Those practicing ayurveda try to live in alignment with their circadian rhythm. This internal clock tells us when to go to bed at night and wake up in the morning, and it cues us to eat our first and last meals of the day.

"[According to ayurveda,] we are best served to align our daily routines, as well as modern wellness strategies to leverage these default functions," certified yoga and ayurveda health coach Carly Banks tells mbg. One of these strategies is intermittent fasting, which requires eating during a time-restricted window. (You could eat for eight hours, then fast for 16, for example.) Recently, Western culture especially has embraced this way of eating as a tool for weight loss, glucose tolerance, immune system support, and brain functionality.

"What has long been theorized in ayurveda and is now proven by modern science is when the sun is highest in the sky, our digestion is at its strongest," Banks explains. "When aligning this approach to ayurveda and circadian living, that eight-hour window specifically becomes 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the largest meal being taken at noon."

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In the USA: Perhaps this Mothers Day is more special. Its more than any important time to let the moms in your life know just how much each means to you. Of course, absolutely nothing can replace a loving hug or a compassionate touch. Or even knowing glances and those comfortable silenceshighly personal and togetherness moments that perhaps exemplify strength-of-relationship above all other. Even so, overt gestures of love and appreciation through gift-giving are always a welcome occasion. With this in mind, Ive curated a cross-section of gift ideas suited for nearly any kind of mom. These include an array of tech innovations to ease and enhance various facets of life to beauty. It also includes wellness, self-care, style, travel, and, of course, fine chocolate!

Help mom spoil herself on her special day, and every other day, with the RevAir Reverse Air Dryer. This ingenious invention replaces your blow dryer and in many cases, your flat iron too. Its a multi-functional hair tool that uses patented suction technology to dry hair in the natural direction of the cuticle (downward). It does so without damaging brushes or hot plates. This then locks out frizz and seals in shineand with minimal use of heat. So, mom can avoid those sweat-inducing blow-dry sessions. And its fast! RevAir dries, stretches, smooths, and straightens your hair in less than half the time of a blow dryer and flat iron. It reportedly performed 3.25 times faster than conventional blow-drying and straightening routines, according to third-party trials.

Unlike traditional devices, RevAir thrives when being used for final or stretch styles on the toughest hair types, even curly and coily hair. The system closes cuticles in their natural direction, reducing flyaways and increasing shine. Allure, Elle, and OK! Magazine have all agreed that its a Game-Changer, and mom surely will too.

The Orion and Radiance Photo Rejuvenation Red and Infrared LED Light Therapy Beauty Devices by Azure Medical Technologies will help mom put her best face forward. These high-tech tools use concentrated beams of red and infrared light to help remove and diminish skin blemishes, acne scars, and wrinkles.

Dermatologists and clinicians worldwide have used LED clinical devices for years to treat all types of facial wrinkles. But, with these, mom can experience the efficacy and convenience of this gentle and clinically proven light therapy technology in the privacy of her own home. Azures Radiance has a two times larger medical-grade lens than Azures Orion, a small version of the device. However, both devices are equally powerful and both have added features. These include proprietary beneficial microstructure diffusers and higher performing LED treatments.

The treatment is gentle and safe for in-home, clinical-level treatments and the sleek USFDA 510k cleared devices are cordless, rechargeable, portable, and simple to operate with a one-button operation. Both Radiance and Orion provide true super intense red through infrared light use, with four wavelengths of red and infrared, and very even beam patternsa MUST for quick and effective results and features the company reports as unmatched by any competitive device. Just a three-minute treatment, per three-inch-long area, five days a week for two months is recommended for optimal results.

Lets face it. All most moms want is help. And you can get her just that this Mothers Day with the Neato D7a premium and highly advanced robot vacuum that does the dirty work so mom (or anyone else in the family, perhaps including YOU) will not have to. This smart and powerful robot helper features top-of-the-line technology and is highly feature-rich.

This includes LaserSmart technology that allows it to intelligently navigate the home; zone cleaning that lets it clean specific areas on demand; no-go lines to keep the robot out of places it shouldnt be; turbo mode that boosts suction to pick up pet hair and tough debris; voice compatibility with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri Shortcuts; and up to120 minutes of battery life.

Beyond all of those impressive considerations, what makes Neato particularly unique? First, the D-shape (which Neato first brought to the industry) was specifically designed to deep clean corners, unlike its round-shaped competitors. The extended battery life is also best-in-class, allowing for a bigger brush and dustbin. This makes it particularly perfect to give even large homes a more regular deep clean. Lastly, Neato is the only robot vacuum to use LiDAR technology for its laser mapping. So, Neato can scan and map the entire house, creating up to three multi-floor plans for the robot to follow. With lasers, Neato can even clean in the dark, getting those hard-to-reach places under furniture.

Cat ladies rejoice! While we all love our feline fur-babies, cleaning those messy and stinky litter box bins leaves much to be desired. However, Ive found a perfect solution, which offers a gift idea thatll keep on giving each and every day. Its the Litter-Robotthe highest-rated automatic, self-cleaning litter box on the market. It uses an innovative patented hands-free sifting system that is triggered automatically just minutes after your cat exits the unit, reducing the chance of a lingering unpleasant odor.

Beyond the luxury of not having to inhale all of those nasties, Litter-Robot also saves owners time by eliminating scooping. Plus it saves money by reducing overall litter usage up to 50%. This is because it only removes the clumps from the litter. Whats also super handy is that Litter-Robot 3 Connect pairs with the Connect smartphone app to help keep track of one or more units from anywhere at any time, which provides yet more freedom from litter box duties. It also allows for remote monitoring of waste drawer levels and usage history, providing insight into the cats overall health, as well as providing alerts for when the waste drawer is full. Being a good cat parent has never been this easy. Its better for mom and kitty as well. Oh, happy day!

As temperatures rise in May and into the summer months ahead, you can easily keep mom from getting too hot under the collar. In fact, you can readily keep her cool and collected with the powerful Honeywell Weatherproof Outdoor Portable Evaporative Cooler thats built to cool large outdoor spaces. This includes outdoor patios, porches, backyard decks, large common areas, studios, workshops, and more. The units triple-sided honeycomb and high-velocity fan deliver robust cooling to make any hot and humid outdoor space far more enjoyable.

This Honeywell cooler is definitely a welcome upgrade to outdoor living. This model is even equipped with an ice compartment, wide 14 metal fan blades, and a continuous water supply option since this unit uses water to cool hot air instead. New to evaporative air cooling? The sensation is like a lakeside breeze. Evaporative air coolers do not use heavy compressors or refrigerant gas to lower air temperatures, nor do they spray mist. Instead, they effectively reduce heat by evaporating water vapor into the air. They work most effectively in hot, dry climates. So keep momand all of her family and friendscool, comfortable, and confident in the summer months courtesy of the geniuses at Honeywell.

Help out your busy mom all year through by inviting Chef Emeril Lagasse into her kitchen! With this Power AirFryer 360 unit, mom can enjoy nearly effortless, one-touch cooking for almost any type of mealfrom healthier daytime snacks to decadent family roasts, all cooked in one appliance right on the countertop. The Emeril Lagasse Power Air Fryer 360 gives the versatility of an all-in-one and multi-cooker, with this particular unit using seamless airflow in combination with powerful, even heat.

Twelve one-touch pre-sets give endless cooking options: Air fry meals golden crisp using superheated hot air instead of the unhealthy oil of a deep fryer; dehydrate fresh fruit or jerky without added sugar or preservatives; air roast an entire 12-pound turkey; toast up to six slices of bread; slow cook stews; air bake decadent desserts and much moreall in one easy-to-use countertop appliance. Unlike ordinary units, the five all-over heating elements combine with 360-degree airflow cook meals to a perfect, even crisp on all sides, not just the top and bottom. The package even includes a cookbook full of Lagasse-created air fryer recipes developed exclusively for the Power Air Fryer 360. Plus, mom can do even more with the included accessory kit, which gives two additional Crisper Trays, one additional Pizza Rack, and a Rotisserie Stand.

Heres a style-savvy idea thatll help mom keep perfect time while looking fabulous all the while. Its unisex watches from KYBOE as featured on ShopLC! She can wear these snazzy timepieces anywhere. From the beach and gym to the office and those nights out on the town!

Highly versatile, these attention-getting accessories are great to pair with her dressier ensembles down to those casual outfits. These fashionable and functional KYBOE watches are constructed with sturdy stainless-steel cases, durable silicone bands, and sapphire-coated mineral glass. Each watch is operated with accurate Japanese quartz movement and is designed to keep ticking no matter what life throws at her.

Formed in 2007, Shop LC was originally known as The Jewelry Channel (TJC). In 2017, they decided to change the name to match what they offer: The opportunity to shop low cost (Shop LC means Shop Low Cost). Over the years, the Shop LC business model has evolved into an expansive shopping experience far beyond jewelry and gemstones, precious metals, and collectibles. Today, Shop LC features handbags and fashion accessories, beauty essentials, the latest in cooking and kitchen supplies, as well as luxurious, comfortable bedding and bath products for the whole family. So explore everything Shop LC has to offer this Mothers Day, youre sure to find the perfect fit for any type of mom.

Especially during these trying times, its more important than ever to let mom relax when she can. Life is busy and stressful enough, so heres a way to promote moms desire for fitness and mindfulnessall while staying stylish: Perfect Balance World clothing.

What makes this yoga brand unique is that its pieces have friction landmarks in the fabric. These landmarks help the yogi get a proper grip on the floor and, thus, better control over their own body. This enhanced grip allows yogis to keep their center of gravity resting in the ideal, balanced position while doing it with less strain and struggle. As a result, yogis achieve better, longer poses from the added control Perfect Balance World gear proffers.

One of my favorites from the collection is the Innovator Capri pants, featuring Landmark Grip that helps yogis to bend, stretch and invert beyond their traditional center of gravity. By building the balance into the Capris, users can hold those poses stronger, steadier, and longer.

Mom will love the intuitive fit that flatters the body, with a wide waistband that can be worn folded or unfolded. Made from a non-slip material, this polyester/spandex blend creates a soft, silky, and stretchable feel.

Another of my personal faves is DNA Leggings, which new students and seasoned yogis alike adore. The patented Landmark Grip design is again utilized and was built with the intention of keeping you accurately positioned during your practice so you can strike that pose with confidence!

Discover an activity that can not only help mom maintain her sanity in a time of upheaval, but also teach the entire family how to relax silently and focus (what more could mom want for her holiday, right?).

Buddha Board is a unique mindfulness tool that uses the act of creating as an outlet for emotions, thoughts, fears, and anxieties. By putting brush to slate, stress begins to be painted away. Simply paint the surface with water and the creation will come to life in bold design. Then, as the water slowly evaporates, the art will magically disappear leaving behind a clean slate and a clear mind, ready to create a whole new masterpiece all over again.

The simplicity of the products design creates a quiet space for adults and kids, alike, to explore their thoughts, reconnect with their feelings, and get grounded again. Buddha Board is inspired by the idea of living in the moment, wholly unplugged. It is also environmentally friendly as it only uses waterno ink, no paint, no chemicalsand it will last for years with proper care. Its a really soothing option and a great way for mom to enjoy simple acts of creative expression.

If youre anything like me, you travel heavy. But, were not alone, as throngs of women do. We overpack, making sure were fully prepared for any and every scenario during a trip. As such, it can take a village of suitcases to get to the final destination. But, luxury luggage purveyor Ebby Rane endeavors to change that with its Quartermaster option that any mom is sure to appreciate.

This suitcase is unique in many ways, including an interior boasting a patented packing design that helps better ensure full preparedness for those itinerary intensive jaunts. Efficiently designed for all carryalls to fit together, the Quartermaster boasts 12 pieces total to ensure theres a place for the essentials. Its also lightweight at just seven pounds; comes with a TSA-approved lock; has four 360-degree wheels that give the case an upright posture and a gentle glide, and a sturdy telescopic handle. Beyond functionality, the luggage also exudes elegance.

The Quartermaster has 10 luxurious gold-stamped Carryalls with hand-woven monkey knots and beautiful feminine ruffles; a branded dust cover for storage; and is trimmed in-and-out with vegetable-tanned fine quality leather. Also highly durable, its made of a 100 percent virgin polycarbonate shell that withstands those nasty bumps in the road; a leather top and side handles that are crafted and stitched to last; a water-resistant zipper; and an underside handle for effortless retrieval from overhead bins. A five-year guarantee ensures shell enjoy the Quartermaster for years to come.

Another fabulous option for those moms on-the-go is the Samsonite Mobile Solution Spinner Mobile Office. Like the name says, this is an office thats on the move! With a little bit of everything in one bag, the Spinner Mobile Office combines practicality, style, and functionality in a silhouette thats ideal for adapting from treks to the office, through that commute and wherever she needs to be overnight.

It features nylon twill fabric with vinyl trim and water-resistant coating, a retractable push-button handle, and front zippered pockets that are great for storing smaller items needing quick and easy access. Plus, an integrated USB Port provides power connectivity (battery not included). The Spinner Mobile Office even includes a patent-pending Wireless Charging Pocket that is designed to fit wireless batteries and phones for effortless charging on-the-run.

There is also an organized front pocket with accessory slip pockets therein, pen sleeves, card slots, and a larger slip pocket thats sized to fit most tablets up to 9.7-inches. A laptop compartment is made with a dedicated, padded section of the bag that fits most laptops up to 15.6-inches; including two accessory storage pockets.

There is also a dedicated compartment that maintains a separate packing area featuring cross straps to secure items and a divider to store additional travel or business items. The SmartSleeve technology fits over most upright luggage handles for easy mobility as well.

From the same company, and with the same ideals in mind, comes the Samsonite Encompass Womens Convertible Brief Backpack.

The model takes the guesswork out of organizing and packing so mom can get on with enjoying her day. Four wearable modes provide the flexibility and convenience needed for the fast-paced, modern commuter.

It has four-to-one convertibility: Backpackclip the strap to the secure D rings and adjust the fit to create the traditional backpack mode. Shoulderunclip the strap from backpack D rings and attach the adjustable shoulder strap to comfortably carry on the shoulder. Crossbodywhen packed full, adjust the shoulder strap to wear across the body for a more comfortable, secure, hands-free commuting mode. Toteremove the crossbody/shoulder strap and carry it by the tote handles on your arm or on your shoulder. It also has water-resistant body fabric that features a deep coating for protection against the elements.

A personal organization pocket is unique to this collection as the front includes pen sleeves and a slip pocket to hold all of her need-it-now business and personal essentials. The Brief Backpack also includes an RFID Data Vault, a protected pocket that will safeguard her otherwise vulnerable travel essentials from identity theft.

Does mom get nauseous when traveling via plane, train, boat, or automobile? Heres a sound, medicine-free solution to ease her pain.

Blisslets are fashionable wristbands that provide fast, drug-free, and effective nausea relief. How? Well, acupressure on the P6 (Nei-Kuan) point, located between the two central tendons below the wrist, has reportedly been used for thousands of years, by millions of people, as a natural remedy for nausea and vomiting due to motion, pregnancy and other causes.

While there are competing explanations for why exactly P6 acupressure has this soothing effect, multiple randomized scientific studies controlling for the placebo effect have indeed shown that it does offer relief. Blisslets deliver pressure to the P6 point on the wrists by means of a specially designed bead embedded in a comfortable elastic band.

For each arm, its as simple as positioning the pressure bead on the P6 acupressure point, which is located three finger-widths below your wrist creaseright between the two tendons on the underside. Blisslets come in two basic forms: elastics or as a combo with an elastic core that snaps into a decorative leather cover. In either case, the bracelets should feel snug but comfortable.

Blisslets come in pairs and mom can use them for as long as the condition causing nausea persists. Users may wear them for up to 48 continuous hours before taking a break. So help mom to experience greater comfort this year while traveling or amid other nausea-inducing incidences.

Theres perhaps no greater gift than the gift of health, and cautious moms out there will enjoy the peace-of-mind provided by the GermAwayUV Surface Sterilizer Wand. This travel-friendly handheld gadget uses natural UV-C light to sanitize and disinfect surfaces no matter where she may be: at home, a hotel room, a restaurant, a doctors waiting roomanywhere germs are sure to lurk (which is pretty much everywhere)!

This device uses the same advanced UV-C light technology that hospitals have been using to sterilize equipment for over 30 yearsbut now the technology is available to everyone at economical price points. This wand will eliminate bacteria, viruses, fungus, molds, and a host of other pathogens! Ultraviolet (UV-C) light technology is a really efficient and effective way to keep things germ free, and its certainly a better option than using harmful and messy chemicals to keep things sanitary.

Use on linens, bathroom fixtures, airline seats and trays, and nearly any other surface where germs live. It should also be mentioned that in addition to its germicidal usefulness, this UV wand also fights unwanted odors and allergens such as mold and dust mites. So, use it on those old gym sneakers, the kids grungy soccer bag, anything that stinks really. Its miniature size is convenient for daily life and for travel.

Should thisGermAwayWand be out-of-stock due to its efficacy and relatively economical price point, another handheld sterilizer solution worth considering isCureUV.coms18-watt UV-C Sterilizer,as its also a portable light-based tool that will disinfect and sterilize high traffic areas and other locations where bacteria and viruses congregate.

For moms who like to keep self-care in mind (or should), Royal Suttons Ultra Hydrating Body Souffl is a thoughtful gift idea. This indulgent product rejuvenates the skin from head-to-toe with luxurious moisturizing properties.

Infused with Thyme Extract and Vitamins A, C, and E, it helps the skin flourish and shine at its most natural peak. Its a great Mothers Day option because a little goes a long way. In fact, users only need a small amount to achieve great results.

I also love that its not too heavy and soaks into the skin quickly. In fact, thats one of the main differentiators of this item and others of its type on the market. Some are often overly greasy and do not absorb well.

The effects of this Ultra Hydrating Body Souffl will last all day. Its also an effective method for rejuvenating and conditioning a dry skin condition while helping retain moisture. This will leave the skin feeling softer, smoother, and more restored. The pleasant fragrance is also soft and not overpowering.

Heres a way to help enhance moms relaxation and soothe her mind this Mothers Day, courtesy of Yesterday Wellnesss Broad Spectrum Hemp Balm.

This light, gel-like balm formula is designed to promote a sense of calm while leaving skin feeling soft and refreshed. Its infused with lavender and eucalyptus oils, found to help with relaxation, sleeplessness, and anxiety.

Unlike oils, which need to be metabolized, the benefits of a balm take effect as soon as its absorbed into the skin. This particular U.S.-made product fully contains 1,000 milligrams of hemp extract per container and, according to the company, is independently lab-tested and verified to ensure potency, purity, and quality. Broad-spectrum CBD contains cannabidiol as well as over 100 other compounds found within the remarkable hemp plant, but no THC so theres no psychogenic effectunlike full-spectrum CBD.

All those incredible compounds work together synergistically to greatly enhance the potential health benefits of the plant; also known as the Entourage Effect. For its part, eucalyptus has been found to treat dry skin by boosting production of ceramides. Ceramides are a type of fatty acid responsible for retaining moisture. High in antioxidants, eucalyptus may also protect the body from free radicals and oxidative stress.

This balm also contains many anti-inflammatory compounds as well as eucalyptus. The company cites this as useful for decreasing anxiety and easing congestion. Meanwhile, when lavender is applied topically, it can reportedly help ease various conditions like menstrual cramps, eczema, sunburns, and acne. The scent is also believed to promote calmness and relaxation, as well as decrease stress, anxiety, and sleeplessness.

Another gift idea utilizing the benefits of CBD for particularly active moms, or those with frequent soreness, is Level Select. Designed as high-quality personal care CBD product, the company seeks to help people maintain a healthy and active lifestyle. This includes smaller everyday activities and physical exercise, to competitive sports and travel. It offers a comprehensive line of performance-based CBD Sports Creams, Roll-Ons and Oil Drops. These products are made with only the purest form of CBD oil, and without any THC. THC is the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis.

Overall, CBD is a non-intoxicating cannabinoid found in cannabis. After tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) is the second most abundant cannabinoid in the hemp plant. It is known to have many therapeutic benefits, including anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-anxiety, and seizure-suppressive properties. Level Select products are available in three levels of intensity. This allows consumers to choose the right option for their individual needs.

Level 1 is best used to relax muscles and treat everyday discomfort. On the other hand, Level 2 is higher in strength for a higher level of muscle soreness and relief. Level 3 provides maximum strength when its needed most. Level Select Sports Cream has a proprietary blend of Broad Spectrum and Nano CBD. With high-quality ingredients in a non-greasy formula, these products are soothing to the touch and are perfect for daily application. Level Select Sports Roll-ons also have a proprietary blend of Broad Spectrum and Nano CBD. Using high-quality ingredients in a massaging roller ball application, they help target the areas that need it most.

Finally, what Mothers Day would be complete without giving mom that quintessential box of chocolates? For a true delight, check out Dallmann Confectionsan Austrian-born, San Diego-based artisan chocolatier that recently launched an assortment of Chocolate Survival Gifts thatll keep mom longing for more. These exquisite, handmade confections are made with family recipes using high-quality European chocolate.

The gourmet gift boxes are designed with heartfelt messaging intended to offer comfort during these trying times. Chocolate is the way to many a womans hearts. As a result, company owner Isabella Knack has conceived three assorted survival kits. These are Sanity Saver, Chocolate and Chill and Chocolate Makes Everything Better.

Each comes with the option of nine pieces for $25, 16 pieces for $35, or 25 pieces for $45. Orders can be placed through the Dallmann Confections site and shipped within just two days. Some select items also sold on Amazon. But dont wait, because your perfect goodie giftable might not be there by the time you want to spoil mum! A Gift Box from Dallmann Fine Chocolates has the power to leave a lasting impression. Not just on her palate but in her heart, mind, and soul.

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The coronavirus pandemic has tilted our realities and now millions of people are now stuck indoors. This is done as an effort to curb the spread of the virus. Now with so many people stuck at home, with a lot more free time, cabin fever may have begun to set in. However, if youre looking for a distraction that can be both entertaining and educational, then look no further than podcasts.

If you need a break from the vicious news cycle, or your latest hobby, then podcasts are a great way to occupy your time. Theyre a positive distraction that are not only enjoyable and informative, but theyre also free and easy to find.

So, if youre looking for the distraction, here are a few podcasts to enjoy.

Why dont you use this time to learn something new? In fact, research has found that learning new information can help to improve your memory, fight boredom, and even reduce the risk of dementia (1). If you want to learn something new, why dont you try the below podcasts:

Hosted by Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant, Stuff You Should Know offers informative and entertaining content, covering various topics that range from global warming and exorcisms to homelessness and LGBTQI issues.

While not experts in the various fields that they discuss, the hosts have an intense passion for research, and they deliver their findings in a fun, enjoyable, and enlightening manner.

The hidden brain refers to the area of our unconscious biases, emotions, and cognitive responses that influence our decision-making.

Hosted by NPR social science correspondent Shankar Vendantam, each episode of Hidden Brain attempts to expose the unconscious patterns that shape our choices. In an attempt to do so, the podcast examines different fields of research that include psychology, economics, and even sociology. In doing so, each episode now only answers the question of why we like certain things, but it also provides insights for us to apply in our daily lives.

If you want to spend this time getting a better grip on how the economy works, then Planet Money is definitely the podcast for you.

Produced by NPR and hosted by nine of their journalists, Planet Money originally launched in September 2008 to cover the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Since then, it has grown into a podcast that attempts to break down the aspect of the economy in an effort to make it easier to understand and approachable to audiences.

Our mental health is important, and its quite evident that due COVID-19, its definitely taken a hit. However, its important to find ways to which we can better protect and strengthen our mental health.

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Unfortunately, when it comes to mental health in the black community, there is still a stigma that prevents black mental health sufferers from reaching out and seeking help. As a result of that, Therapy for Black Girls is a podcast that discusses mental health topics in a manner that is accessible and understood by the black community.

Hosted by psychologist Joy Harden Bradford, Therapy for Black Girls is a weekly podcast that not only delves into mental health, but it also discusses personal development in an effort to encourage growth in all areas of our lives.

Gretchen Rubin is the author of The Happiness Project, a best-selling book that described Rubins year-long attempt to make herself happier using small and big resolutions.

Happier with Gretchen Rubin is based on the book and it too attempts to induce happiness into your life. With each episode, Gretchen, alongside her sister and co-host Elizabeth, offers practical and manageable solutions to combat your stress and how to begin the road to happiness.

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Hosted by Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion, Binge Mode delves into each fandom as it details and heavily breaks down every massive pop-culture franchise out there. The podcast has already discussed two of the biggest pop culture franchises in the world Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. Its the perfect content for any fans that cannot stop talking about their favorite fictional characters.

If youre looking to get up close and personal with public figures, then this is the podcast for you.

Hosted by award-winning journalist Terry Gross, Fresh Air consists of interviews with prominent figures from various fields such as entertainment, journalism, and politics. Each episode offers intimate conversations and it also offers additional content in the form of coverage and reviews of events and new releases.

If youre in the mood for some mystery and true crime, then these podcasts should definitely keep you busy:

A true-crime podcast hosted by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat. This podcast stands out from other podcasts because each episode focuses on a different theme. Be it murder, abductions, or conspiracy theories, Crime Junkie has an episode that can cater to any of your desires.

If youre interested in the psychological aspects surrounding cults, then you will certainly enjoy this podcast.

Hosted by Greg and Vanessa, Cults looks at the most popular cults and their histories. With each episode, Greg and Vanessa delve inside the minds of cult leaders, and of those who decided to follow them. Its a refreshing and informative look at one aspect of society that many of us will never truly understand.

Laughter really is the best medicine. In fact, research has found that laughter can help to strengthen the immune system, reduce your blood pressure, and even offer pain relief (3). So, if youre feeling a bit down and are in need of a good laugh, try listening to these podcasts:

Hosted by two over-35 hosts, Forever 35 is a funny and uplifting podcast that discusses all things beauty and wellness.

With help from a special guest, Doree Shafrir and Kate Spencer provide a self-care podcast that goes beyond beauty advice. With each episode, they also share some real-life wisdom in such a loving and humorous manner, listening to it will make you think that youre at the salon with your girlfriends.

That may be a little hard to do at this time, but this podcast offers some much-needed comic relief.

Hosted by British comedians Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates, Nobody Panic is a light-hearted podcast that attempts to answer the question of how one can become a fully-functioning adult. Witty, smart, and incredibly relatable, this podcast reminds you that its okay if you havent figured everything out yet.

A successful and lauded podcast, The Guilty Feminist offers insightful and humorous tidbits about the hypocrisies and double standards that come with feminism and womanhood.

Hosted by Deborah Frances-White alongside a guest co-host, each episode focuses on themes that many women can relate to. These include stereotypes, hair removal, as well as the decision to not have children. Its an honest and liberating podcast that many women, feminist or not, can relate to.

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Vail, CO-based investment firm Manna Tree Partners announced it has raised $141.5 million for its first fund called Manna Tree Partners Fund I, L.P. The investment firm was founded by CEO Gabrielle Rubenstein, CIO Ross Iverson, and COO Brent Drever.

Around 131 investors in 18 countries from around the world committed capital to Fund I, including private wealth managers, corporate venture partners, family offices, and high net worth individuals. And 30% of investors in the fund are women.

What does Manna Tree Partners invest in? The firm invests in an organizations ability to provide sustainable and traceable ingredients in the marketplace. And with the right capital structure, Manna Tree Partners investments can scale while preserving the integrity of their ingredients. Plus Manna Tree Partners works with international organizations and individuals who have a deep commitment to sourcing their own food for the improvement of human health.

So far, Manna Tree Partners Fund I has made four investments:

1.)Vital Farms the largest national brand of pasture-raised eggs which support small farmers and the healthiest animal welfare standards in the industry.

2.) MycoTechnology Sugar inhibitor ingredient company using mushroom protein to create healthier consumer products.

3.) Nutriati a developer and manufacturer of proprietary plant-based ingredients, including protein, flour, and oil to elevate protein levels through a gluten/allergy free product.

Verde Farms: a provider of industry-leading environmental practices, and healthy 100% grass-fed, 100% pasture-raised, organic beef for retail, club, and foodservice customers.

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Demand for healthy food is rising dramatically. This fund will enable us to support and grow companies that produce, process and distribute healthy food. We are grateful to our investors for their confidence and commitment. We are proud to partner with sophisticated investors from around the world who agree that now is a great time to invest in companies that promote nutrition and the concept of food as medicine.

-Manna Tree Partners CEO Gabrielle Ellie Rubenstein

This new fund harnesses Manna Trees deep expertise and global network to source promising investments and create value for portfolio company customers and fund investors. We are pleased with our investments to date, four companies focused on nutrition and a healthy food supply chain. We see significant on-going opportunity in the health and wellbeing sector as consumers are becoming more educated on the pillars of optimal health and longevity. Our pipeline of promising investments is full as we focus on making the final 6-8 investments from Fund I.

-Manna Tree Partners Chief Investment Officer Ross Iverson

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VIENNA (JTA) It takes a crisis to show that not all communities are hewn from the same clay. Death, Saul Bellow wrote in Humboldts Gift, is the dark backing that a mirror needs if we are to see anything.

I have spent the last few years observing, reporting on and writing about Jewish and gay communal life. To watch both simultaneously as this coronavirus crisis unfolds is to witness a Jewish community bound together, finding ways to weather the storm, to maintain a sense of continuity, while the gay community loosens rapidly and functionally ceases to exist.

A disaster has befallen the world. To unlock ones phone in the morning is to hook oneself up to an IV of bad news both around the world and close to home.

A few weeks ago I opened Facebook to discover that this citys Jewish community, the IKG, had confirmed its first victim of the coronavirus and was reducing social contact in kosher supermarkets, one of the last forums of Jewish communal life to remain somewhat open. I receive a daily email from the Board of Deputies of British Jews with that days body count.

As in so many places, congregations of five or more people have been banned, synagogues and Jewish schools were closed down, and prayer services and lectures have been canceled.

But Judaism has tools to weather interruptions like these. As Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger noted in Jews and Words, Judaisms longevity has hinged on the written word a lineage of literacy, with tradition and knowledge preserved in books and passed down through their interpretation.

What kept the Jews going were the books, they wrote.

Whats more, Viennas chief cantor, Shmuel Barzilai, is live broadcasting morning, afternoon and evening prayers on Facebook. Since the Seitenstettengasse Temple shut its doors, shiurim on the weekly Torah portions have been sent out to community members via email, and services before and after Shabbat have been transmitted via live feed.

Jewish communal life in Europe, with its membership and dues, comes with a certain sense of belonging and shared responsibility. Jewish students are organizing grocery and medicine deliveries for the communitys elderly and vulnerable members. The IKG has made a $275,000 fund available to members in financial need and has been sending out coronavirus-related information in Hebrew and Russian, reaching those whose grasp of German is weak and may otherwise have been passed over.

For the gay community, the change in social relations was as abrupt. Bars have shuttered. Apps like Grindr are telling users to stay home. Vienna Pride, which was due to take place in June, is one of at least 188 pride festivals from Los Angeles to London to Sydney to be canceled or postponed. With museums, theaters and galleries closed to the public, so much hard work by gay artists and performers will go unseen and unheard. And NGOs that operate refuges and drop-in centers can no longer do their work.

That, combined with the effects of social distancing, has placed some young gay people in an especially vulnerable position. Sam, 23, told the BBC of his experience of having to move back home with his strict Christian parents in order to self-isolate.

I see on social media that people are so busy filming home workouts, and holding online parties, that they dont realize there are people like me struggling to stay alive right now, he said.

Paul Martin, chief executive of the British LGBT Foundation, said that many people like Sam now feel they have nobody to turn to.

In the absence of the same infrastructure and traditions on which the Jewish community can lean, faced with an illness that demands social distancing, gay life broke down and became atomized faster than I ever could have imagined. It is not that the gay community is without its attachments and rituals. But its usual expressions of joy, play and solidarity are hard to express when the world is sheltering in place.

Now more than ever, its clear that a community based on a common characteristic, the expression of which is primarily achieved through social contact and political activism, is not the same as a peoplehood bound together by thousands of years of religious tradition and shared civic bonds. The latter offers a sense of stability and continuity, of togetherness and a way through this particular disaster that the other, sadly, cannot.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of JTA or its parent company, 70 Faces Media.

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Antibody tests, which reveal whether someone has been infected with the novel coronavirus, have been touted as key to reopening the economy and restoring a sense of stability to quotidian life. The hope is that people who've been infected by and develop antibodies may be able to ward off future reinfections, confidently returning to everyday life.

But for now, it's just that: a hope. Medical experts have said it's premature to rely on antibody testing as a singular solution to reopening the economy.

One crucial step will be determining whether antibodies indeed confer immunity and protect an individual from further reinfection, which experts said could take years to determine. Experts studying this new virus still don't know if these antibodies indicate protection -- and, if so, for how long, to what extent?

"This outbreak is moving much more rapidly than previous coronavirus outbreaks have -- it's more widespread, with a greater number of patients," Dr. Aneesh Mehta told ABC News. His team at the Division of Infectious Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine has now helped launch a COVID-19 antibody testing initiative.

Mirimus, Inc. lab scientists work to validate rapid IgM/IgG antibody tests of COVID-19 samples from recovered patients on April 10, 2020, in the Brooklyn, New York.

Results so far have been telling, but time's required to gauge the strength and longevity of the average person's antibody response.

"We believe that the antibodies that we're detecting do confer some level of protection, but we want to know how much and how long that protection lasts," Mehta added.

Studying previously documented immune responses that included antibody production may help researchers better understand the properties of antibodies produced against COVID-19.

But not all antibodies are created equal -- tremendous variance is seen in immune system responses to different viruses. Some antibodies confer early and long-term immunity, while others take longer to develop and are short-lived, providing a limited period of protection. It's now known that antibodies produced in patients who contracted SARS, which emerged less than two decades ago and belongs to the same coronavirus family as COVID-19, confer protective immunity for several years.

Medical professionals are hopeful antibodies produced in response to COVID-19 offer similar protection. Preliminary studies on monkeys suggest COVID-19 antibodies provide partial, short-term protective immunity to reinfection, but, as Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch recently wrote for The New York Times, these early results are just "educated guesses."

Antibody tests primarily are used to develop more robust surveillance systems to estimate the scope of disease spread, and while useful for estimating infection and mortality rates, the tests hopefully soon can be used to identify which antibodies provide recovered COVID-19 patients with immunity, scientists said. This approach was used in identifying protective antibodies for MERS and SARS.

A driver receives a COVID-19 test kit at a coronavirus mobile testing site at Lincoln Park in Los Angeles, Calif., on April 10, 2020 as COVID-19 antibody testing begins at locations across Los Angeles County.

As government officials spearhead mass antibody testing initiatives, science and medicine are rushing to catch up.

"We're kind of racing the clock," Dr. David Koch, director of clinical chemistry, toxicology and point of care testing at Grady Memorial Hospital, told ABC News.

U.S. experts are looking to data from other countries that are ahead of the curve, such as Italy and South Korea, for glimmers of insight on COVID-19 antibodies.

And, as Koch noted, with some viruses reinfection is always possible.

"Other viruses and infections that produce antibodies, the person is liable to get the same illness again later, like the common cold," Koch added.

Select preliminary studies from other countries suggest COVID-19 reinfection is possible, but more research is required to determine whether a patient's second positive test is a new infection or remnants of the first.

And if the virus mutates, would those who endured an earlier iteration still be protected?

"It's going to take people who have known antibodies to COVID-19 to be re-exposed and find out if their protective antibodies come back to elevated levels and protect them -- or not," Dr. Carmen Wiley, president of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, told ABC News.

Mirimus, Inc. lab scientists work to validate rapid IgM/IgG antibody tests of COVID-19 samples from recovered patients, April 10, 2020 in New York.

"It'd be nice to know all these answers tomorrow," Koch added. "But nobody's a magician, nobody's a savant about these things. Even Dr. Fauci. People as experienced as he is are still rather befuddled. You go back to late January, February, even the experts were making misstatements."

The quality of antibody tests for COVID-19 also has come into question. Although they've skyrocketed in number, only four have received an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. Others have been approved for manufacturing in case they're proven effective.

Experts told ABC News there's concern tests of dubious quality could make it to market without being properly vetted.

"Each antibody test tells a different story," Koch said.

At Beaumont Health, researchers have said they want to test all 38,000 employees, whose jobs place them at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection, for related antibodies. The study's aim is to monitor the rate of infections, as well as the longevity and long-term effectiveness of the antibodies produced.

This week in California, USC and the LA County Department of Public Health released preliminary results from a collaborative study that showed virus spread among the local population may be more widespread than previously thought. Although immediately worrisome, perhaps it's good news for the at-large antibody quotient.

But the World Health Organization has cautioned against relying too heavily on a single study. So much more data remains to be collected.

"I wish I could tell you how long it would take to produce that longevity," Mehta said. "Not only do we feel this pressure externally -- we feel this pressure because we want to help people. We have to make the best decisions we can in the environment we're in."

Mehta excused himself to check on a recovering patient, adding: "We're always improving."

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Patel, Kashyap. Dying Without Fear: The Pursuit of Eternity. Penguin Random House India; 2020.

Yes, I can defi nitely share my journey with you. I will also sharesome of my other patients stories with you, if you believe theywill help.When do you want to begin?

Maybe we can meet once a week at lunch time, here under thisbeautiful copper dome. Could we start tomorrow?

So beings a series of conversations which unfold in the captivatingrelationship between Harry Falls, a former pilot with theBritish Royal Air Force and later a fl ight instructor in the UnitedStates, and Kashyap Patel, MD, author of Dying Without Fear,which will be available soon from Penguin Random House India.Production delays due to coronavirus disease 2019 will require theApril 2020 launch date to be rescheduled. (See Cover.)

Readers of Evidence-Based Oncology (EBO) will recognizePatel as an associate editor and contributing author. Patel is amedical oncologist/hematologist and the chief executive officerof Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates, based in RockHill, South Carolina. Having grown up in India and practicedmedicine on 3 continents, he has devoted tremendous personaltime and travel to nourish his interest in world religions andculturesparticularly to gain insight into the universal humanexperience of death.

Falls, married to one of Patels colleagues, died within months ofa diagnosis of lung and liver cancer. Yet, amid the challenges of hisillness, Falls was incredibly fortunate. He had the rare opportunityto discuss his questions about death with Patel, a physician andfriend who was exceptionally well-equipped to help Falls prepare for what the aviator called his ultimate and infi nite journey.Throughout the last months of Falls life, the pair met weekly toexamine death from multiple vantage points: physical, emotional,relational, cultural, and spiritualreligiousphilosophical. Theirencounters provide the foundation of Dying Without Fear.

Patels medical facility was well-designed for conversationswith Falls. The doctor explains, My clinic, Carolina Blood andCancer Care, was founded on a holistic approach to the treatmentof cancer. We constructed the building with a U-shaped designthat allowed all patients to look out onto a healing garden witha gazebo topped by a golden dome. When weather permitted,patients could receive their chemotherapy treatments outside onthe patio or under the dome. It wasnt just for the patients comfort.During difficult discussions, a quick glance at the garden in bloomor the smile of a patient resting in the sun grounded me, put lifein perspective, and reminded me of my mission of service.Patelsclinic was an early adopter of the patient-centered cancer caremodel designed to serve holistic needs of patients, with a focuson palliative care.1 As described previously in EBO, Carolina Bloodand Cancer Care Associates has been one of the most successfulpractices in the country in executing alternative payment models(APMs), which gives practices more support to help patientswith advanced care planning.1,2 But when Patel and Falls were having their conversations years ago, these ideas were still new,and support systems like the one that Patel created for Falls wereharder to find.

The healing garden is the recurring setting where readers ofDying Without Fear will vicariously accompany Falls along hisjourney toward death. Pondering his grim diagnosis, Falls decidesnot to pursue chemotherapy or any other treatments, becausethey would involve diffi cult adverse eff ects and would be unlikelyto prolong his life significantly. After evaluating where I standand how Ive lived all these years, I feel it would be best for me tostart packing my bags for the ultimate and infinite journey. God blessed me with a life that I have noregrets over Lets face it, Doc. From everythingyouve told me, treating my cancer is like trying tosave an exploding plane in mid-air. Chances areits not going to happen. I think of it like Ive justreceived an upgrade on a long fl ight. Ive collectedso many miles that God has granted me a charterflight to a destination unknown. Now the only issueis the waiting time.

Doctors have debated for more than 20 yearson how to engage cancer patients in the decision-making conversation once they have reachedthe terminal stage.3 The culture of care in theUnited States suggests that Falls is an exception,with language around treatment calling onpatients to fight cancer even when it cannot be cured. A 2019 study of 20 women with metastaticbreast cancer found that patients definitionof a good compassionate doctor was one whogives positive news and leaves room for hope.4Another study published last year found that 28%of patients with imminently fatal colorectal cancerreceived treatment , even though this can preventpalliative care.5

Patel writes, Even when I was seeing patientswith very advanced cases where I knew they werebetter off dying peacefully than going through thepains of chemotherapy, which bought them maybe afew more weeks, almost every patient I came acrosswas adamant about hoping for a miracle. But Harrywas different.

Falls decides he will not pursue extraordinarymeasures to avoid death, but he has an extraordinarycuriosity about the dying process, which Patelstrives to appease. Upon receiving his terminaldiagnosis, Falls says, Doc, Im not a religious orritualistic individual. Im somewhere between anon-believer and an agnostic. But I have somefundamental existential queries that are hauntingme. I want to know how death has been definedall these millennia. How do people die? Did ourancestors understand death in a similar fashion toour understanding? How did they treat the bodiesafter death? How was this diff erent across cultures?What about the afterlife? What is a good death, orrather, what does it mean to die well? I can handle amid-air somersault and navigate the worst turbulence.But I am totally incapable of even remotelyimagining my own mortality and afterlife.

Patel responds, I wish everyone facing death,which is in fact everyone someday, would spendtime thinking about these questions.

Patel comes to the conversations with immensecross-cultural knowledge. The reader is drawn in bypoignant stories of a doctor and his terminal cancerpatients, which stimulate Falls discernment abouthow to spend his final days meaningfully, and aboutdisposition of his body after death. For example,Patel introduces the Indian custom of a funeralpyre, and describes how he fulfi lled the traditionalceremonial role of igniting his brothers funeralpyre. He explains beliefs and rituals associated withdeath in ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Australia,and in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Catholicism,evangelical Christianity, and Islam. He delves intotopics not normally covered in a physicians training,such as the human soul, possibilities for an afterlife,and the meaning of suffering.

Although his cancer is not cured, Falls satisfieshis human need to prepare for a peaceful death.Readers will not want to put the book aside until they learn how Harrys story ends.

Patels purpose for writing Dying WithoutFear, described in an interview with EBO, is toprompt communal and personal preparation for aprofound human experience that is unavoidable,yetparadoxicallytoo seldom a subject of openconversation. Patel thinks humans will have moremeaningful and comfortable experiences of deathif their community does not treat death as a taboosubject, or an event to be delayed through extreme,often painful measures that yield meager improvement in longevity or quality of life. He writes:

I see it every day; patients in their last few daysenduring horrifi cally painful therapies when wehave already informed them that the end resultof that dreadful suff ering will be maybe twoor three more weeks of life spent in agonizingpain. The pain and the therapy do not allowthem to spend time with their loved ones or enjoy the comforts of life. Those few weeks are spentchained to a hospital bed. We are too willing, itseems, to bargain away quality time with thosewe love and freedom from debilitating pain inexchange for fourteen to twenty-one more dayson earth. And in that last leg of the marathon,instead of preparing and planning for a graceful and pain-free departure surrounded by those wehold dearest, we prefer to ruin those last, mostprecious moments in pursuit of a farfetched cure,ensuring that the fi nal days we spend on earthare the most miserable of our entire lives. It isthis fate that, as a physician who has been at thedeathbed of countless numbers of my patients, Iwant to help people avoid.

As Patel shares stories of his deceased patients,its evident that they have benefi ted from a highlyattentive physician. He accepts their calls to hiscell phone at all hours; he visits their homes;he attends their funerals. Readers who havestruggled to schedule appointments with theirphysicians may be astonished at the generosity of the time spent with Falls. Yet, from an ethicalperspective, Dying Without Fear raises serioussystemic concerns about empowering patients toexercise genuine informed consent. How much isinformed consent for end-of-life decisions underminedor impossiblefor countless patientswho begin the dying process as Falls did, but neverhave the opportunities for education and reflectionthat he received?

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Ive been talking to neighbors and a few of my coffeeclutch compatriots about the pandemic. Were just a bunch of regular guys. Theres not an MD or PhD in the crowd. The best we might do would be a Distinguished Scholar or two from the School of Hard Knocks. Thats about it.

But we know something about running a successful business or a farm. Weve been around, seen a lot and know a lot about small town America. Of an older generation, we may have accrued a fair share of wisdom. And now were trying to make sense out of what we see happening in the country and exploring common sense steps that could help set things straight.

We know we're at war with a virus, an enemy so small we cant see it, or swat it or step on it. We dont even know where it is. Its just out there, somewhere, floating in the air. And best we can do is stay home, wash our hands, avoid other people and hope this thing misses us.

Were held captive. And while we sit, and stew and suffer through the quarantine, we watch our economy begin to dissolve before our eyes. And thats more frightening than the virus. Ill take my chances with the virus, and Im an at-risk senior citizen. I see the virus as relatively short-term menace the possible collapse of the country as an unmitigated disaster.

Most of my wise men conclude we simply cant just sit and wait and hope, prisoners in an inescapable lockdown. Weve got to get real. In a war, no matter how hard we try, we cannot avoid casualties. In an effort to save the few, we cannot ignore the many the country itself. Safeguarding the health of our economy is as important as protecting the health of our people. Its the engine that gives us the financial strength to endure the calamities of the present, to recover in smart order and to return to the prosperity of yesterday. The economy is the lifes blood of the nation.

The so-called stimulus money doesnt stimulate recovery. It helps to reduce loss. The government seems to be in a haphazard spending frenzy. The Democrats gleefully add pork to every bill. And more astronomical spending is forecasted in the future. Im uncertain as to its effect on the virus. But I do know the spending of trillions of dollars now can lead to a crippling inflation tomorrow.

The challenge now is preventing the cure from becoming worse than the disease. The stimulus money will not do the job. Its like using a Band-Aid to cover a hurt. We cant bankrupt the country. Its time to get our businesses back on line put our people back to work, give the country a much-needed tonic. It will show were on our way back. It will build confidence, boost morale and get us back into to our American can do spirit.

Certainly, it can be a gradual process. Different areas of the country require different plans of action. But right now, we seem out of balance. Early models projecting the progress and the fatality rates of the virus have been markedly overblown. The models included many assumptions (best guesses) that have been proven wrong. Wall Street Journal reports, Projections based on modeling the course of the virus are shifting as more information becomes available. The good news is that conditions in most of the country are less dire than early models predicted. Dr. Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development, opines that about 98% of the people who get the virus will recover. We cant operate out of hysteria. The use of hydroxychlorquine and other developing medicines will further reduce the impact and longevity of the disease. This requires that the edicts of government based on the early models be updated and the quarantine relaxed.

Well beat the virus. But in doing so, we cant afford to decimate our industrial/business base. Certainly there are risks in moving back to a normal business environment even when its done in stages. The virus could hang on for a while, even though there is mounting evidence that such simple tasks as washing hands, maintaining distance, wearing masks and employing new medicine cuts the risk. My assumption is that our giant corporations and the shops along Main Street will find new ways of doing business once their doors open up. Theyre good at that. Theyll do it in ways that offer protection to their employees and to the rest of us. And the county will avoid bankruptcy and the dreaded inflation. Yes, there will be casualties our casualties of war. But they will be in balance with the needs of our country as a whole. It will survive. Our millions will be back to work. Our businesses will prosper. Our savings and investments will stay whole. And as a nation, well be stronger than ever before. What weve learned in the battle will make it so.

But we cant afford to dither. We must demand that politicians to push politics aside, that they look to the needs of the country, not to those of the party. We must act and turn the lights back on while theres still time.

Thats how it seems to us, some of the regular guys, the little people who hope the big people in Washington and in the governors mansions do the job and do it right. Our job is to keep watch, let them know what we think, make sure they know were tired of the constant sniping and politics that puts the rest of us in danger greater than that of the virus. Well remember who did what and why and come November, well do what we think right.

Dick Magee is a resident of Klinger Lake and a frequent columnist for the Journals Viewpoints page.

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Steve Raymond will be delivering his first public talk on Optimal Brain Health since the COVID-19 pandemic closed down public venues. This talk will be at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club on June 30, and will be an overview of a six-week course he will teach through Coastal Senior College during the fall of this year. The presentation is not open to the public, but will be available through Zoom.

Every person on our planet has had their life quite suddenly turned upside down during this global pandemic. We are challenged to maintain our emotional resilience as the pandemic evolves through an unknown length of time and uncertainty.

There has also been a decades long slower growing pandemic of dementia. The good news is that there is excellent scientific evidence for life strategies that can prevent us from heading down that path.

The presentation will provide an overview of information to help people develop greater emotional resilience and optimize their brain health over the long term," said Raymond.

Raymond began his healthcare career as a 23-year-old registered nurse. He has specialized in senior care for the past 25 years, and says that, Now as a 66-year-old, experiencing my own age-related changes, I am determined to apply the best available knowledge from researchers in longevity medicine, neuroscience, dementia prevention, older age physical performance, and Type 2 diabetes prevention. My passion and purpose are to spread the good news that we can have a great deal of influence in maintaining optimal cognitive health, and even reverse some early changes that may have already occurred. The current pandemic has forced the realization upon me that proactive self-care and strengthening our emotional resilience are more important than ever in maintaining our brain health and preventing dementia, and seeing our way through the pandemic in the best way possible."

Raymond recently retired from his position as the admissions director at the Lincoln Home in Newcastle. He is a frequent public speaker and author of the upcoming A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Optimal Brain Health. He is a healthy aging activist, coach and consultant, and the producer and host of the popular LCTV show Spotlight on Seniors.

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Dear Nonie,

Thank you for the recipes last week! Im interested to know what is understood up till now about treating coronavirus holistically. Suzanne from East Gwillimbury

Dear Suzanne,

I wrote an article on March 15 about boosting immunity holistically for coronavirus preparedness and I would first like to point you to that.

The answer to your query is tricky. We dont have studies on natural therapies, except high dose IV vitamin C, as of yet. You can read more about the therapy here. The protocol is based on similar treatments in people with the coronavirus in Shanghai, China, where The patients who received Vitamin C did significantly better than those who did not get vitamin C, according to the lead physician, Dr. Andrew G. Weber (pulmonologist and critical care specialist). Dr. Weber went on to say, It helps a tremendous amount, but it is not highlighted because its not a sexy drug. Corroborating reports on the vitamin C therapy can be found in The New York Times and The Dr. Wrath Health Foundation.

Readers may not know this is actually orthomolecular medicine. The term was coined by Linus Pauling. Pauling was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, and more. He theorized about the importance of vitamin C in high doses for optimal human health. The megavitamin therapy was taken up and developed clinically by Canadas Dr. Abram Hoffer (biochemist, physician, psychiatrist). Dr. Hoffer is the person who first introduced me to nutrition and vitamin therapies for mental health conditions. Those interested can read more about orthomolecular medicine here.

The problem with finding data on holistic therapies for COVID-19 is twofold: the virus is new and the current structure of the medical establishment does not support research for the sake of research as well as it should. I am sure I dont need to tell you, medicine is business in todays economy.

A common denominator in cases of mortality from COVID-19 to date is the presence of pre-existing, serious health conditions, of which diabetes / insulin resistance are preeminent. There seems to be a twofold increase in the number of patients in intensive care having diabetes and mortality seems to be threefold higher in people with diabetes, according to data out of China (1). According to CDC coronavirus reports, patients with type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome may have up to 10x greater risk of death from COVID-19 (2).

Insulin resistance explains both metabolic syndrome and diabetes II and it can present clinically even in the absence of type II diabetes. The symptoms are:

A diagnosis of type II diabetes happens after this disease state has progressed quite far, so a number of people without the actual diagnosis may also be at greater risk, which may lead some naysayers to claim the correlation isnt that high, but it is. And, as you can see, this would explain why the elderly are so hard hit by this virus, since these diagnoses are themselves epidemic in the elderly.

Type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome are caused by a diet high in processed foods and carbohydrates and can be managed and even reversed in many cases, by simple dietary interventions and nutrition education.

So if you want to know how to protect yourself from COVID-19, my best advice is first and foremost to take this time to create healthier dietary habits. These habits will help you not just with COVID-19 risk management but in creating better health outcomes overall. And what else can you do with your time at home that will so change the trajectory of your health and longevity?

Ill continue this next week by sharing the top 10 foods that cause insulin resistance and the 10 substitutes you can use to avoid them. If you want to learn even more and take this opportunity to learn how to turn your health around, Im offering a variety of live cooking and nutrition classes every week during the lockdown. You can read more and sign at hopenotdope.ca/events.

Namaste!

Nonie Nutritionista

This article is intended for information purposes only and should not be considered medical advice, for which you should see a licensed medical practitioner. Follow all ministry of health and government guidelines for the appropriate ways to handle COVID-19.

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Human evolution is complicated, to say the least.

It's complicated by love, which makes us want to keep people alive. It's complicated by science and technology, which give us the power to do so. It's complicated, sometimes, by politics. And it's complicated by our environment, which is relatively stable, meaning we haven't needed many significant adaptations for thousands of years.

But what happens when that changes? What would happen to a population of humans - generations of humans - who left Earth to find new lives in the vast wonder of space?

The environment out there, beyond the protective environment of our home planet, is very different from the one we've evolved in for millions of years. It's quite conceivable that our species would become something altogether different.

For decades, this potential transformation of humanity has been fertile ground for speculative fiction.

In James S. A. Corey's wildly popular The Expanse series, and Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, away from the strictures of gravity we see humans evolving to be unnaturally tall, brittle-boned creatures.In Becky Chambers' To Be Taught If Fortunate, we see the reverse - bones thickening on high-mass exoplanets, to support a higher body mass.

We see a lot of longevity as imagined technologies extend our lives. Iain M. Banks' Culture novels are a brilliant example of this, wherein humans develop the ability to live for centuries, and become cosmic dilettantes. In Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix, humans have genetically engineered themselves to such an extent, they're pretty much a new species.

While the specific outcomes and pathways vary quite wildly in science fiction, the concept itself - human metamorphosis away from Earth - isn't that far-fetched. It may not seem like it, but as we go about our day-to-day lives, humans are still evolving.

Scott Solomon, an evolutionary biologist at Rice University, has written a book on the continuing human evolution, and spent a lot of time thinking about how we might evolve in the future. According to him, migrating away from Earth is bound to change us.

"For evolutionary change to occur, you need genetic variation and you need natural selection," he told ScienceAlert.

"When you have those two things for a population that's facing a very big change in environment, evolution can happen quickly. We will have all the pieces in place if we move to, say, Mars."

Environmental pressures are going to be a huge part of our transition from an Earth-bound species to a space-faring one. That's already evident. Just a temporary jaunt in space physically changes people. Astronauts, even after a few months in space, can take years to restore the bone density lost in microgravity. Some changes occur even faster.

Kira Bacal is a medical scientist and practising physician at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. But she spent several years working at NASA's Johnson Space Center working in aerospace medicine.

"There are some things that happen on an extremely rapid timeline," she told ScienceAlert.

There is, for example, the baroreceptor reflex. It regulates our blood pressure, keeping it at a constant level in response to external changes. It's the reason you don't faint when you stand up, keeping your blood from pooling in your feet due to gravity. In microgravity, this reflex is immediately impaired because you don't need it.

Changes also happen in the vestibular system - the finely tuned mechanisms that help us keep our balance and control eye movements, along with the brain processing involved.

"Suddenly you're in a situation where if you drop something from your hand, it doesn't go anywhere," Bacal explained.

"So the whole expectation of what's going to happen, the processing of the sensory inputs you're getting, the way it feels to move through space, no pun intended, is very different."

Other changes that take place over time in microgravity include the loss of bone density; without the constant stress gravity places on your bones, they lose density at about 10 times the rate of osteoporosis. There are also anatomical changes to the eye, microstructural changes in the brain, and even changes in the gut microbiome.

Although these physiological changes give us some idea of the environmental pressures that could shape the evolution of space-faring humans, they only affect individuals to different degrees, and seem to revert to normal when the astronaut returns to Earth, even if it sometimes takes a few years.

So, how fast could we expect to see permanent evolutionary adaptations in Homo galacticus? To understand the timescales involved, terrestrial precedent can help us once again. Two recent examples, detailed inSolomon's book Future Humans, are disease resistance and adaptation to the lower oxygen levels of high altitudes.

In the tropics, where malaria is most common, there's also a higher incidence of sickle cell anaemia. That's because sickle cell, a hereditary disease, involves a gene that protects against malaria - so people most likely to survive malaria and reproduce are also sickle cell carriers. And different populations of people living at high altitudes have developed different adaptations to cope with low oxygen levels.

Both of those are relatively recent, taking place over the last few tens of thousands of years - practically an eyeblink in evolutionary terms.

But it's not just the environment that shapes the path of our evolution. Culture - the way we live and the choices we make - also plays a role, and it can speed things along quite substantially.

"We can see things that have happened even in just the last several hundred years," Solomon said. "For example, quite a few studies have found that the timing of reproduction is evolving in modern human populations, and it's evolving in ways that are often surprising to people."

In the case of the French-Canadian population of le aux Coudres, for instance, detailed church registers dating back to the 18th century showed a curious trend - the average age at which women gave birth to their first child went downfrom 26 to 22 in a 140-year span. This reproductive age seems to be heritable, and women who reproduce younger have more children that also reproduce younger, coming to dominate the population. That's natural selection.

But in other places, that age of first reproduction is rising, as women choose to delay having children for various reasons, now that those regions have readily available means to do so. That's culture - and technology - at work.

"This is a good example of natural selection and culture in society having sort-of tug of war over the same characteristics," Solomon said. "Some people have gone so far as to say that [culture] has replaced natural selection, but I think it's quite clear that it hasn't replaced natural selection, it's just changed it."

Culture, technology and natural selection will be important for space-faring humans, too. Will there be artificial gravity or not? Science fiction puts forward that lack of gravity will result in bird-boned, brittle humans, but Solomon believes otherwise - simply because of the strain childbirth puts on our bones.

Not only is the birthing process hard, but minerals to grow the baby are often taken from the mother's bones, resulting in lower bone density. So the women more likely to survive pregnancy and childbirth in space might have denser bones to start with, allowing them to live to have more dense-boned children. Technology and natural selection could both play a role there.

Will there be radiation shielding? How strong will it be? Because radiation can drive mutation (and cancer), and being exposed to it could produce some unexpected evolutionary pathways. But darker skin is more resistant to dangerous radiation, so that could play a role, too.

These - and other, smaller influences - are all going to have varying effects, sometimes playing tug of war with the same trait to shape a human optimised for their space environment.

By and large, we can't really predict what our space-faring descendants will look like, because we don't know all the factors that are going to come into play.

Even with all those unknowns, decisions made before those pioneers set off into the infinite final frontier - decisions we might see made in our lifetimes, in fact - will have more of an impact than we might know.

As Solomon explains, it's yet another effect we've already watched unfold on Earth - the founder effect.

"The people that are the founders will have a very significant influence on the long-term makeup of the human population in space," he said.

"It plays out on Earth all the time. Every time a new island pops up out of the sea there are going to be some plants and some insects and other species that will eventually make their way there. And whatever characteristics and traits they happen to have are going to be the characteristics that are going to be present in that population."

We can already see hints of how it might play out for spacefaring humans. Earlier this year, NASA put out a call for astronaut applications - and one of the requirements is a Masters degree. That means people who are wealthy enough to be highly educated. That means, in America at least, probably white people.

Not every country has the resources for a human space program, or can train astronauts. Sometimes the decisions on who gets to go to space may be politically motivated.

People can also get selected based on physical traits, which is starting to sound a bit too much like eugenics, if the plan is to travel space for multiple generations.

"A lot of how we develop and what we develop is affected, not so much by 'is there gravity' or 'isn't there gravity', but by who they decide make acceptable astronauts," Bacal said.

A mid-point as a test case, she points out, is the notion of the commercialisation of space. Miners, for instance - spending stretches in low gravity, returning to Earth in between jobs.It takes much longer to regain bone density than it does to lose it, so it could be possible that space miners never gain enough time to fully recover, resulting in early-onset osteoporosis.

"That could - as it already is in terms of the astronaut corps - impact who gets to work there or who gets chosen for your 10-generation generation ship. You might say, 'look, we're going to choose people who are less likely to be susceptible to bone density loss'," she said.

"That has ethnographic implications. It has gender implications." And these will need to be considered very carefully if we want to avoid a situation where specific groups of people are barred from space because of their race or gender.

We may never become a true space-faring species. It's possible we'll never leave the Solar System. But we're also not likely to stay here on Earth forever.

Space agencies are already making plans for at least one permanent base on the Moon. We've sent several robotic missions to Mars, and plans for a crewed mission are underway. A permanent Mars colony isn't out of the question, either.

These are harsh, literally alien environments, with low gravity and intense radiation. They're entirely different from our home planet, where we've been evolving for millions of years. These places will inevitably have an impact on the human body.

So will the technology we have available, how we travel, and the decisions we terrestrial humans make about who gets to go. But not all differences are visible to the eye.

"You know, there are people that are better at coping with radiation here on Earth. You can't tell by looking at them, but they might live longer than the rest," Solomon said.

"I think a lot of the changes are things that will take place inside the body. I think there would be some outward changes, but a lot of more subtle, internal changes."

In the end, those future humans, the inheritors of the stars, may not look as different from us as we might expect.

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Queen Elizabeth II isnt just the United Kingdoms longest reigning monarch; shes the oldest head of state in the world. And at 94 years old, she surpassed the average life expectancy for women in the UK by a decade.

While her status undoubtedly gives her unparalleled access to the best doctors, chefs, and ingredients, shes also known to have a surprisingly simple approach to food and nutrition. Heres what you can learn from Her Majestys healthy eating habits.

Former palace chef Darren McGrady told RecipesPlus that, unlike Prince Phillip who lives to eat, Queen Elizabeth eats to live and sticks to small portion sizes, preferring four light meals instead of three larger ones.

If youve ever tried to lose weight, you know how important portion control is for your waistline: University of Cambridge researchers estimate that smaller packages and portion sizes could help us cut our daily food consumption by about 25%, and according to a report from the McKinsey Global Institute, reducing portion size is the most effective way to fight obesity. (Need help in the portion department? Check out these easy portion control tips.)

For Queen Elizabeth, that means eating every slice of chocolate cake. Shell take a small slice every day until eventually there is only one tiny piece, but you have to send that up, she wants to finish the whole of that cake, McGrady said. As for other types of cake? The staff can eat the leftovers.

Research shows that treating yourself is an important part of a healthy, long-lasting diet. One Israeli study found that people who start their day with chocolate, cookies, or ice cream may be better able to manage cravings long-term. Cravings increase on a low-carbohydrate diet, so its better to incorporate them in a healthy way, says Daniela Jakubowicz, M.D., of the Diabetes Unit at Wolfson Medical Center at Tel Aviv University, and author of the study. Dr. Jakubowicz suggests treating yourself in the morning for the best results; her other research shows that a hearty breakfast is more beneficial to weight loss than a heavy dinner.

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The Queen likes her chocolate 60% or higher, reports Business Insider. It has to be the dark chocolate, the darker the better, McGrady confirmed. She wasnt keen on milk chocolate or white chocolate. Thats a good choice considering dark chocolate is rich in flavonoids, which may protect against heart disease and stroke, according to a Tufts University review.

The Queen is all about eating strawberries in the summer, but McGrady says she wont touch them in the winter. She absolutely does eat seasonal, he told RecipesPlus.

While eating out-of-season strawberries might not seem like a big deal, there are real benefits to following Mother Natures lead when it comes to produce. Out-of-season food travels thousands of miles before it hits store shelves, which may compromise its nutritional value. Vitamin C is particularly unstable: Research from Bangladesh found that tomatoes lose more than half their vitamin C over the course of eight days.

If you cant grow fruits and vegetables from your own garden like Queen Elizabeth does, we suggest hitting up your local farmers marketyou wont need a royal budget, either.

A heart healthy staple of the Mediterranean diet, the Queen often has smoked salmon sandwiches with her afternoon tea and a grilled fish for lunch or dinner. Do the same to keep your mind and body healthy: Fatty fish such as salmon, sardines, and herring have the omega-3s EPA and DHA, which can help you lower risk of heart disease, Amy Gorin, M.S., R.D.N., recently told Prevention. Fatty fish is also a staple of the MIND diet, which combines the best of the Mediterranean and DASH diets for research-backed dementia protection.

This wouldnt be a story about the royals without a reference to tea, would it? The Queens favorite, Earl Grey, may lower cholesterol, thanks to the flavonoids in bergamot. And thats not even mentioning the benefits of black tea in general: the tannic tea may lower your blood pressure, reduce your risk of ovarian cancer, and promote weight loss. No fine china necessary.

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Its the start of a new year, and for a lot of us, that means re-prioritizing our health and wellness. That said, a lot of us are guilty of falling into crazy January, restrictive fads that force us to cut back on large amounts of food, that serves to be more detrimental than beneficial to our health. Therefore, its important to remember that the best way to adopt a healthy lifestyle is slowly. Picking up simple and easy habits that you can maintain throughout the year is the best way to ensure a healthy 2020. That said, an easy habit that you can pick up that will surely benefit your health throughout the year is choosing to always take the stairs.

Not only are they often easily accessible (and free), but choosing to take the stairs in 2020 can have a profound effect on your health throughout the year. In fact, an article from Harvard University revealed that walking up the stairs was more demanding in fact, twice as taxing as brisk walking and 50% more difficult than lifting weights. With that said, perhaps the only fitness resolution you should have this year is to avoid the elevator at all costs.

Do you ever feel that your breathing deepens as you climb the stairs? Well, thats because climbing stairs can strengthen both your heart and lungs, forcing them to take in more oxygen. As a result, your heart then pumps more oxygen-rich blood into all your muscles and organs, and thats just the half of it.

In fact, according to a study published in the journal ofApplied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, spending just a few minutes climbing the stairs at short intervals throughout the day canhelp to boost your cardiovascular health. This is because climbing stairs has been found to lower blood pressure, as well as levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol (1,2).

As we age, our bones tend to lose more density and mass. Therefore, its important to help maintain the health of our bones in any way that we can. One of the best ways to do so would be by regularly taking the stairs.

According to research found in the Biomed Research International journal, climbing the stairs which is a weight-bearing exercise was found to help increase bone mass.

As its such a vigorous-intensity exercise, taking the stairs can burn a lot of calories.In fact, even taking the stairs at a slow pace will help you burn calories three times faster than walking on a level surface.

Could taking the stairs be the secret to longevity? A study from Harvard Health seems to think so.

The study, published in Preventive Medicine Reports, involved over 8,000 men between ages 65 and 71 and found that climbing the stairs was associated with a lower risk of mortality from any cause.

Climbing the stairs is a form of physical activity, doing it on a regular basis can help to release endorphins. Endorphins are brain chemicals that have been found to alleviate pain, discomfort, and stress. Theyre great stress relievers, and they can help to improve your mental health.

In fact, low levels of endorphins have been linked to an increased risk of depression (3). That said, if the new year has you feeling a bit low, perhaps taking the stairs may serve to boost your mood.

Climbing the stairs makes use of all the muscles in your legs, as well as activating the muscles in your back. As a result, you get an intensive muscular workout, all whilst improving the health of your musculoskeletal system.

In fact, a strong musculoskeletal system can help to improve your coordination, increase bone density, reduce the risk of injury, alleviate your bones, as well as boost your metabolism.

Opting to take the stairs, or using the stairs as a form of exercise, is really an easy and effective way to improve your fitness level, all whilst enhancing your cardiovascular health. Whats more, its not just going up the stairs that can improve your health.

According to a study published in the Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise journal, climbing down the stairs can also help to levels of blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar, bone density, as well as enhance functional fitness.

With the aforementioned in mind, if you really care about your health in 2020, you may want to make sure that you take as many stairs as you can this year.

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DENVER (KDVR) She is a Pioneer through and through. Kelsey Bigham is Denvers Director of Hockey Operations, one of only three full-time female staff members to hold that title in all of Division-I hockey.

For the Pios team, she does it all. Managing meals, setting up road trips, travel plans, team video, everything in between, Bigham says of her daily duties.

But her skills go far beyond her day job.A few years ago, she became a certified EMT while she was still a full-time student at Colorado State.

I picked up shifts when I could basically, it was a lot of weekend nights, she remembers.My mom was a flight nurse and my dad is a flight paramedic so I have an extensive family background in medicine.

Kelsey is now a full time member of the hockey world, but in many ways her heart is still with those in the medical field. She wanted to help in any way she could during the coronavirus pandemic, so shes putting another skill of hers to use.

She recently began sewing masks for healthcare workers and sending them all around the country.

Since I was an EMT and so many of my friends are medical professionals, I felt an overwhelming sense that I should be alongside them, she says. I should be fighting this thing with them, but Im not. So I tried to find a way that I can make myself useful and help out where I could.

In just a week and a half, shes made more than 100 masks and the response has been nothing but gratitude.

They like them! Theyre so thankful. A lot of these people are getting less than one N95 mask per shift, so anything they can wear over that to help protect the longevity of the mask is very helpful.

And this multi-skilled Pioneer doesnt plan on slowing down any time soon.

Ill keep doing it until JOANN Fabrics stops sending me fabric and people stop needing them, she says.

If youre able to sew and interested in learning how to make these masks, Bigham suggests checking outDenas Mask Making Army on Facebook for more information.

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The pictures of the empty streets in New York City taken during the coronavirus crisis gave a strange feeling to everybody. For those who saw or experienced the traffic jams on the main avenues of the city and the crowdedness of Times Square, the photos were unfamiliar. An odd and bizarre sense of emptiness, a peculiar atmosphere of desolation and at the same time a perplexing and puzzling beauty made millions view these pictures again and again.

In fact, this unusual scene of abandoned New York streets has been in several different movies. It was always as a background for an eerie, ghostly, mysterious or dreamy situation. In the movie "The Devils Advocate" (1997), one of the most suspenseful scenes was Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) walking on the deserted East 57th street, to confront John Milton (Al Pacino). In another movie "Vanilla Sky" (2001), this time David Aames (Tom Cruise) was driving his car from uptown Central Park West to Times Square, seeing the streets and Times Square totally empty. It was a dream, a nightmare to be more precise. In both movies the protagonists were shocked and confused to see the emptiness of the streets in New York. It was unusual not only for these two protagonists who had their offices in the busiest parts of Manhattan. For the millions of viewers of these movies as well, it was a sign of abnormality, irregularity and oddity. New York City has always been identified with its chaos, complexity, crowds and orderly disorder.

In the last few weeks, we have seen a sufficient number of these pictures and photos which satisfied our awe and made many around the world feel somehow blue, gloomy and melancholic. The scenes that we used to see in fiction scenarios have become real. It has been happening in the midst of a pandemic and outbreak of the coronavirus. This added another layer of unusualness to the situation. For Hollywood producers, New York has always been a primary target for the outside forces who would harm humanity. In "Independence Day" (1996) aliens in a giant spaceship attacked the city. In "Deep Impact" (1998) it was a meteor that generated major tidal waves that destroyed the city. In "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004) New York had become a victim of global warming. Even the monsters, including "King Kong" (2005) and "Godzilla" (1998) targeted the city. This time the city was attacked by invisible viruses and for real.

New epicenter

The epicenter of the coronavirus is not Wuhan or Milan anymore, for the last two weeks New York City is considered the real hot spot of the deadly outbreak. The urgency of the situation is obvious from, now regular, press conferences of the governor of New York state and the mayor of New York City. Gov. Mark Cuomos press conferences have been followed all around the world by people who want to understand the true extent of this pandemic. As of today more than 180,000 people in New York are infected with the deadly virus and 9,000 people lost their lives, almost three times the casualties of the 9/11 attack.

Nineteen years after the horrible terrorist attacks aimed at the World Trade Center, we have seen New York as the center of the worst pandemic of the last several decades. The scenes from the overcrowded hospitals and mortuaries are circulating all around the world. The burial of the unclaimed bodies of pandemic victims to Hart Island in New York gave chills to millions of people. The Big Apple, the finance capital of the world, that hosts the United Nations, the biggest corporations, the most expensive real estate and the most magnificent museums in its territory during this crisis showed the frailty of human lives and limitations of technology and medicine to fight against some small viruses.

The outbreak of the virus in the city now reminds many people of the beginning of the crisis in the city of Oran from Albert Camuss "The Plague," which has become one of the best sellers again 73 years after its publication during the days of the coronavirus. In the novel, first the dead rats in the streets and then an increasing number of people with fevers in the hospitals signaled the emergence of something unusual. There was always a fear of a plague but nobody, including the leading character of the novel Dr. Rieux was willing to admit the true nature of the threat the city was facing.

The novel raised the issue of how people failed to really prepare for a threat such as a plague. Each and every time it is considered as a surprise, something like an earthquake. In a memorable quote of the novel, it was stated that "'Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from a blue sky. There have been as many plagues as wars in history; yet always plagues and wars take people equally by surprise. In New York, the situation was not that different. This time the warnings and red flags were not coming from the history books or the stories of the elder residences of the town. According to the experts, the spread of the coronavirus first throughout Asia, then throughout Europe raised the risk of a potential outbreak in the U.S. in the coming weeks. The most likely target was, of course, the most significant and cosmopolitan city of the U.S. But again everybody, including New Yorkers, took it as a surprise when in March the virus shocked people with the speed of its spread.

Some of the administrators of New York were not different from the high level bureaucrats of Oran. They knew what could go wrong during the epidemic, but it was impractical to alarm everybody. In Oran there was a reluctance to call it a plague, and administrators took draconian measures. In New York, it was already known that it would be a host of the coronavirus outbreak, but the problem was how to take action against it. The mayor of New York was among the people who did not want to seem alarmed. Mayor Don DeBlasio asked New Yorkers to go about their lives and to go about their businesses in the midst of the outbreak in the world. He said that one cannot get this virus in a subway or stadium or in a conference. He claimed that if someone is under 50 and did not have an underlying medical condition it will not be a major threat. He seemed to be very much against the school closures in the city. It turned out that the motivation of the administrators have always been more or less the same, a) fear of a false alarm b) a desire to avoid disruption to everyday life of citizens and c) to provide the continuation of economic and social activity in the city. In Oran people believed that these forms of epidemics were just like bad dreams that will pass away; in New York the expectation of many was that it can be managed and it would go away like a regular cold for many people. President Donald Trump, for instance, a New Yorker himself, believed that it would miraculously go away.

But it was not only the administrators, citizens also made similar mistakes during the beginning of the outbreak in both Oran and New York. The narrator in the novel explains how the residents of Oran failed to take precautions despite warnings. Thus the blame fell on them as well. According to him, they forgot to be modest... and thought that everything was still possible for them, which presupposed that pestilences were impossible. They went on doing business, arranged for journeys and formed views. How should they have given a thought to anything like plague, which rules out any future, cancels journeys, silences the exchange of views. They fancied themselves free... Following the stay at home order issued there were pictures of New York parks and streets on social media with a lot of people continuing with their routine. Cuomo had to warn people multiple times about the danger that this behavior poses for New Yorkers.

In a press conference he warned young people by saying that "'So you're not Superman and you're not Superwoman; you can get this virus. And you can transfer the virus and you can wind up hurting someone who you love or hurting someone wholly inadvertently. This is a public health issue and you cannot endanger other people's health." Later his tone got tougher when he saw the continuing presence of the people on the streets. This time he called the crowds wholly inappropriate and stated that its insensitive, its arrogant, its self-destructive, its disrespectful to other people, and it has to stop, and it has to stop now and added that it is not a joke and he is not kidding. "He reminded New Yorkers that this is not life as usual. It took this much warning and thousands in the hospitals overcrowding the wards and ICU units for New Yorkers to understand the extent of this threat.

It is sad. It is unprecedented for many people in this generation to see a pandemic causing this much damage to a city and its residents. It is sometimes inconceivable to understand how an epidemic cannot be contained even by the most advanced nations. It is sometimes hard to believe the amount of harm that a virus can give to societies and economies around the world. For a moment or for years we have believed that pandemics were something that belong to history textbooks. We woke up with the coronavirus. The residents of Oran and New York and indeed the people in the world need to understand the fact that the epidemics will be around for a long time. There will be fighting, there will be casualties. Epidemics and pandemics have been the part of lives of many generations and it seems that it will continue to be that way. The number of casualties, the longevity of the battle and the nature of fighting will depend on the level of preparedness of humankind for these kind of diseases. As the narrator of the novel stated about the end of the plague in Oran, there will not be a definitive victory. It will just be the end of another battle. The virus, just like the pandemic in "The Plague" will stay dormant, until it rises again.

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After a few moments of chatting, it's clear that Kelly McCreary and the brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon she plays on Grey's Anatomy aren't terribly different. From the moment she answers the phone ahead of this year's season finale, she is warm and friendly. She is the kind of person who uses first names in a way that seems like she's known someone forever. She's also anxious. Seriously. Literally 29 seconds into our discussion, she admits the current COVID-19 pandemic has set her on a bit of an emotional roller coaster.

"Every other day I'm going absolutely nuts inside. One day I can be a little bit productive and focused. The next day, I can be drowning in anxiety and depression," she says with an nervous laugh. McCreary, who joined the series at the end of its 10th season, has a charming candor reminiscent of the emotionally honest characters who define the series on which she stars. In a time when the perils of real medical trauma are scarier than scripted medical trauma, there's something strangely comforting about a Grey's Anatomy doctor being worried, too.

In her onscreen world, McCreary's character, Dr. Maggie Pierce, has had quite a taxing few months herself. Throughout Season 16, tragedy and misfortune have plagued Dr. Pierce's personal and professional lives. The mid-season finale left the fate of Dr. Pierce's career in question after she missed a crucial step in an important surgery. Because of production issues related to COVID-19, the April 9 episode will serve as the season's finale. In the episode, Dr. Pierce has rebounded only to have the fate of her biological father, Dr. Richard Webber, hang in the balance. In short, both McCreary and Pierce could use a break from the insanity.

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Although this global pandemic put a rush order on Grey's Anatomy's final episode, Season 16 ends in classic Grey's Anatomy fashionwith a twist and a bang. McCreary spoke with Esquire about the big finish and what's to come for Grey Sloan Memorial.

For this to be a finale the series didn't have in mind for this season, the conclusion was so, so strong. Congratulations on such a successful year.

Well, honestly that was kind of just pure luck. So that was episode 21 out of what was supposed to be 25, but when that episode was produced we had no idea what was coming. We actually wrapped production in the middle of the next episode, so the episode wasn't finished and it was just lucky that [episode] 21 happened to have these elements that wrapped up a storyline and left us with really great juicy cliffhangers. I guess it's just how the writing has been over the course of the entire season. We've been able to take people on these waves again, like these roller coaster rides. We haven't been holding back waiting for mid-season finale and the finale, it's all drama all the time. So we just got kind of lucky.

That's so crazy. It felt so purposefullike a real classic Grey's Anatomy finale.

That's so awesome to hear because obviously they had other plans in the writer's room. I don't even know myself what all was entailed for the finale of this season, but I'm so glad that it's a satisfying story for the audience, that's all I ever want to do is, tell some good stories, so I'm really glad that it feels that way.

I've been so excited for you and your character this season because this is Maggie's sixth full season, I believe.

That's a whole first grader! Maybe even a second grader.

The way that Grey's Anatomy has persisted, there is potential that a current first grader is going to come up to you in 15 years and say, "I've been watching you since I was in first grade," because the show just persists. What is it like to be a part of that?

Sometimes I become aware in these moments... like, there was no social media and streaming and all of that stuff when I was coming up as a kid and in my early professional days, so I couldn't have imagined the longevity. You know how there are some shows that are classics: I Love Lucy and Mash. People still talk about and reflect on [those shows] firmly but it's not as like bequeathed and available for generations of people the way that Grey's Anatomy is. I couldn't have imagined the stickiness of this job. I'm smacked with this idea that for some people I will always be Maggie Pierce forever.

I'm so intrigued by this season because I've been waiting on a season where Maggie really has a reckoning and she's had I feel several in one season, particularly with her medical expertise being questioned.

I definitely think that she is coming out of it stronger with time. Personally, I'm a big believer that every breakdown is an opportunity to have a breakthrough and sometimes it takes stillness and self medicating with television and whatever people need to do to sort of like be able to receive the lesson of the moment, be able to take out the time to figure out what the next great step is.

I think it's only interesting to watch somebody be great at something all the time for so long. Even in your own life, even when you're sort of going along succeeding, everybody looks for ways to be challenged and find a way to grow and see if they can be better. That's been so much fun to play. I love seeing her coming out on the other side of it as a better teammate, even more critically thinking doctor, as a member of this community who can relate to her peers on an even deeper level now.

Is there anything that you hope that Maggie gets a chance to do or encounter that maybe she hasn't yet? Are you looking for your big explosive, oh gosh, what happened to Maggie moment?

This season wasn't enough of a big explosion? [laughs] It was so much fun to shoot the episodes where Maggie's got to have her love at first sight momentthis romantic comedy experience. Maggie is a perfectionist, and I can relate. People who are perfectionists sometimes miss out on being in the moment when they're looking so hard at analyzing the moment. So that was a real thrill. I'm looking forward to seeing whether and how that progresses in the next season.

I have to ask you a silly question, especially in these times. How often do you get solicited for actual medical advice?

Oh God, I don't. But sometimes I give it out for some reason. Like, I don't know what I'm thinking. I've still practiced at speaking with authority about medicine on the show that I am very quick to offer my opinions to friends and some family. Oh no, you can take this supplement and make sure you see your doctor about that. And like, what do I know?

In a different world, how do you think the doctors of Grey's Anatomy would handle the situation we're currently in?

Oh man. I'm sorry, because when you say that, I get this image in my head of all the things I've seen on the news and reports I've read and heard from medical professionals. They're so tired and they're so scared and they're so under resourced and yet they are still pushing through. They're isolated from their families sometimes. I think about the sacrifice that they're making and it literally goes through to my eyes every single time.

I like to think that the doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial would be like them, and the doctors at Grey Sloan are also for some reason all total prodigies at solving major problems. So hopefully they'd be able to figure out the problem of the resources and come up with some inventions that could help. Use the might of the Catherine Fox Award and the wealth at that hospital to find a vaccine.

I would hope that they would be leading the charge for this, but at the very least, I would hope that they would be as good as the people who are out there in New York City and Michigan and all these places where it's so scary and unrelenting right now.

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Israeli researchers revealed Wednesday that they successfully grew extinct date plants from ancient seeds found at archaeological sites in the Judean Desert.

Dozens of seeds were gleaned from archaeology collections gathered at locations in the dry Dead Sea area, including the Masada hilltop fortress built by King Herod the Great in the first century BCE and the ancient site of Qumran, famous for the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the 1940s.

Six saplings grew from 32 seeds sown and the plants have been dubbed Adam, Jonah, Uriel, Boaz, Judith, and Hannah.

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Germination of 2000-year-old seeds of Phoenix dactylifera from Judean desert archaeological sites provides a unique opportunity to study the Judean date palm, described in antiquity for the quality, size, and medicinal properties of its fruit, but lost for centuries, the researchers wrote in a paper published in the peer-reviewed Science Advances journal.

The Kingdom of Judah (Judea) that arose in the southern part of the historic Land of Israel in the 11th century BCE was particularly renowned for the quality and quantity of its dates, the researchers noted. These so-called Judean dates grown in plantations around Jericho and the Dead Sea were recognized by classical writers for their large size, sweet taste, extended storage, and medicinal properties.

A view of the excavations at Masada (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Radiocarbon dating revealed the seeds used for the project came from a period spanning the fourth century BCE to the second century CE.

Further analysis found the seeds had a genetic makeup from various locations spreading eastward across the region stretching into modern day Iraq.

Date palm cultivation in southern Mesopotamia began over 6,000 years ago and exiles returning after the collapse of Babylonian empire in 539 BCE may have brought this specialized knowledge and selected cultivars back to Judea, the researchers speculated.

A date variety Taali cultivated in both Judea and Babylon is mentioned in the Talmud, they wrote.

Screen capture from video of Sarah Sallon, director of the Louis Borick Natural Medicine Research Centre at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem. (YouTube)

The dry conditions in the Dead Sea region could have helped the seeds survive two millennia without losing their ability to grow.

Low precipitation and very low humidity around the Dead Sea could have contributed to the longevity of the ancient date seeds, the researchers said.

Dr Elaine Solowey, Director of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture at the Arava Institute in southern Israel, who in 2008 successfully germinated a 1,900-year-old date palm seed that took the name Methuselah after the long-lived Biblical character, told the Times of Israel that while Methusela germinated in just six weeks, this latest batch of seeds took up to nine months.

You have to hydrate them very gently, she said. If you just dump them in water, youll probably kill them, if theyre alive. I used an old baby bottle warmer to help rehydrate them. After adding gibberellic acid a hormone found in plants and a seaweed based fertilizer to encourage root growth, she planted them in sterile soil, locked them up in the greenhouse, and just hoped. I only had one chance with each seed.

She named the first one to germinate Eve, but had to change that to Adam after genetic tests revealed the seedling to be a male. Adam, now 1.5 meters high (1.6 yards), and Jonah have already produced flowers. Judith, and Hannah are the great hopes for supplying dates. They will be fertilized by Methusela.

Sarah Sallon, director of the Louis Borick Natural Medicine Research Center at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem, told the UK Guardian newspaper of the painstaking methods involved in selecting and growing the seeds.

I spent hours and hours in the archaeology department picking through the best seeds, Sallon recalled. A lot of them had holes in where insects had bored through or [they had] fallen apart, but some were really pristine and I picked the very best ones.

Visitors at the Qumran archaeological site, January 22, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

It wont be the typical Judean date, because dates that were grown at that time just like dates that are grown today are not grown from seeds that somebody puts in the earth, Sallon said. They are grown from clones from very high-producing females.

Dates were an enormous export from Judea and they were famous, Sallon noted. Herod even used to present them to the emperor in Rome every year.

Methusela, Adam, Jonah and Hanna have been planted out at Kibbutz Ketura and can be viewed. The others are still in the greenhouse.

Methusela has grown into a big boy, said Solowey. Hes around 3.5 meters (3.8 yards) high and very stout. He doesnt look like the kind of date we know today.

Israels popular Medjool and Deglet Nour dates were brought to Israel from Iraq and Morocco by Jews in the early part of the last century. The only cultivated dates already present were limited plantations of sire dates planted by the Ottoman Turks.

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A vast body of evidence demonstrates that exercising regularly offers a bulwark against life-threatening complications, such as heart disease. The case for exercise could not be clearer but when it comes to how much you need to do to extend your lifespan, the jury is often out. Research is increasingly shedding light on this area, however, and one study shows that even a little exercise can go a long way.

The NHS recommends adults should do at least 150 minutes (two hours and 30 minutes) of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, such as cycling or fast walking, every week to reap the health benefits.

While the more exercise you do the better, according to findings published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, even partaking in 10 minutes of exercise a week a day can reduce your risk of developing life-threatening complications.

The study was based on data from more than 88,000 U.S. adults who participated in the National Health Interview Survey between 1997 and 2008. All of the participants were ages 40 to 85 and did not have any chronic diseases when they took the survey.

They also provided demographic and health information, and were tracked by researchers for about nine years.

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About 8,000 people died during the follow-up period, and the researchers found virtually any amount of exercise reduced the risk of dying of cardiovascular disease, cancer or any other cause.

What was particularly noteworthy is the study found participants who did just 10 to 59 minutes of light-to-moderate intensity physical activity each week had an 18 percent lower risk of early death than people who were sedentary.

The findings also revealed they also had a 12 percent lower risk of dying from cardiovascular issues during the study and a 14 percent lower risk of dying from cancer.

Whats more, these reductions in risk increased the more people exercised.

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People who got 60 to 149 minutes of light-to-moderate exercise per week had a 22 percent lower risk of early death than sedentary people, and those who got 150 to 299 minutes had a 31 percent reduced risk.

In addition, those who engaged in 300 to 449 minutes of light-to-moderate physical activity per week was linked to a three percent lower risk of dying during the study period.

Out of all of the exercises available, aerobic exercise comes out on top for its myriad health benefits.

One of the primary health benefits of doing aerobic exercise is it helps keep visceral fat at bay.

Visceral fat is a harmful form of belly fat that lies close to internal organs and can trigger a range of deadly mechanisms in the body.

Emphasising the effectiveness of aerobic activity to attack visceral fat, many studies have shown that aerobic exercise can help you lose visceral fat, even without dieting.

For example, an analysis of 15 studies in 852 people compared how well different types of exercise reduced visceral fat without dieting.

They found moderate and high-intensity aerobic exercises were most effective at reducing visceral fat without dieting.

Aerobic exercise generally refers to any activity that gets your heart pumping and makes you breath faster than you normally would when resting.

Walking, jogging, biking, dancing, and swimming are popular examples of aerobic activity.

Of course, it is also important to compliment an exercise regime with a healthy, balanced diet too.

The NHS advises eating a low-fat, high-fibre diet, which should include plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables (five portions a day) and whole grains.

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