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Friday, June 25th, 2010PRO Neighborhoods is looking for connectors! What/who is a connector? Read on (especially if you care about obesity).
PRO Neighborhoods is seeking 20-25 neighborhood "connectors" to be part of a network of "diverse individuals who are committed to mobilizing resources, strengthening the environment, and supporting the well-being of their neighborhoods. Ideal connectors are currently using an asset-based approach in their neighborhood work."
Connectors encourage "genuine intergenerational participation. Using tools and resources provided by PRO Neighborhoods and the network, each connector will collaborate with neighbors, schools, businesses and institutions to:
–Build relationships among stakeholders
–Lead an assessment of the community's health and wellness with an eye to reducing obesity
–Guide a community visioning process to propose solutions to issues revealed in the assessment."
Those selected will make a 20-month commitment and receive a monthly stipend of $250. Grant funding and technical support will be available to help realize the action projects.
This sounds like a great goal & project, especially to combat obesity in Arizona, and to include inter-generational components, such as wise elders as well as young teens, also prone to obesity. And there's even a monthly stipend!
If interested send a letter of interest to email@example.com by July 9.
For more information, contact Judith Anderson at (520) 882-5885 or at the same email aforementioned.
They are also once again offering their 3 month Community Organizing class, which I blogged about last summer (click here).
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Match up the animals to complete Diego's map of the Arctic
Tuck one in the toe on Christmas Eve, and redeem these coupons anytime.
Diego's got to get to the North Pole, but which way should he go?
Capture merry memories & add some style to scrapbook pages with a little help from fave Nick Jr. pals!
Deck the halls or trim your tree with printable paper chains.
Learn fun facts about wild animals with this seven-page coloring pack
Kids can pick up some sporty new words while they color
Go, Diego, Go! Sing along with your child's favorite animal resucer
Get to know Diego's friends, and their mommies too!
The cutest fierce animals can be found on this easy-to-make poster
Diego's off on a new exciting adventure, authored by YOUR little animal rescuer
Top a homemade treat with these cut-and-fold flags
Save kids from boredom by printing this adventurous book. Rescue complete!
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Kids get fierce with this chest-beating gorilla mask
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Print and cut out the Diego Video Watch templates and have your child choose which animal to rescue by cutting out and pasting one of the animal images onto the watch's face.
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Cut out this two-sided puzzle and let your child put Diego back together again
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Al rescate! Let's put Diego and friends back together.
This 9 page coloring pack is full of interesting animal facts!
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Print this page for your little ice skater!
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There are so many ways to play on a cold and snowy day!
6 pages of snowflake fun!
Create snow showers indoors with this a-DORA-ble mobile!
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Find a way through the maze, but watch your step!
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The Griffin Empire is getting ready for a celebration — the marriage of the young Emperor Nicolai to his sweetheart Isabel. The festivities are interrupted, however, by the emergence of Demons! Like his father twenty years before, Nicolai leads his army to war.
The war appears to be going badly, so Isabel convinces her escorts, Beatrice and Godric, to seek help.
But other powers are also at work--older and darker ones that have been plotting for ages…
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• Cutting-edge technology : For the first time, experience the world of Might & Magic in a full breathtaking 3D animated world supported by a consistent and modern graphic style.
• Deep scalable turn-based battle system for challenging and tactical combats : Immerse yourself in the combat system that made the success of the Heroes series or experience the brand new Dynamic Battle System. Choose from over 200 skills, 170 creatures' abilities and 40 spells to build up your heroes and their armies.
• New darker heroic fantasy universe : discover a completely revamped and more mature universe that features 6 unique factions and over 80 different creatures.
Live the adventure like never before through a gripping storyline that features special objectives, numerous side quests and plot twists.
• Complete strategy experience : during 6 campaigns and over 30 missions, experience the finest blend of adventure, strategy, tactics, management and role play ever brewed, through a user-friendly yet deep turn based system that favours tactical thinking over button mashing.
• Competitive and addictive intense multiplayer parts : The wait is over. Discover for the first time new options that will allow you to play simultaneously or even when it is not your turn!
• Heroes of Might and Magic® V also introduce the new exclusive Duel mode : challenge your opponent in fierce battles where only the slyest shall prevail.
• Experience everlasting adventure thanks to the map editor provided.
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OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows® 2000/NT/XP (XP recommended) • PROCESSOR: 1.5 GHz Pentium® IV or AMD Athlon™ (2.4 GHz recommended) • MEMORY: 512 MB • VIDEO CARD: 64 MB DirectX® 9.0-compatible video card (128 MB recommended) (see supported list*) • DIRECTX VERSION: DirectX 9.0c or higher (included on disc) • DVD/CD-ROM DRIVE: 4X DVD-ROM Drive • SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0-compatible sound card • HARD DISK SPACE: 2 GB free • PERIPHERALS: Windows-compatible mouse and keyboard • MULTIPLAYER: Internet connection
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Save at Eltham Palace with a London Pass!
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Free entry to Eltham Palace with a London Pass
Normal Ticket Price: Adult: £9.90 Child: £5.90
Eltham Palace is an impressive historical site that has been linked with a distinguished line of Royal figures since its construction in the 1300s. For hundreds of years it was a key residence for the monarchy, even housing a young Henry VIII; by the 1630s, the palace had passed into new ownership and continued to change hands until Civil War when it was used as a barn!
This evocative London palace has a fascinating history – not only is it famous for housing Royalty but (having been bought by Stephen Courtauld in the 1930s) it was partially converted into an excellent example of an Art Deco house. Few London palaces can boast such a varied past.
Eltham Palace is famed for being the only English Art Deco house open to the public, so why not take time out to visit this unique London attraction and take in an atmosphere that combines the best features of a medieval palace with a latter day high society venue. Featured in many feature films including Bright Young Things, this unique house is often used on screen to convey the luxury and decadence of the 1930s.
There are many historic buildings in London, but Eltham is one of the best examples of how London architecture, society and culture have evolved throughout history.
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Many people across the state of Georgia in need legal help had the opportunity to consult a lawyer for free.
Friday was set aside 'Ask-a-lawyer' day throughout the state.
One of the free advice clinics was set up in Albany with lawyers who volunteered their time.
Consultations were offered in the areas of consumer law, wills, powers of attorney, and family law.
"Volunteer attorneys would meet with them for 20 to 30 minutes and help them if they can or try to point them in the right direction and let them know who they need to contact and what they need to do to solve their problem," said William Underwood III, Attorney at Law.
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As the sun sets in camp, slip the women's Patagonia Emmilen Jacket over your climbing tank for warm, soothing, next-to-the skin comfort. The full-length zip with internal wind flap and tall double-layer collar will wrap you up cozy like a bunting. Zippered handwarmer pockets. Hip length.
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- With modern style lines, a wide waistband and contrast panels on the front and back
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here is an article on vegsource:
How the ethical argument fails veganism
(it's copied below too)
please understand that this article (and it's a very good one too!) is a "long-overdue response to the potshots taken by certain vegans" against the health argument. some of them even go on record saying stuff like this:
As an animal protection group, we focus on ethical arguments regarding animals and reducing their suffering, and we try not to make promises to people about any improvements a vegan diet might have for their health.
Interview With a Vegan: Jack Norris RD
alright fine! if you want to push the ethical over the other stuff, that's ok. however, to do it at the expense of the other stuff is simultaneously distractive and illogical!
and even nonsense like this:
We do not have much long-term data yet, but a group of researchers who has studied vegans has said that there is no reason to think vegans have higher rates of mortality than other groups.
Interview With a Vegan: Jack Norris RD
umm this is not an argument - it's more like gossip.
first, mortality is but one indicator of health and has a lot to do with genetics and environment.
second, you do have studies which show that cutting out more corpse is better for mortality like this:
Current prospective cohort data from adults in North America and Europe raise the possibility that a lifestyle pattern that includes a very low meat intake is associated with greater longevity.
Does low meat consumption increase life expectancy in humans?
third, there is a plethora of evidence on the damage that corpse products do - and i'm not talking piddly little studies with a sample size of 20. i'm talking sample sizes hundreds of thousands and more done over decades sometimes. you can find some of these here:
and much more here on dr greger's site:
there is a reason greger, mcdougall, esselstyn, fuhrman, milton, klaper etc etc etc argue the nutrition side. it's because there is overwhelming evidence that corpse ain't good for humans.
the ethical argument is very strong thanks to deep work done by people such as singer, regan, dunayer, sapontis, linzey and david sztybel. however, to oppose the very well-substantiated health argument is like going into battle after you cut one of your own arms off!
in friendship,
Okay, please excuse the incendiary title of this article. Someone recently sent me links to a couple of articles from vegan websites with titles like "How the Health Argument Fails Veganism."
These articles come from animal activists like Ginny Messina and Matt Ball at Vegan Outreach, and go something like this: It's hard enough to go vegan because you have to restrict foods you eat, if you follow a program like Dr. McDougall or the Engine 2 Diet, you have to give up even more foods, the programs don't really work like they claim, and it's just too much to expect anyone to do. And so it will lead to people not sticking with it! So the health argument is bad. That's an argument that Messina makes.
Under an article entitled "Why Jack's Book Matters," Matt Ball argues that it is "unrealistic" to think many people will give up animal foods just to benefit their long-term health, and that when asked why they quit being vegan, the main reason people give most is because of health. Thus, reasons Ball, the "health argument" is defective, makes people quit being vegan, and "has created much, much more [animal] suffering."
To try to prove his point, Ball cites a review published in Psychology Today which tried to look at the reasons why people give up being vegetarian and go back to meat-eating. I read the article Ball cites – and found, surprisingly, it seems to prove the opposite of his point.
Survey: Why some ethical vegans go back to meat-eating
The Psychology Today article is by Hal Herzog, PhD., a psychology professor from Western Carolina University. Herzog wanted to examine why some people go vegetarian but end up going back to meat-eating. So with the help of a friend, he set up a website to recruit people who had stopped being vegetarians. He ended up getting 77 people who described themselves as former vegetarians, and had them take a survey.
Of the reasons participants gave for going back to meat-eating, Herzog reports the following from his survey:
If the largest percentage group – 35% – stopped being vegetarian due to "declining health," then they clearly were not eating a healthy vegan diet.
Too often people switch from the Standard American Diet to a vegan diet with a lot of junk foods in it. They substitute unhealthy alternative products for the unhealthy meat and dairy products, and end up concluding that the vegan diet isn't all that healthy. But of course in reality, they were simply eating the same SAD diet using unhealthy vegan foods instead.
Herzog notes that the majority of the respondents in his survey were women, and the average age was 28. They were moved to become vegetarian by reasons around animal suffering. Perhaps they read a book, heard a talk or saw a video, or were handed a leaflet showing animal cruelty. They understandably were repulsed and decided they should go vegan so as to not be part of the barbaric and cruel farming system.
Herzog cites a 2005 CBS News survey that found 3 out of 4 people who go vegetarian end up going back to meat-eating. That means a very high failure rate in terms of converting people to the idea of veganism, if that is your objective – as it is for Vegan Outreach and Messina.
Herzog reports in the article that, "In fact, most of the former vegetarians were still concerned with animal protection and the ethical issues associated with eating animals."
Thus, we might conclude, if the surveys Herzog writes about are correct, that 3 out of 4 people who go veg for ethical reasons – will go back to meat-eating. They will still believe in the ethical reasons that motivated them to become vegetarian, but that reason was not enough to stop them from going back and killing animals again.
Health vegans seek out info to stay healthy – and thus plant-based
Interestingly, on VegSource and with the many medical doctors and programs we have seen and helped promote since 1996, the average age of people going tends to be in their 30s to 50s, and are people concerned about being overweight or having health problems they want to deal with. So this is an older crowd than the ones involved in Herzog's survey.
These health vegans we see usually adopted a plant-based diet to get well, and so they realized they needed to educate themselves about what a healthy vegan diet is. They sought out community and information about how to eat so that their health would improve, so that they could learn to make healthy meals quickly and easily, how to eat when they travel or go out, how to make sure they're satisfied with the food. They may attend a program or watch videos, read books, and hang out at websites with information and experts in order to make the diet and lifestyle work for them, and achieve their objectives.
This is probably why the many thousands of people over the years going veg for health we've personally seen or heard from – do not generally fail, but thrive. It also could explain why so many of the 20-something ethical vegans in Herzog's survey failed; they probably got little or no good health information from the source that encouraged them to go vegan.
I have seen it again and again when someone has been vegan for a long time and wasn't eating healthfully, if they one day decide to learn how to get exceptional health from a plant-based diet, they become supercharged as vegans, rather than failing and feeling bad about it.
The SAD diet is 35% fat and too high in saturated fat, added sugars and salt. Well the vegan recipes from AR dietitians are generally also 35% fat (just substituting junky soy replacements for meat) and still too high in saturated fat, added sugars and salt. There isn't going to be much in the way of health improvement on a vegan diet like that, compared to the SAD diet.
Bill Clinton adopted Dr. Esselstyn's recommended whole food plant-based diet proven to reverse heart disease. Clinton seems to be quite happy since the diet has reversed his disease. He's sticking with it. He says he eats a little fish now and then, which I don't have a problem with.
Like Clinton, the wonderful Alicia Silverstone, who went vegan for ethical reasons, eats a little non-vegan food having gone back to occasionally eating cheese, which is also fine by me. And I don't care in any way if she or anyone else is eating cheese, anymore than I care if Clinton may eat a little fish sometimes.
Now looking at this sample recipe from Alicia's book The Kind Diet for Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups, it starts with ½ cup Earth Balance butter substitute, sugar and lots and lots of fat...it sounds wonderful, but it's around 61% fat and 14% sugar. There's a place for desserts like this at times, but you are not getting a good picture of a healthy vegan diet, if the books you focus your diet on contains recipes like this. (But hey, I want to try that – and I endorse Alicia's efforts!!)
AR dietitians aren't credible sources of health info
AR dietitian Ginny Messina has written, "The science of nutrition holds just as many questions as answers and we have no idea what the 'ideal' diet is." She says elsewhere that "the health benefits of veganism are overstated."
Contrast her opinion with someone who has actual clinical experience, who actually treats patients, publishes peer-reviewed studies, and has a long track record for creating great health using a plant-based diet -- someone like Drs. Fuhrman, Esselstyn or McDougall, who have shown again and again how to reverse serious diseases and create health using a plant-based diet.
To understand why Messina may not be convinced a plant-based diet is healthy (other than she may not read the studies), you need only look at the recipes she is promoting on her Pinterest:
If you click through and see the recipes themselves, it's fairly horrifying.
These are oil-laden, salt-stuffed, sugar-infused, highly processed – and absolutely delicious, fantastic-looking, yummy – wait, stop! I could gain 5 pounds just drooling at her page. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not health food, this is party food, this is put-you-in-an-early-grave food. Very occasionally I'm going to eat something like these because they taste good. But this is ethical vegan food, because as Messina believes, it's "too hard to follow a program" like McDougall, Fuhrman, Esselstyn, Novick, Engine 2, Ornish or Pritikin (i.e., the programs whose results and research are touted by many when enumerating the health benefits of the plant-based diet).
Let me say – I don't have a problem with anyone eating this way!
But if someone is eating this particular vegan diet and saying "the health benefits of the vegan diet are overstated," this is someone who is only speaking about THEIR vegan diet.
They're basically saying you can save animals AND continue to eat vegan versions of all the junk food you've always loved! That may suit an agenda to get you to help save animals, but it is not someone helping you achieve optimal health, and it's not someone I would rely on for health information.
The Pleasure Trap
Part of the problem with the SAD diet is what Doug Lisle PhD calls "the pleasure trap" – high fat, high sugar and high salt foods create drive to eat more bad foods, and it's a trap you need to recognize and escape if your goal is to be healthy. Even mainstream leaders like former FDA Commissioner David Kessler talk about fat, salt and sugar altering brain chemistry and making people eat more and more junk food, see this article on WashingtonPost.com. Kessler takes it a step further and exposes how food companies use this knowledge to intentionally manipulate foods to keep sales high (which, Kessler notes, destroys the public's health).
Yet the few AR dietitians who are out there aren't really health-aware, which is why they end up selling a veganized version of the SAD diet. 3 out of 4 new ethical vegans fail to remain veg – maybe because they don't feel that great eating a lot of pale, animal product substitutes, and other oily, sugary, salty foods.
Perhaps it is harder to target the younger crowd with health arguments if you're trying to convert people to veganism. This is, I think, the main audience that outfits like Vegan Outreach and Ginny Messina are looking to appeal to. Perhaps being so young, people in this group feel invincible and therefore not interested in the health argument.
On the other hand, I see many healthy vegan groups and even raw groups with lots and lots of young people participating, learning how to be healthy, wanting to be strong and avoid the obesity and diseases that come with the SAD diet, whether veganized or not.
Health is the future
The health argument for vegetarianism has been exploding in recent years, getting a lot of mainstream attention. More and more people are discovering they can insure good health all their lives through healthy whole food plant-based nutrition. Forward-thinking companies like Whole Foods Market have been educating their sickest employees about healthy whole food plant-based eating, see this video and the result is Whole Foods is saving millions of dollars a year on employee health costs – at a time when most other companies are spending more and more on employee health care.
The bottom line from what we've learned on VegSource is this: just getting people to "go vegetarian" is not enough to help them become healthy, and it's clearly not enough for the animals – when only 1 out of 4 people doing it just for ethical reasons ends up sticking with it, according to Herzog's Psychology Today article that Ball of Vegan Outreach cites.
Adopting a healthy vegan diet, is the key to making a lifelong change; it helps the animals, the environment – and you!
SPECIAL NOTE: At VegSource we support all of the many good reasons for going vegan, or shifting toward a plant-based diet. This article is intended as a little long-overdue response to the potshots taken by certain vegans against the work of people like Esselstyn, McDougall, Fuhrman, Engine 2 and so forth. I am pleased by and support all who work to save animals. What I object to is how people in some quarters feel they need to knock the health vegans who are succeeding. It seems the more successful the health vegans are, the more resentment they get from certain vocal, so-called ethical vegans. That is unfortunate, and it is the reason I felt this article was needed.
here is a very interesting rebuttal by ethicist dr david sztybel (see his 30bad thread) to what animal rights advocates should not argue by dr katherine perlo:
Should animal rightists only argue animal rights?
Sztybel decisively destroys Dr. Katherine Perlo's arguments in the affirmative.
Dr. Katherine Perlo and Dr. David Sztybel
you'll see that katherine really means well and is committed to animal rights. however, her argument to not include non-rights issues of various sorts only weakens the arsenal available to us. david applies the his criticism with decency as befitting a fellow colleague, but with definiteness for it is important to the movement as a whole:
"However, I submit that it is ethically virtuous and pragmatically sound to be concerned
with promoting human health, a sound environment, and efficacious medical research as
well as the just treatment of animals. Indeed, the environmental impacts of animal
agriculture do not only extend to humans. Should ethical people not care about these
things? We should not care about them to the exclusion of animal rights, but that is
obviously not what I am suggesting. I am merely showing that it is overly simplistic to
try to utterly separate the so-called extrinsic appeals from ethically-concerned intrinsic
appeals, and that we need a more pluralistic, flexible, and situationist ethic and mode of
thinking. The animal rights movement is strongest with, as Tom Regan often puts it,
"many hands on many oars." The movement is weakened if some of those oars are
disdainfully neglected."
(from one of the rebuttal pdfs)
in friendship,
How out of touch with reality do you have to be to condemn a health argument for vegan? Isn't the goal to make more people vegan? Almost everyone I know who has expressed an inkling of interest in veganism, did so because they heard about the health benefits first. Health is the primary gateway.
Why cut off the supply chain to the vegan factory??
Great Post Prad, can't wait to dig into it deeper. Cheers
How out of touch with reality do you have to be to condemn a health argument for vegan?
i think, rawbenny, what happens is that some people like to develop personal 'kingdoms' in their minds. they have some success with an approach and not so with some other approach. then they think they have found a way which subsequently becomes the way.
as a movement (or organization) gets larger, you have these mini power trips developing often to the point where they start tripping over one another.
this is why it's always a good idea to
1. remember what one's original goals were
2. review other approaches that exist to achieve those goals
3. re-evaluate one's chosen approach every now and then
that way you remain aware and adaptable without succumbing to compromise.
in friendship,
Of course, health and animal rights are two sides of the same coin, or two expressions of the same thing. We only think they're different. ;)
If the ultimate goal is something akin to "no induced suffering of sentient beings" then both the vegan health argument and the animal rights argument are one and the same.
I eat food that makes me healthy = reducing suffering of sentient beings: me, all those who will not have to watch me battle dietary diseases, all those who participate in healthcare, etc., etc.
I participate in animal rights activism = reducing suffering of sentient beings: animals.
And as we know, both of these also extend far beyond this extent of reduced suffering since with current practices both of these help reduce our destruction of the planet itself, thus reducing suffering of all life on earth in countless ways.
I don't see why one or the other of these would be singled out as inferior. They're the same thing. And both have endless resources to verify their validity - both scientifically and philosophically.
good unification jon!
I don't see why one or the other of these would be singled out as inferior.
furthermore, it needs to be understood that the two ideas reach different people. some are interested in health, some in ethics. so when you use only one, you have the added task of converting the other group, which isn't as easy as working with them on something they already are partial to.
the approach that earthsave introduced (courtesy of john robbins) is the three pronged HEE (health, environment, ethics). here is a summary:
it's fine to focus on a speciality, but it's also helpful to have all your bases covered (even if you choose not to play your full hand at once).
in friendship,
HEE (health, environment, ethics)
I like this. Makes perfect sense to me.
it needs to be understood that the two ideas reach different people
Absolutely! Such an important point.
But if someone is eating this particular vegan diet and saying "the health benefits of the vegan diet are overstated," this is someone who is only speaking about THEIR vegan diet.
They're basically saying you can save animals AND continue to eat vegan versions of all the junk food you've always loved! That may suit an agenda to get you to help save animals, but it is not someone helping you achieve optimal health, and it's not someone I would rely on for health information.
Yes! Great article thanks Prad
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SRI International Report Released at 2013 Global Wellness Tourism Congress Shows Wellness-Focused Travel Will Reach $678.5 Billion by 2017 -- Nearly 50 Percent More Growth Than Global Tourism Overall
NEW YORK and NEW DELHI, Oct. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study presented at the inaugural Global Wellness Tourism Congress (GWTC) found wellness tourism is a near half-trillion dollar market, representing 14 percent of total global tourism revenues ($3.2 trillion1) overall. According to The Global Wellness Tourism Economy report, the category is projected to grow on average 9.9 percent annually over the next five years, nearly twice the rate of global tourism overall, reaching $678.5 billion by 2017, or 16 percent of total tourism revenues.
The study also noted over one-half of growth in wellness tourism through 2017 will come from the Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern/North African markets, and India will be number one globally over the next five years, clocking a 20 percent-plus growth through 2017. And wellness tourists are higher spenders, on average, spending 130 percent more than the average global tourist.
The study was conducted by SRI International, in conjunction with the Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS), the industry's leading education and research organization, which presented the GWTC in New Delhi, India. The study is the first to benchmark and analyze this fast-emerging tourism segment and, according to SRI, is expected to be eye-opening for governments and tourism industry stakeholders worldwide.
READ THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY http://www.globalspaandwellnesssummit.org/images/stories/pdf/wellness_tourism_economy_exec_sum_final_10022013.pdf
"For decades, the very concept of a vacation has been associated with excess: too much eating, drinking and too little sleep -- leaving too many travelers less healthy when they check out than when they checked in," said Ophelia Yeung, lead author of the study and co-director, Center for Science, Technology & Economic Development at SRI. "This new research clearly reveals that more people are now choosing destinations that help them keep or get healthy while traveling, while a smaller (and also growing) segment are also now taking trips with the specific, sole purpose of improving their personal well-being."
Definition & Methodology: SRI defines wellness tourism as all travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one's personal well-being. The wellness tourism economy includes all expenditures made by tourists on these types of leisure and business trips, including lodging, food and beverage, activities/excursions, shopping and transport.
Percentage of Global Trips: While wellness tourism represents roughly one in seven total domestic and international tourism dollars (14 percent), it represents 6 percent of the number of international and domestic trips -- or 524.4 million.
Powerful Impact on Jobs and Economies: Wellness tourism is directly responsible for $11.7 million global jobs, which delivers $1.3 trillion in global economic impact -- or 1.8 percent of the world's GDP in 2012.
A Strikingly High-Yield Tourist: Wellness tourists spend, on average, 130 percent more than the average global tourist. An international wellness tourist spends roughly 65 percent more per trip than the average international tourist; the domestic wellness tourist spends about 150 percent more than the average domestic tourist.
"Primary" vs. "Secondary" Wellness Tourist Markets: SRI made a distinction between "primary" and "secondary" wellness tourists: the former defined as those taking a trip entirely for wellness purposes, the latter engaging in wellness-related activities as part of a trip. Not surprisingly, secondary-purpose wellness tourists constitute the significant majority (87 percent) of total wellness tourism trips and expenditures (86 percent). And while wellness tourists spend dramatically more than the average international or domestic tourist across the board, a secondary-purpose wellness traveler spends less than a primary.
Domestic Wellness Tourism Dominates: While tourism authorities tend to place an outsized focus on inbound, international travelers, domestic wellness tourism is actually significantly larger than its international equivalent -- representing 84 percent of wellness tourism trips and 68 percent (or $299 billion) of expenditures. International inbound wellness tourism represents a $139 billion market (32 percent of total).
Europe and North America Dominate…For Now: While over 50 percent of the projected growth in wellness tourism through 2017 will come from Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East/North Africa, the SRI study found that today's typical wellness traveler is well-educated, well-off, middle-aged and hails from Western and industrialized nations. Europe and North America drive the outbound international wellness tourism segment, with five countries -- the U.S., Germany, Japan, France and Austria -- currently representing 63 percent of the global market. Additionally, the U.S., France, Austria, Germany and Switzerland drive the most inbound, international wellness tourism arrivals. Countries that attract the most domestic wellness tourism trips include: the U.S., Germany, Japan, China and France.
Spa Tourism Critical, but Not Majority of Market: Spa tourism is a core component of wellness tourism (41 percent of market), but non spa-related wellness tourism (whether "healthy hotels" and cruises; baths/springs; fitness, yoga or lifestyle retreats; travel to nature parks/preserves; organic/natural restaurant expenditures; and other "healthy" lodging and retail) represent 59 percent of the market.
"Wellness tourism is poised to reshape tourism as we know it. So many 21st century forces are fueling it, including the rise of chronic diseases and the unprecedented stress of modern life," noted Jean-Claude Baumgarten, GSWS keynote speaker and former president and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council. "What people want to achieve during their ever diminished time off is undergoing a sea change, with millions more every year demanding destinations that deliver physical, emotional, spiritual and environmental health -- along with enjoyment."
SRI's complete The Global Wellness Tourism Economy report, which includes data on regional/national wellness tourism markets and future category growth, will be released at a media event in New York City on November 7, 2013.
About the Summit: The Global Wellness Tourism Congress is presented by the Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS), an international organization representing senior executives and leaders from over 40 countries, joined by a common interest to drive economic development and understanding of the spa and wellness industries. Delegates from diverse sectors, including hospitality, tourism, health and wellness, beauty, finance, medical, real estate, manufacturing and technology, attend the organization's annual Summit, which is held in a different host country each year. After just seven years, the GSWS is now considered the leading global research and educational resource for the $1.9 trillion spa and wellness industry.
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By Nathan Day in Cloud, Executive Blog, SoftLayer, TechnologyThose of us who've been in this industry for years have seen computing evolve pretty significantly, especially recently. We started with dedicated servers running a single operating system, and we were floored by innovations that allowed dedicated servers to run a hypervisor with many operating systems. The next big leap brought virtual machine "cloud" instances into the spotlight … And the resulting marketing shenanigans have been a blessing and a curse. On the positive side, the approachable "cloud" term is a lot easier to talk about with a nontechnical audience, but on the negative side, we see uninformative TV commercials that leverage cloud as a marketing term, and we see products that further obfuscate what cloud technology actually means:
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text: September 28, 2011 Action Minutes for September 28th, 2011 I. Roll Call II. Approval of Minutes III. Approval of Agenda IV. Guest Speaker · President Helman-As many of you have heard during noon tomorrow we had 200 faculty and staff come into Western's future into a potential name change. There has been no predetermined decision, but we want to know whether or not to put University into our name. CMC has just been authorized to allow 4-year degrees. Most community colleges have removed the 'community' in their name. There is an increasing confusion between 'college' and 'university', and perhaps some brand confusion. College does not translate internationally. We think there's some brand confusion about who we are and what we do. We have proposed to the board of trustees to change the name, they gave a thumbs up. So we have begun a discussion about this decision to talk to the board of trustees in October. This is a whole lot more than a name change, what we used to be and how we fell by Tom Freedman, What is the world we live in? What should we do to thrive in this world? We should take a look back and build a spaceship (metaphorically). While we hold off threats we need to think about how to keep this enterprise going, and keep Western State College of Colorado alive. 100-year anniversary, self-study for accreditation. Once Gunnison Normal School when it was a teacher's college. The world is rapidly changing and Western State College of Colorado must adapt with these changes. · Gary Pierson-A handout to help organize the thoughts of a name change. Please educate yourself about this, and educate your constituents. Encourage speaking with faculty and staff, important to have a campus-wide discussion. Would we be open to hosting a forum for students? SWOT Analysis (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities & Threats) and feedback from staff. Open to other ways to facilitate. Can speak to Janice Osborn, took around an hour to discuss and have a forum. o Hosting forums may be the most effective ways to get students involved, especially in the evening. o We could take a discussion period, and turn it into a forum, many questions among students on campus. SWOT may not be best for students because they may not have the best knowledge to help this exercise. o Will we be sending this out to all students? § We haven't thought about it. We can consider it. o This, in my opinion, is great. o I try to be cautious sending out emails to students, would students like this? § If it is coming from both Gary, and SGA it will probably be received well. o We have the same questions coming up all the time, and the same questions keep coming up. If we do these forums, we need somebody there that knows it better than us. o If we send this out in an email it should be condensed. o If we have many sources, then students will know where to get information. o If I got an email like that, I would never read it. § Maybe an attachment o I want to read it to participate in the name change, but need a cliff-notes version. o End of semester, survey to get anonymous feedback. o This is your opportunity for you input, what's going to be the most effective way to educate them and understand it to get good feedback. o Write a Top O' World article, and email for contact o SO important to educate students of these issues, so they can explain issues. o Some students have been pretty fired up about not changing it. There are probably many students who would read the whole article to understand the issues. o No student fee money would be used for a name change, all out of the general fund o What If all senators have 30 copies to give out to heir constituents, and attach a sheet for comments, and have a turn-in in the SGA office. o What if we could do a poll via email or FB, or in CC table, preliminary yes or no, give out info or places for info. What would the poll be before information was distributed, then after. o Social media could be huge for this discussion, to get a better more accurate response than a forum o We consistently have many students coming out for forums, but one forum will not work, more often the better. Noon forums were more attended than later night forums. We have had good input from forums in the past. o It is a fact it is easier for folks to summarize an email, touching on points would be key, this should be approached like the field house where we have poles and sheets out for comments, and forums, then see where we are. Whether or not people will attend, we can target students that are interested to see what they are saying, and hopefully the issue will gain momentum. o Sometimes facts are overshadowed by rumors, we can step-back and make a campaign, put out as much information in all outlets. o Jay: The college whether its staff or students, we do not make a decision like this, ultimately the state legislature makes the decision. The leadership will translate it to the board. This is not an internal decision, or a vote. It may be unwise to make a straw poll until they are educated on. The cost that we brought up, we know there will be a cost, Brad Baca are trying to estimate the cost, and this is a general fund issue. Understand the process. We do not want a vote. Do people generally think this is a good idea or a bad idea, to discuss with board to get their opinion on the matter? One myth I would like to dispel, this is no silver bullet issue to admissions or enrollment. Think of future of college, the issue is much larger, we need to plan. My goal is that 100 years from now another president can say the same things we say at this anniversary. We are trying to look at the bigger picture for the future. o We are about month out. o Who would choose the name? § It would ultimately be the board, take some choices, and the board would recommend § Western has to be in there, Colorado has to be in there, then, are we a University or a College. o Students want information, and want to know what's going on. o What would the requirements be going from college to university § No operating definition between University or college § Many colleges are changing to university, small liberal arts colleges still hold the name 'college', and are becoming extinct, we are one of the only few public liberal arts college. § Rumors of Adams change status to University. Fort Lewis is thinking about it. Metro is trying to run campaigns. § We need to get our board briefed on Oct 28th. If we do this it needs to be at this next meeting, with a strong sponsor. The board needs to make a decision this fall. § We have four weeks to see what students think about this issue, to take back to the board. Perhaps more questions will follow October meeting, § There are a lot of great ideas, but no one is right. We should bombard social media, and all media outlets to speak to as many students as possible and educate them. o Do you think forums are the most efficient way to distribute information? § Yes, forums were great for debunking all rumors, and an expert could explain the issue in detail. § People got their questions answered. § If you want to do it over the next four weeks you need to start next week. Some people come to more than one meeting. It took a while to get the word to everyone. Dates and times set up for forums ahead of time. § When is next legislature session · Begins in January · Limited number of bills, so you have line it up early · Who was your prospective sponsor · Board meetings are open to all students, meet in the CC § Social media and forums are great ways to communicate with peers. We can have expertise at these forums. § We will let you know, discuss it tonight. Clap, clap, clap! · Larry Meredith & Bruce Bartleson-Library Referendum- Director of library district of Gunnison county, both former Westerner's. Public relations director for a long time. I was in charge of the first 100 year celebration of college. Remind you all about the new public library in Gunnison and children's library in CB and Mt. CB, and CB south. Only 15K people in the county, but over 30K visits over all of last year, 160K pieces of material. 2 ballot questions coming up: 1b-a bond issue to provide funds for facilities 2a-is a bill to get funds to operate library. Understand, most of you use the school library, but a good public library helps improve quality of life within a community, center for technology, gathering places, and meeting rooms. Most of college facilities are for students rather than community. The library will be a community tool. We will raise property taxes to fund library, for a 500K home taxes would be $66/yr. Speak with fellow students. Please vote for us. You have until Monday to register to vote, do it online (democracy-so vote)! You can register without a driver's license. We would appreciate your support, and a boom for the community. 18,000 sq. ft. library. o Where will it be located? § North of public schools on 11th street o Property was given to the county as long as a donation. o When would it be built? § If it passes, we would start in April of next year, and hope to be finished within a year. V. Action Items VI. Discussion Items · Wildlife Society Bill- (Presented by Erika) Presented bill and appropriate information. Where is the conference being held? o Hawaii, 6 nights o Any questions can be discussed next week. · Color Printer-Perhaps it would be a benefit to purchase a color printer. As SGA we don't have access to a color printer on campus, unless we go through PC. IT suggested for us to buy a printer, the initial printer cost is $1,000, but that would be the highest quality. Allows us to print on bigger paper. It would benefit SGA, Intramurals CCE club sports, would all have access to the printer. We would have to pay for paper and ink. The big printer in the LEED office is moving to Taylor. How many students look at posters? How effective are posters? What about social media/electronic flyers. o Color printers in Taylor are often requested and note the color posters. When they did Taylor they did not map for a copy center. For homecoming we printed a lot of posters. o Perhaps PC is the best solution. o PC's printer costs $1250, and a toner is $500. PC is more than happy to print, but you have to pay. o IT suggests that maybe we co-sponsor with PC and look into cheaper toners. That way we would all have access. Anyone who gets SGA funding could use printer. o Stay focused on green ways of doing things, on flat's screens. Either paperless recycling or co-sponsorship. · Discussion of better ways to communicate paperless advertisement · Cory Vanderveen-City of Gunnison Parks & Recreation-With aquatics department looking for some things. We put on 2 college nights, to get students to come to pool, rope swing, diving board, and slides. During these nights, students can come and play and use facilities. Staff stays there as safety, rules are pretty relaxed to provide a fun aspect. We would like some help, getting more students into community center. We have different ways to solicate information to students'. First night 8pm-10pm, about 80 people came on college night. They wanted to do it every Wednesday, but we cannot. Try to make it as affordable as possible. Do students want more music? Help advertise, advertise, make it our own. Not try to make money, but just try to get college students in and have fun. Handing out fliers, 10-15. Charge $1 at front. About $50 to run a 2-hour event, would like to break even. What do constituents want more of? o How often are you looking to do it? § We were thinking every-other Wednesday. Drug and Alcohol free event, to keep event and safe. o One concern is that we have our own pool. § The community needs to coincide with the college, and give students other things to do on Wednesday's nights. The Community center has many amenities, and the size to host a large fun event. § Resident Life will post fliers, send emails for next events. Speak with RA's, for events. o Do you need to bring your ID? § No, we know you all! o Could you give us your email address § Yes o You could partner with WRAP. So, it's free and students wouldn't mind paying next time. o Let the thoughts roll…Leave fliers, smaller one's are more effective. o Another event is a dodge-ball tournament. Working with intramurals for water polo, water basketball, and water polo. College students, organizations, and clubs in dodge-ball tournament to help fund college night, test to see if it is viable for next year. Several free memberships for winning teams and free giftcards from Mochas's. October 22nd, sign up at rec-center, email or call number on flier. Open to whole community, trying to get police officer team. VII. Advisor Report · Extra fliers for changing of the name. Looking for students to volunteer for a sexual assault hotline, and a clinic. Be there to give them resources, male or females, if you are interested email Shelley. Academic progress reports should be finalized, for first year students and students on academic probation. Mandatory first-year meeting. RTA is free again, and have a larger schedule, starting November 23rd. LEAD office is doing a 6wk workshop on 'Money Matters' to help educate students, Oct 11th 7pm. First meeting on budgeting, credit score, and identity theft. VIII. Senator Reports · Erika: Booty Bash tomorrow instead of homecoming dance. · Alan: CB film festival this weekend · Alumni/Lacross and Rugby game this weekend · D'Andre: Went to Escalante to meet with freshman, got quite a few students there, handed out fliers. The email never got sent about meeting with Mears and Ute. · Nicole: Resume workshop October 4th 8-9pm · Adam: Mt. Bike race this weekend host looking for volunteers along course, email Janna if interested. Saturday at 1pm. · Walker: 10 per movie for film festival or $50 for six movies IX. Committee Reports · Homecoming Updates · Bonfire: good, 9pm Friday night. · Parade: Everyone who can be there the day of float, should be there 9:30, unless you are on the parade committee, then 9am. So far we have 20-25 floats. DARE Athletics, Sac, PC, Dr. Vandenbusche is the parade marshall. President Helman will be there. · Bowl Decorating-Setting up at 7:30am saturday for tailgate and game. Tailgate 10-1. · Lighting of "W"-Meet for 5 minutes after to talk tomorrow, set. · PR-Running PSA's for homecoming · Float-built just need to paint and put up banner · Alumni- 5-7 people that can go to alumni dinner at 7pm, greeting and talking, name tags, personable. · Royalty- Nominations are in Dr. Vandenbusche Gary Pierson and Coach Banes, Maria strubble, suzy coykendell, Melissa Bravo. Powderpuff going well, four coaches, two are taking it pretty seriously. 26 girls have signed up, 15 have confirmed, more ladies can sign up. Officially changed to 4:30pm on Friday. There will be male cheerleaders. Flag football. X. Advisory Reports · Sarah: Friday rededication of Taylor, Vandenbusche will be there. · Haleigh: thank you for Homecoming, it is a crazy time of year. It is turning out well. · Travis: Softball championships tonight. Kickball starts next week, 10 teams signed up. Ultimate, 2 teams, one more than last year. · Grace: Please come help set up the decorations. Taking stuff down at 1pm, which would be a great help. Please send total costs from homecoming to Grace. · Meg: An improv group started at Western. Awkward fiction, SNL type feel sketches they are writing in theatre, and college humor on film, and improv games. Family oriented, not a club yet. Maybe one performance this semester, and maybe more in the future. · Blake: XC is splitting up to go to Oklahoma Jamboree and RM shootout. Football game 1pm Volleyball game at 7pm playing Adams, wear red! Tentative car bash this Friday at tailgate · Hayden: Rugby 11am against alumni, Women's rugby 1pm Saturday playing Mines, down hill biking after on new course around 4pm. · Elijah: Taylor Auditorium 7pm concert on Saturday XI. Special Topics XII. Remarks for the Good of the Order · Nick: Ute is being used as a resident hall, students want to see sidewalks, instead of dead grass path, do other students feel similar? Other campuses put sidewalks for pedestrians and bikers. · Aurora: For float we were given a truck from Avis, please sign the Thank You Card. · Chase: XIII. Late Roll Call XIV. Adjournment |