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Articles by Amanda Herman
Retired teacher turns kitchen-table tutoring into thriving business
After 30 years in the Bryant School District, Marjie Davis, 55, has turned a few kitchen-table tutoring sessions into a learning business of her own. Davis loved teaching, the children and the chance to make a difference. But after three decades in the classroom, she was burned out. Walking away was not easy, but staying no longer felt right. Then came a question many women eventually face: Now what? Retirement did not quite suit Davis.
‘What’s the worst that could happen?’: Alisa Ruffner on taking the leap with The Well
There comes a point in a woman’s life when she starts asking herself some uncomfortable questions. When did I become so exhausted? When did taking care of everyone else become more important than taking care of myself? And perhaps the biggest question of all: Is this really what I want to keep doing with my life? For some women, those questions lead to change. For others, fear keeps them right where they are. Alisa Ruffner decided to take the chance.
Επαγωγική εστία: Ο σωστός τρόπος καθαρισμού για να αποφύγετε τις φθορές, σύμφωνα με ειδικούς
Οι επαγωγικές εστίες χρειάζονται προσεκτικό καθαρισμό για να μην φθαρεί η επιφάνειά τους. Παρότι η τεχνολογία τους χρησιμοποιείται εδώ και δεκαετίες στην Ευρώπη, γίνεται όλο και πιο δημοφιλής χάρη στην ενεργειακή απόδοση, τον ακριβή έλεγχο θερμοκρασίας και τον εύκολο καθαρισμό. Ωστόσο, είναι σημαντικό να γνωρίζετε τον σωστό τρόπο συντήρησης ώστε να παραμένουν σε άριστη κατάσταση.
Multinational Partners Finalize Plans for Exercise Flintlock 2026
Representatives from more than 30 African, international, and U.S. special operations forces are finalizing plans for U.S. Africa Command’s premier annual SOF exercise, Exercise Flintlock, in Abidjan this week, Feb. 23-26. Hosted by Ivorian Special Forces, the week-long planning event ensures all participating nations are synchronized for the exercise, scheduled for April of this year. This year’s iteration will train more than 1,000 participants across Côte d'Ivoire and Libya.
Multinational Partners Finalize Plans for Exercise Flintlock 2026
More than 30 African, international and U.S. special operations forces are meeting in Abidjan this week to finalize plans for Exercise Flintlock, U.S. Africa Command’s premier annual special operations exercise scheduled for April. The Ivorian special forces–hosted planning event will synchronize participating nations for training more than 1,000 participants across Côte d'Ivoire and Libya.
Muslim Life in the Valley: Alia Al Absi
Alia Al Absi was born in Jordan several decades after her family was expelled from Palestine, along with 700,000 other Arabs, during the 1948 Palestine War. In 2011, she and her young daughter came to the United States to visit her sister. Alia decided to stay — and she just became a U.S. citizen. Some people think, “Oh, Islam is very strict and forces women to do this and that. Every problem is related to Islam.” But it’s not true. I live alone with my daughter.
Muslim Life in the Valley
Editor’s Note: This week, we are delighted to collaborate with Jenny Bender and Amanda Herman, two Valley writers and active community members who set out this past year to do a citizens’ oral history project on our Muslim friends and neighbors. This article features several stories from the series, which Bender and Herman treat as an ongoing project and look forward to sharing and exhibiting in the coming months.
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