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  Matter And Consciousness:...

  D.C.S. Peter Russell

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  Russell explains the difference between a paradigm and a metaparadigm and why consciousness cannot be explained within our current systems. He asserts that science is able to measure phenomena such as energy, time, and space, yet has not found a way to prove or measure consciousness. “These are all concepts in the mind…I am conscious I am having these ideas of energy and matter…it’s the irony that all of science takes place in the mind and yet science ignores the mind.” He asks us to ponder the difference between mind and matter and suggests that the brain, which is matter, does not create consciousness, but provides input into consciousness. Russell describes how all of life has the capacity for consciousness, but distinguishes the ideas of recognition, awareness, and self-awareness. Further, he offers insight into the essence of “I am,” and how our seeking is actually obstructing our natural state of contentment. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)

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  Our Present Complaint - American...

  Charles E. Rosenberg

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  The renowned medical historian examines the current tensions in American healthcare in this “cogently written and well documented” book (Choice). 
   
  In Our Present Complaint, Charles E. Rosenberg examines today’s dilemmas in American medicine within their historical and social contexts. He begins with an insightful look at the fundamental characteristics of medicine: how we think about disease, how the medical profession thinks about itself and its moral and intellectual responsibilities, and what prospective patients—all of us—expect from the medical profession.  
   
  Rosenberg also considers how ideas of disease causation reflect social values and cultural negotiations. His analyses of alternative medicine and bioethics consider the historically specific ways in which we define and seek to control what is appropriately medical. 
   
  At a time when clinical care and biomedical research generate as much angst as they offer cures, this volume provides valuable insight into how the practice of medicine has evolved, where it is going, and how lessons from history can improve its prognosis.

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  Facebook Advertising: Social...

  Albert MacDonald

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  Facebook is one of the most used social media platforms with the largest number of users. This platform enables people from all over the world to connect, share online. Over the years, Facebook has been more than just a meeting place, but also a marketplace where people market their businesses and make a living. 
  If you are looking to run a successful business you need to make sure that your time management, as well as money-management skills, are up to the mark. There is no such thing as a perfect solution and you need to work towards building the right brand for your business. You need to work towards defining a business strategy and this book will help you achieve this,. 
  Using your Facebook page, you are able to develop your brand identity and connect with people. This guide will unleash the ways in which you can optimize your Facebook page for the growth of your business, by targeting a large audience, having them like your page and converting them into sales. 
  In Facebook Marketing, you'll discover: 
  What the Facebook Advertising platform has to offer your business and why you need to get on board right now! 
  All relevant Facebook marketing features including one that allow you to interact you’re your potential customers. 
  How to open winning Business Page that’s easy to access, and fall in love with. 
  -How to leverage your Facebook Ads Manager to create highly optimized and profitable Facebook Ads 
  -How to create an effective customer avatar that will boost your conversion rates, and keep your ad costs low-How to set up a highly converting sales funnel  
  -…and much more!

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  Atlas of AI - Power Politics and...

  Kate Crawford

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  The hidden costs of artificial intelligence—from natural resources and labor to privacy, equality, and freedomWhat happens when artificial intelligence saturates political life and depletes the planet? How is AI shaping our understanding of ourselves and our societies? Drawing on more than a decade of research, award-winning scholar Kate Crawford reveals how AI is a technology of extraction: from the minerals drawn from the earth, to the labor pulled from low-wage information workers, to the data taken from every action and expression. This book reveals how this planetary network is fueling a shift toward undemocratic governance and increased inequity. Rather than taking a narrow focus on code and algorithms, Crawford offers us a material and political perspective on what it takes to make AI and how it centralizes power. This is an urgent account of what is at stake as technology companies use artificial intelligence to reshape the world.

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  Deer Man - Seven Years of Living...

  Geoffroy Delorme

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  Geoffroy Delorme does not fit in the human world. As he gets older, he disappears into the woods at night, drawn to animal life. One night, an encounter with a deer changes his life: from then on, he knows he wants to live among them.Delorme becomes a creature of the forest. He learns to live without a tent or sleeping bag and forage for food. He blends in with the deer and, slowly, they accept him. He witnesses their births and deaths, courtship and battles, ostracism and friendship over the cycles of their lives. Among the deer, he experiences the beauty, pain, fear, and joy of a life lived as a part of nature.In his final year in the forest, Delorme meets a woman walking through the trees. He knows he can stay in the forest and die with his friends—or he can leave and speak their truth to a human world.Deer Man is a moving story of what it's like to be an outsider and how forming connections with the natural world can help us feel less alone. A unique and powerful window into how far one human is willing to go to understand an animal, Deer Man asks us to never take for granted the flora and fauna of our world, and to work for their protection in whatever ways we can.

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  Vision Matters

  Margaret Gilbert

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  The book discusses issues of blind low vision and their families.  It is difficult for families of blind low vision to know how they can assist or help their family member.The book provides practical advice and solutions for both the family member and blind low vision person in how to manage with the aim of providing advocacy skills for parents and empowerment for the blind low vision person.The book provides points to ponder to think about as well as useful checklists, do's and dont's for family members.Equally, the need for all to advocate especially in respect to the medical practitioners.

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