![]() While attending Victoria College, University of Toronto, from 1957 to 1961, she wrote for the newspaper and the dramatic society. She wrote prose and poetry for her high school’s literary magazine. These early experiences away from urban society encouraged Atwood to read and develop her imagination.Īs a child, Atwood composed and illustrated poems, which she collected into small books. Her family spent the school year in Ottawa and Toronto, where her father taught entomology or worked for government agencies, and summers in northern Quebec and Ontario where her father conducted research. Her childhood was divided between the city and the country. Margaret Atwood was born on November 18,1939, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. At the same time, she challenges other writers to more closely examine typical literary convention. She defined the artist, in part, as “the guardian of the moral and ethical sense of the community.” In “Happy Endings,” Atwood fulfills this role with a challenge that she throws out to those writers who rely on the stereotypical characterization of men and women and to the reader who accepts such gender typing. In earlier works, including the novel Bodily Harm, as well as speeches, Atwood discusses the writer’s relationship to society. In several thumbnail sketches of different marriages, all of which achieve a traditional “happy ending,” Atwood references both the mechanics of writing, most particularly plot, and the effects of gender stereotyping. “Happy Endings,” which is essentially a self-referential story framework, falls into the third category. Subtitled “Short Fiction and Prose Poems,” Murder in the Dark featured four types of works: autobiographical sketches, travel notes, experimental pieces addressing the nature of writing, and short pieces dealing with typical Atwood themes, notably the relationship between the sexes. In the last analysis, ‘Happy Endings’ is a kind of postmodern story about stories: postmodern because it freely and self-consciously announces itself as metafiction, as being more interested in how stories work than in telling a story itself.īut within the narratives Atwood presents to us, she also addresses some of the inequalities between men and women, and exposes how relationships are rarely a level playing field for the two sexes.Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” first appeared in the 1983 Canadian collection, Murder in the Dark, and it was published in 1994 for American audiences in Good Bones and Simple Murders. ![]() A woman motorcycling across America on her own would not feel as safe, for one, as a man doing so.) (It is not that she isn’t free herself – she is, after all, carrying on an affair with a married, older man even though society wouldn’t exactly view that kindly – but her freedoms are of a different kind. Relationships are not equal in a society where men have things easier than women, and the third of Atwood’s six scenarios, in which Mary is the key player, makes this point plainly.įreedom, Atwood tells us, isn’t the same for girls as it is for boys, and while James is off on his motorcycle, she is forced by societal expectations to do other things. ![]() Of course, as so often in Margaret Atwood’s fiction, there’s a feminist angle to all this. Character motivation is more important than what they do or what is done to them. After all, do they? Perhaps the more important details are, as the closing paragraphs of ‘Happy Endings’ have it, not What but How and Why. By the time we get to the fifth plot, ‘E’, the narrator is happily encouraging us to view the plot details as interchangeable between Fred and Madge, as if they don’t really matter. Boy meets girl, girl falls in love with boy, and after various rocky patches they end up living, in the immortal words, ‘happily ever after’.Ītwood wants to put such plot lines under the microscope, as it were, and subject them to closer scrutiny. ![]() It’s a commonplace that happy endings in romantic novels ‘sell’: it gives readers what they want. Why does Atwood do this? Partly, one suspects, because she wishes to interrogate both the nature of romantic plots in fiction and readers’ attitudes towards them. But as the story develops, the author breaks in on her characters more and more, ‘breaking the fourth wall’ to remind us that they are mere ciphers and that the things being described do not exist outside of the author’s own head (and the reader’s: Atwood’s fiction, and especially the short pieces contained in Murder in the Dark, are about how we as readers imagine those words on the page and make them come alive, too). ![]()
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![]() ![]() This course examines how different communities around the world approach implementing strategies and methods to support businesses. You will learn about international incentives and other supports available to developing startups and small businesses across the globe. Our focus will extend beyond Cleveland to selected markets around the world, including Greece, Vietnam, Tunisia, Argentina, Rwanda and China. You will hear from business people still in the process of developing their companies as well as those whose ventures have flourished. ![]() You will learn how these entrepreneurs discovered and procured resources from various programs and intermediary organizations. This course includes case studies and first-person testimonials from entrepreneurs who have launched products and services ranging from medical devices to LED lights to whiskey. Government policymakers and donors typically seek quicker returns on their support programs, which makes long-term support for entrepreneurship challenging. A dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem takes many years, even decades, to develop. The region has made progress, but it remains to be seen whether it has struck upon an enduring formula. In that time, Northeast Ohio has promoted regional development (including job creation and follow-on funding) through alternative methods of financing startups. Northeast Ohio has seen a massive infusion of government and donor resources for over ten years. ![]() During our time together in this course, we will explore some of these creative approaches to promoting regional entrepreneurship. Northeast Ohio (where Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University are located) has become a laboratory for such innovative solutions. In transitioning markets that lack abundant private sector financing, creative approaches from government officials, donors, and business leaders can fill the void to support entrepreneurial activity. That doesn't mean they can't nurture and sustain new businesses. These markets are unlike Silicon Valley, and they will likely remain so. Learners will analyze the tools of process mapping, Kaizen (a continuous improvement method/tool deemed a prerequisite for Lean transformation success), Lean (a continuous improvement philosophy that emphasizes streamlined workflows and reducing waste), and the process improvement methodology driving DMAIC: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control.Įntrepreneurs fostering new ventures outside of well-developed entrepreneurial ecosystems like Silicon Valley face significant challenges. The course covers high-level foundational principles of Lean, Six Sigma, and DMAIC processes before diving deep into Lean Six Sigma methods. Participants gain the skills and knowledge to reimagine internal processes, engage in advanced problem-solving, and empower employees. In a series of lectures, Master Black Belt in Six Sigma Shane Wentz, Ph.D., enables learners to enhance, optimize, and stabilize business processes and to augment quality control through varied methodologies. In this course, participants learn core principles, concepts, and methods of continuous improvement and explore the history of continuous improvement efforts. ![]() ![]() ![]() He received his bachelor’s degree in Speech Communication from Penn State, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches public speaking, rhetorical criticism, United States public address, and film criticism. Burgchardt has been a faculty member at Colorado State University since 1982. While Joseph and his wife, Theresa, have lived in Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana, they, along with their two children, happily call Fort Collins and CSU home.Ĭarl R. Having taught over a dozen sections of English courses for Georgia’s eCore program, he is also a veteran online instructor and recognized instructional innovator. In addition, he has been both a presenter and frequent participant at conferences on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. In 2012, he was selected as a Governor's Teaching Fellow by the University of Georgia’s Institute of Higher Education. He continually seeks out opportunities to improve as a professor. In each class, he strives to respect students as developing thinkers and to value their contributions to the class community. Brown thinks kindness is one of the most important personal qualities and pedagogical tools a teacher must have. Brown enjoys writing about science fiction (such as Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, and even the Incredible Hulk) and his published work has appeared the Journal of Popular Culture and Extrapolation.ĭr. His experience has included a variety of courses in the Humanities: from courses in writing and literature to Science Fiction, the Cold War, and Rural Studies.ĭr. Brown is a the director of the CSU Academic Integrity Program. In addition to teaching for the CSU Honors Program, Dr. Joseph Brown earned his PhD at LSU in 2009 and was a tenured English professor at Abraham Baldwin College in Georgia before coming to CSU in 2016. Andre has an interest in the writings of Louis Auchincloss, mechanical watches, and he enjoys spending time with his wife and three children. Andre is currently working on a book manuscript that is under contract with The Catholic University of America Press titled: Socratic Conservatism, Socratic Questions: The Right Turn in Plato's Political Dialogues. Andre is the author of Politics in Socrates' Alcibiades: A Philosophical Account of Plato's Dialogue Alcibiades Major (Springer 2015). He has published in various journals such as the Journal of Philosophical Research, Ancient Philosophy, History of Political Thought, and Scholia. His latest research focuses on methodological issues, i.e., styles of argumentation in Plato and Aristotle. Andre specializes in the History of Ancient Greek Philosophy and Ancient Greek Political Philosophy. ![]() He received his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Colorado State University, his master’s degree from Duquesne University and doctorate degree in Philosophy from Duquesne University and the Institute of Philosophy (Catholic University) in Leuven, Belgium. Andre Archie has been a faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at Colorado State University since 2000. ![]() ![]() When new recruits arrive, get them experience to increase their proficiency. Players will be in the role of the marine: Tom Conline, a survivor of the attack to Pearl Harbor, who will lead the assault to Guadalcanal and will take part in. ![]() Each has a unique personality and backstory. Bond With Your Squad - Get to know the Marines who you'll be fighting alongside. ![]() Filling the boots of Marine Trooper Tommy Conlin, you and your.
![]() ![]() A man asks Atma to help him repair the popped tire of his truck, which, inconveniently, is blocking the way during a particularly intense moment, and a general store owner requires Atma to find, and clean out, a container before he’ll give him the oil he requires, but neither of these requests relate to the actual situation at hand. These scenarios didn't often stump us in fact, helpful characters – like talking cats – hold your hand a little too much, giving you obvious hints as to where you need to go, boiling a chunk of the game down to walking from point A to point B and back again.Ī lot of this feels padded out. You might, for example, have to find the ingredients to bake a cake or a rope to throw over the school’s wall to climb out and skip class. You spend most of your time looking for specific items around town to give to the right people or make an event happen. And give them names, too.Ī Space For The Unbound's general loop is familiar adventure game fare. If you like cute pixel cats, you can pet them all. A chill soundtrack that we can’t wait to add to a low-fi beats playlist makes for a perfect accompaniment to all the highs and lows.Īlso cats. Quirky characters abound to lighten the mood when the game delves into heavier topics, and as each chapter concludes, the story becomes more wildly fantastical. The characters quickly endeared themselves to us, and the mystery of Raya’s powers, of strange dreams and stranger occurrences around town, kept us hooked from prologue to heartwarming epilogue, despite some confusing dialogue errors in English, never veering too deeply into the melancholic. We won’t spoil any more of the story because, as is typical of most adventure games, it’s the main reason to play. ![]() A chef that can’t decide which culinary art to pursue, a forgetful old man that can’t remember a fond memory of his deceased brother, a young child with an unhealthy chocolate obsession – the list goes on, with Atma helping them each in turn in order to advance an overarching plot that touches on abuse, bullying, loss, and more.Ĭaptured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) You see, said notebook allows Atma to hop into people’s minds to alleviate their mental anguish. It isn’t long before Raya reveals her supernatural powers to you, and it's these powers, along with a mysterious notebook that Atma finds, that lead to quite a lot of problems for you to solve. Much like reading a good book, it felt right to play this slice-of-life adventure game this way it pulled us in immediately in with its gorgeous pixel art depicting 1990s Indonesia and entranced us with its narrative of anxiety, depression, and hefty dose of magic realism.Ī Space For The Unbound puts you in the role of a high school student named Atma, spending much of his time with his girlfriend Raya as they explore their vividly realised town of Loka. We began our time with Mojiken Studio’s A Space For The Unbound curled up on our sofa, cup of steaming tea close by, with winter rain softly rapping against the window. ![]() ![]() ![]() This software is really simple to use and totally free for personal use. ![]() XnView is an efficient image viewer, browser and converter for Windows. XnView MP is the enhanced version of XnView Classic. The Best Windows Photo Viewer, Image Resizer and Batch Converter XnView. XnView is an excellent choice for anyone with a large collection of photos needing to manage, convert and view them easily, while enjoying a very wide range of options.Versie 0.94 van XnViewMP is uitgekomen. Met dit gratis programma kunnen afbeeldingen worden bekeken en bewerkt. MP staat voor Multi Platform, wat betekent dat er versies zijn voor Windows, Linux en macOS, met elk aparte downloads voor 32bit- en 64bit-omgevingen. XnViewMP gebruikt dezelfde broncode voor Windows, Linux en macOS functionaliteit en uiterlijk van de afzonderlijke versies zijn dan ook nagenoeg gelijk. 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The storyteller – this time around – is none other than Dumbledore himself, yes, the commanding and captivating Sir Michael Gambon. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (2009): A Gentle and Joyful Gem of a TV Series And that says something about the quality of the production. The renowned British director, Anthony Minghella, is credited as the series’ creator. Each 25-minute episode retells and reenacts a different mythic tale: Daedalus and Icarus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Perseus and the Gorgon, and Theseus and the Minotaur. Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Greek Myths is a short series with only four episodes. – The Storyteller Anthony Minghella, Michael Gambon and the Minotaur’s Labyrinth – It’s Quality Stuff! Sometimes a story doesn’t end with two people falling in love. Lo and behold, what was to be found at my local library, but a DVD of the second series of Jim Henson’s The Storyteller, the series dealing with Greek myths. I had never heard of the series before, never seen it, so I made a mental note to check it out sometime. RELATED: Delve Into Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Romance as You Settle Down Before The Fire With Jim Henson’s The Storyteller Vintage TV Review: Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1990)Ī recent review right here on The Silver Petticoat Review introduced me to Jim Henson’s The Storyteller series, a TV series from nearly thirty years ago that retold and reenacted fairytales with none other than the very talented John Hurt as the storyteller/narrator. ![]() ![]() ![]() I asked how much and he wouldn’t even tell me like I was to poor, just kept saying to expensive. Then when I showed him what I wanted which where rhinestones on every finger he just kept saying it’s to expensive I’ll give you glitter on one finger for free (which he didn’t even do). ![]() I got my nails done by a man there, who kept squeezing and twisting my fingers to where is hurt. Then when I showed him what I wanted which where rhinestones on every finger he just kept saying it’s to …More Maybe it was just an off day and I’m sure there are probably very talented people working there, but sadly my experience will keep me from going back and finding out.Service: ManicureThis was my first and last time there. Oh and he was the only one I saw working there that wasn’t wearing gloves, all the other woman had lasted gloves on when touching their clients with this pandemic going on and all. That’s too bad cause I was willing to spend money to get what I wanted but was treated like I didn’t have enough money. So all in all it was not a good first impression. ![]() Now I just looked at my bank account and realized I was charged 10 more than what I was told so I have to go back down there tomorrow. On top of that I was on the front seat next to a air purifier or something that was letting out a bunch of steam out something right into my face which he just said was just an air cleaner. My daughter had another gal that started her pedi and then …MoreĬritical: ProfessionalismThis was my first and last time there. We got there on time and were immediately brought to the pedi chairs. We did not leave a tip.Services: Manicure, PedicureMy daughter and I setup gel manicures & pedicures for her birthday. They are super expensive – I do not recommend them at all. I stopped her on the 3rd one and said “I need a different person to work on my nails.” She said no, and then kept going?!!! After 4 days, both my daughter’s gel finger nails and mine are cracking and chipping. I had Hannah – wow was she horrible! She is crazy with her sanding machine! Three of my cuticles were sanded and bloodied. Then, we were taken to the manicure tables. My daughter had another gal that started her pedi and then disappeared for over 30 minutes! She finally came back and said her tummy was ‘bad’. Critical: Professionalism, Quality, ValueMy daughter and I setup gel manicures & pedicures for her birthday. ![]() ![]() Cloud seeders can increase humidity, which can in turn help the region begin to rain, or see salmon return to rivers, but some requirements directly contrast one another, leading you to make a choice on what will have the most positive impact in the world around you. Read: Terra Nil devs announce conservation charity donationĪs with real-life nature, the fragile balancing act of the Terra Nil world can be difficult too. ![]() While this does keep things fresh, it does pose some difficulty when getting into the later stages of each region when rediscovering fauna that often has very specific needs, such as two different biomes within a small distance of each other, or prey species within the same block. With procedurally generated maps, replaying the same region is a slightly different experience every time. While Terra Nil is relatively simple in the opening moments, progressing further introduces more mechanics and buildings, slowly growing more complex without becoming too overwhelming. Spend too many resources with minimal returns and you’ll need to (depending on your difficulty leve) either start over or take a few steps back to figuratively and literally get back into the green. Gains only come from positive impacts on the region, so rushed building with minimal effect will soon leave you in a tight spot. In order to earn more resources, you need to build with purpose. While very much like a city builder in its mechanics and structure, there are also aspects of puzzle games in the Terra Nil building process – use your finite resources to rewild as much of the land as you can through strategic placement with minimal overlaps, also taking into account power and placement requirements for each individual building. Read: Reconnect with the planet: Miska and environmental activism in games Once that’s complete, you recycle your buildings before admiring your handiwork, and then leave the land better than you found it. Once you’ve brought enough life back to the region, it’s time to consider biodiversity and turn the plain greenery into lush forests, mangroves, and coral reefs, before then re-establishing animal populations. Honestly, if they took the time to fix the GUI, in-game guide, and coding issues, this game would deserve 5 stars.With each desolate region you venture to, your task is to begin the process of cleansing an environment not conducive to life through building structures such as wind turbines for power, toxin scrubbers to return the soil and water to its natural state, and irrigators to provide moisture and greenery. The in-game help was also less than useful at times, requiring me to exit the game and do an internet search to solve my problems. The location of the interface buttons also have entirely too much overlap, meaning that sometimes I was unable to scroll because the directional arrows were directly underneath the main game menu. In the final level, when I was collecting seeds, the satellite interface would randomly exit, dumping me back into the main screen and exiting the biome I was collecting from. That being said, flaws in the game coding made gameplay quite frustrating at times. I absolutely loved the gameplay and the increasing levels of difficulty with each biome as the game progressed. This is quite possibly the most innovative game I have played. ![]() Created by Free Lives and 24 Bit Games. When you're done, use Appreciate mode to bask in the natural beauty of the ecosystem you have restored. Experience tranquility: Lush hand-painted environments, relaxing music and an atmospheric ambient soundscape make this game a peaceful, meditative experience.Plan your build around randomized, challenging and unpredictable terrain, including snaking rivers, mountains, lowlands and oceans. Explore different maps every time: Procedurally generated landscapes mean no two play-throughs will ever be the same. ![]()
![]() ![]() Mom’s told me that she loved playing pinball as a kid. We have to navigate around a few couples on dates, some teenage boys and a group of ten-year-olds that appear to be the remnants of a birthday party. There are about thirty other people in the arcade that night. The arcade isn’t so crowded for a Saturday night. We’re tempted to stop and take a selfie, but we’re ready to play pinball, so we pass. We proceed through the metal turnstile to enter the arcade past an eight-foot-tall plastic Elvis statue on the right side of the turnstile. ![]() He tears off the small plastic tab on each band, wraps them around our wrists and affixes the adhesive strip to the wrist band. He glances over his shoulder at the simple black round clock hanging on the wall behind him reading 7:35, then grabs two red paper wristbands and writes 8:35 on each. “Two people for one hour,” I reply, handing him my credit card for payment. I love that the machines are set up on free play no need to bring a stack of quarters and pile them up on the glass top of the machine, staking out your claim no disappointing sting if your game lasts only two minutes-the next game is just a tap away from the “Start” button. At just $15/hour, it’s the best entertainment deal around. His lack of enthusiasm contrasts with our excitement and eagerness and the promising “bong, bong, ding-ding-ding-ding” of the machines. “Welcome to Silverball Museum,” the arcade employee says in a rote greeting. But we’re not interested in merchandise we’ve come to play pinball. Silverball “retro arcade” sweatshirts and ball caps are for sale under the glass ticket counter. Machines are lined shoulder to shoulder in neat rows and along all four walls of the arcade, with more rows of machines lined up to create several aisles. As we open the door we are greeted by the sight and sounds of a sea of pinball machines. It’s a plain cement building with tinted glass windows that hide the treasures that await inside. From the outside, it doesn’t look like much. She may even find a machine she played in her younger years.Īfter a 5-minute walk along the boardwalk we arrive at Silverball. She’ll be thrilled when she finds the arcade has pinball machines from the 1950’s and 1960’s. Mom has no idea what delights await her inside the arcade, but I know she enjoys anything with a touch of nostalgia. No sooner have I paid the dinner tab then I’m thinking about the dilemma in front of me: which pinball machine will I play tonight? I’ve gone to Silverball Museum pinball arcade dozens of times already and I have several machines that I consider my favorites. Other evenings we might linger over dessert, but tonight we’ve got pinball to play. ![]() “You mean that new pinball arcade on the boardwalk? That sounds great.” Mom looks at me quizzically, then her face lights up. “Let’s play pinball after dinner!” I say. She now looks at the shell of the arcade where she once played Skee-Ball and rode the carousel after a day of swimming in the ocean. I suspect she’s reliving in her mind her teen years riding a bus to Asbury Park with her girlfriends for a day of fun at the Jersey Shore. As dessert arrives I catch Mom staring out over the water, watching the waves crash on the sand. Mom and I have been lucky enough to secure a table by the window on the second floor of Stella Marina overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. ![]() |
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