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Study finds peppermint sweets may boost alertness and ease symptoms during a cold

A recent study by researchers at Cardiff University suggests that sucking on peppermint sweets can help improve alertness and general wellbeing, particularly for people suffering from a common cold. The research involved 81 university students over a period of ten weeks. Among them, 17 participants ... [More info]

Ever had one of those moments? You’re cruising along, maybe a little lost in thought, and then – BAM! – a sudden loud noise, or a near-miss on the sidewalk. #alertness #bloodpressure #fightorflight #neurotransmitter #Noradrenaline #Norepinephrine #stresshormone

https://priya.health/norepinephrine/

Unlocking #Productivity: The Body’s Role in #Work #Success

Regular #movement counters the detrimental effects of prolonged sitting, enhancing #alertness and #engagement.

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/unlocking-productivity-the-bodys-role-in-work-success/

A quotation from Cicero

No person is so foolish that they don’t understand that if we remain asleep at this moment we will have to live through a rule that is not only cruel and arrogant but ignoble and disgraceful too. You know this man’s arrogance, his friends, and his whole household. To serve shameful lusts, bullies, disgusting and irreverent thieves, those drunkards — well, that is the worst suffering married to the greatest dishonor.
 
[Nemo est tam stultus qui non intellegat, si indormierimus huic tempori, non modo crudelem superbamque dominationem nobis sed ignominiosam etiam et flagitiosam ferendam. Nostis insolentiam Antoni, nostis amicos, nostis totam domum. Libidinosis, petulantibus, impuris, impudicis, aleatoribus, ebriis servire, ea summa miseria est summo dedecore coniuncta.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 3, ch. 14 / sec. 34-35 (3.14/3.34-35) (44-12-20 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2021)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #alertness #arrogance #attention #crisis #danger #despotism #dictatorship #disgrace #dishonor #misery #payattention #politics #regime #tyranny #warning #regime

The always-on digital world has blurred the line between alertness and anxiety. For cybersecurity teams, overstimulation has evolved from exception to expectation — pings, notifications, blinking dashboards, and the endless cascade of threat alerts create a climate of constant reactivity....

https://medium.com/@mrsno1special/digital-burnout-and-security-blindness-is-overstimulation-making-us-vulnerable-d9fed0039c2c

# #digital #blurred #between #alertness #cybersecurity

Digital Burnout and Security Blindness: Is Overstimulation Making Us Vulnerable?

The always-on digital world has blurred the line between alertness and anxiety. For cybersecurity teams, overstimulation has evolved from exception to expectation — pings, notifications, blinking…

Medium

A quotation from The Bible

No one knows, however, when that day or hour will come — neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son; only the Father knows. Be on watch, be alert, for you do not know when the time will come. It will be like a man who goes away from home on a trip and leaves his servants in charge, after giving to each one his own work to do and after telling the doorkeeper to keep watch. Watch, then, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming — it might be in the evening or at midnight or before dawn or at sunrise. If he comes suddenly, he must not find you asleep. What I say to you, then, I say to all: Watch!
 
[Περὶ δὲ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης ἢ τῆς ὥρας οὐδεὶς οἶδεν, οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ. βλέπετε, ἀγρυπνεῖτε· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ καιρός ἐστιν. ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἀπόδημος ἀφεὶς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ καὶ δοὺς τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐξουσίαν ἑκάστῳ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ θυρωρῷ ἐνετείλατο ἵνα γρηγορῇ. γρηγορεῖτε οὖν· οὐκ οἴδατε γὰρ πότε ὁ κύριος τῆς οἰκίας ἔρχεται, ἢ ὀψὲ ἢ μεσονύκτιον ἢ ἀλεκτοροφωνίας ἢ πρωΐ, μὴ ἐλθὼν ἐξαίφνης εὕρῃ ὑμᾶς καθεύδοντας. ὃ δὲ ὑμῖν λέγω πᾶσιν λέγω, γρηγορεῖτε.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Mark 13: 32-37 (Jesus) [GNT (1966)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/bible-nt/8324/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #jesus #gospelofmark #anticipation #waiting #alertness #endtimes #return #secondcoming #uncertainty #watching

The always-on digital world has blurred the line between alertness and anxiety. For cybersecurity teams, overstimulation has evolved from exception to expectation — pings, notifications, blinking dashboards, and the endless cascade of threat alerts create a climate of constant reactivity....

https://medium.com/@mrsno1special/digital-burnout-and-security-blindness-is-overstimulation-making-us-vulnerable-d9fed0039c2c

# #digital #blurred #between #alertness #cybersecurity

Digital Burnout and Security Blindness: Is Overstimulation Making Us Vulnerable?

The always-on digital world has blurred the line between alertness and anxiety. For cybersecurity teams, overstimulation has evolved from exception to expectation — pings, notifications, blinking…

Medium
A short nap in the afternoon followed by bright light exposure can improve performance and alertness. For instance, after a 26 minute nap performance improves by 34 and alertness by 54 percent, a NASA study finds. See http://www.neat-news.com/2025/03/55.php. #nap #alertness #performance
Neat News 2025

#Indonesia, Ministry of #Health Issues #Circular on Increasing #Alertness for #Birdflu, other respiratory unusual infections: https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20250108180741-20-1185154/kemenkes-keluarkan-edaran-peningkatan-waspada-hmpv-flu-burung.

... {To} Increase reporting of ARI/ #Pneumonia / Bird Flu through routine reporting of ARI, #Zoonosis, and Early Warning and Response System (SKDR) (...) and if there is an increase in potential cases, it can be reported through the Public Health Emergency Operation Center (PHEOC) (...)

Kemenkes Keluarkan Edaran Peningkatan Waspada HMPV & Flu Burung

Kemenkes mengeluarkan SE Nomor PM.03.01/C/28/2025 berisi instruksi meningkatkan kewaspadaan terhadap flu burung hingga HMPV.

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