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Gaudium et spes gives the specific admonition:
"Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and humanity, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation."

Thus must we Catholics condemn absolutely our war against Iraq which goes back though the long war of attrition to papa Bush in 1990, which has caused over a million Iraqi deaths, women and children in their bloodied beds, and carpet bombing wiping out the ancient city of Fallujah, etc. all for profiteering privateering petroleum piracy.

Further Gaudium et spes states unequivocally:
"If civil authorities legislate or allow anything that is contrary to the will of God, neither the law made nor the authorization granted can be binding on the conscience of the citizens since God has more right to be obeyed than man."

God commands: Thou shalt not kill.

We cannot kill a million Iraqi citizens, women and children in their beds, for the sake of privateering petroleum piracy. We cannot be involved in this genocide in any way shape or form. We in fact are obligated to work and speak strongly against it. Pope John PAul II was first in condemning the aggressive invasion of Iraq.

See also PACEM IN TERRIS in this Christmas season, and The Challenge of Peace. For our advent reading let us read the Reverend Father John Dear's MARY OF NAZARETH: PROPHET OF PEACE

Remember ever our faith. Read Merton's prophetic Peace in a Post-CHristian Era

great source of ideas from one of the great scientists of our - or any other - time. one of its virtues - i suppose - is that it does allow the knowledgable reader to see that even the best (like Einstein on politics or Newton on alchemy) can be also astonishingly naive, on rare occasions. specifcally, it does not detract from the value of this volume in the least that he refers to the Rorschach as if it were a coherent, specific and identifiable assessment technique - in the pre-Exner, pre-Comprehensive System days - and dismisses it. in that period, there were at least 5 diverse schools of thought (Rappaport/Schaffer, Beck, Hertz, Piotrowski, Klopfer) about the technique and it was rare to find practitioners who employed any of them systematically. the psychologist interested in the power of logical, clear, yet sophisticated methodological analysis absolutely must have this book.

Highly educated, prolific, and experienced man of the world Hugh Fox, a longtime critic of literature and writing, brings readers his experience in the field of poetry as he offers up his own in "Peace". With a tinge of French sprinkled in, his experience brings much to the table and much to enjoy for readers. "Peace" is an enthusiastic recommendation for poetry lovers.

The reason for the above title is that Debussy made a few alterations (almost exclusively additions to the score in terms of orchestration - though there are one or two lines missing that also apply to the singers) after the publication of this version of the orchestral score (even up to not too long prior to his death). However, one will have to be prepared to shell out $190 US. to get the latest version (published by Edwin F. Kalmus) - which is a whole lot more (worse still will be when Éditions Durand issues its critical edition of the score as part of its publication of the complete works of Debussy - those critical editions always cost "an arm and a leg"!)! This kind of price-jump is hard to justify; and that difficulty is particularly tough to ignore when one notes that (thanks to Debussy's largely transparent writing) anybody with a keen ear can capture most or all of the orchestral changes by listening carefully to recordings - and jotting the changes down right into the score (or at the least onto copied pages therefrom with extra staves added as necessary). [The latter eventuality just might apply to one passage in Act II, scene II, where either a (muted?) French-Horn (likelier of these 2 possibilities!) OR possibly a Trombone is added to the texture following the bass line of the 'Celli and Double-Basses (page 126: 6 (2nd half of the bar) and 7 bars after rehearsal figure 33 {bars 363-4 of Act II}. That seems to be the only case of such a more substantial change potentially being necessary in so far as I've been able to determine (further data will be posted if and when it becomes available).] The reproduction of the engraving is of excellent quality, and it's quite easy to follow! Definitely a must for any interested party's library - it's an absolute steal!

The Four Freedoms (Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Americans of Foreign Birth (Speech by Woodrow Wilson)
Three Days to See (Essay by Helen Keller)
Bill (Story by Zona Gale)
Locomotive #8, The Ojibway (Story by William Saroyan)
To Build a Fire (Story by Jack London)
Sorry, Wrong Number (Play by Lucille Fletcher)
This I Do Believe (Essay by David E. Lilienthal)
The Statue of Liberty (Essay by Brooks Atkinson)
Making Something Out of Nothing (Biography by Alice C. Cooper and Charles A. Palmer)
Father Teaches Me To Be Prompt (Autobiographical Essay by Clarence Day)
The Psychologist (Autobiographical Essay by Frank Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey)
The Tell-Tale Heart (Story by Edgar Allan Poe)
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment (Play by Nathaniel Hawthorne, dramatized by Marvin G. Robinson)




Declaration of Independence (Speech by Thomas Jefferson)
The Gettysburg Address (Speech by Abe Lincoln)
The Dust Bowl (Story by John Steinbeck)
Stop Those Hiccoups (Essay by Robert Benchley)
The Lady, or the Tiger? (Story by Frank R. Stockton)
Hold That Rash (Autobiographical Essay by Cornelia Otis Skinner)
A Model Letter to a Friend (Story by Booth Tarkington)
Rip Van Winkle (Story by Washington Irving)
Sham (Play by Frank G. Tompkins)
Each and All (Poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Paul Revere's Ride (Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
From Children's Hour (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
To Helen (Poem by Poe)
I Hear America Singing (Poem by Walt Whitman)
Chartless (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Cowboy's Meditation (Anonymous Poem)
Fire and Ice (Poem by Robert Frost)
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening (Poem by Robert Frost)



183 pages.

This two volume text is an essential reference and mandatory reading for any Neurology resident or Staff Physician. I had the opportunity to train under the instruction of many of the contributors to this text. I found it to be rich in detail and clinical expertise. I refer to it often in my practice. It is concise and easily understood.

This book is easy to understand and very resourceful. It covers the main behavioral perspectives and is useful to those working in a classroom especially if you are dealing with pupils with challenging behavior.

This is an excellent up to date (2002), locally written guide to surf spots in Peru. It details the well known breaks, as well as some not-so-well-known, if you really want to get away from the crowds, which you certainly can in Peru.

There is some awesome surf in Peru, and the coast picks up heaps of swell, mainly in the months April-Sep, but it can also get the same northwest swells that Hawaii gets between about Nov-March. About 100 breaks are described, with colour photos, best swell sizes, tides, maps, season, various local surf tips, accomodation and transport/access issues. The maps could be a bit better, but they are passable as a guide.

World-class, well known breaks like Chicama, Pacasmayo, Pico Alto, Punta Rocas, Herradura, Panic Point, Cabo Blanco, and Organos are well detailed, and of course there are a few other lesser known gems listed, such as Centinela, Poemape, San Gallen, Ilo, Punta Tur (awesome), Nonura, Penescal, La Isla, Senoritas-the list goes on and on.

Peru is a magic place for surfing, and has been for many years, it just doesn't get the limelight of modern day competition and western promotion. But right now, world class points and reefs are reeling off with ofshore winds in the remote desert, with nobody surfing them.

Powerful southwest swells hit lined-up point breaks and isolated reefs, and in many places the desert environment ensures crowds are down and the wind blows hard offshore. Crowds are worst around Lima, but you dont have to go too far to get away from them, and find long, long relatively uncrowded point breaks. Surf tourism is a major drawcard to many remote points, some of which are probably the longest in the world (over 2km rides), although the best of these can sometimes be quite crowded. But there are also lesser known ones which rarely, if ever, show crowds, you just have to search, which is what this book is all about. It's also very cheap and the country has plenty to see, all in all a great place to go on a real surfing adventure.

I spent several months surfing up and down the Peru coast, meeting friendly locals and surf travellers from everywhere from Ireland to Brazil to Sweden, and this book was just perfect as a guide. Some places I had 6 foot, perfect point breaks all to myself, others it was crowded and 3 feet. Hard waves, soft waves, hollow waves, fat waves, big waves, this book will help you find what you are looking for. My favourite waves were Punta Rocas, La Isla, Chicama, Keys, and Centinela, but I didn't get to surf many other of the best waves.

The best thing about this guide is that it is written by locals, so it has a certain South American flavour about it, with local tips and other things to see and do. It's a real must if you are considering a surf adventure in this gem of a coastline. In short, Peruvian surf is mystical, wild, consistent and remote, and with low costs, well worth a surf adventure.

But be warned Peru can be a little dangerous and wild and remote too, so if you are picky about security or western luxuries, you better go somewhere else.

Click on the thumbnail to see a larger picture of the book - see what I mean?

Well balanced, insightful review.

I am very happy to see this book back in print. This book has in it "dreaming true" as the author calls it or OBE [out of the body experiences]. While he sleeps, his mind or soul leaves and has wonderful adventures. He and his love who joins him on these outings create a home to live in and even travel back in time.