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The Norwegian secret: how friluftsliv boosts health and happiness
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:00:48 GMT

The idea of communing with nature is instilled from birth in Norway. I hiked through a rain-drenched forest to try it myself

‘Being outdoors is a natural way of living in Norway,” Bente Lier tells me over the phone. “It’s a very important part of what we call the good life.” Lier is the secretary general of Norsk Friluftsliv, which represents more than 950,000 members of 500 outdoor clubs in Norway. Her words ring in my ears as I trudge through torrential rain in a forest just north of Oslo.

I am here to learn about friluftsliv, a way of being that is part of the Norwegian national identity. The term was coined by the playwright Henrik Ibsen in his 1859 poem On the Heights, although the concept is much older. Its literal translation is “free-air life”, but Ibsen used it to convey a spiritual connection with nature. To modern Norwegians, it means participating in outdoor activities, but also has a deeper sense of de-stressing in nature and sharing in a common culture. Could this outdoor life hold the key to Norwegians’ health and happiness?

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7 Rapid At-Home Covid-19 Tests—and Where to Find Them (2023)
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000
How accurate are over-the-counter swabs? Does your insurance cover them? We have answers.
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13 Best Fitness Trackers (2023): Watches, Bands, and Rings
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you.
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Black athlete recounts ‘traumatic’ police stops at officers’ misconduct tribunal
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:39:06 GMT

Ricardo dos Santos tells lawyers they cannot understand what it is like being a young black person in London

An athlete who was pulled over while driving home from training with his partner and baby has clashed with lawyers representing the police officers who stopped him, saying they cannot understand what it is like being a young black person in London.

Ricardo dos Santos, who represents Portugal, was with his partner, the Team GB athlete, Bianca Williams, who was in the back with their son, when they were stopped by Met officers who handcuffed the couple, searched them for weapons and drugs and detained them for 45 minutes.

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UN criticises France’s ban on its Olympic athletes wearing headscarves
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:27:53 GMT

Dress codes should not be imposed on women, spokesperson says, after Paris Games ban affecting French athletes

The UN has weighed in on France’s debate about secularism and women’s clothing, saying women should not be forced to abide by dress codes, after the French government said athletes representing France would be barred from wearing headscarves during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

“No one should impose on a woman what she needs to wear, or not wear,” Marta Hurtado, a spokesperson for the UN’s human rights office, said on Tuesday after she was asked whether the ban met the UN’s criteria on human rights.

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Bianca Williams: Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos feared for family during Met Police search
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:06:14 GMT
Athletes Ricardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams were pulled over and searched by Met officers.
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: Dick’s Sporting Goods to hire 8,600 seasonal workers this holiday season
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:31:00 GMT

Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. DKS said Tuesday it plans to add 8,600 seasonal workers this holiday season. The company’s National Signing Day will take place Oct. 3 at which it will recruit for all of its outlets from DICK’S Sporting Goods to Public Lands, DICK’S House of Sport, and Going, Going, Gone! stores across the country. The sporting goods retailer said it’s planning to close all stores and distribution centers on Thanksgiving Day, which takes place Nov. 23 this year. But athletes will be able to shop online that day and stores will reopen on Black Friday. Interested applicants can apply online and then visit their local store for an interview. The stock has fallen 11% in the year to date, while the S&P 500 SPX has gained 13%.

Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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Fitness tracker beyond Earth
Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:50:00 +0200

One of the experiments during ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s mission will track his health and body vital signs during his daily exercise in space.

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Top 10 Best PLR(Private Label Rights) Websites | Which One You Should Join in 2022?
Sat, 26 Feb 2022 13:36:00 +0000

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Wired for space - Muscle stimulation to enhance astronaut health
Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:30:00 +0200
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Space exploration presents unique health challenges for astronauts due to lack of gravity, isolation, and radiation exposure. ESA's SciSpacE activities aim to comprehend these effects and their implications for human well-being during extended missions.

ESA collaborates with researchers to conduct experiments in microgravity and analogue environments, shedding light on the consequences of space stressors. One critical concern is muscle and bone atrophy. Despite daily exercise routines, astronauts face deterioration. ESA is investigating electrical stimulation as a potential countermeasure, with tests planned on board the International Space Station.

The "Muscle Stimulation" experiment is a centrepiece of this research. By applying controlled electric currents to leg muscles, the study aims to enhance muscle mass, strength, and recovery. Complementary assessments, including MRI scans, microcirculation analysis, and blood samples, will provide a comprehensive understanding of the efficacy.

Addressing these challenges could yield benefits on Earth too. The insights gained could translate to better healthcare for diverse populations, from the elderly to clinical patients and athletes.

ESA's dedication to advancing space exploration while safeguarding astronauts' physical health underscores its commitment to a sustainable and thriving space programme. Through research and innovative solutions, humanity edges closer to conquering the challenges of extended spaceflight and improving life on our home planet.

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Israelis can travel to U.S. without visa from Nov. 30
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:58:00 +0000
In return, Israel is dropping travel restrictions against Palestinian and Arab Americans.
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Our night in an igloo bed: Naomi Harris’s best photograph
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:07:47 GMT

‘When I told Americans I was Canadian, they used to say, “Oh, do you live in an igloo?” So when I saw this hotel room in Edmonton, I knew we had to book it’

In the summer of 2011, thanks to a grant from Canada Council for the Arts, I spent four months driving from British Columbia to Newfoundland for what became my Oh Canada! project. Having moved from my native Toronto to New York in my mid-20s, I’d spent 14 years in the US, travelling more widely there than I ever had in the country of my birth. So this adventure was an opportunity to discover and photograph Canadians outside the big cities.

My dad tagged along for some of the trip, and I was joined by my mum for a couple of weeks. Neither of us had ever been to Alberta before. We went to a Star Trek festival, visited museums populated by stuffed gophers and creepy dolls, and explored a replica pioneer village. This picture was taken at the Fantasy Land hotel in West Edmonton Mall. People who grew up in Edmonton told me they would rent rooms there for birthday parties or prom nights. There were a lot of themed rooms, including one with an igloo-shaped bed. As soon as I saw that, I knew we had to book it.

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A Ukrainian Woman Protected Her Daughter From Russian Soldiers — and Was Accused of Collaborating With the Enemy
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

At once a victim of Russian war crimes and a suspected collaborator, Anna is caught between Ukraine’s overlapping quests for justice.

The post A Ukrainian Woman Protected Her Daughter From Russian Soldiers — and Was Accused of Collaborating With the Enemy appeared first on The Intercept.

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Woman shields son from black bear eating birthday picnic in Mexico
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:15:16 GMT

Silvia Macías was celebrating 15th birthday of son Santiago when bear appeared and gulped down tacos

A woman in Mexico shielded her son after a bear leaped on to a picnic table, inches from his face, and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for his birthday dinner.

Silvia Macías of Mexico City had travelled to the Chipinque Park on the outskirts of the northern city of Monterrey to celebrate the 15th birthday of her son, Santiago, who has Down’s syndrome.

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Postcard from Bordighera: autumn sun on Italy’s Ligurian coast
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:50 GMT

Extravagant villas, wonderful food, exotic gardens and a calm beach attracted British expats to Bordighera in the 1880s – and it’s just as enticing today

Leaving my wife and daughter under a parasol on Bordighera’s beach, my teenage son and I set off in search of the largest Ficus macrophylla in western Europe.

The tree, commonly known as the strangler fig, was planted in 1886 by Clarence Bicknell, British botanist, collector, lover of Esperanto and chaplain of Bordighera’s Anglican church.

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Bon voyage! All aboard the perfect cruise – in pictures
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 06:00:51 GMT

Mounir Raji set off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in search of the ideal holiday – a world where every detail is planned to deliver comfort and pleasure

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'Our daughter was killed by a speeding police car’
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:15:21 GMT
Shante Daniel-Folkes' parents call for a speed cap on police cars travelling in residential areas.
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Old-style camera once banned by the Taliban captures a new Afghan reality
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:28:19 +0000
Rodrigo Abd, a photographer with the Associated Press, traveled across Afghanistan with a wooden box camera known as a kamra-e-faoree.
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The Norwegian secret: how friluftsliv boosts health and happiness
Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:00:48 GMT

The idea of communing with nature is instilled from birth in Norway. I hiked through a rain-drenched forest to try it myself

‘Being outdoors is a natural way of living in Norway,” Bente Lier tells me over the phone. “It’s a very important part of what we call the good life.” Lier is the secretary general of Norsk Friluftsliv, which represents more than 950,000 members of 500 outdoor clubs in Norway. Her words ring in my ears as I trudge through torrential rain in a forest just north of Oslo.

I am here to learn about friluftsliv, a way of being that is part of the Norwegian national identity. The term was coined by the playwright Henrik Ibsen in his 1859 poem On the Heights, although the concept is much older. Its literal translation is “free-air life”, but Ibsen used it to convey a spiritual connection with nature. To modern Norwegians, it means participating in outdoor activities, but also has a deeper sense of de-stressing in nature and sharing in a common culture. Could this outdoor life hold the key to Norwegians’ health and happiness?

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Big Three Automakers’ Reputations Plummet as UAW Strike Rages
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:29:00 +0000

Two weeks into the largest auto strike in U.S. history, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis face a falling approval rating from consumers, a new survey shows.

The post Big Three Automakers’ Reputations Plummet as UAW Strike Rages appeared first on The Intercept.

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It’s time to consider how we can make the best of HS2 | Letters
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:41:26 GMT

A system built purely for speed ignores the needs of the populations it’s trying to connect, says Andrew Gore. Plus letters from David Watts, Allan Whittow and Jonathan Leeming

The rail industry always knew that the key issues for its future were capacity and connectivity, but thought that only the glamour of very high speed trains would persuade politicians (Gold-plated HS2 looks dead. So let’s run the numbers on a bronze-plated design, 22 September). Very high speed trains require complex engineering solutions, greater construction, rolling stock and signalling costs, and have a much greater environmental impact.

The real justification for new capacity was admitted belatedly, but the design of HS2 from London to Birmingham demonstrates the deficiencies of a system built essentially for pure speed: Milton Keynes and Northampton with populations of over 250,000 ignored, no interchange with East West Rail, not even a travelator link to Birmingham New Street station – and far more damaging to the environment than merely higher speeds.

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The Hollywood Walk of Shame: why the LA landmark is the world’s worst tourist attraction
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:54:44 GMT

Beating out some stiff competition, the dirty stars of Hollywood Boulevard can be crossed off your travel itinerary

Name: The Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Age: 63.

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‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:00:27 GMT

IEA’s Fatih Birol says uptake of solar power and EVs is in line with net zero goal but rich countries must hasten their broader plans

The prospects of the world staying within the 1.5C limit on global heating have brightened owing to the “staggering” growth of renewable energy and green investment in the past two years, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said.

Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, and the world’s foremost energy economist, said much more needed to be done but that the rapid uptake of solar power and electric vehicles were encouraging.

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Booking.com Shows the True Scope of the EU’s Big Tech Crackdown
Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:59:04 +0000
European competition authorities have blocked an acquisition by Dutch travel company Booking as scrutiny on Big Tech companies heats up.
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Is Finland the best place in the world to be a parent? – video
Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:02 GMT

Finland is a world leader when it comes to early years education. Childcare is affordable and nursery places are universally available in a system that puts children's rights at the centre of decision-making.

Now the country is applying the same child-first thinking to paternity-leave policies in an attempt to tackle gender inequality in parenting. The Guardian's Alexandra Topping travels to Helsinki to find out why the UK pre-school system lags so far behind and whether it really is easier to be a parent in Finland.

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DNA Evidence Sent Anthony Sanchez to Death Row. But Did It Actually Solve the Crime?
Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000

A college ballerina was raped and murdered in Oklahoma. DNA put Anthony Sanchez at the scene. But it did not tell the whole story.

The post DNA Evidence Sent Anthony Sanchez to Death Row. But Did It Actually Solve the Crime? appeared first on The Intercept.

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Marcus Wandt will fly to International Space Station on third Axiom Space mission
Tue, 12 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0200

ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt from Sweden will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) on Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) no earlier than January 2024.

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NASA Names University Teams to Take on Aeronautics Research Challenges
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:33 EST
NASA has selected four teams of university faculty and students to solve key challenges facing the future of air travel as part of the agency’s University Leadership Initiative.
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Guardian Traveller newsletter: Sign up for our free holidays email
Wed, 12 Oct 2022 14:21:58 GMT

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors. You’ll also receive handpicked offers from Guardian Holidays.

From biking adventures to city breaks, get inspiration for your next break – whether in the UK or further afield – with twice-weekly emails from the Guardian’s travel editors.

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