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World Orthoptic Day and World Day for Hidradenitis Suppurativa – 5 June

5 juin 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: awareness of disease, French Association for Research on Hidradenitis (AFRH), International Orthoptic Association (IOA)

PrintFor June 6th, two topics of interest:

The International Orthoptic Association (IOA) is the global voice of the orthoptic profession. IOA World Orthoptic Day is the opportunity to heighten the visibility of the orthoptic profession and to promote the activities of orthoptists locally, nationally, and internationally.

When is it? Annually on the first Monday of each June.

Source: Text & Image: canada@internationalorthoptics.org

The aim of the IOA is to promote the science of orthoptics worldwide, to provide information and support to national bodies and individual orthoptists, and to help maintain and improve standards of education, training and orthoptic practice. The number of members and member countries continues to increase. The IOA represents national associations stemming from 22 different countries, individual orthoptic members from countries that lack national orthoptic associations and ophthalmologists who are supporters of the profession. The IOA is proud to have approximately 12,000 orthoptist members worldwide.

Source: Text: International Orthoptic Association (IOA)

Since 2012, the French Association for Research on Hidradenitis (AFRH) has organised the World Day for Hidradenitis Suppurativa, which will take place on 6 June this year. The aim is to increasehidradenitisSuppurativa_58192_lg awareness of this disease, which is little known among the general public, and often misdiagnosed.

Hidradenitis supporativa, also known as Verneuil’s disease and acne inversa, is a chronic disease of the skin. It leads to the occurrence of inflammatory nodules, abscesses and fistulas which affect areas containing a certain type of sweat gland, such as the armpits, breasts and groin. According to AFRH, this disease may affect approximately 1% of the population, both sexes combined.

Among other things, the researchers are studying innate immunity and its relationship with the cutaneous flora.

Source: Text: AFRH website  Image: Skinsight

World Environment Day – 5 June

3 juin 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: Earth, environment, flora and fauna, international conventions, natural resources, nature, Stockholm Conference, UNEP

Picture1World Environment Day is held each year on June 5. It is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations (UN) stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.

What Do People Do?
World Environment Day is celebrated in many ways in countries such as Kenya, New Zealand, Poland, Spain and the United States. Activities include street rallies and parades, as well as concerts, tree planting, and clean-up campaigns. In many countries, this annual event is used to enhance political attention and action towards improving the environment. This observance also provides an opportunity to sign or ratify international environmental conventions.

World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Another resolution, adopted by the General Assembly the same day, led to the creation of UNEP. It is hosted every year by a different city and commemorated with an international exposition through the week of June 5.

Symbols
The main colors featured in many promotions for this event are natural colors depicting nature, the Earth and its natural resources. These colors are often softer shades of green, brown and blue. Images of natural the Earth’s features, such as snowy mountains, clean beaches, unpolluted rivers, and photos of natural flora and fauna, including fern leaves, are used to promote campaigns supporting the day.

Source: Text: www.timeanddate.com  Image: blogs.unimelb.edu.au

10th Sunday of the Year, C

2 juin 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: God at work, God incognito, Jesus raises the dead, only son, pain, suffering, widow of Nain

Men-at-Work-Main_article_image www.keyword.suggestions.comIn this season when there is so much construction and repair work on our roads, we are used to seeing the sign: MEN AT WORK. Well, this Sunday, we could change the text for: GOD AT WORK!

You smile but these words summarize very well the gospel scene we are given to reflect upon (Lk.7:11-17). Jesus comes to the small town of Nain where a group of people accompany a woman on the way to burying her son. She is a widow and the young man was her only son. It is easy to imagine her grief, her pain is beyond words. It is not said whether she has ever met Jesus. She does not seem aware that he is not far away. She does not ask for anything.

Jesus takes the initiative – is this not so often God’s way? He stops the funeral procession and with a simple gesture he brings back the dead to life – simple gesture, powerful intervention: God at work, indeed!

Of course, we find it rather easy to recognize God in Jesus raising the dead – it is such an extraordinary thing for a dead person to be restored to life. But is it not sad that we seem slow to recognize God in so many other interventions typically his?…youtube

Healing after a threatening illness, safe journeys amid dangers, success in an uncertain venture, the unexpected realization of a cherished dream, the sudden return of a long-lost child? And the list – your list – could include many more items, events perhaps forgotten or past unnoticed…

Yes, God is at work today, no less than he was in Jesus’ time. He may work incognito, he may use… a pseudonym, his disguise may cause us to mistaken his identity, but then… perhaps we need to be more attentive and perceptive to discern his presence and recognize his interventions…

Source: Images: keyword.suggestions.com;   www.youtube.com

World MS Day – 25 May

27 mai 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: awareness, challenges, long-term solutions, multiple sclerosis

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Multiple sclerosis and the MS movement – everyone engaged in addressing the challenges of MS today while moving toward long-term solutions for tomorrow – become better known each year. But more must be done. Together we are stronger when it comes to increasing awareness and support for our cause.

World MS Day unites individuals and organizations from around the world to raise awareness and move us closer to a world free of MS. This year’s event celebrates all the ways people affected by MS maintain independence and continue to live their best lives.

Source: Text & Image: National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, C

26 mai 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: 1 Cor.11:23-26, Eucharistic celebration, Jesus last supper, keep in mind, memory, Remember, souvenirs

Last-Supper-croppedOur memory is a wonderful ‘instrument’ indeed. It is amazing what it can do. It has the power of bringing back to our minds things long past. It suddenly awakens memories of events of long ago, happenings great and small, pleasant encounters, even the faces of people who have since disappeared from our lives.

Yes, ‘memories’ and souvenirs are part of our ‘emotional baggage’ and they still influence in different ways our thoughts and attitudes. Of course, an important part of our lives is the place that our loved ones hold, what they are for us. Some of the relationships we have with our relatives, friends, and colleagues, are precious to us and we store in… our memory the souvenirs of the experiences shared with them.

This is what Jesus was referring to when, on the eve of his death, during the Last Supper he had with his friends he told them: “Do this in memory of me” – words that Paul repeats to the Corinthians in the 2nd reading (1 Cor.11:23-26).

Jesus asks us to remember him:

– Remember this gift of himself in the Eucharist.
– Remember who he is and what he wants to be for us.
– Remember what he has done for us, and what he is ready to do for us in the future.
– Remember what he taught us, what he asks us to do and to be.
– Remember what he has promised us,  what is waiting for us.

Indeed, there is much to remember and… to keep in mind. Every Eucharistic celebration, and especially that of today’s feast, helps us to do so.

Source: Image: saltandlighttv.org

National Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Day – 26 May

26 mai 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: American Cancer Society, curable, melanoma, moles and skin growth, precention, skin cancer, sunscreen, UV rays

Skin-CancerMay is National Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month, and the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention has declared the Friday before Memorial Day, May 27, 2016, “Don’t Fry Day” to encourage sun safety awareness.

Why? Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, when many will head outdoors, so it’s important to avoid overexposure to the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. There are more than 3.5 million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed and 2.2 million people treated in the U.S. every year, according to the Council, which adds that cases of melanoma continue to rise at a rate faster than that of any of the seven most common cancers.

The American Cancer Society estimates that one American dies every hour from skin cancer and this year predicts more than 73,870 new cases of malignant melanoma as well as two million new cases of basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers.

Fair-skinned people are more susceptible to skin cancer, although people of all races can be at risk. Those who have a family history of skin cancer, lots of moles or freckles, or a history of severe sunburns early in life are at a higher risk, warns the Council.

Skin cancer is highly curable if found early. The Council encourages sunseekers to Slip! Slop! Slap!…and Wrap when outdoors — slip on a shirt, slop on broad spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher, slap on a wide-brimmed hat, and wrap on sunglasses. Don’t forget to examine your skin regularly and recognize changes in moles and skin growths.

Source: Text: Northwest Herald   Image: Women’s Weekly ‘How to Spot Skin Cancer’

International Missing Children’s Day – 25 May

24 mai 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: best practices, Bring Them Home Campaign, child abduction, disappearances, missing children, parents

Launched in 1998 as a joint venture of the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) and the US’s National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), the Global 2007_report_child_planeMissing Children’s Network (GMCN) is a network of countries that connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations.

The Network has 22 member countries: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the US.

Every year on May 25, GMCN members pay respects to International Missing Children’s Day, honoring missing and abducted children while celebrating those who have been recovered. Following the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City, May 25 was established as Missing Children’s Day in the US by President Ronald Reagan in 1983.

In 2001, the tribute spread worldwide. ICMEC coordinates the Help Bring Them Home Campaign in 22 countries, in conjunction with International Missing Children’s Day, to spotlight the issue of child abduction around the world, and to suggest to parents some steps they can take to protect their children.

Source: Text: Wikipedia   Image: USA Government, Report Child Missing

World Bricolage Day – 24 May

23 mai 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: Bricolage Course Design, bricolage-'tinkering', growth process, re-evaluation

bricolage-french-word-written-insulation-tape-52833409I have been enamored with the concept of  bricolage for some time now. French for “tinkering”, bricolage is the building of something from what is available.  Sherry Turkle applied this to programming, suggesting less an exhaustive specification than an iterative growth process with re-evaluation loops.

Turkle writes: “The bricoleur resembles the painter who stands back between brushstrokes, looks at the canvas, and only after this contemplation, decides what to do next.”

Source: Text: 30-Day Challenge – Day 24 – Bricolage and Course Design, Apr.9 by Britt; Image: www.dreamstime.com

International Day for Biological Diversity – 22 May

21 mai 2016
Nicole Gregoire
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Catégories: Anglophones et anglophiles
Mots-clés: agriculture, biodiversity, Cancun Mexico, economic sectors, ecosystems, essential services, fisheries, forestry, NGOs, tourism

The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.

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Biodiversity is the foundation for life and for the essential services provided by ecosystems. It therefore underpins peoples’ livelihoods and sustainable development in all areas of activity, including economic sectors such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries and tourism, among others. By halting biodiversity loss, we are investing in people, their lives and their well-being.

The thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 13) to be held in Cancun, Mexico from 4 to 17 December 2016 will focus on the mainstreaming of biodiversity within and across sectors, which is closely linked to this year’s IDB theme.

Source: Text & Image: Convention on Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the foundation for life and for the essential services provided by ecosystems. It therefore underpins peoples’ livelihoods and sustainable development in all areas of activity, including economic sectors such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries and tourism, among others. By halting biodiversity loss, we are investing in people, their lives and their well-being.

Source: Text: UN