What are the best and worst places to stay healthy as you age? For answers, take out a map and follow the Mississippi River from north to south. The healthiest people over 65 are in Minnesota, the sickest in Mississippi.
That’s among the findings of the America’s Health Rankings Senior Report released in May by the United Health Foundation. The report ranks the 50 states by assessing data covering individual behavior, the environment and communities where seniors live, local health policy and clinical care.
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Alcohol can be a major source of calories, so this may be the cause of your weight gain. One glass of wine contains about 120 calories (and as many as 150 calories for a larger glass). If you drink two to three glasses of wine every evening, you may be consuming 300 to 450 extra calories per day. This can result in a pound of weight gain every one or two weeks!
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In a sweeping decision in favor of digital privacy, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police almost always need a warrant to search a person’s cellphone, even in the case of someone placed under arrest.
In an unanimous decision, the court ruled against the Obama administration.
The usual law is that police can search anything on a person when they make an arrest. Opponents argued that smartphones were different because they hold such vast and personal stores of information.
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During National Lightning Awareness Week, June 22-28, NOAA and Ready.gov are highlighting the importance of lightning and thunderstorm safety.
Each year, hundreds of people are severely injured or even killed by lightning strikes. Lightning is unpredictable, which greatly increases the risk to the general public. It is important to remember that lightning can strike ten miles away from a thunderstorm even if it is not raining or the thunder sounds far away. When a thunderstorm is in the area, there is nowhere safe outside.
Just remember, “When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors.”
For tips on how to prepare for a thunderstorm, visit NOAA and Ready.gov and follow Ready on Twitter and Facebook.
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Major General Darryll Wong
Adjutant General, State of Hawai‘i
requests the pleasure of your company at the
29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team’s Readiness Center Dedication Ceremony
Commanded by Colonel Stephen F. Logan
and
Command Sergeant Major Leonard H. Ventura
On Saturday, the Second of August, Two-Thousand and Fourteen
at Ten o’clock in the morning
at the Brigade Readiness Center, Kalaeloa
91-1227 Enterprise Avenue, Kapolei, Hawai‘i
Military: duty uniform
Civilian: Aloha attire
RSVP: by 21 July 2014
POC: MAJ Alan Kahanu808.844.6022 alternate: CW3 Kevin Aihara 808.672.1294 Special thanks to Bob Inouye for providing the photograph
CMSgt Raquel Ramos submits reports and photographs of the activities of Hawai‘i National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. This group, known as Team 808, has activities where the Hawai‘i Guard members can meet in a social setting.
Earlier this month, they has a “hail and farewell” for Team 808 who just joined the team and for those who are leaving the DC area. The luncheon was at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia.
COL Roy Macaraeg, who currently serves as the Military Assistant for Training, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, summarized the personnel changes.
Teammates who are leaving are LTC Valdez (Ft Bragg), MAJ Caraang (Ft Bragg), MAJ Daniels (Ft Leavenworth-ILE), MAJ Binder (Ft Leavenworth-ILE), LTC Ellison (T10/32 back to Hawaii).
Those who are coming in are MAJ Neumann (ARNG Surgeon’s Office) and LTC Penney who will be working in ARNG G1 (T10/32 swap with LTC Ellison).
View the National Transpiration and Safety Board (NTSB) animation and video of Asiana Airlines decent and crash at San Francisco airport last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MFPSfGoT1U
Taken from a tweet from Sandra Oshiro @sandraoshiro, a digital journalist
Hawaii News Now broadcasted this news report about a month ago. The new cemetery director Jim Horton explains the delay in the columbarium niche construction and other current issues at Punchbowl.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday (June 23, 2014) that automakers who use air bags made by Japanese supplier Takata will recall08 vehicles sold in states with hot, humid weather. Automakers will repair the vehicles for free, and in most cases replace both the driver’s side and passenger side air bag inflators, which can rupture. All of the automakers except Honda are limiting the recalls to Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, on the advice of Takata.
The following automakers and vehicles will be included in the recall, according to letters sent to NHTSA by the various automakers:
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There will be a retirement ceremony for Brigadier General Stanley Osserman, commander of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard.
Date: Sunday, July 13, 2014 Time: 1400 Place: New 154th Wing Fighter compoundRetiree News will post more information, as the ceremony gets closer.
Mitsuo “Bobby” Kobayashi, 88, of Aiea, a retired Army National Guard chief warrant officer and Army veteran who served in World War II, passed away on June 4, 2014 in Aiea. He was born in Hanapepe, Kauai.
He is survived by wife Joan K., sons Alvin N. and Wayne I., sisters Tsuyako Hamasaki and Sadako Ikeda, and two grandchildren.
Sad to report the passing of Brian Koga. Brian served as the Adjutant General’s driver for many years, and retired several years ago.
Retiree News will post information about services as it becomes available.
The National Guard Association of the United States has posted the following video by retired Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett, the NGAUS president, on the association’s YouTube channel: In this short video, Hargett discusses what’s happened so far this year on Capitol Hill, and outlines what Guardsmembers can expect during the summer and into the fall. He recorded the video in his office at NGAUS headquarters in Washington, D.C.
He discusses the House and Senate defense authorization bills, and details where things stand with an independent commission that will look at the structure of the Total Army. He also talks about the need to resolve the A-10 debate and stay on top of modernization and recapitalization issues in the Air Guard. He urges all members to “stay tuned, work hard, [and] convey your message to your congressman and senator.” View the video: http://ow.ly/yk8CF
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