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Positive thinking: Pro and con
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillIn a book entitled The antidote: Happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking (2012), Oliver Burkeman argues that positive thinking has its limitations. Another book along the same lines is The power of negative thinking: Using “defensive pessimism” to manage anxiety and perform at your peak (2001) by Julie K. Norem. Among books that […]
Asbury and West United Church 1958 sanctuary was designated following a July 2010 city planning division report
/1 Comment/in Jane's Walk, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe story of the Asbury and West United Church redevelopment appears very straightforward to me. I can readily follow the story because I lived on Saranac Blvd. from 1983 until 1991 and know the area well. The church is at the southwest corner of Saranac Blvd. and Bathurst Street. A Google Map of the area […]
With recent German heritage films, according to Anne Fuchs (2008), bad history emerges as a good story. I have added updates to this Dec. 18, 2011 post.
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPhantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse (2008) is part of a publishing series at the University of Birmingham entitled New Perspectives in German Studies. The paragraph I have chosen to focus upon is on p. 143 of Chapter 5, which is entitled: “Narrating Resistance to the Third Reich: Museum Discourse, Autobiography, […]