![]() ![]() Well I am immediately moving on now to 'Warlock', which is part 2 of this trilogy. it is a tale of redemption of a people, too, as they eventually make their way back to reclaim the land of theirs that has since been invaded. The other characters are very convincing, too.Lostris, his mistress, her lover, her husband, the Pharaoh, and the son she bears.Īnother aspect is the exodus they make through what we know as Upper Egypt, along the Nile, into real Africa.and what they discover there. its almost as though now at the end of this book I could almost 'sense' his presence in my own undertakings. a simple version of a flush toilet, he consults the Mazes, using psychotic herbs in order to divine the future, he is brought so powerfully to life. What especially draws me to Taita is that he is in reality an outside looking on the inside, yet still very much a Protagonist. well, 40 years later I find myself engrossed in the pages of 'River God'- living alongside the eunuch Taita who moves in between the stories of his master, the Pharaoh, and his beloved mistress. The first of Wilbur Smith's books I ever read was 'When the Lion Feeds'- about Africa, especially what has since become South Africa. ![]()
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![]() ![]() You’re a designer, a writer, a curator, and an educator. The materials they create graphically can live across media.ĬOYour accomplishments span numerous fields. ![]() Our students are creating visual assets they can use in print, in branding campaigns, in interaction design, in film and video, in animation - everything. Designers have become adept at producing complex projects across media. All graphic designers are now learning motion design skills and video editing skills. Commotion sat down with her recently to talk about the current state of the field and the unique aspects of the MFA program here at MICA.Ĭommotion What are the key trends occurring in graphic design now?Įllen Lupton Our program is embracing the influence of digital media, social media, and the convergence of graphic design with video and filmmaking. ![]() As director of the MFA Graphic Design program, Lupton is well-known NOT only as a designer, but as a curator of international status, an author, and an educator as well. The name Ellen Lupton has long been synonymous with graphic design. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pooley co-wrote Superabundance with Marian Tupy of the Cato Institute. Smith on the Humanize podcast on his work in economics and the ideas behind the book. ![]() ![]() Pooley, senior fellow at Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty and co-author of the groundbreaking 2022 book Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing, talked with Wesley J. Smith Gale Pooley on the Humanize Podcast Are we really living on a dying planet? News 2 EconomicsĪre we living on a dying planet? Are the doomsday prophecies of scarcity and widespread starvation due to population growth real? It’s the mainstream assumption, parroted by a number of influential voices. Smith crowd-of-people-very-big-and-bright-stockpack-adobe-stock Type post Author News Date Categorized Economics Tagged Cato Institute, Climate change, Discovery Institute, Doomsday, economics, Human exceptionalism, Population growth, Scarcity, superabundance, Wesley J. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “People do differ in intelligence, talent and ability. “On the other hand,” she continues, “our studies show that teaching people to have a ‘growth mind-set,’ which encourages a focus on effort rather than on intelligence or talent, helps make them into high achievers in school and in life. reinforces this mind-set, which can also prevent young athletes or people in the workforce and even marriages from living up to their potential.” And it causes them to lose confidence and motivation when the work is no longer easy for them.” “This belief also makes them see challenges, mistakes and even the need to exert effort as threats to their ego rather than as opportunities to improve. “Such children hold an implicit belief that intelligence is innate and fixed, making striving to learn seem far less important than being (or looking) smart. Dweck writes about children “who coast through the early grades under the dangerous notion that no-effort academic achievement defines them as smart or gifted. In her article The Secret to Raising Smart Kids, Stanford Professor of Psychology Carol S. ![]() “Great accomplishment, and even what we call genius, is typically the result of years of passion and dedication and not something that flows naturally from a gift.” ![]() ![]() ![]() This is an ill-defined ‘middle way’ between Union and independence. Since all of these have failed, the same hopes are pinned to even more outlandish schemes – such as the idea of trying to wriggle out of an independence vote by offering ‘devo-max’ instead. ![]() Then it was used to justify the cowardly and counter-productive ‘Vow’. It was used to justify David Cameron’s policy of giving tons of ground to Alex Salmond during the negotiations on the terms of the 2014 referendum. ![]() So the same grand promises have been made of every subsequent tranche of concessions. ![]() Talk about ‘not understanding how the United Kingdom works’. The Union will be strengthened and the threat of separatism removed.’ ‘A sovereign Westminster Parliament will devolve power to Scotland and Wales. Devolution was meant to be it, after all. The history of unionism’s efforts to engineer decisive solutions to the challenges of separatism is an unhappy one. With new polling showing that ‘devo-max’ would comfortably win a three-way referendum, it appears to be silly season once again. A common failing of pro-Union politicians down the years has been the stubborn belief that there exists somewhere a tidy ‘solution’ to the problem of separatist nationalism. ![]() ![]() ![]() Led by captains Taffler (Drew Ogle) and Leather (Caleb Pleasure), the soldiers are quickly dropped onto the frontlines of Belgium, where the war rages.Īnimals occupy a sizable role in Findley’s novel, which Garnhum faithfully retains for the stage. There, he meets a motley group of fellow recruits, from the amiable Purchas (Nicco Graham) to the timid Levitt (Aidan LeBlanc). ![]() Estranged from his mother (Laura Reynolds) and still reeling from this event, Robert enlists in the Canadian Army to distract himself from his bleak psyche, shipping off to Alberta for basic training. Robert (David Volpov), a 19-year-old Torontonian, has suffered a recent death in the family-his older sister, Rowena (Hana Cripton-Inglis), has died suddenly in a tragic accident. Robert Ross is faced with questions about worth and sacrifice. Encountering the trench warfare of World War I, amid fresh memories of a personal loss, 2nd Lieut. ![]() In a place of widespread suffering, what perspectives can be drawn from individual torment, and do they bring insights into the wider theatre of horrors? In Dennis Garnhum’s stage adaptation of Timothy Findley’s novel The Wars, one man tries to make sense of his life within the carnage of a senseless world. At the Frederic Wood Theatre on Friday, November 8. A Department of Theatre and Film at UBC production. ![]() ![]() ![]() In doing so, he fills a gap in the science that has existed for almost a century.Ī magisterial tour, Something Deeply Hidden encompasses the cosmological and everyday implications of quantum reality and multiple universes. ![]() Acclaimed physicist and writer Sean Carroll debunks the myths, resurrects and reinstates the Many-Worlds interpretation, and presents a new path towards solving the apparent conflict between quantum mechanics and Einstein’s theory of general relativity. INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAs you read these words, copies of you. Spanning the history of quantum discoveries, from Einstein and Bohr to the present day, Something Deeply Hidden is the essential guide to the most intriguing subject in science. Buy a cheap copy of Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds. Although in theory it works brilliantly, no one fully understands quantum mechanics. 10, 2019 The latest attempt to describe the holy grail of modern physics. ![]() It stands as the best explanation of the fundamental nature of our world. SOMETHING DEEPLY HIDDEN QUANTUM WORLDS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SPACETIME by Sean Carroll RELEASE DATE: Sept. ![]() The implications are mind-bending, and not yet fully understood, but this revolutionary theory is truly illuminating. ‘An authoritative and beautifully written account of the quest to understand quantum theory and the origin of space and time.’ Professor Brian Cox From the Royal Society Winton Prize winner ![]() ![]() ![]() about the problems you had understanding the text, about things that surprised you in the text, about issues or particulars about which you would like to know more having read the text). These comments should address questions that occurred to you in the course of your reading (e.g. To help you prepare for the discussions and to give me some indication of how you are reading, I would like you over the course of the quarter to type and turn in at least eight comments on the texts read for the day at the beginning of class on the day on which we discuss those texts. The primary requirement for this course is attendance in class and participation in discussion of the assigned readings. Problems to be addressed include the appeal of asceticism in late antique society, the role of the monasteries in the collapse and preservation of European civilization, the social, economic, and political impact of Benedictine monasticism on the development of western Europe, and the progressive reforms of this institution from Benedict to Francis.ġ. ![]() This course focuses on the origins and development of monasticism as one of the central institutions of medieval Europe. Rachel Fulton - The University of Chicago ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Above all, Whitehead’s 2017 publication was chosen for Oprah Winfrey’s book club - a machine for creating bestsellers. But this novel was something else: it not only won the Pulitzer and the National Book Award: it was also praised by Barack Obama. He had enough in the bank to live a comfortable life. Before it came out, he had already published six novels and two works of non-fiction, achieving the rare balance of being both respected by critics and selling reasonably well. The Underground Railroad was the title that established him. The second time happened during the pandemic and I was on to other things,” he recalls. “The first time, I was in a good mood for a whole year. In 2020, he did it again with The Nickel Boys. ![]() Getting my license was one of them.” Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2017 for his novel The Underground Railroad. But I felt bad for my wife, because she always has to take the kids, go shopping… then, when the pandemic was over, I decided to try some new things. I grew up in New York, so I never really had to drive. Last year, Colson Whitehead - at the age of 52 - decided that it was a good time to get his driver’s license. ![]() ![]() ![]() Patrick McKenna is the reluctant heir to a kingdom, and the prince Gael has vowed to destroy.Ĭade doesn’t know that Gael and Valencia are the same person. Gael Palma is the infamous boy assassin Cade has vowed to protect. Valencia Palafox is a young dama attending the future queen of Eliana. ![]() ![]() Two enemy kingdoms are forced to work together to break a curse in this lush YA fantasy, featuring a transgender prince and a bigender dama/assassin in the lead roles.Ĭade McKenna is a transgender prince who’s doubling for his brother. ![]() |