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Turning Your Life Around After TBI and PTSD

Adam shares an inspiring story about a friend with TBI and PTSD who almost ended his life but instead found the courage to ask for help — even though at the time he may not have known what that help looked like.




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Reestablishing a Social Life on Campus with Other Veterans and Civilians Post-TBI

Transitioning from military to civilian life can take time and can be tricky. Adam talks about how student veteran groups on college campuses can help vets reintegrate socially in their own way and  time.




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TBI and PTSD: Getting the Help You Need, Now

TBI? PTSD? Both? No matter your diagnosis, Adam says that taking the first steps to get help is what will matter most for a successful recovery.




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At College, Move Beyond the Stigma of Asking for Help After a Brain Injury

If extra time on a test or memory aids can make life easier during college, why not use them? Adam talks about moving past the "stigma" of using disability services and getting the help you need to succeed in college.




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BrainLine Military Blogger Adam Anicich Says Thank You and Goodbye for Now

Adam thanks you — his blog viewers and supporters — and encourages you to continue the discussion and awareness raising about TBI and PTSD; the battle does not stop here.




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5 Product Image Tips For High Converting Landing Pages

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but have you ever stopped to think what your Ecommerce images are saying about the products you’re trying to sell online? Are your photos helping your products to jump off the screen and convince shoppers to buy them? Or, are your product images quite simply […]

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10 On-Page SEO Factors You Should Consider [2019]

When you want to succeed in the organic search engine results today, you have to focus on your website and learn what you should do to optimize it. There are many factors that can help you with that, form the technical, off-page, and on-page. All these factors and parts of a website require updating and […]

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7 Simple Ways to Get Even More Engaged Instagram Followers

Instagram is one of the most efficient and fastest growing social networks. Brands and businesses love it and leverage it to promote and market their products and services to billions of users worldwide. More and more brands are competing for declining customer attention whose span is now no more than a Goldfish’s at 8s. Hence, […]

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Every Day A Post of WordPress Tips and Tricks until Christmas!

The time has come and our loyal reader know already our traditional Advents Calendar. For the people who don’t know, […]




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New hooks in WordPress 3.8

WordPress 3.8 introduced one new action and five new filters: automatic_updates_complete Action triggered after all automatic updates have run. (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php) […]




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Escaping the maintenance mode trap

WordPress makes upgrading very easy . You simply click “Update now”, wait for a minute or two and your system […]




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Test or Meet at WordCamp San Francisco and Win a Plugin License!

Next week I will be at WordCamp San Francisco and a week later at the WooConf! Maybe one or antoher […]




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Download older plugin versions from wordpress.org

So you’ve updated your plugins… … and your blog doesn’t work anymore … and you have no backup … … […]




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Download older plugin versions from wordpress.org

There’s a simple way to get hold of previous versions of your WordPress plugins, for example if a current version […]





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Article: 25 Beautifully Dark-Schemed Landing Pages for Inspiration

There is something instantly remarkable about a website with a strong, dark color scheme.




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Could you get PTSD from your pandemic experience? The long-term mental health effects of coronavirus

Experiencing intense flashbacks, nightmares, irritability, anger, and fear? In the face of a traumatic event like the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s common to feel this way.




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How to Help Someone With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Listening without judgement is one of the best things you can do for someone with PTSD.




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Support Communication During Conversation




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Troops to receive Purple Hearts for injuries during Iranian missile barrage on al-Asad airbase in Iraq

There will be Purple Hearts awarded to troops injured during the Jan. 8 Iranian missile barrage on the al-Asad airbase in Iraq, a defense official told Military Times.




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Want to help the USPS and vets? Buy a 'Healing PTSD' stamp

Support two entities with the price of one.




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When Your Veteran Spouse Battles More Than PTSD

For many veterans’ spouses, we’ve watched our partners struggle not only with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but with other mental health conditions, as well. Around 80 percent of people with PTSD wrestle with at least one other co-occurring mental health condition in their lifetime.What many people don’t see is the impact PTSD and comorbidity have on vets’ spouses.




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My PTSD can be a weight. But in this pandemic, it feels like a superpower.

For the first time, it seems, the entire world knows what it’s like to live inside my head.












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How pottering about in the garden creates a time warp

By Harriet Gross Courtesy of Aeon What’s not to like about gardening? It’s a great way to get outdoors, away from everyday routines, and to exercise your creativity. It’s good for your health, whatever your age, and gardeners tend to be … Continue reading




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School District Switches to Local and Organic Meals, Cuts Carbon Footprint—and Saves Money

By Melissa Hellmann Yes! Magazine A new report revealed surprising results when Oakland overhauled its lunch menu at 100-plus schools by serving less meat and more fruits and vegetables. When her eldest son was in elementary school in the Oakland … Continue reading




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Can Business Save the World From Climate Change?

By Bianca Nogrady Ensia A growing number of initiatives are giving corporations the resources to help achieve global climate goals regardless of government support “We are still in.” On June 5, 2017, with these four words a group of U.S. … Continue reading




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Nature Offers Solutions to Water Woes and Flood Risks

By David Suzuki David Suzuki Foundation When the Aztecs founded Tenochtitlán in 1325, they built it on a large island on Lake Texcoco. Its eventual 200,000-plus inhabitants relied on canals, levees, dikes, floating gardens, aqueducts and bridges for defence, transportation, … Continue reading




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Electric Cars and Surging Solar Spell Market Doom for Fossil Fuels

By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams Analyses show how demand for electric vehicles and rapidly falling renewable energy prices could take down oil and gas industry As an increasing number of nations make plans for banning gas and diesel vehicles within … Continue reading



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Children’s Exposure to Secondhand Smoke May Be Vastly Underestimated by Parents

Tel Aviv University Press Release Smoking parents misperceive where and when their kids are exposed to cigarette smoke, Tel Aviv University researchers say Four out of 10 children in the US are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the American … Continue reading




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You Know Clean Air is Good for Your Health. It’s Good for the Economy, Too.

By Rachel Cernansky Ensia When the Clean Air Act of 1970 became law, members of the business community in the United States responded with opposition. Such regulations are a drag on growth, some economists say, for individual businesses and for … Continue reading




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Warming Weather Could Reduce the Nutritional Value of Rice

UN Environment Press Release Hundreds of millions of people in Asia rely on rice not only as a staple but as their main source of nutrition. But new research suggests the rice they eat will become less nutritious due to … Continue reading




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McDonald's Workers in Denmark Pity Us

Nicholas Kristof: Before the coronavirus pandemic, I crept behind [expletive] Danish lines to explore: How scary is Denmark? How horrifying would it be if the United States took a step or two in the direction of Denmark? Would America lose its edge, productivity and innovation, or would it gain well-being, fairness and happiness?




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Video Shows a Man Screaming 'Fake Pandemic' at a Florida Officer

A nearly two-minute, profanity-laced tirade at a code officer at a Miami Beach grocery store is the latest example of mounting tensions in the US over wearing masks to stem the spread of the coronavirus.




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Coronavirus is Shutting Down the Meat Supply Chain

The United States faces a major meat shortage due to virus infections at processing plants. It means millions of pigs could be put down without ever making it to table. This is what the predicament looks like on a Minnesota farm. ... According to the Minnesota Pork Producers Association, an estimated 10,000 pigs are being euthanised every day in the state. ... [Farmer Mike Boerboom:] "On the same day that we're euthanising pigs - and it's a horrible day - is the same day that a grocery store 10 miles away may not get a shipment of pork. It's just that the supply chain is broken at this point."




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Federal Watchdog Backs Reinstating Ousted Vaccine Expert

A federal watchdog is recommending that ousted vaccine expert Rick Bright be reinstated while it investigates whether the Trump administration retaliated against his whistleblower complaints when it removed him from a key post overseeing the coronavirus response, Bright's lawyers said Friday.




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Judge Could Hold Up Trump Administration's Bid to Clear Flynn, Legal Experts say

The notoriously independent-minded federal judge who once said he was disgusted by the conduct of Michael Flynn could block the administration's bid to drop criminal charges against the former adviser to President Donald Trump, legal experts said.




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The DOJ's Lawless Reversal on Michael Flynn

Randall D. Eliason: The government's motion to dismiss the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn is like nothing I've ever seen. It's a political screed dressed up as legal analysis, promoting the "deep state" conspiracy fantasies of President Trump. It epitomizes the politicization of the Justice Department under Attorney General William P. Barr. It is, in the truest sense of the word, lawless.




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Mysterious Sharks Dance Away Bethel's COVID-19 Blues

A couple of mysterious sharks have caught the fancy of the town. Maybe it's the cabin fever finally setting in, or perhaps this is what happens when you go too long without washing your mask, but Bethelites are going wild for two people in inflatable shark suits who pop up randomly around town.




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Trump Declares, 'I Learned a Lot from Nixon'

During an interview on "Fox and Friends," Trump explained why he chose not to go on a firing spree amid Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation a la Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre during the Watergate scandal. "I learned a lot from Richard Nixon: Don't fire people," the President said. "I learned a lot. I study history, and the firing of everybody ... .I should've, in one way," he continued. "But I'm glad I didn't because look at the way it turned out."




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Roy Horn of 'Siegfried and Roy' Dies of COVID-19 Complications

Roy Horn, famed tiger handler and co-star of the magic duo known as Siegfried and Roy, died of complications from the coronavirus in a hospital in Las Vegas on Friday. He was 75 years old. "Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend," Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement. "From the moment we met, I knew Roy and I, together, would change the world." "There could be no Siegfried without Roy, and no Roy without Siegfried." This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.




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Top Colorado Republican Pressures Official to Report False Election Results

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, who is also the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, was captured ordering a local party official to report false election results in a primary race for a state Senate seat in a leaked audio recording released earlier this week.