| Dissecting green people
Krista Durlas feels guilty about using a Toyota RAV-4 SUV to take her daughter to her mother's home for baby sitting. Jeff DePew wishes he could have a home that is "off-the-grid." Cheryl Hoard is saving for solar panels.Such concerns weigh on the conscience of people in the forefront of the sustainability movement. Durlas and DePew both have green jobs. DePew and Hoard operate businesses based on sustainable living.They try not only to encourage green living, but to live what they promote.All three have made choices in trying to live a more sustainable existence.To live simplyDurlas, who lives in the city's Southampton neighborhood, has held a series of green jobs throughout her adult life, including her current position acquiring local foods for Whole Foods Market to sell. She also is co-founder of a monthly sustainability forum called St.
Nepal on track in reducing infant mortality
Achham,Nepal Mathura Shahi, 30, presses the timer button and counts the breath intake of Sajjana, a month-old baby snuggling in her grandfather's arms. Shahi assures 79-year-old Setu Shahi that hes doing a fine job babysitting. Tell your daughter-in-law that she does not need to worry about the baby. Her breathing is normal, she says. But do remind her to see that the little one is to be breastfed on time. Gathering up the folds of the shawl around little Sajjana's face, she adds: And make sure that the baby is snuggled up properly and protected from the cold." On track to achieve MDG 4 Mathura is a Female Community Health Volunteer in Birpath village, Achham District, in far west Nepal. She is one of nearly 50,000 women in the country who have been working as the most reliable primary health care extension workers at the community level, trained to provide key services and interventions for pregnant women and children.
Hair care dos and don'ts
When junior Charlotte Miller decided to bleach her naturally brown hair, she thought she would be saving herself time and money by doing it herself at home. What was left after the process was an orangey, ratty nest with missing patches of hair.
"It was the worst experience ever," Miller said. "I freaked out and called my mom who, ironically, is a hair stylist."
Her mother, who lives out-of-state, advised her to go to a professional, and after three sessions she was able to undo most of the damage, Miller said.
"I should have known better since my hair is very fine," Miller said. "And taking the easy way out ended costing me more in the end."
Hair bleaching mishaps are not always from trying to do hair at home.
Senior Cindy Salazar is still suffering from the effects of a hairstyle gone wrong.
Vanderbilt Burn Expertise To Assist Federal Battlefield Injuries Project
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is one of three clinical sites testing new products to replace burned skin as part of a massive federal grant program announced Thursday. The collaborative effort is expected to boost treatment options for soldiers injured in war zones.
The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) consists of two academic groups, or consortiums, working with the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research to use the science of regenerative medicine to develop new treatments for wounded soldiers.
Regenerative medicine is science that takes advantage of the body's natural healing powers to restore or replace damaged tissue and organs.
One consortium is co-led by the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and the other by Rutgers and the Cleveland Clinic.
Newest Implanted Heart-Assisting Device Tested by Newest Certified Heart Device Program
April 23, 2008 - Once upon a time, people whose hearts were failing had two choices: hope that their own heart kept pumping until they could receive a transplant, or face a certain death, which they might fend off for a while using medicines. But the last decade has brought incredible advances in technologies that help a failing heart keep pumping. New devices including one approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on April 21 are giving patients a better chance at receiving a transplant, or even helping them survive without getting a new heart. Now, the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center has become only the third center in the country to be certified independently for its heart-device program. The certification recognizes the broad range of services and high quality of care for advanced heart failure patients at U-M, which offers adults and children access to nearly a dozen heart-assist devices and a full range of medical and surgical care.
Ex-breeder sentenced for cruelty
A county judge Wednesday sentenced Elvin L. High, a former dog breeder and twice-convicted animal abuser, to fines and probation for animal cruelty. A jury convicted High in January on one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty. In related charges, Lancaster County President Judge Louis J. Farina found him guilty of six summary counts of animal cruelty for cropping his dogs' ears without a veterinary license. Farina fined High $1,100 and sentenced him to a year of probation. Farina also ordered him not to engage in commercial breeding. However, High's West Hempfield Township business, Highgrade Kennels, 4406 Marietta Ave., has been idled since last May, when the state Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement revoked his kennel license for repeated regulation violations related to unsanitary and unsafe conditions.
Spa days: Green Valley offers a zip line to adventure
ST. GEORGE - Ask the family who founded the place what sets apart Green Valley from other destination spas, and a couple of hours later you might find yourself sitting on the edge of a sandstone cliff, 120 feet in the air, trying to talk yourself into shoving off.
I'm sitting with my eyes closed, legs dangling, which means I can't see guide Todd Goss 723 feet across the temporary zip line that spans the Green Valley Gap, but I can hear his signal. I'm trying to remember how relaxed I felt earlier stretched out under a willow tree on the spa patio, receiving one of Green Valley's signature treatments, the Rapunzel, a hot-oil treatment and scalp massage.
Now just a 3-minute truck commute away from the spa, I'm seated on the edge of this redrock canyon.
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