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Pixelated flesh
No full textThe pixel and the technique of pixelating faces belong to a politics of fear and a digital aesthetics of truth which shapes public perceptions of criminality and the threat of otherness. This article will draw on Paul Virilio's account of the pixel in Lost Dimension in order to analyze its specific role and operation in relation to contemporary representations of incarceration. In particular, the article will consider the figure of the incarcerated informant. The incarcerated criminal or informant plays a complex role as both subversive other and purveyor of truth and as such constitutes an important example of the ways in which pixelation functions as a visible signifier of a dangerous truth whilst blurring, erasing and, ultimately, dehumanizing those "speaking" this truth. Our discussion forms part of a larger analysis of the production, framing and circulation of images of otherness, identifying Virilio as key to debates around the violence of the screen
Colors 2009
No full textCONTENTS
The Course of Love, Alexis Graman 5;
Sometimes, Randi Paul 6;
Untitled, Andrea Simons 6;
Estranged, Loren Graham 7;
The Contemplation of Divorce, Loren Graham 7;
In Sickness and in Health, Jean Saye 8;
Courtship, Emily Stuven 8;
A Plentiful and Obvious Thing, Virginia Reeves 10;
Humble Passion, Jenna Kesler 13;
The Jazz Piano, James Buscher 13;
The Sweet Lady, Nathan Brehe 14;
Cancer, Jean Saye 15;
Old World Anew, Angel Martinez 15;
Clutch, Briana Wipf 16;
Ghosts, Emily Stuven 26;
Monuments, Phillip Quinn 28;
Journey, Cheline Perry 28;
Kelly Island: My Private Heaven, Andrew Moore 29;
The Hills Yonder, Madeline Levesque 30;
The Night Road, James Buscher 30;
Steps to the Sun, Lacey Middlestead 31;
Invernal, Nathan Brehe 33;
Secret Garden Tour, Bill Lovelady 36;
Dye, Nik Griffith 40;
Two Poems for My Sister, Carolyn Smillie 41;
II, Angel Martinez 41;
San Cristobal, Alexis Graman 42;
No Control for the Average Joe, Nathan Brehe 44;
Selection from Hunter & Hunted, Ryan Pheiffer 44;
Eat Me, Nik Griffith 48
Book Review: America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan
Get PDFAuthor: James Graham Wilson
Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, US Army War College class of 2010
In America’s Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security from Roosevelt to Reagan written by James Graham Wilson and reviewed by Rev. Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, readers follow the life of Paul Nitze. As a businessman and government official, Nitze lived a life of service, holding positions as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, and Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department. He also helped craft America’s Cold War policy. “Nitze’s life is more than an interesting story,” the reviewer notes, “it suggests the way forward for aspiring senior leaders.”https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/1100/thumbnail.jp
Memories for Life: A Review of the Science and Technology
No full textThis paper discusses scientific, social and technological aspects of memory. Recent developments in our understanding of memory processes and mechanisms, and their digital implementation, have placed the encoding, storage, management and retrieval of information at the forefront of several fields of research. At the same time, the divisions between the biological, physical and the digital worlds seem to be dissolving. Hence opportunities for interdisciplinary research into memory are being created, between the life sciences, social sciences and physical sciences. Such research may benefit from immediate application into information management technology as a testbed. The paper describes one initiative, Memories for Life, as a potential common problem space for the various interested disciplines
Protocol for the saMS trial (supportive adjustment for multiple sclerosis): a randomized controlled trial comparing cognitive behavioral therapy to supportive listening for adjustment to multiple sclerosis
No full textBackgroundMultiple Sclerosis (MS) is an incurable, chronic, potentially progressive and unpredictable disease of the central nervous system. The disease produces a range of unpleasant and debilitating symptoms, which can have a profound impact including disrupting activities of daily living, employment, income, relationships, social and leisure activities, and life goals. Adjusting to the illness is therefore particularly challenging. This trial tests the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioural intervention compared to supportive listening to assist adjustment in the early stages of MS.MethodsThis is a two arm randomized multi-centre parallel group controlled trial. 122 consenting participants who meet eligibility criteria will be randomly allocated to receive either Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Supportive Listening. Eight one hour sessions of therapy (delivered over a period of 10 weeks) will be delivered by general nurses trained in both treatments. Self-report questionnaire data will be collected at baseline (0 weeks), mid-therapy (week 5 of therapy), post-therapy (15 weeks) and at six months (26 weeks) and twelve months (52 weeks) follow-up. Primary outcomes are distress and MS-related social and role impairment at twelve month follow-up. Analysis will also consider predictors and mechanisms of change during therapy. In-depth interviews to examine participants’ experiences of the interventions will be conducted with a purposively sampled sub-set of the trial participants. An economic analysis will also take place. DiscussionThis trial is distinctive in its aims in that it aids adjustment to MS in a broad sense. It is not a treatment specifically for depression. Use of nurses as therapists makes the interventions potentially viable in terms of being rolled out in the NHS. The trial benefits from incorporating patient input in the development and evaluation stages. The trial will provide important information about the efficacy, cost-effectiveness and acceptability of the interventions as well as mechanisms of psychosocial adjustment.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN91377356<br/
Paul in Acts and Epistles : the Miletus speech and 1 Thessalonians as a test case.
Get PDFThis study contributes to debates over the portraits of Paul in Acts and his epistles by considering the one Pauline speech to Christians in Acts, the speech to the Ephesian elders at Miletus (Acts 20: 18b-35). After surveying previous work, a two-way comparison is made, comparing the Miletus speech with (i) speeches by Jesus in Luke's Gospel, to see how Lukan it is, and (ii) 1 Thessalonians, to see how Pauline it is. A hierarchical method is outlined for identifying parallels. A study of the speech shows it to be a well-structured 'farewell', in which Paul commissions the elders for ministry after his departure to Jerusalem. The speech has four major themes: faithful fulfilment of leadership responsibility; suffering; the attitude to wealth and work; and the death of Jesus. Paul is offered as a model of Christian leadership for imitation. A comparison with Luke's Gospel identifies three passages which parallel the speech (22: 14-38; 12: 1-53; 21: 5-31), and four briefer passages (7: 38,44; 9: 2; 10: 3; 13: 32f). 22: 14-38 parallels the speech especially closely. A clear picture of Luke's view of Christian leadership emerges - modelled by Jesus, taught to his disciples, modelled by Paul, and then taught to the elders, the leaders of the next Christian generation. The comparison with 1 Thessalonians recognises the four major Miletus themes in the letter, and identifies a number of passages and ideas in the letter which have parallels in the speech. A clear picture of Christian leadership emerges, looking remarkably like that found in Luke-Acts. A conclusion reviews the argument, concludes that the speech is not dependent on the letter, and outlines results for debates about Paul in Acts and epistles
Serious Games - case study
No full textA chapter in an international book concerning curating new media art. The chapter examines a case study of an exhibition curated by the author, including analysis of press response, and audience behaviours. The chapter was invited by the editor, and peer-reviewed and edited. Christiane Paul is a leading curator, author and editor, and other chapters in the book include international authors and curators: Charlie Gere, Steve Dietz, Jon Ippolito, Sara Diamond, Caitlin Jones, and Tilman Baumgärtel. The book has proved popular, and has been produced in paperback. The book has been reviewed internationally, and the case studies particularly praised for sharing practical knowledge
IRUS-UK: making scholarly statistics count in UK repositories
Get PDFIRUS-UK is a new national standards-based statistics aggregation service for institutional repositories in the UK. The service processes raw usage data from repositories, consolidating those data into COUNTER-compliant statistics by following the rules of the COUNTER Code of Practice - the same code adhered to by the majority of scholarly publishers. This will, for the first time, enable UK repositories to provide consistent, comparable and trustworthy usage data, as well as supporting opportunities for benchmarking at a national level. This article provides some context to development, benefits and opportunities offered by the service, an institutional repository perspective and future plans
Exploration of values-consistent behaviour as an outcome, and its relationship with wellbeing
Get PDFThis thesis is an exploration of values-consistent behaviour from a contextual
behavioural science perspective. The first chapter is a systematic review of the
effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy in enhancing values-consistent
behaviour. The results from this review were inconclusive, mainly due to a lack of
psychometrically robust outcome measures, and inconsistent use of available
measures. Recommendations were made to improve the utility of measures of
values-consistent behaviour. The second chapter reports a cross-sectional survey of
adolescents, aimed at testing the psychometric properties of values measures, and
assessing the relationship between values-consistent behaviour and wellbeing. The
measures used in this study were the Valued Living Questionnaire 2 (VLQ-2),
Portrait Values Questionnaire – Second Revision, Child and Adolescent Mindfulness
Measure, Avoidance and Fusion Questionnaire for Youth – Short Form, and the
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. Using the VLQ-2 in its current form,
values-consistent behaviour was found to account for an additional 13% of variance
in wellbeing, above the contributions of demographics, mindfulness and experiential
avoidance. However, a recommendation was made for adaptions to be made to the
VLQ-2 to make it more suitable for adolescents
Other Planes of There: Critical Notice of Graham Lock's Blutopia
No full textGraham Lock's Blutopia: Visions of the Future and Revisions of the Past in the Work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton explores several di-mensions of cultural critique in the writings and music of three highly in-fluential musical artists. The book extends Lock's pursuit of related topics in Forces in Motion: Anthony Braxton and the Meta-Reality of Creative Music (1988), an engaging and highly informative account of Braxton's career as a composer, instrumentalist, and bandleader. Forces in Motion featured ex-tensive interviews with Braxton and the members of his 1985 touring quar-tet, Marilyn Crispell, Gerry Hemingway, and Mark Dresser, along with Lock's own commentaries and research findings. Lock is also the author of Chasing the Vibration: Meetings with Creative Musicians (1994), a collection of interviews with jazz composers and improvisers, and the editor of Mixtery: A Festschrift for Anthony Braxton (1995)
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