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Privacy Policy
Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship (CRCF) respects your privacy. This Privacy Statement informs you of our privacy practices, and of the choices you can make about the way information about you, and your online activity is collected, and how that information is used by CRCF.
Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship ("CRCF") is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality and security of the personal information of its members, supporters and other stakeholders. CRCF values the trust of those it deals with and recognizes that maintaining that trust requires that CRCF be transparent and accountable in how CRCF treats the information that you provide to CRCF.
During the course of CRCF's various activities, CRCF frequently gathers and uses personal information. Anyone from whom CRCF collects such information should expect that it will be carefully protected and that except as otherwise legally required or permitted any use or other dealing with this information is subject to consent. CRCF's privacy practices are designed to achieve this.
Personal information gathered by CRCF is kept in confidence. CRCF staff are authorized to access personal information based only on their need to deal with the information for the reasons for which it was obtained. Safeguards are in place to ensure that the information is not disclosed or shared more widely than is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was gathered. CRCF also takes measures to ensure the integrity of this information is maintained and to prevent it being lost or destroyed.
This policy is based on the Ten Privacy Principles contained in the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Model Code for the protection of personal information and on which the relevant privacy legislation is founded. CRCF has tailored its own ten privacy principles in compliance with the relevant privacy legislation to meet the specific needs and expectations of its stakeholders.
This policy applies to personal information of individual stakeholders in the possession and control of CRCF. This policy does not apply to employee and volunteer personal information. This information is covered by the CRCF Employee and Volunteer Privacy Policy. This policy also does not apply to information collected, used or disclosed with respect to corporate or commercial entities that deal with CRCF. Corporate and commercial information is protected by other policies and practices of CRCF and through contractual arrangements. This policy does not apply to the collection, use or disclosure of your contact information or publically available information by CRCF.
In this policy:
"business contact information" means information to contact a person at a place of business,including the person's name, position, business address, business telephone number, business email address and business fax number.
"CRCF" means Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship Society which operates a church in Burnaby, British Columbia. "collection" means the act of gathering, acquiring, or obtaining personal information from any source, including third parties, by any means. "consent" means voluntary agreement to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information for specified purposes. Consent may be express or implied. Express consent may be given orally or in writing, if it is clear and does not require any inference on the part of CRCF. Implied consent exists when CRCF can reasonably infer consent based upon your action or inaction.
"disclosure" means making personal information available to others outside of CRCF.
"personal information" means information about an identifiable person that is recorded in any form but does not include his or her business contact information. Personal information includes a person's age, gender, race, ethnic origin, identification numbers, financial and credit information, personal health information, religious affiliations, donation history, travel history, consumer preference information, personal habits, personal interests and personal history. Personal information does not include information that cannot be associated with a specific person.
"privacy officer" means a person designated by CRCF who is accountable for compliance with this policy by CRCF and whose contact information is set out at the end of this policy.
"third party" means a person or organization other than CRCF and you.
"use" means the treatment and handling of personal information by and within CRCF.
"you" means an CRCF member, CRCF supporter, CRCF stakeholder and anyone else for whom CRCF collects personal information, except for employees and volunteers of CRCF for whom CRCF has a separate privacy policy.
CRCF is accountable and responsible for personal information under its control, including information that has been transferred to a third party. In cases where such transfers take place CRCF will ensure that the third party has comparable privacy safeguards in place. CRCF has designated a privacy officer to ensure compliance with this policy.
Ultimate accountability for CRCF compliance rests with the Board of Directors of CRCF who delegate day-to-day accountability to the privacy officer. Other persons within CRCF may be accountable for the day-to-day collection and processing of personal information or may act on
behalf of the privacy officer.
CRCF will adopt policies, procedures and practices to protect personal information, receive and respond to complaints and inquiries, train staff regarding privacy policies, procedures and practices and communicate policies, procedures and practices to you.
When collecting personal information CRCF will orally or in writing state the purpose of collection and will provide, on request, contact information for the privacy officer who can answer questions about the collection.
CRCF may collect your personal information for the following purposes:
- to provide and administer religious and other related products and services through CRCF;
- to provide administrative services through CRCF;
- to assess applications for membership in CRCF by prospective members;
- to contact CRCF members, CRCF supporters and other CRCF stakeholders regarding religious and other related products and services of CRCF;
- to contact CRCF members, CRCF supporters and other CRCF stakeholders for special events, promotions, fund raising and other similar matters, which are directly or indirectly beneficial to CRCF;
- to administer the policies, procedures and practices of CRCF;
- to thank and publically recognize CRCF members, CRCF supporters and other CRCF stakeholders;
- to provide CRCF members, CRCF supporters and other CRCF stakeholders with information about how donated funds are used by CRCF;
- to keep CRCF members, CRCF supporters and other CRCF stakeholders informed about the activities of CRCF;
- to promote opportunities for CRCF members, potential members, CRCF supporters, potential supporters, other CRCF stakeholders and potential stakeholders to support CRCF;
- to establish and maintain lists of CRCF members, CRCF supporters and other CRCF stakeholders;
- to establish and maintain subscriptions to publications of CRCF or related organizations;
- to conduct surveys or research;
- to publish a directory;
- to compile statistical and historical information about CRCF members, CRCF supporters and other CRCF stakeholders;
- to build and maintain relationships among stakeholders within CRCF;
- to disclose information requested by third parties (with permission of CRCF members, CRCF supporters and other CRCF stakeholders);
- to protect CRCF, you and others from fraud and error and to safeguard the interest of CRCF and its staff and representatives;
- to authenticate your identity;
- to ensure staff and contractors comply with their agreements and legal obligations to CRCF;
- to administer relations with municipal, provincial, federal authorities, the Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada ("ACOP") and other authorities and religious organizations with whom CRCF has relations from time to time;
- to comply with Canada Revenue Agency requirements;
- to comply with any legal or regulatory requirement; and
- to use and disclose for any other purpose directly or indirectly related to the establishment or operation of CRCF.
The above collections, uses and disclosures are a reasonably necessary part of your relationship with CRCF.
When your personal information is to be used for a purpose not previously identified, the new purpose will be disclosed to you prior to such use, and your consent will be sought unless the use is permitted or required by law.
CRCF will obtain your consent to collect, use or disclose personal information except where CRCF is permitted or required by law to do so without consent. For example CRCF may collect, use or disclose personal information without your consent where:
- CRCF reasonably expects that obtaining consent would compromise an investigation or proceeding;
- CRCF's use of the information is for acting in an emergency that threatens a person's life, health or personal security;
- CRCF is obtaining legal advice; or
- CRCF needs to deal with an anticipated breach of law.
CRCF will make reasonable efforts to ensure that you understand how your personal information will be used and disclosed.
Your consent may be expressed or implied and may be given through an authorized representative such as a lawyer or agent. If you are under the legal age, your consent may be obtained from a
parent or guardian.
Express consent may be given orally, in writing or electronically. For example, oral consent could be given over the telephone when information is being collected; electronically when submitting an agreement, application or other information; or in writing when signing an agreement or application. CRCF may imply consent if the purpose for the collection of the information would be reasonably obvious to you and is given voluntarily by you for that purpose. Consent may also be implied where CRCF notifies you that CRCF intends to collect, use or disclose information and you do not decline CRCF's intended action within a reasonable period of time. The manner in which CRCF obtains consent for the collection of personal information will vary with the sensitivity of the information being collected.
You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions, provided that CRCF is given reasonable written notice. CRCF will inform you of the likely consequences of the withdrawal of consent, which may include the inability of CRCF to provide products and services to you.
CRCF will only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide products or services either directly or indirectly and which is reasonably necessary for the purposes which you consented to. CRCF will collect personal information by lawful means. CRCF may also collect information as permitted or required by law.
Your personal information will only be used or disclosed for the purpose for which it was collected. CRCF will not use personal information for any additional purpose unless
CRCF seeks your consent to do so. CRCF may periodically use your personal information to conduct surveys in order to enhance CRCF's provision of products and services.
CRCF will not sell member, supporter and other stakeholder lists or personal information to third parties.
Subject to applicable legal requirements, CRCF and ACOP may transfer information between each other.
CRCF will retain your personal information only so long as necessary for the identified purposes or for necessary legal or business purposes. CRCF will keep your personal information used to make a decision affecting you for at least one year after using it to make the decision. CRCF will also keep personal information that is the subject of a request by you for as long as is
necessary to allow you to exhaust recourse with respect to this personal information. Once CRCF no longer has a reason to retain your personal information, CRCF will destroy, erase or make anonymous documents or the records containing personal information.
CRCF will make reasonable efforts to ensure your personal information is as accurate, complete and current as required for the purposes for which it was collected. In some cases, CRCF will rely on you to ensure that certain information, such as your street address, e-mail address or telephone number, is current, complete and accurate.
CRCF will not routinely update your personal information unless it is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. You may request amendments to the records at CRCF to ensure the accuracy and completeness of your personal information. If the amendment request relates to information that remains in dispute, CRCF will note your opinion on the file.
CRCF is committed to the safekeeping of your personal information in order to prevent its loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, duplication, use or modification.
Depending on the sensitivity of your personal information, CRCF will employ appropriate security measures to protect the information. The measures may include, for example, the physical security of offices and data centres, the limiting of access on a "need-to-know" basis and the use of passwords and encryption.
CRCF will also use appropriate security measures when disposing of your personal information. CRCF will require ACOP and other third parties through contractual or other reasonable means to safeguard your personal information entrusted to them in a manner consistent with the policies, procedures and practices of CRCF.
CRCF is open about the policies, procedures and practices it uses to protect your personal information. Information about these policies, procedures and practices will be made available to you either electronically or in writing. To ensure the integrity of our security procedures and business methods, CRCF may refuse to publically disclose certain information.
CRCF will make the following information available:
- The name, title and address of the person accountable for the polices, procedures and practices and to whom complaints or inquiries can be provided;
- A description of the type of personal information held by CRCF, including a general account of its use;
- A copy of any brochures or other information that explain the policies, procedures and practices; and
- An explanation of what personal information is made available to related organizations.
You have a right to access your personal information held by CRCF. Upon request and confirmation of your identity, CRCF will, within a reasonable period of time, tell you what personal information it has, what it is being used for and to whom it has been disclosed. You may be asked to be specific about the information that you would like to access and to submit your request in writing. Depending on the type and amount of information requested, CRCF may charge you a reasonable fee for providing you with access to your information. Where a cost will be incurred by you, CRCF will inform you of the cost and request your direction on whether or not CRCF should proceed with the request.
CRCF will make the information available within 30 days or provide written notice where additional time is required to fulfill the request.
In some situations, CRCF may not be able to provide access to certain personal information. The reasons for not providing this information may include that it is information that would threaten the life or security of another person, information generated in a formal dispute resolution
process, information that contains references to other individuals, information that cannot be disclosed for legal, security or commercial proprietary reasons and information that is subject to
solicitor-client privilege.
If a request is refused, CRCF will notify you in writing, setting out the reasons for the refusal and resources for redress available to you.
If your personal information is demonstrated to be inaccurate or incomplete, CRCF will amend the information as required. Where appropriate CRCF will send the amended information to third parties to whom the information has been disclosed.
CRCF will, on request, provide you with information regarding its complaint response procedure. You are to direct any complaints, concerns or questions regarding this policy in writing to the privacy officer. If the privacy officer is unable to address your concern, the issue can be referred to the Board of Directors of CRCF. At any point in this process you may also write to the
Privacy Commissioner.
Contact Information:
Karin Moscato
Privacy Officer
Cariboo Road Christian Fellowship
7200 Cariboo Road
Burnaby, BC, Canada
Phone: 604-527-7200
E-mail: generaloffice @ crcfchurch . com


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For goalkeeper Kossi Agassa, 2012 is already shaping up to be an important year. His club, Reims, are seemingly on course for promotion to Ligue 1, while he also harbours dreams of a return to the FIFA World Cup™ with Togo.
Reims lie second in Ligue 2 and have their sights set on rejoining France's top flight, where they enjoyed one of the most successful spells in their history. Indeed, in the post-war period, Reims won the national league six times and twice finished runners-up to Real Madrid in the UEFA European Cup.Some fans may feel that those exploits will never be matched, but a return to the elite would certainly be a step in the right direction.
"We're not playing for promotion," Agassa told FIFA.com. "Our objective is to ensure we avoid relegation as quickly as possible. Then we'll see whether or not we're in a good position."
Everyone, at every level, is trying to do as much as they can to help us thrive in French football. Every player wants to play at the highest level.
Reims' recent performances have been nothing if not encouraging, but with half the season still to play, the players are understandably keen to keep their feet on the ground. "The club is restructuring little by little," explained Agassa, who arrived in Europe in 2002.
"It's my fourth year here [at Reims] and I've really noticed a change. Everyone, at every level, is trying to do as much as they can to help us thrive in French football. Every player wants to play at the highest level."
At the age of 33, Agassa believes he still has the ability to shine in Ligue 1 and backed up those claims with some fine displays in Reims' impressive run in the 2010/11 Coupe de France. After knocking out Montpellier, the Ligue 2 side defeated Rennes in an exhilarating encounter, with Agassa saving two penalties. Reims eventually fell to Nice in the quarter-finals, but the cup run provided a taste of success and only increased their desire to return to the top tier of French football.
2006 memories, 2014 dream
Aside from Reims' possible promotion push, spring 2012 will also be a crucial period for Agassa at international level, with the second round of African qualifiers for Brazil 2014 looming on the horizon. Togo overcame Guinea-Bissau to seal their progress to the second round, and after a testing few years, the west Africans can finally dare to dream again.
"Togolese football is in a transitional phase," said the former Etoile Filante keeper. "We're preparing for future challenges, such as the CAN in 2013 and the 2014 World Cup. We failed to make it to the CAN in 2012, but sometimes you need a year like that to make you bounce back stronger."
Emmanuel Adebayor's return to the national set-up is an encouraging sign for Togo, as Agassa explained. "He's the biggest star in the team, and we missed him during his absence," said the keeper, who has 52 international caps to his name.
I've never played in the Champions League or Europe League, but I can say I've played in a World Cup, and that's a competition that trumps them all.
"We're now back on track and we can aim higher than we've been able to for the past two years. Emmanuel and I are among the senior players in the team. I'm one of the oldest and we're there to guide the younger players, whose job it will be to carry the national team in years to come."
Agassa was No1 throughout Togo's maiden FIFA World Cup campaign in 2006, so he is well aware of the opportunity that lies before him and his team-mates. "It was an honour to play at the World Cup," he said. "Our performance against France, particularly in the first half, is a great memory for me."
Eventual finalists France won that first-round tie 2-0, but Agassa will no doubt remember the match with fondness. He pulled off one of the saves of the tournament, thwarting David Trezeguet from point-blank range after keeping out Florent Malouda's initial effort.
"I've never played in the Champions League or Europe League, but I can say I've played in a World Cup, and that's a competition that trumps them all," said Agassa, clearly excited at the prospect of returning to the world stage with Togo. "Once you've tasted it you only want one thing, and that's to go back there again. We need to do as well as we possibly can in our qualifiers and give ourselves a strong chance of experiencing it all once again."

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The University of California Cooperative Extension team in San Bernardino County develop and disseminate objective programs that address the critical needs of the county's diverse and multiethnic population.
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Galvin Library is accessible via a front door ramp, electrical doors and wide-gate access on the first level for individuals with wheelchairs. The second floor is accessible via elevator. The Group Study Suite on the lower level has a computer loaded with screen-reading software for visually impaired users, as well as an image magnification system. There are accessible computers on the upper level. Library staff will assist with retrieving items from shelves or demonstrating assistive technologies.
Americans With Disabilities Act
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DUFFIELD, Va. (AP) — In a warehouse in Virginia's southwestern tip, a forklift stacks crates of cabbages and preserves onto a truck bound for a big-name grocer.
Even in the lull before growing season, it's a busy day at Appalachian Harvest, a 15-year-old nonprofit that's a standout success in a distressed region where economic development efforts come and go.
The Virginia-based nonprofit organization has grown to a $1.5 million business that derives only a sliver of its budget from grants while helping farmers in remote areas sell produce to Whole Foods and other grocers. To develop its business from scratch, Appalachian Harvest has fine-tuned how it helps farmers while expanding from organic to conventional crops and learning a crash-course in trucking.
For decades, economic development has been an important but difficult goal in a region where farmers have faced the decline of tobacco and communities have seen mining and industrial jobs dwindle. Increasingly, Appalachian entrepreneurs are combining charitable goals with the discipline needed to make money off goods and services.
Appalachian Harvest is considered a pioneer of this model for helping small farms pool produce into tractor-trailer loads for brokers and chains that also include North Carolina-based Ingles and Food City, which has stores in Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky.
"They help anywhere they can," said Josh Watson, a 30-year-old farmer in Surry County, North Carolina, who has sold through Appalachian Harvest for three years. "They do classes on food safety regulations, and if you had a problem with anything, they can find you an answer."
Inside Appalachian Harvest's 15,000 square-foot warehouse are massive coolers and packing equipment, including a 30-foot green conveyor belt-driven machine that cleans and dries vegetables. In the summer, the warehouse is full of farmers adding the brand's green and yellow labels to produce, often late into the night.
During the winter, general manager Robin Robbins receives projections from grocers, calculates how many plants are needed and helps farmers phase their planting and harvesting. It sells produce from as many as 60 farmers.
"You don't need 500 peppers all in one week. You need so many every week," Robbins said. "When you call us in July for tomatoes, we had to know in December to order the seeds, get the transplants, get the ground ready."
Appalachian Harvest generated 86 percent of its 2014 budget from sales, said Kathlyn Terry, the head of its parent organization Appalachian Sustainable Development. She hopes to be more self-sufficient this year because two new trucks should reduce maintenance costs.
Appalachian Harvest started in 2000 to help farmers learn to grow organic vegetables as the government phased out price and production controls for tobacco. Early on, the business shut down for several months when the local growing season ended.
Now, to keep its trucks running in the winter, the organization also works with farmers outside of Appalachia. It decided to expand several years ago from organic to conventionally grown produce, which now makes up two-thirds of what it sells.
They've also gotten smart about trucking, with routes that include grocery hubs in Maryland and Georgia. When one of its trucks drops off vegetables it often returns with products for distribution centers nearby, ranging from baby formula to dog food. Terry estimated that the backhauling makes up 10 percent of their revenue.
Input from grocers and other experts several years ago helped the charity streamline, including shifting the packing of vegetables to farmers. Its training budget — about $100,000 per year funded by grants — was also moved onto the books of Appalachian Sustainable Development, Terry said.
"Our expenses were just so far out of whack," she said. "We had to make some adjustments."
The moves paid off, and Terry was invited to speak at a late 2014 seminar on self-sustaining nonprofit ventures.
One of the seminar's leaders, Paul Wright of the Kentucky-based Mountain Association for Community Economic Development, said social enterprises must have business discipline but they don't necessarily need to break even if donors are willing to invest in their impact.
Wright said that Appalachian Harvest has had exceptional success for a nonprofit: "They would represent the top, cream of the crop."
At the warehouse, Robbins appears visibly excited as the forklift loads the last pallet on the truck, saying the sight of a full tractor-trailer always makes her happy.
This winter, Appalachian Harvest developed blackberry butter, peach salsa, pickled baby beets and other jarred products. The truck is taking a shipment for a test-run at Ingles.
Robbins, who comes from a family of tobacco farmers, sees the preserves as another way for farmers to make money in a tough business.
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Editor's note: Subsequent to the publication of this feature, Sierra learned that there was a calculation error in the original paper on which the article was based, "The Load Less Traveled" (Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, 2002). In addition, Sierra's own calculations failed to account for the differing fuel-energy values of gasoline (light truck), diesel (commercial truck), bunker oil (ship), and jet fuel (air). We also neglected to cite the weight of our example produce; e.g., the potato was large, weighing one pound. Together, these errors led us to significantly overstate the amount of fuel needed to move the items to market.
On May 31, 2006, we posted the Leopold Center's recalculations of the fuel requirements to transport various produce to market. Unfortunately, we recently learned that those calculations were also in error. The figures below are the center's new calculations using a different (and, they think, more reliable) estimate of the energy requirement by mode of transportation. By chance the results are very similar to the miscalculated totals. Please note that for the purpose of this example, the "market" was designated to be Des Moines, Iowa.
Calculations for estimating energy (fuel) requirements to transport various produce:
Mode of transport:
Ship: 50 kcal/ton/mile
Truck: 510 kcal/ton/mile
Air: 4,372 kcal/ton/mile
Input distances traveled by produce and mode of transport--from source to Des Moines, Iowa, food store:
Calculate the BTU needed per pound of produce transported:
Use fuel-energy values of fuels:
Thermal conversion factors, Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emea/aer/pdf/pages/sec13_1.pdf
Conversion: 1 BTU = 0.252 kcal
Fluid ounces of fuel per pound of produce transported:
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"They want to know the truth about what happened to their loved ones on 16 August. They want the opportunity to see the evidence unfold," Seri said in a statement on Sunday.
"They particularly want to see and hear for themselves what the police have to say about their conduct."
Seri has been instructed to represent the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and 21 families of people who were killed by the police on August 16 at the Farlam commission of inquiry.
The justice department said on Saturday that it would no longer provide funding for the families to attend the commission hearings in Rustenburg.
Seri said it was "shocked and appalled" at the decision by the department to suspend the funding.
"The decision was taken without prior notice or consultation. Our clients are distraught."
In its statement on Saturday, the justice department said some of the families said they would rather have the travel money paid to them directly as they were struggling due to the loss of their breadwinners.
'Grossly misleading'
Seri said this was "grossly misleading" and denied that their clients had told the department they did not want to travel to the hearings.
"They very much wish to do so. They are deeply upset that the department has, at the eleventh hour, decided that they will not be assisted to attend the commission's hearings when it reconvenes on October 29," the organisation said.
Seri said the suggestion by the department that the families were choosing between travel funding or financial assistance for daily necessities was also misleading.
"The truth is that the department of justice is not willing to assist our clients at all – either to attend the commission, or to feed their families," the organisation said.
"Its decision to withdraw its support is immoral and, in our view, unlawful."
The department had helped pay the travel costs of the families to attend the first session of the inquiry but financing further attendance would be left to the families themselves.
Many of the families of victims are not from North West but other provinces such as the Eastern Cape.
No legal obligation
"The attendance of the first session of the commission was mainly based on humanitarian basis as it is important that they understand the primary purpose of the inquiry," said department spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said on Saturday.
"Further attendance of the inquiry would be left to the choice of the families themselves."
He said the department could not continue funding the travel of family members to attend the commission because it was under no legal obligation.
"In as much as we are sympathetic to the families and understand their desire to attend the proceedings, we cannot finance their attendance as that is not covered by any legislative framework that governs the work of the commission," Mhaga said.
"Regulations applicable to the commission make provision for legal assistance to be afforded to any such witness whose evidence may be relevant to the terms of reference of the commission, and families will be entitled to same assistance if they participate as witnesses."
Mhaga said to the Mail & Guardian on Saturday: "It has never happened in the history of South Africa that the department has paid for family members to watch hearing proceedings. So why are we being vilified for doing this?"
If family members were called as witnesses to the commission their travel expenses would be covered. – Additional reporting by Sapa


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The Kraken King, Part VII
The Kraken King and the Empress's Eyes
In the imperial city, nothing escapes the attention of the empress's spies. After a visit from an old friend rekindles her every fear, Zenobia must decide whether to trust Ariq with her heart—and the Kraken King must decide whether he can ever let her go.
But when danger invades their lovers' sanctuary, Ariq and Zenobia will have to put aside their troubled emotions. Outwitting their enemies and the Empress will be no easy feat. Luckily, they have a few allies waiting in the wings…
The Kraken King, Part VIII
The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure
Arriving in Krakentown with their enemies in hot pursuit, Zenobia doesn't know how they can even hope to win. Being terrified brings forth an undeniable truth: she loves Ariq and will do whatever it takes to stand by him.
But as their adversaries appear on the horizon, they realize that not all is lost. Drawing on the power of the terrible war machine, Ariq, Zenobia, and the entire town must put their lives on the line to protect what they love…
My [Zenobia] husband is like the most wonderful story I've ever read. Every part contains something new, and even when I think I know a passage by heart, I inevitably discover something that I hadn't noticed before when I read it again. I keep turning the pages, wanting to learn everything about him, yet so grateful I will never reach the end, and there will always be another page to turn.


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Skateboarding started to develop in California in the middle of the last century. Now is a business worth millions of dollars. Even though it has been popularized around the world, still the heart and soul of this sport are right here, in California. If you were wondering which skate park should you visit and have fun, here are five suggestions.
Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA
This skate park is located in Encinitas. Considering that it has a vert ramp that could be visited by the public, there can always be some famous skater enjoying and skating. You can see them in action doing what they know best – skating. It is a lot of fun and it can be easily enjoyed by complete beginners.
Vans Skatepark
If you wish to see a replica of Combi pool, you can find it in Orange. There are precise transitions, exactly as they were before. There are rails, stair sets, banks, ledges as well as the manual pads, with a mini ramp and course for beginner warm-ups. When you wish to take a break and relax, there is a place where you can sit and watch professionals in action.
Venice Beach Skatepark
Venice Bach Skatepark's location is absolutely amazing since it's located on the Venice Beach, across the most famous beach town in California. There is a street section with steps, boxes, rails and ramps, as well as the pool, perfect for experienced riders. It is very interesting just to be there, since you can also see all kinds of mimes and musicians performing on the street, amusing the passers-by. It is a very interesting experience that will stay in your memory forever.
The Cove Skatepark
The Cove Skatepark is actually a place where popularizing of this sport started. It carries the feel of all those legends learning the basic steps and polishing their skills afterward. Visitors can choose which of the four areas they want to skate on. It will inspire you to create new historical success.
The skatelab was opened two decades ago. There is 20,000 square feet room for mastering the skills of skateboarding. With stair sets, gaps and boxes the fun is absolutely guarantied. Once you get tired, you can visit a museum to learn a little bit more about the history of sport. There is also a Hall of Fame, so you can see all the greatest names in skateboarding.
Hopefully, you will be able to visit all of them, but in the meantime choose the one that seems the most appealing to you. Each and every skate park offers thrill, excitement, fun and plenty of room to rest and take a break.


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Make a Difference in Your Patients' Compliance to Radiation Therapy
Skin Reactions Are Everyone's Concern
Skin reactions like erythema and dry desquamation occur almost universally in patients undergoing radiation therapy. You see this in your own practice. So does the clinical research, with at least one study estimating some degree of skin damage in 85% to 95% of radiation therapy patients1.
Uncomfortable skin reactions erode your patients' sense of well-being during an already-stressful time, and can worsen to the point of disrupting the treatment schedule.
Defend the Dermis
Skin Protectant Lotion lets you make a positive difference in your patient's quality of life and their compliance to therapy by helping them feel soothed and protected between radiation treatments.
DIFINSA53™ lotion is a non-prescription, over-the-counter medication for use on skin exposed to radiation. It is specifically formulated to help prevent, temporarily protect, and relieve chafed, chapped or cracked skin.
Safe and Soothing
DIFINSA53™ lotion contains a proprietary, patent-pending formulation of ingredients. It is the result of ten years of research and development by a multidisciplinary team of scientists and doctors at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center.
The active skin protectant ingredient in DIFINSA53™ lotion is a silicone fluid called dimethicone 1%. Widely used in cosmetics, dimethicone is "generally regarded as safe" by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is clinically-proven to be non-irritating to the skin2-4. Four natural botanical ingredients (Silibinin [silybum], hyaluronic acid, aloe vera and niacinamide) in Difinsa53™ lotion will also soothe, not sting, your patients' skin.
DIFINSA53™ lotion is hypoallergenic, non-greasy, non-sticky and absorbs quickly into the skin. Your patients will also appreciate its light, pleasant aroma.
Use Between Treatments and Beyond
DIFINSA53™ lotion comes in a pump-action, metered-dose dispenser, so your patients can easily apply just the right amount to cover their affected skin without wasting excess lotion. Patients can safely start using DIFINSA53™ lotion as soon as they wish at least twice a day, and then daily as needed between their treatments.
Patients can also continue using DIFINSA53™ lotion even after their series of treatments is over. Once they've returned to an active lifestyle, they can apply it before going outdoors, to help prevent, and protect from, the drying effects of wind and cold weather.
Do not apply DIFINSA53™ lotion to open wounds. Instead, please discontinue the use of DIFINSA53™ lotion and use your preferred hydrogel wound dressing.
For more information on usage, please view the Difinsa53™ Patient Directions for Use.
Steeped in Science, Developed by Doctors
DIFINSA53™ lotion was developed by scientists, radiation oncologists and dermatologists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. Several of these experts founded ProTechSure Scientific, Inc. to commercialize this and other discoveries. All of us at ProTechSure Scientific, Inc. care deeply about improving the quality of life for radiation therapy patients and are committed to continuing research into new skin care medications.
Clinical Trials Are Ongoing
Our clinical experience and the literature to date support our belief that topical dimethicone may have superior efficacy in relieving minor irritation in irradiated skin5. Clinical trials are continuing and we would welcome your participation. If you are interested in conducting a study in your own practice, please contact our medical director or call 720-500-2266.
Start Making the DIFINSA53™ Difference Today!
We provide you with complete assistance to make DIFINSA53™ lotion available to your patients. Contact us today to obtain your supply of DIFINSA53™ samples, a Sample Starter Kit and Patient Brochures. Or, call us at 720-500-2266.
Your patients can easily reorder DIFINSA53™ lotion on this website. They can also read about its ingredients, how to use it and how to take care of their skin during radiation therapy. They can also find answers to frequently-asked questions about DIFINSA53™ lotion.
1 McQuestion M. Evidence-based skin care management in radiation therapy. Sem Oncol Nursing 2006 Aug; 22(3): 163-73.
2 Becker LC et al. Safety assessment of dimethicone crosspolymers as used in cosmetics. Int J Toxicol 2014 May/June; 33 (2): Suppl 65S-115S.
3 Nair B. Final report on the safety assessment of stearoxy dimethicone. Int J Toxicol 2003; 22 Suppl 2: 11-35.
4 Raposo S et al. Safety assessment and biological effects of a new cold processed silemulsion for dermatogolical purpose. Biomed Res Int. 2013; 2013: 181634. Published online 2013 Nov 5: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/181634.
5 Becker-Schiebe M et al. Topical use of a silymarin-based preparation to prevent radiodermatitis. Strahlenther Onkol 2011; 187: 485-91.
The Difference Is DIFINSA53™
- Prevents, protects, and relieves chafed, chapped or cracked skin
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- Light, pleasant aroma
- Hypoallergenic
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"At ProTechSure Scientific, we are dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients. To accomplish this, we utilize rigorous medical evidence and adhere to the highest standards. DIFINSA53™ has been specifically formulated by an interdisciplinary team of doctors of oncology, dermatology and pharmacology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus."
"ProTechSure is about bringing skin science to the people who can benefit from it. This is our motivation. As a physician, you are limited to helping the people you come in contact with, but applying a scientific discovery allows us the opportunity to help a greater number of people."


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Alicia Keys visited the Philadelphia Convention Center yesterday (7/16) to speak on mobilizing women and encouraging them to vote for Barack Obama in this year's election. She spoke of the sharp differences between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's camp when it comes to women equality, health, insurance and support. Mina SayWhat was at the rally covering it for Power 99 Philly. Check out audio, video and pictures from the press conference by clicking below for more.
Mina SayWhat Spices Up The Convo @ :58 And Talks About Alicia Making Music With Obama
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- The river in your town? Kootenai
- The nearest place that have population between 5,000 and 10,000 people? Sandpoint
- Explain your present mood by a vegetable? Nothing
- How activity are you on wide world net? Much
- Middle number of your weight? two
- What gives you joy? giving
- Your moms mom given name? Olive
- What don't you know how to do? Knit
- What do you drink the first thing in morning? Coffee
- What an odd food you grow in your garden? Sunflower sprouts (sorry couldn't do it one word)
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." By Edgar Alan Poe
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I do not understand the bullet journal. I don't know why. I've seen all sorts of blog posts on it. I've seen where it's discussed. But it just makes no sense to me. Ah well.ReplyDelete
1. Los Angeles River? (I had to look it up. Had no idea we have a river nearby.)
2. That low? (Sorry, not doing one word answers here. These questions don't have one word answers for me.) I live in L.A. County. Funnily enough, the cities are either under that threshold or over it. (I Googled it.)
3. Carrot
4. Too
5. Sorry, haven't weighed myself in decades...
6. Knitting
7. Rosemary
8. Answer this question.
9. Wake
10. Don't have a garden
BTW, being on Facebook supposedly makes you sad: http://mentalfloss.com/article/94436/new-research-shows-too-much-time-facebook-could-be-making-you-sad
1. Gatineau (I think, it would be the nearest big one, we have hundreds of lakes around us, so hard to know).ReplyDelete
2. Perkins
3. Joy
4. Too (after typing this see another comment feels the same way!)
5. 4
6. My dogs
7. Betty
8. Dive
9. Smoothie
10. Don't garden
I have cut way down on facebook.ReplyDelete
Sorry, Dora, I really don't like question games.
Have a good Easter.
01. TorrensReplyDelete
02. don't know
03. potato
04. medium
05. seven
06. money
07. Emma
08. crochet
09. water
10. rhubarb
I've been on FB much less recently because I find it depressing.ReplyDelete
I had to look up a more complete explanation of bullet journaling. I'm a list-maker and goal-tracker, but I think I'd feel constrained by trying to keep it all in a journal. It would make sense if that was somehting I'd want to keep, but I like finishing a list and throwing it away.
1. OkerReplyDelete
2. Wolfenbüttel
3. Tomato
4. Lots
5. ?
6. giving
7. Brunhilde
8. sew
9. water
10. woodstrawberry
That was fun :-)
Hari OMReplyDelete
When I was in the corporate world, we had a thing called 'time and motion'... once I began spiritual studies we had the 'introspective' - a type of journal for watching one's progress in the application of self-improvement. BJs look to be a combo of these two! The key thing is to have a measure against which you can self-observe. How you do that is very individual, but what must certainly happen is that one gains a level of objectivity and self-honesty and these external monitoring tools can assist this process.
I like Q&As...
Blagaidh Burn
Six (this took some working out from kgs, cuz it took a while to click that you meant lbs!)
YAM xx
Coming here to wish you a happy Easter!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend and I wish you a beautiful Easter Sunday!! Good for you for taking better care of yourself. I'm learning how to do that too. : ) xoReplyDelete
~ Wendy
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If you have the need to express your self here and can only use swear words please keep in down to bare minimal.
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Chess grandmasters, being able to look ten or even more moves ahead, was a myth more often than not, Maurice Ashley emphasizes in his inspiring TED talk. Rather than looking ahead, grandmasters 'd think of simple end-game situations. In their minds, kind of working backwards, they'd try to simplify a chess game in its early phase to a promising end-game setting. Such settings involve fewer pieces and can be better grasped in the whole.
Coming up with a situation one wants to be in and step by step connecting it backwards to ones current situation, seems to be a technique not only be applicable to chess. Putting this idea to use in career planing or generally in planing ones future appears like an exciting thought. "If you can see the end-game, your youth won't be wasted on you.", Ashley says in conclusion, inspired by the famous quote "The youth is wasted on the young.".
Likewise computer science is a domain were this technique works perfectly. Especially in programming it's often easier to imagine the program is already working and developing parts of the software based on this assumption. So instead of starting with nothing and trying to come up with a step by step description of the program, we start with the assumption that the program already does what it should and work our way backwards. This approach often leads to declarative or recursive programs. When programming in functional or logical languages like Haskell or Prolog this is my favorite strategy of thinking about problems.
Let's look at a simple example. Say we want to program a function which calculates the factorial of a number. The factorial of 5, for example, is denoted as "5!" and means the product of all natural numbers till and including 5. So 5! is the same 5*4*3*2*1 = 120. A standard function definition in a procedural language would not be difficult, involving the use of only one loop. But let's use our "backwards strategy".
int factorial(int i) {
// define function here
Let's assume or function "factorial" is already working. How can we generate a result for our function argument "i". The idea is to use our assumption, that the function is already working, to get the factorial of "i-1". If we have done that, the only thing left for getting the factorial of "i" is to multiply with "i".
int factorial(int i) {
return i * factorial(i-1);
But wait, factorials are not defined for negative numbers, so if we'd pass "0" into our function, our program would try to get the factorial of "-1". To prevent that we add the base case "0" as a special rule (mathematically "0!" is defined as "1"). With doing so, we have retrieved a terminating and working program.
int factorial(int i) {
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Well do not fear! Because Anatomicals have come up with a fabulous idea to rescue those tired eyes just in time for your 9 o clock start at work tomorrow.
Anatomicals The Partied Too Much Pack is an ingenious little kit that has thought of everything you need to get you back to your normal sprightly self.
The 'bender mender', herbal remedy has been invented by a widely regarded Russian doctor, already known in her homeland for perfecting a similar formula for the Russian navy, a group renowned for sinking a lot more than a few ships. The active ingredients will soon stop your head pounding, end your nausea and settle your stomach.
Frequent festival goers will know its absolutely impossible to get your 8 hours shut eye at a festival. That's where 'snoozers are losers' energy patches come in. These caffeine packed energy patches will have you back in the world of the living quicksnap.
Last but certainly not least is 'puffy the eye bag slayer' revitalising eye mask. which will vanquish those puffy tired eyes and leave them cool and refreshed.
All of these hangover cures will have you clear headed and thinking 'never again' in no time…well until lunch at least.
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Laughter lowers blood pressure, activates the immune system, triggers the release of endorphins (the body's natural painkillers), reduces stress hormones, helps reduce pain, allows muscles to relax and is helpful for breathing as frequent laughter empties the air of lungs.
Your circulatory system certainly enjoys a serious tickling as it increases circulation and improves oxygen and nutrient delivery to tissues throughout the body. It also lowers the blood pressure, which is surely far more fun than taking daily medication.
The immune system is also among the long list of things that can benefit from humour. Laughing increases the number and activity level of natural killer cells that attack viral infected cells and a variety of kinds of both tumor and cancer cells.
These are just a few benefits that laughter can have on your health. For more information about why you should spend more time laughing click here!


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Apache is a non-profit organization. If we restrict our thinking model to metrics of how many developers, and how many patches are committed in pre-defeined time limit. There is no software that is gong to succeed in this evaluation other than commercial software. Paid developers are contributing to the software that meeting cooperate interests at rapid pace, and smaller companies will work together until cooperate interests tear apart the software, or the funding eventually dry up and the software cease to exist, and the community will eventually fall apart. Good software usually comes down to a few individuals who work hard to enable the community to flourish. Many of the good software takes decades to develop from hobby projects. I will accept the voting result from IPMC, and I wish IPMC would use better human sense to enable future project to flourish. Chris Douglas resigned from mentor position, therefore, Chukwa will need a new mentor, and one of Chukwa contributor Sourygna Luangsay volunteer to be the motivator for Chukwa development if Chukwa is voted to stay for another 6 months. regards, Eric On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Bernd Fondermann < email@example.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Jukka Zitting <firstname.lastname@example.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Alan Cabrera <firstname.lastname@example.com> > wrote: > >> As I mentioned in an earlier email, we did have this conversation seven > >> months ago. We came to a consensus to give it another try. We even > added > >> a few committers a "bit early" with the hopes that they would infuse > the project > >> with more energy. > > > > That doesn't take away the fact that there are still people who are > > clearly interested in continuing work on the project. Instead of > > telling the community to pick up their toys and leave, I'd much rather > > ask them to come up with a credible alternative. The failure of past > > attempts to grow the community does not necessarily mean that future > > attempts will also fail, so I'd give the community the benefit of > > doubt as long as there are new ideas and people willing to try them. > > > > If I understand correctly the problems in Chukwa are two-fold: 1) the > > community isn't diverse, i.e. there are only few people involved, and > > 2) the community isn't active, in that even the involved people don't > > have too many cycles to spend on the project. > > > > Thus I'd raise the following questions to Eric and others who want to > > keep Chukwa alive at the ASF: > > > > a) Is it reasonable to expect existing community members to become > > more active in near future? If yes, will such increased activity be > > sustainable over a longer period of time? Why? IIUC there was some > > recent legal progress that might help here. What would be the best way > > to measure the expected increase in activity? > > > > b) How do you expect to get more people involved in the project? What > > concrete actions will be taken to increase the chances of new > > contributors showing up? Why do you believe these things will work > > better than the mentioned earlier attempts at growing the community? > > Good ideas of concrete actions are for example cutting new releases, > > improving project documentation, presenting the project at various > > venues, simplifying the project build and initial setup, and giving > > more timely answers and feedback to new users and contributors (see > > also my observation from October [1]). How can we best tell whether > > such efforts are working? > > > > Coming up with good answers to such questions is not necessarily easy > > (and it's fine if not all of them can yet be answered), but going > > through that effort should give us a good reason to continue the > > incubation of Chukwa at least for a few more months until we should > > start seeing some concrete and sustainable improvements in community > > activity and diversity. > > This is exactly what we did for the last months (years, actually). > Give it yet more time. > Honestly, I don't understand why we should continue in this mode "for > another few months" when it failed for the past years. > Is this the extra-bonus IPMC time? > The legal issues only made it more clear to me that and why this > Incubation failed. > > The much I'd love to see Chukwa fly, this is getting ridiculous. > > Bernd > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com > For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com > >
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Drug company fights fire with WAFS
In the U.K., Fulcrum Pharma kept its users online and accessing files during a catastrophic oil refinery fire by using Availl's WAFS software.
Tucked up at home on Sunday, Dec. 12 Jason Hamlett, IT director for drug company Fulcrum Pharma in Hertfordshire, England, got the call that every IT manager dreads. His office was on fire.
Located next to Buncefield oil refinery, which supplies fuel to the U.K.'s largest airports, Fulcrum got caught in the middle of a fire that blazed for weeks, destroying several nearby offices and all clues as to the cause. Police reports described the scene as the largest fire in peacetime Europe.
"We lost our existing offices and the new office space we were about to move into," Hamlett said, noting that because the fire happened on a Sunday, none of the firm's employees were hurt. Furthermore, Fulcrum was able to keep most of its IT services up and running without a hitch.
Prior to Availl, Fulcrum had been using Microsoft's Distributed File System (DFS) with limited success. "There were version conflicts with files … we were getting up-to-date data after 30 minutes, which was too late to wait," Hamlett said. When Fulcrum performs drug testing, situations known as serious adverse events can occur, and the firm needs access to its data immediately. "The file locking and real-time access [in DFS] were not up to our needs," he said.
Fulcrum deployed Availl's software primarily to allow local staff in the U.K. and the U.S. access to shared files. Hamlett said the installation went smoothly but would have appreciated more time to test the product to figure out all the features before deploying it. "There were lots of projects coming to a close, so we didn't have time to switch the network off and play."
Unlike WAFS products based on acceleration or caching, Availl's product provides a server-to-server mirror with near instant file access. Also, if any server or the network fails, any other Availl-powered server can take over. All changes made to files while in failover mode automatically mirror back to the original once the problem is resolved.
The value of WAFS with failover/failback became apparent when disaster struck. By having a full local copy of all files in the U.S. and the U.K. -- kept coherent and updated -- allowed the employees to continue working, albeit from home. As staff watched the flames and smoke engulf their buildings on TV, their servers at the company's disaster recovery site in central London continued to make all files available worldwide. The servers at the Hertfordshire site failed over the users to the U.S. and central London servers.
"It was a traumatic experience, but it proved the product and justified future Availl purchases," said Hamlett. "It's nice to show that IT can be an asset to the company and not just a money pit."
Within four weeks of the fire, Fulcrum's global WAFS network returned to the architecture it had followed before, synching up offices in North Carolina; Strasbourg, France; Tokyo and whatever was left in Hertfordshire. Fulcrum is expanding its WAFS deployment to include additional sites in Scotland and France.
Today, Availl's software supports files only, but Hamlett is hoping the company will extend it to support Exchange. "I'd sleep better at night if it would replicate my Exchange database, too," he said. Fulcrum did not evaluate any other WAFS products. U.K. reseller E-director.com turned the company on to Availl. Other companies selling WAFS technology include Cisco Systems Inc., DiskSites Inc., Juniper Networks Inc., Riverbed Technology Inc., Signiant Corp., Swan Labs Corp. and Tacit Networks Inc.


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With the retention system knob turned clockwise until comfortably tight and the chinstrap buckled under the chin and back against the throat, grab the helmet with both hands and try to remove it by rolling the helmet forward and backward as far as you can. This is an important test to ensure that the helmet fits correctly. When you do this, you should feel the chinstrap pull against the underside of your chin and the helmet will resist any movement. If this isn't the case, tighten the chinstrap and try it again until this happens. If you cannot achieve the proper fit, DO NOT USE THIS HELMET. Replace it with a different size until the correct fit is achieved.
Also, for a proper Helmet Fitment Check if you can roll the helmet forward such that it blocks your vision or if you can roll the helmet backwards such that your forehead is not covered, tighten the chinstrap and the retention system and try again until you cannot roll the helmet forward or backwards.
- Do not wear anything underneath your helmet, such as a cap, hood, bundled hair, headphones, or barrettes, as the helmet may loosen or come off. Do not wear anyone else's helmet and don't loan your helmet to anyone else.
- Always make sure the buckle is properly fastened before you ride. Failure to follow this instruction could result in serious personal injury, as the helmet may not stay in position while riding or during a fall. For proper use, make sure the loose end of the chinstrap is tucked through the rubber "O" ring.
- Check for proper fit and adjustment often, including each time you wear it, and periodically during use.
- This helmet has been designed for recreational bicycling. This helmet has not been approved and is not intended for extreme uses such as downhill racing at high speeds, jumping or leaping with a fully suspended bicycle, snow sports, water sports, motor sports, street hockey, playground activities, or other activities where face, ear, or greater protection or coverage is desired.
- Always wear a helmet when bicycling. When you get off your bicycle, remove your helmet. Do not wear a helmet while climbing trees, in play areas, on playground equipment, or, at any time while not riding a bicycle. Parents: Instruct children to follow this warning. Failure to follow this warning could result in serious personal injury, death or death by strangulation.


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This phrase particularly struck me: "Could unstructured play actually serve as a key cog in the search for low-cost and morale-boosting solutions in these strenuous times?" What does everyone think? Post your thoughts in the comments.
Playful City USA: Encouraging Practical & Innovative Practices for Community Recreation
South Dakota Municipalities
February 2009
With experts predicting a challenging economic forecast for the foreseeable future, officials in South Dakota will continue to face difficult budgetary choices in 2009.
Throughout the country, decision makers are frequently examining recreational programs and maintenance as targets for funding reductions. However, a growing amount of research strongly indicates unstructured play and ample play opportunities are critical to the development and overall well-being of children.
This predicament merits creative examination. Could unstructured play actually serve as a key cog in the search for low-cost and morale-boosting solutions in these strenuous times?
In an effort to highlight communities who value unstructured play among children, national non-profit KaBOOM! launched Playful City USA in 2007. A free national recognition program available to communities, Playful City USA spotlights both large and small scale initiatives designed to increase opportunities and awareness for play among children.


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Hybrid Dog wrote:Numpad is useful to edit long text on signs or sth.
7 → move to first letter
1 → move to last letter
Gael de Sailly wrote:I have this problem too. The numpad don't work except 0 ; 3 ; 9. I have a Franch keyboard, and the 7 / è / ` key don't works at all.
We are now 10 on the "Seven Petition". I am not criticizing the developers, they do what they can. Maybe they do not know more than me where is the origin of this bug.
It's very troublesome when an ip adress contains a seven. I haven't this problem before. At the beginning of the July month, I've updated Minetest from 0.4.9 to 0.4.10 and, some days after, updated my computer from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04, and re-installed Minetest 0.4.10. I don't know from which of these updates comes this seven key bug.
But now, copying-pasting on Minetest GUIs works, which wasn't the case before.
Gael de Sailly wrote:But now, copying-pasting on Minetest GUIs works, which wasn't the case before.
Zeg9 wrote:Hello, I have a problem since I switched to arch linux (I had other problems before, too, but they are fixed now):
Some number keys are not working, including half of the keypad, and the 7 key (numpad AND the other one).
It seems they are detected as other keys, then ignored.
If I set the keymap to qwerty, the 7 key works (I have an azerty keyboard), the numpad still doesn't work though.
If I add qwerty in the keymap list (but I keep azerty on first pos), it seems to work, but some software become in qwerty...
Anyone has an explanation or, even better, a fix to that ? :s
Oh, and I am on a 64 bit architecture, and I use xfce (the issue happens on other DEs too)
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On Monday November 20, 2017 Derrick Brooks and Derrick Brooks Charities celebrated their 10th Annual Thanksgiving Family Meal Giveaway in partnership with Publix Super Markets at Springhill Park Community Center in Sulphur Springs. Fifty families were provided with the makings for an entire meal for their Thanksgiving dinner. A very special thank you to our longtime partner Publix Super Markets for helping to make their holiday very special.
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How losing a parent has changed my relationship with my sister…
Many of you already know that I lost my mom a couple of years ago. But she wasn't just MY mom. I have a sister who has struggled just as much as I have with this change.
Our mom was the BEST. She wasn't just my best friend, she was my sisters best friend too. Our confidant. Our port in the storm.
My sister is 11 years older than me, and has always acted as a second mother for me. When my mom was alive, we were all very close, but I was still the baby. I still sat at the kids table from time to time and while I spoke to my sister a lot and have always been close to her, I wasn't the first person she told when something was going on in her life. That was mom…for both of us. Mom was the person we complained and vented to and who listened without judgment. She was the best person to call when you just needed someone to agree with you and tell you that no, you're not overreacting (even if you kind of were).
When my mom got sick, my sister jumped in and took care of EVERYTHING like a pro.
I honestly don't know how any of us would have made it through if it wasn't for her. It was the same way when I had Leopold. While my mom (who was sick at the time but it hadn't gotten so bad and we didn't know about it) and husband took a back seat, my sister took the wheel and helped me have the natural birth I wanted.
My sister even took care of everything for my dad's wedding only a year after my mom died. That was a beautiful day that probably wouldn't have turned out half as nice if it was not for her. She busted her butt for my dad and his new wife, and I stood by watching in awe. My job that day was just to bring the ring bearer. I wasn't asked to help in any other way and that made the day a lot harder for me, not having something else to focus my attentions on. But my sister was there to make me smile and laugh and boss me around a little when I needed it…thank goodness!
Having my sister around has eased the transition of living life without my mom/best friend. I know that there is always that one person who totally and completely gets what I'm going through or what I'm feeling. Even if it's something silly like crying during the previews for 'Mama Mia 2'.
Going through this together (and me being a mom too now) has brought my sister and I together in so many ways. It took her a little bit to see me more as a friend, sister, and fellow mother rather than just 'the baby'. We have also had to adjust to calling each other any time we want instead of just having these thoughts or feelings and not knowing what to do with them.
I would give anything to have mom back, and I know my sister would too, but I really love how close we have gotten by getting through this loss together.
My dad is still alive and thank goodness for that, but he moved to the other side of the country when he got married. I still speak to him a good bit and see him when he swings through town, but sometimes it feels like I've lost him too. I had lived with my parents until about a year before my mom passed and I was always close to my dad and loved hanging out with him, so not having him here has been an adjustment as well. Again, one I would struggle much more with if it weren't for my big sister.
My sister is not my mother's biological daughter. She became my sister officially when my parents got married right before I was born and has stuck by me ever since. Some people discredit her as my mom's true daughter and say things like "this is really hard for Ayana, she lost her mom after all. It's good you're there for her". And they say things to her that they think must not sting as much since mom didn't physically birth her. But she is just as much my mom's daughter as I am. I know that and she knows that and that's what really matters.
I really don't know how people cope with the loss of a parent as only children. It's been so healing to have someone there who feels what I feel and gets angry when I get angry. Someone who is always on my team. That's just one more reason I'm glad we are having more than one child. I would hate for Leopold to go through this kind of thing alone.
Thank you Angela for always being there for me and being not just my sister, but my best friend. I love you so much!
Have you lost a parent? How about as an only child? If you don't have any siblings, I'd love to hear how you coped with your loss, as I truly can't imagine how hard it must have been.


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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Weeknight Dinner: Butternut Squash and Sausage Pasta
I walk to the train when it's just beginning to get light outside; that is when I'm not running late, missing my alarm, or having a bad hair day, in which case I run to the train hoping that I don't miss it. Usually, I'm lucky, the LIRR runs later than I do. But regardless of walking or running, there is a frigid cold that sneaks under my long coat and frosts my bones.
By the time I get home at night (also dark), that cold has developed into a full-blown frozen bone syndrome. John frequently comments on the coldness of my hands, which, let's be honest, I completely use as a torture device by placing it on his face at unexpected moments.
And so it comes back to food, which warms up, not only my hands but also my soul. I love this pasta because with the spicy Italian sausage, I feel my hands getting warm; the butternut squash warms my toes, the pasta, my soul (of course, I am Italian after all). It's such a creamy delight that you would never think it was healthy for you. But it is…so warm up your soul this winter.
Butternut Squash and Sausage Pasta (adapted from SkinnyTaste)
Serves: 4
1 pound butternut squash, peeled and diced
8 ounces penne
4 links spicy chicken Italian sausage
1/4 cup shallots, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons pepper
2 teaspoons salt
3 cups spinach, chopped
2 tablespoons grated romano cheese
To cook the squash, add 8 cups of water to a large pot. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add the squash cubes and cook about 6-8 minutes, until soft (depending on the size of cube). Remove squash from the water and reserve the water. Transfer the squash to a blender and blend until smooth. Set aside.
Bring the squash water to a boil again and add the pasta, cooking according to package directions.
Simultaneously, cook sausage over medium heat in a heavy-bottomed skillet until brown. Break up the sausage into chunks as it cooks and set aside when fully browned.
Reduce heat to medium low and in the sausage skillet, cook the shallots and garlic until soft and translucent, about 3-5 minutes. Add butternut squash, salt, and pepper. Add spinach and mix well. Add the pasta and sausages and toss to combine.
To serve, top each helping with 1/2 a tablespoon of cheese. Serve immediately.
Until the next time my oven is on...
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