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https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/communication-success/201309/ten-keys-handling-unreasonable-difficult-people 3. Shift from Being Reactive to Proactive Benefits: Minimize misinterpretation & misunderstanding. Concentrate energy on problem-solving. How: When you feel offended by someone’s words or deeds, come up with multiple ways of viewing the situation before reacting. For example, I may be tempted to think that my co-worker is ignoring my messages, or I…
Increasing number of studies show a connection between isolating prisoners and higher rates of recidivism
Just in: @POTUS says he’s moving to ban solitary confinement for juveniles: https://t.co/9u01vzhGwz pic.twitter.com/oqQ2fKirgr — CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2016 The move is another example of the extent to which the nation’s first African American president now seems willing to tackle delicate questions of race and criminal justice as he closes out his presidency. Obama…
Landslides in deep canyons in Cook Strait can set off 10-metre high tsunamis
http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/72778250/landslides-in-deep-canyons-in-cook-strait-can-set-off-10metre-high-tsunamis Landslides in offshore canyons could cause tsunamis more than 10 metres high along parts of the Cook Strait coastline, scientists have calculated. Niwa and GNS Science researchers spent four years assessing the risk of tsunamis generated by landslides in the Cook Strait Canyon. It was estimated a 1m landslide-generated tsunami could be expected somewhere…
‘Trump anxiety’ among US therapy clients
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/well-good/teach-me/77620085/psychologists-and-massage-therapists-are-reporting-trump-anxiety-among-clients Whitney Royston, 30, a Republican who works as an event coordinator in Colorado, said the prospect of a Trump presidency scares her because “he’s a side show. He doesn’t have anything to say. All he does is tell other people to shut up. If he were to become president, I fear that our world…
Going to Africa to fight Ebola
The US military is going to Africa to fight Ebola. Here’s what they’re up against http://t.co/ZsufpztNSp — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 23, 2014 On Tuesday, the White House officially announced that it would be sending US troops to Liberia to fight the Ebola outbreak. The military has already requested to use $500 million from its…
High Court child-abuse trial aborted
A High Court child-abuse trial was aborted when it was revealed Child, Youth and Family had failed to hand over 300 pages of documents to the police investigation. Justice Paul Heath apologised to the jurors when he discharged them – after the case had been running for three days – following inquiries by the defendant’s…