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Hi!  I’m glad you stopped by!  My name is Jenny Williams and I am mom to 2 awesome boys that I’m crazy about.  I am also a knitwear designer.  The drawing is one I did of my youngest son during a nap roughly 10 years ago (heavy sigh).  He had Carter pj’s that said “If they only stayed little a little longer”.  So true, so true. Now, the big son is soon headed off to college. How did that happen?? Exciting times for a proud mama.

I love the whole process of coming up with something new.  Perusing stitch dictionaries, sketching, swatching, blocking — the whole 9 yards!  I get bored easily, so I almost always include something to keep it interesting — cables, stranded colorwork, lacework — anything to avoid acres of stockinette.  Seeing a design come to life is so satisfying.  And having other people enjoy them too is the BEST!

When I don’t have to concentrate, I daydream while I knit.  I think about my kids, now and when they were little, who they will be when they are grown.  I think about trips we’ve taken, places I’d like to go and what we might have for dinner.  I run movies in my head or hear music from my favorite radio station, 40’s on 4 (XM 73).  One thing I can count on, I will be more relaxed after I have knit for a while than when I began.  Pretty sweet!!

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  1. I have been trying to purchase your tree of life pattern via knitpicks but have been unable to due to the fact I live in the UK any ideas?

  2. I have some left-over Lett-Lopi (2 skeins) and Lopi Iceland fleece wool (about 2 skeins). Would this yarn be appropriate to use for the felted Tree of Life bag?

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June 09, 2012

“Be an example…in faith.” 1Ti 4:12 NKJV
Having the faith required to get answers to your prayers is an important truth. But that’s not what Paul is speaking about here. He begins the chapter saying, “Some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits” (1Ti 4:1 NKJV). He warns, “Stay anchored to the truth, or you’ll be caught in the undertow of error.” Here’s a fact that should alarm us: 90 percent of all those who end up in cults started out in mainline churches. How come? Because they weren’t grounded in the truth of Scripture! They are like the guy who was asked, “What do you believe?” He replied, “The same thing my church believes.” When asked, “What does your church believe?” he replied, “The same thing I believe.” When asked, “What do you both believe?, he replied, “We both believe the same thing.” Bottom line: he didn’t know what he believed! You say, “But doesn’t God have more truth to reveal to us?” Yes. “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day” (Pr 4:18). But God doesn’t destroy the foundations of truth, He builds on them. Sometimes Bible teachers with fresh revelation act like “the party started when I arrived!” That’s ego, not anointing! We are not called to be tasters of experience, but testers of truth. We must honor the ministry, but understand that just because a preacher says it, doesn’t make it so. The Bereans “received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so” (Ac 17:11 NKJV). You must do that too!

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Over 550 Units Planned Along the Passaic River in Harrison

South First Street And Bergen Street Harrison
Site of proposed development: South First Street and Bergen Street, Harrison. Photo via Google Maps/Street View.

It is no secret that the town of Harrison has seen an explosion of new development over the last decade and a half. From the Hampton Inn on Passaic Avenue and the Red Bull Arena to Harrison Urby, a variety of projects have been built south of Interstate 280 in this western Hudson County municipality. However, the trend does not appear to be slowing down yet, with construction underway for a new neighborhood of sorts called The Hub at Harrison Station and plans in the works for a 20-story tower and more at the North-of-Guyon site. Now, some details have been revealed for a proposed all-residential project by the Passaic River waterfront.

An anonymous firm likely named for the country’s 23rd president called Benjamin Harrison, LLC is behind plans for two five-story buildings near the corner of South 1st and Bergen Streets in the Waterfront Development Area, according to a legal notice. The company was registered last year out of New York, according to filings from the New Jersey Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services.

If given the necessary approvals, the entire complex would include 552 residential units, making it among the largest in the immediate vicinity. A garage would be included on the tracts, with one parking space provided per unit, though the development would sit just over a half-mile walk from the Harrison PATH station and several Newark Light Rail stations across the river.

The sites are located across the river from Downtown Newark in an area of town that has a multi-family residential, single-family residential, and industrial presence. Situated within an AE flood zone, the properties are just across the street from the Water’s Edge and River Park developments along with a row of houses and a warehouse. Previously, the premises were home to the GEO Specialty Chemicals Harrison plant and multiple industrial structures, but the lots were mostly cleared in 2016.

The development plans were initially slated to go before the Harrison Planning Board during its meeting on July 11. Benjamin Harrison, LLC applied for both Preliminary and Final Site Plan approval along with deviations and waivers such as excessive building setback, installing five signs instead of following the redevelopment plan’s maximum of two, and not extending Dey and Essex Streets as per the plan’s buildout map. The Harrison Redevelopment Agency heard the plans in the spring.

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  1. Harrison’s more than audacious redevelopment plan continues apace, with all the growing pains that are attendant on a massive upscale residential/commercial dense buildout (4-6 stories and more over 275 acres bordered by the PATH train/Amtrak rail lines to the north and the Passaic River to the West and South). Among these: 1, dramatically insufficient road access (only partially addressed in the plan in later stages of development), which can ill afford skimping on the Dey and Essex street extensions; 2. totally missing attempts to dovetail with Newark for development plans, pedestrian access, public transportation planning, which should have been part of the Greater Newark Amazon HQ2 bid process; 3. parkland set-asides will be the very last components built despite the rapid filling of high end town-home, coop and apartment units; 4. a very haphazard approach to store and amenity selection for the area, depending heavily on a central indoor mall with box store preferences near the new PATH station. In fact, during construction, several commercial street level ventures have come and gone in failure due to lack of transient traffic: the new residents are not going out on the town, and have little to draw them out. The plan is worthy, and uneven development steps are really unavoidable, but there can be no mistake that more serious pedestrian, belt roadway and mass transit planning is needed, and the promised Route 280 EB and WB ramps serving the Red Bulls Stadium is an absolute must or the new development will choke on its success. Signs of this are rampant already with the development only 30% complete.

  2. I can only hope Harrison officials make these developers address’s and fix the flooding issues as a direct result from them building all those apartments and when the river rises it has nowhere to go except all the riverfront areas as well as low lying areas in Town. It was an issue but never as bad as it is now , we need a water pump station .

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Shark Tooh Necklaces That Are the Perfect Wild Accessory!

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There never has been a creature on land or under the sea that has inspired such awe and fascination as the shark.  We have celebrated it with movies, television shows and even dedicate a celebrated week of specials known as Shark Week. We are having our own version of Shark Week here at Jewelry Jealousy while finding our favorite shark tooth necklaces.

An ancient species, the shark is one of the species that existed with the dinosaurs. So fearsome and efficient a predator they were even then, scientists believe they have undergone precious few evolutions over the millennia. From the powerfully massive meg0ladon of eons gone by to the tiny but fierce dwarf lantern shark swimming in our oceans today, these animals have and do reign as predator supreme in the depths of the seas and oceans.

Shark Symbolism

Symbolically, the shark has often been associated with power, strength, grace, and ferocity. This can be represented by the tremendously recognizable shape of the shark. From the wide, powerful tail, to the distinctive dorsal fin gliding above the surface of the water, most of us can look at an image and identify the imposing image of the shark.

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Movies and television depictions of sharks would have us believe sharks are blood-thirsty, rabid to the point of insanity, cold-blooded killers. Most scientists, however, report that except under specific circumstances, sharks are peaceful, easy-going, and nominally laid-back. This does not make them any less fearsome of a hunter but they kill for food, not pleasure.

The shark is a symbol for many cultures. Sharks lack a swim bladder, therefore, must keep constantly moving to keep water moving through their gills, enabling them to breathe. For this reason, many sailors use shark and shark teeth necklaces as a sort of amulet.  The belief is that it will protect them from the dangers of the deep and offer protection from drowning.

In Celtic mythology, the instantly-recognizable dorsal fin rising from the water resembles a sort of sickle the ancient cultures used during the harvest. Because of this, the shark came to represent health and a good harvest.

Not all superstitions around sharks are without a modicum of acknowledging the power of the shark. In several Polynesian cultures, people will tattoo their ankles with rows of dots to protect from shark bites  Even sailors, who believe the symbol will protect them believe that if a shark follows their ship, it is an omen that someone on board will die.

A Brief Look at Shark Teeth

Perhaps more subtle than the literal figure of a shark is the shark tooth pendant. Wearing this in place of a shark-shaped pendant can give you that strong sense of symbolism without verging on childish or stereotypical.

The shark tooth is a fascinating creation of biology. There are over xxx breeds of sharks and almost all of them boast layers and layers of teeth. Unlike humans, the inside of a shark’s mouth is ringed with rows of pointed and serrated teeth.

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A shark’s teeth never stop growing. A new row of teeth emerges at regular intervals, the timing of which is dependent on the specific breed of shark. This being true we can absolutely understand why sharks always seem so cranky. If you’ve ever been around a teething baby or a puppy cutting teeth, you will understand as well.

Each new ring begins on the innermost portion of the jaw and begins pushing all the older rings forward. The older rings will release teeth as they are damaged or age beyond the point of usefulness. Since a shark’s most powerful weapon is its jaw, this is essentially a self-sharpening function.

Our 10 Favorite Shark Tooth Necklaces!

1. Diamond Ridge Gold Shark Tooth Necklace

Christmas Sale White Diamond Shark tooth Necklace In 10K Solid Gold

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Our first selection we spotted around the neck of sweetheart celebrity Jessica Alba. Turns out Miss Alba enjoys the shark tooth motif and has been spotted wearing several variations. It makes us a little sad that she has never been spotted wearing one on the red carpet. Nothing says fierce like a shark tooth to protect a lady from the fashion and culture sharks that line those long red-paved walks.

Even so, she has worn a series of them in varying lengths and styles, so it is safe to say, she might have a thing with shark teeth.  And we cannot blame her. What was once just a California Cool look is pretty adorable now. Plus anything related to strength is just a great symbol for any guy, gal, or kiddo willing to sport it. We all need strong folks in our lives.

Our favorite necklace found around Jessica’s throat is a dainty little, gem-studded number worn at collarbone length. Her piece rocked the rose gold look but we found this killer yellow gold pendant while inspired by her look.

This shark tooth pendant is in solid 10k yellow gold and includes a ridge of round cut prong set diamonds. With I2-I3 clarity ratings, these gorgeous gems are sure to sparkle brightly. The pendant arrives on an eighteen-inch chain.  This is perfect for copying Jessica’s look.

However, we think this piece would look amazing on a slightly longer chain as well, bringing it down to mid-breastbone. This would make it perfect for layering or wearing over shirts with high necklines. Choose a twenty-two to twenty-four-inch chain for this look.

2. Gold Shark Tooth Charm

Charm America - Gold Shark Tooth Charm - 14 Karat Solid Gold

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If ever there was a woman fierce enough to need to sport a shark tooth necklace, it is probably Jennifer Lopez. Her powerful voice, shockingly powerful dance moves and super-mogul career in the entertainment industry has solidified her reputation as a force to be reckoned with. We love her! We love her designer shark tooth pendant almost as much!

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We’ve found a charm inspired by her look. There are some differences from her high-end piece but we love our find just as much.  Hers is a solid yellow gold piece with a nice, blocky top hung on a long chain. Ours is slightly more delicate but it combines two colors of gold.  A 14k yellow gold frames a textured white gold for a stunning contrast.

We love the big chunky top over the flowing lines of the shark tooth. The charm is a full inch so it is slightly dainty than J-Lo’s but we love the versatility that offers. Just like Jennifer’s, the serrations of the tooth are highlighted on this shark tooth piece.

Copy her style and wear it on a long chain in the thirty-inch range or wear it a little shorter for your own spin on her look. Since this is a charm only, you have the width and breadth of your own collection to draw on. Play with gold colors and lengths until you get the look that works best for you and your fashion aesthetic.

3. Handmade Natural Shark Necklace

Gold White Shark Tooth Necklace

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Next up on our list is a handmade piece by a California artisan, Jenny and Jude. This artist takes real shark teeth and dips the top in 14k yellow gold to create the top of the pendant. It is the perfect blend of gold and bone to highlight the strength and fierceness of the piece and its wearer.

We appreciate that this handcrafted piece will be one hundred percent unique as it uses real shark teeth as opposed to a resin mold used in a few other selections. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with mold cast pieces but the uniqueness of the natural option is beyond appealing to us.

While others may share your style and wear this piece, their tooth will vary slightly. No one in the world will have the same tooth as you. That one will be all yours. There is something so invigorating about having something purely and wholly one of a kind.

The gold-dipped tooth comes on a 14k gold fill chain with a length of eighteen inches. This will put it at or just below the collarbone for most folks. Because the pendant is daintier, this makes it the perfect height.

Any shark tooth necklace will work perfectly by itself as a solo work but this one can be layered well also. We recommend this being the star of the layered look, hanging in the center accompanied by other less dramatic pieces. A few chains or a light-colored beaded piece underneath. Wear this shark tooth against the skin above an ivory-colored top to really highlight the natural shark tooth pendant.

4. Megalodon Fossil Shark Tooth Necklace with Sterling Silver

Fossil Shark Tooth Sterling Silver Pendant

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We will stay in the territory of the use of natural materials for just a moment but rewind the clock on it just a bit. This next piece on our list rewinds the clock quite a bit actually. It is owning a piece of history in jewelry form.

The pendant pairs a shark tooth that has been fossilized with bold straps of 925 Sterling Silver. The fossils are sourced from South Carolina, a region of land once underwater and home to the famed Megalodon species of ancient shark. These teeth come from these awesome beasts or their close and equally fearsome cousins, Carcharocles angustidens. We refer to these as the Mako species, a species of shark that shared the waters with Megalodon and is still swimming in our oceans today.

Since these are fossils, these shark teeth could be up to sixty-six million years old. That is some time investment into creating this one of a kind pieces. Since natural teeth are used, each piece will vary slightly in shape, size, coloration, and serration.

What will not vary is how versatile this pendant will be. Most of the pieces will range in the deep chocolate browns to onyx black colors due to the fossilization process. The makers, Starborn, then take each tooth and wrap wide, but not too wide, bands of sterling silver to go from stone to stunning pendant. It is a brilliant use of contrast to create even more drama as if a Megalodon tooth was stunning enough. It also elevates the piece from surfer dude wear to an elegant, refined and well-designed piece.

Averaging in the one and a half to two inches in length, this piece will be fine for layering. But honestly, with the dark and light contrast as well as the pure originality of the fossilized tooth, we prefer it as a solo piece. Wear it against the skin with a top of any color or cut and it will do the work for you!

5. Turquoise Enamel and Rose Gold Shark Tooth Pendant

Sterling Silver Shark Tooth/Nautical Style Navy Blue Turquoise Enamel

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Now we wander away from the natural shark teeth items and get into the stylized ones. The natural wonder of bone and fossil shark teeth is enough to create a wonderful piece, but we love these inspired pieces as well. It accomplishes the look and strong symbolism of the shark tooth necklace and moves it beyond the pooka shell stage, into fashion and elegance.

This turquoise enamel piece is by far our favorite on this entire list. The cool turquoise paired with the warm rose gold is absolutely, incontrovertibly perfect. The brilliantly colored enamel plays so well with the rosy pink gold, we just cannot get over it.

This necklace comes with a built-in extender that will take it from sixteen inches to a generous twenty. This provides versatility when styling. Wear it short against the skin as a solo piece or use the longer twenty-inch length and add a few simple rose gold chains and simple charms above it, using the two-toned shark tooth as the anchor.

Alternatively, use the mid-length and pair it with a nice chunky bead piece in an orange, purple, or another bold color of your choice for a complete statement look. Since this necklace incorporates both metal and enamel, it will work well when paired with other colors.

We also love this piece for the finishing touch on a festival look. The natural vibes of the shark tooth with the turquoise just begs to be draped over a lacy tank and your hottest pair of jean minis. Add a messy updo and a few rose gold chains and the look is sharp but still carefree.

6. Crystal Gemstone Shark Tooth

18KT White Gold Plated Genuine Gemstone Healing Shark Tooth Pendant Necklace Leather Chain Jewelry For Women

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While this one uses more natural materials, it still incorporates the design and feel of a shark tooth without needing the real thing. A carefully carved selection of gemstones is capped with 18k white gold and a row of sparkling rhinestones to create a beautiful amalgamation of symbolism, natural beauty, and elegantly crafted jewelry.

You select from Green Agate, Tiger Eye, Lapis Lazuli, Black Onyx, Amethyst, or Rose Quartz. Each of these gemstones is equated with a specific healing energy for those that use healing crystals. If that is not your cup of tea, choose your favorite color. Because natural stones are used in this piece, there will be some color variation between each stone. This also makes your piece wholly unique. No two shark tooth pendants will be the same.

The metalwork that grasps the carved semi-precious stones is detailed well. The crystals rimming the top add a splash of sparkle and strike the perfect balance between fine jewelry and natural creation without crossing over into overworked.

Hung from a leather cord, we love that it does not include a standard-issue cable chain.  t adds to that nature versus industry vibe.

7. Sterling Silver & Wood Necklace

Sterling Silver Koa Wood Shark Tooth Necklace Pendant with 18" Box Chain

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Once more we present a combo of gold and natural materials to form a shark tooth inspired piece. This necklace by Aloha Jewelry Company sets a polished wood cabochon in 925 Sterling Silver to great effect. The polished, striated wood stands out amazingly well against the pure, gleaming silver.

Altogether the piece almost reminds us of the fossilized pieces we looked at but with the added benefit of the sterling silver. As with almost any pendant featuring a natural material, the look and details of the wood will vary from piece to piece. Your necklace, while similar in design will be unlike any other.

With the sienna to chocolate brown wood inclusion, this piece will likely be best worn with a more neutral palette. Pair it with peaches, pinks, creams, browns, and warm greys to really highlight the wood.

Given the contrast of the metal and the wood, this necklace will work with a more cowboy fashion, a natural, down-to-earth sensibility, as well as more extreme Steampunk looks. We love it for daily wear as well. It isn’t so flashy it will look out of place with a t-shirt and jeans.

We do recommend this piece as a solo work, however. While most pendant style chains beg for layering, this one, in particular, looks best working all by itself. There is enough detail in it that the two-material pendant really does not need friends.

8. Industrial Style Shark Tooth Inspired Pendant

Jstyle Stainless Steel Necklace for Men Necklace Chain Spear Wolf Teeth Pendant Adjustable Chains

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This next one is the most stylized of all our selections. It takes silver or black stainless steel and sculpts it into a very modern, sleek representation of a shark tooth. (Although a case could be made for wolf fang, we think it looks more shark-like.) The smooth tooth makes clever use of negative space and includes a triangular cut out that adds both interest and function to the charm.

Created by Jstyle, this pendant is the most concept-driven on our list. We love that it is a little less in your face about the toothiness, wandering into artistic rendering territory pretty hard. The charm feels very industrial and machine-made. It brings with it all the meaning of the shark tooth necklace without the irregular shape and unpredictability of natural materials.

It comes on a wax-coated cloth cord which may work for some but we do not exactly love. The pendant is so chunky we would absolutely add a couple of jump rings and wear it on a thirty-ish inch chain as an anchor in a layered look.

This piece is also perfect for men and folks who prefer more traditionally masculine styling. But as always, wear what you love no matter who it is marketed “for.”

9. Simple Shark Tooth Necklace

Small Shark Tooth Lucky Pendant Necklace Gold Plated .925 Sterling Silver 16" - 18" Free Jewelry Box

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Our final two offerings are the simplest and most straightforward on the list. The first of the two is a yellow-gold plated sterling silver creation. A cast shark tooth, complete with the dental detailing and mild serration is statically hung from a sixteen-inch chain. The chain includes a built-in two-inch extender for a bit of versatility.

The charm is the smallest on our list coming in at under a half an inch. This one almost needs to be included in a layered look being so petite. Not that its tiny size lacks in beauty but mini-charms like this one are purpose-made to be worn with other necklaces.

Play with combining gold colors and symbolically important charms while wearing this shark tooth piece. We are always huge fans of combining all three popular gold colors and this piece is just right for that combination. Use this at its sixteen-inch length on the top layer and add a white gold piece for the center and a longer rose gold chain with a chunky pendant below.

Really work the Polynesian theme and go for a hibiscus charm, shell charm, or a starfish to really drive in the message.

10. Sterling Silver Pendant

Sterling Silver Sharks Tooth Design Pendant (16", 18", or 20")

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Our final find is a gorgeously simple sterling silver cast shark tooth pendant from Eve’s Addiction. Clever cuts in the surface will add a certain sparkle and gleam without needing to add crystals or gems and overwork the simplicity.

This is another one of the pieces that plainly needs to be layered. You select your choice of chain length from sixteen, eighteen, or twenty inches. We feel this necklace works really well as one half of a permanent tandem set.

Tandem sets are two necklaces of very similar length so the charms often interact with each other. Typically tandem sets make use of two colors of metal but they do not have to if you do not prefer the combination look.

This shark tooth is another of our mini-pendant selections. We are completely digging the mini-pendant charm. It is subtlety combined with an elegance that works as well on the way to the gym as it does on the red carpet. This is the perfect daily wear necklace to proclaim your strength, power, and fierceness.

History of Shark Teeth as Jewelry

Before humankind learned how to refine and work with precious metals, jewelry and valuables were made of stones, unrefined gems, bones, wood and teeth of various animals. Among cultures that lived on islands and close to the shores of the seas, shark teeth adornments were not uncommon.

Given that even out of the shark’s mouth they are still razor-sharp, Hawaiian culture often included shark teeth in tools as blades.  They also sported necklaces of beads, shells, and shark teeth, believed to be totems of protection from the creature from whence they came.

In modern Western culture, the shark tooth necklace became popular in the 70s and 80s with the release of the iconic Jaws films.  Sharks skyrocketed to pop culture awareness and, of course, the jewelry trend followed suit.

Shark Teeth as Jewelry

The peak of surfer culture in the 90s saw the shark tooth as jewelry experience another boost. “Surfer dudes”, borrowing from Hawaiian and Polynesian cultures, began wearing shark teeth as both style and protection mysticism.

Our first two selections are inspired by current celebrities absolutely killing the shark tooth necklace trend. No longer are shark teeth just for surfer dudes and little kids. Our selection of shark teeth necklaces proves that they can be a part of even the most refined jewelry collection and elegant style. These necklaces are all perfect for any gender style ethos, age group, or event!

A Note on Cleaning Combo Materials

A few of our selections include a few different materials to achieve the looks. Cleaning combo pieces can be challenging. What may work for one material can damage another.

Luckily shark teeth are pretty resilient. Any real shark tooth item you have in your collection is made of bone, therefore a natural material. Avoid cleaners with high acid contents like vinegar for these. Over repeated exposure, any protective enamels applied to the bone may wear away and the bone itself may begin to form unattractive pockmarks. The same goes for the fossilized piece on our list above as well as the wood piece.

For pieces featuring enamel, once again, this is not a challenge when paired with gold. In fact, the cleaning procedures are the exact same. Both gold and enamel can be a softer material and scratch easily. No one wants that. Clean your gold and enamel pieces by gently soaking them in warm water and mild dish soap. Brush them gently with a soft bristled brush and dry them well. You will have brilliantly sparkling and clean pieces ready to wear in just a few minutes.

Polyresin pieces are even easier to clean! Polyresin is a jeweler’s fancy word for plastic.We are not even mad because polyresin makes for cute looks without the price tag. Plus the care for these pieces is easy! Water, soap and a good scrub will polish those bits right up! No special wipes, cleaners or steps needed.

Be sure to give your jewelry pieces a good clean every few weeks to preserve their sparkle, shine, and wearability.


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Recipes Introduce Holocaust Survivor Stories to Students

The Council for Holocaust Education (CHE) and The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art (SMMJA) recently sponsored an educational project centered on Joanne Caras’ cookbook, Miracles and Meals, which features a collection of Holocaust survivor recipes and their stories of survival. The CHE and SMMJA often pair with local classrooms to provide hands-on and experiential learning opportunities related to the Holocaust for Tulsa-area students, and this cookbook provided an exciting connection for students study-ing the Shoah.

Each year, teacher Renata Sears of Disney Elementary School in Tulsa introduces her fifth-grade students to the study of the Holocaust through literature for young readers and age-appropriate activities. Her goal is always to connect students on a personal level with those who endured the Holocaust, so she divided her 28 students into seven groups and assigned them a survivor to research and his or her recipe from the cookbook to make. In the classroom, the students used the internet and the cookbook itself to find out more about the survivor and their journey to safety.

On December 12, the students took a field trip to the Jewish Federation of Tulsa and cooked a recipe from their assigned survivor and shared their dish with their classmates. Members of the CHE and parent volunteers assisted the students in recipe creation. Featured recipes included Passover brownies, apple cake, blueberry muffins, homemade applesauce, and pea salad. Tulsa World was present to interview the teacher and students about their experience. After lunch and hearing from Holocaust survivor Bea Newman, students toured the Herman and Kate Kaiser Holocaust Exhibit at The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art and participated in the Kinderstone art project.
Upon returning to the classroom, students created presentations which detailed their learning: pertinent aspects of the survivor’s life pre-war, during war, and post-war, as well as the recipe they created and what they learned from this hands-on project. One student said, “We learned from our survivor’s story that kindness and acceptance are important, so we don’t make the same mistakes that were made in the past.” The student projects were on display on January 15 at Congregation B’nai Emunah’s Sisterhood event featuring Joanne Caras.

Through projects like this, the Council for Holocaust Education seeks to ensure the Holocaust is not only viewed as an important historical event, but also connects personally to students with the enduring lessons of the dangers of hatred and bigotry and the importance of standing up for what is moral and just, reminding all of us that what we do matters. ■

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Meryl Streep Is a 'Humanist' Not a Feminist So I Guess Words Don't Have Meaning Anymore

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Meryl Streep is currently promoting her new movie Suffragette in which she plays Emmeline Pankhurst, the British activist who was instrumental in earning women the right to vote. In early September, Streep sent a package to each member of Congress urging him or her to support the Equal Rights Amendment, which would make it illegal to discriminate against women. She whooped when Patricia Arquette spoke about equal pay at the Oscars. She went to Vassar, which is basically just a women’s rights propaganda training center. But for some reason she doesn’t feel comfortable calling herself a feminist. Hahahahahaha what are words anyway, right?

Time Out London published a mostly unremarkable-except-when-it-was-bananas-crazy interview with the beloved actress, in which she seemed to be talking directly out of her butt.

The interviewer asks, “What’s the most annoying question women get asked in interviews that men don’t get asked?”

“‘You often play very strong women... Why do you choose..?’ Blah blah blah,” she responds. “No man is ever asked: ‘You often play very strong men. Why?’ It would be an absurd question.”

The interviewer also asks, “What single thing would you change about the film industry to make it less sexist?”

Streep replies: “Men should look at the world as if something is wrong when their voices predominate. They should feel it. People at agencies and studios, including the parent boards, might look around the table at the decision-making level and feel something is wrong if half their participants are not women. Because our tastes are different, what we value is different. Not better, different.”

The interviewer also asked the easiest softball question that celebrities answer to prove whether they are normal or kookoo that obviously Meryl wouldn’t flinch at because she is Queen Meryl: “Are you a feminist?”

“I am a humanist. I am for nice easy balance.”

Meryl, I want you to know that I still love you with my pulpy remains, but remember that my remains are pulpy because of you.

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I have always listed the Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon as one of my go-to everyday red wines. Now we will extend out a bit an add the 2012 Grand Reserve Cabernet, the 2012 Carmenere Grand Reserve, the 2014 Chardonnay, and the 2015 Sauvignon Blanc.

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FosterEd, an initiative of the National Center for Youth Law, has been working to close the achievement gap for students in foster care since 2005. It has project sites in Arizona, California, Indiana, and New Mexico. Independent evaluations of FosterEd’s work in Arizona and California indicate that FosterEd has helped students in foster care reach educational goals, such as improved attendance and higher grade point averages. In 2014, FosterEd began expanding the initiative to also serve youth in the juvenile justice system. Specifically, FosterEd and its state/local partners in California and New Mexico are building programs to serve youth under the formal supervision of juvenile probation agencies.

FosterEd’s goal is to facilitate the practice-policy cycle. It partners with public agencies to establish demonstration sites to pilot the FosterEd model, then works collaboratively with partners to improve students’ education outcomes and, ultimately, to sustain the sites as publicly operated programs. FosterEd’s programmatic work informs and guides its state-level policy advocacy.

The FosterEd model ensures that every system-involved youth has an Education Champion, an education team, and a proactive, strengths- and needs-based education plan. FosterEd staffs each demonstration site with Education Liaisons, who coordinate and manage student cases to ensure each of these three components are in place. Education Liaisons also work directly with students and their Education Champions – parents, caregivers, or volunteers who are committed to helping the students reach their long-term education goals – to improve the Education Champions’ capacity to navigate the complex education system.


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Greetings from the 2019-21 Far West Region Executive Board!

We are both humbled and honored to have the opportunity to serve the Fabulous Far West Region and continue its strong history. The Far West Region is represented by 27 Chapters, with over 1,100 mother members located as far north as Anchorage Alaska and south as Tucson, Arizona. Our chapters are located in the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Arizona.

Our focus is to continue a legacy of leadership, love, family, and community. We take pride in our success and we are fired up about the many future experiences that will aid in the growth of all of our families, particularly the growth and leadership in our children.

As we continue to embrace the value of our rich history, we continue to lay the groundwork for a successful future for ALL children. We are educating our children and imparting integrity, character, and confidence through educational and cultural programming, leadership development, social, recreational, and civic involvement. Within the region for our mother members, we create tenure and age specific training that helps to maintain this quality programming for our children. Additionally, we create activities that ensure that our families interact, collaborate, and exchange best practices across the region.

Given our rich history, our theme for the 2019-2021 program years is to be “Focused, Fierce, and Fired up” to continue to do great things in each community that is served by the Fabulous Far West. Since we possess the power of family and community, we will make a difference, and we recognize that together we can do more. We encourage you to join us in this journey.

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What are e-books worth? (Part II) Copyright Law

In our last installment we learned that most of the cost of a paper book is in spent the editorial process, not the physical printing and binding, so even though e-books cost nothing to produce physically, the cost to the publisher is nearly the same, so they can't afford to sell them for much less than paper books.

Today we'll look at the reasons that, even though they have some undeniable advantages, e-books are worth a lot less to book buyers than paper books. Assuming you already have a reading device like a Kindle, an iPad, or a Sony reader, you can store hundreds of e-books in it. In some cases you can share the books, along with your bookmarks and notes between devices, e.g., a Kindle and an iTouch or Blackberry running the Kindle app. The problem is that the "book" you buy to read on your device is not really a book, it's what publishers wish books were.

When you buy, say, a toaster, you pay your money, you get your toaster, and for the most part the toaster maker doesn't care what you do with it. If you look at it and build your another toaster, they don't care (give or take patents which would be unlikely unless it were an awfully high tech model.) When you buy a paper book, you can do what you want with the physical book, but in many cases you can't make a copy of it due to copyright law. The history of US copyright has been a slow but consistent increase in the rights reserved to authors and publishers, and decrease in the rights of buyers and readers. America's first best-seller Uncle Tom's Cabin went into the public domain only 42 years after publication, and its copyright coverage was very limited, and did not cover plays and other adaptations, of which there were many, without the permission of the author.

These days, copyright has grown to last over 100 years and covers just about any imaginable version of the work, from an audio-book to interpretive dance. Publishers and authors (of whom I am one) often have an unwarranted assumption that they own every possible aspect of a work, including the ones that copyright law still excludes.

One of the most obvious and important differences between a paper book and an e-book is the ease of copying. In principle, you could put a paper book on a copying machine and make a complete copy of the whole thing, or large parts of it. In practice, almost nobody does so, because it's a pain, a bunch of stapled photocopies is not as good as a bound book, and the cost of copying is usually not a lot less than buying another copy. Other than a few cases about course packs for college courses, paper copying isn't an issue. With e-books, on the other hand, it is trivially easy to make copies, and the copies are identical in every way to the original, so copying is a big problem. The publishers' response has been DRM, tying each copy they sell to a buyer's account. The details of what the buyer can do with the copies varies from vendor to another, but typically they can read it on the vendor's own device, on smart phones that run an app from the vendor, and perhaps a few other places. B&N, for example, lets you lend each book you buy to one other person for a week, only one time.

This brings us to the fundamental inferiority of e-books relative to paper books. For paper books, the first sale rule means that once you've bought a book, the publisher has no further control over it, beyond the copyright copying limits. You can lend it, you can give it away, you can sell it, you can snip out the pages and sell them separately (not unknown with art books) or you can wrap fish with them. You can't do any of those with e-books, because you don't actually own anything other than an entry in the vendor's DRM database. This became painfully clear when, in a supremely ironic move, Amazon discovered that an e-book edition of Orwell's 1984 they'd been selling wasn't legal, and all copies of it disappeared from customers' Kindles. With paper books, the copyright owner could stop further sales and sue Amazon for damages, but they can't unprint and unsell an unbook. (Amazon says they won't do that again, but only because of the bad publicity, not because they can't.)

What you buy with an e-book is not really a book, but a publisher's fantasy of what a book would be if they could rewrite copyright law to be entirely in their favor. Publishers hate the used book business, and wish that people couldn't resell books. Poof! There's no used e-book business. (Technically there's no reason why there couldn't be, but the publishers and vendors would have to cooperate to allow one person to transfer a book's DRM token to another.) Publishers hate greymarket books, a cheap edition published in one country sold in another. Poof! DRM means you can't buy e-books if you're in the wrong country, and you can't even read the books you have bought if your device thinks, based on the network it's connected to, that it's in a country the publisher doesn't like. I don't expect Amazon and B&N will still be around 100 years from now, but you can be sure that if they are, the DRM on e-books will not go away when the copyright expires. Amazon does other creepy stuff like taking the electronic marginal notes people write using their Kindle, and publishing them, allegedly aggregated enough that you can't identify individuals, but eeurgh, at least ask before you do it.

So my advice to publishers is simple: don't be greedy. If they have to price e-books close to the price of paper books, which they do, make the e-books as good as paper books. If people can lend, donate, and resell paper books, make it easy to lend, donate, and resell e-books. If people can take their paper books on vacation to Australia, make sure their e-books will work there, too. And make e-books books stable and private like paper books, and don't repurpose our notes or anything else without getting explicit permission first.

I wish I thought that publishers were smart enough to figure this out, or at least to listen to advice. But I'm not holding my breath.

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The speaker theme for 2019 is “Finding Your Path to Your Profession”, which will feature speakers talking about their individual life trajectories and career paths.

For many young audiences, the most important aspect is having personal contact with an American diplomat and/or native English speaker, and an open forum where they can ask speakers direct questions about the topic of discussion. The program provides a good opportunity for students of English language to practice their English skills, think critically about global issues and discuss them.

Our Public Affairs section will handle the logistics and will work with you to organize other aspects of the visit at your venue. We welcome your suggestions for topics of interest and presentation formats.  Typically speakers engage in an interactive question and answer session after their presentation. Presentations and discussion are generally conducted in English, but we will attempt to honor requests for Arabic-speaking presenters from the Embassy as available.

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About the company
Blue Apron was founded in 2012 premised on a simple desire—our founders wanted to cook at home with their families, but they found grocery shopping and menu planning burdensome, time-consuming, and expensive. Our founders hand-packed the first Blue Apron boxes themselves, delivered them to family and friends, and received immediate positive feedback. Since those initial deliveries, we have scaled rapidly, developing our expertise and an ever-more ambitious vision. We are reimagining the way that food is produced, distributed, and consumed, and as a result, building a better food system that benefits consumers, food producers, and the planet. The nature of our business carries with it unique and exciting challenges, and our employees working across our fives offices, take on these complexities to ensure each customer receives the highest quality product every week. Our core product is the cooking experience we help our customers create. Central to these experiences are the original recipes we design and send along with fresh, seasonal ingredients directly to our customers. We also sell wine, which can be paired with our meals, and kitchen tools and staples we use in our test kitchens where we create new recipes. Our customers often cook with us multiple times each week, and they trust us to craft delicious recipes to feed their families and loved ones. We’re thrilled to be welcomed into our customers' homes and part of their weekly cooking routine!

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Our Technology team is a collection of over 50 talented engineers, analysts, designers, and product managers who have built our web and e-commerce applications, our mobile (iOS and Android) apps, our proprietary Warehouse Management System, and our data platform (among many other things). Within Engineering, the Data team is responsible for our enterprise data warehouse, business intelligence platform, ETL processes, machine learning models and deployment infrastructure, including demand forecasting, personalization and product recommendations.

Solve high-impact problems contributing to the success of our chefs at home and of the organization as a whole

Research, design and implement new predictive models to assess recipe appeal, solve complex logistical challenges and help customers get more out of their Blue Apron experience

Collaborate with other engineers and internal stakeholders to apply ML solutions to the unique challenges of our business

Research, share, and recommend new technologies and trends

Our stack: Python, SQL, Spark, Tensorflow, Airflow, Kafka, BigQuery

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2+ years experience in data science and/or machine learning

Solid understanding of statistical methods and machine learning techniques

Willingness to own ML models from end-to-end from requirements and data collection to production deployment and performance evaluation

A thirst for learning and a passion for putting new technologies, processes and patterns into practice

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If you are looking for a steady shift, great people, and enjoy working with small pieces, then this may be the right fit for you! Great work environment, fun bosses and lots of opportunity for growth!  Seeking full time, long-term employees to complete our work family.

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No one talks about the son who stayed at home

I sat and talked with a friend the other day. We were talking about life, faith, and stories. As I shared about another friend of mine who has majorly turned his life around, he said “Joel, I’ve grown up my whole life in church, I’ve never partied, I never even touched alcohol until I was 21, I never did drugs, I’m not married, so I’ve never had sex, I’ve never majorly screwed up. I’ve always done exactly what the church has taught me to do. And I feel like that’s not good enough. Like I don’t have a story to tell.”

He paused for a moment and drew a breath as his eyes moistened. Then, with his voice quivering, continued,

“I hear people talk about all these people who are turning their life around, who used to be really bad, and everyone celebrates them. But here I am, and no one even mentions how well I’ve done at keeping all the things that Jesus commands and the church tells us. I feel like I’m not good enough, that I don’t have a story to tell, that I have nothing to say that is worth listening to.” Continue reading

When you give hope to others, you find hope for yourself.

This was written over the course of the past few days. I would just jot down my disjointed thoughts, and then I tried to piece them together in a way that would make sense, without losing the overall feel of what I was trying to say, and I didn’t really expand or elaborate on any of my thoughts, so please keep that in mind as you read. If you would like me to elaborate, leaves comment with what you’d like me to elaborate on, and I will.

The phone rings. I take a deep breath, and pick up the phone and smile as I say “Hello, this is Joel. How can I serve you today?”

Working is the hardest thing. I find myself at the front desk a lot these days. A place I need to be cheery, a place I need to smile, answer questions, and give hope. Hope I don’t feel. But behind the perfectly plastered smile on my face, my mind swirls with questions. Why? How? Somehow reaching out for understanding that doesn’t seem to come.

Then I read what others say. What the news says. The picture they paint. And I don’t see it. Instead I see someone broken, hurting, and in need of redemption. I don’t feel what society tells me to feel. Instead of anger, hate, rage, disgust, I feel sad, heartbroken, like someone died. And in a way, someone has.

In a way, a lot of people have.

So many people will never be the same. So many lives have had something ripped away from them. Peace, security, trust.

And when trust is betrayed, we get angry. But when people are hurt, anger will never heal. Healing will only come when we replace anger with love. Redemption can only come from love. So many people are hurting right now. Spreading anger isn’t going to bring a single one of those people healing. We need to instead let our words be of love and support for everyone. And this love needs to come double from those of us who call ourselves the church. “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” ~ John 13:34-35

Maybe, if we can inject love into the situation, we can see healing come to each of people involved in and surrounding the situation. Maybe we can stop the cycle. Maybe, just maybe, we can actually change people.

As my mind still swirls, as I find it hard to focus, I find myself asking questions. The worst kind of questions: questions that really have no answer. Questions that can’t be explained. And then the phone starts to ring. Someone comes in needing hope. And so I take all those swirling, twirling, questions and push them down, plaster a smile on my face that I don’t really feel, and answer the phone. And I give hope. Because when you give hope to others, you find hope for yourself.

The Greatest Love

13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends … 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” ~ John 15:13, 15

So it’s Easter morning, and I’m sitting here trying to find something to say that isn’t cliche, but is still powerful and relevant to the celebration of today.

Then it hit me. But I want to look a this backwards, verse 15, then 13.

Jesus was our Lord, but also our friend. He says that we are no longer His servants, because HE HAS MADE KNOWN TO US EVERYTHING HE LEARNED FROM GOD!!! When we enter into a personal relationship with Jesus, He makes God’s knowledge and wisdom available to us!

So with that understanding, that we are His friend, then now we see the greatest love that we could ever know: He gave up his life for us. He died for you. For me.

To save my life.

To save yours.

But the story doesn’t end there. It doesn’t end with his death.

It ends with his coming back to life. You see, Death could only be defeated if Death lost. If Jesus had stayed dead, Death would have won.

But oh the bliss of this glorious thought: that He didn’t stay dead! Instead he overcame death and by His resurrection, we have been washed clean and whole!

We don’t deserve it, we can’t earn it, we aren’t worthy if it. But that is why they call it GRACE!

So this morning, rest in the peace that passes understanding, knowing that there is no condemnation for you, for your sins, for your past.

Jesus died to take your sin upon himself.

And he rose from the dead to wash it away forever.

United We Stand?

So many times, we christians are our own worst enemy. We judge, argue, call names, ostracize, alienate, and belittle others, over little things in the name of Jesus. But that is so wrong. Continue reading

The Death of Death

I love this video. This is the best video describing what the story of the cross and what it means for us. Sometimes we get so caught up in the religious symbol, and it becomes so common place for us, that we forget what the symbol originally was, and what it really means…

Out of the Ordinary

This past sunday I had the pleasure of working with Trevor Heinrich of Life’s Resonance on a music video for one of their songs… (and getting a crazy farmers tan while I was at it)

Lets just say, it wasn’t your typical day… Continue reading

Knowing God

“We forfeit that birthright [intimacy with God] when we take folks through a discipleship program whereby they master any number of Christian precepts and miss the most important thing of all, the very thing for which we were created: intimacy with God. There are, after all, those troubling words Jesus spoke to those who were doing all the “right” things: “Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you'” (Matt 7:23). Knowing God. That’s the point.”
~ John Eldredge, “Waking the Dead”, pg 96

What a powerful statement. When those who always “did the right thing” stood before God, He said “I never knew you”. We try so hard to be “Good Christians” we go to church every Sunday, we read this book, or that book, we play in the worship band, we serve on a church committee or volunteer in one of the ministries, because, that’s what good christians do, right? Continue reading

Your Heart: Good or Bad?

“There is a widespread belief among Christians today that the heart is desperately wicked – even after a person comes to Christ.
It is a crippling belief.
And it is untrue” ~John Eldredge

I recently just finished “Waking The Dead’ by John Eldredge, and let me say, I loved it!

In this book, John talks about how most of Christianity teaches about the heart. We teach that the heart is evil, something to guard, to lock in a cell and never let out or it will destroy you. But that is so incredibly wrong!

Your story does not begin with sin. It begins with a glory bestowed upon you by God. It does not start in Genesis 3; it starts in Genesis 1. ~ John Eldredge

The very idea of what Christ came to do was to bring freedom to us, to restore us to the life God had originally intended for us. A life of glory, not shame. A life with a good, pure heart, not one with an evil, oppressive heart. Continue reading

Let It Go

The music fell around me. I knew the words. I knew I was singing along.

But I didn’t hear any of it.

It was the first night of our Young Adult Retreat. Cameron, Trevor, Tyler, & Tasha are up leading worship, but I couldn’t get into it. It wasn’t that I didn’t like the music or whatever, they were great songs, and those guys (and girl) are some of my favorite musicians.

It wasn’t that. Continue reading


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Who are we ?

The position is only open to internal applicants of Saint Gobain. Please note that any applications made by people outside of Saint Gobain will not be considered at this stage.

At Jewson we pride ourselves on our ability to provide a great welcome to our customers, being proactive when helping them, being trusted, and recognised for our ‘customer first’ approach. If you enjoy working with people, you’re a good listener and you think you could help our customers feel welcome, then this Customer Service Advisor (Sales & Distribution) could be a great opportunity for you.

This Customer Service Advisor (Sales & Distribution) role is working in our Jewson Branch in North Shields. Jewson is the biggest employer in the UK Saint-Gobain business, with over 500 braches.

What will I be doing in this role?

The Customer Service Advisor role is a key role within the branch network as you will be a main point of contact for customers visiting the branch. You will use your dedication and enthusiasm to undertake both yard and branch duties, helping to promote and maximise sales by ensuring our customers’ needs are met and exceeded at all times.

Key day to day duties include:

  • Build relationships with customers to help achieve sales growth for your branch
  • Place direct sales orders, organise delivery times, and notify customers
  • Maintain stock levels in both the shop and yard areas to a high standard of health and safety and neatness, ensuring that all goods are correctly priced via label checks
  • Assist in the loading and unloading of vehicles
  • Ensure minimum stock shrinkage and accurate daily stock counts

What skills are we looking for?

First and foremost, we always want to recruit talented people that align well with our values and way of working; this means that we are open to applications from all Saint-Gobain businesses and would welcome you to apply if you can demonstrate the following key skills:

  • A customer-focused approach and the ability to develop and maintain excellent relationships with customers and suppliers
  • A positive attitude and the desire to want to continually improve our service
  • The ability to work with and learn digital systems
  • The ability to adapt in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

Please note that product and system training can be provided where applicants may lack this knowledge. We encourage applications from all background if you can demonstrate the skills highlighted.

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role. We can’t guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting. But, we promise to listen.

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Olufemi Atoyebi, Kamarudeen Ogundele, Mudiaga Affe, ’Femi Asu and Okechukwu Nnodim

The latest round of fuel scarcity might end in a few days’ time if the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation sustained the current level of supply of Premium Motor Spirit, major oil marketers and depot owners said on Wednesday.

 The Major Marketers Association of Nigeria confirmed that its members, including Total Nigeria Plc, 11 Plc (formerly Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc), Oando Plc, Conoil Plc, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc and Forte Oil Plc, were receiving the product from the NNPC.

“The NNPC has been giving us product and we have been distributing it; all what we are hoping for is that they should continue at the rate they are giving us,” the Executive Director, MOMAN, Mr. Obafemi Olawore, told our correspondent on the telephone on Wednesday.

Asked if there would be an end to the current fuel scarcity any time soon, he said, “It is gradual. If they keep giving us the product like this, the scarcity should end in a few days’ time.”

On Tuesday, the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association said its members did not have petrol in their tanks despite the recent announcement by the NNPC that it had started offloading products in depots across the country.

When contacted on Wednesday, the Executive Secretary, DAPPMA, Mr. Olufemi Adewole, said, “Two of our depots have received products now and they are loading. Unfortunately, one of them that was supposed to load was turned back. I don’t know why; I am still trying to investigate. But two of them have received product and they are loading.

“We are loading and we are going to keep loading. Our members have promised to do 24 hours until the queues disappear, provided they get the product.”

A top official of a Lagos-based oil marketing company, who spoke to  one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity, said a new vessel, named Captain Gregory, arrived in Apapa on Wednesday morning, laden with about 35 million metric tonnes of petrol.

“If supply can be consistent like this, things will get better and people should be able to celebrate New Year without fuel scarcity,” the source said.

Efforts to reach the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria were not successful.

The National Operations Controller, IPMAN, Mr. Mike Osatuyi, on Tuesday told one of our correspondents that members of the association could only get the product from the NNPC after making payments.

“We are not saying the NNPC does not have the product. But it has to get to where they can discharge it and load it to our members. You know there was no banking activity in the last four days, and our members pay before loading unlike majors that can get the product on credit. But I believe from tomorrow (Wednesday) when banks would resume, there will be more payments into the NNPC system and there will be more loading,” he had said.

Also on Wednesday, the NNPC attacked DAPPMA over a recent statement that its members had no petrol in their storage tanks despite claims by the national oil firm.

It also stated that DAPPMA members owed it the sum of N26.7bn for products received, adding that the statement credited to the association on the fuel supply situation, especially as regards petrol, was “very unfortunate.”

DAPPMA had stated on Tuesday that its members had no PMS, popularly called petrol, in their various depots and tanks despite claims by the NNPC that it had started loading products in depots across the country.

The Executive Secretary, DAPPMA, Adewole, had said, “While we cannot confirm or dispute NNPC’S claims of having sufficient product stock, we can confirm that the products are not in our tanks and as such, cannot be distributed. If the products are offshore, then surely, they cannot be considered to be available to Nigerians.”

But the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, in a statement on Wednesday, said the corporation had supplied appreciable volume of petrol to members of DAPPMA, MOMAN and IPMAN to solve the challenges being experienced in the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country.

The oil firm said, “The NNPC regrets that DAPPMA, whose members had taken receipt of products from the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the NNPC, and owe the company to the tune of N26.7bn as of December 21, 2017, has the audacity to indict the NNPC unjustifiably.

“The statement by DAPPMA that the current hiccups in the supply of products were due to the inability of the Direct Sale Direct Purchase partners of the NNPC to deliver on their business obligations is unfounded and self-indicting as many of DAPPMA members patronise the same DSDP international counterparts as the corporation.”

The corporation stated that despite the concession by the Federal Government for DAPPMA to obtain foreign exchange at an official rate of N305 to one dollar for the PMS import, members of the association had not been able to do so, leaving the NNPC as the sole supplier of petrol to the Nigerian market.

“The NNPC assures the public that despite the increase it effected in the supply of the PMS in December 2017, it has nonetheless programmed to supply 1.2 billion litres of the white product in January 2018, translating to about 40 million litres of the PMS supply per day. Ordinarily, Nigeria consumes about 700 trucks (about 27 million to 30 million) litres per day,” the oil firm said.

It added that there was no plan to increase the pump price of petrol above N145/litre and that it would continue to maintain the ex-depot price of N133.28/litre, which would guarantee the pump price not exceeding the N145 as capped by the Federal Government.

“All stakeholders are implored to support the efforts of the government to bring a speedy end to the current fuel distribution challenges being experienced in parts of the country as this is not the time to play the blame game,” NNPC said.

This is coming as long queues of motorists persisted in Abuja and neighbouring states of Niger, Nasarawa and Kaduna on Wednesday.

Also, many petrol stations were shut on Wednesday, as fuel attendants at the outlets insisted that they had no product to dispense.

In Ekiti State, independent petroleum marketers reduced fuel price to below N200 per litre.

The development came on the second day of the sale of petrol in the Government’s House dump to the public.

Governor Ayodele Fayose had on Monday directed the sale of the fuel at the dump at the pump price of N145 per litre to members of the public to cushion the effect of the hardship of the fuel scarcity on them during Christmas.

One of our correspondents, who went round the state capital on Wednesday, observed that the sale of the government fuel was still ongoing at the Alade Filling Station, Iyin Ekiti Road.

The Phenrose Oil and Gas station in Irona was selling the product at N180 per litre to motorists, while the Nipco filling station at Adebayo Road and Akinbami filling station in Ureje sold it for N190 per litre.

This was against the price of N400 per litre it was sold for at the black market on Monday.

Also on Wednesday, the Department of Petroleum Resources in Cross River State shut down two fillings stations for selling petrol above the government approved price of N145 per litre.

This came just as independent marketers accused the DPR of failing to address why the product was sold by major depots to them at over N160 ex-depot price as against the government approved N133.28.

The state Controller of the DPR, Mr. Bassey Nkanga, who shut the filling stations during a surveillance in Calabar, said that the stations were violating the government directives.

Nkanga said that it was wrong for oil marketers to increase the pump price when the Federal Government had not done so.

An independent petroleum outlet, Uddy King, was shut for selling the product at N190 per litre, while Uko-Ma was sealed for selling at N205 per litre.

But a Calabar-based certified independent marketer, Mr. Justin Ugbe, said government had refused to address the main issue but had taken solace in shutting filling stations.

Ugbe, who is the Managing Director, Deweb Nigeria Limited, said the DPR was feigning ignorance by sealing filling stations without closing down the depots.

Similarly, the Oyo State joint task force of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the DPR on Wednesday sealed five petrol stations in Ibadan for hoarding fuel.

A statement by the Public Relation Officer of the NSCDC, Oyo State Command, Oluwole Olusegun, said that the patrol team also forced a filling station to sell 2,000 litres of the product to the public after being found guilty of selling above the N145 official pump price.

The statement said, “The team sealed five fuel stations for hoarding the product and selling beyond the official pump price. Some of the fuel stations that were today (Wednesday) penalised are KB Petrol in Ashi area of Ibadan, Roylab Petrol in Akobo area, Jasfad Petrol Station also in Akobo and Swort Oil in Ashi area of the city.

“The Oyo State Commandant, John Adewoye, who led another team round the metropolis, said that illegality being perpetrated by the fuel marketers will no longer be tolerated and that anyone caught in the act will face the wrath of the law.”

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Daily Archives: January 26, 2011

Embarrassing, but Worthy of a Lawsuit?

If you haven’t watched the video that has gone viral, in a nutshell, a woman is walking and texting in a mall.  Obviously, she’s not paying attention, and she trips over a low wall and ends up in the pool … Continue reading

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Today I am so pleased to welcome Kenzie Cade back to Joyfully Jay. Kenzie has come to talk to us about the audio release of her story, Prickly By Nature. She has also brought along a copy to give away. Please join me in giving Kenzie a big welcome!

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Hey all! Thanks JJ for letting me stop by! If you haven’t heard, Prickly By Nature is out on audiobook at Audible. I’m thrilled about the continuation of Dylan and Avery’s story, even more excited to have Iggy Toma back to give life to the guys for a second time.

So in honor of Dylan and Avery, and as I begin working on book three, I’d like to give one of you guys an audio copy of Prickly By Nature.

pbn-audioIn the four months since hedgehog shifter Avery Babineaux started investigating the disappearance of a young female werewolf from the Portland Pack, he’s discovered his life’s passion. Now he’s apprenticing under established PI Corbin Reid. Avery hopes his training with Reid will help him finally bring Lacey home, but detective work isn’t without its perils, and the potential dangers strain his relationship with his new mate, Dylan.

Dylan Green would be perfectly content with his mating and his motorcycle shop if it wasn’t for his constant worry about Avery’s safety and the fact that Avery’s never home. Proud as he might be of Avery’s determination to prove his worth and fulfill his promise to Lacey’s father, Dylan can’t stand the thought of Avery being hurt. Yet what right does he have to demand Avery give up his job when it’s clear Avery’s found his true purpose? Still, Dylan wishes he could, and the appearance of a new police detective who sets his sights on Avery only adds to the tension.

Something has to give, but stubbornness runs in both their veins, and it might take a catastrophe for them to find a compromise they can live with.

Kenzie has brought an audiobook copy of Prickly By Nature to give away to one lucky reader. Just leave a comment at the end of the post to enter. The contest ends on Wednesday, August 17th at 11:59 pm EST.

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out of the woods

You have not lost your way. You only think you have. Listen to the Voice of your Heart. It is always kind and it leads you to the peace you are seeking outside of yourself. In the meantime, find thoughts that are loving to yourself. Forgive yourself everything in this very moment. You can start … Continue reading out of the woods


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Eden (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2014)

When calling Eden one of the more directionless portraits of a life and movement, one must clarify that this is not meant as a bad thing and that the lack of direction refers only to traditional expectations of narrative for what’s essentially a biopic of sorts. On its surface, Eden seems to be simply telling the rise and fall of one particular man in one particular music scene, in this case the French house or “French touch” scene that took off in the early 1990s. Director Mia Hansen-Løve is concerned less with a narrative of modest success followed by years of toiling away, and instead with the yearning for youth, to recapture something that seemed like it was only just there…

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Elsie’s Place by Kerrie Paterson

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a beautiful, heart-warming read about three women who find love, support and friendship in an unlikely place. Strangers brought together during the renovation of Elsie’s Place, a run-down historical property Patricia has inherited, each woman has a hurt or hurdle to overcome. A hard-working single mother, a career woman with a desperate wish and a school principal recovering on stress leave – none of them could ever have forseen that a house renovation would make them rethink the direction their lives are taking. A wonderful, well-written story about love and forgiveness, discovery and secrets, with the underlying message that friendship does more than just bring people together. It has the potential to create a family. An excellent read I’d highly recommend.

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A Grand Design style renovation – with a literal skeleton in the closet.

Sixty-year-old widowed school principal Patricia inherits a run-down, historic house in Newcastle, NSW, from Elsie, an old lady she’d befriended.

On leave following a distressing incident at her school, Pat throws herself into restoring the house with the help of new friends – architect Susan, whose longing for a child threatens her marriage, and Lauren, a single mum stubbornly sacrificing her dreams of self-employment for the security of a nine-to-five job. Attraction flares between Pat and Andy, the historic restoration expert she hires.

While menacing phone calls and destructive break-ins threaten to derail the restoration project, a shocking discovery causes repercussions no-one could have foreseen.

Caught between the needs of her mother ravaged by dementia and the demands of her adult children, Pat must learn to put herself first to salvage both her new life and her new love.


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Microsoft Voice Command 1.6

And here I thought MS all but abandoned this essential application for Windows Mobile devices. It had been such a long time in between upgrades.

But no, Microsoft Voice Command 1.6 is finally out. Interesting that there is no official information about it on Microsoft’s site…all you can find are links to the above Handango page. Maybe that’s why I thought they abandoned the technology.

Anyway, the big news is that it works over Bluetooth devices, although I haven’t tried it for that yet. So far, it does seem faster and a bit more stable on my Cingular 8125. Only $9.99 upgrade if you enter the email address you used on the original purchase.

Bad news? It’s still a RAM hog. Over 4MB of storage space and it must go to main memory, not a storage card. If you have a device without an easily accessible tactile keyboard, it’s a must-have, so no choice but to make room for it.

One more thing…this is one application that you must save the original download if you don’t buy Handango’s overpriced download protection. There’s no registration key. If you wipe out the file for any reason, you can’t grab another copy of the installer.


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Marketing and design in your library

I am delighted to be in Cairns at a full day workshop organised by the Catholic Education office for the schools in this area.  “Contemporary School Library Design” – the whole day is designed to help schools look at their school libraries and to build or renovate school libraries that meet the needs of 21st century learners.

The first session of the day to set the scene was provided by Kevin Hennah.  Kevin is a wonderful inspiration to many in Australia, using design and marketing ideas to repackage school libraries.  Many of our teacher librarians are familiar with his work, and have already made transformations to their libraries – with either a lot of money or on a shoe-string budget.

80% of your loans are generated by 20% of your collection.  Yes!! Kevin urges us to weed, weed, weed.  Don’t pride yourself on the size of your collection – pride yourself on the quality and presention of your collection. No question, part of Kevin’s focus is to remind us of the hugely relevant focus of reading and literacy that our school libraries MUST retain in the age of digital learning.

The trick of great ‘merchandising’ is to cater for kids needs. First impressions count! Remember your visit to Boarders?  The presentation of so many ‘front facing’ books is essential, as our kids are so image conscious. We must market ourselves. We must entice. So grab the flavour of this conversation and make your transformations. Kevin always talks about “prime real estate”  –  don’t put a big table in that space, with a tablecloth and some books.  Think Borders and think clever.

School libraries have way too much signage. Return shute? make a list of all the things that frustrate you! Make sure you have lots of front facing books – and put them on the ends of your aisles.

Kevin loves the creative use of slat wall. But remember, to be careful what acrylics you buy and where you place these display units. Image Plastics are developing excellent perspex holders.

What we are aiming for – walking into a school library and thinking “wow”!!  First impressions are so important!  Retail book stores provide a powerful marketing ideas – take the ‘good stuff’ from retail, and package it into 21st century pedagogy. Use the base line of clean design, and a colour palette that allows you to change in the future.

Remember, don’t display your magazines by displaying them in alphabetical order!

My view for the future?   I believe we have to renovate to innovate – to make books and digital engagement our prime focus, to sell our passion for learning by ‘marketing’ to each new audience! Clean, creative, gorgeous!

Kevin’s message is to take the flavour of possibilities – and translate them into your own setting.  Make an impression – don’t be generic. Think outside the circle of traditional libraries. Be bold – and don’t let your teachers hold you back. Yes, it’s about change, and pedagogical innovation. Love life, love your library, love change!!

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  1. I am really interested in all discussion about making libraries stimulating and inviting.

    I have my fingers triple crossed that our school library is to be upgraded and refurbished or a new one built in the new BER. I have a split level library-right in the middle!!

    It means up and down 6 steps(some shallow-others deep!!) to the computers and the workareas every time a student needs assistance.

    Office, computers, reference upstairs and fiction, non-fiction, circulation desks and IWB downstairs.It is not a good learning environment-hidey holes at the sides of the deep stairs. I am gathering as many great ideas for 21sr Century learning spaces as I can.
    You wrote: “Remember your visit to Boarders?”
    I don’t understand. Is it too late to check out somehow??
    BTW Judy I attended one of your workshops in Coffs Harbour with Mary Walsh and now have really embraced some of those technologies you introduced.
    Cheers 🙂

  2. Kevin Hennah is such a fantastic speaker. His enthusiasm is infectious and his advice and ideas are great. I love the way he can give big picture ideas but, if you dont have the money for that, other creative ways of making the library space look more inviting and inspiring to the school communities.

  3. This looks really interesting and fits in with a lot of things that I learned from my former assistant, who also came from a retail background. I would be really interested to read the Rethink book – especially as I am currently planning a new library – but it is only available in Australia!

  4. Having worked for Borders for over 7 years and currently working as a librarian, there are a lot of merchandising skills I would love to transfer over. However, many obstacles block such creativeness like sticking to the Dewey system. At Borders, we were encouraged to not only do windows for faceouts but to also cross promote merchandise. I love group items by relevance in addition to their own subjects. Libraries need to think more about the end user and make more user friendly options to find the materials easier.

    • Really interesting to think about these ideas, and even better when school libraries begin to transform their spaces to inspire students with easy access. You have a great advantage working as a Librarian after having had your ‘Borders’ experience. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

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Miss the Smell of Mexican Buns aka Rotiboy? Here’s a Simple Recipe to DIY at Home

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Don’t lie to me and say you’ve never done a double-take whenever you pass by a Rotiboy store! The sweet smell of their delicious hot buns alone can get us sniffing like a police canine on Escobar’s farm.

The crispy crust, the pillowy white interior, and the smooth layer of nutty butter in between is definitely magic in the mouth, oof!

While the general name for this type of bread is ‘Mexican Coffee Bun’, Rotiboy took inspiration from a Mexican bread called Conchas but added their own spin by adding a coffee topping and now, we can’t get enough of ’em.

Since Malaysia just extended our MCO until 12 May, long days are ahead until we will be reunited with our beloved Rotiboy. So, why not try to bake some of our own at home!

(source: Twitter – @hotthaikitchen )

For everyone who’s fasting this Ramadhan, it can be a sweet treat to go along with your kurma when you break fast for Iftar. Leftovers can be kept for your sahur session too! Although we doubt there will be any buns left once you try this easy recipe. Anyway, let’s get to baking!

This Mexican coffee bun recipe was kindly shared by the Facebook user – Puteri Rupawan, and it has simple ingredients that you can find easily. Here’s what you need!

(source: Puteri Rupawan/Facebook)

Ingredients for the bread:

  • 1 egg yolk
  • 30g of castor sugar
  • A pinch of salt
  • 250g bread flour/wheat flour
  • 1 tablespoon milk flour
  • 1 teaspoon yeast
  • 150ml of water
  • 30g margarine

Ingredients for the coffee topping:

  • 50g butter (softened)
  • 40g of brown sugar
  • 1 egg of grade A
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla ice cream
  • 1 tbsp of Nescafe (mixed with 1 tbsp of hot water)
  • 60g of wheat flour
  • 10g of cornflour

Ingredients for bread filling:

  • Butter
  • Sugar
  • Salt

Now that you know what to get, here’s how you can make it!

Start with the bread filling:

1. Mix butter, sugar and salt and mix well.

2. Then put the butter mixture into the refrigerator to harden it.

(source: Puteri Rupawan/Facebook)

Next, the bread:

1. Combine eggs, sugar, salt, bread flour/wheat flour, milk flour, yeast, margarine and water in a mixer.

2. Knead all the ingredients until the dough does not stick to the bowl and becomes elastic.

3. Let the dough proof for about 15 minutes.

Roll up the filling in the bread dough:

(source: Puteri Rupawan/Facebook)

1. Take 40g of the dough to form small circles.

2. Cut the harden butter mixture into small cubes and insert it in the dough one by one.

3. Make sure to round the dough back again to cover the butter inside.

4. Repeat this process until the dough and butter are finished.

Now, for the topping:

1. Mix all the topping ingredients, stir well.

2. Then insert the mixture into a piping bag.

(source: Puteri Rupawan/Facebook)

3. Apply a layer of margarine onto the tray or you can use parchment paper.

4. Let the dough you’ve rolled up to rest on the tray for 30 minutes.

5. Then, squeeze out the topping on top of the bun – like this!

(source: Puteri Rupawan/Facebook)

6. Preheat the oven to 170°c.

7. Finally, bake the buns at 170°c for 20 minutes and before you know it – you’ll have freshly baked Mexican coffee buns ready to eat!

Take a look at the results. Now, that’s how you satisfy your cravings!

Good luck baking everyone ~

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Newfangled Glass

December 10, 2011

I recently went along to a glass workshop run by Jill Conlan at The Newfangled Glass Company.  We had several hours of fantastic fun creating Christmas decorations and were shown a variety of basic glass techniques including cutting and grinding to create shaped glass for kiln fusing, painting with glass enamels and decorating with glass frits.  I highly recommend popping along to one of Jill’s classes, it was informative and interesting while being very relaxed and friendly.

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