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As a leader, you’re responsible for supporting your team through these difficult times. To help you do this, nine members of Newsweek Expert Forum some share ways leaders can address employee burnout during a crisis. 1. Lead by Example During crises, leaders lead alongside their teams—not in the front pulling people to a vision, or at the back guiding people. As leaders are going through the same crisis, share your own experience and tell staff to escalate issues that may impact their workload for the leader to help them prioritize....

After all that, I thought I knew the worst about drunk driving. I was wrong. Three years ago my brother, Ryan, a Middlebury College senior, drove 70-100 miles an hour on a rainy rural road into a tree, ending his life. His blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. Witnesses later recounted that he was swerving and speeding on a nearby road. It was one of the worst accidents that officers at the crash site had ever seen....

Cloud meeting app Zoom and schoolwork app Classroom have both suffered massive nosedives in their Google Play Store ratings, in part due to students trashing the tools schools are requiring them to use while stuck at home amidst the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has spread to 160 countries. As of Monday, schools are closed for more than half of all students in the United States. Washington Post reporter Hamza Shaban pointed out the downward nosedive in the two app’s Play Store ratings, which may be part of an ad hoc rebellion against the schoolwork apps meant to delist them from the app store....

Matthew LeHew is an assistant professor of Communication and Faculty Fellow for the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning at Dalton State College. According to official Dalton State College guidelines, “Masks are strongly encouraged, especially for those who are not fully vaccinated, but they are no longer required in most places on campus.” Despite these relaxed guidelines, LeHew was eager for students to wear face coverings during his classes, so formulated a plan to appeal to them on a personal level....

The famed anime studio opened up its film library last month to release high quality images from six of its movies and it did so once again releasing images from another set of six movies. Computer wall-paper makeover part 2 includes 300 images and combined with the release last month, that is 700 images free for anybody to use. RELATED: Quick, Go Download These Free HD Images From Studio Ghibli’s Library The films in this batch of images released are: Howl’s Moving Castle, The Cat Returns, Ghiblies Episode 2, My Neighbors the Yamadas, Princess Mononoke and Whisper of the Heart....

Earwig and the Witch releases in Japan on December 30 with a North American release date slated for 2021. Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant lends his voice to the movie along with six-time Grammy award winner Kacey Musgraves. Actor Dan Stevens, known for his work on the television show Legion and Downton Abbey, will also be on the cast. The English adaptation qualifies Earwig and the Witch for the Oscars some 19 years after Studio Ghibli released its last Academy Award-winning movie Spirited Away back in 2001....

The study from the Australian National University found that keeping blood pressure at an optimal level (110/70 mmHg) that’s a bit lower than the level considered normal (120/80 mmHg), appears to keep your brain at least six months younger than your chronological age. “The most surprising thing about our findings is that the effect (association between higher blood pressure and older brain age) was similar across the age range studied (44 to 64 years),” Nicolas Cherbuin, PhD, head of the Centre for Research on Ageing, Health, and Wellbeing at Australian National University, Canberra and the study’s lead author, tells Verywell....

While there could be innate sex-related biological differences that contribute to the disparity, a new study published in Social Science & Medicine suggests that COVID sex disparities are complex. What the Researchers Found For the study, the researchers used 13 months’ worth of data from the U.S. Gender/Sex COVID-19 Data Tracker, a project at Harvard’s GenderSci Lab. The data was sex-disaggregated, which means that the researchers collected and analyzed data on men and women separately....

Obesity spreads through social networks, according to the study, so if your friends put on weight, you’re more likely to put on the pounds, too. Your family members or spouse can also influence you; as they get heavier, you’re more likely to gain along with them. But, your friends—even if they don’t live anywhere near you—have the most sway. A close friend’s weight gain can even be downright dangerous....

This time last year, they didn’t even have a roster. And no one expected the Golden Knights to reach the playoffs so suddenly, let alone win three series and come within four wins of the hoisting the Stanley Cup, but the upstart expansion franchise has made a habit of exceeding expectations — and defying logic — every step of the way. GOLDEN STANDARDHow Vegas became the most successful expansion team in sports history...

The photo was taken on July 4, 2020, from a distance of 839 million miles, during summer in the gas giant’s northern hemisphere. Just like Earth, Saturn experiences seasons because it is tilted relative to the plane of its orbit around the sun. This means that for half of Saturn’s orbit, one hemisphere is always tilted toward the sun receiving more radiation, while the other is tilted away, receiving less....

Jake Livermore’s scrambled goal in second-half stoppage time kept Albion’s improbable hopes of Premier League survival flickering but the result at the Hawthorns could also have ramifications at the other end of the table. Spurs remain fourth, a point behind third-place Liverpool and five clear of Chelsea in fifth. However, Antonio Conte’s men have played a game less and can apply some pressure by beating Jurgen Klopp’s Champions League finalists on Sunday....

Suarez hit a three-run homer that extended his surge, and Sal Romano made another barehand play on the mound Friday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-1 victory over the Miami Marlins. The Reds ended a three-game losing streak and improved to 8-24, their worst start since the Great Depression. Suarez homered into the upper deck in left field in the first inning off Wei-Yin Chen (1-1), who lasted only four innings in his second start of the season....

While all of these areas have been changed or expanded, the narrative is the area where Below Zero makes the greatest strides over the original Subnautica, featuring a fully-voiced cast and a welcome break from the silent protagonist trope. Players step into the swim fins of Robin Ayou, intrepid xenobiologist and employee of Xenoworx, a research initiative that was recently devoured by the avaricious and insidious Alterra megacorporation. The game kicks off with Robin sneaking onto planet 4546B to investigate the suspicious death of her older sister, Sam Ayou, a fellow xenobiologist working for Alterra....

Sound familiar? If so, your best bet is to start eating heartier meals during the day and then diet at night, so you lose weight when you are sleeping. This will also give you the energy you need to be productive during the day. Eating hardly anything during the active part of your day is a path to gain weight — and that’s not what you want to do. When people get too hungry, they tend to overcompensate due to a physiological drive to protect against another “famine....

Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock said the vehicles likely hydroplaned on the wet roads on Interstate 65. One of the vehicles involved in the crash was from Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch. The victims included nine girls. One victim was identified as Cody Fox, 29, from Marion County, Tennessee. He and his nine-month-old daughter, Ariana Fox, were killed in the crash, Garlock told AL.com. The names of the other eight victims were not released as many were in the care of the state, Garlock said....

There are a couple options for players to get water in Stranded Deep, with the more sustainable ones often requiring more materials and such. It is recommended that players start simple and only attempt the better water storage options once they are more established and in less immediate danger of dying. RELATED: How To Cure Poison In Stranded Deep Coconuts and Quwawa Fruit - Stranded Deep The easiest way to get water early on is through the coconut....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released in March 2020 and is the fifth major installment in the series. Amiibo cards are useable in multiple Animal Crossing games and can be purchased to spawn in a particular villager on the island, allowing players more control over who visits them and which Villager they are replacing from their island’s lineup. RELATED: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Makes Harry Potter-Themed House That Looks Like Hogwarts...

RELATED: Stranger Things Characters Who Deserve Their Own Spinoff Series The influence of Dungeons & Dragons on Stranger Thingsbegs the question of what the alignment is of the main characters. The TTRPG defines alignment as a player character’s ethical and moral perspective, their virtues or lack thereof. Determining the Dungeons & Dragons alignments of the main characters of Stranger Things is challenging as there is much development and alterations throughout the seasons, but there are solid answers....