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February 12, 2021 2021 has brought a deadly avalanche season. “We’re only halfway through the season and we’re 3/4 of the way to the number of fatalities we’d see in a typical year. The dangerous, record-breaking year keeps avalanche forecasters up at night,” one expert said. The Wasatch Backcountry Rescue in Utah took this photo of the area where 4 people were killed in an avalanche on February 6, 2021. Note the area near the top where the snow has broken away and slid down the slope. Image via Utah Avalanche Center. The United States had its deadliest week for avalanches in more than a century between January 30 and February 6, 2021. With 15 deaths during that period, the week is now on record as the worst week for avalanche deaths in the U.S. since March 1, 1910, when 96 people died in the Stevens Pass avalanche in the state of Washington after two trains were swept off their tracks. At this writing, a total of 22 people have died in U.S. avalanches so far ....
POLITICO Get the Massachusetts Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. INAUGURATION DAY A new era of American politics will begin today when President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office. The inauguration will be like no other: It will happen in the wake of insurrection in Washington, and amid a pandemic that has killed 400,000 people in the United States. ....
Listen • 5:29 Like millions of other teachers across the country, Robert DeLossa has spent the last four years guiding students through this historic time in our nation’s history. The Lowell High School history teacher continues to do so this Inauguration Day. DeLossa, who is also social studies department chair at the high school, facilitated student-led discussions about the outcome of the 2016 election. The task at hand remains the same in 2021, even with a fully-remote classroom. He’s asked his students to listen critically and empathetically to President Biden’s inaugural address and identify what his core priorities appear to be. The exercise’s purpose is to allow students to come to their own conclusions about what the new administration represents, he says. ....
Making New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, eat more superfoods or exercise may be all well and good. But in terms of living a long life, science writer Marta Zaraska argues those actions won’t help you as much as improving connections to other people. Human contact is crucial for good health, says Zaraska, author of the new book, “Growing Young: How Friendship, Optimism and Kindness Can Help You Live to 100.” She illustrates this point by explaining how the mind communicates with the body, especially when we are under stress. In our evolutionary past, being alone usually meant being under stress from potential lurking danger. Humans, innately social beings, evolved to recognize when we are safe with other humans from accidents or predators, she says. One of those adaptations is the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, she says. ....
Tom Carmody as Santa this year. During the coronavirus pandemic, he s been sitting on a trailer that his elf friend tows him around on so he can wave hello to the kids at a safe distance. (Courtesy) How One Santa Is Preventing COVID-19 â The Grinch â From Stealing Christmas Joy By at 10:52 am WBUR In his 16 years of being a professional Santa Claus, Tom Carmody has never gone through the most wonderful time of year without bringing Christmas cheer to the children of Westminster, Colorado, and beyond. He wanted to make sure 2020 was no different. Suited in a classic red coat with a fuzzy white trim, Carmody is reassuring believers that Santa is coming to town. Just now, instead of sitting on his lap, he visits with kids virtually in five to seven-minute sessions. ....