Richard Jones

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Tips from a social worker: How to make resolutions that last

Jan 1, 2025 | marylandmatters.org | Richard Jones

by Richard L. Jones, Maryland Matters January 2, 2025 A third of Americans will make a mental health New Year’s resolution this year, according to a from the American Psychiatric Association. While the turn of a new year is a traditional time for fresh beginnings and resolve, creating resolutions that will last the full year requires planning and intentionality. Creating specific, attainable goals is the foundation of success.
Incredible historic images of planes

Dec 1, 2024 | loveexploring.com | Richard Jones

Seen here at Northolt airport in west London, commercial airliner the V 700 Viscount was first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs following development of the V 630 prototypes. It was well-received by the public for its cabin conditions, which included pressurisation, reductions in vibration and noise, and panoramic windows. Originally named Viceroy after the viceroy of India, Lord Louis Mountbatten, it was renamed Viscount following India’s independence in 1947.
Rebuilding Britain - the vital role of OSH

Nov 7, 2024 | ioshmagazine.com | Richard Jones

The UK Autumn 2024 Budget signalled numerous areas where OSH can and should make a major contribution to safe, healthy and sustainable delivery, writes Richard Jones CFIOSH. Importantly, it provides potential lessons from analysis of Britain’s historic productivity and investment gaps, stressing the damaging role of policy uncertainty, particularly around the global financial crisis and Brexit.
Mischaracterization of immigrants leads to poor decisions

Nov 5, 2024 | expressnews.com | Richard Jones

Immigrants developed our country, and they eventually remade the American mainstream. They are in our blood and in our genes, guest columnist Richard Jones writes. vchal/Getty ImagesImmigrant supporters march in February 2017 with others during a protest outside the Grayson County courthouse in downtown Sherman, part of an action called “A Day Without Immigrants.” There is no evidence that immigrants weaken or undermine American political or cultural institutions.
How data streaming is solving the AI sustainability puzzle

Aug 2, 2024 | msp-channel.com | Richard Jones

When we think of artificial intelligence, we rarely think of the physical world. We think of apps and screens, chatbots and virtual assistants. What we don’t think about is the 11,000+ data centres around the planet, packed full of server racks, cooling systems, and enough cabling to wrap around the world multiple times over. Today’s data centres consume around 200 million gallons of water per year, while the AI industry uses more energy than a small country.
How data streaming is solving the AI sustainability puzzle

Aug 2, 2024 | digitalisationworld.com | Richard Jones

When we think of artificial intelligence, we rarely think of the physical world. We think of apps and screens, chatbots and virtual assistants. What we don’t think about is the 11,000+ data centres around the planet, packed full of server racks, cooling systems, and enough cabling to wrap around the world multiple times over. Today’s data centres consume around 200 million gallons of water per year, while the AI industry uses more energy than a small country.
Transitioning from military service to a career in FM

Jul 16, 2024 | facilitatemagazine.com | Richard Jones

Transitioning from military service to civilian life can present a unique set of challenges and opportunities for veterans; for many the structured and disciplined environment of the military contrasts sharply with civilian workplace dynamics. Although it can be challenging, it can equally be rewarding. After 22 successful years in the Royal Artillery, I realised I had achieved everything I wanted to do in the military, I had a young family, so I left to embark on a completely new career path.
A pillow with springs inside? I found this Simba pillow a game changer for side sleeping

Jul 3, 2024 | idealhome.co.uk | Richard Jones

Today's best Simba Hybrid Firm Pillow dealsSimba is perhaps one of the best known sleep brands, with its mattresses proving very popular with consumers and regularly scoring highly in our mattress testing process. But does its Simba Hybrid Pillow stand up as one of the best pillows around for side sleepers? Firstly, let’s cover why getting the right pillow is so important. After all, it’s an often overlooked sleep tool.
UConn’s Old Planetarium Gets a New Upgrade

Apr 10, 2024 | physics.uconn.edu | Richard Jones

Once used for education and outreach for UConn faculty, students, and community members, the planetarium fell into disuse in the last several years, butDepartment of PhysicsAssistant Professor-in-ResidenceMatt Guthriehas been working hard with skilled facilities staff, including CLAS Facilities Team LeaderBrett DeMarchi, to bring this piece of UConn history back into working order.
Vaughan Gething’s win in Wales is cause for celebration – but he still has tough questions to answer | Richard Wyn Jones

Mar 17, 2024 | theguardian.com | Richard Jones

It is impossible to think about Vaughan Gething’s victory in the Welsh Labour leadership election without reference to the recent news about a Tory donor’s vicious racist rant against Westminster’s first Black female MP, Diane Abbott. Gething won the election on Saturday with 51.7% of the vote. When he succeeds Mark Drakeford as Wales’s first minister following a vote in the Senedd later this week, Gething will become the first Black head of government in the whole of Europe.