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Collaborating On Writing, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, William Phillips

Hal Blythe

Here’s a guide to how “collabo-writing” can boost your productivity while sharpening your skills (and subjugating your ego).

Poverty Reduction And Vincentian Higher Education Institutions, Marco Tavanti, Craig Mousin

Craig B. Mousin

Dr. Marco Tavanti and Craig Mousin discuss with Dr. Scott Kelly the university's responsibility for poverty reduction as expressed in the conferences and special number of Vincentian Heritage "What would Vincent do? Vincentian Higher Education and Poverty Reduction"

Monotheism And Tolerance: Recovering A Religion Of Reason, Robert Erlewine

Robert Erlewine

Why are religious tolerance and pluralism so difficult to achieve? Why is the often violent fundamentalist backlash against them so potent? Robert Erlewine looks to a new religion of reason for answers to these questions. Drawing on Enlightenment writers Moses Mendelssohn, Immanuel Kant, and Hermann Cohen, who placed Christianity and Judaism in tension with tolerance and pluralism, Erlewine finds a way to break the impasse, soften hostilities, and establish equal relationships with the Other. Erlewine's recovery of a religion of reason stands in contrast both to secularist critics of religion who reject religion for the sake of reason and to …

Indigenous Ways Of Teaching And Knowing: A Case Study Of Teaching Indigenous Arts Management, Michelle Evans

Michelle Evans

No abstract provided.

Moderate Deontology And Moral Gaps, Samantha Brennan

Samantha Brennan

No abstract provided.

Review Of Michael Pitassi, The Navies Of Rome, Fred Drogula

Fred K. Drogula

Twitflick: Visualizing The Rhythm And Narrative Of Micro-Blogging Activity, Alberto Pepe, Sasank Reddy, Lilly Nguyen, Mark Hansen

Alberto Pepe

Micro-blogging is a form of online communication by which users broadcast brief text updates, or tweets. This article explores the temporal component of micro-blogging activity by emphasizing its narrative nature: an individual tweet is an expression of personal online presence at a given time, yet it necessarily embodies the context of a broader developing story. We present Twitflick, a digital media platform that blends a continuous stream of real-time text updates from Twitter with related user-uploaded images hosted on Flickr. Twitflick acts as a space in which distributed, temporally-authentic personal narratives, in the form of photographs and text, reinforce, extend, …

Motivational Factors And Persistence In Learning Japanese As A Foreign Language, Masanori Matsumoto, Yasuko Obana

Masanori Matsumoto

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This paper aims to discuss correlation of motivation with learning Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). It will investigate what features borne from the learning process are key factors that motivate learners to continue, and whether or not motivational features differ between continuing and discontinuing students, and at different proficiency levels. Motivation is one of the most important prerequisites for learning. It is often compared to the engine (intensity) and steering wheel (direction) of a car (Gage and Berliner, 1984). Hilgard et al. (1979) state that motivation is concerned with those factors which energise behaviour and give it direction. …

Grasping For The Remote, Deborah Adelman

Deborah Adelman

No abstract provided.

Alain Badiou: The Event Of Becoming A Political Subject, Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno

One of the more poignant claims Badiou makes is that the subject develops an understanding of itself as a political subject only by executing decisive political actions or making decisive political interventions. In this article I will argue that in order to have a fuller philosophical conception of political subjectivity, and therefore political agency, one must also hold that, first, political interventions do not necessarily lead to a definition or a further way of referring to and understanding the subject. In fact, political events and interventions may consciously aim at and result in the de-politicizing, de-subjectivating or dehumanizing of the …

Technofetishism And The Uncanny Desires Of Asfr (Alt. Sex. Fetish. Robots), Allison De Fren

Allison De Fren

This essay interrogates the visual landscape of technofetishism, particularly in relation to the machine woman, using as a springboard a little-known internet community of technosexuals who collectively refer to their fetish for artificial bodies as A.S.F.R. (alt.sex.fetish.robots). Although A.S.F.R. was made possible by the advent of virtual communities, its fetishistic interests have historical antecedents that were documented in the early literature of sexology. Against their classifications of similar fetishistic practices as variations of necrophilia, as well as subsequent Freudian interpretations of fetishism as grounded in castration anxiety, this essay argues that A.S.F.R. is less about technology in general, or the …

'As You Like It', Boise State University, Gordon Reinhart

Gordon Reinhart

Both Shakespeare's As You Like It and the story of the American Revolution are set in times of uncertainty in which drastic measures are needed to ensure safety and freedom from oppression. Both Shakespeare and the founding fathers knew what it was like to witness conflict rising around them. The American Revolution and the Catholic/Protestant conflict during Shakespeare’s time were periods of persecution, during which brothers were divided and banishment tore families apart. When you consider the fact that Shakespeare’s writing of this play and the American Revolution are only separated by around 175 years, it is not hard to …

Between The Local And The Global: Characteristics Of The Chinese-Language Press In America, Xiao-Huang Yin

Xiao-huang Yin

The one event of the day that made him get up out of his easy chair was the [Chinese] newspaper. He looked forward to it. He opened the front door and looked for it hours before the mailman was due. The Gold Mountain News … came from San Francisco in a paper sleeve on which his name and address were neatly typed. He put on his gold-rimmed glasses and readied his smoking equipment. … He killed several hours reading the paper, scrupulously reading everything, the date on each page, the page numbers, the want ads.… —Maxine Hong Kingston, China Men …

Brokers Of Public Trust: Notaries In Early Modern Rome, Laurie Nussdorfer

Laurie Nussdorfer

No abstract provided.

Inside, Outside And Upside Down, Felicity Mcgregor

Felicity McGregor

It is said that Abdul Kassem Ismael, the scholarly Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century had a library of 117,000 volumes. He was an avid reader and a lover of books. On his many travels, he could not bear to part with this beloved books. Wherever he went they were carried about by 400 camels trained to walk in alphabetical order. His camel drivers thus became librarians who could put their hands instantly on any book for which their master asked. (Hawkins, Brian L and Battin, Patricia (2000) Camel Drivers and Gatecrashers, Educause Review May/June 2000 p50). How …

On Monsters: An Unnatural History Of Our Worst Fears, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

Real or imagined, literal or metaphorical, monsters have exerted a dread fascination on the human mind for many centuries. Using philosophical treatises, theological tracts, newspapers, films, and novels, author Stephen T. Asma unpacks traditional monster stories for the clues they offer about the inner logic of our fears and fascinations throughout the ages.

Libguides Reflections And Best Practices, Scott Pfitzinger, Sheridan Stormes

Sheridan Stormes

The presentation described the history and development of LibGuide technology from 2007 to September, 2009. It included live demonstrations of existing LibGuides at Butler University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of Wisconsin, Madision, to showcase the flexibility and user-friendliness of LibGuides and illustrate how they can be used to improve library services and information literacy instruction.

Ethical Challenges In Icu Research, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

Obama, Zombies, And Black Male Messiahs, Elizabeth Mcalister

Elizabeth McAlister

When Can Physicians Say “No” To Families And Patients?, Charles Weijer

Charles Weijer

No abstract provided.

Building Utopia: Performance And The Fantasy Of Urban Renewal In Contemporary Toronto, Laura Levin, Kim Solga

Kim Solga

Toronto markets itself as a city in renewal, a “creative city” of the future full of arts and culture. Alongside the official pitch, a number of street-level underground initiatives reimagine Toronto's utopic future in a different way by means of site-specific performances. But do these grassroots performance schemes necessarily create a more inclusive, more equitable city?

God Save Gertrude, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, Pasadena, Ca, Susan Gratch

Susan Gratch

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Placelessness Of Reading Among Older Teens In A Canadian Rural Municipality, Paulette Rothbauer

Paulette Rothbauer

Revisiting The Failures Of Youth, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

No abstract provided.

There’S A Mystery There: Sendak On Sendak - Wildly Wonderful, Ann Taylor

Ann Connolly

A review of "There's A Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak," which was on exhibition at the Contemporary Jewish Museum from September 8, 2009 until January 19, 2010.

Vacation And Relaxation, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Reflections on Thoreau and true relaxation in modern life

The Tough Life Of Ants, Tom Montgomery-Fate

Tom Montgomery Fate

Think we, in our communities, have it tough? Chicago writer Tom Montgomery Fate asks us to consider another, smaller colony. Think about the life of ants.

Decision-Making By Adolescents And Parents Of Children With Cancer Regarding Health Research Participation, Kate Read, Conrad Fernandez, Jun Gao, Caron Strahlendorf, Albert Moghrabi, Rebecca Pentz, Raymond Barfield, Justin Baker, Darcy Santor, Charles Weijer, Eric Kodish

Charles Weijer

Background: Low rates of participation of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) in clinical oncology trials may contribute to poorer outcomes. Factors that influence the decision of AYAs to participate in health research and whether these factors are different from those that affect the participation of parents of children with cancer.

Methods: This is a secondary analysis of data from validated questionnaires provided to adolescents (>12 years old) diagnosed with cancer and parents of children with cancer at 3 sites in Canada (Halifax, Vancouver, and Montreal) and 2 in the United States (Atlanta, GA, and Memphis, TN). Respondents reported their …

The Place On The Map’: Geography And Meter In Hardy’S Elegies, Eve Sorum

Eve C Sorum

No abstract provided.

Collaborating On Writing, Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, William Phillips

Charlie Sweet

Here’s a guide to how “collabo-writing” can boost your productivity while sharpening your skills (and subjugating your ego).