Archive for April 2024

Kecia Adams Council, blue blouse, and Coleen Anderson, to Council’s right, were among a contingency of Pitt County social workers who lobbied the Pitt County Board of Commissioners to hire employ more workers in the new fiscal year.

Over a ten-year period, biobank participants who met recommended levels of physical activity had a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular disease, and the protective effects were even more pronounced in individuals with depression.

The Welsh folk singer Lleuwen Steffan was working in a museum archive when she came across recordings of Welsh-language hymns she had never heard before…. Many of the hymns date back to the 18th century and passed down through the generations. Steffan said: “They’re conversational and the lyrics feel so current. There were committees who would choose what hymns would go into the hymn books. These were the unchosen ones, the cancelled ones, if you like.

The consequences of inadequate mental health support are dire for students and institutions, including higher rates of academic struggle and attrition. Singapore is a good example of a country where mental health is receiving national attention, particularly in the higher education sector.

The discovery has moved many people on mainland social media. All around his rural home in central China’s Shanxi province, Zhang Fuqing wrote everything that occurred to him, from daily routines to his family history and his curiosity about the universe.

The twin insurrections at the US Capitol in 2021 and Brasilia’s Three Powers Plaza in 2023 left no doubt about the international coordination of reactionary forces. Yet far too little is known about the entities of this network, their sources of financing, and their institutional allies operating inside our political systems. That is why we launched a research consortium on the Reactionary International: to trace the connections between the politicians, platforms, think-tanks, funders, foundations, publications, judges, and journalists that comprise this global network — and to support democratic systems to become more resilient to their insidious tactics.

Because of the heavy subject matter in the show, there were social workers and trauma counselors there on set for support, if needed.