![]() Far more than once dreamed possible, the brain can-if not always cure-heal itself.ĭoidge wrote about the brain’s remarkable ability to recalibrate itself-what doctors call neuroplasticity-in his 2007 bestseller The Brain That Changes Itself. ![]() The brain is actually a supple, malleable organ, as ready to unlearn as it is to learn, capable of transforming vicious circles into virtuous circles, of resetting and repairing its internal communications. That concept no longer stands up to scrutiny. The prevailing 20th-century view was that it was too specialized for its own good-a fixed machine made up of discrete parts that can break down, never to function again. Those individuals, and thousands like them, achieved those results, writes Norman Doidge, a Toronto psychiatrist and author of The Brain’s Way of Healing, precisely because the human brain is a generalist par excellence. And in California, a psychiatrist and pain specialist rids himself of 13 years of chronic pain within a year, without drugs or surgery, through his brain’s own efforts. A Broadway singer, silenced for 30 years by multiple sclerosis, recovers his voice. ![]() ![]() A South African man with Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative disorder that often leaves its sufferers immobile, walks his symptoms into submission. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Finally, the article intends to show how Florence & Giles intertwines the deconstruction of Victorian ideals of childhood with contemporary discourses on the issue of childhood. Drawing on Foucault’s notion of technologies of the self, the article argues that Harding radicalises the subversion of Victorian childhood innocence which is already implicit in James’s text as it foregrounds various modes of transgression, particularly through its effective employment of voice, space, and agency. In the larger context of neo-Victorian fiction, which has tended to marginalise child characters, the work is equally progressive. ![]() Focussing on the representation of childhood, this article aims to demonstrate that Florence & Giles is the first reworking of The Turn of the Screw that centres entirely on one of the child characters, who is simultaneously its protagonist and narrator. This article examines John Harding’s novel Florence & Giles (2010) as a neo-Victorian reworking of Henry James’s classic The Turn of the Screw (1898). ![]() ![]() ![]() Michael Ian Black as Pastor Mike Keene (season 1 guest season 2).Beverly D'Angelo as Stella Rose Buckley (season 1 guest season 2).Chloe Bridges as Roxy Buckley (season 1 guest season 2).James Lastovic as Christian Keene (season 1 guest season 2).Jordan Gelber as Sheriff Hank Thompson (season 1).Arden Myrin as Regina Sinclair (season 2 recurring season 1).Alyssa Milano as Coralee Huggins-Armstrong. ![]() Bob Armstrong, a disgraced civil lawyer and beauty pageant coach, discovers Patty's potential and sets out to convert her into a beauty queen.Ĭast and characters Main ![]() The series received negative reviews from critics who called the show "offensive" and "insulting", with some praise being directed towards the performances and dark humor.ġ7-year-old Patty Bladell was bullied at school for being overweight, but after a violent encounter with a homeless man and a summer of liquid diet, she becomes thin and determined to exact revenge on her bullies at the start of her senior year. On February 17, 2020, Netflix cancelled the series after two seasons. In September 2018, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on October 11, 2019. The first season premiered on Netflix on August 10, 2018. ![]() It is based on Jeff Chu's article "The Pageant King of Alabama", published in July 2014 in The New York Times Magazine. Insatiable is an American dark comedy-drama television series created by Lauren Gussis, starring Dallas Roberts and Debby Ryan. ![]() ![]() ![]() I already knew she hated to be parted from me, even for short periods. I could not condemn her to the lower regions of the plane with various other forms of baggage. ![]() Catrine would travel beside me in comfort. I booked two airplane seats in first class. Facing up to Simon with the team of my colleagues behind him, would be something entirely different. Of course, it is all very well to make decisive statements from afar. If Simon insisted she must go, then I would simply return to Cornwall with my cat and that would be the end of the matter. There was no possible way to leave Catrine behind. I hoped the team could accommodate my companion. I doubted he would require me to do anything too physical in the new assignment. He was the one who lifted me and removed me from the field of battle where I was shot. ![]() My right leg was functioning better now but I could not be sure how much stress it might take without caving in on me. Simon made it clear that I was needed, and the team could not succeed without me. I had my marching orders but very little in the way of detail about my new assignment. ![]() ![]() Such animals (i.e., aposematic), deter predators by stimulating their visual and chemical sensory channels. 2Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandĬhemically defended animals often display conspicuous color patterns that predators learn to associate with their unprofitability and subsequently avoid.1Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyväskylä, Finland.Bibiana Rojas 1 *, Emily Burdfield-Steel 1, Chiara De Pasqual 1 †, Swanne Gordon 1 †, Linda Hernández 1 †, Johanna Mappes 1 †, Ossi Nokelainen 1 †, Katja Rönkä 1,2 † and Carita Lindstedt 1 ![]() ![]() ![]() A stunning first US edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED and dated (in European format 15/11/03, she is German) by author Cornelia Funke directly on the title page. Cover art, map, and chapter-heading illustrations by Carol Lawson chapter-ending illustrations by the author. Titled Tintenblut in German, it has been translated into English by Anthea Bell. This is the second volume of the Inkheart Trilogy, preceded by Inkheart and followed by Inkdeath. v + 635 + v unnumbered pages of Acknowledgments. Dust Jacket is intact and flawless with the original prices (US $19.99/Canada $24.99) intact on the front flap. ![]() The pictorial Binding, with reflective silver lines, is bright and flawless, with bright title, etc., to spine, all corners square and sharp, and deep chocolate endpapers. ![]() Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. ![]() Fourth Printing (number line to 4) of First American Edition (the first printing of which was October, 2005). Scholastic, Inc., by arrangement with The Chicken House, New York, NY, 2006. ![]() ![]() Assane explains his motivations, knowing that his son is mature enough to deal with the revelations, and even implies that he's willing to stop. In Lupin part 2, "Chapter 7," Raoul confronts his father about being a thief. Over the course of Lupin part 2's five-episode narrative, Assane and his best friend, Benjamin Ferel (Antoine Gouy), devise a plan to expose Hubert's history of criminal behavior, including his role in the death of Babakar Diop (Fargass Assandé). Through flashbacks, the Netflix show provides subtle commentaries about the racism Assane has experienced over the years, specifically during conversations with business mogul Hubert Pellegrini (Hervé Pierre), the father of his long-time love interest, Juliette (Clotilde Hesme). The selected music thematically aligns with the antihero's perspective while looking after his beloved Claire (Ludivine Sagnier) and their son, Raoul (Etan Simon).Īssane establishes a valuable friendship with detective Youssef Guedira (Soufiane Guerrab) in Lupin part 2, as they both share a love for Maurice Leblanc's stories about master thief Arsène Lupin. ![]() Starring Omar Sy as Assane Diop, Lupin part 2 follows the titular thief's attempts to clear his father's name. ![]() The Lupin part 2 soundtrack includes little mainstream music, which makes the songs especially meaningful and poignant. ![]() ![]() Many had already made their way - via Egypt and other rescue missions - by the time the UK began its evacuation effort. Here in the Coral Hotel, there are few British citizens to evacuate. Civilian evacuation missions were announced on 25 April. ![]() The operations base relocated from Wad Seidna in Omdurman - roughly 22km from Khartoum and a heartland of fighting - after a Turkish military plane came under fire as it was about to land.Ī senior military commander told Sky News that the plane was not following the agreed flight route and was considered a potential threat.īefore the incident, British citizens travelling to Wad Seidna military base condemned the lack of protection en route.īritish diplomats were evacuated from Sudan a week into the conflict in a special military operation and the UK government came under fire for not evacuating their citizens. ![]() Africa correspondent Coral Hotel - an architectural replica of the British colonial Governor's House across the road - is the new office for British consular support. ![]() ![]() In the book, she describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. ![]() It is reissued now with a new introduction by Davis, for a new audience inspired and galvanised by her ongoing activism and her extraordinary example. The words fire off the page with humour, anger and eloquence' GuardianĪ powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela DavisĮdited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as powerfully today. 'Riveting as fresh and relevant today as it was almost 50 years ago. ![]() ![]() Brown, in a format adopted and greatly expanded by Gardner Dozois in his annuals, and in a manner that continues in Locus Magazine to this day. Beginning with Volume 4, summaries of "The Science Fiction Year" were provided by Locus editor Charles N. He revived Judith Merril's practice of listing honorable mentions at the end of the book. 13 Terry Carr 3 Paperback 10 offers from 4.00 Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly This is the last best-of-the-year collection we'll see from Carr, who died this spring at the age of 50, very much at the peak of his creative abilities. Butler, Connie Willis About This Item Reviews Details. The Best Science Fiction of the Year, No. Meanwhile, Carr did a fantasy series for Berkley for two volumes and then Pocket for three volumes, with varied titles.Ĭarr's introductions were casual, often about the process of assembling anthologies. Terry Carrs Best Science Fiction of the Year, No 14, 1984 by Terry Carr, John Varley, Octavia E. ![]() ![]() Carr's SF series expanded with two separate volumes devoted to novellas at Del Rey, before moving to Pocket Books, then Baen for one volume, and then to Tor for the final three volumes, the very last appearing in hardcover. Throughout the '70s especially, "this series was generally regarded as the best of the annual compilations" ( SFE), with more selections of stories that have gone on to become standards and classics in the field than those in Wollheim's contemporaneous series, though by the early 1980s Dozois' huge volumes had the advantage. After his exit from Ace, Terry Carr launched his own Best Science Fiction of the Year series with Ballantine, then the leading paperback publisher, in 1972. ![]() |