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this is what the hockey gods get for putting a cup in central florida.
Yeah it really sucks living in football/nascar country when I'm a sad hockey fan.
However, all the pro atheletes suck. I mean when Sprewell can bite his coach and keep a job, other players beat up fans and keep their job, and getting a baseball card signed costs big money.....
i am so glad to have found this site .
i was not raised a jehovah's witness.
i studied as a teenager with my boyfriend's sister.
I agree with Jez in that it is important to discuss with your child what she is learning and to give her the ammo to dispute it now before she falls for the "doom and gloom" scenarios. She needs to understand that she alone has the power to choose her beliefs at adulthood and that she won't be damned for it. California has some pretty amazing family law so if she's suffering mental abuse from the JW side, you may be able to limit or restrict visitation to supervised only. Corvin (look up his profile..haven't seen him online in awhile) has some specific experience in California dealing with a hostile Witness ex and if you pm him, he may offer some useful information. Threatening her soul is mental abuse.
In California at 14 she is old enough to tell a court mediator she doesn't want to spend so much time with a parent and have her desires given serious consideration. I'm not suggesting you limit visitation unless it is HER desire and/or you feel she is suffering signifcant harm. The more you talk with her, the easier it will be for you to make a determination. Telling her you trust her to think for herself will help empower her. It sounds like you are doing that. Build her confidence and help her have the strength to hold firm to her own convictions even if, in the end, they differ from both yours and her dad's.
(sorry if this is in the wrong category...didn't know where to post it).
i'm a stay-at-home mom who needs to make some money and i was just wondering if any of you know of any legitimate, ethical work-from-home opportunities.. anybody?
sure would appreciate hearing your experiences and thoughts on this matter, good and bad.... --merry
It depends on what you consider would be acceptable to you. The most obvious option would be to run a daycare center. Of course that option would drive me bananas. Tupperware and Avon are two other legitimate options. It isn't as easy to make money with these programs as it used to be, and both compete with their own dealers now on the Internet. However if you have a lot of drive and will put in the effort, they can pan out, as can other types of home sales. Most who try these programs don't work very hard at it though and don't make much. 20 years ago I sold Tupperware and could make $4-500 a week doing parties only twice a week. I think it helped that I lived in an affluent area where party averages were higher than normal.
I have worked from home for nearly six years. When the economy was booming all the new Internet business provided huge opportunities and most still have a large, remote workforce. AOL is one of these workhorses, however I don't see the remote opportunites listed on the public Time Warner website. If you want one of those, you usually have to be a volunteer first for six months. Volunteers have access to hidden job boards where AOL and content partners list their opportunities. You have to be with AOL for at least six months as a member before you can become a volunteer.
I found my first telecommuting job that way. I started out as a volunteer in personal finance and ended up as publisher for one of their content partners and later publisher for the larger company that bought them.
When that job ended I kind of fell into an opportunity that resulted in forming my own company. I do PR, writing, media placement, editing and other freelance writing. I also fix computers when those opportunities come up. Now I'm in the process of starting another business. I like reinventing myself every few years.
There are companies that still like telecommuters though a lot of employers still don't believe people will work harder if they can stay home. I managed 75 people that were all remote and they were great workers. Working from home meant they almost never lost time when ill or if they had a sick kid. They also almost always put forth the extra effort when in a crunch because they could do so and not compromise their family life.
Adobe still has a large remote force and they may advertise those jobs on their website. You can also go to Monster and look for telecomuting jobs, but its a bear there because you have to fish through all the ads you know are scams.
Call center work is also available from home and there are legitimate agencies that place these workers WITHOUT a fee to you. I found one a while back, unfortunately I don't remember their name. Googling and patience may uncover one.
I knew a gal who was a concierge for a hotel in San Francisco. She'd been there for years but had two babies in 14 months and wanted to stay home. They loved her so much they set up a satellite dish on her roof and a T1 line so she could do it from home!
My neighbor across the street does insurance compliance.
It seems the best opportunities are often created out of thin air. Take an inventory of what skills and interests you have so you can figure out what might work for you. Perhaps you have an old employer who has things you can do from home or you can consult.
Jobs at home really only exist for those who have a skill that can be applied that way since an employer can't really train someone remotely.
Good luck.
i am pretty sure there are many different (excuse my layman) "denominations" of judaism, but what typically is the hope of a jewish person?
do they believe they are going to heaven?
do they believe in a paradise earth?
Wrong. Judiasm isn't a race, in fact there are Jews of all the major races and have been for thousands of years. There are still groups of Jews in rural China, black Jews, hispanic Jews and of course, European Jews.
A race is defined as having specific physical characteristics. Jews do not have any common traits, though some with ancestry from a specific geographical region may.
The race thing is an old lie that we are rather touchy about. (as to stereotypes - my family is mostly blue-eyed blondes and red heads and big ugly noses are rare as is very curly hair)
An attitude??? Where does that come from? As there are millions of us, it would be tough to pinpoint a common attitude, what's more you cannot just call yourself a Jew and be recognized or accepted by the Jewish community. You must be either born into it, or properly converted. This is one area they do not make exceptions to.
That's the facts...
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here are a few pictures of my cats, the one i have now (top picture) and the one i had before.
they look alike.
Oops! I forgot to upload one of Chloe the Cat.
The dogs are Oscar and Maya Weiner (play on words intentional) and their daughter, Floppy Weiner (long story but one of the kids named her at birth and we didn't expect to keep her so we didn't sweat the name then.....).
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i heard a very sad news item this morning on the way to work.. in upstate new york, a rabbi has been ordered to stop performing bris, using his mouth to suction the blood after 3 boys tested postive for herpes after receiving a bris from the same rabbi.. 2 of the boys a very sick and one has died.
apparently herpes can be deadly on the new ammune system of babies.. does anyone know anthing about this religious ritual - why would a rabbi use his mouth to suction blood from the baby?
Keep in mind, for those quick to leap in judgement, that Judaism is not just a religion but a culture too. We have a culture that greatly values tradition, ceremony and ritual. This is why someone can proudly identify themselves as Jewish and live a Jewish life (and there's enormous lattitude on what constitutes a Jewish life) even if their faith is weak.
While many traditions have been modernized for the masses, (an example would be allowing women to be Rabbis), there are fundamentalist groups who stick to the same traditions that have been passed down through their families for centuries.
I for one, am still proud to be Jewish and to pass my rich heritage down to my children even though I have made a conscious choice to no longer be a religiously observant person.
To put it in a frame that should be easy to understand as a Witness or Ex-Witness - I didn't have to leave my religion to live my life as I want and believe as I choose.
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i heard a very sad news item this morning on the way to work.. in upstate new york, a rabbi has been ordered to stop performing bris, using his mouth to suction the blood after 3 boys tested postive for herpes after receiving a bris from the same rabbi.. 2 of the boys a very sick and one has died.
apparently herpes can be deadly on the new ammune system of babies.. does anyone know anthing about this religious ritual - why would a rabbi use his mouth to suction blood from the baby?
If I remember correctly, our mohel swabbed some antibiotic and put ointment on it before wrapping it in gauze. No sucking. Like I said, if that had happened, he'd have gotten slugged because no one in our audience would have known about that and would have likely jumped to the same conclusion - that it was inappropriate.
As I see it, this sect is still living a lifestyle that is very much like that of their ancestors in Europe hundreds of years ago. Remember, their ancestors were in ghettos in Europe and lived by the rules of their own, very cloistered community. It is still very cloistered, much like the Amish in Pennsylvania.
Also remember there were no antibiotics until the last century. They also used to bleed people and use leeches as a cure, both absolutely abhorent in the modern world. Some of the ancient "cures" actually did more harm than good, others had their value, the leeches being one example, herbs are another.
It would seem that if this is an old world tradition still practiced, it likely has some value, though clearly it also has substantial risk given any viral or bacterial infection is known to be spread via bodily fluids. Even within a cloistered community, it would seem to me that he had to know he had an active infection, I mean, do you think he'd have done the same if he had the flu? Of course it is possible he had no idea the cold sores constituted a risk. I think this was unfortunately an act of ignorance, not condoned sexual misconduct.
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i heard a very sad news item this morning on the way to work.. in upstate new york, a rabbi has been ordered to stop performing bris, using his mouth to suction the blood after 3 boys tested postive for herpes after receiving a bris from the same rabbi.. 2 of the boys a very sick and one has died.
apparently herpes can be deadly on the new ammune system of babies.. does anyone know anthing about this religious ritual - why would a rabbi use his mouth to suction blood from the baby?
I am Jewish and my son had a Bris, which is the ceremonial circumcision, as did my nephew, whose Bris I attended. They had two different mohels (the guy that does the circumcision). Neither sucked the baby's penis. If that had happened, one of us would have decked him. Adult mouth on a baby's penis....that IS sick.
I have not in any of my studies ever come across such a thing. It is possible that one of the weirder, extremist, fundamental sects have such a custom. (Yes, even the Jews have their extremists) However, we must keep in mind that different cultures have different customs and if indeed this is a custom, it would not have any sexual context to it. Remember, that in many cultures, children share a room and even a bed with parents well into adolescence without any sexual conotation, however such a custom is is considered weird at best, and possibly dangerous here.
I once read that we tend to marry someone like the strongest parent in the household. That held true for my brother and myself. My ex-husband is an alcoholic and abuser and my brother's wife is emotionally and verbally abusive (not sure there's any physical violence). Unfortunately the one trait he took from my dad is to put up with it because he committed to marriage for life. Our mother is the abuser.
What I've seen in our kids - I made a conscience choice to be different from my mother and was very active in parent education so I learned better ways to teach discipline than humiliation and violence. Of the two daughters I have from the marriage, one is timid and meak opting for passive aggressive moves to avoid her father's wrath and cowering. The other one is a foul mouthpiece (I guess part of that is being nearly 18) who bullies her younger siblings, though I have seen her occasionally hit a sib, I haven't seen anything that seems to be other than typical sibling stuff. The daughter who is abusive herself (though far less than her dad) has gotten noticibly worse since moving in with him a year and a half ago (not my idea but another long story).
I have the younger one working with a therapist to build her self esteem and develop constructive coping mechanisms. The older one I will be talking with soon, about how her current mannerisms are beginning to look like his. That might actually sink in because she hates her father so being like him is the last thing she wants. Perhaps that talk, combined with some therapy for her AND outgrowing the bitchy teens will help her.
My nephew is young, only 10 and a weak, wimpy little boy who can't go upstairs in his grandma's house alone to play computer. He isn't brave enough to go in his own backyard alone, let alone up the street a few houses by himself to play with a neighbor boy. I've never seen any evidence he is physically abused, nor have I witnessed any verbal abuse, and he doesn't seem to be afraid of either parent. I think he is overprotected from life and being raised to not stand on his own two feet, but that doesn't technically constitute abuse. I also think my sister-in-laws abuse of my brother is mostly the psychological kind - do what I want or you'll pay. My brother never discusses it at all but you can see that something is happening in the way he responds to things, and how he puts up with the embarrassing behavior she often displays in front of family.
The good thing is that my son has a different dad, a great and loving dad, and my current partner has a beautiful daughter and he is a gentle and loving partner and father, so my girls are seeing that there is a much better way. They say children learn by example, I guess all I can hope is that they learn from the BETTER example.
i am pretty sure there are many different (excuse my layman) "denominations" of judaism, but what typically is the hope of a jewish person?
do they believe they are going to heaven?
do they believe in a paradise earth?
30 years ago I probably could have answered most of these off the top of my head.
Your first question has been answered.
*The study of the teachings of the great prophets.. are you talking about people such as Daniel, Isaiah, etc...?
I honestly don't remember but I don't think so. Jewish.com may answer.
Is God being called Yahweh, or just God?
There are a numbers of words used in Hebrew, in addition to "Lord" " the Almighty," and "G-d" which are used in English. The most common used is "Adonai" which, while all other Hebrew words are pronouced with consistent phonetic rules, Adonai is the allowed pronunciation for a Hebrew word that is YAY (the a vowel has an aw sound) but that is NEVER pronounced or even sounded out in your head as you read. It's strictly sight read. But it is pretty darn close to Yaweh. Jews don't use Yaweh. Then it gets a bit tricker. You are only supposed to say "Adonai" in prayer, if you are just practicing, then it is "adoshem." Other words include "Hashem." I don't remember the others as I am no longer active or observant. Moshe will likely know. But the others are far less used.
*Do the Jews still expect the Messiah to be born?
Yes.
If they don't go to 'heaven', then what happens after death?
I don't think anyone worries about it. I'm not sure what the fundamental belief is on this, but growing up in this culture, it is hard not to be "Christianized" and believe in Heaven, and that as long as I've repented for my sins, I'm in.
Personally, I have no idea if there is a heaven, and my mother's house was hell, so I figure I'm better off working to make my life, and the lives of those I touch, as good as possible. I also have a personal belief that IF there really is a judgement day (at the pearly gates) that we will be judged by our DEEDs - how well we treated people, how honest we tried to be, how well we fulfilled our jobs as parents, and how generous we were to people in need. No where in my beliefs is the concept that one must belong to ANY religion or church. They are man-made, not devine.
I do suppose that except for the no religion thing, much of what I believe we will be judged by is backed by Talmudic and Biblical scripture as I was taught.
