Wednesday, July 25, 2007

The Scientific Method

http://www.ScientificMethod.com A very interesting site designed to educate the reader on what is refered to as the Scientific Method---a process that is "the complete method of creative problem solving and decision making" and "The Greatest Idea of All Times". Modest he is not but what if Norman W. Edmund is right?

http://www.TheBlunder.com Read Norman E. Edmunds' $100,000 challenge to educators.

Counterpunch

http://www.Counterpunch.org Daily political articles from an alternative/left perspective from a wide spectrum of contributors.

World Mysteries

http://www.World-Mysteries.com Explore lost civilizations, ancient ruins, sacred writings, unexplained artifacts, and science mysteries.

Albert Ellis Institute

http://www.AlbertEllis.org Albert Ellis was the founder of Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy or REBT. REBT is a worldview and therapeutic process designed to free oneself from irrational beliefs that lessen our ability to lead emotionally positive lives. It is a simple concept to both understand and practice.

Dr. Michael Parenti

http://www.MichaelParenti.org Dr. Michael Parenti is a Yale trained political scientist, author, and lecturer who challenges the simplistic worldview often sold to us by the media and politicians. The persuit of the truth may lead us to insights we might wish to avoid but such is required if we desire to be free individals.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Pisgah Inn

http://www.PisgahInn.com The Blue Ridge Parkway is a national treasure that you must experience. You can stay at the Pisgah Inn or at the park campground down the road.

http://www.NOC.com Site for the nearby Nantahala Outdoor Center where one can arrange area canoe trips, rafting, and hikes.

Freegans

http://www.Freegan.info Why buy stuff when you can find it in the trash for free? Why buy and possess much of the consumer junk that clogs and oppresses our lives at all? This is the way of the Freegan--the new American revolutionary who will lead us into the post-stuff future. To have not is to have all...except when it comes to this MacBook I'm using right now.

http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Lifestyle_Choices/Voluntary_Simplicity" Super link source for the Voluntary Simplicity lifestyle.

Mystery Shopping

http://www.MysteryShopSmart.com Easy money and free meals await those willing to visit stores and restaurants and then compile a short customer experience report.

The Christian Community

http://www.thechristiancommunity.org The Christian Community, Movement for Religious Renewal, came into being when in 1922 German theologians took up and developed suggestions offered by Dr. Rudolf Steiner the founder of Anthroposophy. Today 350 congregations worldwide and 18 in the United States celebrate their deeply moving service which is known as The Act of Consecration of Man. Not, and I repeat and emphasize as strongly as possible, not to be missed.

Walter Anderson Museum

http://www.WalterAndersonMuseum.org The late artist Walter Anderson lived along the Mississippi Gulf coast. He painted and sketched the flora and fauna of the small islands off the coast. There is an excellent new documentary devoted to his work called "Walter Anderson-Realizations of an Artist".....his mind's eye was opened where ours are normally closed and the world he revealed enlivens and amazes us today.

Ralph Moss

http://cancerdecisions.com Dr. Ralph Moss is a dedicated journalist and writer specializing in the difficult subject of cancer. His books and "reports" on specific cancers are excellent ammunution should you or a loved one ever find yourselves facing such a challenge.

Monday, July 23, 2007

The Radical Academy

http://www.RadicalAcademy.com A site with outstanding articles and other content. A Project of the Center for Applied Philosophy. "To Inform-To Educate-To Challenge-To Debate"

Truly Alive

http://www.TrulyAlive.org Interesting site regarding facing mortality to enhance life and day to day living.

City Boxers

http://www.CityBoxers.com The best boxer short site I have found to date. Great fabrics, length options, and very well sewn.

GradeFix

http://www.GradeFix.com No, not that kind of fixing. Rather a productivity tool site that will help you to organize your study time and increase it's effectiveness.

Jaffe Brothers

http://www.organicfruitsandnuts.com Just a fantastic mail order/online source for all the staples of a healthy, organic diet.

Buteyko

http://www.buteykoworks.com Know anyone with asthma always having to use an inhaler? This breathing method makes the claim that through consistent practice one can greatly reduce asthmatic episodes.

Holy Basil

http://www.Holy-Basil.com Holy Basil, or "Tulsi", is something of the ginseng of India. Drunk as a tea it is purported to help regulate all aspects of health. Planted in front of holy sites and homes to ward off evil it is known as "The Incomparable One", "The Queen of Herbs", and "The Elixir of Life". Time for someone to now invent Tulsi bottled tea. http://www.omorganics.com Online source for Tulsi Tea.

Bicycle Motor

http://www.bikeengines.com Can't swing the $2500 for a Vespa Scooter? $579 for a bike motor and a $50 used mountain bike can get you rolling on a budget.

Disinfo

http://www.disinfo.com Alternative/conspiracy news site with a series of books as well. Remember: conspiracy theories--- professional wrestling for intellectuals.

Tree Hugger

http://www.TreeHugger.com Interesting enough site covering the emerging Green Economy with reviews of products and services.

Project Gutenberg

http://www.gutenberg.org Over 100,000 free e-books for the downloading.

World's Healthiest Foods

http://www.whfoods.com A very informative website covering just about every food you'll ever eat.

Seed Savers

http://www.SeedSavers.org Want to grow some purple carrots originated from Japan? Seed Savers probably has those seeds for sale. Rare and exotic seeds from around the world.

Classism.org

http://www.classism.org Are your choices and attitudes free and independent or are they influenced by the hidden drives and motivations of class? Are we forever consigned to the class of our birth?

Dahon

http://www.Dahon.com Super folding bicycles of all sorts and price ranges.

Early Colleges

http://www.EarlyColleges.org For many high school is a boring, stultifying, juvenile waste of time...idea...finish early and go straight to college.

Brain Gym

http://www.BrainGym.com Cool exercises to enhance learning and concentration by bringing in sync the left and right hemispheres of the brain. For both students and adults. http://www.InfinityWalk.com Similar to Brain Gym.

JetBoil

http://www.JetBoil.com Awesome and I mean awesome outdoor camping stove.

Pluto Books

http://www.PlutoBooks.com A source for books that analyze US government foreign policy actions through the eyes of those who live in the affected countries......some none too happy as a result.

Soil and Health Library

http://www.soilandhealth.org If you're heading "back to the land" you'll want to study this site of free e-books.

ScienceDaily

http://www.ScienceDaily.com Excellent daily science news site.

Dr. John McDougall

http://www.drmcdougall.com Dr. John McDougall has a scientifically credible method for you to both lose weight and prevent of the onset of serious illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, arthritis, depression, etc. Sound too good to be true? Study his writings as he has done his homework and is on top of a lot of clinical data. Hope you don't mind excluding all the good tasting fats we so love to eat, however.

Smart-Kit

http://www.Smart-Kit.com Looking to improve your study/learning skills or to function more effectively in your career? See this site by a clinical neurologist who has collected a lot of scientific information on optimal brain functioning and then translated it into something understandable for us lay people.

Reflective Happiness

http://www.ReflectiveHappiness.com Site for the newly emerging psychological science of optimism. Follow the RH methodology and experience a 93% increase in your good vibrations and bliss times.

HeartSpheres

http://www.HeartSpheres.com Way, way cool new method to manage stess, relieve depression, emotionally chill, and get all your mojo cooking and in working order.

World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org A daily must read for searingly insightful contemporary events analysis and commentary.

Dr. Peter Breggin

http://www.breggin.com Do you have friends and family members telling you "maybe you need to be medicated?" while ignorant of the potentially really scary side effects? Dr. Peter Breggin is your go to guy for a slow down and let's study this some more perspective.