![]() ![]() It would, Caruso argues, lead us to adopt a system that is very different from the highly punitive system we have today. The public health model involves a focus on social justice and addressing the social inequities that lead people into criminal behavior, including inequality and discrimination. Caruso shifts it entirely away from its current basis in retributive justice (the idea that punishment is justified because wrongdoers deserve it) to what he calls a “public health-quarantine model, in which the purpose of criminal justice is not punitive, but aims primarily at crime prevention. Email: Caruso, a philosophy professor at SUNY Corning, calls for a total revamping of the criminal justice system in the United States. ![]() New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. ![]() REJECTING RETRIBUTIVISM: FREE WILL, PUNISHMENT, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, by Gregg Caruso. ![]()
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Robinson aurora6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The novel seeks to establish that the “technological sublime” does not take us outside our prison, but just transports it elsewhere. Yet the story is metaphorical too: the starship is a prison, ideology is a prison. The whole story is a science-inspired deconstruction of the fantasy of traveling to the stars, by taking that fantasy literally. The text is multi-layered: a hard science attempt to spell out concretely what voyage to a “nearby” solar system in a generational ship would be like a more philosophical reflection on the mysteries of consciousness, the self, and free will an exploration of the human propensity for “living in ideas” and making bad choices based on fantasy or ideology, a deployment of biological and ecological science beyond the mere fascination with technological prowess a vision of human thinking and behavior as determined by errors and biases that cognitive science is only now beginning to understand. (Perhaps “speculative fiction” in the sense of half science fiction and half philo-fiction, to be seen in the light of François Laruelle’s call for a “philo-fiction” using “quantum thought”). ![]() magical) for the quantum computer that becomes self-conscious. Supposedly “hard” sf: hard for the accurate description of the constraints of space travel, but soft (i.e. This is a very involving story, and very intelligent writing. ![]() Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer6/26/2023 ![]() ![]() "Joy of Cooking: 2019 Edition Fully Revised and Updated" by Irma S.Recipes: Brownies Cockaigne and Fudgy Brownies.Reprinted by permission of Scribner Books, of Simon & Schuster (a division of CBS). Store refrigerated for up to 1 month.įrom "Joy of Cooking: 2019 Edition Fully Revised and Updated." Copyright 2019. ![]() Remove from the oven, uncover, and stir in:ġ/4 cup sherry vinegar or white wine vinegarĬool completely before packing into a jar with a tight-fitting lid, making sure the mushrooms are completely submerged in the oil. So, mustering what assets she had, she self-published The Joy of Cooking: A Compilation of Reliable Recipes with a Casual Culinary Chat. Remove from the heat and let the mixture steep for at least 15 minutes.Īdd the mushrooms, cover, transfer to the oven, and bake for 1 hour. Rombauer self-published the first three thousand copies of Joy of Cooking in 1931, it has become the kitchen bible, with more than 20 million copies in print. Reduce the heat to maintain a low simmer and cook for 4 minutes. Set the heat to medium and wait for the garlic to start faintly bubbling. Now over 18 million copies and its eight edition The Joy of Cooking is the definitive US cookbook. ![]() ![]() Combine in a large ovenproof saucepan or Dutch oven: (Just 3000 copies) First printed in 1936. ![]() The Fairy Godmother by Mercedes Lackey6/26/2023 ![]() Lackey has produced a story that takes a very wry and alternative look at a well known fairy tale (Cinderella) and has produced a version of the story that veers away from the traditional pathway and into another, more interesting path. This audiobook was very well written and and kept me entertained and engaged. ![]() All the while keeping in mind that breaking with tradition can land everyone into a kettle of fish - sometimes literally! ![]() Still, her practical nature couldn't let him roam the country, so she brought the donkey - er, the prince! - home to her cottage to teach him some lessons. In fact, one of them was so ornery that Elena could do nothing but change him into a donkey. ![]() True, she didn't have to sleep in the chimney, but she had to deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who kept trying to rise above their place in the tale. ![]() In the land of Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can't carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale.Įlena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella - until an accident of fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! Determined not to remain with her stepfamily, Elena set out to get a new job - and ended up becoming the Fairy Godmother for the land.īut "Breaking with Tradition" was no easy matter. From the best-selling author of the Heralds of Valdemar series comes an enchanting new novel. ![]() The templeton twins book6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() I’ve just finished writing the second Templeton Twins book, and it’s dawning on me that I am, apparently, interested in problem-solving. Agent: Paul Bresnick, Paul Bresnick Agency. By Ellis Weiner, for The Children’s Book Review Published: September 11, 2012. His debut book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, received the prestigious Bologna- Ragazzi Award, given annually at the Bolgona Children's Book Fair. ![]() Jeremy Holmes is director of his own design studio, Mutt Ink. ![]() Dean), and he’s at his funniest with the nonsensical “Questions for Review” that end each chapter (“How would the Templeton twins’ lives have been different had they never been born?”). The Templeton Twins are his first books for children. Weiner has an obvious fondness for wordplay (characters include Nanny Nan Noonan and the villainous Dean D. The story, which revolves around (of all things) intellectual property and picks up a third of the way in, follows the twins and their widowed inventor/professor father as he starts a job at the Tickeridge-Baltock Institute of Technology (aka Tick-Tock Tech) and has a run-in with a disgruntled former student. Although 12-year-old twins Abigail and John Templeton headline the story, the most prominent character is the self-satisfied and aggressively intrusive Narrator, whose banter with readers instantly sets a comedic, sarcastic tone (“If you are so terribly, terribly smart, why don’t you write this book? Just fill it in right here”) but also contributes to a slow start. This series kickoff takes a while to get going, and not just because it has three prologues and two Chapter Twos. ![]() The genius of birds book6/25/2023 ![]() In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores the newly discovered brilliance of birds and how it came about. Although small, bird brains are packed with neurons that allow them to punch well above their weight. ![]() Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. ![]() In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. ![]() Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. ![]() Black Panther, Vol. 1 by Reginald Hudlin6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Black Panther's real name is T'Challa, and he is depicted as the king and protector of the fictional African nation of Wakanda. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist-coplotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. ![]() ![]() Highly proficient tactician, strategist and inventorīlack Panther is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.Master hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist.Enhanced strength, endurance, speed, agility, reflexes, stamina and senses.The power to draw upon the knowledge, strength and every experience of every previous Black Panther. ![]() Soul Style by Duane Thomas6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() “Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” ~John W. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~Vincent Van Gogh “The unfed mind devours itself.” ~Gore Vidal “The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.” ~Auguste Rodin ![]() Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.” ~Ezra Pound “When I say artist I mean the one who is building things … some with a brush – some with a shovel – some choose a pen.” ~Jackson Pollock “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” ~Pablo Picasso “You don’t make art out of good intentions.” ~Gustave Flaubert ![]() “Creativity is discontent translated into arts.”-Eric Hoffer We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark” ~Agnes de Mille “The artist never entirely knows - We guess. If you happen to follow us on Twitter, Google+, or Facebook, chances are you’ve seen many of these quotes before because I frequently share them when I need to remind myself of their timeless message. Here is a collection of 150 (or so) amazing quotes that I often revisit whenever I need to rekindle my own creative spirit. For me, quotes are little bite-sized messengers of courage, perseverance, and hope for the creative artist in this often overly materialistic world. I have always believed that the right words have a way of finding you when you need to hear them. ![]() Narwhal and jelly bubbles6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() can Narwhal cheer Jelly up and also party down with their new unicorn pals ![]() Before they know it, Star has the duo blasting off to a magical planet where everyone is a unicorn! But Jelly’s out-of-this-world adventure makes him feel out of his comfort zone, and he wishes he were at home. After some wibble-wobbling and a bit of practice, Narwhal is soon galloping along in search of unicorns, though Jelly is a little land sick. With the help of Star, Narwhal’s wish comes true in the wildest, weirdest way: Narwhal gets some land legs and takes their first step ashore. When Jelly wonders what a unicorn is, Narwhal explains that they’re pretty much narwhals of the land (!) - and then gets carried away with a grand plan to see one. In the hilarious seventh book of this blockbuster graphic novel series, Narwhal wishes to see a unicorn - and actually becomes one! ![]() Stasi and john eldredge6/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Companionship is essential to a healthy marriage.(They claim if more married couples would recognize this fact, their marriages could very well take a turn for the better!) We live in a love story (God’s story) but the setting is a war.They cover several ideas about marriage that are important to recognize: ![]() ![]() ![]() The book is clearly ‘Eldredge’ - I mean that in a good way - they make many references to themes the have covered in other books like: “Strength and Beauty”, The man’s desire to be believed in, to have someone to share an adventure with and a beauty to join with him., a woman’s desire to be known, to have someone to share life with, and to be able to lean on for strength. John and Stasi Eldredge write individually about their marriage (there are clear distinctions between the two) and the things they have learned thru 25 years together, and nearly two divorces. If you have read ‘Wild at Heart’,’Epic’, or ‘Captivating’ by John Eldredge, you might be able to relate to what I mean. Love and War is a look at marriage through the eyes of two great writers who captivate mind and heart with the stories from their marriage, and mental images that they present. “Maybe we ought to just start this book here: Marriage is fabulously hard.” – John and Stasi Eldredge ![]() |