Sentences with phrase «working family grounded»

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Taking a few moments every day — while I'm still invited — to join them in a match is not only great quality time with my family, it keeps me grounded in what's important and in a positive frame of mind when I turn my attention back to work.»

For those students who are the first in their families to attend, quality advice is thin on the ground, but even if your parents are grads, much has changed in the worlds of work and education since they sat in a lecture hall.

He also worked for Miriam Development, a family company in NYC, managing more than 200 workers and the construction of more than 150 ground up 3 to 4 story townhouses, which includes close to 500,000 SF, throughout Brooklyn, Bronx and part of Manhattan.

One of the leading organizations responding to the destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey, in the immediate phase of emergency response, All Hands has multiple teams on the ground assessing devastated regions to identify where assistance is most needed, and clearing trees and debris so families can return to their homes.

One might look, for example, at From Culture Wars to Common Ground: Religion and the American Family Debate, by neoliberal Protestants Don Browning, Bonnie Miller - McLemore, Pamela Couture, Bernie Lyon and Robert Franklin; Gender and Grace: Love, Work, and Parenting in a Changing World, by evangelical Protestant Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen; and Sex, Gender and Christian Ethics, by Catholic Lisa Sowle Cahill.

Do you have any advice or ideas for those of us at home with small children, or working the daily grind 9 - 5 jobs, or in school full - time to honor our commitments to family, work and school while simultaneously working to benefit our communities?

With accessory buildings (coach houses with garages below and a small living or work space above) permitted on the single - family house lots, this design makes room for 41 private development parcels, allowing up to 70 dwelling units and four ground - floor shops; off - street parking for 82 cars; on - street and plaza public parking for 216 cars; and additional Sunday parking available for up to 90 more cars on the perimeter lanes of the property.

To those that are against a minister receiving a return, are the pastors supposed to do all the «duties» such as visiting the sick, counseling, discipleship, etc. full time, plus work full time and have a family and just suck it up and run themselves in to the ground?

New York (CNN)- While all eyes are on lower Manhattan, nearly 200 people gathered more than 100 blocks north of Ground Zero on Friday night to honor 9/11 families and to recognize a decade of interfaith work at the Interchurch Center.

It was definitely not agrarian, but it was often chosen because it provided greater family stability than did the grinding work and unceasing uncertainty of subsistence agriculture.

It's a family stand - by, and I know it works because my Mum often requests «Fajita Night», which means that we make a batch of this chili plus a batch of seasoned ground beef (for the carnivorous Dad), and we all get to make our own Fajitas with whole wheat tortillas and fillings of choice.

Not the kind you buy, but the home - made just grind up the peanuts (usually would get a bushel of them when visiting the Georgia relatives, some of whom worked for the family of the most famous American peanut farmer and 39th President of the United States), spread»em on homemade bread with a little homemade jam, and smack your lips while eating.

It is within this ground that government of China and academic journal publishers sanctioned and retracted the research work of scientists who engaged in unethical feeding of Golden Rice to children whose families were not informed that they were being fed Golden Rice last 2012.

This fundraising event will celebrate Room to Grow's incredible 10 years of helping families in need in Boston, and also honor the moms in the program who work so hard to create solid ground for their kids.

The Center gathers carefully selected expert practitioners from various fields — psychology, social work, marriage and family, pediatrics, neuropsychology, educational therapy, occupational therapy, parent education, assistive technology, nutrition, and on and on — with each practitioner offering a Whole Child perspective, grounded in the science of interpersonal neurobiology.

Stonyfield will not only be contributing funds to support AZA SAFE field work but is aiming to drive kids and their families to see animals and conservation projects first hand at zoos, aquariums, and on the ground where the research is happening.

I created the parent coach model for a national company, Vive (www.vivenow.com), supporting parents with at risk teens, working with over 1000 families to reach higher ground.

Experts advise that during times of transition, every family needs to figure out a plan that works best for them — as long as there are ground rules.

These common ground principles are intended to provide a foundation for continued dialogue and collaboration across sectors, as we work together towards a common goal of improving maternal and newborn care for families choosing home birth.

Together with my team at the office, I have been working on getting a Cloth Diaper Bank off the ground for months now... it's taken time to get everything off the ground and operational, but last week, we did our first official Share The Love ™ diaper distribution to families here in St. Louis.

«The essential challenge for new parents is to be consistent with their children and to find common ground as they learn the parenting style that works best for their family.»

Hence, these Common Ground Principles are intended to provide a foundation for continued dialogue and collaboration across sectors, as we work together towards a common goal of improving maternal and newborn care for families choosing home birth.

Setting concise ground rules for behavior that are enforced with polite phrases can work well at harmonizing your family.

Most notably, he's also been endorsed by the Working Families Party, a group that could theoretically provide a general election ballot line in addition to troops on the ground.

More likely Cuomo will attempt to turn the moribund state Democratic Party into a muscular player again, so that candidates turn to it for help rather than to, say, the Working Families Party, which has lately done a better job of fielding ground troops.

Central Florida is ground zero for working families who, every day, are striving for the American Dream.

The Working Families Party works for its candidates, supplying ground forces, phone banks, staff and sometimes funding.

You have to be rooted in the ground, rooted there in those states that share the values that the Working Families Party has been establishing.»

Those Working Families boots on the ground made the difference and more.

The loudest cheers of the night came when Gallo thanked the Working Families Party for its endorsement and on - the - ground support.

Practically, this means that turnout will be rather low and having troops on the ground — like the Working Families Party has historically provided for their preferred candidates — could easily have a significant impact.

Zadroga Family NYPD detective James Zadroga died of respiratory disease in January 2006, and an autopsy found glass particles in his lungs attributed to his work at Ground Zero.

To that end, we are excited to officially break ground on Sydney House, and to provide 56 hard - working families with the opportunity to own a home in their city,» said Habitat for Humanity New York City CEO Karen Haycox.

ELMHURST — A local NYPD sergeant was mourned this week after succumbing to cancer he developed after working at Ground Zero, family and the NYPD said.

He has moved to lock up endorsements from 11 unions so far, including those representing teachers and municipal workers, and from the Working Families Party, which has helped many Democratic candidates in their ground game.

«This ground - breaking work is not only helpful for women from families with many cases of breast cancer, it will improve breast cancer risk prediction for all women, and pave the way for the development of epigenetic therapeutics for breast cancer.»

We all work hard... All year long we grind day after day at our jobs, in the gym, to find time for our friendships, families and relationships, and the holidays are the ideal time to let loose, forget your worries, and enjoy one another!

I'm a single dad divorce of 2 kids and live by myself working all the time... I'm a good hearted person that try to help others when I could... I have Indian in my family in my ancestor back ground..

About Blog Bonus Families, as an organization was founded in 1999, but the ground work was laid years before.

Centering on a family of four with a history of mental illness and mysterious rituals, the movie's increasingly unhinged mayhem is grounded by Collette's tour - de-force performance, in the role of a visual artist (and less - than - perfect mother) whose work consists of miniature dollhouses that plumb her own nightmarish autobiography.

There are some ground rules that you should follow, though, such as creating a distraction - free workspace and carefully distinguishing work hours from family time.

They can lift your mood and give you a more positive outlook — particularly if you are stuck in the daily grind of travel to work, work all day, travel home from work, make dinner for the family, put kids to bed and sit in front of the TV (or stay up doing school work).

From Virginia Walden Ford's work in D.C., to those of Samuel in Connecticut, to the Parent Trigger actions of families throughout the country, it is these impromptu leaders who have done the work of jump - starting and sustaining reform that Beltway and operator - oriented reformers, often more - concerned about policy and management than with rallying critical support from people on the ground, almost never do.

As a peer learning and action network, the District Leaders Network on Family and Community engagement was conceived as a mechanism for improving systemic practice by supporting the learning of leaders responsible for work on the ground.

And even as they badmouth families, they also engage in intimidating families daring to speak out on the ground, and are working together with traditional districts to push back against Parent Power and choice initiatives in states such as Mississippi and Alabama.

«Upper - middle class families and above have made the determination that college admissions officers devalue paid work and that if you're not pursuing a hectic schedule of activities you'll be less appealing to colleges,» said Ron Lieber, author of The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising Kids Who Are Grounded, Generous, and Smart About Money.

We approach our work firmly grounded in the notion that supporting families to be agents of change in their communities is crucial to ensuring students succeed and have a bright future.

It's no surprise that political operatives from Working Families organizations who are much closer to the ground are sensing the new dynamic of voters wanting to reject the well - financed campaign for New Orleans - style school reform and take back control of their local schools.

Conversations like this are great; when you spend time working in your own bubble, you can easily convince yourself that you're the only one experiencing the grind towards quality choices for our families.

It «combines research from the biological and behavioral sciences with practical, on - the - ground knowledge from working with adults and families to provide effective solutions for helping individuals develop more effective skills for coping with adversity.»