Specifically with step families and blended families there were Pittsburgh Attachment Parenting Community, I’m a Stepmom which is located in Cranberry Pennsylvania and Belleville Mom’s meetup. These groups are normal moms who get together with their kids and do activities together and bond. This gives someone that the new stepmoms can talk and relate to. They meet as often or less often depending…
Maine Culture- Maine’s culture has many different characteristics. First, the have a very strong northeastern accent. 1. Also, one of the most popular foods is lobster. Maine produces 99% of the wild blueberries in the U.S., which is probably why their official dessert is blueberry pie. Michigan has the highest income of blueberries. Another cultural characteristic from Maine is all the festivals and celebrations they have to support different heritages, the Greek, Native American, and…
Every time I walk into Texas Roadhouse my eyes wonder over to where the rolls and their special cinnamon butter waiting to be consumed by the customer. I hear country music playing in the background, and feel peanuts crumbling under my feet like leaves on a beautiful autumn day. Without looking at the menu, my mind is already preparing my stomach for the flavorful food that I am about to encounter. Texas Roadhouse gives the Newark population somewhere local to get a great steak while getting a…
This film involves a daughter that is the black sheep of her family but is having her whole family over for Thanksgiving in New York City. One of April challenges is that she doesn’t know how to cook. The mother Joy has cancer and is dying and is trying to re-connect with her daughter April. Which seem’s to be weight on her chest since she has never had a good connection with her oldest daughter? This family dynamic is complicated in the way that they all have a different way’s in coping how…
Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital is a children’s hospital at Memorial Regional located in Hollywood, Florida. It was renamed Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in 1992 becoming the first pediatric hospital in Broward County (Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, 2016). Named after Hall of Fame baseball player Joe DiMaggio whose mission was to create a facility with the idea that no child will be turned away because of their inability to pay (JDCH, 2016). Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital is…
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and in many other nations of the world (R. Siegel, Miller, & Jemal, 2015). It is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth and invasion of tissues in various parts of our body such as lung, breast, and colon. The American Cancer Society estimates diagnosis of 1,685,210 new cancer cases and 595,690 cancer related deaths in the US in 2016 (R. L. Siegel, Miller, & Jemal, 2016). Breast cancer is identified as a diverse disease in…
What's tipping honeybee populations into huge annual die-offs? For years, a growing body of evidence has pointed to a group of insecticides called neonicotinoids, widely used on corn, soy, and other US crops, as a possible cause of what has become known as colony collapse disorder (CCD). Rather than kill bees directly like, say, Raid kills cockroaches, these pesticides are suspected of having what scientists call "sub-lethal effects"—that is, they make bees more vulnerable to other stressors,…
The NFBD Marketing Internship allowed for a multitude of different tasks which can be broken down to marketing, management experience, customer service, social media management, sales, coaching, and facility management. Despite being a youth organization, the internship experience provided by NFBD was like working for several departments of a professional sports team due to the very similar tasks involved with branding, social media, providing customer service, event planning, etc. The…
The best day ever would have to be a recent trip my boyfriend and I took for my birthday. This year I turned 23 years old and I wanted to do something different for a change. I had ongoing streak where I would go out to the club ever year for my birthday once I turned 21 years old. I wanted to party as hard as I could for at least five years straight after becoming a legal adult who is able to drink. I believe what made me base that unrealistic goal was my under aged mind because now I…
To live a long and healthy life, individuals need to be aware of both their mental and physical health. Physical health is definitely one of the greatest influences on diseases, but surprisingly, mental health also plays a big role. The brain is the body’s powerhouse, the correct nutrients and diets will empower it and provide advantageous symptoms. Illnesses such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and ADHD can be significantly improved simply by making some lifestyle changes. Even people…