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Sunday 14 February 2021
In the past year, indoor plants have made their biggest comeback to our homes since the 1970s, thanks to their ability to help you feel calm, improve air quality, lower blood pressure and improve productivity. And as we navigate our third national lockdown, there has never been a better time to bring the outside in.
Indeed, in 2014, researchers from the University of Exeter found that plants can increase productivity by
15 per cent (a green office increases employees work engagement by making them more physically, cognitively and emotionally involved in their work). More recent research has found that having plants in the home can also help
George Washington’s letter, valued at $55,000, was written in 1783 to one of his first spy chiefs in the Revolutionary War. (Raab Collection)
Washington’s letter, valued at $55,000, was written in 1783 to one of his first spy chiefs in the Revolutionary War, ordering the release of one of the war’s last and most consequential POWs.
Washington wrote: Sir: I have the pleasure to congratulate you on your late Promotion to the rank of Brigadier General which took place in Congress the 7th Instant. Your Commission arrived here yesterday and I shall keep it till I can have the pleasure to deliver it to you in person, which I must request may be as soon as possible, and that you come prepared to remain with your Brigade the remainder of the Winter. If Captain Schaack is not yet gone to New York, I must desire you to take measures to oblige him to go in.
are viewed as a way to provide interactive learning, save money, and get updated material faster to students but many schools lack the broadband capacity or computers or tablets to embrace this technology. an army veteran from california suing the federal government because she and her wife are being denied military benefits granted to heterosexual couples. the lawsuit was announced today in washington. it involves tracy cooper harris who served in the army for 12 years and married maggie cooper harris in california in 2008. the american civil electricities union suing the obama administration to force the release of details about u.s. drone strikes in yemen that killed anwar al awlaki, a suspected terrorist, and other americans. the lawsuit is directed at the defense department, cia and justice department, asking for documents and medical row is justifying the killing of americans. two days ago, president obama acknowledged in a social media gathering that the u.s. was u