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Michel Poulain, one of the authors of the original paper about blue zones, conducted a study in 2011 to validate the claims of longevity in Okinawa, and was unable to verify whether residents were as old as they reported due to many records not surviving World War II. [6] Costa Rica’s “Blue Zone” is now being re-examined and shown to be a ...
CrisisWatch – Monthly bulletin, interactive map and database on ongoing conflicts by the International Crisis Group. Map of the world's conflicts Archived 21 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine, by IRIN. History Guy's coverage of 21st century wars; Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
The zone rouge (English: red zone) is a chain of non-contiguous areas throughout northeastern France that the French government isolated after the First World War. The land, which originally covered more than 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles), was deemed too physically and environmentally damaged by conflict for human habitation.
Buettner, along with family medicine physician and pain management expert Robert Agnello, DO (who has also studied Blue Zones), share unique traits about each region and what we can learn from them.
Blue Zones are the five regions in the world where people are known to live long, healthy lives. These areas are Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece and Loma Linda ...
UTM zones on an equirectangular world map with irregular zones in red and New York City's zone highlighted. The first part of an MGRS coordinate is the grid-zone designation. The 6° wide UTM zones, numbered 1–60, are intersected by latitude bands that are normally 8° high, lettered C–X (omitting I and O).
At the end of World War I in 1918 and the dissolution of Austria-Hungary, Kingdom of Italy annexed Trieste, Istria and part of modern-day western Slovenia, establishing the border region known as the Julian March (Venezia Giulia). In 1924, Italy also annexed the Free State of Fiume (now the city of Rijeka in Croatia).
The already established blue zones in the world share the "Power 9," aka nine common lifestyle habits that may play a critical role in longevity.These include: getting in regular, natural movement ...