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Skids Before and After Care

We are happy to inform you that in accordance to government's announcement for level 2., sKids Waterview Before & After School Care will be open starting Monday May 18, 2020.

sKids Amy system is now open for bookings. Please email waterview@skids.co.nz if you need assistance.

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Week 7

24th - 29th May Samoan Language Week

Week 8

1st June - Queen's Birthday (SCHOOL CLOSED)

Term Dates for 2020

Term 2

Tuesday 28th April - Friday 3rd July 2020

Term 3

Monday 20th July - Friday 25th September 2020

Term 4

Monday 12th October - Friday 11th December 2020

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Waterview Primary School is a vibrant multicultural ILE (Innovative Learning Environment) school in Central West Auckland. Our dedicated and highly skilled teachers pride themselves in teaching the basics of literacy and numeracy

to a high standard, as well as offering a variety of sporting, musical and cultural opportunities.

At Waterview school we believe education is a shared partnership between school

and home. As a PB4L school we encourage parents to participate in their child's learning to improve children's wellbeing and educational achievement.

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Plant Patent 21,839. Cultivar name: 'Inov 86.' Synonym: 'Caprilla Imperial'

You won't believe how easy it is to grow this new Honeysuckle, nor how fragrant its beautiful blooms really are! They open pale yellow from dark red buds, creating a two-tone look that is pretty amazing. And the best part? Well, it's probably the hummingbirds, who can't keep their beaks out of these flowers, but for us it's the everblooming nature of Peaches and Cream. From spring through summer, you won't find it out of flower!

First of all, this is a super-compact vine compared to most other Honeysuckles. It just reaches 5 to 6 feet long, the perfect size for the mailbox, trellis, lamppost, and other mild-mannered support. You won't have to go hacking through it with a machete like you do wild honeysuckle, yet there's enough of it there to make a huge impact.

Second, the bloom season. It begins in early spring in warm climates, just a bit later farther north. And it continues nonstop through late summer! None of this couple-weeks-on, month-off business -- these flowers just keep opening! And the fragrance--!

Third, once you get Peaches and Cream established in your garden (pamper it the first season, and you're good to go), you can really just leave it alone. Heat and humidity don't both it. Drought leaves it unfazed. It's a low-water plant anyway, and it really fends for itself!

Fourth, the hummingbirds will claim it immediately as their own. Get your camera and Peterson's Guide ready, because you're going to want to identify the visitors. Soon you'll see them so much (hummingbirds are territorial) that you might as well name them!

Fifth and last, this Honeysuckle is beautiful. The play of colors is breathtaking, and the sheer number of blooms is very, very gratifying. Why can't all plants behave like this? Order soon--it will probably sell out fast. Zones 4-8.

  • Butterflies like a lot of sunlight, so locate your garden in a sunny area.
  • If you live in a windy location, plant your butterfly-attracting plants near a building, fence, or hedge to protect them.
  • Plant a variety of nectar-rich plants, as well as shrubs and evergreens for shelter.
  • Since many butterflies and native flowering plants have co-evolved, try to put in some that are native to your area. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center provides lists of plants native to states and regions.
  • Certain colors are particularly attracting to butterflies – red, yellow, pink, purple, or orange blooms that are clustered or flat-topped, with a short flower tubes are especially attractive to adult butterflies.
  • Avoid using pesticides, especially around nectar-producing plants.
  • Provide a shallow source of water – try a birdbath with pebbles lining the bowl.
  • Place a rock in a sunny spot for butterfly basking and resting.
  • Create a "puddling area" by digging a shallow hole filled with compost or manure where rainwater will collect and release essential salts and minerals.
  • If you want butterflies to breed in your garden, put in some caterpillar food plants, such as parsley, milkweeds, asters, thistles, violets, clover, grasses, and Queen Anne’s Lace.
  • Since butterflies need nectar throughout the entire adult phase of their lives, try to create a design that will allow for a continuous bloom – when one stops blooming, another starts.

A Tradition of Distinction

Wayside Difference Since its founding in 1920, Wayside Gardens has brought the rarest and highest-quality plants to the garden market. Wayside was founded in 1920 by two acclaimed growers who came together to pursue their shared vision of marketing all high-end plants for the serious garden enthusiast. Originally located in Mentor, Ohio, Wayside Gardens swiftly grew a reputation for the highest-quality plants and the most sophisticated clientele. In 1975, Wayside was purchased by the Park Seed Company, and moved to Hodges, SC.  The company has flourished since then, growing to become an undisputed leader in rare and unique plant growing.

Unparalleled Selection

Wayside's horticulturists travel the world in search of new and unusual plant cultivars and proudly offer the garden industry’s most sophisticated selection of high quality and rare perennial plants, bulbs, trees, shrubs, roses, vines, and indoor plants. Beginning with ties to the Dutch family bulb business in Holland, our horticulturists have developed close relationships with perennial and bulb growers throughout the United States and Europe, providing access to many rare and unique garden treasures. Throughout our history we have had the pleasure of introducing numerous exotic foreign and domestic plant cultivars to the American garden market. The Wayside collection of new and exclusive plant products is so preeminent that the catalog has long been lauded in the industry and is even used as a reference work in horticultural schools.

Impeccable Quality and Value – We Guarantee It!

At Wayside Gardens, “pedigreed plants” and “root strength” have always been watchwords. The Wayside Gardens impeccable plant quality begins with selecting only the finest new product offerings with improved plant features and numerous advantages for our gardening customers. These improved plant selections are then grown to our exacting quality standards by garden industry professionals. This produces superior plants with well developed root systems and healthy, vigorous plant growth habits. That is why we proudly guarantee all Wayside Gardens' products to perform as advertised, being of superior quality, true to type, and shipped properly.

Larger Containers & Well Established Root Systems

We use larger containers and grow bigger plants than other nurseries, leading to greater root strength. Where appropriate, Wayside Gardens propagates our plants vegetatively rather than from seed, to ensure the plants possess the correct form and are true to variety, like a true double form, as opposed to the single or semi-double forms that may result from seed propagation. Because we employ only the finest and most technologically advanced plant growing methods, you can be confident in receiving healthy plants ready to burst forth in glorious growth in your garden.

Superlative Service

  • Unique, well-established and vigorous growing plants offer greater value for your money than other nurseries.
  • Dedicated to providing detailed plant care instruction and informative plant information to make your product selection and planting truly enjoyable.
  • Trained horticulturists are on-call to offer you any help or advice you need on how to care for your plants.
  • All Wayside plants are carefully packaged to ensure a safe arrival.
  • Your plants will be shipped to you at the proper time for planting.
  • Honored to be your first choice in horticulture.
  • If your item has received our recommended care and still doesn't perform to your satisfaction, we will replace it free of charge or credit you the item’s cost.
  • Wayside Gardens is committed to helping you make your gardening an exquisite experience.

Tips for gardening in particularly hot, dry climates:

1. Water with a drip system whenever possible – soak the bed slowly and thoroughly to a depth of 10" to 12".

2. Watering deeply every 3 to 5 days is preferable to a shallow daily watering.

3. Water in the early morning, so foliage has time to dry.

4. Add a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch or similar material to aid in water retention and help keep the roots cool during hot weather.

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — A broad alliance of Mayo Clinic research specialists are partnering in an expedited, multi-center coalition of regulatory, scientific and commercial partners — including the online retailer Amazon — in a race against the clock to deliver a promising treatment for coronavirus to the nation's hospitals.

With vaccines 18 months away at best, and with coronavirus-targeting antivirals travelling in a clinical trial pipeline that could extend into next year, the results of the so-called convalescent plasma treatment for coronavirus could potentially put a critical bridge therapy into healthcare workers' hands in one month's time.

"There's many if's here," said Mayo Clinic research physiologist and project participant Dr. Michael Joyner. "There's many potential barriers. There's many things that could go wrong or could delay it. But hopefully we would be in a position in a month or so to deliver it to people who can benefit from it."

The project is spearheaded by Dr. Arturo Casadevall, a professor of molecular immunology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. "Deployment of this option requires no research or development," Casadevall has recently stated. "It could be deployed within a couple of weeks since it relies on standard blood-banking practices."

"Arturo came up with the idea that as we get more and more people recovered from COVID-19, two or three weeks after they are asymptomatic they are going to have very high levels of antibodies against COVID-19 in their blood or plasma," Joyner said. "We want to collect some of that plasma and use it either for post-exposure prophylaxis (prevention), or to treat people who are sick early in their hospitalization, with the goal of shortening the duration of the disease and keeping them out of the ICU, thus decompressing the healthcare system."

"If we can get these dominoes lined up, and they fall correctly," Joyner said, "as large numbers of people start to recover in the United States, we can harvest plasma from them and give it to patients safely in a way that shortens the course of their disease, or prevents them from getting it in the first place if they've been exposed."

Convalescent plasma is a time-tested pathogen treatment first used against diphtheria in the late 19th century, later against the 1918 influenza, measles, mumps, chickenpox, MERS, SARS, H1N1 and Ebola. Though the immunology of convalescent plasma is well known, its effectiveness with coronavirus is still being determined.

It's limitations involve a small risk of enhanced infection and the necessity of carefully timing the treatment, but otherwise come down to a modest handful of safety issues that apply to the use of all blood products in transfusion medicine, a category of care that has been well-tolerated for decades.

While the biology and safety of passive immunity is well-known, a nation-wide roll out of coronavirus antibody serum poses an administrative and public health challenge like no other. Following an expedited approval of the project via the investigational new drug pathway at the FDA, the campaign will require the wide-scale identification of persons with antibodies for coronavirus, followed by a uniform, population-scaled screening process of potential donors.

That's just for the gathering of plasma. Quickly delivering it to the nation's hospitals will require another set of Herculean logistical and clinical challenges, including the need to quickly communicate to a disparate sea of clinicians an entirely-new protocol for delivering the antibody-containing transfusions. Joyner says this is an area where an infrastructure has already been created, thanks to well-developed supply-chains behind the nation's commercial plasma centers.

"Because of the great skill and capacity of our blood banks across the country, we know how to obtain plasma, prepare it and give it safely," Joyner says. "So if we can give patients plasma that's rich in these antibodies, that can help us hold us off the illness until the biotech cavalry arrives with vaccine and medicines."

Reached for a midday call last week during a break in helping to write the study design — "this isn't exactly my wheelhouse but it's close enough that I figured I could take a stab at it" — Joyner said his lab had cleared out and begun working from home out of the need for social distancing. "It's like Christmas day, here," he said of his empty surroundings, inactivity that belied the broad and frenetic institutional effort to move the therapy through review and into practice.

Others within Mayo working on the project include an interdisciplinary team of immunology, transfusion medicine, pulmonology, radiology, infectious disease and IRB-affiliated participants, a list Joyner said included Drs. Elitza Theel, Camille van Buskirk, Andrew Badley, Jeff Winters, Jim Stubbs, Philippe Bauer, Jack O’Horo, Rickey Carter, numerous fellows, and the clinic's institutional review board staff.

Nationally, the project is utilizing the expertise of participants from 20 institutions, a short list of the nation's research braintrust that includes Johns Hopkins, Washington University of St. Louis, Alfred Einstein University, Duke, the University of Pittsburgh, Michigan State, Stanford and the University of California system. "This thing has taken off like wildfire," Joyner said. "The scientific community has really rallied around Arturo's ideas, and see this as where we can help the fastest."

"What's been amazing is, we had this large conference call yesterday with people that are very well known, and a lot of those people have pretty healthy egos — 'I discovered this or I did that.' We had none of that. Everybody is just trying to focus on what's in front of them. We've got people who are the top virologists and experts in transfusion medicine from across the country and all over the world involved. We have commercial partners who are excellent at collecting plasma at sites all over the county reaching out to us."

Even the world's online retailer is said to be chipping in, by building a website to centralize the initiative's internal and external communications. As of press time, Amazon had not responded to a request to clarify their participation. Currently the IRB committee at Johns Hopkins is studying a plan to test coronavirus plasma for preventive use, while Mayo is reviewing a treatment protocol for hospitalized patients who have yet to reach a severe state of sickness.

At the time of the call last week, Joyner had already participated in two nationwide group conference calls, had two more scheduled in the coming days, and was midway through a 20-hour workday. "I took my first call at 4:37 this morning from a colleague at Einstein in New York," he said before brushing aside the topic. "I'll be getting emails about this until midnight but I'm getting some rest. The people on the front lines are the clinicians — the nurses, the first responders, the people in the ICU."

How does it feel to fight the worst outbreak in modern times with an old-fashioned method?

"Washing of hands is an old fashioned method too," he said.

As a public service, we've opened this article to everyone regardless of subscription status.

The CDC COVID-19 symptom checklist is here.

MDH COVID-19 hotline: (651) 201-3920. 2,300 calls yesterday

Business impacts hotline: (651) 297-1304 or (800) 657-3504.

School and childcare hotline: (651) 297-1304 or (800) 657-3504.

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Splendour in the Grass – Woodford – 30 July-1 August 2010

It's Summer festival time in Europe, but over in Australia it's Winter and Webcuts was there to brave the chill and celebrate Splendour in the Grass' tenth birthday with 32,000 others at the new Woodford location in Queensland. Over the three day weekend our reviewers witnessed a phenomenal selection of old and new favourites including -- Ash, Band of Horses, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Cloud Control, The Drums, Grizzly Bear, Jonsi, LCD Soundsystem, Paul Kelly, Pixies, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, The Strokes, Tame Impala, The Vines, Yeasayer, and believe it or not, a whole lot more!!

Cloud Control – Interview (2010)

A Tale of Two Cities? Not bloody likely. While both appear on the forthcoming Laneway bill Cloud Control and Rat vs Possum are worlds apart and aren't harbingers of any Sydney or Melbourne scene. Although there are groups of like-minded musical acts in all Australian cities and towns they're is no discernible Sydney sound or Melbourne sound. Cloud Control's indie-folk rubs shoulders with Parades' and Jonathan Boulet's dense polyglot pop while Rat vs Possum's tribal skewed pop sounds share the same general geography as Love Connection's murky shoegaze and Super Wild Horses girl fronted garage. It's not where you come from, it's where you're at.

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Virtual Road Trip Part Three: Small Libraries Engaging with their Communities

Part Three: New Hampshire and New York

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Welcome back to WebJunction’s Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces virtual road trip! The cohort of 15 small and rural library participants have been busy learning about placemaking, active learning and community engagement as they continue to engage and explore how to reimagine and reconfigure parts of their libraries into spaces for active learning. We will be leaving on a jet plane in the next leg of our journey. From Iowa, over the Great Lakes and Niagara Falls, our next stop takes us to New Hampshire and New York.

Tucker Free Library, Henniker, New Hampshire

Incorporated in 1768, Henniker, New Hampshire prides itself as being “the only Henniker on Earth.” Henniker residents enjoy four seasons of outdoor recreation due to its location in the foothills of the White Mountains and proximity to the Contoocook River. This outdoor spirit drives a significant part of Henniker’s economy, and the materials checked out at the Tucker Free Library reflect that. “Books on sustainability, homesteading, animal husbandry, and cottage industries are extremely popular,” says Lynn Piotrowicz, Library Director.

“D-I-Yers, chefs, educators, town managers all choose to live in Henniker,” explains Piotrowicz. “Many of us commute to our jobs. Kids walk to school (located next to our library), and engage after, at the library or on the athletic fields.” Even though there is no movie theater or bowling alley in town, or even a chain store or restaurant within 20 miles of their village, Henniker’s population of 4,900 enjoy an active lifestyle.

Even though Henniker has idyllic charm in abundance, Piotrowicz is well aware of the community’s needs. “Meeting space is at a premium, especially for activities that fall outside the normal business hours of the day,” she says, “No public physical space where tables can be brought together for brainstorming or innovation.”

An example of Tucker Free Library’s ability to recognize and respond to a community need is the daytime TED Talk program aimed at adults in the community, particularly seniors. “Many of our seniors complained that our programs were inconvenient because they didn’t want to drive at night. After hearing the need expressed, I met with the director and the activity coordinator at the local senior center,” says Piotrowicz. The library created a format of showing a TED Talk, and then discussing it. The program regularly brings in 20 or more seniors with others beginning to attend as word spread about the program and its contents. “We are starting our fourth year of monthly discussions on topics such as technology, mental health, and issues important in our community and the larger world.”

Piotrowicz and her staff at Tucker Free Library are excited to be a part of the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project. With experience creatively and innovatively using their space, they are looking forward to learning even more about how to be a community idea incubator. Piotrowicz sees herself as a kind of conductor, bringing together the cacophony of community, library personnel, facility, governing body, and the services and collections into a beautiful symphony. We are looking forward to seeing the beautiful music that comes out of the Tucker Free Library!

New Hampshire is too beautiful to leave just yet, which means we’ll be staying a while. Let’s hop into a rental car and head south about 30 miles to the town of Wilton, New Hampshire.

Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library, Wilton, New Hampshire

Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library is located on Forest Road, a stone’s throw from the historic Souhegan River. Wilton has a good library origin story to tell. After two devastating fires on Wilton’s Main Street that destroyed the town’s library rooms each time, in a special town meeting held December 11, 1907, the townspeople of Wilton accepted the land and building for a library from the Hon. David A. Gregg, of Nashua, NH, who was a summer resident of Wilton. The library was officially dedicated September 22, 1908, and according to several newspaper accounts, was considered “one of the finest library buildings in the state.”

The 108-year old building may be on the National Registry of Historical Places, but inside, it is teeming with young, vibrant activity. "The community of Wilton is fabulous,” says Stephanie Loiselle, Youth Services Librarian. “We have a great public school system with about 500 kids in K-12 from two towns. We also have a private Waldorf school system - Pine Hill and High Mowing - on the other side of town, bringing kids in from surrounding communities.” Wilton also has a large homeschooling population. All children who go to school in Wilton are allowed a library card, and programs are open to anyone for free. “We even have one homeschooling family who commutes about 45 minutes to attend our math and science programs!” she says.

Wilton is largely a commuter community, which means that the Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library, or Wilton Public Library, as it is known locally, have a lot of children spending time at the library. “Parents are often working long hours outside the home,” says Loiselle. As a result of this and Wilton Public Library’s proximity to the schools, “we see a lot of children after school, spending time until a caregiver is able to pick them up.” To help meet the needs of this younger crowd, Loiselle hosts programs after school. “These kids are often hungry to learn and play. They are eager for an activity to engage in to keep them busy, and to connect with their peers.”

Loiselle’s children’s programming extends well beyond the after school rush. Recognizing that there are a lot of children who are hungry during the summer, she partnered with Wilton’s WIC office and local farms to create “Snacks in Stacks.” They received a community grant from the Walmart Corporation to purchase food and cooking supplies like hotplates. Loiselle engaged a local school nursing assistant to help run the program, and two WIC nutritionists came one week to teach them how to cook foods from the WIC Voucher Program List. “I thought with all these partners, I would be able to give the best possible food that was both delicious and nutritious,” says Loiselle. “Without state funding, I needed a way to get the food and supplies, and it worked out well.” With her program, Loiselle was able to feed hungry kids and their families who attended the programs, while teaching basic cooking techniques as well as food preparation and safety. With the leftover food, Loiselle was able to feed children coming in by themselves outside of the program.

Loiselle, along with Library Director Pat Fickett, hope that by participating in Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces, they will be able to expand on their existing programs. “It is very important because we have so many kids coming to engage in our STEM programming,” says Loiselle. The Wilton Public Library staff hope that having a dedicated space for learning will not only benefit their younger patrons, helping them feel empowered to explore and learn the way they want to, but that it will also benefit other library users as well.

It’s time to say goodbye to New Hampshire, but we are staying in New England as we venture to our next stop. Heading south through Massachusetts and on to Connecticut, we can take a pit-stop about halfway in our journey to the next library. Perfect for book-worms and history lovers, take a break in Hartford, Connecticut and visit the Mark Twain House and Museum. There are several tours to choose from, including the Living History Tour and the Graveyard Shift Ghost Tour. Mark Twain’s house isn’t the only literary stop in Hartford. Just around the corner, you can check out the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Take The Stowe Center Experience Tour or The Family Tour. If you happen to go through in October, you can take the Spirits at Stowe Tour. After we’ve had our fill of literary giants, it’s time to get moving because we are heading to New York.

Cornwall Public Library, Cornwall, New York

Home to just under 13,000 residents, the town of Cornwall, New York, sits on the western shore of the Hudson River, fifty miles north of New York City. Cornwall’s rural quaintness and small town allure combined with its pastoral setting of parks, riverfront, mountains, and evergreen forests contributed to its reputation as a health retreat in the mid-19th century. Cornwall boasts a rich Revolutionary War history. In fact, the Continental Army travelled through Cornwall’s Canterbury roads from West Point to Newburgh, and General George Washington often stopped to visit David Sands, member of one of the founding families of Cornwall, along with other friends during that time.

On the corner of Hudson Street and Little League Drive sits the 10,000 square foot Cornwall Public Library. The library is not only chartered to serve the residents of the Cornwall Central School District (which encompasses the tax payers of the town of Cornwall, the Village of Cornwall on Hudson, and portions of New Windsor and Woodbury), it also serves the families of the West Point Military Academy, located seven miles away. Seventy-five percent of West Point’s 685 households have children under 18. When the onsite West Point Library, which had allowed family access, closed in 2015, Library Director Mary Lou Carolan definitely noticed. “Our library has seen a significant uptick in library card applications, building usage, and program attendance from these West Point families.” While this influx is certainly welcome, it also puts pressure on the library’s existing services. Says Carolan, “Two years ago, a referendum to support our plans for a library building expansion project was voted down.” Carolan hopes to transform existing space into “creative, dynamic and flexible learning spaces that will enable us to serve the growing needs of our community with an innovative and creative environment.”

Cornwall is not only home to residents whose families have been in the area for 100 or more years, it is also home to “newer” residents and a politically active population. In order to bring these diverse audiences together, Cornwall Public Library launched the “Community Conversations” workshop series. Aiming to increase communication between local government, small businesses and community organizations, the library serves as the “neutral public forum and catalyst to get people talking and community projects moving by bringing people and ideas together in an informal, conversational environment.” To facilitate these conversations, Carolan reached out to the town leaders (town council, chamber of commerce, school board and other community organizations) and invited them to participate in the forums and provide input on important issues like economic development, downtown revitalization and sharing of community resources. Even though these town leaders did not initially understand the library’s desire to be the catalyst in these conversations, they are now offering new topics such as grant and funding opportunities for the 2017 series. Through their “Community Conversations” series, Carolan says Cornwall Public Library is “creating positive change through unity, communication, and relationship building among community leaders as well as an enhanced awareness and perception of the library as an integral player and a center of strength in the community.”

By participating in the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project, the Cornwall Public Library hopes to expand their current community engagement and program offerings. “The timing is perfect,” says Carolan. With an enthusiastic staff and board, the Cornwall Public Library is ready to actively engage the Cornwall community to create a space that is flexible and active while being environmentally sustainable.

Heading north on Interstate 87, we are going to pass through the Capital City of Albany, on the way to our next stop, Greenwich, New York. Albany’s rich, almost 400 year history includes Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage northward that ended near Albany, and for you “Hamilton: An American Musical” fans, Albany is home to the Schuyler Mansion where Elizabeth (Eliza) Schuyler married Alexander Hamilton in 1780.

Greenwich Free Library, Greenwich, New York

The village of Greenwich, New York, is uniquely situated. It is less than an hour from New York’s Capital District, Lake George, the Adirondacks and southern Vermont. Greenwich offers its residents and visitors great restaurants, attractive shops and quick access to some of New York’s and Vermont’s best recreation activities. Even with this easy access to outside visitors, Greenwich maintains a strong identity and sense of community. Many native residents stay in the town or return to raise their families. Greenwich Free Library Director Annie Miller echoes that sentiment, saying “There is good cooperation among local agencies and nonprofits to provide services that engage the whole community.”

Located on Main Street, in the middle of the village and less than a quarter mile from the Greenwich Central School, is the Greenwich Free Library. “We have good community support and new programs are received well,” says Miller. One of the programs received especially well at the Greenwich Free Library is their Early Literacy Programming. “We were hearing from kindergarten teachers that kids were not prepared academically or socially and parents were not aware of the expectations,” says Miller. To help meet that need, the Greenwich Free Library staff participated in Ready to Read at New York Libraries training. They also worked with local kindergarten teachers to understand the skills and behaviors needed, and reached out to a regional early learning network to learn about current resources and make contacts. The library made connections with the area WIC, Head Start programs, and home daycare providers. As a result, Miller says “We have seen a number of these folks at our programming for the first time.” By working with these agencies to understand the barriers to participation, the Greenwich Free Library increased attendance to their programs, especially by low income families, dads and other groups not previously seen at the library.

Miller and the rest of the Greenwich Free Library staff are eager to continue expanding their services through the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project. “We are due to update our plan of service just as we make underused space fully available,” says Miller. “This is the perfect time to engage in this process to create an asset that meets our community’s needs for years to come.” She adds, “We know that we’ve got the potential to do great things for and with our community.” We could not agree more.

That wraps up our time in New Hampshire and New York. Join us in our final installment of this virtual road trip when we continue down the east coast visiting Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and then over to Alabama before ending our journey in the Lone Star State—Texas.

Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces

Fifteen small U.S. public libraries were selected to participate in the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project. The selected libraries are:

Caledonia Public Library, Caledonia, Minnesota

Cornwall Public Library, Cornwall, New York

Glenns Ferry Public Library, Glenns Ferry, Idaho

Greenwich Free Library, Greenwich, New York

Honey Grove Library & Learning Center, Honey Grove, Texas

Hot Springs Library, Hot Springs, North Carolina

Ignacio Community Library, Ignacio, Colorado

James Kennedy Public Library, Dyersville, Iowa

Madison Public Library, Madison, South Dakota

Norelius Community Library, Denison, Iowa

Punxsutawney Memorial Library, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Ronan Library District, Ronan, Montana

Town Creek Public Library, Town Creek, Alabama

Tucker Free Library, Henniker, New Hampshire

Wilton Public and Gregg Free Library, Wilton, New Hampshire

This two-year project is made possible by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and is implemented in partnership by WebJunction and the Association for Rural and Small Libraries.

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Can Changing My Diet Help My Dry Eye?

Eating healthy supports all your body’s systems. Your eyes are no exception -- they need vitamins and minerals to ease your chance of having problems and protect your vision.

If you’re looking to boost your eye health and help your dry eye symptoms, focus on these key nutrients.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Filling up on these can ease the scratchy, stinging irritation of dry eye. Specifically, omega-3s help soothe inflammation in your eyelids or on the surface of your eye. They may also help your tears do their job better.

An omega-3-rich diet helps glands in your eye called meibomian glands make the oily part of your tears. The oil helps keep your tears from drying up too quickly in your eye.

Fish is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids. Go for one of these oily varieties at least twice a week:

  • Tuna (fresh, not canned)
  • Mackerel
  • Salmon
  • Sardines
  • Herring
  • Anchovies

You can also get omega-3 fatty acids from:

  • Nuts and seeds (like flaxseed)
  • Vegetable oil
  • Soybeans
  • Green, leafy vegetables

You may also need to take an omega-3 fatty acid supplement. Talk to your doctor about it before you try one.

Lutein and Zeaxanthin

These two antioxidants cut your odds of having many chronic eye diseases. Among other things, they help keep the cells in your eye healthy and working well. You can get them by eating eggs, corn, and leafy greens like:

  • Kale
  • Broccoli
  • Spinach
  • Collards

A supplement may help here, too. Still, talk to your doctor before you take one.

Vitamin C

This antioxidant, also called ascorbic acid, is important for the blood vessels in your eyes. It’s especially helpful in preventing cataracts, but it helps your overall eye health, too.

Best sources of vitamin C include:

  • Orange juice
  • Grapefruit juice
  • Oranges
  • Cooked spinach
  • Tomatoes
  • Bananas
  • Apples

Women should aim for a minimum of 75 milligrams a day, which is about a cup of orange juice. Men need a little more -- around 90 milligrams a day.

Vitamin E

The antioxidant power of this nutrient protects the cells in your eyes from damage. It also boosts your body’s immune system. You can get it by eating:

  • Wheat cereal (wheat germ)
  • Almonds
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Peanut butter
  • Hazelnuts
  • Sweet potato

This is an important mineral that helps get vitamin A from your liver to your retina to make something called melanin. That's a pigment that protects your eyes. When you don’t get enough zinc, your eyes are at a higher risk of infection.

Your body doesn’t make zinc naturally, so getting it through food is important.

You can get a zinc boost from foods like:

  • Oysters
  • Beef
  • Lobster
  • Pork
  • Yogurt
  • Salmon
  • Milk
  • Fortified cereals
  • Eggs

WebMD Medical Reference Reviewed by Brian S. Boxer Wachler, MD on May 31, 2019

American Academy of Ophthalmology: “Seven Tips for Battling Dry Eye,” “Can Fish Oil Help Dry Eye?”

American Optometric Association: “Dry Eye,” “Lutein & Zeaxanthin,” “Vitamin C,” “Vitamin E,” “Zinc,” “Essential Nutrients Your Eyes Need.”

National Eye Institute: “Facts About Dry Eye.”

NHS Choices: “Dry Eye Syndrome - Self Help.”

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition: “Relation between dietary n-3 and n-6 fatty acids and clinically diagnosed dry eye syndrome in women.”

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Spectral-domain modelling

Spectral-domain modelling is a modelling technique that can be applied to obtain the statistical response of the system, e.g. the expected average power capture or amplitude of motion. It is based on the assumption that the waves can be represented as a random process with known spectral characteristics. This assumption, which is common to many wave model means that it is possible to produce statistical estimates of the response with significantly less computational resources compared to time-domain models, which being significantly more accurate than frequency-domain models. Consequently, spectral-domain models are particularly suitable for estimating the annual energy production or sensitivity analyses where a large number of simulations need to be performed.

Training School Content

The Training School is planned for 2 days, with six hours of training per day; the first day will be lectures and the second day will be a workshop. The Training School is specifically designed for those who would like to investigate the potential for using spectral-domain modelling for the analysis of their wave energy converters and for those interested in developing this modelling technique. The Training School content will include:

Day 1

March 10, Starting time: 9:00

  • An introduction and fundamentals of numerical modelling of wave energy converters

  • The technique of statistical linearization for spectral-domain modelling

  • The development of spectral-domain models of common non-linear elements

  • Further development of the spectral-domain modelling

Day 2

March 11, Ending time: 17:00

  • Development of spectral-domain models

Training School Tutors

  • Dr Matt Folley, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • Dr Paul Lamont-Kane, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Funding Application Details

Applicants are invited to apply for a WECANet Training School Grant of 400€ towards travel and subsistence cost incurred to attend this course. Early Stage Researchers and PhD students in wave energy are eligible to apply for a grant as trainee in order to participate to
the WECANet Training School.

Eligible Trainees are:

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  • Trainees from Approved NNC Institutions

  • Trainees from Approved European RTD Organisations.

The criteria for COST Action support can be found on the COST Action Vademecum. Any costs over 400€ must be covered by the applicant. The Grant will be award after verified attendance at the course. A total of 10 WECANet Training School Grants are available to support attendance of this Training School.

Applications for Training School Grants

Applications to attend the WECANet Training School on Spectral-domain Modelling of Wave Energy Converters and for the grant are closed.

Key Dates

Deadline for applications to be submitted: 10th January 2020
Notification of funding application outcome: 17th January 2020
Training School: 10th – 11th March 2020

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No More Photos of Headless People
Tired of those out of focus shots, or chopping off the head of the person you're photographing? Wanting to move on from smart phone photography to a DSLR and don't quite know how to make the transition? Or do you have a camera and don't know what to do with all the settings and buttons? Then this could be the course for you.

This comprehensive course starts on 18th September

Camberwell Camera Club, an established club with over 60 years of history, is running a comprehensive course for photographers who are keen to improve their skills. Commencing on Thursday 18th September, the course involves seven two-hour interactive sessions, running from 7.30 - 9.30pm on Thursday evenings, and three weekend workshops, which will encourage course participants to put the theory into practice.

Facilitators of the course share knowledge on the following topics:

- effective composition

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- using imaging software

- landscape and urban photography

- portrait photography

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- mounting and framing images.

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The three workshops offer practical applications for photographing landscape scenes, people in outdoor settings, and still life set ups.

Ken Spence, president of Camberwell Camera Club commented "This course is perfect for people who know how to use their camera in a general sense, but want to take their images to the next level! We are very proud to have received such great feedback and look forward to running the course again in 2014."

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Queen St Bridge at Sunrise, an image by Club President Ken Spence

The evening sessions are held at the St John's Anglican Church, Rutherford Room, 552 Burke Rd, Camberwell.

The cost of the course is:

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$285 - non member

$185 - full-time student.

WeekendNotes Subscribers have the opportunity to win a free place on this photographic course - for your chance to win, simply send an email to, titled 'Camberwell Camera Club' with the answer to this question;

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Awaken your taste buds with free international food
Held annually, Global Table is a free event which is an established and popular community celebration of cultural diversity.

It is more than your average food festival, it features cuisines and entertainment from all around the world and there are free activities to keep everyone entertained all day long.

There is free face painting to free cooking demonstrations, dancing, singing and many more free activities and entertainment to keep you and the children amused all day long.

Discover Tibetan shabaley or walk on the wild side with Jamaican goat curry, with food stalls transforming Oxford Street into a festival of food represented from twelve countries and cultures, this event is surely one that you do not want to miss out on.

Join in the feast with a 25 metre long communal table and sit, eat and chat with old friends - or even meet new ones.
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• Young LGBTQ people already had higher risk of mental health problems.

• The coronavirus has both robbed them of access to supportive environments and increased negative contacts.

• Better data is needed to understand the impact on the young LGBTQ community.

Since the onset of COVID-19, the volume of young people reaching out to the Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for young LGBTQ people, has increased significantly – at times double our normal volume.

This is troubling, but not surprising. In early April, we released a white paper on the ways in which LGBTQ youth may be particularly vulnerable to negative mental health impacts associated with COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, LGBTQ youth have been found to be at significantly increased risk for depression, anxiety and attempting suicide. This correlates with the minority stress model, in which experiences of discrimination, rejection and violence are compounded, and can lead to negative mental health outcomes.

Furthermore, young LGBTQ people already faced disproportionate rates of unemployment and homelessness. It is clear that the widespread anxiety, physical distancing and economic strain caused by COVID-19 have exacerbated these concerns, and created new, unique problems for many of them.

For instance, as a result of school closures, many young people have lost access to friends, peers and supportive adults. This issue is not specific to LGBTQ students, but we know based on the work we do every day that positive social connections are vital for suicide prevention, as they buffer stress, reduce depression and improve well-being – and LGBTQ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide compared to their peers. For many young LGBTQ people, school might be their one safe space and source of affirming community.

Suicide rates among young LGBTQ people are profoundly affected by family acceptance.
Suicide rates among young LGBTQ people are profoundly affected by family acceptance.
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Research shows that access to supportive peers consistently protects against anxiety and depression. And according to the Trevor Project’s research, young LGBTQ people who report having at least one accepting adult were 40% less likely to report a suicide attempt in the past year. For some, that accepting person could be a teacher, coach or school counsellor.

Another unintended consequence of physical distancing has been an increase in negative interactions. The Trevor Project has been hearing from an increased number of LGBTQ youth who no longer have access to their support systems. Many now find themselves confined to unsupportive home environments – which can result in increased anxiety and emotional pain, particularly among transgender and nonbinary youth, as they may need to hide their authentic selves to maintain safety.

Research suggests that among young LGBTQ people, only one-third experience parental acceptance, with an additional one-third experiencing parental rejection, and the final one-third not disclosing their LGBTQ identity until they are adults.

Young LGBTQ people were already at greater risk of suicide prior to the pandemic
Young LGBTQ people were already at greater risk of suicide prior to the pandemic.
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An increase in rejection or abuse at home can be detrimental to young LGBTQ people’s physical and mental health. For one, it can increase the risk of being kicked out of their home, running away and experiencing homelessness; and therefore, increase the risk of suicide. Our research has found that LGBTQ youth who experienced housing instability reported considering suicide at twice the rate and attempted suicide at more than three times the rate of LGBTQ youth who had not. We also know that LGBTQ youth report higher rates of sexual and physical abuse compared to their straight, cisgender peers, and physical distancing has limited the opportunities for mandated reporters and other concerned individuals to observe signs of potential abuse among LGBTQ youth.

Over the last few months, we’ve heard heartbreaking stories from young LGBTQ people reaching out to us for support, including high-school seniors feeling hopeless about the prospect of not being able to escape to college in the fall, college students who faced housing instability as a result of campus closures, and transgender and nonbinary young people who were forced to delay long-sought-after, gender-affirming medical care. These conversations often mention several themes, ranging from feelings of isolation and anxiety about the future, to economic insecurity and fear around having or getting COVID-19.

Feelings of stress and anxiety are perfectly normal reactions to what is happening in the world. Although physical distancing policies may vary across the United States and around the globe, the key is to remember that physical distancing does not have to mean social isolation.

The dramatic impact of COVID-19 on mental health – especially that of LGBTQ youth – is just starting to be understood. But without robust research and systematic data collection, we will never truly know many LGBTQ people have been infected and/or died from COVID-19, and how the pandemic has uniquely impacted rates of unemployment, homelessness and suicide among LGBTQ youth.

The systematic collection of data on sexual orientation and gender identity around COVID-19 cases can vastly improve our understanding of the pandemic’s impacts on the LGBTQ community. This data can also inform our healthcare system’s response programs, mental health resources and nationwide crisis intervention efforts.

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What is the Forum doing to boost inclusion for LGBTI people?

Discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity not only violates universal basic human rights, it also adversely impacts the long-term economic prospects of individuals, businesses and countries.

An initiative of the World Economic Forum, the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality (PGLE) leverages the power of business to promote LGBTI equality and inclusion in the workplace and take wider responsibility not just for the impact they have on their employees lives but also on the broader communities in which they operate.

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Discrimination against members of the LGBTI community continues to affect millions of people worldwide every day
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PGLE partners work together to:

  • Operationalize the five United Nations Standards of Conduct for Business Tackling Discrimination Against LGBTI People by providing a due-diligence framework, tools and resources for companies to advance and implement LGBTI inclusion globally (see here)
  • Provide a peer to peer learning platform connecting committed business leaders through the World Economic Forum in accelerating LGBTI workplace inclusion and promoting human rights for all
  • Share best practices and benchmarks to assist companies in meeting their commitments and responsibilities to global LGBTI equality.

Follow the Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality and help us advance this agenda, protecting and promoting human rights in the workplace.

Contact us to become a member or partner of the Forum.

LGBTQ youth who find themselves in an environment that does not affirm their identity, or places them at risk for abuse, should seek affirming connections either through existing support networks or by joining safe online spaces for LGBTQ youth, like TrevorSpace. We’ve been telling young people: Do all you can to stay connected with your friends, family or chosen family. For those who have access, try using the internet to contact loved ones or to find mental health resources and affirming community. Make a routine and set time aside each day to engage in self-care and wellness activities that will positively impact your mental and physical health. And if you're ever feeling hopeless, please call, chat or text the Trevor Project. Our trained counsellors are here for you 24/7. You are not alone.


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Stacy brings 15 years of accounting and purchasing expertise to Wesnic along with a sharp eye for details. She has developed processes that track every project in minute detail. This enables her to advise clients on unanswered questions or changes. It also allows her to manage manufacturers to keep them on schedule.

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Video: Diving into the Unknown Galaxy by Fan Ping

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Filmmaker Fan Ping has shared a beautiful short film entitled “Diving into the Unknown Galaxy” which documents his friend Songda Cai’s obsession with capturing blackwater images. It was filmed in Anilao, the Philippines last May, on a RED Helium with a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 II.

Fan kindly agreed to answer a few questions about the film:

What was it shot with?

It was shot on RED Helium 8K camera with Canon EOS 16-35mm f/2.8 II lens, in a GATES Pro Explore housing.

How did you get the blackwater sequences?

There is only manual focus on RED and that’s why I decided to shoot 120fps first, and the high frame rate really helped a lot as the subjects were actually moving 5x faster than in the video, and any movement that’s not parallel to the lens will end up out of the depth of field easily. The focus distance would change according to the size of the subject and the focal length I was using.

Where was it shot?

It was shot at the end of last May in Anilao, Philippines.

How did you light it?

I used 2 KELDAN Video 8X 13000lm lights on camera for most of the underwater shots, V24k video lights from Scubalamp on the rope were used to shoot the silhouette of the diver.

What made you decide to shoot a film about blackwater?

I am a cave diver and focused on big wet rocks in the last a couple of years, I seldom shoot macro. The photographer Songda Cai is a very good friend of mine, and he needed a short film as a behind the scene story for his new book going to be published soon, so he asked me to make it with him. I found his story and the things he does very interesting, and it always feels great to create something new. This is why I decided to film blackwater and I am glad it came out pretty OK.


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As fellow colleagues, the WFO Executive join me in sending you all a message of support at this time. We are conscious of how all our lives have been disrupted, both personally and professionally impacting on all our families, patients, colleagues and friends.

As a worldwide organization, the WFO is monitoring the situation day by day. Due to the challenge of travelling, the 9th IOC is now being reformatted to a virtual meeting.

In the coming days, weeks and months, the WFO will be actively sharing updates and information with you on our website and through a variety of other channels such as social media and email. Our aim is to keep you as fully informed as possible.

We know you have a great deal on your mind and you need to be able to focus on looking after your patients, yourself, loved ones and your livelihood.

We all hope the situation will improve later this year, allowing us all to meet at our long awaited and meticulously planned 9th IOC in Yokohama.

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West Florida Home Health Care

West Florida Home Health Care in Panama City, FL
PO Box 109, Panama City, FL 32402
(850) 769-5688

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The lower monthly payments and up-front costs of a car lease may have attracted you initially, but your situation may have changed since you signed that lease. Maybe you can no longer afford the payments, the car was damaged or stolen, or you find you need a different type of car for business or personal reasons. If you have to break your lease early, you may squander the savings opportunity you saw in the beginning. However, you do have options in breaking a lease besides simply giving the car back and paying a lot of money in early termination fees.

Method 1 of 3:
Transferring the Car Lease

  1. 1
    Review your lease agreement’s provisions on transfer. A lease transfer allows you to find someone else who wants the car and is willing and able to make the monthly lease payments.
    • If you’re able to transfer your lease, you can get out of the monthly payments without paying early termination costs. You'll still pay a few hundred dollars to transfer the lease.
    • About 80 percent of leases have no post-transfer obligations, but the other 20 percent require that you assume responsibility for the successful payment and maintenance of the vehicle. Although the general trend in leasing favors open transfer policies, some lease agents and car companies such as BMW and Infiniti retain post-transfer obligations.
    • If your lease includes post-transfer obligations, you're still on the hook for payments even after the transfer. This means if the person who took over your lease doesn't make the payments, the lease company will come after you.[1]
    • Some car companies also limit the time frame when you can transfer your lease. For example, Nissan won’t allow you to transfer your lease if you have fewer than seven payments remaining.[2]
    • Your lease company may require you to pay a fee for the transfer and processing of the application, although you could pass these fees on to your buyer. For example, Ford Motor Credit Company charges a $75 credit application fee.[3]
    • Never transfer a lease without the lease company’s approval. Doing so will result in significant fines.
  2. 2
    Find lease transfer companies online. Companies such as,, and specialize in lease transfers and handle the transfer process by working directly with your lease company.[4]
    • Compare the fees and services of several lease transfer companies, and read customer reviews. Make sure you've read and understand the detail for all fees and procedures before you pick one to use.
    • While each company does the same thing, fees for various aspects of the process may differ, or you may find you prefer one company’s handling methods to another.
  3. 3
    Advertise your lease transfer. Once you pay the advertising fees, the lease transfer company will post your advertisement on its online marketplace.
    • Research reasons people take over car leases. Taking over a lease has many benefits, including the ability to commit for a shorter period of time and avoid hefty down payments. If you find reasons that seem to fit your car, you can target your advertisement toward those people for better responses.
    • For example, some people like to swap cars frequently and try new things, so if your leased car is a particularly trendy or sporty car, you might want to tailor your ad to attract that kind of buyer.
    • Interested parties will respond to you via email or through your account on the lease transfer company’s website.
  4. 4
    Respond to inquiries from interested parties and negotiate transfer terms. Provide details and documentation relating to the vehicle’s condition, maintenance, and accident history as soon as possible.
    • Usually, the new lessee pays for any necessary vehicle inspections and transportation, as well as any transfer fees charged by the lease company.
    • Depending on your situation, you might want to add an incentive for the person who will take over your lease. A typical incentive is a stipend that reduces the monthly payments for the lease buyer, and can range from $500 to $5,000.
    • When transferring a lease to someone who lives in another state, the lease transfer company can help arrange vehicle inspections or transportation of the vehicle.
  5. 5
    Transfer your lease. Either the lease transfer company or your original leasing company will do a credit check to see if the interested party is eligible to assume the lease.There may be a fee for this.[5]
    • Once the buyer is approved, you’ll pay a processing fee to the lease transfer company and provide the lease information to the transfer company.
    • The lease transfer process usually takes several weeks to complete. Once the transfer is in order, you’ll sign the documents from the original lease company and the transfer company and turn over the car.

Method 2 of 3:
Buying your Leased Car

  1. 1
    Find out if you can buy your leased vehicle. Most leases include a “payoff” or “buyout” price. Paying this amount will release you from your lease and pass ownership of the car to you.[6]
    • The price of the buyout is normally more than the car is actually worth, and the difference can range from hundreds to thousands of dollars. Consult the Kelley Blue Book to find out your car’s value before choosing the buyout option.
  2. 2
    Find a buyer for your leased car. If you can cut a deal with a buyer who has the cash on hand, you can reduce your overall loss by selling the car immediately after you buy out the lease. [7]
    • Post your car for sale online at sites such as or Alternatively, you can sell your car the old-fashioned way. Put a sign in the window and leave it parked in a place with a lot of traffic.
    • Look for an individual buyer rather than a dealership. Car dealers will offer the wholesale price because they need to make money on the car too – that typically won't be enough to get you out of your lease. A private individual wants to drive the car himself and may be willing to pay more.
    • Be honest with potential buyers. Tell them as soon as possible why you are selling the car — especially if you require payment up front.
    • If you need to get the money from the buyer before completing the lease buyout, the buyer may feel more comfortable paying the money directly to your lease company rather than paying you first and having you finish the transaction.
  3. 3
    Consider taxes and fees. Depending on the sales tax laws in your state, you may have to pay taxes when you sell your car. There may be other fees to take into account, such as title transfer fees or registration fees.[8]

Method 3 of 3:
Turning Your Car In

  1. 1
    Read the fine print. Become familiar with the terms of the early termination clause of your lease agreement before you contact the leasing company. Keep in mind these clauses are usually designed to protect the finance company, not benefit you.[9]
  2. 2
    Contact the lease company. Find out exactly how much early termination will cost you, and what additional fees are involved. Many companies charge a substantial early-termination fee that is roughly equivalent to making all remaining lease payments at once. In addition, they’ll tack on predetermined penalty fees or other fees for “restocking” or “processing.”
  3. 3
    Work with your leasing agent. If your only reason for needing out of the lease is a financial one, your lease company may have relief programs for people with verifiable financial strain.
    • If you’ve lost a job or experienced a death in the family, it might be possible to get a forbearance on your payments. You’ll be expected to make up the difference at a later date, but it might help you in the meantime.
    • Some companies will let you “trade-in” your lease. For example, if you were leasing a more expensive car and want to save money, you could trade in your luxury sedan on a cheaper economy car.[10]
    • Trade-ins often come with additional fees, and a trade-in typically is still considered an early termination of the lease for credit reporting purposes.
  4. 4
    Pay the necessary fees and return the car to the dealer clean and in good condition. Some leasing companies will assess additional fees for body damage or general disrepair.[11]

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  • Question
    How can I opt out of a lease early if the car was involved in an accident? The accident was the other person's fault.
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    Talk to your insurance company immediately.
  • Question
    Would I get charged if I had to get out of a lease for medical reasons?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    Yes, but you can try to negotiate with the leasing company. When companies think you will not be able to continue paying them, you can usually negotiate in your favor.
  • Question
    How do you break a lease in the first 24 hours?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    It will depend on the contract you signed, but oten there will be a clause allowing you to break it in writing within the first 1-3 days. Read it carefully. If not in your favor, you can try to negotiate with the leasing company.
  • Question
    What if I can no longer drive due to health reasons?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    See what kind of deal you can negotiate with the leasing company. You may talk to a lawyer if they are completely intransigent, but lawyers tend to be an added expense. You may try to sell the car and transfer the lease, but again, you need to discuss that with the leasing company.
  • Question
    How do I get out of a car lease when I don't have possession of the car yet?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    You can back out since you have not taken physical delivery. However, if you signed everything, they temporary tagged it, and you drove it around the block, you own it; you can only trade it back in and pay the difference between the value and what is owed.
  • Question
    What do I do if I want my leased car back after I've returned it?
    Community Answer
    Community Answer
    Call the dealership and ask what your options are. If if they could lease it to you again, they probably will.
  • Question
    Can I break a car lease due to medical reasons?
    Andrew Serrano
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    The short answer is no. The reality is, you entered into an agreement that was never dependent on your health so you usually can not break the agreement because of it. Each company may have their own exceptions, but you will likely have to pay huge penalties or take a huge hit on your credit report for a voluntary repossession.
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Meet UA's Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion's final candidates

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The University of Arizona has sent out several statements about coronavirus and how the administration plans to prevent a widespread outbreak on campus.

This week, the final four candidates for the Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion were interviewed in open forums. Here's a rundown of each candidate in case you didn't catch them:

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Dr. Ivy Banks

Ivy Banks was the first candidate interviewed Monday, July 6. Banks is currently the Dean of Students and Assistant Vice President for Student Initiatives, Engagement and Inclusive Excellence at Northern Arizona University and previously served as Interim Director at the Office of Inclusion: Multicultural and LGBTQIA Student Services at NAU; she previously worked at the University of Phoenix and the University of Akron.

Banks opened the forum with her essential aspects of inclusivity: community mobilization, transparency, aligning active allyships, bridging the gap between conceptualization and realization, assessment and accountability.

Banks stressed the importance of communication and building relationships with students, staff and faculty.

"I refer to myself as a lifelong learner and someone who is always evolving around diversity and inclusion and that means that constantly making sure that I am authentically listening," Banks said. "That means that I show up at the student meetings, I show up at the faculty meetings, I show up at the community meetings because it's important to hear the voice. I think of this as an opportunity for me to be able to amplify those voices but I have to make sure that I'm amplifying those voices and not my own."

Banks shared how she addressed a student-created list of demands when she first started at NAU.

"There was a lot of unrest over things and issues that impacted students," Banks said. "Meeting with those students [who created the demands] on a consistent basis so that they understand that there hasn't been someone at the institution that forgot. We are still working on this and we are still holding ourselves accountable."

She also said transparency was crucial in the process of addressing the list of demands.

Dr. Timothy Fair

Timothy Fair is one of the latest candidates for the position of Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion here on campus, interviewed Tuesday, July 7.

Fair has university level administration experience in diversity and inclusion, acting as Associate Director of the Diversity Center at Mississippi State University, Assistant Dean of Students at Cornell University and most recently Chief of Staff in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Auburn University in Alabama.

In Fair’s Zoom interview for the position, he was approached with several difficult questions, ranging from how to deal with systemic racism from students to administration to how he would serve different cultural groups within the university.

In response to how he would serve the UA’s Black community, Fair responded, "We must value not the commodification of Blackness, but the brilliance of Blackness. We need to remind the provost, the president, of the voices of Black students and Black affiliates across the campus that must be listened to.”

One of Fair’s central beliefs is centering and collaborating with normally marginalized groups, such as UA’s Native American population, DACA recipients and intersectional groups like LGBTQIA+ students of color, so their voices are herd at all levels within the university.

"Collaborations internally and externally will be really important for me. We absolutely need to center the voices of students, especially those who are historically marginalized," he said during his interview.

Dr. Jobi Martinez

The third candidate interviewed for Assistant Vice Provost of Diversity and Inclusion on Wednesday, July 8 was Jobi Martinez. Martinez has a long history of working in diversity and inclusion, graduating from Texas Tech University with a doctorate in strategic communication.

During her open Zoom forum, she talked about how her background in media and communication prepared her for what she felt this position really was: being a “liaison” between students and administration.

Martinez has a long history of working in diversity in higher education, starting her time after graduation working at Texas Tech University as Senior Director and Interim Managing Director/Deputy Chief Diversity Officer. One of the highlights of her career that she spoke about during the interview was the Open Teaching Concept: Teaching Diversity Across the Curriculum, which was established and successful at Texas Tech.

She also worked as the President of the Big 12 Chapter of Chief Diversity Officers in Higher Education, as well as being a diversity building consultant and serving as the Special Assistant to the President at University of Houston Downtown this past year.

Martinez emphasized during the interview that her focus with this job will always be the students and being a voice for them. She ended the interview asking attendees of the forum what they would like to see out of this position.

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Dr. Charlita Shelton

Charlita Shelton was interviewed for the Associate Vice Provost of Diversity and Inclusion role on Thursday, July 9.

Shelton has previous experience in the field of higher education as an administrator and a diversity professional.

Shelton is currently serving as Interim Associate Chief Diversity Officer at Gonzaga University. Through this job she creates workforce development efforts in the area of diversity equity and inclusion for faculty and staff.

Shelton has served as president/executive director of three colleges. She was a visiting scholar at both the University of Bradford in England and Ankara University in Turkey. Lastly, she has served as the Apollo Group’s Organizational Diversity Officer.

During Shelton’s interview she was asked about her experience working with sexual violence prevention or advocacy programs. Shelton’s response was, “As a President, in terms of sexual violence, more so indirectly because in serving in a leadership capacity it is very important to address those issues.”

Shelton was also asked about how her international experiences have influenced and informed how she intends to support and advocate for multiple marginalized populations.

“I plan to have a great deal of international experiences with the exception of spending time in the UK and Turkey.” Shelton said. “What I found to be interesting (while in Turkey and the UK) is I thought are those issues around diversity and inclusion the same as in the U.S., it is much different because there is no action on affirmative action.”

Shelton was also asked about her intention of advocating for the trans community.

“We can go from the student side of it from the housing perspective to faculty perspective, and certainly staff perspective, and again this really boils down to the commitment the institution has to support all their constituencies including those individuals that happen to be trans."

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