Allison Torres Burtka
Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance
I hope the pen is mightier than the sword, because my skills lie in writing and editing. I would be pretty useless with a sword.
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2 months ago |
latinodetroit.com | Allison Torres Burtka
By Allison Torres BurtkaSeniors in Detroit often face challenges maintaining older homes. The nonprofit organization U SNAP BAC (which stands for United Streets Networking And Planning: Building A Community), on Detroit’s East Side, created a program to help with home repairs and to address needs that it often sees among the seniors it serves.
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goworldtravel.com | Allison Torres Burtka
I’m in a souped-up safari SUV in a Sri Lankan national park, and a couple of car lengths away, a female elephant and her baby are pulling plants from the ground and eating them. I’m close enough to hear them chewing. This was on my bucket list: seeing elephants in their natural habitat. But I had no idea how amazing it would be to sit quietly and watch them go about their day.
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2 months ago |
modeldmedia.com | Allison Torres Burtka
In Dearborn, industrial facilities, trucking routes, schools, and homes are in close proximity, and air quality varies significantly over time and from neighborhood to neighborhood. To address public health concerns, the City of Dearborn launched an air quality monitoring program in February 2024 through the MiNextCities program, partnering with JustAir. It includes 10 monitors distributed across the city and gives residents and others access to real-time air quality data.
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2 months ago |
secondwavemedia.com | Allison Torres Burtka
In Dearborn, industrial facilities, trucking routes, schools, and homes are in close proximity, and air quality varies significantly over time and from neighborhood to neighborhood. To address public health concerns, the City of Dearborn launched an air quality monitoring program in February 2024 through the MiNextCities program, partnering with JustAir. It includes 10 monitors distributed across the city and gives residents and others access to real-time air quality data.
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neurologyadvisor.com | Allison Torres Burtka
Large muscle group movements during sleep are more frequent among older adults than younger people, but become shorter in duration over time, according to study findings published recently in the Journal of Sleep Research. Recent research has demonstrated that large muscle group movements may have clinical utility among individuals with sleep disorders, as they are linked to changes in sleep activity.
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