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What Does It Mean To Be Global?
Written by Rana DiOrio and illustrated by Chris Hill
Can you say "hello" in nine languages? You can! Join children from around the world as they play, sing, and travel, trying all types of food and experiencing other traditions. Living respectfully and peacefully with one another, they celebrate diversity, see how their actions affect another person's experience, and come to understand that being global means being a citizen of the world.
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We asked child trauma specialist Dr. Donna Gaffney, Doctor of Nursing Science and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, to create the Breath To Breath discussion guide and offer resources for how anyone can help or get help. Among the materials Dr. Gaffney shared was this powerful lesson from nature.
We all have times of vulnerability and times of strength. In the extreme conditions of Antarctica, Emperor penguins huddle in densely packed circles to keep each other warm and thriving. Healthy and fit adults whose temperature regulation is the most mature take up the periphery of the circle, and thus are buffeted the most by the frozen air and fierce winds. The youngest or those with more difficulty regulating body heat are permanently placed in the warm center of the huddle. But what happens to the cold adults?
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The adult penguins on the outermost edges of the huddle periodically work their way into the center of the circle with the immature and infirm penguins, in order to regain their own body heat. Meanwhile, other robust adults take their places in the frigid outer circle. Thus the herd keeps up the body heat of the whole group without sacrificing the young or old, and giving those in the prime of life regular opportunities to warm themselves in the middle.
Perhaps, the motto of the group might best be stated, "Cold penguins to the middle!"
Like the penguins of Antarctica, human beings try desperately to keep safe and comforted in the midst of a crisis or during times of grief. At times we may feel very cold, needing heat and contact from those around us. However, at other times we are capable of offering warmth and protecting others. The lesson of the Emperor penguins can serve us well.
Article by Dr. Donna Gaffney, DNSC, FAAN and children's literature expert Mary Galbraith, who thank their colleagues at Liberty Science Center in NJ, in particular Dr. Emlyn Koster, for their research on the Emperor Penguin's survival strategies.
What's better than a birthday? A double birthday!
Join the friends and family of Team Pickle as we celebrate the launch of our new YA imprint, Relish Media, with the publication of Craig Lew's powerful and engrossing new novel, Breath to Breath.
Happy book birthday, Mr. Lew! And many more …
Little Pickle Press is growing with readers! Have your young readers grown with us? Share a favorite "book birthday" memory of your own in the comments. Do you remember when a beloved book was published? Do you look forward to getting books for special occasions? Tell us your story, and don't forget to leave a special message for Craig Lew in the comments!
Hospitality is more than making sure that your guests have comfortable chairs and full coffee mugs—in fact, there's an entire industry devoted to hospitality services. Paired with culinary arts, the hospitality industry is an important part of establishing the personality of any given region. If you're studying these subjects at San Francisco's City College, you have a very special collection to help you: the Alice Statler Library.
Established by the Hotel and Restaurant Foundation in 1964, the Alice Statler Library fields questions from all over the United States, and provides curriculum support to the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies department. With more than ten thousand books and a vast collection of menus dating back to the 1920s, students and chefs alike can find wisdom and inspiration specific to their industry.
One of the special features of the Alice Statler Library is the computer lab. Situated in a soundproof room, the lab boasts twenty-four computers programmed with the most up-to-date software for menu design, nutritional analysis, and other essentials.
While the library is naturally most helpful to students, it is, unlike most hospitality libraries, open to the public. Whether you're considering opening a theme restaurant, or just looking for a new way to fold napkins for your Thanksgiving dinner, the Alice Statler Library can help. Drop by in person or online to see why it's considered "the finest hospitality library west of the Rockies!"
While October tends to focus on pink ribbons and plastic pumpkins, there's another occasion worth celebrating: Food Day.
More than just a one-day event, Food Day (October 24th) is intended as a dietary launch pad. As diet-related obesity, heart disease, and diabetes number increase, so does the incentive to take what control we can. Though it's not a cure-all, a healthier diet can make a difference in your overall health. Food Day aims to bring awareness to the benefits of cleaner, greener eating, environmental awareness, and improved food policies.
You can be involved in Food Day in any number of ways. Though many large organizations have partnered with the campaign, the real change begins in your own home. Choose two or three special recipes and get the whole family involved in preparation. Plan a backyard party or a neighborhood potluck. Talk to your kids about healthy snack alternatives.
In addition to improving our diets, an important priority of the Food Day organizers is to demand humane treatment of farm animals, and fair treatment and a living wage for farm and food industry workers.
Healthy, sustainable, affordable, and fair—these are the goals of Food Day. Your participation takes those goals from fad of the day to foundation of a lifetime.
Faced with the wealth of incredible books available for children, many educators can feel overwhelmed when it comes to choosing titles for the classroom. If you're a teacher who doesn't want to resort to the dartboard method, the Barefoot Librarian is your new best friend!
From the website: "Eve Panzer is the Barefoot Librarian, an experienced school librarian for kindergarten through eighth grade schools with passion for working with educators in their selection of the best of children's literature. Holding a Master's of Library Science Graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, Eve has been a professional in children's literature since 1999, helping educators select relevant books that are meaningful to their students."
Offering more than the standard "this is what's popular now" fare, the Barefoot Librarian dives into off-the-beaten-track and off-the-wall selections, finding small-house and self-published gems that provide real learning enrichment, rather than average titles to fill reading logs.
Depending on your time, budget, and requirements, you can enlist the aid of the Barefoot Librarian by way of full- or self-serve options. She will consult with you about curriculum standards and provide a recommendations list, after which you can make choices (often at a discount) and final payment.
With all of the in-class reading that you already have to do, wouldn't it be nice to recruit a little help when it comes to stocking your shelves? Kick off your shoes, put up your feet (for once), and consult the Barefoot Librarian!
Today's recipe for our book, The Cow in Patrick O'Shanahan's Kitchen, was created by the wonderful Alice Currah at Kitchen Explorers. Special thanks to PBS Parents for allowing us to share this delicious recipe with you.
You can get the full recipe here (you know, with actual directions and measurements and stuff).
To get Cooking with Kids month off to a rousing start, I
bribed my kid encouraged my son to help me create a loaf of soda bread. Since the task involved eating and math, two of his favorite things, we were off on the road to culinary cooperation in no time. This recipe originally appeared in the Lawrence Journal-World.
When it's a million degrees in the shade, cold weather is both longed-for and seemingly out of reach. In spite of what the thermometer has been saying, fall weather isn't too far off; it's almost time to break out recipes that don't include shaved ice as a main ingredient.
Soups and stews gain in popularity as the temps drop off, and there's nothing like fresh bread to go with a liquid dinner. If you'd rather not tie up time and counter space with a yeast-risen bread, soda breads are the perfect answer. Quick, simple, and unfailingly yummy, soda breads can go with anything from minestrone to marmalade. The loaf we'll make today includes buckwheat and rye flours, which produce a thin but crunchy crust and a mildly sweet grain taste. If you're allergic to one, you can substitute an equal amount of the other.
You'll need:
3 ounces rye flour
3 ounces buckwheat flour
4 ounces bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ scant cups milk
1 tablespoon vinegar
Ready to knock out some bread? Here we go! Crank up your oven to 425 degrees. Find two 8-inch round cake pans; grease one of them and set them both aside. Stir the vinegar into the milk and set it aside to get funky.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the three kinds of flour, the salt, and the baking soda.
Pour the vinegar milk into the flour mixture all at once, and stir with a quickness until you have a dough-esque bowl of goo.
It looks nothing like conventional bread dough at this point, but bear with me.
Scrape the aforementioned goo into the greased cake pan, and invert the other pan on top to make a lid. This turns your basic setup into a sort of mini steam oven, catching the moisture from the dough before it escapes, and allowing your crust to expand.
Bake for 20 minutes, and then remove the top pan and bake for 20 more. When it's done, the bottom of the loaf should make a nice, hollow knocking sound when you rap on it with a knuckle.
Although just about everybody loves hot bread fresh from the oven, try to contain yourself. That loaf is actually still baking, in a way. As it sets, the crumb releases moisture and achieves its final consistency. Cutting up a loaf before it has a chance to cool can damage the crumb structure and leave you with gooey, matted slices. Waiting for an hour before cutting into your bread will help avoid this.
I honestly have no idea how long this bread will keep. My kiddo was so enthusiastic about snitching bites from the first piece that I tried, I just about had to count my fingers to make sure they were all there. We ended up oinking out on the rest of the loaf. You're likely safe enough storing it for up to three days in an airtight container.
Food brings families together, and preparing meals and snacks together can be some of the most meaningful and impactful time you'll have with your children. It's fun, it's messy, and it teaches your kids skills that will last a lifetime. After twenty years of Cooking with Kids, we know: when children help prepare healthy foods, they are excited to try them!
A classroom teacher told us a story after her students tasted four varieties of fresh peas during a Cooking with Kids tasting lesson: "I have students who have very limited diets. One student recently went shopping with his mom and he asked for peas. She turned to him and said, "You do not like peas." He picked up a snow pea and ate it. He now comes to school with pears and peas in his lunch, where before it was filled with cookies and chips!"
Kids who help plan, prepare, and cook meals are much more likely to enjoy a broad array of foods, many more than adults often imagine. Since 1995, thousands of public school children in Santa Fe, New Mexico have participated in Cooking with Kids' unique and transformative food and nutrition education programming. We have seen first hand the impact it has had on what kids will eat, both at school and at home. We have watched CWK pint-sized participants taste a half-dozen varieties of late summer vine-ripened tomatoes, from nearby farms, eyes wide and smiling mouths dribbling juice, as they discover the remarkable range of flavors. We have seen the world become a little smaller, and a little more unified, when our kids immediately make the connection between the tortillas common to Santa Fe cooking and the chapatis of India or injera breads of Ethiopia.
Right now in Santa Fe, kids are making black bean tostadas with salsa fresca in their Cooking With Kids classes. We do the whole thing from scratch, but a busy family might enjoy making just the beans or just the salsa, and then fill in with ready-made tostada shells. Kids love mixing up beans, tearing lettuce, or grating cheese. It doesn't have to be complicated! For more great ideas, "how-to" videos, and other family-friendly resources, visit our kid-tested recipe section on the Cooking with Kids website: http://cookingwithkids.org/recipe/.
Anna Farrier is the Community Liaison for Cooking with Kids. Cooking with Kids educates and empowers children and families to make healthy food choices through hands-on learning with fresh, affordable foods from diverse cultural traditions. We're grateful to Anna and the entire team at Cooking with Kids for sharing their wonderful insight and recipe for success. Congratulations on 20 wonderful years!
"We say food doesn't have to be a choice between the lesser of evils. We say let food lead us to a better world. We say super people deserve super foods. We say, come join us in our mission. Together, we can change the world."
Nutiva is probably the closest we can get to having a cow in our own kitchen, like Patrick O'Shanahan. Nutiva is an international Superfood company with a small farmer's market feel. Their products include just about every form of coconut, hemp, chia, and red palm imaginable. We really love their baking kit– a great package to kick start healthy cooking with your children!
In addition to being a fellow B Corp and a California Green Business, Nutiva products are Certified Organic, Non-GMO certified, and Fair Trade (did you know that Ocotber is Fair Trade month?). They also have many Gluten-free and Kosher options, which are clearly marked on their website. There is something for everyone!
Nutiva doesn't just create and provide goodness, they also do good. 1% of all sales go to programs that support the advancement of healthy communities and ecologically sustainable agriculture. They've recently launched the Nutiva Foundation (link) to continue giving, and hope to donate $10 million by the year 2020.
Together, we can revolutionize the way the world eats. Join them: Website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Want some recipes? Check out the Kitchen Table by Nutiva.
Cooking is like sorcery—you throw a few ingredients together, mutter to yourself, add some fire, and poof! A meal is born. When you can pair that meal with some of your favorite books, the magic really begins to happen.
Beloved author Roald Dahl has created worlds and characters that elicit glee from children of all ages. Wouldn't it be nice if your kids would have the same reaction to what's on their plates? When you snag a copy of Roald Dahl's Revolting Recipes, you'll get a reaction, all right—complete and utter shock!
While there are plenty of books filled with "good for you" recipes that can be concocted by parents and preschoolers, there's something illicitly delightful about teaching your kids to make marshmallow pillows or edible pencils. And don't get me started on crispy wasp stings or hot frogs …
Assembled and taste-tested by Felicity (Mrs. Roald) Dahl, these revolting recipes are accompanied by the giggle-inducing illustrations of Sir Quentin Blake. For parents who worry about the effects of too many sweets, the book includes fare such as pea soup and spaghetti with grated carrots, all graced with suitably revolting names.
Adult supervision is required for most of the recipes, but even the littlest chefs can have fun snapping pasta or shaking on grated cheese. After filling up on Scrambled Dregs and Hansel and Gretel Spare Ribs, you can curl up with your cooking partner to re-visit Matilda, James, Charlie, and a host of other thoroughly non-revolting characters.
Royalties and other proceeds from the work of Roald Dahl are used to support Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity, a registered charity that seeks to improve the lives of seriously ill children.
Child Protection Month may be drawing to a close, but the tools and insights that you've found here can be used year-round. Irene van der Zande, Beth McGreevy, and all of the fine folks at Kidpower have shared lots of great resources and ideas; the members of Team Pickle would like to extend their heartfelt thanks.
As we move into October, parents and caregivers can find further safety tips and resources relating to Bullying Prevention Month. This Kidpower post from Irene van der Zande includes books and articles about bullying, and podcast examples of clear and common language that will help define what is happening when bullying is suspected or witnessed.
Some say that love makes the world go 'round, others say that it's money. I think that safety is the real answer. Food and shelter to keep our bodies safe. Love to keep our hearts safe. Education to keep our minds and futures safe. Caring parents and outstanding organizations such as Kidpower to keep our children safe. By working together, we can make Child Protection Month last all year.
As we continue sharing strategies for safety this month, Little Pickle Press is pleased to welcome another member of the Kidpower team. Today, Kidpower Communications Director Beth McGreevy discusses the benefits of a conference call for parents interested in the topic of free-range parenting.
After discovering how easy and useful it was to have large-group conference calls with the Hands and Voices OUR Children Project and the Positive Coaching Alliance, we decided to start hosting our own free regular conference calls, and held our first one on May 5. The name, "Turning Problems into Practices Coaching Call" is inspired by the many requests we have received from parents and teachers for phone coaching.
For our first call, we had over 70 people sign up to discuss the topic, Free-Range Parenting and Safety, and about 30 of those registered called in. Our call system lets people "raise their hand" during the call to ask a question, and Irene van der Zande discussed situations with several different callers in the hour:
Here is what one caller wrote afterwards (with her permission to use her feedback publicly):
I really want to thank you for today's call. It was incredibly helpful and grounding. I especially love your emphasis on building skills to reduce anxiety—very helpful! Today as we scootered to school, my daughter said, "Me walking to school by myself is a really big deal."
I asked, "in a good way or a bad way," fearing that I had made too much out of it.
She said, "Neither. Just a really big deal."
So she's appreciating that I'm hearing her request for more independence, and readying herself to handle it. I'm going to convey your comments about kids and phones to my husband, who's VERY old-school. I think it's a strong argument. Especially, "The world has changed, and we have to change too."
I really love the practicality with which you balance the need for safety and for independence. It's not guess-work, it's not open the floodgates, it's systematically review, assess, and move forward. Very reassuring!
***The full recording of Irene's coaching call about Free-Range Parenting and Safety and a summary of the questions, practices, and resources that were discussed is available through the original post. Click here to listen.***
Summary of the Questions and Practices discussed, and Links to Resources:
Introduction: When we talk about safety with "free-range" parenting—what we are looking at is how to balance the tension between freedom and safety as our kids move out into the world and go more places on their own.
Goal: We want to balance the growing independence of our kids with giving them safety skills and knowledge that match their developmental stage. For example, to walk to school on their own, they need to be at the appropriate developmental stage, which means being mentally and physically able to avoid problems in specific situations; starting with the ability to focus for the amount of time it requires to walk all the way to school or back without getting distracted.
Question/Problem: "Free range parenting in our neighborhood is resulting in a lot of door knocking as kids go around the neighborhood to see which kids can play. When we are trying to get homework done, this is very interruptive, even if we tell the kids we are not able to play, others still come to knock and it is frustrating to have to answer the door lots of times. In addition, there are so many kids in the neighborhood that sometimes my kids get overwhelmed when too many kids come to play. How can I manage this without hurting anyone's feelings or having them feel left out?"
Practice/Solution discussion: Have a plan and make sure everyone in the neighborhood knows the plan. You can set certain hours for playing, or ask kids to respect a sign on the door to remind kids. Like, "Homework in progress, please no knocking." Or, "House is full."
It is important to remember that, you can't always avoid hurt feelings, but you can manage them. If a parent gets upset about their kids being left out or thinks the signs are not welcoming, first make a bridge in boundary setting by saying, "Your kids are great, and we like having them over to play—and we are overwhelmed at certain times with the number of interruptions, so we need to find a way to overcome this so playtime works for everyone. We are going to put up a sign when we are not available to have the door knocking. In addition, if there are kids over and more come over, we may put a "house is full" sign on the door, not because we want to leave anyone out, but we want to support our children's request to only play with one or two friends at time."
Sometimes when things change, people might get upset, so plan for that with a role play where you tell the parents your concerns about getting overwhelmed, explain the plan, and ask for their input and help in implementing the plan.
Question/Problem: "I have been reading on the news where a six-year-old and older sibling were walking on their own and the police picked them up. As my child gets ready for more independence, what can I do in a city environment where we don't know all the neighbors or if they would call the police on a child walking on their own? What can I do to make sure my child won't get bothered by neighbors or police?"
Practice/Solution discussion: When your child is ready, then my suggestion is to reach out to as many neighbors as possible, and the police, to let them know who you are, that your child will be on their own at given times, what the plan is, and what the child has permission to do on their own, so they do not panic. Walk the route with the child first, introduce yourself to people on the route, in the stores, and other areas along the way. Tell your child where they can get help if needed. Say, "Hello, my kids are going to be walking here, if you have any concerns, here is my number, give me a call." Reaching out to police can be hard, but most are just trying to keep everyone safe and do the right thing. Communication with the community is a big part of preventing problems and finding solutions.
Also, the laws are confusing about what age is okay to be left alone or be on your own in different cities and states. Let your child know that even though someone is in a uniform and has an official looking car, they are still a stranger. They need to be polite and not run away if a person in a uniform stops them, and a child can say, "I need to tell my parents where I am, I am going to call them right now. Before I go with you, I need to call 911 to make sure you are a police officer, because I don't have a way to know." Then practice with the child so that they can stay calm and are prepared, because it will be hard, but practicing makes it easier.
Question/Problem: "My daughter wants to walk to school on her own, but there is a busy street with no sidewalks and there is a secluded park she has to walk through with homeless people living there. How can I prepare her for this?"
Practice/Solution discussion: To prepare kids for success, walk the route with her so you can see the potential places where there are safety issues and discuss with her the strategy and practice skills for avoiding problems; such as where she can go to get out of the road if a car is coming too close, or which houses and stores along the way she can go to for help. Consider allowing her to have a phone for safety—there are plans that are very limited. There are so few public phones these days and if the route is secluded in some parts, it may be the best option if she needs help in an emergency. Discuss with her that you will co-pilot until she is ready and walk a certain distance behind her; allowing her to gain the experience and confidence, while giving you peace of mind that she knows what to do in the possible safety situations. Be sure to also practice with her friend who will walk with her. You can say to her, "For my peace of mind, we are going to practice and you are going to show me." Pose "what if" scenarios and have her answer them. Put your agreements about where she can go, use of the phone, etc., in writing and make sure the consequences are clear if the agreement is broken.
Question/Problem: "Our young teen daughter has been walking on her own. After 4-5 weeks of doing this, she is now having anxiety and no longer wants to walk this specific route on her own anymore. She doesn't like the way some of the people are looking at her and some people do strange things, like walking with a stroller and no child in it. She is refusing to walk anywhere on her own. I am concerned that learning about the possible problems, she has become even more scared. She is also worried about the male adults, even if they are not threatening her, and other kids walking as well. She is not sure how to handle this. How can I help her regain her confidence?"
Practice/Solution discussion: Sometimes when you raise awareness, it can raise anxiety. The best thing to do is to keep practicing until she feels more confident and tell her that learning the safety rules is part of growing up. There is a process for developing independence and helping her get used to dealing with people looking at her and that some look different than she is used to is part of that. In order to practice effectively, you need to walk the route with her and see the same things that she is seeing. Then you can practice the skills on how to handle specific situations. For example, if someone asks for spare change—you can practice having her keep walking with calm, respectful confidence and say, "Sorry, no." Or "No thanks." When she walks with you a few times, you will model for her what to do. This gives her something to say and do rather than just "wishing" they were not there. You can say to her, "Part of growing up is knowing how to deal with people when they make you feel uncomfortable with what they say, or do, or what their appearance is." Real-world practice with you and her together is key—and you will figure this out together.
Question/Problem: "I'm a professional counselor in middle school and have a female student who has bullying issues where former friends are spreading rumors about her. How can I help her, as she does not want to come to school anymore and it is affecting her learning? I would like for her to have some tools where she feels she can handle this."
Practice/Solution discussion: Gather more information: Who are the friends? What are they saying? so that you can give her the tools to practice with for these specific situations. Identify with her, who are the adults she can go to for help. There are some good Emotional Safety tools she can use—it is important to help her take the power out of the words that are being said about and to her. Here are three of the emotional safety practices you can work on:
Our partners in safety have kindly allowed us to share this article from their Kidpower blog. Please take a look at the resources cited in the article, and feel free to weigh in on the debate about "free range" versus "helicopter parenting."
How and when can we let our kids go out alone in public or online—and still keep them safe?
Is it neglectful or empowering to allow your kids go out alone and walk to and from school, ride on public transportation, play in the park, or go to the store without an adult to protect them? When can they safely explore the Internet or other online technology without adult supervision?
There is a lot of heated debate on this issue, especially because of recent cases in the US of parents facing investigations or even arrests after being reported for allowing their children between 6- to 10-years-old to walk home or play in the park without adult protection.
Parents who believe in raising "free range" kids want to make the decisions about allowing their children to go out alone—and point to reassuring statistics showing a reduction in stranger abductions and many other crimes.
At the same time, in the US, there are hundreds of thousands of reports a year of children being approached by a stranger trying to get them into their cars or being approached by a potentially dangerous person online. And there are far more reports of children being harmed by people they know. Even if the kids involved in an incident get away safely, the fact that someone tried to kidnap or abuse them can be traumatic for their whole community.
At Kidpower, we believe that the answers lie in assessing different situations and the capabilities of different children realistically, teaching them skills for avoiding trouble and getting help, and providing them with life experiences to develop their independence. We know that the "Illusion of Safety" can harm kids—and so can anxiety and being so protected that they don't have the chance to grow.
When there have been a series of kidnapping attempts, having guidance about what to teach kids can increase safety and reduce anxiety for parents and kids alike. This article by our North Carolina Center Director Dr. Amy Tiemann was written after several kids had been approached by strangers in Wake Forest and covers the essentials very clearly: Stranger Safety: Stay Out of Reach, Move Away, and Check With the Adult In Charge.
Here are several more Kidpower articles that can help parents and other caring adults stop worrying about headlines and slogans like "stranger danger," "helicopter parents," or "free range kids," and focus on what we can do to keep our kids safe most of the time—by preparing them with knowledge and practical safety skills to help them be successful with more and more independence.
Preparing Children for More Independence – A Five-Step Plan From Kidpower
Safety for Kids on Their Way to School – A Checklist for Parents
Helicopters or Protectors: How to Keep Kids Safe Without Unhelpful Hovering
Resisting the Illusion of Safety
How "Stranger Danger" Hurts Kids: Teach Stranger Safety Instead
What If I Get Lost? – Kidpower Skills for Teaching Children How to Get Help
The same skills for being safe in person are also true online. These skills include using your awareness, moving away from someone who is not acting safely, and checking first with your adults before giving personal information and before agreeing to meet in person anyone who you meet online. As parents and other caring adults—until our kids have the understanding, skills, and life experience to make wise choices online—we need to know what they are doing. In the next few weeks, we will be adding articles by two young adult experts about how to safely connect with people online and how to stay safe in gaming environments.
Becoming more independent is one of the joys of growing up—and with thought, preparation, and practice, we can create opportunities for our kids to go out alone, further and further away from us, as they are ready.
For more than one hundred years, the National Safety Council Library has collected and shared information on safety practices relating to all aspects of life. Home or away, at work or at play, the NSCL can provide precautionary measures for your family and community.
From a single file drawer full of clippings, the National Safety Council Library has grown to a collection of nearly 175,000 pieces, some of which date back to the early 1900s. Regulations, training manuals, and best practices are some of the topics covered by the thousands of books and articles available.
While the materials are available to non-members for a small fee, membership in the NSCL offers a number of bonuses. Online training, downloadable resources, and safety seminars are just a few of the perks of membership.
If you're after something specific, you can cruise the Shop page. Books, instructor kits, and handy odds and ends can be found here, relating to all sorts of topics, including first aid and driver safety.
It's a wild world out there, and safety depends on each and every one of us. While you're looking out for each other, the National Safety Council Library is looking out for you.
If you're looking for ways to be a part of International Child Protection Month, look no further than this post from Kidpower Founder and Executive Director Irene van der Zande. Originally published in 2014 on the Kidpower website, it offers five ways to take positive action and make a commitment to child safety this month and all year long.
This month we at Kidpower, along with individuals, families, schools, organizations, businesses, and agencies, are taking action to honor, inspire, and support adult leadership worldwide to promote and protect the safety and well-being of young people.
I hope you will join in by taking action in your community. Together, we CAN transform the fear of bullying, violence, and abuse into a future of lifelong safety and success for today's youth!
Each of us can:
1. Make the Kidpower Put Safety First Commitment™: Decide to put safety ahead of discomfort every day. Encourage older children and teens to make the Kidpower Put Safety First Commitment for themselves.
2. Make the Kidpower Protection Promise™ to the Young People in Your Life: Make SURE young people in your life KNOW you care. Make and discuss this Promise with your own children, grandchildren, cousins, nieces, nephews, and other relatives; your students; and the youth you support in sports, scouting, volunteer work, faith groups, etc.
3. Become a Child Protection Month Partner: Individuals and groups become Partners by promoting international Child Protection Month through their newsletters, social media, conferences, services, email lists, and other activities; by sharing educational resources; and by donating time, money, or other support.
Our current organizational partners include MyGym Children's Fitness Centers, Council for Exceptional Children, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Hands and Voices, Positive Coaching Alliance, DC Self-Defense Association, Little Pickle Press, Doing Right by Our Kids, Together for a Safe Childhood, and The Lawrence Foundation, as well as Kidpower's 30 centers, offices, and providers around the world and hundreds of families, schools, organizations, foundations, and agencies they work with in their communities.
4. Act as a Protector of Children and Teens: International Child Protection Month honors the importance of each adult as a Protector of Children who can:
Advocate and intervene on behalf of all young people of all abilities;
Empower young people to take charge of their own well-being in age-appropriate ways;
Listen to and learn from young people;
Encourage adult leadership to keep kids safe.
5. Spread the word and encourage others to participate in Child Protection Month: Every adult who makes the Kidpower Put Safety First Commitment makes life better for kids. Every individual or agency sharing International Child Protection Month information is taking a stand for the safety of young people.
Forward this email to friends, family and organizations with young people in their care.
Share the website links from above and the free 1-page posters in our Resources section.
Send this update out on your Google+ and Facebook Status: "September is International Child Protection Month! Together we can transform the fear of bullying, violence, and abuse into a future of lifelong safety and success for today's youth. Find out what You can Do to #Protect&Empower young people in your life. http://www.childprotectionmonth.org"
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Child abuse is not an easy or comfortable subject to discuss. The distressing truth of the matter is that it happens, and it must be addressed. For more than forty years, SCAN, Inc. has been dedicated to stopping child abuse and preventing further occurrences through intervention and education.
The SCAN (Stop Child Abuse and Neglect) mission statement is straightforward. "SCAN protects children, prepares parents, strengthens families, and educates our community to Stop Child Abuse and Neglect." Their core beliefs are as follows:
The SCAN program is composed of two main parts: prevention and restoration. If abuse or neglect are discovered, steps can be taken to prevent further damage. If a parent or caregiver feels unable to cope with their home situation, educational services are available to help individuals and families recognize and avoid abusive behavior. If a child has already been removed from a home, or has been identified as an individual in need of potential crisis care, restoration services can be offered. These include intervention, home-based therapy, and visitation facilitation.
The first step in preventing abuse is to acknowledge it. Abuse happens, but it doesn't have to continue. If you are a victim, or if you believe that someone is being abused, report it. If you fear that you may lose control and hurt a child or family member, seek help immediately.
As we continue to cover the topic of child safety throughout the month of September, Little Pickle Press would like to take this opportunity to honor survivors everywhere. You are the voices for those who have been silenced, and we are listening.
In keeping with this month's theme, we wanted to spotlight a B Corporation that works to promote safety and protect families. Health insurance can be the topic of difficult conversation, but it is also extremely important. When it comes to health, knowledge is protection.
Based in Richmond, Virginia, Main Street Benefits is an independent firm that works closely as a liaison between insurance brokers and small companies and individuals. It's the "Main Street Difference:" planning, customer service, communication, advocacy, and education that makes Main Street Benefits so unique. Their "vision is to make sure their clients are fully informed with the constantly changing trends of healthcare by keeping good communication levels. They work closely with employers to keep them abreast of constantly changing trends, laws, and other regulations. Main Street Benefits believe that employees need to clearly understand their benefits in order to be wise consumers and understand the value of their 'hidden paycheck.' They also believe in a sustainable community of business partners that support local companies within the community." They offer group health benefits, individual health insurance, dental plans, and life and disability insurance.
"We became a Certified B Corporation because it allows us to be a part of a greater organization with like minded, sustainable companies. We believe in reducing our carbon foot print and maintaining strong corporate commitment assisting in our non-profit community. B Corp certification allows us to strike the perfect balance between local, attentive service and professional experience and expertise."
Main Street Benefits believes everyone should have health insurance and understand how to use their coverage to manage their health and well being. We couldn't agree more!
For more information, visit www.mymsbenefits.com. Can you think of a time when you could have used a service such as Main Street Benefits? Tell us your story in the comment section!
Remember when you were a little kid and you wished for super powers? Really cool stuff like an invisible force field or Herculean strength? What if I told you …
That you DO have those powers, and a whole lot more? It's true!
The Fullpower Safety Comics explain, using simple drawings and concise language, that everyone has the power to be confident, strong, and respected. The humorous artwork and clear dialogues show that the more you exercise these powers, the safer you can be.
Is someone using hurtful language? Use the strength of Trash Can Power to throw those words away! Is someone itching for a fight? Use the invisible shield of Walk Away Power to remove yourself from a potentially dangerous situation! These concepts and more are covered in Fullpower Safety Comics, the third in a series of books designed to teach safety and self-confidence to people of all ages and abilities.
While the safety comics are light-hearted in appearance, the lessons on each page are very real. Internet safety, bullying, and sexual harassment are all presented in non-threatening, easy-to-absorb language and visuals.
Teens and adults will benefit from reading Fullpower Safety Comics, but your little ones won't be left out! Two volumes of Kidpower Safety Comics, for ages three to ten and nine to thirteen respectively, provide many valuable lessons for the younger set.
It's all too easy to get caught up in the idea that it's better not to make waves, or to get involved in "other people's problems," and this is where the underlying principle of the Kidpower and Fullpower Safety Comics comes in.
"The safety and self-esteem of a child are more important than anyone's embarrassment, inconvenience, or offense."
The folks at Little Pickle Press believe so strongly in the messages conveyed in these Safety Comics that they're offering special 40% off pricing on the newest editions through the month of September. Order your copies today, and consider picking up extras for your school, daycare, or local hospital.
These new releases of the Kidpower Safety Comics series from Little Pickle Press are not just improved with new covers and even more inclusive and entertaining cartoons; they also are expanded with more stories that clearly show, step-by-step, what it means when we talk about Putting Safety First and how to practice Kidpower skills to be safe and have great relationships.
I'm delighted that we have these books for her (and her generation) to grow up with—to pull out whenever she has a new friend, a problem at school, or is nervous about a new activity or transition. This summer, we made safety plans together and practiced skills she might need to be safe for each of the new and exciting camps she went to this year. Each week on the first day of a new camp we walked up, holding hands, introduced ourselves to the counselors, and then she'd let go of my hand, give me a hug and say, "Bye mommy—you can go now!" as she ran off to join her campmates. And I felt confident that she would tell me that night about new friends and how she tried new things—and that if she had a problem she knew how to get help, and that she would tell me all about that, too.
At Kidpower, we hear all the time from parents who tell us about how their kids go back to our Safety Comics over and over, how it has helped them find solutions to some tough situations, and helped them learn how to advocate for themselves and others. I wanted to give you a glimpse of that same phenomenon from my life and let you know how excited I am to show my daughter and her friends the new stories in the Safety Comics about giving consent in a friendship—and as she gets older, to look at the dating safety cartoon stories in the teen and adult Fullpower Safety Comics. These are the skills that make way for her to have joyful, healthy, deep relationships with family and friends, as well as preparing her to take on more independence. Just as important, using the Safety Comics books to reinforce and practice safety skills with her helps ME—by knowing that when she's not with us or other adults in charge, she has the skills to make wise choices for herself.
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Power of attorney
This article explains the term power of attorney, how to use it and different types of power of attorney. There are different situations in which a person needs power of attorney but granting power to other person requires good care because it can be difficult to select the right one. This article goes over it step by step from meaning to procedure, so you can understand different terms and their purpose in power of attorney.
Related agreements:
Your rights: key principles behind a Lasting Power of Attorney
A temporary alternative to creating a Lasting Power of Attorney
The kinds of activities an attorney can carry out on your behalf
Role of the Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian
What is a Power of Attorney?
A 'power of attorney' is a legal document whereby one person (the "Donor" or "Granter" in Scotland) gives another person or persons (the "attorney") the power to act on his or her behalf with regard to his or her property and financial affairs. The benefit of having a power of attorney 'lined up' is so that you are satisfied that your finances and personal life will be dealt with in a satisfactory manner if you yourself are unable to make the necessary arrangements.
The most common types of power of attorney in England and Wales are:
- Ordinary power of attorney (PoA) - which can be general or limited to specific affairs;
- Lasting power of attorney (LPA) - used in the event of the Donor's mental incapacity and can relate either to property and affairs or personal welfare.
Ordinary Power of Attorney
An ordinary or general power of attorney is created for a set period of time in cases where the Donor is going abroad or is unable to act for some other reason and wishes someone else to have the authority to act on his or her behalf. A general power of attorney will usually end either at a specified time or upon the request of the Donor at any time using a Deed of Revocation. It will automatically be revoked if the Donor loses mental capacity. There is no requirement for the general power of attorney to be registered.
Net Lawman offers a complete general power of attorney document that can be used in all situations where the donor is mentally capable.
Note: We offer a full money back guarantee on all our documents in case you buy one and subsequently find that it's not right for you. We're confident that it will be, but it allows you peace of mind to check that it is what you want.
Lasting Power of Attorney
A lasting power of attorney is very different. It allows someone to choose a person (an "attorney") to take decisions on their behalf if they subsequently lose mental capacity. Often this is used to give a family member permission to make decisions on an elderly relative's behalf.
A Lasting Power of Attorney form replaced the Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA) in October 2007 as part of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
The biggest difference between the old Enduring Power of Attorney and a Lasting Power of Attorney is that unlike an EPA, an LPA can extend to personal welfare matters as well as property and affairs.
Two different types of Lasting Power of Attorney are available:
- Property and Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney
Choose someone to make decisions about how to spend your money, and the way your property and affairs are managed. Once registered, and unless you have put a restriction on it, this type of LPA can be used by your attorney(s) straight away.
- Personal Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney
Choose someone to make decisions on your behalf relating to your personal healthcare and welfare. This includes decisions to give or refuse consent to treatment on your behalf, or about where you live. These decisions can only be taken on your behalf when the LPA has been registered and you lack the capacity to make the necessary decision for yourself.
Your rights: key principles behind a Lasting Power of Attorney
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 legislation is based upon five key principles:
- The right of every adult to make their own decisions.
- The assumption that an individual has the capacity to make decisions unless it can be proved otherwise;
- The right for individuals to be supported to make their own decisions;
- Individuals must retain the right to make what might be seen as eccentric or unwise decisions;
- Anything done for or on behalf of people without capacity must be in their best interests;
- Anything done for or on behalf of people without capacity should be the least restrictive of their basic rights and freedoms.
Protecting your rights by acting now
You can draw up a Lasting Power of Attorney now or at any time that will only come into effect if you lose your mental capacity. In effect, having one protects you in event of an unforeseen accident, similar to having a will. They are not just for the elderly.
It becomes more and more difficult to deal with financial affairs as your dementia increases. Therefore, creating an LPA early and with time to think about exactly how you want your affairs to be managed is highly recommended.
What happens if you don't have a Lasting Power of Attorney
If you have not already drawn up a Lasting Power of Attorney and you lose your mental capacity, an application has to be made to the Court of Protection or Office of Care and Protection in Northern Ireland. This process can be time consuming and expensive. It also means that you have no say in deciding who will look after your affairs as the Court (Office of Care and Protection in Northern Ireland), will decide.
Can I grant a Power of Attorney?
You can grant a power of attorney if you are over 18 years of age and have mental capacity. You can only grant the power of attorney to do things that you already have the right and capacity to do yourself.
Only you can make the decision to create a power of attorney for your affairs. If you instruct a solicitor to draft one for you, the solicitor should only accept instructions or authorisation from you, whether in person or in writing, and not, for example, from the person who is to become your attorney.
You can make a Lasting Power of Attorney if you already have a diagnosis of dementia but you must be able to show that you understand the effect of what you are signing. Get a doctor's certificate if there is any doubt about your capacity to understand. You can also revoke an LPA, but only while you are still considered to be mentally capable.
A temporary alternative to a creating a Lasting Power of Attorney
Bank accounts
If the only power you would like to give someone is to operate your bank account, you should just write to your bank. Many banks have their own form –a form for third party mandate - which they will ask you to complete and return to them.
Social security benefits
If you are temporarily unable to collect your benefit and it is normally paid into your bank or building society account, you should write to your bank or building society, asking them to give temporary power to someone else to operate your account. If your benefit is normally paid by cheque, you can fill in the back of the cheque to allow someone else to cash it for you. If you want the agent to cash a benefit cheque for you on a regular basis, you should contact the office that deals with your benefits payments to let them know.
For other general and more varied financial matters, you will need a Power of Attorney.
How to help someone without a Lasting Power of Attorney
Obtaining a power of attorney for someone who is already mentally incapacitated is much more difficult than acting for someone who already has one.
You will need to apply to the Court of Protection (Office of Care and Protection in Northern Ireland), to be appointed as a receiver (or a controller in Northern Ireland). Request to be sent the relevant forms and information on how to apply, including details of fees.
If the Court of Protection appoints you as a receiver (or controller in Northern Ireland), you will take control of the person's financial affairs and property and act on their behalf. You will be required to open a bank account in your own name, and you will need the Court's permission before making any decisions about capital, such as the incapacitated person's home or other property. You will usually be required to present yearly accounts of the person's finances.
In certain cases, where the incapacitated person's assets are valued at less than £16,000, you can usually apply to the Office of the Public Guardian (PGO) (Office of Care and Protection in Northern Ireland), for directions that, if granted, mean that the Court of Protection (Office of Care and Protection in Northern Ireland), does not need to appoint a receiver (controller in Northern Ireland). This is a less formal arrangement, in order to decide whether directions would be appropriate. Contact the PGO or Office of Care and Protection in Northern Ireland, for further details and the appropriate forms.
Can I be an attorney for someone else?
You can act as an attorney provided you are over 18 years of age, have mental capacity and are not bankrupt. An LPA for property and affairs is revoked if the attorney goes bankrupt. The one exception to this is where an attorney is the subject of an interim bankruptcy restriction order, in which case the power is suspended for as long as the order has effect.
Trust corporations such as banks and professional advisers such as solicitors can be an attorney and these professional attorneys can charge for their services.
Joint attorneys
A donor can appoint more than one attorney. If the attorneys are appointed as joint attorneys they must always act together. The advantage is that this makes fraud or improper acts by one attorney less likely. The disadvantage is that the whole power of attorney comes to an end if any one of the joint attorneys dies or becomes mentally incapable.
If the attorneys are appointed as joint and several attorneys, they may either act together or individually, and the power of attorney will continue in force if anything happens to one of the attorneys. The signature or action of one attorney is as valid as if they were the sole attorney.
However, it is possible to have the best of both alternatives by appointing joint and several attorneys and arranging for them to agree in writing to act together, or only after consultation, or as you wish.
Selecting an attorney
Consider the age and circumstances of any prospective attorney and whether he will have the time and energy for such a commitment.
You should choose somebody who knows you well and who you trust; this is often a partner or close family member. Most commonly, children of the donor are appointed as attorneys.
Complaints about attorneys
Attorneys are expected to act 'reasonably' and in your best interests. The Office of the Public Guardian and the Court of Protection do not monitor the way an attorney acts. However, they will consider any complaints about the way an attorney acts once the LPA has been registered. The Court of Protection will decide whether that person should remain an attorney or whether other arrangements should be made.
Responsibilities of an attorney
When you are appointed as an attorney, you are placed in a position of trust and you must act in the best interests of the donor. You can do only the things the donor has authorised you to do, and you cannot delegate any duties unless the donor has authorised delegation. An attorney must keep separate up-to-date accounts of the donor's affairs. When you are acting on the donor's behalf and have to sign any documents, you should sign your usual signature and add, beneath the signature, the words 'attorney for ...
donor's name)'.
You should take the Power of Attorney to banks, building societies or wherever the donor has assets to prove that you have authority to act on the donor's behalf.
You can give:
- A general authority, which allows an attorney to carry out any transactions on your behalf that you are legally able to delegate;
- A more limited authority to deal with certain aspects of your property and affairs, as detailed by you on the LPA form.
Both the general and more limited authority can be qualified by certain conditions or restrictions. You can also appoint different attorneys to have different responsibilities, but it is advisable to keep arrangements as simple as possible.
The kinds of activities an attorney can carry out on your behalf include:
- Signing cheques and withdrawing money from savings accounts;
- Buying or selling shares or houses ;
- Using your assets to finance your residential or nursing care.
The attorney(s) may also have limited powers to use your assets to benefit anyone for whom you might have been expected to make provision, to make gifts on special occasions or to make donations to charities that you are likely to have made.
A financial attorney has no power over you
The attorney(s) must not take advantage of your position to gain any benefit for themselves. They must keep your money and property separate from their own and from that of other people and they should keep accounts of any dealings on your behalf.
Attorneys must keep your affairs private unless you have stipulated otherwise on the LPA form or it can be demonstrated that it is in your best interests to pass on information to somebody else.
A person can refuse to act as attorney but if they agree to take on the responsibility, they immediately become subject to the duties of attorney. Failure to comply could mean the Lasting Power of Attorney is cancelled, and in some cases the attorney may be taken to court on charges of fraud or negligence. The role carries with it power and responsibility and should not be entered into lightly.
Creating a Lasting Power of Attorney
A Lasting Power of Attorney must be created in a prescribed format. The prescribed forms are quite long but give you all the alternatives you might want or need, so they are flexible. Very few people need advice from anyone but a trusted relative. You can make more than one Lasting Power of Attorney appointing different attorneys to do different things. You can give the attorney a general authority to carry out all transactions with immediate effect.
Alternatively, you can set limits on the type of transactions you authorise the attorney to carry out on your behalf, for example you can state that the attorney should only deal with your money or your property, whether now or in the future.
You can also specify that the power should not come into effect unless you become mentally incapacitated, and you can require that your attorney produce medical evidence from one or more doctors before the power comes into effect. If you create the document some years before you might want to use it, you may wish to tell your bank and any other relevant institution that you have created it, although your attorney may not be permitted to use it until it has been registered, if it contains that restriction. This is because some banks and building societies do not like to accept an enduring power of attorney that was created several years before it came into effect in case your circumstances have changed and you may no longer wish the person appointed to exercise that power.
Revoking a Lasting Power of Attorney
If you have created a Lasting Power of Attorney and no longer want it to have effect, you can cancel it if you have full mental capacity. You will need the consent of the Court of Protection (Office of Care and Protection in Northern Ireland).
If you cancel a Power of Attorney, you should inform your attorney in writing. You should also tell all the banks and anywhere else that you have invested money that the document has been revoked.
If you decide to create a new Power of Attorney, you should add a clause to the new one stating that you revoke the previous Power of Attorney or that you revoke all Powers of Attorney made previously by you.
A Deed of Revocation can be used to cancel an Ordinary Power of Attorney, at any time after the power has been granted. It is necessary to inform the attorney(s) of the revocation as the attorney's authority does not cease until he or she receives notice of the revocation. A copy of the Deed of Revocation should be sent to each attorney.
Role of the Court of Protection and the Office of the Public Guardian
The Court of Protection is an office of the Supreme Court with jurisdiction in England and Wales. Its function is to protect the finances and property of people who are mentally incapable of dealing with their own affairs.
Proceedings are confidential, in order to protect people's privacy, and are kept as informal as possible. Most of the court's business is conducted by post.
The Office of the Public Guardian is an executive agency within the Lord Chancellor's department. Its protection division is responsible for the day-to-day administration of cases that come under the jurisdiction of the Court of Protection. It is also responsible for the registration of EPAs.
What next
We highly recommend that you make a Lasting Power of Attorney while you are mentally capable just as you would create a will in advance of foreseeing death. It is effectively a safety measure in case of accident or sudden ill health as well as being useful as you near needing greater care. Net Lawman does not sell documents for a Lasting Power of Attorney. These are available with excellent instructions from:
If you're looking for an Ordinary or General Power of Attorney document to give someone authority to act on your behalf you can find one here: General Power of Attorney.
Helpful links and further information
Age UK
Tavis House
1-6 Tavistock Square
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Free phone information line 0800 169 87 87
Website: www.ageuk.org.uk
The free phone information line is available from 7am to 7pm every day. Useful fact sheets include legal arrangements for managing financial affairs.
Citizens advice bureaux (CAB)
To find details of your nearest CAB look in the phone book, ask at your local library or consult the CAB website at
Your local CAB is often the best starting point for advice. The service is free, confidential and independent. Most CABs have a solicitor and some have an accountant available at certain times to give free initial advice.
Office of the Public Guardian
Archway Tower
2 Junction Road, London N19 5SZ
Customer services phone 0845 330 2900
Email: email@example.com
Website: www.guardianship.gov.uk
Customer services provide free booklets on enduring power of attorney and receivership. Their phone line is available from 9am to 5pm on weekdays.
The court of protection is at the same address.
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Thanks, Ian. This is really useful. I've occasionally thought of getting one of these cameras, because they seem so compact, but the filmholder issue always puts me off.
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Thanks, Ian. This is really useful. I've occasionally thought of getting one of these cameras, because they seem so compact, but the filmholder issue always puts me off.
Hello:Ian this information is invaluable.Job well done.On another note,can anyone tell me if a Zeiss rollholder #668/2 will fit a Maximar 207/7?.
Thanks Doug, can't help on the Zeiss cameras yet, I have 5 or 6 9x12's and so far they all take the same holders :D
Just an update the 9x12 holders in the 9x12 Plate holders 1 post also fit 9x12 Patent Etui's of all vintages and an Erneman
I was at an antique shop yesterday and they had a stack (8?) of grey-backed, single sided Kodak 9x12 film holders. They looked pretty clean. If anyone's interested, PM me. I'll need to see what people are willing to pay for them before I go back ONCE to either get them or not if he wants too much $.
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Hang on in Søren, it's a real painful process finding the correct fit because most sellers don't know how to identify them properly. Those Linhof type holders also fit some Zeiss cameras.
Edit. Looking at the pics of the Linhof holder I noticed they don't have that "edge" the others have on the side so I'm not sure if mine are not ICA instead.
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Though they are all Voigtländer holders they don't fit my bergheil :( They are shorter than my only working one and they miss the lip that goes in the slot but are the same with.
Argh ouch uuhh urgh
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We need a propper data-base on APUG !!!
There is so much knowledge on this site !
Voigtländer holder that will not fit in Bergheil 9X12 cameras
lenght 142mm, width 101mm, thicknes 4,5mm. no falz or lip or what ever its called.
Which cameras will this one fit?
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Guy & Lynne (Club Member) stayed Nov 2015 This review is for Winchcombe It is only fair,but we have no hesitation in recommending this site to all and not keeping it to ourselves,there are quiet areas,wonderful views,fishing,wild life right at your door,the birds queue up to be fed.Although we are retired, this site is very child friendly, lovely to see our future caravanners enjoying themselves.Local area offers plenty of attractions, for all ages. Towing: Easy Location: Country,Lake Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Groups,Active break,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 Winchcombe should be renamed boomarang site as many visitors just keep coming back again and... R&A Baseley (Club Member) stayed Nov 2015 This review is for Winchcombe Winchcombe should be renamed boomarang site as many visitors just keep coming back again and again, we are one unit that cannot wait to get back to it. Spotless facilities and friendly, helpful managers and staff. There are plenty of walks around the area ffor those who like to fresh air and to keep fit, cycling routes also. Tewkesbury is not tooo far by car for supermarket needs, but there is also a well stocked spar shop just up the road. The fishing lakes on site are lovely to walk round or fish if you are an angler. The countryside walks and the field you can walk round with the dogs is really peaceful. This site must be really hard work to upkeep to the 5* standard it has always been. Love the little touches such as music in the toilet/shower block, kept like a Palace, so you can sing along while on the throne. Sue and Ian deserve a medal for the way this site is managed. Can't wait to go back for our first Christmas away from home ...... Towing: Easy Location: Country,Secluded,Lake Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Active break,Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 The best wardens we've ever met, always friendly and helpful. Site facilities immaculate. Chris (Club Member) stayed Nov 2015 This review is for Winchcombe The best wardens we've ever met, always friendly and helpful. Site facilities immaculate. (I just wish the CC&C would abandon push button showers with no heat adjustment). Lovely area with loads of places to visit even this time of year. For a great meal at reasonable prices try the Star at Ashton Under Hill. Towing: Easy Location: Country,Lake Suitable For: Older couples,Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 What a friendly site this is , Sue helped us sort our CCC cards so we can get concessions, no... Steve & Carol (Club Member) stayed Nov 2015 This review is for Winchcombe What a friendly site this is , Sue helped us sort our CCC cards so we can get concessions, no one has even offered us, I can see Sue Ian and their team work hard to make this one of the BEST sites we have been on , SPOTLESS , the weather was naff the 2 days we were there but we will be back , Steve & Carol Towing: Easy Location: Country,Lake Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 1 |2 |72 |Next » Travel Local Travel Nearest bus stop: 1.5 mile from Site entrance Nearest train station: 6 miles Get Directions to Winchcombe Staying here? Public transport near the site Bike ride? Find cycle routes nearby Sat Nav Download our POI file Safe Directions Print Friendly PDF Widget by Frixo Self Catering at Winchcombe from £45.00a night Dates available: 9 March 2015 to 12 January 2016 Relax and unwind in one of the four luxurious lodges set in a peaceful location around the lake. Each of the four-berth lodges boasts a double room with an en suite shower, and one twin bedroom. The stylish open plan design of the lodge combines the lounge and dining areas and features a digital TV. The modern kitchen is fully equipped with everything you need for an enjoyable stay. Step outside onto the veranda and enjoy the view. Outdoor furniture is provided. Call 0845 130 7633 / 01242 620259 to book Sleeps four people Kitchen Outdoor furniture Bathroom Sitting room Dining area TV - Satellite or Freeview Childrens' play area "We stayed in one of the self catering wooden lodges that are available for hire on the site. Right from the word go the staff were friendly, helpful and considerate. The facilities at the site are really very good and the lodges were first class! would recommend them to anyone looking for a relaxing break." - Chris M Winchcombe has five luxury holiday lodges set around a peaceful fishing lake within 20 acres of beautiful countryside. Booking please note See our Self Catering Terms and Conditions. For further information and prices for Winchcombe Standard Fees For more information take a look at Pricing explained. Minimum booking periods do apply.


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Saskatoon's third annual medical marijuana competition and trade show — known to some as the Cannabis Cup — could be the final one, after changes are made to federal medical marijuana rules.
Beginning in April, Health Canada will no longer permit home-grown medicinal marijuana.
That could put an end to varieties of the drug seen at the Prairie Medicinal Harvest Cup competition, developed by small independent growers from across western Canada, such as 'UK Cheese' and 'Jack's Cleaner 2', which will be at the competition.
Marijuana grower and user Jeff Lundstrom is concerned it won't be the same from larger-scale commercial producers.
"Once you find a medicine that works good for you the thought of losing of that is fairly painful so, especially if you're in as much pain as I am," Lundstrom said.
Lundstrom says small growers like himself don't have the money to go commercial. And the new restriction could force the trade underground.
"You've got to remember, every person that doesn't have a legal license like to possess or to grow still has to obtain their cannabis through the normal means, which is a black market purchase," he said.
Organizers of the Prairie Medicinal Harvest Cup say they're confident they will hold a competition again next year, but it's not clear how it will change in light of the new laws.
Meanwhile, this year's competition runs October 4-6 in Saskatoon at the Odeon Events Centre. It includes strain judging for different types of marijuana, along with music and lectures.
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The hotel is excellent value for money, the staff were friendly and helpful.
The rooms were clean and pretty nice, decent décor and good sized bathroom.
The hotel is a little far out, about 20 mins on the tram, wasn't too much trouble as the trams are regular and the stop is only a minute away from the hotel.
I would recommend this hotel and stay here again, however if i had a bigger budget would consider somewhere nearer.
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In the preview video below, you can see the shift to a card-style "views" interface that allows for quick flipping between different elements including notes, tags, locations and notebooks. Single-tap actions are also being introduced, including the ability to add new notes with a tap. On iPad, you'll be able to quickly see a list of recent notes as well.
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"self-deportation approach where illegal immigrants are allotted time to get their affairs in order and encouraged to leave the country."
What! We don't give murders and rapists time to get their affairs in order before they get punished! It's time to round up these law breakers and throw them out like the law breaking criminals they are. Enough is enough!
Murderers and Rapists? Really?
Whoo! Seriously? Buy a sense of perspective...
Gingrich is desperate and flailing at this point. He makes my skin crawl. The only response Gingrich knows how to give when he is criticized on his past (personal or political) is "That's a lie." Well, Politifact checked Romney's assertions from the last debate about Gingrich's ties to Freddie Mac and rated them TRUE. Newt is dancing on a pinhead trying to use semantics to cover for his sordid past. "It depends on your definition of the word LOBBYIST." Newt is a disaster and would guarantee an Obama landslide victory. Romney is a real leader with character, integrity, and accomplishment.
Step 1 of any immigration plan is to secure the border. The reason: without a secure border any sensible plan to deal with illegal people already here cannot work. All the GOP people agree on this. Mr. O wants a comprehensive plan where the border never gets secure. The GOP is so dumb that they get caught up in details of step 2.
At the end of the day - Newt has been part of Washington for the last 40 years. You cannot be an integral part of Washington and then conveniently distance yourself from it. He has been there all along....
what have they produced that has made the process better?
We need new blood in Washington. Mitt Romney will be a phenomenal president and will restore American greatness.
He is the consummate economist and a Mormon which means - he is all about "accountability".
He is looking to do right by us and restore Ame4rican values.
It is time to get past our fears and elect a good man to be President of our country!
Vote Mitt Romney / Marco Rubio 2012
@shat? Really. Like the two-year-old killed by an illegal driver in Aurora, CO after being caught-and-released 16 times for traffic violations and felonies.
Illegals need to return to their own countries and return within the confines of the law.
That was suppossed to be @what? sorry for the typo.
Mr. Romney, You are a moderate family man with good values and common sense. Do not cater to these right wing nuts.
Let's be honest- the GOP is going to need to go into PANDER OVERDRIVE to repair the self-inflicted damage over the past couple years:
AZ SB 1030 - "Papers please" law for suspicious Hispanics
Cain's "Electrified border fence"
The proposals to repeal the 14th Amendment birthright citizenship
Killing the Dream Act
etc. etc.
Might as well start pandering now.
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Shoppers Splash out in Cities, but Small Towns' Time May Come Again
Byline: By PAUL ROWLAND Western Mail
The pulling power of Wales' three cities is revealed today, where customers spend a staggering pounds 4.37bn at the shops. More money was spent last year in Cardiff, Swansea and Newport than the next 25 towns put together, with Cardiff alone raking in nearly 300 times more cash than nearby Barry.
Welsh shoppers forked out more than pounds 8.3bn in non-food retail outlets last year, of which just under pounds 2.5bn was spent in the capital.
This compares with just pounds 8.4m in Barry, which finished bottom of the league table, produced by property consultants King Sturge.
The research takes into account:
The total number of people who shop in the town or city;
The potential number of shoppers in a catchment area defined by factors including distance, drive-time and competing attractions;
The penetration of the shops - how many available customers in the catchment area actually shop in the town;
The total cash spent in the town or centre, and
The average amount spent per person.
According to the research, Cardiff attracts around 650,000 shoppers every year, who on average spend nearly pounds 3,813 each during their shopping trips over the course of 12 months.
And with the pounds 535m St David's 2 development scheduled to open in 2009, the city looks set to stretch its lead over its retail competitors.
Paul Williams, Cardiff's city centre manager, believes the capital's success is derived from offering customers the complete package for the day out at the shops, with shoppers appreciating the choice available in the city.
But the confidence in the unfailing appeal to customers of major cities like Cardiff may be misplaced, according to Paul Young, head of retail at King Sturge in Cardiff, who insisted the flood of high street retailers into major cities could eventually turn shoppers off, and drive them back to more localised facilities.
He said, 'It's a double-edged sword. 'Bigger towns will get bigger because more of the national multiples, like Next, are going to come in and gain more representation, because there's simply more space. While these multiples keep on coming in, there's an argument to say that all major towns will start to become androgynous clones of each other and shoppers will start to get bored, and they'll revert back to the small towns, where smaller retailers have more chance to get in.'
Mr Young said smaller towns needed to focus on their ability to serve their communities and retain loyal consumers, rather than try to win back the shoppers who had already defected to the southern cities.
He said, 'In my view, the weekly shop has to be the priority. It's a bit short-sighted for councillors in these small towns to try to take on bigger towns, because there will only be one winner.
'The bigger towns will keep getting bigger in the foreseeable future, and at face value that will not be good news for the small towns. But if you look closely, it will be good for them because it will put them on their mettle and inevitably lead to them improving their retail offer.
'It's a challenge for the whole retail market in Wales - there's a very delicate balance in these small market towns between retaining their shoppers and retaining their character, because so much of the expenditure is seasonally-based.'
Mr Williams said smaller towns would struggle to compete with what Cardiff could offer customers. He said, 'There's more choice and availability, simply because of the size of the city and the size and variety of the shops.
'Customers in Cardiff are always guaranteed to find something different from their local offering. …