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Just as there was a shift from viewing disease as a state to thinking of it as a process, the same shift happened in definitions of health. Again, the WHO played a leading role when it fostered the development of the health promotion movement in the 1980s. This brought in a new conception of health, not as a state, but in dynamic terms of resiliency, in other words, as “a resource for living”. 1984 WHO revised the definition of health defined it as “the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs and to change or cope with the environment. Health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept, emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities”. Thus, health referred to the ability to maintain homeostasis and recover from insults. Mental, intellectual, emotional and social health referred to a person’s ability to handle stress, to acquire skills, to maintain relationships, all of which form resources for resiliency and independent living.
Since the late 1970s, the federal Healthy People Initiative has been a visible component of the United States’ approach to improving population health. In each decade, a new version of Healthy People is issued, featuring updated goals and identifying topic areas and quantifiable objectives for health improvement during the succeeding ten years, with assessment at that point of progress or lack thereof. Progress has been limited to many objectives, leading to concerns about the effectiveness of Healthy People in shaping outcomes in the context of a decentralized and uncoordinated US health system. Healthy People 2020 gives more prominence to health promotion and preventive approaches and adds a substantive focus on the importance of addressing social determinants of health. A new expanded digital interface facilitates use and dissemination rather than bulky printed books as produced in the past. The impact of these changes to Healthy People will be determined in the coming years.
The notions behind the term share the same roots as the alternative medicine movement, in 19th-century movements in the US and Europe that sought to optimize health and to consider the whole person, like New Thought, Christian Science, and Lebensreform.
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In the first decade of the 21th century, the conceptualization of health as an ability opened the door for self-assessments to become the main indicators to judge the performance of efforts aimed at improving human health. It also created the opportunity for every person to feel healthy, even in the presence of multiple chronic diseases, or a terminal condition, and for the re-examination of determinants of health, away from the traditional approach that focuses on the reduction of the prevalence of diseases.
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Jump up ^ “IARC Monographs Programme finds cancer hazards associated with shiftwork, painting and firefighting”. International Agency for Research on Cancer. December 5, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
Jump up ^ Jonathan, E. Fielding; Shiriki, Kumanyika; Ronald, W. Manderscheid (2013). “A Perspective on the Development of the Healthy People 2020 Framework for Improving U.S. Population Health” (PDF). Public Health Reviews. 35. Archived from the original on 2014-04-02.
Organized interventions to improve health based on the principles and procedures developed through the health sciences are provided by practitioners trained in medicine, nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, social work, psychology, occupational therapy, physical therapy and other health care professions. Clinical practitioners focus mainly on the health of individuals, while public health practitioners consider the overall health of communities and populations. Workplace wellness programs are increasingly adopted by companies for their value in improving the health and well-being of their employees, as are school health services in order to improve the health and well-being of children.
The term was partly inspired by the preamble to the World Health Organization’s 1948 constitution which said: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” It was initially brought to use in the US by Halbert L. Dunn, M.D. in the 1950s; Dunn was the chief of the National Office of Vital Statistics and discussed “high-level wellness,” which he defined as “an integrated method of functioning, which is oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable.” The term “wellness” was then adopted by John Travis who opened a “Wellness Resource Center” in Mill Valley, California in the mid-1970s, which was seen by mainstream culture as part of the hedonistic culture of Northern California at that time and typical of the Me generation. Travis marketed the center as alternative medicine, opposed to what he said was the disease-oriented approach of medicine. The concept was further popularized by Robert Rodale through Prevention magazine, Bill Hetler, a doctor at University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, who set up an annual academic conference on wellness, and Tom Dickey, who established the Berkeley Wellness Letter in the 1980s. The term had become accepted as standard usage in the 1990s.
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The great positive impact of public health programs is widely acknowledged. Due in part to the policies and actions developed through public health, the 20th century registered a decrease in the mortality rates for infants and children and a continual increase in life expectancy in most parts of the world. For example, it is estimated that life expectancy has increased for Americans by thirty years since 1900, and worldwide by six years since 1990.
Prolonged psychological stress may negatively impact health, and has been cited as a factor in cognitive impairment with aging, depressive illness, and expression of disease. Stress management is the application of methods to either reduce stress or increase tolerance to stress. Relaxation techniques are physical methods used to relieve stress. Psychological methods include cognitive therapy, meditation, and positive thinking, which work by reducing response to stress. Improving relevant skills, such as problem solving and time management skills, reduces uncertainty and builds confidence, which also reduces the reaction to stress-causing situations where those skills are applicable.
Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. Wellness is more than being free from illness, it is a dynamic process of change and growth.
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Many teens suffer from mental health issues in response to the pressures of society and social problems they encounter. Some of the key mental health issues seen in teens are: depression, eating disorders, and drug abuse. There are many ways to prevent these health issues from occurring such as communicating well with a teen suffering from mental health issues. Mental health can be treated and be attentive to teens’ behavior.
Jump up ^ Schwingel A, Niti MM, Tang C, Ng TP (2009). “Continued work employment and volunteerism and mental well-being of older adults: Singapore longitudinal ageing studies”. Age and Ageing. 38 (5): 531–7. doi:10.1093/ageing/afp089. PMID 19474036.
A number of types of health issues are common around the globe. Disease is one of the most common. According to GlobalIssues.org, approximately 36 million people die each year from non-communicable (not contagious) disease including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease (Shah, 2014).
Systematic activities to prevent or cure health problems and promote good health in humans are undertaken by health care providers. Applications with regard to animal health are covered by the veterinary sciences. The term “healthy” is also widely used in the context of many types of non-living organizations and their impacts for the benefit of humans, such as in the sense of healthy communities, healthy cities or healthy environments. In addition to health care interventions and a person’s surroundings, a number of other factors are known to influence the health status of individuals, including their background, lifestyle, and economic, social conditions and spirituality; these are referred to as “determinants of health.” Studies have shown that high levels of stress can affect human health.
The World Health Organization describes mental health as “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”. Mental Health is not just the absence of mental illness.
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Bodily injuries are also a common health issue worldwide. These injuries, including broken bones, fractures, and burns can reduce a person’s quality of life or can cause fatalities including infections that resulted from the injury or the severity injury in general (Moffett, 2013).
The maintenance and promotion of health is achieved through different combination of physical, mental, and social well-being, together sometimes referred to as the “health triangle.” The WHO’s 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion further stated that health is not just a state, but also “a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.”
Sleep is an essential component to maintaining health. In children, sleep is also vital for growth and development. Ongoing sleep deprivation has been linked to an increased risk for some chronic health problems. In addition, sleep deprivation has been shown to correlate with both increased susceptibility to illness and slower recovery times from illness. In one study, people with chronic insufficient sleep, set as six hours of sleep a night or less, were found to be four times more likely to catch a cold compared to those who reported sleeping for seven hours or more a night. Due to the role of sleep in regulating metabolism, insufficient sleep may also play a role in weight gain or, conversely, in impeding weight loss. Additionally, in 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is the cancer research agency for the World Health Organization, declared that “shiftwork that involves circadian disruption is probably carcinogenic to humans,” speaking to the dangers of long-term nighttime work due to its intrusion on sleep. In 2015, the National Sleep Foundation released updated recommendations for sleep duration requirements based on age and concluded that “Individuals who habitually sleep outside the normal range may be exhibiting signs or symptoms of serious health problems or, if done volitionally, may be compromising their health and well-being.”
Physical exercise enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It strengthens muscles and improves the cardiovascular system. According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) there are four types of exercise; Endurance, Strength, Flexibility, and Balance. Endurance exercises are those that will elevate your heart rate including; walking, jogging, running, hiking etc.
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Though the majority of these health issues are preventable, a major contributor to global ill health is the fact that approximately 1 billion people lack access to health care systems (Shah, 2014). Arguably, the most common and harmful health issue is that a great many people do not have access to quality remedies.
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Public health has been described as “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.” It is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. The population in question can be as small as a handful of people or as large as all the inhabitants of several continents (for instance, in the case of a pandemic). Public health has many sub-fields, but typically includes the interdisciplinary categories of epidemiology, biostatistics and health services. Environmental health, community health, behavioral health, and occupational health are also important areas of public health.
In addition to safety risks, many jobs also present risks of disease, illness and other long-term health problems. Among the most common occupational diseases are various forms of pneumoconiosis, including silicosis and coal worker’s pneumoconiosis (black lung disease). Asthma is another respiratory illness that many workers are vulnerable to. Workers may also be vulnerable to skin diseases, including eczema, dermatitis, urticaria, sunburn, and skin cancer. Other occupational diseases of concern include carpal tunnel syndrome and lead poisoning.
As hope fades that Metro Vancouver’s housing crisis will end anytime soon, counsellors say they are helping more clients tackle the shame and misery that comes from sleeping in rodent-infested basement suites or staying with abusive partners while struggling to find a better home. Clients are identifying housing as having a major impact on their […]
Spiritual wellness allows you to develop a set of values that help you seek meaning and purpose. Spirituality can be represented in many ways, for example, through relaxation or religion. But being spiritually well means knowing which resources to use to cope with issues that come up in everyday life.
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Intellectual wellness involves having an open mind when you encounter new ideas and continuing to expand your knowledge. It encourages active participation in scholastic, cultural and community activities.
Environmental wellness inspires us to live a lifestyle that is respectful of our surroundings. This realm encourages us to live in harmony with the Earth by taking action to protect it. Environmental well-being promotes interaction with nature and your personal environment. Everyone can have a strong environmental conscious simply by raising their awareness.
The concept of the “health field,” as distinct from medical care, emerged from the Lalonde report from Canada. The report identified three interdependent fields as key determinants of an individual’s health. These are:
Future historians may wonder how we stayed calm in the face of 2017’s global economic and nuclear threats let local drug overdosing, homelessness and, for many, unreachable real-estate prices. They may also conclude that 2018’s perils vastly exceeded those before. For now, though, here are some folk from this column who helped give 2017 its […]
The US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration uses the concept of wellness in its programs, defining it as having eight aspects: emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social, and spiritual.
As the number of service sector jobs has risen in developed countries, more and more jobs have become sedentary, presenting a different array of health problems than those associated with manufacturing and the primary sector. Contemporary problems, such as the growing rate of obesity and issues relating to stress and overwork in many countries, have further complicated the interaction between work and health.
Jump up ^ Housman & Dorman 2005, pp. 303–304. “The linear model supported previous findings, including regular exercise, limited alcohol consumption, abstinence from smoking, sleeping 7–8 hours a night, and maintenance of a healthy weight play an important role in promoting longevity and delaying illness and death.” Citing Wingard DL, Berkman LF, Brand RJ (1982). “A multivariate analysis of health-related practices: a nine-year mortality follow-up of the Alameda County Study”. Am J Epidemiol. 116 (5): 765–775. PMID 7148802.
Public health also takes various actions to limit the health disparities between different areas of the country and, in some cases, the continent or world. One issue is the access of individuals and communities to health care in terms of financial, geographical or socio-cultural constraints to accessing and using services. Applications of the public health system include the areas of maternal and child health, health services administration, emergency response, and prevention and control of infectious and chronic diseases.
The focus of public health interventions is to prevent and manage diseases, injuries and other health conditions through surveillance of cases and the promotion of healthy behavior, communities, and (in aspects relevant to human health) environments. Its aim is to prevent health problems from happening or re-occurring by implementing educational programs, developing policies, administering services and conducting research. In many cases, treating a disease or controlling a pathogen can be vital to preventing it in others, such as during an outbreak. Vaccination programs and distribution of condoms to prevent the spread of communicable diseases are examples of common preventive public health measures, as are educational campaigns to promote vaccination and the use of condoms (including overcoming resistance to such).


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A football club aimed at tackling the stigma around mental health issues and raising awareness of suicide will kick of in Margate from August 9.
Sports Connect is bringing The 12th Man CALM Football Club to Margate Main Sands in memory of Broadstairs man Gabriel Farmer.
Gabriel lost his life to suicide on May 14, aged just 23. His mum Louise Knight had fought to get him help for depression and anxiety but struggled to access to professional services.
Louise is now setting up the Angel Gabriel Charity/Forever 23, determined to help others and make sure no family has to endure the pain of losing a loved one to suicide.
The charity aim is to help people to pay for private healthcare and therapy so they are able to access the support they need immediately and not have to wait weeks or months for an appointment.
The 12th Man CALM club is being supported by Active Thanet, 12th Man, CALM – Campaign Against Living Miserably – Kent FA, Postcode Society Trust, VRU Kent and Medway and Sea Shed Margate, which is giving CALM participants a 20% discount on drinks following the session.
The programme is open to men aged 18 and over and will be taking place weekly, every Wednesday, from August 9 between 6pm – 7:30pm on the main sands near the tidal pool.
Sports Connect will also be providing free beach sports for young people aged between 11 – 19 years beforehand from 4pm – 5:30pm.
‘Tackling the stigma’
A Sports Connect spokesperson said: “We recognise that using football to share responsibility in tackling the stigma around mental health issues and raise awareness of suicide can help. Our 12th Man CALM Football Club brings together people who love the beautiful game and is for any level of fitness – everyone is welcome.
“ It’s about positivity; generosity and reinforcement on and off the pitch. We use the power of the game to help get everyone talking whilst supporting one another’s mental wellbeing. We already facilitate CALM Club in Herne Bay providing men access a free, social kick around. The sessions now have over 40 members focusing on raising their awareness of their mindset.”
Thanet suffers the highest suicide rates in Kent and the second highest rate in the entire Southeast. The district recorded 53 deaths from suicide between 2019-2021 with male rates more than double that of female (at 38 deaths compared to 15).
Exercise for wellbeing
The Mental Health Foundation says studies show exercise can be as effective as medication or psychotherapy. It can improve mood; decrease depression/anxiety; increase self-esteem and lead to a better and more balanced lifestyle. Participation can aid recovery, manage symptoms and dramatically improve quality of life.
Making friends, working, and keeping fit are all normal parts of everyday life, but the stigma surrounding mental illness makes these things harder. Football can help break this isolation and provide social inclusion in everyday life and communities. By becoming part of a team, sharing a pitch and working together, it allows people to normalise their feelings by knowing they are not alone and allows them to build valuable connections with others.
Bring people together
The Sports Connect spokesperson added: “Mental illness is still one of the most stigmatised issues within our communities. By providing a safe environment, with qualified coaches, peer support, as well as qualified Mental Health First Aiders, we can break down the stigma, create opportunities for conversation and bring people together.”
Sports Connect is a sport-for-all organisation that delivers fun and interactive sports, health and education programmes for communities; The organisation is a registered NCFE and 1st4 Sport Approved Centre, and a Kent FA Licensed Football Provider.
Ask for help
- Call Kent and Medway’s Single Point of Access on 0300 222 0123 (24/7) or text 07860 022819 (8am-10pm)
- Or call the Mental Health Matters team on 0800 107 0160. Free, confidential and open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Thanet Safe Haven on 07850 655877 6pm – 11pm 365 days or email [email protected]. If your usual sources of support are closed Safe Haven in Thanet offers mental health support to Kent residents aged 16+, including healthcare professionals.
- East Kent Mind 0795 060 8827 or visit their website
- Wellbeing line 0203 912 0032 is open Monday – Friday 2pm-5pm and Sunday 6pm-10pm
- SpeakUp CIC peer support in Margate Email: [email protected]

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There were a lot of players who were unhappy when the NHL adopted a salary cap a few years back, but it has to be said that it has created a marvelous level of parity in the league. Yes, there are still some teams who are struggling badly, but most of those are in the process of rebuilding. The Philadelphia Flyers could fall into that category, and they will have another tough NHL betting game on Tuesday when they have to head to Ottawa to face the Senators.
Coach says no line-up changes for tonight.
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) December 1, 2015
Betting Odds and Game Preview
Date: Tuesday, December 01, 2015
Time: 7:30 PM ET
Venue: Canadian Tire Centre
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Betting on the Philadelphia Flyers
Like many teams who end up down near the cellar, the Philadelphia Flyers (9-10-5) are struggling to put the puck in the back of the net. They are dead last in offense, netting an average of just 1.8 goals per game, which simply isn’t good enough. They have a defense that is stuck in the middle of the pack, but who have had enough good nights to allow the Flyers to win more games than people expected. They are coming off an excellent week, winning 3 of 4 games, and playing some excellent defense along the way. Shutting out the New York Rangers over the weekend was quite probably the highlight for the Flyers. They will have to play 2 games on the road to start the week before heading back home on Saturday. Their 4-6-2 road record does not suggest that they will have a lot of success, but this team is playing some good hockey at the moment.
Betting on the Ottawa Senators
The Montreal Canadiens are running away with the Atlantic Division this season, but the Ottawa Senators are doing a good job of being the best among the chasing pack. Things are incredibly tight in the division, and Ottawa knows that they cannot afford a dip in form if they want to stay in the hunt. They are doing a pretty good job so far, and had a nice little 4-game win streak going before it was broken up in Arizona over the weekend. Ottawa is 5-2-3 over their last 10 games, and are starting to play the same way that saw them close out the regular season in such exciting fashion last year. They are definitely a fun team to watch, especially if you like to see lots of goals and games that get decided by OT and shootouts. That style caught up with them in the playoffs last season, so they may need to find a more effective way to get the job done.
Flyers vs. Senators Key Betting Trends
Philadelphia is 5-12 SU in its last 17 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Philadelphia’s last 6 games
Philadelphia is 5-18 SU in its last 23 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Philadelphia’s last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing Ottawa
Ottawa is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Ottawa’s last 6 games
Ottawa is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Ottawa’s last 6 games at home
Ottawa is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Philadelphia
What Should You Consider Before Placing Your Bets?
Ottawa played Philadelphia on the road a couple of weeks back, and they came away with a comfortable 4-0 win. I expect more of the same in this one, and would like Ottawa to emerge with the easy win.

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LOCKHEED MARTIN'S plans to produce advanced derivatives of the F-16 combat aircraft have been dealt a blow with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) deciding to drop the F-16U from its strike-fighter competition.
The UAE's decision to reject the Lockheed Martin offer was because of the associated $2-3 billion development cost, say sources close to the programme. Lockheed is now offering the UAE F-16C/D Block 50 aircraft as a less costly (and less capable) alternative to the F-16U. The company was hoping to use the UAE as the launch customer for the advanced F-16 derivative. Lockheed Martin says that it could not comment on the range of F-16s being offered.
It had previously attempted to persuade Israel to procure the F-16 Enhanced Strategic variant of the F-16. This was optimised as a two-seat long-range strike aircraft. The Israeli air force purchased the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-15E instead.
Lockheed drew heavily on the projected F-16X programme for the F-16U, with the aircraft having a modified F-22 wing and advanced avionics. With wing tanks, the F-16U had a projected combat radius of over 1,850km (1,000nm).
Other competitors striving for the UAE's strike-fighter requirement include MDC, with the F-15U, an F-15E derivative; Dassault, with the Mirage 2000, followed by the Rafale; Sukhoi offering the Su-35 advanced Flanker; and the UK, pushing the Panavia Tornado interdictor- strike (IDS) aircraft, followed by the Eurofighter EF2000.
The UK is proposing to lease a dozen batch one Tornado IDS to the UAE for up to ten years.
Source: Flight International


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The rounded-top white marble gravestone of N. G. Lewis depicts the hand of God holding a broken chain. The broken link of chain represents a life that has ended. This symbolism dates back to medieval times when people believed that the soul could be held to the body by a golden chain. Once the chain was broken, the soul took flight and rose from the body leaving Earth and ascended to Heaven. Here there are three links in the chain which represents the Trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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The 2023 spring anime season has the usual basket of adapted works from manga, light novels, and games. But it has original stories too! There’s the continuation of BIRDIE WING from Bandai Namco and The Marginal Service from Studio 3Hz. But there’s a third one aimed at the hearts and minds of anime, manga, video games, and contemporary digital media fans. Otaku. Magical Destroyers (魔法少女マジカルデストロイヤーズ, Mahou Shoujo Magical Destroyers, Magical Girl Destroyers) shows us the fight to liberate Akihabara from the censorship and cancellation of modern otaku culture. Look at the final trailer before the April 7th premiere.
J-List has previously covered the premise and multimedia goals for the original anime from rookie creator Jun Inagawa and character designer Yuki Sawa. Crunchyroll’s press release about its spring anime streaming schedule confirmed new details for Magical Destroyers. First, that’s what the title will be in English. Good to know! Second, the American streamer has an official synopsis for the anime.
“Freedom of expression is threatened when a mysterious group, the SSC, destroys Japan’s otaku culture. However, a young revolutionary, Otaku Hero — who loves the culture more than anything — rises. With the help of three rambunctious magical girls — Anarchy, Blue, and Pink — they’ll team up to create a world free of this oppressive rule. Be part of the rebellion to bring back fandom!”
Magical Destroyer’s official website has more information on the SSC and its otaku internment camps. It doesn’t tell us what SSC stands for, but I will guess it’s something close to the “Safety and Security Committee.” Is this what happens when the morality code enforcers in high school wage an all-out assault on “prohibited material” in 2008 Japan? We’ll have to watch to find out.
Magical Girls and Otaku Combine Forces
Magical Destroyers mixes and mashes up several anime genre formulas to give the action-packed version of SHIMONETA. The 2015 comedic anime took on the subject of banned taboo expressions about sex and vulgarity. Magical Destroyers applies a farcical filter to the global rise of fascism in the 1930s. But in the ghettos and concentration camps of filthy otaku, rebellion stirs with the help of a mysterious creature named Kyoutarou. Did he give powers to the magical girls, Anarchy, Blue, and Pink? We’ll have to watch to find out!
I appreciate how Magical Destroyers makes distinctions between the different otaku who populate the shops in Akihabara. Obsessive fans can be found everywhere. So the SSC rounded up military, game, train, JSDF, anime, idol, and pro-wrestling adherents. Otaku Hero dresses as the stereotypical male with coke-bottle glasses, a headband, and a backpack full of posters.
The SSC has fun with the patterns of sci-fi supervillains. Where did SHOBON, the leader of the censorious group, develop his hypnosis and brainwashing technology? Are the Four Heavenly Kings, SHOBON’s lieutenants, also scientifically enhanced? Or are they magically powered like the magical girls? We’ll need to watch to find out.
The Destructive Cast and Crew of Magical Destroyers
As with any original story and animation, we must examine the staff’s previous works to build or temper our expectations. Creator Inagawa’s background is in illustration, and character designer Sawa has no track record in anime. The success of Magical Destroyers will rest on Director Hiroshi Ikehata and writer Daishirou Tanimura. Director Ikehata is a busy man this season, as he also helms the second season of Tonikaku Kawaii (also the first season). But he has directed three seasons of magical girls in Kiratto Pri☆chan, so that boosts confidence. Writer Tanimura wrote scripts for Gen Urobuchi’s Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet while contributing scripts to the recent anime series SPYxFAMILY. Can he keep a story arc together for an entire twelve episodes? We’ll have to watch to find out.
The voice actors are solid veterans, so I have no worries there. The otaku group makes the cast a giant ensemble, so let’s concentrate on the lead characters.
- Otaku Hero — Makoto Furukawa (Miyuki Shirogane from Kaguya-sama: Love is War). His only outstanding ability is his sense of justice. Magical girls and other otakus like him a lot.
- Anarchy — Fairouz Ai (Power from Chainsaw Man). The foul-mouthed tsundere transforms into a magical girl by pulling her costume out of a backpack. Quickly!
- Blue — Aimi (Julia from The Idolm@ster Million Live!). The cool-looking Blue can’t stop thinking about sex.
- Pink — Tomoyo Kurosawa (Rebecca from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners). The gas mask-wearing magical girl speaks in weird noises only Blue can understand.
- Nick — Kazuyuki Okitsu (Fat Gum from My Hero Academia). Otaku Hero’s friend and a super hacker.
- SHOBON — Souma Saitou (Vinegar Doppio from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind). The mysterious leader of the SSC oppresses otaku culture in the name of “protection.”
- Slayer — Yuu Serizawa (Mini Yaemori from Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 3). The graceful young lady carrying a parasol has a secret gutter mouth.
- Kyoutarou — Tomori Kusunoki (Makima from Chainsaw Man). The odd mascot character’s vicious tongue does not match his cuteness.
Will you be watching Magical Destroyers? Are you ready to liberate otaku culture from oppression? The revolution begins on April 7th on Crunchyroll, so let us know in the comments or online on Facebook or Twitter.
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The solution uses facial recognition technology to match live photos of users’ faces to those depicted on their government IDs. Now, when the system is used with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada’s “dual process” authentication method, which mandates the use of two valid identity documents, the solution “meets or exceeds” the guidelines laid out in the PCMLTFA, according to a statement from Applied Recognition.
As Co-CEO Ray Ganong explains, “Dozens of industries are governed by the limitations & mandates of the PCMLTFA to establish customer identity,” so the Toronto-based company’s solution could therefore prove popular in the Canadian market. Ganong went on to highlight the solutions value for “banks, credit unions, insurers, fintechs, attorney, notaries and many other businesses and professionals”.
The announcement comes soon after Applied Recognition launched support for two major mobile development platforms, allowing third parties to more easily integrate Ver-ID into mobile apps.
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JUST 15 months India had experienced the Orissa cyclone, water scarcity
in Gujarat and Rajasthan, floods in Bihar and West Bengal and now the massive
Gujarat earthquake. And shortly after the rubble is cleared, we will have
to deal with a severe drought in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan,
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in such rapid succession. But India is not unique in this respect.
Other countries of subcontinental dimensions such as Brazil, China, and
the U.S. are also forced to confront such a range and frequency of disasters.
Where India is unique though is in the Government's initial leaden-footed
response to a crisis. Far from being hardened after handling disasters
for years, the Government machinery at all levels is always found wanting
in its first response. it is hard to believe that though more than
50 million Indians are affected by natural disasters every years, in which
some 5,000 people die, our action plans become inactionable whenever a
natural calamity strikes.
of lives, perhaps even a couple of thousands, were probably lost in Gujarat
because the State Government was too paralysed to react in the first few
days. And the Central Government consumed valuable time coming to
terms with its usual ;paranoia about teams from abroad who immediately;
offered all the expertise and equipment they had. A Russian team which
had honed its rescue skills in the earthquakes of ;Armenia (1988), Taiwan
and Turkey (1999) was ready on the very first day but it could leave for
India only after 24 hours because it took that long for the Government
of India to decide that it needed help. (When every minute's delay means
lives are lost in a disaster, one wonders if the political establishment
and senior officials in the Capital who had assembled on Rajpath on the
morning of the quake were informed that disaster had struck Gujarat and
if they were what they did during the three hours that they spent watching
the march of pageants and missiles.)
nothing of the scale of the Republic Day earthquake has happened
in the past 50 years and that could explain the initial paralysis in the
state administration. But neither the Central nor the State Governments
appear to have bothered to draw any lessons from the abysmal failure to
cope with the Orissa cyclone. The Government of Gujarat seems to
have learnt nothing from its lethargy during the Kandla cyclone of 1998
when a few thousand people perished on the port construction site. (That
no one really knows how many died in Kandla in 1998 is a story in itself.
The dead all came from armies of migrant labourers who had no permanent
homes and whose contractor-employers could not be bothered to record the
migrants' personal details). In spite of our obvious inadequacies there
is a callousness about official attitudes to disaster management that is
Behn was rescued after being trapped for 100 hours in the Ahmedabad rubble
with the body of her son decomposing next to her. Her legs and one arm
have been amputated, but she has survived. But her spirit would have been
extinguished if she had known about the smugness with which the Government
has been responding to questions in Parliament about our ability to handle
natural calamities. Here are just two of innumerable examples. There was
no proposal to prepare any new scheme for disaster preparedness after the
Orissa cyclone, the Lok Sabha was told (on May 17, 2000), as "There already
exists a well laid down institutional arrangement for disaster preparedness
and mitigation both at the Central and State level...". And who would have
known that there actually is an emergency; plan. "A National Contingency;
Action Plan has been prepared which identifies the actions to be taken
by various Central Ministries and State Governments in the event of natural
disaster." (Rajya Sabha, December 14, 2000). After refusing to acknowledge
for months ;that ;we ;may; need ;to institute a ;national disaster management
authority to assess our vulnerability to these events, it finally took
the recommendations of the Eleventh Finance Commission-of all bodies- to
force the Centre to consider setting up a national centre for crisis management.
Central Government has suddenly woken up on the need to look anew at out
disaster management capabilities- of course only after the quake.
An empowered Group of Ministers on Natural Disaster Management has been
constituted. And wonder of wonders, one of its members, Mr. L.K.
Advani, said after its first meeting that we may; even have to consider
;drawing up a policy on natural disaster management. We have had
empowered groups of Ministers on so many subjects but it has taken the
Kutch quake to wake up to the priority of building new institutions and
policies for disaster management.
more committees, more organisations and more policies are not recipes that
will automatically correct the glaring failures in administration. But
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in disaster management, when the crisis management groups that are supposed
to function at the Central, State and district levels are present only
with their silence and when the relief manuals that the State administrations
swear by are proving to be of little help, there is surely a need for a
completely new approach to coping with natural calamities. The civil administration
at all levels failed spectacularly in Orissa in November 1999 and it has
failed yet again in Gujarat. Time and again, about the only Government
institution that has measured up to the task of disaster management is
one that is not supposed to deal with these challenges - the defence forces.
part of the destruction caused by natural disasters is "human-contributed"
if not actually human-made. A theory that is becoming fashionable after
the building collapses in Gujarat is that "earthquakes do not kill, buildings
do". Yes, but that is only a half-truth, for, even if building codes had
been strictly adhered to in the construction of high-rises and low-cost
earthquake-resistant technology had been used in low-income housing the
intensity of the Kutch quake was such that destruction would still have
taken place. So, largetion would still have taken place. So, large-scale
and rapidly organised rescue operations would still have been required.
contrast to the disorganised operations of the civil administration, the
speed and scale with which civil society in the rest of the country has
come forward to assist in the reconstruction of Gujarat has been truly
extraordinary. The NGOs as always have been doing what they always do best.
But it is the spontaneous mobilisation of money, clothes and medicines
that has begun which is amazing and has arguably never before been witnessed
during a war or after a natural disaster in independent India. Young and
old, rich and poor, pensioners and the salaried, school children and the
retired all over the country have lost no time in coming forward to contribute
what they are able to (at times more than they can afford to) and do what
they can - without any prodding from the Government. In Gujarat itself,
religious barriers have broken down and people in villages unaffected by
the quake have travelled to the affected areas to help in rescue and relief.
The spontaneity of this people's mobilisation stands in stark contrast
to the war hysteria that the Central Government cynically manipulated during
the Kargil conflict. The solidarity that millions of Indians are wanting
to demonstrate with the people of Gujarat also shows up the seemingly sophisticated
but actually superficial arguments by the "expert" economists against the
new surcharge on direct taxes. Tax assessees and non-tax assessees will
probably be voluntarily donating more in cash and kind to the reconstruction
effort than what will be collected from the surcharge. The Central and
State Governments have not acquitted themselves creditably. in the first
week after the quake. One can only hope that they can harness the initiative
of civil society and properly use the contributions of individuals in the
more difficult and longer-term task of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
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Our last one before Summer Reading Program starts!
Chatfield Public Library (Upstairs), March 20, 6pm
Author James Rains will be hosting a book release party to share information about his new book, Afognak, as well as his writing process. There will be a presentation, a question and answer time, and a book signing. There is no cost to attend, and light refreshments will be served. Books can be purchased at the event. All welcome – don’t miss it!
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Dr. Joseph Karikoff and a group of survivors race against time to flee the horrors that have been unleashed on the island in this apocalyptic biomedical thriller.
THE CARTOGRAPHER OF NO MAN’S LAND by P.S. Duffy
Thursday, May 21 at 7:00pm at the library
In honor of the library’s 100th anniversary, we invite you to participate in our first ever city-wide read. A city-wide read is a community reading program that invites everyone in a city to read and discuss the same book. The book we have chosen is THE CARTOGRAPHER OF NO MAN’S LAND by P.S. Duffy. Come check out a copy of the book and start reading!
We also have copies of the book for sale for $14 each. P.S. Duffy graciously joined us for the Library’s 100th Anniversary Celebration Open House and is scheduled to visit the library again for a presentation on May 21st when she’ll talk about her book, writing in general, WWI, and answer questions from the audience.
This book is set in the same time period that our library was built and first opened. Exploring it, as a community, will give us insight into the world of the early 1900s, when the good folks of our area committed the time, effort, and funds to bring our beloved library into existence.
THE CARTOGRAPHER OF NO MAN’S LAND
Brief Description: Set in a coastal village in Nova Scotia and the battlefields of France during the First World War, The Cartographer of No Man’s Land follows the journey of Angus MacGrath. An expert sailor, a failed artist, and a reluctant soldier, he defies his pacifist upbringing and ends up on the Western Front in a search for his missing brother-in-law that becomes a search for himself. At home his twelve year old son, Simon Peter, comes of age, and must negotiate shifting loyalties in a town fired up by the war. It is a story about fathers and sons, comrades in arms, family, and the saving grace of connecting to one another.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
P.S. (Penny) Duffy came to Minnesota nearly 30 years ago from Washington, D.C. to get her doctorate at the U of M. and decided never to leave this beautiful state. She is the author of numerous professional publications in the neurosciences, but only took her creative writing seriously late in life. Retired from a 25 year clinical and research career which focused on helping those with neurologically-based speech and language disorders, she now balances creative writing with her work as a writer and editor in the neurosciences for Mayo Clinic.
Since 2001 she has had poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and essays published. She is also the author of three books: A Stockbridge Homecoming (Bright Sky Press, 2001), a memoir of her family’s time in 1940s China where she was born during the Communist Revolution; a graduate textbook on cognitive impairments associated with right brain damage; and her first novel, The Cartographer of No Man’s Land (W. W. Norton, 2013).
She lives in Rochester with her husband Joe not far from their two children and four grandchildren.
- Chosen as a city-wide reads by Austin, Wayzata, and Chatfield, Minnesota
- Invited presentations at bookstores, libraries, historical societies, writing groups, and the University of Wisconsin, and over 30 book clubs, including skype sessions with clubs in Colorado, Seattle, WA, and Washington, D.C.
- The only fiction writer invited to speak (along with the consulate generals of Canada, Germany, and France) at PARTNERS IN PEACE, a WW I 100th anniversary celebration of Armistice Day in Minneapolis, November 11, 2014.
- A Barnes and Noble 2013 Discover Great New Writers selection
- An “Indies Next” pick (independent bookstores nationwide)
- “Library Reads” selection (voted on by librarians nationwide)
- A New York Post “Must read” book of the week 10/26/13
- Oprah – selected by her editors as “one of six books that make time stand still” and as one of the Books Of the Week, 2014.
- Published independently in Canada (Penguin Random House); the U.K. (Myrmidon), in Taiwan, and soon to be translated into Hebrew and published in Israel.
- One of six finalists for the 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, an international prize, named for the Dayton Peace Accords, that recognizes the power of fiction to foster peace.
- Selected as one of “Five Must Read Novels about the Great War” by Chatelaine Magazine (Canada’s largest selling national women’s magazine)
“Turning the final page, I wanted to go back to the beginning if only to contemplate a writer who has such a broad and compassionate understanding of the human condition.” (The Washington Post)
“Essential reading for historical fiction lovers and war story fans alike; very highly recommended. (Library Journal, starred review)
“A deep and vivid exploration of the human heart and the high seas, reminiscent of Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front or Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News.” (The Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Settings come to life– each character, however minor, is a distinct personality–an unusually rich novel.” (Booklist, starred review)
RESULTS OF 2015 HEART BOMBING OF THE LIBRARY
These hearts beautify both the inside and the outside of the library entrance …
And if that were not enough, thanks to Valleyland kids, there are also Fruit Loop hearts hanging in the bushes out front!
Even the reflections of our hearts are beautiful!
Wow! We asked to be “Heart-Bombed” and did you ever respond! Folks of ALL ages contributed beautiful hearts and have been charmed by the result. So charmed, that they convinced library staff to keep the hearts up throughout the month of February instead of just the week of Valentines Day. After all … it is “I Love to Read” month!
Photos cannot do justice to the beauty of this display of library love! If you have not stopped by the library to see them first hand yet, you have until the end of February to do so! Some of our creative artists have expressed an interest in keeping the hearts they contributed, so we will remove them as carefully as we can and keep them at the library for 2 weeks. You are most welcome to come sift through and find your hearts then and take them home.
We thank you so much for showing such a tremendous amount of enthusiasm:
- for our 100 year old Carnegie library building,
- for reading,
- and for anything & everything you love about our library!
If you are interested in reading about the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota and how their “Heart Bombing” initiative helps bring attention to cherished historic buildings, check out these links:
Wasn’t it a grand day at the library?!
Every one of you who came and all who participated made it so. We appreciate you so much. Let’s continue to celebrate all year long!
Check out the following links for the media’s coverage of our celebration (so far):
More of the Friends of the Library commemorative booklets are available at the library.

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Originally released in 1980 Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Shining” has often been called a terrifying horror masterpiece but I’m here to tell you that’s certainly not the case. There are many filmmakers that often get a pass for work that is not always great. Spielberg, Hitchcock and Kubrick are three that come to mind. Do they have classic movies on their resumes? Without a doubt! Are they among the best directors that have ever lived? Absolutely! Are all of their films masterpieces? Nope!
I was 16 when I first saw “The Shining” on the big screen and at that time I remember being underwhelmed. For the most part the film just doesn’t make sense. The story has too many things going on… ghosts, insanity, psychic powers… pick two and move on.
There are some good things about the film including how perfectly Kubrick frames every shot. There is so much to see in each and every frame of “The Shining” and if you asked me who my favorite character was in the film I would definitely say the hotel. Every hallway, entryway and door way looks magnificent. The exterior shots of the hotel and hedge maze are also stellar and give the viewer that sense of being far from civilization and alone. I also love the Steadicam work in this film. If anything makes this film unique it is the shots done using this, at the time, relatively new camera rig.
My third favorite part of the film would be the screen debut of Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance. Lloyd was only 7 when “The Shining” was filmed and even at that young age he was able to convey sheer terror like no other child actor I have ever seen on screen. You might assume that most of Lloyd’s performance could be attributed to Kubrick as the director but that theory goes out the window when you witness the overreacting by the two leads Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall. Nicholson is an Academy Award winning actor but here he falls back on all the tricks he used up to this point in his career. To be honest, if you’ve seen his classic diner seen in 1970’s “Five Easy Pieces” then you don’t need to watch him in this movie at all because that’s as much range as he shows for the whole 144 minutes of “The Shining.” As for Duvall it should be noted that she was nominated for a “Razzie” award for worst actress for her portrayal of Wendy Torrance. She didn’t win but definitely should have!
As for the film itself there are just so many things that don’t add up or make sense. The biggest flaw for me is at the end when Wendy is running through the hotel. As she’s trying to find Danny and Jack she sees two people in a room engaging in furry sex, a man standing in the hallway having a drink with his head split open and then a roomful of skeleton party goers covered in cobwebs! Why is Wendy seeing all of these things? She doesn’t have “the shining” like Danny and she’s not going insane like Jack so why? Why is she seeing things? It just doesn’t make any sense and as stated earlier it’s not horrific or scary.
Coming after such classic horror films of the day like “Carrie” and “The Omen” this film is complete nonsense with zero chills, thrills or frights.
If you are a fan of this film then here’s some good news… this release is a 10 out of 10 for you. The actual print looks gorgeous and has been remastered in 4K from the original 35mm camera negative at Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging. The whole process was overseen by filmmaker Steven Spielberg and Kubrick’s former personal assistant Leon Vitali. This release is also loaded with extras including:
– Audio commentary by Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown and Stanley Kubrick biographer John Baxter.
– Video from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining. Enter the terrifying world of the Overlook Hotel as only Stanley Kubrick could envision it.
– The Visions of Stanley Kubrick: A detailed look at one of cinema’s greatest visual storytellers and his unique ability to move audiences through the magic of unforgettable images.
– The Making of The Shining: This cinema verite documentary offers a rare glimpse into the directing style of Stanley Kubrick as he interacts with stars Jack Nicholson, Shelly Duvall and others.
– Wendy Carlos, Composer: Composer Wendy Carlos reflects on working with complex auteur Stanley Kubrick and developing music scores for The Shining and A Clockwork Orange.
As for the film that is so often referred to as a horror classic… in the end “The Shining” ends up being a stylish nothing.
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A group of University of Colorado scientists are taking a leadership role to investigate the effects of climate change on health, which has emerged as a dominant issue of this century and beyond.
They are launching education, research and community partnerships with a clear aim: safeguard human health.
UC4Health (University of Colorado Consortium on Climate Change and Health) has already brought together more than 20 faculty members at CU Anschutz, CU Denver and CU-Boulder to study the broad effects of climate change, including waterborne, foodborne and vector-borne diseases.
Only a handful of academic institutions have responded to the issue, said Richard Johnson, MD, professor, Medicine-Renal Medicine Diseases, School of Medicine (SOM) and a founding member of UC4Health. He said CU’s deep and diverse spectrum of health experts and scientists – physicians, climatologists, anthropologists, immunologists, epidemiologists, pediatricians, geneticists, physiologists and more – sets the institution up to be a strong leader in the field.
“Climate change and health is a neglected field despite the fact that the climate is actively changing on us,” says Johnson, pointing to recent data that shows January and February were the planet’s warmest months on record. “Here at CU, we have a grassroots movement in that physicians and scientists are banding together to address the problem.”
The group applied for a School of Medicine Transformational Research Funding grant last fall, proposing a Clinical Center for Climate and Health. While the grant was not selected for final inclusion, it created the environment for faculty from disparate research areas to come together to tackle problems around climate change and health. By operating as a consortium, members say, the group can take a broader approach to its trifold mission of research, education and partnerships.
UC4Health leader Rosemary Rochford, PhD, professor of Immunology-Microbiology, SOM, and Environmental/Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH), emphasizes that the group is not looking into the causes of climate change, but rather the health effects from it.
A key question, is ‘How do research and academic institutions develop the next generation of scientists to deal with this problem?’ “The educational piece is huge, and it has to be interdisciplinary by its nature,” Rochford says. “Instead of reacting to what’s already been studied, I think we should be leading the field.”
‘A fantastic step’
David Goff, MD, PhD, dean of the ColoradoSPH, says planetary health was a major topic of discussion at a recent Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health conference. “The concept is similar to what our folks are working on in the consortium,” he says. “It’s the idea of safeguarding both human health and the natural systems that underpin it.”
[perfectpullquote align="right" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]Membership in the consortium is open, and the group anticipates that as the UC4Health gains recognition, it will bring more faculty into this important research arena. For more information, contact Rosemary Rochford at firstname.lastname@example.org[/perfectpullquote]
While the past century has seen tremendous improvements in human health, Goff says, other activities have put stress on the planet by degrading the soil, oceans and atmosphere. The question for this century and beyond, he says, is ‘How do we sustain our current status and improve human health while at the same time not degrading the planet?’
Goff is among the CU Anschutz leadership team that supports the consortium, saying UC4Health demonstrates yet another way CU innovates and collaborates with partner universities for the greater good – in this case, a more comprehensive approach to planetary health. “This is a fantastic step to focus on the importance of climate in human health and ecosystem health, in terms of the plants and animals we share the environment with,” he says.
A few examples of UC4Health progress so far:
- Education: Rochford; Elizabeth Carlton, PhD, MPH, assistant professor, Environmental and Occupational Health, ColoradoSPH; and Jay Lemery, MD, associate professor, Emergency Medicine, SOM; received approval for a “Climate and Health” course to be offered this fall in the ColoradoSPH at CU Anschutz. Lemery and Christopher Davis, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine, SOM, will teach “Introduction to Polar Medicine” in Greenland – “Nobody’s done anything else like this,” Lemery says – over a week in August.
- Research: Three main research themes are envisioned: metabolic diseases, disaster medicine, and infectious diseases. The consortium plans to host at least two international/national leaders in climate and health next academic year.
- Community partnerships: In the Transformational Research application, the group received letters of support from a diverse array of leadership from government agencies as well as local community partners. The Aspen Global Change Institute invited UC4Health to conduct a conference this September.
Consortium research will focus on understanding the effects of climate change on human health and then develop tools, policies and the necessary workforce to monitor, adapt and mitigate those effects.
Consortium member Sarah Horton, PhD, associate professor of Anthropology at CU Denver, says environmental topics “will only increase in importance” this century, such as how climate change is transforming the landscape of diseases. She investigates the growing occupational risks faced by outdoor workers amid unpredictable and rising summer temperatures. For example, there have been 13 confirmed deaths among farmworkers between 2005 and 2014 in California alone due to working in the heat.
‘A matter of environmental justice’
Heat illness also interacts synergistically with chronic disease such as hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, Horton says. New investigations – including research conducted by Johnson and others in the consortium – suggests that chronic heat exposure may play a role in kidney failure, helping to explain the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of unknown origin affecting agricultural workers in Central America.
Such research can lead to workplace interventions and public policy, according to Horton. “The consortium can play an important role in helping mitigate the effects of heat stress faced by vulnerable populations,” she says. “This is a matter of not only pressing research but also environmental justice.”
Opportunities for collaboration
Rochford says there are ample opportunities in Colorado for investigator collaborations – not just among the campuses, but also with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Representatives at the Centers for Disease Control have also expressed support for the consortium.
“At the end of the day, we have to not only identify the diseases that are being affected by climate change, but also how to help people,” Rochford says. “This consortium illustrates a link between those diseases and the way people can be helped, and the ways their health can be improved.”
UC4Health will also investigate local environmental implications of climate change, such as how high-performing Colorado athletes are affected by climbing temperatures.
“Addressing this health problem requires a multidisciplinary team,” Johnson said. “What’s exciting is that the University of Colorado has expertise in these fields and is developing leaders and innovative programs to move the field forward.”


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I loved my stay here! The facilities are simple, clean, and everything you need. You can be very comfortable while still getting the experience of being out in nature. My cabin was also positioned where I could step right outside and see the Northern lights! Additionally, I felt very welcomed by the staff, who all were keen to tell me to please ask for anything I should want or need. Everyone was very friendly and I never worried about being a bother. I was able to borrow a bike from the reception and cycle all around the area. It was so much fun going hiking and also biking up and down along the river and into town. The scenery is amazing. You can also hear huskies barking from time to time :) This property is very accessible by bus and is a 5 minute drive from Ivalo airport (I actually walked). I would absolutely recommend this property and if I return to Ivalo I would love to stay here again.…
I have stayed at Ivalo River Camping several times over the years and it suits my needs perfectly. If you do not require a five star hotel experience, this is a great budget option in Ivalo. The new owners and staff are super friendly. The facilities are simple and that works for someone who only needs a warm place to sleep. The toilet and shower facilities are in a separate building with a kitchen and this is typical of a camping facility in Finland. There is also a restaurant on site.
Very economic camping. the staff is very pleasant and gives good advice. Breakfast at will excellent and friendly common room. I would just put a small negative point on the showers. there is no hot water if you go last. Opportunity to make beautiful walks in the forest behind the campsite and mini reindeer farm
I stayed in a small cabin. Basic equipment but fine for a short stay of one night. The camping is located right on the side of the road so you can hear the traffic from the cabin (but, yes, you are in north of Finnish Lapland, so no trafic jam...). Cleanness of the shared areas (showers, toilets, kitchen) is the weakest point according to me: this should be really improved (at least to a minimum). Also, for the camping area/cabins: very few toilets and showers. But very nice staff! I think price is quite fair for the services offered
Stayed here over a long weekend at the beginning of March for my partners 40th birthday so we were hoping we would see the northern lights etc. We chose to stay here as it had the kind of feel of staying in a log cabin in the woods surrounded by snow which sounded great. The place is actually only a 6 or 7 minute drive from the airport but when you get there it feels like its out of the way. I booked the Koppelo (probably spelt wrong) cabin that is designed for 6 ppl to stay but i was able to have it just for us 2. It was a bit out from the hotel reception area so it felt nice and isolated like a cabin in the woods but also just the comfort in your own head that you were near ppl lol. The cabin was great, lovely and warm, private sauna which we used just the once. Lovely big shower head, plenty of hot water. The facilities were there if you wanted to cook and make your own food but you must leave the place as you find it and i wasnt gonna start trying to clean off grease and crap. All we used was the kettle for coffees. We chose to eat mostly in the adjoining restaurant/bar beside reception. The food is pretty good but limited. Lovely burgers and cheese and bacon toasties but by day 3 i really wanted something fresh like a baked potatoe and salad but i understand its really just a thing to feed numbers of people who are maybe in a rush to go about their daily activites. Its not really a proper restaurant. All the staff were friendly and when we arrived on our first night at about 9pm when it was very dark and freezing, one of the staff said he would give us a lift up to the cabin so we would then know where it was and get our bearings,, so we were grateful for that. They also have a small area for buying little souveneirs. And they have an entire room full of warm onesies and boots you can hire if going out on husky rides and stuff. The camp also offers its own range of snowy activities. I didnt avail of these, i had separately booked another company for our husky ride...we wanted to do more...the camp offers ice fishing, my partner loves fishing....but its about £100 each and apparently it lasts 4 hours...everything is very expensive...not just the things the camp offers but all companies and snow activities...there is nothing under the price of €100-120...and really...you wouldnt be able to sit out in that freezing temperature for 4 hours...its a struggle to stand and sit about for 1 hour as we found at the 2 hour husky ride...think pain...not just your a wee bit cold...(well i suppose it depends where your from, you might be used to extreme cold) but your in pain from the cold....but its all very beautiful. We had great weather...lots of sunshine, lots of snow, lots of laughs, snow angels and a terribly built snowman…
Lovely area to stay in. Perfect for a solo traveller. Very warm room, lovely staff, comfortable place to sit in the bar, reindeer onsite, bus stop right outside hotel that can take you to and from Rovaniemi. A little bit away from the town, which initially seems a bit too quiet although soon the still beauty of the accommodation is perfect.
Warm welcome, key advice, very comfortable cottage (we were 6) well equiped, we enjoyed the small sauna each evening after activities. The team helped us to plan our activities and we did one snowbike&ice fishing safaris with them. To sum up good place only 10min from the airport and 5min from Ivalo center.
Great place to stay overnight if flight gets in late or you’re on a budget good bar and food is ok very helpful service cabins can be a bit to hot just make sure to turn the temperature down.handy for a short walk to town
An amazing experience in the heart of Lapland! The location is near a glaced river (during the winter) and the bungalows are into the forest for an incredible glance! A very kind staff and a nice organization with safaris.
If you like living in nature with an astonishing environment this is the place you're looking for. Very small cabins with minimal forniture but warm and clean. The toilet is shared and walking at these freezing temperatures is not the best. An experience to do anyway. Most of the staff is very nice and friendly. Breakfast included and very good. Safaris are quite expensive (with all companies) but deserve the cost. They made a little mistake with our safari bookings but they apologized and they also offered us an addictional One for free. A very good experience.

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DONOTPUB Defendants Found Not Guilty in John Travolta Extortion Trial
A Bahamian jury acquits a paramedic and lawyer of trying to blackmail the actor after his son's death
Almost a month after the John Travolta extortion trial began, the jury returned with a verdict Tuesday, finding a paramedic and his attorney not guilty of conspiring to extort $25 million from the actor after his son, Jett, died last January.
An electric hush fell over the mint-green courtroom #2 in Nassau, Bahamas’ Supreme Court as the foreman rose to read the verdict.
In the extortion trial that started Sept. 22, the prosecution alleged that paramedic Tarino Lightbourn, 48 – one of the first people to arrive on the scene last Jan. 2 when Jett Travolta died after suffering a seizure at his family’s house – and his attorney, former Bahamian Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater, 50, conspired to extort $25 million from Travolta in return for not making public a document relating to Jett’s treatment.
The trial’s emotional high point occurred Sept. 23, when Travolta, 55, stood before the court and testified about helping a nanny perform CPR on his 16-year-old son.
“My son was autistic and he suffered from seizure disorder every 5 to 10 days,” Travolta told the court. “He would suffer a seizure that would last 45 seconds to a minute and sleep for 12 hours.”
Despite the not guilty verdict, the case might not be over. Travolta may seek to have the case retried in an U.S. court, says Travolta’s lawyer Michael Ossi, who adds that the first call concerning the extortion was placed from the Bahamas to Florida.
Travolta’s attorneys have already been securing the evidence in the case for a possible trial in Florida, where Travolta lives with his wife, actress Kelly Preston, and their nine-year-old daughter Ella Bleu.
“We have been in contact with the Feds to discuss jurisdictional issues, extradition issues, so all options remain open,” says Ossi, who was a witness in the extortion trial. “Eventually there will be justice. This is only round one.”
Still, even if Travolta eventually prevails in court, the verdict won’t bring back Jett or end his family’s grieving. “They think about Jett everyday and all day,” says longtime Travolta friend Ronnie Zupancic. “It doesn’t wear off. Jett is still with him. He is still in their hearts and souls, but there is a hole. It’s like it was yesterday.
“They recognize as a family the fragility of life and they hold each other a little tighter.”


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The United Nations is pushing to lower the price of fertilizers to avoid a “future crisis” in availability, said a senior UN trade official involved in talks aimed at boosting exports of Russian fertilizers, including ammonia .
Russia’s war in Ukraine has led to a global food crisis and rising fertilizer prices, according to the United Nations. Russia and Ukraine are major global grain exporters, while Russia is also one of the top fertilizer exporters.
“If we are not able to bring fertilizer prices down, the affordability crisis we have today will be an availability crisis tomorrow, and that’s what we’re working on right now,” said Rebeca Grynspan, secretary-general of the United States Conference of Nations for Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
“To avert a future crisis, we need to lower fertilizer prices,” she told reporters in Geneva.
Russia is one of the world’s largest suppliers of potash, phosphate and nitrogen fertilizers – essential plant and soil nutrients – producing 13% of the world total. Fertilizer exports from Russia fell by 7% in the first half of 2022.
Facilitating Russia’s food and fertilizer exports is a key aspect of a package deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey on July 22, which also saw Ukraine’s Black Sea grain and fertilizer supplies resumed. Russia has criticized the deal, complaining that its exports are still being hampered.
The deal included ammonia – a key ingredient in nitrate fertilizers. A pipeline carrying ammonia from Russia’s Volga region to Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Pivdennyi (Yuzhny) was shut down when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.
The UN is now trying to broker a resumption of these ammonia exports.
But since the talks began, Russia has moved to annex Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions after holding so-called referendums that Kyiv and Western governments have described as illegal and coercive.
Grynspan declined to comment on the ammonia negotiations, describing the situation to Reuters as “too sensitive”. She added that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tried to call her while she was at the press conference.
“We have to do it right and lower the prices,” she said.
https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/news/farming-news/un-pushes-for-global-fertilizer-price-cut-to-avoid-future-crisis-42038543.html UN urges global fertilizer price cut to avoid ‘future crisis’


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A special day should always be greeting with a sweet dish.....does everyone agree about this....am sure everyone does!! :)
Well, I was really running out of time today, so didn't think much on what to make because, as soon as I gave this thought of making something sweet, this recipe was the one that came to my mind, which can be made very easily and fast. But as always will never miss to consider it to be healthy enough. So I choose cornmeal instead of the regular semolina/rava and added brown sugar to give it a little brown color. Since brown sugar has molasses in it, I consider it is much better and tastier than the regular sugar.
3 cups Yellow Cornmeal
1 - 1 1/2 cup Brown Sugar
5 cups Water
1 tsp Cardamom powder
3 tbsp Ghee (Clarified Butter)
1/4 cup Cashews
1/4 cup Multi Color Raisins (you can use any nuts or dry fruits that you like)
1. In a heavy bottom pan preferably a non-stick, add one tbsp ghee and when it's hot enough add all the cornmeal and keep stirring it for about 5-7 mins until add the ghee is well blended and the cornmeal is little bit roasted.
2. Remove this cornmeal to a plate.
3. In the meantime in the same pan, add 2 tbsp ghee and when it's hot again add the cashews and stir is continuously until it turn to slight golden brown, now add the raisins and off the flame. remove this nuts and raisins to another plate.
4. Again in the same pan, add water and brown sugar, bring it to a boil, now lower the flame completely and add the cornmeal little by little and at the same time you need to stir in so that the cornmeal does not form into lumps.
5. Now cover and cook it for about 5 mins in low flame, make sure you stir in between.
6. Now off the flame and mix in the cashews and raisins.
7. In a baking dish, brush with little ghee and transfer the cormeal kesari, spread it evenly and cover the top with a plastic wrap, so that it does not dry the top layer and allow it to cook a bit.
8. Now decorate it with more nuts and cashews as you wish and cut into cubes and serve warm or hot.
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