I was there as part of a delegation with the international NGO Justice for Colombia, crashing through virtually unusable roads, over gaping potholes, and dangerously rusted bridges testament to the government's unwillingness to invest in its countryside regions, which are inhabited mostly by peasants.
The study population consisted of patients admitted to Akershus University Hospital, a 700-bed teaching hospital that serves suburban and countryside regions, for COPD exacerbation.
I guess all countryside-regions have this, but I just happen to know this particular one very well.
Despite the blue sky and green grass and rolling countryside, the region seems desolate, perhaps because that is all there is: blue sky and green grass.
"When the ads ran, I realized finally that TV stars have a very, very strong power: their reach is huge," Mr. Maman said, adding that he overheard a few female workers at the company's production facility in the French countryside, a region he compared to Oklahoma or Minnesota, coo over Mr. Baker's old-fashioned charm.
"Its vast quarries and mines have not only shaped the countryside of the region but also countless buildings across the UK and the world.
Bazelli films virtually all the daylight scenes with a green wash that makes what should feel healthy – the forest, and countryside of a region that isn't far short of being heaven on Earth – feel sickly and fetid.
The end of One North East blew a hole in the funding package for the project which has directly created 23 new high technology companies in the area and sent out a signal that lively cities and beautiful countryside in the region offer an excellent base for bright sparks.
New Yorkers fleeing an 1822 yellow fever epidemic settled what was then the countryside, and the region became a haven for cultural renegades, as well as freed slaves (the area south and west of Washington Square Park in the 1800s was nicknamed Little Africa).
