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Witchcraft-based abuse first came to national consciousness with the murder 12 years ago of Victoria Climbié by her guardians. After her death it emerged that the police and other authorities had missed several opportunities to step in and save the eight-year-old. Her death led to a public inquiry and produced major changes in child protection policies in England.

In the past 10 years police in greater London have investigated 83 incidents of child abuse and torture linked to witchcraft and other religious rituals. Of these children, four – including Kristy Bamu – were murdered during the ritualised violence. One

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PORTLAND — When first-timers walk into a CrossFit gym, the question many have asked is, “Is this it?”

The garage-style gyms appear minimalistic; usually a large, open-space room with pull-up bars, Olympic rings and an assortment of bar and kettle bell weights. But what the gyms lack in fancy machines, clients say the make up in results.

“It’s really a full-body workout,” said Darren Darsey, owner and coach of CrossFit 503 on Southwest Macadam. “All we do are multi-joint, functional movements, we don’t do isolated movements.”

CrossFit is one of the most popular new workout niches to sweep the nation. Trainer Greg Glassman started Crossfit in 1995. He opened his first gym in Santa Cruz, CA.

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After more than two years with us, since Preston was three months old, our nanny quit on Saturday night—wait for it—over a text message. She sent my husband a text at 7:30 p.m. saying, simply, “Hi, Jay, just wanted to tell you I got a new job.” A new job? Huh!? We didn’t even know she was looking…totally blind-sided by this. After leaving my job at Playboy last month we had to reduce her hours a little and she said she was fine with it, and seemed very understanding. I fel

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Focal therapy represents a potentially huge shift in the way in which men with localized prostate cancer are treated. By targeting and treating only the cancer areas in the gland, it offers a credible alternative to more traditional radical surgery or active surveillance.

provides you with an evidence-based, dynamic and comprehensive review of this exciting new form of treatment, written by an outstanding international team of leading urologists, oncologists, radiologists and pathologists. Well-illustrated throughout, chapters are divided into key sections covering the key questions faced by cancer specialists and patients interested in focal therapy:

• Is there a role for focal therapy in localized prostate cancer?

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New guidelines outlining the causes and prevention of sudden death among athletes were released this week by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association (NATA) in the United States.

“These guidelines were developed for any level of sports participation, and to truly help save a life,” NATA President Marjorie Albohm said in an association news release. “It is also critical that a school, team or league’s medical professionals have an emergency action plan in place. In the event that an injury occurs, every minute counts when it comes to appropriate care and transport of the athlete.”

“While collegiate and professional teams have athletic trainers on staff to prevent and treat injuries, only 42 percent of high schools have access to our members,” Albohm noted.

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