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by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay Chapter 5 Summary
How It All Goes Down
- Alone and bathing, Katniss thinks about how everyone she's encountered has attempted to use her as a tool for power: the Gamemakers, President Snow, the revolutionaries, and their president.
- Oh, and the revolutionaries are changing Katniss's appearance to make her more television-friendly. They're going to make her look natural again and then add beautiful battle-scars. Fulvia and the prep team are helping with this, just as they helped during the preparation for the arena.
- As the prep team helps her, Katniss considers how altered they are outside of the Capitol.
- The prep team can solve everything except the wound on Katniss's arm, where she used to have a tracker. Plutarch and Fulvia have to come consult about it – it's pretty unsightly.
- The decision is postponed until after the midday meal. Katniss takes the prep team to eat with the others, and they end up sitting with Gale and his family. Being with them helps make the prep team feel better.
- Katniss reveals that the night before, she and Gale fought about her decision to request protection for the other former tributes.
- When the meal is finished, she and Gale make up a little – but they still disagree. They head to a meeting with Beetee.
- Beetee is in the Special Defense area of the underground compound. They find him in a beautiful, man-made version of a natural field. Beetee is observing the real hummingbirds that populate it.
- Gale tries to think about what could catch a hummingbird, and suggests a very thin net made of small metal links.
- Their conversation makes Katniss flash back to the brutality of competing in the Games.
- Beetee asks Katniss about Finnick and then says he's been working on specialized weapons for both of them.
- He takes Katniss and Gale over to the Weaponry section to show her his creation.
- Gale gets to pick out a bow as his own weapon. He and Katniss talk about whether it's all right to use such weapons on other human beings.
- Then, Beetee brings Katniss a fantastic weapon: a bow that will react to her when she speaks. It's designed specifically for her, and will be a huge advantage in battle.
- After that, Katniss goes to join Plutarch and the prep team. They make her up and dress her in preparation for the making of the first propo, with her fake scars and all that.
- Everyone thinks she looks great, and they want her to try to speak, too: she's supposed to say, "People of Panem, we fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice!" (5.71)
- She does it on camera, and no one says anything.
- Haymitch, who's in another room, finally speaks up and says it was absolutely terrible.


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text: Top Ten Social Surprises of 2011 John Porcaro | 6 Dec 2011, 08:56 PM Comments: 0 2011 was a year of Social Surprises. From the land rush of Google+ to the meteoric rise and fall of Charlie Sheen. So what made this year so full of fun? Here is my list: 2011 Top 10 Social Surprises Charlie Sheen.March 2011: The world watched in awe as Charlie Sheen imploded, then exploded, and with the help of #tigerblood and Twitter captured everyone's attention like a deer-in-the-headlights-car-wreck. 5.4 million Twitter followers and 1.8 million Facebook fans have undoubtedly shared their opinions about the former Two and a Half Men with you personally. And even now, in December 2011, AOL reports that Charlie Sheen remains the top-searched celebrity on their service. #winning. Google+.If you didn't get your Google+ account within days of the June 28, 2011 launch, you no doubt got it soon thereafter. The site garnered more media attention than any other high-tech launch, and in just two weeks, had 10 million members. In four weeks, that grew to 25 million members, and currently has around 40 million users. Some are heralding Google+ as a success, and others are calling it another in the string of social media failures launched by Google (remember orkut, Google Friend Connect or Google Buzz?). Facebook Changes. Facebook rolled out some pretty significant changes this year. While some like Timeline are still coming, others have made their way into the zeitgeist of our Facebook experience. It seems like only yesterday that the Stream was rolled out, to furious users. With Google+ chomping away at Facebook's lead, they made some positive changes to Lists, adding additional privacy, and enhancing features like Photos, Subscriptions, and video chat. At the end of the year, it seems that Facebook is earning its reputation as the place most Americans visit online. Groupon's IPO. Okay, to be fair, GroupOn was in a "quiet period," the weeks after an IPO that they're not allowed to say anything that would affect the stock price. But in the weeks leading up to this Christmas, there's concern that online "deals" have become commonplace, and there's not much of a competitive advantage for GroupOn, compared to rivals LivingSocial, Google Offers, Eversave, Bloomspot, DealFind, FatWallet, LevelUp, and a bunch more. Businesses are finding that the loss leading deals aren't attracting the right kind of customers, and customers are becoming so used to the deals that they won't pay retail prices for things they know they can get deals on. Currently, GroupOn stock is trading below its initial public offering price, not a good sign of things to come. Email Lives On. Email is dead! Long live email! Despite the fact that email has been predicted to die much more quickly than it has, email remains a cornerstone of online activity. In August, Pew Research released the results of a survey of Internet users that shows that search and email remain the most popular activities online. A couple of things are striking: Email and Search are holding steady, despite those that think social media is leading to their demise. At the same time, Social Media continues its meteoric rise. Facebook Places goes nowhere. At the beginning of the year, there were predictions that Foursquare would be eclipsed by Facebook Places. But in August, Facebook announced that it was quietly killing the feature. Maybe killing is a strong word. The feature has evolved to be the way you tag an activity in Facebook, allowing users to say where they are, who they're with, along with what they're doing. In a surprising move, Facebook recently hired the team behind Gowalla, but didn't acquire the technology. Gowalla announced that they're shutting the service down in January 2012. Nutella. For the life of me, I still can't figure out why Nutella is in the Top 20 Brand Facebook Pages. I understand why Coca-Cola has 36 million fans, Disney is creeping up on 30 million fans, and Starbucks has 26 million fans. But it's still hard to guess why Nutella has 11.8 million fans. A few months ago, they finally began paying attention to their Facebook Page. They averaged a few posts a month until recently, and began to pick up the pace in August, but they remained one of the top brands on Facebook. Don't get me wrong. The stuff rocks. My daughter eats it like it's, well, Nutella. But for those who offer social media advice to brands, the only explanation is that a great product with a loyal customer base can do a lot of word of mouth marketing with or without the help of the brand. Arab Spring. The social unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain,Syria, and Yemen, are all being fueled by the pervasive use of social media. Never before in history have people been able to work together to enact social change. It's true. The world is flat. Infographics. Ivan Cash did this topic justice, when he published the "Infographic of Infographics." Or if you're like Phil Gyford or ThinkBrilliant, you might just think it's a bit too much. Do you agree with VentureBeat, that " Infographics have jumped the shark?" Ya, me too. Social ROI stillnot defined. Social Media is not new. It has become a solid staple of marketing plans for every business. And nearly everyone understands that social media is an important part of how people share information. So how much is a tweet worth? How much should a company invest in getting someone to "Like" their brand on Facebook? What is word of mouth worth? Despite 74% of CMO's predicting 2011 as the year Social Media ROI would be defined, it's still a moving target. Our advice to clients? Start by mapping social media goals to organizational goals. Maybe it's sales, maybe it's customer retention. Or maybe it's awareness. Once you've defined exactly what you want to do, knowing whether you've done it through social media is a lot easier. 2011 has been an amazing year for those of us involved in social media. I'm proud of the work I've done with clients, and we've seen a lot of progress across all fronts. More than anything, though, I've seen that a lot of what we all predicted hasn't happened the way we thought it would. Bottom line: Stay flexible. Remain vigilant. 2012 will have even more surprises, good or bad. Need help riding the rapids of digital marketing? Metia has offices in Seattle, New York, London, and Singapore, and we have teams of designers, developers, analysts, and project managers to help create engaging brand experiences. We'd love to be a part of your plans. Hackathon Dallas tomorrow Tags: digital, Metia Seattle, Metia Group, Content Strategy, Social, Social Media Share this post


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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
Brave New World Chapter 15 Summary
- Fortunately for John, he's leaving the hospital. Unfortunately for John, all 162 Delta workers from the hospital—composed of only two Bokanovsky groups—are leaving at the same time. This is a not-so-pleasant experience for our young hero. He describes them as maggots crawling over the site of Linda's death.
- The "maggots" are lining up for their daily ration of soma. John again repeats Miranda's words from The Tempest: "O brave new world, O brave new world," but this time, he says, the words mock him with cynicism. They reveal the "nauseous ugliness" of this world.
- But then the words seem to him like a challenge, a declaration of the possibility that, maybe, this horror can be transformed into something "fine and noble."
- Watching the Deltas in line for their drug, John realizes that Linda had been made a slave and that the thing to do is to embrace freedom. He says as much to the khaki-wearing Deltas. He tells them soma is poison for their bodies and their souls.
- The Deltas, collectively, are all: "Huh?" and the Deputy Sub-Bursar just wants John to go away so he can continue doing his job of distributing everyone's favorite narcotic. (He obviously didn't take the whole "poison to your soul" thing to heart.)
- When John declares that he is bringing them all freedom, the Deputy quickly makes a phone call.
- We jump to Bernard, who realizes that he has lost the Savage. Helmholtz doesn't know where John is either until he gets a phone call from his frantic friend at the hospital.
- John is still yelling at all Deltas for being babies, for being slaves, for puking everywhere (symbolically).
- Of course, the Deltas are too stupid to understand him—until he starts throwing their soma out of the window. That they understand.
- Bernard and Helmholtz, having just arrived, discover the scene. Bernard stands around like a ninny, saying, "Ford help him!," while Helmholtz counters with, "Ford helps those who help themselves," laughs maniacally, and pushes his way through the crowd toward John.
- John rejoices to have another Helmholtz join him. He continues to yell "Free!" at the Deltas, which has even more of an effect when he shows them the empty soma box.
- The Deltas flip out to see their drugs gone and start charging at Helmholtz and John. Bernard wonders if he should help, starts to, thinks better of it, and generally wastes time being indecisive over whether he values his own hide more than the lives of his friends until the police arrive.
- Now, these aren't your friendly, neighborhood police. These are gas-masked, vapor-soma-spraying brutes. Armed with the gas and other horrifying futuristic tools of oppression (water guns filled with anesthetic), they quickly attack everything that's moving.
- Bernard, who does nothing but yell because it makes him feel important, gets shot with anesthetic, which renders him unconscious.
- Now, the police also have a Synthetic Music Box, out of which comes a Voice of Reason to calm everyone down with a lovely rendition of Synthetic Anti-Riot Speech Number Two. All the voice really does is tell everyone to be "happy and good." Over and over and over.
- So all the Deltas calm down and go home. And… that's pretty much it, as far as the riot act goes.
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- John and Helmholtz, who are not without injuries from the whole fiasco, agree to "come quietly" with the police so as to avoid getting put under with anesthetic.
- Bernard has woken up and is trying to sneak out the back door stealthily when one of the police apprehends him and says that he had better come along too, since he's a friend of "the prisoner's."


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Over 1.7 billion people live in a place affected by war, violence, or disasters caused by natural hazards. Constant political, social and economic turmoil destroys communities, imposes economic burdens on countries that can ill afford them and extinguishes any hope of eliminating poverty for millions of people.
When communities are given the governance tools to recover quickly however, they can re-establish national institutions, restore democratic processes and better deliver essential services; saving lives.
UNDP helps governments in fragile settings to gain control of the recovery process, re-establish core functions, support peace and reconciliation and manage political transitions. Bridging volatile transitions requires budgetary and operational support, rehabilitation of essential infrastructure, urgently needed public services, and institutional capacity-building.
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In crisis affected countries, UNDP seeks to restore state functions and inclusive political process, rebuilding trust between state and its citizens. This is done in a manner that promotes political dialogue and helps government institutions to be more transparent, accountable, responsive to their citizens, and respectful of human rights. UNDP helps governments and citizens to get back on their feet so that recovery process can begin, as quickly as possible.
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UNDP supports 21 conflict and disaster prone countries in Arab-states, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America and Caribbean regions by providing technical assistance, seed funding, budgetary and operational support to:
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Man, I hope Nick Fanuzzi is worth all of this attention. Is it a matter of his potential as Rice's quarterback or is he simply the best option at this time? Regardless, the sophomore is still injured (shoulder sprain), and he wasn't able to throw any more than he did yesterday.
So, what does that mean?
It's unlikely he'll be able to play Saturday against Tulsa, given his lack of preparation this week. The job will probably be handled – once again – by J.T. Shepherd and Ryan Lewis.
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Between 150,000 and 400,000 people live in polygamous households in France, in which a man is married to more than one woman. The French state is trying to change the situation -- with mixed results.
France banned polygamy in 1993, but that didn't stop it
The government argues that living in polygamy prevents immigrants from becoming integrated into French society and that it goes against the principles of gender equality enshrined in the constitution. Polygamy was made illegal in France in 1993. Those who still live in polygamy have either been doing so since before the law was passed or they married abroad.
Though polygamy isn't very common in the northern Paris suburb of Cergy, most people in the African community there seem to know at least one polygamous family, usually with roots in Mali.
"I'm against polygamy, even though I'm African," explained Kofi Jumeau, who, along with his 43 brothers and sisters, could speak from first-hand experience. "My father had between nine and 11 wives. And unfortunately it really hurt us kids, because there was no family cohesion. It was really bad for us."
The French authorities employ a strategy they call "de-cohabitation" to reduce the numbers of polygamous households. It involves social workers helping second and third wives move into separate apartments with their children, breaking up the polygamous arrangement.
A personal issue
Mamalea Bapuwa is an intercultural mediator at the Association of African Women, one of the groups that helps women want to leave polygamous homes.
"It's a question of choice," she explained. "We can't push people in this direction. Once a woman has made up her mind and has decided she wants to de-cohabitate, she comes to see us."
The government offers women large, subsidized apartments to encourage them to leave polygamous families. They may also receive the 10-year-residence permits issued to other foreign residents. Polygamous families are only eligible for permits that must be renewed every year, which can make it difficult to find a job or travel internationally.
From Mali to France
"I couldn't really say no to my parents. So I said, that I would agree to whatever they decided. We went ahead with the marriage," Camara, who lives in Cergy, said.
13 people in three rooms
She said that things worked out wonderfully until her children became older. But three adults and 10 children in a three-room apartment grew increasingly more difficult to handle. Camara finally moved into a six-room apartment she was assigned in the spring of 2004. But she continues to live in semi-polygamy; her husband and the children belonging to his first wife come over every day. And she's happy with the set-up.
"I like living in a polygamous family. We aren't alone. We can discuss our problems. There are a lot of things I like," she said.
The French government, however, wants Camara to go a step further -- to divorce her husband. Only then, would she receive a 10-year residence permit. But Camara would rather be forced to renew her permit every year. She says she loves her husband and wants to stay married to him.
Parliamentarian Chantal Brunel has taken up the issue and would like the government to be more aggressive in dealing with it. "I think we have to send a strong message to other countries and to foreigners who live here and don't respect the laws on our soil. Polygamy is completely illegal in France, and yet it exists."
Brunel sponsored legislation last year calling for state tutors to manage the welfare benefits of polygamous families. Though the bill didn't pass, she did manage to draw attention to the issue of polygamy and continued to lobby her colleagues for more action in tackling it. There's now a growing sense that France's current policy isn't working, and that the country needs to take a tougher stance if it wants polygamy to become a thing of the past.
As French officials continued their efforts to secure the release of two journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday, state schools started enforcing a ban on head scarves -- the very issue that prompted the crisis. (Sept. 2, 2004)
With possible federal polls in September, DW-WORLD spoke to Anetta Kahane, one of Germany's leading anti-racism activists, about the politically-loaded topic of immigration and racism. (July 21, 2005)


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Click here to see the pictures from a fire that destroyed a home on Corinthia Drive Saturday afternoon.
Police are currently investigating an armed robbery of a smoke shop located in the 300 block of Aragona Boulevard.
Supporters of the two remaining Democratic candidates for president are working to spread their message ahead of the March 1 primary in Virg…
Hillary Clinton sailed to a commanding victory over Bernie Sanders in Saturday's South Carolina primary.
The Captains captured their first-ever conference tournament title on Satuday, and have earned an automatic bid to the NCAA D-III Championsh…
ESPN's College GameDay was at the John Paul Jones Area ahead of the big ACC showdown between No. 3 Virginia and No. 7 North Carolina.
Over 1,000 people from 29 states registered to remove pythons from South Florida's wetlands from Jan. 16 through Feb. 14.
Firefighters responded to a two-story single family house fire in the 100 block of Corinthia Drive, Saturday afternoon.
Police are investigating after a 19-year-old man was shot in the 1300 block of 25th Street, Saturday afternoon.
After an investigation, the "suspicious package" ended up being a discarded crate.
Police have not named any suspects in a shooting that sent a Hampton man to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against a Navy petty officer accused of stabbing a fellow sailor.
A school bus snafu has led to a clash between a principal and a parent.
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Virginia Crowd Energizes Romney
FAIRFAX, Va. – Around 4 o'clock this afternoon, Mitt Romney got his second wind.
This morning, Mr. Romney, who has been relying more heavily on teleprompters, plodded through his stump speech at two rallies in Florida and Virginia. There were three more events to go. Everyone was tired.
Then he arrived in Fairfax where a crowd of some 8,500 welcomed him with sustained cheers inside George Mason University's Patriot Center. Thousands more supporters waited outside in an overflow area.
"I am looking around to see if we have the Beatles here or something," Mr. Romney joked. "If anyone wants to know where the energy is…just come right here in this room and you'll see it."
As the crowd repeatedly interrupted Mr. Romney's stump speech sustained applause, the candidate seemed to be recharged for his taxing final hours. The 65-year-old joked about meeting a 60-year-old on the trail, saying, "I remember being young like that."
After a morning of polite applause and humdrum flag-waving, both Mr. Romney and his wife, Ann, seemed awestruck.
"Are we going to be neighbors soon?!" Mrs. Romney exclaimed.
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Want to do your grocery shopping in one hour without leaving your house? Check out Instacart, the new online grocery delivery service that debuted in Atlanta today.
Originally launched in San Francisco, the service allows you to select grocery items from multiple stores and have them delivered in an hour for $5.99 on orders above $35. Currently in Atlanta, you can order from Kroger or Costco and your first Instacart order (over $10) is delivered free.
You can save a few bucks if you're not pressed for time. Two hour deliver costs $3.99 on a minimum $35 order as does scheduling your grocery delivery for a one-hour time period later in the day, says Matt O'Connor who is launching the service in the metro area. If your order is less than $35, one-hour delivery costs $9.99 and two-hour or scheduled delivery is $7.99.
If you're not a Costco member, this is a great way around that barrier, since Instacart does not require a Costco membership to order items from the store. The company expects to add other stores in the future. Other cities have stores such as Whole Foods Market and Safeway available through Instacart.
To use the service, visit Instacart.com, enter your zip code. Complete the information to create an account. Order your items including meat, dairy, produce and personal care. At checkout, you enter your address and phone number and decide which delivery time you want.
For now, Instacart is only available ITP for neighborhoods including Buckhead, Midtown, Downtown, Decatur, Virginia-Highland, Brookhaven, West Atlanta, Lenox and Old Fourth Ward. It will expand to areas OTP in the coming weeks, O'Connor says.
Instacart is one of the many online grocery/delivery services cropping up. While the biggies -- Amazon Fresh and Walmart-To-Go -- are being piloted on the West Coast, there are some other grocery delivery options in Atlanta:
Grab A Buggy costs $9.95 for standard delivery and has a $100 minimum for any order. The service is available in several counties including Cobb, Paulding, Cherokee, Bartow and Forsyth.
ColdLife Organics will deliver fresh organic items for $4.95 and if you place your order by 8 p.m. you will get it the next day.
Atlanta is the 12th city to have an Instacart presence and the first in the Southeast, says O'Connor. It is staffed by "Personal Shoppers" who shop for and deliver grocery orders using their own transportation. O'Connor said they are well-trained on how to choose the best produce, since bad produce is one of the biggest complaints about grocery delivery services. Any issues with your order can be resolved through the customer happiness team, he says.
There is also a membership program called Instacart Express which costs $99 annually and gives you free delivery on all orders over $35. You can sign up for a free two-week trial of Instacart Express here.
If you want to give the service a try and save some cash, you can get a $10 credit by signing up and clicking on this link: https://www.instacart.com/store?code=ajc10. (Or you can just enter AJC10 at checkout in the coupon code box).


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Google has unveiled changes to the way it presents search results in what it described as one of the most significant updates in its 12-year history.
The new approach is intended to help users find results more quickly, though some search experts said that indirect changes to how users conduct their searches could also have a wider impact on the many businesses that advertise on Google or rely on traffic from the search engine.
The new feature, called Google Instant, displays full search results as users type in queries, without waiting for them to finish typing or to hit "enter". "It's searching before you type – we're predicting what query you're likely to do and giving you results for that," said Marissa Mayer, Google's head of search products and user experience.
The approach should shave two to five seconds off the average search, Ms Mayer said.
Sergey Brin, co-founder, said the technological advances that had contributed to the new feature highlighted "a little bit of a new dawn in computing", as companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon experiment with new user interfaces to make it easier to find and use information.
Google said it could not yet determine how far Google Instant would change search behaviour, but some analysts said the impact of the launch could reverberate through the online economy that has built up around the Google search service. "It's potentially enormously significant," said Greg Sterling, a US search engine analyst. "Anything that changes the way people interact with search results will affect the many businesses that rely on search."
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Danny Sullivan, editor of Search Engine Land, an industry website, said that while the changes might have a marginal impact, suggestions that they would undermine current search engine optimisation practices appeared overstated.
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text: +No+local+token AAP.org > Professional Resources > Practice Transformation > Telephone Care > Charging for Nurse Telephone Triage Practice Transformation Digital NavigatorBusiness of PediatricsPractice BasicsFinancing & PaymentQuality Improvement & Patient SafetyOffice OperationsPatient ManagementCurrently selectedPeriodicity ScheduleAchieving Bright Futures Clinical SupportQuality ImprovementAAP PolicyResearchJournals & PublicationsWebinarsPediatrics as a ProfessionNational Conference & Exhibition (NCE)Recent aaa print email share Facebook Twitter Charging for Nurse Telephone Triage Article BodyIn 2008, a new set of CPT codes (98966, 98967, 98968) was published that allow for the reporting of clinical telephone calls managed by "qualified nonphysician health care professionals," (e.g., registered nurses). For several months after the codes were published, it was not clear who could report them. According to vignettes in the CPT manual, qualified nonphysician health care professionals referred to registered dietitians and physical therapists. It also was known that the term "qualified nonphysician health care professional" was not synonymous with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' term "nonphysician practitioners," which is limited to nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and physician assistants. Most state nurse practice acts allow registered nurses to gather subjective and objective data as part of a nursing assessment. Yet, registered nurses are usually not given the authority to interpret data, make a working diagnosis, or create a care plan. However, nurses can make an assessment and then follow pre-approved standing orders in the form of telephone triage guidelines. 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The subject of the calls must be clinical in nature; the codes are not intended to report calls discussing insurance coverage or payment issues. Nor can these calls be used to report telephone patient encounters managed by clinical staff not qualified to conduct an independent nurse assessment as defined by state scope of practice laws. Typically, these services are limited to registered nurses, but there may be variation by state. In essence, codes 98966-98968 mirror the physician codes for telephone services (99441-99443). Table XX shows the proper codes, qualifications, rules, and descriptors to be used with nonphysician healthcare professional telephone calls. The call must not pertain to an office visit in the preceding seven days involving the same or similar problem, nor lead to an office visit within the next 24 hours or next available appointment. Calls within these time frames are considered part of the global period related to an office visit. Payment for telephone services with this global period are bundled into the office visit payment. Similarly, if the call is related to a medical procedure and occurs within the postoperative period, then the call is not to be reported as a separate service. Codes 98966-98968 should not be reported for multiple calls during the same seven-day period. Proper telephone triage guidelines, policies and procedures should be followed. Calls must be documented and included in the patient chart or a separate log of telephone encounters. Calls should be reviewed by a physician and a quality assurance program implemented. Appendix XX is a sample Nurse Telephone Encounter Document. The following vignettes exemplify the use of the codes 98966-8. An office-based registered nurse returns an advice call about a 4 year old with fever and cough. She performs an assessment, utilized a standard cold guideline, and provides home advice including information on under which conditions to call back to the office or be seen. She spends 9 minutes on the telephone call in medical discussion. In 2008, new CPT codes (98966, 98967, 98968) were published that allow for the billing of clinical telephone calls managed by "qualified nonphysician health care professionals." Whether nurses are considered "qualified nonphysician health care professionals" is the issue at hand. If all of the aforementioned conditions are met,this call could be reported using code 98966. A medical assistant returns an advice call about a child with an asthma exacerbation. He spends 12 minutes going over the patient's individual asthma action plan and recommends a course of home oral steroids. The plan is reviewed and approved by the physician in the office and the oral steroids are prescribed. A medical assistant, as well as any non-clinical staff, do not meet the criteria of a "qualified nonphysician health care provider" and therefore a fee can not be submitted for triage and advice calls performed by these individuals. This telephone call could not be reported under CPT guidelines. An after-hours nurse from the local pediatric hospital's nurse triage call center covering for a local pediatric practice returns a call to the mother of a 5 month old with diaper rash. A diaper rash telephone treatment guideline is used by the nurse and home care advice is provided. The practice receives a faxed documentation report and is charged by the hospital's call center for the service. These types of calls do meet the criteria of the 98966-98968 codes provided that the call center utilizes registered nurses who follow telephone triage guidelines approved by the subscribing physicians. The call center may not submit the charge to the patient. Only the subscribing physician with whom the patient has an established physician patient relationship, may report the nurse telephone care. If the physician payer contract permits, a bill may be submitted (see chapter on billing). Not all call centers report length of the telephone call in the documentation provided to the physician's practice. In future contracts with the call center this could be a request made by the subscribing practice. In the meantime, it may be acceptable to determine an estimated call time. If the nurse telephone document does not indicate the length of the telephone call the physician may contact the call center to determine the average call time for the quickest nurse. It is rare that a nurse does not spend at least five minutes on a telephone call, and usually closer to ten minutes or more. If the call duration is not known, but the average call time for the call center's quickest nurse is over five minutes, then 98966 may be a reasonable choice. You may need to gain acceptance of this proxy method with individual payers before using it to report. Once again, the conditions and limitations of the codes, as outlined in Table XX, must be met. Report using the appropriate code 98966-98968 Table 1: Telephone Services Provided by Nonphysicians Description Code Time Telephone assessment and management service provided by a qualified nonphysician health care professional to an established patient, parent or guardian not originating from a related assessment and management service provided within the previous seven days nor leading to an assessment and management service or procedure within the next 24 hours or soonest available appointment 98966 5-10 minutes of medical discussion 98967 11-20 minutes of medical discussion 98968 21-30 minutes of medical discussion Current Procedural Terminology © 2008 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. 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After Helping Jews, A Paper Saves Itself
By DAVID MARGOLICK
Published: June 23, 2001
Even The Aufbau's new editor admits it: some of its friends wonder if the newspaper, founded in New York by Jewish refugees from Hitler 67 years ago, is still necessary. '' 'Der Mohr hat seine Schuldigkeit getan, der Mohr kann gehen,' as they say in German,'' Lorenz Wolffers told an audience this month, quoting a famous line from Schiller. '' 'The Moor has done his duty, the Moor can go.' ''
The tide of German and Austrian Jews that washed over New York in the 1930's and 1940's as the Nazis conquered Europe, Aufbau readers all, continues to recede. The Éclair, that slice of old Vienna on West 72nd Street, is now a Krispy Kreme. New York's last remaining German broadsheet, The New Yorker Staats-Zeitung und Herold, recently moved to Florida.
It sometimes seems that the Jewish Diaspora on the Upper West Side has been reduced to a few old women with German accents squeezing tomatoes at Fairway, below The Aufbau's cluttered offices at 2121 Broadway. The Aufbau (the name means reconstruction in German), where articles by Thomas Mann and Albert Einstein and Hannah Arendt once appeared, came close to closing last year; its lawyer told the editors it was too small and poor to make bankruptcy worthwhile.
But defying the odds and the actuarial tables, The Aufbau, which first helped its readers become Americans, then helped them find one another after the Holocaust, then helped them get some recompense from the German government for their pain, is doing more these days than just holding on. It is obtaining a new although fragile lease on life.
It has a new editor, the 38-year-old Mr. Wolffers, a Swiss native whose mother escaped Germany on one of the Kindertransports that rescued Jewish children. It has restructured itself as a charitable foundation and is raising money. And it now has its first computer terminals. Despite the meager pay, writers in Germany and the United States are increasingly appearing in its 24 pages, 4 of which are now in English. Subscriptions to the paper, published every two weeks, now stand at 10,000. That's a far cry from the 50,000 readers in 30 countries it once had, but at least it's inching up, from a low of 8,000 three or four years ago.
Most of that growth is in Germany, where, thanks largely to the Internet -- www .Aufbauonline.com -- the paper is reaching a new generation of readers less tied to the Holocaust and more curious to learn about the culture Hitler nearly destroyed and to follow its remnants and their heirs. For these young German gentiles, as for those on its staff, The Aufbau is addressing a persistent, maybe even worsening case of national phantomschmerz: the gnawing pain that follows the loss of a limb.
''A lot of people in my generation feel very disenfranchised from Germany because of the Third Reich,'' said Andreas Mink, a native of Baden-Baden who joined The Aufbau in 1997. ''When I first met these German Jews here, I suddenly realized, 'This is the part of Germany I'd always missed.' It may sound odd, but to my mind they're much more German than I am.''
The Aufbau is now sold at kiosks throughout Germany and will soon have its first correspondent in Berlin. Its makeshift editorial staff of six is enhanced by a steady stream of eager German interns for whom a stint at the paper's offices, filled with battered file cabinets and dominated by giant sepia photographs of Einstein, Mann and Franklin D. Roosevelt, offers a chance to work in New York, to meet their first German Jews and to do their own form of wiedergutmachung: making good again.
''It was coming home in a way,'' Mr. Wolffers said, describing his arrival both at The Aufbau and in New York. ''For me it was a completely new experience to walk these streets and see so many Jews.'' A lawyer and longtime journalist in Bern who most recently worked distributing money from Swiss banks to Holocaust victims, Mr. Wolffers took a two-thirds pay cut to be the editor.
The revitalized Aufbau has chronicled the lawsuits against German corporations that used slave labor during World War II, as well as those against the Swiss banks still holding the assets of Holocaust victims. The proposed Holocaust memorial and new Jewish Museum in Berlin; the fraudulent memoirs of Binjamin Wilkomirski; new findings into the doomed voyage of the St. Louis; the death of the German-born Leah Rabin, wife of the late Israeli prime minister: all have been covered in its pages.
Closer to home, it has analyzed Jewish views on the death penalty, described child abuse among the Orthodox, interviewed Maximilian Schell about ''Judgment at Nuremberg,'' and unlike much of the German German press, debated ''The Producers.''
The Aufbau's most senior editor, Monika Ziegler, found the idea of a bumbling, prancing Hitler and the dancing swastika abominable and said so. Monica Strauss, who edits the paper's English pages, disagreed. ''If Germany had laughed at Hitler's absurdities to start with, history might have been different,'' she wrote. What for The Aufbau was a torrent of letters -- six, to be precise -- came in, most supporting Ms. Ziegler. ''Is it possible to boycott 'The Producers'?'' one of them, from Max Brainin of Forest Hills, asked forlornly.


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Too much information! Maisa Moghrabi shares secrets on reality TV
Clearly Moroccan actress, Maisa Moghrabi, had never heard of the phrase TMI (too much information), when she signed up for the latest reality TV show in her home country.
Pitched as a 'serious look at the lives of women', 'Maisa Bila Hudood' (Maisa Without Limits), has turned into something of a farce. According to MBC.net, while out on a shopping spree in Paris, the Moroccan star reveals a terrible physical ailment that she suffers from.
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½ cup canola oil
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2 packages Ramen noodles, broken up (throw seasoning away)
1. In a skillet over medium low to medium heat, toast almonds and sesame seeds until light brown.
2. In a small bowl, combine vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. Whisk in oil.
3. In a large bowl, combine coleslaw mix and Ramen noodles. Add contents of small bowl and mix well. Toss in the almonds and seeds just before serving.
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The show's reigning champ shares his secret to making a perfect comfort dish
Serves: 3-4
1 4-lb. chicken, whole
8 oz. butter (1 stick), at room temperature
1 head garlic, peeled and minced
1 tbsp. sesame oil
2 tbsp. chopped fresh chives
1 tbsp. fresh thyme
Zest of 3 lemons
Zest of 1 orange
1 tsp. ground coriander
1½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. pepper
1. Rinse chicken and allow to air dry for 30 minutes.
2. Heat oven to 300.
3. Place butter in a mixing bowl. Beat in garlic, sesame oil, chives, thyme, lemon zest, orange zest, coriander, salt and pepper.
4. Coat the entire chicken with the butter mixture, including the cavity and under the skin.
5. Place the bird in a casserole or roasting pan, and roast covered for 1 hour. Uncover pan and roast for 1 hour more or until the bird reaches an internal temperature of 165.
6. Turn the oven up to 400, and continue roasting until chicken skin is golden brown, about 10 minutes.
7. Remove chicken from oven and let rest on a wooden board for 10 minutes before carving.
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CITY OF NEWBURGH — The City Council says it is "deeply concerned" that the Newburgh school board might close Horizons-on-the-Hudson Magnet School on Montgomery Street.
In a letter to the school board dated Thursday, Mayor Judy Kennedy and the council pleaded with the board to let Horizons "remain where it is."
Horizons is one of three elementary schools the board is considering closing because of an $8.6 million budget gap. The others are Balmville Communications and Media Center in the Town of Newburgh and Vails Gate High Tech Magnet School in New Windsor.
The board slashed $5.3 million from next year's budget at a meeting Thursday night, but postponed a decision on which school to close.
The letter, signed by all five members of the often-divided council, noted there has been a school on the same Montgomery Street site since 1796.
They called Horizons "an anchor in our East End historic district and a reminder of a tradition of centrally located education that has survived the challenges of more than two centuries, including Urban Renewal."
Urban renewal refers to the removal of all buildings east of Montgomery Street to the Hudson River that took place starting in the late 1960s, in what turned out to be an ill-fated attempt to kick-start economic development.
The council also said it is concerned that most of the schools the district has closed recently have been in the "economically challenged" city, where most of the population is black or Hispanic.
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text: Born in Wichita, Kansas, Trey McIntyre studied at the North Carolina School of the Arts for two years and in 1987, came to the Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy. In the spring of 1989, Mr. McIntyre was named choreographic apprentice to Houston Ballet, a position created especially for him by Houston Ballet Artistic Director Emeritus Ben Stevenson. He joined Houston Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 1990. Mr. McIntyre created his first work for the company, Skeleton Clock (1990) at the age of 20. He has since created six other works for Houston Ballet: Curupira (1993), Touched (1994), Second Before the Ground (1996) (which was later performed by the company at the Kennedy Center and at SadlerÆs Wells Theatre), Bound (2000), The Shadow (2003), and a full-length Peter Pan (2002), which Wall Street Journal critic, Robert Gueskovic, commended as the ōmost important production of 2002.ö His work for the company has received kudos from audiences and critics alike. Of Touched, Dance Magazine critic Valerie Gladstone observed, ōMcIntyre may be only twenty-four, but his choreographic skills are as great as those of many choreographers twice his age... Anyone who thought Houstonians wouldnÆt approve of innovation should have heard the applause for the spring program, especially McIntyreÆs Touched.... The audienceÆs pleasure was palpable.ö In 1995, he was named choreographic associate for Houston Ballet. In 1994, Mr. McIntyre was the youngest choreographer selected internationally to participate in New York City BalletÆs prestigious ōDiamond Project,ö designed to foster the creation of new dance works. In May of that year, he traveled to New York City for the world premiere of his ballet, Steel and Rain. The New York Times dance critic Anna Kisselgoff said of the work, ōTrey McIntyre...is obviously a new face to watch.ö Other companies he has created works for are: Stuttgart Ballet, Moscow Ballet Theater, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Pennsylvania Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Washington Ballet, Ballet de Santiago (Chile), Ballet Florida, Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Ballet Memphis, Nashville Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Miami City Ballet, Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Oakland Ballet, Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet, and Corpus Christi Ballet. He created his new version of Aliss in Wonderland, a co-production between Texas Ballet Theater, Nashville Ballet, and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Mr. McIntyre has created four works for Oregon Ballet Theatre, where he served as resident choreographer for the 1998-1999 season. He is now resident choreographer for Ballet Memphis. Mr. McIntyre has also received many grants and awards, including two choreographic fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography. Mr. McIntyre has two upcoming commissions from Washington Ballet and American Ballet Theater.


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Ron Paul to Nevada Supporters: Go Vote
PAHRUMP, Nev. – GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul used the final day before the Nevada caucuses to shore up support in what's considered his key stronghold in the state, rallying a boisterous crowd to get out the vote.
"Let's make sure we have a victory on Saturday and send a strong message," Mr.Paul said, his exhortations drowned out by supporters' cheers.
The head of the Paul campaign in Nevada, Carl Bunce, earlier predicted the Texas congressman would win Nye County, one of two counties Mr. Paul won in the 2008 nominating process. "You are a power center. I have no worries about Nye Co.," Mr. Bunce told the crowd.
A strong showing in areas where he has had previous success will be key if Mr. Paul has any hopes of pulling off an upset on Saturday. GOP front-runner Mitt Romney is favored to take a majority of Nevada's delegates, as he did four years ago.
In Pahrump, however, it's hard to tell that anyone other than Mr. Paul is in the race. His signs are the only ones planted throughout the town, interspersed between billboards advertising the legal local brothels, casinos and weathered signs for failed housing developments.
Dan Schinhofen, a member of Nye County's board of commissioners, said residents have started to receive phone calls from Mr. Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in the last week, but it's unlikely to sway area voters who identify with Mr. Paul's libertarian, anti-Federal Reserve message.
"It's Nevada. Prostitution and gambling are legal here, and people feel what you do to yourself is your own business. There's a lot of dislike for the federal government," Mr. Schinhofen said.
Pahrump residents believe in exercising their civil liberties, resident Mary Duncan said, and aren't shy about letting folks know it. Ms. Duncan, who manages a sandwich shop in the town, said Mr. Paul's message fits in perfectly.
"This is the most anti-government town I've ever lived in," she said.
Mr. Paul, speaking at the town roller rink on Friday, gave supporters the red meat they craved. He repeated his calls to shutter a number of government agencies, including the departments of education and housing, as well as for the gradual elimination of the Federal Reserve. He called for an end of the war on drugs, and said the Transportation Security Administration is infringing on citizens' rights without making them safer.
"We can get back on our feet again by sending people to Washington who follow the Constitution," Mr. Paul said.


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This resource is intended to serve both as a mechanism for publishing - in digital form - the scholarly output of each school's academic community, and as an open and shared ALADIN resource that supports research and continued scholarship.
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To the Editor:
The way ideology can get in the way of facts is truly remarkable! In a letter printed on Dec. 3, Dennis Brady suggests that our broken health care system can be fixed through tort reform and small health care clinics. That's like trying to cure a cancer with a cough drop.
Health care in the U.S. costs about 18 percent of GDP. The cost in countries with single-payer health care systems ranges from 6 to 12 percent of their smaller GDP, with most around 9-10 percent. Not only do the single-payer systems cost less and cover all of the people, they deliver better results in terms of longevity, infant mortality, and other metrics of quality. For example, my pacemaker, installed in England, cost less than half what it would have cost here, and my cardiologist said that the job was superior to most he has seen done in the U.S.
The "system" we have is breaking the backs of ordinary people. One of my sons pays about one fourth of his income on private health care insurance for his family of three. Then, when his daughter required costly health care recently, the family had to fight with the insurance company for weeks to get them to cover the cost. That they did eventually pay attests to the fact that they did owe the money.
Medicare works fine for older people. If it covered everyone, the country would save over $1 trillion per year, much more than the entire federal deficit, and we would not only be healthier but also free from the specter of financial disaster resulting from illness. But in spite of the fact that Medicare and the single-payer systems in other countries work very well and are cost-effective, ideologues continue to insist that governments can't do anything right.
Milt Lauenstein
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Category: People
Photo and caption by Jonathan Vaughn
I noticed this man waiting for the train with me and couldn't help but take his picture. I love the peaceful look he's giving and the cell phones in the foreground that make him seem all the more interesting to me.
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After I mentioned deer problems in a recent blog on our visit to the beautiful arcadian Canadian area of Banff and Jasper, I've been asked for how to keep these delightful creatures out of gardens here.
I always have to smile. Being asked about deer immediately brings to mind a gardening talk I was giving to a group of retirees. They asked about repelling deer.
A delightful lady who had to be in her 90s raised her hand, stood up and said: "Deer eat all my neighbors' gardens but they NEVER touch mine." Talk about an attention-getting intro! But the best was yet to come.
"Every night," she said, "I make my husband go out and 'mark' our garden. The deer never come near us."
It's true trying coyote (and other wildlife) urine is a common remedy. It's sold in many nurseries in rural areas. It's one of the many suggestions to try on my "So You Want to Stop Deer From Eating Your Landscape" information sheet. (see below for ordering details)
These are all listed as "suggestions" because, truth is, once a deer has eaten in one spot, it will return to that spot and consume everything in sight before it realizes you've switch to a plant it's not supposed to like.
So step one is to break that habit with temporary fencing.
The other problem is that deer will often eat the soft new baby leaves of plants they're not supposed to like, plants they'll avoid once the plant becomes well established. So protecting all new plants, and buying the largest plants you can afford, are two other good ideas.
The heat and drought may have destroyed much of what's left (after our massive human invasions) of their native habitat. That's why they're always worse during extreme weather conditions.
Think like a deer. They are skittish and pretty savvy. But they're also creatures of habit. They usually feed at night, or when you're away from home. So how about a motion detector that will turn on a radio when the deer passes by?
Some folks swear by hanging things on or over plants: sented shaved soap, rotting eggs, bloodmeal, human hair (works on rabbits), creosote, curry powder. (Come on, folks, add some more?)
My suggestion would be to talk to your neighbors. What do they have that the deer in your area won't eat? Just remember deer appetites can change depending on the size of the plant, the area of the country and what's available elsewhere. No plant is totally deer proof.
When you do replace consumed plants, try a wide variety at first. It's pretty well accepted that deer adore Asian jasmine, chrysanthemums, crepe myrtles, daylilies, geraniums, hibiscus, impatiens, Indian hawthorne, phlox, red tipped photinias, roses, spirea (bridal wreath) and wisteria.
Plants readers have reported they leave alone (most of the time) include annual sunflower (Helianthus annus), black-eyed Susan, butterflyweed, cardinal flower, cherry laurel, columbine, ferns (almost all), four o'clocks, gayfeather (liatris), lantana, lemon mint, mealy sage, Mexican hat, penstemons, purple coneflower, red yucca, scutellaria (skullcap), Texas sage, wedelia and yaupon.
Others have reported success with Carolina jessamine, coral bean, Mexican buckeye, Mexican mint marigold, oleander, possumhaw holly, pyracanta, rusty blackhaw, rosemary, Texas barberry, Texas pistacho, esperanza (Tecoma stans), vitex and wax myrtle.
Two great free events are coming up where don't-wanna-deer-gardeners can get expert advice from folks who have a LOT of experience coping with deer:
• Thursday, Sept. 10: Greg Grant will speak on "Gardening for the Birds and the Bees: Saving the World One Garden at a Time," 7:30 p.m., McCullough Jr. High School in The Woodlands. Details: http://www.thewoodlandsassociations.org/site/press/press_txt.aspx?page=5016
• Saturday, Sept. 26: Woodlands Landscaping Solutions (a festival with booths), 9 a.m.-noon, 8203 Millennium Forest Dr. Details: www.thewoodlandsassociations.org/site/environment/default.aspx?page=382#SE
• And I'll be at The Woodlands Wildflower Festival October 24 autographing copies of my book-on-CD, "The Lazy Gardener's Guide on CD." Stop by and say hello!
("STOP DEER!" information sheet, $2. Checks payable to Brenda B. Smith. Mail with self-addressed, stamped envelope to: "Stop Deer," 14011 Greenranch Dr., Houston, TX 77039)


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5005 - 50 Street
P.O. Box 230
Ryley, AB, T0B 4A0
Ph: (780) 663-3653
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Get to Know Our Community
The Village of Ryley, once called Equity, is a small community of 497 residents located 50 Minutes east of Edmonton on Highway 14 [The Poundmaker Trail] in the center of beaver county. Primarily serving as an agricultural center in an area of grain and cattle production, Ryley has a variety of local businesses geared to the needs of local farmers.
Successful niche businesses include George's Harness and Saddlery, and a Tannery. The administration offices for Beaver County are also located in Ryley, providing employment opportunities for local residents.
Recreation facilities within the village include a first class community center which holds up to 400 people, and is the site of the Village Market held every first Thursday of every month. Ryley District Museum traces the changes in village and farm life over the decades within the walls of the museum which is housed in two county schools joined together. Make a splash at the newly renovated indoor Swimming Pool and Fitness Centre which is administrated by the Beaver Heritage and Agricultural Society. Excellent shale ball diamonds with an RV Park nearby, outdoor skating rink, three sheet curling rink and the new Skate/BMX Park and two playgrounds for the children. At the south end of main street where the CN station once stood you will find a beautiful park complete with rubber walking path and a gazebo.
Opportunities for fishing and camping are available at Black Nugget Lake, a short distance south and west of the village. Golf enthusiasts will find an excellent course just 18 kilometers west of Ryley at Tofield. A brand new golf course, Coal Creek Golf Resort is now open and close to the camping facilities at Black Nugget Lake.
The McPherson Library provides a variety of services including unlimited free Internet access, interlibrary loans, an excellent collection of books in many different genres, and a Summer Reading and Activity Program for children.
Ryley is a partner in the Tofield/Ryley/Beaver County FCSS, the Beaver Emergency Services Commission (fire and EMS Departments), and the Highway 14 Water Commission which provides Edmonton water to the residents of the village.
There are 4 local churches - Bethel Lutheran, Seventh Day Adventist, and The Total Life Centre and the Good News Community Church. Children from kindergarten through grade six attend elementary school in Holden, another village just 14 kilometers east of Ryley. The Holden and Ryley students complete their junior and senior high school education at the Ryley School. The Ryley and Holden schools operate a four day week, from Monday through Thursday, giving families the opportunity to enjoy a three day weekend, and schedule routine appointments on their free Fridays. A group of young mothers have organized a pre-kindergarten playgroup for children age three to five.
People come from all around for the annual Ryley Sports Day and Family Fair held on the third weekend in June. This popular event includes activities for the whole family to enjoy, from a pancake breakfast and parade in the morning, baseball and family events all day, to a dinner, fireworks and dance in the evening. Be sure to cheer on your favorite team in the Ry/Tof Annual Slo-Pitch Tournament held September long weekend. There are a multitude of opportunities for the dedicated volunteer, from a couple of hours helping with a fundraising dinner, to committing to a team as a board member for a wide variety of volunteer organizations.
Both the Lion's Club and the Royal Canadian Legion are active in the community, and both would welcome new members.