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...Hearing Voices Network (HVN), an organization that brings such people together to exchange personal stories and coping strategies. Drawing on research by Dutch psychiatrists indicating that up to one in 25 people hears voices, HVN seeks to recast the phenomenon as a normal experience, encouraging members to maintain a dialogue with their voices so they can live peacefully with and even appreciate their presence. Studies suggest that these auditory hallucinations emerge following traumas ranging from the death of a loved one to outright abuse, so HVN encourages members to address the phenomenon with these origins in mind. In the past...
...journalist and triathlete, reported on numerous other studies that explain why we fall off the exercise wagon. Research by psychologist Roy Baumeister at Florida State University, for example, suggests that self-control is like a psychological muscle--one that can simply become exhausted. Spend your day trying to maintain your composure with a willful toddler or a demanding boss, and you may not have enough discipline left later to stick to your fitness routine. If that routine involves a diet, things can get even more complicated, as the effort you make to resist having a Snickers in the afternoon depletes...
...light of this unique bond between proctor and student, Lipson says, “The Freshman Dean’s Office is very clear that anything of the sort would not be tolerated.” 3) Peer Advising Fellows: surprise surprise, adviser and advisee must maintain professional distance. The Peer Advising Fellows Guide 2007-2008 states clearly in its list of rules: “Do not engage in intimate relations with your advisees.” Freshmen—still going to call your PAF with those “urgent” concerns? Upperclassmen—still...
...School Dean Elena Kagan has actively courted Sunstein and his longtime partner—renowned philosopher Martha Nussbaum—in recent years. Both have been visiting professors at Harvard in recent semesters, but Nussbaum has said that she will remain at Chicago, where Sunstein will also maintain an office...
There have long been mutual advantages to a cordial relationship between Vatican and Cuban officials. For the most part, the Church has been able to attend to its flock and maintain its unique status in Cuban society. The regime has always appreciated the Vatican's denunciations of the American blockade as a human rights violation. There is also fundamental agreement in both Cuban and Catholic doctrine about caring for the weak and underprivileged. Still, the relationship has its limits amidst the government control of information and silencing of opposition movements, which have often included Catholic intellectuals and clergy. The island...