Author: Center for Consumer Freedom File Type: pdf Overblown rhetoric about the obesity epidemic has itself reached epidemic proportions, sending the public and the media into a frenzy over the nations waistline. Policy makers have responded with knee-jerk solutions, such as zoning restrictions on restaurants and convenience stores and taxes and warning labels on certain foods. Meanwhile, trial lawyers are strategizing to bring large-scale lawsuits against restaurants and food companies.In this report, the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants, food companies, and consumers working together to promote personal responsibility and protect consumer choice exposes the major flaws and exaggerations in the obesity statistics and research repeated time and again.While extreme obesity remains a genuine health risk, this report documents the extent to which many researchers and academics are actively questioning obesity hype. Relying on peer-reviewed publications and esteemed health experts, it outlines the scientific evidence rebutting obesity hysteria.

Author: Tyler Jo Smith File Type: pdf A comprehensive, authoritative account of the development Greek Art through the 1st millennium BC. ullAn invaluable resource for scholars dealing with the art, material culture and history of the post-classical worldllIncludes voices from such diverse fields as art history, classical studies, and archaeology and offers a diversity of views to the topicllFeatures an innovative group of chapters dealing with the reception of Greek art from the Middle Ages to the presentllIncludes chapters on Chronology and Topography, as well as Workshops and TechnologyllIncludes four major sections Forms, Times and Places Contacts and Colonies Images and Meanings Greek Art Ancient to Antiquelul**

Author: David Novak File Type: pdf Why should anyone be a Zionist, a supporter of a Jewish state in the land of Israel? Why should there be a Jewish state in the land of Israel? This book seeks to provide a philosophical answer to these questions. Although a Zionist need not be Jewish, nonetheless this book argues that Zionism is only a coherent political stance when it is intelligently rooted in Judaism, especially in the classical Jewish doctrine of Gods election of the people of Israel and the commandment to them to settle the land of Israel. The religious Zionism advocated here is contrasted with secular versions of Zionism that take Zionism to be a replacement of Judaism. It is also contrasted with versions of religious Zionism that ascribe messianic significance to the State of Israel, or which see the main task of religious Zionism to be the establishment of an Israeli theocracy. **Review Anyone who is serious about the idea that God gave Israel the Torah and the land of Israel must read this book by todays doyen of Jewish philosophical theology. Those who study it will learn immensely from David Novaks lifetime of learning, and those who differ with his conclusions, or his premises, will be challenged to see if they can do better in addressing one of the great questions facing Judaism today how the modern state of Israel can thrive as a Jewish, democratic state at peace with its neighbors, its living heritage and itself. Lenn E. Goodman, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee In Zionism and Judaism A New Theory, David Novak has presented a much-needed, insightful and truly wise examination of the definitive relationship between Zionism and Jewish tradition. Calling to mind Emmanuel Levinas statement that the Jewish state will be religious, or it will not be at all, Novak explores the foundational roots of the Jewish state in Judaism, in the history of the Jewish people, and in the millennial testimony of the Jewish sages. He makes clear the holiness of the Holy Covenantal Land, as well as the basic human rights accorded to its non-Jewish citizens. The book is well organized, coherent and thoroughly researched Novaks familiarity with the sources of the tradition, as well as with Jewish thought, is truly encyclopedic. In a time when Israel is enduring an ongoing, unrelenting attack on its very existence, this book is a must. It demonstrates the truth of the teaching of the Maggid of Mezeritch, namely that Zion is absolute in the world. It is the life of all countries. David Patterson, Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas, Dallas The subject of Zionism inevitably evokes strong feelings in the twenty-first century. David Novak asks appropriately probing questions of a wide range of interlocutors - secular Zionists, anti-Zionist Jews, even pro- and anti-Israel Gentile observers. Can and should Israel, a state of Jews, be in some sense a Jewish state, as recent Israeli politics has advocated? Novak probes this and related questions critically, historically and theologically, yet from a perspective of sympathetic loyalty. With his characteristically winsome and accessible engagement, Novak leads fellow Jews and others through a masterful examination of the philosophical and religious principles undergirding a moderate Zionist perspective. Whatever your investment in these increasingly poignant questions, this book is a great place to start. Markus Bockmuehl, Keble College, Oxford A book of literally vast (if cleverly hidden) erudition, written by the leading Jewish theologian of our time, David Novaks Zionism and Judaism is a clearly written superstructure built upon an understructure of deep philosophical sophistication, addressed to all thoughtful people, Jew and Gentile alike, who take theology seriously. Novak, unlike the run of religious Zionist thought (which usually means narrowly Orthodox and most often overtly messianic thought) articulates a religious Zionism that takes Jewish nationhood to be rooted in Judaism, not the other way around. The Zionism thus articulated is not a consequence of push (anti-Semitism, persecution, alienation) but of pull (the natural drive - and right! - of a people not only to survive, but to prosper intellectually and spiritually in the world). Zionism (and not only Zionism, but every national movement, and here one can detect a criticism of many of Israels enemies) should point to some transcendent end that attracts it. Without that kind of end attracting it, the whole project is only in the end reactionary. Jews need much more in the world than the worlds rejection of them and Jews rejection of the world in return. One finds in Zionism and Judaism a distillation of Novaks many theologically sophisticated and philosophically acute ruminations on election, covenant, natural rights and the place of Gentiles in Judaism. Everyone who struggles with the questions addressed in this book will be in Novaks debt. Menachem Kellner, Shalem College, Jerusalem Book Description This book argues that Zionism is only a coherent political stance when it is intelligently rooted in Judaism, especially in the classical Jewish doctrine of Gods election of the people of Israel and the commandment to them to settle the land of Israel.

Author: Michael Farrell File Type: pdf This book examines serial homicidal poisonings in the modern era, to improve our contemporary understanding of poisons, poisoners, and investigation. Drawing on cases of serial poisoning from around the world, the book defines key terms, examines theories and explanations of serial homicide in relation to serial poisoning, explores the features of the poisons and examines the demographic characteristics of perpetrators of serial poisoning and their victims. It considers healthcare serial poisoning as a specific issue. Overall, it provides an outline for developing a criminology of serial poisoning homicide. **From the Back Cover This book examines serial homicidal poisonings in the modern era, to improve our contemporary understanding of poisons, poisoners, and investigation. Drawing on cases of serial poisoning from around the world, thebook defines key terms, examines theories and explanations of serial homicide in relation to serial poisoning, explores thefeaturesof the poisons andexaminesthe demographic characteristics of perpetrators of serial poisoning and their victims. It considers healthcare serial poisoning as a specific issue. Overall, it provides an outline for developing a criminology of serial poisoning homicide. About the Author Michael Farrell is aprivate consultant. He has anMPhil degree at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, and a PhD under the auspices of the Medical Research Council Cognitive Development Unit and London University.Michael Farrell held senior posts in schools and units for clients with various mental disorders. He managed a UK-wide psychometric project for City University, London and directed a national initial teacher-training project for the UK Government Department of Education.He has broadcast on the BBC World Service and on UK national radio and has written articles in a range of medical, legal and policejournals and other publications.