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photo is a repost from Rasheed Clark @Rasheed_Clark November is American Diabetes Month The vision of the American Diabetes Association is a life free of diabetes and all of its burdens. Raising awareness of this ever-growing disease is one of the main efforts behind the mission of the Association. American Diabetes Month® (ADM) is an important element in this effort, with programs designed to focus the nation's attention on the issues surrounding diabetes and the many people who are impacted by the disease. Here are just a few of the recent statistics on diabetes: Nearly 30 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. Another 86 million Americans have prediabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The American Diabetes Association estimates that the total national cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States is $245 billion. American Diabetes Month takes place each November and is a time to come together as a community to Stop Diabetes. - See more at: http://www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/american-diabetes-month.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#sthash.3Lly2j9c.dpuf #November #AmericanDiabetesMonth #AmericanDiabetesAssociation #DiabetesAwarenessMonth Repost from @heymse (at Glen Allen, Virginia)

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AIDS Hotline (800) FOR-AIDS American Social Health Association: Sexually Transmitted Disease Hotline [phone] CDC AIDS Information [phone] AIDS Info: Treatment, Prevention and Research (800) HIV-0440 National AIDS Hotline (800) 342-AIDS ALCOHOL Alcohol Hotline [phone] Al-Anon for Families of Alcoholics [phone] Alcohol and Drug Helpline [phone] Alcohol Treatment Referral Hotline [phone] Alcohol & Drug Abuse Hotline [phone] Families Anonymous [phone] National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Hopeline [phone] CHILD ABUSE Child Protection Hotline (Los Angeles County DCFS) Within CA [phone] Outside CA [phone] Judge Baker Children’s Center – Child Abuse Hotline [phone] Child Help USA National Child Abuse Hotline [phone] Covenant House [phone] CRISES AND SUICIDE Girls & Boys Town National Hotline [phone] International Suicide Hotlines National Hopeline Network (800) SUICIDE National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-TALK (8255) National Youth Crisis Hotline (800) 442-HOPE (4673) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE National Domestic Violence Hotline [phone] National US Child Abuse Hotline [phone] MEDICAL American Association of Poison Control Centers [phone] America Social Health: STD Hotline [phone] OTHER Shoplifters Anonymous [phone] Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention [phone] San Francisco Sex Information: (415) 989 SFSI Teen Help Adolescent Resources [phone] PREGNANCY Planned Parenthood Hotline (800) 230-PLAN (230-7526) RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN) (800) 656-HOPE National Domestic Violence/Child Abuse/ Sexual Abuse [phone] Abuse Victim Hotline [phone] RUNNING AWAY National Runaway Switchboard [phone] National Hotline for Missing & Exploited Children [phone] Child Find of America [phone] SUBSTANCE ABUSE Poison Control [phone] National Institute on Drug Abuse Hotline [phone] Cocaine Anonymous [phone] National Help Line for Substance Abuse [phone] #CrisisHotlines (at Glen Allen, Virginia)

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One more day until election day, do you know who you're voting for? Where the polling place is where you will be casting your ballot? You still have time to find out. So, get that information on today and be ready to help your candidate win on tomorrowTuesday November 3rd. #2015Election #GetOutTheVote #AllElectionsMatter #StraightOutta #AllVotersMatter #AllVotesCount #WeCanDoBetter #TogetherWeCanBuildABetterFuture #PollingPlace #NoExcuses #BeInformed #EducateYourself Repost from @heymse (at Glen Allen, Virginia)

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The best part of this message is that we have the freedom and ability to change the scariest things mentioned in it. Please educate yourself about the issues and the candidates running for political office. Exercise your right to vote on this coming Tuesday November 3rd. The community, town, city, school district, state or country your vote may save might be your own!!! #TogetherWeCanBuildABetterFuture #InAllYourGettingGetSomeUnderstanding #PayAttention #DontSettle #EducateYourself #Politrix #Values #Politics #WeCanDoBetter #BeInformed #GetOutTheVote #2015Election Repost from @quakeshouse and @winemusiclife Repost from @heymse (at Glen Allen, Virginia)

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Repost from @heymse All Souls' Day 2015: Dates And Origins Of The Day To Pray For The Dead by Carol Kuruvilla (Religion Associate Editor, The Huffington Post) This Catholic holy day remembers those who have passed. Once the Halloween candy has been counted and the costumes stored away, many religious people around the world enter into a TIME OF remembrance for the dead. In the Christian calendar, this tradition is upheld on All Souls’ Day, which falls yearly on Nov. 2. It follows All Saints’ Day, which is observed on Nov. 1. While All Saints' Day is a day that Catholics remember those who have already entered heaven, All Souls' Day is a day to pray for all loved ones who have died. In particular, Catholics remember the souls of those who are caught in purgatory, undergoing a process of purification before entering heaven. The Catholic Church teaches that "all who die in God’s grace, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven." The purification that happens in purgatory is entirely different from the punishment that takes place in hell. According to the church's catechism -- a document containing essential church teachings -- purgatory is like a "cleansing" or "purifying" fire for people who are already assured of God's grace. Catholics believe that souls in purgatory can be helped along the path towards heaven by the prayers of those who are still living. All Souls' Day is not a holy day of obligation, so Catholics aren't expected to attend church. However, if it falls on a Sunday, Catholics mark the day by attending a special Mass. Catholics also visit the graves of their loved ones, where they light candles, leave flowers and sprinkle holy water. for whole article see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/all-souls-day-2015-dates-facts-and-traditions_56340865e4b0c66bae5ca0b5 #AllSaintsDay #AllHallowsDay #Novemeber1st #AllHallowsEve #Halloween #October31st #AllSoulsDay #November2nd #HOLYday #CatholicChurch #ProtestantChurch #Christianity #Purgatory #PrayersForTheDead #Sacred (at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart)

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Happy November 1st!!! Beside the leaves continuing to fall and pumpkin spice being the most popular flavor around, there's a lot going on this month like: All Saints' or All Hallows Day (November 1st) Beginning of Standard Time and end of Daylight Savings Time (November 1st I hope you remembered to turn your clocks back) All Souls' Day (November 2nd) Election Day (first Tuesday in November in USA this year it's on November 3rd) Veterans 'Day (November 11th in USA) Advent Season begins in November (more info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent) Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November in USA this year it's on November 26th) Alzheimer's Awareness Month National Novel Writing Month Epilepsy Awareness Month Native American Heritage Month Prematurity Awareness Month Lung Cancer Awareness Month RSD/CRPS Awareness Month American Diabetes Month https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commemorative_months#November #MonthOfNovember #AllSaintsDay #AllHallowsDay #AllSoulsDay #ElectionDay #VeteransDay #Advent #ThanksgivingDay #AlzheimersAwarenessMonth #DaylightSavingsTimeEnds #NationalNovelWritingMonth #EpilepsyAwarenessMonth #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #AmericanDiabetesMonth #PrematurityAwarenessMonth #LungCancerAwarenessMonth #RSDandCRPSAwarenessMonth Repost from @heymse (at Glen Allen, Virginia)

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Cognitive Problems: A Caregiver's Guide Raising a child with autism and caring for a parent with end-stage Alzheimer’s disease are obviously very different experiences. But for the caregiver, there’s a lot of common ground, too. The fact is, taking care of someone who suffers from cognitive problems -- rather than physical ones -- requires different expectations and a special set of caregiving skills. So whether it’s autism, Down syndrome, dementia, or a brain injury, what makes caring for a person with cognitive problems distinct? And as a caregiver, what do you need to know? Here are some answers. Cognitive Problems: Appearance and Reality Seeing a family member become sick and physically disabled is terribly difficult. But being with a loved one who is in good physical health but has serious cognitive problems is devastating in its own particular way. When your mom with Alzheimer’s disease sits across from you at the table, she might look perfectly normal – the same as she always did. But she isn’t the same anymore. The gulf between the appearance and the reality can be difficult to handle, and it’s something that caregivers are faced with daily. It can also be difficult to get sympathy or understanding from friends or family members for what you’re going through as a caregiver. There may be no outward sign of your loved one’s illness -- no wheelchair or crutches or oxygen tank to help them understand. After talking to him for a few minutes, your neighbors might think your dad with dementia seems as sharp and funny as ever. Your friends may say that your son with autism or daughter with Down syndrome seems like any other kid. You know differently. You know the backbreaking effort that goes into caregiving, and you know the pain of having a loved one suffering from a cognitive problem. Not getting that recognition and validation can make caregiving especially difficult and lonely. Read more at http://www.webmd.com/brain/cognitive-problems-caregivers-guide#2 #CaregiverspaceDotOrg #WebMD #CognitiveIssue #Caregiving

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What our kids are learning when adults aren’t inclusive by David M. Perry “Nico will get to participate as an audience member.” With those words, the teacher explained why my son, a second-grader with Down syndrome, wouldn’t be part of the end of the year performances. These were just little informal plays that emerged from reading groups, groups in which my son was supposed to be included. But the teacher had announced these end-of-the-year events with a flier cheerfully titled, “Come One, Come All.” There were 23 names on the flier, detailing who was in each play on a given day. Nico’s name was conspicuously absent. The end of the school year should be a happy time filled with celebrations of all the hard work and preparation for a busy summer ahead. For us, though, Nico’s exclusion from these plays was just another reminder how far we have to go. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Later that year, the Education for all Handicapped Children Act (EHA) was reauthorized and re-named the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). While the ADA mandated “reasonable accommodations,” EHA and IDEA ensure “Free and Appropriate Public Education” in the “Least Restrictive Environment” for children with disabilities. In the 1990s and more recently, as the ADA has begun to transform our culture, “least restrictive” increasingly means a  typical classroom with an adapted curriculum. I’m 42 and graduated from high-school in 1991, the year after IDEA was enacted. Throughout my education, in both public and private schools in the Northeast, Midwest, and South, I can’t remember ever meeting a child with visible disabilities. For me, like most people of my generation and older, the “handicapped” kids were kept in separate classrooms and separate schools, fully segregated from the general population. Read more at  http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2015/06/11/what-our-kids-are-learning-when-adults-arent-inclusive/ #Learning #SpecialNeeds #Inclusion #LeastRestrictiveCurriculum

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"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted." - Martin Luther King, Jr. #HumanSalvation #CreativelyMaladjusted #MartinLutherKingJr #InAllYourGettingGetSomeUnderstanding

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Mentoring and Assistance with Entrepreneurial Endeavors-Savannah Diner to Open Spring 2016

I am seeking business contacts that can assist me with opening a roadside diner, right off I-95 in Savannah, Georgia which offers traditional diner comfort food as well multiple tasty special needs healthy dishes and an African special dish of the day on the menu. I have done a bit of marketing research. There are only three remaining black owned restaurants in Savannah.  One of those is not even full service because it is actually a fish market and a take-out only establishment at that.  According to the marketing directory publication, The Black pages, there are no black owned restaurants in Savannah, Georgia.  I am a recently divorced former military spouse trying to get my life back on track. Any assistance with networking to find training, education, at least one main investor, two partners (one formally trained chef and one partner with years of restaurant or hospitality management experience or education),other  helpful people and resources would be most appreciated.  My email address is [email protected]. 

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Crisis Helpline Phone Numbers...Don't ever hesitate. Reblog or Retweetthis. TUMBLR RULE. When you see it, REBLOG IT.

The original post only has US helplines. I've added UK helplines underneath. It would be great if people could add numbers from everywhere in the world.

Depression Hotline: [phone]

Suicide Hotline: [phone]

LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255

Trevor Project: 1-866-488-7386

Sexuality Support: 1-800-246-7743

Eating Disorders Hotline: [phone]

Rape and Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673

Grief Support: 1-650-321-5272

Runaway: 1-800-843-5200, 1-800-843-5678, 1-800-621-4000

Exhale: After Abortion Hotline/Pro-Voice: 1-866-4394253

Child Abuse: 1-800-422-4453

** UK Helplines:

Samaritans (for any problem): 08457909090 e-mail [email protected]

Childline (for anyone under 18 with any problem): 08001111

Mind infoline (mental health information): 0300 123 3393 e-mail: [email protected]

Mind legal advice (for people who need mental-health related legal advice): 0300 466 6463 [email protected]

b-eat eating disorder support: 0845 634 14 14 (only open Mon-Fri 10.30am-8.30pm and Saturday 1pm-4.30pm) e-mail: [email protected]

b-eat youthline (for under 25's with eating disorders): 08456347650 (open Mon-Fri 4.30pm - 8.30pm, Saturday 1pm-4.30pm)

Cruse Bereavement Care: 08444779400 e-mail: [email protected]

Frank (information and advice on drugs): 0800776600

Drinkline: 0800 9178282

Rape Crisis England & Wales: 0808 802 9999 1(open 2 - 2.30pm 7 - 9.30pm) e-mail [email protected]

Rape Crisis Scotland: 08088 01 03 02 every day, 6pm to midnight

CANADIAN HELPLINES:

Suicide and Crisis Hotline (Canada-wide): 1-800-448-3000

Suicide & Distress Hotline (Toronto): 1 [phone]

Assaulted Woman’s Hotline Toronto: [phone]

Rape Crisis Centre: [phone]

Aids Hotline: [phone]

Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Centre: 613-725-3434

Kids Helpline: 1-800-668-6868

Drug & Alcohol Information Line (Toronto): 416-595-6111

Drug & Alcohol Information Line (Canada): 1-800-463-6273

Mental Health Crisis Line: 1-888-893-8333

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About Setbacks, Comebacks, and Overcoming Adversity

"You hear about how many fourth quarter comebacks that a guy has and I think it means a guy screwed up in the first three quarters." - Peyton Manning, Record-breaking NFL Quarterback ?

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Creatively Maladjusted

“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

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Business or monkey business? That is the question?