The espoused fear for about 50 years has been skin cancer rates (which continue to rise), but researchers are finally surmising that years of hiding from the sun could lead to increased heart attacks – a much sooner demise than the risk of skin cancer in later years. … Read More
Study shows kids eat healthier with shared family diet
Sitting down to the same meals as Mum and Dad found to have a bigger impact on health than class or snacking habits Children who eat the same meals as their parents are far more likely to have healthy diets than those who do not, according to research. Eating the same food had a greater impact on a…
Quick and Clean: 40 Non-Processed Snacks That Meet Your Need for Speed
In a society that is geared towards instant gratification, the problem with non-processed food is that it isn’t “quick”. Don’t let your need for speed sidetrack your healthy eating habits. … Read More
After an EMP Attack – How To Get Home When it’s 700 Miles Away
I started to consider what a person would need to think about and could possibly face if they were in a situation where an EMP was exploded over the US, total chaos ensued and you were forced to make it back home over a considerable difference. … Read More
High profile mixup: Putin blacklisted in Finland over biker club ties
On Wednesday, Finnish TV broadcaster MTV3 exposed that Vladimir Putin’s name surfaced in a secret criminal register for his contact with the Russian motorcycle club, the Night Wolves. Being placed on the list translates to automatic detention at the Finish border as a criminal for a possible jail term of at least six months.The news has shocked the country and its leaders. Statements of apologies followed.Finnish Interior Minister Paivi Rasanen extended Putin “sincere apologies for the incorrect registry entry.” Rasanen added “the Interior Ministry considers it of grave concern if a member of the police has made such groundless entries into the database of suspects.”Law enforcement was quick to correct the mistake and removed the Russian leader from the list.“The National Police Board has investigated the case and indeed found that such a mistaken entry was in the register,” National Police Board spokesman Robin Lardot said, adding “we have ordered it to be removed and are investigating the case very thoroughly. We don’t know how it got there.”The chief of Finland’s national police force, Mikko Paatero, apologized for the “mistaken” inclusion of Putin’s name in the database.“This kind of incident is extremely exceptional and is not acceptable under any circumstances,” Paatero said in a statement.The database, MTV3 reported, is known only to a few top officials. But police clarified the register was a “computerized personal data file intended for nationwide use by the police.” People placed on the list are suspected to have ties to criminal activity “or having contributed to an offense subject to imprisonment of more than six months, or to an unlawful use of narcotics.”Putin is known for his numerous pastimes and his support for healthy lifestyles, including his affection for fishing and judo.In July 2009, then Prime Minister Putin visited a biker’s club called the Night Wolves.The club’s leader, known as the Surgeon, gave Putin a tour around the place, and briefed him about the club’s history starting from the 1980s.The Surgeon invited Putin to join thousands of motorbike lovers at an international bike show in Sevastopol in Ukraine.A year later, in July 2010, Putin, who has called motorcycles “the most dramatic form of transport,” joined the Night Wolves and another 5,000 riders in Ukraine as he leaped onto a Harley Davidson wearing black sunglasses, black jeans and black fingerless gloves.But his association with the “really cool guys, really tough guys” continued as he visited a number of biker events.In 2011, Vladimir Putin made an appearance at a youth bike show in the Russian city of Novorossiysk. He arrived on a three-wheel Harley Davidson at the head of a column of Night Wolves to praise WWII heroes.The same year, while on a foreign visit to Serbia and Macedonia, Putin seized the opportunity and met with some local bikers he’d first become acquainted with in Ukraine’s Sevastopol. … Read More
How Can We Possibly Solve the Problem of Food Deserts? What’s That? A Bus? Oh, OK.
The idea that food deserts are to blame for
obesity is superficially plausible. There are many zip codes where
it’s tough to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, but easy to buy
McNuggets. While the evidence about the impact of food deserts and
proximity to fast food on obesity and healthy diet is
actually ;mixed,
it’s understandable that public health–types might busy themselves
with the problem of getting veggies into people’s hands.
And the problem can seem intractable: How can people without
access to reliable transportation get a reliable flow of leafy
greens? How about….a bus?
An independent grocer in Baltimore recently realized that they
could drum up business and publicity by sending out a bus to pick
up shoppers. So yesterday, they
announced the Santoni’s shuttle, explaining that they’d rather
have people spend money on groceries than cabs. ;
“People are looking for dependable and inexpensive
transportation,” Santoni said. “A hack or sedan or taxi service can
be 15 or 20 dollars round trip and that money would come out the
food budget. With our service, seniors and the underserved can
expand their food budget and eat healthier.”
Ta da! ;
Obviously, this doesn’t solve every problem, and the
announcement about the shuttle bus mentions that the local public
health department is a “partner” in the endeavor, so there may be
government backing, but this is still a great example of how
seemingly tough public policy problems may actually just be profit
opportunities. … Read More
