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What is Blue Monday?
Blue Monday is a name given to a date stated, as part of a publicity campaign by Sky Travel, to be the most depressing day of the year. This date was published in a press release under the name of Cliff Arnall, when he was a tutor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, a Further Education centre attached to Cardiff University. Guardian columnist Dr. Ben Goldacre reported that the press release was delivered substantially pre-written to a number of academics by public relations agency Porter Novelli, who offered them money to put their names in it. The Guardian later printed a statement from Cardiff University distancing themselves from Arnall. Arnall says that the date was calculated by using many factors, including: weather conditions, debt level (the difference between debt accumulated and our ability to pay), time since Christmas, time since failing our new year’s resolutions, low motivational levels and feeling the need to take action. Writing about the calculation, Ben Goldacre stated: “The fact is that Cliff Arnall’s equations fail even to make mathematical sense on their own terms.” This date allegedly falls on the Monday of the last full week of January. The date was declared by Arnall with the very first ‘official’ Blue Monday starting on either the 17th or 24th January 2005. 1
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The Blue Monday Formula The equation to work out the date for Blue Monday each year can be seen below with a break down of each letter and its meaning:
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Weather Debt Time since Christmas Time since failing new year’s resolution M = Motivational levels Na = Feeling a need to take action
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7 years on from the first Blue Monday, the date is the same, again, arguably either 17th or 24th January. 4
The very first official Blue Monday worked out to be on 24th January 2005, however some people say it landed on the 17th.
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January is predominantly a cold month with little sunshine. Snow is possible throughout the month as are hard frosts. It is also often a stormy month, with rainfall likely to occur. However, on occasions some strong depressions may move in from the north, introducing heavy snow and often blizzard like conditions to parts of the United Kingdom, particularly Scotland. During periods of light winds and high pressure, frost and fog can also become a problem.2 The average temperature on the 17th January 2011 was 8 째c which was slightly warmer compared to the 24th January with an average of 5.5 째c. The rain count for 17th January was 2.4mm and 7.2mm on 24th January 2011.The total rain count for these two days combined was 9.6m.
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How Britain owes over £900 billion
It is a truly frightening figure. Why is the world’s sixth richest country so deeply in debt? Every year the UK runs a large budget deficit. The Government spends more money than it is able to, so we plug the gap by selling bonds to investors at home and abroad. These bonds, known as gilts, have to be repaid in full, with interest. Added together, our unpaid loans make up the UK’s national debt. Currently, that debt is growing violently. The Government forecasts it will soar to an eye-watering £1.1 trillion as of 2011. To put that in to perspective, the UK went bust in 1976 running a budget deficit of 6% of gdp. In 2010 that deficit rose by 11%. Historically, our debt burden was heavier after World War II. But like any loan, if the money is not invested wisely we end up borrowing even more. When the Government runs up huge debts and produces nothing to show for it, we are the ones who hold the burden. In 2011 that burden will grew by £167.9 billion. The state has been wasting our money for decades. Weak politicians have bribed voters with endless amounts of borrowed cash. As a result, in 2010 the interest on the national debt cost £42.9 billion a year. That is more than what we spend on defence, and not much less than the entire education budget.
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The UK national debt clock is still ticking fast. We already owe more than £900 billion to investors at home and abroad. The Government says our debt hit £1,043 billion by April 2011 and £1.2 trillion just one year later. Yes, that really is £1,216,000,000,000. To pay this year’s £43 billion interest bill, every household will pile up more than £1,800 in tax. That is not a joke - that really is how much it is going to cost you. The UK’s national debt has become so astronomical that it is hard to make sense of it anymore.3
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How to avoid the post Christmas blues Once Christmas is done, the after affects can be staggering. The sudden drop in activity, the sudden drop in excitement, and all sorts of related emotions can lead to depression after Christmas. Fortunately, there are things that you can do to cope with depression both before and after Christmas. You should be aware of what things can trigger your holiday depression. Things like relationships with other people, both those in your immediate family and those who you only see around the holidays, can create stress. Financial issues can certainly create pressure, especially if you overspend. There are physical demands to the holiday as well that affect your mood. By recognising these stresses ahead of time, you are able to cope with them much better when they arise. It is also important to be realistic about your feelings. Realise that it is OK to have feelings of sadness during the season of joy. Look to your family, friends, community, or religious groups for emotional support during this time. Beware of New Year’s resolutions. One of the biggest causes for depression after Christmas can be due to failed resolutions. Make sure that your resolutions are realistic. Try to set smaller and specific goals. Rather than resolving to lose weight, instead set a goal of cutting out fast food, or exercising just three times a week for thirty minutes each time.4
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Stop breaking Your new year’s resolution Sometimes we know the best thing to do, but fail to do it. New year’s resolutions are often like that. We make resolutions because we know it would be better for us to lose weight, or get fit, or spend more time with our family. The problem is that a resolution is generally easier to break than it is to keep. That is why, by the end of January, most people have already abandoned their new year’s resolutions. John Stuart Mill, in his classic defence of liberty, argued that each individual is the best judge and guardian of his or her own interests. But recent research suggests that we can use some help. A professor of economics at Yale University examined ways to help some of the Philippines’ poorest people achieve their goals. He found that people had difficulties resisting the temptation to spend what little they had, even when they recognised that it would be better to save for a goal that could make a more substantial difference to their lives. When given access to banking, they would save a little, but then withdraw it before they reached their goal. But, if offered a savings account that penalised them for withdrawing money before they reached a goal that they themselves had specified, many chose that type of account. Using the account that penalised early withdrawals helped them achieve their goals. Karlan then turned to other areas in which people lack self-control. He found that when people want to quit smoking, they are more likely to succeed if they arrange to lose money should they fail. In a random trial, 30% of those who risked a penalty for failure achieved their goal, compared with only 5% in the control group. Karlan discussed his work with colleagues at Yale. How, they asked, can we give people stronger
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incentives to keep their resolutions and achieve their personal goals? Then, as an incentive to fulfil your commitment, you can decide on a penalty that you must pay if you fail. For example, one way of giving yourself a strong incentive to reach your goal is to commit to pay money to someone if you fail. Better yet, you can specify that you will have to pay a certain sum to a cause that you detest. For the past two years, almost all gambling in Norway has required the use of an electronic card. Cash is forbidden. The card allows the government to impose daily and monthly limits on the amount players can lose on electronic gaming machines. But the card also gives gamblers the chance to set limits for themselves. They can limit how much money they will spend, or how long they will spend at a machine at any one time. That is not paternalism, just an encouragement to pause and reflect. The idea of offering gamblers a chance to set their own limits before they begin a gambling session is beginning to spread around the world. In addition to Norway, it exists, in various forms, in Sweden, New Zealand, and the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Human decision-making is complex. On our own, our tendency to yield to short-term temptations, and even to addictions, may be too strong for our rational, long-term planning. But when the temptations are not immediately present, we can erect barriers to them that make us less likely to succumb when they return. Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will. 5
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2011 New Year’s Resolution trends Trends of 2011 taken from the website 43things.com. In 2010, weight lose was back on the top like it was in both 2008 and 2007. In 2011, the economy had an impact on people’s resolutions. Saving money was the top resolution trend and finding a job was at number 4.6
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1. Save Money 2. Set an attainable athletic goal 3. Read at least one book a month 4. Get a job 5. Lose weight 6. Keep a notepad of memories 7. Get enough sleep 8. Eat or drink something different 9. Fall in love 10. Take a photo everyday
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Personal Motivation Made Easy Having high levels of personal motivation does not have to be difficult. We all know the immense power of being inspired and motivated can have on our lives. By having strong personal motivation we are happier, more successful, and wealthier because of it. At this time of year we all make New Years Resolutions. It has become as part of New Years as the countdown itself. Unfortunately, so does the expectation that your New Years Resolution is for show, something that we do because everyone else is doing it as well. How often do you carry a resolution further than February? Very rarely. Instead of making yourself a resolution, vow to yourself this year to take your personal motivation to new levels. Getting a grip on your personal motivation means finding a purpose. When we have epic levels of personal motivation, we find a strong sense of direction with our lives. By zeroing in on the direction we want to take our lives, we find a greater sense of meaning in the thing. High levels of personal motivation equal high levels of achievement. When we are motivated, we act. No motivation means there is no action, which in turn means no results. When we act, we inevitably succeed or get the things we want from life. This in turn motivates us even more to keep going down our designated path. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. This cycle of success breeding success will imprint that burning flame of desire within you for years to come.
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Starting is the hard part. Do whatever it takes to light your personal motivation from the beginning. Start small if you have too, after all, every journey started with a single step. But make sure that you start. We have all heard the maxim that the first step is the hardest, and this is absolutely true. Personal motivation comes from the things we care about. Who gets personal motivation from things they don’t like? There are goals you care about, that you have always had in the back of your mind but you held back because of fear. Your personal motivation shines through when you pursue something that you are passionate about. It’s time to confront those goals. Goal setting is difficult enough without having to chase the ones which we aren’t crazy about. Sustain personal motivation over the long term with small victories. We are giddy with the thought of our results, and the novelty of it all insures that the first few weeks will be full of inexhaustible enthusiasm. However, that enthusiasm will inevitably subside. One way to combat this by mastering the art of small victories. This involves setting smaller, measurable goals that you can achieve on the way to your greater goal. This will keep your personal motivation going long after those first few weeks. 12
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Feeling the need to take control of your life We can not do it all, so we do most things poorly, on a good day. And we have lived like this for so long that we don’t even realise how far we are from reaching our full potential. Most times, we are just reacting, as though we are being jerked to and fro by some gigantic remote control device. We try desperately to keep one thing or another from crashing and burning. And we are doing well just to make sure the kids are off to school wearing matching socks, that we don’t forget the big proposal on the kitchen table after working on it most of the night, and getting most of our bills paid before they are 30 days overdue. And what about managing our money and taking control of our income? How’s that possible when we live paycheck to paycheck. As for our relationships, who would know, we hardly see each other or talk. The signs of a life out of control may seem subtle: Your kids are growing up before your eyes, yet you hardly know them, you dread going to work at a job you’ve had for years, you want to say “no” before you even hear the question because saying “yes” means adding something else to your plate.
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The first step towards regaining control is examining your life and determining where you have problems. You can change your attitude so you are open to opportunities, so you feel it is possible to chart your own course and drive your life forward. You can set goals, and you can reach them. Despite the economic chaos, you can take control of your income and start your own business. You can build wealth. You can reconnect with your family. And you can be happy. 13
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Seasonal Affective disorder Seasonal Affective Disorder, sad, or the Winter Blues is officially recognised by Doctors and Psychiatrists as a medical condition that is thought to affect 2 million people in the UK and Ireland, and over 12 Million people across Northern Europe. Most people with sad experience major depressive disorder, but as many as 20% may have or may go on to develop bipolar or manic-depression. It is important to understand the improved mood associated with recovery from the winter depression and a manic episode because there are important treatment differences. In these cases, people with sad may experience depression during the winter and hypomania in the summer. Why do we suffer from sad? Historically we only ever worked outdoors; 200 years ago 75% of the population worked outdoors, now less than 10% of the population work in natural light. Whilst this is fine in the Summer months when there are longer daylight hours, in the Winter months, people tend to go to work in the dark and go home in the dark and don’t get enough natural daylight. This modern way of living has dramatically altered nature’s cues. A modern day no longer starts at the break of dawn and ends at sunset. Workdays are getting longer and many people face shift work schedules. Additionally, the advent of electric lighting allows social gatherings and personal activities to extend well into the night. These factors have diminished the body’s natural ability to regulate the body clock and this new way of life has resulted in a dramatic increase in light deficiency symptoms. 14 In the UK and Ireland we are more susceptible to sad as we are situated in the higher latitudes of the northern hemisphere. As a result, we experience large changes in light levels between the summer and winter. We also
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experience periods of dark, gloomy weather which can reduce the amount of light we receive and therefore have a profound effect on our body clocks. A combination of a change in seasonal light, our hectic lifestyles, periods of darker days and poorer weather, can result in dramatic effects on our circadian rhythms. As a direct consequence of these environmental and lifestyle factors, more people than ever before are suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Understanding the importance of daylight The human body uses light cues, such as those provided by the sun, to time certain functions. Properly timed rhythms regulate mood, sleep, wake, appetite, digestion and energy. These daily internal cycles called ‘Circadian Rhythms’ sometimes fall out of time, meaning an unregulated body clock, resulting in the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder.15
Circadian Rhythm Imbalance Now with our hectic lifestyles, we often miss critical signals from the sun, and our body clocks suffer. Without proper morning light, our body clocks don’t produce the hormones we need to wake up and feel active. When we miss daytime light, we slump and become less productive. At night, we usually stay up hours after dark, causing sleep and mood problems. In fact, how we sleep, how active we are, and how we feel are all regulated by our body clock.16
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Symptoms
When your body clock doesn’t get the right light signals, you can feel tired, moody, and sluggish. But when your body clock does get the right type of light, your body produces active, energetic hormones and suppresses the negative, withdrawal ones. These hormones will help reset your sleep, mood, and energy cycles, so you sleep better at night and feel great during the day.
How do i know if I’ve got SAD? There are a diverse range of symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder; many are associated with a feeling of general depression - which is why it is sometimes known as the ‘Winter blues’. Below is a list of possible symptoms.
• Lethargy, lacking in energy, unable to carry out a normal routine. • Sleep problems, finding it hard to stay awake during the day, but • • • • •
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treatment
Previous treatments for depression and especially Seasonal Affective Disorder involved the use of prescribed medication. In recent years, however, research across the world has shown that sad sufferers responded, often quite dramatically, to treatment with light. Lack of light causes an increase in the production of Melatonin (the hormone that makes us sleepy at night), and a reduction of Serotonin, the lack of which causes depression. The exposure to bright light therapy reverses the process, with the additional benefit of being drug free. By providing summertime levels of light during the winter you can successfully alleviate the symptoms of sad with the result that former sufferers can lead a normal, happier life and beat the Winter Blues. In fact almost everyone can benefit from increased energy levels when using a lightbox. There are many different treatments for classic Seasonal Affective Disorder, including light therapy, medication, ionized-air administration, cognitive-behavioral therapy and carefully timed supplementation of the hormone melatonin.
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Lightbox treatment
Photoperiod-related alterations of the duration of melatonin secretion may affect the seasonal mood cycles of sad. This suggests that light therapy may be an effective treatment. Light therapy uses a lightbox which emits far more lumens than a customary incandescent lamp. Bright white “full spectrum� light at 10,000 lux, blue light at a wavelength of 480 nm at 2,500 lux or green light at a wavelength of 500 nm at 350 lux are used, with the first mentioned historically preferred. Bright light therapy is effective with the patient sitting at a prescribed distance, commonly 30 - 60 cm, in front of the box with their eyes open but not staring at the light source for the whole 30 - 60 minutes. A 1995 study showed that green light therapy at doses of 350 lux produces melatonin suppression and phase shifts equivalent to 10,000 lux bright light therapy in winter depressives. A study published in May 2010 suggests that the blue light often used for sad treatment should perhaps be replaced by green or white illumination. Discovering the best schedule is essential. One study has shown that up to 69% of patients find lightbox treatment inconvenient and as many as 19% stop use because of this. Dawn simulation has also proven to be effective; in some studies, there is an 83% better response when compared to other bright light therapy. When compared in a study to negative air ionization, bright light was shown to be 57% effective vs. dawn simulation at only 50%. Patients using light therapy can experience improvement during the first week, but increased results are evident when continued throughout several weeks. Most studies have found it effective without use all year round, but rather as a seasonal treatment lasting for several weeks until frequent light exposure is naturally obtained. 18
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Medication
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor,ssri, antidepressants have been proven effective in treating sad. Bupropion is also effective as a prophylactic. Effective antidepressants are fluoxetine, sertraline, or paroxetine. Both fluoxetine and light therapy are 67% effective in treating sad according to direct head-to-head trials conducted during a 2006 study. Subjects using the light therapy protocol showed earlier clinical improvement, generally within one week of beginning the treatment. Negative air ionization, which involves releasing charged particles into the sleep environment, has been found effective with a 47.9% improvement if the negative ions are in sufficient density. Depending upon the patient, one treatment may be used in conjunction with another. Modafinil may be an effective and well-tolerated treatment in patients with seasonal affective disorder. Another explanation is that vitamin D levels are too low when people do not get enough Ultraviolet-B on their skin. An alternative to using bright lights is to take vitamin D supplements. Doctors do not recommend drugs for treatment as they only help the symptoms, and not the causes of sad.19
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I don’t like Mondays
“I Don’t Like Mondays” is a song by the Boomtown Rats and was a UK number one single for four weeks during the summer of 1979. Written by Bob Geldof and performed by The Boomtown Rats. According to Geldof, he wrote the song after reading a telex report at Georgia State University’s campus radio station on the shooting spree of 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer. She fired at children playing in a school playground at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California on 29th January 1979. She killed two adults, injured eight children and one police officer. Spencer showed no remorse for her crime, and her full explanation behind her actions was “I don’t like Mondays; this livens up the day.” The song was first performed less than a month later. Geldof explained how he wrote the song: “I was doing a radio interview in Atlanta with Fingers and there was a telex machine beside me. I read it as it came out. Not liking Mondays as a reason for doing somebody in, is a bit strange. I was thinking about it on the way back to the hotel, and I just said ‘Silicone chip inside her head had switched to overload’. I wrote that down. And the journalists interviewing her said, ‘Tell me why?’ It was such a senseless act. It was the perfect senseless act and this was the perfect senseless reason for doing it. So perhaps I wrote the perfect senseless song to illustrate it. It wasn’t an attempt to exploit tragedy.”
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Geldof had originally intended the song as a b-side, but changed his mind after the song went down well with audiences on the Rats’ US tour. Spencer’s family tried unsuccessfully to prevent the single from being released in the United States. Despite being a major hit in the United Kingdom, it only reached #73 on the US Billboard Hot 100, partly due to Geldof’s antagonistic attitude towards U.S. radio stations. The song was played regularly by album-oriented rock format radio stations in the United States throughout the 1980s, although radio stations in San Diego still refrained from playing the track for some years in respect to local sensitivities about the shooting. The song became Number One in the UK single charts in July 1979. In the UK it won the prestigious Best Pop Song and Outstanding British Lyric categories at the Ivor Novello Awards. It was subsequently covered by Tori Amos on her 2001 album Strange Little Girls and later by G4 on their 2006 album Act Three. At a concert in London in 1995, just before the 10th anniversary of Live Aid, Geldof himself performed the song in the Boomtown Rats’ final major appearance. Bon Jovi covered the song after being joined on stage by Geldof at Wembley Stadium. This recorded performance features on Bon Jovi’s live album ‘One Wild Night Live’ 1985–2001, as well as on the bonus 2-CD edition of ‘These Days’. Bon Jovi were again joined by Geldof for a performance of the song at The O2 Arena on 23rd June 2010, the 10th night of their 12 night residency. Geldof himself performed an impromptu version of the song while hosting the Live 8 concert in London on 2nd July 2005.20
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Blue Monday: New Order
“Blue Monday” is a single released in 1983 by British band New Order, and later remixed in 1988 and 1995. The song has been widely remixed and covered since its original release, and became a popular anthem in the dance club scene. At nearly seven-and-a-half minutes, “Blue Monday” is one of the longest tracks ever to chart in the UK, and is the biggest-selling 12” single of all time. Despite selling well it was not eligible for an official gold disc because Factory Records was not a member of the British Phonographic Industry association. However, the Official UK Chart Company has estimated its total UK sales at over one million. In the all time UK best selling singles chart, published in 2002, “Blue Monday” came 76th. The song begins with a distinctive semiquaver kick drum intro, programmed on an Oberheim DMX drum machine. Gillian Gilbert eventually fades in a sequencer melody. The verse section features the song’s signature throbbing synth bass line, played by a Moog Source, overlaid with Peter Hook’s bass guitar leads. The synth bass line was sequenced on a Powertran Sequencer home built by Bernard. Bernard Sumner delivers the lyrics in a deadpan manner. “Blue Monday” is an atypical hit song in that it does not feature a standard verse-chorus structure. After a lengthy introduction, the first and second verses are contiguous and are separated from the third verse only by a brief series of sound effects. A short breakdown section follows the third verse, which leads to an extended outro.
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“Blue Monday” is often seen as one of the most important crossover tracks of the 1980s pop music scene. Synthpop had been a major force in British popular music for several years, but “Blue Monday” was arguably the first British dance record to exhibit an obvious influence from the New York club scene, particularly the work of producers like Arthur Baker. According to Bernard Sumner, “Blue Monday” was influenced by four songs: the arrangement came from “Dirty Talk”, by Klein + M.B.O.; the signature bassline with octaves came from Sylvester’s disco classic, “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)”; the house beat came from “Our Love”, by Donna Summer; and the long keyboard pad on the intro and outro was sampled from the Kraftwerk song “Uranium”, from the Radio-Activity album. In an interview for Channel 4’s countdown of the biggest selling UK singles, the band claimed to have written the song in response to crowd disappointment at the fact that they never played encores. This song, they say, allowed them to return to the stage, press play on a synthesiser and leave the stage again. An example of this happening appears on New Order’s concert video ‘Pumped Full of Drugs’. 21
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