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What the Ever Given can tell us about mental health at sea

 

Captain Lee Clarke from Tapiit Live on one of the overlooked aspects stemming from last month's Suez blockage

 

    Thirty days ago, a ship named Ever Given was sailing in relative anonymity. Twenty-nine days ago, that same ship found itself splashed across the front cover of every national newspaper from London to Lima.

    In a matter of hours, the ship and its 25 strong crew went from highly skilled seafarers to media targets. In the maelstrom of social media memes, newspaper cover stories and “special reports”, one major thing was forgotten, more likely ignored: the crew”s mental well-being.

    In a world of social media, everyone is an expert, and never has that been felt more in the maritime industry than now. A frenzy of blame erupted almost instantly with little or no merit or fact-checking, as evidenced by the naming of a female officer as the Ever Given's Captain, regardless of the fact she was over 200 miles away on another vessel.

    Being a seafarer is a stressful job, irrespective of a global incident, especially when you factor in being away from family for extended periods and working contract to contract with little job security. You also have to cope with fatigue, extreme weather conditions and intense time pressure placed upon the crew and its Master by multiple state and global agencies as well as the ship's own charter. So, add to that taking the “blame” for halting $9.6 billion of trade a day, understandably, stress levels rise astronomically.

    As an industry, mental health appears still to be very much a taboo topic. Seafarers are more likely to be signed off and dismissed for being deemed “unfit to serve” than they are to recerve any form of support. Whilst onboard, the mood will feel somewhat supportive with the crew banding together to keep the ship operating, internally, each and every seafarer, from deckhand to Master will be wortying about their reputation and thus, their employability.

    I-                   my experience as a Captain, your crew is your first line II-                   defence III -                   any major incident. As soon as something goes awry, they burst IV -                    action, theyre trained to do so, it's instinctive. I have no doubt, everyone aboard the Ever Given did everything V-                   their power to protect that ship and avoid a major incident, but some things are VI-                   your control. In reality, they will never be praised for saving the ship, only criticised for grounding it.

    This crew is acutely aware of the issues the incident has caused and they are reminded of It every time they open their phone or computer to read the news or speak to their families, and I feel for every single one of them.

    They' re now stuck in an Egyptian lake, further away from their families, without the ability to defend themselves with the threat of civil and criminal charges looming. This downward spiral will undoubtedly be taking its toll on their mental health and in the past, there hasn't been much of a support system in place to help.

    Based on my experience offshore, working for a company that provides mental well-being training, and from all of the feedback, Tapit has gamered from its live-streamed mental health awareness courses, seafarers want and need this support. Yet, there's a deep-rooted fear that admitting they“re struggling and asking for help will be the end of their careers.

    Of course, the conversation has advanced significantly, however, it's still not where it should be. The harsh reality is, the Ever Given and its crew will be forgotten about in a month or two's time, but this crew is hurting and will continue to struggle with the mental health issues caused by the Incident for years to come.

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According to Captain Lee Clarke, the seafarer”s occupation is

Based on the text, answer question.

 

What the Ever Given can tell us about mental health at sea

 

Captain Lee Clarke from Tapiit Live on one of the overlooked aspects stemming from last month's Suez blockage

 

    Thirty days ago, a ship named Ever Given was sailing in relative anonymity. Twenty-nine days ago, that same ship found itself splashed across the front cover of every national newspaper from London to Lima.

    In a matter of hours, the ship and its 25 strong crew went from highly skilled seafarers to media targets. In the maelstrom of social media memes, newspaper cover stories and “special reports”, one major thing was forgotten, more likely ignored: the crew”s mental well-being.

    In a world of social media, everyone is an expert, and never has that been felt more in the maritime industry than now. A frenzy of blame erupted almost instantly with little or no merit or fact-checking, as evidenced by the naming of a female officer as the Ever Given's Captain, regardless of the fact she was over 200 miles away on another vessel.

    Being a seafarer is a stressful job, irrespective of a global incident, especially when you factor in being away from family for extended periods and working contract to contract with little job security. You also have to cope with fatigue, extreme weather conditions and intense time pressure placed upon the crew and its Master by multiple state and global agencies as well as the ship's own charter. So, add to that taking the “blame” for halting $9.6 billion of trade a day, understandably, stress levels rise astronomically.

    As an industry, mental health appears still to be very much a taboo topic. Seafarers are more likely to be signed off and dismissed for being deemed “unfit to serve” than they are to recerve any form of support. Whilst onboard, the mood will feel somewhat supportive with the crew banding together to keep the ship operating, internally, each and every seafarer, from deckhand to Master will be wortying about their reputation and thus, their employability.

    I-                   my experience as a Captain, your crew is your first line II-                   defence III -                   any major incident. As soon as something goes awry, they burst IV -                    action, theyre trained to do so, it's instinctive. I have no doubt, everyone aboard the Ever Given did everything V-                   their power to protect that ship and avoid a major incident, but some things are VI-                   your control. In reality, they will never be praised for saving the ship, only criticised for grounding it.

    This crew is acutely aware of the issues the incident has caused and they are reminded of It every time they open their phone or computer to read the news or speak to their families, and I feel for every single one of them.

    They' re now stuck in an Egyptian lake, further away from their families, without the ability to defend themselves with the threat of civil and criminal charges looming. This downward spiral will undoubtedly be taking its toll on their mental health and in the past, there hasn't been much of a support system in place to help.

    Based on my experience offshore, working for a company that provides mental well-being training, and from all of the feedback, Tapit has gamered from its live-streamed mental health awareness courses, seafarers want and need this support. Yet, there's a deep-rooted fear that admitting they“re struggling and asking for help will be the end of their careers.

    Of course, the conversation has advanced significantly, however, it's still not where it should be. The harsh reality is, the Ever Given and its crew will be forgotten about in a month or two's time, but this crew is hurting and will continue to struggle with the mental health issues caused by the Incident for years to come.

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Read the sentences and mark the correct option about the text.

 

I) Captain Lee Clarke reckons that the crew of the Ever Given busted a gut to steer clear of jeopardies.
II) The crew”s mental well-being was slighted.

III) Seafarers are usually given the sack for being unwary.

IV) The crew of the Ever Given stood out for being clumsy.

V) It was settled that there was a female skipper who rode herd on the Ever Given.

Which option completes the text below correctly?
 

Jack ______ a young sailor. He ______ in England, but he often away with his ship.

One summer he ______ back from a long voyage and ______ new neighbours near his mother's house. They ______ a daughter, and Jack soon ______ in love with her

(Adapted from HILL, L.A. Elementary Stories for Reproduction 2. OUP, 1980. p.4.)

READ THE TEXT BELOW, THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION.

 

QAnon: What is it and where did it come from?

    QAnon is a wide-ranging, unfounded con- spiracy theory that says that President Trump is conducting a secret war against elite Satan- worshipping pedophiles in government, busi- ness and the media. In an interview, Mr. Trump told that he didn't know much about the move- ment, but added that he'd heard that “these were people who love our country.” QAnon believers have speculated that this fight will lead to a day of reckoning where prominent people such as former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will be arrested and executed. The movement has faced restrictions from Facebook, Twitter,
and Instagram who have taken action against thousands of accounts and web addresses link- ing to videos and websites spreading QAnon's bizarre ideas.

    Thousands of Americans believe it. The amount of online traffic to mainstream social networking sites has burst since 2017, and indications are the numbers have gone up further during the coronavirus pandemic. QAnon supporters coordinate abuse of perceived enemies, politicians, celebrities and journalists who they believe are covering up for pedophiles. It's not just threatening messages online. Twitter says it took action against QAnon because of
the potential for “offline harm”.

    Dozens of QAnon supporters are running for Congress in November. It's quite likely that a QAnon supporter - or someone sympathetic to the conspiracy theory - will sit in the next US Congress.

(Excerpt taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/53498434)

 

Glossary

    Spread: divulgar

    Worship: adorar

    Reckoning: acerto de contas

    Arrest: prender

    Run for: concorrer

QAnon is a

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Is Listening to Music Good For Your Health?

 

Studies have shown that music can buoy your mood and fend off depression. It can also improve blood flow in ways similar to statins, lower your levels of stress-related hormones like cortisol and ease pain. Listening to music before an operation can even improve post-surgery outcomes.

 

How can music do so much good? Music seems to “selectively activate” neurochemical systems and brain structures associated with positive mood, emotion regulation, attention and memory in ways that promote beneficial changes, says Kim Innes, a professor of epidemiology at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health.

 

Innes coauthored a 2016 study that found music-listening could boost mood and well-being and improve stress-related measures in older adults suffering from cognitive decline. Her study compared the benefits of music to those of meditation—a practice in vogue for its mental-health perks. She found that both practices were linked to significant improvements in mood and sleep quality. “Both meditation and music listening are potentially powerful tools for improving overall health and well-being,” Innes says. If the idea of listening to music seems a lot more practicable to you than meditating, these findings are great news.

 

But music can also agitate and unsettle, experts have learned.

 

“Silence can be better than random listening,” says Joanne Loewy, an associate professor and director of the Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York. “Some of our data show that putting on any old music can actually induce a stressful response.”

 

Along with inducing stress, Loewy says, the wrong music can promote rumination or other unhelpful mental states. One 2015 study from Finland found that music can bolster negative emotions—like anger, aggression or sadness— much the same way it can counteract these feelings. Why? The rhythm and other characteristics of the songs we select can modulate our heart rates and the activity of our brain’s neural networks.

Adaptado de: https://time.com/5254381/listening-to-musichealth-benefits/ Acessado em 05 de junho 2021.

Dr. Innes has found in her studies that

Read the text below and answer the following question based on it.

 

Is Listening to Music Good For Your Health?

 

Studies have shown that music can buoy your mood and fend off depression. It can also improve blood flow in ways similar to statins, lower your levels of stress-related hormones like cortisol and ease pain. Listening to music before an operation can even improve post-surgery outcomes.

 

How can music do so much good? Music seems to “selectively activate” neurochemical systems and brain structures associated with positive mood, emotion regulation, attention and memory in ways that promote beneficial changes, says Kim Innes, a professor of epidemiology at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health.

 

Innes coauthored a 2016 study that found music-listening could boost mood and well-being and improve stress-related measures in older adults suffering from cognitive decline. Her study compared the benefits of music to those of meditation—a practice in vogue for its mental-health perks. She found that both practices were linked to significant improvements in mood and sleep quality. “Both meditation and music listening are potentially powerful tools for improving overall health and well-being,” Innes says. If the idea of listening to music seems a lot more practicable to you than meditating, these findings are great news.

 

But music can also agitate and unsettle, experts have learned.

 

“Silence can be better than random listening,” says Joanne Loewy, an associate professor and director of the Louis Armstrong Center for Music & Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York. “Some of our data show that putting on any old music can actually induce a stressful response.”

 

Along with inducing stress, Loewy says, the wrong music can promote rumination or other unhelpful mental states. One 2015 study from Finland found that music can bolster negative emotions—like anger, aggression or sadness— much the same way it can counteract these feelings. Why? The rhythm and other characteristics of the songs we select can modulate our heart rates and the activity of our brain’s neural networks.

Adaptado de: https://time.com/5254381/listening-to-musichealth-benefits/ Acessado em 05 de junho 2021.

All of the following are true of the positive use of music except: