Trauma is an event that overwhelms the mind, body, and soul. Traumatic events can result from natural disasters, wars, accidents, sexual assaults, and abusive experiences, just to name a few. COVID-19 is a traumatic event, a seismic global crisis that continues to shake the core of our safety and wellbeing. COVID-19 is categorized as a…
What does “PUA benefit pay date in progress” mean? I filed for PUA benefits and I received this message. How are businesses setting the stage and meeting the demands of “next normal” workplace dynamics?The pandemic challenged businesses to adapt and do things differently. With the “real” office making a comeback in 2021, the physical space…
Soon Chung Park, Daoyou Feng, Xiaojie Tan, Eric Talley Suzanne Fountain, Rikki Olds. Those are just some of the names of the 22 people who have been killed recently in mass shootings in the U.S. Four people died, including a child, in a mass shooting in Orange County on Wednesday.On March 16, eight people were…
How can you treat gas pain in the shoulder blade? Ad by CapitalOne ShoppingBefore you shop at Amazon Prime, read this.The dead giveaway that tells you when Amazon’s giving you a better price than other retailers.You cannot have gas pain in your shoulder blade. The area of your shoulder blade is part of your musculoskeletal…
At 25 years old I thought I could teach myself how to ride a bicycle. My first attempt: scooting up and down a dead-end Brooklyn street on a Citi Bike one late August morning. With the exception of a few delivery trucks, the streets were empty, just as I’d planned. There I was, a grown…
Like any other execution method, the people most qualified to give you an answer can no longer do so. But we can make some conclusions from what we know about human physiology and the mechanics of death by electrocution. The process of electrocution is pretty straight forward. You will be strapped to a hard backed…
I’ve already written two much earlier versions to this question, so I’ll just link to them both* as well as a more anecdotal personal account**. Here’s the first answer pasted in its entirety: Originally written sometime in 2012:I had this written in my head a month ago but didn’t finish it, because I got high…
There’s a lot of confusion here about the origins of the National Hockey League, perhaps because of the term ‘Original Six’. But the league did not originate with six teams. Here’s how the NHL actually started: The predecessor to the NHL was the National Hockey Association, which started operations in the 1908-09 season. By 1916-17,…
Irritation over innocculation — The waiting is the hardest part—but there are steps you can take to manage the anxiety. WIRED – Mar 27, 2021 9:46 pm UTC Michael Ciaglo | Getty ImagesIt’s late on a Tuesday night, and you’re running through your usual routine. You go through your social media, blocking everyone who has…
What does the ‘e’ mean on a calculator’s answer? Ad by CapitalOne ShoppingBefore you shop at Amazon Prime, read this.The dead giveaway that tells you when Amazon’s giving you a better price than other retailers.You are about to get very confused because e has two meanings. The most common is e in math – The…
