As the countdown to the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games begins, Olympic Partner Proctor and Gamble debuts “Tough Love”, its first ad created specifically to continue to raise awareness of the event and of the Paralympians who are among the most inspiring athletes in the world.
Life Orientation resources for South African teachers
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From career guidance to substance abuse...bits and pieces to brighten up your LO classes brought to you courtesy of the Rondebosch Boys' High School Library (If you would like to receive a weekly newsletter of the latest items in this Scoop just mail me at library@rondebosch.com)
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FOk, I have a confession to make.I have spent almost my whole life– 31 years– caring far too much about offending people, worrying if I’m cool enough for them, or asking myself if they are judging me. I can’t take it anymore. It’s stupid, and it’s not good for my well being.
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Forgive the language, but this piece really spoke to me and Julien Smith has some great advice for people who worry too much about what others think and about taking chances on life... 
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Published on Feb 8, 2014 Modern China is a psychologically taxing place. As living standards improve, social competition has become fierce - buying an apartment, finding a spouse, and supporting a family can feel like insurmountable tasks
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“… the thought I want to share with you is the idea of a world without unwanted children. I want to share this idea with you not only because I feel so strongly about it, but because I feel so strongly that it should and can be attainable. Even if we do not succeed in achieving birth control…there are enough human beings walking this earth to make sure that no child should live this life as a throwaway person. We can do this thing.”
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A finding of particular significance was revealed in August last year — but drew hardly a sigh or a whimper from the media and the public. The report, compiled by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), undeniably concluded what many of us have known for years — that women work harder than men.
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“Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day.” That’s what women are told. But these relentless messages are an assault on women’s careers, their psychological bandwidth, and their freedom to live online. We have been thinking about Internet harassment all wrong.
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Above, you can watch what will hopefully be the first of many “espresso shots for the mind.” This clip features Dr. Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, providing some quick insights into the difference between sympathy and empathy, and explaining why empathy is much more meaningful.
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December 31, 2013 4:25 PM
I thought this was a warm and useful guide to distinguishing between sympathy and empathy...
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South African men are stressed out. They worry about relationships, work and not having enough money to provide for their families – but for many, talking about these problems just isn’t an option.
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Ugh, Baby Boomers. With their endless career opportunities, higher education at bargain-bin prices, glad-handed cronyism and canasta. In their cool hats ruining it for later generations who wanted to wear similar hats but were ridiculed because who do we think we are, Baby Boomers?
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A nice piece of satire which demonstrates that there is ALWAYS something wrong with the next generation...
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The New York Magazine gets intensely real about the kind of pregnancies that don't end with baby pictures all over Facebook. For millions of women, they happen, but usually in secret, shrouded in shame and pain, real but rarely included in conventional narratives about women and their reproductive systems. This is the week for reality: in New York, 26 women share their abortion stories ("This guy forced himself on me...Society is so focused on women being mothers. I felt selfish for not wanting to be a mom” and "There’s no room to talk about being unsure" and "I wanted to impress the nurses. I think I even mentioned that I was in the honor society! Now I think, Who did I think I was? I had no idea that the average abortion patient is all of us").
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Moralistic busybodies can all rattle off reasons why alcohol is bad. They’d ban it, if they hadn’t learnt the hard way that prohibition turned out to be counter-productive. So they go after alcohol advertising instead. It may or may not help some people, but it certainly can only do so at the expense of others – and especially of small businesses.
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For his series “Comeback to Kalahari,” photographer Nicola Lo Calzo spent two months in South Africa with the San of the southern Kalahari—one of the most ancient indigenous groups in the world.
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This article builds on the platform established last week for the Know Your Constitution Campaign*, a coalition of civil society organisations advocating for a right to constitutional literacy. By MEETALI JAIN.
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Published on Feb 22, 2014 Skydiving is not for the faint hearted. But for Daniel Ngcobo, who lives with Cerebral Palsy fulfilled his life dream high above KZN.
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Published on Feb 15, 2014 It's been 100 days since the Philippines was hit by typhoon Haiyan that affected 14 million people. Nearly half of them were children. In the final part of a special series,
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Published on Feb 13, 2014 The Film and Publication Board, along with Google, Unicef and other organisations, announced a partnership designed to create awareness of cyber safety. The national programme, which will begin this month, will promote the safer and more responsible use of the internet and online technologies
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When the first of these stores were launched in Cape Town the donated clothes were displayed on a cardboard hanger/display device that also featured the Street Store branding and slogan: “Hang up, help out.” Over 1000 homeless people visited the store and were given the opportunity to put together an outfit that suited them. For many who have grown up in poverty, this was a rare experience.
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Poverty is such a massive issue in our country and this was a pretty innovative way of approaching clothing the homeless. Watch the second Enews clip to get a better feel for the experience. I think it would be great to generate discussions and ideas in class!
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February 6, 2014 4:50 AM
Poverty is such a massive issue in our country and this was a pretty innovative way of approaching clothing the homeless. Watch the second Enews clip to get a better feel for the experience. I think it would be great to generate discussions and ideas in class.
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Political leaders need to get their priorities straightened out when it comes to homosexuality versus child abuse, writes Jane Raphaely.
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In Venezuela, women are confronted with a culture of increasingly enhanced physiques fueled by beauty pageants and plastic surgery.
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The British TV series Up, which selected a group of children and filmed an update on their lives every seven years, is hailed as one of the greatest documentary projects of all time. South Africa is one of the countries which has its own spin-off, documenting the growth to adulthood of 18 children from vastly diverse backgrounds ever since they were seven years old in 1992. This year they are 28, and the fourth documentary installment of their lives – 28Up – will be screened in January. REBECCA DAVIS got a sneak preview of a fascinating project that deserves to be vastly better known.
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At the Canadian competitive laughing championship, Sam Riches met a bunch of people trying to elevate the pursuit of joy into a sport. "LAUGHTER GAMES, THOUGH SEEMINGLY unconventional, are not new. The Canadian Inuit have been practicing them for thousands of years. Their version is called Iglagunerk and consists of two individuals facing each other, grasping hands, and—at an agreed upon signal—beginning to laugh. The one who laughs the hardest and longest is declared the winner."
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The Strathyre home has been a refuge for abandoned and abused girls for nearly 50 years, but it may soon close due to a funding crisis. With the costs of running the home increasing, and funding sources drying up, they're battling to make ends meet. This month the home's management had to ask the Salvation Army's headquarters for help, just to pay staff salaries. The home isn't the revolving door many assume it to be - some of the girls live here for up to a decade before either their parents claim them, they are adopted, or they become old enough to leave. In many cases, says Lee, prospects are bleak: quite a few of the girls end up falling pregnant shortly after leaving the home, dashing their chances of completing an education.
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To promote exercise and the 2014 Olympics, Olympic Changes installed a very special ticket machine at the Moscow subway station. Instead of accepting money as payment, the high-tech ticket machine only accepted exercise. Riders could receive a free ticket by standing in front of the machine’s camera, and performing 30 squats or lunges.
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HOW TO BE ALONE by Tanya Davis
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SA third fattest nation on earth. Turning it around starts by cutting down on KFC..... - Biznewz.com
We’d better stop joking about fat Americans. The latest global survey shows South Africans are climbing the “fat nation” league and we’re now in third place behind the US and UK.
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