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Only in Hollywood
Authors: Rode Alan K.
Published: May 2018

Curtiz signed a term deal with Paramount and helmedWhite Christmas (1954), the initial picture with the wide-screen format of VistaVision. Boosted by the star power of Bing Crosby, it was his most financially successful picture and became a Yuletide staple despite a clichéd script. He began a relationship with a twenty-year-old model, Jill Gerrard, while continuing hislong-term affair with the actress Anitra Stevens (Ann Stuart).Darryl Zanuck hired Curtiz to direct his uber-epic The Egyptian. Marlon Brando dropped out in favor of Edmond Purdom, and Zanuck cast his foreign-born mistress, Bella Darvi, as one of the leads.Curtiz addedAnitra Stevens to the cast as Nefertiti. The Egyptian was a critical and financial flop. He directedWe’re No Angels(1955), with Humphrey Bogart, which was a qualified success, followed by The Vagabond King, a Rudolf Friml musical that was an unmitigated disaster.He attempted to recover withThe Scarlet Hour, a crime drama starring a pair of new actors that wasanother disappointment. Soon after finishing up on that film, Curtiz was arrested for “disorderly conduct” (hiring a couple to have sex while he watched) and was written up in Confidential magazine.Although he partially rebounded with the Fox musical The Best Things in Life Are Free(1956), his professional future at age seventy appeared problematical.
Out on His Shield
Authors: Rode Alan K.
Published: May 2018

Curtiz separated from Bess before leaving for Italy to direct Francis of Assisi (1961). The Encino ranch was sold, and Curtiz continued keeping company with Ann Stuart, aka Anitra Stevens. Francis of Assisi was highlighted by a memorable Curtiz meltdown that indicated he might be becoming senile.He was assigned to direct The Commancheros (1962), starring John Wayne, at Fox.While they were on location in Utah, Curtiz’s behavior became erratic and he was physically debilitated. He eventually fell, injuring his leg, and Wayne directedmore than half of the picture. It was discovered that Curtiz was riddled with cancer and had only months to live. Bess and his doctor had known he’d had cancer since his 1958 appendectomy but had kept it from him so he could continue working.Curtiz died on April 10, 1962, at seventy-five. His will left half his estate to Ann Stuart, including land and his movie residuals. He also reneged on a previously executed support agreement for his daughter by Jill Gerrard (who sued Curtiz’s estate and won) and left nothing to any of his children other than Kitty. The chapter concludes by summarizing his life and those of his key intimates, noting that Curtiz’s films remain a rich legacy.
Power versus Law in Modern China
Authors: Fang Qiang , Li Xiaobing
Published: May 2018

Through detailed study on uniquely acquired legal cases in contemporary China, this book seeks to demonstrate the ways in which China’s legal system in the era of comprehensive reform and rapid economic growth and urbanization remains to be a tool of the Chinese Communist Party. As palpably shown in the four case studies, local party official in China used the law protect and advance their own personal interests at the expense of ordinary citizens, whose lack of power makes them unfortunate victims of a rigged legal system.
Waitan Garden
Authors: Fang Qiang , Li Xiaobing
Published: May 2018

Chapter two shows that the Wuhan homeowners, believing in their legitimate documents and rights, organized committees and fought a tug of war with local governments over compensation. Local officials began taking illegal forceful means to intimidate the homeowners, including secret arrests, detainments, and other covert pressures. After repeated failures in persuading lawyers in both Wuhan and Beijing, the residents finally managed to find two audacious local lawyers to accept their case against the city government. The lawsuit filed collectively by over 100 Wuhan residents became the “first administrative lawsuit in 21st century China.”
Momentum
Authors: Ellis William E.
Published: May 2018

By mid-1917, Cobb had become one of the best-known celebrities in America. Ellis describes Cobb’s rise to fame, the experiences he had because of it, and his day-to-day activities. Next, Ellis follows Cobb on another trip to Europe in 1918, where he continued to write articles for the Saturday Evening Post. All these pieces and others were compiled in The Glory of the Coming, demonstrating in his inimitable fashion the commonplace goings-on in war. Cobb had the highest regard for American soldiers, including the African American soldiers he wrote so much about. As a southerner, his inherited and acquired prejudices often came through in his writing as subtle racism. Cobb’s humorous works generated both backlash and praise.
Exit Laughing
Authors: Ellis William E.
Published: May 2018

As Cobb’s career hit rock bottom, his health declined, as did daughter Buff’s second marriage. However, he started to write his life story in the late 1930s, titled Exit Laughing. Cobb’s opposition to the New Deal and a third term for Roosevelt led him to campaign for Willkie in 1940. These exertions exacerbated Cobb’s diabetes and intestinal problems, and his health was severely affected. Cobb managed to finish his autobiography, but his condition deteriorated and he died in March 1944. Ellis concludes by remarking on Cobb’s career and legacy.
Seven
Authors: Snyder Sherri
Published: May 2018

This chapter centers almost exclusively around Reatha’s bigamous marriage to Lawrence Converse, initially known to her as a purported wealthy rancher. Hell-bent upon returning to Los Angeles but prohibited from living anywhere without her parents, Reatha persuades her mother and father to return with her and emerges from exile in El Centro; the family settles in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank. Suffocated by her lack of autonomy, Reatha defies her parents and juvenile authorities by leaving home and quickly plunges into marriage to gain freedom. Then, terrified by the discovery of her groom’s true identity and marital status, Reatha disappears. Lawrence, charged by his lawful wife with bigamy and pursued by police, likewise vanishes. The chapter also includes a thorough character profile of Lawrence Converse and in-depth documentation of his background prior to his marriage to Reatha.
Seventeen
Authors: Snyder Sherri
Published: May 2018

At the chapter’s outset, readers are given insight into Barbara’s private life, including her relationships with film star John Gilbert and future MGM producer Paul Bern. The chapter then shifts to Barbara’s professional life; she completesArabian Love (1922) andDomestic Relations (1922). Information regarding plot synopses and critical reception is provided for these films. As Barbara is about to begin Rex Ingram’s Black Orchids (1922)—the biggest opportunity of her career to date—her deepest fear is realized: isolated stories of her shocking background as Reatha Watson have circulated through the film colony. With Hollywood facing worldwide scrutiny from three major scandals (the ramifications of which, along with the scandals, are outlined here), the sordid details of Barbara’s past are temporarily suppressed, and Ingram retains her services forBlack Orchids. Another potential scandal soon looms, however: Barbara is secretly pregnant with an illegitimate child.
Nineteen
Authors: Snyder Sherri
Published: May 2018

This chapter continues tracing the ascension of Barbara’s career as she proves the extent of her versatility as an actress. Director Louis J. Gasnier, disregarding Barbara’s vamp typecasting, casts her in “human” roles inThe Hero (1923) andPoor Men’s Wives (1923); her success in these films confirms his instincts. Sawyer arranges additional contracts for Barbara, beginning with a supporting role inSouls for Sale (1923) and a cameo appearance inMary of the Movies (1923). Plot synopses, production information, and details relating to critical reception are presented for all films discussed. This chapter also sets the stage for a developing scheme that will, if successful, enable Barbara to live openly with her son, Sonny, as an unwed mother without scandal decimating her career. The chapter closes with Barbara befriending actress ZaSu Pitts, a woman who will play a significant role in Sonny’s life.
Twenty-Six
Authors: Snyder Sherri
Published: May 2018

Keeping her diagnosis a secret, Barbara moves forward with her career. This chapter focuses on two films she made at this time: The Shooting of Dan McGrew (1924) and The White Moth (1924), both significant in that they exemplify Arthur Sawyer’s ongoing exploitation of her sex symbol image. The films are accompanied by details pertaining to production, plot synopses, and critical reception. The groundwork is laid for Barbara’s future romance with Ben Lyon, her White Moth costar. A sizable segment of the chapter centers on Barbara’s embroilment in the sensationalized trial of the case of The People of the State of California vs. Herman Roth. Though she created a sensation when she had Roth jailed for blackmail, it now remains for her testimony—part of which involves the complete revelation of her disreputable past—to prove or disprove Roth’s charges of adulterous behavior against her.
Twenty-Seven
Authors: Snyder Sherri
Published: May 2018

This chapter chronicles various scandals, sparked by the disclosure of Barbara’s past during Herman Roth’s trial, that signal a shift in both public attitude toward Barbara and her emotional stability. Barbara’s cross-country tour as spokesperson for Southern California (and the various chambers of commerce therein)—a publicity stunt arranged by Bert Ennis, her press agent, to promote her upcoming starring films with Sawyer and First National—founders after an interview with Louisiana reporter Meigs O. Frost. Publicly scorned for risqué comments attributed to her, Barbara, along with Ennis, Sawyer, and First National, rush to contain the uproar as Barbara’s films are banned from certain theaters. Following Barbara’s arrival in New York City to make her starring films, more scandals break out: she is alleged to have caused a murder, she is romantically linked to her White Moth (1924) costar Ben Lyon, and Jack Daugherty announces his plan to divorce her.
Thirty-Two
Authors: Snyder Sherri
Published: May 2018

News of Barbara’s death at the age of twenty-nine shocks and saddens the world. Her parents—William and Rose—and family, besieged by reporters, hopelessly try to come to terms with their loss. This chapter revolves almost entirely around the aftermath of Barbara’s passing. In accordance with Barbara’s dying wish, her fans are given a final chance to say good-bye. Descriptions of her funeral and interment are then provided, including the unprecedented pandemonium that erupts as thousands mob her service in downtown Los Angeles. Barbara’s reflections upon her life, many of them disclosed a year before her passing, conclude the chapter.
“From a Fine Old Family”
Authors: Ellenberger Allan R.
Published: May 2018

“From a Fine Old Family” lays the groundwork for Hopkins’s complicated and erratic behavior. Hopkins’s family lineage is traced to her English roots and ancestors, many of whom were significant historical figures. During Hopkins’s childhood in Savannah and Bainbridge, Georgia, her parents’ continual arguing destroys their marriage, and her father, Homer, leaves Savannah for Texas. Homer writes letters to Miriam and her sister, Ruby, but her mother, Ellen, intercepts them and his phone calls. Receiving no response, Homer moves on with his life. The division between mother and daughter begins in childhood. Ellen takes the girls to Syracuse, hoping to get Ruby enrolled in the university. When that does not work out, they end up in New York under the watchful eye of Ellen’s half-brother, Dixie Hines, a Broadway agent and columnist. Hopkins is sent to Goddard Seminary in Vermont for her final year of high school, where she gets her first taste of acting, breaking her ankle in the process. After graduation, she returns to New York and takes countless jobs until she decides to pursue dancing, taking lessons at several prestigious dance schools.
Broadway Bound
Authors: Ellenberger Allan R.
Published: May 2018

Hopkins first Broadway job is as a chorus girl in Irving Berlin’s The Music Box Revue. She goes between vaudeville shows until she lands Little Jessie James, where she receives good notices. After that, she receives small parts in Broadway plays, working consistently but relatively unnoticed, and picks up a husband, actor Brandon Peters. Finally, she catches a break and lands a role in the successful Broadway production of Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy. Just before the play premieres, she dumps Peters and, within weeks, begins an affair with neophyte publisher Bennett Cerf, following that with a passionate relationship with playwright Patrick Kearny. He opens another world for her, introducing her to the literary greats. Kearny, an alcoholic, is more serious about a relationship than Hopkins is. When Hopkins refuses his marriage proposal one too many times, he chases her through the streets of Greenwich Village with a knife, threatening to cut her throat. Hopkins goes to Rochester for the summer, working in stock with George Cukor.
Epilogue
Authors: Ellenberger Allan R.
Published: May 2018

MIRIAM HOPKINS advised her niece, Margot Welch, when she started as an actress, that there were five things a young person needed for a successful acting career: talent, training, good luck, persistence, and heart (or guts). Margot asked which one was the most important. “Heart,” Miriam told her. “If you have that, anything is possible.”...
Lifting the Siege
Authors: Pardew James W.
Published: May 2018

The next shuttle lifts the siege of Sarajevo and ends most fighting in Bosnia. Milosevic maneuvers Holbrooke into meeting with indicted war criminals, but the result is a commitment to stop shelling Sarajevo in exchange for ending the NATO airstrikes. The Bosniaks, encouraged by the airstrikes and the success of the Croatian offensive in Bosnia, are outraged at Holbrooke for the Serbian commitment. The US demands that Croatian leaders stop their offensive in western Bosnia.
A Certain Kind of Technology
Authors: Pardew James W.
Published: May 2018

Holbrooke sends members of the negotiating team to Belgrade to prepare for an important UN meeting. Milosevic engages the US team with the Bosnian Serb leadership on territorial issues. These discussions show how explosive any discussion of territory is to the parties in the talks. Holbrooke then dispatches team members to Sarajevo to calm Bosniak reaction to new developments. The parties meet in New York to agree to a new set of principles for a settlement.
The Last Shuttle
Authors: Pardew James W.
Published: May 2018

As Holbrooke makes final preparation for proximity talks, he confronts Milosevic on the continuing Serbian paramilitary forces attacks in Bosnia. Republican and military opposition to US forces in Bosnia remains a serious concern to the administration. The legacy of Vietnam and Somalia affects senior US military and administration officials. The volunteer military allows US presidents to commit forces to operations like Bosnia with minimal cost to American civilians. This lack of civilian sacrifice in military deployments carries dangers to US security in the future.
Richard Holbrooke
Authors: Pardew James W.
Published: May 2018

Richard Holbrooke was a more complex figure than is suggested by his cliché image as a desperately ambitious, difficult but capable diplomat. Holbrooke was a special foreign policy talent. Unfortunately, his personality undermined his potential: Secretary of State was a goal that eluded him for the rest of his life. His personality was too strong, his profile too high, and the insecurity in Washington too pervasive to give him such a platform. At the end of his life, he fails to connect with President Obama as the envoy for Afghanistan.
Hard Choices
Authors: Pardew James W.
Published: May 2018

Federation authorities in Bosnia drag their feet on two conditions to start the T&E Program. The Muslim government in Sarajevo stalls in the removal of extremist influence and foreign fighters from Bosnia, and the Muslims and Croats do not agree on a defense law combining their separate forces into a single ministry of defense. After intense, high-level US pressure, the parties meet the conditions. President Clinton certifies to Congress that the Bosniaks have removed extremists, and the Federation Parliament passes the defense law.
Kentucky's Rebel Press
Authors: Craig Berry
Published: May 2018

Before Kentuckians marched off to the Civil War, Bluegrass State newspaper editors waged a war of words. Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort, and other towns had competing unionist and secessionist papers. This is the first book written about border-state Kentucky’s vociferous rebel press during the secession crisis of 1860–1861. On the eve of the Civil War, Kentucky had about sixty newspapers; close to half were pro-Confederate, which made support for the secessionist cause seem stronger than it was. Loyalties were divided in Kentucky, but the rebel press was unable to overcome the state’s deep devotion to the Union. At first, Kentucky tried to remain neutral within the Union—a stance the Confederate papers scorned as untenable and cowardly. But when both sides invaded, Kentucky joined the war to suppress the Southern rebellion. Afterward, the rebel press, deemed disloyal by federal authorities, was silenced, thus setting up a collision between the right of free speech and the government’s right to protect itself against treason. Reflecting Kentucky’s embrace of the “Lost Cause” after the war, many of the rebel editors resurrected their papers. Walter N. Haldeman, whose Louisville Courier was the state’s leading secessionist organ, bought out its top two unionist papers, the Louisville Democrat and Louisville Journal. The result was the Louisville Courier-Journal, which is still Kentucky’s largest newspaper.
Introduction
Authors: Craig Berry
Published: May 2018

Historians have devoted considerable ink to Yankee and rebel newspapers published during the Civil War. While they have examined Northern and Southern papers, they have written almost nothing about the press in Kentucky and the other border states. There, the press was unique, in that it operated in a vast region where loyalties were divided to one extent or another. There were Southern sympathizers in the North and unionists in the South. Both groups were minorities in their regions. But in the borderland, and especially in Kentucky, the war divided communities, friends, and families. Most border-state citizens wanted to stick with the old Union, although a vocal minority favored the new Confederacy. Kentucky was mainly pro-Union, but its vocal rebel press made support for the secessionist cause appear stronger than it was.
The Press and the Presidential Election of 1860
Authors: Craig Berry
Published: May 2018

Voters had four candidates to choose from in the presidential election of 1860. The Kentucky press endorsed three of the hopefuls, the winner not among them. The Louisville papers reflected the divisions in the state. The Journal endorsed Constitutional Unionist John Bell; the Courier rallied behind Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, a Kentuckian; the Democrat lined up with Stephen A. Douglas, the Northern Democrat; and no paper of any consequence (perhaps no paper at all) supported the Republican Lincoln. Bell carried the state, followed by Breckinridge, Douglas, and Lincoln. The war of words over the presidential race became even more heated during the secession crisis. The future of the Union was at stake in the former; Kentucky’s future hung in the balance in the latter.
South Carolina, Secession, and Lincoln’s Inauguration
Authors: Craig Berry
Published: May 2018

In declaring Lincoln’s election deplorable yet insufficient grounds for secession, the Breckinridge press mirrored the views of almost all white Kentuckians. Yet the Southern Democratic papers argued that states had the right to leave the Union. In any event, the papers stepped up their criticism of Lincoln and his anti-slavery views and warned the president against using military force against any states that might depart. But after South Carolina and the rest of the Deep South seceded, the pro-Southern press urged the Kentucky General Assembly to call for a sovereignty convention to move the state out of the Union and into the Confederacy. Friends of the Union cobbled together majorities in the Kentucky house and senate, and both chambers rejected disunion.
Eating and Drinking with the Dead in South Africa
Authors: Ntsimane Radikobo
Published: May 2018

Radikobo Ntsimane’s chapter is an examination of the intersection of food and death among the Tswana and Zulu peoples in South Africa, discussing the function of funerals in feeding the living, and the ways in which funerals can help socially and economically sustain a community. His analysis of the shift in the economic sustainability of funeral feasting in times of scarcity and widespread diseases such as AIDS in Africa is both valuable and important, providing a social and cultural critique that forces the reader to think about the function of funerals, and their effects on the community. In this chapter, the reader understands that the funeral attendants are dying to eat, both literally and figuratively.
Integrity and Leadership
Authors: Cox Caroline
Published: May 2018

George Washington recognized the value and power of establishing a reputation for integrity. As a prosperous planter-businessman and militia veteran of the French and Indian War, he came to epitomize the eighteenth century ideal of gentlemanly honor. Washington’s proven abilities and impeccable stature, especially his renown as a person of high moral character, led to his appointment as commander in chief of the Continental Army in 1775. Washington’s integrity, which he demonstrated consistently and guarded carefully throughout the war, was instrumental to his overall leadership effectiveness. Washington’s moral character and altruism were at the center of his greatness as a leader.
Visionary Leadership
Authors: Roy François Le , Perkins Drew
Published: May 2018

Visionary leaders craft clear and compelling visions that motivate followers through a shared sense of direction. Unlike institutional leaders, who draw on managerial and administrative skills, visionary leaders must identify long-term objectives and maintain their organizations’ focus and momentum. By steadfastly pursuing deliberate objectives, leaders such as Arnold change the status quo and provide their organizations with control over their operating environments. Along with other pioneering aviators of the early twentieth century such as General Billy Mitchell, Arnold developed an appreciation for the potential role of air power in modern warfare. His vision was to create a massive, technically advanced air force that was organizationally independent of the army and thus operationally capable of strategic bombing campaigns. Research and development were central to Arnold’s conception of building and sustaining America’s air dominance, and he envisioned close and continuous collaboration between air force personnel and civilian scientists in academia and industry. Unlike other air power visionaries, Mitchell included, Arnold demonstrated considerable political skill to oversee the transformation of America’s air power. His leadership success was defined by the clear articulation of a comprehensive vision, an extensive knowledge of aeronautics and logistics, and a fierce resolve to achieve his objectives.
Transitional Leadership
Authors: Bradbeer Thomas G.
Published: May 2018

Matthew B. Ridgway was an influential American airborne commander during the Second World War and led United Nations forces during the Korean War. A 1917 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Ridgway served multiple tours in Latin America and Asia as a junior and mid-grade officer. A protégée of General George Marshall, he commanded the Eighty-Second airborne division during the invasions of Sicily, Italy, and France. During the Battle of Bulge and the invasion of Germany, he served as commander of the newly created Eighteenth Airborne Corps. Years later, during the Korean War, Ridgway transitioned from a staff position as a deputy to Army Chief of Staff Lawton Collins to become commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, and then commander of all U.N. forces in the Korean theatre. Ridgway's career, especially his leadership during the two wars, provides insights on the officer skills needed to effectively transition to different levels of command.
Innovative Leadership
Authors: Rosenberg David Alan , Laver Harry S.
Published: May 2018

Over the course of his career, Adm. Arleigh Burke developed the qualities and attributes of a leader of technologically innovative leadership. An examination of his professional life reveals three characteristics of such leaders, such as delegating sufficient authority and responsibility to technological experts and securing for them the necessary resources; avoiding the seduction of pure theory to maintain a focus on practical objectives; and recognizing that no technological innovation is of such significance that one can ignore alternatives. The culmination of Burke's innovative leadership came with the deployment in 1960 of the U.S. Navy's first submarine launched ballistic missile, the Polaris.
Čtení dětem v rodině: výzkum důvodů, parametrů a praktik
Authors: Gavora Peter
Published: May 2018

Tato empirická studie popisuje situaci čtení dětem v rodině. Cílem bylo zjistit důvody, proč rodiče dětem čtou, frekvenční parametry čtení a čtenářských praktik rodičů a dětí. Výzkumný soubor tvořilo 240 respondentů – rodičů, jejichž děti navštěvovaly mateřskou školu. Výzkumným nástrojem byl dotazník s 52 položkami agregovanými do 17 proměnných. Zjištěné základní parametry čtení dětem jsou vesměs příznivé. Většina zkoumaných rodičů čte dětem frekventovaně, dostatečně dlouho a číst začala v průměru před druhým rokem věku dítěte. Děti ve velké většině zkoumaných rodin vlastnily 30 nebo více knih. Byly zjištěny silné rozvojové a emocionální důvody pro dítě. Rodiče při čtení facilitují porozumění, podporují uvažování o postavách příběhu a stimulují dítě k vlastní naraci obsahu. Slabší je podpora pregramotných činností, tedy aktivit s písmeny, slovy a čísly. Specifický aspekt této studie spočíval v nahlížení na dítě z hlediska aktérství, tedy dítětem iniciovaného a realizovaného konání. Děti z tohoto výzkumného souboru projevovaly o čtení dosti velký zájem, v dyádě čtení se chovaly proaktivně, produkovaly vlastní verze příběhů a své rodiče při čtení monitorovaly.
Mezi učitelstvím a youtuberstvím: profesní sebepojetí učitelů publikujících vzdělávací videa na YouTube
Authors: Holíková Klára
Published: May 2018

V současnosti narůstá význam platforem pro sdílení videí, které mají velké množství uživatelů včetně učitelů. Cílem této studie je zjistit, jak se promítá publikování vzdělávacích videí na YouTube do profesního sebepojetí učitelů. Pro zodpovězení této otázky je využito kvalitativní metodologie, konkrétně designu vícepřípadové studie explorativního charakteru. Pro studii jsou záměrně vybrány dva odlišné případy učitelů. Hlavním kritériem výběru je jejich vysoká publikační aktivita na YouTube (30 a více videí) a sledovanost videí (400 000 a více zhlédnutí), s tím je spojená informační bohatost jejich kanálů. Zdrojem dat jsou polostrukturované rozhovory s učiteli. K triangulaci těchto dat slouží data zveřejněná učiteli na jejich YouTube kanálech (videa a komentáře), která jsou zpracována prostřednictvím netnografické metodologie. Při kvalitativní analýze jsou využity analytické metody zakotvené teorie. Výsledky studie ukázaly, že vybraní učitelé začali YouTube využívat, aby lépe zprostředkovali obsah výuky svým žákům. Pozitivní reakce na jejich videa od uživatelů YouTube mimo okruh jejich žáků postupně ovlivňuje jejich chování na YouTube. Nejvýraznějším znakem profesního sebepojetí vybraných učitelů je pozitivní sebeoceňování, které se utváří na základě interakcí na YouTube a promítá se i do jejich pedagogické činnosti.
Smile When You’re Winning: How to Become a Cambridge Pragmatist
Authors: Lillehammer Hallvard
Published: May 2018

This chapter traces the development of a particular current of thought known by the label ‘pragmatism’ during the last part of the twentieth century and at the beginning of the twenty-first, and latterly associated with the work of Simon Blackburn and Huw Price. Three questions are addressed. First, how did this current of thought actually develop? Second, does this current of thought constitute a single, coherent, theoretical outlook? Third, does this current of thought constitute an attractive philosophical outlook? In answering these questions, attention is drawn to a tension between the two main proponents of this current of thought, namely the different attitudes they take to the naturalist ‘master narrative’ on which it depends.
Personal Spin B
Authors: Drescher Derek
Published: May 2018

Desert Island Discs was, and probably still is, the one radio programme that everyone wants to appear on. So when I was asked to produce it in 1976, I saw it as a golden opportunity to meet all my heroes, from Lauren Bacall, Luciano Pavarotti, and Sir Adrian Boult to Count Basie and Felicity Kendal....
Personal Spin G
Authors: Hornby Nick
Published: May 2018

Bruce Springsteen: Kitty’s Back

Rod Stewart: You Wear It Well

Kate and Anna McGarrigle: Complainte pour Ste Catherine

The Jackson 5: The Love You Save

Touré Kunda: Fatou Yo

Joni Mitchell: Night Ride Home

Marah: My Heart Is the Bums on the Street

LL Cool J: ...
Public and narrative selves in Desert Island Discs
Authors: Denora Tia
Published: May 2018

The Desert Island Discs interview—ostensibly a private chat—is an entertainment format in which public figures are on public display and able to display themselves as types of public selves through discussion of ‘private’ musical tastes, experiences, values, and connections to others. This chapter examines castaways’ narratives in aggregate form, as patterned practices of display. Castaway narratives reveal six thematic ways of accounting for their musical choices: (1) situation of listening, (2) container for extra-musical matters, (3) link to a person or people, (4) resource for care of self, (5) castaway just loves the work, and (6) described in terms of music pedagogy. Comparing individual castaway narratives with this more general set of narrative patterns, and controlling for occupational group, and within that, gender, offers new, and otherwise undisclosed, information about individual castaways and their public presentation of self.
Perspectiva de motociclistas acidentados sobre riscos e acidentes de trânsito
Authors: Souza Hercília Najara Ferreira de , Drumond Eliane de Freitas , Malta Deborah Carvalho , Hang-Costa Talline Arêdes , Freitas Maria Imaculada de Fátima
Published: May 2018

En el tránsito urbano ocurren disputas por espacios y se producen situaciones de conflicto y violencia que resultan en un alto número de accidentes, principalmente con motociclistas. Entre los factores que determinan y condicionan tales hechos se incluyen el modo de pensar y de tomar decisiones reveladas en las representaciones de las personas involucradas, además de otros factores relacionados con la vida urbana. En este estudio se busca entender las representaciones de motociclistas que tuvieron accidentes de tránsito en Belo Horizonte, estado de Minas Gerais, sobre los riesgos y accidentes. El análisis de datos, recogidos en las entrevistas individuales de accidentados internados en hospitales, se basó en las propuestas de Giami, en el referente sicosocial de las representaciones sociales que permitió construir dos categorías sobre la violencia: a) representaciones sobre las lesiones con motocicletas; 2) representaciones sobre el tránsito. Los resultados muestran que la proyección de responsabilidades está muy presente en las representaciones sobre la violencia en el tránsito. Las posturas sicosociales se fortalecen en las disputas, por medio de representaciones de sobrevaloración del transporte individual, por el sentimiento de invulnerabilidad al pensar que los accidentes solamente les ocurren a los demás, mezcladas con la consiguiente fragilización de las relaciones de equidad en el tránsito. Se llega a la conclusión que la construcción sicosocial generada por interacciones sociales de toda la vida, en contextos culturales y sociales específicos, define posturas de incurrir en más o menos riesgos, que se reflejan en el modo de conducir cotidianamente.
Aspectos contemporâneos da construção compartilhada do conhecimento
Authors: Faria Magda Guimarães de Araujo , Acioli Sonia , Taborda Marcia , Gallasch Cristiane Helena
Published: May 2018

El objeto principal del presente estudio es analizar las interacciones que conducen a procesos de construcción compartida del conocimiento entre estudiantes y profesores de un curso de especialización en salud de la familia en la modalidad de educación a distancia. La metodología utilizada fue el estudio de caso, que analizó 66 foros temáticos interactivos, desde el referente metodológico del análisis de redes sociales. Primero, se tabularon las interacciones sociales entre los participantes y después se crearon las matrices gráficas. Los resultados señalan que en los foros temáticos de discusión se puede construir conocimiento compartido porque existen relaciones interactivas. Llegamos a la conclusión que la educación a distancia, con herramientas virtuales de la cibernética, reafirma su importancia en la calificación profesional, cuyos recursos no sólo permiten la socialización del conocimiento científico sino que también fomentan su construcción colectiva.
Impacto do arranjo domiciliar na evolução da capacidade funcional de idosos
Authors: Bolina Alisson Fernandes , Rodrigues Rosalina Aparecida Partezani , Tavares Darlene Mara dos Santos , Haas Vanderlei José
Published: May 2018

Objetivo: comparar la evolución de la capacidad funcional entre ancianos que vivían solos, acompañados y con cambios en el arreglo domiciliar, ajustando para otras variables. Material y método: se trata de un estudio de cohorte de base poblacional realizado con ancianos comunitários. se realizó el análisis estadístico descriptivo y modelos mixtos (p <0,05). Resultados: en el gráfico de tendencia, se observó declinación funcional en todos los grupos. Los ancianos que vivían solos presentaron mayores escores de capacidad funcional durante el estudio; sin embargo, no se evidenció diferencia significativa en la comparación entre los grupos. En el análisis de modelos mixtos se verificó que las variables explicativas de la declinación funcional fueron mayor edad (estimación = 0,067; p <0,001) y mayor número de morbilidad (estimación = 0,357; p <0,001). Conclusión: los resultados sugieren que las alteraciones fisiológicas del organismo con el paso de los años juntamente con el aumento gradual de las morbilidad pueden afectar el declive funcional de los ancianos de la comunidad, independientemente del arreglo domiciliar.
Análise das dissertações e teses do programa de pós-graduação em enfermagem da universidade federal da paraíba
Authors: Pimenta Cláudia Jeane Lopes , Fernandes Wiliana Aparecida Alves de Brito , Falcão Renata Maia de Medeiros , Freitas Sthephanie de Abreu , Oliveira Jacira dos Santos , Costa Kátia Neyla de Freitas Macedo
Published: May 2018

Objetivo: analizar la tendencia temática y metodológica de las disertaciones y tesis del Programa de Posgrado en Enfermería de la Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Método: estudio descriptivo y documental mediante el análisis de tesis y disertaciones defendidas entre 2008 y 2016. Resultados: se defendieron 162 disertaciones y 26 tesis en total, con mayor prevalencia de estudios descriptivos, de enfoque cualitativo, en la línea de investigación de Políticas y Prácticas en Salud y Enfermería y en temas vinculados a Enfermería en Salud del Adulto y del Adulto Mayor; principalmente realizadas en el hospital. La técnica de entrevista semiestructurada fue la más utilizada, con análisis de datos a través de programas de análisis estadístico. La Teoría de las Necesidades Humanas Básicas fue la más utilizada. Conclusión: se observó mayor profundización científica de la ciencia de Enfermería, con la consolidación de nuevas líneas de investigación y, de este modo, nuevas perspectivas y conocimientos son construidos y difundidos de en la comunidad científica.
Algerian Youth on the Move. Capoeira, Street Dance and Parkour: Between Integration and Contestation
Authors: Hecking Britta
Published: May 2018

After a long decade of political and cultural isolation due to the bloody civil war in the 1990s, processes of economic reform and ‘opening to the world’ intensified since 2000 in urban Algeria. While public space is still controlled by what is an authoritarian state, it is also a highly contested space. This chapter analyzes how young Algerians reclaim their access to the public sphere and forge new identities through the practice of global youth cultures like parkour, capoeira and street-dance. Common to each of these practices is ‘the body in motion’, the appropriation of urban spaces that has a counter hegemonic character. Young people use these activities to negotiate material constraints and in-between identities in everyday life. This is especially clear in the aesthetics and philosophy of parkour: one plays with obstacles or passes them using only the force of the body. Social media play an important role in these urban cultures for initiation, inspiration and representation: video-clips circulate via Facebook or Youtube and create new communities connecting local ‘crews’ with national federations and transnational networks. By appropriating local streets through the appropriation of global cultures, the young not only empower themselves but also contribute to stage a new image of the young Algerian nation.
Beyond France-Algeria: The Algerian Novel and the Transcolonial Imagination
Authors: Harrison Olivia C.
Published: May 2018

More than any other literary genre, the Algerian novel has been read as a response to Algeria’s colonial past and as a proving ground for the articulation of a postcolonial national identity. From Kateb Yacine’s anticolonial allegory Nedjma to Kamal Daoud’s attempt to grapple with the legacies of Orientalism in Meursault, contre-enquête, the Algerian novel seems to be caught in a dialectical relationship with the former colonizer, France. Or is it? After a brief survey of post-independence Maghrebi texts that look to other colonial sites, in particular Palestine, to actualize anticolonial critique in the postcolonial period, I examine a series of Algerian novels that activate what I call the transcolonial imagination, connecting heterogenous (post)colonial sites in a critical and comparative exploration of coloniality. Through readings of novels by Ahlam Mosteghanemi, Anouar Benmalek, Yasmina Khadra, and Rachid Boudjedra, I show that the contemporary Algerian novel continues to excavate traces of the colonial, broadly conceived, in the purportedly postcolonial present, casting the Palestinian question, the post-9/11 war on terror, and the 2010-2011 uprisings within a multidirectional and palimpsestic history of the colonial condition writ large.
‘All that is majestic’
Authors: Callaghan Madeleine
Published: May 2018

The challenge of transmuting words into experience, the excessiveness of which experience seems to prevent any straightforward description, becomes the animating force of Shelley’s letter to Thomas Love Peacock of 22 July 1816 and the poetry written in the summer of 1816. This chapter emphasises the seriousness of the poetic philosophy explored in every poem contained in the Scrope Davies Notebook, from ‘Hymn to Intellectual Beauty’ and Mont Blanc to the lesser-known sonnets. The lyric self, biographical experience, and the impersonal observance of genre, make the Scrope Davies Notebook both intensely personal and coolly detached from the self. Shelley seeks to find words adequate to experience in both his letter to Thomas Love Peacock and the poems of the Scrope Davies Notebook.
‘One is always in love with something or other’
Authors: Callaghan Madeleine
Published: May 2018

Epipsychidion and Shelley’s poems to Jane Williams show him poeticise his conception of love. These poems construct and deconstruct idealised states in his work with a self-consciousness that never undercuts the emotional intensity of the poetry. Reading Shelley’s letter to John Gisborne of 18 June 1822 reveals Shelley’s critical acumen as well as his attempt to lessen the distance between himself and his friend as he seamlessly moves from idea to idea. The letter retains a clear consciousness of the difficulty, the nigh impossibility, of the ideal in Epipsychidion and the gap between the real and poetic version of Jane Williams in the letter and the poems. Shelley’s multitonal performances echo from his prose to his poetry as he creates and dispels his own poetic fantasies.
Water in the Landscape: Charters, Laws and Place Names
Authors: Hooke Della
Published: May 2018

As one of the essentials of life, water was never far away from early medieval consciousness. Access to sources of water might influence the demarcation of territorial boundaries, especially of the small estates that were emerging in this period, and the location of settlement. The documentary records that survive provide insights as to how the Anglo-Saxons and sometimes, too, their predecessors, viewed their surroundings. Many place-names contain references to water and might help to provide a picture of the landscape and how it was used. In this period, fishing weirs and mills were increasing in number and find mention in both names and the documents; some rivers were also valuable lines of water communication offering routes for the transfer of both people and goods. On a smaller scale, the names given to local watercourses might reflect the nature of the rivers and streams themselves or hint at the nature of the countryside around and its local wildlife. They might also express a sense of local identity but were often coined by travellers and administrators. Some of these aspects of water and the environment of Anglo-Saxon England will be explored here.
Fens and Frontiers
Authors: Wickham-Crowley Kelley M.
Published: May 2018

When the Germanic tribes arrived in Britain, a long history of fen use by native Britons preceded their advent and would have modeled some uses of the environment, as evidenced by a site such as Flag Fen with its wooden roadways. With water levels rising and likely contributing to the movements of Germanic peoples from their homelands, fen and marshland would have increased and so become a more pervasive landscape and resource, especially for seagoing peoples. If we understand fens as both a challenge and a defining edge, we can consider how that manifests in Anglo-Saxon thought. Poetry such as elegies, Andreas and even "The Battle of Maldon" draw on fen landscapes to evoke particular cultural resonances in service of poetic effect. Famous secular and religious figures use fens as key strategic sites in defining themselves, whether it be Alfred's retreat to the fens before negotiating the survival of England against the Danelaw or monastics and hermits who cultivate the spiritual isolation of fenland. For a people identified with their very landscape, the ecological richness of such environments drew interest in plant use and fishing, part of Anglo-Saxon medical knowledge and supply.
Watermills and Waterwheels
Authors: Watts Martin
Published: May 2018

The Anglo-Saxon achievement in the development of water-power to drive millstones for grinding grain is underlined by references to over 6000 mills in England at the time of the Domesday survey, the majority of which must have been established by or during the late Anglo-Saxon period. This chapter sets out to discuss the legacy of water-power in England after its introduction by the Romans and the apparent revival of watermill technology from the late seventh century, which is attested by archaeological finds and documentary sources. The provision and control of a manageable water supply, using both fresh and salt water, and the technology of waterwheels, in particular interpretation of the archaeological evidence for the use of both horizontal- and vertical-wheeled mills, form an important part of the discussion. The relationship between watermills and those who built and ran them is also considered.
Water, Wics and Burhs
Authors: Dalwood † Hal
Published: May 2018

A glance at the map of England shows the connection between major Anglo-Saxon towns and water: most were positioned on rivers. The siting of burhs is undoubtedly explicable as the recognition of the strategic and tactical importance of rivers, reflecting similar reasons for the development of predecessor settlements in the 1st century AD. English rivers, though often only navigable by shallow-drafted river craft, formed an important transport network, and facilitated the development of long-distance trade from and to English towns. Watercourses were essential to the development of urban industries, providing power for mills and water for textile and leather industries. As urban populations grew in size and density, good supplies of fresh water were required for domestic uses, and for use in religious institutions. Rivers were convenient for the disposal of large volumes of dirty water. The detailed evidence from towns with extensive excavated evidence shows the importance of water in Anglo-Saxon towns.
Artsequal 2015–2021: The Challenges of a Large-Scale Research Initiative in Finland
Authors: Karttunen Sari , Houni Pia
Published: May 2018

THE ARTICLE PRESENTS THE ARTSEQUAL INITIATIVE, WHICH IS FUNDED BY THE STRATEGIC RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE ACADEMY OF FINLAND. THE SIX-YEAR PROJECT, FUNDED FROM A SUB-PROGRAMME AIMING TO INCREASE EQUALITY IN SOCIETY, IS CONSTRUCTED ON THE VISIONARY QUESTION: WHAT IF THE ARTS WERE UNDERSTOOD TO BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF PUBLIC SERVICES? THE PROJECT SETS OUT TO IDENTIFY MECHANISMS AND REMOVE BARRIERS THAT HINDER EQUALITY FROM BEING ESTABLISHED BOTH WITHIN THE ARTS AND THROUGH THEM IN SOCIETY AT LARGE. THE PROJECT IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND DRAWS LARGELY UPON PARTICIPATORY, PRACTICE-LED METHODOLOGIES. IT IS CARRIED OUT IN SIX RESEARCH TEAMS AND IN TWO PHASES, THE FIRST OF WHICH CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS ARTS INTERVENTIONS COMBINED WITH RESEARCH. THE CONCLUSIVE PHASE THAT LINKS THE FINDINGS AND EXPERIENCES FROM THE CASE STUDIES TOGETHER VIA QUALITATIVE SYSTEM ANALYSIS STARTED IN THE BEGINNING OF 2018. THE AUTHORS ARE LEADERS OF TWO OF THE RESEARCH TEAMS, AND HERE THEY PRESENT THE ENTIRE RESEARCH INITIATIVE AS WELL AS EXEMPLARY SUB-STUDIES FROM THEIR OWN TEAMS. THEY DISCUSS THE RESEARCH PROJECT AND THE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS IN VIEW OF THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE ARTIST IN SOCIETY, A SHARED PROBLEMATIC BETWEEN THEIR TEAMS. THEY ALSO REFLECT ON THE ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES THAT PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING MAY BRING TO ARTISTIC PRACTICES AND RESEARCH.
A 66-year-old Man With Fever and Altered Mental Status: A Case Report
Authors: Romano Federica , Radin Raffaella , Ghiringhelli Paolo
Published: May 2018

We describe the case of a 66-year-old man who was admitted to the Emergency Department with high fever, urinary incontinence, asthenia, and altered mental status characterized by drowsiness and lethargy from the previous night. The head CT scan was negative, while the chest X-ray showed a right basal reduced transparency and solitary pulmonary nodules already known and considered as expression of asbestosis. No acute neurological signs were observed by the consultant neurologist. A diagnosis of right basal pneumonia complicated by delirium was made and an empiric antibiotic therapy with ceftriaxone plus azithromycin was started. As patient’s conditions did not improve in the following 48 hours, a lumbar puncture was performed, with the microbiological isolation of L. monocytogenes. According to the indications of the infectious disease consultant, a new antibiotic regimen with ampicillin/sulbactam plus gentamicin was introduced. The chest CT scan performed as further examination revealed right pleural thickening highly suspicious for mesothelioma. The patient was discharged after 4 weeks with no neurological deficits.