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05-08-2025
Cooling Goods for Getting Through Japan's Hot Summer
Guideto Japan Introducing Japan's most popular kinds of cooling goods for getting through the intense heat of high summer. Stay Cool It's summer in Japan. It's hot. But as temperatures get more brutal each year, companies get more creative in coming up with tools to help residents beat the heat. A look at some of the most popular cooling goods on sale today. Neck Coolers Reasonably priced and battery-free, neck coolers are a handy way to keep the heat at bay. They follow the same basic principle of ice packs for food, but are filled with a special liquid material that freezes at 28° Celsius in the most common types. This can be refrozen through immersion in cold water or simply by being in an air-conditioned room, so even if the neck cooler warms up while out and about, it can recover while in a café or other indoor space. Many users refrigerate or freeze these devices before use, but even at higher room temperatures, they can bring relief by cooling the neck and its major blood vessels, efficiently lowering body temperature. When used at less chilly temperatures, they are safe for children and the elderly as well. Neck coolers are a common sight across Japan this year. (© Pixta) Portable Fans First popular in China and South Korea, portable fans started to catch on in Japan around 2018. Initially, they were just miniature versions of standard fans, but they have gradually evolved to include new features. Last year, fans equipped with 'cooling plates' created a buzz. These are metal plates that use Peltier cooling technology to rapidly bring the temperature down by around 13° Celsius when applied to the neck, working in powerful combination with the breeze from the fan. A fan with a round cooling plate (left) and a hands-free fan that can be affixed to a parasol or backpack strap. (Courtesy Elecom) Cooling Towels and Wipes To lose that sweaty feeling after getting to the station, office, or school, many people use cooling towels or wipes that not only remove the sweat but also provide evaporative cooling through their alcohol component. They typically also contain menthol or similar ingredients with a refreshing fragrance. This is a simple way to bounce back from time spent in the heat, but may not be suitable for children or other people with sensitive skin. A range of cooling towels and wipes available at convenience stores or drug stores around town. (© (Originally written in Japanese. Banner photo © Pixta.)
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Business
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Mass. lottery players win big this May
DORCHESTER, Mass. (WWLP) – Two Massachusetts residents were the first to win $1 million prizes in instant ticket games that recently went on sale. On Wednesday, these winners visited the Massachusetts State Lottery headquarters in Dorchester to receive their prize. Hampden County Sheriff alerts public to new dangerous phone scheme Southbridge resident Clarissa Peltier was the first $1 million grand prize winner in the 'Triple 777' instant ticket game. She received a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes, and said she plans to make home repairs with her winnings. Peltier purchased the grand prize ticket at 7 Star Liquors, located at 543 Main Street. The store will receive a bonus of $10,000 for its sale. 'Triple 777' first went on sale on April 15. Myles Blanchard of Fall River was also lucky enough to win the first $1 million prize in a new instant ticket game, the '$4,000,000 Cash King Doubler.' This ticket also went on sale April 15. Blanchard, who plans to buy a house with his winnings, received a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes. He bought his prize ticket at Players Cafe, located at 950 Hyde Park Avenue in Hyde Park. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for selling the ticket. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
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What is the historical significance of the New Iberia Spanish Festival?
IBERIA PARISH, LA (KLFY) — For those who wonder why the New Iberia Spanish Festival takes place considering the Cajun French culture is so strong in the area, the New Iberia Spanish culture is rooted deep in the city's history as well. New Iberia's roots began in 1779 when Spanish settlers, who were majority young men, chose to leave Spain for religious freedom. They came along the Bayou Teche and settled right here and founded New Iberia. Years later, French settlers came from nova scotia and settled here as well. Chacelyn Peltier, the 2025 Spanish Festival Queen, spoke about the history and how we got here today. She said when the French came in, they had a lot of people including women. 'Who were the (Spanish) men hanging out with? The young French women. Then they had kids. Then who takes care of them? Who takes care of the family, the women. So, the Spanish language was very, very quickly eradicated in our in our area. That is how our Spanish heritage kind of got wiped and pushed to the side.' Peltier explained. In 2009, New Iberia received a letter from Alhaurín De La Torre, Málaga, Spain where the Spanish settlers originally came from. They wanted New Iberia to be known as its sister city. In 2012, they wanted to visit New Iberia. With nothing to show for its Spanish roots, festival was born. Since then, years of traditions have come to New Iberia, like the church alley crochet ceiling. Madison Verret, the 2025 Spanish Festival Deb Queen, said the crochet ceiling has been getting added to it every year for the past four years. 'We got it from our sister city in Spain, and they do it every summer. They made a wish that we would do it like New Iberia would do it, and we made that wish come true. Now we have been doing the crochet ceiling for four years.' Verret said. Peltier said this festival is a significant part of New Iberia understanding its history and roots alive. 'If we stop, even if the sugarcane festival wouldn't happen anymore, we would still grow sugarcane. Those are still so, so important, but it's different in that fact that if we don't keep on living it, it will die away and go away again.' Peltier said. New Iberia will be celebrating the Spanish Festival all weekend with Saturday's festivities going on all day and Sunday open until 5p.m. Trump says he would respect Supreme Court decision to return wrongly deported man Mendoza Ford raffle raises $120,000 for Vermilion Parish schools What is the historical significance of the New Iberia Spanish Festival? 2025-2026 LPSS Revised Dress Code For Students Notre Dame High School improving the Pioneer Legacy Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
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INDIGENOUS A&E: Peltier pictured, liquid smudge, retro whimsy
Sandra Hale SchulmanSpecial to ICT The latest: Immortalized in silver plate, smokeless smudge, humor at the Heard After 50 years of incarceration, a recent photo shoot has yielded results that will last 1,000 years, with help from the former Secretary of the Interior. Shane Balkowitsch has been photographing hundreds of Natives for years using the complicated 1851 silver plate collodian method. He was contacted by Deb Haaland after Leonard Peltier was released from prison about doing a photo shoot with him. This was no easy task.'I had been sending him my photo books when he was in prison, but they wouldn't let him have them,' Balkowitsch told ICT. 'Then when Haaland called that led to setting up the shoot with help from Holly Cook Macarro from NDN Collective. I had to get permission from federal prison officials and traveled to Peltier's remote Belcourt [North Dakota] home with this Civil War era equipment and darkroom loaded in my truck. I took double of everything in case of a problem.'The promise was Leonard would sit for two hours but ended up doing four. Balkowitsch made seven plates, six for museums, one plate for Peltier and his family.'I had his trust from the beginning,' Balkowitsch said. 'He said I would take the best pictures of him. I explained the process – that he had to sit still for 10 seconds and the image in the glass plate would last 1,000 years. I outlined a few shots – one with an open window, one with an open door behind him, then one I was nervous to present – I had a plastic ball and chain I wanted to put on the ground next to him. He was fine with all of it.' Balkowitsch shot him in the same chair that Deb Haaland, Billy Mills, and the great grandson of Sitting Bull all sat in. He got shots of Peltier with arms crossed defiantly; headshots; and one Peltier requested with his fist against his reaction has been strong, with the Smithsonian Institute, The Heard Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery, all accepting plates, and multiple newspaper and TV news said, 'I put every Native American into the best light that I possibly can. These are my brothers and sisters now coming into my studio, so this is a huge honor. When the former Secretary of the Interior asks you to do this for a man who has endured so much, I had to find a way.' Wozani, meaning "the pursuit of good health", was founded in 2019 in the Badlands of South Dakota by Oglala Lakota tribal members Shilo and Shawna company has launched a new line of smudge balms and liquid smudge for those who want to smudge on the go or cannot have smoke around.'Wozani reflects our commitment to well-being for all,' said founder Shilo Clifford. 'Our products are not just remedies for specific ailments; they carry the spirit of our ancestors and wisdom of our culture. Wozani allows us to honor our Lakota identity and ensure our traditions are recognized in all we do.'The high-quality, handcrafted products are created with intention, using natural and organic ingredients. From smudge sprays and pain salves to wellness tinctures and balms – Wozani has remedies that honor Indigenous wisdom while supporting a wide range of health and wellness Smudge Balms – stress relieving, skin-nourishing balms, with sage, cedar and yucca root, medicinal properties and mood-enhancing aromas, smell great. In the Lakota tradition, medicines are applied topically, rubbed on the wrist or neck to feel better. The Smudge Balms come in three versions for better well-being: Positivity, Tranquility and has created transformative Liquid Smudge – a spray made from essential oils and plant essences. Liquid Smudge can be sprayed into environments, waved around when burning is not an option. Other popular products include Wozani's Pain Relief Herbal Salve and their Anxiety + Sleep Support Tincture. The Morning Star featured on the packaging carries meaning – symbolic of renewal and a prayer for well-being.A portion of the company's profits goes toward replanting herbs and medicinal plants and teaching about their uses. Wozani's offerings are grounded in sustainable practices and careful stewardship of Indigenous plant medicines, ensuring availability for future generations. The Heard's newest exhibition, Bob Haozous: A Retrospective View, now through November 30, is the first major retrospective for Bob Haozous, Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, born 1943. There are six decades of his work including sculptures, paintings, prints, and jewelry.'Bob Haozous has created unique sculptures in stone, wood, and steel throughout his career, as well as drawings, paintings and jewelry,' said Diana Pardue, Heard Museum chief curator. 'In each of these artforms, he invites the viewer to look closely. At times, the works seem whimsical or humorous, but each contains a message.'Social commentary is embedded in Haozous's humorous work. Throughout his career, he has questioned the complicated reality of Native American creative expression as art, commodity and cultural practice. He uses satire and irony in figurative traditions while contemplating the philosophical meaning of being Indigenous in the postmodern world. Our stories are worth telling. Our stories are worth sharing. Our stories are worth your support. Contribute $5 or $10 today to help ICT carry out its critical mission. Sign up for ICT's free newsletter!
Yahoo
03-04-2025
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10 movies you should see during the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) kicks off 12 days of non-stop movies on April 2. This year, the fest includes more than 200 films featuring big-name stars, hidden gems, happy hours, panel discussions, and loads of films with Minnesota connections. Across the programming, more than a third of the films have connections to the state, a third are directed by women, and a third are the work of first- or second-time directors. It offers the chance to see exciting films that might not otherwise get the spotlight in Twin Cities theaters. Here's a look at 10 films that are worth tracking down at the fest, which will have screenings at The Main Cinema, Capri Theater, Edina Mann Theatres, and elsewhere. The timely documentary opens MSPIFF on April 2. Directors Jesse Short Bull and David France explore the life of Leonard Peltier, the activist who was given double life sentences for the murder of two FBI agents at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975. Peltier and activists have maintained his innocence, even after former President Joe Biden commuted Peltier's sentence during his last days in office. Screening: April 2 Part of the festival's MN Made roster, the teenage Maise accompanies her dad from Brooklyn to rural Minnesota for his father's funeral. Though, it's a bit of a surprise to her, as Maise had been told her grandfather was already dead. Screening: April 4–5, as well as April 6 in Rochester If you couldn't get enough of Shogun, Director Kazuya Shiraishi's new samurai film is headed to MSPIFF. It, in many ways, has a traditional chambara set-up. An honorable ronin is pushed to the edge, even as he attempts to live a peaceful life. When there's nothing left to lose, revenge and bloodshed may be in the offing. MSPIFF curators say it's "very Shakespearean." Screening: April 4 and 7 When renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei was asked to direct Puccini's opera, "Turandot," at the Rome Opera, the experience was followed by director Maxim Derevianko. Weiwei admits he's not particularly interested in opera but attempted to create something new and lively. However, a pandemic and other obstacles turn the endeavor into a documentary that explores art, free speech, and the art of finding your voice. Screenings: April 5, 9, and 12 The festival has many screenings that are kid-friendly, including this new A24 film starring Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard, and Helena Zengel. Yuri is raised in a forest where they hunt the orange and blue monkey-like creatures called Ochi. When she finds and bonds with a baby Ochi, it leads to a fantastic journey that upends the community. Screening: April 5–6 This new comedy is getting just one Midnight Mayhem screening at MSPIFF before its theatrical release. (It's a similar situation for The Friend, starring Bill Murray and Naomi Watts.) The movie stars Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave) as a lonely suburban man who gets a little too attached to his new neighbor, played by Paul Rudd. Screening: April 5 MSPIFF presents the world premiere of a documentary about Patrick Scully, the artist behind Patrick's Cabaret in south Minneapolis. It celebrates the life of an artist the film describes as a "dancer, performer, choreographer, LGBTQ+ and publicly HIV-positive activist." Scully and director Mark Wojahn will be in attendance. Screening: April 8 and 10 The Argentinian film is almost impossible to explain. A jockey suffers an accident, goes on the run from mobsters, and sheds his identity to discover himself anew. It's a comedy. It's surreal. It's a noir. It's got dance numbers. It's the kind of movie where the trailer does a better job selling its idiosyncrasies than any description could. Screening: April 8 and 12 This new documentary delves into the lives of three community organizers in Minneapolis who are looking to reimagine George Floyd Square and the impact it can have on the community. The filmmakers, who will be in attendance, say it's both a record of the work of these activists and a "clarion call to action." Screening: April 9–10 As the story moves forward, it's almost hard to remember that Alain Guiraudie's film is a murder mystery. It patiently watches Jérémie, in a powerfully subtle performance by Félix Kysyl, return to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss. It may be a sort of thriller, but its most potent threads probe the unrequited love between Jérémie and a surprising number of the town's inhabitants. Screening: April 9 and 11 Chinese director Jia Zhang-Ke has made beautiful films that offer thoughtful portraits of life in China, including Ash Is Purest White, Mountains May Depart, and the stunning Still Life about a town in the shadow of the soon-to-be-demolished Three Gorges Dam. Caught By the Tides is different, though. It takes 20 years of footage from his past films starring Zhao Tao (including the three mentioned above), along with newly-shot scenes, to weave a new story about a woman searching for lost love across space and time. Screening: April 10 and 13 The festival will honor Ang Lee with the Milgrom Tribute, which includes a panel conversation with the director who was recently given the Directors Guild of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. Among his many accolades, Lee has won Oscars for multiple films, including Brokeback Mountain, a film for which he became the first person of color to win Best Director. The celebration of Lee's work will include screenings of both Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain on April 6, the same day as the panel discussion.
