In their current form, the Olympic and Paralympic Games, especially the Summer Games have outgrown the capability of all but select number of major metropolitan centres in wealthy, developed nations.The Executive Board of the IOC has created Olympic Agenda 2020 and tasked a group to examine and report back in December on how to preserve the unique qualities of Games while making the bidding and hosting tasks easier to attract…
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The good folk at the Almonte Public Library invited me to join them as a ‘book’ resource for their Human Library project. The five branches of the Mississippi Mills public library offered readers the opportunity to check out a book for a half hour question and answer session on a wide range of interesting topics.I was asked to speak on my Fall 2013 trek to Everest Base Camp. I spent…
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Well, I have taken all the basic steps that every beginner archer must follow in order to practice this ancient sport. I took group lessons through two levels. Level one concentrated on range safety and an introductory peek into the equipment and language you will find. The second level group session of another six weeks expanded upon the form necessary to correctly perform the steps of an archery shot. These…
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