principalkohoutek [none/use name]

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Cake day: 2022年4月25日

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  • Funny I was just reading about the Holy Land Foundation yesterday

    Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development'), originally known as Occupied Land Fund, was the largest Islamic charity in the United States. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas,[1] and run by Palestinian-Americans.[2] The organization's mission was to "find and implement practical solutions for human suffering through humanitarian programs that impact the lives of the disadvantaged, disinherited, and displaced peoples suffering from man-made and natural disasters."

    During the 1990s, American politicians, including Chuck Schumer and Eliot Spitzer,[3][4] alongside the Israeli government[5] and Steve Emerson,[6] lobbied the U.S. government to take action against the Holy Land Foundation.[7] In December 2001, the U.S. designated HLF a terrorist organization, seized its assets, and closed the organization. At the time it was the largest Muslim charitable organisation in the United States


  • I lost my dog of 12 years this summer and it was devastating. Noticing his "presence replaced by absence" is so crushing to face. I have to remind myself that I gave him the best life I could and loved him every day, and he knew that.

    There's no shortcut to grief. I just teared up typing this. I'm glad we have this community to help carry these burdens cuddle









  • Yeah no you're exactly right. It's essentially a Catch 22 for getting real "middle class jobs" (the ones with PTO and health benefits).

    I had a master's degree and many years teaching experience, but when I quit teaching, I had to take entry level administrative support office jobs to get my foot in the door. Upon hire, my new boss said they had 100 qualified applicants but I'm the one who made the cut. They weren't sure I would be able to do things like "run copies" and "take minutes".

    I don't have any real advice except to treat the application materials as seriously as you would a college essay.

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    Check the public sector, either at state, county, or city level. School district, Dept of transit, etc. They tend to have good benefits and decent work-life balance