![]() ![]() ![]() The very deniability of gesture ensures the continuance of misdeeds and malpractices. The agency of gesture is all the more potent for its ephemerality: hands continually write and rewrite the script of the political moment on air that leaves no trace of itself. It is my contention in this piece that gestures are embodied social metaphors: they are the epitome of the political as personal, and vice versa. I look at the gesture of hand-shaking and its supposed connections with the quality of constancy, and the use of hands in the assassination of Caesar the use of reported gestures and what it means in terms of both performance and sincerity and the ways that rhetorical gesture is used to convince a crowd of people, with consideration given to the Puritan fears of theatricality. ![]() This article explores the manipulative power of gesture and the parallels Shakespeare draws with the performance of politics within the Roman society he presents in Julius Caesar, as well as its application to Elizabethan England. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The book provides exercises and tools to help people learn to see and name specific skills in films, fiction, and their own lives. This framework is of special interest to educators, therapists, organizational leaders, activists, and anyone who wants to live in a more equitable society. ![]() A unique feature of Nieto's approach is the practical nature of the skills model, which allows anyone to identify what skills they are using and expand their range. This consciousness develops through a series of specific skills that can be identified and encouraged in oneself and in others. Resisting oppression requires that everyone - both those who benefit and those who are restricted by these social arrangements - become more aware in everyday interactions. ![]() ![]() It can be used to analyze hidden and unconscious influences of oppression on people's behavior. A key metaphor in Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment is the rank system. Nieto offers a powerful analysis of the psychological dynamics of oppression and privilege, and shows readers how to develop the skills that can promote social justice for themselves and those around them. Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment, by Leticia Nieto Psy.D., and co-authors, brings a long-awaited breakthrough to the fields of liberation and cultural studies. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the particularly impressive aspect of Utopia for Realists is that it puts forward good ideas – on poverty reduction, shortening working hours, incentivising work that is socially useful, and reconsidering what ‘work’ means in the context of automation – not by relying merely on ethical appeals but using fact-based economic arguments, and presented in plain language that everyone can understand. The overarching argument of the book is that we need utopias and that ideas can change the world. The Dutch historian Rutger Bregman’s impressive book, Utopia for Realists, has received a huge number of endorsements and media attention, and has sparked a renewed interest in the politics of work and poverty reduction, and particularly universal basic income. Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There by Rutger Bregman. ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() The sparse use of sound reveals Bergman’s conception of a Godless void. ![]() As Bergman unsuccessfully pursued evidence of God’s existence, the soundscapes in his four films become increasingly minimal. ![]() The directors’ progressions toward these contrasting positions are evident through the uses of sound elements in their films. This thesis then contends that, when faced with this silence and its implications, Bergman desperately sought evidence of God’s existence while Tarkovsky unyieldingly maintained an attitude of faith. Becoming aware of this silence thus causes one to interrogate religious certainties which have hitherto been taken to be timeless and true. As a starting point, this thesis argues that the films present the silence of God as the primary indicator of God’s absence from the human world. ![]() These films were chosen as they represent the deepest periods of two directors’ engagements with the possible death of God and the subsequent loss of intrinsic existential meaning-topics with which this thesis is principally concerned. This thesis examines seven films from the cinemas of Ingmar Bergman and Andrei Tarkovsky-Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Winter Light (1963), and The Silence (1963), and Tarkovsky’s Stalker (1979), Nostalghia (1983), and The Sacrifice (1986). ![]() ![]() He exists somewhere between showman, perfectionist overseer, visionary, enthusiast and opportunist, and his insistence upon design, detail, finish, quality, ease of use and reliability are a huge part of Apple's success. Job’s first product, a digital music player, was an unquestioned success selling several hundred million and close to 100 market share. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. ![]() ![]() I do believe Jobs to be a truly great figure, one of the small group of innovators who have changed the world. Read Steve Jobs: The Unauthorized Autobiography by J.T. I know what you are thinking, but it's the truth. My hour with Steve Jobs certainly made me more nervous than any of those encounters. “I have met five British Prime Ministers, two American Presidents, Nelson Mandela, Michael Jackson and the Queen. “The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come.” “I think Steve Jobs is way cooler than I am.” 2014: Steve Jobs: The Unauthorized Autobiography by J. ![]() Hear his story from his early childhood to revolutionizing the personal computer and handheld industry with the Mac, iPhone, iPad and more. Steve Jobs was an American pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s Shortly. One of the most significant innovators and inventors in history, responsible for ringing in the digital age. Get a unique insight into the mind of visionary and creative genius Steve Jobs, the iconic entrepreneur and founder of Apple. ![]() ![]() Among them, the Staten Island-bound lower level of the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge will be closed from 12:01 a.m. Given the advent of driverless vehicles, as well as the proliferation of drivers who speed through stop signs in New York City, the need to pray in one’s car may not be so surprising after all.įIVE BORO BIKE TOUR WILL CLOSE VERRAZZANO BRIDGE,īOROUGHWIDE - Mass trans it will be the best way to reach the TD Five Boro Bike Tour on Sunday, May 7, as closures will be in effect for certain MTA bridges and tunnels to accommodate the tour, the MTA announced on Thursday, May 4. The Radiant Foundation, which is associated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, found also that a higher percentage - 85% - say they engage in spiritual practice to connect with a higher power, whether prayer, meditation, mindfulness, reciting affirmations or spiritually based yoga - with prayer as the most common of the five practices. The survey of about 1,700 persons, which a Radiant Foundation project named Skylight commissioned, found that more people reported that they pray in their car (61%) than in a place of worship (46%). ![]() NATIONWIDE - More Americans report that they pray in their cars instead of in a house of worship, according to a new survey report that the Radiant Foundation released on Thursday, May 4, observed as the National Day of Prayer. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kate Daniels (whose father is supposedly Russian, but you wouldn’t know it from her surname) still has her almighty saber Slayer, but also has a new companion: teenager Julie, whose wannabe witch mother is missing.Īnd then there’s Curran, who wasn’t much of a love interest in Magic Bites). (That sounds vague, I know, but I didn’t really understand it.) ![]() But the transitions between the two are getting faster, and Celtic mythology comes to life. Atlanta has two stages in time: tech (when life is as we know it) and magic. But as it delves deeper into magic, mythology, monsters and swords (sorry to ruin the alliteration), it becomes more complicated and further out of the realm that my tiny brain can comprehend. The writing is smooth, and the story is easy to follow. This sequel, however, is much more memorable, and starts off really well. But I read it over the course of several days while going through personal stuff, so I don’t remember much. The first had its charms, solid world-building with no need for romance, and the fascinating idea of upir. Good news, everyone Book 2 in the Kate Daniels series ( Magic Burns) is better than Book 1 ( Magic Bites). ![]() ![]() ![]() That one may find oneself talking back to the screen, pointing out whatever the characters are slow to understand, is just part of the game. The company may be more important than the plot some of these shows can get pretty obvious or ridiculous, which may not be inseparable from their charm. (Or they are period pieces, satisfying the urge to time travel.) Even when not outright comedies, they will have a comic streak, and though they involve people killing people, sometimes for the saddest reasons, they will not leave you in a funk, despairing over the human condition. The stories often are set in small towns, in rural or far-flung settings, satisfying as a bonus the urge to travel. Cozy mysteries give you the benefits of more uncomfortable mysteries - the suspense, the puzzles - without the gore, the sensationalism, the foregrounded perversity. The heroes are typically amateur or private detectives, possibly quirky, often women, sometimes a couple they aren’t likely to suffer the afflictions common to the hard-boiled shamus - depression, rage, alcoholism, untreated trauma. ![]() We tend to avoid anything described as “dark” or “gritty” in favor of what are often called “cozy mysteries.” Among the shows we’re most likely to watch are mysteries, but not just anything with a murder. The first is a solitary occupation, the second mostly shared with the person I live with, which makes it a matter of shared taste and promoting domestic harmony. Watching television is my job, but it is also sometimes a recreation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hearing what he was thinking and feeling on that wire is worth it. The judge went easy on Phillip because the owners were so pleased with the stunt as it brought positive brilliant attention to the Towers. The twin towers was built when New York didn't need more space and the towers were only half full. I did see this documentary years about about this event. It seems like something a children's book would make up and yet it is something that actually happened. ![]() I love the picture of the birds close to Phillip. The book did a nice job catching the spirit of the event. It was fun to read with them and see their amazement. Every drawing of the walk he said, WOW! They both loved the fold outs in the book of the towers. My nephew thought this was the coolest thing ever. I had to show her the real live photo of him doing this. She couldn't believe this was something that was possible. The niece kept asking me if this was made up. ![]() |