What the World Eats: An interview with Faith D’Aluisio and Peter Menzel By Jennifer Joe (abstract)
After Life: THE MOVIE MYSTIC Film Review by Stephen Simon (abstract)
Solar Credits the Silver Lining of Economic Bailout Bonanza by David S. Cohen (abstract)
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STRESS
The Cause and How to Manage it before It Manages You
The Fundamentals of Stress:
The body's response to stress is different in each person. For some, it may manifest as stomach pain, muscle tension, headache, nervous tension, back pain and for others it can come in the form of diarrhea, heartburn, nausea or other system reactions. Stress comes in many shapes and forms. It can be triggered by paying bills, from a near accident, a traumatic event, fear of loss or any perceived threat.
Adrenaline and Cortisol are released in the body when we react to stress. Adrenaline is a hormone, which also acts as a neurotransmitter that gives us energy on a daily basis. However when you don't release or resolve the stress, the adrenaline and other hormones build up in your system and results in various negative consequences which I will outline below.
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What the World Eats
An interview with Faith D’Aluisio and Peter Menzel
Family meals have been a daily tradition in cultures worldwide, especially during the Holidays. But with a myriad of circumstances from increased trade, global brands, fast food, urban/rural shifts and more, where appetites are shifting to increasing energy-intensive palates, what changes are being served on over 6 billion dinner plates a day? What The World Eats, adapted from the earlier James Beard award-winning book, Hungry Planet , looks at the world's cultures by focusing on what families eat in one week's time. Cultural geographers Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio compellingly present a vibrant cornucopia of “in the field” observations conveyed through thought-provoking photography, humanizing stories, and recipes, cultivated from visits and 525 meals with 25 families in 21 countries around the world. Beyond each family's photo surrounded by their week's worth of food, we gain insights into their everyday lives, struggles and hopes, (such as hunting seal for stew, raising guinea pig), all via food as a universal thread. Additionally numerous fascinating facts such as costs and quantity for their food, healthcare costs, amount of sugar consumed, obesity statistics, accompany photo galleries and illustrated charts about fast food, safe water, literacy rates, and more. ( Did you know that 47% of China's population lives on less than $2 per day?)
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After Life
THE MOVIE MYSTIC
Every once in a while, a film comes along with such an intriguing premise that we sit bolt upright in our chairs when we first see a preview for it or read about it. In Hollywood parlance, a “home-run” premise is worth its weight in celluloid. Of course, we are sometimes elated and sometimes disappointed when we see the actual film. As Forrest Gump so eloquently said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.”
Opening this coming December, a film called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is about a man who is born old and then gets younger and younger as time goes by, thereby reversing the entire “aging” process. I have no idea about the quality of the film itself but I sure am hooked on the premise and can't wait to see it.
I also remember having that feeling when I first heard about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (one of my favorite films of the last decade) and its question of “what would it be like if we could erase a painful memory?”
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Defenders of the Heart
Managing the Habits and Attitudes That Block You from a Richer, More Satisfying Life
Defuse Your Weapons of Mass Projection
Pro-jec-tion ( pro-JEK-shun ): Attributing your own unacceptable, shocking or embarrassing thoughts, feelings and impulses to someone else in order to relieve your anxiety about them.
The place where we've conducted our therapy practice for years—the land of make-believe—is a city that you love to hate and sometimes hate yourself for loving. Los Angeles is a company town and its entertainment industry dominates our popular culture. While it can enthrall, captivate and amuse, it also has that dark and seamy side we're all too familiar with from the tabloids. It seems that most of the population can't get through the day without their fix of TV and Internet bulletins about the shenanigans of young Hollywood stars.
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Solar Credits the Silver Lining
of Economic Bailout Bonanza
What a country! For the past two years, as the December 2008 deadline for solar tax credits loomed ever larger and the fate of our incipient solar industry hung in the balance, every attempt to extend the credits and give full support to the development of solar technologies was beaten back by oil-friendly legislators and a political process that treated Global Warming as a liberal catchphrase rather than an urgent national priority. Then the economy melted down, not because of rising temperatures but because of feverish attempts to stem the disastrous effects of sub-prime mortgages and toxic securities. An initial bailout bill, to the surprise of most everyone, was defeated in the midst of the general public revulsion from years of mismanagement, Wall Street greed and a carte blanche for the Treasury Secretary to spend 750 billion dollars without oversight, transparency or accountability. The stage was set for some good old-fashioned Congressional horse-trading.
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Sri Ram Kaa and Kira Raa Talk about 2012
and Ascension
By The Light Connection interview by Steve HaysBest selling authors, columnists, radio personalities, Master Avesa Quantum Healers, and sought after keynote speaker, Wisdom Teacher Sri Ram Kaa and Angelic Oracle Kira Raa are recognized for lovingly “walking the walk” of authenticity. On the cutting edge of the Soul Evolution, they are authorities on 2012, Archangelic communications, Self-Ascension and Atlantis. Their Synergistic Symposium: A Celebration of Consciousness, Arts and Music is in Los Angeles March 13-15. See end of article for more.
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