Harry Choates (1922–1951) as Cajun folk hero

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A Welcoming Wilderness : The Role of Wild Berries in the Construction of Newfoundland and Labrador as a Tourist Destination

Wild berries have long been integral to Newfoundlanders’ and Labradorians’ food stores. Berry picking remains an important late summer and early fall activity, combining traditional, geographical knowledge with material culture, foodways and custom. Berries may also be Newfoundland and Labrador’s most successful culinary tourism product to date, combining attributes of health, wilderness and resourcefulness. Whereas ethical and moral uncertainty or conviction precludes many tourists from trying seal products, and health concerns prevent the enjoyment of regional favorites such as fish and chips, berries offer visitors a window into local culture beyond reproach. Reifying the text and images of national and provincial tourist literature emphasizing the area’s “outdoor nature product,” the berries serve as an iconic image of a resourceful people intimately connected to a bountiful, welcoming wilderness.Les baies sauvages constituent depuis longtemps une base alimentaire à Terre-Neuve et au Labrador. La cueillette des baies reste une activité importante de la fin de l’été et du début de l’automne, car elle associe une connaissance géographique traditionnelle à la culture matérielle, aux modes d’alimentation et aux coutumes. Il se peut qu’à présent les baies soient aussi le produit alimentaire de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador qui obtienne le plus de succès auprès des touristes, car elles combinent des attributs de santé, de nature sauvage et de sources de bienfaits. Tandis que des incertitudes ou des convictions éthiques et morales préviennent beaucoup de touristes contre les produits à base de phoque, et que des préoccupations de santé les empêchent d’apprécier les plats régionaux comme le fish and chips, les baies permettent aux visiteurs de s’ouvrir à la culture locale en restant irréprochables. En réifiant le texte et les images de la littérature touristique nationale et provinciale qui met l’accent sur les « produits naturels de plein air » de la région, les baies deviennent l’icône d’un peuple plein de ressources, intimement lié à un environnement sauvage à l’abondance accueillante

Do You Play Newfoundland Music? Tracking Traditional Music in the Tourist Imaginary

Music-making is assumed to be a significant part of the Newfoundland and Labrador tourist imaginary. This introductory exploration of the construction of traditional music in Newfoundland and Labrador tourism considers how people working in the music and tourism industries perceive tourist desire for traditional music. The occupational perspectives of musicians and tourism industry professionals is contrasted with statistical data concerning non-resident visitors, as they are more likely to be seeking out Newfoundland traditional music for the first time. Interview data supports the existence of a niche market for traditional music aficionados as well as tourists generally interested in local culture, although this is not yet reflected in provincial tourism surveys and reports.Les joueurs de musique traditionnelle sont censés constituer une partie importante de l’imaginaire touristique de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador. Cette exploration préliminaire, dans cette province, de la représentation de la musique traditionnelle dans le tourisme, considère la façon dont les gens qui travaillent dans le domaine de la musique et ceux qui travaillent dans l’industrie du tourisme perçoivent l’attirance des touristes pour la musique traditionnelle. Les points de vue des musiciens et des professionnels de l’industrie du tourisme sont mis en contraste avec des données statistiques au sujet des visiteurs, lesquels sont plus susceptibles d’être en quête pour la première fois de musique traditionnelle terre-neuvienne. Les données des entrevues confirment l’existence d’un marché de niche pour les passionnés de musique traditionnelle, ainsi que pour les touristes qui s’intéressent plus généralement à la culture locale, bien que cela ne transparaisse pas dans les études et les rapports portant sur le tourisme au niveau provincial

Efficacy of REACH Forgiveness across Cultures

Across cultures, most people agree that forgiveness is a virtue. However, culture may influence how willing one should be to forgive and how one might express forgiveness. At a university in the United States, we recruited both foreign-extraction students and domestic students (N = 102) to participate in a six-hour REACH Forgiveness intervention. We investigated the efficacy of the intervention overall as well as whether foreign-extraction and domestic students responded differently to treatment. Forgiveness was assessed using two measures—decisional forgiveness and emotional forgiveness. The six-hour REACH Forgiveness intervention improved participants’ ratings of emotional forgiveness, but not decisional forgiveness, regardless of their culture. Thus, the REACH Forgiveness intervention appears equally efficacious for participants from different cultural backgrounds when conducted in the United States with college students

Aerosol Delivery of a Candidate Universal Influenza Vaccine Reduces Viral Load in Pigs Challenged with Pandemic H1N1 Virus

Influenza A viruses are a major health threat to livestock and humans, causing considerable mortality, morbidity, and economic loss. Current inactivated influenza vaccines are strain specific and new vaccines need to be produced at frequent intervals to combat newly arising influenza virus strains, so that a universal vaccine is highly desirable. We show that pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in which the hemagglutinin signal sequence has been suppressed (S-FLU), when administered to pigs by aerosol can induce CD4 and CD8 T cell immune responses in blood, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), and tracheobronchial lymph nodes. Neutralizing Ab was not produced. Detection of a BAL response correlated with a reduction in viral titer in nasal swabs and lungs, following challenge with H1N1 pandemic virus. Intratracheal immunization with a higher dose of a heterologous H5N1 S-FLU vaccine induced weaker BAL and stronger tracheobronchial lymph node responses and a lesser reduction in viral titer. We conclude that local cellular immune responses are important for protection against influenza A virus infection, that these can be most efficiently induced by aerosol immunization targeting the lower respiratory tract, and that S-FLU is a promising universal influenza vaccine candidate

Climate emergency summit III:nature-based solutions report

An RSGS & SNH report from the Climate Summit held in April 2020"The Climate Emergency is the result of burning fossils fuels and changes in the way we use the land that short-circuit global carbon and nitrogen cycles. To remain within safe climate limits (1.5-2°C), the remaining carbon budget for all people, and for all time, is now so small that stopping fossil fuel use, while essential, will not by itself address the problem. Changing the way we use the land and sea is now essential. Nature-based solutions are vital to creating a safe operating space for humanity. "Extract from the foreword by Dr Clive Mitchell, Outcome Manager: People and Nature, Scottish Natural Heritage. The report has 45 contributors for a variety of institutions