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Why am I online?
TECHNOLOGY Why am I online? Research shows it’s often about managing emotions. By WALLY SMITH, GREG WADLEY, Professor, Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, @GregWadley
Kelley House Calendar: The Windmill at Heeser’s Sawmill
The following was originally published on July 2, 1992. One of the strangest windmills erected in the Mendocino area produced not one drop of water for a residence or a store building. It ran a sawmill. When William Heeser came to Mendocino from Napa County in 1857 to purchase for $6,000 some of the landholdings of William Kelley, he recalled the windmills of Germany he’d been fascinated with as a youngster. He decided to put the wind to work for him as a lumberman.
THE CONVERSATION: Why am I online? Research shows it’s often about managing emotions
Most of us go online multiple times a day. About half of 18–29-year-olds surveyed in a 2021 Pew Research Study said they are “almost constantly” connected. How are we to make sense of this significant digital dimension of modern life? Many questions have rightly been asked about its broader consequences for society and the economy. But there remains a simpler question about what motivates people across a range of ages, occupations and cultures to be so absorbed in digital connection.
InnerSelf Magazine: July 24, 2023
Image by georgephoto from Pixabay Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self. At this time in the evolution of the planet and of humans, we are facing numerous challenges. Some of them are climate-related: extreme heat, fires, floods, tornadoes, etc. Other challenges are health-related: obesity and heart issues, covid related problems, stress, cancer, allergies, etc. Some of these things are not in our direct control, but in the hands of the people "in charge".
Why am I online? Research shows it's often about managing emotions Original
Most of us go online multiple times a day. About half of 18–29 year olds surveyed in a 2021 Pew Research Study said they are “almost constantly” connected. How are we to make sense of this significant digital dimension of modern life? Many questions have rightly been asked about its broader consequences for society and the economy. But there remains a simpler question about what motivates people across a range of ages, occupations and cultures to be so absorbed in digital connection.
Why am I online? Research shows it's often about managing emotions
Most of us go online[1] multiple times a day. About half of 18–29 year olds surveyed in a 2021 Pew Research Study[2] said they are “almost constantly” connected. How are we to make sense of this significant digital dimension of modern life? Many questions have rightly been asked about its broader consequences for society and the economy. But there remains a simpler question about what motivates people across a range of ages, occupations and cultures to be so absorbed in digital connection.
The Clinch Coalition: Setting the record straight on Southwest Virginians’ advocacy on proposed nuclear reactors
The Times News’ July 6 editorial, “Criticism of Reactor Project is Premature,” included several claims about The Clinch Coalition and its recent press release calling for increased public input into plans for small modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs, in Southwest Virginia. We would like to correct the record on several inaccuracies in this editorial about our organization’s position on this important issue.
Virginia’s growing statewide trail network needs more effective environmental oversight Original
by Guest Column, Virginia Mercury May 12, 2023 By Wally Smith Last month, Virginia’s State Trails Advisory Committee met in Harrisonburg. The Committee’s slate of business included the applicability of environmental laws to the Commonwealth’s recreational trails, with officials hosting discussions about how various water quality regulations apply to trail projects. That discussion has been a long time coming.
The missing voices in Virginia's changing energy landscape
This month, Southwest Virginia has been thrust front and center in the commonwealth's civic dialogue. On Oct. 3, Gov. Glenn Youngkin made waves by proposing to locate a small modular nuclear reactor within Southwest Virginia as part of his Virginia Energy Plan. The next day, Youngkin announced that the "Energy DELTA Lab," an experimental industry incubator, was under development on Nature Conservancy-managed lands near the Wise County community of Pound.
How Would You Treat This Patient With Acute and Chronic Pain From Sickle Cell Disease?
Affiliations: Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Z.K., R.B.B.) Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (M.O.A.) Division of General Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (W.R.S.). Acknowledgment: The authors thank the patient for sharing his story. Grant Support: Beyond the Guidelines receives no external support.
The 'Divisive' School Lessons States Are Outlawing Have Been Improving Appalachian Education for Generations
Fog obscures the Clinch River on a Saturday morning this past October, as a group of educators gathers at St. Paul, Virginia’s Matthews Park. Shortly after arriving, part of the group moves to the riverbank, discussing how to tackle pollution from illegal dumping into the waterway. Another huddles around an augmented reality display, sharing how various land use practices trigger water pollution.
Multimodal Analgesic Regimen for Acute Sickle Cell Pain
Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited hemoglobinopathy that affects over 6 million individuals of African and Mediterranean descent worldwide.1 Recurrent and severe pain, known as a vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), is the primary clinical manifestation of SCD.
What's missing in Virginia’s efforts to develop former surface mines
by Guest Column, Virginia Mercury October 1, 2021 By Wally Smith Sarah Vogelsong’s Sept. 20 piece, “Can Southwest Virginia remake itself as a laboratory for renewables?” detailed a positive step forward in the Southwest Virginia coalfields’ transition towards a diversified energy economy. However, it was concerning to see several references made throughout the article referring to the region’s former minelands as consequence-free zones for industrial use.
Finding Pine Mountain
A largely undiscovered oasis in the coalfields is helping communities rebuild. My hiking partner and I have been walking the Kentucky-Virginia border for an hour across the crest of Pine Mountain, tiptoeing over a knife-edge of sandstone to a rockshelter below the summit. The outcrop is massive, with a hollowed-out area large enough to fit a three-story house. It’s the kind of place a person might choose to ride out the apocalypse.
Digital Emotion Regulation - Greg Wadley, Wally Smith, Peter Koval, James J. Gross, 2020
Aldao, A., Nolen-Hoeksema, S., Schweizer, S. (2010). Emotion-regulation strategies across psychopathology: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 30, 217–237. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2009.11.004 Google Scholar | Crossref | Medline | ISI Alter, A. (2017). Irresistible: Why we can’t stop checking, scrolling, clicking and watching. New York, NY: Penguin Press. Google Scholar Amores, J., Maes, P. (2017). Essence: Olfactory interfaces for unconscious influence of mood and cognitive performance.
The Hidden Costs of Appalachia’s Trail Economy
Driving between Pocahontas and Boissevain in southwestern Virginia, it’s easy to miss the mouth of Haynes Branch tucked into the woods along State Route 644. Like much of central Appalachia, this landscape of hills and hollows west of the Bluestone River in Tazewell County owes its existence to water. There’s a creek coming off a hillside seemingly every few feet, and the layout of the two historic coal towns traces the streambanks as they thread eastward.
The Science of Awe
Awesome: The Surprising Science Behind How We Experience the Outdoors A cold front is sweeping over Pickem Mountain in the Jefferson National Forest, blasting a gale-force wind through the cliffs crowning its summit. The weather has my attention, but the trio of kids I’m hiking with are too busy to notice. They’ve got other business. “Is this where the salamanders live?” one of them asks, wandering towards a rock outcrop off-trail.
Chasing The Light
A Synchronous Firefly Discovery Raises Questions About How We Experience the Outdoors Photo: Radim Schreiber Night falls in the cove where I’ve set up a camera and tripod, one of those places where the sun sets early thanks to steep terrain and thick tree cover overhead. But the darkness doesn’t last. Not long after twilight, the entire forest is pulsing with hundreds of perfectly-timed, golden pinpoints of light. I reach for my camera and start recording video.
Daily Assessment of Pain in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease
Affiliations: From Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Grant Support: By the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1R01HL64122-01A1). Disclosures:Consultancies: W.R. Smith (Purdue Pharma).
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