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...still a long way from the halcyon days of yore - remember, the VIX long term average is half of today's level - but investors at least seem to once again believe that day will follow night. And that's good news...
Wilcox thinks the mechanism at work here is what's known as "vicarious goal fulfillment." People who excel at self-control are very good at remaining mindful of an objective and keeping it in focus. When that goal is, say, finishing a term paper, they outperform other people at ignoring distracting options like going to a movie. When that goal is eating well, they're better at resisting distractions like ice cream and pizza. But when a virtuous choice is actually made available, the goal may feel fulfilled even when it hasn't been. Once they have that illusion that...
...this term will be a feature that many students have been encouraging us to implement - the Registrar's Office will permit students who have completed all of their course evaluations to view their final course grades electronically as soon as the final examination period has concluded. Conversely, students who do not complete all of their evaluations will not be able to view their on-line grades this early in the process...
...social policy, not just the social sciences and the humanities. She spoke about intersectionality as an all-encompassing approach that weaves together factors such as gender, class, race, and other determinants of health to help scholars better understand public health problems and enable them to better craft long-term solutions. But Hankivsky said that she commonly encounters resistance to this approach from other researchers who believe that it is too ambiguous to be applied to practical research questions. “Everyone acknowledges that intersectionality is on the table,” Hankivsky said...
...After fending off challenges to win re-election in 1994 and 1996, Harman declined to run for another Congressional term in 1998, instead launching a bid to become governor of California. She lost the Democratic primary to Gray Davis, and taught at UCLA before winning election to her old Congressional seat...