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hy do I need all 
those little lines on 
a standard ruler? 
I am only interested in the 
inches and the half-inches. The 
others only serve 
to confuse.
The other day, 
I was trying to 
remember how 
many ounces 
are in a pint 
and how many 
pints in a quart. 
The fact that I was looking at 
bottles labeled in liters did not 
help at all.
To all who sympathize, 
let me share with you some 
measurements that are sure to 
amaze. (Yes, they really exist).

Urinometry is the science 
of measurement of the spe-
cific gravity of urine. (Now 
you know what that diaboli-
cal machine in the urologist’
s 
office is up to.)
Zoometery is the measure-
ment of a comparison of the 
sizes of animals “and their 
parts” (hmmm!). 
To all dieters out there, you 
must know that calorimetry 
is the measurement of quan-
tities of heat. Once you have 
slimmed down, you can then 
be intrigued by anemometry 
to measure wind speed and 
direction. 
When you are getting 
your eyes checked next, be 
aware that the measurement 
of intraocular pressure by 

“determining the amount of 
force needed to make a slight 
indentation in the cornea” is 
called tonometry. (Take that 
to your next trivia match!)
The next time you are 
heavily ensconced in watch-
ing TV, you may want to get 
an algometer and measure 
the amount of pain you are 
exposing yourself to.
Thinking of becoming a 
weather forecaster, you may 
then want to master the use 
of a cryometer to measure 
low temperatures. While you 
are surveying the heavens, 
be sure to employ a heliom-
eter to give you the distance 
between the stars. 
Not that we get very hot 
in the Midwest, but you 
should still know that you 
may be called on to evaluate 
a cataclysmic result of global 
warming. When you do, be 
sure to have a pyrometer to 
measure temperatures greater 
than 1,500 degrees Celsius.
Feeling overwhelmed by 
all these activities? Well, 
let me leave you with a bit 
of measurement advice: 
Measure once; cut twice. It 
works for me every time! 
(NOT!) 

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Sy Manello 
Editorial Assistant

for openers
 Measure By Measure 

guest column
30 Years of Service to the Community
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ho knows what 
bodacious goals 
Gary Dembs, 
Mickey Eizelman, Ellie 
Kaplan, Jim Macy, Rabbi 
A. Irving 
Schnipper and 
Howard Zoller 
had in 1990 
when they 
pooled together 
their brain-
power, social 
networks of 
friends and colleagues, syna-
gogue members and donors? 

Their singular mission: 
Provide free kosher groceries 
to families in need in the 
community. 
Over the last 30 years, Yad 
Ezra has stayed true to its 
original mission, while at 
the same time being nimble 
enough to incorporate a vari-
ety of ways to address food 
insecurity and provide an 
increasing amount of healthy 
and desirable food choices to 
its clients. More than 22 mil-
lion pounds of groceries have 
been distributed since 1990. 

Each subsequent Yad Ezra 
president and board has 
spent time reviewing and 
refining how we fulfill our 
mission, given changing 
demographics, political cli-
mates and, most importantly, 
ongoing input from our cli-
ent families. 
Yad Ezra’
s Client Choice 
Shopping List reflects the 
leadership’
s decision to 
empower families to choose 
the groceries they go home 
with. Being able to choose 
and receive groceries numer-

Lea Luger

Oakland County Michigan 
Works! opened its new service 
center in Waterford Feb. 6. The 
center will support more than 
2,600 job seekers a month. It 
will be managed by JVS Human 
Services.
“Building on the success-
ful relationship between 
JVS Human Services and 
Oakland County Workforce 
Development, our new initiative 
at Oakland County Michigan 
Works! Waterford gives us yet 
another pipeline for helping job-
seekers from all backgrounds in 
northern Oakland County,” Paul 
Blatt, executive vice president/
COO of JVS Human Services, 
told the JN. “In addition, we are 
looking forward to helping meet 
the needs of the employer com-
munity by providing the neces-
sary skilled workers.”
The new service center offers 
a variety of career development 
workshops. Counselors also 
arrange formal training for 
qualified job seekers, leveraging 
federal and state funding. The 
office is establishing partner-
ships with local school districts 
and other groups to create 
career pathway programs, job 
readiness training opportunities 
and on-the-job training pro-
grams with local employers. 

David Coulter, Oakland County executive; Paul 
Blatt, executive vice president/COO of JVS 
Human Services; Jillian Geyman, director, 
Oakland County Michigan Works! Waterford; 
James Willis, vice president, workforce 
development and rehabilitation, JVS Human 
Services; Jennifer Llewellyn, manager for 
workforce development in Oakland County; 
and Gary Wall, Waterford Township supervisor.

 
JVS to Manage Michigan 
Works! Waterford

JVS HUMAN SERVICES

