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  Video Games

  PBS NewsHour

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  A Supreme Court case over whether minors should be able to access violent video games in California had the justices debating the definition of violence and the boundaries of the First Amendment. 
  The lawyer for the state of California, who was advocating for a law banning the sale of violent video games to those under 18 years of age, told the court that the law has two goals. First, it’s intended to help parents protect minors from accessing violent video games. And, secondly, he said it’s to protect minors from the harmful effect of using violent video games. 
  The justices responded to his argument by asking how society defines violence and whether the law would apply to violent books, movies and even fairy tales. Analyst Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal says that by seeking this video game law, California is essentially asking the court to make an exception to the First Amendment. 
  The lawyer arguing for the video game industry and against the law said that the law would not address any specific societal problem. He cited studies showing that playing violent video games does not affect a teenager’s behavior later in life.

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  The Kubark Counterintelligence...

  Central Intelligence Agency

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  Released by the Freedom of Information Act. This document is a thorough description of how the CIA recommends interrogating a subject. To get the information that is needed there is nothing withheld short of torture. For example in "Threats and Fears," the CIA authors note that "the threat of coercion usually weakens or destroys resistance more effectively than coercion itself. The threat to inflict pain, for example, can trigger fears more damaging than the immediate sensation of pain." Under the subheading "Pain," the guidelines discuss the theories behind various thresholds of pain, and recommend that a subject's "resistance is likelier to be sapped by pain which he seems to inflict upon himself" such rather than by direct torture. The report suggests forcing the detainee to stand at attention for long periods of time. A section on sensory deprivations suggests imprisoning detainees in rooms without sensory stimuli of any kind, "in a cell which has no light," for example.

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  Shadow Work - The Unpaid Unseen...

  Craig Lambert

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  With the exception of sleep, humans spend more of their lifetimes on work than any other activity. It is central to our economy, society, and the family. It underpins our finances and our sense of meaning in life. Given the overriding importance of work, we need to recognize a profound transformation in the nature of work that is significantly altering lives: the incoming tidal wave of shadow work. Shadow work includes all the unpaid tasks we do on behalf of businesses and organizations. It has slipped into our routines stealthily; most of us do not realize how much of it we are already doing, even as we pump our own gas, scan and bag our own groceries, execute our own stock trades, and build our own unassembled furniture. But its presence is unmistakable, and its effects far-reaching.  
  Fueled by the twin forces of technology and skyrocketing personnel costs, shadow work has taken a foothold in our society. Lambert terms its prevalence as "middle-class serfdom," and examines its sources in the invasion of robotics, the democratization of expertise, and new demands on individuals at all levels of society.  
  The end result? A more personalized form of consumption, a great social leveling (pedigrees don't help with shadow work!), and the weakening of communities as robotics reduce daily human interaction. Shadow Work offers a field guide to this new phenomenon. It shines a light on these trends now so prevalent in our daily lives and, more importantly, offers valuable insight into how to counter their effects. It will be essential reading to anyone seeking to understand how their day got so full-and how to deal with the ubiquitous shadow work that surrounds them.

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  Raising Dairy Goats - A...

  Nancy Ross

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  Want to learn the ins and outs of raising dairy goats for beginners?
  
  Here is a preview of what you'll learn:
  
  Which goat breed is best?
  Setting up for your goats
  Choosing the best animals
  The daily duties of owning a goat
  Milking your goats
  Breeding your goats
  Taking care of the goats to prevent diseases and other healthcare needs
  Much, much, more!
  
  An Author's Republic audio production.

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  You Can Do This - Hope and Help...

  Robyn R. Jackson

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  I firmly believe that what will make you a master  teacher is not the advice I give you; what will make you a master  teacher is that you figure out how to solve those challenges on  your own, in your own way. From the Preface  As a new teacher you face numerous challenges. Right from the  start you must learn how to manage a class full of restless  students; develop productive relationships with fellow teachers,  administrators, and parents; and design engaging lesson plans that  will meet ever-increasing levels of accountability all while  building a life for yourself in the process. It can be overwhelming  and sometimes you can feel like youre all alone.  And yet, you came to this profession because you want to make a  difference. How do you juggle the demands of the profession and  find your own voice, your own teaching style, your own teaching  self?  The good news is that you can do this.  In this down-to-earth, inspirational book, bestselling author  Robyn Jackson offers encouragement and real-world advice for  navigating those difficult years as a beginning teacher. Sharing  stories from her own humbling first years as a new teacher, Robyn  helps you tackle challenges such as motivating students, planning  effective lessons, building relationships with parents, bouncing  back from embarrassing mistakes, and finding your own authority as  a teacher. She also helps you find success outside the classroom  with practical pointers for living on a teachers salary and  carving out time to have a life of your own. With candor and a good  deal of wit, she gently guides you to develop your own teaching  style and, ultimately, to find your own path toward mastery.  Robyn speaks to new educators as a trusted mentor, one who knows  how to navigate the tricky terrain of new  teacherdomand knows how rich and rewarding the payoff  will be. If youre new to the profession or know someone  about to embark on a teaching career, You Can Do This is the  essential roadmap to succeeding as a new educator both inside and  outside the classroom.

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  Vital Conversations - Improving...

  Dennis Rosen

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  “Engaging . . . provides patients tools they can use to improve dialogue with their doctors and, ultimately, improve their ultimate medical outcomes.”—The Times of Israel   The health-care system in the United States is by far the most expensive in the world, yet its outcomes are decidedly mediocre in comparison with those of other countries. Poor communication between doctors and patients, Dennis Rosen argues, is at the heart of this disparity, a pervasive problem that damages the well-being of the patient and the integrity of the health-care system and society.  Drawing upon research in biomedicine, sociology, and anthropology and integrating personal stories from his medical practice in three different countries (and as a patient), Rosen shows how important good communication between physicians and patients is to high-quality—and less-expensive—care. Without it, treatment adherence and preventive services decline, and the rates of medical complications, hospital readmissions, and unnecessary testing and procedures rise. Rosen illustrates the consequences of these problems from both the caregiver and patient perspectives and explores the socioeconomic and cultural factors that cause important information to be literally lost in translation. He concludes with a prescriptive chapter aimed at building the cultural competencies and communication skills necessary for higher-quality, less-expensive care, making it more satisfying for all involved.   “An excellent source of ideas on how to enhance treatment.”—Joseph Shrand, Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School   “[Dr. Rosen] delivers much of his advice through anecdotes that take readers on a journey through a career filled with both positive and negative instances of doctor-patient communication.”—Health Affairs

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