Cura

The word Cura is Latin for 'Care' and the slogan 'Cura Cares' still holds true, according to Limerick co-ordinator of the service,

Welcome to the Limerick Post on the web 2009

A comparison of ungrazed and livestock-grazed rock vegetations in Curaçao.

Aruba-Curaçao-Bonaire cactus scrub 2008

The suit settled without money changing hands, according to an attorney for Avenue Media, which is based in Curaçao.

Boing Boing: July 9, 2006 - July 15, 2006 Archives 2006

Many places were sacred to this Deity, and called Cura, Curia,

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

T'Cura's blade fell to the road and his horse shied away, pulling from beneath its rider and leaving him dangling at the end of an arm as rigid as the bar of a gallows.

Conan and the Emerald Lotus Hocking, John 1995

For the manufacture of high-class superphosphate only a certain number of raw phosphates are available, such as Curaçao and Somme phosphates, phosphatic guanos, bone-char, &c.

Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman

With the 'Cura' for father, and the 'Capitan' for his adjutant, a Philippine hamlet feels and knows little of the vexations inseparable from direct and foreign official administration; and if under such a rule 'progress,' as we love to term it, be rare, disaffection and want are rarer still. "

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century James Alexander Robertson 1906

Clearly, for me, stretching to be a connector -- against my natural impulses to simply work independently behind my computer -- is inspired by and focused on benefitting the community of Cura, and the warmth with which they have adopted me is my reward for stepping outside my comfort zone.

Hayden Bixby: Being a 'Connector' Hayden Bixby 2012

The article includes a brief interview Josh Bycel, the founder of One Kid One World -- a non-profit with whom Cura Orphanage has been working on plans to construct the village's first-ever secondary school.

Hayden Bixby: Being a 'Connector' Hayden Bixby 2012

This week, my communications include connecting international guests for a destination wedding in Kenya to the teachers and housemothers in Cura, connecting pen pals from Australia and Norway and Canada and the U.S. to Cura children, and even connecting an LA film-maker and a Seattle-based construction non-profit organization to, yes, One Kid One World.

Hayden Bixby: Being a 'Connector' Hayden Bixby 2012