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Who, What, Where & hoW around the Parks

Egyptian official has threatened to " take
the necessary steps to bring this precious
artifact home, " according to the New York
Times. In noting that Egypt might not be
the safest place to house the artifact, the
paper cited the city's official position that
acid rain and other elements in New York
are not having any measurable effect on
the obelisk. Just after Egypt's Supreme
Council of Antiquities contacted the city,
looters ransacked the Egyptian Museum
in Cairo during the upheaval that toppled
the government, the Times noted.

READInGS
The Skate Park Owner's Manual: Your
Guide to Building and Running a Public or Private Skate Park. By Todd McGuire. American Book Publishing. www.
american-book.com. 120 pages, paperback. $19.95. Although there are books
on how to lobby for and build skate parks,

none exist on how to operate them, writes
author Todd McGuire. In his book released
August 1, McGuire offers ideas for cashstrapped park operators organize events,
monetize the skate park operation, and other ways of meeting public demand. McGuire, a former skate park owner, includes
chapters on business basics, site selection,
park design and layout, and a chapter on
public park issues and management
Therapeutic Recreation Journal. Second Quarter 2011. Sagamore Publishing
LLC. http://www.sagamorepub.com. For
subscription information: Doug Sanders,
CPRP, dsanders@sagamorepub.com.
Topics include: Conceptual Paper
(Therapeutic Recreation, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability,
and Health, and the Capability Approach
by Charles Sylvester), Research Papers (Outcomes of Adaptive Sports and

Recreation Participation among Veterans
Returning from Combat with Acquired
Disability by Neil Lundberg, Jessie Bennett, and Shauna Smith); Lessons Learned
from Take Care: A Brief Leisure Education
Intervention for Caregivers by Susan L.
Hutchinson, Susan Doble, Grace Warner,
and Cyndee MacPhee); Practice Perspectives (Utilizing Therapeutic Recreation to
Empower Persons with Alzheimer's in a
Day Center: A Case Report by Andrea
Leahey and Jerome F. Singleton; Comparison of Two Concurrent Respiratory Resistance Devices on Pulmonary Function
and Time Trial Performance of Wheelchair Athletes by Lyn Litchke, Lisa Lloyd,
Eric Schmidt, Chris Russian, and Robert
F. Reardon) and a Book Review (Lessons
Learned: An Open Letter to Recreational Therapy Students and Practitioners by
David R. Austin, Sagamore Publishing,
2011, reviewed by Terry Long).

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