And some are almost unquantifiable: the psychological lift town residents get when they make a difference that they can see, and when they can, literally, become reconnected to the earth by getting their hands dirty.
Similarly, Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" (2000), which documents the decline of communal social life, argued that institutional reforms wouldn't succeed, or happen at all, "unless you and I, along with our fellow citizens, resolve to become reconnected with our friends and neighbors".
Errol Morris, a respected documentarian himself and one of the film's executive producers (along with Werner Herzog), defended the film on the grounds that "by re-enacting the murders … [we] could become reconnected to a history that had nearly vanished into a crepuscular past".
When the link is steadily well connected (during the first half), a high constant (i.e., 0.9) responds well to a momentary disconnection by decreasing slowly, but recovering quickly when the link becomes reconnected.
During a conversation with fellow volunteers recently, she discovered that most had become reconnected with Duke because someone had asked them to come to an event, interview a prospective student, or help plan a program.
It will help humans to "rewild" and to become reconnected and re-enchanted with other animals and their homes.
This is because, in the fat cells, there is a constant cycling of fatty acids: first, triglycerides split into free fatty acids and glycerol, and then the same fatty acids become reconnected to a new glycerol forming a "new" triglyceride, while the "old" glycerol is catabolized.
In 2006 he had become sober, reconnected with his family and rededicated himself to Christianity.
