promotion for opportunities. 26. Rent your car out. Try GetAround and RelayRides. 27. Host guests or rent out your place. If you either have an extra room or can crash elsewhere to rent out your whole place, you can also make extra money by renting out your home to visitors to your city with Airbnb or VRBO. 28. Participate in focus groups. Give your opinions on products and more. Try companies like Focus Pointe Global, Inspired Opinions, Harris Poll Online, Toluna, SwagBucks, MySurvey.com, Opinion Outpost, iPoll and Hiving. 29. Be a test subject. When researchers run clinical trials, they need healthy subjects to use as a control group against the patients with illnesses. Find out more details from the National Institutes of Health, and search for clinical studies at ClinicalTrials.gov. For psychology experiments, contact your local university. 30. Participate in an online jury. Help attorneys determine case value or public attitudes at eJury. 31. Write software reviews. SoftwareJudge.com pays anywhere from $1 to $50 for original reviews. 32. Sell your castoffs on eBay. Make sure it’s a valuable item and not just your old junk. Take good photos, write a compelling description and price accordingly. For more tips, find out how to declutter and profit from it. 33. Sell on consignment. For items that you feel are better tried on or viewed in person, whether it’s clothing, shoes or vintage furniture, try a local consignment shop. You can also send items to ThredUp or The RealReal. 34. Sell old electronics. Instead of recycling these items, see if they can fetch a price. Try stores like Gazelle, Next Worth and USell. 35. Have a yard sale. For items that won’t sell on eBay, or aren’t worth the hassle of posting, host a yard, garage or stoop sale. Price items low. Think $10 or lower for clothing (except coats can go as high as $15). Antiques and furniture can go as high as $75. Books should be $1, other entertainment items $3-$5. 36. Sell your hair. Find out what requirements your tresses need to meet before they’re worth money at HairSellon. 37. Sell your photos online. If you’ve got some eye-catching snaps, post them on Shutterstock, Photoshelter, Fotolia, DreamsTime and/or iStock. 38. If you’re planning to shop, earn cash back. Ebates offers cash back if you begin your online shopping there. But remember that if you spend a lot of money to get the cash back, you’re defeating your ultimate purpose to earn more. So only use this when you were intending to shop anyway. 39. Sell your gold and silver. Find out the weight of any gold or silver jewelry you’d like to sell with a kitchen scale or at a jeweler’s. Find out the purity, i.e. 12K, and use Dendritics.com to calculate the potential value. Search for a reputable vendor at Jewelers Vigilance Committee, and also consult the Better Business Bureau. Then shop around for the best offer. 40. Sell bottled water at events. Buy bottled water in bulk and sell it at festivals or other large events for $1 per bottle. 41. Collect bottles and cans for deposit. If you live in one of the ten U.S. states that offer a deposit for cans and bottles, you can collect them and obtain cash. 42. Put ads on your car. Check out AutoWrapped and FreeCarMedia. 43. Get paid for online searches. Add Qmee to your browser, and if you click on a search result it offers, you’ll earn some change. 44. Look for unclaimed money. Yes, sometimes you can have money that you don’t know about. Check in occasionally to see if you are owed any. http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2015/02/26/44-ways-to-make-more-money/2/

How to Earn a Six Figure Income Online

With all of the scams and programs that are all over the Internet, it is hard to find a real way to make good money online. Even with well known business models like eCommerce and affiliate marketing, it takes a long time to even make one small sale. However, there is a business opportunity called website flipping that has an unlimited earning potential without having to sign up for anything, join scams, do hard work for small earnings, or having large amounts of start-up capital. Read more to find out how you can flip your way into making a true six figure income or more online, each year. 1 Choose a topic you enjoy. It is important to pick one that you are familiar with, so you can create many interesting articles about it. 2 Purchase a domain name and web hosting from any hosting company. Make sure your domain name works well with the topic you have chosen.

4 Begin writing content and articles about your topic. Add photos to your articles and set up a mailing list. Make your site look as nice as possible. If you dread writing a lot of articles, hire a freelancer to write the articles for you. It is very cheap, and a fast way to get great articles on your website.

5 Make sure you have some sort of money maker on your website before you start promoting it. You could promote an affiliate product related to your site's topic, or you could use Google Adsense. Your goal is to get your site to make the most money possible, so if you have lots of ways to make money on your site, then you will most likely make lots of money. 6

Start promoting and advertising your website now that it has great content and money-making tools. Create Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter pages for your site. Write articles on Article Base about your site. Post flyers and create business cards. In simple words, just get your site out there.

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A statue of arhat Sīvalī has been taken to Shuvolong Branch of Rajbana Vihar, Rangamati, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.

Today at noon, at the monastery of a Buddha statue taken Sublong haiyechilo.

Dell To Use VMware To Help Pay For EMC Deal: Sources

 company logo of Dell is seen on the cover of its laptop at a Dell outlet in Hong Kong October October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

(Reuters) – Dell Inc is planning to use equity in cloud software company VMware Inc <VMW.N> to help pay for its acquisition of EMC Corp <EMC.N> in a deal valuing the data storage company at more than $55 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

While the bulk of its offer will be in cash, Dell also plans to pay EMC shareholders with “tracking stock” that follows the value of the 20 percent of VMware that EMC does not own, the people said on Friday.

A deal could be announced as early as next week, assuming that financing arrangements and the remaining negotiations are completed, the people said.

The sources asked not to be identified because the negotiations are confidential. Dell, EMC and VMware did not immediately respond to requests for comment. EMC shares ended trading on Friday up 2.5 percent at $27.86 after tech website Re/code reported that Dell was offering $27.25 a share for EMC in addition to stock in VMware.

An acquisition of EMC would strengthen Dell’s presence among corporate customers at a time when Michael Dell is trying to transform his three-decade old PC company into a provider of complete enterprise computing services.

EMC has been under pressure from Elliott Management Corp to spin off VMware. The activist investor has said EMC’s structure of combining several businesses obscures “enormous” value.

Dell – which has about $12 billion in debt, according to Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi – went private in 2013 in a deal worth $25 billion, less than half EMC’s current market capitalization.

(Corrects headline to replace repeated reference to Dell with EMC)

(Reporting by Greg Roumeliotis in New York; Editing by Christian Plumb)

Leading Republican Ryan Reconsiders House Speaker Run: Lawmakers

Head of a U.S. Congressional delegation to Nigeria Darrell Edward Issa speaks during a new conference during a visit by the delegation to Abuja, as part of efforts by the U.S. to enhance cooperation between both countries in tackling the Boko Haram in Nigeria August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

By Susan Cornwell, David Lawder and Brendan O’Brien

WASHINGTON/JANESVILLE, Wis. (Reuters) – A leading Republican congressman with allies on the right wing of the party, Paul Ryan, is weighing a bid to replace retiring U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, fellow lawmakers said on Friday as they sought to defuse a leadership battle.

Los Angeles Approves Sweeping Earthquake Building-Safety Rules

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles on Friday approved safety standards that will require earthquake retrofits at thousands of apartment buildings and establish the nation’s toughest rules for structurally weak concrete buildings.

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