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  • AUDIO – Astronaut Chris Hadfield Shares Tips For Dealing With Social Isolation

    AUDIO – Astronaut Chris Hadfield Shares Tips For Dealing With Social Isolation

    Hadfield commanded the International Space Station for six months

    Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield spent most of his adult life as a pilot and astronaut.  He flew on two Space Shuttle missions, one Soyuz mission, and commanded the International Space Station (ISS) for roughly six months in 2013.

    Chris chronicled life on the space station and took lots of pictures of the Earth and posted them on various social media platforms during his time on the ISS, and gained a ton of followers.  He even played the ISS’s guitar in space.  So if anyone is an expert on isolation and what to do, it’s Chris.  Here are his tips.

     

  • 4×4 Club Slogs Through Snow To Help Hospital Workers Get To Their Shifts

    4×4 Club Slogs Through Snow To Help Hospital Workers Get To Their Shifts

    “It’s nice to give back to them.”

     

    Vancouver Island, on Canada’s Pacific Coast was covered in several feet of snowfall earlier this week, a local four-by-four club has been helping make sure nurses, doctors, and healthcare workers get to their shifts at the local hospital.  This tradition started last winter when the Vancouver Island Toyota 4×4 club volunteered to help  drive hospital workers to their jobs during the harsh winter storms.