Curator, adventurer shares life escapades
BYU Newsnet, UT -
Welsh's business shooting guns and chasing exotic plants has put him in some tumultuous political situations. He said he was in South Africa when apartheid was being dissembled. Welsh was less than 15 miles away when a party called Inkatha attacked the African National Congress building in 1994, the same year Nelson Mandela was elected. However, Welsh has visited South Africa eight times and he said he's glad the government has become "more or less stable."
2006-06-20
HEALTH BRIEFS
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA -
WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA with the cooperation of the Blue Ribbon Foundation will present a youth fitness program for children between 8 and 16 years old. One-month sessions promote healthy lifestyles and exercise by providing fun games, swimming and cardiovascular and resistance training, as well as nutrition discussions by a registered dietitian. Children will be given incentives to continue their exercise at home. The program is being conducted by Rachel Rajkowski and Noelle Fuller, exercise science majors from Bloomsburg University.
2006-06-19
Senior citizens keeping active, living longer
Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica -
"We try to get presenters to speak on specific topics that affect the elderly," she says, noting that many of the participants tend to embrace this aspect of the programme, having missed out on the opportunity to learn some of the things in their youth. "Education is very vital," Salmon continues. "They are taught computer classes daily at the Senior Learning Institute at the Montego Bay Community College and the Holy Family Health Centre."
2006-06-18
The Spring Challenge for Active Living in Halton Hills
Halton Herald, Canada -
It’s a very busy time of year for families as they prepare for children to finish classes and begin their summer break. Although time is limited and parents are scrambling to find ways to keep children busy, there are endless ways to keep kids active and healthy throughout the Spring and Summer months. The Town of Halton Hills provides a wide array of fitness programs for all ages – from yoga, to aerobics classes, to swimming instruction to summer camps. These programs are designed to help achieve more healthy, balanced lifestyles and are listed on the Town’s website at www.haltonhills.ca or in the Community Services Guide delivered to each household twice yearly. You can also find out more on what the Town has to offer by visiting any Town facility. If organized programs are too difficult to incorporate into your schedule or don’t fit into your budget, there are other ways to keep your family active.
2006-06-16
Protecting Canada's Seniors
Government of Canada Newsroom (press release), Canada -
With the long-term goal of reducing the occurrence of family violence including elder abuse, the Government of Canada provides the Family Violence Initiative with $7 million in permanent annual funding. The Public Health Agency of Canada coordinates the Family Violence Initiative (FVI) on behalf of the federal government and partner departments.
2006-06-15
Accidents Can Be Prevented, by Saskatchewan Medical Association
CCNMatthews (press release), Canada -
2006-06-14
As Mexico Sees It: A UN Report on Migrant Rights
texascivilrightsreview.org, TX -
49. In 2003, an Italian consulting firm, CERFE, hired by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), analysed the generation of migration statistics in Mexico and concluded that it was feasible for Mexico to join the Statistical Information System for Mesoamerican Migration (SIEMMES) in order to exchange information enabling it to determine and monitor the volume and characteristics of international movements both among countries of the region and to and from outside the region, as well as to generate reliable migration statistics, particularly gender- and age-disaggregated statistics, since only migration statistics on the repatriation of Mexican nationals are currently disaggregated.
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