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• Big Sunday volunteers will also sort through many other items, including clothing, donated from a variety of vendors.
• Big Sunday's celebration includes a delicious big community breakfast for all participants, who will be entertained throughout the day by the Blue Breeze Band.
• For more information, to sign up to attend, or to help in other ways, please visit Big Sunday's MLK Day event page.
• Media RSVP and Talent Inquiries: Rachel Schwartz/PR AdvantEDGE, Inc.
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• LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At CES 2024, ECOVACS is unveiling the future of whole home robotics, including revolutionary robots for floor-, air-, ceiling-, window-, and lawn- care.
• Taking hands-free cleaning outdoors, ECOVACS' all-new robot lawn mower - GOAT GX 600 - will maintain lawns and manicure grass in the US, beginning Spring 2024.
• For 25 years, ECOVACS has pioneered smart home cleaning solutions with its market-leading robotics.
• "Our dedication to reshaping the smart home cleaning experience extends far beyond technological innovation," emphasized Vice Chairman of ECOVACS Group and CEO of ECOVACS ROBOTICS, David Qian.

• When the cold and dark winter is setting in, some of us envy animals that can hibernate.
• In this case, how to survive a long, cold and dark period without much food and water.
• You will also find descriptions in Inuit Greenlandic stories of a prolonged hibernation-like sleep during the long dark winter months.

Animals and hibernation

• Animals that hibernate usually live longer compared to other species of the same size.
• Recent studies using epigenetic clocks, which map activity within genes over time, suggest that hibernation slows down ageing in marmots and bats.
• So hibernation may hold important clues on how to slow down ageing processes.
• New science based on epigenetic clocks and lessons from hibernating animals could help us to treat patients who have diseases driven by “wear and tear”.
• A 2018 study found that mimicking hibernation conditions for the storage of renal grafts from deceased donors seemed to improve their preservation.

Animals and longevity

• It seems like protection against inflammation, oxidative stress and modifications of proteins that happen with age are mechanism that in general benefit all long-lived animals.
• Genetic studies of rougheye rockfish, which can live for over 200 years, suggest that a food group called flavonoids is related to longevity.
• Lessons from nature and hibernating animals tell us that preserving cells, regulation metabolism and genetic adaptions play key roles in longevity.

Forty winks

• For example, a March 2023 study showed that with good quality sleep, you can add five years to the life of men and two and a half years if you are a woman.
• How elephants can become so old while sleeping so little is still a mystery to scientists.

Peter Stenvinkel receives funding from Astra Zeneca, Fresenius, Baxter, Novo Nordisk, Bayer, Invizius, Vifor for lectures and scientific advisory boards

• Picture-perfect oceanside towns, enchanting coves, and breathtaking views of the endless horizon await visitors along this 238-mile stretch of tropical paradise that runs along the Pacific Coast south of Puerto Vallarta to Manzanillo.
• Costalegre is easily accessible through Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Vallarta (PVR) and the Manzanillo-Costalegre International Airport (ZLO).
• The aim is to keep operations modest, ensuring swift customs clearance for arriving passengers, allowing them to unwind shortly after landing in Costalegre.
• Renowned for its exclusive luxury retreats, Costalegre offers discerning travelers refined indulgence that perfectly captures the essence of the region.