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Sunday, March 22, 2020

Course: The Real History of Witches and Witch-Hunting

The Real History of Witches and Witch-Hunting by Thomas A. Fudge
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Actually really good once you get used to the lecturer, It covers the history of witchcraft, the heroes who opposed the villains (Witch-Hunters) and their victims

There are a number of specific Laws, Trials and Books referenced:

The last lecture especially should be something we all should listen to, relating how modern day witch hunts are still happening such as the Satanic Ritual Abuse and related Daycare Sex Abuse Hysteria of the 1980s and 1990s:.

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Book: The Teenage Brain

The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults by Frances E. Jensen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I wish I could have liked it a bit more, and the beginning was good, but some chapters just didn't apply to me and my children, such as drug usage, concussion, etc. There are parts of the books that I wanted to skip forward, but I wasn't sure if I may miss something important among the long stories to make her point. Not bad, but could have been better.

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Book: Get Well Soon

Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Overall a good book, and I really enjoyed the time with the author, who's commentary lightens up the mood, just a bit but not to much to take away from the seriousness of the topic. I was aware of some of the material, like the black death, dancing plague and Cholera but others especially more modern ones I didn't know as much about such as Polio, LE and Lobotomy (not really a disease). In most books I read Woodrow Wilson, who I at first thought was a great liberal president, comes up as a rather negative character, this is no difference.

The Chapters line up for the most part with specific diseases or outbreaks:

Diseases affect people, so there are as usual the references to the Heroes, Villains and Victims:

In some way Typhoid Mary is maybe the most interesting character, as I'm not sure if she was a villain or a victim of society. A short biography of her life is shown below. What do you think?

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Thursday, March 12, 2020

What if we'd treat the annual Flu like the Coronavirus

Think back to January 2019, and imagine the news would have reported the flu outbreak like the Coronavirus in 2020.

Superbowl Cancelled!!

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Monday, March 9, 2020

Library

Audible

My latest binary threshold crossed, 1100, in my Audible Library, and no I'm still working on "reading" them all. New milestone reached on Friday, 13th 2020, while the world is going to "hell" with the Coronavirus Panic. 1111, this will be the last time it will be one number across the board, as 2222, is still another 1111 away. Maybe when I retire.