The Day Our World Changed: Children's Art of 9/11

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All of America's children were affected by the horrific events of September 11, 2001. At such times of pain and tragedy, children often turn to art to express their deepest emotions, and so they did after 9/11. The New York University Child Study Center and the Museum of the City of New York have collaborated on this unusual book, which presents children's artwork created in response to 9/11. Seventy-five works by children 5-18 years old, all from the New York area, were selected for the book and accompanying juried exhibition, which is scheduled to open on September 11, 2002.

Robin F. Goodman, a well-known child mental health expert, discusses the effects of the tragedy on children and their artistic responses to it. The book will feature personal essays by prominent New York artists, writers, historians, and civic and religious leaders; the children's commentary about their art and experiences is also included. The Day Our World Changed provides insight into what some of our nation's youngest citizens saw on that historic day and how they foresee the future of their city, their nation, and the global community at large.

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A Wonderful and Beautiful Book.......2002-09-13

The art in this book will always be looked upon as a valuable document to an unforgettable day in American history. The essays by a variety of mental health experts and notables from New York politics, journalists and religious leaders remind the reader that children have much to teach us.

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After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, directors like Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou transformed Chinese cinema with Farewell My Concubine, Yellow Earth, Raise the Red Lantern, and other international successes. Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy tells the riveting story of this class of 1982, China’s famous "Fifth Generation" of filmmakers. It is the first insider’s account of this renowned cohort to appear in English. Covering these directors’ formative experiences during China’s tumultuous Cultural Revolution and later at the Beijing Film Academy, Ni Zhen—who was both their screenwriter and teacher—provides unique insights into the origins of the Fifth Generation’s creativity. Drawing on his personal knowledge and interviews conducted especially for this volume, Ni Zhen demonstrates the diversity of the Fifth Generation. He comments on the breadth of styles and themes explored by its members and introduces a range of male and female directors, cinematographers, and production designers famous in China but less well-known internationally. The book contains vivid descriptions of the production processes of two pioneering films—One and Eight and Yellow Earth.

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The New York Times Easy Crossword Puzzle Omnibus Vol. 1: 200 Solvable Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times
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For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
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Personal loss and heartbreaking truth

Superb book that has the best inside account.

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For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
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Every mother’s worst fear became Sharon Rocha’s reality. On Christmas Eve 2002, she received a phone call from her son-in-law saying that her daughter, Laci, was missing. In the hours, days, and eventually months that followed, Sharon struggled to avoid accepting what no parent should ever have to face: the certain knowledge that her child is never coming home. In For Laci, for the first time, Sharon tells us what it was like to live through the long nightmare and opens our hearts to the Laci she loved: the kindergarten artist, the tenth grader who cried on her mother’s lap after her first breakup, the young woman who planned her wedding with joyful enthusiasm.

At the time of her disappearance, Laci was twenty-seven years old, seven and a half months pregnant, and a vibrant presence in the lives of everyone who knew her. How, Sharon wondered, could Laci so suddenly become a missing person? That very word missing seemed premature, somehow suspect. From that first moment, Sharon knew with a mother’s instinct that something—beyond the alarming news itself—was terribly wrong. As the world now knows, she was right. Nearly two years after that night, a jury in the State of California found Scott Peterson guilty of the murder of his wife and their unborn son, Conner.

Until now, the world has not had an answer to a question that held countless millions in its grip. Through all the relentless media coverage of this unspeakable crime and subsequent trial, we all wondered: What would it be like to experience such a horror involving your own child and grandchild? What, indeed, was Sharon Rocha feeling?

In For Laci, Sharon tells us. In so doing, she goes far beyond previous accounts to tell this story with unprecedented immediacy and intimacy. Here are her private conversations with the murderer, his mistress, Amber Frey, and the lead police investigators as they meticulously build their case, as well as surprising and heartbreaking revelations about the trial and its aftermath. Perhaps what is most affecting is the sense we get of the person Laci Peterson was, and what it feels like to lose—as Sharon put it in her Victim’s Impact Statement—“her beautiful smile, her contagious giggle, her happy heart, her love of life, her great expectations of becoming a mother, her generous soul, her knowing how much I love her, and my knowing how much she loves me.”

Inspired by a desire to help others who find themselves similarly afflicted, to detail how the love of family, friends, and community helped her survive her ordeal, and to convey how much was lost when her wonderful daughter was taken, Sharon Rocha has written a powerful and deeply moving memoir of loss and the love that always endures.

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For Laci.......2007-09-19

From the treadmill at the gym I was on watching CNN that snowy December 2002, when the alert came up on the screen, I was immediately saddened by the disappearance of Laci Peterson. I was glued to the radio, newspaper articles, and TV for the entire tragedy. I would discuss the case with anyone who would listen. On Feb. 10, 2003, the day baby Connor was to have been born, I started the job that I still have. And every year on his anniversary I still say a prayer for Laci and Connor. I had also read all of the other books about the case as well. I thought there was nothing else to read til Sharon wrote "For Laci." Not only was it so deeply moving, Sharon also wrote with great detail and emotion. At times I visualized Laci in the different scenarios Shari wrote about, other times I had tears coming down my face. Twice her words were so disturbing about Scott, that I had nightmares and slept with a night light on. While those fears went away, when I was finished with the book, I felt like Laci's families even Amber Frey were connected with me spiritually. Of all the books about Laci, this one is the real deal.

An incredibly involving and inspiring book.......2007-08-12

Sharon's story is a very honest account of the full impact of a personal tragedy, from the first shock of Laci's "disappearance", followed by Sharon's gradual realization that her beloved son-in-law Scott was, in fact, a sociopath capable of murdering his wife and child. Peterson's presence in the narrative is a chilling one, especially contrasted with Sharon's obvious humanity and warmth (and the goodness of the ordinary people who fought with her to bring Laci and Conner's murderer to justice). Just a terrific book on many levels and a beautiful, loving tribute. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Personal loss and heartbreaking truth.......2007-07-23

As many people did, I followed Laci Peterson's story as it happened. It was the epitome of the human-interest story - a beautiful, young, pregnant woman disappears into thin air as her desperate family searches and begs for her return. By writing this personal account of Laci and Conner's story, Sharon Rocha again proved to the world the incredible strength she has and invited the world into the "circle of love" that surrounds her by way of her family and friends. This book was intensely personal and to hear exactly what Laci's mother and family were going through and the conversations that were had was heart-wrenching. It's hard to imagine what grief is like on this level - to lose your precious daughter and grandson before even knowing him is pain that many of us (thankfully) will never know, and to find that their loss was at the hands of the man that should have protected them above all is too enormous to bear. Sharon Rocha conveyed her story with the grace and dignity in which she dealt with the tragic events as they unfolded and I thank her for being brave enough to share it with all of us.

Superb book that has the best inside account........2007-07-03

The book is absolutely superb in how it takes you back to before Laci Peterson to after her death, ending with Scott Peterson's conviction. It is obvious that Sharon Rocha has taken a guilty stance, but that is not the important part. The important part is how vivid the book is, and how driven it is when it comes to describing Laci Peterson's life; even the little things are added. All this makes for an emotional read.

The book takes a striking turn when it goes into Laci Peterson's disappearance, and thereafter, the book goes into an entirely different tone. Nevertheless, it stays emotional, but goes down from a happy tale of Laci's life to the despair that Sharon Rocha felt.

I rate it highly for two reasons:

1. It tells the story of Laci Peterson well.

2. It has an undoubtedly inside narrative of the trial. If I remember correctly, Rocha was at the trial every day, but more importantly, she knew Scott Peterson before, and after the trial. She tells the story better than any media hack could, because what she says is actually first hand.

The only downside to the story is an overly negative attitude towards the family of Scott Peterson. I can understand that Scott Peterson is someone Rocha believes killed her daughter, but she turns some parts of the book into a place to share ill feelings towards Scott Peterson's parents. It feels inappropriate.

If you are overly sensitive, keep in mind that she drops the F bomb just once, I believe. Most people wouldn't be distracted by this, because it is her natural reaction to something Scott Peterson told her.

A great tribute to Laci .......2007-05-29

A refreshing view from the person closest to the whole nightmare situation. Seems very honest, does not feel like Sharon wants to make Laci out to be more than she was or someone she wasn't. A story about a great daughter and a mother who adored her, and the terrible lie Laci married into.

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For Laci: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice -- Written by Sharon Rocha (Book Review).(Book review) : An article from: National Right to Life News

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The Collapse of Globalism: And the Reinvention of the World
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Grand economic theories rarely last more than a few decades and globalization, with its technocratic and technological determinism, and its market idolatry, may have seen its best days. Perhaps it is already a spent force, argues John Ralston Saul - the prize-winning author of Voltaire's Bastards, and On Equilibrium, among others - in this groundbreaking new book. The Collapse of Globalism follows globalization from its promising beginnings in the 1970s through to the increasing deregulation in industry, and into the 1990s, when regional economic collapses and concern for the environment and for the rights of workers led to widespread protest and disillusionment. In the wake of globalism's collapse, nationalism of the best and worst sort, Saul demonstrates, shows signs of making a remarkable, unexpected recovery.

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Could not finish it.......2006-12-17

I feel guilty writing a review for a book that I didn't complete. That said, this book was poorly written and hard to read. Not hard based on his examples or word use, but dry and lacking true insightful arguments. I think it was unoriginal and I was glad to get it back to the library.

I was hoping to use the book in one of my courses, but thankfully will look to something else.

Almost Impossible to Rate.......2006-06-05

If this were a series of audio tapes with an liberal allowance for extemporising, then I might give JR Saul a 5 star review. I found his style to be quirky, insightful and also, in many places, poorly argued or presented. Since I liked the book very much I struggled to come to terms with my personal feelings and my marginalia that indicated poorly argued prose. Then I struck upon an apt analogy.

Imagine JR Saul as your favourite university professor in undergrad. Also imagine that you have just pounded back a few single malt scotches and allowed him to ramble on completely unchecked whilst you listened.... usually what happens is that your mental mentor waxes philosophical, turns a few expected arguments on their head, launches upon a few absolutely brilliant points, fails to connect with significant gravitas on some crucial points and then goes completely off into the ozone with an argument that wouldn't get past a first year student of Economics.

Saul is all these things.

For his detractors they will always sieze upon the sometimes infantile logic of contradictions, and they are rife. Undeveloped ideas are left inchoate and larger themes are masterfully woven (the rise of Technocracy and Managerialism and the loss of risk and innovation in business) with such infantile statements that "there is no necessary reason why public institutions are less efficiently run then private" -- except of course the overall drive to succeed and profit motive! Which needs to be thrashed out in argument or at least acknowledged as a valid point of contention. Also the theme of the rise of the technocracy and managerial science trumping hardened strategic objectives of the kind of society one wants is one that cuts both ways: it can be seen as both the cause of corporatism in the 40s, 50s and 60s, as much as Saul sees it as an insipid reinforcement/cause of the rise of Globalism.

Saul is at his best when he is on politics and history and it really hits my conservative sympathies when he cites the fall of grand strategic policy making in circles outside of economics. Kissinger and Metternich in their amoral simplicity rise to almost the role of heros in such an analysis. But it is clear that the world, even in the age of Terrorism, has put much more emphasis on economics conferences as a tool of managing international affairs than strategy. The ideas of grand policy making are dead, and the technocrats as the new inheritor of the economic man.

Leaving aside the digressions that go nowhere, Saul does force one to think about new constellations of thought.... even if those constellations are often separated by a black hole of logic.

Mincing Mammon's minions.......2005-11-05

"Gimmie that old time religion" ran the gospel classic. Since the early 1970s, says Saul, a new religion has emerged, displacing existing dogmas. It's called "Globalism". Globalism lacks a deity, but provides us with a fresh dogma - "borderless commerce". The ranks of its apostles view the world through a "prism of economics". The new liturgy claims that open, unfettered world "trade" will overcome restrictive government policies, grant peace, freedom, prosperity and will last forever. It will redeem the world of its ills by considering issues through this restrictive prism. It sees humanity as driven solely by economic self-interest. It applies that view to business, government and society in general. It is Mammon in all his finery and power.

Saul's sprightly prose leads us through a chronology of the rise of Globalism, citing some of its most profound proponents along the way. He describes the methods used in creating the "global market". The prophets are known to all who took Economics 101 - Milton Friedman, Samuel Brittain and Robert Norvick. Globalism's converts, following their initiation, tended to remain out of sight, however. Saul notes the irony of an "open" system doing so much so quietly and with so little fanfare. Part of the reason for this covert manner was that avoiding publicity was important to its advocates. While quietly lobbying for "deregulation" or arranging multi-billion dollar mergers, the Globalists operated away from public scrutiny. Knowing the general populace would bear the brunt of paying for their dealings, keeping people ignorant of the impact was important. "Smooth waters and continuity" was the theme of those who avoided confronting reality. No dissent meant acceptance. Saul sees this approach as "management" of problems, not realistic leadership.

Globalism has achieved much, according to Saul. There have been shakeouts of inept or corrupt government-run programmes in many countries. Giant corporations girdling the planet have been established. The movement of material and products has been eased. Work has been given to those who might have never known what a factory was or what it produced. "Agribusiness" was an unknown term in the 1970s - it's a commonplace, now. Products on your table arrive from far away places. The shop's shelves are weighed down with a confusing variety of goods, whether grocery or clothing or electronics.

These accomplishments have come at a price. The transnationals move goods within themselves, creating an artificial trade picture - and an artificial state as a by-product. The maneuvers have led to grand fortunes. The 358 richest people have assets exceeding the combined incomes of countries containing 45 per cent of the world's population. People are dealt with as replaceable machines and community and human values have been shed. If jobs aren't easily exported, labour is invited to relocate. There are 17 million Muslim workers living among 450 million Europeans. These workers face lack of acceptance, an uncertain status and, often, downright hostility. Recent events in London indicate how long this condition has been running without solution.

Throughout the book, New Zealand is offered as the optimum case study. By the onset of Globalism, this island nation had "led the world in women's rights and public programmes". In the early 1980s that Pacific nation endorsed and implemented the gospel of Globalism into their economy and government. "Privatizing" was quietly instituted. The tax burden smoothly shifted from the top levels to the bottom. Over the years social programmes were dismantled, resources drained away by outsiders and the infrastructure fall into foreign ownership. The situation far exceeded the "branch plant" economy often bemoaned of here in Canada. Dissatisfaction on many levels brought a change in government. That turnover heralded a disavowal of Globalism's tenets. The new government had the sense not to attempt any disruptive shifts. The return to a realistic structure has been at a sedate pace. The result is achievement of what Saul calls "positive nationalism". New Zealand was a model for the West in the last century. It has become one again in the new one.

While the 1970s are viewed as a stagnant period, the 1990s displayed lively activity. Globalism seemed to have accomplished its goals. Many crowed of its "victory" over "narrow nationalism". There were a few disturbing signs. One, voiced by a newly elected French President, was his announcement that he was powerless in the face of forces that had destabilised oil prices, brought inflation and increased unemployment. It was the first signal that Globalism had triumphed over civil authority. The triumph wasn't complete, however. The Asian Fiscal Meltdown, which brought cries of "crony capitalism" and "false promises", was quickly quelled. Stability was restored by the Malaysian government striking a new chord. It refused to accept that the crisis was an economic one affecting the nation. Instead, Mohamed Mahathir decreed that the problem was a national one with economic overtones. It was the first sign of the resurrection of the nation-state. While the Globalist choir lamented the betrayal of their programme, two observers in the loft watched with interest - India and China.

Saul describes how a new rise of the nation-state should work. It's not an abrupt restoration. Too many forces exist and many people remain to be convinced it should take place. After New Zealand, the best example is the European Union's acceptance of Spain as a member. China and India follow as models. India, however, has shown how to keep the managers hatched by Globalism at bay and retain its independence. India also realistically deals with economic problems as national issues. Where the first publication of the Davos economic forum declared that "nationalism is indefensible", Saul argues that "positive nationalism" is the mechanism for retrieving us from the vacuum resulting from the collapse of the Globalism balloon. There are no other solutions visible.

This is a book that is needed. And needs to be read. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

excellent.......2005-10-11

The book illustrates not so much the failure of globalism but the failure of modern economics which though not even at the level of a science has become almost a relgion. His biggest contribution on globalism is telling the biggest secret in the world today: That democracy, free trade, unregulated markets and the economic ideology of the west are not necessary for economic prosperity. He shows for example that in spite of China doing everything "wrong" according the models of modern economics, they are wildly successful. China prospers with exchange rates pegged to favor exports, a lack of political freedom, pays no attention to intellectual property rights and has heavyweight state planning and regulation.

In the west, he shows how deregulation of certain industries has rather than creating competition lead to the exact opposite. That rather than competition, the result is inevitably oligopoly or monopoly and division of markets. The only fact he misses on the subject is that the large corporations usually in reality have negative economies of scale operationally and that their competitive advange is based on negotiating discounts from suppliers (based on their volume) which are subsidized by their smaller competitors.

Where the book falls down is in offering solutions. Saul is too stuck in the past in that regard. But even with his limitations he is the most insightful and honest writer out there on these subjects.

Excelent but quirky.......2005-10-11

This book documents "globalism" and its end. Note the ISM. This is not about global trade or global economics but rather about the ISM that commands that these are inevitable and must take priority over national security, quality of life, job security, law and order.

For 30 years academicians have worked to undermine countries, including the USA itself, by demanding that such countries are obsolete. As an American, I note that we are a country of laws and these folks worked to undermine law. They worked to undermine democracy and choice. They worked to convert the world to a single unelected government run by corporate cronies. This is globalism.

Most have never heard of it. Many will not believe it. Yet this is no conspiracy theory or work of fiction. This treason drove our politicians over the past decades thus producing in large part the ineffectual incompetencies of our leadership in that period. It also drove the widespread attacks on the middle class and our quality of life.

The story is magnificent. The book documents a wide range of little known fact and links them into the rise of neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism.

I find the author's writing a bit forced, a bit ponderous, but the material is worth getting past his quirks. Some bit of save-the-world ideology is also included, but must be in these kinds of treatise.

Buy it, read it, and then understand why your congressman and senator have sold you out, turned their back on Democracy, and become slaves to corporate corruption. Understand WHY AMERICA WENT WRONG.

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Marshall Lairds Avian Malaria In The Asian Tropical Subregion will be only the second book to be devoted solely to the species of Plasmodium parasitising birds. The first, Redginal Hewitts Bird Malaria, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, appeared in 1940, and was largely devoted to relevant laboratory investigations. A number of additional species of these parasites had been described by 1966, when the late Professor Cyril Garnhams classic Malaria Parasites And Other Haemosporidia was published (Blackwell, Oxford), eight of the fifty chapters of which concerned the true avian malaria parasites and have since remained the standard reference. The present book is particularly timely in bringing the whole subject up to date for a huge tropical part of the globe, which is at the same time at the heart of a widespread network of migratory bird species; many of which it demonstrates to carry important species of plasmodia in their blood. The authors findings, which demonstrate the presence of most of the valid species of bird malaria parasites and a single highly distinct new one in the Asian Tropical Subregion and its eastern and western borders, will serve as a source for the sure identification of these; illustrated as it is by high quality photomicrographs from many of the 536 individual birds of 180 species found Pl - +ve, thanks to MAPS.

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