![]() ![]() ![]() "Letting go of pain in this situation can be very scary when you feel it's your only connection to the person that matters the most to you, the person that makes you feel whole and complete. He credits this process - along with Irene's help from the other side and a few supportive books on the afterlife - with moving him through a rather dramatic transformation from broken and despairing to a having that real sense, once again, of being whole and fulfilled with his soul-mate."For those of us who cannot move on from a relationship but rather must move forward with them, somehow, after they die, perhaps this book can help," Murray says. ![]() Love After Life first describes their relationship and the situation William found himself in after Irene passed away, then goes directly into what he calls "the process," a short list of easy affirmation-style techniques. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() When the choice that you make becomes an experience that you never forget, you are biologically changing your brain and body out of the past familiar reality into a new future reality. In order to change a belief or a perception about yourself, you must be instructed to make a decision with such firm intention that the amplitude of energy of that choice causes your body to respond to a new mind. ![]() Since feelings and emotions are the end products of past experiences, the boundaries of our beliefs are your familiar feelings. A belief is just a thought you keep thinking over and over again until it’s hardwired in your brain. All beliefs and perceptions are created from past experiences. ![]() ![]() "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" is the capstone of decades of outstanding research and writing on racial and cultural issues by Thomas Sowell. ![]() So too are the inspiring achievements and painful tragedies of black education in the United States. The reasons for the venomous hatred of Jews, and of other groups like them in countries around the world, are explored in an essay that asks, "Are Jews Generic?" Misconceptions of German history in general, and of the Nazi era in particular, are also re-examined. An essay titled "The Real History of Slavery" presents a jolting re-examination of that tragic institution and the narrow and distorted way it is too often seen today. It presents eye-opening insights into the historical development of the ghetto culture that is today wrongly seen as a unique black identity-a culture cheered on toward self-destruction by white liberals who consider themselves "friends" of blacks. In a series of long essays, this book presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions, policies, and trends. Plainly written, powerfully reasoned, and backed with a startling array of documented facts, Black Rednecks and White Liberals takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. ![]() ![]() This explosive new book challenges many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, and about education. ![]() ![]() ![]() Ultimately, the novel both reflects on and intervenes in a critical biopolitical shift in regulating the brain. Simultaneously, it demonstrates the failures of the politics of a reactionary, fear-based neuroscience. In 1973, a bookseller in Orem, Utah was arrested for. A Clockwork Orange has faced multiple book banning attempts due to the sexual violence it depicts. As such, a neuroscientific reading of A Clockwork Orange articulates how counterculture perverts psychopharmacology, driving it away from the normalizing discourses of psychiatric power (as it is used to correct deviant mental states). Burgess also invents a Russian-inspired slang of the future called ‘Nadsat’, designed to make Alex’s language even more threatening as the novel was written at the height of the Cold War. I argue that the novel engages the dynamics among psychopharmacology, neuroscience, and psychiatry, and investigates how these specialties function within Western culture to mediate between dominant and subordinate divisions. This essay explains the function and representation of drugs in the novel within the context of neuroscience's development during the 1960s. The group returns to their favourite bar. Alexander’s manuscript, titled A Clockwork Orange. ![]() Furthermore, the connection between the novel and the development of neuroscience-including the use of drugs that affect the brain-has yet to be considered. During the attack, Alex and his gang destroy Mr. The novel is known for its invented language. Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange is rarely considered in terms of psychopharmacology. It is a dystopian novel about a roving gang of teenagers who instill fear in and inflict violence on the populace. ![]() ![]() ![]() McCloskey clearly articulates her points of contention with believers in "imperfections," from Samuelson to Stiglitz, claiming that they have neglected scientific analysis in their haste to diagnose the ills of the system. She argues for an economics that uses a comprehensive understanding of human action beyond behaviorism. Going against the grain of contemporary neo-institutional and behavioral economics which privilege observation over understanding, she asserts her vision of "humanomics," which draws on the work of Bart Wilson, Vernon Smith, and most prominently, Adam Smith. In Bettering Humanomics she continues her intellectually playful yet rigorous analysis with a focus on humans rather than the institutions. Economic historian Deirdre Nansen McCloskey has distinguished herself through her writing on the Great Enrichment and the betterment of the poor-not just materially but spiritually. Deirdre Nansen McCloskey’s latest meticulous work examines how economics can become a more "human" science. ![]() ![]() ![]() Living outside Providence, I have seen Broadway musicals rolled out with regularity at our local theaters before hitting the road tours across the country, meaning this Hamilton buzz seems like one among many previous rodeos (though the Clinton fundraiser angle is out of the ordinary).Īs an antidote to this propaganda, I highly recommend to readers the excellent 1973 historical fiction novel Burr by Gore Vidal. ![]() I have been observing with mild apathy the gleeful reaction of late to Hamilton, a musical about the Founding Fathers that traffics in the typical white supremacist nonsense about the creation of the United States. ![]() ![]() ![]() I had no idea how incredibly freeing that could be. It is too old to take crap from anyone, however, or care what people think. That is, until I learn what the house really is: something I never would’ve thought possible.Īs my new life begins, a couple of things become immediately clear: Forty isn’t too old for adventure. I’ll be taking care of a centuries-old house that called to me when I was a kid. ![]() Age is just a number, after all, and at 40 I’m ready to carve my own path.Įager for a fresh start, I make a somewhat unorthodox decision and move to a tiny town in the Sierra foothills. ![]() This time, though, I plan to do things differently. But when my husband of 20 years packs up and heads for greener pastures, and my son heads away to college, that’s exactly what my midlife becomes. “Happily Ever After” wasn’t supposed to come with a do-over option. ![]() ![]() ![]() Īfter an eight-year absence, Scholastic announced their plan to release three new titles in May 2013, with more to follow later in the year. Stine's first works and helped launch his career. The series was notable as Blind Date was one of R.L. Smith, Diane Hoh, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Christopher Pike, and Caroline B. ![]() Authors who published under the label of Point Horror include R.L. The Point Horror series was launched in 1991 by Scholastic Inc, with the publisher re-releasing several of its previous titles under the Point Horror banner. The series was most popular among teenaged girls. Point Horror is a series of young adult horror fiction books. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Until the 1960s, the SNP had no sound, nationwide structure. A peripheral movement had turned into one of the key players in the UK political landscape.ĢSuch a remarkable advance may be put down to its organization, its policies and its leaders. Three-quarters of a century later, not only was it governing Scotland, it was also planning its full independence. Its founders aimed at gaining self-government for Scotland through elections as the pressure they had exerted on other parties – especially the Liberals and Labour – had failed. 1The SNP appeared in 1934 out of a merger between the Scottish Party, created in 1932, and the National Party of Scotland (NPS) set up in 1928 by the Scottish National Movement (SNM), the Scots National League (SNL), the Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) and the Glasgow University Scottish Nationalist Association (GUSNA). ![]() ![]() ![]() This might be an opportunity to discuss the importance of trees as habitat. On page 25: we learn about all the animals that Red is a home for. If you and your older child are really fascinated by the idea of trees you might enjoy reading some of the book The Inner Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben. A good, short video to watch on “tree communication” is the BBC’s youtube video: “How trees secretly talk to one another” (a google search should find it pretty quickly). You and your child might enjoy leaning a little about how trees communicate with one another. It turns of this is more true than most of us realize! In resent years scientists have realized that plants do in fact communicate with one another. On page 21: “Red” (the old Oak Tree that is the narrator) tells the reader that trees can in fact communicate, just not to people. At the end of each read aloud session, flip to a marked passage and discuss the quote or idea. Next go through the book and mark the passages with a post it note or book darts. ![]() Decide which of the explorations seem right for you and your child. My suggestion is: before you begin reading the story with your child, take 10 minutes to look over the guide. I strongly recommend this as a starting place for eco-based discussions! ![]() This is a beautiful story by Katherine Applegate is about community, friendship, the importance of home (a “sense of place”), the interconnection of plants and animals and people. ![]() |