1. Be Impeccable with your Word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the Word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your Word in the direction of truth and love. 2. Do not Take Anything Personally: Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you wont be the victim of needless suffering. 3. Donot Make Assumptions: Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. 4. Always Do Your Best: Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret. ~ Don Miguel Ruiz About The Author Awareness Institute is an organic community of professionally trained facilitators, clinicians and healers committed to inspiring an evolutionary shift in human consciousness. We value community, personal empowerment, integrity and self-responsibility through areas such as Energetic Healing, Psychic Development, Shamanic Practices, Contemporary Astrology, Transformative Meditation, Reiki and Living Your Soul/Life Purpose. Despite being home to New Jersey's largest shopping center, Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera won't be changing the blue laws, he said. Responding to a recent opinion article by NorthJersey.com correspondent Jackie Goldschneider, the mayor said that protecting the blue laws -- which prohibit shoppers from purchasing certain items on Sundays -- "has always been and will continue to be my number one priority." Goldschneider doesn't like having to "cram everything into Saturday because of some outdated rules," she said, citing a busy weekday schedule caring for her family. The mayor and lifelong borough resident opined that quality of life overrules convenience. "There is probably nothing as important to our residents than quality of life. It maintains balance between our businesses and residences," LaBarbiera told Daily Voice. "We are lucky that our forefathers in the 1950s struck this balance while they were providing the zoning for large malls. "Our retailers and residents when choosing Paramus to do business or live know the ground rules resulting in one of the most desirable communities to call home and do business." With more than 60,000 shoppers visiting the Garden State Plaza alone daily, Goldschneider says residents have a legitimate concern for the traffic that a repeal of the blue laws would create. "Residents in shopping areas can opt to stay off the roads on Sundays, to avoid the malls, or if they’re really distraught, to reside in one of the other 564 municipalities in New Jersey," she said. The suggestion wasn't enough to to sway LaBarbiera, who is steadfast in his decision: "As long as I am in office, the protection of our beloved blue walls will always be priority number one." Where are the state's most well-to-do homeowners? To answer that question, you can use average home values in towns, but that won't capture the very wealthiest segment of the population — those with homes over $1 million. So we looked at the towns that had the highest percentage of million-dollar homes, based on 2017 property tax assessments from the state. Because Mercer County had not yet released its 2017 tax data, we used its 2016 data instead.
When three brothers from Teaneck approached auctioneer John Nye about selling off a collection of old family possessions, Nye thought the silver tea set would fetch more than the cracked and faded 9-inch painting. "The varnish had discolored tremendously," said the auctioneer, who heads Nye & Company Auctioneers in Bloomfield. "It was crackled and there were (paint) losses. The painting was dark and the monogram in the upper right corner wasn't visible." Ned, Roger and Steven Landau inherited silver, china and the painting when their mother died in 2010. She had inherited the items years earlier. "It was a wall painting and it never looked like much," Roger Landau said Tuesday. "My parents had larger paintings that we considered much more valuable." The painting, which depicts two men attempting to revive a woman, made Ned Landau uncomfortable. "It was of a woman passed out in a chair, and two men trying to revive her. As a kid I thought, 'why did we have a painting like that in our dining room?'" he told Jamie Colby of Strange Inheritance on Fox Business. The painting ended up in a box in Roger Landau's basement under the ping-pong table. It wasn't until the strange painting was sold at auction that Nye and the Landaus found out what they had - a long lost, million-dollar Rembrandt. "Rarely is an Old Master painting an Old Master painting," said Nye, explaining that many 19th Century artists copied works from the 16th Century greats as a way to develop their own skills. "I thought that (a copy) was what we had," he said. "Nobody and I mean nobody recognized we had something of historical significance created by a household name." And Nye says he thought nothing of it when three people from England, France and Germany requested to bid on the artwork over the phone as other bidders gathered in the sales room. "There was no indication that there was anything going on at this point," Nye said. "We signed each one of them up for a phone bid." None of the bidders from Europe asked for a condition report. Nor did they ask for additional photos of the painting. Nobody asked questions, Nye said. "They were keeping the cards close to the vest," he said. The bidding started at $250 and soon passed Nye's $800 high estimate. Then the caller from France bid $5,000. The caller from Germany countered and bidding reached $100,000. The winning bid of $1.1 million came from the French caller, Nye said. At that price, the German caller backed off. And then he explained to Nye what was going on. "You just sold a Rembrandt," the caller told Nye. "I have been looking for this painting my whole professional life." "That was the first inclination we had handled something historic," Nye said. When the painting was cleaned up, Rembrandt's monogram became visible, Nye said. Turns out Rembrandt painted the piece as a teenager in the 1620s. It was called "The Unconscious Patient (An Allegory of the Sense of Smell)" and was one of five highlighting the human senses and the only one monogrammed by the artist, Nye said. The French bidder sold the painting to Thomas and Daphne Kaplan, who own three others in the series. The fifth painting, depicting taste, has not been found. Nye said the amount the Kaplans paid for the painting has not been disclosed. A published report states they paid around $4 million. The Landau brothers have no idea where the painting came from. And since it was so unremarkable, they never asked. "It's a bit of a mystery," Roger Landau said. "Both of my parents are gone and we don't have any way of finding out." Aneta Vogelgesang in Beyond skin care & electrolysis in wallington. Offers several hair, beauty and skincare treatments. "So be strong and dint be afraid, don;t have self pity. You have to make yourself happy. If you have to kick some out, do it. If you need to go to school, do it. You will always find the money to make yourself happy". For many people in distress, Aneta Vogelgesang of Clifton's business is the only answer.
They come in by the dozen nearly every day, embarrassed by the thick strands sprouting from their foreheads, breasts, cheeks or backs. They can't wax it, pluck it, or laser it off, because they've found those methods ineffective and often exacerbating. But Vogelgesang, who opened Beyond Skin Care & Electrolysis in Wallington last April, changes that for them -- for good. In doing so, the single mom from Poland changed her own life, and those of her kids as well. Vogelgesang moved to the U.S. from Poland in 2004 when her first child, Matthew, was 6. She was 28. She had just finished cosmetology school in her country and the economy was awful. "I had no choice but to come here," said Vogelgesang of Clifton. "In Poland, I couldn't offer him anything. If I didn't do anything, his life would never be good." Then in her early 20s, Vogelgesang packed her bags and bought a one-way ticket to the U.S. She didn't know any English, and only had one family friend to help her out. She landed her first job in Cape Cod, working as a bus boy in hotels and restaurants. But in the winter, after the vacationers had gone home, she lost those jobs and picked up work as a gas attendant. It wasn't looking like a long-term gig. "I didn't care that it was cold or that I was a woman," she said. "I'm Polish -- I'm strong. I could do this." Vogelgesang started her day opening the station at 5:45 a.m., and closing at 8 p.m. But she could do better. So Vogelgesang called a friend in New York City that December, hoping he could help her move forward. "There was no future there for me," he said. She took a bus to New York City and began looking for jobs online, with her laptop. Her English was barely there. After a few weeks, she found a gig as a live-in babysitter in Pleasantville, N.Y. "When I got there, I knew it was my place," Vogelgesang said. The kids were 5 and 9, and the parents treated her like family. She worked making pierogis at a polish deli on the side, and was enjoying her life in the U.S. That year, she met the man who would become her husband on an online dating site. The pair got married in 2007 and she quit her nannying gig to move in with him in Queens, N.Y. Things took an abrupt turn for the worst when her son, Matthew, joined them from Poland the following year. "I didn’t like how my husband was treating him," Vogelgesang said. "He was so mean, treating him like a slave. I couldn't watch that." She thought maybe, if they had a baby together, he'd soften up. And so, in 2008, the pair moved to New Jersey and welcomed baby Julia. Still, nothing changed with Matthew. Vogelgesang knew it wasn't going to work between the two. She knew she had to do something. With her husband's money, Vogelgesang went back to school to get her cosmetology license. She took care of the house, the kids and studied on the side. "I thought, 'One day, I''m going to be ready to kick him out,'" she said. And then one day, it happened. In 2015, Vogelgesang divorced her husband and found work in a New Jersey medi-spa. She noticed that her boss was backed up all day with electrolysis appointments, but she was only giving facials. It wasn't enough. Seeing her boss' success, Vogelgesang went back to electrolysis school and prepared -- once again -- to face the world on her own. It wasn't long before she found space to rent in a doctor's office in Wallington doing electrolysis, but soon discovered she needed more space. In February 2017, Vogelgesang found her Wallington Avenue facility and opened Beyond Skin Care & Electrolysis. Business has been booming. "The hair situation for women is very embarrassing," Vogelgesang said. "It could be genetic, from their medication, stress or hormone changes. There’s no way for them to remove it at home without making the situation worse." Vogelgesang explained that by plucking or waxing the hair, more blood is circulated to the area, causing it to grow in thicker. She spends many hours a month with her clients in close quarters, talking about each other's lives as she works on their bodies. Many have become close friends with her. "I like to see that they’re happy," she said. The business has been integral in providing a better life for her children, too. Matthew, now 18, graduated from college and is working in HVAC.More importantly, Vogelgesang sees he is truly happy for the first time in a very long time. Her daughter, Julia, is on the honor roll at a private school in Clifton, and is passionate about playing piano and gymnastics. Vogelgesang feels that America has become home and has an important message for other single moms. "Women, when we give birth, this makes us strong," she said. "So be strong and don't be afraid. Don't have self-pity. You have to make yourself happy. "If you have to kick someone out, do it. If you need to go to school, do it. You will always find the money to make yourself happy. "Because nobody else can make you happy --- only you." Greek from Greece features an extensive menu of traditional Greek food. Greek food lovers have new authentic spots in Wayne and Paramus to pick up savory treats such as spanakopita, cheese pies and baklava. Greek from Greece is now open at the Willowbrook Mall and the Garden State Plaza. The Greek bakery also has locations in Hoboken, Manhattan and West Nyack. The menu features an extensive variety of traditional Greek pies, cookies, cereal bars, muffins, croissants, wraps, salads, as well as various coffees, teas, smoothies and chocolate drinks. The founders of Greek from Greece were born and raised in Greece. “We can proudly say we know good food and we are here to share it with the world,” the bakery’s website states. In the 1930’s, the founders’ great grandfathers “worked their way up from selling ‘koulouria’ in the local fairs to opening two of the biggest bakeries in Athens, the famous ‘Lavrion’ located in the most central part of the city,” according to the website.The bakery is “a reincarnation of this culinary and baking past, on a mission to make every neighborhood we settle in a bit more like home,” it states. At 15, Casey Terramoccia started to give haircuts out of his West Milford home to a few of his soccer teammates. “From there, it was someone else asked me for a cut and somebody else … all of the sudden it was a snowball effect,” Terramoccia said. He even gave cuts to some West Milford High School teachers. “I just started running appointments out of my house,” Terramoccia, now 24, recalled during an interview at his busy Glen Rock barbershop. Terramoccia signed the lease for his shop when he was just 19. He officially opened Iconic Barber Shop & Shave Parlor at 20. He did try out college for a semester – mainly, because he wanted to play soccer, he said. But instead of focusing on classes, he was cutting hair in the dorms, he said. “I was like this is what I am supposed to be doing,” he said. So he left, enrolled at Empire Beauty School in Paramus and never looked back. “I guess I was pretty lucky to have something that I was super passionate about fall into my lap at an early age,” Terramoccia said, adding that his parents and in-laws have been incredibly supportive of his dream. The best part of it all? The people he gets to meet. “Every day I meet someone that’s accomplished something, or done something that was incredible or works for someone cool,” he said. “It’s cool to be able to do something where I can pick people’s brains, and hear their stories, and get their advice and then they pay me for it,” he joked. “There are not many jobs where you get that.” The Iconic Barber Shop & Shave parlor employs four barbers who can cater to those who want progressive, urban styles as well as those who wear corporate looks. The shop combines an old-world barbershop appearance with modern amenities and techniques. The shop is located at 36 Glen Ave. in Glen Rock. For more information, CLICK HERE .
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