In the first half of his 30s, Brian Rossiter transformed his health and life by transitioning from the standard American diet to a low-fat, fruit-based raw vegan lifestyle following Doug Graham's 80/10/10 guidelines. Rossiter enjoys 10 or more pounds of fruit, 2 or more pounds of greens and a limited amount of fat a day. This diet has enabled him to experience exceptional health, youthful vitality, sustained energy, enhanced mental clarity and a euphoric sense of well-being.Rossiter reversed chronic back and neck pain and carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes by utilizing the Egoscue Method, centered on stretches and exercises designed to restore the body's posture and alignment, heling one lead a pain-free life. He also launched a regular fitness program that includes circuit training, yoga, rebounding and running.In Alive!, designed for anyone desiring to feel and look his or her best but especially for transitioning raw fooders who want to know what to do on this diet and how to do it with success, Rossiter tells inspiring, intensely personal stories of his joint paths to well-being and offers guidance and insight on his evolving journey toward optimal health. His website is Fruit-Powered.com, which features a free e-magazine and video series.Alive! features:• A four-step program to help you go raw vegan with ease, gaining clarity and vitality while arriving at your natural weight.• More than 25 raw food recipes plus several tool recommendations for a raw home—from blender to spiral slicer—to help you get started in your transition.• A focus on the importance of fitness in a healthful lifestyle and the Egoscue Method's principles of bodily structural alignment.• Insight from raw fooders Arnold Kauffman, Megan Elizabeth and Shaie Dively of the Arnold's Way community and Mike Kenny of the Egoscue Method.
Is death the end of our story, or do we go on? If life does continue after death, where and how will we live? What happens to us after we die is not only a matter of speculation, but also a matter of debate. This is particularly true within the church, and though some would like to believe that the issue has long been settled, it most certainly remains open for discussion. In The Death Myth, author and theologian Brian M. Rossiter investigates what the Bible actually says about the afterlife, and he carefully explains how an honest reflection on the traditional Christian view of death will show that this view is often misguided. This traditional view—that the deceased persist and live on as conscious immaterial souls—is a doctrine that while tenable may not cohere with scriptural truths about the nature of the soul and body, the timing of the resurrection, and the meaning of salvation. While many Christians believe that the human soul departs to either a place of bliss or a place of torment after death, few have truly evaluated the biblical teachings on the subject. More than that, the implications of our beliefs on the issue are rarely acknowledged. Can the soul live apart from the body? Do immaterial realms for the dead exist? Can ghosts or spirits communicate with the living? When these matters are deeply investigated, the conclusions may force us to reconsider everything we thought we knew about life after death and the very nature of our existence.
Appetizers, snacks and party dishes are perfect to enjoy by yourself or share with company! This volume features 20 sweet and savory recipes—including raw vegan takes on ice cream, nachos and bruschetta—that will keep you and companions reaching for more!Appetizers, Snacks and Party Dishes: Recipes from Raw Food Trailblazers—showcasing Saucy "Sub," Gooey Mint Cookies, Banana-Apricot-Plum Pie and many more recipes—is ideal for those wanting to eat healthfully as well as transitioning and seasoned raw fooders!
The System is here. Are you ready for it? What if a globally coordinated effort to control humanity has been in the works for years, if not decades? What if the "system" produced by this joint effort was taking shape before our very eyes, right here and now? The hard truth is that it is taking shape right now, and in the plain view of the public. In System of the Beast, Brian M. Rossiter navigates through the sea of lies and deceptions involved within the virus agenda of 2020 and reveals the startling truth behind it all. Far from being a seemingly endless series of errors and coincidences, there is clear intentionality in nearly every detail of the world's first (and only) truly global crisis. More than a mere transitory phenomenon, the events of the last two years are proving to have everlasting significance. God revealed long ago that there would someday be an end to our current age. The Bible explains that the last days will involve a great apostasy, a grand Lie, and the arrival of a Delusion that will seal the fates of many. Likewise, it warns about an emerging system that will "mark" the people of the world as members of Satan's counter-church. As Rossiter carefully details from both Scripture and the unique events of our time, all these prophecies are becoming realities.
Main courses, salads and soups are the perfect way to cap your evenings! This volume features 20 menu-spanning recipes for main courses that stand on their own such as raw vegan takes on hamburger and macaroni and cheese, lively salads and hearty soups!Main Courses, Salads and Soups: Recipes from Raw Food Trailblazers—showcasing Rainbow Splash, Thai Noodles, Southwest Chili and many more recipes—is ideal for those wanting to eat healthfully as well as transitioning and seasoned raw fooders!
Smoothies are the perfect way to enjoy fruits and greens! This volume features 20 recipes for delicious, rainbow-colored fruit smoothies and cleansing, nourishing green smoothies!Smoothies: Recipes from Raw Food Trailblazers—showcasing Cran-Apple Cherry Smoothie, Emerald Smoothie, Raspberry-Mango Lip Smacker and many more recipes—is ideal for those wanting to eat healthfully as well as transitioning and seasoned raw fooders!
Curious about a raw food diet but not ready to dive in headfirst or just wanting to eat more fruits and vegetables? This book is perfect for you! Learn fun, easy and exciting staples from a low-fat raw fooder's menu: smoothies and salads. A Taste of Raw Food: 7 Days of Smoothies 'n' Salads features seven smoothie and seven salad recipes. From Dates with Bananas 'n' Apples to Pizza Salad with Savory Marinara Sauce and Sunflower Seed "Cheese," this book offers well-combined sweet and savory recipes that are delicious and simple to prepare! Also explore the basics about a low-fat raw food diet and learn about counting calories, staple foods and food combining. A Taste of Raw Food: 7 Days of Smoothies 'n' Salads is your ticket to the fast track to making dietary change and improving your health!
Dressings, dips, spreads, sauces and salsas are often recipes that bring dishes such as salads to heightened levels of enjoyment! This volume features 20 savory and sweet concoctions that stand on their own as side dishes or add a layer to appetizers and main courses!Dressings, Dips, Spreads, Sauces and Salsas: Recipes from Raw Food Trailblazers—showcasing Creamy Corn Dijon, Sweet and Sour Dressing, Avocado-Tomato "Cheese" and many more recipes—is ideal for those wanting to eat healthfully as well as transitioning and seasoned raw fooders!
Since the time of the Enlightenment, religious skepticism and an increased reliance upon empiricism have caused many to adopt a purely naturalistic worldview. In recent years, this full-on acceptance of naturalism has even led to the belittling of those who affirm the need for metaphysical agency in our world. But is belief in a transcendent being like God simply based on wishful thinking and ignorance? Can every aspect of life and the workings of our universe be reduced to purely naturalistic causes? In Mind over Matter, brothers Brian and Wayne Rossiter take on a variety of arguments that are often thought to pose serious threats-if not outright defeaters-to any belief that stands in opposition to philosophical naturalism. Traversing the fields of theology, philosophy, and science, they take these arguments head on, providing a practical and easy to use guide for anyone looking to respond to the toughest and most common objections to religious faith. The Rossiters then turn the tables, arguing that belief in transcendent intelligence is not only rational, but is also completely consistent with many of the underlying assumptions made by the most ardent atheists and skeptics.
For thousands of years, human civilizations have been clamoring about extraterrestrial visitors. The ancient peoples shared countless stories about them, recorded their personal encounters, depicted them in their artwork, and even claimed that their advanced architectural and astronomical understandings could be attributed to these beings. While this is often known to us, many have failed to understand that modern scientific research has actually verified a lot of these ancient claims. The need for an intelligent cause for life on Earth, the existence of both a massive flood and races of giant people, our documentation of UFOs, and so much more, all point to the existence of extraterrestrial entities. Though every line of evidence seems to coalesce on this reality, those who should already believe in otherworldly beings are often the ones who have the hardest time doing so. While the Bible clearly discusses the existence of non-human entities, people of faith have seldom known what to make of them. In this book, Brian M. Rossiter reveals the incredible parallels that exist among the heavenly beings of the Bible, the visitors described in other ancient traditions, and the aliens of ancient astronaut theory. Along the way, he uncovers myriad ways that extraterrestrial entities have shown themselves to the world. More than that, he answers some of the most pivotal questions of all. Who are these "extraterrestrial" beings? Are they really visitors from outer space, or might they be something else altogether? Can people of faith believe in extraterrestrials without compromising their belief in the Bible?The answers to these questions can change your entire worldview, and even challenge your most cherished beliefs about our place in existence.
From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain, Hollywood has used the Civil War to create compelling cinema with each generation resolving the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Wills looks at the portrayal of the war in film, explores their accuracy, how the films influenced each other, and how they reflect America's changing understandings of the conflict and of the nation.
“We are not worth more, they are not worth less.” This is the mantra of S. Brian Willson and the theme that runs throughout his compelling psycho-historical memoir. Willson’s story begins in small-town, rural America, where he grew up as a “Commie-hating, baseball-loving Baptist,” moves through life-changing experiences in Viet Nam, Nicaragua and elsewhere, and culminates with his commitment to a localized, sustainable lifestyle. In telling his story, Willson provides numerous examples of the types of personal, risk-taking, nonviolent actions he and others have taken in attempts to educate and effect political change: tax refusal—which requires simplification of one’s lifestyle; fasting—done publicly in strategic political and/or therapeutic spiritual contexts; and obstruction tactics—strategically placing one’s body in the way of “business as usual.” It was such actions that thrust Brian Willson into the public eye in the mid-’80s, first as a participant in a high-profile, water-only “Veterans Fast for Life” against the Contra war being waged by his government in Nicaragua. Then, on a fateful day in September 1987, the world watched in horror as Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action in which he expected to be removed from the tracks and arrested. Losing his legs only strengthened Willson’s identity with millions of unnamed victims of U.S. policy around the world. He provides details of his travels to countries in Latin America and the Middle East and bears witness to the harm done to poor people as well as to the environment by the steamroller of U.S. imperialism. These heart-rending accounts are offered side by side with inspirational stories of nonviolent struggle and the survival of resilient communities Willson’s expanding consciousness also uncovers injustices within his own country, including insights gained through his study and service within the U.S. criminal justice system and personal experiences addressing racial injustices. He discusses coming to terms with his identity as a Viet Nam veteran and the subsequent service he provides to others as director of a veterans outreach center in New England. He draws much inspiration from friends he encounters along the way as he finds himself continually drawn to the path leading to a simpler life that seeks to “do no harm.&rdquo Throughout his personal journey Willson struggles with the question, “Why was it so easy for me, a ’good’ man, to follow orders to travel 9,000 miles from home to participate in killing people who clearly were not a threat to me or any of my fellow citizens?” He eventually comes to the realization that the “American Way of Life” is AWOL from humanity, and that the only way to recover our humanity is by changing our consciousness, one individual at a time, while striving for collective cultural changes toward “less and local.” Thus, Willson offers up his personal story as a metaphorical map for anyone who feels the need to be liberated from the American Way of Life—a guidebook for anyone called by conscience to question continued obedience to vertical power structures while longing to reconnect with the human archetypes of cooperation, equity, mutual respect and empathy.
After years of study in the area of consumer behavior, Mullen and Johnson bring together a broad survey of small answers to a big question: "Why do consumers do what they do?" This book provides an expansive, accessible presentation of current psychological theory and research as it illuminates fundamental issues regarding the psychology of consumer behavior. The authors hypothesize that an improved understanding of consumer behavior could be employed to more successfully influence consumers' use of products, goods, and services. At the same time, an improved understanding of consumer behavior might be used to serve as an advocate for consumers in their interactions in the marketplace.
Bearin's: The Book " by Brian Robbins is a collection of columns written for "Commercial Fisheries News" over the past 20 years. These author selected columns are the best of Robbins' unique blend of humor, wry observations, and personal reflections on life. Originally written for a commercial fishing audience, these columns encompass characters, situations, and themes that are bound to resonate with all readers. He'll make you laugh, maybe even shed a tear, and definitely leave you wanting more.Bearin's (bar'ins)-When you're on the water, the act of figuring out where you are and what's going on is known as "getting your bearings." The same applies to life itself. In the Northeast, we often don't fuss around with the letter "g" at the ends of our words. Therefore, we have the title "Bearin's".Reviews:"I invite you to put your hand on the cover of this book, close your eyes and see if you can feel its heart beating. If you do, then try laughing a bit, too. Now you're in the spirit of Brian Robbins, telling his tales that will make you laugh so hard you'll have to lay down on the couch, but eventually he'll also get you right where it counts as you feel his spirit in the depths of your heart." Randy Olson, Ph.D. (a.k.a. "Doc Urchin"); scientist-turned-filmmaker; author of Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style"Brian Robbins' tales are hysterically accurate, showing great humor in the mishaps and misadventures of dockside denizens." Crash Barry; author of Sex, Drugs and Blueberries and Matinicus: True Stories from Maine's Toughest Island
After serving in the Vietnam War, S. Brian Willson became a radical, nonviolent peace protester and pacifist, and this memoir details the drastic governmental and social change he has spent his life fighting for. Chronicling his personal struggle with a government he believes to be unjust, Willson sheds light on the various incarnations of his protests of the U.S. government, including the refusal to pay taxes, public fasting, and, most famously, public obstruction. On September 1, 1987, Willson was run over by a U.S. government munitions train during a nonviolent blocking action in which he expected to be removed from the tracks. Providing a full look into the tragic event, Willson, who lost his legs in the incident, discusses how the subsequent publicity propelled his cause toward the national consciousness. Now, 23 years later, Willson tells his story of social injustice, nonviolent struggle, and the so-called American way of life.
The end of the Cold War could put British spy Charlie Muffin out of work. “Secrets hide within secrets . . . Superior work from a master of the form” (Publishers Weekly). Charlie Muffin shouldn’t be condemned for mourning the end of the Cold War. For decades the KGB provided him with endless professional success and now that it’s gone, Charlie is nearly out of a job. Removed from active duty, he is now training new recruits on operations in a post-Soviet era. It’s dull work that leaves Charlie yearning for the adventures of old and this time, he’ll get more than he bargained for. One of Charlie’s first pupils is arrested within days of arriving in Beijing to extract a blown British agent. Now Charlie must go to China and get both of them out. Meanwhile, someone is searching for Charlie—Natalia Fedova, a former lover, who surfaces with a new job high up in Russian intelligence and a daughter she says is his. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Brian Freemantle including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
Ecological and Economic Entomology is a comprehensive advanced text covering all aspects of the role of insects in natural ecosystems and their impacts on human activity. The book is divided into two sections. The first section begins with an outline of the structure, classification and importance of insects, followed by the geographical aspects of plant distribution and the complex defences plants marshal against herbivorous insects. Insect pests affecting plant roots, stem, leaf, and reproductive systems are covered in a comprehensive review. This section also covers insects that are important in medical and veterinary science, paying particular attention to those that transmit pathogens. The section concludes with the beneficial aspects of insects, especially their use in biological control, but also as soil formers and their importance in forensic science.
American Conservatism: History, Theory, and Practice from Brian R. Farmer is a history of conservatism in the United States that illuminates the odyssey of American conservatism beginning with the Pilgrims and Puritans of the early colonial period and proceeding through the Revolutionary era, the Antebellum period, the Age of Laissez-Faire, Post-Depression Conservatism, the Reagan Era, and concluding with the ideologies and policies of the George W. Bush Administration, arguably the most ideologically driven conservative administration in American history. Conservatism in general and the multiple facets of conservatism are defined, and the political socialization process that produces and perpetuates political ideologies in general and conservatism in particular are presented, to lay the groundwork for the rich history of American people, policies, and events that have surrounded those conservative ideologies that follows. Farmer provides a tool for those interested in American Politics in general and American conservatism in particular with a tool that helps explain the historical development of American ideological conservatism, both in a theoretical sense, and in a policy sense, and thus draws a connection between the American past and what must be considered an exceptional conservative American administration, even by American standards, under George W. Bush. Farmer illustrates that the basic ideological underpinnings that have driven the Bush administration that have generally been viewed by Europeans as exceptional, have been present in American politics since its earliest colonial beginnings with the Puritans and been carried forward by the ideological descendants of the Puritans from that time through the present. In essence, the form of American conservative exceptionalism exhibited during the Bush administration was present in American politics from the very beginning and has continued through the present, albeit in a more extreme form since the traditional ideological conservatives currently dominate all three branches of the American government and the terror attacks of 9/11 allowed them to garner popular support for their exceptional programs.
This volume gives students, professors, and the general public a single, comprehensive source on the key themes in the historical development of the presidency from America's founding era through the presidency of George W. Bush. How has the role of the president changed since George Washington? How does the president interact with Congress? The courts? The states? Other nations? These are just a few of the overarching questions addressed in this volume in ABC-CLIO's About Federal Government set devoted to the president and the executive branch he manages. The Executive Branch of the Federal Government provides a brief history of the presidency, then looks at the constitutional powers of the office, the day-to-day functions of the federal bureaucracy, general elections, and presidential relationships with Congress and the courts. But perhaps most compelling are the insights into the officeholders themselves, the individuals who have served as president, each fashioning a term reflective of his own personality.
The Associational State argues that the relationship between state and civil society is fluid, and that the trajectory of American politics is not driven by ideological difference but by the ability to achieve public ends through partnerships forged between the state and voluntary organizations.
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