The work ethic of this work force is huge,” said Swartz. “The idea of taking a career gap shouldn’t be a career breaker. One local mother started a company that gives women an on-ramp back in to the work force.Īddie Swartz’s reacHIRE in Concord trains women who’ve been out of the workforce for years. ![]() It gives children who are burned around the world a chance at quality care.īOSTON (CBS) – As the economy slowly recovers and families worry about affording college tuition, more and more stay-at-home mothers are going back to work.īut it can be intimidating to know where to begin and how to explain those years at home to potential employers. Ihor came to Boston through an organization called Doctors Collaborating to Help Children. “I can do everything now, I can go to school.” Thank you Lord, I can walk,” Ihor said through an interpreter. Ihor, now 11, knows he’s making tremendous progress It’s amazing,” said Occupational Therapist Katherine Hartigan. “Looking at him where he was two years ago and now, the really independent person he is, it’s amazing. “We did several other operations to allow his knees to work,” Dr. Ihor returned to Ukraine after the first round of surgeries and then came back to Boston early this year for more procedures. “He had three of his extremities completely unable to move.” “Ihor came here a happy child but he was incredibly limited functionally because of his burns,” said Dr. ![]() When a non-profit group brought him to the U.S., the then eight-year-old was unable to walk and his arm was fused to his chest after suffering burns on about 30 percent of his body. Ihor Lakatosh is achieving new independence with help from the medical staff at Shriners Hospital for Children. Veterans Angry After Danvers Swaps POW/MIA Flag For LGBT Flag At Town HallīOSTON (CBS) – A Ukrainian orphan who was critically injured in an accident is getting a second chance thanks to doctors and nurses at a Boston hospital.Iraq War Veterans Saddened By Renewed Violence.Endangered Bird Forces Duxbury To Cancel 4th Of July Celebration.Daily Talker: Study Says Summer Means More Road Rage.“What does reflect real life is the photos that we are taking with our own smartphones.” “The model shots really, that doesn’t reflect real life,” Gerzof Richard says. Instead companies like Heineken, Puma and MasterCard have pages of photos to choose from for pennies.īut Gerzof Richard says it’s not just about the money. “It’s very expensive to do a shoot and have it last on Facebook for a matter of minutes or hours,” Gerzof Richard says. The game maker bought several photos to post on Facebook including a shot of a cat playing the game on a tablet. “Brands want socially sharable photos,” he says.Īnother app called ‘foap’ created what it calls a ‘mission’ asking people to shoot photos of the popular game Candy Crush. “We’ve seen this with the Oscars we’ve seen this with David Ortiz and his selfie with the president,” says social media expert David Gerzof Richard.īoth of those photos generated a huge buzz for Samsung and according to Gerzof Richard the possibilities are endless. So who’s buying these photos? Experts say it’s all about marketing on social media. She also snapped a photo of Broadway actor James Norton. “It’s not anything professional.”īut two of them were good enough for her to get paid.Ĭarly posted her photos on Scoopshot, one of several new apps that allow smartphone users to offer their photos for sale.Ĭarly sold a photo of Times Square to Scoopshot for $10. ![]() Like any tourist, Carly Smith of Billerica snapped dozens of photos during a recent trip to New York City. Now there’s an easy way to officially make you a pro. BOSTON (CBS) – Smartphones have made amateur photographers out of just about everyone.
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