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Summarizing Neurologist Elkhonon Goldberg’s Book Entitled “The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World” (Part I)

In my post of November 21st, 2011, I mentioned that I would be summarizing a fascinating book by the neurologist Elkhonon Goldberg entitled The New Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes in a Complex World. Well, this post contains my promised summary. This summary will take the form of a series of bullet points contained within multiple […]

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Comment on: THE COUNTRY’S PROBLEM IN A NUTSHELL: Apples Huge New Data Center In North Carolina Created Only 50 Jobs

THE COUNTRY’S PROBLEM IN A NUTSHELL: Apple’s Huge New Data Center In North Carolina Created Only 50 Jobs. Henry Blodget|November 28, 2011|Business Insider I just want to draw your attention to the above article by financial analyst Henry Blodget. Blodget’s article supports the point I make in my post of  November 15th, 2011, entitled “US […]

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Grant News: “Together in Nature: Pathways to a Stronger, Closer Family” Tool Kit Now Available

In fiscal year 2010–2011 (which ends on July 31st each year) the FHL Foundation made a $25,000 grant to the local chapter of Children & Nature Network (C&NN). The purpose of the grant was to develop training tool kits. We are happy to announce that the first of these tool kits is now available. Used […]

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Comment On: “One in 12 teenagers self harm, study finds”

One in 12 teenagers self harm, study finds – Yahoo! News. By Kate Kelland | Reuters Just a quick comment on the above article by Kate Kelland. I was stunned to hear that one in 12 teenagers engage in self-harm behavior, such as “cutting, burning or taking life-threatening risks” (quoting the article). As a psychotherapist working with […]

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US Banks: A Modern Frankenstein’s Monster Representing Both Problem and Solution

During the course of  a rather spirited email exchange on the topic of the current Occupy protests, a philanthropy colleague of mine simply and firmly stated: “US banks nuked our economy.” My colleague made this statement as a way of saying that this core truth was to a large extent animating the Occupy protests. (Witness […]

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