Snow Can Make Some SAD

Posted on Mar 28, 2014 by Rahman

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Moods that shift with the season and sun; how to recognize it and manage it

It was winter and Toronto was cold; so the professional forecasters decided to finally speak. But CBC reported they didn’t agree; Shubenacadie Sam in Nova Scotia said Spring would spring but Ontario’s Wiarton Willie said “6 more weeks of winter”. America’s most famous underground predictor, Punxsutawney Phil from Pennsylvania decided to agree with Willie. So people across the country were wondering, “Should we smile wide, hoping for an early spring, or should we be prepared for 6 more weeks of snow?”

But did you know there are people who are depressed when spring starts and some who don’t smile whenever there’s snow? Continue reading →

Happy Nowruz: A New Year has Now Begun

Posted on Mar 21, 2014 by Rahman

An official UN holiday celebrated by people around the world
Rahman Mohamed

Google Doodle, first day of spring

Nowruz is a holiday celebrated annually on March 21 internationally. It’s the first full day after the “vernal equinox, [and] is celebrated as the beginning of the new year by more than 300 million people all around the world”. As the first official day of spring it’s a holiday that goes back over 3,000 years in the Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Middle East, now spreading to Europe and North America. In 2010 the UN declared March 21 International Day of Nowruz.

Posted on Mar 14, 2014 by Rahman

Witch or wizard; WWW (World’s Wicked Wonder)
Rahman Mohamed

Everyone loves a good birthday. Last year, on May 27, WordPress, the host of Nova’s Rays, celebrated it’s 10th birthday. Facebook is just a bit younger, celebrating it’s 10th birthday this year on February 4. Twitter still has two years before it comes of age. What about the parent of these close siblings, the World Wide Web?