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Why Canada is not as safe for kids as you might think it is, and what a community near Ottawa is doing about it
The red street sign reads Testa'n: Stop, in Mohawk. The Grade 6 students gather around and take pictures of the sign and the steady traffic passing by.
"What do you see here?" asks Rose-Alma McDonald, an Akwesasne-based project leader on a community tour with the students.
"Cars," "a road," "the school," they chime in.
"What would make it safer?" they are asked.
A crosswalk, one girl says, looking down at the dark, wet pavement. A "slow-down-for-students" sign, another says. A streetlight, says a third.
These 11-year-olds, tromping through the snow near their Akwesasne school with new iPads in hand, are part of a research project aimed at changing the safety landscape for local children and challenging the status quo.
During a community walk, the students photograph safety risks, from abandoned buildings and roaming dogs, to dangers around the St. Lawrence River that slices through the reserve.
During their tour, they stop at the edge of the roiling river, which will soon freeze and become a makeshift ice bridge. We lose people here every year, says one of the leaders watching the children take pictures of the inky water.
The students, from Kana:takon School in St. Regis, have named their club the Danger Dodgers. They meet weekly to learn about safety, about their community and about storytelling. The pictures and videos they take will form part of a presentation to Mohawk council. They will ask council to help them make their community safer.
The two-year project is a novel approach to preventing injuries and deaths among children, and it has the potential to help some of those who are most at risk. And it is more than child's play.
"This isn't just a show and tell," says Ian Pike, director of the British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit and a pediatrics professor at the University of British Columbia, who leads the project. "It is about advocacy for change."
The project's name — Voices — reflects its philosophy.
"We really believe in the voice of the child here," says Pike. "We believe that kids have a unique perspective. They travel in that space and they understand it better or in a different way than adults do. And if we are making decisions about that environment, I believe children should have a voice in it and we should listen to that voice."
The CIHR-funded project is a partnership involving Akwesasne, where McDonald is the community lead, the University of British Columbia, with co-leads Pike and post-doctoral fellow Emilie Beaulieu and York University, with Alison Macpherson is co-lead.
McDonald, who is working with the students throughout the year, calls the children a "wealth of knowledge" about potential dangers in their community.
Even in what sometimes seems to be a bubble-wrapped world, injuries such as fires, traffic accidents and drownings remain a real — and unequal — danger to Canadian children.
Accidental injuries are the leading cause of death among Canadian children and the main reason they end up in hospital, sometimes with lasting consequences.
And not all Canadian children are equal when it comes to injuries. Children who are poorer, from remote communities and Indigenous are at greater risk. A 2011 report found that First Nations residents were 10 times more likely to die in a house fire than residents in the rest of Canada.
Close to 200 Canadian children under the age of 15 die each year of preventable injuries, according to the injury prevention charity, Parachute. More than 16,000 children are hospitalized. Canadian youth, meanwhile, make up a disproportionate number of traffic fatalities.
Injuries are one reason the advocacy group Children First Canada is concerned about the wellbeing of Canadian children.
A 2016 report from the Children First found that one in five Canadian children live in poverty, one in five had considered suicide in the past year, and more than one in three people requiring food assistance are children. A growing number of youth are suffering from psychological distress.
Meanwhile, obesity, inactivity and too much screen time are leading some to raise flags about the health of Canadian children.
The bottom line, say children's health advocates, is that Canada is not doing as well as many people think.
A recent UNICEF report placed Canada 25th out of 41 wealthy countries when it comes to the well-being of children.
"The majority of Canadians think we are a Top 5 country," says Sarah Austin, founder of the advocacy organization Children First Canada.
She calls the reality "an uncomfortable truth."
If there is complacency about the overall well-being of Canadian children, as Austin suggests, that is also true for childhood injuries.
There are reasons for that. Canada has seen a dramatic 86 per cent drop in childhood-injury-related deaths since 1950, largely associated with legislative changes such as mandatory seatbelts and car seats, child resistant packaging and product safety standards. Death rates declined by 30 per cent between 2003 and 2012 alone.
But that success is also a source of frustration for child-safety advocates who ask why injuries remain the leading cause of death among Canadian children.
"Given the substantial evidence that childhood injuries are both predictable and preventable, current efforts should be focused on a national, systematic approach to injury prevention that includes adequate funding, legislative support and enforcement," wrote the authors of a report childhood injuries published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health in 2016.
At a recent WHO conference on injury prevention, global public health officials echoed the frustration that the world isn't doing more to end millions of preventable deaths from traffic accidents when there is clear evidence it can be done.
"We have created a transportation system that is killing people by the hundreds of thousands," said Etienne Krug, director of the World Health Organization department that oversees road traffic crashes and injuries.
"I don't understand why we are still letting this happen."
Fire safety represents one of the biggest safety gaps for children. First Nations residents are more likely to experience a fire and up to 10 times more likely to die in a fire than non-Indigenous Canadians. Many reserves in Canada have inadequate or no fire services and people live in more flammable homes with heating systems that increase the risk.
In Ontario, the chief coroner has launched an investigation into the high number of fire deaths in Indigenous communities over the past decade. Fifty-eight people have died since 2008, including numerous children. In 2016 alone, a father and four young children died in a house fire on an Oneida reserve near London, and three children and six adults died in a fire in the northern First Nation of Pikangikum.
The evidence is clear that injuries do not affect all Canadians equally, Parachute says.
"While the rate of death from injury has declined for children in all socioeconomic levels in recent years, children from lower socioeconomic households continue to have disproportionately high fatal injury rates, especially deaths due to pedestrian traffic incidents, fires, drowning and falls," according to 2011 report on the social determinants of injury in Canada.
Indigenous Canadians also continue to experience injuries at a significantly higher rate than non-Aboriginal people, according to the report.
Death rates among Indigenous children and youth from unintentional injuries are three to four times the national average, according to the Canadian Pediatric Society.
The reasons are varied and include overcrowded and low-quality housing, poor access to health care and lack of community infrastructure and family resources.
"A whole number of factors are working against people who live in poorer, rural and more remote communities," said Pike.
The challenges in closing the child-injury gap in Canada are complex and often related to poverty, researchers and advocates acknowledge.
Can programs such as Akwesasne's Voices project that look at communities through children's eyes help close that gap?
Researcher Ian Pike thinks it is a start.
"At the end of the day, I think some of the solutions about addressing the higher rates of injury in lower socioeconomic communities can be achieved by listening to and incorporating the voices of the children who live there."
This story was produced with support from the ICFJ-WHO Safety 2018 Reporting Fellowship Program and Bloomberg Philanthropies.


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The 15-day carnival includes 18 men's and seven women's teams from 18 different countries.
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You can also consider collaborating with other stores to help you sell your goods, this would help you save considerable time and money promoting the products you have for sale. Platforms like VConnect offer services to help you sell your products for a reasonable cost.
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Nybor's Small Codex(Spells from a Former Zulkir)By Sean K Reynolds
This red book is no larger than a standard spellbook. Bound in red leather, it has burned into its cover a picture of a bald, tattooed woman of exotic but attractive looks. Burned under the picture is a row of evil-looking letters. The edges of the pages are normal parchment, and a red silk bookmark hangs from the spine.
Last Record: Unknown Halruaan wizard, 14 Marpenoth, 1372 DR.
Description: This book is about the same size as a typical wizard's spellbook, including the number of pages. The burn image on the cover depicts a Thayan woman, normally obvious because of the bald head and the tattoos, but also revealed in her facial features. The letters on the cover are in the Infernal alphabet, spelling out "Nybor's Small Codex" in the Thayan variant of the Mulhorandi language. The lettering on the inside uses a different handwriting than the cover (possibly because of the means used to burn the letters in the cover, whether magic or heated wire), with large calligraphic letters that make even the Infernal script look pleasant.
The book seems old (at least eighty years) but is in very good condition. It has the major resistant, pungent, and waterproof spell protections from Magic of Faerûn, which means that to normal tests the book seems fireproof. (It can easily withstand burning in a stove or campfire.)
History: While many scholars in Faerûn know the name Nybor because of the wicked spells bearing that name, few know much about the woman who created those spells or where she is now. Those few who study Thayan history say that she was once the zulkir of enchantment, seizing that position at an early age by clever manipulation of lovers, servants, spies, and assassins. The young Nybor used her new power to indulge her magical whims, wiping out an entire army of human and monstrous soldiers in testing will-sapping spells and other mind-reaving magic. Unlike other Red Wizards who hoarded their magic, she gave copies of her now-famous spells to many key teachers and as a result her name is famous in Thay and elsewhere. She dabbled in item creation, particularly animate and intelligent weapons, and the few who know anything about her believe she was working on a way to animate a battlefield full of weapons with the stolen minds of enemy soldiers.
What little else is known about her is that she disappeared in 1296 DR (the Year of the Black Hound), leaving her mansion unexpectedly in the middle of the night without instructions. Her senior waited a week before entering her inner sanctum, and there he found two large pools of blood. Her work table had been used recently but whatever she was working on was gone. After six months of mundane detective work and repeated divinations showed she was either dead or not on Toril, a new zulkir was appointed to her position.
A few years after her disappearance, a Thayan wizard in Thesk claimed to have a magic dagger with all of Nybor's memories. He was found dead in his room, burned to a crisp and dismembered, and his bodyguards turned to stone. Every few years someone else claims to find this dagger and usually comes to a foul end shortly after, and the dagger is nowhere to be found. Included in the ranks of the unfortunate victims of the dagger's "curse" are Lerem the Lucky (an adventuring rogue of Luskan), who was found stabbed to death in an alley of Calimport; Saint Schend of Waterdeep (an aasimar paladin of Ilmater), who was nearly killed in Menzoberranzan when an unknown attacker's spell left him paralyzed just before a drow assassin's attack; and Maurgus the Black Bolt, a skilled but secretive Zhent assassin, who was seen screaming in fear and running directly into the conflict between Cyric and Xvim that moments later destroyed much of Zhentil Keep.
Nybor's Simple Codex is the only known book written in her hand that has ever left Thay. Second- and third-hand copies of her spells have trickled from the east for many years (usually in black market deals between Thayans willing to break the old ban on exporting magic and desperate mages in need of fast magical power) but the Codex is the only verifiable book she wrote that is known to be outside Thay. Presumably her remaining spellbooks and notes are in the hands of her former apprentices or their heirs. In addition to its value as a spellbook, the Codex has great historical value, since its composition and arrangement show it is a personal spellbook of a zulkir, probably intended as a traveling spellbook but never completed. How it made its way out of Thay and its present whereabouts are unknown. Those searching for it should know that the cursed dagger that bears her memories always knows the exact direction to the book as long as both are on Faerûn. Those seeking the Codex should find the dagger, use it to locate the book, and get rid of the dagger as quickly as possible. The last person believed to possess the book is a Halruaan wizard seen in the border kingdoms asking after an exiled Thayan wizard trying to establish a barony there. The last person known to have the dagger is Graytooth, a Theskan orc (a Zhent soldier of the Horde Crusade, settled in his new homeland) who disappeared later in 1372 (and was found dead in the forest a week later), almost at the same time the Halruuan wizard was seen in the Border Kingdoms.
Contents: The book has no title page or descriptive text. The first 33 of its 100 pages contain six spells, the rest are blank. These spells are considered unusual spells, and any spellcaster who wishes to use them must first decipher them as described in the Arcane Magical Writings section of Chapter 10: Magic of the Player's Handbook. Nybor's gentle reminder (Magic of Faerûn/Player's Guide to Faerûn)
Nybor's Joyful VoyageConjuration (Teleportation)Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 7Components: VCasting Time: 1 standard actionRange: TouchEffect: Creature touchedDuration: InstantaneousSaving Throw: Will partial (see text)Spell Resistance: Yes
This spell functions like teleport, except that it teleports another creature (willing or unwilling) rather than yourself, and the target location is random (you do not need to visualize the destination). Determine the destination with the following table.
The distance traveled is always 1d100 miles. Upward teleportation means the target arrives in thin air and probably falls to its death. Downward teleportation normally means the target is encased in rock. If the destination is within a solid object, the target takes 1d6 points of damage and is shunted to a random open space on a suitable surface within 100 feet. If no free space exists within 100 feet, the target takes an additional 2d6 points of damage and is shunted to a free space within 1,000 feet. If there is no free space within 1,000 feet, the target is fused with the solid matter and dies instantly.
If the target succeeds at its Will saving throw, the target instead takes 3d6 points of damage +1 point per caster level (maximum +25) from teleportation feedback.
As with all touch spells, you can cast this spell on yourself, using it as an error-prone teleport in an emergency.
Nybor invented this spell as a creative way of dealing with people who bothered her. The "joy" in the spell's name refers to her joy at seeing them leave rather than the target's joy for the journey.
Nybor's Psychic ImprintTransmutation [Evil, Mind-Affecting]Level: Sorcerer/Wizard 6Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 hourRange: TouchTarget: Creature touchedDuration: Instantaneous and see textSaving Throw: Will negatesSpell Resistance: Yes
You create a magical field in the mind of the target creature, then use that field to recreate the target's mind in a gem. The stress of this mental attack knocks the target unconscious and deals it enough ability drain to reduce his Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma to 0, leaving the subject comatose.
The psychic imprint stored in the gem is unstable and dissipates after 1 day per caster level unless the gem is crafted into a magic item or becomes part of a magic item. If so used, the item becomes intelligent (gaining the personality, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, alignment, general memories, and languages known of the target creature). Any other properties associated with an intelligent item (such as empathy, speech, or telepathy, senses, and capabilities) must be crafted and paid for appropriately using the costs listed in the Dungeon Master's Guide. The psychic impression has no ranks in any skills or any other abilities other than what is described above (so an item made with the impression of a powerful cleric has only general knowledge pertaining to the target's religion); to tap into these abilities the item crafter must add appropriate item capabilities (in the cleric example, the item crafter would need to pay for the "item has 10 ranks in Knowledge" lesser power).
Since the gem retains the target's personality, any feelings the target had toward you are echoed by the gem and the crafted item. For example, if the target of the spell hates you, the item will hate you as well. This attitude includes any temporary modifiers to the target's mental state (since the magical field copies the target's current mental state), so a charm person spell on the target makes the item always view you as its best friend.
The target can recover from his ability drain as normal, and he and the item bear each other no ill will and have no unusual reaction to each other or way to recognize each other (in a way, their minds are similar but not identical in the same way as identical twins).
Note: Normally this spell is used to recreate the mind of a loyal vassal in a magic item to ensure similar loyalty in the item. Nybor used it to create spies in the households of her rivals, duplicating the minds of her charmed apprentices and presenting the crafted items as gifts to those she wished to observe. Some who have heard of this spell believe it can be used on creatures that died recently, and, in such cases, serves to preserve the legacy of a dead hero without imprisoning her actual mind within the item. Others believe this spell can press the target's mind into a body of inert flesh (similar to a clone spell, except it works even if the original subject is still alive) and that has been used this way in the past to trick and subvert the unknowing.
Material Component: A gem of any type worth at least 250 gp times the total of the target's Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma ability bonuses (so a target with Int 12, Wis 12, and Cha 10 requires a 500 gp gem and one with Int 18, Wis 18, Cha 10 requires a 2,000 gp gem). If crafted into a magic item, the cost of the imprinted gem counts toward the total price of the item. A gem can hold only one psychic imprint at a time, but if its current imprint is allowed to fade, it can be reused as a focus for this spell.
Price: 7,650 gp (spellbook value including 3,000 for major resistant, 2,000 for pungent, and 1,000 for waterproof spellbook-protection properties). As a unique spellbook by a (presumed dead) Thayan zulkir, it is worth 1,000 gp to a historian collector (such as those in Candlekeep) or Thayan enclave, or 2,000 gp to a Thayan enclave with strong ties to the zulkir of enchantment. An enclave is more likely to offer magic items or services rather than gold for the book.
Last Known Bearer: Graytooth, Theskan (formerly Zhent) orc soldier
Graytooth was a disciplined orc soldier formerly stationed at Zhentil Keep and assigned with many of his fellows to travel east to stop the Tuigan Horde. He remained in Thesk (like the surviving members of the Zhent orc army), found a human bride, and raised a family on a small farm. None of his neighbors know how he found the strange dagger, only that one day he was wearing it on his belt and wasn't afraid to show it off to anyone who asked -- or who crossed him. In early autumn of 1372 he awoke early as normal, but instead of tending his fields he wandered into the forest without saying goodbye. His garroted body (sans dagger) was found a week later. Because of the means of his death, most believe some thief or assassin killed him to bring the dagger to a guild, possibly the Shadowmasters of Telflamm. The lack of a trail leading away from Graytooth's body supports this idea, since the Shadowmasters are rumored to have the power to transport themselves through shadows.
Nybor, Wandering Zulkir of Enchantment:+3 defending spell storing dagger; AL NE; Int 19, Wis 12, Cha 17; Speech, telepathy, 120 ft. darkvision, blindsense, and hearing; Ego score 23.
Languages Known: Abyssal, Common, Infernal, Mulhorandi, Thayan; the dagger can read all languages and use read magic.
Lesser Powers: Knowledge (arcana) +14, Knowledge (local -- Thay) +14, Spellcraft +14, detect magic at will. Nybor does not shed light.
Greater Powers:Cause fear at will, dismissal 1/day, hold person 3/day.
Description: This dagger looks like a well-crafted terkoum (a Thayan ceremonial dagger used in rituals and spellcasting). Its black hilt is wrapped tightly in a bright red leather strap and its blade is carved with magical symbols. The crossguard has a small icon of a woman's face on one side, with diamonds for eyes and a sapphire at the center of power on the forehead.
Personality: Nybor, like the Thayan archmage who bears the same name, is a cruel and domineering thing, and she enjoys using her power over others. (The dagger's physical and mental voice is definitely female.) In the hands of someone she considers inferior, she quickly uses her powers to drive them to suicide (such as using cause fear when climbing a cliff wall) or cripples them in dangerous situations (such as using hold person in a dangerous part of town or in the middle of a fight). She considers it beneath herself to be wielded as a weapon and becomes disgusted with anyone who suggests it. When carried by someone sympathetic to her personality and outlook, she easily slips into a mentoring role, though she is still stern and intolerant of negligence, just like a Thayan wizard dealing with an apprentice. She gets excited when facing enemy wizards, particularly Thayans who specialized in something other than enchantment.
The origin of the dagger is unknown, and her own memories are fuzzy on the subject. She may be an experiment by zulkir Nybor to transfer her consciousness into an object to make a like-minded ally. She may be the zulkir's attempt at immortality without resorting to lichdom (and seeing as she worked with and against Szass Tam when she was a zulkir, she knew what lichdom entailed). Perhaps a spell went awry in the attack that caused her disappearance and an echo of the dead zulkir's mind was trapped in her terkoum. What is certain is that the dagger calls herself Nybor, knows personal details of Nybor's life that only someone close to her would know, and is well-versed in magic and Thayan lore.
Strong enchantment; CL 20th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, cause fear, comprehend languages, detect magic, dismissal, hold person, read magic, shield, creator must be a caster of at least 12th level; Price 122,102 gp. Cost 61,202 gp + 4,872 XP.
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Sean K Reynolds lives in Encinitas, California, and normally juggles six writing projects at once. His D&D credits include the Monster Manual, the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, and Savage Species. He'd like to thank Brian Cortijo for his advice in this article series. You can find more game material at Sean's website.


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Medical Tourism Blog
Read the SkyMedicus blog to learn the latest in medical tourism, latest procedures,
newest providers and the awe-inspiring patients we're working with.
How SkyMedicus Can Customize Your Medical Tourism Trip
Posted by skymedicus STAFF on 7/26/2017 1:35 PM | Last Modified: September 26, 2017
As revealed by noted U.S. journalist Sasha Issenberg in his recently-published book Outpatients: The Astonishing New World of Medical Tourism, contrary to what some people believe, the overwhelming majority of people who seek treatment abroad aren't high-flying wealthy elites getting elective surgeries like tummy tucks and nose jobs. Rather, the demand is driven by everyday, middle-class people who simply want quality healthcare at much lower cost.
And "much lower" doesn't mean a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars. Even after all expenses are calculated – including airfare, hotel, ground transportation, and everything else – it's not uncommon for patients to save tens of thousands of dollars.
For example, the New York Times profiled a Colorado resident who was quoted $65,000 for hip replacement surgery; and that didn't even include surgeon fees, which would have taken his price tag over $75,000. Instead of selling his house or going deep into debt, he headed for a hospital outside of Brussels, Belgium – and paid a total of $13,360 for everything, right down to tips and taxes.
If you're among the estimated 1.4 million Americans (source: Patients Beyond Borders) who head abroad each year for everything from smile makeovers to heart surgery to fertility treatments and the list goes on, here are 6 key ways that the SkyMedicus team can customize your medical tourism trip:
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Piracle + AvidXchange
(November 20, 2014) – AvidXchange, Inc. ("AvidXchange"), a provider of accounts payable (AP) and payment automation solutions for businesses, announced today that it completed its acquisition of Piracle, Inc. ("Piracle"), a company that has offered payment management tools for more than 20 years to over 5,000 customers. AvidXchange's mission is to revolutionize the way companies pay their bills, and Piracle will be an integral part of this mission moving forward. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Piracle provides customers with self-service software tools to generate electronic payments and manage their paper check printing process. Piracle's programs – combining payment software, supplies, and outsourced check printing facilities – are designed to work flawlessly with clients' accounting systems to provide the utmost in security, simplicity, and cost efficiency.
About Create-A-Check
Create-A-Check was Piracle's flagship solution, and we have now incorporated it into our portfolio to enable users to take advantage of self-managed payment options. Create-A-Check, our self-service payment software, integrates with over 100 accounting applications and enables users to print MICR checks onto blank check stock and generate basic ACH payments, EFT, and Wire transfers locally to submit to their bank.
The acquisition not only offers clients of both AvidXchange and Piracle the benefit of a more robust set of product offerings, but also enables this new larger organization to accommodate 100% of their customers' payments, and preferred methods, based on their individual business needs. Piracle's clients will continue to enjoy their current payment product suite, and will now also have access to additional electronic payment solutions. The acquisition will enable Piracle's clients to automate their entire Accounts Payable process—from invoice receipt through payment execution.
Create-A-Check works seamlessly with Sage Timberline, so it was very easy to integrate it into our accounting process. Create-A-Check is very easy to work with if you have to add or delete accounts, set up or delete new users, and adjust check formats. It really works great for us.
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St David's
Healthy, happy and active pupils are the focus of a
Pembrokeshire High School that is set on teaching all the right
habits for a life of wellbeing.
Ysgol Dewi Sant, in St Davids has completely overhauled
facilities, while developing a new approach to PE and school sport,
ensuring that alongside achieving academically, youngsters within
its local community are developing the right habits to go on and
live a full, active and healthy life.
Working with local primary schools and extending its offerings
to members of the local community, the school has successfully
created a local ethos promoting the benefits of healthy and
balanced lifestyles, meaning that every child is gaining the
opportunity to a better quality of life.
Ysgol Dewi Sant's overhaul began with the opening of a multi-use
sports hall and fitness centre at the school, but it has been the
PE department's commitment to providing different types of
opportunities to suit every child that has seen more and more young
people getting hooked on being active.
Working with local clubs and organisations has allowed the
school to introduce new sports and activities both within lesson
time and after school. Using the area's natural resources for
example, pupils have become regulars at local coasteering, surfing,
kayaking and surf-lifesaving clubs.
Transportation is now also offered between the school and a
number of community clubs and venues, allowing many more to join in
these after school opportunities.
Importantly at Ysgol Dewi Sant every child is given the
opportunity to enjoy physical activity, both through the wide
variety of choice, and also through support in achieving their own
personalised goals. Those who have become disengaged
have the opportunity to attend a specialised programme giving them
added support to find a way back into sport.
And the effort doesn't end with the school's pupils. The
new leisure facilities and fitness centre now provide out of school
activities for the surrounding community. The secondary
school also works tirelessly with the area's primary schools,
supporting the development of healthy habits from a young age and
creating a stable environment for youngsters to continue enjoying
sports when moving from primary to secondary school.
Sport Wales Senior Officer, Shana Thomas comments:
"To be healthy and go on and get the most out of life, children
need to have developed active habits. Ysgol Dewi Sant is
leading the way, in terms of how they promote and provide
opportunities for their pupils to develop these habits.
"Not only have they undertaken huge changes to their facilities
to reflect demand, but they have developed positive relationships
with local primary schools and community clubs to ensure that
enjoyable and comfortable environments have been created for all
children to experience sport.
"We saw Ysgol Dewi Sant refining these best practices during
their ActiveMarc Cymru application, which I am delighted to say
they have achieved for 2013/2014.
"This approach is obviously paying dividends, the school's
results in the 2013 Sport Wales School Sport Survey were extremely
encouraging and highlighted how more and more youngsters are
getting hooked on sport as a consequence of the new
Ysgol Dewi Sant Senior Teacher, Rachael Thomas adds:
"We want our pupils to become physically literate. We want
them to enjoy leading healthy active lives as adults.
"We therefore see it as our duty to create an environment where
they can start to enjoy sport and develop a level of competency
which suits them, whether that is playing competitively for their
county or having the confidence to simply try new sports
"Employing our 5 x 60 officer, Amanda John, to work at the
school as well as in the feeder primaries has had a huge impact
upon the efficiency and effective process of a child's transition.
Amanda's work has been instrumental in allowing us to further
develop our links with community clubs and organisations which
allow us to provide new activities and sports within our own
offerings. It has also helped our pupils in venturing beyond
the school gates to be active, joining local clubs, which has many
benefits in its own right."
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At last we had computers ready to be hand over to Bijra High School. For we had 21 days of our July and August dedicated to preparing and testing Bijra High School's computers. WBUT ( West Bengal University of Technology ) had promised us to donate 5 Computers including a server ,so that Bijra dont get deprived of facilities .
In the 21 days and also few of our previous weekends we.the members of dgplug and students of BCREC had intensive training regarding implementation and testing of LTSP under Indranil Das Gupta.
Our server is of configuration:
Its a HCL infinity Pro BL1230 with 1024 MB of RAM and Asus Combo drive
Our clients were 3 Dell Optiplex GX110 PIII machines with 128 MB of RAM and one IBM NetVista 6647.
In our training course we tested Local Audio, Local Device access like USB Drive, FDD and CDROM.
Some thing that were of real interest is FL_Teacher Tool which allow a instructor to have complete control over his fleet of machines.
We also had a Kiwix (offlineWikipedia), WordNet 3.0( Dictionary) , Kushal Das's Tutorial .
Our Choice of Distro was Fedora 7(Moonshine) and we implemented LTSP4.2u2.
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A digital scrapbooking collection by Grace Lee, Life's Little Moments - November: Bundle celebrates all that is wonderful about fall. Combining rich, jewel colors, luxurious textures and an eclectic mix of elements and patterns, this collection will help you document the changing colors of the season, as well as the coziness within the home. It is also great for all kinds of Thanksgiving projects!
The bundle includes
28 papers
66 elements
13 alphas
64 labels and tags
10 journal templates, 41 titles and 23 daters
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Congressman Tim Ryan's book on the benefits of meditation prompted all sorts of trend stories, including this segment on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. Lucky Severson produced a pretty nice piece, and it features interviews with Ryan as well as Jon Kabat-Zinn. Check it out: Mindfulness Going Mainstream
Related alternahealthgrrrl stories:Planting Seeds: The Power of Mindfulness; Don't Just Google Yourself, Search Inside Yourself; Five Good Minutes at Work: Mindfulness Strategies


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Topping out of ArcelorMittal Orbit attended by Arup and Ushida Findlay Architects who worked up Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond's design
The ArcelorMittal Orbit on the 2012 Olympic park has become the tallest structure in the UK following its topping out.
The topping out of the Orbit, designed by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond and built by Olympic contractor Sir Robert McAlpine, took place on Friday afternoon thanks to favourably calm wind conditions and means it has now reached its full height of 114.5m – 22m higher than the Statue of Liberty.
Steel work on the structure, which started in November last year and is made up of a 2,000 tonne looping latice of steel, is now complete and fit-out will now take place before it opens to the public at the start of the Olympic Games.
Visitors from the top will be able to see for 20 miles. They will be able to take a trip up the structure in a lift and down too if they wish to; although they will be encouraged to walk down the spiral staircase, which is composed of 455 steps.
The Orbit has also been worked on by Arup and Ushida Findlay Architects, which has been responsible for architectural elements including the staircase, which is made of a stainless steel mesh and no longer matches the dark red of the rest of the sculpture as originally envisaged.
Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and chief executive of ArcelorMittal said: "We conceived this project in partnership with Mayor Boris Johnson, Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond, not only to provide an iconic, cutting-edge centrepiece for London 2012, but to ensure the Olympic legacy will stretch well beyond the Games itself, helping to ensure the ongoing regeneration of this part of London."
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, said:"What better calling card for London 2012 than a piece of truly spectacular modern British art to drive visitors to east London in perpetuity. It would have boggled the minds of the Romans."
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is expected to be completed and handed over to the Olympic Park Legacy Company in May 2012 and will be operated by Locog during the Games. After a period of transformation, the Legacy Company is expected to re-open it as a visitor attraction.
ArcelorMittal has committed to funding up to £19.6 million of the £22.7 million cost of the ArcelorMittal Orbit, with the outstanding £3.1 million provided by the Greater London Authority.


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Pom-Pom Party Favors
These sweet little thank-you gifts are both fun and budget-friendly.
Stack several layers of tissue paper on top of each other — this lets you cut a few at a time."
Step-By-Step Instructions
1. On the white paper, trace around the edge of the pot lid.
2. Cut the circle out (this will be your template).
3. Using the template, cut 8" circles out of the tissue paper.
4. Fold each circle in half, then again into quarters.
5. Cut 1" fringe along edges.
6. Unfold and place teabag in center.
7. Fold up edges of circle and tie string under fringe to secure.
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Greenville, S.C. (January 22, 2014) –Brian Buda's composition entitled, "All My Heart This Night Rejoices", was selected as the 2013 winner for the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir's annual Christmas Carol Competition.
Buda, who received his BMus and MMus in Church Music from Bob Jones University, is the third BJU graduate to win this competition in the last five years.
As the winner, Buda was awarded a cash prize of $1,000, as well as travel and lodging for the world premiere of his winning composition by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir (ISC) at its annual Festival of Carols performances.
According to the ISC, "submitted works must be original, unpublished, and have not been publicly performed; between 3 and 5 minutes long; written for SATB, mixed adult choir; and may be a cappella or utilize keyboard accompaniment. Text and language are at the discretion of the composer, and should be suitable for a Christmas/holiday performance."
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The boxer puppies are animated, playful dogs who love to romp and jump. If you can provide enough exercise and training. They are fine with other family pets. This is the perfect gift for any boxer lovers.


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Ramadevi Public School, Hyderabad is inviting applications from eligible candidates for the recruitment of teachers. Last date for the submission of completed application form is within 7 days from the date of publication of this advertisement.
1. Teacher (Chemistry - to teach classes VI to X) - Applicants must have Post Graduation with B.Ed.
2. Primary Teacher - Trained Graduate with B.Ed.
Applicants must have minimum 3 years of teaching experience in ICSE / CBSE schools with knowledge of computers is preferable. Duly filled in application form along with photocopies of mark sheets should reach the following address.
Address : The Principal, Ramadevi Public School, Off: N.H. 65, Near Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, Telangana - 501 512.
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One simply cannot talk about people of importance to this genre without tipping the hat to the most masterful musician, teacher, musicologist, producer, folklorist and preservationist of the traditional blues. By now, Stefan Grossman is a venerated, iconoclastic and respected acoustic blues figure of mega-proportions. He came out of the vibrant Greenwich Village, New York, 1960s scene around Washington Square, where so many American folk and blues musicians launched their careers. His friend and occasional collaborator, Steve Katz, formerly of the Even Dozen Jug Band, the Blues Project and Blood, Sweat & Tears, once half jokingly told this writer: "There we were, all these New York Jews playing the black blues." Indeed, the blues had a strong influence on young New Yorkers during the folk revival. These musicians, Stefan Grossman, Happy & Artie Traum, Danny Kalb, and many others, in turn had a powerful influence on the acceptance of the blues by the American baby boomer generation at large; and, they significantly helped to launch the folk, roots & blues revival, thereby reinvigorating the careers of many original blues musicians whose careers had waned.
Many people know Stefan Grossman as the paramount teacher and entrepreneur in what has become the world's largest "blues school", Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. He is one of the most skilled guitarists in the genre, having been a student of Rev. Gary Davis in New York City. He also picked up lessons directly from Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Skip James, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and others.
This collection features all the arrangements presented in my video lessons Blues Guitar, Ragtime Blues Guitar and Hot Fiddle Tunes & Rags. The instructional CDs are the audio tracks from the video lessons of the same names. A wide and challenging range of instrumentals are taught.
Blues Guitar: Slow Blues in C, Lemon's Jump, Yazoo Basin Boogie, Religious Trainfare Blues (A Heart Much Obliged)
Ragtime Blues: Diddie Wa Diddie, Shuffl e Rag, Glory Of Love, Buck Dance, Cincinnati Flow Rag, New York City Rag, Hot Dogs, Twelve Sticks
Hot Fiddle Tunes & Rags: Black Mountain Rag, Colored Aristocracy, Boys My Money's All Gone, Dallas Rag, Katz Rag
Level 3/4 • 72 page tab/music book with three compact discs


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These days apply to parts of the village within the Cotswold District Council area.
(For details of the Tewkesbury Borough Council's arrangements click here.)
These arrangements will change in April 2020 when a new collection system will be introduced.
Weekly – Every Tuesday
Food Waste
Kitchen waste in 10 litre containers provided by Cotswold District Council is collected weekly. You may also put kitchen waste in the green Garden Waste wheelybins.
Garden Waste
This service costs £30 per wheelie-bin or 50 sacks a year.
Place in green wheelie-bin or brown sacks supplied by the council. You may also put food waste in the green wheelybins.
Fortnightly Collections – Alternate Tuesdays
Card & Cardboard
in blue reusable sack supplied by council
Glass and Paper
in black boxes supplied by council
"Rigid" Plastics, Cans and Aerosols
e.g. Plastic bottles, food trays, boxes, yogurt pots, cans, drinks cans, aerosols.
In white plastic sacks supplied by council
Residual (non-recyclable waste for landfill)
In grey wheelie-bin bins or beige sacks supplied by council.
collection dates
Click here for the Collection Calendar (PDF).
or click this link: and enter your post code in the box provided.
Click here for full details of Cotswold District Council's Waste & Recycling service.


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Prince William & Kate: Ringing In A New Era of Glamour
Let's face it, the world of celebrity just isn't what it used to be when 'Real Housewives' merit magazine covers and a certain 'teen activist' hijacks the country's highest rated television show.
We've become accustomed to our recession-era celebrities who are anything but larger than life. Forget about the aspirational idols of the past, Kate Gosselin, the Kardashian clan and the cast of The Jersey Shore are the pop cultural leaders in the race to the bottom of the barrel.
Then, along comes Prince William and his glowing bride to be.
I felt as if I were in a time warp when I watched the coverage of them standing together for their photo call at St. James palace awash in a sea of flashbulbs. Was it really almost 30 years ago that William's parents, Prince Charles and a then unknown Lady Diana Spencer, faced the press to announce their own engagement?
At time, Princess Diana captured my imagination like no one celebrity had ever done before so much so that when she died in 1997, I wrote my first book, Diana The Secrets of Her Style as a tribute to her. In it, I chronicled her rise from 'Shy Di' to the role of international icon who brilliantly used her fame to draw attention to the humanitarian causes she cared about. Diana innately understood the power of style -- it was a gift she used wisely.
I had long since given up the idea that Diana's unique brand of modern glamour steeped in history would ever come again but today, I see a glimmer of hope.
It was the ring that did it.
Prince William's touching decision to give Kate Diana's sapphire and diamond engagement ring spoke volumes to me. He told an interviewer that the gesture was "my way of keeping (Diana) close." It did a lot more than that. One look at the sparkler on Kate's left hand, and Diana's presence was almost as strong as if she'd been there alongside the couple.
The message wasn't lost on anyone as the morning papers in the UK and here in the states jumped on the opportunity to anoint Kate "The Next Diana" as The New York Daily News did.
Stories that showed side by side comparisons between Kate and Diana's style appeared instantaneously online.
In some ways, its a surprising choice that William, whose contempt for the press is widely known, would invite such direct comparisons between Kate and Diana. Perhaps understanding the inevitability of it all, he decided to do it in the most meaningful way possible. William, indeed all of the British royal family, learned indelible lessons about dealing with the media from Diana's life and death. It's unlikely that Kate will ever be left to fend for herself when dealing with the press. In fact, it's been reported that while she found it "creepy," Kate was actually given some media coaching which involved watching old video of Diana navigating her way through the crush of photographers that followed her every move. From the looks of how she's handled herself thus far, she's a quick study.
At 28, Kate is undoubtedly far better equipped to take on life as part of 'The Firm' than Diana was at 19. And it's a good thing because the voracious appetite of the 24/7 Internet age she will face will hunger for every bit of 'news' that can be wrung out of every photo of her at a polo match or a hospital opening. Is the prince with her? Why does she look tired -- is she pregnant? And most importantly of all, what is she wearing?
The sad truth is that Diana's fate as a tabloid martyr created this new template for Kate (who now wants to be called by her more suitably royal name, Catherine) and William. They will not repeat the mistakes she and Charles made. I predict the couple will foster that same sense of accessibility that Diana did when they are 'working' but remain private about their personal lives. Important images and information (about their first child, for example) will be doled out in a way that satisfies but keeps the scrum at a respectful distance. Imagine that, celebrities that won't tell all. What a concept.
It may sound strange coming from a celebrity reporter, but I welcome the change. I'm tired of today's over sharing, over exposed stars whose 'honesty' is just part of their PR game. If Prince William and Kate manage to bring back even a little bit of glamour, I'm all for it.
I know Diana would be proud.