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Devastating Nepal quake kills over 1,000, some in Everest avalanche

By Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing more than 1,000 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday quake of magnitude 7.9, Nepal’s worst in 81 years, centered 50 miles (80

Devastating Nepal quake kills over 1,000, some in Everest avalanche

By Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing more than 1,000 people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday quake of magnitude 7.9, Nepal’s worst in 81 years, centered 50 miles (80

Close the Immunization Gap! Get Vaccinated

Immunization Prevents 2 – 3 Million Deaths a Year Until the second half of the 20th century, the only way a child could become immune to infectious diseases like whooping cough or measles was to actually get the disease and survive it. Too often, however, infection led to tragic, premature death.Today, children all over the world are routinely…

Close the Immunization Gap! Get Vaccinated

Immunization Prevents 2 – 3 Million Deaths a Year Until the second half of the 20th century, the only way a child could become immune to infectious diseases like whooping cough or measles was to actually get the disease and survive it. Too often, however, infection led to tragic, premature death.Today, children all over the world are routinely…

My Mom Made Me Hate My Body

Her daily tally of calories on the refrigerator’s whiteboard made me wonder if I was eating too many calories myself. When I started gaining weight in middle school, as middle schoolers typically do, that was when she told me I could add a zero on the end of the weight I wanted to be to figure out how many calories I should have in a day.

I Was Addicted To Tanning

The tan is not worth the consequences. (Courtesy of Laurie Bartley) For years, I always had a tan, until I finally had to face how much I hated how I looked without one—and get over it. Related: 10 Best Self-Tanners and How to Apply Them I got addicted to tanning while working as a lifeguard the summer after my senior year of high school.

Quake triggers Everest avalanche, reports say 18 killed

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – An Indian army mountaineering team found 18 bodies on Mount Everest on Saturday, an army spokesman said, after a huge earthquake in Nepal unleashed an avalanche on the mountain at the start of the main climbing season. Nepal’s Tourism Ministry could only confirm 10 deaths, but spokesman Gyanendra Shrestha said that the death toll could rise, and that the avalanche had buried part of

A Practical Running Plan For Beginners

Sounds straightforward and easy enough. You’re ready to start running and decide to find some good advice on the Web. You plug in your search terms and, uh-oh, information overload. You’ll find plans that tell you cross train, plans with speed sessions and hill workouts, plans that emphasize walking, plans for 5k, 10k, and half marathon races….

Devastating Nepal quake kills over 900, some in Everest avalanche

By Gopal Sharma and Ross Adkin KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu and touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest. There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday quake of magnitude 7.9, Nepal’s worst in 81 years, centered 50 miles (80 km)

Historic tower collapses in Kathmandu after quake

A historic tower built in the 19th century collapsed in the Nepali capital Kathmandu following a severe earthquake on Saturday and at least one body was removed as police cordoned off the area, a Reuters witness said. The Dharara Tower, built in 1832, was a historic landmark that had been open to visitors for the last 10 years and had a viewing balcony on its eighth floor.