<p><strong>Beggars in Shanghai</strong> Most disagreeable was when, on the way to school, we had to walk around beggars on the sidewalk frozen or starved to death overnight.</p> <p><strong>Religion/Politics </strong>I'm always asking: "What's the difference between religion and superstition? And between political fund-raising and bribe soliciting?"</p> <p><strong>World Economics</strong> Around the world, the poor gets poorer and languishes without hope while the rich gets richer and lavishes without guilt.</p> <p><strong>Another Kind of Pollution</strong> The visual pollution generated by commercial billboards is the kind which a civilized society should never have tolerated.</p> <p><strong>Eulogy to Tony</strong> I told Gloria about my brother Tony before they got married, that she had a saint on her hands. Latter events, including Father's as well as Gloria's long illness, proved that I did not exaggerate.</p> <p><strong>'54 Plymouth Coupe</strong> The detective told us that the body of the murder victim was transported in the very same car we rented for our honeymoon. Of course, the cops found my name and address in the suspect's apartment.</p> <p><strong>Chang Zhou Hotel</strong>, Shanghai Looking down at the rear garden from our room I saw a bunch of rowdy Japanese soldiers playing a game with a smallish ball, oversized gloves and mean-looking bats. I did not realize that I had just witnessed Japan's national sport: Baseball.</p> <p><strong>Trevanian: </strong> "He felt utter disdain for... the merchants who are responsible for all that is kitsch, that is change without progress, and that is consumption without use."</p> <p><strong>Massimo Vignelli: </strong> "The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against ugliness."</p>
<p>By the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Casting Lots, New Caledonia: A Song of America is William D. McEachern's third historical novel and the second in the Caledonia series. The first novel in the series, Caledonia: A Song of Scotland, told the story of James MacEachern fighting for Bonnie Prince Charles. New Caledonia: A Song of America continues the epic tale of James, as he emigrates from Scotland in 1750, fleeing the Duke of Cumberland's ruthless assassin, Captain David Angus Campbell. Sailing to America, James walks the Great Wagon Trail from Philadelphia to Winchester, where he meets Daniel Morgan, who becomes a lifelong friend. Swirling events embroil Daniel and James as wagoners hauling freight for the British Army in the French and Indian War. On the road to the Battle of the Monongahela, James learns that Captain David Campbell is their commanding officer. For a minor infraction, Captain David Campbell whips Daniel Morgan nearly to death. The story of James, Daniel Morgan, and Captain David Campbell is played out over the course of two wars, the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, in battles such as Monongahela, King's Mountain, and Cowpens. Who will survive?</p>
<p>Confessions of a Split Mind is a compendium of selected drawings, philosophical dialogues, and two myths from Kiritsis's personal journal. Collectively, they capture an internal conflict between differing aspects of the conceptual self, which plays out in every one of us. For the author, this phenomenon takes the form of an ongoing war between science and esoteric spirituality. In the author's idiosyncratic inner world, the former discipline is personified by a male character known as the Unknown Pilot and the latter by a female character, Solim. The integrated conscious self also appears in the guise of a character named Olyn. <br /> These three entities bide their time grappling with the big questions in life and arguing over the veracity of existing interpretations: Is it possible to explain genius-level creativity through contemporary scientific models? What exactly are the "voices" that psychosis sufferers hear? What is precognition, and what does it mean for a linear, materialistic model of the universe? Does free will exist? Have we underestimated the powers of the placebo and the mind? How much do we really know about the brain? Is it really like a computer as computational and connectionist models would have us believe? How therapeutic are creative pursuits? Does anything survive the death of the human body? <br /> Each chapter deals with a different topic and is illustrated by thematic drawings. Many of the conundrums and life mysteries expounded in the broader narrative are represented visually in a separate section in the middle of the book, entitled "Interlude: A Journey through the Split Mind." <br /> The book begins and ends with the narration of personal myths whose purpose is to convey images of an ostensibly paradoxical world as it would appear to our logical operative cognition and the either-or logic we pride ourselves on, hold aloft, and deem infallible.</p>
<p>El agua es el elemento primordial para el desarrollo de todos los sectores de la economa de un pas y ms an, es imprescindible para la supervivencia y el bienestar de los seres humanos del planeta.<br /> Este libro denominado "El recurso hdrico en Tamaulipas: La cuenca del Ro Guayalejo Tames" rene y evala informacin de diferentes fuentes oficiales y de investigaciones realizadas, en lo referente al proceso y rgimen hidrolgico del recurso hdrico en la cuenca del ro Guayalejo Tames; en trminos de distribucin, uso y gestin, disponibilidad e infraestructura. El libro se integra en cinco captulos. El primer captulo describe los elementos geogrficos de la cuenca, tales como: relieve, edafologa, fisiografa, geologa, clima y vegetacin. Igualmente incluye el tema de los eventos hidrometeorolgicos extremos y puntualiza en la descripcin de la infraestructura hidrulica de los cuerpos de agua y Distritos de Riego. El segundo captulo caracteriza y describe a la cuenca por sector de actividad econmica preponderante. El tercer captulo atiende al ordenamiento ecolgico regional en el territorio que conforma la cuenca. Presenta los criterios de ordenamiento ecolgico para garantizar el manejo a largo plazo del recurso hdrico, abarcando adems, la conservacin de los ecosistemas de permitan mantener un ciclo hidrolgico equilibrado. El cuarto captulo, muestra el anlisis de la disponibilidad del recurso hdrico a partir del balance hdrico de los volmenes de entrada y salida del agua, mediante la aplicacin de la NOM-011-CONAGUA-2015. Finalmente, el quinto captulo realiza la evaluacin de la vulnerabilidad asociada con las alteraciones al recurso hdrico en la cuenca; el desarrollo de esta evaluacin busca contribuir al mejoramiento del estado de vulnerabilidad del recurso hdrico.</p>
<p>Follow along with Mrs. Moomoo and Brianna as they go on another adventure. Today the happy twosome meet a young boy named Tommy, who has autism. French Fries in the Park is a great source for discussion, whether in a classroom setting or at home, that will help children understand what autism is and how it affects some children. The story line is simple with charming full-color illustrations on each page that will easily captivate younger children. This story encourages children to be mindful and patient of the differences children with autism have, but also to recognize the similar wants and likes these children have that are the same as their own. </p> <p>What is autism? <br /> Autism is a complex developmental disability that typically appears during the first three years of life. The result of a neurological disorder that impacts the functioning of the brain, autism impacts the normal development of the brain in the areas of social interaction and communication skills (The Autism Project). </p> <p>As with all of the books in the Brianna & Mrs. Moomoo series, a percentage of all sales go to help support local children's charities. 10% of all sales for French Fries in the Park will go to help fund The Autism Project. May they continue to support the children with ASD and their families for many years to come. </p> <p>"JM Sheridan created a warm and welcoming story with endearing characters that introduces young children to the idea that their friends, siblings, cousins and/or neighbors with autism really are more like them than not, just like their other friends. It provides opportunity for adults to describe differences in a non-judgmental manner in language young children will understand." <br /> Joanne G. Quinn <br /> Executive Director, The Autism Project</p>
<p>Hilda Gutwein, the youngest of eight children born to a German farmer, grew up in a war zone--the Balkan States. Her family lived under socialism, communism, and Hitler's Third Reich. Eventually, they were caught between two totalitarian forms of government, and Hilda's father had to make a choice for his family: stay and defend their homeland or leave everything behind.</p> <p>Follow the story of Hilda's journey from a land controlled by fear and brutality to a land of freedom. Moreover, it's an account of unwavering faith in the One who is trustworthy and unchanging no matter what comes.</p> <p>Through Hilda's accounts, you?ll gain insights about: </p> <ul> <li>A culture headed to the default of a dictator, monarch, or centralized power</li> <li>How propaganda instills fear and a need for government protection</li> <li>The true role and abilities of government</li> <li>How censorship, deceptive concepts, and false ideologies can spread through media</li> <li>Why freedom is prized by most of the world's citizenry but is rarely obtained.</li> </ul> <p>Beyond an inspiring account, each chapter ends with a ?Connecting the Dots? section in which you and your family can begin to think about it, transmit your values, and formulate your own plans to mind the minds, souls, and virtues of your children, your community, and your nation.</p> <p>In light of the climate of your country today, where will you look for your family's future? The time is now. It's your turn to choose.</p>
<p>In the mid 1800s two advanced souls belonging to the Himalayan Brotherhood corroborated with the enigmatic Russian noblewoman, H.P. Blavatsky in producing a unique philosophical work. The Secret Doctrine is an exposition of timeless truths that goes back in the night of time and forms the wisdom at the heart of all religions. It embodies and embraces teachings to be found in sacred texts of many traditions and countries of the world, including India, Tibet, China, Egypt, Greece, the Middle East and Europe. In essence this work provides an astounding picture and saga of both the emergence of the Cosmos, as well as the development of the human kingdom. Complementary to Fiona's first book: Insights From the Masters, this compilation on H.P. Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine offers 56 fascinating themes. For those seeking greater understanding of the mysteries of life and appreciation of the esoteric depths of the world religions, this is a must read. ?What a gift this book is to the sincere seeker of truth. Expertly put together, it places before the reader insights from one of the most profound teachings given to man, The Secret Doctrine by H.P. Blavatsky. Fiona has skillfully woven her magic to present a read that not only works as a companion to The Secret Doctrine, but also a read that stands on its own merit. Congratulations on yet another good body of work.? Denise McDermott-King - Author of The Master, The Lover and Me.</p>
<p>Lawrence J. Lincoln had no idea how a near-forgotten childhood event had impacted his adult relationships and busy medical career. His life changed dramatically as he gradually discovered that injured or neglected children often take revenge on the least dangerous person in their universe: themselves.</p> <p>As a result, we banish the most vulnerable, frightened, and tender parts of ourselves so that we are not hurt again.</p> <p>In Reclaiming Banished Voices, Larry fills the pages with stories and teachings that illustrate the consequences of this sabotage to our personal lives, our relationships, and society. With intellectual clarity and emotional poignancy, he also offers a technique to reclaim our full selves and live a connected and fulfilling life.</p> <p>Drawing on his years of leading workshops with Dr. Elisabeth Kbler-Ross, as well as his vast experience as an infectious disease and hospice clinician, Lincoln provides multiple examples of the transformative power of compassion and love.</p> <p>Part memoir, part treatise on the value of the externalization of emotions, and part roadmap for those searching for elusive contentment, this book will help you reclaim voices from the past, become a better parent, partner or friend, and live a fully engaged life.</p>
<p>Most times tennis players and athletes in general finish the competition unhappy about their performance. They feel that the potential was there, but a hidden force prevented them from achieving a "feel-good" performance. Performances, however, are never usually black and white. Most times athletes feel as though they were going through flows, flash-in/flash-out phases. Falls during performance are conventionally defined "slumps" and are among the most hated between athletes, above all when they feel that the main reason for slumps is not due to technical, tactical or athletic flash-outs but rather to the mental components of the sport activity. </p> <p>In The Tennis Brain you will: <br /> -Journey inside the processes and functions of the human brain. <br /> -Find a neuroscientific based evidence for theories on the mind and conscious processes.<br /> -Discover why the game of tennis is so prone to mind influences. <br /> -Understand how the mind processes influence tennis game specific situations.<br /> -Learn how to synchronize brain, body and mind for best tennis in match performance.</p> <p><strong>BOOK ENDORSEMENTS</strong></p> <p>This work by Federico Di Carlo is a cornerstone among the contemporary research on cognitive neuroscience. The reader is introduced to the exploration and a step by step understanding of the brain and mind mechanisms. Through a fascinating journey in the world of tennis, the author motivates the reader to discover and change wrong behaviours in a positive way. This is a complete manual, useful to both tennis professionals and fans, as well as to anyone aspiring to achieve better results in the game of life.</p> <p>-Renzo Ardiccioni, Associate Professor of Communication, Universit du Maine, France</p> <p>Drawing upon a great number of studies as well as on the author's personal experience, Tennis Brain brings together neurosciences and tennis practice, challenging the readers to critically reconsider some of their habits and beliefs. Di Carlo summarises the extensive research produced in the last three decades and makes it accessible to a wider audience, bringing our understanding of key mental aspects of tennis out of the realm of empirical opinions and into the realm of science and knowledge. Tennis Brain can actually guide the readers to develop their own critical thinking and to learn to improve.</p> <p>-Alessandro Bruinen Serio PhD, Founder of RISED (Research for Integrative and Sustainable Development)</p> <p>Since the first time we met, I was really impressed with Di Carlo well founded opinion, genuine love and immense enthusiasm for a "neuroscientific driven tennis" which comes out from every single page of The Tennis Brain. Starting from a presentation of the structural and physiological mechanisms of the nervous system and the psychological assets of the mind, Federico Di Carlo uses the "tennis court" to change the tennis player mind to a positive thinking and correct competitive mentality. For scientific consistency, I compared my thinking on the book with other readers and I received a similar feedback. The Tennis Brain actually might represent a benchmark in the developing field of cognitive neuroscience applied to sport coaching.</p> <p>-Prof. Salvatore Guccione Department of Drug Sciences University of Catania</p>
<p>The 3 Rs is a story emanating from maternal ancestral emigration from Poland and Ireland. My paternal grandfather, born in Pennsylvania, became indebted and joined the Civil War. He emigrated from Germany, married in Illinois, and moved to Phoenix in the 1890s to start his first body shop. This book follows the itinerary of his grandson as he goes through the Great Depression, adulthood, aerial navigation at prime to antiquated, Vietnam War and deceitful government, PTSD, and a new life.</p> <p>It is a condensed recollection with anecdotes, captivating the interest and illustrating political discrepancies of the White House. It is a very fast read, and it is entertaining. Once you start to read, it becomes very difficult to put down.</p>
En su estructura universal-por excelencia-EL ORDEN: Substancia ritmica, creadora de vida y soporte esencial del cosmos Y en plano terrenal, ORDEN: principio generico, disposicion metodica y sagrado principio, cumpliendo mision inmutable-integral-temporal. Apenas estrenaba Paraiso Terrenal el hombre a sus 4 pobladores ya tentaba la perversidad e imponia prefi jo DES, iniciando acto de DES OBEDIENCIA: Adan y Eva y posterior DESAMOR: Cain y Abel. Primer desliz y perdemos LIBERTAD. Segunda caida y perdemos la PAZ. Y en adelante confusion total y con ella: cadena pavorosa de caos y hasta hoy prevalece, con millones de substantivos antagonicos contradictorios e inexorable DES-ORDEN global. Curiosidad que aglutina tarea esencial de este libro y busca coincidir con una cultura que permita a todos, borrar de las costumbres el impositivo DES que desacomoda, desestabiliza, descontrola, desobedece etc. Y con este acervo, enfi lar camino de integralidad que rescate la salvacion universal. El contenido tematico con lenguaje coloquial y sencillo, hace entendible este proposito, pues...enfrentaremos nada mas y nada menos la perversidad, difusa en millares de fi guras y apariencias daninas. Lograrlo decididamente, obliga a usar herramientas contundentes y seremos reiterativos. Y a traves de ensayos simples, metaforas familiares y cuanta herramienta dispongamos, ayude a desenmascarar toda fi gura de negatividad que se interponga. Y de no hacerlo asi, seguira aprisionandonos en la ruta maldita y como sucedio siempre: termine colapsando la civilizacion. Amparados por la Divina Providencia y con perseverancia, no desfallezcamos intentandolo.
Este libro ha sido escrito con manos temblorosas y dolor lacerante para aquellas personas que les interesa renovar su conocimiento de la trgica realidad que viven sus conciudadanos. Para los que son capaces de sentir el dolor de los ms inocentes y de los pobres de espritu, que sin apelacin sucumben ante la arrolladora perversidad del intelecto para los que se despojan de la divinidad terrenal y se atrevan a dedicar una sola lgrima como protesta al holocausto que por su apego a las leyes de un clsico reformismo legal, las vctimas y muertos de cada pas latino americano, se han convertido en tcnicas naturales de cada estado. Tambin, para aquellos que sabiendo que su lucha es estril, dada las repetitivas condiciones negativas, piensan que, algn da, muy pronto puedan desaparecer el estereotipo de la maldad con elegancia y pedigr. Tambin, para los que puedan demostrar cuando llega la ocasin, regalar un solo pensamiento bondadoso y de solidaridad a la tragedia de nuestros hermanos latinoamericanos, quienes de rodillas piden ?la misericordia divina? que un grupo anti-Cristo no les deja llegar. Si por alguna razn a usted la lectura de este libro podra servirle de entretenimiento y tal vez de gozo morboso, le ruego cerrar las pginas de este ?libro tragedia? como respeto mnimo a las vctimas del terror ms inteligente y silente de todos los siglos. Amn!
From a back garden near Liverpool to the borders of Afghanistan, from Moscow to New York, author Paul L. McGregor takes us on a journey of discovery through fiction and journalism. A son of the working class, he presents narratives that combine fictional portraits of those who today would be called underprivileged with journalistic pieces whose countercultural commentaries offer a reminder of long-lost and much-maligned cultural, spiritual, and personal values. In these tales, McGregor recalls his parents, his childhood home, and his working-class neighbourhood in England; the collapse of the workers' paradise in Russia; and meeting the saintly Fr. Ho Lung in Kingston, Jamaica. Riding a bus to the Mexican border an ex-convict gives him a lesson in dignity, and centuries-old frescoes in Italy lead him to reflect on what future awaits the Western world. By turns poetic and whimsical, this insightful collection of stories describes one man's quest to sail off into the world and share the adventure.
Having a dream is a beautiful thing. In the early stages of life especially, it gives children a sense of purpose, motivating them to want to make a contribution to the world on behalf of themselves as well as their parents, whose approval is always sought. The important thing to keep in mind about dreams is that they don't just come true on their own, contrary to what we would like to believe. They have to be pursued, and in order to effectively pursue your dream, there are a few things that are essential. The first, is faith. Nobody will believe in you if you don't believe in yourself first. The second, is commitment. You have to place yourself on the path that will lead you to where you want to be, and have the courage & the discipline to stay there, despite those that may not support you in the beginning, and those that may attempt to derail you in an effort to do what is "cool" according to them. The last, and absolute most important thing is knowledge. You must take your education serious because without it, no doors will open for you. If you keep the aforementioned things in your mind, constantly implementing them into your daily routine, you will certainly make your dream come true. If you try to cut corners, or sit around with a false sense of entitlement, you will reduce your dreams into nothing more than wishes.
It all started one late night in February of 2013 while I was playing City Story Metro, one of my favorite online simulation games on my iPad. This game requires you to communicate with others in order to build your city. One person in the community always answered in a tongue twister, and I thought that was very clever. I decided that I wanted to try my hand at it. The initial process had me laughing so hard that I gave myself a headache. I thought, "I am really on to something here." Once I started posting my tongue twisters as responses, the community went nuts! People were saving my days-of-the-week tongue twisters in their inboxes for weeks! After a period of time, someone suggested I not post anymore and have them published. "What a great idea!" I thought. I immediately stopped all postings of them. A few months later, I got the idea of incorporating my tongue twisters into greeting cards. I proceeded to make my first one, and the recipient just loved it! Spurred on by their enthusiastic response, I then proceeded to send out more to friends and family. They loved theirs as well. One text from my sister-in-law said, "Best. Birthday. Card. Ever! Thank you so much!" That was confirmation for me to attempt a business with this. Since then, I have sold some and have made many more. Now I am branching out into other greeting card occasions such as Mother's/Father's Day cards, Valentine's Day cards, and thank-you cards, just to name a few.