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Brizi: The Best Way to Protect Children from Air Pollution
A unique cushion, sensor and app that allow babies, adults and communities to be in control of the air they breathe, proven by experts.
Brizi: The Best Way to Protect Children from Air Pollution
A unique cushion, sensor and app that allow babies, adults and communities to be in control of the air they breathe, proven by experts.
What is Brizi?
Brizi products are designed to protect children from air pollution.
Brizi Baby is a patented, high-function fan filter embedded in a comfortable cushion. It works together with a digital app and a portable Brizi Sensor to form a clean air ecosystem.
- The fan filter unit in the cushion filters pollution out of the air in the baby's breathing area.
- The sensor detects harmful pollution to activate the fan and collect pollution data.
- The app shows you which walking routes are more polluted than others.
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How Does the Brizi Ecosystem Work?
It's really easy as Brizi does the hard work for you.
- Brizi senses harmful air: Brizi's specially designed high-tech sensor detects harmful gases and particulates in the air. It uploads this information to the Brizi App via Bluetooth.
- Brizi filters the air: The fan in Brizi Baby's cushion filters pollution out of the air in the baby's breathing area using Brizi's specially designed filters. These are high-grade medical-quality filters, similar to the filters used in hospital incubators.
- Brizi delivers clean air: Brizi Baby's fan delivers 1.5 litres of clean, filtered air to the child's breathing area every ten seconds.
- Brizi monitors clean air routes: Data from the Brizi App will show you which walking routes are more polluted than others so you know the cleanest routes for you and your baby.
Brizi is easy to use!
Brizi starts protecting your child from day one.
- Open the box
- Charge the batteries of the Brizi Sensor and Brizi Baby fan-filter
- Pair your phone to the Brizi App via Bluetooth
- Fit Brizi Baby's cushion into your pushchair with our easy attachment clips
- Go for a walk and your baby will breathe clean, filtered air!
Later, you can review air pollution levels on your route and compare to other routes in your community.
Product Details
Brizi Sensor can detect both gases and particulate matter.
- The gas sensor is capable of detecting several toxic gases. Our current configuration focuses on detecting high levels of Nitrogen Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide, which can be the most dangerous gases to human health.
- The particulate sensor is a PM2.5 sensor that detects particles 2.5 micrometers in diameter, or smaller. It has an internal fan to take continuous readings, and uses a low-grade internal laser beam to measure particles.
Brizi Baby's filters are medical quality – similar to the filters used in hospital incubators.
- One layer is carbon, to filter out harmful gases.
- The other layer is a nanometric woven fabric layer to intercept even the smallest particulates.
Brizi Baby's fan creates a clean air barrier in the child's breathing area, both delivering clean air and preventing polluted air from entering the breathing zone.
The Brizi App will collect street-level pollution data from every user to a collective database of pollution information.
When developed, this will mean anyone with the Brizi App can use this "crowd-sourced" pollution information to choose healthier walking routes, advocate for cleaner air in your community, and feel in control of the air you breathe.
Why Did we Build Brizi?
Prams and strollers put small children where they are most at risk. Airborne pollutants are concentrated near the ground around the level of vehicle tailpipes.
The worst pollution is at heights of around 30-60cm above ground level, the same height as a pushchair. This puts babies in an area where pollutant levels can be twice as bad as in the breathing zone of an adult.
Children under five years old – especially infants – are at higher risk of long-term health effects from air pollution.
In their first years of age, children do not have fully developed immune systems. Children's lungs are not yet fully formed, and their brains are at a critical stage of development.
Exposure to air pollution can impact development of the lungs and even the brain. It can lead to asthma, allergies, reduced lung function, chronic coughs and bronchitis, or other respiratory-related illnesses.
Air pollution is rapidly becoming the biggest environmental cause of premature death with projections hitting 6.6m deaths per year by 2050. Research reveals that dangers to the health of children far exceeds the risks posed to adults due to their immature and developing immune systems, higher inhalation rates, and lower body weight.
Exposure to airborne pollutants – especially particulate matter – has been linked with respiratory diseases, asthma, allergic rhinitis and even impaired cognitive development and dementia.
We support efforts to reduce or eliminate air pollution at the source. But we also know that fossil fuels will continue to be a part of everyday life for decades. Brizi provides protection for children – the most vulnerable to air pollution – from day one.
We hope our community-based pollution data will be used to help advocate for a better, cleaner future.
Scientific Testing
Brizi Baby was tested in the lab and in real-life conditions by Professor Prashant Kumar, the Chair in Air Quality & Health at the University of Surrey and Director of the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE). Results show:
- Brizi can reduce normal ambient air pollution in the breathing area of the child by 49%
- When near an idling vehicle, Brizi's effectiveness increases to 80%
In our field tests with Professor Kumar in the streets of London, the Brizi Baby prototype reduced airborne pollution levels by at least 49% in the area where a child would be breathing. When tested near idling vehicles on the road, Brizi Baby reduced pollution by up to 80%.
Brizi Development & Prototyping
We currently have three working prototypes:
- A fan filter working prototype, which we used in testing with Professor Kumar to demonstrate the effectiveness of Brizi to reduce air pollution in a pram.
- A working electronic prototype, to demonstrate the capability of the sensors, app, and fan to "speak" to each other using low-frequency Bluetooth.
- Visual prototypes of the Brizi cushion and sensor, to demonstrate the comfort of the materials, replaceable cartridges, and sensor attachment options (e.g. belt clip or lanyard).
We have final product designs in hand and are ready to begin manufacturing Brizi Baby and Brizi Sensors immediately following the Kickstarter campaign. App development will commence in early 2018.
Working Electronic Prototype: watch the video below to learn how the electronic components interact with each other to detect pollution and operate the fan filter.
Working Fan Filter Prototype: the model in the video below is the same we used in our scientific tests with Professor Kumar. Our smoke test below demonstrates visually the effect of Brizi's fan.
Visual Prototypes
- Summer 2016 – The idea for Brizi is born
- April 2017 – Field and lab tests completed with the Professor Kumar and the University of Surrey
- Summer 2017 – Product Design completed
- September 2017 – Kickstarter Launch
- November 2017 – Tooling & Development
- January 2018 – Production Prototypes
- February 2018 – Testing and calibration with Professor Kumar
- April 2018 – Manufacturing begins
- May 2018 – Quality Assurance
- August 2018 – Shipping to Backers
The Brizi team have decades of experience bringing new businesses and innovative products to life.
We are proud to partner with Map Project Office, an award-winning product design firm, who have lent their incredible expertise to help us create safe and effective products without sacrificing quality.
We are also proud to partner with We Are Hive, an innovative technology studio who have worked with startups and the world's most admired brands, to help design and develop the Brizi App software.
Professor Prashant Kumar from the University of Surrey continues to be an important advisor on the Brizi team and will play a crucial role in calibrating the production version of Brizi Baby.
Risks and challenges
Brizi is ready to begin production / manufacturing immediately after completing the Kickstarter campaign. We've intentionally set a conservative production timeline to make sure we have enough time to get the final Brizi Baby model 100% effective and safe before we ship to you, our backers.
We have worked hard over the last year to secure excellent partnerships in product design, manufacturing, and software development. We feel confident that the preparation we've already completed and the conservative timeframe we've set put us in a very strong position to meet our delivery goals so we can begin working together to protect our children from air pollution.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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How many times will you walk by a nativity scene this Christmas season? Are you like me? Have you become numb to the REAL story behind the figurines? This week's song, "Real" by Nichole Nordeman, reminds us of the REAL people in this familiar scene.
I hope this song will not only inspire you to take a closer look at Scripture, but I hope it will give you a tool that you can use EVERY TIME you read the stories of Biblical characters.
On this week's episode I discuss:
- The tool of remembering that Biblical characters are REAL
- Al Andrews short story, "Real – A Christmas Story"
- Luke 2:1-7
- What Mary may have experienced and felt
- Luke 1:28-38
- A closer look at Luke 2:7
- What we can do to ensure Biblical characters stay "real" to us
- Read the details that are really there
- Do a little research
- Take time to imagine how you would feel in their situation and overlay that with historical details the character may have had to endure
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If you have never heard this song before, you can watch the lyric video on YouTube below.
Additional Resources
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- Lyrics
- Story behind how the song came to be
- Article from ChristianAnswers.net on Myths About Christmas
- Article from CatholicIreland.net on the details of the journey shown in the Christmas story
This Week's Challenge
Read the Christmas story details in Luke and Matthew in a variety of versions. Consider another "character" in the Christmas story and follow the three steps outlined in today's episode to ensure this character comes to life in your mind, because after all, they were REAL.
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A pharmacy school in North Carolina recently settled a new strategic plan for that covered seven different initiatives at the school.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved the plan for academic years 2012 to 2017 that discusses education transformation, pharmacy practices, research and training, and others.
The pharmacy school is known for its self-analysis procedures which keep it near the top rungs on the pharmacy education ladder. The first initiative in the strategic plan involves updating decade-old curriculum methods and creates methodologies that are current in the health industry. The school lists five objectives under this topic, including evaluation and development for professional programs, graduate programs, and career planning as well as professional development.
The practice of pharmacy initiative is set up to develop pharmacists through innovative research for which the state is well-known in the pharmacy industry. Among the objectives for the practice initiative at the school is positioning the school to take advantage of opportunities to improve the practice of pharmacies, engage the community in health care, and promote leadership among the pharmacy school's graduates and current students.
Thanks to sponsorship growth, the school is also investing more into the research and training aspects of pharmacy education and pharmacy practice. Therefore, the school desires to position itself nationally and globally in important areas of research, to seek sources of greater funding for important research, and to expand the school's research centers while maintaining their current research centers. There are five other objectives under the research heading in the pharmacy school's strategic plan.
In all, the pharmacy school is planning initiatives in seven distinct areas: Pharmacy Practice, Education Transformation, Research and Training, Global Engagement, Pharmacy School Operations, Faculty Talent and Leadership, and making Strategic Planning, Assessment, and Quality Improvement a part of the day to day culture at the pharmacy school.


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Thursday, May 27, 2010
So I don't know about you guys, but I've been dealing with a lot of thorns in the flesh this summer. No I don't just mean metaphorically...I mean real sharp thorns that stick in your skin and scratch you up so bad that people think you got attacked by a rabid squirrel.
Let me explain. I've got a job working for the Biology department this summer and my job description is "running around in the woods chasing birds". I'm pretty sure these particular birds scheme ahead of time to lead me through all the blackberry patches and thorn bushes in the county. I've heard that thorns are designed to protect the plants on which they are growing. I'm pretty sure that's not true. These things don't just protect the plant. They latch onto you and dig into your flesh. They cut you and stab you and a few particularly nasty types look like they could impale you. Heaven forbid that you get one in your shoe. Yeah, I'm pretty sure thorns are pure evil.
Actually, looking at scripture, this isn't too far from the truth. After Adam and Eve sinned, God said that the ground was cursed because of what Adam had done and that it would bring forth thorns and thistles. This is just one of the many examples of bad things brought into the world by the curse of our sin: pain, sorrow, death. All these things exist because man sinned. When we see-or possibly walk through-a thorny thicket, it should remind us of the seriousness of sin. When we experience sorrow or pain, we should realize that these terrible things are the fruit of our own sin and disobedience.
But there is good news. When Christ came to die for our sins, Scripture says that he became a curse for us. Isaiah describes him as "a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" (Isaiah 53:3).
What was the crown that the Roman soldiers made for Jesus made of?
To the soldiers, it was just a cruel, torturous form of mockery but it also represented something greater. Jesus was taking on himself the curse of our sins. He took our curse upon himself so that, one day, we could live with him without the curse of sin. No more sorrow. No more pain. No more death. No more thorns.
When we see evidence of the curse, it should remind us of our sin, but it should also remind us of the Savior who became a curse for us.
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So, just going back to read some of these posts that I missed .. but I particularly enjoyed this one because it was inspired by a very simple and physical annoyance that is an incredible reminder of sin. God loves to give us reminders of His promise! And there are even reminders like thorns to push us towards His promise.
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As each month passes, I can't believe how fast another one has gone by! We are approaching summer break and I can't wait for some fun in the sun with my loved ones. Our New Year 2018 Holidays in Washington, Here we are collected best Blank 2018 Monthly Calendar. I was pregnant and always working. Now that I'm not doing either, I've been dying to explore the state of Washington! I'm looking forward to more hikes, exploring the Northwest Beaches even if they are rocky, water fun, parks and so much more!
I kind of fell in love with this Beautiful decorative Blank 2018 Monthly Calendar Wallpapers, so hopefully, you will too! I've made one for your desktop, smartphone & one for you to print out. Can you tell that I'm excited about summer yet? Hopefully, this fills up your space with lots of colors and gets you in the spirit of Summer.
We have a couple things to look forward to this Year. First and most importantly, school is almost out! The next big thing on our list is our family vacation, and let me tell ya, we are pretty excited about it. I can't wait to see the real thing! With Holidays on our minds, I came up with this fun Pineapple Countdown. It's the perfect way for all of us to see how many days we have left, and a great way to help our loved one's Vocations.
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Peter Curtis (Ian McShane) has just been released from prison after serving four years for manslaughter. His victim's mysterious last words were "High Tide's at 9.52" - and now Peter wants to find out why. Heading South in search of answers, he books into a hotel – and discovers the only other resident knows all about him. Then he picks up a hitch-hiker, Celia, who may be far from innocent. Other people, it seems, are interested in those enigmatic last words and are prepared to kill to solve the mystery before Peter. As Peter conducts his search in the tidal estuaries of West England, he finds that there are far greater dangers than treacherous currents to contend with…Part of ITV's hugely popular Armchair Thriller series, High Tide was originally broadcast as a four part serial and has been released on DVD in the United States.
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Extinct in the Wild. Originally described from a single male plant with multiple stems. No other plants were ever found. Some of the original stems were killed through bark harvesting and the last wild plants had been transferred to botanic gardens by 1916. The species is only known from male plants collected in Ngoye Forest, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The last remaining stems were all deliberately removed from the wild in 1916. Wood's Cycad forms fertile hybrids with, and is most closely related to E. natalensis.
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Tony Burrell
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Tony founded The Welcome Network in 2014 after becoming aware of a lack of support surrounding immigrant and refugee communities in Northwest Indiana and South Chicagoland. Initially exposed to the tragic circumstances surrounding refugees after having lived and worked in Kosovo from 2000-2003, the unique needs of immigrants and refugees stayed with him. His passion is to help churches, organizations, and individuals network together to meet the practical and spiritual needs of this vulnerable segment of society.
Having lived 6 years overseas, and having a son who was born overseas, helps give Tony a small sense of what it's like to be a stranger in a culture. This motivates him to welcome immigrants and refugees to their new homes in the Chicago area.
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Katie became aware of the needs of immigrants and refugees right here in Northwest Indiana as she began to watch the impact of the Syrian War, and the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This impacted Katie so much that she organized a presentation at Indiana University to increase awareness of the refugee crisis.
She also made a trip through The Welcome Network to a refugee transit camp in Eastern Europe, where she experience firsthand what heart wrenching hurdles families face as they flee war and seek refuge for their children.


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If you have ever used the paint bucket tool in an image editor, you have been exposed to two-dimensional flood filling - the color replacement of a region, based on the color of an individual point (pixel). The use of flood filling extends beyond making pictures. This algorithm can play an important role in some games. If one were to make a dungeon crawler, some form of flood filling may be used in enemy AI to determine whether the player was in the same room as them. It is notably used in Minesweeper to clear sections of the board.
Flood filling is an inherently straightforward algorithm, meaning the process of getting it working in GameMaker: Studio is quick. While it is not always necessary to visualize flood filling, for the sake of a more effective tutorial I have decided to implement the ability to click on cells in the ds_grid to change their color, as indicated by the .gif. The source is available to download at the end of this post.
The Recursive Algorithm
floodfill(i, j, new_color, prev_color); 1) If the given cell (i, j) exists within the grid, continue. Otherwise, return. 2) If the color of the cell is the same color it started as, the region color, continue. Otherwise, return. 3) Replace the color of the cell with the new color. 4) Repeat with the north, south, east, and west cells.
The following code should go in the Create Event of an object. This declares all necessary variables and generates our grid.
arr = ds_grid_create(45, 45); // init 45x45 grid cell_width = 10; // width of each grid cell cell_height = 10; // height of each grid cell xpos = 32; // x-coordinate of the top-left cell in the room ypos = 32; // y-coordinate of the top-left cell in the room flood_color = c_lime; // color to flood the grid // cycle through all the cells in the grid and make them either white or black for (var i = 0; i < ds_grid_width(arr); i++) { for (var j = 0; j < ds_grid_height(arr); j++) { ds_grid_set(arr, i, j, choose(c_white, c_black)); } }
The following code should go in the Draw Event of the same object. This draws the grid and allows us to click on individual cells to flood fill their associated regions.
// cycle through all the cells in the grid for (var i = 0; i < ds_grid_width(arr); i++) { for (var j = 0; j < ds_grid_height(arr); j++) { var x1, y1, x2, y2; // temporary variables for top-left and bottom-right coordinates of each cell x1 = xpos + (i * cell_width); y1 = ypos + (j * cell_height); x2 = x1 + cell_width; y2 = y1 + cell_height; // draw rectangle at the given coordinates based on the color of the cell draw_set_color(ds_grid_get(arr, i, j)); draw_rectangle(x1, y1, x2, y2, false); // if mouse button is pressed and the cursor is in the cell if (mouse_check_button_pressed(mb_left) && point_in_rectangle(mouse_x, mouse_y, x1, y1, x2, y2)) { if (ds_grid_get(arr, i, j) != flood_color) { // ensure the color of the cell is not already the flood color floodfill(i, j, flood_color, ds_grid_get(arr, i, j)); // call the algorithm } } } }
The Flood Fill Script
The following code should go in a script called floodfill. This is the meat of the tutorial, despite its shortness.
///floodfill(i, j, new_color, prev_color); var i, j, new_color, prev_color; i = argument0; // cell col j = argument1; // cell row new_color = argument2; // new, replacement color the cell should be prev_color = argument3; // the color of the region to be changed // if the coordinates are not within the grid and if the color of the cell has changed, return if (i < 0 || i >= ds_grid_width(arr) || j < 0 || j >= ds_grid_height(arr)) || (ds_grid_get(arr, i, j) != prev_color) { return 0; } // change the color of the cell to the new color ds_grid_set(arr, i, j, new_color); // adjacent cell recursion floodfill(i - 1, j, new_color, prev_color); // cell to the left floodfill(i + 1, j, new_color, prev_color); // cell to the right floodfill(i, j - 1, new_color, prev_color); // cell above floodfill(i, j + 1, new_color, prev_color); // cell below
Wrapping Up
There are numerous ways to approach the flood fill algorithm, some more efficient than others. You can read about these other solutions here. If you desire to use flood fill on a large grid (n-hundred * n-hundred), I recommend looking into non-recursive solutions, such as stack implementation. I dive into this concept in-depth in my Depth-First Search Maze Generation tutorial.
Even if this recursive approach is best used in small-scale cases, I hope you were able to take something away from this brief exercise. You can find the project's source on GitHub. As always, if you have any questions, comments, or critiques feel free to leave them below.


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Sailing as a sport includes different competitive sailing formats which are sanctioned through several yacht clubs and sailing federations. Various racing event disciplines include match racing, fleet racing, wave riding, speed sailing, team racing, etc. The matches are held between a pair of sailing craft, a fleet within it, or among various teams.
Further, specialized competitions which include speed records setting are also there. There are the point-to-point contests and closed courses conducted on the open ocean, coast-wise or sheltered waters.
Sailing competitions are held among multiple vessels is referred to as a regatta. It generally consists of several individual races, in which the best performing boat crew in the series of races becomes the overall winner.
A variety of boats including catamarans, small dinghies, large yachts, cursing boats, and race boats are used for sailing competitions.
The conduct of windsurfing, yacht racing, model boat racing, kite surfing, dinghy racing, etc is governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing. The International Sailing Federation is the governing body for World Sailing (WS).
At the competitive level, sailing is mentally and physically challenging. At the elite level, sailors have to be supremely agile, highly fit, mechanically aware, and tactically conscious.
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Guided by the wisdom and values of our tradition of respect for all people, Jewish Family Service of MetroWest New Jersey provides innovative, compassionate, and outstanding social services to enhance the independence and well-being of individuals and families throughout all stages of life.
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest aims to be the premier agency within the MetroWest New Jersey area providing for the social services and mental health needs of the greater community with unparalleled professionalism, humanity, and respect for all who seek its support.
JFS MetroWest has been helping families and individuals of all ages manage life's challenges since 1861. JFS is the MetroWest community's premier mental health and social service agency providing comprehensive behavioral healthcare and related social services to over 6,000 members of the Jewish and general communities in Essex, Morris, Sussex, and North Union counties.
JFS MetroWest is committed to inclusive programming. JFS MetroWest does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, nationality, ethnicity, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, or disability. Please call 973-765-9050 to discuss how we can help you.
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JFS of MetroWest NJ is a licensed provider from the State of New Jersey, Department of Human Services, Office on Licensing, for the provision of Outpatient Mental Health Counseling.
Jewish Family Service of MetroWest employs social service professionals in various capacities.
A High Quality Staff Dedicated to Excellence
JFS MetroWest's direct service staff hold advanced degrees with an average of over 20 years of experience. In addition, as a learning organization, we have a consistent commitment to continuing education in client services.
Job Satisfaction
JFS employees have an extremely high level of satisfaction with their work. The employee satisfaction survey completed in June 2016 shows that:
- 97% of all staff are proud to work for JFS.
- 88% agree that senior administration cares about their ideas.
- 97% see the link between their work and organizational objectives.
Current Openings
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, PART-TIME -Approximately 10-15 hours/week
The Development Assistant provides direct administrative services to the JFS Development Department. The Development Assistant is under direct supervision of the Assistant Director of Development.
Responsibilities include administrative support for development department, preparation of agency mailings including events, direct mail campaigns, fundraising, acknowledgements, thank you letters, and end of the year tax letters. Assisting in entry of donations and donor information into database, maintaining confidential Board of Trustee files, and creating reports. Developing tracking tools and reports to understand donor giving trends and opportunities. Prepare and post event listings for community calendars and newspapers/magazines.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Systems and web-based systems
Familiarity with donor base management system (ie: Donor Perfect)
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail ability to multi-task, and flexible
Able to work collaboratively and with high degree of confidentiality
Primary location Florham Park
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It is the policy of Jewish Family Service of MetroWest to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability that can be reasonably accommodated without undue hardship, or any other classification protected by law in all employment practices, including hiring, recruitment, promotion, demotion, training and compensation.
In compliance with the American Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable state or local law, JFS will make reasonable accommodations, where appropriate, to enable otherwise qualified, disabled individuals to become or remain employed.
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JFS provides consultation services in the community enabling residential facilities and schools to focus on their clients, residents, members and students, using the objectivity of a professional to provide quality services in that particular setting.
During FY 2016/17, JFS social workers are providing staff consultation and direct services at:
- Daughters of Israel
- Essex County Family Justice Center (providing clinical counseling, case management and legal services for victims of domestic violence)
- Jewish Community Housing Corporation (all HUD subsidized residences of the JCHC, with social work staffing from the JFS HouseCalls Program)
- JCC MetroWest (Senior Centers, JCC Memory Center, Early Childhood Department)
- JSDD (to support residents of Jewish Service for the Developmentally Disabled who are aging)
- Golda Och Academy (Lower School)
- Gottesman RTW Academy
- Area synagogues, congregational religious schools, pre-schools and sister agencies – through the JFS Synagogue Caring Coalition (Adath Shalom in Morris Plains, Agudath Israel in Caldwell, B'nai Jeshurun in Short Hills and Ner Tamid in Bloomfield as well as the Early Childhood Center at Temple Sharey Tefilo Israel in South Orange) and on demand.


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Back to School - Tips for Inviting Calm and Cooperation/
Here we are, at the start of another school year… I don't know about you, but I LOVE back to school time – to me this is the true New Year. It is a huge time of change for everyone, parents and kids both. We are busy buying school supplies and new clothes, anticipating new teachers and new schedules – all of this can begin to feel really overwhelming for our families…
Here are three things you can do to not only create calm and but also invite cooperation during this exciting and sometimes stressful time:
Create routines with your children. Kids who have a consistent routine to follow are more able to stay focused and contribute. Any time there is a transition in your day is a good time to work out a routine – getting ready for school, getting home from school, after dinner, before bed.
Make a list with your kids of the task that need to be accomplished (no more than 6-8 tasks), offer them the tools they need to create a visual reminder, and hang it where they think it will be most useful. The routine then becomes the boss, when kids are lagging in the morning, or falling apart at bedtime you can encourage them to check out "what else they have on their routine chart."
Give your kids the chance to feel capable. All of our school-aged kids are old enough to be packing their own lunch. They are old enough to get themselves dressed in the morning. They are old enough to help clean up the kitchen after dinner. What they need form you is some training and some skills.
Make a list of all the food that fits under each food group, using words or pictures for nonreaders, and let them choose what to pick. Post this on the fridge so they can refer to it throughout the year. Purchase clothes that are easy to put on and access. Let your kids know that you have faith they can pick out something that is appropriate for the weather. Have small tasks kids can do to help with the after dinner chores. Make a list of things that needs to get done together and then let your kids pick two or three things to do each night. We are all in this together, and including kids in this after dinner work lets them know they are valued members of the family.
Post a weekly or monthly schedule somewhere that everyone can see it. This is helpful for kids and grown ups. We are busy, and kids will feel a sense of security and calm when they know what is going on each day. Use a white board or a laminated piece of poster board and dry erase markers and post what is happening each week – or a chalkboard, or a regular calendar. Refer to this schedule when the kids ask what they can expect each day or week.
Including kids in routines and schedules and family work makes a huge difference in the overall behavior you see from them. Enjoy this, encourage your kids, and trust that you can create calm in your home…
Casey O'Roarty, M.Ed. is the mother of two kids at Salem Woods Elementary, a Positive Discipline Trainer, and owner of Joyful Courage, a business offering workshops and classes to encourage parents to help their children be their best selves. Her next seven-week class begins September 14 at the Monroe/Sky Valley YMCA – register now to reserve your spot!


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a small facelift
Man oh man, I've been busy, busy, busy! And as you can see, I gave the blog a little facelift. I know I've been a little neglectful, but it was because I was working behind the scenes trying to make hometohem a better place to (virtually) be. I am going ahead with starting my new artisanal webshop and I plan to have a soft launch sometime next month... I am really excited about this new venture. I'll give you a bit more info nearer to the date... make sure to subscribe if you want to be the first to know!
Anywho, I just wanted to check in as the blog was looking a little sad! p.s. this photo pretty much represents what my place currently looks like as I've been crafting like mad. So much love.
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Hi Supermoms,
'Hakka Noodles' is a very popular Indo- Chinese dish. It is extremely popular with my kids too. As Indo -Chinese dishes are more intuitively cooked by different chefs , there is no strict recipe that is followed to make these noodles. You can play around with your choice of vegetables and spices. Today, I am sharing a tasty and spicy 'Hakka Noodle ' recipe that can make your lunch or dinner special.
Hakka Noodles :
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time : 15 minutes
Serves : 2
1 cup = 250 ml cup
Ingredients :
150 gms noodles
3 tablespoon oil + 1 teaspoon for greasing the noodles
1 teaspoon vinegar
5-6 garlic pods ( finely chopped, divided)
4 dry red chillies ( cut into smaller pieces)
1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes (optional)
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 cups choice of thinly sliced vegetables ( I used capsicum, carrot, spring onion,onion)
1/2 teaspoon white pepper ( optional)
salt to taste
Garnish :
Spring onion greens ( chopped finely)
Note : You can use cabbage, but I have avoided to suit our family palate.
1. In a large pan/vessel , boil water with little salt .
2.Add noodles to boiling water and cook for just 2-3 minutes .
3. Drain them and immediately pour cold or regular water to stop their cooking.
4. Spread the noodles in a wide plate and drizzle a teaspoon of oil on the noodles and set it aside.
5. Heat a wide pan with 2 tablespoons of oil and switch off the gas.
6. Add chopped garlic ( half of the chopped portion), dry red chilli (bits) and chilli flakes.
7. Stir and switch on the gas again.
8. Add the noodles and soya sauce, mix well over medium flame.
9. Let the noodles fry for 2-3 minutes . Adjust salt. Switch off and transfer the noodles to a another container.
10. Now place the pan back on the stove and heat one tablespoon oil.
11. Add the remaining chopped garlic, onions and cook over low flame for a few seconds.
12. Add the cut vegetables and stir fry till the vegetables are cooked but still crunchy.
Tip: Add capsicum at the end as they hardly take time to cook and will also look fresh.
13. Add the vinegar, salt and white pepper and mix well.
14. Once the vegetables are cooked, add the fried noodles, cook them over high flame for few seconds and switch off.
15. Garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot.
I served the noodles along with Cottage Cheese in Hot Garlic Sauce . Delicious!
Chef Tips:
1. The vegetables can be shredded finely so that they cook faster.
2. Saute' vegetables in the order of their tenderness.
3. Adjust spices according to your taste preference.
4. You can add more soy sauce if you like the flavour.
5. You can adjust the quantity of oil used according to your diet restrictions.
You can also try my other Indo- Chinese recipes like the Burnt Garlic Rice, Honey Chilli Potatoes.
Happy Chinese New Year to all celebrating !
Happy Cooking!
With love,


text: Theatre Please note this event has already taken place and you are viewing an archived page of the Lakeside website.For a list of current events, exhibitions and workshops, please click on 'What's On' in the menu above MATTHEW WADSWORTH LUTE/THEORBO & CAROLYN SAMPSON SOPRANO THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE IN 2010 London was as diverse and multicultural in the early 1600s as it is today. This programme takes the listener on a rich and colourful journey that embraces not only English culture, but that of Italy and France, as well as a few surprises along the way. Matthew Wadsworth and Carolyn Sampson's eclectic programme draws on Robert Dowland's 'A Musicall Banquet' and 'A Varietie of Lute Lessons', both published in 1610, as well as venturing back a few years to the masterpieces of John Dowland and Robert Johnson. The programme also includes works by Ferrabosco, Monteverdi, Kapsberger and Caccini. 'Matthew Wadsworth really is a quite extraordinary musician, graceful, civilised and intelligent. He has an enormous ability to draw an audience into his own world' Early Music Review 'Carolyn Sampson is radiant, voluptuous and utterly captivating.' International Record Review 6.45pm Pre-concert talk by Matthew Wadsworth The concert finishes at approximately 9.10pm


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Three week since it last rained here in Arizona, hope I don't end up jinxing the weather. Arizona is beginning to enter the Spring season with a pretty good average temperature of 20 degrees in the afternoon. It is still freezing cold 8-9 degrees in the morning with the wind and the absence of the sun. I love the weather right now, just the right amount of cold-ness and the sun balances the temperature off in the afternoon.
31 days in America, this is by far the longest I have ever been away from home and it's also my furthest journey so far. Hopefully, this entry does get completed on time so it wouldn't sound so wrong to say Day 31. I'm still working on following a tight weekly update schedule here, I could have written an entry last week but I was feeling somewhat lazy last week.
Was at the color run last weekend, that's why I was busy
Can't quite remember where I left off last time so I'll just talk about the food here in America. For one thing, nobody (who I have asked) knows what is the native food of Arizona. This state is like the typical american type place where everyone loves hamburgers and they do have a soft spot for Panda Express which does taste like chinese food but with a little bit more salt and pepper here and there.
So, until I find some native Arizona-ens, I'll just take it that the native food here in Arizona is the typical American hamburger and maybe also a Mexican food since Mexico is just nearby. The reason why nobody knows what is the native food here in Arizona is that most of the Arizona residents have migrated to another state because the weather here is just too damn hot for them and most of the people living in Arizona is people from West and Central North America where the winters are freezing cold (*cough" New York snowstorm)
My mouth is now watering after looking through all the food photos I have taken over the past few weeks. Now it's time to get some dinner! Till the next time.


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Some people just will not get the point. Take the Taliban, for instance – they are so confused.
Taliban leaders in Pakistan are blocking a polio vaccination campaign that was to target 161,000 children in North Waziristan.
The Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur is demanding that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) halt drone strikes, which have heavily targeted the mountainous region, according to a story in the New York Times. The move could prove a setback for the global initiative to eradicate polio…
Oh, no no no no, that's all wrong. You're supposed to impose suffering on yourself, not on 161,000 children! It's so basic. You go on hunger strike, you don't block polio vaccinations.
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This is a debate that has been ongoing for years, but seemed to be in the news more often after the "Mortgage Meltdown" of 2008. Jonathan Smoke an Economist for Realtor.com put together a great piece in Feb of this year. I've linked to the article at the bottom, and here are some highlights.
>There's about $13.1 trillion stashed away in the United States, in plain sight. Where? In our homes! And that works out to almost $175,000 per owning household.
>Owning a home is a key reason why the median net worth of a homeowner is almost $200,000 while the median net worth of a renting household is just over $5,000.
>A mortgage payment unlike a rent check, a percentage of every monthly mortgage payment—after the lender is paid interest—goes toward the owner's home equity. That means it's really a forced savings plan.
>Here's how that works out for a median-price home of $250,000 bought in January with 20% down with a monthly payment of $976.Before their first payment, the proud new homeowners had $50,000 in equity thanks to their down payment. (Actually, 20% down isn't always typical or necessary, but, hey, it keeps this illustration simple.) In the first year, an average of 29% of the monthly payments builds equity. After 12 payments, the homeowners have just over $3,400 in added equity. By year 14, 50% of the monthly $976 payment goes toward equity. Don't forget that the monthly payment hasn't changed, because the interest rate was fixed. At the end of the 14th year, just shy of $64,000 has been added to the initial $50,000 in equity. In the final year of the 30-year mortgage, while the monthly payment remains $976, 98% of the monthly payments builds equity until that magic day when the home is owned free and clear.
>So, you want a better rent versus buy illustration? First, find a place to rent for no more than $976—the same as our mortgage payment example above. If you can rent for less, great. Will you be able to save that difference amounting to at least $3,400 in the first year? That would imply you can really pay only about $700 in rent to get the same savings effect. If you can't save $3,400 yourself by paying less in rent, ask the landlord if he'll take a portion of your rent payments and set it aside for your rainy day fund. Then ask the landlord if he'll set your rent payment at today's rate for the next 30 years. And before you close the deal, ask him to raise the rainy day share each year by 1% to 2% until year 30, when he'll get only 2% of the rent payment.
Some interesting points made by Jonathan, and hard to find fault with his findings!!


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I am Weak and that is Okay
Yesterday, Sunday 16th of September, was the City to Bay Fun Run here in Adelaide and I participated in the 12km walk.
I wasn't feeling particularly ready or confident about it. The weekend before I did a practice walk with my Dad and that resulted in a nasty blister on the sole of my left foot.
On the plus side though, I was FINALLY going into a walk with both my knees fantastically fine and fit.
But my feet – my feet were shockingly awful.
And frankly, I hated every step of the 12km. Half way through and I was crying silently to myself, forcing myself to go faster, just to make it stop.
The result? I actually almost finished the 12km in 2 hours, I was just three minutes short. Considering I thought I was going to be 2 hours and half an hour, that was pretty good! I sliced off a bit of time on my year before!
But, ah…ahhhh…
My feet? Oh…boy…
So, you know that blister, yeah…about that…it got worse.
And I added to it, it's got a friend, a HUGE friend, the biggest blood blister I have EVER seen in my ENTIRE LIFE.
I am used to the feeling of walking on knives, that's pretty normal for me, but this was hot knives. Very painful.
And let's add a migraine to that, just to top off the day. So I got home, could barely walk, and was vomiting into a bucket.
I just cried and cried under my cold pack. (I don't know what hurt more, missing a family movie night that I had been really looking forward to, or the migraine/blisters… ^^;)
Why do I do this to myself?
Why do I push myself so hard to a point of damaging myself? I really don't know. I wish I got enjoyment out of exercise, but I don't, it is far to painful – I get enjoyment out of the feeling of achievement after it I suppose. The feeling that despite everything my body throws at me, I can push myself beyond the agony, beyond the pain, and do something, is a powerful one.
There is a Twitter thread going on right now about how women and girls aren't weak, and how everyone is tired of that stereotype. Well, to be honest, I feel very weak. Yesterday as I was talking along, silently crying to myself, I felt so weak, so defeated, and so, so alone. It is exhausting forcing myself to not show my pain, to sit in small group with a smile on my face, to not wince when someone claps me on the shoulder.
One of my characters in my series talks about pain being the long and lonely walk that gradually decays hope. To be honest, I still haven't figure out his arc yet, perhaps, because I still haven't figured out my own arc.
All I know is that in my weakness, I am not weak, I am in fact made stronger through that weakness. I force myself forward through some unseen, crazy force that propels me to just keep marching forward no matter what.
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I died for beauty; Because I could not stop for death
Walt Whitman - Referred to as "The father of free verse", his work certainly challenged the status quo of his day. He first published his Leaves of Grass with his own money (self-publishing pioneer?) and continued to update it his whole life. Try these out:
Selections of Song of Myself
ee cummings - With his odd meter and unconventional use of lowercase, Cummings was a prominent voice of 20th Century poetry.
I will be; In the rain


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At least once a week my husband or I (and usually both), look around our home and groan. We then get frustrated and make a feeble attempt to tidy up. We want a tidy home. We feel good when things are put away and the house is sparkly. But, at this phase of my life, I've accepted that it is simply not going to happen.
First, we homeschool. We are in the home more hours a day than the average bears. You'd think that'd mean we'd have more time to stay on top of the housework. You'd think wrong! Having at least 3 of us home for most hours of a day means that the house is getting used. Toys and books are taken out. Snacks and meals are being prepped, eaten, and (usually) cleaned up. School projects and science experiments and legos and paint supplies and a bazillion and one other things are being explored throughout the day. It'd be impossible to keep it all neat and tidy. And I used to feel a panicky pressure to keep up, but I've let that go. It only interfered with my own sanity, with the relationships with my family, and with my boys' education.
Second, we have intense children. The children who are home are filled with insatiable curiosity, unending energy, constant creativity. All of these things are great. Except when they're not. And they all require an extra amount of parenting attention from me. Which leaves the living room floor unattended.
Third, we have our middle child. And while she adds many fantastic things to our home, she is also a virtual black hole sucking family time and energy into her melting down abyss. It just disappears never to be seen again. Her needs are higher and I simply cannot consider cleaning the bathrooms while I'm either preventing or coping with a meltdown.
Keeping a home tidy and clean is difficult and time consuming under the best of circumstances. Keeping a home tidy and clean with 3 fringy kids is near impossible. If you're reading this post, you most likely have those higher needs kiddos, too. And I give you permission to let it go. If you dig cleaning – go for it, by all means. And feel free to stop by my house and do it some more. But, for me, I'm choosing to let it go.
I'm fine that it's lived in.
I'm fine that my kids get excited every time we vacuum because that must mean grandma's coming over.
I'm fine paying our oldest to clean the bathrooms once a week and chocking that up to life skills study.
I'm fine with remembering that my soul has a limited amount of energy and I'm fine with choosing to exert that energy into building positive relationships and wearing shoes all the time to avoid the pain from the legos on the floor.
I'm fine with my messy house and I'm fine knowing that in 20 years, it will be clean, but just a little less lived in.


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More and more frequently fast fashion retailers are popping up on the web with the same catalogue of items to choose from. Don't get me wrong, the prices are great, but you can grow uninspired constantly viewing the same items, styled in a similar regard. Personally, when I think of fashion, I think of the obscure, the unique. Fashion allows us to separate ourselves from the masses, explore our creativity, and convey our personality without ever speaking a word.
It had been some time since I found an article of clothing that evoked a true sense of emotion and belonging, but the arrival of my Me by Meroz Black Frilled Irregular Jacket ($122) has certainly lit a fire within me to search harder. I found this incredible satin jacket while perusing an online site that is entirely new to me called Dezzal. It turns out that Dezzal is a hub for under-the-radar designers to showcase and sell their work to the masses. The site features Flash Sales, similar to that of Hautelook, alongside the standard e-commerce we've come to expect.
Me by Meroz is arguably my favourite designer found on the site, thanks to her unique play on textile and texture. You would think that the combination of satin and frills would read girly, but the oversized fit of her clothing and unexpected placement of texture keeps the collection edgy and alternative, with a slight hint of romance. The Me by Meroz Black Frilled Irregular Jacket has already become a staple in my wardrobe, and I cannot wait to watch as the raw hem of the frills continues to unravel and promote an even edgier feel to the garment.
Shown Wearing / Jacket, Me by Meroz x Dezzal; Body Suit, Aritzia; Ripped Denim, Garage; Boots, Melia x Hudsons Bay; Rings, Pandora & vintage, Necklace, Custom by Red Barberry Jewelry.
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Falling Into Feminism with photographer + videographer, Erin Rivera
Erin Rivera started her career in digital marketing, and from there she created the yellow brick road of her creative journey. As co-founder of visual story-telling agency Hunter & Fox, she has been able to work with such brands as: Nasty Gal, Stoli Vodka, and Darling Magazine. Her daily life revolves around producing creative content, video editing, illustrating, and spoiling her English Bulldog Ozzy. As Hunter & Fox grows, Erin is looking forward to working with more brands and creatives to keep telling innovative stories with her partner/boyfriend Frankie Pimentel.
Brown Girls Rising is a partnership with Nylon Espanol to elevate the conversation of feminist action, leadership, community involvement, and culture.
"I'm going to speak up through my art and tell people that I am a feminist." - Erin Rivera
In this episode, we sat down with photographer + videographer, Erin Rivera, to talk about creating the Unidos image and her first art show Miss Representation. Erin also talks about the feeling of doubt and finding her worth during these times.
I'll second guess and I don't think people will understand it or I think, "Maybe it's not good enough.." I have problems when it comes to setting a price on my work because, I do this out of passion and love and I don't know how much its worth."
Erin went on to speak up about how her parents inadvertently led her to be the strong feminist she is today and how she came to that realization.
I think I was doing feminist things without even realizing it. Little things that my parents let me do, and they let me just go with my ideas. They helped mold me. Now that I'm older, I'm starting to notice more inequalities between men and women.
Audrey and Yvette talk about the importance of the Unidos print to them and Yvette discusses what it was like to be part of Erin's artwork in her Miss Representation piece.
"Little things that my parents let me do and how they let me just go with my ideas - they helped mold me. " - Erin Rivera
This episode, Brown Girls Rising Episode 04, can be found at BrownGirlsRising.com or on iTunes.
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The Australian Government has announced the opening of its competitive grants program, the Australia Awards Fellowships. The application period is from 1 August to 10 September 2014 for Fellowships commencing in 2015.
Australia Awards Fellowships provides organisations across Australia the opportunity to expand and further their relationships with scholars and leaders in developing countries, including the Philippines.
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Bill Tweddell said, "Australia Awards continue a long tradition of international education and institutional partnerships that have been important elements of the Australian Government's overseas aid program since the 1950s. Australia Awards contribute to the achievement of development objectives across a range of sectors and are a feature of nearly all of Australia's bilateral aid programs globally."
Under the Fellowships program, Australian organisations can host short-term study and professional development for current leaders and mid-career professionals from eligible developing countries, including the Philippines. Australian organisations can propose for their Philippines counterpart organisations to undertake a combination of short term study, training, professional development, networking and work experience. These will be delivered by the Australian host organisation in Australia. Fellowships can be between 10 calendar days and 12 months duration.
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You would never guess a bit of coconut milk, vegan butter, vegan cheese, and garlic would transform cauliflower into something so creamy and delicious you would consider replacing mashed potatoes with it, but it does. Not only does this simple recipe have just five ingredients, it also takes about 10 minutes to make.
As you can see from this and this recipe for zucchini noodles, I'm a fan of veggies masquerading as carbs and that's another reason I love this dish. It's not that I think eating carbs is bad, or even follow a low carb diet, it's just that it's so easy to fall into the carb trap when you follow a plant-based diet and I love finding ways to avoid that. Since there are less food groups to work with, carbs often seem like the answer for adding satisfying volume to meals, making it easy to go overboard with them. However, with all their vitamins and minerals, making vegetables the star of meals is what actually makes you feel good.
With this Cauliflower Purée, you get the both of best worlds because it tastes like a decadent bowl of creamy mashed potatoes, but contains all the benefits of a veggie superfood. Just one serving of cauliflower provides 77% of your daily recommended Vitamin C. The cruciferous vegetable also contains sulforaphane, which has been shown to kill cancer stem cells and also supports blood pressure and kidney health.
Although cauliflower lacks a dark leafy green color, it's still a nutritional powerhouse and yet tastes incredibly indulgent in this recipe. Delicious + healthy = the best combination.
- 24 oz cauliflower florets (or two bags of cauliflower from Trader Joe's)
- 1/2 cup low fat coconut milk
- 1/4 cup Daiya vegan mozzarella cheese (found at Whole Foods)
- 1 tablespoon Earth Balance
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- Steam cauliflower (if you buy the florets from TJ's they can steam in the microwave in the bag).
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Back in October I shared the experience of putting out positive thoughts and vibrations to the Universe and in return receiving the opportunity to leave a job where I was terribly unhappy, as well as being 50 minutes away by bus, in exchange for one that was across the street from where I lived. I said at the time that when we "go with the flow" instead of fighting against our experiences, things can come to us that we might never expect. In my case this was especially true. The update is even more amazing than the original experience although not without some drama.
Less than three months into the new job it was apparent that the job described to me during the interview and the job in reality were two different things. I am not pointing blame at anyone. It may well have been the case that they were so desperate to find a replacement for my niece, and I was so desperate to leave the other job, that we each heard what we wanted to hear and not what was actually being said. While most of the job description was accurate, one duty was sort of glossed over and that involved acting like a collection agency for counseling services. There are many things that I am good at and feel comfortable doing ... hounding people for money is not one of them, especially if those people are in emotional or spiritual pain which is why they needed the services in the first place. In any case, at the same time that I realized I was having to force myself to go to work, my niece unexpectedly became pregnant and could not work the grueling hours demanded by her new job. Here was an opportunity to correct a mistake and make everyone happy. So I agreed to be let go in exchange for them hiring my niece back (who has no problem collecting money from people) and decided to take a few months off to just breathe for the first time in seven years. I figured that by the end of the summer I would sign up with a temp agency and continue to work part time.
There is a saying that goes, "when people make plans, God laughs," or something to that effect. If you go back to my posts from late June you will remember that I took a tumble outside in the middle of June and fractured my left hip and shoulder, requiring surgery to put two pins in my hip. There would be no going back to work. At first I was upset and let myself get carried away by the injustice of it all. Slowly, after much prayer and sitting in silent meditation to try to hear the lesson in all of this, I came away with this: what would you be willing to let go of in order to have what you've always wanted? I recognized that I would be willing to let go of a great deal in order to be able to retire, at least for now, and focus on writing, gardening and living an authentic life once again. So that is the decision I made. It may not be forever. It may only be for a while. But for now, despite the pain of my injuries as I continue to mend, I feel alive for the first time in 15 years.
I recognize that this will not be an easy road. There will not be much disposable income. But I have come to recognize how little I need to be happy. For the past few weeks I have been spending several hours a day going through old papers, books, music, movies, etc. Some were sold off, some donated to the local library for their book sales. The clothes, when I get to them, will go where they will do someone some good. The "good" china that has not come out for more years than I can remember is going on Craigslist. I may even entertain the notion of finally fulfilling my dream of moving back home again to that little town where life is simple and people say hello to you on the street. For now it is enough that I have uncharted territory ahead of me and it feels good to be on an adventure again after all this time. Where is your uncharted territory?
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A controversial screenshot posted on social media shows gospel Dj and motivational speaker, Dj Moh calling his best friend a dog
NTV Crossover 101 host and a renown gospel DJ, Dj Mo called his friend, Xtian Dela, a dog on a whatsapp conversation that the twitter influencer later posted on social media.
Their conversation was posted on social media by the influencer who was posting the list of his friends that he had successfully pranked.
The genesis of the insult stemmed from a prank that Dela had played on the DJ. When the latter realised that he had been pranked, in swahili, he called the influencer, Mbwa wewe. A swahili equivalent of ' you are a dog'
I don't know where that stands in matters morality especially with this facade that the DJ and the influencer has created around themselves; that they are Christians and therefore infallible.
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Omega comics.. I enjoy reading this..i love super hero. I hope there's a movie.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJuly 10, 2017 at 1:51 AM
So Joan Lee died this weekend and we get no mention of that. But an issue of Omega takes precedence. I find that offensive.ReplyDeleteReplies
I don't know much about Joan, and there's a lot of places covering her demise. I am sorry for Stan and his family, but really couldn't come up with a valid post. I can understand your being disappointed. But "offended"? Sorry, brother.Delete
Let's see. Another poorly drawn installment of a title that only lasted 10 issues vs paying tribute to someone who inspired the entire Marvel Age of Comics (remember her advice to Stan before FF # 1 to write the kind of comic he really wanted to write before quitting the industry?). I can well understand your decision making process.Delete
I too am puzzled by your offense at today's post. I appreciate all of the time and effort that is put into this blog. If you want to wax rhapsodic about Mrs. Lee's contributions to comics on your blog, knock yourself out. But frankly i think you've crossed the line here.Delete
- Dancin' HomerJuly 13, 2017 at 6:42 AM
keythd23 - I suggest you organize a boycott of this website. I'm sure there must be at least 2 (of fewer) others out there who share your outrage.Delete
Or, you can create your own fascinating blog, and devote an entire day's entry to the one sentence "She told Stan to write what he wanted".
Boy, how often did the cover of a comic advertise the writer?ReplyDelete
If I hadn't read this blog late I would not have known she died since none of the 7 other comic blogs I peruse mentioned her passing... Groove - I love your blog!ReplyDelete
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Our friends at OnSIP this morning sent an email invitation to attend a free webinar that they are giving about the new Polycom UCS firmware. The session is Thursday, June 21st at 1pm EDT.
The latest Polycom UCS software has a lot of new features that can improve your productivity. If you make use of the OnSIP provisioning server then you can easily upgrade your phones. The UCS firmware also includes many of the Polycom Productivity Suite features that were optionally licensed into the older v3.x firmware, but at no extra cost.
This latest release is also the shipping firmware on the outstanding new VVX-500. I've had a VVX-500 on my desk for about nine months, having participated in the beta program last fall. It's my regular daily ride. I've been meaning to describe it in detail, and will yet do just that. Real soon now.
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Q&A with Chris Bradshaw, executive director of dreaming out loud
1. Have you experienced any challenges with trying to bring healthy eating habits into the lives of communities and families that aren't necessarily used to doing so?
It is a challenge to get people used to the idea of healthier eating. It helps that awareness of the issue has grown substantially in recent years, especially with Michelle Obama, the White House garden and the Let's Move! campaign. People are more willing to try new things and get involved. It's great to see the interest grow. We now have two markets and a garden space. I can feel the growth in the city and people becoming more aware… it feels like we are bridging the gap between desire and lack of opportunity.
2. Tell me more about the idea to use Adinkra symbols.
The Adinkra symbols are our organization's core values. They're a way to take stock of the foundational elements of our broader teaching philosophy. How do you instill a value-based approach to your work? It also involves instilling performance values for how you conduct yourself. They are the compass for our work.
3. Can you tell me about a specific time or instance in which you felt your mission was a success?
The instance when I felt our mission was being exemplified most was at our farmer's market. Just hearing people come up and say how thankful they are for the market and the availability of produce and how much it helps them. I remember once last year a woman came up to me and said, "I'm so glad you this is here, this is helping me deal with my HIV and sickle cell." That was a really touching moment for me. To have both of those diseases and to not have access to ways to maintain your diet — I couldn't believe it.
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It's taught me the idea that everybody's opinion and value is unique and that you have to take the time to understand someone's value and uniqueness. What someone brings to your life and to your world is not always obvious. (Next)
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The Bolivian Tree Lizard is a parasitic ovoraptor that lays its eggs in other birds nests, then eats the original eggs. The mother bird will continue to nurse the eggs thinking they are hers. After the eggs hatch, the young Lizards eat the mother bird too.[1] where Bart hatched a pair (whom he originally thought were the babies of a mother bird he accidentally shot) which he named Chirpy Boy and Bart Junior. When he brought them to the attention of the community a group of people (including his principal, Principal Skinner) decided that the lizards needed to be killed to protect the native wildlife. However, with the help of his mother Bart manages to flee with the lizards onto the roof; where both of them escape by gliding to the ground and running away. Bolivian Tree Lizards once took care of Springfield's bird problem, they then became extinct in Springfield because snakes were introduced into the wildlife.
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There is no such thing as the Bolivian Tree Lizard. This fictional species is a mix-match of real reptiles, combining the looks of a tree iguana, gliding membranes like those of South-East Asian dracos, the egg and bird-eating habits of snakes and how the dinosaur Oviraptor philoceratops was thought to have stolen other dinosaur eggs. The conduct of replacing birds' eggs with their own is probably inspired by the Cuckoo, one of the birds that Skinner - erroneusly - claims to have been exterminated by them.
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A new CNN-ORC International poll released this morning finds the advantage that the Democratic Party gained in the aftermath of the government shutdown has reversed entirely.
In October, Democrats had a 50%-42% lead among registered voters in the generic congressional ballot. Today, Republicans have a 49%-44% advantage — a 13-point swing in two months.
This comes after a rough couple of months for Democrats with Obamacare — the catastrophic launch of the website and President Barack Obama's "if you like your plan, you can keep it" lie. Many Democrats repeated that line from the president as well and are now also dealing with the consequences of it. President Obama's approval rating is also at historic lows.
One important factor in midterm elections is the ability of each party to get their members to vote. Historically, Republicans have had an advantage here. The CNN-ORC poll finds the trend is the same this time, with 36% of Republicans saying they are enthusiastic about voting compared to 22% of Democrats.
Finally, Obama seems to be holding back Democratic candidates as well. Fifty-five percent say they are more likely to vote for a candidate that opposes the president's policies.