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Discussion of the Twin Cities — Minneapolis and St. Paul — inevitably tends to revolve around the former, while the latter, despite being the state capital, is usually relegated to a footnote. It's easy to see how this happens: Minneapolis's population is larger by roughly one-third. The 10 tallest buildings in the Twin Cities all call Minneapolis home. Like a middle child, St. Paul is given short shrift, especially where travel coverage is concerned.
It's time to reverse that dynamic. St. Paul is a dream for those watching their budgets, with quality restaurants, good shopping and interesting activities — all at a discount. It's also particularly notable for its ethnic diversity — while it may be known as the now former home of "A Prairie Home Companion," St. Paul has substantial Somali, Vietnamese and Ethiopian communities, as well as one of the largest Hmong populations in the country. I was particularly interested in speaking with members of the Hmong community, and getting to know some of their civic and cultural institutions.
I began at the Hmong Cultural Center and Hmong American Partnership on University Avenue in Frogtown, a neighborhood where many Hmong immigrants settled when they began fleeing Southeast Asia in large numbers in the 1970s. The cultural center, with a modest library, examples of traditional Hmong embroidery and educational materials on the Hmong in Minnesota, is worth a quick visit but serves primarily as a resource for the community itself, providing English and citizenship classes. According to displays at the center, the Hmong began fleeing Laos en masse after the Communist Pathet Lao movement took control of the government in 1975, fearing reprisal and persecution. The first refugees arrived in Minnesota in the winter of 1975-76.
Across the street at the Hmong American Partnership, I struck up a conversation with Jai Vang, a local resident who was happy to speak to me about his experience as a first-generation Hmong immigrant. "Over the course of 40 years, I think we really created a home here and we've really become part of the St. Paul community," said Mr. Vang, who came to St. Paul with his family in 1979. "I was 8 years old, so it was a challenge," he said. "The language, the culture. There were so few families. We would really struggle: dealing with social services or even shopping and asking about prices.
"People had never used toilets, never used telephones," he continued. "They really had to be trained to adapt to society. I mean, reverse the roles: I take you and put you in the jungle. How are you going to adapt? How are you going to get your food?" I asked him how the neighborhood had changed since he arrived, and he said that immigrants had contributed substantially to the revitalization of the area.
"You couldn't walk around here. Prostitution, drugs, you'd be afraid you'd get beat up," he said. "Now you have hundreds of businesses here along University, mom-and-pop shops from around the world: Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Cambodian." Mr. Vang noted that the new Metro Green Line light rail ($2.25 during rush hour, $1.75 other times) running from downtown Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul has aided in the neighborhood's continuing rejuvenation.
I asked Mr. Vang what he would recommend I see if I wanted to get a taste of Hmong culture. "Do you have a car?" he asked. So, even though we'd known each other for roughly 30 minutes, he and I proceeded to cruise around St. Paul in my rental car ($28 per day from Avis) for the better part of the afternoon. We drove around the Frogtown, Summit-University and Thomas-Dale neighborhoods, while he pointed out places of interest. "You have to go there," he said, as we passed Trung Nam French Bakery. "Best croissant in the world." It was closed when we drove by (open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. only), so I made a mental note to return.
He took me to the Hmongtown Marketplace, a sprawling complex on Como Avenue that has the feel of an Asian street market. We headed past the merchandise stalls and straight for the modest food court, which was abuzz with activity: Vendors sliced green papayas and fresh fruit, ladled steaming terrines of soup and scooped out portions of steaming purple rice. Mr. Vang and I went to a stall called Mama's Fusion where I bought a large soup with mushrooms and fresh herbs; beef and tripe soup; and an enormous green papaya salad, all for $11. The papaya salad was tangy and funky with fish sauce, mixed with fresh tomatoes and green beans and dotted with crunchy peanuts.
Another Hmong shopping bazaar I visited with Mr. Vang, and then again later with my cousin Ellen, was the Hmong Village Shopping Center. From the exterior, it looks like a mundane warehouse attached to a huge parking lot. Within are dozens of merchandise and food vendors, hawking everything from khao poon curry noodle soup to an entire roast duck. I was already pretty full, so Ellen and I shared a big fried sesame ball filled with coconut (75 cents) as well as some fried bananas (3 for $1).
While the food at the different Hmong markets could keep you occupied for days in St. Paul, there are other worthy uses of your time. The Minnesota History Center ($12) with an always-changing series of interactive and multimedia exhibitions, is a particularly good place to take kids. More for adults is a free tour of the gorgeous Cathedral of St. Paul, an enormous, 3,000-seat structure designed by E.L. Masqueray. Tours run at 1 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
The South St. Anthony neighborhood around Raymond Avenue is also fun to explore, with restaurants, shops, galleries and a great, laid-back vibe. Barely Brothers Records, which has been open for about two years, has live music performances in the back of the shop and even posts album reviews on its website. Two doors down, I enjoyed a red-tinged beet falafel sandwich ($9) at Foxy Falafel, a casual Mediterranean restaurant.
Other worthy stops are the farmers' market in downtown St. Paul, which runs most weekends until 1 p.m. (check the schedule on their website). I strolled through the market, perusing $2 bunches of rhubarb and $5 baskets of red potatoes while nibbling on a tasty sample of sheep's milk cheese from LoveTree Farmstead Cheese.
The single best thing I ate on the trip, though, was a sour soup ($8.95) from Kolap Cambodian restaurant. The powerfully tangy broth was filled with big chunks of tilapia, pineapple and bitter melon. After the meal I spoke with one of the owners, Sarun Pen. Mr. Pen fled Laos via a refugee camp in the Philippines, arriving in Minnesota in 1983. He spoke quietly of the Cambodian genocide that killed millions in the late 1970s. "They weren't supposed to kill people," he said, but the peasants resented the educated class. "Then it started: You kill more people, you get more rank. You get more stars. It was bad." He met his wife in the United States, and they opened a restaurant together. "She spoils me," he said, smiling. "I can't eat anyone else's food now."
On my way to the airport the following morning, I drove by Trung Nam, the bakery I had made a mental note to visit. While the croissant ($2.25) may not have been the best I'd ever eaten, it was nevertheless buttery, flaky excellence. Equally good was the banh mi sandwich ($3.50). Impressed by everything St. Paul had to offer, I made another mental note: to come back soon, and to encourage others to do the same.


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Brokenhead River Game and Fish Association
Welcome to the Brokenhead River Game and Fish Association web site. We are approximately 175 members and a great family association.
Established in 1996, the BRGFA club of around 170 members supports conservation, education, safety and outdoors activities related to local natural resources. We host several programs over the year and can arrange hunter safety and firearms licensing training classes. Members can also access our national class shooting range.
Your children are the future of hunting and fishing in this province. Let's get them involved and keep our heritage vibrant.
2018/2019 Executive
PRESIDENT – Neil Jack 204-345-4733 neiljack11(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)yahoo.com
TREASURER – Jason Combe – jcombe(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)pinchin.com
SECRETARY- Kelly Bourns – 204-791-7295 kellybourns(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)xplornet.com
1st VICE-PRESIDENT – Ryan Keefe – keefer1896(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com
2nd VICE-PRESIDENT – Bob Austman – 204-268-1140
Other Contacts:
Membership Info – Colette Marr – (colettemarie775(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com)
Range Master – David Van Dasselaar djvandasselaar(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)gmail.com / 204-268-3895
Archery Course Stewards – Jeffery Cottes/Jared Michasiw
Sporting Clay Shoot Coordinator: Dale Bourns – dale.bourns(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)umanitoba.ca
Big Game Chair – vacant
Fishing Chair – Ryan Keefe – 204-268-1292 (0180) and Paul Millan – 204-268-2006 (0280)
Prize procurement- Tracey Schwark
2019 Bucks Draw Coordinator – Debbie Draward – 204-268-1577
Mailing Address:
Brokenhead River Game & Fish Association
Box 1404
Beausejour MB R0E 0C0
Message from the BRG&FA Executive
As you know, your club Executive have been working with the RM and area residents to address a petition presented to RM of Brokenhead Council on February 14, 2017. As a result, the BRGFA has worked with the Reeve and CAO to find ways to address these concerns while also serving the 150 dues-paying members of our club.
Club efforts to increase safety and education started long before the BRGFA applied to the RM for permission to construct the shooting range south of HWY44 on 47E. As a community-minded non-profit organization, the BRGFA observed growing concern with areas like Seddons Corner, Mars Sand Hills, and gravel pits throughout the RM. We heard about unmanaged shooting, increased uses by other outdoor activities (e.g., recreational vehicles), and general concerns with safety and litter.
Core charter members of our club and a group of hard working volunteers worked with contributions by local businesses and in cooperation with RM Council Members at the time to select the current location of the range. This was a negotiated decision that enabled the BRGFA to build a shooting range that provides a safe place to practice responsible firearms handling, as well as to offer educational programs related to conservation, youth mentorship, and outdoors activities.
At the April 5, 2017 monthly meeting, members provided direction to the BRGFA Executive as to how the club might address resident concerns while maintaining the shooting range as a key service to our members. The Executive discussed several options with the RM and area residents. The following list contains changes to the Shooting Range operations to address resident concerns:
- The range is now open from 9am-9pm to ensure activities at the range only occur during reasonable hours (we will post a sign as soon as it is ready).
- The range is closed on major holidays (i.e., Easter Sunday, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day).
- No major shooting events will be scheduled for other important days, including Good Friday, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Remembrance Day, New Year's Day, or other days requested by area residents for special events (e.g., weddings, reunions, auctions, etc).
These changes are effective on June 1, 2017, and are a first attempt to address concerns about the operation of the shooting range. They will be reviewed regularly by the BRGFA Executive. Members will be updated at monthly meetings. My hope is that these first steps will help the club be a good neighbour, while continuing to offer a safe place for firearms education and practice in the RM of Brokenhead.
Thank you very much for support on this and other BRGFA activities.
Jeffery Cottes, President

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My colleague Mindy Moretti has a great piece in this week's electionlineWeekly about departing Cuyahoga County (Cleveland) Ohio's Jane Platten … it's reproduced in its entirety below. Good luck, Jane!
Cuyahoga County, Ohio's elections chief Jane Platten hasn't been around as long as some of her peers in the elections world, but she certainly has faced her share of ups and downs.
And it is the fact that there were far more ups than downs that it came as a surprise when she announced her resignation in late November.
In 2007, Platten became the county's fourth elections director in seven years after the county suffered a series of disastrous elections and was put under administrative oversight by the Ohio secretary of state's office.
Under her tenure, Platten replaced the troublesome Diebold DRE voting machines with precinct-based optical scan machines, reduced the number of precincts which saved the county money and conducted several trouble-free elections with elections results coming in before midnight.
"As a board, and under her … leadership, we've made leaps and bounds," Election Board Chairman Jeff Hastings told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I think we've been one of the premier boards in the country in terms of conducting elections, in large measure because of her leadership."
It's not just elections officials who will miss Platten. The Cleveland Plain Dealer opined that the county board of elections will have some big shoes to fill.
Norman Robbins, research director for Northeast Ohio Voter Advocates also wrote in an op-ed that, "It is Platten's unusual capacity to recognize criticism as a challenge for improvement rather than as a form of undesirable antagonism."
Platten's last day in the office is Friday, the 14th, but before that, she took some time to reflect on her elections tenure and look ahead to how she sees the future of elections.
After five years running elections in Cuyahoga County, you'll be moving on this week. Why are leaving, where are you going and was it a hard decision to make to leave the field of elections?
I have accepted a position as Chief of Staff in the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office. Leaving the elections world is bittersweet because I do love this business and I love the election process, but I am moving into a very interesting field. It's time to move on and grow and broaden my professional experience.
You stepped into a bit of an elections mess when you were hired in Cuyahoga County, what was the most difficult time/issue you faced during your tenure?
I started as Director in early 2007 after at least three very tumultuous years at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.
There was the disastrous roll out of electronic voting equipment in May 2006, the agency was still reeling from criminal convictions stemming from the 2004 recount, employee morale had bottomed out and 70 days before the Presidential Primary, the Secretary of State at the time declared that Cuyahoga County needed to move to a new paper based voting system.
I had a two track task on my hands which was reorganize and revamp the agency structure back to health and implement a new voting system and develop from scratch new processes and procedures while also preparing for a Presidential election.
What do you feel were your greatest accomplishments and why?
Watching the life come back to the agency and lights go on in employees eyes again is what I am most proud of during my time as Director. We took a very beaten down and broken agency and turned it around.
When I first became Director, I would tell people that the CCBOE would one day be a national leader in election administration and I would get snickers or even outright laughing in response. Here we are today in 2012 and the CCBOE is truly a model for best practices that is looked to by other boards across the country.
Are there things that you weren't able to accomplish in Cuyahoga's elections that you wish you could have?
There are always things we can do better and learn from after each election. But, my task and the reason I took the job was to turn the agency around and fix the brokeness of the process. We accomplished those goals and that is why now is a good time for me to move on to my next challenge.
What will you miss most about working in Cuyahoga's elections department and in the field of elections in general?
I love and will miss being in a position of offering a service that allows a person to exercise a most fundamental and treasured right which is the right to vote. I will miss the excitement of election day and watching the motions of what is a huge, multi-faceted process.
Elections are filled with crazy and amazing stories (spiders breaking voting machines, women in labor voting, etc.) what's the craziest thing that ever happened to you while running the elections in Cuyahoga?
In November 2011, I received a call in the middle of the afternoon on what had been up to that point a relatively quiet general election day and was told that one of my poll workers had bitten the nose of a voter. After asking in disbelief multiple times if I had heard the report correctly, I learned that one of our poll workers had gotten into an argument with a campaigner and a voter. After a few minutes of escalated arguing, the worker bit the voter's nose. It was by far the craziest moment I can recall.
As someone who has intimate knowledge of elections, where do you see the administration of elections going in this country and what would you like to see?
I hope that elections become more uniform in process across the country. If one county or state conducts elections differently than any other and a ballot is treated differently elsewhere, then fairness in election administration will always have room for doubt. A person's absentee ballot may not count in Ohio if a voter does not print their name on their envelope, but in another state that may not be a fatal flaw and the ballot will count. Election laws should be consistent across the board to protect voters.
Post election auditing is on my wish list of also. I'd like to see uniform requirements for counties and states to conduct post election audits after every election.
I also hope to see more access to early voting across the nation and allow voters as much access to the ballot as possible within a reasonable timeframe. We live in a world of convenience in every other facet in our lives, but when it comes to voting convenience, I've seen too many recent attempts in too many counties and states to cut back on offering more opportunities for voting.


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News & Events
2015 & Beyond Events
2015 & Beyond Events will now be showcased in our monthly newsletter.
2013-2014 Schedule of events
UNLEASH L.I.F.E™: Lasting Independence For Everyone seminars are designed specifically for parents in understanding the lifetime needs of their child and ensuring those needs are always met.
Unleash LIFE: Lasting Independence for Everyone Webinar with NDSS
A Special Needs Plan teams up with NDSS and presents for their monthly webinar series. Register today for the very special June 27th webinar! This presentation is focused on understanding the lifetime needs of your child and ensuring those needs are always met. During the webinar, you will learn how to craft your "story," which defines the future caregiving environment and who will be involved. You will also learn more about the tools that may be necessary including Special Needs Trusts, wills, funding sources, government benefits, tax strategies, guardianship and communication strategies.
2012 Schedule of Events
2012 Schedule of Events
Ryan Platt slated for 2 National Conventions
Ryan Platt will be educating on Special Needs Planning for 2 National conventions. He will be lending his knowledge to the Batten's Disease Support & Research Organization and to Families for HoPE. Both organizations will be having their National Conventions in July 2012. You can learn more about these organizations at bdsra.org and familiesforhope.org.
2011 Schedule of Events and Seminars
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Ryan Platt Featured in article written by AARP.org
Ryan Platt and 1 of the families he serves is featured in an article written for AARP magazine regarding securing your child's future.
2010 Scheduled Seminars
Please learn more about where and when we will be speaking, educating and empowering families!!!
Volunteer Helps Special Needs Families
This article highlights Ryan Platt's dedication and commitment to the Special Needs Community.
Ryan Platt Awarded $10,000 Community Service Award
The Arc of Mecklenburg County will recieve $10,000 to use towards continuing to advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities due to a community service award received by Ryan Platt for his work with the organization.
June 25 at Knights Stadium, join us for a night of Empowering Education and Blistering Baseball. Educational Special Needs Planning Seminar begins at 5 pm and The Charlotte Knights take on the Buffalo Bison at 7:15. Please contact Andy Spafford at 704-557-9637 to reserve your seminar seat and for free tickets to the game
Featured Article in Major National Newspaper
Please read our article on differences in planning for a special needs family compared to a traditional family.
Down Syndrome Association of Charlotte to have Ryan Platt as Speaker
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009, Ryan Platt will be the guest speaker for families involved in the Down Syndrome Association of Charlotte.
The Arc of North Carolina asks Ryan Platt to speak at statewide conference
Ryan Platt will speak to families on September 25 during the morning session of The Arc of North Carolina's Statewide Conference in Concord, NC
National Autism Association will have Ryan Platt speak at National Convention
Ryan Platt will welcome the families to the National Austim Association 2009 Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 12 at 6 pm.
Ryan Platt, Founder of A Special Needs Plan, receives Great Honor
Ryan Platt received The 2009 Arc Angel of the Year Award from the The Arc of Mecklenburg County in Charlotte, NC. The Arc Angel signifies a great commitment of time, energy and effort to serve The Arc and its members. Ryan was humbled by the award.
July 10, 2009 - 5th Annual Disability Awareness Night with the Charlotte Knights
Please call for your free tickets to the baseball game and for a seat for our L.I.F.E. Seminar.
Bank of America asks Ryan Platt to speak
Wednesday, June 3 from Noon - 1 pm The Bank of America Disability Affinity Group is hosting an event focused on planning for a disabled loved one.
Ryan Platt will speak on Exploring the Financial and Legal Landscape for Special Needs Families
May 7, 2009 at 7 pm the Autism Society of North Carolina - Mecklenburg County Chapter presents Ryan Platt at Sharon United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC Please contact Amber Winters at 704-557-9656 to reserve your seat or email us.
Ryan Platt conducts 2 hour workshop on LIFE Planning for Families
May 30, 2009 at 9:30 am The Arc of Mecklenburg County presents Ryan Platt and a 2 hour workshop to help families think through and begin to design a strategy that protects government benefits and maximizes the LIFE of their loved one with Special Needs, as well as the LIFE of the entire family. The location is St. Matthews Catholic Church in Charlotte, NC on Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. For more information visit www.arcmeck.org Please contact Amber Winters at 704-557-9656 or email us to reserve your seat.
Social Security Administration Announces 2009 SSI and SSDI Limits
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Ryan Platt, founder of A Special Needs Plan, wins Community Award from the NFL's Carolina Panthers
Ryan Platt, founder of A Special Needs Plan, was honored by the National Football League's Carolina Panthers as a 2008 Community Quarterback Award Winner. The Community Quarterback Award is based upon an individual's committment to volunteerism and to making the community a better place to live. Ryan received the award for his work with and devotion to The Arc of Mecklenburg County. The Arc of Mecklenburg County is one of 800 chapters of The Arc of the United States which serves more than 7.2 million Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities so they will have the services and supports they need to grow, develop and live in communities across the nation. These services include early intervention, health care, a free appropriate public education and supports for their families.
Platt Speaks for First In Families Fall Summit
Monday, October 6 - Ryan Platt speaks to providers and families on the L.I.F.E. Planning System at the North Carolina First in Families Fall Summit.
October 10, 2008 - Ryan Platt speaks at Beyond Tomorrow Workshop
Ryan Platt discusses the L.I.F.E. Planning System with families at the Beyond Tomorrow Workshop in Gastonia, NC.
MAY 27, 2008 - Hinds' Feet Farm to have Ryan speak with families
May 27, 2008 Ryan Platt will speak to family members of those with a Traumatic Brain Injury at Hinds' Feet Farm.
Charlotte Knights baseball game, plus Free Special Needs Planning Seminar
JULY 31 & AUGUST 13 - Ryan Platt scheduled to speak for Joni and Friends Family Retreat
Ryan will speak during the Joni and Friends Family Retreats on July 31 and August 13, 2008
Ryan Platt has Round Table Discussion on Special Needs Planning
Ryan Platt spoke at Hinds' Feet Farm on April 17 with a Parent Support Group of loved one's that have suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury.
SNW changing name to A Special Needs Plan
Special Needs Workshop is changing their name to A Special Needs Plan to more accurately reflect what families will receive by using these specific planning packages. We have also redesigned our logo to reflect the closeness of the families we serve and the fact that a completed special needs plan will provide security and comfort.
Autism Society of North Carolina - Union County Chapter is sponsoring SNW's L.I.F.E. Planning Seminar on November 15.
COMING on SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
Autism Society of North Carolina - Mecklenburg County Chapter is sponsoring Ryan Platt and SNW's L.I.F.E. Seminar. September 6, 2007 at 7:00 pm at the Sharon United Methodist Church in Charlotte, NC
COMING on SEPTEMBER 24, 2007
Ryan Platt conducts seminar for The ARC of Mecklenburg County on Monday, September 24, 2007 in Charlotte, NC
COMING on SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
Ryan Platt will speak for Caromont Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine on September 11, 2007 at Gaston Memorial Hospital
3rd Annual Disability Awareness Night
Disabillity Awareness Night brings together providers, organizations and families.
Beyond Tomorrow Workshop
Project Star @ Carolinas Rehabilitation has Ryan Platt speak at The Beyond Tomorrow Workshop
Planning the right way
Ryan Platt speaks at Residential Support Services
L.I.F.E., Not just an Existance
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Ken Tucker sounds off on spring TV's MVPs. Plus, teasers on what's coming up next for each one
NBC, premieres APRIL 30, 8–9 p.m.
KEN'S TAKE: Having seen this new season on DIRECTV's 101 Network, I can say with assurance that you're going to moan, cry, and cheer at the new obstacles facing Coach Eric (Kyle Chandler) and Tami (Connie Britton) Taylor.
WHAT'S NEXT: The season 4 highlight reel includes a significant death, a major breakup, an abortion scandal, a shocking arrest, and a season-ending showdown between the scrappy underdog East Dillon Lions and the mighty Panthers. Also of note: Taylor Kitsch takes his shirt off at least three times.


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|Twistin' the Day Away
|Game time in the Great Hall on the (cancelled)Hogsmeade Weekend.
|Hogwarts - Great Hall
|Mar 04, 1995
[HGW] - Great Hall
Full of aureate light and gilded gleam, the Great Hall of Hogwarts is both strange and splendid. Thousands and thousands of white taper candles float in midair, their inextinguishable flames casting dancing light down over four long tables, laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. Were one to stand at the door looking in, members of Slytherin house would be seated at the far left, followed by Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and then Ravenclaw along the right wall. At the top of the hall is another long table for the teachers, perpendicular to the House tables. Set along the wall beside the head table, an unobtrusive doorway leads to a much smaller room. The appearance of the ceiling above varies with the weather and time of day, as it has been bewitched to look like the sky outside. Most would agree that the effect is startlingly realistic, making the Great Hall seem to simple open on to the heavens.
It is the weekend at Hogwarts once more. It should be Hogsmeade Weekend, grump most of the older students. Hogsmeade has been cancelled, however. Instead, the older students will have to just invade the Great Hall, which is all set up for the entertainment of the young ones on such occassions. There are games sitting out and ready to use. Wizarding puzzles that change image if you don't get them together fast enough, so you have to start all over — wizarding chess sets — an area for the exchange of chocolate frog cards — card games — You name it, the game is sitting down here. There is even a Twister game in the corner, brought by a Muggle student years ago, and left behind for all to enjoy.
Aston has long since been released from the hospital wing and joined back in all his classes and everything that comes with it. The first year wouldn't be able to go to Hogsmeade anyways and so couldn't resist coming to check out the excitement in the great hall. "Oh wow." he cant seem to stop himself from saying as he looks on everything.
A tiny grey and white stripey kitten dashes in from the entrance hall, closely followed by a pair of Hufflepuff first-years chasing after her. Jax is one of them — apparently the boy left the common room in a hurry; he is barefoot, still, in jeans and a pink t-shirt with a large butterfly spread across it. He clutches a bottle of Muggle bubble-solution in one hand, and pounces on the kitten right before /she/ has a chance to pounce on one of the Twister-players. "GOTCHA. Finally!"
Some of the older students are down here as well. Angelina has taken up a seat near the twister game. It always seems to be the source of fun, and fights. So a prefect always keeps an eye on it. Until they start playing, however, she is reading from her herbology book, taking study notes. For some people, the studying never stops!
"Candyfloss, you bad kitty!" The scolding would probably be a liiiittle more convincing if it wasn't said through giggles, Chloe just a step behind Jackson herself. Dressed in jeans that are covered in patches of every color and size, her shirt seems to have had the same slapped together sewed up treatment, consisting of quite a few different blouses that look like they've been ripped apart and sewed back together to make a blouse of many pastel colors. Even her shoes follow the treatment, with one pink, and one turquoise sneaker, the same color ribbons braided through her hair. "Twister is for people only!"
Aston turns back at the commotion toward the door. He chuckles at the kitten dashing in before looking oddly at the game near Angelina though being half-blood he doesn't think he's seen it before. "What's this?" he asks her as he approaches
Jax hands the kitten to Chloe and rocks back on his heels, gaze flicking from the game to Aston. "You've never played Twister?" he asks, eyes widening in surprise. "Nevereverever?"
Angelina glances up as the younger students come closer, sticking her notes in the book before closing it to keep her place. "Its.." And then there is Jackson. "Remember, Holland, it's a muggle game. Not all of us have seen it before we come to Hogwarts. You guys gonna play?"
Holding the small kitten in her arms, it's only a moment before the feline has managed to wiggle it's way up onto Chloe's shoulder, where it carefully perches. "Oh, you have to play with us!" The brunette exclaims at Aston, resisting the urge to excitedly jump up and down. "It's so much fun! And twisty! Unless you fall wrong and get hurt, or land on someone and hurt them, but that doesn't happen. Much!"
Aston shakes his head "Nah, i've not." he says sounding interested but a bit nervous of the game as Angelina speaks he looks back to her a moment. "Maybe I could watch this round get the idea?" he doesn't want to look completely out of it or slow the game down or anything. He looks back to the other excited students and seems more so to want to watch a bit before jumping right in.
"I dunno, I've had some pretty impressive Twister-related bruises," Jackson says with a laugh. "Anyway, it's pretty easy to figure out. You just spin the little — spinny… thing —" Jackson points. "And then everyone has to put whatever body part it says on whatever color it says! And try not to fall over." His fingers fidget with the cap of his bubbles restlessly. "You could always spin the thing, if you don't want to play."
Angelina reaches down beside her chair, bringing up the aptly named Spinny Thing. "Go ahead and play if you want, Aston. I'll spin for you. It's really easy. You just take up a position there along the edge, and when I call out a body part and a color, you put your body part on that color. But you can't lift up any other body parts to do it."
"Or, if you really just want to watch first, you could make sure my cat doesn't run off and get into any trouble while I play, and I would definitely owe you for it if you did, because she is ALWAYS running off, and it's a real pain to find her cause she can squeeze into spaces that I could ever never ever ever fit into." Pointing to the aforementioned kitten as she babbles - Something that Chloe is obviously apt at. - said kitten doesn't look super pleased at being pawned off.
"I will play why not, but what about the kitten?" the first year says with a chuckle. The young lion Aston still is unsure about game no doubt about it, but why be meek especially when he can try to play qudditch this has to be less scary than flying on a broom and having cannon balls pelted at you right?
"Yay!" Jackson bounces slightly on his toes. He sets his bottle of bubbles down on the floor. "The kitten can entertain herself. She'll come back /eventually/, won't she? We can lure her out with bubbles. They're fun to pounce at." His nose wrinkles sheepishly as he walks over to one side of the Twister mat. "At least, /I'm/ easily distracted by them!"
Extending a hand, Angelina motions for the kitten. "Give her to me. I'll keep her here in my lap. She'll curl up and sleep in a moment." Once said kitten is settled, she spins the Spinny Thingy. "Alright. Left foot Red. And take your shoes off, if you have them on. Or they tear the mat."
Handing the Scottish Fold kitten over, it takes Chloe barely a second to step out of her shoes - Showing socks that are just as colorful at the rest of her wardrobe. - before she steps onto the mat, placing her left foot on the correct circle, giggling. "I think everybody but mean old Professor Snape is distracted by bubbles. They're just /awesome/ like that."
It is the weekend at Hogwarts once more. It should be Hogsmeade Weekend, grump most of the older students. Hogsmeade has been cancelled, however. Instead, the older students will have to just invade the Great Hall, which is all set up for the entertainment of the young ones on such occassions. There are games sitting out and ready to use. Wizarding puzzles that change image if you don't get them together fast enough, so you have to start all over — wizarding chess sets — an area for the exchange of chocolate frog cards — card games — You name it, the game is sitting down here. There is even a Twister game in the corner, brought by a Muggle student years ago, and left behind for all to enjoy. It appears that a group of students have gathered at the Twister map, and are just starting to play.
"Gotcha." the first year says sitting down on a bench and removing his shoes placing them somewhere he'll be able to grab them easily when done. Aston moves back to the mat still looking oddly at it but places his left foot on a nearby red dot.
Jax is already barefoot. He steps onto a red circle with his left foot, too. "/My/ bubbles are extra distracting," he says cheerfully. "But probably not distracting enough for Snape. I'll have to work on them some more."
Angelina is sitting in the chair nearby, being the supervising prefect. For some reason, this game sometimes seems to degrade into fights. She holds a kitten in her lap and has the spinny board in hand. "Alright. Right hand green."
Looking down at the board, Chloe's brow furrows. "Well, this got stretchy fast." Doing her best to keep her left foot on red as she bends over across the mat, she balances on her hand as she places it on one of the green dots on the opposite side of the game. And her balance is very shaky at that. "Uh-oh…"
Whatever happened to Hogsmeade weekend, it didn't quite seem to bother Luna very much. It was by sheer chance that she wanders into the Great Hall today, in the midst of one of her exploring of the grounds. The noise as she passed the hall caught her attention, and so, the Ravenclaw steps into the Great Hall, glances about, her blue eyes widening with interest. Stepping into the hall proper, then, she begins a lazy sort of step towards the group around the twister game, her expression somewhat vague and faraway.
Aston looks about a moment trying to think which circle wouldn't require him to place a stretching jinx on himself in the near future he still is wondering how this will turn out. He leans forward a bit placing his right hand on a green square from this place he calls "Hey Luna." he smiles
Jax is a dancer! He has good balance. And stretchiness. He leans over to put his hand on a circle, lifting his other to wave at Luna. "Hi! Have /you/ ever played Twister?"
Melissa follows closely behind Luna. "Oh, they're playing Twister," she says, stepping forward to watch them for a while. "We could join the next game, or we could do something else," she says to Luna.
Angelina glances up as Luna and Melissa come in as well. "Hey Luna. Why don't you guys jump in too? We just started. Only two circles in. Take off your shoes, then left foot red, right hand green." She spins again, but doesn't announce the next color yet, waiting for everyone to get settled.
"I hope the next one isn't something to make this even more stretchy. Though I don't know what can get more stretchy than this." And it's kinda starting to hurt, but Chloe isn't going to say that part. No one else is complaining, after all. "Unless we made the mat bigger. But that might be cheating. And hi new people!"
"What sort of game is Twister?" asks Luna, her voice following in step with her faraway expression, sounding terribly dreamy. Canting her head to one side, she looks over the players already. "Hello, Aston." she says, belatedly, about ten seconds after the boy had greeted her, a vague sort of smile given him then. "And hello, Angelina, and Chloe." she says. "I think I'd like to watch - it looks like a highly funny game!"
Aston chuckles as he listens to the talk looking odd of course upside down at everyone. "It's a lot of fun, you just place the part of your body the spinny thing tells you on the colored dot it also tells you without moving the other parts, or something like that it's my first time playing."
"It's totally funny, especially once people get all tangled up and start falling over," Jax tells Luna brightly. "And it's a Muggle sort of game." His lips purse thoughtfully. "I wonder what the best way to magically improve it would be."
Melissa grins, looking down at the board a bit. "Well, hmm… That's a good question. Maybe have the dots move around?"
When the girls announce they will wait to play, Angie announces the next one. "Left hand yellow." She smiles at Luna. "Pretty much what they said. It's a fairly straight-forward game." One hand strokes the kitten, keeping it calm.
The kitten really doesn't know the meaning of calm, batting at the spinner every chance she gets. "Have the dots move around, or just add more dots. And more colors. Or more dots and more colors that move. But then we'd have to change the spinny thing, too, so." Gladly plonking her left hand on the nearest yellow dot, Chloe breathes a sigh of relief as her balance steadies a bit more, braid hanging down beside her face.
Nodding along to all the explanations, Luna turns her head towards Melissa. "It looks fairly full…" says Luna, although her vague smile brightens again. "Do you think we should join the next turn?" she asks, with an undertone of excitement nudging into her otherwise sedate voice.
The hardest part is simply staying put for the moment. Aston looks back up to Angelina before back down to the board he eyes the nearest dot. He moves his hand and is now stretched towards the other players but all in all is enjoying the game. "You can have my spot next round we can trade off." he offers grinning best he can.
Jax snakes his left hand over to a yellow circle. "If they moved around this game would be ridiculous. — Ridiculously fun! We should try it sometime."
"Maybe you just make the ones not in use change? So there is no pre-planning that can be done." Angie spins once more. "Left foot green. And you don't have to change out. Three people isn't too many. Five people isn't too many. We've played this with the entire Gryffindor quidditch team. And the Weasleys play it right nasty. I wouldn't suggest playing it with them."
"Geez, I didn't know there were enough dots for that." Chloe mumbles, caaaaarefully moving her left foot from red to green, once again bent in a completely awkward and not very well balanced position. Of course, it would be at this point that Candyfloss the kitten decides that she's really had enough of this waiting around thing, and scampers off of Angelina's lap towards the game mat, and the tangle of students. Gracefully walking between limbs, it's barely a moment before she's batting at Chloe's braid. "No! Bad kitty!" But of course, it's too late, as the first year's already precarious balance is thrown off even more, and she tumbles over, somehow miraculously not knocking over anyone else. Or squashing the cat, who runs off, knowing she's in trouble. "Ohhhh… You get back here!" Grabbing her shoes, Chloe is giving chase, calling over her shoulder as she goes. "Sorry guys! And thanks! And have fun and stuff, and man, I hate this cat sometimes!" And then, she's skidding around a corner, and gone.
"No, no - no need to stop, Aston, but thank you." Pausing, Luna does glance around, leaving Melissa's side to stand near Angelina. Leaning over, she gets a birdseye view of the spinner, her blue eyes flickering over the different colors and such of the device. At least, until the cat interrupts things. A smile springs unto her lips at the antics, and Luna says, "Well, it looks like there is plenty of room, now." she says. Incidently, Luna moves to set her left foot on one of the outlying green dots, turning her attention back towards Angelina and beaming.
Aston looks about quickly for a good dot, he can see that they will soon be short on close ones and it will become even harder. He moves his left food to a green dot looking a bit like he's trying to do the splits and a push-up all at once. The first year breaths and tries to stay up even with the commotion going on with the kitten. "Exciteable pet."
"I feel like a whole Quidditch team playing Twister is just a recipe for pain no matter /who/ you have there!" Jax moves his left foot, wobbling slightly in the change. "Bye Chloe! — I'm totally gonna work on a charm to make the dots move around. I feel like we should tell Madame Pomfrey to get ready, though, before we tried it."
Melissa watches as Luna gets into the game. "Well, I suppose I'll have to go for it then," she says, taking off her shoes. "It's been a while since I've tried it…" She grins, moving in toward the board.
Angelina lets the cat run off, giving the leaving girl a wave. "Alright. Everyone is in, then!" She spins once more. "Left hand blue. And yes. Playing anything with a Quidditch team tends to be more painful than it would normally have to be."
A pause, and Luna glances towards Melissa. Giving the girl a long look, she then looks to the other players of the game. Falling down into a kneel, Luna unties her shoes, one after the other, making sure to keep her foot upon the mat even as she sets the shoes neatly aside. Her socks were a lavender color, with little pink bowties about the ankle. "Excuse me." Luna says, choosing a blue dot right by Jax's side to put her hand upon.
Aston gulps as the next color is called out though luckily this one is a bit easier on him and he moves at least his arms are closer together now but he is a first year and holding himself up in his way is taking it's toll. "Game is fun ha?" he says to all close enough
"I like your socks," Jax tells Luna with a grin. His nose wrinkles as Luna takes the closest blue dot to him. He slips his arm beneath hers, reaching for the next closest one.
Melissa gets down at one end and reaches out for the blue dot. "Yeah, they're cute," she says with a laugh. "Where do you get them?"
Angelina chuckles at the talk of socks, shaking her head. She kicks back, getting more comfortable, as she watches the game. One more, the spinner goes off. "Right hand red."
"Oh, daddy got them for me." Luna says, daydreamingly. "I think he got them from someplace in Hogsmeade? He really is a brilliant wizard, you know, with a lot of knowledge about where to find things most people don't tend to look for. He invented a wrackspurt detector, just a few months back." Luna says, using her free hand to scratch at her nose, entirely unbothered with the tangle of limbs that was starting. Blinking, Luna reaches out for a red dot that one of Aston's feet was occupying. "Let's share? I don't want to stretch for that faraway one." she says.
"Good idea." the first year says to Luna. Aston's first game of twister is going well considering he doesn't know anything about it or anything. The Gryffindor looks a bit near his hand he moves it sort of bending it so its near under the bend that is being made by the others.
"What's a wrackspurt?" Jax asks curiously. "Are they important to detect? How do you find them?" He chews on his lip as he finds a free red dot to put his hand on, reaching over Aston's leg, his limbs somewhat awkwardly threaded around Luna's and Aston's.
Melissa tries to reach even farther to the next dot over. "Can't… quite… reach it… there!" She has pretty much one finger on the red.
Once more, the spinner spins. Round and round and round. Angelina leans forward with her wand, pointing it at the game board. "Right foot purple." All the circles are purple.
"Oh, yes." Luna says to Jax, "They're terribly important. One of the greatest pests in the world that no one knows about. They fly inside your ears, and make you feel all fuzzy. Daddy's wrackspurt detector makes them visible…" she says, a bit of a frown touching her features as all the circles turn to purple. A pause, and she simply sets her right foot down upon it. "… they look a bit like muggle pigeons, actually."
Aston all the dots turning purple confuses the poor firstie who's been holding himself up for a long while now. He tries to move his foot but it slips and he falls with an "Oooof." he is at least careful to miss the others including the foot sharing a dot with Luna. He pulls himself up and moves off the mat to watch the rest. "That is a fun game he is still grinning."
"Pigeons that fit in your /ear/?" Jax's eyes widen. "How do you keep them away?" He blinks, baffled, as the board changes, but then laughs. He is starting to move his right foot onto a free dot when Aston falls; his arm is stretched over the other firstie's leg, and Aston's fall makes him wobble and then topple off-balance. His nose crinkles as he grins. "Eeeeep." His other arm is still looped beneath Luna's, and he extricates it sloooowly.
Melissa nods a bit toward Luna. "I've always wondered what caused that…" she says, before trying to bring her leg over Aston. "Er… ah… okay…"
Angelina laughs quietly as the boys fall. Her wand is returned to her side, letting all the circles return to normal. However, the other games are getting cleaned up in preparation for dinner. "Alright. Let's stop there and clean it up? The house elves will be shooing us out soon so they can get things ready for dinner."
It seems the only one still 'standing' was Luna and Melissa. Although, technically, Luna cheated. Rolling off of the mat, Luna rises to her feet, and works her feet into her shoes. "There you are… I'm glad nargles didn't make off with you while I was busy." she says. Leaving her shoes untied, however, she glances down to the mat. "…does it fold or roll?" she asks no one in particular, her chin lifted, and her eyes kinda staring at the wall on the opposite side of the hall.
"Folds," Jax says, springing back to his feet to start folding the large map up. "I like the purple. Maybe next time the colours can change more often. — Er." He looks up from his folding to frown uncertainly at Luna. "What's a nargle? They like shoes?"
Angelina rises from her seat and gathers the folded mat to put it away. "Alright everyone. Thanks for playing. Hope you had fun. Lets head out before we get shooo'd off."
Luna opens her mouth to reply to all the inquiries about nargles and wrackspurts, but Angelina's sense of haste shushes her. "I'd be happy to give you all a copy of the Quibbler, if you would like to meet me later - all the truth about the wizarding world is in there."
"I would like a copy." the first year Aston says after being quite and watching the rest of the game. He enjoyed his first time playing and is thinking about getting to play again perhaps on a bigger mat.
"Me too!" Jax chirrups. "Thanks for the game, all." He picks up his bottle of bubbles and smiels brightly at Angelina. "Thanks for being our spinnyperson."


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Imagine a Baby Boomer couple searching for their next holiday destination online or a Gen X father searching for appropriate content for his child online or a millennial orderinga meal delivery service from UberEats prompted by an ad they saw on Facebook. Let's try this again. Imagine a Gen Z chatting on WhatsApp or a mid-30s mom picking up groceries at Checkers she ordered online via the grocery store's website. See, all these individuals are labelled Generation C aka the Connected Consumer simply because they all live in the digital age.
The connected consumer is complex and diverse; unlike the traditional consumer, who's not looking for 'simple and fast' but rather 'personalised and proactive.' The Connected Consumer is empowered, knowledgeable, has ample choice and high expectations towards brands they interact with on a daily.
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City Developments Limited, or better known as the CDL, is one of Singapore's property pioneers operating since 1963. The company has been involved in development and investment of real estate properties and is listed as a hotel conglomerate, as well.
Humble Beginnings
Starting as an 8-employee office renting a small space in Amber Mansion, City Developments Limited has boomed into a large company. The company's first public launch was in November of year 1963, and two years after, CDL finished its very first housing development project, the Fresh Breezes. The company was first to introduce a "show house", a strategy followed by virtually every developer up to this day.
Shortly after Fresh Breezes was launched, CDL launched Clementi Park, its first condominium development in Singapore. In 1966, CDL's high-rise development, the City Towers, was launched as well.
In 1972, the CDL was acquired by the Hong Leong Group, in which the company had a controlling interest. Together, the Hong Leong Group and CDL launched the first residential and shopping development called City Plaza. More development properties followed and these include the Tanglin Shopping Centre, Woh Hup Complex, the Katong Shopping Centre, The Arcade, and the Queensway Shopping Centre.
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Upcoming launches for various types of development properties are soon to grace the Singapore landscape and skyline. An executive-type condominium development is soon to rise at the Sengkang West Way/ Fernvale Link also known as Lush Acres, while a mixed retail and residential development is the upcoming at the Tai Thong Crescent Project now known as The Venue Residences and Shoppes. A 124-unit condominium building is also under construction at the Leonie Hill Road, while the Gramercy Park at Grange Road is to launch soon.
One of land aquisition By CDL:
- Alexandra Road Land Parcel (The Echelon)
CDL, as a pioneer in the property development industry, has been given numerous awards that only prove the company's commitment to its mission and vision. The company has received several corporate awards including the most recent BCI Asia Top 10 Developers Award 2013, the Quality Excellence Quality Champion Award by the BCA, and the Excellence Awards in the PA Community Spirit Awards 2013.
In 2012, CDL was awarded by the Singapore Environment Council with the Eco-Office Label Certification because of the company's efforts to maintain an environmental-friendly workplace. This only reflects that City Developments Limited is not only focused on the facade and function of their development properties, but is also concerned with the environment as well.
CDL Corporate award includes
- Green Luminary Award 2012
- The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World
- Trusted Brands 2012: Property Developer Category
- Singapore Quality Class
- BCI Asia Top 10 Developers Award 2012
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On this trip, I visited Zambia between 6-Dec-2009 and 28-Dec-2009 and I travelled with 1 other person.
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New Years Eve Drop Ball Place Setting – Using An Inflated Punch Ball – Kid Friendly Things To Do .comPosted by Melissa in Arts & Crafts, Game Ideas & Activities, New Years, New Years | 0 comments
Here's an idea for next year.
Make your very own Drop Ball for New Years Eve! Hang an inflated punch ball from the center of the table setting, or one over each place setting. You can personalize them, and even fill them with confetti for confetti at midnight! Drop several inflated balls down on your guests for an awesome surprise! Your guests can take home a punch ball as a fun souvenir. Imagine the fun as they bounce, in the air, all around the room!
- If you want to fill them with confetti…Before you inflate the balloon, use a funnel inserted into the balloon to fill the balloon
- Use a balloon pump to pump the balloon. If you don't have a balloon pump, the old fashioned way works, too!
- I found poster letters that had adhesive on them. I helped them stick a little better with a glue stick! The glue that would work the best to secure the letters though, (and I will remember this for next year) would be Fabri-tac. I love that stuff.
- Use ribbon to hang the balloons over each place setting, in the center of your table, or all over the room!
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Competition is everything with the Seattle Seahawks. That was proven once again when wide receiver Kevin Smith was promoted from the practice squad to the 53-man roster after the Seahawks released Chris Matthews. To be a part of the best roster in the league takes true grit and determination, and to see Kevin Smith succeed is a great story.
The road hasn't been easy for Smith, as he had to work his way up to make the roster with the Seahawks. After playing at the University of Washington he went undrafted in the 2014 NFL draft. He had stints with Arizona and Jacksonville before spending training camp with the Seahawks in 2014. He wasn't able to crack the Seahawks' roster and was cut for a third time.
Smith went back home to Los Angeles and found a job working for FedEx. Failure was never an option for Smith; instead, getting cut seemed to fuel his hunger to succeed. He never gave up on his dream of playing in the NFL, and the Seahawks rewarded that effort with a contract in February of 2015.
Kevin Smith showed up at training camp as a man on a mission to prove the doubters wrong. He stood out right away with his knack for making big plays. Smith showed he can play all wide receiver positions and was a standout on special teams. He was part of the final cuts, but was signed back on the practice squad.
Smith was rewarded for his hard work in practice, and on November 17 he was promoted to the 53-man roster. He was active in his first game against the 49ers and got his first career reception for 21 yards last Sunday vs the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was a huge catch at a big moment in the game. He almost had another catch in the end zone on a 2-point conversion attempt.
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San Diego County fire explodes to 4,100 acres, destroys 20 structures
Two more fires erupted in Southern California on Thursday, one in San Diego County and the other in Riverside County — and were spreading rapidly, forcing mandatory evacuations, destroying structures — putting more strain on fire crews battling four other wildland blazes throughout the region.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, said the Lilac Fire started near the San Diego County town of Bonsall just before noon and had burned 4,100 acres Thursday evening. The fire has already destroyed 20 structures, damaged another dozen and was threatening 1,000 more, Cal Fire announced on Twitter.
The Lilac Fire was zero percent contained.
The Lilac Fire broke out in vegetation near Old Highway 395 in Bonsall, about 45 miles north of San Diego. The nearby Sullivan Middle School and Bonsall High School have been evacuated, along with other nearby areas.
Lynne Tolmachoff, a spokeswoman for Cal Fire, said winds in the area were strong with gusts reaching 50 mph.
"The smoke hasn't even been able to rise into the atmosphere," Tolmachoff said. "The wind is just pushing it across the landscape and carrying the fire with it."
Two civilian victims were hospitalized with burns from the Lilac Fire, Cal Fire said.
About 30 miles to the north of Bonsall, the Liberty Fire ignited in an unincorporated area near the Riverside County city of Murrieta at 1:14 p.m. and consumed 300 acres by 4:25 p.m., prompting more mandatory evacuations. The fire was 10 percent contained.
Cal Fire spokeswoman Erin Newman said the Liberty Fire was burning near a residential area, where many tract-like homes were packed close together.
At least one structure has been destroyed by the Liberty Fire, Cal Fire said.
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Which One Does More: Jailbroken iOS vs. Custom ROM Android
Sometimes it feels like the "Android vs. iPhone" war is taking on epic, religious proportions. Each side has its loyal fanatics absolute in their knowledge that their platform of choice is the best one, and that the other side doesn't know what they're talking about.
This can be seen with "regular" users who just take their devices and do what they're supposed to do with them, but it is even more pronounced with hard-core geeks. I am talking about Android users who install custom ROMs and kernels on their devices, and iPhone users who jailbreak their devices and use Cydia to install all sorts of goodies.
So let's take that class of users and ask a difficult question: Which does more – a jailbroken iPhone, or an Android device running a recent, custom build of Ice Cream Sandwich?
What I Use
The most important thing to get out of the way here is what I use personally. I won't try to claim I am neutral here, nor do I think this story could be written by anyone who is truly "neutral". So, I have an Android device – a Samsung Galaxy S II, running a custom ROM called Resurrection Remix (Android 4.0.3) and a custom kernel called Siyah kernel. To represent the iOS side of things, I've done my research online and asked my fellow MakeUseOf writers, several of whom own jailbroken iOS devices.
Rooting Vs. Jailbreaking Vs. Custom ROMs
There are a few important distinctions to make when it comes to jailbreaking an iOS device versus installing a custom ROM on an Android device. Let's get our terminology straight here:
Rooting: This is something you do with an Android device, and does not require a special ROM. When you root a device, you are effectively telling Android to treat you like a grown-up. Suddenly, apps you install on your phone can do crazy things like backup and freeze system software, keep your phone from ringing when someone annoying calls, and more.
Jailbreaking: This is the iOS parallel for rooting, more or less. Meaning, you don't install a separate version of iOS itself, but you use the same iOS you've used before, just with special permissions and the options to install more software and plugins via Cydia.
Custom ROM: And here we're back to Android; a custom ROM How to Install a Custom ROM on Your Android Device Ready to revitalize your Android phone or tablet? Installing a custom ROM is the best way to do that -- powering it up with even better performance and features. Read More is a complete operating system, such as CyanogenMod, which outright replaces the OS that came with your phone. So all of the carrier-specific crapware that came with your phone goes away, replaced by something (hopefully) leaner and cleaner. There is no exact parallel for a custom ROM on iOS: iOS is a closed-source operating system, so nobody can create a "modified" version of it. Android, conversely, is open-source and thus it is easy to create numerous spinoffs, each with its unique qualities.
Jailbreaking and Rooting: An Open Door
When you jailbreak your iOS device or root your Android one, you are effectively opening a door. The device won't be any different off the bat: On iOS, you will have Cydia and would be able to install some new apps. But there won't be any other major differences until you start customizing things and really using the power you've unleashed. Just like any door you open, both good and bad things might come across to the other side.
Says Aibek Esengulov, MakeUseOf CEO and long-time jailbroken iOS user:
"With the jailbreak you get lots of goodies like Cydia and tons of apps that come with it. I noticed that my phone became considerably slower after a few months of playing around with Cydia apps. Another problem is the actual security of the iOS, I wouldn't open my Gmail or a banking app on a jailbroken iPhone."
Since jailbroken apps are so unofficial, they might not all be completely on the up-and-up. The same thing can be said regarding rooting your Android device: Great, it's rooted, now what? If you just roam around Google Play (or less savory corners of the Internet) installing apps as you find them, you may certainly mess things up. After all, there is a reason your phone is not rooted to begin with.
So, both with jailbreaking and rooting, the real question is what next? i.e – what do you do once you've broken down the wall, what apps do you install? And here, nothing will serve except for common sense. Both on Android and on iOS, there are root-level apps that are well-regarded and highly trusted, and you can install those without being too afraid they will mess things up. Still, even after jailbreaking, your iOS device will still be an iOS device – you will not be able to suddenly start using widgets, for example, although there is a tweak for that.
There is one difference between jailbreaking and rooting: Apple is definitely against jailbreaking, and tends to disable well-known jailbreak methods with software updates. For example, iOS 5.1 disabled known jailbreaking methods, and jailbreak users were warned not to install it or they would lose all of their jailbroken customizations. This doesn't generally happen on Android, especially when you go with a custom ROM.
Custom ROM: The Complete Package
Unlike jailbreaking and rooting, when you install a custom ROM, you really get a package deal. The custom ROM is usually already rooted, and many ROMs come with a numerous apps already bundled in, such as Swype, as well as localizations. This is not always a good thing: If you are an advanced user and know what you want, you may not want your ROM to include a whole bunch of apps you're not going to use, and will just take up space on your device. So again, here you need to carefully pick and choose what you're looking for.
The best place to find Android ROMs is XDA Developers, a fantastic forum system for mobile developers and users. For example, this is the forum for the Galaxy S II, and it contains plenty of ROMs for you to choose from. XDA also contains forums for other devices, of course. This is not something you should go about recklessly: It is not like installing an app from Google Play. Flashing a new ROM could theoretically go wrong, but the bigger issue is that new ROMs can be buggy in all sorts of annoying ways and freeze your device just when you need it (speaking from experience). So, it is usually best to really take time and read the discussion threads, and go with a ROM you feel you can trust. And of course, don't forget to make a backup!
Bottom Line
This is where I blow you away with a sensationalist punchline that will set off furious flame wars in the comments. Or not, actually: There is no clear winner here. As much as I love Android, the selection of apps on Cydia is truly impressive, and it is a mature platform. I would say that for dedicated power users, both options are equally viable, and both require care and attention to what you're doing (with power comes responsibility, right?).
The only key difference is that Apple is actively trying to fight jailbreaking, while Google doesn't fight rooting at all. Still, if you're nerdy enough, you will be able to get your phone to work like you want it to – whether it is an Android or iOS device.
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Hundreds of riders raise big bucks for ALS research
A grueling but uplifting three-day trek across three states ended with nearly 200 bicyclists riding down Greenwich Avenue to finish at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park Sunday afternoon.
Greenwich Police Lt. Richard Cochran, 55, completed all 270 miles of the 10th annual Tri-State Trek, which promotes awareness and raises money for research and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Cochran said he did it to fight ALS, a progressive nervous system disorder that has affected his friend, fellow Greenwich Police Officer Roger Petrone.
"It gets harder each year, but I do it for Roger," Cochran said. "This is nothing compared to what Roger is going through. That is what I think about when I climb tough hills, that this is nothing compared to what people with ALS are suffering every day," he said.
Petrone, who was an inspirational presence at the event, was first diagnosed with ALS in 2006. ALS damages motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons control muscle movement, and people suffering later stages of ALS can become paralyzed. There is no known cure for the disease.
The last eight miles of the ride from Audubon Greenwich on Riversville Road to the finish was dedicated to Petrone.
Each of the last three years, Cochran has been the largest individual fundraiser for the trek, raising $100,000 in total over the last four years. Captaining Team Greenwich Police, Cochran and his fellow riders raised almost $32,000 in contributions for this year's ride, he said.
Along with Cochran, the eight-member team includes Officers Robert Ferritti and Andres Sanchez; Detective William Weissauer; Annie Dino, of Weston; Joe Profaci, of Greenwich; Petrone's cousin Gary Poe, of Houston; and Poe's daughter Molly, 18.
Petrone's aunt MaryEllen Woodman, 60, of Richmond, Texas, said the family appreciates everything that has been done for the family and ALS research.
"There are just no words to describe it. It is uplifting. It is the kind of support that all families with ALS need to have as they go through the journey," said Woodman, who was raised in Stamford and is also Petrone's godmother. "The support of the community has been just tremendous, and that is key for any ALS patient."
The trek began Friday in Newton, Mass., and continued to the University of Connecticut at Storrs where it stopped that evening. On Saturday, the ride began in Storrs and ended at the University of New Haven in West Haven. Sunday it started from UNH and ended in Greenwich.
David Virdon, 39, of Boston, is the senior development manager with Cambridge, Mass.-based ALS Therapy Development. Money raised from the event is used to help fund the nonprofit's research into ALS.
He said the event's supporters and fundraisers, including Cochran, are vital for the organization.
"It is unbelievably helpful," Virdon said. "We are still a small ride compared to the other ones out there, and having dedicated powerhouse fundraisers as well as teams raises the money we need to keep going."
As she took a break Sunday afternoon, Kelli Huber, 41, of Vernon, reflected on the ride that she completed in the memory of her aunt, Mary Lou Watkins, an ALS sufferer who died last year.
Family and friends had formed a team called 270-4-ML in her honor, and Watkins was able to see them ride in the 2010 trek before she died early last year, Huber said.
The ride was hard, but nothing compared to what people with ALS go through, she said.
"In many ways, although it is difficult, it's easy because at the end it ends," Huber said. "For someone with ALS it never ends."
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He gets stuck. He starts talking so quickly, and the words are flying out of his mouth, but he just gets stuck, not on the first part of the word, but rather, the end*.
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