http://www.businessinsider.com.au/lgbt-protest-against-facebook-2015-6 The protest goes back to the fact that Facebook still requires users to register with “authentic names” and provide identification if asked, or face being locked out of their accounts. It’s a policy which many claim is discriminatory towards the LGBT community, whose members may go by nicknames orContinue Reading

http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/69777481/man-charged-after-death-of-south-taranaki-toddler Police have arrested a man following the death of a toddler in South Taranaki at the weekend. Emergency services were called to a Hawera address about 11pm on Friday. Ambulance and police attended but were not able to revive the two-year-old girl. Detective Senior Sergeant Brent Matuku said theContinue Reading

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-virtual-reality-exposure-therapy-military.html Clinical researchers in Emory’s Veterans Program will study the use of virtual reality exposure therapy to treat people suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) due to military sexual trauma. The virtual reality exposure therapy system, called BRAVEMIND, has been used to treat combat-related PTSD in veterans of Iraq andContinue Reading

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-casano/meditation-secrets_b_7622272.html 2. It Doesn’t Have to Take More than a Few Minutes There are no hard rules that your meditation session has to take 30 minutes. Who says you can’t be present and meditate when you have a few spare moments to yourself? While a daily formal practice is preferable,Continue Reading

SPONSORED: Sir John Kirwan reveals how kindness from a stranger gave him perspective http://t.co/In7PwwjyzW pic.twitter.com/Dv5fnJk2kT — Stuff Life & Style (@StuffLifeStyle) June 25, 2015 Sir John, who also fronts the National Depression Initiative (NDI), was shopping for groceries when a woman approached him and asked if she could give himContinue Reading

https://blog.greens.org.nz/2015/06/23/government-social-sector-reforms/ Government has prioritised MSD funding to three areas: vulnerable children, young people, and adult survivors. Almost all MSD funding will now be focussed on these three areas, with some remaining provision for disability and Christchurch. The Minister has said the funding quantum will remain the same – just beContinue Reading

http://money.cnn.com/interactive/pf/work-life-balance-quiz/ “You don’t want to be rude, you don’t want to be weird,” he said. “Definitely there’s an awkwardness to saying no.” When his friends saw what was happening, they moved the party elsewhere, and he was left alone with a girl he didn’t know. He knew he didn’t wantContinue Reading