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Interview with Sascha Gätzschmann: ‚My Baha’i Faith’

By BlogArenaJune 24, 2013Culture, Interview, Mediaabdul baha, bahai, bahai faith, bahai religion, bahaullah, german community, holy persons, holy writings, islam, krishna, loves laughter, manifestations of god, religion of god, sascha gaetzschmann, son of bahaullah, zoroaster

Q: You were Catholic, then you became a Baha’i. Will you please tell us what encouraged you to do it?

Sascha: There is one religion of God, which is renewed in every age according to the needs of the time. God´s plan unfolds by unique and holy Persons – the Manifestations of God or Prophets of God. They work hand in hand. Among these Manifestions of God are Krishna, Buddha, Zoroaster, Abraham, Moses, Christ, Muhammad, the Báb and of course Bahá´u´lláh, whose teaching of the unity of mankind attracted me from the start. I became a Baha’i, as I understood that Bahá´u´lláh´s message is divine and that the same spirit that animated Jesus Christ also animated Bahá´u´lláh. Through the teachings of Bahá´u´lláh I understood that the Prophets are all one and that the teachings of Christ applied to a certain time. The teachings of Bahá´u´lláh are directed to the needs of humanity today. I am happy to work with many people – may they be Bahais or not – for the old dream of a unified and happy mankind. (more…)

Youth bullying because of perceived sexual orientation widespread and damaging

By Guest PostJune 23, 2013Culture, General, Healthamerican journal, anti bullying poster, berea, bisexual, catherine shen, consideration of suicide, depressed mood, donald patrick, early prevention efforts, female students, gay, lesbian, ohio, public health, school, school environments, self-esteem, sexual orientation, washington state survey, youth bullying

Bullying because of perceived sexual orientation is prevalent among school-aged youths, according to a study led by Donald Patrick, professor of health services at the UW School of Public Health. The study was published online May 16 in the American Journal of Public Health.

The research team analyzed responses collected in a 2010 Washington state survey of more than 24,000 public school students in grades eight through 12. The study found that 14 percent, 11 percent and 9 percent of male students in grades 8, 10, and 12 respectively reported being bullied because of perceived sexual orientation. For female students in those grades, the numbers were 11 percent, 10 percent and 6 percent respectively. (more…)

“Liebe und Romantik”: So denke ich darüber (‘Love and Romance’, the way I feel it): Johannes (42)

By BlogArenaJune 22, 2013Culture, Interview, Mediaadvice, blind love, blinde liebe, einzigartig, exist, faith, herzen, johannes, joy, liebe einzigartig sein, liebe und romantik, liebesgedichte, love and romance, love poems, love quote, multiple partners, new lovers, old ones, romantic, romantisch, sympathy, true love, vertrauen und freude, wahre liebe

(In German and in English)

***Die deutsche Version:

Q. Was ist Liebe? Wie würden Sie es definieren?

Johannes: Seinen Mitmenschen Vertrauen und Freude zu geben und Verständnis zu haben.

Q. Was ist Ihr liebstes Liebes-Zitat? Lesen Sie Liebesgedichte?

Johannes: Als Kind sehr gerne, als ich jung war. Da habe ich viele Liebesgedichte gelesen und wenn man einen Satz über Liebe hört, möchte man diesen im Kopf haben, um der Frau diese Liebe zu zeigen und um dann diese Sätze nutzen zu können. Aber heute nicht mehr. (more…)

Meeting online leads to happier, more enduring marriages

By Guest PostJune 9, 2013Culture, Generalamericans, eharmony, elizabeth ogburn, find, gestalt research, gian gonzaga, happier, harris interactive, john cacioppo, marital satisfaction, marriages, meeting online, online dating encounters, partner, survey, tyler vanderweele, university of chicago

More than a third of marriages between 2005 and 2012 began online, according to new research at the University of Chicago, which also found that online couples have happier, longer marriages.

Although the study did not determine why relationships that started online were more successful, the reasons may include the strong motivations of online daters, the availability of advance screening and the sheer volume of opportunities online. (more…)

‘Love and Romance’, the way I feel it: Dorothee Heckmann (28)

By BlogArenaJune 8, 2013Culture, Interview, Mediabeing romantic, candle, dorothee, dorothee heckmann, eine leidenschaft, feel awful, good relationship, heart is aching, insurance company, love and romance, love poems, lucky in love, outward appearance, shit love, social activities

Q. What is love? How would you define it?

Dorothee: I think there are two ways of love. Just two, between man and woman. One of it is the normal way, that means, I think I need someone to clean my flat, to tell me that I am beautiful or to spend some time with me or anything like that. It means I have a need. And this is a ‘shit love’.
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Bring your own service: Employees want social tools at work, despite company restrictions and hesitation, reports new Microsoft survey

By Guest PostMay 28, 2013Culture, Technologyaltimeter group, analyst, asia-pacific, at work, better teamwork, charlene li, chris laping, employees, Europe, global survey, global workplace, infographic, information workers, ipsos, kurt delbene, latin america, microsoft corp., microsoft office division, microsoft survey, organizational policy, productivity loss, red robin, research firm, security concerns, social media, social tools, Technology, Twitter, water cooler, workplace, worldwide, yammer

Global survey across 32 countries shows worker appetite for social tools is increasing, even if it means spending their own money and defying organizational policy to use the technology.

REDMOND, Wash. — May 27, 2013 — Nearly half of employees report that social tools at work help increase their productivity, but more than 30 percent of companies underestimate the value of these tools and often restrict their use, according to new Microsoft research released today.

The survey, conducted for Microsoft Corp. by research firm Ipsos among 9,908 information workers in 32 countries, also found that 39 percent of employees feel there isn’t enough collaboration in their workplaces, and 40 percent believe social tools help foster better teamwork. More surprisingly, 31 percent said they are willing to spend their own money to buy social tools. (more…)

Women donate less to charity than men in some contexts

By Guest PostMay 26, 2013CultureBerkeley, data, donation, economist, face to face, gautam rao, john list, philanthropy, specific altruism, stefano dellavigna, uchicago, ulrike malmendier, university of california, university of chicago

Given the chance, women are more likely than men to opt out of a request to give a charitable donation, a group of economists have found.

The issue of which gender is more generous has been debated for years. A new field experiment conducted by scholars at the University of Chicago and University of California, Berkeley shows that when it’s easy to avoid making a donation, such as not responding to a door-to-door solicitor, women are less likely than men to give. (more…)

Individual Donation Amounts Drop When Givers Are in Groups, Says MU Researcher

By Guest PostApril 30, 2013Culture, Scienceanthropologist, arizona state university, bystander effect, central european university, charitable organizations, charity donations, joan silk, karthik panchanathan, new york post, phenomenon, pro self, pro social, pro social individual, social factors, university of missouri, willem e frankenhuis

COLUMBIA, Mo. — In December of last year the New York Post published images of a man about to be killed by a train while several bystanders did little to help him. Numerous studies have provided evidence that people are less likely to help when in groups, a phenomenon known as the “bystander effect.” Those studies examined situations where only one person was needed to take action to help another. A University of Missouri anthropologist recently found that even when multiple individuals can contribute to a common cause, the presence of others reduces an individual’s likelihood of helping. This research has numerous applications, including possibly guiding the fundraising strategies of charitable organizations.

“In our study, individuals who didn’t want to share money tended to influence others to not share money,” said Karthik Panchanathan, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Science. “We don’t know what psychological mechanism caused that, but perhaps potential givers did not want to be ‘suckers,’ who gave up their money while someone else got away with giving nothing. Selfish behavior in others may have given individuals an opportunity to escape any moral obligation to share that they might have felt.” (more…)

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