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Older Solar Projects: Extend deadline if delay is on your part, says Centre to state governments
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Hollywood has seen a spate of biopics over the years with some of them raking in the film industry’s highest honour, the Oscar, for the actor/actress stepping into the shoes of the protagonist. More recently, while Daniel Day-Lewis’ resemblance to the American President Abraham Lincoln was stark, Meryl Streep earned her stripes for portraying the controversial British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. And with films like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Paan Singh Tomar, it looks like the Hindi film industry too is saluting the legends of the past.
Playing: Mary Kom
If one excuses her latest item number, PC’s last filmi venture was Barfi! for which she garnered critical acclaim. Picking up from where she left, the actress is putting in a lot of physical training – not to mention makeup – to get Mary Kom right in Omung Kumar’s upcoming biopic. Sounds great but only time can tell if this is Bollywood’s reply to Million Dollar Baby.
Playing: Dara Singh
After Milkha Singh, the focus is on another sportsperson from the north. Director Rohit Jugraj has apparently approached Dara Singh’s son Vindoo with a cinematic proposal. Akshay is expected to play the lead in the project. The actor too is said to be keen to portray the celebrated wrestler-actor but needs time to work on his physique.
Playing: Kishore Kumar
Anurag Basu will be helming a project based on the eccentric genius’s life. Ranbir was the maker’s first choice but thanks to his busy schedule, the film has been delayed. He’s currently shooting in Sri Lanka for Anurag Kashyap’s next.
Playing: MS Subbulakshmi
Rajiv Menon is said to be ready with a script following the late Carnatic exponent’s life. Moreover, the late vocalist who became the first musician to be awarded Bharat Ratna started her career as a film actress. Following her portrayal of Silk Smith in The Dirty Picture, Vidya was apparently approached for the film.
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Playing: Dhyan Chand
There have been a lot of speculations suggesting that King Khan is very interested in Playing the hockey wizard in a film. However, there has been no official announcement on it. But given his past association with the sport in question (also Chak De! India), he is expected to give a green signal to the much-delayed project.

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Collection and Analysis
of Earth-Based Temperature Data
Objective: to analyze self-collected temperature
profile data that is similar to the data collected by the Mars Pathfinder
- Prepare a device that will read the temperature at the prescribed heights.
- Use meter sticks and thermometers. Attach the thermometers with tape
at 0.25 meters, 0.50 meters, and 1.00 meters above the ground or use one
thermometer and hold it at the various heights.
- Make a meteorological mast.
- Create a data table. Include where you are collecting the data (the
surroundings), the type of surface over which you are collecting data,
the date, time, and conditions (cloud cover, precipitation, wind).
- Take your meteorological mast outside and choose a site to collect
your data. Wait at least three minutes after setting up at your site before
recording the temperature. Your thermometer needs to adjust to the outside
- Record conditions and temperature profiles at various locations. Consider
time of day, shading, season, how thermometers are handled, etc. in your
- Collect temperature data for at least six hours in at least one location.
Remember to record as accurately as possible!
Graph the data you collected.
- Make the horizontal axis represent time in even units (such as hours).
- Make the vertical axis represent temperature in even units (such as
- Plot the temperatures of all three heights on the same graph using
a different color for each height.
- Label the graph and axes.
Questions to consider (Use your graph to answer the questions)
- What about the graph helps you distinguish between night and day?
- Does the temperature change at the same rate each morning?
- Is the rate of increase the same as the rate of decrease over a day?
- Describe the temperature profile for the warmest part of a day.
- Describe the temperature profile for the coldest part of a day.
- Are the temperature profiles for warmest and coldest parts of a day
- Is the temperature profile for the warmest part of a day the same for
- Answer only if you have completed Download
and Analysis of Mars-Based Temperature Data --Is the change you
described in the previous question the same for temperatures on Mars?
- What factors might affect your temperature readings?
- If you were to do this experiment again, what would you do differently?
Conduct one or more of your new experiments. Describe the results you
collected below. What can you conclude about the new test results you collected?
Does it change any of your first conclusions you made? Why or why not?
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Polish meatballs “Klopsiki”
Who can resist meatballs? The Polish version called Klopsiki tickles the taste buds with a light spiciness and can be prepared easily and quickly.
- 800 g ground beef
- 300 ml cream 10%
- 1 medium onion
- Marjoram, chilli powder, black pepper
- 100 g of flour
- 80 g of butter
With meatballs even inexperienced cooks can hardly do anything wrong. Normally, it is important to mix minced meat with other ingredients that perform a kind of sticking function. Otherwise, the balls dissolve during frying or roasting. Usually eggs and soaked bread or bread crumbs fulfill the job. The Klopsiki, however, can do without eggs - ideal for people who are allergic to them.
These meatballs do not require binding ingredients because they are not fried. They are gently cooked in the oven. A creamy sauce of butter, cream and flour covers the Klopsiki and provides a delicious contrast to the crispy balls. Add plenty of spices because minced meat requires a lot of them.

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I have to things to tell you guys xD
First off, if anyone is wondering why I haven't posted anything in a while lately...well, that's because I need to move. I am using my grandmothers computer right at this moment and she doesn't have the paint app (or whatever you call it) and I can't save photo's on to its files. Soo...It might take a month or too >.<
Good news is I can publish things from my phone! I can post some cool things I made if anyone is fine with that?
Next thing is I'm going to start drawing some cats
I am use to wolves so...I want to learn how to draw something else
I'm taking some art classes on Manga also (If you don't know what it is, its just a not very detailed drawing of a human *It can be detailed sometimes ^^: *)
I'm ALSO working on a comic based on the "Warriors" Saga.
Want me to post it on dA? (Its very detailed then most of my comics so I guess I can say I improved on drawing with pencil.)

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In her own roundabout way, Bristol Palin is voicing the core message of comprehensive sex ed: there’s no better protection against pregnancy and disease than abstinence, but teens those that are having sex need to use to protection.
When any person is really ready for partnered sex that poses STI and/or pregnancy risks, they also have to be really ready to deal with safer sex and birth control.
The message “teen ambassador” Bristol Palin seems to have been asked to deliver is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst.
A glittery panel discussion about teen pregnancy prevention shames teens who parent, treats girls as sexual gate-keepers and ignores dating violence and sexual coercion.
Every day, more than 2,000 girls in America, age 15-19, give birth – in the wealthiest, most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic.
Policy change realized in Colorado’s sex education law is due in large part to the efforts of grassroots communities demanding safety nets for our youth and communities.
President Obama and Speaker Pelosi, if you have to throw a bone to the right wing, let it not be the bones of the youth who elected you. We just want the facts that can save our lives.
Why are we seeing an uptick in teen pregnancy and teen births after years of decline? More sex and less contraception, the policy wars of the past 8 years and the failure to fund effective programs are among the reasons behind this reversal in trends.
There are few investment opportunities, especially in the current time, that guarantee a return. An investment in young people and teen pregnancy prevention can do exactly that.

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When you read the name Rosanne Cash, chances are you think of the singer-songwriter with nearly two dozen Top 40 hits, fourteen Grammy nominations, and four Grammy Awards. If you have paid close attention, you may also think of Cash as an author, whose 2010 memoir, Composed, garnered praise from high-profile critics and landed on The New York Times’s bestseller list. Or you have seen her as a music community catalyst who often brings together giants of American roots music for various events. Or in documentary films, as someone with a valued voice and a first-hand experience of modern music history.
If you take a step back, though, it becomes much clearer that Rosanne Cash is all these things at once. The totality of her role as an artist, a woman, and the responsible courier of a storied cultural legacy means Cash is a rare artist with many outlets. All of these point toward the same end: Her belief that art and culture are a vital, shaping force in society.
Of Cash’s 21 Top 40 hits, eleven have reached Number One. The impact of her 39 singles across 14 albums has earned her a spot in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and a SAG/AFTRA Lifetime Achievement Award for Sound Recordings. Her unique artistic vision has been fully embraced by the Americana Music Association, which awarded her with a Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award in 2018. Her thoughtful acceptance speech that night garnered three standing ovations.
The careful balance Cash maintains between being a spokesperson for both scholarly and grassroots culture has earned her praise beyond the realm of the music industry, too. She is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music; a Smithsonian Ingenuity Award for the Performing Arts; and the 61st Edward MacDowell Medal for her “outstanding contribution to American culture.” Previous recipients include Georgia O’Keefe, Toni Morrison, Stephen Sondheim, and Leonard Bernstein. (Cash is the first woman to receive the honor for composition.)
This relationship she has with art and the creative spirit is one of the underpinnings of her book, Composed, which the Chicago Tribune called, “One of the best accounts of an American life you’ll likely ever read.” The Globe and Mail celebrated the book’s raw honesty: “[Cash] shares her truth, her life, by giving us all the details—not the petty or prurient stuff of tabloid dreams, but rather, the people, places and things that serve as numen, talismans or nemeses, that keep cropping up in an unfolding life-story.”
Her October 2017 op-ed for The New York Times, “Country Musicians, Stand Up to the NRA,” earned a response from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Billboard, and others. The piece, like several she has published since her anti-gun-violence speech to the Million Mom March in 2000, reiterated Cash’s position as one of very few popular singers with country music ties to confront the gun lobby. Using a strength of conviction that no doubt comes from her father, she implored other musicians to use their platforms to call for reform.
Taken alongside her songs, these writings have offered Cash’s music fans a more holistic understanding of her relationship with the world than one might glimpse in her songwriting alone. They depict the artist as an important member of society, tasked with holding up a mirror—whether within the music or without it—to help shape our shared reality. There is a sense when Cash decides to speak out that she understands the many sides of an issue. After all, she is a daughter of the South and the inheritor of a legacy which both spawned and popularized country music. She has also been a New Yorker since 1991 and is a valued member of a vibrant community of artists and writers.
She has frequently performed for major events at Lincoln Center and has been chosen as artist in residence by SFJazz, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Library of Congress, and Carnegie Hall. Her partnership with Carnegie Hall is ongoing, as Cash continues to curate music performances by other American roots artists there.
She is routinely tapped for films as a valued participant in the evolution of popular music, including numerous titles about Johnny Cash, “The Winding Stream” about the Carter Family, and documentaries about Elvis Presley, Jimmy Carter, and other major figures. Ken Burns included her in several episodes of his sprawling “Country Music” documentary. And, due to her lifelong interest in science, she has appeared on numerous
panels with celebrated neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, to discuss the relationship between music and the brain, among other things.
In 2014, she testified in front of Congress in support of the Songwriter Equity Act and has since maintained her advocacy on behalf of the arts, serving on the board of the Artist Rights Alliance which campaigns for the legal rights of musicians. Her involvement with politics doesn’t stop at advocacy, though. Cash has proven effective at translating often inflammatory topics like gun control and racism for audiences who might otherwise turn a deaf ear. No doubt, this is due in part to her tendency to write and sing songs that don’t proselytize, but question and reveal.
Indeed, Rosanne Cash has begun with music and art since she launched her career in 1978. But that has always been just the beginning.

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Guatemala Street in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood serves as an eternal expression of Israel’s appreciation to the Latin American country for voting in favor of the United Nations Partition Plan in November 1947. That vote was the beginning of a special friendship between these two countries.
In May 1948, Guatemala was the second country, after the United States, to officially recognize Israel following David Ben Gurion’s declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel. Seventy years later, Guatemala was the second country - again following in the footsteps of the US - to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and moved its embassy to Jerusalem.
Guatemala values its bond with Israel and has shown its commitment in numerous ways. Four cities in Guatemala have renamed streets and squares "Jerusalem the Capital of Israel" in support of their country’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Furthermore, Puerto Barrios, a city with over 55,000 citizens, passed a bill in 2018 to name all of the city’s streets after Israeli cities and communities. The mayor of Puerto Barrios explained: “We believe that everyone who helps the State of Israel will be blessed by God. We are great supporters of the State of Israel, we love the citizens of Israel and are interested in deep cooperation between our countries.”
This relationship is reciprocal. For example, on June 3, 2018, thousands of Guatemalans lost their homes to a series of deadly volcanic explosions in which almost two hundred people were killed, and another 250 people were declared missing. Five months before the deadly volcanic eruptions, Israeli officials from the search-and-rescue and victim-identification organization ZAKA came to Guatemala to train a crew of 45 volunteers - comprised of Jewish community members and emergency services representatives - in performing search and rescue. Due to this training, the crew was prepared to immediately help when disaster struck. In addition, IsraAID, an Israeli-based humanitarian aid agency, and the Israeli government sent emergency medical teams to treat injured victims of the volcano.
One hundred new houses are now being built in the district that was devastated by the volcano, thanks to a charitable initiative spearheaded by ZAKA. This neighborhood has been renamed “Jerusalem” in honor of the Israeli volunteers who have worked tirelessly to help rebuild the region.
With a predominantly Catholic country of about seventeen million citizens and a tiny Jewish population of only one thousand people, what is the source of the longstanding friendship between Guatemala and Israel?
One motive may be to appease the Unites States, due to Guatemala’s reliance on US funding to improve security, as their country suffers from some of the highest levels of drug-related violence in the region. In addition, Guatemala feels indebted to Israel for security assistance. In 1977, the US cut off military aid to Guatemala, and for a number of years, Israel became the largest supplier of weapons, military training, and surveillance technology to the Guatemalan government. Furthermore, many Guatemalans were fascinated by the story of Israel, a young nation building their homeland in a hostile region in the aftermath of the Holocaust. And finally, 40% of the country’s citizens are evangelical Christians and feel a religious attachment to Israel. They truly view Israel as a “light unto the nations” that brings salvation to the entire world.
Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My Israel Home (www.myisraelhome.com), a real estate agency focused on helping people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market updates, contact him at email@example.com.

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Two-time world surfing champion Tom Carroll has thrown his weight behind a shark-deterrent technology that turns away the ancient predators by taking advantage of their sensitivity to electrical fields.
The Shark Shield is adapted from technology first trialled 20 years ago by shark behaviouralist and conservationist Ian Gordon.
Two electrodes are powered by a switch in the surfboard's tail pad and act like an electronic punch on the nose.
“As soon as I turned the button on, the shark was well within that force field – it took a big exist stage left and disappeared,” Carroll told 60 Minutes reporter Ross Coulthart.
Professor Shaun Collin from the University of Western Australia has been commissioned by the state government to test shark-deterrent technologies and while he says there has not been enough testing done on the Shark Shield Freedom+ Surf, there has been a lot of “scientific attention” around the Shark Shield Freedom7 leash which uses the same technology to protect divers.
“(It) is certainly the most effective that is currently on the market,” he said.
“Sharks like actually a number of other animals have this quite amazing sense called electroreception; a set of very sensitive receptors that are distributed over the head of the shark.”
Ross Coulthart travelled with Carroll, Gordon, and Shark Shield managing director Lindsay Lyon to Neptune Island in South Australia to do their own independent test of the surfboard technology.
The group set the test unit on top of two rectangular boards crossed over each other and set it afloat turned off.
They then attracted a four-metre great white by chumming the water.
The shark simply bumped the test unit out of the way, before at one point even taking a bite out of the unit.
When the test unit was later turned on the shark wouldn’t come near it, turning away sharply.
“There’s no doubt about the technology, the technology has been consistently proven over 20 years we’ve just adapted into a user model that works for surfers,” Mr Lyon told 60 Minutes.
He said while the technology could always be improved he believed it will “definitely work as a deterrent”.
Carroll is so convinced of the technology, which he says has a “very minimal impact” on surfing performance, he has become an ambassador for Shark Shield.
He is urging surfers to take responsibility for their own safety rather than resorting to measures like drum lines or shark nets.


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Sec. of state responds to comments from Dept. of Justice employee
JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
With Mississippi's voter identification up to the U.S. Department of Justice, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says it may be a waste of time and money.
This after Stephanie Gyamfi, an employee responsible for application reviews, made public her view of Mississippi.
"Her comments were unprofessional, unwarranted, irresponsible and misguided," said Hosemann.
Those comments were posted on her facebook page and read like this, "disgusting and shameful. Hey, that should replace the state motto... Mississippi, disgusting and shameful... Forget the magnolia state motto."
Hosemann says he talked to Gyamfi and was told the comments were taken out of context. Regardless, Hosemann is calling for action.
"This employee not only should not review Mississippi's application for voter ID, she shouldn't review anyone's application for voter ID."
Texas and South Carolina had similar initiatives rejected by the department and Hosemann believes Mississippi may be next.
"It's more evidence of the bias of the staff at the justice department," said Hans von Spakovsky who worked in the department's civil rights division for four years
Spakovsky now works as senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Spakovsky says he's not surprised by the comments.
"I know this particular woman and she was one of the most partisan career people I ever ran into in the division," said Spakovsky.
The hope was to have voter ID in place before November's presidential election. With the comments and rejection of other states, Hosemann says that most likely won't happen, especially if the issue ends up in court.
That's exactly where Spakovsky says it should be.
"Mississippi would be foolish to submit the voter ID law for pre clearance to justice instead of just going straight to court in Washington," said Spakovsky.
Hosemann wrote a letter of concern to the department and got a call saying Gyamfi would not be working on Mississippi's application. Even so, Hosemann says stereotypes are playing a role where they shouldn't be.
"We just want our time at the plate and we want our time to be impartial by our government," said Hosemann.
Late Tuesday afternoon, the Department of Justice responded to the comment in question saying it was made back in March after a group of students at a Southern Mississippi basketball game began chanting "where's your green card" as an opposing player was on the court.
The department maintains Gyamfi is a respected employee and isn't assigned to Mississippi's application.
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A special issue of International Journal of Nanomanufacturing
In the past five years, significant strides have been made in the development of nanomanufacturing techniques. Advances in nanomanufacturing in recent years include developments in atomic force manipulation, soft lithography, self assembly processes, sintering, moulding processes, hot embossing, injection moulding, printing, stamping, imprint rolling, etching, plasma etching, ion milling, PVD and CVD deposition of nanostructures, to name but a few.
Therefore, the goal of this special issue is to present the current state-of-the-art in nanomanufacturing and to provide a forum for developing next generation nanomanufacturing processes.
The subject coverage of this special issue includes, but is not limited to, topics that address:
- Fundamental research and developments on nanomanufacturing
- Applied research and developments on nanomanufacturing processes
- Applications of fundamental and applied research in nano engineering industries
- Emerging fields of nanomanufacturing
Deadline of abstract submission: 15 April, 2008
Abstract acceptance notice: 30 April, 2008
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Iconic Paws Hemp, Chicken, & Sweet Potato Jerky Dog Treats, 6-oz bag; Give your pal a lip-smacking treat that packs a dose of healthy nutrition with the Iconic Paws Hemp, Chicken, & Sweet Potato Jerky Dog Treats. Made with high-protein, all-natural USDA-certified chicken breast and wholesome sweet potatoes, these jerky treats will have your pals mouth watering and his tail wagging for jerky joy. Not only are they wagtastically delicious, but they also contain proven supplements to help support hip and joint health in every bite, including glucosamine, chondroitin and MSM, plus organic turmeric and hemp meal. Plus, they are veterinarian-approved and made with love in the USA, with absolutely no grains, wheat, gluten, soy, artificial colors, flavors, or fillers.


COVID-19 does not care
about political affiliation
We remember Ms. Nancy Pelosi’s dramatic theater at the State of the Union speech on Feb. 4. What we do not remember is Mr. Donald Trump’s pledge, in that speech, to an effort to keep us safe from the coronavirus, now infecting much of the world.
His efforts were met with obstruction and accusations of racism.
The Mercury News and other legacy media provided no impetus to force both parties to work together. The scrutiny focused upon the current administration needs to be equally focused on the political opposition. Maintaining the current one-sided orientation endangers all of our country. COVID-19 does not recognize political affiliation.


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Annie, a prepubescent girl, lives with her father on a farm in the countryside. With very little parental supervision, Annie spends most of her time roaming the area, mostly destroying things to cause her some form of pleasure. One day, while playing in the woods, Annie hears a voice call out to her deep in an abandoned well. Her interaction with the voice leads Annie to begin to question her moral compass, or lack there-of. David Zellner's Kid-Thing is fever-dream fable about a neglected girl whose lack of parental guidance leads her down a devastating path. Much of the film's running time is spent observing Annie as she ventures through the countryside destroying anything she can get her hands on. These sequences effectively capture the spirit of youthful curiosity and exploration while simultaneously showing the growing angst in young Annie. This is a girl who completely lacks the guidance necessary to understand her own moral compass, with her father doing very little to guide her in anyway. Everything about Kid-Thing is extremely subtle and up to interpretation but to me this film is really a unique story about the importance of a paternal figure in a young child's growing mind. Annie tries to grasp this world around her but every time she looks for some type of guidance or explanation her father is never there. Kid-Thing is very comedic throughout, consisting of a dark, underlying sadness that is only strengthened by a few carefully constructed scenes. One of the most affecting scenes for me takes place in the middle of the film where Annie comes into her father's bedroom in the morning to ask a question. Annie tries to talk to her father but he pays little attention, covering his ears with a pillow as he turns away from her. The scene is very brief, but nevertheless effective at showing this disconnect between a young daughter who needs guidance and her simple-minded father who is too blind and selfish to realize it. Certainly up to interpretation, David Zellner's Kid-Thing is a unique, minimalist look into a young child's growing psychosis that reminded me somewhat of Harmony Korine.
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Futurists sometimes imagine how awful certain parts of modern society will look to our descendants. In 2010, the American moral philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah suggested that our factory farms, prisons and care homes will, years from now, paint an unflattering portrait of us. Like our forebears, we sometimes become habituated to the harm caused by our institutions.
More than a year since we occupied them full-time, we might reflect similarly on our offices. The worst of them looks something like this: 10 hours a day spent sitting motionless in front of a screen, breathing in other people’s slowly-accumulating carbon dioxide, with face-to-face interactions substituted for instant-message notifications, food options often poor-quality and expensive and little or no natural light. The reward when you leave for the day is an expensive rush-hour commute.
It is an unnatural and sometimes soul-sapping way to spend the majority of our waking hours. Unsurprisingly, prolonged office work, and the sedentary lifestyle it perpetuates, make us more likely to suffer from back pain, eye strain, stress, obesity, heart disease and many other ailments. Worse, the past year of remote working has shown that much of this is unnecessary.
Home working has its foibles, too. Despite the iniquities of office culture, there are good reasons to be keen to return. This goes especially for those who don’t have adequate space at home; those who crave more company; those who are burnt out from home schooling; and those who are exhausted by the extended working hours that have sometimes resulted from working at home. Crucially, according to a large-scale survey by the workplace assessment company Leesman, among the keenest to return are those who have high-quality offices to go back to.
Whether your office is at the top of the range or the bottom, whether you want to be there or you’d happily never see it again, your period of extended home working, should you be an office worker, is coming to an end. The majority of social distancing measures look likely to be lifted on June 21. Normality, including office life, beckons.
So how can workers make the best of their return to the workplace? Where lies the happy medium between working from home and working from work? What can employers do to attract employees back, and what can employees do once they’re there? “This is a really good opportunity,” says Sir Cary Cooper, a professor of organisational psychology and health, “to press the quality-of-life reset button.”
With the help of Cooper and other experts, we have identified 10 key areas of office life that need improving, and with practical guidance we explain how workers and employees can make those improvements.
The stakes are high. Forty hours per week for 40 years or more is an enormous chunk of our limited lifespans. Multiply that by the millions of office workers in Britain alone, and the imperative for improvement becomes ever more compelling.
Well before the pandemic, open-plan offices were notorious for their increased risk, relative to private offices, of sickness. Shared air and surfaces, as we now well know, are a recipe for disease transmission. Offices that have remained open through the pandemic have responded with features such as hand sanitiser stations and screens between desks, but expect further change.
Oliver Knight is head of offices at Landsec, a commercial property company whose clients include Deloitte, Deutsche Bank and other high-profile firms. He says the company altered the design of the futuristic Myo office block by Liverpool Street, London, with Covid safety in mind. “We’ve gone for brass finishes, for example, on some of the shared kitchen spaces, because it has strong anti-microbial properties.”
In the same vein, expect contactless sign-in systems to become more commonplace. These changes will linger long after the pandemic has ended.
“Don’t design the new office of the future yourself,” Cooper tells employers. “What you need is employee voice. They need to design it.”
He recalls taking part in a TV show in which he helped an office of about 60 people redesign their “dreadful” workspace. The workers had to sit in toilet cubicles when they needed a quiet moment; they ate lunch at their desks; they felt unable to disconnect from their emails in the evenings. The overhaul of their office, which included the addition of plant life, the creation of private booths and a ban on accessing emails at night, resulted in “a dramatic change” in morale. The overhaul was experimental but the managing director made it permanent. “That could be for everybody,” says Cooper.
The choices available could expand beyond hybrid working, which companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers look likely to grant their employees on a permanent basis. Satellite offices could attract workers who have left the orbit of big cities. A startup called Patch is setting up workspaces on town high streets, inviting companies to hire desks for workers who want community without commuting.
Employers might still – not unreasonably – want employees under one roof at least some if not most of the time. But in conventional offices, choice could also extend to areas such as lunch menus, exercise classes, furniture positioning, working hours and much else.
For all our diligence in keeping surfaces clear of coronavirus, air remains by far the likeliest vector for its transmission. Yet the importance of good-quality air goes far beyond coronavirus. Dr Esther Sternberg, an American academic at the forefront of the field of healthy workplaces, says that employers must “get rid of viruses and microbes, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), allergens, particulates and all that, preventing disease and getting rid of disease. And that’s essential.”
Office air quality has come a long way since indoor smoking was the norm. Under government proposals announced in January, new offices’ ventilation will have to provide fresh air 50 per cent faster than under the existing minimum standards.
But employees should push for better air quality. Sternberg explains, chillingly, that when you sit in front of a monitor for hours, your exhaled carbon dioxide banks up in front of the screen, impairing your thinking and making you feel sleepy – a familiar feeling to many office veterans.
Knight says that the best new developments “have indoor environmental quality sensors in place to measure all of the key metrics, from levels of CO2 to humidity and temperature”. These developments, he says, include carpets and furnishings whose fabrics are selected for their minimal VOC levels.
It seems that air quality in offices is improving, but your best option is to breathe fresh air. Open a window or, if the weather and your employer are amenable, seek to work outdoors.
Many will be familiar with the incessant rumble of an office air conditioning system. Loud noise, says Sternberg, causes us physical stress – a state that, in the long-term, damages sleep, causes weight gain, and increases our likelihood of heart attacks, strokes, and possibly cancer – even if we don’t immediately realise it. Intermittent noise is what we find the most distracting, particularly when it’s speech and we can discern the words.
A medium level of noise is better for concentration. “How many times have you worked in a coffee shop or a cafe?” asks Sternberg. “You’re not distracted, because it becomes white noise.”
Architectural methods of noise mitigation, she says, include baffles, which are soft panels sometimes hung from a ceiling. “But there’s also pink sounds, which are nature sounds” – such as wind, rustling leaves and steady rain – “and things that are calming and comforting.”
Should your office be noisy and distracting, try playing pink noise to yourself through noise-cancelling headphones. Should it be too quiet – a paradoxical complaint levied against open-plan offices – then seek to do collaborative work in purpose-built spaces where talking won’t distract colleagues.
Sunlight is vitally important for human health. It supports our immune system, our sleep and our mood. Working without natural light not only deprives us of these profound benefits, but can expose us to additional risks: fluorescent light, for example, has been accused of worsening eye problems as a result of its imperceptible flickering. The reddening light of sunset prompts our bodies to secrete melatonin, but office lighting remains unchanged. It is no wonder that office workers are so prone to poor sleep.
Standard glass windows filter out UVB light, denuding sunshine of the component that helps make vitamin D. Being outdoors is, as usual, the simplest solution. But office workers should seek to be close to windows, and employers and office designers should ensure that natural light reaches every desk.
Confronted with a workforce that has got used to home comforts, employers are striving to make their offices more attractive. Games rooms and gyms seem to be springing up, though some companies are going further. Samuel & Co Trading, which offers tuition to wannabe traders, is adding to its office in Watford a cinema room, pool and snooker room, gym and steam room and a meditation room.
To those who have found that working from home equates to always being on call, office improvements might appear gimmicky unless accompanied by culture change. In that vein, many burnt-out WFH-ers will envy the “right to disconnect’’ enjoyed by workers in countries such as Ireland. Polling suggests that most Britons want the same privilege.
Last week, the World Health Organization said that long working hours are killing hundreds of thousands a year via the effects of stress. The right to disconnect might alleviate this grim phenomenon.
Culture change requires adept management, a quality that Cooper believes is too rare in workplaces where bosses are appointed for their technical skills rather than their people skills. By Cooper’s estimation, 25-30% of managers are naturally equipped with leadership skills, 50% need training, “and 15-20% should never have gone into a managerial role because they’re untrainable.”
It’s no coincidence that the natural world provides our favourite sounds. Our evolutionary history has equipped human brains with what architects and psychologists call “biophilia”: a love of nature. That nature calms our minds, lightens our moods and even accelerates our healing is supported overwhelmingly by scientific literature.
Potted plants are a decent start, and the more the better. Wooden surfaces and water features are similarly pleasing to the human mind. So is a beautiful view, even if those are often hard to come by in an office environment.
Workplaces are beginning to reflect our new knowledge of biophilia. The office developer Fabrix is including a 1.4-acre rooftop garden in a new workplace in London. Workers at the office will be invited to help tend the garden’s 100-plus trees and 10,000 plants.
Ashley Carr, above, founder and CEO of a PR firm called Neo, moved his 10-person team from central Milton Keynes to a converted stables on his farm. The farm includes a flock of chickens, a sheepdog, and a gym. Employees are invited to conduct meetings via walkie-talkie while roaming the farm. “This is all about the wellbeing of the employees,” says Carr, adding: “The world was going to move in this direction anyway.”
Office workers need to incorporate a lot more movement into their working day. As each year goes by, more and more evidence emerges to suggest that our sedentary working lives are not only painful – neck issues and sciatica are common among office workers – but lethal. “Sitting,” says Sternberg, “is the new smoking.”
Individuals should try to include more walking or cycling into their commute. They could attend workout classes, or simply go for a walk, at lunchtime. They should get out of their chairs every 20 minutes or so.
But individual resolutions are less effective than good design. “Designing the office space to encourage movement is very important,” says Sternberg. As opposed to a typical office stairwell that is ugly and hidden, she suggests “nice, beautiful staircases that are well lit”.
Employers and office designers are becoming more cognisant of the essential human need to intermittently move, or at least of the human habit of paying for exercise gear we’ll rarely use. Standing desks are becoming more common (though treadmill desks, for some reason, are yet to catch on). The property management company Navana has even installed a climbing wall in the glass façade of the skyscraper 22 Bishopsgate, allowing workers to look out at the City as they climb.
Lunch options for British office workers have greatly improved over the past 20 years. Some might disapprove of confectionery-filled vending machines, but an outright ban would smack of paternalism. Still, healthy food should be made easy to obtain, and small tweaks can encourage people to eat it. “Putting the healthy food at eye level,” she says, “will make it more likely that people will reach for the apple than the potato chips down below.”
Packed lunches have always been a good option in health terms, and hybridised working might offer busy employees more time to prepare them. But improving diets is easier said than done. Sternberg recommends the free app My Wellness Coach, which was developed by the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Nutrition is among the elements of integrative health that the app addresses, helping its users to create good habits and stick to them.
The ideas we’ve summarised mean little if the substance of work is unfulfilling. As the writer and computer science professor Cal Newport argues in his recent book A World Without Email, our current work practices – “a never-ending, ad hoc, unstructured flow of messages” – seem designed to make us unproductive, unable to focus, and, as a result, unfulfilled.
Newport argues that it doesn’t have to be this way. Much of this excessive communication can be stripped out. Many companies already use software such as Trello for organising tasks, meaning that employees can check the app or web page rather than send queries to one another. The endless to-and-fro of scheduling can be vanquished by using booking software such as Calendly.
With sensible work practices, with spaces that support our health and happiness, and with culture change that may or may not include the odd gimmick, we can alter our office culture for the better. Office life need not be soul-sapping and life-shortening. The present moment, in which the worst parts of office culture have never seemed so unnecessary, is a once-in-a-generation chance to make things better.


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Spain eased into the qualifying berths at the top of Group F after two David Villa goals earned a comfortable 2-0 victory over Liechtenstein in Vaduz. The Valencia CF striker put the visitors in firm control by scoring twice inside the first 14 minutes - raising his total to seven in seven qualifers - but spurned the chance of a hat-trick by missing an injury-time penalty.
Fourth straight win
Luis Aragonés, the Spain coach, had announced before the game that he would be stepping down at the conclusion of his side's UEFA EURO 2008™ campaign. He expects this will be in Austria and Switzerland next summer and the likelihood of Spain reaching the finals increased here in the neighbouring Alpine principality of Liechtenstein, their fourth straight win lifting them into second place in Group F.
Villa broke the deadlock when Cesc Fabregas threaded the ball between two blue-shirted defenders and the little No7 carried it around goalkeeper Peter Jehle before converting. He doubled the lead with a superb overhead kick, finishing acrobatically after Valencia colleague David Silva had crossed from the left.
Liechtentenstein had gone into this match buoyed by a draw in Iceland last weekend and they gave their fans brief hope of an equaliser to Villa's opener when Michele Polverino warmed Pepe Reina's hands with a fiercely struck drive. However, it quickly became an exercise in damage limitation for the hosts. Sergio Ramos headed narrowly wide shortly before the half-hour, then Andrés Iniesta struck the side-netting after captain Joaquín Sánchez had put him through.
Spain's supremacy was such that at times they were guilty of trying to walk the ball into the net. Although Liechtenstein's Franz Burgmeier curled a shot against the angle of post and crossbar just after the hour, it was otherwise one-way traffic. Substitute Luis Garcia missed an open goal while Villa wasted several clear opportunities of a hat-trick, notably by crashing a late penalty against the bar. As it was, Spain, who will resume their campaign in Iceland in September, had to settle for 2-0.


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The Venom2 Paddle sleekly combines functionality and style. The core, PFG2 Core, is made from a unique core technology made specifically for pickleball by Pickleball Inc. This was designed to generate power and increase control. Inspired by the design of popular wood paddles, the paddle has a traditional tennis-like “heavy head” and long handle which increases the amount of control players have.
The slender handle on the Venom2 Paddle is 5”-1/2 long and has a medium circumference measurement. The widest point of this paddle is at the top of the paddle’s head and is 8-1/8” from one side to the other. From there, the paddle face very gradually tapers inward, putting more of the weight in the head of the paddle. While not all of the paddle’s weight, ranging from 7.4 to 8.7 ounces, is in the head, the amount of weight in the head increases the power behind each hit. The 15-3/4” long paddle has an intimidating graphic of an almost-camouflaged scorpion hiding in the dark color of the paddle until ready to strike.
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Hi, I’m Rachael Kroog from Minnesota.
Oh great. And Rachel, how’s your day been today?
Ah... It’s perfect. The weather’s perfect. The competition’s amazing. Great to see friends. The volunteers, you know, make it all happen.
I notice you’ve got this neck lace on. I’m wondering, what, what’s that about?
Oh yeah, this old thing?
We took the silver today. So really, really happy about that. With, considering the competition, very pleased. Had a great partner.
Great, and so, what paddle did you use today and..
I’m using the scorpion, the Pickleball Venom. You know, I figured cause I’m in Arizona and they actually have these guys here. No, that’s not why. But, makes for a nice story. You know, I like it. It’s got a nice touch, it’s got enough power. It’s got control. So, you know, those are the three things.
Great. Great, well congratulations on your win today.
Thank you very much.


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Gowtham Shola is a magician living in India. For his latest trick, he gave away money to homeless people, calling the video "The 100 Rupee smile". The joy on the faces of the people he gives money to is certainly heart-warming.
The Sarah Palin Channel "went up last night at 9 p.m.," Klein told The Daily Beast on Monday morning. He said that his and Gaspin's brand-new niche digital channel company, TAPP, has installed cameras all throughout the Palin house in Wasilla.
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In a high density strawberry crop grown in sod covered with plastic mulch, evaluate the toxicity of bioinsecticides for controlling tarnished plant bugs and strawberry blossom beetles and of bioherbicides for controlling weeds in and between crop rows.
From 2014 to 2018
Pest, weed, and disease control, Organic farming
This project will help Québec growers benefit from the flourishing organic food market.
Growing Forward II
This economic analysis measured the technical efficiency of Québec wild blueberry farms.
Researcher: Luc Belzile
The aim of our project was to increase the acreage on which mating disruption is used against the codling moth in all of Québec’s apple-growing regions.
Researcher: Daniel Cormier
This online training platform will help improve technical support for Québec apple growers by furthering the training of new consultants.

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* TRIGGER ALERT: This story contains abuse content which might be difficult for you.
~ BACK IN THE SADDLE ~
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The saddle came out of hiding. From the basement. It rose to the stairs. Through the stairs, actually.
Some would say, up the stairs,but that was what the boy had to do. Go up them. When his father was finished with him.
His father would say, “Climb the stairs.”
The boy would try. He couldn’t, though, because his legs were all wobbly. From the riding.
The boy hated the riding. He lost himself somewhere back then. In the riding.
His father pushed him. Down. The stairs. He couldn’t. Climb. After the riding. Legs wobbly. Father pushing. Down. The stairs. Couldn’t go up.
And his father wanted him to go up. The stairs.
Incongruous that. A word he couldn’t have used. Then. Too young.
Can use it now. The word.
The boy. The man. Now a man. Sees a saddle under his piano. Now. Sitting. A reminder of the riding. Without a saddle.
The boy in the man breathes. Deeply.
There will be no more riding. Ever.
The boy learned. To ride the waves. Of space. And of time. During the riding. To another place. Where there were angels. Frolicking. Dancing. Dancing all ‘round him.Dancing. Tunes. Through space. Through time.
And the boy could hear angels singing. Then. To him.Waiting. For him to sign. The agreement.The agreement that would set him free.
Freedom. Something sought. From the days of riding. Saddle riding. Without a saddle. Only his father. On top. Of him. After playing. Horsey. With him. The boy. On top. First.
Having fun. With it. Until it changed. Forever. In the shower. Seeing. The water drip. Off. His father. His father’s arm. His other arm. And other arm.The one he hid in his pants. After the riding. Came out of him. And he, his father, no longer rolled his eyes back in his head and told him, the boy, not to look around.
But the boy looked around. Anyway.
Angels walk with the boy, now. Even when he is a man. Now. They walk with him wherever he goes. The boy learned of the place of the angels on his trips. To other places. When his father fucked him.
The black he would wait for.
That would take him away.
From the riding.
Take him out of there. Into the blackouts. During the riding. He hated.
And he, the boy, learned to hate then.
The riding took him away. Into darkness. Where he found angels. Or they found him. He wasn’t sure which. But he was found.After the darkness. After he went into the darkness. So, he, the boy,could disappear from the scene. Scenes. And fly over himself. Above himself. And see. What was happening.Below. And in him.
It was time. Then. Back then. To learn. How to do that. To black out .
He liked the blackouts after that. He waited for them. So he could be with the angels. And fly. And not see what was happening. Below. And in him. During. During the...
If he didn’t want to.
And from that day forward, from the day it was the first time he found the black or the black found him, and the angels were there, he would just wait for the black. That took him out.Out of the now. So he could escape.The riding. In the only way he could. Escape from the present moment. And the pain. The pain that walked with him. Afterwards. Always. Inside. And outside.Always inside. Every day.In that space. He kept hidden. From others. And himself.
Worst of all. Himself.And next worst of all. From all he loved. He couldn’t even love that. Them. And he lost himself that way. Then. In the riding. And he couldn’t find himself, again. Until he bought the saddle. And put it under the piano. And remembered the riding. With his father. That wasn’t riding.Really. It was something else.
And he knew that’s why he lost himself. It, the riding,wasn’t what it was supposed to be. It was something else.
In the basement.
The beast was there. And he saw the beast was his father. He, the boy, was not a horse. Or saddle. He hated riding. Being ridden.
And the boy, remembering, as the man he was now, saw he was whole. Always. Just hidden. Protected. By the black. And the hiding. So he would be safe. As the man he was, now.
And the boy laughed, in the man he was now. Heartily. Waking up. To the day. To the light. Around him. To the light. And he knew. He just knew. He could never be hurt in that way again.The hurt of the riding. And the shower. And the water dripping off his father.His father’s arm. And his other arm. And the one he kept in his pants.And didn’t keep there in the riding. But in him. The boy.
Suddenly, the boy felt free. Suddenly, the man in the boy and the boy in the man he was now, felt free. He had signed the agreement.
He pulled the saddle out from under the piano. And played a tune. Slowly. Easily. He slid off the bench. Sat in the saddle. His saddle.
And he saw. Himself. Now. As the man. He was. Truly. Dancing through time. And space. And healing. Every minute. Of every day.
The boy knew he was a man.
He was not his father. He did not have to hide himself from himself. Any longer. He was back in the saddle, again. His saddle. There was no more riding.
His saddle smiled.There. Or seemed to smile.That is.
The saddle waited no more for the boy to become a man. And sit in his own saddle. To take the reins of his life out of the rains of what was not him, but his father.
It felt good this. A robin chirped at the man’s window. Singing.
The man walked away from his saddle. Turned.
“I honour you, saddle,” he said, slowly. Quietly. Almost whispering. Then whispering. “I thank you for the riding. Your riding.”
And even though the man was not blacked out. Or dreaming. Or in another time. And space. He felt angels near him. Especially one large angel.
The saddle spoke to the boy, now a man, saying, “And I honour you.” The saddle seemed to pause in its talking. Then said, “You have moved past hurt of the worst kind. I ride with you, always. Now. You will never be ridden, again.”
The man crouched low. To the ground. To the floor. Breathed deeply. Forgave himself. Tried to forgive his father. Unworthy for so long. It was hard forgiving his father. It was hard. Feeling not good enough. To live. To dance. Even with angels. In the black. In that other place. Where Michael was. An especially large angel.
The saddle smiled beside the piano.
The boy in the man felt a large, warm hand on his shoulder. It felt like the hand of an angel. An especially large angel. Michael, they said.
And the boy in the man remembered from some far off other place. From long ago. On another trip. To the other place. Where it was black. First. Then light. Lots of light. After the black.When the black opened up. And he was able to see. Beautiful gardens. Monet gardens. Full of flowers. Angel flowers. Dancing flowers. Angels walking. Easily. There. On the dew. Of leaves. And roses. And sunlight. Walking. Under them. And the flowers walking, too. Under the wings of angels.
The man who held the crying boy within remembered this. From there.Then.
And he heard something being whispered in his ear like the song of a Meadowlark. If that was possible. Something about an angel called Michael.
And the saddle became quiet. And these words entered the room,“He was the first I made. He gives courage. I call him Michael . He sets you free. Sees your truth. Forgive yourself. All that was not about you.Forgive your father that which was, solely, about him. Know love. Dance in the flames of the sword Angel Michael carries.”
The man, who was no longer a boy, thought he heard these things.
He knew he was home. Finally.
He presented himself with a gift. A saddle. Without wrapping. Or bows. A saddle he had always had. And never lost in the riding. As he had thought. Only hidden.
He chuckled to himself. And into the space. Around him. Where a blue light hovered near his shoulder.
The man thought he heard the glimpse of a sound, if that was possible,seeing itself in never time.
When he turned, he saw a strange blue light like an eye into his soul.
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Beating Spanish legend Rafael Nadal in the first round of Wimbledon in 2013 should have been a happy memory to live off for the rest of his life, but for Steve Darcis it was bittersweet. The 35-year-old Belgian didn't even have time to celebrate the famous scalp of the Spaniard as he suffered a serious…
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Roger Federer insisted Friday that Japanese star Naomi Osaka will bounce back from a string of setbacks and thrive in the spotlight of being world number one and a double Grand Slam winner. Osaka, 21, won a second consecutive major at the Australian Open in January, but has since reached just one semi-final on the…
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Spaniard, Roberto Bautista Agut yesterday in Doha beat world number one, Novak Djokovic, in the semi-finals of the Qatar Open.
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Third seed Milos Raonic charged home to claim a quarter-final spot at the Australian Open with a fluctuating four-set win over Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut on Monday.
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From the Chicago Reader (February 12, 1988). — J.R.
The fourth and least successful movie version — after Lewis Milestone’s (1931), Howard Hawks’s (1940), and Billy Wilder’s (1974) — of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s by now overrated farcical play The Front Page. In fact, by following Hawks’s His Girl Friday in making the leading character a woman, this updating by screenwriter Jonathan Reynolds and director Ted Kotcheff qualifies as a remake of a remake. The setting is now a cable news network instead of a big city newspaper, and there are many smaller substitutions (e.g., a copy machine in place of a rolltop desk). But despite a lot of overstrenuous efforts, the grafting of an 80s context onto a 40s adaptation of a play from the 20s mainly adds up to incoherence; the original’s treatment of journalistic behavior and ethics isn’t so much rethought as clumsily transposed, depriving it of any polemical bite and placing it miles away from the knowing details of Broadcast News. Burt Reynolds, Kathleen Turner, and Christopher Reeve are the leads; Henry Gibson is the hapless victim slated to die in the electric chair; and Ned Beatty is the corrupt politician who wants him to fry. Michel Legrand supplies the hyperbolic music, Kotcheff is probably the one responsible for the overtelegraphed reactions, and although the story is supposed to be occurring in Chicago, the sense of place is for the most part just as uncertain as any feeling for the present. (JR)


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Over the past twenty years, numerous research studies have proven a significant link between PTSD and ensuing addiction. In one study, where both addicted patients and a non-addicted control group were looked at, the substance abuse patients had a 97% positive PTSD result, while the control group had a 36% positive result.
The treatment of PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, has become a crucial part of full spectrum addiction treatment for the recovery community.
PTSD is a psychiatric disorder defined by the American Psychiatric Association as occurring in people who have, in part, “experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, or rape or who have been threatened with death, sexual violence or serious injury. People with PTSD have intense, disturbing thoughts and feelings related to their experience that last long after the traumatic event has ended. They may relive the event through flashbacks or nightmares; they may feel sadness, fear or anger; and they may feel detached or estranged from other people. A diagnosis of PTSD requires exposure to an upsetting traumatic event. However, the exposure could be indirect rather than first hand.”
Those struggling with the emotional and mental impacts of PTSD- anxiety, depression, panic attacks, disassociation, inability to focus- sometimes self-medicate with drugs or alcohol, starting the cycle of addiction.
Treatment for PTSD
The good news is that the understanding of diagnosing and treating PTSD has grown substantially over the last decade alone. The newly sober will find that most treatment centers have psychiatrists and psychologists on hand to guide them through PTSD recognition and management, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been shown to be very effective in minimizing the emotional and mental distress of the disorder, while increasing the person’s resilience to the stress of day to day life.
CBT is a therapeutic approach with a toolkit of ways to help the patient. Not every person with PTSD will respond to one approach of CBT so it is helpful to keep in mind that there are options if a certain tactic is tried and doesn’t offer relief.
Many PTSD sufferers also find relief with EMDR, a completely different approach than Cognitive Behavior Therapy. EMDR therapy techniques to treat your targeted memories of trauma. Next to the therapist, you will be asked to focus on a negative thought, memory, or image, and do specific eye movements. Some therapists also include tapping of the fingers.
A 2012 study found that EMDR was very effective for a populous with psychotic disorder and/or PTSD. Out of 27 patients, only five were still presenting with a diagnosis of PTSD after EMDR treatment.
Although EMDR was controversial when it first made its way into mainstream society, numerous small research studies have shown that it is an effective treatment for PTSD, specifically. There are not harmful side effects associated with this therapy, such as an increase is anger, paranoia or negative behaviors, so a person can attempt the protocol without worry about worsening their state.
Similarities in the Brain
PTSD negatively changes the part of the brain associated with memory and emotion. PTSD interferes with the function of the brain that recognizes past experiences as rooted firmly in the past; a person with PTSD can feel as if the past event is actually occurring, with the same emotional weight and impact. The brain responds as if it is under immediate threat, and the cycle of trauma repeats. Both CBT and EMDR attempt to interrupt this faulty process and root the brain in the present moment, releasing the past.
Addiction works in a similar way, with triggers causing the brain to intensify a craving for drug or alcohol. The triggers of PTSD and the triggers of addiction can inflame each other, worsening symptoms of both disorders.
This is why treating PTSD in sobriety is key to staying clean. With proper treatment, support, and hard work, a person can be relieved of the worst of both the PTSD and addiction reactions, making positive changes easier to obtain, which then increases the person’s self-worth and belief that they can, after all, stay clean.
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Managing Your Child's Springtime Allergy Symptoms
Thursday, March 24, 2016
As we welcome the warm weather of spring and watch flowers blossom in our backyards, we also understand that for some, spring is just the beginning of an uncomfortable allergy season. Springtime brings heavy amounts of pollen due to pollinating trees and even in summer, grasses and weeds can cause a stuffy or runny nose and itchy, watery eyes.
It can be anguish for children, who watch the weather change, and feel the daylight hours extend, only to be held back due to allergies. Since the elements of spring will always be around, there are certain precautions you can take to make being outdoors as allergy-friendly for your kids as possible. Here are three simple steps your family can take to help alleviate pesky springtime allergies:
- Be proactive about body protection. Prevention is the best way to avoid allergy-triggering stimuli like pollen and dust. Give your children sunglasses to prevent watery, itchy eyes, and avoid wearing clothing made of synthetic fibers, like polyester, nylon, and spandex. When returning indoors for the day, take a shower to wash off anything that may trigger a reaction and to prevent pollen from lingering on clothes or in hair.
- Administer allergy medication in advance. Antihistamines will be your go-to for managing allergy symptoms. Some antihistamines are short-acting, and some are on a time release, lasting up to 24 hours. They are safe for kids when administered correctly, so pay close attention to the drug facts on the back. Non-sedating antihistamines can be used during the day without causing drowsiness. Also note that:
- It’s best to start allergy medication early before the allergy season starts. This will give the medication time to kick in, reducing your child’s discomfort
- Nasal sprays and eye drops also are good options. If the allergy symptoms still persist, ask your pediatrician about seeing an allergist to undergo allergy testing and discuss other options, such as prescription medication or allergy shots
- Shut the windows and close the doors. It’s tempting to keep the doors and windows open in the springtime, but keeping doors and windows open will attract the outdoor triggers that can cause an allergic reaction. Close the doors once inside, and try to keep the windows shut to minimize indoor pollen.
About the Expert
Hemant SharmaClinical Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology
Hemant Sharma, MD, MHS, is the Interim Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Children’s National Health System in Washington, DC. He is Director of the Food Allergy Program at Children’s National, as well as Site Director for the National Institutes of Health Allergy and Immunology Fellowship Program.


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There are two things in Houston which occur regularly but still manage to be unpredictable— the rain and the traffic. With clouds looming over Independence Day weekend, Houstonians may not be able to avoid the rain, but you may be able to cut 15 minutes (or more) off of a trip to Galveston by taking the HOV lane on I-45 through the worst of Houston traffic.
That may be easier said than done, however. For most Houstonians, this HOV lane is the most confusing, as there are no simple exit and entry points and, once on the main freeway, you can't shift over onto the HOV lane, like you can on the Katy Freeway.
But if you follow these recommendations, you can make the trip to Galveston — or at least the 15.5 miles from downtown to just past Beltway 8 where the HOV ends at Dixie Farm Road— a little bit easier.
Do you qualify?
You can't sail down this HOV lane alone. But if you have another passenger you're good to go. Vehicles carrying two or more passengers can use the I-45 South HOV lane every weekend this summer.
What are the times?
On holidays (like July 4th), the lane will operate on the Saturday schedule — the southbound HOV lane headed to Galveston on I-45 will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and the northbound HOV back into Houston will be open from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Sundays, the HOV operates only from Galveston into Houston from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Where do you find it?
This is the trickiest part, as you can only enter the HOV lane from designated entry and exit points. Probably the easiest way when headed to Galveston is to enter the HOV lane near its inception at Pierce Street in downtown Houston. Jerome Gray, METRO's senior press officer, suggests that drivers enter from a ramp located on Pierce Street just before Dowling.
Another common entry point is the Eastwood Transit Center. To access it, take the Lockwood Drive exit and follow the traffic signs to enter the HOV. Other entry points include one near the Monroe Street Park & Ride and another at the Fuqua and South Point Park & Rides. A full list of HOV entrances, including diagrams, is available on the Metro website.
On the return from Galveston, you have to follow an exit off of Dixie Farm Road to get onto the HOV lane.
Confusing? A little. But those who do it regularly say it's worth the effort

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6:39 p.m. -- Road trip.
The Bandits are back on the road for the third time in four games, as they play they Rock in Toronto. The two teams played a classic last week, as Buffalo won in overtime after blowing a big lead in the fourth quarter. It looks like we have a pretty good crowd tonight; one of the ushers thought it might rank as one of the top nights of the season.
This is becoming a rather mixed-up season, and we're not even out of January. Philadelphia, everyone's pick to be the East doormat, beat Boston, a possible title contender, Friday night. So the Blazers are in last place in the East.
7:00 p.m. - Scratches for Buffalo are the same as last week -- Ian Llord, Travis Irving and Darryl Gibson.
Based on the opening introductions, the Rock hasn't turned down the volume in its p.a. announcements. Aspirin all around. And it's a very odd ticket distribution here, as the fans are really scattered around the building.
7:11 p.m. -- One surprise already - Angus Goodleaf is the starting goalie. And we've already had a couple of fights less than two minutes in.
7:15 p.m. -- Each team has had a player ejected (Frank Resetarits for Buffalo), and then peace lasted about seven seconds before more hostilities broke out. It's going to be a long night at this rate.
7:18 p.m. - Brandon Francis of the Bandits has been excused for the evening.
7:24 p.m. -- With the score 1-0, Toronto, Tom Montour drew a penalty when he charged to the net ... and prompted another scrum. I see six Bandits in the penalty box. There are four Rock players similarly imprisoned. I assume Toronto's goalie, Bob Watson, picked up something for his trouble as he was throwing punches.
These two teams had a famous preseason game that had to be cancelled in the third quarter because all of the outbursts. Those were all rookies and tryout candidates though. What's the excuse here?
7:30 p.m. -- The officials are still sorting out the penalties. Good luck.
7:34 p.m. -- The Bandits have a 4-on-3 power play. I have no idea why. But Steve Priolo and Brenden Thenhaus have been excused for the night as well, at least according to the announcement.
7:39 p.m. -- The first half of the first period is over. I counted seven Toronto guys in the penalty box until a few were "set free." Toronto still leads, 10. At this rate, the game will be done about midnight, and the coaching staffs will fill out the rosters.
7:50 p.m. -- Thenhaus just took a shot on goal, which probably means there was an error made on the announcement of a game misconduct. Of course, I'm not too sure about anything. But at least the penalty boxes are about empty.
7:54 p.m. -- We're done with a quarter, finally. Toronto had a 2-1 lead, with Brett Bucktooth getting the lone Buffalo goal. There was a little more flow to the final minutes of the period.
8:01 p.m. -- By the way, the media guide doesn't have a team record for penalty minutes in a game.
8:08 p.m. -- We're still at 2-1 with 8:13 to play in the half. Buffalo had 70 penalty minutes in the first quarter, while Toronto had 62. It's almost amazing that there has only been one power-play goal so far, the one by Bucktooth.'
8:17 p.m. -- The Rock has a 3-1 lead now, as Blaine Manning scored. Buffalo has had some shots on goal but few really great chances.
8:24 p.m. -- And that's the way it winds up after 30 minutes: 3-1, Toronto.
8;42 p.m. -- We're underway in the second half. The Bandits were a little slow coming out for the half. Think Darris Kilgour had something to say about the offense?
8:50 p.m. -- The Bandits have not shown an signs of offensive life so far in the second half. Meanwhile, Toronto has two goals to make it 5-1 with nine minutes to go in the third quarter.
8:58 p.m. -- Colin Doyle scored the goal of the year for Toronto. With his back to the goal and Clay Hill draped on him, Doyle flipped a no-look shot past Goodleaf for the score. Very impressive. It's 6-1 with 3:20 left in the third quarter, and the Bandits' offense continues to make too many mistakes to generate many chances.
9:03 p.m. -- Found it. The previous Bandits record for most penalty minutes in a game was 64. They went past that in the first quarter. We're done with 45 minutes.
9:15 p.m. -- The Bandits have a power-play advantage, and after a Roger Vyse goal (making it 6-2) could at least make things interesting with a goal here.
9:21 p.m. -- It's more than interesting, thanks to Chad Culp and Mark Steenhuis. Buffalo had cut the lead to 6-4.
9:28 p.m. -- The Bandits' record for PIM by both teams combined in a game has falled. A Clay Hill slash has run the total to 154, one more than the 2009 game between Buffalo and Portland produced. We're still at 6-4 with 4:39 left.
9:37 p.m. -- 7-5 Toronto with a minute to go. But with 17.9 seconds left, Doyle ends the suspense with an empty-netter. We're done for the night with a 8-5 Toronto win.
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire, this movie is such a classic. My favorite Character is Vinny who is a perfect cast choice for Finnick (Vinnick as I like to call him in this AU) Enjoy this quickly done comic I did plus a cover Idea of Judy as Kida, and may I say that water is super hard to do
I watched Zootopia again yesterday evening to relax and It always amazes me how good Disney is with their siluhettes, colouring and animation. It really is a feast for the eyes. I wanted to just do some simple character sketches to try and understand the different siluhettes. Because siluhettes are extremely important but I’m not very good at utilising them, so I need to learn! And what better way than to learn from the masters?