6/30/2023 0 Comments Shulem deen![]() ![]() See More ex-Ultra-Orthodox community members (a group referred to by many as ‘Off The Derech’ or OTD) raises important questions about the reality of this intercommunity conflict and life as a modern Jew. In particular, the intense and likely under-discussed experience of ![]() Though many of us are aware of the extreme disconnect that exists between the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and the secular world, the result of this unfortunate dynamic offers powerful insight. ![]() In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, David discusses with special guest and former member of the Ultra-Orthodox community, Shulem Deen, the struggle and importance of balancing one’s individual needs with those of the community. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Bel kaufman novel![]() ![]() Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose clash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents–anyone concerned about public education. Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan high school. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prize-winning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States its very title has become part of the American idiom. Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan Bel Kaufman’s Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. You can read this before Up the Down Staircase PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.īel Kaufman’s Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. ![]() ![]() Here is a quick description and cover image of book Up the Down Staircase written by Bel Kaufman which was published in 1964–. Brief Summary of Book: Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments All Tomorrows by Nemo Ramjet![]() ![]() It is richly detailed and incredibly well thought out. One of the most fascinating and creative creature design projects out there, Snaiad documents the lifeforms of another world. ![]() The above two images, and the first image of this post, are from Nemo Ramjet's most well-known project: Snaiad. As you can see, the human form is rich with creature design possibilities.Īlso, Nemo Ramjet is one of the few creature designers that I know of to incorporate the reproductive organs as design elements. The first of these images shows another speculative future human, but is unrelated to his "All Tomorrows" project. The first "All Tomorrows" image shows a few variations of an insect-eating form of humanity, while the second image shows a form of humanity that has evolved to become modular and cell-based the being pictured is composed of several different humans. It's a powerful work, and I'll provide a link to it as soon as Nemo's website goes back up. The second two images are from his "All Tomorrows" project, a future history of mankind following the next several hundred million years of our progress and evolution, failures and triumphs. The above images show imagined future forms of humanity. Let's take a look at a few of his projects. Like Alex Ries last week, Nemo Ramjet does a lot of speculative creature designing, designing creatures and animals with evolutionary processes in mind. This week's Creature Feature, as the title suggests, is about Nemo Ramjet, one of the most interesting and creative illustrators and creature designers today. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Rissy No Kissies by Katey Howes![]() ![]() ![]() “ ‘Am I mean, Mom?’ Rissy wondered, / ‘or confused or rude or sick? / Are you certain I’m a lovebird? / Are you sure that I’m your chick? // Kissies make my tummy icky. Miss Bluebird accuses her of confusion, Grandma Lovebird of rudeness schoolmates “think Rissy’s being mean.” Why? “We know lovebirds all love kisses,” they parrot. She heads them off admirably-“ ‘No kissies!’ Rissy chirrup with a most emphatic squeak”-but it’s stressful for her. Rissy’s on board for holding wings, “sky-high hugs,” tumbling, and roughhousing, but she can’t bear kisses (giving or receiving). They’re an affectionate bunch, as are their friends and relatives. ![]() Rissy is a solid, roundish, colorful lovebird with three siblings, one mother, and one father who are all also lovebirds. A young bird, warm and lively, can’t bear kissing. ![]() ![]() ![]() This website consists of comparative studies of the translations of (as from ) all ten Elegies. ![]() Reading is private translation is public. It involves interpretation and putting our understanding on show. Translation involves choosing one word rather than another. In translation the cloud of reading is brought to light. My focus in this website is on the translations of the Elegies into English, both because I am technically interested in such translations and because it is in translation rather than just reading (where the mind can suspend what it doesn’t quite understand, or at least delay confrontation with it, and where we can lie to ourselves about what words mean) that the nuances of the voice of the lyrical subject and challenging obscurities, thematic and figurative, of Rilke’s original text come to the surface. Even in translation, they have spoken to successive generations since their publication in 1923, drawing readers such as André Gide, Paul Valery and W.H. ![]() For those who believe that the poetic voice speaks with a depth of its own, Rilke’s Duino Elegies are the ultima Thule. ![]() 6/28/2023 0 Comments She persisted wilma mankiller![]() In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Traci Sorell, readers learn about the amazing life of Wilma Mankiller-and how she persisted. She went on to become the first woman Principle Chief of the Cherokee Nation. As she got older and learned more about the injustices her people had faced, she dedicated her life to instilling pride in Native heritage and reclaiming Native rights. Philomel Books She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller. The descendant of Cherokee ancestors who had been forced to walk the Trail of Tears, Wilma Mankiller experienced her own forced removal from the land she grew up on as a child. In this chapter book biography by award-winning author Traci Sorell, readers learn about the amazing life of Wilma Mankiller-and how she persisted. ![]() Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds-including Wilma Mankiller! ![]() ![]() ![]() Note that there are restrictions on some products, and some products cannot be shipped to international destinations. 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We'll also pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.) You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thacker engages with writers like Thomas Bernhard, E.M. Infinite Resignation consists of fragments and aphorisms on the nature of pessimism, mixing the personal and philosophical. ![]() In 2018, Thacker's new book, Infinite Resignation was published by Repeater Books. His short book Cosmic Pessimism defines pessimism as "the philosophical form of disenchantment." As Thacker states: "Pessimism is the night-side of thought, a melodrama of the futility of the brain, a poetry written in the graveyard of philosophy." Thacker's work has been associated with philosophical nihilism and pessimism, as well as to contemporary philosophies of speculative realism and collapsology. Works Nihilism, pessimism, and speculative realism He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington, and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University. Thacker was born and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Thacker's books include In the Dust of This Planet (part of his Horror of Philosophy trilogy) and Infinite Resignation. ![]() His writing is often associated with the philosophy of nihilism and pessimism. He is Professor of Media Studies at The New School in New York City. Eugene Thacker is an American philosopher, poet, and author. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Laura spinney 1918![]() ![]() ![]() Revived review as a public service during the current Coronavirus outbreak. Arriveremmo preparati ad affrontare un'eventuale emergenza? Attraverso queste pagine si legge il passato, ma si può tentare di immaginare il futuro: la prossima pandemia influenzale, le armi a disposizione per combatterla e i potenziali punti deboli dei nostri sistemi sanitari. Inquadrandola da un punto di vista scientifico, storico, economico e culturale, l'autrice le restituisce il posto che le spetta nella storia del Novecento quale fattore in grado di dare forma al mondo moderno, influenzando la politica globale e il nostro modo di concepire la medicina, la religione, l'arte. Laura Spinney ricostruisce la storia della pandemia seguendone le tracce in tutto il globo, dall'India al Brasile, dalla Persia alla Spagna, dal Sudafrica all'Ucraina. ![]() Nonostante l'entità della tragedia, le conseguenze sono rimaste a lungo offuscate dalla devastazione della prima guerra mondiale e relegate a un ruolo secondario. Tra le vittime anche artisti e intellettuali del calibro di Guillaume Apollinaire, Egon Schiele e Max Weber. Davvero l'abbiamo dimenticata? Eppure nel 1918 a letteralmente cambiato il mondo uccidendo in soli due anni milioni di persone. Quando si chiede qual è stato il principale disastro del XX secolo, quasi nessuno risponde l'influenza spagnola. ![]() 6/27/2023 0 Comments Novel all the pretty horses![]() ![]() ![]() Among her barbs: “Taft never directly addressed the campus segregation… that was obvious to the rest of us.” … “Taft’s faculty and staff could be casually microaggressive or racist” … “There were no rules on campus that actively deterred racism.” … “There wasn’t even language directly addressing racism in our student handbook.” “This is a must-read for anyone who felt like their circle of friends was chosen for them or limited to one table in the cafeteria and for anyone who assumes the lives of privileged Black students are devoid of racism,” Library Journal wrote. “Admissions,” which The New York Times Book Review’s Lacy Crawford wrote was “the best depiction of elite whiteness I’ve read” and Publisher’s Weekly called a “scintillating debut” and a “searing indictment of elite academia,” is a robust and painful read about a Black teenager of privilege who finds the emotional cost of a private school education too much to bear. ![]() ![]() That made her, she writes, “unseen” but “hypervisible,” a student shadowed by questions about how she got into Taft, and yet “always being pulled into admissions photos to present the appearance of diversity.” This is one of the first of a slew of microaggressions James said she endured at Taft, where she was the first Black American “legacy” (her father was a graduate) and one of only six other Black girls to graduate from there in 2006. ![]() |