Thursday, January 24, 2013

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ProActive Kids (PAK) Foundation is announcing its fourth site location in DuPage County to provide its innovative program to fighting the growing childhood obesity epidemic.? Together, with Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, they will bring the ProActive Kids programs to the Downers Grove community and surrounding municipalities to offer free programs for children struggling with unhealthy weight.

?We are very excited to be working with Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital as it extends our reach to children and families across DuPage County!? said Nicole Klinkhamer, ProActive Kids Executive Director.? ?Together, we have an opportunity to help educate, train and energize kids and families in the community, and get them comfortable with fitness and nutrition in a safe environment.? We also will be introducing participants to a state-of-the-art fitness facility that we hope we will become a part of their daily lives for years to come.?

ProActive Kids will implement their results-oriented program at the Advocate Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, collaborating on staffing, funding, physician referrals, engagement of the participants, and overall delivery of the comprehensive, three days per week program. Together, the partnership will deliver PAK?s three-tiered childhood obesity intervention program, delivering fitness, nutrition and lifestyle training to children ages 8 ? 14 struggling with unhealthy weight which is classified as 85th percentile and above.

?Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing public health issues we face,? said Laura Taylor, Director Community Health, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital.? ?ProActive Kids and leading hospitals in DuPage County and Chicagoland are joining together to fight obesity with a united approach. Together, we? can offer this proven program? to the families we serve and confront this issue head on. We look forward to expanding our existing fitness and nutrition programs for kids to offer this unique intervention program for kids who are already struggling while maintaining our many prevention programs. ?

ProActive kids are engaged in a variety of PAK PLAN activities on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for eight weeks:? PAK Fitness, PAK Nutrition and PAK Lifestyle.? Each educational lesson and fitness activity is designed to motivate kids to make healthy choices, while instilling positive behaviors they can use for life. On Fridays, PAK reinforces the importance of family by inviting members of the child?s family to show support by participating in the three PAK PLAN activities to learn how they, too, can benefit from and make healthier lifestyle changes.

ProActive Kids Foundation, headquartered in Wheaton, IL, offers a winter, spring and fall program and is currently enrolling kids for its winter sessions, scheduled to begin on January 28 at each of the five locations ? Wheaton, Woodridge, West Chicago, Oak Lawn and now Downers Grove.? Kids and families are encouraged to enroll in the program at www.proactivekids.org.? A referral from the child?s primary care physician is required.

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital joins other leading health care organizations in the support for PAK programs, including Advocate Children?s Hospital.?? Cadence Health and Edward Hospital, both support ProActive Kids sites and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois provides funds for the West Chicago site through a grant from its Healthy Kids, Healthy Families initiative,

For more information, or to enroll, please visit www.proactivekids.org. ProActive Kids (PAK) Foundation is announcing its fourth site location in DuPage County to provide its innovative program to fighting the growing childhood obesity epidemic.? Together, with Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, they will bring the ProActive Kids programs to the Downers Grove community and surrounding municipalities to offer free programs for children struggling with unhealthy weight.

?We are very excited to be working with Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital as it extends our reach to children and families across DuPage County!? said Nicole Klinkhamer, ProActive Kids Executive Director.? ?Together, we have an opportunity to help educate, train and energize kids and families in the community, and get them comfortable with fitness and nutrition in a safe environment.? We also will be introducing participants to a state-of-the-art fitness facility that we hope we will become a part of their daily lives for years to come.?

ProActive Kids will implement their results-oriented program at the Advocate Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center, collaborating on staffing, funding, physician referrals, engagement of the participants, and overall delivery of the comprehensive, three days per week program. Together, the partnership will deliver PAK?s three-tiered childhood obesity intervention program, delivering fitness, nutrition and lifestyle training to children ages 8 ? 14 struggling with unhealthy weight which is classified as 85th percentile and above.

?Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing public health issues we face,? said Laura Taylor, Director Community Health, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital.? ?ProActive Kids and leading hospitals in DuPage County and Chicagoland are joining together to fight obesity with a united approach. Together, we? can offer this proven program? to the families we serve and confront this issue head on. We look forward to expanding our existing fitness and nutrition programs for kids to offer this unique intervention program for kids who are already struggling while maintaining our many prevention programs. ?

ProActive kids are engaged in a variety of PAK PLAN activities on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for eight weeks:? PAK Fitness, PAK Nutrition and PAK Lifestyle.? Each educational lesson and fitness activity is designed to motivate kids to make healthy choices, while instilling positive behaviors they can use for life. On Fridays, PAK reinforces the importance of family by inviting members of the child?s family to show support by participating in the three PAK PLAN activities to learn how they, too, can benefit from and make healthier lifestyle changes.

ProActive Kids Foundation, headquartered in Wheaton, IL, offers a winter, spring and fall program and is currently enrolling kids for its winter sessions, scheduled to begin on January 28 at each of the five locations ? Wheaton, Woodridge, West Chicago, Oak Lawn and now Downers Grove.? Kids and families are encouraged to enroll in the program at www.proactivekids.org.? A referral from the child?s primary care physician is required.

Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital joins other leading health care organizations in the support for PAK programs, including Advocate Children?s Hospital.?? Cadence Health and Edward Hospital, both support ProActive Kids sites and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois provides funds for the West Chicago site through a grant from its Healthy Kids, Healthy Families initiative,

For more information, or to enroll, please visit www.proactivekids.org.

About PROACTIVE KIDS FOUNDATION

ProActive Kids Foundation (PAK) is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit foundation with a mission of advancing child health and reversing the obesity trend one community at a time. Under the direction of the ProActive Kids Foundation leadership, a respected group of health care, education, nutrition, and athletic leaders, developed the PAK PLAN.

The PAK PLAN is much more than a simple diet or exercise program. It is a comprehensive, all inclusive program to treat the whole child ?physically, nutritionally and emotionally, built around the stability and commitment of family. The program educates children and their families on fun and sustainable ways to improve their health through weekly physical exercises, lessons, assignments and discussions.

This innovative and personal life-changing experience is offered at no charge to children ages 8-14 who are considered obese or at risk.

Article source: http://www.prunderground.com/proactive-kids-partners-with-advocate-good-samaritan-hospital-to-fight-childhood-obesity/0020171/

Source: http://yourhealthychild.net/proactive-kids-partners-with-advocate-good-samaritan-hospital-to-fight/

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Vigil planned to remember Paterno 1 year later

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ? From bumper stickers to signs posted by a few businesses to the occasional T-shirt, reminders of Joe Paterno sprinkle Happy Valley.

Most cues are subtle enough to make an outsider look twice. Like the decals with the outline of the bespectacled Paterno's distinctive face, or the shirt with the image of the longtime Penn State coach's trademark look of rolled-up khakis and sneakers.

A year after his death, Paterno and a reputation tarnished in the aftermath of the child sex abuse scandal involving retired assistant coach Jerry Sandusky remain sensitive topics for groups of alumni, former players, staffers and community residents.

The Hall of Fame coach died of lung cancer on Jan. 22, 2012, at age 85. On Tuesday ? exactly a year after his passing ? community residents have organized a vigil at a downtown mural that includes a depiction of Paterno.

A family spokesman has said the Paternos would not take part, and remain in privacy.

Their supporters, though, spoke up at a recent meeting of the university's Board of Trustees.

Most critics are angered by how school leaders handled Paterno's ouster as coach and the explosive findings of the internal investigation led by former FBI director Louis Freeh that put part of the blame on Paterno.

Others say the school hasn't done enough to honor a 46-year career in which Paterno was known for focusing on academics and philanthropy as well as football.

"The university should lead the way and not sit in silence," said Ed Stine, 62, of Gaithersburg, Md., a member of the alumni watchdog group Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship. He was one at least one of at least four dozen audience members who applauded or praised speakers who paid tribute to Paterno at the meeting.

The man who built Penn State's program into one of college football's marquee brands was fired in November 2011, days after Sandusky's arrest on molestation and other charges. The trustees had said Paterno was ousted in part because he had a moral obligation to pass on to police outside the university a 2002 allegation of sexual assault by Sandusky that was relayed to Paterno by a graduate assistant.

Sandusky was convicted in June on dozens of criminal counts, crimes that authorities said occurred on and off campus. In July, Freeh accused Paterno and three former school administrators of concealing allegations against Sandusky to protect the school's image.

The NCAA took unprecedented action two weeks later in levying strict sanctions including a four-year bowl ban, strict scholarship cuts and a $60 million fine on the university. College sports' governing body also vacated 111 wins under Paterno, erasing what had been his major college record of 409 career victories.

Paterno's family has vehemently denied Freeh's conclusions and has maintained the coach would not take part in a cover-up. They have said they expect to release a response to Freeh's report in the near future.

The trustees have maintained over the past year that they intend to honor Paterno at some point. When asked last week, a couple trustees cited ongoing legal issues related to the scandal.

"There's going to be a time and a place to do that, and I don't think that's right now yet," trustees chairman Keith Masser said last week.

University leaders continue to navigate tricky issues as they try rebuild Penn State's image. In the eyes of some national columnists and other critics outside Pennsylvania or the Penn State community, Paterno's name has been forever soiled.

A survey of alumni conducted for the school by an external public relations firm found that more than eight in 10 alumni remained positive toward Penn State, though that's down from nine in 10 in 2009. The survey also found that "recent events" still had a negative impact overall on the feelings of alumni, though the impact was less pronounced in December than in the last survey taken in May.

About 75 percent of respondents also said the school should publicly recognize Paterno for his decades of service to the school, down from 87 percent in May. The survey of 1,172 alumni was taken online and over the telephone, with a margin of error that was 2.86 percent.

"We still have an overwhelming majority of people who say he should be honored," said trustee Anthony Lubrano, who has long voiced support for Paterno and his family. He joined the board last summer with the backing of alumni critical of trustees who fired Paterno.

"It's important for us to address if we're going to heal and move forward," Lubrano said.

At the least, the football program that appeared to be in peril after the sanctions has regained its footing under Paterno's successor, Bill O'Brien. The former New England Patriots offensive coordinator conducted a masterful job leading Penn State to an 8-4 season and keeping most of the team together following the penalties.

"It was pretty impressive," said Terry Pegula, a proud Penn State donor and the owner of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres. "To be down there, in the middle of that, wasn't a good situation. Even the students were feeling bad. So Bill turned into the shining light in the whole thing. He had a lot of pressure on him and he did a heck of a job."

Al Pacino has been signed to play Paterno in a movie about the late coach. Producer Edward R. Pressman said last week that Brian De Palma will direct "Happy Valley," the tentative title of the film, based on Joe Posnanski's best-seller "Paterno," which followed Paterno's final years as his career ended with the sex abuse scandal.

Since the season's end in late November, questions have been raised again about the sanctions and Freeh's report. Gov. Tom Corbett ? a trustee by virtue of his elected office ? has sued the NCAA in federal court to have the sanctions overturned.

Lubrano and longtime trustee Alvin Clemens, who was on the board in November 2011, drew applause when paying tribute to Paterno last week.

The tributes at the meeting were appropriate, said trustee Paul Suhey, captain of the 1979 football team and another November 2011 trustee. He hoped there would be "a time when (the board) can honor Paterno more" after addressing lingering problems from the scandal.

___

AP freelance writers Christina Gallagher and Mike Haim contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/vigil-planned-remember-paterno-1-later-175704263--spt.html

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Monday, January 21, 2013

The Best Flood Insurance Ever?This House Rises With the Wate ...

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The Best Flood Insurance Ever?This House Rises With the Water
Construction technology that?s been tried and tested in the marine industry is starting to appear in architecture.
By Lawrence Karol
January 17, 2013
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The amphibious house remains high and dry even during a flood. (Courtesy Baca Architects)

The Earth hasn?t quite reached Waterworld status yet, but between events like Hurricane Sandy, super typhoons in the Western Pacific, and England?s wettest year on record, our spinning blue marble experienced quite its share of extreme weather events, particularly flooding, in 2012.

In Britain, they?ve decided to dive right in to try and deal with this issue, and The Guardian reports that in one area of the country there?s a scheme that ?proposes homes around marshes, squares that are designed to become ponds, and parks that become small lakes.?

Perhaps even more daring is a proposal for a floating, or amphibious, house from Baca Architects, a firm that?s recognized for innovation in flood-resilient and adaptable architecture and spatial planning. ?We initially set up our firm with the aim to create more sustainable architecture and mitigate climate change,? Baca partner Robert Barker tells TakePart. ?We soon identified the need to deal with the effects of climate change too, and one of the most devastating effects is flood risk.?

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He went on to explain that, ?Baca Architects established the LifE (Long-term Initiatives for Flood-risk Environments) in 2005 to identify ways in which the construction industry could help tackle rising carbon dioxide emissions and adapt to climate change?and in particular to flood risk. We secured funding from the U.K. Government to develop these ideas with an expert team in 2007.?

Barker said the concept of the amphibious house is based upon the Archimedes Principle of Buoyancy and is developed from boat technologies. An amphibious house rests on the ground on fixed foundations, but if a flood occurs, the entire building rises up in its dock and floats there, buoyed by the floodwater.

For this to work, ?The upper part of the house is a lightweight timber construction that rests on a concrete hull, creating a free-floating pontoon, while the whole house is set between four ?dolphins,? permanent vertical guideposts to keep it in place,? says Barker. ?These guideposts, more normally found on marinas, have been integrated with the design and are a visible feature on the exterior of the building.?

The house is fronted by a riverside garden that has a number of terraces that step down from the house to the water?s edge. The terraces are set at different levels that will incrementally flood when the river rises from its banks. Barker says this is ?part of the practice?s ?intuitive landscape? philosophy, that seeks to shape the spaces around settlements so that they can flood in a predetermined way.?

He adds, ?This allows residents to be more conscious of their natural environment and in turn raise their awareness to flood risk. The lowest terrace will be planted with reeds, another with shrubs and plants, another will be lawn, and the highest level will afford a patio with access into the dining room.?
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In terms of practicality, Barker explained that while floating construction is tried and tested in the marine industry, its application in architecture is relatively new.

?The Dura Vermeer Group constructed the first generation of the dwelling in Maasbommel in the Netherlands in 2005, consisting of a 32 amphibious dwellings, and 14 floating homes, built on the side of a dyke using floating bases that were anchored to mooring posts. Designed to accommodate a water level difference of up to five and a half meters, the properties successfully performed as designed in the Dutch floods of February 2011,? he says.

Amphibious construction to date has only been used in small buildings but it has the potential to overcome flood risk on a much larger scale by creating whole floating platforms, says Barker. ?This could provide a cost-effective solution to regenerating or preserving important sites where having to relocate residents and communities would have dire social or economic consequences.?

And as Philip Atkinson, a planning consultant, told The Guardian, ?The levels are rising, so everyone has to understand we have to start living with the water.?

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