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Mike McKenna
Mike is the former President, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Marsteller, the corporate storytelling arm of Burson Marsteller.
He has held senior management positions at BBDO, Grey, Citigate, and Young & Rubicam.
Charlie Cuneo
Charlie has a career that spans business, government and nonprofit work with extensive experience managing international commercial and technology enterprises in a number of industries. From entrepreneurial start-ups through Fortune 500 corporations.
He earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University, where he was managing editor of the Yale Daily News.
Dave Greeley
Dave has led creative departments at Fidelity's Waterstreet, Larry Miller, and iXL, at one time the world's second largest web strategy and development firm. He has served as CMO of various venture-backed firms and continues to consult directly with clients.
Previously, he was a group creative director at the Boston office of BBDO and at Ingalls.
Peter Ortali
Peter is our lead brand designer, he has created branding for xG Health Solutions, HealthSmart, Ransom Everglades School, Austin Prep, The Pennington School and The Association of Chiropractic Colleges.
Peter led the creative practice of eCRM consultancy Digital Lighthouse where he was responsible for creating internal and external websites for many of Wall Street's largest firms. He has held senior creative positions at N.W. Ayer and Young & Rubicam.
Joseph Cerro
Joe loves working on the difficult challenges—the ones that get solved by understanding the hard facts on the ground and by developing the kinds of strategies that reshape the landscape…in your favor.
Joe's analyses and advice have helped global companies like Bayer to make winning, multi-billion dollar decisions. That's why Vertex Pharma asked Joe to help them to develop concepts for social media, mobile apps, and wearable telemetry devices.
Roland Adams
Higher Education Advisor
For 35 years, Roland has developed award-winning communications programs for leading academic institutions.
An expert in all areas of collegiate marketing and communications, he has advised two presidents of the University of Texas at Dallas; a dean of Vermont Law School; three presidents of Dartmouth College; and three presidents of Bates College.
Brenda Colangelo McKenna
Media Planning
Prior to forming BCM, Brenda developed media strategies for Fortune 500 companies at Lord, Geller, Federico, Einstein and Marquardt and Roche.
In addition to expertise in traditional and online media planning, she is known as a particularly tough negotiator.
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Want to know some answers about what's happening in the Perth cafe scene? We look at some current issues such as whether to talk on mobile phones in cafes, and what's going on with the new liquor licensing laws. Whether mobile phones should be used in cafes or restaurants is fairly straightforward but the new liquor licensing laws are downright confusing!We'll divulge to you who Perth's best barista is, as well as Perth's craftiest beer brewer. Take a step back though history with us to see what Perth's cafes were like over 50 years ago. We have a great new weight loss scheme that may provide that extra motivation you've been looking for, and we also give you the inside scoop on just who should order and what to order when you're out and about.There's all this plus detailed info on Perth's best dining venues, wine, the latest books, CDs, cool products and more.
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For more than a century, people have been flocking to the natural mineral waters that now makes up Taupo DeBretts Hot Springs. These healing waters are sourced from the picturesque Onekeneke valley, a favorite bathing spot among early Maori inhabitants. Since the Armed Constabulary moved into the Taupo area in the mid nineteenth century, this bathing spot has been extensively upgraded to become a favorite spot for tens of thousands of visitors.
However, Fox deemed the task of making the pools into a "place of general resort" too demanding, and did not further his interest.
the finest natural swimming bath in the thermal district.
At the foot of the lake was a spout bath, and at its head the iron bath. These bath houses still remain, however access is difficult due to the growth of vegetation. The original water source of these bathhouses, the black terrace springs have been destroyed by development further up the valley.
The present pool complex was built in 1958 by Sir Henery O'Callagher. A man of incredible insight and vision, who installed very modern concepts in a not so modern time.
Present owners, Barry & Carol Kirkland, purchased the thermal pool complex in 1987 in a condemned and deteriorated state. Immediately a massive redevelopment and modernisation programme began. The pools were closed to the public for a period of three months where extensive upgrading and preparation took place to prepare the pools to an acceptable hygiene and bathing standard.
Barry remembers towing around a caravan in the dirt to mark out the existing caravan and motorhome sites, and planting the thousands of shrubs that now make up the screening hedges.
Today Taupo DeBretts encompasses a full holiday resort featuring 42 stand alone accommodations as well as tent and RV campsites, childrens playground & big air bounce pad, an outdoor pool facility with 2 large natural mineral pools, fresh water pools, spa pool and a hot water playground with a tipping bucket and three heated hydro-slides for the kids. 12 private indoor pools provide bathing in private, set within the lush bush landscape. These private pools are all natural thermal mineral water at varying temperatures. There is even a full Day Spa with 5 treatment rooms that provides visitors with unique massage, body wraps, scrubs, facials and a range of beauty treatments.


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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Leader Dr. Laura Quiros Joins Coston Consulting
Coston Consulting, a certified Black-owned business advisory firm devoted to helping clients expand their business, raise their profile, and advance their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, announced today that prominent DEI consultant Dr. Laura Quiros has joined the firm as an Affiliate Partner.
"Laura has done such amazing work and research in the DEI space," said Michael Coston, CEO of Coston Consulting. "Her expertise and clinical background will be invaluable to our clients as they engage in the important process of developing and advancing their DEI goals. I couldn't be more excited to welcome Dr. Quiros to the firm."
"I was very impressed with Michael's vision and Coston Consulting's commitment and approach to helping organizations 'get it right' when it comes to DEI," said Dr. Laura Quiros when discussing her arrival to the firm. "Our team offers diverse skill sets and perspectives that really help guide organizations to better understand their DEI obstacles and opportunities and develop strategies that have a meaningful impact on their culture."
Dr. Laura Quiros, Ph.D., LMSW advises, coaches, and trains boards of directors, executives, and other professionals across the corporate, professional services, higher education, and non-profit sectors to advance their DEI efforts. She regularly works with clients to expand their racial literacy and help them communicate more openly about race and racism. She also helps clients identify, understand, and overcome issues that create a culture of organizational whiteness.
For the past 11 years, Dr. Quiros has served as an Associate Professor of Social Work at Adelphi University, where she teaches social work practice at both the doctoral and master's levels. Her research and scholarly interests focus on the social construction of racial and ethnic identity and trauma-informed care through a social justice lens.
Dr. Quiros earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Welfare from The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, where her dissertation focused on "The Social Construction of Racial and Ethnic Identity among Women of Color from Mixed Ancestry." She also earned a master's degree in social work from Hunter College School of Social Work and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Skidmore College.
The official press release can be found here.


This 20-song budget CD should warm the heart of anyone who enjoys the gospel side of Bluegrass music, with one superb performance after another. The power packed lineup includes artists like RALPH STANLEY, RHONDA VINCENT, COUNTRY GENTLEMEN, SELDOM SCENE, PAUL WILLIAMS, LARRY SPARKS, THE MARSHALL FAMILY, FORBES FAMILY, and DON RENO & BENNY MARTIN. The songs include old standards and inspiring newer numbers that are already classics, like I PRESSED THROUGH THE CROWD (Paul Williams), IÕVE JUST SEEN THE ROCK OF AGES (Ralph Stanley), I DIDNÕT HAVE A PRAYER (Phoenix), and DRIVINÕ NAILS (Forbes Family). Two great cuts by Don Reno & Benny Martin are from an old & rare Cabin Creek LP and have not seen the light of day on CD up until now. A great CD!


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Kitware Announces the Release of 3D Slicer 4.5 for Medical Image Analysis
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Version 4.5 release employs software practices from Kitware to accelerate the progression of research from the lab to the patient's bedside.
Kitware, Inc., on behalf of the 3D Slicer community, is pleased to announce the release of 3D Slicer version 4.5 in support of basic and applied medical imaging research. 3D Slicer is an industry-leading software application for visualizing and processing medical images from a multitude of medical devices. Researchers have used it to correlate the shape of structures in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of brains with the risk of schizophrenia, as well as to measure cardiac function from computed tomography (CT).
One of the many strengths of 3D Slicer is its extensible, open-source foundation. The 4.5 release offers over 60 extensions and 150 feature improvements, in addition to performance and stability advancements. Extensions are provided by a community of over 160 researchers from around the world and are free for academic and commercial use. These extensions enable 3D Slicer to import numerous new kinds of medical images and to make precise measurements of a variety of anatomic structures and pathologies. One extension, for example, computes biomarkers for lung disease from CT images.
"Both a full-featured research platform enabling reproducible science and a highly customizable software application meeting rigorous industrial expectations, 3D Slicer is at the forefront of cutting-edge medical research and patient care," said Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin, who led the 3D Slicer 4.5 development effort at Kitware.
Multi-label segmentation of a child's skull bones. This figure was generated using a customized version of 3D Slicer, part of a surgical planning system to enable optimal cranial remodeling in children with craniosynostosis.
The 4.5 release tightens the integration between 3D Slicer and the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK). It also takes advantage of recent developments in the Visualization Toolkit (VTK). These toolkits, like 3D Slicer, contain best-in-class scientific methods and employ Kitware's high-quality software practices, based on CMake, for building and distributing stable applications on Windows, Linux, and MacOS platforms. For a full set of 3D Slicer 4.5's features, please visit 3D Slicer's Wiki page.
"3D Slicer is a prime example of the power and integrative potential of ITK, VTK, and CMake," said Fillion-Robin. "The image and data analysis algorithms and extensions of 3D Slicer are written using ITK, the visualization capabilities of 3D Slicer are provided by VTK, and the cross-platform building and testing of 3D Slicer are managed by CMake. These libraries are industry leaders and are freely available for academic and commercial use within and beyond 3D Slicer."
To learn how to leverage Kitware's open-source platforms, including 3D Slicer, ITK, VTK, and CMake, into research, products, and processes, please contact Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin at kitware(at)kitware.com. To learn more about 3D Slicer, please visit http://www.slicer.org.
3D Slicer is supported, in part, by grants associated with the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC), the Neuroimage Analysis Center (NAC), the National Center for Image-Guided Therapy (NCIGT), and numerous other National Institutes of Health and government initiatives. Much of the 3D Slicer version 4.5 release was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U24CA194354. The content does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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Discrete Search Virus
by Violet George
Some threats reinstall themselves if you don't delete their core files. We recommend downloading SpyHunter to remove harmful programs for you. This may save you hours and ensure you don't harm your system by deleting the wrong files.
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This page aims to help you remove Discrete Search "Virus". Our removal instructions work for Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as every version of Windows.
You have probably heard of the term browser hijackers before, but what does it really mean? The term is most commonly used to describe a certain type of programs that are designed to take control of your Chrome, Firefox or other popular browser and change some of its settings, including the default search engine and homepage. Furthermore, this type of software is also very well known for flooding users' screen with sponsored messages, ads, redirecting them to new websites and just being overwhelmingly annoying. We're guessing you've landed on this page due to a specific program of this type called Discrete Search "Virus". If so, then you're certainly in luck, because here we will provide you with all the necessary details you will need to successfully remove this program from your machine. Below is a detailed removal guide with step by step instructions that will help you do just that. But before you head over to it, read on and find out what hidden dangers Discrete Search "Virus" may be harboring and why exactly it's important that you keep your system safe from similar software in the future.
What's the big deal with browser hijackers? Are they dangerous?
One of the first and most common misconceptions most people encounter when dealing with a browser hijacker (especially when for the first time) is that they've been infected by some form of virus. This is decidedly not the case and you needn't worry that you'll end up having your files destroyed or encrypted, which is often the result of other infections and viruses like ransomware and Trojans. With that said, the genuine purpose of these programs is relatively harmless and serves the interests of the online marketing industry. All the ads, the banners, the popups and various other promotional materials you keep seeing on your screen – these are all paid for and are there with the aim of generating profit for the hijacker developers and those distributing the various products and services that the ads advertise.
Most often the developers profit based on remuneration models like the famous Pay Per Click scheme, which ensures that each and every one of your clicks on those ads generates a small amount of money. Now, up until now everything sounds pretty legit and innocent, right? Well, now let's get to the more interesting part. In order to squeeze out as much profit as possible from the PPC scheme and such, the developers of programs like Discrete Search "Virus" often resort to various data tracking techniques, in order to optimize the flow of ads. This basically means, that it's pretty much commonplace for Discrete Search "Virus" and others like it to monitor what you do online. For example, they can keep track of the websites you visit most often and the type of content you like and share on social media. Your latest online search requests are usually also of great importance to the hijacker. And all of this combined provides it with a better idea of the type of ads you will be more likely to interact with.
Obviously, snooping around like this is not a good thing. It's not completely illegal, however, as technically – you allowed it to happen by installing Discrete Search "Virus" yourself. We can hear your outrage all the way here, but let us explain: the only possible way for this program to have gotten installed on your machine is if you knowingly or unknowingly gave it permission to do so. This most likely happened when you downloaded and installed some other piece of software and rushed the installation process by choosing the Automatic or Default settings. Never do this from now on. The safety of your machine depends on you being very cautious and thorough with the introduction of new programs to your system, so always be sure to customize the setup, so you don't end up with problems like this.
With that much in mind, there's another very important thing we would like to add, before you move on to the removal instructions below. Though Discrete Search "Virus" is not a virus and doesn't aim to harm you or your PC, it would be wise to abstain from any and all interaction with its ads. The reason for this is that they may potentially put you at risk of running into real malware and that is not something you want happening to you.
Name Discrete Search "Virus"
Type Adware/Browser Hijacker
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Search Marquis is a high-profile hijacker – you might want to see if you're not infected with it as well.
You can find the removal guide here.
Violet George
Violet is an active writer with a passion for all things cyber security. She enjoys helping victims of computer virus infections remove them and successfully deal with the aftermath of the attacks. But most importantly, Violet makes it her priority to spend time educating people on privacy issues and maintaining the safety of their computers. It is her firm belief that by spreading this information, she can empower web users to effectively protect their personal data and their devices from hackers and cybercriminals.


Kip Itxaron trudged down Rain Street, wending her way around the dirty puddles and heaps of animal droppings. The young goblin gazed absently at the ragged people who struggled along the muddy lane, its sides lined with shabby storefronts. A hobgoblin pushed a cart piled with rags while his wife scoured the gutters, occasionally stooping to pick up a shred of cloth and adding it to the load. A group of kids sat on a front step smoking dreamweed. Under a patched tarpaulin, two old women served up steaming bowls of mule meat soup to a crowd of hobgoblin laborers. The hulky men, their rough skin a duskier hue of green than the women's and caked with dirt, eagerly slurped their lunch, licking their tusks with relish.
Kip's stomach grumbled; she hadn't eaten since the day before. She tightened her belt and kept walking.
Rain Street was the main thoroughfare through the center of the Goblin Reservation. At its eastern end, on the summit of a rocky hill on which grew only briars and a few stunted trees, stood the palace of Queen Tegla Ezti IV, nominal ruler of the Eight Tribes, but really just a puppet of the human King. The palace's cracked walls and overgrown battlements stood as mute testimony to the poverty and degeneration of the ramshackle town.
From the palace, Rain Street ran downhill through a compact cluster of thatched huts, shacks, and tents housing nearly fifty thousand goblinkin. Human law dictated that the goblinkin had to live within the few square miles of wasteland of the Reservation, a half-hour walk from Vancian, the human capital. The Reservation's lone town took up part of the area, but beyond the crowded buildings and refuse-filled alleyways, Rain Street ran through rocky fields where a few goblinkin families struggled to work the barren soil or hacked granite out of a large quarry. Continuing to the west, the street, now little more than a dirt path, wound through low hills before linking up with the royal highway, a major road that ran along the river before terminating at Vancian's heavily guarded city gate.
But Kip was going to none of these places; she wasn't going anywhere. As she passed the crude hovels and market stalls, she felt the small bag of coins hidden beneath her tunic. She didn't have to look to know how much she had-eight copper pennies and a silver half-mark. Enough to eat for the rest of the week, assuming she ate one meal a day.
For the hundredth time, she went over the numbers in her head. Her rent at The Cradle and Coffin, a mark every other week for a pile of dirty straw under a leaky roof, wasn't due for another ten days, long enough that she didn't need to worry about it now. But she still owed Ballick, the smelly old human bookie, seven pennies. Ballick was a serious problem. She was already late on her payment, and she had seen what he and his crew did to gamblers who didn't pay. Luckily, no human, not even Ballick, would dare come onto the Reservation without a small army. As long as she didn't leave, she'd be safe. But if she wanted to find work, she had to go to Vancian. And there was still the problem of how she would eat next week.
Caught up in her thoughts, she didn't notice the goblin standing in her path until she ran right into her.
"Excuse me," Kip muttered, hand straying to her money pouch to check it was still there.
When Kip glanced at the woman she smiled. Pink makeup caked the goblin's face, hiding her naturally green complexion under a cheap imitation of human skin. She had dyed her hair from the goblinkin's characteristic black to a ridiculous shade of blonde. Bangles crowded her wrists, and a gaudy necklace hung around her neck, its thin veneer of gold wash already flaking off. Her shoes had ridiculously thick soles in a failed attempt to bring her up to the height of a human woman.
Kip took another look at the goblin's face. Those sharp features, those hard eyes belying that easy smile. . .she had a flash of recognition.
"Prenta! I haven't seen you in ages!"
As kids, they had run in the same gang together, filching goods from merchant's wagons and sneaking into farmers' fields at night to steal food. As they matured, they started running shipments of dreamweed from Vancian's docks onto the Reservation. Their human boss took most of the profit, but their commission was enough to keep food on their table and money in their pockets.
Then one night, a deal went sour and they had to fight their way out. Kip had to kill two people to survive. One was just a human rogue, but the other was a goblin. The look on the woman's face as she cut her down remained burned in Kip's memory.
Kip shoved those unpleasant thoughts aside and hugged her friend.
"You look well," she said.
"Thank you," Prenta smiled, cocking her head coyly to one side and trying to stand taller, but only managing a precarious wobble. "I try to keep up with the latest fashions."
Kip couldn't help but laugh.
Kip put a hand over her smile, trying to suppress a chuckle and failing.
"You. . .you've become a guman!" Kip snickered.
"Don't use that word! Just because some goblins try to look their best doesn't mean we've forgotten who we are."
Kip stopped laughing. No, Prenta hadn't forgotten who she was. It probably ate at her insides every time she looked in a mirror. No amount of overpriced makeup could hide those wide cheekbones and flat nose, although she had seen some gumans who had taken razors to their face to make them look more human. Kip thanked her ancestors that Prenta hadn't become that desperate.
"Sorry," Kip muttered, then quickly changed the subject. "So how have you been doing?"
"I've been doing wonderfully," Prenta replied, all smiles again. "The boss pays well. How's the magic business going?"
Kip grimaced. "Not too good, I'm afraid."
After the fight Kip had turned her back on criminal life and apprenticed herself to a mage. Prenta went to work for one of their tribe's sub-chieftains, a mid-level crime boss.
Prenta looked over Kip's ragged clothes and cracked boots.
"Yeah, you look like you could use some work. Actually, I've been trying to find you. The boss needs a job done, and I think you'll be interested. She could use someone with your skills."
"Sorry," Kip said, shaking her head. "I don't do that anymore."
The goblin looked around before leaning closer to Kip.
"I can't really tell you what it's all about here in the open," she whispered, "but a cousin of yours got herself in a jam. The boss wants to help her out."
Kip tensed. She knew which cousin it was without having to be told-Nekane, the daughter of her eldest aunt. While Kip and Prenta were still stealing apples from orchards, Nekane had already graduated to banditry. She was moody, unpredictable, often violent, but always good to Kip and her friends, buying them food and helping out when their parents got behind on rent. Nekane was a hooligan, but she was family, the only thing most goblinkin could truly call their own.
"Let's see your boss," Kip sighed.


–Including how a pot grower got nabbed stealing water!
As I started writing this story, the embers were still hot. More than 8,000 homes or buildings had been burned. Nearly 50 people confirmed dead with many more missing. Hundreds of thousands of acres of burning that had gone on for more than a week. Losses in the billions of dollars, and this firestorm was called the worst natural disaster in California history. The Tubbs and Pocket fires were threatening a number of XiO's hundreds of water systems. This was a direct hit very near XiO's Sonoma County water systems.
And then a bigger fire hit. Directly in the center of another XiO stronghold, Ventura County. I heard a reporter from CBS news reporting from Ventura, California, one night, surrounded by XiO water systems for the agricultural growers.
We were just into the second devastating fire, and already a lesson had been learned. By the power company. Turn off the power during strong, dry winds in order to reduce ignition of fires when "re-closers" come on.
I was watching our entire XiO Southern California water map when XiO's local control systems threw power failure alarms over many hundreds of square miles. Lesson learned. In Sonoma, the local power company may or may not have had any responsibility for the fires, however one theory is that some fires were started from sparking as hurricane-strength winds—over 100 miles per hour—thrashed trees into electric lines and electric lines into trees. Some power lines were equipped with the equivalent of a self-resetting circuit breaker that—after a trip—waits some time and then tries to re-power or re-close the circuit. If the fault was transient, then it's possible to avoid sending a crew out while immediately restoring power. In theory, though, the re-closing could spark a fire. A lesson to be learned.
Lesson Learned: by the Southern California electric company was not only to not re-start circuits but to proactively shut down the power. Did this Lesson work? The jury is still out, that's for sure. The power company in the Ventura area appeared to have acted very quickly in shutting down the power, however the fire went on to become the largest in state history. The Ventura County fire went to displace the still burning—Largest Structure Fire in California—the Sonoma County fire. The Ventura County fire became the Largest Structure Fire in California.
Our company, XiO, is in the water business. We provide control systems to run pumps, filters, provide disinfection and manage tanks and reservoirs.
Setting aside the question of how this fire could have happened, what water system lessons have we learned about how we can handle this kind of devastation in the future?
Our company has dozens of systems in Sonoma and Napa Counties, the epicenter of the first of these devastating wild fires. Fire touched three of our customers' water systems, only one seriously. During the peak of the fire, the paramount question was "How much water do we have on hand?" In the most seriously affected systems, we always knew how much water we had.
In Ventura County, XiO also had dozens of systems, mostly agricultural. Out of all these systems, only one well was affected and it only sustained minor damage.
Lesson Learned: Irrigated agricultural land did not burn extensively in either fire. We have heard a number of people say that the irrigated lands acted as a fire-break to protect homes. We know that our agricultural customers were furiously pumping all during the fires, since the power was only out for a brief few hours. Whether it was grapes, citrus or avocados, the irrigated crop lands were not involved in the fires from our experience.
Lesson Learned: A local water source is valuable and directly aids in fire fighting. A community of 100 service connections might have a 100,000 storage tank. That will refill a typical fire engine more than fifty times. And the pumping rate into the system can fill a fire truck in five to ten minutes. That is, IF THERE IS WATER in storage and electricity to pump.
I am proud to say that XiO's customers were aware of their water storage status most of the time. (See the lesson below about the cellular network.) We had one customer in Sonoma that reportedly lost two homes in a 20 home development. Most had planned carefully to mitigate wildfires, and it worked for them.
Lesson Learned: Relying upon the cellular network for water system operation was proven to be a mistake. Fortunately none of our XiO systems required the cellular network to be active in order for pumps to operate and fill tanks.
The field-based control systems must act autonomously without outside connection to avoid dependence on the Cellular or Cable Networks.
Knowing how much water you have allows manual actuation of pumps. At one of our sites, we lost communication from the well site for nearly 12 hours when fire burned a power pole supplying well power. The tank location had sporadic power and was still reporting to our Cloud servers, so we knew how much water we had. The operator was able to drive to the well site and start a well pump on HAND with a generator. It was inefficient, but our customer knew how much water they had, and their tanks were full until the fire damage could be addressed twelve hours later.
However, two of our systems suffered a loss of visibility into the systems, but no loss of property. We have learned a few lessons about how to handle future disasters.
Lesson Learned: An Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) cannot help you pump during a power outage, but a UPS—with enough holdup time—can help you to always know how much water you have and what any pressure zone measurements are.
Many UPS's we see can only provide 15 to 30 minutes of backup after a power outage. Our XiO UPS will usually run five hours which has proven adequate for us for six years. The recent California conflagration left our customers without power for between 24 and 48 hours. That outage exhausted all of our UPS batteries.
Lesson Learned: Pump when you can and keep your tanks full. Conserve Water! The principal goal of all of our customers was to fill their water tanks as full as possible and then keep them full, pumping when they had dropped only six inches. Tanks in Sonoma County are typically keep at only 70% full or so to provide for water motion after an earthquake. An earthquake can cause the roof of a tank to be knocked off in an earthquake, and the tank can then collapse. During the fires, however, our customers kept their tanks just short of overflow.
Dark and Ironic Humor: In the midst of the fire, one community was faced with a complete power outage from burned transmission lines above the development. The fire was headed their direction. Smoke was thick. Luckily, XiO had been in close contact with the operator of record for the water system. He had refused evacuation, knowing that the community lake was about 2,000 feet away. He and his son decided to stay and fight the fire and keep the water system working. During the chaotic time, XiO was watching their main 100,000 gallon reservoir level. It was being drained at a rate twice the normal rate. The water loss was steady, indicating either a leak or very constant use rate. Long story short, the water operator of record used the XiO flow information to zero in on a pot farmer, cultivating cannabis. "If the fire hits my place," said the grower, "I don't want my pot to burn!" A water board meeting was called on the spot and a ruling was made to shut off service. The water store was protected! This little system came out with no lost homes, which is more than can be said for so many other of the thousands of lost homes.
We offer our thoughts and prayers to all those victims of the two worst fires to burn California.


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Q: proper differentiable maps of manifolds Is the following statement true?If yes, why?
Let $f: M\to N$ be a proper morphism between smooth manifolds.  Let $x$ be a point of $N$, and $U$ a nbhd of $f^{-1}(x)$ in $M$. Then there exists a nbhd $V$ of $x$ in $N$ such that $f^{-1}(V)\subset U$.
Here, proper means that the preimage of any compact set is compact.
It seems to me this was used in a expository article that I am reading.  If it is true, I expect it to be true for proper morphism of locally compact topological spaces. But for some reason I wasn't able to find a proof.
Thank you.

A: Suppose not. Then there is a sequence $(y_n)_{n\geq1}$ in $M\setminus U$ such that $f(y_n)\to x$. The set $S=\{f(y_n):n\geq1\}\cup\{x\}$ is compact, so its preimage $f^{-1}(S)$ is also compact. Since the sequence $(y_n)_{n\geq1}$ is contained in $f^{-1}(S)$, we can —by replacing it with one of its subsequences, if needed— assume that in fact $(y_n)_{n\geq1}$ converges to a point $y\in M$.
Can you finish?
(I am using that $x$ has a countable basis of neighborhoods here and that sequences in a compact subset of $M$ have convergent subsequences —to reduce to dealing with sequences— but more technology will remove that in order to generalize this to spaces other that manifolds)

A: You are quite correct that this is a purely topological statement. Proper maps  are closed and here is a proof that works for closed maps between topological spaces, not necessarily manifolds nor even locally compact .
Proof:  Since $U$ is open in $M$, $M \setminus U$ is closed, hence (by the assumption "closed map" )  so is $F\subset N$ defined by  $F=f(M\setminus U) $.   Just take $V=N\setminus F$. Done.
Edit: Since the issue of "properness" is a very interesting one, I hope you will excuse the following development, prompted by Theo's comment.
The principal property of proper maps is that they are closed and I think this should be built into the definition (obviously Algebraic Geometry makes its influence felt here).  So a nice definition  is that a continuous map $f:X\to Y$ between topological spaces is proper if it is closed  and if the inverse images of points in $y \in Y$ are compact subsets $f^{-1}(y) \subset X$ [technically some say "quasi-compact" subsets to stress that no Hausdorff condition is assumed].   The link with the usual notion of "properness" is then the following theorem (in which proper has the meaning just given), whose assumptions are pleasantly weaker than one might expect. The point I advocate is that one should learn it once and for all, and that then you can often give short elegant proofs in the context of properness.
Theorem   If $X$ is Hausdorff and $ Y $ locally compact, then $f$ is proper if and only if the inverse image of a compact subset $K\subset Y$ is a compact subset $f^{-1}(K) \subset Y$.
(The proof is in Chapter 1 of Bourbaki's book on General Topology, which adopts this point of view)

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At least 10 people have been killed in a shooting at a school in south-west Germany, police say.
Most of the dead are thought to have been pupils at the Albertville secondary school in Winnenden, north of Stuttgart.
Police say the gunman, who was reported to have been wearing black combat gear, has fled into the town.
A search is underway, with helicopters circling above the town. Police and rescue teams are at the school.
"We have to assume a death toll in the double-digits," a spokeswoman for the interior ministry in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg told the Reuters news agency.
"These are students," she said.
The editor of the local paper, Frank Nipkau, told television channel N-TV that eight pupils and two adults were among the dead.
The incident is reported to have begun around 0945 (0845 GMT).
Local media reports say the gunman was a former pupil.
About 1,000 children are thought to attend the school, in the town some 20km (12 miles) north-east of Stuttgart.
At least 15 dead now. Some killed as the gunman was running away from the school where he continued to shoot.
The gunman (17 year old ex pupil) apparently has been killed in a shoot out with police.
10 People in Alabama have been shot as well (although not in a school).
And no doubt Marilyn Manson was loading for him.
It seems that the gunman did not turn the weapons on himself either - he was killed in a shootout with police. Suicide by cop.
This is getting unoriginal. What is wrong with these kids, even if you are mobbed or maybe abused by your father or whatever, you make what you want of your experiences. There are people who have had a terrible start in their life, but have become wonderful people as grown ups then there are people who takes negative experiences and makes something negative out of it.
Why would you even say that, I hope you are trying to be funny. Anyone that blames Manson or any other artist does not have any idea what they are taking about.
Michael Moore: If you were to talk directly to the kids at Columbine or the people in that community, what would you say to them if they were here right now?
Marilyn Manson: I wouldn't say a single word to them, I would listen to what they have to say and that's what no one did.
There's going to be a lot more laws soon I imagine, as the German lawmakers react to this tragedy. I wonder what gets banned after this.
Keeping guns at home. There are plenty of shooting clubs where they could be stored.
Good guess. Though the problem wasn't the guns that were locked up at home - it was the gun that wasn't locked up.
News articles have already mentioned revising gun laws in Germany as a result of this, but they are also blaming violent video games again.
Yes, and they will decide that removing all guns from domestic homes is the best way to protect the population from negligent owners and their troubled family members (with the usual exceptions for law enforcement etc). Guns in Germany are tightly controlled already so this extra level is quite easy to implement.
They may also ban hand guns or guns with certain magazine size?
I don't think the Germans will take to well to this kind of thing happening again, its not really what people expect.
More likely they'll just go for a more sweeping firearms ban, perhaps outlawing everything?
83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89?? That's not your Mother's shotgun, people!!!
Blame the shooter, then the weapon used, but not all guns.
No, there is quite a hunting heritage in Germany so that would not be possible. The one thing about Germans is that they usually are sensible about these things and tend to try to fix the actual problem, which in this case seems to be access to weapons and types of weapons available.
Perhaps something like in the UK will happen? In the end you have to ask why are handguns even available to the general public except in exceptional cases? I would like to shoot hand guns, its fun, but I don't like that they are in my neighbours house. I would happily have a gun and store it at a gun club.
Keep in mind this is Germany, not America, very different situation.
The focus will be on preventing, blame is not particularly helpful once the deed is done.
I'd probably read that as a ban on everything that is not a bolt-action or break-action hunting rifle. In other words: all handguns banned, all autoloading rifles and shotguns banned. Unless you grandfather in those guns already in the system, you're going to have to buy them back from owners (or force them to surrender them for free.).
In addition, you'd have to come up with a place people could store hunting/sporting weapons if it's not legal to keep them at home, and come up with a legal method for transporting them (some additional licenses I suppose).
Not all shotguns, just auto-loaders.
Single and double-barrel break-action ones should not be affected, IMO.
Sorry, a miss-read. "all autoloading rifles and shotguns banned"
If they went that far then yes, not so sure on the shotgun as that's used in some forms of hunting.
To be honest I doubt they will ban anything, or if they do it will only be hand guns.
Storage is no real problem, the gun clubs around here are pretty nice (I'm 15km from where the shooting happened) and adding secure storage would not be difficult. There are at least 2 gun clubs with 3km of my house, so its not like its an inconvenience for anyone to have their guns stored away from the home.
That's very tragic. My heart goes out to the families and German community.
Indeed. Every time this happens my first reaction is always horror as I place myself in the shoes of the victims, then shock (WHY would someone want to do this?), then anger.
No matter what laws we pass afterwords or who we blame, we can't bring people back from the dead, and that's the tragedy that is so difficult to accept.
I think people are always more shocked when it happens outside of the US.
Yeah, they should come up with a new way to take out their rage on people.
Once Germany bans handguns, I'm sure they will.
Don't fret GT it was meant to be a joke. I was implying that the media would regurgitate the usual claptrap.


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A poster at a media freedom in West Papua summit in Jakarta during World Press Freedom Day conference in May 2017. Image: David Robie/PMC
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A covering declaration accompanying the submission made it clear it was exposing the current state of lack of media freedom in West Papua.
"Over the last 10 years, journalists and news organisations have faced serious threats to their personal security, as well as being targeted by digital disinformation campaigns that aimed to disrupt the work of legitimate news sources and reporting," the declaration said.
"The death of two local journalists, assaults on multiple others and several cases of international journalists being deported from Indonesia for reporting on or in West Papua underscores the lack of media freedom of West Papua."
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Indonesia ranks 124th out of 180 countries in the Reporters Without Borders Global Press Freedom Index, which states "President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo did not keep his campaign promises during his five-year term.
"His presidency was marked by serious media freedom violations, including drastic restrictions on media access to West Papua … where violence against local journalists keeps on growing."
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There are patterns of threats that implicate the safety and security of local journalists in West Papua.
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Over the past 10 years, there have been two deaths, multiple assaults, arrests on local journalists and deportation of international journalists. (Most of the cases remain open with no clear investigation process).
Disinformation using bogus online media disrupts the work of legitimate news sources.
Human rights violations
"West Papuans have been experiencing serious human rights violations including torture, imprisonment and extrajudicial killings by the Indonesian security forces (police and military)," the submission says.
"The West Papuans have long expressed their desire for self-determination since Indonesia took over the territory in 1963. It was officially incorporated into the Indonesian state in 1969 after the 'Act of Free Choice'.
"Simmering low level conflict between various pro-independence groups and the Indonesian army have been ongoing since then, with the continued existence of local armed groups in West Papua. Indonesia has maintained a significant military presence in the region."
However, in recent years "civil resistance movements have gained traction organising protests against human rights violations in West Papua and demanding the right to self-determination".
The submission says that as a result the Indonesian government has "tightened security control over West Papua by maintaining the presence of both military and police forces and deploying these state security forces to stop rallies or discussions on human rights and/or political issues, and clamp down on the freedoms of expression, association, and assembly".
Human rights violations and extrajudicial killings by the military and police in West Papua "rarely make the headlines in the mainstream media," says the submission.
There have been many cases since where access to foreign media has been limited or refused. There have also been several cases of foreigners visiting West Papua being deported from Indonesia "on suspicion of being journalists".
Relaxed media rules
While four journalists from New Zealand (from RNZ Pacific and Māori Television) took advantage of a brief period of relaxed media rules in 2015 after President Widodo took office to visit West Papua, none have been there since.
In May 2019, the head of the immigration division in the regional office of the Ministry for Law and Human Rights in Papua Province reaffirmed a "clearing house" system for any foreign journalists wanting to visit West Papua.
If a permit is granted the foreign journalist would then be supervised by the security forces during their entire working trip in West Papua.
Here is a list of human rights violations against journalists documented by Tapol and Jubi researchers over the past decade:
Local journalists:
2010: Journalist Ardiansyah Matrais, a correspondent for Jubi and Merauke TV, was reported missing on July 28. Two days later, his tortured body was retrieved from the Gudang Arang Merauke river. The police autopsy report said he was still alive when he had been thrown into the river. His case remains unresolved.
2011: Journalist Banjir Ambarita, correspondent of the Jakarta Globe daily and Vivanews.com, was stabbed while driving a motorbike. It is suspected that the motive was related to an article he had written on the sexual abuse of a detainee by three police officers. No further investigation undertaken.
2012: Leiron Kogoya, a journalist for Pasific Post and Papua Pos Nabire, died when gunmen plane shot down his plane at an airport in Papua province. Though he was not specifically the target, his death served as a reminder of the dangers that journalists face in West Papua.
2015: Abeth You, a journalist writing for Jubi was attacked by police in October when covering a demonstration on human rights violations in West Papua.
2017: Journalist Ardi Bayage, a reporter for Suarapapua.com, was arrested when covering a protest during World Press Freedom Day in 2016. Bayage showed his press card to the police, however the police ignored and accused him of lying. He was held for several hours in the police headquarters in Jayapura.
2018: Journalist Abeth You of Jubi in May captured the police beating his colleague Mando Mote on his mobile phone. He was choked by a member of the police; his mobile phone was taken away and his press card was destroyed.
Foreign journalists:
2006: Five Australian journalists from Channel Seven were detained and put under surveillance in Jayapura, Papua province, and then deported. Naomi Robson, Rohan Travis, Peter Andrew, Paul Richard and David John were detained on charges of entering the province with tourist visas. They were forced on a flight back to Jakarta on September 14 from where they were expelled from the country.
2014: Two French journalists, Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat, were detained in August in Papua province. They were doing a report on West Papua for the Franco-German TV channel Arte. They were charged with violation of immigration regulations and promoting instability. Their local guide and interpreter were also arrested and interrogated by the police for 36 hours.
2016: A visa was denied for French journalist Cyril Payen to report in Papua. On January 8, the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok informed Payen that his application for a visa to visit Indonesia and carry out reporting in Papua province had been denied. The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials later informed the French Embassy in Jakarta that the denial was because his previous reporting on the pro-independence movement was "biased and unbalanced".
2017: French journalist Basil Longchamp and his camera crew were deported from Indonesia after being granted permission to work on a documentary in Indonesia covering West Papua. On their arrival in Indonesia, they were expelled and banned from returning to Indonesia.
2018: Rebecca Henschke, an Australian journalist working for the BBC and her crew received an official permit to cover a military aid operation in West Papua. However, when the authorities found out about her Twitter post showing troops providing only non-nutritious foodstuffs, the journalist and her crew were expelled on the grounds that her post "hurt the feelings" of the soldiers.
2018: Australian doctoral candidate Belinda Lopez doing Indonesian studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, was detained in Denpasar, Bali, after arriving from Australia for her honeymoon in Indonesia.
"She was also planning to visit West Papua to attend a festival. Immigration officials told her that her name was blacklisted without offering any justification She had formerly worked as a reporter in Jakarta and had already been deported from West Papua once in 2016 on suspicion of being a journalist."
The researchers said the evidence demonstrated "acute risks and barriers for journalists working in West Papua".
'Bogus online media'
The submission also declared that West Papua suffered from the existence of "bogus online media".
According to a 2018 investigation by Jubi and a Jakarta-based website, Tirto, there were about 18 online media platforms that were "dubious and bogus".
"Their style of reporting includes producing hoaxes and propaganda regarding West Papua, quoting fictitious sources and conveying strong bias in favour of the police and the military in West Papua," stated the submission.
"Their work severely disrupts the work of genuine media organisations which also have an online presence. They make a major contribution to the spread of disinformation to the public regarding the issues in West Papua.
"They also affect the work of civil society organisations that have limited access to the region, and that rely on the online news reporting that comes out of West Papua."
In their report, Tapol and Jubi cite an example of how a bogus online media had "disrupted critical humanitarian work".
Describing the difficulties in verifying information and human rights violations allegedly taking place in Nduga regency, in the Central Highland of West Papua, the submission explains how Indonesian police and military have been conducting a joint operation against the West Papua Liberation Army since last December.
Nduga lockdown
"Independent sources have been very difficult to reach, and the military has been the sole source of information. Any accounts differing from the military are declared as a hoax, whereas not a single press worker can access Nduga due to the lockdown," states the submission.
"A local Papuan senator was reported to police when he stated that there were civilian deaths resulting from the operation. This makes balanced and accurate reporting from the ground nigh on impossible.
"It is also undermining the image of a free and fair media in Indonesia – one of the largest democratic nations in the world. There is very limited accountability on the part of the authorities towards the ongoing human rights crisis in West Papua."
In the past two UN Universal Periodic Reviews of Indonesian human rights, New Zealand and France have called for Indonesia to respect press freedom and open access to national and international journalists to West Papua.
Call for protection
Among recommendations by Tapol and Jubi are:
The United Kingdom – as host of the recent Global Media Freedom conference – should ensure freedom of the press is upheld universally, including in West Papua.
Indonesia ought to "maintain its credibility" by providing access to national and international media so that they can provide unrestricted coverage in West Papua.
Indonesia should be pressed to protect journalists working in West Papua and ensure that they are free from any harassment by security forces.
Indonesia must bring to justice those responsible for attacks and killings of journalists in West Papua.
Development aid funding should be increased to strengthen capacities of local organisations, media outlets, and journalists in West Papua, and to enable greater transparency and credible documentation of the ongoing human rights crisis in West Papua.
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Tue 23 Jul 2019 02.46 AEST
Eight members of the House of Lords call on the foreign secretary to take a strong stand against the banning of nearly all foreign media, NGOs and humanitarian agencies from entering West Papua
We, members of the House of Lords, would like to draw Jeremy Hunt's attention to the severe restrictions on press freedom in Indonesian-occupied West Papua. Since the Indonesian takeover in 1963, nearly all foreign media, NGOs and humanitarian agencies have been banned from entering West Papua. At a time of allegations of widespread, systemic human rights abuses against the indigenous population, the Indonesian government has sought to control the flow of information from West Papua to the outside world.
UN officials have found themselves barred from accessing West Papua. Former UN high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, issued a statement of concern over Indonesia's persistent foot-dragging in response to his desire to visit the territory. The current high commissioner, Michelle Bachelet, has similarly found her outstanding request for access unfulfilled. West Papuan journalists working locally face even more severe threats. This decade, several have been killed, arrested, beaten or tortured, allegedly for their reporting on Indonesian security service activities.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is making press freedom a pillar of its agenda in 2019. We hope the UK will take a strong stand on press freedom in West Papua and ensure that it is not bolstering this repressive activity through diplomatic support and military and police ties.
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The war against the COVID pandemic has been going on for over a year. India's latest tally has been 11.6 million cases with 160 thousand deaths. These are uncertain times, and the human race is highly vulnerable. It is natural for most of us to feel insecure and worried about the future. Covid patients are especially vulnerable, and many have post-traumatic stress disorder.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder wherein the sufferer has experienced or witnessed an event that has been traumatic, scary or violent like war, terrorism, serious accident, sexual violence, physical abuse and even natural disasters like hurricane, fire, earthquake, etc.
PTSD has probably existed as long as mankind has. The first case could probably have been an early caveman surviving an attack by predatory animals while hunting. This disorder had many names in the past, like shell shock, battle fatigue and soldier's heart. It was eventually recognised as a diagnosable condition in 1980 when the American Psychological Association encompassed its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for mental health practitioners.
PTSD can be linked to the complex changes in the autonomic nervous system, specifically an increase in activity of the sympathetic nervous system (the adrenaline system underlying the "fight, flight, or freeze" reactions) and a deficit in the parasympathetic nervous system (the "rest and digest" system).
Simply put, the brain networks associated with processing threat-detection and negative emotional responses are on overdrive, and brain networks involved in executive control, problem-solving, and emotional regulation are hindered and subdued.
Post-Covid Stress Disorder – An Emerging Global Mental Health Disorder
The Covid pandemic has not just led to deaths but has also triggered many physical, mental and economic problems worldwide. There have been pandemics in the past, but they have been so far apart that it is likely that the majority of the population is inexperienced and unprepared for it.
There is constant exposure to COVID-19 related news through every form of media. The news channels constantly cover the deaths of patients, hardships faced by caregivers, discrimination against COVID patients and caregivers, economic effects of the lockdown, loss of jobs, migration of labourers and the ever-changing rules and regulations of lockdown and safety measures. All this has led to Post Covid Stress Disorder not just among patients but also in the general population. We can break the stressors of Post Covid Stress Disorder into two categories: General Stressors and Traumatic Stressors.
What Are The General Stressors Of Post Covid Stress Disorder?
The pandemic has led to many forms of stress. For the general population, the government-mandated lockdown, which took place overnight and without much prior warning, led to many stressful situations. Countless people working or travelling away from home got stuck in an unfamiliar place with no idea when they would be allowed to go home. The strict lockdown also trapped people in their own homes, causing social isolation, especially among people living alone.
People exposed to COVID-19 and who went through the mandatory quarantine faced social stigma and were treated as outcasts even after they recovered. Caregivers like doctors, nurses, hospital staff faced threats of eviction from their homes. They also received threats of violence from relatives of deceased COVID-19 patients. The lack of adequate PPE and other medical gears led to fear of contracting the infection.
With the lockdown, people couldn't travel to work. Factories, restaurants, shops, malls shut down overnight. Countless people lost their jobs and their source of income. Those who could work from home found themselves in a difficult position to do all the housework without any help. The situation was made even more difficult in homes with children as it also involved helping them with their online school. With no work-home life balance, many were left emotionally and physically exhausted.
What Are The Traumatic Stressors Of Post Covid Stress Disorder?
Among many patients at the acute stage of the illness due to coronavirus infection, delirium is the most common stress response. Patients in quarantine (especially hospital quarantine) feel isolated, angry and depressed. Even post-hospitalization and quarantine, many experience difficulties in concentration, headaches, anxiety, panic attacks and sleep disorders. Patients also fear that the infection has changed them in some way or the other permanently because it is entirely new and unknown in the past. The uncertainty of the cure is what leads to further trauma.
Since the COVID 19 pandemic is just 15 months old, we cannot yet identify the long-term psychological problems among COVID 19 patients. However, let's compare it to the previous coronavirus epidemics like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). One can observe that many patients who were severely ill displayed increased anxiety, depression, and PTSD. The survivors of SARS and MERS showed constant anxiety, depression and PTSD even one year after successful recovery and discharge.
Traumatic stress is also experienced by people who have witnessed the death of their loved ones. The nature of the illness and due to covid19 being highly contactable, people were not allowed to be with their dying loved ones in their last moments and thus weren't able to say their final goodbyes. Many could not perform the last rites of their loved ones as they could not get permission to be exempted from the lockdown or were stuck in another country.
Even healthcare workers who are used to disease, illness and deaths felt overwhelmed by the sheer volume of the death counts. The rigours of wearing PPE suits for 12-14 hours every day and exposure to the virus on a daily basis caused further emotional and physical exhaustion.
Symptoms, Diagnosis And Treatment Of PTSD During COVID 19
Usually, the first symptoms of PTSD may be identified within the first three months of the traumatic event, contracting the coronavirus, severe illness, hospitalisation, recovery, and quarantine.
Recovered COVID 19 patients may present various intrusive symptoms like:
· Nightmares where they experience flashbacks of being in the hospital
· Experiencing recurrent and traumatic memories of the illness
· Avoiding any topic related to the pandemic, both good and bad
· Avoiding doctors, healthcare workers, hospitals and clinics
· Avoiding people and becoming more socially isolated
· Being hypervigilant about contracting the infection again
· Loss of concentration and interest in earlier enjoyable activities
· Feelings of anger, guilt, loss of power and shame
· Trouble in falling sleeping or disturbed sleep
PTSD is a severe mental disorder that cannot be wished away by simple willpower or discipline. It needs medical and psychological intervention, and the sooner the treatment starts, the faster is the chance for recovery. Through timely intervention, patients can stop a complete dissolution of their social, personal and work relationships.
If you or someone in your family or friend, or work circle is affected by PTSD, it is pertinent to know that there are effective treatments. Psychiatric medications like serotonergic antidepressants (SSRIs) help reduce the physical symptoms associated with PTSD. Mood stabilisers and antipsychotics are also potentially valuable medications for managing the symptoms of PTSD but only to be administered and consumed responsibly under the guidance of a medical health practitioner.
Therapists play an important role as first responders in the treatment of PTSD. Treatment usually varies from person to person, and therapists can help find the right coping strategy.
Cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy involving "emotional processing" of the trauma is one of the most effective psychological treatments for PTSD. The treatment also includes prolonged exposure therapy, eye-movement desensitisation and reprogramming (EMDR), and trauma-focused CBT. Other forms of psychotherapy which do not involve direct trauma processing may be helpful too. They include cognitive processing therapy (CPT-C), interpersonal therapy (IPT), present-centred therapy (PCT), and mindfulness-based therapies.
There are many treatment centres where you can receive the best care if you or your loved one has PTSD. You can find more about psychotherapy treatment centres through sites like Google and RehabPath.
Web-Based Survey On The Prevalence Of PTSD During The Lockdown
The Department of Community Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital conducted a pan-India web-based dip-test through Google form during the last week of April 2020. The nation had by then completed four weeks of complete lockdown.
The survey asked the participants to specify the degree of their distress for each of 22 symptoms according to a five-point scale —
. 0 indicates that the symptom occurs "not at all."
. 1 indicates that the symptom occurs "a little bit."
. 2 indicates that the symptom occurs "moderately."
. 3 indicates that the symptom occurs "quite a bit."
. 4 indicates that the symptom occurs "extremely."
The survey found the frequency of PTSD at 28.2%. The PTSD of 13.7% of participants was a clinical concern, while for 8.1%, PTSD was a probable diagnosis. A majority (55.6%) of participants reported that they had trouble staying asleep; 7.3% reported it 'extremely'. About 41.5% of participants said other things kept them thinking about the lockdown.
The actual prevalence of PTSD will be much higher as the number of participants compared to the population of India was relatively small. This is a cause for concern as there may be many Indians who may not be aware that they may have PTSD. Hence, it's important for health care workers and general practitioners to keep an eye out for these symptoms among their patients. Also, there needs to be more awareness about it, just like there is an awareness about the importance of wearing a mask and disinfecting your hands.
How To Keep Your Mental Health In Check During COVID 19?
Months of lockdown has shown us that many of us have been suffering from some form of anxiety, stress, boredom, and burnout. While COVID 19 patients need to be more mindful about any psychological changes they may experience, it may be prudent for the rest of the population to take some basic steps to keep their mental health checked.
If you are under quarantine, then make sure to stay connected to your friends and family. Make phone calls, send emails, chat on social media, do whatever it takes to feel less isolated. Knowing that your friends and family are there for you makes up for their physical absence.
Try to avoid stressful situations like watching the news for long hours and researching the number of cases and other grim information. Physical activities like exercise, yoga or spot running will help. Today, several Mobile Apps allow you to meditate and clear your head from stressful thoughts.
Focus on things you can control. E.g., you may not be able to go out to get groceries, but you can certainly order them home. Things can get more manageable when you focus on the 'can' and not the 'cannot'.
During the lockdown, it would also be great to set boundaries between your work and home life. Inform your superiors that you won't be available post sundown and before dawn.
If you have young children living with you, it would be wise to give them a set of chores and fun activities to do over the week so that they don't feel bored and you don't feel guilty. Understand that children and teenagers are especially vulnerable during these times. They cannot meet their friends, schools and colleges are shut, and they have to deal with new forms of online learning. Some youngsters may feel that the best years of their lives have been spent under lockdown. Especially those who may have had to celebrate milestones like turning into an adult (21st birthday) and graduating at home.
If you do contract the coronavirus, follow all the medical protocols and make sure to be tuned to your mental health. If you feel anxious, nervous or scared, reach out to a friend or a loved one and seek counselling. You can access many trustworthy treatment centres and reputed counsellors through sites like Rehabpath.
In the end, not everyone who falls ill from the coronavirus will face PTSD. However, be proactive about your mental health and seek guidance at the first sign of trouble. After all, prevention is better than cure.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/ptsd-and-covid-19#tips
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/rise-in-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-survey/article32481461.ece
https://www.medicinenet.com/posttraumatic_stress_disorder/article.htm
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Lisa Misquith
M.Sc. Psychology,
Former Counseling Psychologist at EPsyClinic
Lisa is an observant and empathetic psychologist. Through her content, she likes to spread awareness and encourages conversations about mental health. She has pursued her education in psychology from The University of Plymouth, UK. She has worked extensively as a Counseling Psychologist for a Govt. aided Covid-19 helpline in India during the outbreak of the pandemic and is a mental health first aider for suicide prevention. Lisa is also an avid baking enthusiast with a self-managed baking venture.
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