Elderly residents hold hands during the ten-year anniversary celebration of the Bestensee Senior Care Center on March 14 Germany.Adam Berry | Getty ImagesPlayListenHealthy aging month: new training helps people reach out to those with mental health strugglesGo Deeper.CloseCreate an account or log in to save stories We have added it to a list of your favorite stories But it sometimes requires extra considerations to keep us healthy and thriving About one in five adults over age 55 experience a mental health condition or concern according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention And it’s hard to know how to reach out to someone who might be struggling The University of Minnesota Extension is offering a new type of training throughout the state teaching people exactly how to reach out Sam Roth is an educator with the University of Minnesota-Extension leading its Healthy Aging programming He joined MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the training MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all Click here to learn more about the training Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation We attempt to make transcripts for Minnesota Now available the next business day after a broadcast Transcription services provided by 3Play Media. 2023 | Road safety work in rural areasVRIEDRICH project - 2nd measurement for traffic monitoring on the B179The mobile measuring station records traffic on the B179 for the second time.Credit: DLR This is to take place from 25 September 2023 at the entrance to Bestensee (corner of Beethovenstraße) and will expand the existing traffic data explains: "While the first measurement looked at interaction behaviour at a junction the focus is now on road users entering a built-up area." The data collection during the first measurement in July was successful and the researchers collected informative traffic data They evaluated this data in August and were thus able to analyse traffic patterns in rural areas the researchers discovered that the highest volume of traffic during the week was on Sunday afternoons The cameras also observed critical situations when turning or overtaking The results are also helpful in determining the requirements for automated driving functions in rural areas Andrea Kulpe-Winkler from the DVR carried out an inventory audit of the measurement site Date: Monday, 25.09.2023, until Sunday, 08.10.2023 (set-up and dismantling before and after)Measurement location: B179 at the entrance to Bestensee (corner of Beethovenstraße) Road safety plays a central role in the design of the transport system of the future. In the spirit of Vision Zero, the aim is to reduce the number of fatal and serious injury accidents - and in the best-case scenario, to eliminate them altogether. DLR uses mobile measuring stations with high-precision sensors to record motorised and non-motorised road users at different locations. The technology can be used flexibly within the Lower Saxony test area as well as at project-specific locations and provides important findings for testing driver assistance and traffic management procedures. The online home of everything new and happening in Ireland’s greatest city the German company behind Cork’s controversial new ‘robot trees’ has issued an open invitation to the people of Cork to take a look inside its moss farm via virtual tour at the end of the month five of which were installed on St Patrick’s Street near French Church Street as part of a suite of measures laid out in Cork City Council’s Air Quality Strategy have been targeted by protestors and labeled as a costly gimmick by critics With four more City Trees now installed on Grand Parade near Cork City Library pointing to scientific studies by the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research that show that the moss cleans about 80% of fine dust from the air Now the CEO and co-founder of Green City Solutions Peter Sänger is asking for a chance to show the company’s detractors “where natural mosses and smart senor technology come together to improve the air in cities” with a virtual event on Monday A post shared by Green City Solutions (@green_city_solutions) “There is more to our natural superhero moss than meets the eye antiviral and fungicidal—true all-rounders for air pollution control and health.” the company explained fine dust particles from the air sucked in are electrostatically attracted and stick Green City Solutions have built the world‘s first vertical moss farm in Bestensee near Berlin, where 1,200 m² of moss grows on vertical moss mats. 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