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Making Movies Using the Censorship Code: "Brutal killings are not to be presented in detail and revenge in modern times must not be justified; methods of crime must not be explicitly presented — theft, robbery, safe-cracking, dynamiting of trains, mines, buildings, etc., should not be detailed in method" Oxford's Geometry of War Exhibit and The Hurt Locker: "Instruments are illustrated in use where conflict is imminent or already begun, and the coolness of the practitioners who apply their geometry in the heat of battle can seem improbable" Painting the Doomed: Paul Delaroche seemed to specialize in depicting those who would be imprisoned or meet brutal ends — Lady Jane Grey, Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette and the Duke of Guise. "Depicting the moment before the execution of the young queen in 1554, after a reign of just nine days, it is poignant in subject matter and uncanny in its intense realism" CultureWatch's reviewers Julia Sneden, Jill Norgren and Nichola Gutgold re-read books and those long-denied treats and must-reads: Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God was a ground-breaker; with great intelligence and truth she used her gift for telling a story to reach into our hearts and minds. In Beverley Nichols' Down the Garden Path, the reviewer chortled at lines such as "I would rather be made bankrupt by a bulb merchant than by a chorus girl"; The Pink Lady: The Many Lives of Helen Gahagan Douglas gives rich detail of Hollywood's heyday and the woman remembered for Nixon's rough treatment |
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Women's History Month and Hollywood's Gender Equality — Written in Invisible Ink: "Across 400 top-grossing G, PG, PG-13 and R rated films released between 1990 and 2006, only 27 percent of over 15,000 speaking characters were female" Jo Freeman reviews, Diary of an Inner City Teacher: Lovers of language will enjoy this book, as will those who simply want to know what it’s like to face a bunch of pre-teens in the classroom every day, while the State is looking over your shoulder Nichola Gutgold, Too Much Information? The Rhetoric of Women Wronged: When Political Spouses Tell Their Stories: Resilience is not what I expected, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. When I teach communication at Penn State, I tell my students that the “rhetorical situation” is any set of circumstances that invites an utterance or writing that aims to influence others. I'm influenced, indeed, by Elizabeth Edwards Jo Freeman,The Libertarian Invasion of the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference: In a panel on "Why Real Conservatives are Against the War on Terror," four self-identified conservatives gave some very strong anti-imperialist speeches. Ron Paul also used strong anti-language in his address to CPAC Julia Sneden, The Pursuit of Happiness: The divisiveness and rancor seen in Congress during the past few weeks is scandalous. How foolish must our elected representatives look to the rest of the world? For that matter, how do they look to us? Are they really going to let political rancor keep them from finding solutions? And is the healthcare industry (and it IS an industry) going to get away with preventing those solutions by the misuse of its power?
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Roberta McReynolds, Sweeping the Conflicts Away: Some days pass without that beckoning call, but I stare off into space waiting for it anyway while still recovering from the latest traumatic event. Will I ever find pleasure in a project that has somehow become tangled in the emotions of a separate, turbulent situation? Johanna Grossman in FindLaw's Writ Examines Annulments Based on Fraud: "Their second marriage was invalid from the get-go; the first lasted 30 years. The second marriage, she alleged, had been based on fraud — a false representation that he would soon be dead" Two Studies — Marital Hostility and Change in Spouses’ Depressive Symptoms and Caring for An Ex: Hostile behaviors are those that are angry, critical or rejecting. To measure hostile and anti-social behaviors, the researchers watched and coded twenty-minute videos of couples interacting in their homes. In the 'caring for an ex' study, they hope that this study will start to answer why these women assume the caregiver role An Armchair 'Grand Tour' of Italy, A Room With a View and Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark: "If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book. She speaks of her sorrows, in a way that fills us with melancholy, and dissolves us in tenderness, at the same time that she displays a genius which commands all our admiration" Joan L. Cannon, Thank You, Ian: He seemed so much more a man than perhaps he actually was, especially in comparison to me: naïve, ambitious but undirected, an intellectual and emotional pollywog. Ian did more to make me a happy person than probably almost anyone else in my life until the man for whom he unwittingly readied me came along |
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Shopping for Shoes, Bags and Accessory Treasures: We fell for the Pepita jewelry pieces, which are made of lace, fabric beads, flea market finds, haberdashery stocks combining to make marvelous original creations. Sophie Digard's crocheted scarves, bags, necklaces and brooches are colorful, intricate and good-humored Sharon Kapnick reviews Robert Parker Jr.'s new book, Parker’s Wine Bargains: The World’s Best Wine Values Under $25.00: Here he suggests many “under-the-radar, superb wine bargains that taste as if they should cost two or three times the price....” The Food You Eat: False claims, ingredient obfuscations, and other labeling shenanigans — Can orange juice really help prevent or treat arthritis? That's the implication on the label of a Minute Maid orange juice fortified with glucosamine hydrochloride "designed to help protect healthy joints" The Potent Plant Garden, Patterned After Agatha Christie's Novels: "While this might sound extremely dangerous for staff and public alike we have been very careful in our choice of plants, substituting less potent garden cultivars where possible," says Ali Marshall, head gardener, Torre Abbey, Devon. "This is a garden designed to entertain — not provide murderous opportunities!" |
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Medical Radiation —:The Excruciating Testimony of the Father of Scott Jerome-Parks: "Oncologists and supervising physicists must learn to micromanage every aspect of the Radiology Department. It is outrageous that any untrained and unskilled personnel can get anywhere near such dangerous equipment" The Suicide Tourist on Frontline: Do we have the right to end our lives if life itself becomes unbearable, or when we enter the late-stages of painful, terminal illness? Craig Ewert, a retired computer science professor: “I’m tired of the disease, but I’m not tired of living. And I still enjoy it enough that I’d like to continue. But the thing is that I really can’t” Rose Mula, The Big Cover-Up: Gone from my closet are all those adorable sleeveless shirts and tank tops that I loved, and soon to follow will be all my short-sleeved tees. Recently I’ve been buying only blouses and sweaters with elbow-length sleeves. As for the creases that have suddenly furrowed my face, other than plastic surgery (which I’d be afraid to try even if I could afford it), my only recourse would be a combover — one long enough to reach from my temples to my chin Dr. Cynthia Bailey, A Dermatologist's Tips for Dry, Flaky Skin On the Scalp; It's the Season for Seborrheic Dermatitis: Patients commonly misinterpret the redness and scale of seborrhea as dry skin. They layer on moisturizers, which of course don’t improve the condition because seborrhea is a rash, not dry skin; it's a frustrating, confusing and at times embarrassing rash and is more common as we age |
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, What your Credit Card Company Has To Tell You: For example, your credit card company must send you a notice 45 days before they can increase your interest rate; change certain fees (such as annual fees, cash advance fees, and late fees) that apply to your account; or make other significant changes to the terms of your card A Pew Survey Asks, Will Google Makes Us More Stupid? Respondents were asked to "share your view of the internet's influence on the future of human intelligence in 2020 — what is likely to stay the same and what will be different in the way human intellect evolves?" A New CBS Reality Show Undercover Boss and an original job innovator, Jack Coleman: In the '70s an economics PhD, college president and co-education advocate becomes a waste collector; Waste Management's Larry O'Donnell and Hooters' Presidents Coby Brooks take on undercover roles |
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