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Fire starts with sparks William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-25-20
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Answer to yesterday’s William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit Quote puzzle: Fire starts with sparks.
Ukrainian Folk Saying
Shrimp is the most popular seafood in the United States. We consume 1.27 billion pounds per year.
A medium shrimp weighs about a half-ounce. Using that as the average weight of a sold shrimp means we annually eat about 41 billion shrimp.
Joseph’s People 8th Annual Retreat Is Feb. 16
By Kate Rainey
Professional employment guidance, fellowship and free sit down Italian dinner will be available for those who attend 8th Annual Joseph’s People Retreat on Feb. 16. This year’s retreat is titled “Advancing Your Career in a Stressful Job Market”. The event, which is highlighted by two experts in their field, is 1:30-6:30 p.m. in the McShain Conference Center at the Malvern Retreat House, 315 S. Warren Ave., Malvern. Enter the property by the upper entrance A.
Harriet Stein, a “mindfulness” specialist, and Ed Samuel, a senior Executive Career Coach, will be the speakers.
Ms. Stein, who has taught mindfulness for a decade at Johnson & Johnson, will demonstrate how to integrate this skill into daily life when searching for a job. She will teach how to build a practice into the day with formal and informal activities, improve awareness which will enable increased clarity and foster greater decision making. Ms. Stein learned mindfulness from Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Founder of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She also completed advanced teacher training at the Myrna Brind Center for Mindfulness at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
Ed Samuel, a senior Executive Career Coach and founder of SamNova, Inc, will lead a discussion on the best practices to optimize your job search. Ed will touch on key actions that have made a difference in clients landing jobs, including resume tips, LinkedIn Profiles, engaging in the hidden job market, combating ageism and interviewing musts. He will explain the best practices for each and talk about client success stories. Mr. Samuel has led over 150 executive networking forums with more than 2,750 executives over the last 12 years. He is a summa cum laude graduate from Wilmington University.
Joseph’s People is the Philadelphia Region’s largest pro bono job search group. The retreat is offering complimentary job search education, motivation, meal and an optional Catholic mass.
Please RSVP to this event through www.JosephsPeople.org. Space is limited. Joseph’s People is a non-denominational and ecumenical non-profit group that serves unemployed and underemployed people of the Greater Philadelphia Region.
Hypocrisy in anything William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-24-20
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.
Leo Tolstoy
How many died building the Panama Canal? Hospital records show that 5609 died of diseases and accidents but a whole lot of deaths occurred outside the hospital. The best estimate is 22,000 and this doesn’t count the French attempt.
Job that’s never started William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-23-20
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
J. R. R. Tolkien
Turzai Stepping Down As House Speaker Says Source — A little birdie tells us that the rumors are right and Speaker of the House Mike Turzai is quitting the Pennsylvania Legislature. Turzai, a Republican, has been Speaker since 2015 and has represented the Allegheny County -centered 28th District since 2001.
Our source says that Turzai’s dreams of becoming governor have been dashed and that he is looking to practice law full time.
Turzai has scheduled a news conference for tomorrow (Jan. 23) and this will either be confirmed or not then.
Thomas Becket’s shrine William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-22-20
No Miranda, you cannot retrace the trip taken in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, at least exactly. The pilgrims’ destination was the St. Thomas Becket’s shrine at Canterbury Cathedral.
Becket was a pal of King Henry II who placed him in the important post of the Archbishop of Canterbury in a bit of convenient cronyism. Unfortunately for Henry, Becket started taking his job seriously which interfered with the King’s plans. The King expressed his annoyance to some of his knights who took matters in their own hands on Dec. 29, 1170 and killed the cleric in the Cathedral.
Canterbury Cathedral was destroyed by fire four years later. A magnificent replacement was built. Becket’s body was placed in a solid gold shrine, and became the destination for pilgrims as per “Canterbury Tales.”
In 1534, Henry VIII while performing his anti-Catholic pogrom summoned the dead saint to court to face charges of treason. When he didn’t appear, he was found guilty in abstentia. Henry VIII destroyed the shrine, took its gold and burned Becket’s body.
Pat Poprik Incompetence In Bucks County — Bucks County Republican Party Chairwoman Pat Poprik, yesterday, Jan. 21, released the dumbest bit of politicking of 2020.
Granted its early but it sets a high bar.
Ms. Poprik and her clueless contingent declared that businessman Andrew Meehan, who is challenging incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District, will be excluded from candidate screening.
“They voted not to allow him to be voted on,” said Robert Ciervo.
The county GOP Executive Committee claimed Meehan did not share their values because of some alleged social media sin. They said it without the dimmest awareness that cancel culture is clearly not the value of the overwhelming majority of Republican voters even in the Philadelphia suburbs.
If what he did was so bad, why not confront him during the screening? Hmmm? Can you say fear? Expediency?
How about stupidity?
You could have safely given the incumbent the nod without dissing Meehan or his many, many supporters who Fitzpatrick will need if he should win the primary, April 28.
But you chose the halo polishing route thinking it will get you patted on the head by the people who use you and hate us.
Bucks County needs a new boss.
Here is the release:
Update 1: Andy Meehan has responded to the allegations of social media wrongdoing https://meehan2020.com/meehan-response-to-fitzpatrick-hit-job-dump/
Update 2: A little birdie told us the vote to exclude Meehan’s screening was 49-28 which is remarkable as our birdie says unanimous votes are the norm. Further the discussion to exclude Meehan took an hour and 15 minutes which was a unnecessary waste of time. Letting Meehan speak would have taken five minutes.
Truth is so obscure William Lawrence Sr Cryptowit 1-22-20
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
Blaise Pascal