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When it comes to making great decisions, the way you think about things is usually a lot more influential than what you actually think.
If you ever hired a person who ‘looks the part’, dated someone who ‘gives you a good feeling’, voted for the party that ‘speaks the most sense’ or got into an investment that ‘cannot be missed’, only to realise you made a horrible mistake, you might have wondered how you ever talked yourself into it. Yet, even with the bruises you’ve earned, you’re currently likely to make exactly the same decision, the next time around.
The beliefs that guide your ideas and the instincts that drive your actions, are all informed by your unconscious biases (and literally every single one of us has them), which irrationally tell us one thing is good, and another is bad; one thing is absolutely true and another is utterly false; and make you act less smartly than you actually are. But the good news is you can learn to see them, to manage them and ultimately to overcome them.
In Don’t Believe Everything You Think, Colin J Browne, the author of How to Build a Happy Sandpit, shows you how biases work, why they matter, and how to reframe your thinking to make well-founded decisions about life and work, relationships and investing, and much else in between, to vastly improve your chances of success.
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Conviction (English, French, DVD)
Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Thomas D. Mahard, Owen Campbell, Conor Donovan, …
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Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell star in this crime drama based on a
real case that took place in 1980s Massachusetts. Hilary Swank
stars as Betty Ann Waters, a working-class single mother whose
small-time troublemaker brother Kenny (Rockwell) is falsely
convicted of a violent murder in their home town near Boston and is
sent to prison for the crime, where in his frustration and anger he
attempts suicide. With no one to turn to and no money, Betty Ann
decides to put herself through college and law school and qualify
as a lawyer in an attempt to set her brother free. Juliette Lewis
and Minnie Driver co-star.
THEY FOUND EACH OTHER. NOW THEY MUST RESCUE WHAT THEY LEFT BEHIND. The
highly-anticipated sequel to the queer genre-bending dystopian romance
All That's Left in the World.
Against the backdrop of a ravaged world, Andrew and Jamie have settled
in a new community, more in love than ever. Finally they've reached
safety and have each taken on roles and responsibilities in this new
life. But it's soon clear they want different things:
Jamie is ready to move on and take to the road, just the two of them.
Andrew wants to remain in the safety of numbers.
With a storm brewing up the coast they have no choice to head back into
the wilderness where old enemies roam and they don't know who to trust.
Can they find their way back to safety and each other?
Jamie and Andrew are strangers, but they're two of the last people
left alive. They don't know what they'll find on their dangerous
journey ... but they may just find each other. A queer romance
about courage, hope and humanity for fans of They Both Die at the
End, The Hunger Games and Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda. When
the Superflu wipes out most of the population, Jamie finds himself
completely alone in a cabin in the woods - until an injured
stranger crosses his path. Life is dangerous now and, armed with a
gun, Jamie goes to pull the trigger. But there's something about
Andrew ... something that stops Jamie in his tracks. Jamie takes
him in, and as Andrew heals and they eventually step out into the
strange new world, their relationship starts to feel like more than
just friendship ... But trouble isn't far behind. As the boys make
a perilous journey south, they'll come face to face with a world
torn apart and society in ruins. And who, or what, will they find
waiting for them at the end of it all? "Tense, exciting, sometimes
heartbreaking and always romantic, All That's Left in the World
explores what it means to hold onto hope and humanity when the
worst case scenario becomes reality. With characters you'll adore,
and a fast-paced, mysterious plot that keeps you turning the pages
as fast as you can devour them, this book is not to be missed." -
Sophie Gonzales, author of ONLY MOSTLY DEVASTATED "Brown has
somehow achieved a book that is romantic, hilarious, warm-hearted,
hopeful, and page-turningly thrilling all at once. I was hooked
from beginning to end." - Dahlia Adler, author of COOL FOR THE
SUMMER "A timeless love story that could not be more appropriate
for this moment, All That's Left in the World is a thrilling,
heartfelt, and beautifully written debut." - Tom Ryan, author of I
HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING "Survival is core to the queer experience,
and in All That's Left In the World, Brown takes that to
apocalyptic extremes with the story of Andrew and Jamie. This is
quintessentially brave, dangerous-in-the-best-way queer
storytelling!" - Adam Sass, author of SURRENDER YOUR SONS "All
That's Left in the World is unfailingly riveting and hopeful. A
timely exploration of survival, trauma, and love stitched together
with sharp wit and bone-deep emotion. Erik J. Brown is an
invigorating voice to watch out for." - Julian Winters,
award-winning author of RUNNING WITH LIONS
Tommy Dees is in the weeds - restaurant speak for beyond
overwhelmed. He's been working at Sunset Estates Retirement
Community to get the experience he needs to attend one of the best
culinary schools in the world. And he also needs a letter of
recommendation from his sadistic manager. In exchange for the
letter, Tommy has to meet three conditions - including train
new-hire Gabriel. Gabe, with the dimples and kind heart, who Tommy
crushed on during summer camp at age ten and then never saw again.
Unfortunately, Gabe doesn't remember Tommy at all. The training
proves distracting as old feelings resurface, and the universe
seems to be conspiring against them. With the application deadline
looming and Gabe on his mind, can Tommy keep it all together or is
it a recipe for disaster?
Find Hope, Joy, and Community as a Special Needs Mom For the
special needs mom who yearns for community and support on what can
be a lonely road, The Other Side of Special reminds you that you
are not alone, your best is good enough, and even on the hard days,
there are blessings to be had. As you pour your energy and
resources into raising a special child, it's easy to struggle with
feelings of isolation, competition, guilt, and overwhelm. Here's
the encouragement and practical help to navigate the emotional
reality of your situation. In The Other Side of Special, three
mothers raising children with physical, medical, mental, and
emotional special needs have joined forces and pooled their
experience and expertise to provide such a resource. They take a
deep dive into the most common emotions felt by special needs moms.
They acknowledge the hard things as those who have been there. They
celebrate the unique joys of being a special needs mom. And they
offer encouragement for the journey, remaining realistic about the
challenges special needs moms will continue to face.
This volume focuses on games to manage and facilitate
rehabilitation. It emphasizes user practice, attitudes, and
experience, and their changing place within developing
rehabilitation frameworks. It looks at how users have adopted,
integrated, and innovated with games to facilitate rehabilitation.
Topics include game technology, game design and accessibility,
web-based technologies vs pervasive and mobile technologies, social
and collaborative aspects, and rehabilitative outcome. Games for
rehabilitation are gaining interest from different communities such
as medicine, psychology, and rehabilitation. A distinction can be
made between games specifically made for rehabilitative purposes
and games made for the general public but that are used in
rehabilitation as well. Games have allowed the building of
new/complementary forms for rehabilitation and offered new options
to produce rehabilitative activities and experiences.
Pastimes is the first book in English on Chinese jinshi, or
antiquarianism, the pinnacle of traditional connoisseurship of
ancient artifacts and inscriptions. As a scholarly field, jinshi
was inaugurated in the Northern Song (960-1127) and remained
popular until the early twentieth century. Literally the study of
inscriptions on bronze vessels and stone steles, jinshi combined
calligraphy and painting, the collection of artifacts, and
philological and historical research. For aficionados of Chinese
art, the practices of jinshi offer a fascinating glimpse into the
lives of traditional Chinese scholars and artists, who spent their
days roaming the sometimes seamy world of the commercial art market
before attending elegant antiquarian parties, where they composed
poetic tributes to their ancient objects of obsession. And during
times of political upheaval, such as the nineteenth century, the
art and artifact studies of jinshi legitimatized reform and
contributed to a dynamic and progressive field of learning.
The FET College series is designed to meet the needs of students
and lecturers of the National Certificate Vocational.
This book contains poetry by the Author written over some forty
years about aspects of life that touched his heart and mind. It is
generally descriptive, meaningful to the average man and yet at
times poignant. In this poetry, the author has captured people,
events and things which evoke vivid pictures, feelings and moods.
The common man can relate to the author's expression and his style
is easily read and understood. The poems reflect life in its many
forms and leave the reader able to interpret, experience and
appreciate life as described in these poetic reflections by Judge
Brown. We all pass through these experiences of life, but Judge
Brown has the great quality of being able to memorialize and
capture aspects of life in poetic words.
From the opening scene of this novel you realize that from the
moment you meet Buck looking out of his bedroom window in his
pajamas in June of 1961, until the closing scenes in June of 1965
on the day after high school graduation, that Buck and his friends
have taken you into life in the 1960's. This novel captures the
conversations; the cars; the sex; the romance; the football games;
the dances; the nude streaking; the voyeur peeking; the corporal
punishment in school; the skinny-dipping; the drinking; the
parties; the pranks; the necking; the beachside sand dunes; the car
wrecks; the high school graduation; and the graduation party. The
novel is about coming of age and the teenage rite of passage, with
all its humor; gawkiness; pain; and complexity At times you will
roll with side-splitting laughter; at times you will cry; at times
you will cheer All the chronicles are intertwined with actual
historical events of the time and the popular music of the period.
Brown's Will the Laughter Stop? THE BABY BOOMER CHRONICLES will
become a new kind of mantra for today's grandparents to tell other
generations of Americans: That's the way it was. The Author writes
with a flair for description, and creates a viable setting in a
Long Island, New York, Catholic High School, the kind every
American city and town has, just around the corner. These
characters' voices could have been anyone's in high school days,
when they struggled to set boundaries; to develop ethical
standards; to question the existence of God; to ponder their
future; and the very existence of their life and goals. Readers of
this book will ride along on the adventures, not knowing what the
next day will bring, but always asking, Who will star in the movie?
This volume focuses on the latest methods used to sequence,
assemble, and analyze insect genomes. The collection of protocols
in this book provides an introduction to the workflows and
bioinformatics tools available for researchers. The chapters cover
a range of useful topics such as determining genome size by flow
cytometry; High Molecular Weight DNA extraction; improvements to a
genome assembly provided by long-range sequencing approaches;
assessments of orthology and single-copy genes at different
phylogenetic levels; detecting regulatory regions with FAIRE,
RAMPAGE, and computational analysis of cis-regulatory modules in
insects; bioinformatics analysis of epigenetic modifications,
high-throughput scanning of insect genomes (TEEseq) for the
presence of endosymbionts, and leveraging genome sequence
information to design RNAi strategies. Written in the highly
successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters
include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the
necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily
reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and
avoiding known pitfalls. Cutting-edge and thorough, Insect
Genomics: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for graduate
students, postdocs, and novice research scientists who are
interested in learning more about this developing field.
This volume provides state-of-the-art techniques for studying
various aspects of cholesterol homeostasis, including its uptake,
synthesis and efflux from the cell, as well as its trafficking
within the cell. Chapters also cover techniques for studying the
regulation of cholesterol homeostasis at both the transcriptional
and post-translational levels, as well as studying the membrane
topology and structure of cholesterol-related proteins. Written in
the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format,
chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of
the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily
reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and
avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and practical, Cholesterol
Homeostasis: Methods and Protocols aims to provide key techniques
in tackling the investigation of cholesterol homeostasis.
Malpractice settlements are large for undetected hydroxychloroquine
and chloroquine toxicity which, if untreated, can lead to permanent
loss of central vision. Knowledge of the ocular toxicity of these
drugs has increased during the past fifty years as their use has
expanded. Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Retinopathy is the
first single-source book on the subject and is essential for the
practicing ophthalmologists, rheumatologists, dermatologists, and
internists who prescribe these drugs. It covers clinical topics
such as signs and symptoms of toxicity, toxicity screening,
ancillary testing, to whom and why the drugs are prescribed and
dosing considerations. Additionally, the book addresses practice
management considerations, including coding, reimbursement and
equipment costs, and the medico-legal responsibilities of the
rheumatologist and of the ophthalmologist. Guidelines for the
management of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine vary around the
world and differences between the guidelines of the United Kingdom,
the United States, and other countries are identified. The book
concludes with a collection of case examples illustrating common
clinical scenarios and their management. This book is a "must-have"
resource for physicians who use these drugs.
What are the implications of philosophical pragmatism for
international relations theory and foreign policy practice?
According to John Ryder, "a foreign policy built on pragmatist
principles is neither naive nor dangerous. In fact, it is very much
what both the U.S. and the world are currently in need of." Close
observers of Barack Obama's foreign policy statements have also
raised the possibility of a distinctly pragmatist approach to
international relations. Absent from the three dominant theoretical
perspectives in the field-realism, idealism and constructivism-is
any mention of pragmatism, except in the very limited,
instrumentalist sense of choosing appropriate foreign policy tools
to achieve proposed policy objectives. The key commitments of any
international relations approach in the pragmatist tradition could
include a flexible approach to crafting policy ends, theory
integrally related to practice, a concern for both the normative
and explanatory dimensions of international relations research, and
policy means treated as hypotheses for experimental testing.
Following the example of classic pragmatists such as John Dewey and
neo-pragmatists like Richard Rorty, international relations
scholars and foreign policy practitioners would have to forgo grand
theories, instead embracing a situationally-specific approach to
understanding and addressing emerging global problems.
Unfortunately, commentary on the relationship between philosophical
pragmatism and international relations has been limited. The
authors in Philosophical Pragmatism and International Relations
remedies this lacuna by exploring ways in which philosophical
pragmatism, both classic and contemporary, can inform international
relations theory and foreign policy practice today.
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