Can I get a lot of in-game value by opening a chest?
What kind of items are contained in a chest?
What is the distribution of items in a chest?
Why did I not get the item shown to me at the end of the animation?
What is better to buy: Item or chest?
How do I receive my item?
Can I buy many chests at once?
Why did I get a crap item?
What's the best item I can get from a chest and how do I know for sure I can get it?
Our chests are special interactive products each containing a unique range of items. The exact items depend on the particular chest. After you have purchased a chest you need to go to you inventory page to open it and reveal the item inside. Once item has been revealed you will be provided with delivery instructions. The item contained in the chest is delivered the same way we deliver regular products in the game in question. Delivery is typically arranged via our live chat. In order to receive and use your revealed item your game account must meet all in-game requirements for that particular item.
All our chests can give you truly great in-game value but some chests have more extreme content than others. It's all a matter of what chest you purchase and whether the gods favour you or not.
If you click the demo link on a chest you can see a quick demonstration of items contained in that particular chest. If you click the name of a chest you can access product description and review the items at your leisure.
You can see the rough distribution in the product description which you can access by clicking the chest name. Items are ranked by rarity with 5 stars being the most rare and 1 star being the least rare. The fewer stars an item has, the more frequently it will show up when chest is opened.
The item in your chest is automatically determined the moment your order is approved. The animation shown when opening your chest serves to present the already determined item in a fun and exciting way. We do not warrant that the item shown at end of animation is correct in 100% of cases due to possible interference of lag and incompatibilities with certain devices, screen sizes, and resolutions. We recommend that you open chest in browser Google Chrome or Firefox on a desktop with a screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The item name shown when expanding the row in your inventory is always the correct item as determined by system.
If you want an item that with great certainty matches your expectations then it's better to buy that item directly whether it's gold or something else from the range of items in the chest. If you want excitement and a possibility of getting a rare item, then the chest is the better choice.
It depends on the game but in-game delivery is normally arranged via our live chat. Delivery instructions are shown at end of animation. Before buying you have to make sure that your game account meets all in-game requirements for all the items contained in the chest whether it is a matter of subscription to the game or a certain character level.
Yes you can buy any number of chests in a single order. Each purchased chest is opened on a separate row in your inventory.
There is no guarantee that you are going to get a great item when opening your chest.
It depends on the chest. Click name of chest to access product description where you can see all items contained in chest. The best items are also the most rare items and they are ranked with 5 stars. You can also play the chest demo to see what's inside for free. And finally, you can review our customer feedback to confirm that we deliver the goods.


If you're looking for something unique to please that favorite boy or girl in your life, here's a cute idea to try! Plus, it's quite perfect for the Easter season. Use different fabrics for each block, for a neat scrappy look.
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Irish group Mellow Candle's only album (until the outtakes album ) is one of the most re-pressed progressive rock albums of all time, having had an original Japanese issue, a Korean, a British (the most affordable and current), and also a limited edition LP-cover release in the British Rock Legend Series. This album is the very pinnacle of English progressive folk-rock a la The Trees, Fairport Convention, and Spriguns, and one of the clear masterpieces of the era. This band had two outstanding female lead vocalists; one of them, Clodagh Simonds, went on to be one of Mike Oldfield's early vocalists (check out Ommadawn for example). Both singers counterpoint each other (or themselves depending on the tracks) to dazzling results carrying each of the album's twelve tracks along by their sheer prowess. What is particularly amazing is that some of the music was written by Simonds when she was very young, including one of the album's most amazing tracks, "Lonely Man," written at the age of 12. One wonders if such a wondrous display of musical serendipity will ever find it's way so strongly to a folk/rock fusion again. Surely this is one of Ireland's most mystical potions.
Swaddling Songs is a superior folk rock album on par with the best of Fairport Convention or The Trees, but with a stronger piano presence than either bands mentioned. In my opionion Mellow Candle have a less traditional and more diverse approach on the style than Fairport Convention. A classic of the folk rock genre.


An important relationship in my life was ended this month, and it's been challenging my commitment to self-care. One of the best things I've found that I can do for myself is write.
Writing makes my mind slow down long enough to settle into an issue or problem, work through those feelings, and then put them behind me. When I don't write and just think, my mind will hop from one question or feeling to the next without ever really finishing a thought. You need to complete a thought to put it behind you.
As I said when I began this series, writing is a very intuitive process for me. When I journal, everything just spills out. But every once in a while, I'll have a line running through my head over and over that I know has more attached to it; I just need to find it. I'll go searching for the next words to come. Often, they come together to form a rhythm. The rhythm comforts me.
I memorize all my poems as I write them. A line will stick, and I'll just keep repeating the line, testing out different thoughts for what might come next. I'll write things down as I go and sometimes work on a poem for days at a time. Eventually, the entire poem is written. Then I continue saying it in my head, and sometimes out loud, tweaking it until it flows seamlessly. The poems then become reminders for me, and I recite them in moments when I need their comfort.
This was one of those poems that was written over days; a week and a half to be exact.
I finalized it last night and went to analyze it for my May I Muse series this morning, but as I went to write, I found myself lost. I had written the words from a place of emotion, but the feelings behind them hadn't yet been processed.
Now, the more I look at this poem, the more I see the influences of all these external emotions on my current mindset. The more I understand why I'm feeling the way I'm feeling.
One day I'll share the raw pieces of this poem. One day I'll sit down to analyze this piece and the emotions will have been sorted and left behind. Until then, I'm going to let you analyze the piece and feel what emotions it draws up in you. I encourage you to sit with those feelings and understand them, just as I'll be doing.
If we can understand our emotions, we no longer have to be controlled by them.


text:
#include "kcapi.h"
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/export.h>

static char *state2str(unsigned short state)
{
	switch (state) {
	case CAPI_CTR_DETECTED:	return "detected";
	case CAPI_CTR_LOADING:	return "loading";
	case CAPI_CTR_RUNNING:	return "running";
	default:	        return "???";
	}
}

// /proc/capi
// ===========================================================================

// /proc/capi/controller:
//      cnr driver cardstate name driverinfo
// /proc/capi/contrstats:
//      cnr nrecvctlpkt nrecvdatapkt nsentctlpkt nsentdatapkt
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

static void *controller_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
	__acquires(capi_controller_lock)
{
	mutex_lock(&capi_controller_lock);

	if (*pos < CAPI_MAXCONTR)
		return &capi_controller[*pos];

	return NULL;
}

static void *controller_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
{
	++*pos;
	if (*pos < CAPI_MAXCONTR)
		return &capi_controller[*pos];

	return NULL;
}

static void controller_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
	__releases(capi_controller_lock)
{
	mutex_unlock(&capi_controller_lock);
}

static int controller_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
{
	struct capi_ctr *ctr = *(struct capi_ctr **) v;

	if (!ctr)
		return 0;

	seq_printf(seq, "%d %-10s %-8s %-16s %s\n",
		   ctr->cnr, ctr->driver_name,
		   state2str(ctr->state),
		   ctr->name,
		   ctr->procinfo ?  ctr->procinfo(ctr) : "");

	return 0;
}

static int contrstats_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
{
	struct capi_ctr *ctr = *(struct capi_ctr **) v;

	if (!ctr)
		return 0;

	seq_printf(seq, "%d %lu %lu %lu %lu\n",
		   ctr->cnr,
		   ctr->nrecvctlpkt,
		   ctr->nrecvdatapkt,
		   ctr->nsentctlpkt,
		   ctr->nsentdatapkt);

	return 0;
}

static const struct seq_operations seq_controller_ops = {
	.start	= controller_start,
	.next	= controller_next,
	.stop	= controller_stop,
	.show	= controller_show,
};

static const struct seq_operations seq_contrstats_ops = {
	.start	= controller_start,
	.next	= controller_next,
	.stop	= controller_stop,
	.show	= contrstats_show,
};

static int seq_controller_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
	return seq_open(file, &seq_controller_ops);
}

static int seq_contrstats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
	return seq_open(file, &seq_contrstats_ops);
}

static const struct file_operations proc_controller_ops = {
	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
	.open		= seq_controller_open,
	.read		= seq_read,
	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
	.release	= seq_release,
};

static const struct file_operations proc_contrstats_ops = {
	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
	.open		= seq_contrstats_open,
	.read		= seq_read,
	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
	.release	= seq_release,
};

// /proc/capi/applications:
//      applid l3cnt dblkcnt dblklen #ncci recvqueuelen
// /proc/capi/applstats:
//      applid nrecvctlpkt nrecvdatapkt nsentctlpkt nsentdatapkt
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

static void *applications_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
	__acquires(capi_controller_lock)
{
	mutex_lock(&capi_controller_lock);

	if (*pos < CAPI_MAXAPPL)
		return &capi_applications[*pos];

	return NULL;
}

static void *
applications_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
{
	++*pos;
	if (*pos < CAPI_MAXAPPL)
		return &capi_applications[*pos];

	return NULL;
}

static void applications_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
	__releases(capi_controller_lock)
{
	mutex_unlock(&capi_controller_lock);
}

static int
applications_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
{
	struct capi20_appl *ap = *(struct capi20_appl **) v;

	if (!ap)
		return 0;

	seq_printf(seq, "%u %d %d %d\n",
		   ap->applid,
		   ap->rparam.level3cnt,
		   ap->rparam.datablkcnt,
		   ap->rparam.datablklen);

	return 0;
}

static int
applstats_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
{
	struct capi20_appl *ap = *(struct capi20_appl **) v;

	if (!ap)
		return 0;

	seq_printf(seq, "%u %lu %lu %lu %lu\n",
		   ap->applid,
		   ap->nrecvctlpkt,
		   ap->nrecvdatapkt,
		   ap->nsentctlpkt,
		   ap->nsentdatapkt);

	return 0;
}

static const struct seq_operations seq_applications_ops = {
	.start	= applications_start,
	.next	= applications_next,
	.stop	= applications_stop,
	.show	= applications_show,
};

static const struct seq_operations seq_applstats_ops = {
	.start	= applications_start,
	.next	= applications_next,
	.stop	= applications_stop,
	.show	= applstats_show,
};

static int
seq_applications_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
	return seq_open(file, &seq_applications_ops);
}

static int
seq_applstats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
	return seq_open(file, &seq_applstats_ops);
}

static const struct file_operations proc_applications_ops = {
	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
	.open		= seq_applications_open,
	.read		= seq_read,
	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
	.release	= seq_release,
};

static const struct file_operations proc_applstats_ops = {
	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
	.open		= seq_applstats_open,
	.read		= seq_read,
	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
	.release	= seq_release,
};

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

static void *capi_driver_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
	__acquires(&capi_drivers_lock)
{
	mutex_lock(&capi_drivers_lock);
	return seq_list_start(&capi_drivers, *pos);
}

static void *capi_driver_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
{
	return seq_list_next(v, &capi_drivers, pos);
}

static void capi_driver_stop(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
	__releases(&capi_drivers_lock)
{
	mutex_unlock(&capi_drivers_lock);
}

static int capi_driver_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
{
	struct capi_driver *drv = list_entry(v, struct capi_driver, list);

	seq_printf(seq, "%-32s %s\n", drv->name, drv->revision);
	return 0;
}

static const struct seq_operations seq_capi_driver_ops = {
	.start	= capi_driver_start,
	.next	= capi_driver_next,
	.stop	= capi_driver_stop,
	.show	= capi_driver_show,
};

static int
seq_capi_driver_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
	int err;
	err = seq_open(file, &seq_capi_driver_ops);
	return err;
}

static const struct file_operations proc_driver_ops = {
	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
	.open		= seq_capi_driver_open,
	.read		= seq_read,
	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
	.release	= seq_release,
};

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

void __init
kcapi_proc_init(void)
{
	proc_mkdir("capi",             NULL);
	proc_mkdir("capi/controllers", NULL);
	proc_create("capi/controller",   0, NULL, &proc_controller_ops);
	proc_create("capi/contrstats",   0, NULL, &proc_contrstats_ops);
	proc_create("capi/applications", 0, NULL, &proc_applications_ops);
	proc_create("capi/applstats",    0, NULL, &proc_applstats_ops);
	proc_create("capi/driver",       0, NULL, &proc_driver_ops);
}

void __exit
kcapi_proc_exit(void)
{
	remove_proc_entry("capi/driver",       NULL);
	remove_proc_entry("capi/controller",   NULL);
	remove_proc_entry("capi/contrstats",   NULL);
	remove_proc_entry("capi/applications", NULL);
	remove_proc_entry("capi/applstats",    NULL);
	remove_proc_entry("capi/controllers",  NULL);
	remove_proc_entry("capi",              NULL);
}

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5-6 July 2011. This is the second Mozambique Coal Conference for senior executives from global coal producers, their suppliers and clients, international engineering firms, investors and Mozambican government officials.
On this occasion delegates will come from Australia, South Africa, India, Bostwana, Canada, United Kingdom, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates USA, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, and of course Mozambique to discuss the geopolitical situation of coal worldwide and its future in Mozambique. More than 250 people are expected for this event.
The first coal conference took place in July 2010. Major global mining companies such as Vale and the Rio Tinto are planning to develop extensive export projects and open new coal mines to turn Mozambique a major coal producers. Since May 2011 the Brazilian company Vale began coal production in Moatize, Mozambique.
Address Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre. Avenida da Marginal, Maputo, tel. (0)21 486 395.
Joaquim Chissano International Conference Centre. Avenida da Marginal, Maputo, tel. (0)21 486 395.


Premiere: BC Kingdom "Hype Williams"
What comes to mind when you hear the name Hype Williams? It's a vibrant, edgy swag that's synonymous with damn near every music video from the early '90s through the early aughts. It's this iconic visionary who influenced the new single by electro-R&B duo BC Kingdom.
Made up of members Logan and Zou, BC Kingdom say they understand the importance of Williams' visual influence on pop culture. He directed some of the fashionable group's favorite visual treatments, and much of their visuals give a nod to him in some way. This namesake track is the latest from their new EP, Buckwildnite.
With roots in Inglewood, California, BC Kingdom describe their sound as forward-thinking electronic, grounded in the classic roots of pop and R&B. They fuse house-influenced, electronic beats with bass and hypnotic vocals, creating a sound that's grabbed the attention of M.I.A. and Solange.
LVTR Premiere: Alvaro and The Partysquad "Kingdom"
Video Premiere | Common ft. Vince Staples: "Kingdom"


Smith, Dennis. "Toronto Feature: Rogers Centre (en anglais seulement)". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 18 March 2016, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr/article/toronto-feature-rogers-centre-en-anglais-seulement. Accessed 22 April 2019.


text:
San Diego Company Donates Radiation Safety Instruments to Emergency Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
General Atomics Electronics Systems rushes electronic alarming dosimeters to Japanese workers
San Diego, CA. – In response to the natural disasters in Japan, General Atomics Electronic Systems, Inc. (GA-ESI) (www.ga-esi.com) has sent its entire remaining inventory of DOSE-GARD® Microelectronic Alarming Dosimeters to Tokyo Electric Power Company.
These devices, called dosimeters because they measure radiation dose, are worn by workers in a radiation area. The dosimeters have alarms to warn users when they reach pre-determined maximum exposure levels, assuring workers are safe from over-exposure. The magnitude of the crises at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors lead directly to the need for additional instruments as workers were rotated in and out of the plant to minimize their health and safety risks.
Matthew Siegel, President and CEO of GA-ESI, "After calling my colleagues in Japan, I was told these dosimeters were needed and they would be a big help. I wanted to contribute and protect the emergency responders courageously working at the impacted nuclear plants. It seems to me that this is our corporate responsibility, so I directed my team to pack up everything we had and get it on a plane to Japan. Our prayers are with all of the Japanese people."
About GA-ESI
GA-ESI, an affiliate of San Diego-based General Atomics, is the world leader in electronic dosimetry. GA-ESI is comprised of five product lines involving different aspects of energy including petroleum and chemical industries, nuclear power and radiation monitoring, and high-power systems and components.
Resources: www.dose-gard.com; www.ga-esi.com
Tom Knochenhauer
tom.knochenhauer@ga-esi.com
General Atomics Electronic Systems, Inc.
4990 Greencraig Lane
San Diego, CA 92123 USA
Doug Fouquet
doug.fouquet@ga.com
General Atomics Public Relations
Posted on Mar 23, 2011 by ferszt
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I picked this bike up for $40 usd there is no head badge but the crank and chaingaurd look like they are rollfast same with the seat(which broke while i was riding) im not sure about anything else.
Looks postwar, Snyder built(D.P.Harris,Rollfast). Probably around a 47 or so. Check the frame under the crank for a serial number. It may help decipher the year of manufacture.


text:
A challenging journey: The experience of elderly patients and their close family members after major emergency abdominal surgery
Julie Jacoby Petersen*, Birte Østergaard, Erla Kolbrún Svavarsdóttir, Steffen Jais Rosenstock, Anne Brødsgaard
Department of Clinical Research
Rationale: Knowledge of how elderly patients undergoing major emergency abdominal surgery and their close family members experience the course of illness is limited. Little is known about how such surgery and hospitalisation affect elderly patients' daily life after discharge. It is well known that such patients have an increased risk of mortality and that their physical functional level often decreases during hospitalisation, which can make them dependent on family or homecare services. Critical illness and caregiving for a close relative can be a stressful experience for families, which are at risk of developing stress-related symptoms. Aim: To explore how elderly patients and their families experience the course of illness during hospitalisation and the first month at home after discharge. Method: A phenomenological study was conducted to gain in-depth descriptions through 15 family interviews with 15 patients who had undergone major emergency abdominal surgery and 20 of their close adult family members. Data were analysed using a phenomenological approach inspired by Giorgi. Findings: The essence of the phenomenon is captured in three themes: (1) Being emotionally overwhelmed, (2) Wanting to be cared for and (3) Finding a way back to life. Conclusion: Patients and their close family members experienced the course of illness as a challenging journey where they longed for life to become as it was before illness. They experienced illness as a sudden life-threatening incidence. In this situation, it was crucial to be met with empathy from healthcare professionals. The patients' experience of fatigue and powerlessness remained intense one month after discharge and affected their and their close family members' lives.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12907
E-pub ahead of print - 28. Aug 2020
dyadic interviews
elderly patients
joint interviews
lived experiences
major emergency abdominal surgery
10.1111/scs.12907
Embargoed Document
Open Access Version
Accepted manuscript, 373 KB
Embargo ends: 28/08/2021
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Petersen, J. J., Østergaard, B., Svavarsdóttir, E. K., Rosenstock, S. J., & Brødsgaard, A. (2020). A challenging journey: The experience of elderly patients and their close family members after major emergency abdominal surgery. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12907
Petersen, Julie Jacoby ; Østergaard, Birte ; Svavarsdóttir, Erla Kolbrún ; Rosenstock, Steffen Jais ; Brødsgaard, Anne. / A challenging journey : The experience of elderly patients and their close family members after major emergency abdominal surgery. In: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 2020.
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Petersen JJ, Østergaard B, Svavarsdóttir EK, Rosenstock SJ, Brødsgaard A. A challenging journey: The experience of elderly patients and their close family members after major emergency abdominal surgery. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 2020 Aug 28. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12907


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38 M�NSTER, S. La table & description universelle de toute l'Afrique� B�le, 1568. Beau col. Bois grav�. - Wood block print in attractive colours. 266 x 343 mm.
� A cornerstone map of Africa and a map that should be part of any collection of African maps. This is the first collectible map to show the entire continent of Africa. Prior maps by Waldseem�ller, Fries, and Gastaldi showed either the northern or southern portion of the continent. This map is famous for the medieval depiction of the Cyclops. The map also shows an elephant, and various African kingdoms including Hamarich, the capital of the famous Christian king, Prester John. M�nster's map is based partly on Ptolemaic sources (the Nile begins in the two fictitious lakes), partly on Portuguese sources, and partly on Arabic sources. With: AETHIOPIA (sm. Caps) across center of map.
- Norwich/Stone, Africa, Map 3.
39 THEVET, A. TABLE D'AFRIQUE. Paris, 1575. Beau col. ancien. Superbe exemplaire en coloris d'�poque, grandes marges. Parfait �tat. - Fine original colours. In very good condition. 350 x 450 mm.
- Tooley, The printed maps of the continent of Africa, 98; Norwich, 12.
44 DESNOS, L. C. L'Afrique dress�e selon l'�tendue de ses principales parties� Paris, 1770. Limites en col. d'�poque. Petits accrocs sans gravit� aux pliures, infimes trous de ver. Bel exemplaire. - Minor tears along the folds, a few worm holes. Origin. Outline colour. Fine copy. Wall map, 4 sheets joined: 965 x 1017 mm.
� Rare carte murale entour�e d'une bordure d�corative constitu�e de sc�nes indig�nes. - Rare and decorative wall map including a border with vignettes describing natives scenes.
46 BRUE, A. H. Carte Physique et Politique de l'Afrique. Paris, 1826. Limites en col. ancien. Bel exemplaire. 575 x 850 mm.
� The areas belonging to different native tribes are shown more accurately than in many other maps at this time.
- Norwich's, Maps of Africa, Map 127.
49 PTOLEMEE / BERTIUS. Afr : III Tab : Amsterdam, Hondius, 1618. Papier bruni, fortes rousseurs, d�chirures en bas de carte. 345 x 480 mm.
Afrique du Nord et Egypte. Orn� d'une autruche et d'animaux fabuleux.
52 DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Edfou. Paris, l'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813, l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-1830. Lot de 6 pl. in-folio, certaines d�pliantes. Quelques rousseurs..
The first comprehensive description of ancient and modern Egypt, and the outstanding achievement of the savants who accompanied Napoleon's expedition to Egypt (1798-1801). The work is the greatest of a number of outstanding scientific publications by the French government detailing the results of exploration, unequalled by any other nation during the same period.
57 BLAEU, G. Guinea. Amsterdam, 1638. Col. ancien. Petite fente en bas du pli central. Cadre. - Framed. 386 x 526 mm.
An attractive map covered with intersecting rhumb lines and decorated with monkeys, lions, elephants and native figures. With a dedication to Dr. Nicolas Tulp.
58 LINSCHOTEN, J.H. van. Affbeeldinghe der custen des landts...Terra do Natal... Amsterdam, ca. 1598. Paper slightly age-toned, margins cut short as issued. 384 x 550 mm.
� A highly decorative map of Africa's south-east coast, from Cape of Good Hope to the coasts of Natal and Mozambique with the island of Madagascar included. Upper left the fabled figure of Prester John sits in idealised regal splendour receiving emissaries. With elaborate title-pieces, compass-roses and lettering, engraved by Arnold van Langeren.
59 LANGENES, B. I. S. Lauretij / Madagascar. Amsterdam/Francfort, 1609. Some minor age-toning of paper. Generally in good condition. 85 x 124 mm.
� Early miniature map of S.Laurentius or present-day Madagascar. Title cartouche on the upper right side. First published in 1598 in his "Caert-Thresoor", the plates were executed by the most famous engravers in Amsterdam, including Petrus Kaerius and Jodocus Hondius I. "The atlas set a new standard for minor atlases. The small map is extremely well engraved. The map reflect the level of cartography in Amsterdam at the turn of the century, where up to date information on newly discovered regions was readily available".
60 ALLARD, C. C.D. Bona Esperance. Amsterdam, 1698. Beau col. ancien. Bel exemplaire en col. D'�poque. - Original colour. 223 x 278 mm.
Repr�sente un couple du Cap de Bonne Esp�rance. - Published in "Orbis habitabilis oppida" (N� 59).
61 SCHENK, P. Kabo de Bona Esperan�a. Amsterdam, 1702. Beau col. ancien. Bel exemplaire en col. D'�poque. - Original colour. 223 x 278 mm.
Vue du Cap avec une flottille hollandaise. - Published in "Hecatompolis" (N� 85).
62 LOTTER, T. C. Africae Pars Meridionalis. Augsbourg, 1770. Beau col. ancien. Bel exemplaire. P�le mouillure dans l'angle inf. droit. 460 x 550 mm.
� There are three detailed insets : the Cape Fort, Saldanda Bay and the Cape of Good Hope, all with a detailed identifying legend.
64 LANGHANS, P. Karte des Afrikander-Aufstandes im Kaplande und des Angriffskrieges der Buren. Gotha, 1901. Carte ins�r�e dans une chemise, avec texte explicatif sur la guerre des Boers, page de couverture repr�sentant le G�n�ral Christian de Wet. 530 x 690 mm.
Bearbeitet von Paul Langhans. Cette carte relate l'�volution de la guerre des Boers contre les Anglais entre 1899 et 1901. Elle pose en h�ros le G�n�ral Christian de Wet. Joint: Military map of Zulu Land Compiled from most recent information. Intelligence Branch Qr. Mr. Genls. Dept., 1879. 65 x 87 cm. / W. & A. K. Johnston's pictorial bird's-eye map of the Transvaal, Orange Free State, Natal, &c. Lithographed by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London. (1900).


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For the first time in Mindwise history, we present to you: Mindwise Chills! When walking around Heymans, it becomes clear that much artistic talent and creative energy lurks amongst the otherwise overworked Psychology students. We want to give students a chance to showcase their work, revealing the multi-faceted and colourful nature of our department. Here, Psychology students can share their poetry, fashion, visual art, music and more.
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Paper Topics - Margaret Sanger and Contraceptives
Paper Topics - Margaret Sanger and ContraceptivesThere is much debate in today's society about the use of Margaret Sanger's book, 'Birth Control - or, Woman's Right to Know', as a source of birth control. Some scholars say that the book was the most influential single social science publication during the 20th century, and in fact, was cited more often than any other text.
We have come a long way from the days of fear of artificial contraception and it is quite amazing to see how the issues of birth control and abortion have evolved. This book did influence Margaret Sanger when she became a health care professional. Even so, her views on birth control has been greatly distorted by her critics.
Contraceptives were a hot topic when Margaret Sanger first began her career in a medical field, and they still are today. Many people want to get rid of them from their lives completely, while others believe they should be used only when absolutely necessary. Even those who are opposed to the use of contraceptives would like to use them only as a measure to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
Today, birth control is used in sex education classes for both male and female students. Birth control is used in the classroom as a means of educating students about the dangers of premarital sex and about how to limit fertility. Birth control is also used to dissuade teenage girls from engaging in sex before marriage, as the rules and pressures associated with sexual activity can be extremely stressful for both teenagers and young women.
Contraception is also used to protect women who have had an abortion. Many women who have undergone an abortion would like to prevent others from having abortions as well. Most people agree that this type of birth control should be used in a therapeutic manner and not used solely for birth control.
Margaret Sanger was deeply concerned about the low number of children born in America at the time. She wanted to raise more children and this is why she wrote 'Birth Control - or Woman's Right to Know'. Her goal was to provide a method that would reduce population growth, so that the population could become more stable.
Many people agree that birth control is a good thing. As an individual, you can choose to use it to avoid pregnancy or you can use it for protection. The decision depends on your beliefs, but most of us agree that the use of birth control is a perfectly acceptable thing to do.
It is one of the most natural, non-harmful methods that one can use for their self and for others. Contraceptives are used to keep the population from over-populating and preventing it from coming too fast into existence.


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Name Resler T John
Rank 1st Lieutenant
Serial # 0-432547
Company Rcn
Unit 83d Recon
Servicebranch Cavalry
State, City Oklahoma, Claremore
Date of death 1945-04-17
Place of death Dessau area, Germany
Cause of death Killed in Action
A Letter to His Parents,
I have the honor to inform you that, by direction of the president, the Bronze Star Medal has been posthumously awarded to your son, 1st Lt. John T. Resler, Armored Calvary. The Citation is as follows. BRONZE STAR MEDAL "For heroic action against the enemy in Germany on 17 April, 1945. First Lieutenant Resler in command of a platoon took part in the attack on the town of Thurland, Germany and in the assault one of his tank crew dismounted to procure more ammunition from a nearby ammunition carrier. The man was shot in the arm and fell to the ground. Lt Resler with utter disregard for his own personal safety went to his aid in spite of heavy small arms and bazooka fire. As he reached his side he was fired upon by several snipers and mortally wounded. Lieutenant Resler's courage which resulted in the sacrifice of his own life and his high sense of duty reflect the greatest credit upon himself and the armed forces" The decoration will be forwarded to the Commanding General, Eighth Service Command Dallas, Texas who will select an officer to make the presentation. The officer selected will communicate with you concerning your wishes in this matter. May I express my deepest sympathy to you in your bereavement.
Sincerely yours Edward F. Witsell, Major General, Acting the Adj. General.
Over 250,000 soldiers died in the European Theatre and were interred in various cemeteries. At the end of the War, families were given the choice of whether to bring them home or leave them to be interred in European Cemeteries, Over 140,000 solders were retuned to the US with the remaining interred in American Cemeteries maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Lt John Resler's family elected to have him interred at the Nederlands American Cemetery in the village of Margraten six miles east of Maastricht in Holland. He is interred in Plot I, Row 14, Grave 6.
1st Lt. John Resler was a tank commander in the 3rd Armored Division with the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, which first saw action in France on June 29th, 1944 and beginning full combat operation on July 9, 1944. The division "spearheaded' the First Army through Normandy taking part in a number of engagements including the battle of St. Lô. The unit helped the break out of hedgerow country with the development and use of large rams attached to the tanks to force their way through the hedge rows. On September 10th, 1944, the Armored Division fired the first artillery shell into Germany and two days later crossed the Siegfried Line into Germany taking part in the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. The Division was north of the deepest penetration of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and fought southward to wipeout the bulge and to fight abreast of Patton's Third Army. Afterwards, the 3rd Armored Division halted at Lierneux, Belgium to refit. Lt. Resler retuned home in January 1945 for a month to recuperate spending time with family and friends in Oklahoma. He retuned to Europe in February 1945 and on the 26th rolled back into Germany. He was killed during an assault on the town of Thurland, Germany on April 17th, 1945 just 3 weeks before the war ended on May 8th, 1945. The 3rd Armored Division lost more tanks in battle than any other US armored division. As a tribute to his Claremore High School friend, Rev Robert Clarkson Swift named his oldest son John Resler Swift after Lt John Thomas Resler. The Resler family erected a cenotaph as a tribute to him in the Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
May he and rest in peace, your not forgotten.
On all of the 3 pictures and the text is a copyright:
Top J. Swift
Middle: Webmaster
Bottom: J. Swift
Story: J. Swift
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TheOneRing.net is saddened today by the loss of a talented artist in the fantasy realm: Pauline Baynes. Forum member N.E. Brigand alerted us to the following story:
Wayne Hammond reports the death of Baynes at her home in Surrey. Pauline Baynes was the original illustrator of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series, as well as of Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham (1948), The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book (1962), and Smith of Wootton Major (1967).
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Very little can stop the effect of demographics on the economy.
The study of populations, how and where people move, is integral to real estate. Very little can stop the effect of demographics on the economy – it is the slow-moving beast that influences demand and thus resource allocation.
At Quay, we keep a close eye on demographic changes across the world to find new trends to exploit – or to confirm existing ones. Using demography to inform investing can be likened to sailing; all vessels may take advantage of trade winds, but the best sailors plan around specific weather systems in conjunction with those prevailing winds. As investors, we look to always have the wind behind us.
Demographics is a broad topic. This article looks at two different scenarios: the impact of population growth in Australia; and the demographics supporting US student accommodation and housing.
Much has been written about the current Australian macroeconomic retail environment. Weak wages, price deflation and households saddled with debt currently weigh on consumer sentiment and hence retail sales. For bricks and mortar retail, we can add the uncertainty of rising ecommerce – and the traditional domestic retail environment appears grim.
But what of the longer term? This is where demographics and population projections become far more important for investors.
Australia's population growth rate is expected to slow from current levels, but according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics will still average 1.5% over the next 10 years (Figure 1). Consequently, Australia still has some of the best population forecast growth rates in the developed world.
This shouldn't be underestimated, especially when it comes to retail. Further, fear about the demise of physical retail may be overdone, especially for 'best in class' assets.
The ABS releases 'experimental' online retail estimates, which break down domestic online retail sales between 'pure-play' (online only) and 'multi-channel' (online and physical store). The real threat to bricks and mortar is pure-play, as multi-channel almost always involves the use of physical real estate to facilitate a transaction.
However, the estimates show that multi-channel makes up the vast majority of online sales in Australia and is increasing (Figure 2).
Despite the hype, total pure online retail sales (not dependent on physical stores) is just 2% of total sales. But with the arrival of Amazon, it will grow – and it will likely grow quickly.
What is not often discussed is that the retail pie will also grow – not as quickly, but from a much larger base. This is fuelled by population growth, general improvements in productivity, and price.
Over the long term, total retail sales have a history of tracking nominal GDP growth (Figure 3) and have averaged 4% p.a. since 2004.
Nominal GDP growth is driven by population, plus inflation, plus productivity gains. With three simple assumptions, predicting long-term economic growth is relatively easy. And since retail sales generally track economic growth, predicting retail sales (long-term) should also be relatively easy.
If we assume productivity growth of 1% (below the long-term historic average), population growth of 1.5% as per ABS forecasts and inflation of 2%, it is feasible to forecast retail sales increasing at around 4.5% over the long term (Figure 4), notwithstanding the current retail malaise.
The compounding effect of such growth should not be underestimated. Applying this logic to current retail sales, over the next 10 years sales could grow by almost $200 billion from today's starting point of $320 billion (or +$500 billion in total to 2028).
The inference here is there is plenty of retail sales growth to cater for both online penetration and bricks and mortar growth.
For example, if we assume 'pure' online penetration reaches 20% of total sales (which is aggressive since it currently represents just 2%), around $100 billion of total retail sales will eventually occur online. This still leaves a substantial +$80 billion of additional sales through non 'pure' online whose business model relies on a physical bricks and mortar presence.
Taking this analysis one step further, we expect – as has occurred in the US and UK – that the biggest losers from online retail penetration will be second tier malls (shopping centres), meaning assets best positioned to capture the vast majority of this incremental $80 billion will be best-in-class malls that have more foot traffic and are able to best adapt to the changing retail environment.
That's substantial growth, considering today the top 20 malls in Australia account for less than $20 billion in retail sales (or 6.5% of total sales).
If an investor is forming a view on Australian retail and ignoring the demographics, they are doing it wrong.
Granularity can be revealing. Under smooth population projections are some substantial changes in specific age cohorts that will have big implications on different real estate sectors.
There is an argument that demand for student accommodation will moderate due to demographic factors, and Figure 5 shows the number of 18-24 year olds in the US over the next 10 years superficially supports this argument. Yet while the population projections for the college-age population do appear as a headwind for enrolments, not every 18-24 year old goes to university. We know that college enrolment as a percentage of the 18-24 population in the US has been increasing since 1970 because higher education attainment is critical for future income and earnings potential for graduates.
Combining projected population growth rates with enrolment projections from the US National Center for Education Statistics (Figure 6), we can forecast that the enrolment rate of 18-24 year olds is likely to increase to 46.5% by 2026, up from 41.2% in 2016 (Figure 7).
Why? Well, according to the Pew Research Centre: "On virtually every measure of economic well-being and career attainment—from personal earnings to job satisfaction to the share employed full time—young college graduates are outperforming their peers with less education. And when today's young adults are compared with previous generations, the disparity in economic outcomes between college graduates and those with a high school diploma or less formal schooling has never been greater in the modern era".
In light of this, the long-term outlook for student accommodation in the United States still looks positive. Two of our investees dominate the US student accommodation market, benefiting from a large renewal pipeline (redeveloping the old dorms and frat houses the baby boomers occupied in the 1960s) and gaining greater market share in the high barrier to entry 'on-campus' market.
In the UK, there is a rapidly growing cohort of young people just about to begin high school, who will be of university age in six years' time. On top of growth in overseas students, this will act as a further tailwind for UK student accommodation providers.
Known as the 'echo boomers' or 'Gen Y', the 25-34 age cohort graduated within the past 10 years and are establishing their careers and enjoying life. It is also the largest age group cohort in the US (surpassing the boomers, as in Figure 8), and 6 out of 10 of them choose to rent over buying.
This cohort will grow through to 2024 in both the US and UK, as shown in Figure 9.
They will also continue to drive demand for multifamily and single rental housing.
Interestingly, adults that choose to rent are three times more likely to use local storage facilities compared to home owners – presumably because they are labour mobile. This is also supportive for storage demand.
What makes Gen Y different to generations past, as some of our readers personally endure or enjoy, is that they're choosing to remain at home for longer – likely due to high levels of student debt and the cost of owning a home (Figure 10).
We believe this represents pent-up demand for multifamily and storage. Eventually this group will leave home, and (saddled with student debt) are likely to rent. And if they do, and the 'living at home' ratio moves back to the long-term average of 10-12%, two million Americans will need a home – supporting demand for an additional one million new dwellings over and above the current demand from the growing population.
While multifamily has been a Gen Y story in the 'Anglosphere', Germany has the legacy of being a renter's society and therefore multifamily demand comes from all working age cohorts and from an early age. We still see demographic tailwinds for multifamily demand in Germany over the next 10 years, especially if immigration levels continue (Figure 11).
When investing, it is all too easy to get caught up in the day-to-day noise. Filtering out this noise can create attractive investment opportunities for those willing to take the long view.
Australian population growth – which is higher than most of the developed world – will continue to benefit nominal GDP. The 'magic of compounding growth' leaves room for bricks-and-mortar retail sales to still grow meaningfully, even after factoring in a significant rise in online retail penetration (that may or may not meet the giddy expectations of online retail advocates).
As the 'echo boomers' in the United States are establishing their careers and households, we can still see increased demand for multifamily and storage units. Other social and economic factors like higher university enrolments, high levels of student debt and stay-at-home kids also impact this.
As a general comment, it is easy to get absorbed in these charts and begin to believe that a changing trend translates into investment returns. However, while we look at demographics closely, it is not the sole determinant of returns. Our research process aims to identify companies that offer the most compelling risk-adjusted returns, and common contributors include the real estate supply outlook in the specific markets in which our investees operate; and macroeconomic and social factors affecting demand, management quality, asset quality and various other factors.
But this slow-moving beast moves inexorably towards economic change and can't be ignored. For long-term real estate investors, demographics do matter.


A couple of weeks ago, I was going through old family pictures. There were baby pictures of me among the prints from that roll. Since I am planning to return to the parts of northern British Columbia where I grew up, I was looking for landmarks that would help me identify the places where I was little kid. Among the photos I found interesting were of some old planes, so I scanned the old prints at high res, and checked them out.
Turns out that I flew as a baby and toddler in one of the most famous aircraft in Canadian history, the original DHC-2 Beaver. And the story is now up on CBC.


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Counting on ten left thumbs?
Software is incredibly important. It's essential to everything from managing power and communication networks, to the routine operation of vehicles and industrial processes, to the record-keeping that underlies pretty much all modern finance, to enabling blogs like this one. Which is why bad and/or over-hyped software is so problematical.
I've commented (vented? harangued? ranted?) often enough about privacy violations and security breaches in major software-based systems. Think: the OPM hack, or the compromise of every user account at Yahoo!, or the Starwood Hotel data breach. But today's post deals with other ways for software get us into trouble ....
It's too often like this. Right?
Are you one of the millions (billions?) who depends on Windows for at least part of the day? Have you noticed that not until January did we read "Windows 10 October 2018 Update is at last being pushed automatically." So what's been the delay? Try this: "Worst Windows 10 version ever? Microsoft's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad October." Which concludes with the bone-chilling prediction:
... come next April, when the 19H1 version is approaching public release, a lot of people will be holding their breath.
On to blockchain, the computing technology which underpins cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin). Okay, I admit it, I've blogged skeptically about cryptocurrencies, too. But blockchain is bigger than cryptocurrency. Blockchain -- at its core, a (potentially) robust, efficient, and secure method of distributed record-keeping -- could be important in its own right. But some caution is in order --
Let's look under the hood
As is spelled out in considerable detail in "Blockchain's weakest links: Billions of dollars are riding on a technology that could revolutionize how business is done—if glitches don't break it." Said weak links include:
conflating public and private blockchain (the latter of which often has vulnerabilities that go unrecognized by press coverage).
the sustainability of the underlying economic model, related to the viability of transaction fees.
the absurd level of energy consumption associated with the distributed computing model underpinning blockchain.(*)
regulation -- or, rather, the lack thereof. "Initial coin offerings" as a funding mechanism for startups is the Wild West of finance.
And, inevitably, security issues.
(*) Consider the energy consumption of only one blockchain application: As Bitcoin prices surged, so did mining and its impact on the power grid. If Bitcoin were a country, it would rank 39th in worldwide energy usage, behind the Philippines (38th) and ahead of Austria (40th), according to Digiconomist's Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index. Yet it facilitates fewer transactions annually than the Visa credit-card network does each day, according to Australian National University's June Ma and Rabee Tourky and University of Toronto's Joshua S. Gans.
While we're on the topic of over-hyped computing technologies, of course we must talk about artificial intelligence. Real AI, not the special-purpose apps that may do one thing moderately well. The kind of AI genre readers know, love, and still wait for.
I found the following article refreshingly realistic about the challenges yet to be overcome before our silicon overlords can arrive. From author, blogger, and theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, consider "The Real Problems with Artificial Intelligence." A key assertion:
Artificial Intelligences at first will be few and one-of-a-kind, and that's how it will remain for a long time. It will take large groups of people and many years to build and train an AI. Copying them will not be any easier than copying a human brain. They'll be difficult to fix once broken, because, as with the human brain, we won't be able to separate their hardware from the software. The early ones will die quickly for reasons we will not even comprehend.
On the bright side? All that buggy, fragile, and/or over-hyped software is grist for the authorial mill :-) Except that in decent fiction, we can't have recourse to software as easy to hack, or as prone to crash, as the dreck with which we must cope every day ...
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"One of the most original, believable, thoroughly thought-out, and utterly fascinating visions ever of what interstellar contact might really be like."
— Stanley Schmidt, editor of Analog
InterstellarNet: New Order
(I-Net #2)
"A twisted plot complete with conspiracies, alien psychology, antimatter physics neep, AI spies, and plenty of shooting action at the end."
— Internet Review of Science Fiction
InterstellarNet: Enigma (I-Net #3)
"An exceptional book in an excellent series ." — Galaxy's Edge
Fleet of Worlds (FoW #1)
" ... Needs recommending within the science fiction community about as much as a new Harry Potter novel does – well, anywhere." —Locus
Juggler of Worlds (FoW #2)
"A snazzy thriller/mystery that keeps us (and our hero) guessing until the very end ... Wide screen galactic scope, nifty super-science, crafty aliens, corporate corruption and cover ups, and a multi-leveled spy vs. spy vs. spy mystery with little being as it first appears make Juggler of Worlds a first class exemplar of pure SF entertainment." —SFsite
Destroyer of Worlds (FoW #3)
"Combines sparkling wit and 'old school' hard sf with masterly storytelling and cosmic vision ... enjoy the return of good, old-fashioned sf, packed with ideas, philosophical musings, and plenty of space action."
Betrayer of Worlds (FOW #4)
"Rescues, captures, kidnappings, reluctant temporary alliances, backdoor negotiations, propaganda campaigns, bluffs and double-bluffs, alien and cross-species politics, and, of course, betrayals. Lots of betrayals ... One hopes that Niven and Lerner come up with some additional twists and turns." —Locus
Fate of Worlds (FOW #5)
"Brings to a stunning close a multivolume saga that has captured the imaginations of a multitude of readers … a story that will attract attention from series fans as well as readers of hard sf."
A Time Foreclosed
"A nice little foray into the paradoxes of time travel"
— SFRevu
"A taut near-future thriller about an energy-starved Earth held hostage by a power-mad international cartel … Lerner's vision of the future is both topical and possible in this crisp, fast-paced hard SF adventure."
ARMAGEDDON / PARADISE -- two books in one
"A romp through time and history ... an intriguing selection." — Bookloons
"Suspense and action enough to fuel any thriller, and even to drive it to the big screen." —SFrevu
Fools' Experiments
"When the artificial intelligences ... go maverick, they turn out to be the true weapons of mass destruction. A fast, fun read."
— Sci Fi Weekly
"... A fast-paced, hold-on-to-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller"
— Illinois Quarterly
"Moonstruck is not just another alien invasion novel, but truly an original performance." —	Science Fiction Book Club
Frontiers of Space, Time, and Thought
"If you only read one Hard SF book this year, make it this one. You won't regret it."
"For its compelling vision of what could be, you will want take more than a glimpse of Creative Destruction."
—	Fast Forward: Contemporary Science Fiction
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Whether you live in Portland or you're just visiting, you might be looking for some fun, inexpensive ways to get your family out of the house with spring so close around the bend. Portland has some of the most beautiful city parks in the country, and many of these parks feature the best playgrounds in Portland.
As part of Portland's mission to incorporate as many inclusive play areas in their parks as the city can offer, many of the playgrounds in this list offer wheelchair-accessible play equipment, picnic areas, and restrooms. In addition to this, there are sensory-rich activity centers that welcome visitors of all capabilities, including those with developmental delays.
You'll find that the Portland Parks and Recreation Department outdoes itself when it comes to providing open, beautiful parks with engaging playgrounds to attract all sorts of visitors. From small children to adults that want a place to mingle, to pets in need of outdoor activity, these playgrounds are designed with the intent of pleasing every person who steps inside.
This park is aimed at providing an indoor play area for young children and an area where their parents can have a cup of coffee and mingle with other adults. Because the playground is situated inside a café, it gives children an opportunity to play and have fun even when the weather outside isn't ideal. This feature is part of what makes Munchkin Playland one of the best playgrounds in Portland.
There are several structures to climb on for kids, and Stumptown coffee, Marsee Baking, and several other eating options. To top it off, the playground offers wi-fi.
Munchkin Playland is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, and reservations are available for children's parties.
Part of the Rock Creek Greenway and formerly known as the Bethany Meadow Park, Pirate Park is a 16-acre area that offers a pirate ship themed playground as well as smaller structures for young children to play on.
Among the features of this park's adventure-style playground are swing sets, several slides, climbing structures, and a sandpit.
Parents and children can access the playground along the Rock Creek Trail from the intersection with Waterhouse Trail. The playground is open from 6:00 am to 6:40 pm.
Harper's Playground was designed by the parents of a child with special needs, after seeing how she struggled to play on non-accessible playgrounds in the past. The key concept was to create a play area that offers all children an equal chance to enjoy themselves.
This all-inclusive play area began its planning in 2010 and became a community project shortly thereafter. After designs were complete, the playground was erected in Arbor Lodge Park, on Everett Street.
All play equipment and climbing structures at Harper's Playground are accessible to children of all capabilities. This park goes above and beyond in its efforts to provide all children with a place to play, making it one of the best playgrounds in Portland.
Harper's Playground is also a community-outreach park, with different projects happening frequently in order to engage public interest.
Located on North Stanton Street and Williams Avenue, Dawson Park is a 2-acre play area that features playground equipment, a basketball court, paved walking paths and a picnic area. It also includes a splash pad, an outdoor stage, a public art area, and a volleyball court.
Dawson has accessible bathrooms and plays equipment for differently abled visitors. The park is open from 5:00 am to midnight and the splash pad will be active from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm between May and August.
This 16-acre park on North Rosa Parks Way includes amenities such as picnic areas, a basketball court, historical site, fountain, paved walking paths, and a plaza. It also features a playground, a horseshoe pit, sports fields, a splash pad, an outdoor stage, a public art area, and a tennis court.
Peninsula Park's Playground offers accessible bathrooms and picnic areas for visitors with additional needs.
The playground is open from 5:00 am to midnight and the splash pad will be active from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm between May and August. The tennis court's lights automatically turn off at 10:00 pm.
Couch Park, on 19th Avenue and Glisan Street, features two acres of outdoor recreation space. The lot features a new play area, off-leash area for pets, paved walking paths, plaza, and public art area.
The park has undergone renovations and should have its new projects on the fencing, plaza, playground, and restrooms completed in the spring of 2019.
Couch Park's playground is open from 5:00 am to midnight and has wheelchair accessible restrooms for visitor convenience. Though this is a relatively new, relatively small space for Portlandians, it's earning a place as one of the best playgrounds in Portland.
The Fields Park is one of Portland's newest. Located in the Pearl District, this 3-acre park features sitting areas, walking paths, a plaza, restrooms, an off-leash area for pets, open greenery, and a large playground.
This park was designed with both parents and pet-owners in mind, as it not only has plenty of playground structures to engage children but one of the largest play areas for dogs as well.
The play area, picnic area, and restrooms are all wheelchair accessible for the inclusion of differently-abled visitors.
Westmoreland Park's playground, located in the Sellwood and Moreland neighborhoods on Southeast McLoughlin and Bybee Blvds, was renovated between 2013 and early 2014, opening again in September of 2014. The idea of the new design was to implement natural features as well as encouraging creative play in children.
There are 43 acres of this park to enjoy.
The park features amenities such as a baseball field, basketball court, football field, play area, paved and unpaved walking paths, a picnic area, softball field, soccer field, public art area, and tennis court.
The park's restrooms are wheelchair accessible for visitor convenience.
Westmoreland Park is open from 5:00 am to midnight.
Located on Southwest Capitol Highway, Holly Farm Park is one of Portland's smaller parks, at only 1.72 acres of space. Despite this, Holly Farm features a BEECN unit for earthquake emergencies, paved walking paths, a playground, a plaza, and a 2,800 sqft skatepark.
The playground, picnic area, and restrooms are each wheelchair accessible for differently-abled individuals looking to enjoy the outdoors. This is one of the best playgrounds in Portland when it comes to places to picnic.
Holly Farm Park is open from 5:00 am to midnight.
Though each of the playgrounds in the section is not technically located in the city of Portland, each entry is less than a 45-minute drive from Portland's city limits, all parks near Portland Airport.
Milwaukie is only a few minutes' drives out of Portland, so if you've got the time or you happen to be in the area, stop by Ardenwald and let the kids enjoy some playtime at this little 1-acre community park.
Ardenwald Park, just across the street from Ardenwald Elementary on Southeast Roswell Street, features a picnic area and a play area for visitors to enjoy.
The playground is open for visitor enjoyment from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm every day. Ardenwald also hosts its Concerts in the Park event each Thursday during the month of August.
If you're near Tualatin, just outside of Portland, you're going to want to make a stop here to check out what this park has to offer.
Atfalati Park, located on Southwest Sagert Street, is a 14-acre park that offers both a play area and opportunities to interact with the natural aspects of the land.
There are two playgrounds to choose from, one for small children, one for older children. The park also has a basketball court, tennis courts, and miscellaneous sports fields, one of which can be reserved for special events.
Atfalati Park is open 24 hours a day for visitor convenience. Park reservations can be made online, or by calling the Parks Department during normal business hours.
Located on Clairmont Way in Oregon City, Hillendale Park features 16 acres of walking trails, grassy areas, a small creek, observation deck, children's play structures, tennis court, basketball court, soccer and softball fields, sand volleyball area, and wetlands preservation area.
The park has restroom facilities onsite and operates from Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Regular park hours are from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm.
The Murase Plaza Park in Wilsonville was recently renovated in 2015, which provided visitors with two new structures in the play area, as well as a new embankment slide.
Much of the park's features are accessible to visitors with physical and developmental disabilities, providing an inclusive area for children to play. Two restroom areas are onsite, but only the facilities closest to the playground are open throughout the year.
Murase Plaza Park is open from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm.
Located on Warner Parrott Road in Oregon City, 18-acre Chapin Park often hosts a majority of the city's sporting events. The area features walking paths, children's play areas, a softball field, a soccer field, a reservable shelter, and restroom facilities.
Chapin Park is open from Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Dickinson Park is an 18-acre open area located on Southwest 55th Avenue and Alfred Court, including both a playground and an open nature area. Pets are also permitted in Dickinson Park, so visitors can take the kids to play and get their four-legged friends healthy exercise at the same time. When it comes to things to do in Portland, a place for both pets and kids really does help involve the whole family.
The park operates from 5:00 am to midnight.
Overlook Park's Playground is located on North Fremont and Interstate Avenue and features 10 acres of outdoor space for activities. Amenities include picnic areas, a baseball field, basketball court, off-leash area for pets, paved and unpaved walking trails, a soccer field, softball field, volleyball court, running track, and playground.
Both the picnic areas and the restrooms are wheelchair accessible for visitor convenience. Overlook Park is open from 5:00 am to midnight.
Lair Hill Park is one of Portland's smaller-sized parks, despite the many features it offers. Located on Southwest 2nd Avenue and Woods Street, Lair Hill Park offers visitors paved walking paths, a public art area, tennis backboard, and court, a picnic area, and BEECN node for earthquake emergencies. Though it is smaller, the added safety and inclusive features make Lair Hill Park one of the best playgrounds in Portland.
The play area is wheelchair accessible for visitor convenience and inclusion of differently-abled children. The park's merry-go-round has rubberized surfaces for safety, has engineered mulch ground, sensory play elements, and accessible picnicking areas.
Lair Hill is open from 5:00 am to midnight.
Lents Park, located on Southeast 92nd Avenue and Holgate Blvd is a 38-acre park that provides the public with picnic areas, a baseball field, basketball court, BEECN node for earthquake emergencies, off-leash pet area, football field, paved and unpaved walking paths, a horseshoe pit, soccer field, softball field, tennis backboard and court, and a playground.
The picnic, play, and restroom areas are all wheelchair accessible for visitors with physical disabilities so that visitors and Portlandians of all capabilities can get outside and enjoy Portland's natural beauty.
The park is open from 5:00 am to midnight.
Woodstock Park is located on East 47th Avenue and Steele Street and presents 14 acres of open space in which visitors can enjoy their time spent outside.
The park's features include a BEECN node for earthquake emergencies, an off-leash dog area, horseshoe pit, paved walking paths, a picnic area, soccer field, softball field, public art area, tennis court, and a playground.
Both the restrooms at Woodstock Park and the play area are wheelchair accessible for differently-abled visitors.
As you can see, each of the best playgrounds in Portland is unique, and they each offer appealing features. With accessibility and safety being key concepts in the planning of these play areas, you can rest assured that your children are going to have a good time playing outside in a secure environment and that as adult guardians, you're likely to have some form of entertainment available to pass the time. Portland's parks are deeply rooted in nature and they bring together all of the city's organic beauty as well as the innovation that went into creating playgrounds that people truly want to visit.