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Donald Trump Shoots the Match1 Sharon Mazer
Donald Trump Shoots the Match1 Sharon Mazer The day I realized it can be smart to be shallow was, for me, a deep experience. —Donald J. Trump (2004; in Remnick 2017:19) I don’t care if it’s real or not. Kill him! Kill him! 2 He’s currently President of the USA, but a scant 10 years ago, Donald Trump stepped into the squared circle, facing off against WWE owner and quintessential heel Mr. McMahon3 in the “Battle of the Billionaires” (WrestleMania XXIII). The stakes were high. The loser would have his head shaved by the winner. (Spoiler alert: Trump won.) Both Trump and McMahon kept their suits on—oversized, with exceptionally long ties—in a way that made their heads appear to hover, disproportionately small, over their bulky (Trump) and bulked up (McMahon) bodies. As avatars of capitalist, patriarchal power, they left the heavy lifting to the gleamingly exposed, hypermasculinist bodies of their pro-wrestler surrogates. McMahon performed an expert heel turn: a craven villain, egging the audience to taunt him as a clueless, elitist frontman as he did the job of casting Trump as an (unlikely) babyface, the crowd’s champion. For his part, Trump seemed more mark than smart. Where McMahon and the other wrestlers were working around him, like ham actors in an outsized play, Trump was shooting the match: that is, not so much acting naturally as neglecting to act at all. He soaked up the cheers, stalked the ring, took a fall, threw a sucker punch, and claimed victory as if he (and he alone) had fought the good fight (WWE 2013b). -
Teaching and Learning Against All Odds: a Video- Based Study of Learner-To-Instructor Interaction in International Distance Education
International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning Volume 10, Number 4. ISSN: 1492-3831 September – 2009 Teaching and Learning Against all Odds: A Video- Based Study of Learner-to-Instructor Interaction in International Distance Education Jean-Marie Muhirwa Equitas – The International Centre for Human Rights Education, Canada Abstract Distance education and information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been marketed as cost-effective ways to rescue struggling educational institutions in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study uses classroom video analysis and follow-up interviews with teachers, students, and local tutors to analyse the interaction at a distance between learners in Mali and Burkina Faso and their French and Canadian instructors. Findings reveal multiple obstacles to quality interaction: frequent Internet disconnections, limited student access to computers, lack of instructor presence, ill-prepared local tutors, student unfamiliarity with typing and computer technology, ineffective technical support, poor social dynamics, learner- learner conflict, learner-instructor conflict, and student withdrawal and resignation. In light of the near death of the costly World Bank-initiated African Virtual University (AVU), this paper concludes by re-visiting the educational potential of traditional technologies, such as radio and video, to foster development in poor countries. Keywords: Distance education; interaction; interactivity; sub-Saharan Africa; learners‘ support; Internet -
Against All Odds: a Peer-Supported Recovery Partnership 2
Against All Odds: A Peer-Supported Recovery Partnership 2 PSA Behavioral Health Agency • History • Programs 3 Odds Against: Mental Illness • In 2012 it is estimated that 9.6 million adults aged 18 or older in the United States had been diagnosed with a Serious Mental Illness (SAMHSA: Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness, 2014) • Additionally, 23.1 million persons in the United States age 12 and older have required treatment services for Substance Use disorders (SAMHSA: Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness, 2014 ) 4 Odds Against: Bureau of Justice Statistics • Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates: Special Report (September 2006 NCJ 213600) 1. Mental Health problems defined by recent history or symptoms of a mental health problem 2. Must have occurred in the last 12 months 3. Clinical diagnosis or treatment by a behavioral health professional 4. Symptoms were diagnosed based upon criteria specified in DSM IV 5 Odds Against: Bureau of Justice Statistics • Approximately 25% of inmates in either local jails or prisons with mental illness had been incarcerated 3 or more times • Between 74% and 76% of State prisoners and those in local jails met criteria for substance dependence or abuse • Approximately 63% of State prisoners with a mental health disorder had used drugs in the month prior to their arrests 6 Odds Against: Bureau of Justice Statistics • 13% of state prisoners who had a mental health diagnoses prior to incarceration were homeless within the year prior to their arrest • 24% of jail inmates with a mental health diagnosis reported physical or sexual abuse in their past • 20% of state prisoners who had a mental health diagnosis were likely to have been in a fight since their incarceration 7 Odds Against: Homelessness • 20 to 25% of the homeless population in the United States suffers from mental illness according to SAMHSA (National Institute of Mental Health, 2009) • In a 2008 survey by the US Conference of Mayors the 3rd largest cause of homelessness was mental illness. -
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PRIVILEGED ATTORNEY-CLIENT COMMUNICATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LICENSE AGREEMENT (“SPIDER-MAN”) CREATIVE ISSUES This memo summarizes certain terms of the Second Amended and Restated License Agreement (“Spider-Man”) between SPE and Marvel, effective September 15, 2011 (the “Agreement”). 1. CHARACTERS AND OTHER CREATIVE ELEMENTS: a. Exclusive to SPE: . The “Spider-Man” character, “Peter Parker” and essentially all existing and future alternate versions, iterations, and alter egos of the “Spider- Man” character. All fictional characters, places structures, businesses, groups, or other entities or elements (collectively, “Creative Elements”) that are listed on the attached Schedule 6. All existing (as of 9/15/11) characters and other Creative Elements that are “Primarily Associated With” Spider-Man but were “Inadvertently Omitted” from Schedule 6. The Agreement contains detailed definitions of these terms, but they basically conform to common-sense meanings. If SPE and Marvel cannot agree as to whether a character or other creative element is Primarily Associated With Spider-Man and/or were Inadvertently Omitted, the matter will be determined by expedited arbitration. All newly created (after 9/15/11) characters and other Creative Elements that first appear in a work that is titled or branded with “Spider-Man” or in which “Spider-Man” is the main protagonist (but not including any team- up work featuring both Spider-Man and another major Marvel character that isn’t part of the Spider-Man Property). The origin story, secret identities, alter egos, powers, costumes, equipment, and other elements of, or associated with, Spider-Man and the other Creative Elements covered above. The story lines of individual Marvel comic books and other works in which Spider-Man or other characters granted to SPE appear, subject to Marvel confirming ownership. -
Against All Odds: from Prison to Graduate School
Journal of African American Males in Education Spring 2015 - Vol. 6 Issue 1 Against All Odds: From Prison to Graduate School Rebecca L. Brower Florida State University This case study explores an often overlooked phenomenon in the higher education literature: Students transitioning from prison to college. The case presents the unique story of an African American male who made a series of life transitions from federal prison to homelessness to community college to a historically Black university, and finally to a predominantly White institution for graduate school. These transitions came as the result of successful coping strategies, which included social learning, hope, optimism, information seeking, and meaning-making. Some of the policy and research implications of ex-convicts returning to higher education after imprisonment are also considered. Keywords: African-American, Black, college access, prison, transition A middle-aged African American male named Robert Jones sits in a community college classroom feeling overwhelmed and unsure of himself. He has been released after spending ten years in federal prison for drug trafficking. After prison, he was homeless for a period of time, but now he is sitting in a community college classroom thanks to his own efforts and the local homeless coalition’s program to help ex-convicts gain housing, employment, and education. He vividly describes his experience on his first day of community college: I tell you, I swear my head was hurting. I’m serious. I was, like, in class, you know, like Charlie Brown, I had sparks going everywhere. I was like, it’s like that came to my mind and I was like now I see how Charlie Brown feels. -
Against All Odds? Birth Fathers and Enduring Thoughts of the Child Lost to Adoption
genealogy Article Against All Odds? Birth Fathers and Enduring Thoughts of the Child Lost to Adoption Gary Clapton School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9YL, UK; [email protected] Received: 4 March 2019; Accepted: 25 March 2019; Published: 29 March 2019 Abstract: This paper revisits a topic only briefly raised in earlier research, the idea that the grounds for fatherhood can be laid with little or no ‘hands-on’ experience of fathering and upon these grounds, an enduring sense of being a father of, and bond with, a child seen once or never, can develop. The paper explores the specific experiences of men whose children were adopted as babies drawing on the little research that exists on this population, work relating to expectant fathers, personal accounts, and other sources such as surveys of birth parents in the USA and Australia. The paper’s exploration and discussion of a manifestation of fatherhood that can hold in mind a ‘lost’ child, disrupts narratives of fathering that regard fathering as ‘doing’ and notions that once out of sight, a child is out of mind for a father. The paper suggests that, for the men in question, a diversity of feelings, but also behaviours, point to a form of continuing, lived fathering practices—that however, take place without the child in question. The conclusion debates the utility of the phrase “birth father” as applied historically and in contemporary adoption processes. Keywords: birth fathers; adoption; fatherhood 1. Introduction There can be an enduring psychological/attachment bond between the child and their biological father that is of significance both to the child and the father, whether the father is present, absent or indeed has never been known to the child (Clapton 2007, pp. -
Midphot 2017 1 Chairman’S Foreword a Warm Welcome to Midphot
MidPhot 2017 1 Chairman’s Foreword A warm welcome to Midphot. As with last few years we started the exhibition with the Audio Visuals Championships on the last Saturday of January over at Burton on Trent. This year it was a wet day outside so it was good to be in warmth with a room full of people. Our thanks to Howard Bagshaw and the team from Stafford AV group for a well-run event. My thanks to all the members of MCPF council who put so many hours of time into making the days run so well, together with members from local clubs for their help; Pip Wheatcroft and Ruth Hill of Burton on Trent PS, Susan Pearmain, Christine Mallett of Shirley PS. Bob Dallow, Dinah Jayes and rest of the team from Smethwick PS for feeding and watering us so well. MidPhot 2017 My sincere thanks to all Midphot judges who worked well together with plenty of good humour and knowedge th of work put before them, a pleasure to be chairman of the selection weekend. 54 Annual Exhibition Thank you to every entrant for giving us the chance to view your work, the entry remains constant for the last few years around the 4500, with a couple of new clubs entering for the first time and odd ones dropping out. of the Well done to everybody who gained an acceptance and congratulations especially to the award winners, if you have been unsuccessful this year may I encourage you to retry next year. Midland Counties Photographic Federation Ralph Duckett Selectors Prints Monochrome, Colour, Creative Panel of Prints and General Projected Images Dianne Owen FRPS Jon Baker MFIAP EFIAP/p -
The Building of a Women's Movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran By
Against All Odds: The Building of a Women’s Movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran By Homa Hoodfar from Changing Their World 1st Edition Edited by Srilatha Batliwala Scholar Associate, AWID Building Feminist Movements and Organizations 2008 This case study was produced by AWID’s Building Feminist Movements and Organizations (BEFMO) Initiative These publications can be found on the AWID website: www.awid.org Changing their World 1st Edition Contains case studies: Against All Odds: The Building of a Women’s Movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran By Homa Hoodfar The Dalit Women’s Movement in India: Dalit Mahila Samiti By Jahnvi Andharia with the ANANDI Collective Domestic Workers Organizing in the United States By Andrea Cristina Mercado and Ai-jen Poo Challenges Were Many: The One in Nine Campaign, South Africa By Jane Bennett Mothers as Movers and Shakers: The Network of Mother Centres in the Czech Republic By Suranjana Gupta The Demobilization of Women’s Movements: The Case of Palestine By Islah Jad The Piquetera/o Movement of Argentina By Andrea D’Atri and Celeste Escati GROOTS Kenya By Awino Okech The European Romani Women’s Movement—International Roma Women’s Network By Rita Izsak Changing their World 2nd Edition Contains four new case studies: The Seeds of a Movement—Disabled Women and their Struggle to Organize By Janet Price GALANG: A Movement in the Making for the Rights of Poor LBTs in the Philippines By Anne Lim The VAMP/SANGRAM Sex Worker’s Movement in India’s Southwest By the SANGRAM/VAMP team Women Building Peace: The -
'Against All Odds': UNHCR's Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programme for Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced S
Against‘ all odds’: UNHCR’s mental health and psychosocial support programme for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced Syrians, Intervention 2013, Volume 11, Number 2, Page 190 - 194 ‘Against all odds’: UNHCR’s mental health and psychosocial support programme for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced Syrians Sarah Harrison, Riwa Dahman, Maha Ismail, Edith Saada, Maysaa Hassan, Rasha Hassan, Adam Musa Khalifa & Marian Schilperoord Intensi¢ed ¢ghting and insecurity in Damascus has gained, territorylost, andthe toll oncivilians. limited the ability of the Iraqi refugees, displaced Sadly, there appears to be little enthusiasm Syrians, partners and sta¡ to physically access many to highlight the important, day-to-day acti- of the ¢xed facilities o¡ering mental health and vities of humanitarian workers continuing to psychosocial services.Those that do, have to travel provide mental health and psychosocial sup- substantial distances through checkpoints and ‘hot port in the midst of this crisis. areas’. However,before the con£ict in 2011,UNHCR Displaced Syrians, who seek shelter within Syria was already in the area, operating a com- host communities or in collective shelters prehensive mental health and psychosocial support across the country, report feelings of fear, programme for Iraqi refugees, building on the anxiety, helplessness, hopelessness, isolation resources and capacities of the refugee population. and profound distress at the events unfolding In 2012, this programme was opened to support around them to outreach volunteers. Syrians -
Otherness and Transgression in Fandom and Celebrity Studies Volume 6 · Number 1 · December 2018
ISSN 1904-6022 www.otherness.dk/journal Otherness and Transgression in Fandom and Celebrity Studies Volume 6 · Number 1 · December 2018 Otherness and Representation Volume 6 · Number 2 · December 2018 Welcoming the interdisciplinary study of otherness and alterity, Otherness: Essays and Studies is an open-access, full-text, and peer-reviewed e-journal under the auspices of the Centre for Studies in Otherness. The journal publishes new scholarship primarily within the humanities and social sciences. ISSUE EDITORS Matthias Stephan, PhD GENERAL EDITOR Matthias Stephan, PhD Aarhus University, Denmark ASSOCIATE EDITORS Susan Yi Sencindiver, PhD Aarhus University, Denmark Dr. Maria Beville Limerick Institute of Technology © 2018 Otherness: Essays and Studies ISSN 1904-6022 Further information: www.otherness.dk/journal/ Otherness: Essays and Studies is an open-access, non-profit journal. All work associated with the journal by its editors, editorial assistants, editorial board, and referees is voluntary and without salary. The journal does not require any author fees nor payment for its publications. Cover photo by Christopher Thomsen, courtesy of the artist. Volume 6 · Number 1 · December 2018 CONTENTS Introduction 1 Matthias Stephan 1 Vulnerability and Trash: 11 Divisions within the Stucky Fandom Alen Ríos and Diego Rivera 2 The Other Woman: 39 Re-Authoring and Re-Othering Gendered Narratives Lucy I. Baker 3 Everyday, Bro?: 67 Authenticity and Performance Intersections in the Vlogs of Jake Paul Pernille Rosenlund and Susanne Lisberg Jørgensen -
Record of the Transmission of the Lamp: Volume
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp Up to the Era of Great Virtue [of the Song Dynasty CE 1004-7] (Jap: Keitoku Dentōroku) Compiled by Daoyuan of the Chan School, of the later Song Dynasty in 30 fascicules. The Hokun Trust is pleased to support the first volume of a complete translation of this classic of Chan (Zen) Buddhism by Randolph S. Whitfield. The Records of the Transmission of the Lamp is a religious classic of the first importance for the practice and study of Zen which it is hoped will appeal both to students of Buddhism and to a wider public interested in religion as a whole. Contents Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Abbreviations Book One Book Two Book Three Finding List Bibliography Index Preface The scale of the present translation is so big (more volumes are to follow) that I have taken the interests of the general reader as my main concern. A fully annotated translation of the Jingde Chuandeng Lu (Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, hereafter CDL) would necessarily comprise many more additional volumes, yet with Buddhism being so new in the West copious annotations to a work of this scale would only be a distraction from the main work itself, although such annotations certainly promise to be a fruitful voyage of discovery in the future. Neither is the introduction written in the style of an academic discourse. It is too early for such a presentation and too limiting for such a complex subject. This is the first complete translation of the primary canonical text of the Chinese Chan School1 and will surely benefit from a detailed exegesis one day: but first of all it needs to be appreciated in its entirety. -
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