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We'll See You Next Year! Park Opens May 9, 2020.
Please note that all Park attractions are subject to availability. Attractions may be closed, or close temporarily, for electrical storms, heavy rain, high wind, staffing, maintenance, or otherwise stated. Attractions will re-open as soon as safe operations can be assured. Refunds, return tickets, ticket exchanges, and/or compensation for closed attractions will NOT be offered.
ALL guests age 4 and older require an admission ticket for entrance to the park.
No Refunds. No Rain Checks. No Exchanges. Tickets, if lost or stolen, will not be replaced, nor will the purchase price be refunded. Admission to certain rides, shows, attractions, special events, and/or concerts inside the Park may require an additional charge, or be subject to pre-sold admission. Violation of Park rules or applicable local, state, or federal law will result in expulsion without refund.
In the event of rain, Wild Waves Theme and Water Park rides and attractions will remain open. If there is heavy rain, severe weather or lightning in the area, some rides may not be able to operate and guests will be asked to exit the water until the weather passes. In the event weather conditions cause the Timberhawk rollercoaster, Wild Thing rollercoaster and the Water Park to close for a continuous 2 hours, a raincheck will be issued for admission in the same operating season, if you are leaving for the day. Please present your same day receipt of purchase to the Will Call Window located at the main entrance to receive your ticket. Season Pass holders are not eligible for a raincheck. Once rides reopen, rainchecks will no longer be issued. No rainchecks will be issued if the park closes for the day due to weather during the last 60 minutes of the park operating day. Sorry, but we do not offer refunds.
By purchasing a ticket and entering Wild Waves Theme & Water Park, all patrons grant Wild Waves Theme & Water Park the right to film, video, and/or photograph the ticket/Season Pass bearer on Park property, for any purpose, without payment or consideration thereof.
All In-Park Purchases: Please be prepared to show valid photo identification on all Credit/Debit purchases (tickets, food, retail, etc.).
Announcements & Messages: Personal paging of any kind is not available. If you become separated from your group, you may leave a message for them at Guest Relations. We also recommend locating our nearest security member for assistance.
Attire: Guests must dress appropriately for a family environment. Any clothing that can be considered vulgar, offensive, or gang related will not be allowed. Park admission may be denied if clothing is deemed to be inappropriate by management.
For the health and safety of our guests: shirts and pants/shorts are REQUIRED on ALL Theme Park attractions (amusement rides). Please note that while shoes are not allowed in pools, or on water slides, shoes are required to be worn on all attractions beyond the water park. All guests will be asked to retrieve shoes that have been left in a locker or vehicle in order to ride.
Proper swimwear is required on ALL water attractions. No thong or G-String type swimwear is allowed. T-shirts or Swim Cover-ups cannot be worn in the Activity Pool. Please note that denim, or swimwear with buckles, rivets or zippers are not permitted. Snorkel masks and swim fins are not allowed on any attraction.
The only floatation devices allowed inside the Park are U.S. Coast Guard approved life jackets. Life jackets are not allowed to be worn in the Activity Pool, and cannot be worn past the 4-foot line in the Wave Pool. Life jackets are available for FREE on a first-come, first-serve basis at the Rentals Office (located to the left of the First Aid office in the Water Park). Pool toys and other inflatable objects are not allowed on any water attraction. Please visit Guest Relations with any questions.
Conduct: All guests are expected to behave in a family-friendly manner. Unruly, disruptive, and offensive behavior will not be tolerated. Line-jumping or place holding is prohibited. Fighting, use of force, and physical or verbal threats toward guests or team members will not be allowed. Violations will result in ejection from the park without refund.
Customer Service: For assistance, reach out to us via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. All emails will be responded to within 2 business days. For immediate assistance, please call the Park at (253) 661-8000 to speak with one of our Team members. In the offseason, the office operates Monday-Friday from 9:30am to 4:30pm. For help with an online order, please visit call the Technical Support Line, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at (407) 261-4284.
Food Policy: Outside food and beverages are not allowed inside the Park, with the exception of bottled water. Hard-sided coolers and glass containers are not allowed. Small, collapsible, soft-sided coolers may be brought in for use with plastic bottled water.
If you or a member of your group has a MEDICAL dietary restriction or need, please contact the park at least 24 hours in advance of your visit by calling (253) 661-8000, or email us at email@example.com so that we can assist you. Day-of requests will NOT be accommodated.
Guests with Disabilities: Our goal is to accommodate the needs of each of our guests to the best of our abilities. Our procedures have been developed for guest safety and comfort as we provide an entertaining experience with fair and equal treatment for each and every person who enters through our gates. For assistance with your visit, be sure to obtain a Guest Assistance Card at the Guest Relations Office. Be sure to download a copy of our ADA guide or simply view it online.
Parent/Rider Swap: The Parent/Rider Swap program is designed to accommodate groups with young children who may not be tall enough to ride some of the Park attractions. To participate, the entire party should enter the ride queue; when preparing to board, tell the ride operator you are using the Parent/Rider Swap program. Children who are not tall enough to ride may wait at the exit with an adult from the party. After the first ride is completed, the adult who waited with the child will then be allowed to ride.
Parking: Wild Waves Theme & Water Park has one main parking lot for daily use ONLY. Guests are more than welcome to leave and re-enter the parking lot during their visit as long as the parking receipt is displayed on the dashboard. Vehicles without a visible parking receipt are subject to being towed at the owner's expense.
Barbecuing and/or grilling is NOT allowed on Park property. The consumption of alcoholic beverages is NOT allowed in the parking lot, and is restricted inside the park to the confinements of Sharkey's Bar (located in the Water Park). Guests caught violating these rules will be ejected from Park property with no refund.
Wild Waves Theme & Water Park is NOT liable for any lost or stolen property. Do not leave valuables unattended in your vehicles.
Pet Policy/Service Animals: Service Animals must remain on a leash, or in a harness, at all times. Due to the potential hazard to other Guests, Service Animals can NOT be accommodated on any ride or attraction. Service Animals are not permitted in any fountains, ponds, and/or pools. Service Animals are the responsibility of the owner and cannot be left unattended. Guests are responsible for cleaning up Service Animal waste and for controlling the Service Animal's behavior. Team Members are not permitted to care for Service Animals.
Re-Entry: If you wish to leave the Park and plan to return the same day, you must get your hand stamped at the exit/re-entry gate upon leaving. When you return to the Park, you must show a proper hand stamp to the security officer, and have your ticket stub available upon request, or re-entry will not be allowed.
Season Passes are valid for one entry each day. If you are a Season Pass member and wish to leave and re-enter the park, you must follow the standard hand stamp procedure of other park goers.
*Reminder during Fright Fest: Minors must be accompanied by a responsible adult (18+ yrs) in the park and for park entry after 7 PM. There is no re-entry to the park after 7 PM and there will be no guest admission into the park after 10 PM.
Restricted Areas: Guests are not permitted to enter any restricted areas. Restricted areas are marked by a sign which state "Authorized Personnel ONLY." Personal items lost in ride areas must be reported to the ride operator and/or the Lost & Found (located inside Guest Relations and/or the Will Call office). Wild Waves Theme & Water Park will make every effort to retrieve lost articles after normal operating hours. Entering a restricted area will result in ejection from the park with no refund.
Ride Access Information: All riders must be in good health. We recommend that Guests who are pregnant, have high blood pressure, heart conditions, neck or back problems, have had recent surgery, are prone to motion sickness, or those with any medical condition that may be affected by the elements of the ride, refrain from riding.
Guests must be able to maintain the proper riding position throughout the ride and brace themselves upright in their seat keeping their head erect and their back against the seatback. Guests must generally be able to use the restraint device properly, remain seated upright at all times and hold on tight. Guests must keep their head against the headrest and hands, arms, legs and feet down and inside ride vehicle.
Children must be supervised at all times. Guests must also be able to demonstrate a willingness and ability to comply with verbal and written ride requirements. Please review the specific ride requirements and health restrictions listed at the entrance to each ride and/or attraction. Guests unable to properly use seating and/or safety restraints or understand and follow verbal and/or written safety procedures must not ride.
Casts: Guests with casts or braces will be restricted from riding certain rides where the cast or brace may present a hazard to the Guest or others. If a cast is permitted on a ride, the cast must fit comfortably within the ride vehicle, and not interfere with the required riding position or function of the restraint, if applicable. Please view our ADA Guide, or speak with a team member at Guest Relations for more information or if you are in doubt about your ability to safely experience a ride.
Ride Evacuations: Ride evacuations may be required due to technical difficulties, weather conditions, or power interruption. If a ride evacuation is required, Guests may need to negotiate stairs from the highest point of the ride and down steeply inclined catwalks or steps. Guests requiring assistance during the ride evacuation may be escorted last in order to expedite the evacuation process.
Larger-Framed Guests: All passenger restraint systems, including lap bars, shoulder harnesses and seatbelts, must be positioned and fastened properly in order to ride. Due to restraint system requirements, Guests of exceptional body proportions may not be accommodated on some of our rides. Guests may go up the exit, and speak with a team member first, to ensure the restraints function properly prior to waiting in line.
Height Requirements: Height requirements are posted at each ride. All Guests, including those using wheelchairs, must meet the height requirement in order to ride.
Loose Articles: When visiting the Park, we recommend only carrying items that can be safely secured in pockets or a waist pack. Most rides cannot accommodate loose articles such as cell phones, pagers, cameras, stuffed animals, purses, backpacks, balls, umbrellas, beverage containers, personal entertainment devices, hats, etc. Items must be safely secured in cargo pockets (fastened with Velcro, a button or zipper), a waist pack, left in a locker, or left with a non-rider. Team Members cannot be responsible for these items. Wild Waves Theme & Water Park is not responsible for any lost, stolen, or damaged items.
Camera Policy: For safety reasons, picture taking is not permitted on most rides. Because of the nature or dynamics of most attractions and the potential for injury, unsecured cameras, video cameras, or cameras with large lenses are not permitted on any ride or attraction. To store such equipment, either return them to your vehicle or use the lockers that are available for a nominal fee. Team Members cannot hold cameras for Guests. For information regarding the use of harnessed cameras, please contact Guest Relations.
Security Checkpoint: Your safety is our priority at Wild Waves Theme & Water Park. Along with our security team, the Federal Way Police Department is onsite during all operating hours. In order to ensure all guests have a safe and memorable day, guests are required to pass through metal detectors, and all bags must be inspected, prior to entering the Park. Inappropriate items should be left at home, or secured in vehicles. Inappropriate items include, but are not limited to, food, beverages (with the exception of plastic bottled water), alcohol, cigarettes and/or vape pens, marijuana, glass containers, firearms, or other items that could be considered weapons.
Smoking Policy: For the health and safety of all guests, Wild Waves Theme & Water Park has a NO SMOKING policy.
Cigarettes and/or vape pens may be used in the parking lot. Marijuana is not allowed on Park property.
Water Park Tubes: Wild Waves Theme & Water Park has complimentary tubes available for guests to use at each water attraction. Additionally, the Park offers tube rentals for guests who wish to save time in line. Rental tubes can be used on the Konga Slides, Konga Lazy River, and Raging River Ride only. There is a weight limit for ALL tubes – 300 lbs. for a single and 400 lbs. combined for a double tube. Please Note that Rental tubes cannot be used on Riptide or Zooma Falls, as these attractions require special tubes.
Customer Service: For assistance with online purchases please call the Technical Support Line, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: (407) 261-4284.
Terms of Use/Refund Policy: Valid only on specified regular operating days during the season printed on the card. One ticket, voucher, or Season Pass per person. No cancellations, refunds, rain checks or exchanges; will not be replaced if lost, stolen or unused. May not be copied or resold, and may be used only once. Duplication will result in revocation without refund and ejection. To request a name change, purchaser must accompany the new Guest, present photo ID and ticket voucher at the Season Pass Processing Building. Ticket or season pass voucher not valid at other parks or during private parties/blackout dates. Operating dates, hours, prices and policies subject to change without notice. May not be combined with any other offers or discounts.
Disclaimer: Some special events may require an additional charge. Availability of rides, shows and attractions are subject to change without notice. A ticket or pass is a revocable license and may be confiscated with no refund of purchase price. Violation of park rules will result in expulsion. A copy of park rules is available upon request. Conduct that is disorderly, disruptive or in poor taste is prohibited. Clothing with inappropriate/offensive words, phrases or graphics are prohibited. While in the theme park (if applicable), shirts, and footwear with soles must be worn at all times. Only tickets/season pass vouchers obtained from Wild Waves Theme & Water Park or offices authorized by Wild Waves Theme & Water Park to sell/distribute will be honored. Not valid if reproduced in any manner. Resale of tickets/passes is strictly prohibited. Due to maintenance and other circumstances, certain rides and attractions (including new rides) may not be open to the public. Admission to certain rides, shows, attractions, special events and concerts may require an additional charge or be subject to pre-sold admission. Tube and other rentals, merchandise, food, games and arcades require additional fees. The bearer of the ticket or season pass voucher grants Wild Waves Theme & Water Park the right to film/video/photograph the bearer on park property for any purpose without payment or consideration thereof. Wild Waves Theme & Water Park assumes no responsibility for accident or loss to any person in connection with the condition or use of the park, rides and amusements or their entrance into or departure from the park.
Tickets are valid only on date(s) indicated. One ticket or Season Pass per person. Wild Waves Theme & Water Park reserves the right to change operating days and hours without notice. Please visit http://www.wildwaves.com/ to verify operating dates and hours.
Tickets are a revocable license and may be confiscated without refund of purchase price. Conduct that is disorderly, disruptive or in poor taste is prohibited. Clothing with inappropriate/offensive words, phrases or graphics are prohibited. While in the theme park (if applicable), shirts and footwear with soles must be worn at all times. Violation of Park rules may result in expulsion without refund. A copy of Park rules is available upon request.
Only tickets obtained from Wild Waves Theme & Water Park or offices authorized by Wild Waves Theme & Water Park to sell/distribute tickets will be honored. Tickets that are distributed/resold without Wild Waves Theme & Water Park authorization may be confiscated without refund or exchange. Tickets are not valid if reproduced in any manner. Resale of ticket is strictly prohibited; violations of State and local laws may be punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.
Admission to certain rides, shows, attractions, special events and concerts in the Park may require an additional charge or be subject to pre-sold admission. Due to maintenance or other unforeseen conditions, some rides/attractions may not be open to the public. Tube and other rentals, merchandise, food, games and arcades require additional fees.
The bearer of each ticket grants Wild Waves Theme & Water Park the right to film/videotape/photograph bearer on Park property for any purpose, without payment or consideration therefore.
Tickets will not be replaced, nor will the purchase price be refunded, if ticket is lost, stolen or unused. Tickets may not be copied or resold, and may be used only once. Duplication will result in revocation without refund and ejection. Ticket or Season Pass voucher not valid at other parks or during private parties. May not be combined with any other offers or discounts.
Wild Waves Theme & Water Park assumes no responsibility for accident or loss to any person in connection with the condition or use of the Park, rides and amusements or their entrance into or departure from the Park.
NO refunds. NO rain checks NO exchanges.
Payment Plan Terms and Conditions: Use the Payment Play Program and we'll charge your credit card with one (1) initial registration fee and then monthly payments – with no interest fees. Purchaser must agree to Terms and Conditions of the Payment Plan. Purchase is non-refundable and non-transferable. Failure to complete the payments as indicated upon purchase will result in the suspension of the item or package and the purchaser will not receive the item or package until such time when payment is made in full. All Payments must be received prior to park opening date. If payments are not received for any reason, the season pass is not valid and no refunds will be issued. Passes are only valid for the season purchased.
Your Season Pass purchase will be paid in equal payments. Season Pass price will be charged today, along with all of the taxes and online processing fee per item. Every 30 days, your credit card will be charged an additional one fourth of the total purchase price ($15.00 per pass, per month). The Payment Plan can only be used for Season Pass purchases. If you choose to add other items to the order, those products will be charged to your credit card in full today.
If payment is not received for any reason, the Season Pass transaction will be cancelled and no refund will be issued. All the payments will be billed to the initial credit card (or approved payment method) on a recurring 30-days basis until payment is made in full in 90 days. Payments declined for processing for any reason will be retried once after a 3-day waiting period. If Wild Waves Theme & Water Park is unable to confirm payment method, the transaction will be cancelled. A suspended status notice will be sent to the purchaser with instructions on how to reinstate the transaction. To revive the account, the purchaser will be required to make payment by logging into the payment portal above.


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1 - Billing and payment: general
1.1 - How much does membership cost?
1.2 - How can I pay for membership?
You may pay for your membership with one of the following methods:
Credit Card
Check or Money Order
Wire Transfer
Western Union
1. Go to the Membership Purchase Page
2. Click the "Purchase now" button below your chosen membership package
3. Follow the instructions on subsequent pages to pay for your membership
Please know that depending on which payment type you use, your membership status might not be upgraded the same day. For example, if you pay by wire transfer, it could take up to 2 weeks before we receive your payment.
Also, please note that prices may be higher when using other payment methods other than credit cards or PayPal.
1.3 - Will my payment be secure? Is my credit card information safe?
Yes. Payments are processed securely by Paypal or other well-established 3rd-party processor. (This happens behind the scenes and it is not necessary that you have a Paypal account.) Credit card data is not held or stored by ProZ.com.
1.4 - If I renew my membership before it expires, what happens with my renewal date?
Every time you manually renew your membership, we add that time to the time that you have in your current membership. For example, if your membership expires in three months and you buy another membership for one year, your renewal date will be in 15 months.
If you are subscribed to an automatic renewal, you don't need to worry about your renewal date, as it will be updated automatically once the payment is made.
1.5 - Why does ProZ.com sometimes charge VAT tax on memberships purchased from within the EU?
(This question only affects members in Europe.)
If, when purchasing a membership from within the European Union, a member does not supply a VAT number which can be verified online, ProZ.com is obliged by law to collect VAT tax against the purchase made, according to the VAT rate applicable in the country of the purchaser.
If a VAT number is supplied, no VAT tax is charged.
For those desiring more details: In July of 2003, the EU entered into effect a directive obliging non-EU suppliers of digital services to collect VAT tax on sales made to individuals (not businesses) living in the EU countries. ProZ.com reports and remits VAT taxes it collects to the Spanish tax authority, under the provisions of the "Special Scheme for non-EU Businesses Providing Electronically Supplied Services to EU Consumers"
For more information, see the EU "Directive relating to VAT on digital services
entered into force on 1 July 2003" at http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/business/vat/telecommunications-broadcasting-electronic-services_en
1.6 - What if I decide that I am not satisfied with my membership--can I get a refund?
Yes. For the Standard service package, ProZ.com offers a full satisfaction guarantee. If you are not completely satisfied with your ProZ.com membership, submit a support request. A prorated refund will be issued, less any payment fees that have been charged.
Note: Refunds for payments made by credit card, Skrill, or PayPal will be processed using the method that was originally used to make payment, e.g. Skrill payments are refunded via Skrill. Due to high transfer fees, users who pay via wire transfer (either locally or to ProZ.com's bank in the U.S.) or Western Union will be asked to provide an alternate refund method; in this case, either PayPal or Skrill. ProZ.com may also provide refunds via check for those users residing in the United States. Prorated refunds may not be available on purchases of the Plus service package.
1.7 - Should I submit a chargeback or dispute in order to receive a refund for my membership payment or other purchases I made on the site?
No. The appropriate channel to request refunds for purchases made to ProZ.com is through the site's online support center: http://www.proz.com/support
1.8 - Your fee is too high for translators in my country.
According to data available from members and renewal rates, ProZ.com membership is a smart investment for a professional translator anywhere in the world. Taking just one aspect of membership-- meeting clients-- nearly 90% of members report a positive return on their investment in just the first year (over 40% in the first three months). As a result, ProZ.com has significant member bases not only in Western Europe and North America, but also in Eastern Europe, Latin America and elsewhere throughout the world.
1.9 - Where can I find my invoice for purchase made on the site?
You can find all your invoices related with purchases made on ProZ.com via your Profile wallet .
1.10 - I need my invoice in French/German for tax purposes.
ProZ.com emails you an invoice at the time you purchase your membership. That is the only invoice we send. We are sorry but we don't translate, send hard copies, stamp or modify the invoice in any way.
1.11 - Could I submit a payment via Western Union or MoneyGram?
If you would like to submit a payment via Western Union or MoneyGram, submit a support request stating so. ProZ.com staff will reply to your ticket with the name and address to send the payment. After the payment is sent, respond to the support ticket with the MTCN ("Money Transfer Control Number") and the contact information (including your own) you used for the payment. After your payment is verified, your purchase will be processed.
Please note that ProZ.com staff must physically go to a Western Union or MoneyGram office to receive a payment. Because of this, we ask that you use these payment methods as a last resort for submitting payments to ProZ.com. Recommended payment methods include credit card (direclty on ProZ.com, or using 2checkout.com), PayPal, and Moneybookers.com.
1.12 - How can I pay for training sessions, webinars and conferences?
Make sure you are logged in to the site and visit the page for the training session, webinar or conference which you wish to book. Prices and payment information will be shown on the page. Various payment methods are accepted, including
12.1 - I'd like to purchase my membership in my local currency. Can I do so through any of the payment methods available?
No. To pay in your local currency first check if there is a local payment contact in your country and follow the payment instructions described in the local payment page. If there is no local payment contact in your country then you can pay for your membership using the online payment methods available in the membership page .
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1.13 - Can I also renew my current ProZ.com membership via local payment?
Yes, all types of ProZ.com memberships may be renewed through ProZ.com local payment contacts.
1.14 - What type of membership can I buy via a ProZ.com local payment contact?
The only professional membership service package that can be purchased via local payment contacts is the Standard package.
1.15 - Why are membership prices in USD only?
In 2016, along with the introduction of the ProZ.com Plus service package for members, some changes and simplifications were made in membership and membership pricing. Overall pricing was reduced, standardized, and set in USD (if you previously paid in EUR, for example, the new USD pricing is such that you are actually paying less per year, even after exchanges and fees). Membership options such as partial memberships and six-month memberships were deprecated, in favor of a subscription model. And some modifications were made to ensure that benefits that paying members enjoy were not given away to non-members at little or no charge (dollar quoting, browniz points to purchase Blue Board records, etc., were deprecated).
1.16 - I made a purchase and it seems I was charged twice. What should I do?
If you were charged twice for a site purchase, contact site staff before contacting your credit card company or your merchant account. You may contact site staff through the support system so that the duplicate payment can be confirmed and a refund issued, if necessary. If you have already contacted your credit card company, or your merchant account, if possible, please contact them again to have any "chargeback" or "unauthorized" complaint removed so ProZ.com can handle the refund via our online support system and not incur a fee on our end nor yours as well.
1.17 - I followed the steps online to renew/purchase membership via wire transfer. Is this online form binding?
No. Membership payments via bank transfer are completed and processed once the payment is received (i.e. the form obtained online does not constitute payment and it is not binding.)
2 - How can I pay in my local currency?
ProZ.com offers the option to purchase membership in local currency for some countries. Check the local payment page for information on the local payment procedure in your country.
3 - I have a wallet balance. Can I pay for membership using the money in my wallet?
Yes. If you have a balance in your wallet, when you go through the payment steps beginning here, you will be offered the option to pay using the balance contained in your wallet.
4 - I'm in the EU. Do I have to pay VAT?
If you live outside the EU, or if you live in the EU and have a VAT number, no. If you live in the EU but do not have VAT number, yes.
5 - Why does ProZ.com collect VAT? The company is not based in the EU.
Even though ProZ.com is not based in the EU, as a company selling a digital service "consumed" in the EU, ProZ.com is obligated by the EU to collect VAT at the national rate of the consumer, and to remit all VAT collected to a single EU country in a quarterly basis. ProZ.com remits to Germany.
5.1 - How can I verify ProZ.com's participation in the special scheme VAT on e-Services?
Please refer to the following document to confirm ProZ.com's participation in the special scheme for the taxation of non-EU businesses which provide electronically supplied services to EU consumers:
This form may be used by EU residents for tax purposes.
6 - In my case, the fees seem to add up during purchase. How can I avoid extra charges like VAT or payment fees?
To avoid a VAT charge, supply your VAT number during the upgrade process - this relieves us of the obligation to collect VAT tax from you.
Each of these options is presented during the course of the upgrade payment process.
7 - Payment by credit card
7.1 - I am trying to upgrade, but ProZ.com's credit card processor will not accept my CVV2 number. What to do?
2checkout's help page about the CVV2 number can be found here:
This page includes pictures of credit cards, highlighting the CVV2 number. It also includes the following text:
"If you are using a Visa, Mastercard, or Discover card, it is a 3 digit number that appears to the right of your card number...
"If you are using an American Express card, the verification number is a 4 digit number that appears on the front of your card, above and either on the left or right of the card number...
"If your card does not have a verification number, try another card or enter the number 000."
If the above does not help you complete payment, please enter a support request. Thank you!
7.2 - I am unable to pay by credit card via ProZ.com's credit card processor. Is there another credit card payment option?
If you continue to have trouble paying by credit card via ProZ.com's credit card processor, you may wish to try using Paypal instead. Paypal allows buyers in many countries to pay by credit card without requiring them to have a Paypal account.
7.3 - Your credit card processor cancelled my payment on the basis of my country of residence. What are my options?
We apologize for the inconvenience; we do not have full control of the risk management policies of our third-party processor. Please consider making payment using another payment method. We will work with you on this to make sure you do not pay more as a result of this inconvenience.
7.4 - How can I change the currency of my credit card payment at 2checkout?
ProZ.com's credit card processor, 2checkout, attempts to guess the local currency of the buyer and defaults to charging in that currency. To change the currency in which to make your credit card payment, select the appropriate option from the drop-down menu labeled "CURRENCY".
7.5 - I received an 10417/ 10505/10745 Error Message from Paypal. What is it?
Paypal says the most likely cause for this type of error is the method of payment chosen at Paypal's website did not succeed. The most likely cause is that the credit card did not receive bank authorization. You may want to consider another payment method, such as 2checkout. If you receive a 10505 Error Message, it means that you have a problem with the AVS, address verification system. Paypal requires that the same address be used that is on record with the credit card being used.
The 10745 error is also related to address. The application requires not your current address but the billing address of you credit card. The address entered when making payment must match the billing address of the payment method.
7.6 - I received a 10754 Error Message
Please read the information below from 2checkout.com regarding this situation:
Simply put, when orders are being processed, the transaction goes like this:
1. Our server talks to the CC company server and says "card # *** wants to buy something for $25.00 US".
2. The CC company responds with "ok, the card number is valid, I've reserved the $25.00, the funds are available" (*****note***** funds are reserved, NO charge has been made!).
3. Our server contacts the CC company and then says, "OK...lets verify things first. The address is....the phone number is....the CVV2 code is...."
4. The CC company then responds and says "yes, all the information is valid."
5. Our server contacts the CC company and says, "ok, place the charge."
6. The CC company then responds with "order complete, card charged."
Sometimes the process completed the first 2 steps and failed at some point between step 3 and 5.
Your card was not charged. There was never a completed transaction. The money that shows as being charges are simply the funds that have been reserved. Normally, these funds are released by the CC company within a few days when their system recognizes that there was no completed transaction.
You will need to attempt your transaction again, this time using PayPal as the payment method instead. PayPal accepts credit cards as well, and their transaction fee is lower than the dedicated credit card processor.
If you find that either of the pending transactions post to your account, please open a support ticket and we will promptly refund your money.
7.7 - I received a 15005 Error message
Although marked as not required, sometimes credit cards or Paypal require complete information in the "address" and "state" fields that appear in the billing page.
This error message is related to those fields. If you didn't enter any information in those fields, please, enter the same information in those fields that you have in your credit card or Paypal account and try again.
7.8 - Can I use my American Express for payments?
Yes. You can use your AmEx credit card to submit any payment. However, note that AmEx payments are only possible in USD as Paypal, which handles direct credit card payments, does not accept AmEx payments in EUR from some countries.
7.9 - Can I pay using somebody else's credit card?
Yes. To submit payment using somebody else's credit card, just login to your account and follow the payment steps. Make sure that all of the billing information you enter matches the billing info of the card being used.
Note that you will not be able to apply for identity verification if you pay using a credit card that does not carry your name.
7.10 - After changing my credit card would I need to register the new one with Proz.com to pay for membership?
Please note that you do not need to register your credit card, you just need to enter the correct credit card information in the payment process.
8 - Payment by PayPal
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Small switching layouts are plentiful. Seb has taken this layout to an awe-inspiring level.
Welcome to Lakemont
Over on the RMWeb forums Seb has served up some serious eye candy with photos of his in progress layout. He describes his freelance layout as "a short line located somewhere in the NE, near the Canadian border". The track plan is simple and efficient; main track, runaround, and sidings.
There are two major customers served by the LVN : Lakemont Packaging & Farmers Coop Elevator. Are also served a team track, an unloading dock and unloading pit with auger.
His attention to detail and his execution of the built and natural shown in the image below (click the photo to go directly to the forum) are outstandingly good.
Image 1: LVN 150 and another loco on the left end of the layout
There are many more photos on the main thread on RMWeb. Head over and read through the full thread and see a lot more photos of the layout. You'll thank me once you've visited.
As a final teaser…
Clicking the image will take you to another thread where many of Seb's images from Facebook have been linked and shared for those not on the specific Facebook group.


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For people worried about how the Budget will affect their pockets, analysts at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) had a fairly gloomy message on Thursday.
Average earnings will be no higher in 2022 than they were before the financial crash in 2007, assuming growth stays at the current weak rate, the analysts said in a presentation having spent the night crunching through the figures.
"Fifteen years without a pay rise," IFS director Paul Johnson said. "I'm rather lost for superlatives. This is completely unprecedented."
This graph shows the path of real earnings since 2007-08, in pounds.
As you can see, earnings are at least rising again. But they're still 7% behind where they were before the recession, and it's going to take years to get back to that level.
And the data shows the top 1% of earners are lagging behind, relatively speaking.
That's right: Those who earn more than £105,000 a year will see their earnings grow a lot more slowly than those who are less well-off.
The highest earners – many work in finance, most live in London and the South East, and about 85% are men – have already seen their earnings growth lag behind the rest of the population since the financial crash.
And it won't get much better. They're going to be disproportionately affected by Brexit, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts – mainly because of the impact that leaving the European Union is expected to have on the City.
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Johnson said: "Our calculations suggest that the top 1%, having pulled away from the rest over the 2000s, are being reeled back in. The ratio between earnings at the 99th percentile and those at the median hit 5 to 1 in the late 2000s. It is back at 4.6 to 1 now, about where it was in 1999."
Cry me a river. Isn't it a good thing if the gap between the highest earners and the rest of us narrows?
Actually, it's a big problem for the government.
For the simple reason that the top 1% contribute such a large share of tax revenues.
Earnings among the top 1% are 4.6 times the median, yet that group contributes 8 times more income tax and national insurance than the population as a whole, the IFS said in its presentation.
If the top earners make less, the government brings in less tax revenue; it's as simple as that. And with Brexit looming, the exchequer needs to raise all the funds it can.


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Education Research Performance of Turkey - Mathematics and Science Education
CITATION: Corlu, M. S. (2014). Education research performance of Turkey: 2014. [White paper]. Retrieved at November, 7, 2014 from tstem.com
Latex and Google Sites
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PGCE and University of Cambridge
Bilkent students spend three weeks of their time in the UK at the University of Cambridge. They attend PGCE courses along with British teacher candidates. They spend three days of a week at schools while learning how to teach in the university for two days through practical courses. British students do not learn about educational theories much, or better to say, they learn about theories in the context of their subject matter.
When I visited them, I observed an interesting practice that I need to talk about:
My students were asked to teach mathematics in Turkish to their peers. I do not need to remind you that British student teacher did not know any Turkish. The follow-up conversation about equity and second-language learners was very interesting, showing that mathematics may not be the universal language, after all.
My students reported that British secondary schools mathematics education included:
There are 3 integrated aspects to our secondary courses:
but no theory-based (subject-free) didactics.
Statistics - Summer Term
Statistics is a must course for Bilkent GSE teacher candidates; including biology, english, mathematics, and turkish majors. It is our hope that they will use their knowledge for their thesis or more importantly to improve their teaching. I designed the course with an understanding that, as Bruce Thompson says, statistics is useful for mathphobic, as well. Regression was the central focus, including its use in (nil) null hypothesis testing. In fact, the primary goal of the course was to help them understand all research is correlational, in addition to recognizing the importance of practical significance (i.e., effect sizes and, what Robert M. Capraro was very fond of, the confidence intervals). The final project of this 5-week long summer term course (42 contact hours) was to conduct a secondary analysis of TIMSS 2011 data. My students were likely to be the first to do so in Turkey as TIMSS data became available in January 2013. TIMSS data needed some in-advance preparation on my part, including merging with IDB software and assigning teacher weights. Perhaps, some of these teachers will pursue on what they learnt in the course and write scholarly papers in the future.
Some of the frequently asked questions were:
Their Graduation Ceremony 2013 and My First Marshall Experience
Today, I attended the graduation ceremony of the Class of 2013. Moreover, I served as the Graduate School of Education Marshall to lead master's students at the ceremony. Among 30 or so students, two of them were mathematicians: Gulumser and Mehmet graduated GSE program with a teaching certificate, IB teacher award and a master's degree. The rest of the mathematicians will graduate at the end of summer school. Too bad they missed the ceremony. We organized a small party yesterday for all our graduates. I am sure it has been a very busy two years. They have all the reasons to be proud of themselves for this accomplishment. Congratulations; wish them all the best in their first teaching jobs.
My first master's student: Zehra Catma
Zehra Catma, Class of 2013, successfully defended her master's thesis today. Zehra is going to work as a mathematics teacher in Gaziantep Kolej Vakfi Schools, next year. From her thesis, she managed to produce a manuscript, submitted to a SSCI journal, in addition to a proposal submitted for the 2014 annual conference of AERA. Congratulations!!!
Catma, Z. (2013). How special are teachers of specialized schools? A quantitative investigation of Turkish mathematics teachers' self-confidence levels in the technology domain. (Master's thesis). Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
STEM Education in a Global Context: Bahcesehir K-12 Model
At Nigde: Birth of TSTEM
I went to Nigde to attend The National Mathematics and Science Education Congress to speak at a panel on STEM education in Turkey. This is likely to be the first time that STEM Education is talked about in Turkey. I was very proud and also somehow excited to be on that panel and also for presenting in Turkish.
First Experiences at Bilkent
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit Graduate School of Education (GSE) at Bilkent University to meet faculty and the grad. students. The trip went very well, as well as the visit itself. I met with Dr. Sands and other faculty members with whom I'll be working next year. I tried the understand the Bilkent system for teacher education, which was more intensive than the standard Council of Higher Education (CoHE) program. My first impressions were very positive about the system, faculty, and particularly the 7 master's students and two PhD students I met during my one-day visit. I am looking forward to working with them; to produce, to produce, and to produce-to accomplish many many great things.
I did not have much chance to wonder around the campus; however, I visited my lojman, which is tiny but cute in a way. I may come back before the official starting time in late October to join the selection process for the incoming students. Exciting, very exciting...
Passing the Torch
Niyazi is a good friend of mine, whom I mentored during his master's and first year at Ph.D. Now that I am leaving, he overtakes my responsibilities as the senior researcher in Capraro Institution. I am confident that he'll be an exemplary scholar, a good colleague to me and Dr. Capraro, and a great example to the upcoming students. Here is a photo in front of our poster at NCTM research pre-session. Please look carefully at the upper left corner of the poster; where you can see the institutional logo of my new affiliation. This is my first academic work for B.U.
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Solar Leads a Recovery in Global Clean Energy Investment
Massive PV projects in the United Arab Emirates helped investments rebound in Q2, while also setting record-low price targets.
Global clean energy investment has rallied from a months-long slump, thanks to solar.
The second quarter of 2017 saw $64.8 billion invested in clean energy around the world, up 21 percent from the first quarter of this year, according to the latest figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). This marks the highest for any quarter since Q2 2016.
The financing of two enormous photovoltaic projects in the United Arab Emirates helped to drive a recovery in global clean energy investment. The 800-megawatt Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum III plant in Dubai and the 1.2 gigawatt Marubeni JinkoSolar and Adwea Sweihan project in Abu Dhabi contributed a collective $1.9 billion to the global investment total last quarter.
While these project investments represent an enormous sum, the power prices for these large-scale solar projects are some of the lowest ever recorded.
When Masdar was selected last year to build the third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park, its bid was heralded as the lowest-priced solar PPA in the world at 2.99 cents per kilowatt-hour. GranSolar, Acciona and Ghella were awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the 800-megawatt project in January. EDF Group, via its subsidiary EDF Energies Nouvelles, joined the Masdar-led consortium in March. Financing for the project closed in June.
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Kacey has spent the past two or three nights making his mark, literally. He's crapped on the bedroom floor and the dining room floor, puked on my comforter, and pissed in the bathroom and kitchen. He's a sweet dog, but man, does he make a mess!* I was just getting used to having one pet, and the dog piss smell was finally dying down. **
Still, Edison has perked up a little since he's been here, so it isn't all bad. I'll be more than happy to feed him, house him, and play with him, but he's still Kat's dog, so she's got to take him when I'm on business trips. I'm just a foster parent to him, but I'll do my best.
* EDIT #1: I may have been a bit too harsh on my criticism of Kacey. True, he crapped on the rug, but the pissing in the bathroom and kitchen was probably Edison. He's marking his territory and asserting his dominant role in the hierarchy. Kacey has a different routine than Edison, and he was probably cooped up too long in my bedroom. He's a good dog, just trying to adjust to the new / old house. I'll cut him some slack for now.
** EDIT #2: To be brutally honest, I've gotten so used to Edison's stinking up the place that I probably just didn't notice the smell anymore. Before I can do anything with this house, I've got to pull up and throw out the carpets, or at least get them professionally cleaned. Between the two dogs, plus other pets we've had over the years, these carpets are totally trashed.


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My husband was a huge animal lover, and even more cool, animals absolutely loved him. They flocked to him. We would go over to other people's houses or just walk to a nearby park, and other people's pets would run up to him and want to play. If we went to anyone's home who had a dog, he was instantly playing with the dog. He always wanted a dog of his own, but because we lived in an apartment that didn't allow dogs, he used to say: "Someday, Boo. When we move to a bigger place or maybe buy a house or condo, I can have my husky/shepherd mix." Well, that never happened.
What did happen was that Don Shepherd packed up his entire life into a moving van in February of 2005, and, with his cat Isabelle in his lap the whole time, drove from Florida to New Jersey non-stop, to start a life with me. His cat Izzy was 13 at that time, and two years later, she got old and sick and we had to let her go. Don wanted to adopt another cat or kitten from the local rescue shelter, so we went there together and found two sisters that were only about 7 weeks old. They told us the sisters were a package deal, and so Don convinced me that we should take them. I was very hesitant about having two cats. I kept saying: "But I don't wanna be the crazy cat lady." He would say: "You'd need at least 3 cats to qualify as crazy cat lady, and crazy cat ladies usually don't have husbands. They just have cats."
Cue the part of the story where my husband randomly drops dead.
But before that happened, we took the 2 kitties home and named them Ginger and Autumn. They were so damn cute, running around and chasing each other, and fighting playfully and lying down at night behind our heads. Ginger was so in love with Don, she literally would hang on him like he was a tree. She would sit on his shoulder or wrap herself around his neck and just hang out wagging her little tail. One day, when they were about 3 years old, Ginger and Autumn were playing and chasing each other like usual. It was the middle of the night, like 2 am. Suddenly, Ginger whimpered loudly and limped under the bed, hiding and whimpering. "Come here, sweetie. We have to see what's wrong honey. It's okay, my sweet girl. We're gonna get you some help." My paramedic husband went into action while I panicked. "Get the kitty cage, Boo. Look up where the closest vet ER is. Something's very wrong. " We drove Ginger to the nearest vet ER, which was a good 40 minutes away, and she moaned the whole time as I tried to calm her while Don drove and talked to her the whole time. When we got there, they took her and we waited. Then a guy in a white coat came back out and took us into a small private room, closing the door. He pulled out an x-ray and showed it to us, and Don burst into tears. "Look, Boo" he explained to me, since I had no clue what was happening. "Her poor little lungs can't breathe because her heart is too big. Her lungs are being crushed. Oh, my poor sweet girl." The doctor explained that Ginger had been born with an enlarged heart, and that she threw a blood clot, causing her to spasm and stop walking on her back legs. He said it would happen again and again, and that she was not destined to live a long life. We had to let her go, and Don and I held each other and cried in that private room for a good half hour before Ginger came back in so we could be with her when we let her go.
Just 3 days later, when it was just us and Autumn, who seemed quite depressed at the loss of her sister which she didnt understand, Don wanted to take some pictures of Ginger back to the rescue shelter where we got her, and where her foster mom worked. He wanted to tell them what had happened. I agreed, although I really wasnt much in the mood to go back there, but we did. We walked inside, and began telling them what had happened, when suddenly, this full grown adult orange male cat, lept out of his cage and ran across the large room, galloping like a horse. He sped through the 12 or so other people in the room, and ran right up to Don. He looked into my husband's eyes, then climbed his 6 foot 4 body, all the way up to his shoulders, just like Ginger used to do. Then he sat there, staring at Don and wagging his tail. Don turned to me with tears in his eyes and said: "You realize we are taking him home, right?"
So there we were, coming home with this 9 year old boy-cat, whose name on his papers was simply "Shawn." We both couldn't stop laughing at that stupid name. "Shawn? Who names a cat Shawn?, Don said on the drive home. "That sounds like the name of some Irish dude from Boston that you'd go and meet for a beer. It's silly. No. He will be Sampson. Sammy." And so it was. Sammy came home, and he healed Don's grieving heart from the loss of Ginger. He followed Don around everywhere. He slept ON his head, almost every night. Sammy could not get close enough to Don. It was like he wanted to sleep inside of his face. That was in 2010. And then, in July of 2011, I found myself running into an E.R. at morph speed one early morning, as I saw a gaggle of nurses and doctors walk toward me. And it was me who went into that small, private room where they closed the door and told me that my husband had a massive heart-attack and didn't make it. It was me who went home alone that night, and forever.
And so now I'm the crazy cat lady. Even though I only have 2 cats, I still say I qualify for the role. I certainly feel crazy most days. I have no idea what I'm doing, Don was the better pet-parent by miles and miles, and they miss him in very specific and obvious ways. Too much to get into here, as it would take pages to explain the many ways in which they grieve for their Papa. But here we are - me and Autumn and Sammy. We have moved twice together, in the 3 years since Don's death. It was very difficult, both times, to find living situations that would accept not one, but two cats along with myself. I kept hearing Don's voice in my head, from when he and I were thinking about moving years ago: "I'd live underneath a bridge somewhere before I'd ever let anyone take my kitties away from me." So where I go, they go. I do my best, and I love them like mad. They are the only living piece of Don that I have. We never got to have our family - we never got to have kids together - so this is it. When it's time to say goodbye to them, I don't know how I'm going to do it. Sammy is already almost 14 now, and showing signs of slow cause for concern. I just pet him and love on him and say "I love you, buddy. I love you so much. Papa loves you too." Autumn sits in the hallway and meows and howls at the ceiling, sometimes for an hour straight. She did the same thing after Ginger died. Don used to say to her: "Are you talking to your sister, honey? Tell her Papa loves her." So now I say: "Are you talking to Boo? Tell him I love him so much." I don't know if I actually even believe anything I'm saying in those moments that I'm saying them. I don't know that I believe Don can hear me or that he knows what we are doing or any of that. I don't know. But it's all I've got, and so I do it.


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==> Visit iCloud account Page at https://www.icloud.com/ – One Apple ID is all you need to access all Apple services.
==> Enter your Email and password
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
I Weighed Myself.....
This morning, after a reasonable night's sleep (that means only waking myself up with a coughing fit three or four times, as opposed to every 10 minutes), I woke up thinking about things... chores, how the day might play out, a friend I had hoped to talk with on the phone last night (but didn't), normal morning thoughts.
Then, suddenly, the thought struck me to get out of bed and weigh myself.
Probably doesn't sound too weird, until you realize I haven't been on the scale but one time in over a year, since early April of 2010, after our return from a trip to the South West, where I pigged out every day. That fateful day, I weighed in at 232... not my all time high, but a jeans-squeezing, foot-busting, chipmunk-cheeks, rotundus-abundus, hate-myself, yo-y0 high nevertheless. It was still two weeks, and probably a few pounds more, before I realized I can not control my eating/binging and turned myself over to the care of a higher power and the loving community of our local OA group.
Since then, the only time I weighed was when I had my annual physical and was weighed (fully clothed with shoes) at the Doctor's office. Although I closed my eyes, the nurse said the number out loud. I think it was 187. At the time, I had mixed feelings about the number... good because it was a significant loss from when I started... not so good because I've been around 187 many times before, a number where I seem to hit the wall, often the bottom of the yo-yo drop. Therefore, I vowed to continue my no scale policy.
Until this morning. Don't know what got into me. The results? !66 (with full bladder and flannel nightgown). I was surprised. Thought it would be around 180. Feeling good about it. However, I think this will be the last scale visit for a while.
I don't like the pressure I immediately felt, the panic that the number might be low because of being sick, the fear that being this low (still overweight for my 5 ft. 8 inch frame, but no longer obese) will make me think I can go back to my old ways of eating, some other more personal fears related to the past and my attractiveness to men. No problem, fears! Just cool your jets, because we're not getting on that thing again for a loooooong time! No scale and all's well with PB!
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Hi Robin.ReplyDelete
Feel Better Now, huh! Congratulations on better health (not to mention the respiratory thing).
Have a wonderful, wonderful holiday weekend.
No Scale for PJ --since I just weighed, thought to myself 'it is what it is' and I'm going to work towards trusting my higher power God and myself and work towards freedom from out of control eating.ReplyDelete
take your time recovering
Mizfit shared a funny story today about how her daughter saw a scale at a friend's house and asked what it was! Kudos to you on living without one.ReplyDelete
I have just recently put my scale away..it was brought out when we moved to the new house and the cycle began again too quickly. It was one of those realizations, when you think you have come so far, and the patterns take over and you don't realize it until two years down the road!ReplyDelete
Glad your feeling better. Me..it was penicillin and my sleeping too has been better!
- AnonymousMay 26, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Congratulations on the awesome weight loss--and breaking thru that 187 barrier. Weird how there can be numbers at which we get stuck.ReplyDelete
And, the mental foolishness that happens after the weigh-in? Yeah. It's so bizarre. You've gone all this time without weighing in with such good results, you'd think the scale anxiety wouldn't follow. Yet, it does. I wonder why we torture ourselves so.
Again, great job!
Slow and steady with the occasional leap and bound!ReplyDelete
Glad you are better!
A week without decent sleep is torture! So glad to hear you are getting better now.ReplyDelete
Anyone who thinks this weight loss thing is all about numbers is... well, I'll just say it's all about the INside stuff, not just numbers. :-)
Thank you for your comment on my blog... what you said gave me a big smile!


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will too much water make tomato plants wilt and turn yellow
We have received 3+" of rain this week with more forecasted. I turned off the soaker hoses to my garden but my tomato plants wilted and turned yellow and my golden squash plants went from nice green leaves to dead in a week.
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If your garden does not have good drainage and the plants spent some time in standing water, then it is possible that they have developed root rot. The roots of the plants essentially suffocate in the water and this is what kills the plant. The amount of rain you received was not to excess, but if it was not draining away, this is what would cause problems.
It is possible as well that there is a wilt in the soil. But the wilts that affect tomatoes are different from the wilts that affect squash. So if the plants both have wilt, then you may just have the very bad luck of getting hot with both types of wilt at the same time. There is not cure for bacterial wilt - of tomatoes or squash.
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April 4, 2017
Contact: PACER Center 952-838-9000, 800-53-PACER
PACER Center to screen award-winning documentary Who Cares About Kelsey?
Minneapolis: PACER Center will offer a screening of the film Who Cares About Kelsey? by filmmaker Dan Habib from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, April 24 at PACER Center, 8161 Normandale Blvd., Bloomington. This free workshop is for parents of children with disabilities.
Kelsey Carroll has one goal — to graduate from high school — and plenty of reasons why she shouldn't. She attends a school with one of the highest dropout rates in New Hampshire and has dealt with homelessness, sexual abuse, and ADHD. As a freshman, she didn't earn a single academic credit, but she did get suspended for dealing drugs.
Who Cares About Kelsey? is the story of Kelsey's transformation from a defiant and disruptive "problem student" to a motivated and self-confident young woman. Along the way, critical figures in her personal and educational life shape her coming of age, and play important roles in an education revolution that's about empowering — not overpowering — youth with emotional and behavioral challenges.
A question-and-answer session with a PACER advocate will follow the film. For information and to view the trailer, visit whocaresaboutkelsey.com.
To register for this free workshop, contact PACER Center at (952) 838-9000 or (800) 537-2237 (toll free), email [email protected], or visit PACER.org/workshops.


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Aromatherapy is a complementary therapy that is based on the use of concentrated plant essences. This is where the term essential oil comes from. Aromatherapy is used to reduce the symptoms of a range of conditions and aims to improve both physical and emotional well-being.
Your aromatherapist will discuss your care before carrying out your procedure. It may differ from what is described here as it will be designed to meet your individual needs.
Hot Stone Aromatherapy
Hot Stone Aromatherapy has to be one of the most enjoyable and relaxing therapeutic massages available. For hundreds of years, hot stone massage has been used by many different cultures and modern-day therapists apply the same techniques for a wonderfully relaxing massage designed to work on muscle tension at the deepest level.
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Ever had one of those moments when you want to throw in the towel on doing the right thing? You know what I'm talking about, when the "oh poor me" factor takes ahold and you are uttering under your breath, I try so hard to do what's right and I end up being the one who gets hurt/ loses/ looks like a fool.
Or what about the more hurtful times when you are honestly seeking and following what God is telling you and the situation gets a little sticky (just like you and God had chatted about)? Of course this is the time that everyone tells you what you should be doing differently.
What about those times?
What do you do when good intentions are misunderstood or misinterpreted? When seeking and following Gods lead is questioned, when you are doing the best you can, the best you know how and it still doesn't turn out like you expected? Or what about those blasted hurtful opinions when your troubles are played out in a more public forum than you anticipated and your actions are questioned?
What do you do in the times when you want to throw in the towel on doing the right thing and get in there and fight dirty with the rest of the players. How do you keep from withdrawing to guard your heart and how do you keep doing the right thing when it is so hard? Unfortunately the road God sends us down, is at times, filled with muck and on that road, there will be other travelers and those other travelers will have something to say.
How do you stay the course that in your heart you know God is sending you on when it hurts so damn bad at times? How do you stay the course when you are road weary and ready to disappear?
Unfortunately convenience and comfort is not always a factor when we are choosing to seek and follow God.
I read this recently and it made sense to me. Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda is not a state I choose to live in, I want to live in the "I –tried-to-do" state. Would I ever forgive myself if I didn't even try? Stay in the game for you can't win if you don't play. Discouragement will come and God warns that negative reinforcement abounds. Criticism is nothing more than a "critical" mind. The truth is, no one knows ALL the facts of any situation they do not personally live in. Therefore stand on the truth "We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. Philippians 4:13
How do you stay the God given course you are on? One step at a time with a spirit that lets you finally see the plans He has for you. Remember, His plans are to prosper you and to make all things work for good. His love is infinite and unshakable, He is there when you cry out, guaranteed. You are the one who wants to flee, not God.
Be willing to drop the hurt that you cling to and realize that people will have opinions, of course they will but more often than not they are offered in love whether it feels like it or not. Throw down and stomp those thoughts that are detrimental to your journey. When you are road weary and want to go on permanent vacation……………Don't concentrate on the things that hurt you, look for the things that heal you.
So when you are seeking and following God, when times are tough and the going is anything but smooth, STAY YOUR COURSE, do what God is telling you to do, because if you don't do it, there is no one else who can. You are where you are because God put you there to do a job. He didn't ask those watching, He didn't wait for approval and He doesn't expect you to get your approval from anyone BUT HIM. Have the courage to follow the one who can make the destination of the journey a reality.
And as for the ones sharing the journey with you, let them share their opinions for what they are, "a chance to love you enough to offer help"
…………………..and so I ride