Linda and Max Ciampoli write a riveting account of coming of coming of age in Europe living in the shadow of Hitler.  We are all going through hard times, sometimes looking back helps us look forward.

He first met Winston Churchill when he was only a boy, but when his native France fell to Nazi Germany, Max was recruited to be a spy to serve the Allies.  Churchill personally oversaw Max’s training and grew to trust him as his personal contact behind enemy lines.  After decades of living with the secret of his past, Max Ciampoli and his wife Linda Ciampoli have written an incredible novel based on his experiences as a covert operative during World War II.  CHURCHILL’S SECRET AGENT is the story of a young man whose acquaintance with Prime Minister Winston Churchill led to his recruitment and training as a spy who would fight his own war from behind enemy lines.

The world today is moving a the speed of sound and yet kids are taught the same old way with the same old books. Lets stop boring them to death!

CHILD-SIZED HISTORY: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms – Sara Schwebel

For more than three decades, teachers have been teaching the same children’s historical novels in their classrooms, books like Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Unlike school textbooks, which are replaced on regular cycles and subjected to public tugs-of-war between the Left and Right, historical novels have simply – and quietly – endured.

“As literature, the books stimulate children’s imagination, transporting them into the American past and projecting them into an American future,” explains Sara Schwebel, author of CHILD-SIZED HISTORY. “But as works of historical interpretation, many appear startlingly out of step with current historiography and social sensibilities, especially with regards to race.”

In her new book, Schwebel traces the formation and impact of this canon and also provides practical guidelines for how to use this historical fiction in the classroom to deepen historical understanding.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sara L. Schwebel is Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of South Carolina. She received her PhD in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University and has taught middle school English and history in Connecticut and Virginia. She is the co-author of The Student Teacher’s Handbook, 4th Edition.

I don’t normally discuss political issues but since we are heading into elections I wanted to hear what Trita had to say. I know I stick with physical, mental and spiritual health but issues like this can effect our health if we fret over it.

Trita Parsi says that just 12 minutes into his presidency, in his inaugural address, Barack Obama extended a hand to Iran, expressing his willingness to talk and his desire for improved relations. It marked a dramatic change in tone from the Bush administration and reflected Obama’s genuine desire to use diplomacy to defuse an enmity three decades in the making. Yet nearly three years into Obama’s presidency, the relationship with Iran remains hostile, Iran’s nuclear program has moved forward, and military intervention seems increasingly likely.

Pekka Viljakainen & Mark Mueller-Eberstein who are authors of the cutting edge leadership book.. No Fear ~ Business Leadership In The Age Of Digital Cowboys…

As Pekka Viljakainen put it:

“I truly believe that FEAR is the biggest factor preventing us from growing as business leaders, which is strange, because the world is more open to competition and growth than ever before. Borders are open. Goods, information and assets travel freely. Even consumers have changed. We are more willing to give our TRUST to bankers, shopkeepers and media houses, even if they are no longer located around the corner. So the world is open.”

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Richard Schuller. Is out to help those who are over 50 and want to be healthy, fit and vibrant.

Richard said:

“At age 70 I have learned a lot about keeping fit and staying healthy when you are “over 40”. My knowledge in this area has come from almost six decades of playing different sports (eight in all), training in many different ways, and studying what actually can help get us in good physical and mental condition, and what is nothing more than advertising hype.”

This is a guy who has been there and wants to help you. He is also no gym rate, wait til you hear what he did for a living! His passion? Helping you to look and feel decades younger!

This is a modern time David VS. Goliath story. This time it is David Lyons VS Multiple Sclerosis. Instead of a slingshot his weapon of choice is iron and lots of it. Instead of settling for a wheel chair he choose the gym.

In 2006, David Lyons was hospitalized and diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 47. David, a former bodybuilder and health club owner, exercised regularly and lived a healthy lifestyle. He was devastated by the diagnosis and frustrated by the physical limitations of his condition. His initial MS attack left him with partial paralysis, tightness, pain and numbness in his extremities and back. These common symptoms of MS come and go without warning. The multiple lesions in David’s spinal cord make it difficult for him to coordinate movements and they affect his balance. The lesions in his brain cause cognitive problems affecting his concentration. And the lesion by his optic nerve, at times, causes vision impairment and blackness when seeing out of his left eye. David also lives in a constant state of fatigue caused by this disease attacking his nervous system.

While in the hospital the doctors told David he would most likely leave in a wheelchair!

So what does David do? Give up and sink into depression? Grab a walker to steady himself? Retreat to bed to conserve his strength?

NO…AT THE AGE OF 50 DAVID LYONS DECIDED TO COMPETE IN A NPC BODYBUILDING COMPETITION!

David knew he could not do this alone, so he assembled a team he calls The Challenge Team. Putting this team together was no easy task. David needed dedicated, talented experts on his side to make this challenge a reality.

I am beginning to co host/guest host the weight loss and the mind podcast.

I’ve done it in the past with Scott Paton and we decided to start this back up.  This is the first show after a couple year lay off.  Even though we haven’t done this in a while it is still in the top 20 podcasts on iTunes for weigh tloss.