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The Club of Rome has papers from experts that show we can produce far more with less manpower and new technologies will make this even more so. They also have spoken about the lack of basic terms that cross all cultures or languages and allow us to talk about principles for co-operation and peace. Let's insist we have a plan to maximize the opportunity humanity and other life on earth does actually have. Less taxation or illicit and immoral re-distribution of assets will occur through proper management including a minimum guaranteed income such as J. K. Galbraith called for in his Nobel Prize nominated work.

A Principled Plan

The motivations of those in power must be evident and ethical. The mission statement is simple - improve the quality of life! The auspices of this organization will be to influence public opinion and their expenses would be paid for by grants and donations. They will set an example of volunteerism that will motivate and duplicate throughout all strata of humanity.

The Holographic Universe

PART ONE:

In 1982 a remarkable event took place. At the University of Paris a research team led by physicist Alain Aspect performed what may turn out to be one of the most important experiments of the 20th century. You did not hear about it on the evening news. In fact, unless you are in the habit of reading scientific journals you probably have never even heard Aspect's name, though there are some who believe his discovery may change the face of science.

University of London physicist David Bohm believes Aspect's findings imply that objective reality does not exist, that despite its apparent solidity the universe is at heart a phantasm, a gigantic and splendidly detailed hologram.

Hegelian Dialectic and The Third Way

Georg Hegel's dialectical process - the philosophy that conflict creates history. Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary defines the Hegelian Dialectic in terms of equally assertable propositions that are reconciled by embracing a third proposition which is a "higher truth". Modern social transformers have taken Hegel's axiom a step further to the proposition that controlled conflict can create a predetermined history. When global planners speak of "managed conflict" they are implying the managed use of conflict for long run predetermined ends - the higher level of truth.

Science and the Akashic Field

Regarding the future evolution of human consciousness, Professor Dr. Ervin Lazlo mentions numerous theories, “but they have a common thrust. Consciousness evolution is from the ego-bound to the transpersonal form. If this is so, it is a source of great hope. Transpersonal consciousness is open to more of the information that reaches the brain than the dominant consciousness of today. This could have momentous consequences. It could produce greater empathy among people, and greater sensitivity to animals, plants, and the entire biosphere. It could create subtle contact with other parts of the cosmos. It could change our world. A society hallmarked by transpersonal consciousness is not likely to be materialistic and self-centered; it would be more deeply and widely informed.”

~ Ervin Lazlo

By Stacey Adams

Documentation helps when you are trying to get the correct IEP (Individual Education Program) or 504 in place. A couple of years ago, I had reason to be very glad that I had kept all this information in the journal. The main administrative building at his school lost a lot of the documentation on my son and began dragging their feet when I requested having my son placed on an IEP that involved homebound teachers. Instead, they sent the paper work for truancy to the juvenile center - they turned him into a truancy case.

By Natasha Trethewey

"Whitman’s take on the South is much like my own; it is a love/hate relationship. Later, he would write: “I would be the last one to confuse moral values—to imagine the South impeccable. I don’t condone the South where it has gone wrong—its Negro slavery, I don’t condone that—far from it—I hate it.” Because of his open-armed enthusiasm, his inclusiveness and celebration of everyone, even the lowliest prostitute or degraded slave, Whitman’s work has come to represent a poetics of democracy, a humane tradition of antiracism. Even now, there is much more to be learned from him, and from his conflicted relationship to his subject matter—especially as Americans near and far are still fighting, ideologically, the Civil War."

The Importance of Journaling for Your Child with Bipolar

Written by Sandra Repash

By Stacey Adams

The Importance of Journaling for Your Child with Bipolar

by Stacey Adams

One of the things I have found to be extremely helpful is keeping a detailed journal for your child during their school years. There are several reasons to do this, but one that is especially important is to help keep things on track for your child through their school year, especially when they suffer from an episode. The journal I keep is a 3-ring binder. I've found that these work best because they not only contain documentation of calls received from school and any other notes that I take, but I can also keep emails from teachers along with copies of all my correspondence.

Keeping this journal has helped me be more prepared for all of my meetings with my son's school teachers and administrators regarding issues surrounding his bipolar disorder and has also helped with his therapies. Whenever I talk with anyone associated with my son's education, I document the call, writing down the time, date, and with whom I am speaking. I will begin the documentation with a summary of the incident about which this person is calling me. I then write down key points of the conversation and at the conclusion, I write down any details about what conclusions we have come to and what actions we have agreed should and will be taken.

Before I end the conversation, I tell the person I am speaking with that I am sending them a fax outlining all of the points we covered for them to keep for their records and mine. I request them to sign and fax this back to me. If they refuse to do this, I don't push the issue, but I do always send it to them. This documentation has been helpful to my son and his therapist as well. This also helps when faced with a repetitive behavior, and can help you find out your child's triggers at school. By periodically reviewing your journal, you may begin to see certain patterns to his or her behavior over time by reading through your notes on phones calls you receive from the school.

Documentation helps when you are trying to get the correct IEP (Individual Education Program) or 504 in place. Since teachers deal with many children/teens they have a tendency to forget some of the issues you have discussed as the year progresses. Or, in some cases, not everyone was placed in the loop when issues were initially addressed. I keep progress reports, IEP meeting notes, referrals, verbal agreement documentation, doctor's appointments, copies of doctor's notes (my son's school has lost many of these and this comes in handy), out patient treatment documentation and anything that may be pertinent to my son, his education or questions from the school system or his therapist or doctor as time goes on.

A couple of years ago, I had reason to be very glad that I had kept all this information in the journal, because as I was trying to get my son the proper education plan drawn up, he was rapid cycling, missing a lot of school, having tearful fits at school, and was put in partial out-patient treatment program where he spent half-days in treatment and half-days at school.

The main administrative building at his school lost a lot of the documentation on my son and began dragging their feet when I requested having my son placed on an IEP that involved homebound teachers. Instead, they sent the paper work for truancy to the juvenile center. What a nightmare that was! The diversion officer wouldn't look at my documentation or take into consideration that my son suffered from bipolar disorder (my son has Axis I, II and III with borderline schizophrenia) and placed him in a stressful program. The result was that my son was listed as having failed to attend school regularly and demonstrated inappropriate behaviors - they turned him into a truancy case. When I met with the court appointed defense attorney she was amazed by all the documentation I had. She was ecstatic and explained to me how many parents that come through to her with little or no information. On the other hand, I had the phone journal, doctor's notes, e-mails, plus the diagnosis of my son's disorder, his therapy appointments and other records; you name it I had it. My attorney immediately virtuald a motion to drop the case, and it was.

I can not stress to parents enough the importance of a keeping a detailed journal. The best way to keep it is by month, year and then by category. I even bring the binder to my son's teacher-parent conferences, just to make sure I will remember everything discussed. The more information you have, the better off you will be. My son's therapist loves it because they can review what is happening and discover any areas they can help with. Because it is all recorded in the journal, you won't have the stress of having to try and remember everything from the past weeks or months and try to review it all in one meeting with the doctor. Simply let the doctor review it and ask questions. It makes life so much more efficient and your child's treatment and education much more effective.

About The Author

Stacey Adams supports her mother and child, both of whom have bipolar disorder. Stacey is a contributing writer for www.BipolarCentral.com.

My Bipolar, Roller Coaster, Feelings Book

by Bryna Hebert and Hannah, Jessica, and Matthew Hebert, illustrators.

Join Robert as he tells us what it is like to have pediatric bipolar disorder, and how he, his family, and his doctor, manage his feelings and illness.

http://www.trafford.com/05-0321

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