<!-- --> <!-- -->   Friday, November 11, 2011 SOUTHBRIDGE —  Southbridge Community Connections will host two free “Clinician’s Chats” at its 346 Main St. office. The first is from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday with Dr. Sarah Cavanaugh Ferguson, who specializes in cultural and forensic psychology. Residents who would like information about mental health resources and positive mental health practices, or who have questions for a mental health professional, are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served. A second chat >>>

(Media-Newswire.com) - The following is part one of a three part National Science Foundation series: Bullying in the Age of Social Media."I was cyberbullied at age 40 by someone that tried to beat me up in high school," says a person posting on a website that chronicles stories of people intimidated through digital communications.But I ended up winning the fight, he says. "They held that grudge for 28 years before Googling me, figuring out my employer and sending porn to everyone in the company directory, including clients, with poorly forged headers to look like it was coming from me. My employer >>>

According to him, implementing of the Act of Right to Education is just not enough to promote education in India. “It is high time now to join hands together and help the upcoming generation to get the best education, irrespective of the strata to which they belong. The schools should come up with a motive to help children. Several schools like Laxman Public School and Mother’s International School of Delhi are already involved in helping out the children and finding out the ways which can make education more easy, convenient and interesting,” he said. “Children belonging to any level >>>

Journalism and psychology senior Lovena Gahunia uses inspiration from her foreign travels to spice up her outfits. Using inspiration from the various places she has traveled, such as the Republic of the Philippines, where she was born, journalism and psychology senior Lovena Gahunia creates vibrant and unique outfits. She refuses to purchase brand-name clothing and likes to shop on a budget. “There’s more character to (my clothing),” she said. “It’s not all about the money.” What she’s wearing: A brown sweater from Charlotte Russe, jeans from Forever 21, a white jacket >>>

IDENTITY Body piercing is fast becoming a fad among youngsters. Punitha Kumar writes about the art, which was once seen as rebellious and extreme Ronny Needles showing how to clean a navel piercing. - NIK HARIFF HASSAN Tribal Bodyworks tattoo and piercing studio artist Kydd Choong demonstrating how to pierce the lowe Kydd Choong showing his body piercing accessories. Black Eyed Peas female vocalist Fergie is a fan of ear piercings. Tribal Bodyworks tattoo and piercing studio artist Kydd Choong demonstrating >>>

If you want people to change the current system, or status quo, first you have to get them to notice what’s wrong with it. That’s the idea behind a new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, which finds that people pay attention to negative information about the system when they believe the status quo can change. “Take America’s educational system. You could find some flaws in that system,” says India Johnson, a graduate student at Ohio State University who did >>>

Traditional masculine attitudes and the “suck it up” military mentality often make it difficult for soldiers to share, said Marvin Westwood, a UBC counselling psychology professor, with some even turning to alcohol and drugs to shut down their feelings. University of B.C.’s veterans’ prog­ram assists in transitioning soldier skills into civilian skills, creating options they didn’t know they had and helping soldiers become compet­itive in the labour force, he said. “If they don’t get support when they serve in these war zones, the stress injuries are debilitating beyond >>>

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