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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

South Africa: Boplaas Mandela Day School Shoes Donation

The Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison brought smiles and cheer to the learners of Boplaas Primary School, 85 km outside Upington, with our Mandela Day contribution of school shoes, socks, bag packs, money savers and treats.

The rural school is one of the two schools that were earmarked to receive the assistance by our department. This follows assessments that found that in some rural areas learners walked long distances to school while some of the learners had never owned a pair of school shoes.

The 35pairs of school shoes donation to the school is part of our non-motorised transport initiatives while also trying to make walking more comfortable for the learners. The rural school's principal, Mrs Edith Esau said the provision made for the learners by our department was much needed and is well appreciated.

"Our children need these school shoes. Some of them, their parents cannot afford the school shoes while some parents have to take them on credit and have their wages be deducted, leaving them with little, just to make the payment. Our children really appreciate the assistance as some of them don't have school shoes. Some of our learners' school shoes have become too small or have holes in them."

Mrs Esau said not only will the assistance boast the learners' morale but it comes at a much needed time when its winter and the learners need to keep warm the most. Some of the learners could not help but give their thanks for the contribution we made as a department.

"I'm very happy because I have new shoes and they are very pretty. I also have a new school bag which I can use to put my school books in," said Grade 5 learner of the school, Lee-Ann Olan.

Her peer, Catline Izaks said she was proud of what she had received. "I'm happy for all that I have received because they are mine and they are new. I'm going to use my new school bag and put my books, pencils and my other school things in it. I also have brand new beautiful school shoes," said the grand 6 learner with a smile.

Director for Transport Operations in the department, Ms Gladys Botha said to the learners, "our presence here is not only to give you school shoes and some of the things we have brought for you but to show you love and encourage you."

She explained to the learners the various means of transportation and their importance while she also encouraged them to consider careers in the transport industry which avails much. Our department's initiative is also encouraged by the fact that walking is regarded as a mode of transport as transportation is part of our department's mandate.

Our department will continue to spread the cheer today at Elandsvlei Primary school outside Calvinia with further school shoes, bag packs and other goodies' contribution.

Mandela Day is a call to action for people everywhere to take responsibility for changing the world into a better place. We are requested to devote 67minutes of our time in community service and good deeds for others. Mr Mandela, whom the call honours, spent more than 67years serving others and to heed the call our department will have more projects throughout the month of July in his honour.

Background

The focus for our department in school shoes donations is on rural or farm schools where there is no provision for learner transport or where other modes of transportation are limited or not available.

This year's school shoes distribution at the two schools will also form part of a distribution of full school uniform and school shoes to be distributed in Fraserburg where the main Provincial Government Mandela Day Programme will unfold.

For any enquiries contact:

Keitumetse Moticoe, Communication Officer

Cell: 074 251 6567 or 082 064 7003

Issued by: Northern Cape Transport, Safety and Liaison

16 Jul 2013

Issued by: Northern Cape Transport, Safety and Liaison

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201307170952.html

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

TOO MUCH FISH OIL boosts prostate cancer risk? I?d like to see more research on this?.

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Halle Berry ties knot at French chateau

PARIS (AP) ? American actress Halle Berry has married her fianc?, French actor Olivier Martinez, at a weekend ceremony in a church near a chateau in France's Burgundy region.

The owner of the Chateau de Vallery, where the couple stayed with their 60 guests, said on Sunday that the betrothal a day earlier ended with a dinner and fireworks display. A wedding cake followed. Patrice Vansteenberghe said Berry ? 46 and pregnant ? and her 47-year-old husband "were very beautiful and very happy."

He said the bride's long, white dress had a plunging back.

Vansteenberghe added that the event was "confidential" because "she wanted to be left alone."

Berry's publicist, Meredith O'Sullivan Wasson, confirmed the marriage.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2013-07-14-EU-France-People-Halle-Berry-Wedding/id-cf2e4e66b3d84248bd4f8a5d140018ec

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Health insurance: do you need it? Means testing the start | Crikey

Means testing is all very well, but do we need private health insurance at all? Ian McAuley makes the case for why a state-backed system works better at Inside Story.

The federal government?s battle to cut back subsidies for private health insurance hit its first obstacle in 2009, when the Senate rejected a means test on the health insurance rebate introduced by the Coalition 12 years earlier. Only in 2012, when it faced a less obstructive Senate (but a more difficult House of Representatives), did the government get its legislation

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Source: http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/07/16/an-unhealthy-subsidy-do-we-even-need-health-insurance/

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Monday, July 15, 2013

In the Heart of my Home: The Ideal Early Childhood Education

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Source: http://www.elizabethfoss.com/reallearning/2013/07/the-ideal-early-childhood-education.html

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JK Rowling: How She Was Exposed As Robert Galbraith - Business ...

By now almost everyone will have heard the news ? J.K. Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" series of books and one of the most successful writers ever, published a low-selling but highly praised detective novel under the name Robert Galbraith earlier this year.

The story was broken last night by Richard Brooks, the arts editor of the UK's Sunday Times. It's clearly a huge scoop ? but how exactly did Brooks manage to crack the literary world's best-kept secret?

Thanks to Sarah Lyall of the New York Times, we believe we know the point where the investigation began. In an interview, Brooks told Lyall that the story started when a female colleague tweeted about the book, and an anonymous twitter user told this colleague that the book was in fact by J.K. Rowling. This anonymous twitter user then disappeared, according to Brooks' account.

After doing some digging, we believe we may have found the tweet. On Wednesday, India Knight, one of the Sunday Times' star columnists, began tweeting about "The Cuckoo's Calling." Here's one key tweet:

At this point a random Twitter user chimed in to say something about the obscure book. While this user appears to have since deleted the tweets, you can see Knight's surprised responses:

It's unclear exactly who Jude Callegari is, or how he or she would know the real identity of Robert Galbraith. The account is still active, though it has no tweets since July 2.

Whomever it was sent by, the anonymous tweet was enough to get Brooks digging, and soon he had found that "The Cuckoo's Calling" had the same publisher, editor, and agent as Rowling's last book, ?The Casual Vacancy." The books also shared themes in their linguistics and content, Brooks noted.

By Friday night he had enough to go to Rowlings with his findings ? and by Saturday morning, she had confessed, though she told the Sunday Times she had "hoped to keep this secret a little longer."

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/jk-rowling-how-she-was-exposed-as-robert-galbraith-2013-7

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