TheLadders Enters Partnership to Release #8220;Quit Your Job#8221; iPhone App

TheLadders Enters Partnership to Release 8220Quit Your Job8221 iPhone App Job-matching service, TheLadders, has teamed up with BreakupText creators Lauren Leto and Jake Levine to offer a humorous way for workers to resign. The new Quit Your Job iPhone app generates personalized resignation messages that workers can text to their bosses. After helping thousands of people end relationships, we thought it only fitting to focus on the next most challenging goodbye quitting your job, Lauren Leto, co-founder of Texts From Last Night, said.The app helps users quit their jobs with just a few clicks as theyOpen the appBegin the End by choosing reasons for quitting (e.g., Im sick of the corporate world, I want to get rich. I found a new job, etc.)Select future plans upon resignationSelect recipient of the text message andVoila An elaborate text message will then be sent to the intended recipient.After send ing, the user also has the option of social sharing via Twitter and facebook inc and utilizing the TheLadders app, which automatically redirects Quit Your Job users to the feature.In an age when nearly everything can be done from the convenience of your smartphone, we thought job resignation was an area that needed some attention, Alex Douzet, CEO and co-founder of TheLadders, said. On a serious note, while the recruitment industry has been slow to adopt mobile technology years behind other industries one in three job searches are being conducted on a mobile device. Our primary focus at TheLadders is to build technology to better facilitate the mobile job search, which were doing with best-in-class mobile apps for job seekers and employers.

The History of Taps in the Military

The History of Taps in the MilitaryThe History of Taps in the MilitaryOf all the military bugle calls, none is so easily recognizableor more stirring and able to render emotion than Taps. Up until the Civil War, the traditional call at days end was a tune borrowed from the French called Lights Out. Then, in the aftermath of the bloody Seven Days battles in July of 1862 and hard on the heels of losing 600 men and being wounded himself, Union General Daniel Adams Butterfield called the brigade bugler to his tent. He thought Lights Out was too formal and he wanted to honor his men with something different. Taps were born. How Taps Came to Be Oliver Wilcox Norton, the bugler, tells the story ...showing me some notes on a staff written in pencil on the back of an envelope, (he) asked me to sound them on my bugle. I did this several times, playing the music as written. He changed it somewhat, lengthening some notes and shortening others, but retaining the melody as he first gave it to me. After getting it to his satisfaction, he directed me to sound that call for Taps thereafter in place of the regulation call. The music was beautiful on that leise summer night and was heard far beyond the limits of our Brigade. The next day I was visited by several buglers from neighboring Brigades, asking for copies of the music which I gladly furnished. The call was gradually taken up through the Army of the Potomac. This more emotive and powerful Tap was soon adopted throughout the military. It was officially recognized by the U.S. Army in 1874, and it became standard at military funeral ceremonies in 1891. Theres something singularly beautiful, mournful, and appropriate in the music of this wonderful call. Its strains are melancholy yet full of rest and peace. Its echoes linger in the heart long after its tones have ceased to vibrate in the air. Why Is It Called Taps? The origin of the sie sagen es taps is thought to have come from the Dutch word for tattoo, which is ta ptoe. More than likely, Taps comes from the three drum taps that were played as a signal for Extinguish Lights when a bugle was not used in the rendition. As with many other customs, the 24 notes that comprise this solemn tradition began long ago and continues to this day. Official Lyrics Perhaps unsurprisingly given the nature of the songs origin, there are no official lyrics for Taps. The following unofficial verse is often used. The author is not known. Fading light dims the sight,And a star gems the sky, gleaming bright.From afar drawing nigh Falls the night.Day is done, gone the sun,From the lake, from the hills, from the skyAll is well, safely rest, God is nigh.Then good night, peaceful night,Till the light of the dawn shineth brightGod is near, do not fear - Friend, good night. The above information is courtesy of United States Army Center for Military History