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Why Indiana Jones is smarter than the Post‐Processualists

9/24/2014

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JOURNAL:  Norwegian Archaeological Review
AUTHORS:  John Bintliff
SUMMARY:  Post‐Processualism's influence is waning in Britain, linked to the decline of its parent Post‐Modernism. Both lost credibility through attempting to dominate discourse, and their negative implications for human rights. Modernism and its offspring Processualism had reflected the scientism and socio‐economic centralism that dominated the 20th century up until the 1970s. Jameson and Harvey have exposed their Post‐Modernism as a superficial aesthetic movement spawned by Post‐Fordist economics.

CULTURAL REFERENCE: "Indiana" Jones, is the title character of the Indiana Jones franchise. The character first appeared in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, to be followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008. Jones is most famously played by Harrison Ford.
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These boots are made for walking': why most divorce filers are women

9/23/2014

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JOURNAL:  American Law and Economics Review
AUTHORS:  MF Brinig  and DW Allen
SUMMARY:  Because of the financial and social hardship faced after divorce, most people assume that generally husbands have instigated divorce since the introduction of no-fault divorce. Yet women file for divorce and are often the instigators of separation, despite a deep attachment to their children and the evidence that many divorces harm children. Furthermore, divorced women in large numbers reveal that they are happier than they were while married. They report relief and certainty that they were right in leaving their marriages.

CULTURAL REFERENCE: "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It was released on February 22, 1966, and hit No. 1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart.

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The return of the gene

9/9/2014

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JOURNAL:  The Journal of Philosophy
AUTHORS: Kim Sterelny and Philip Kitcher
SUMMARY:  We have two images of natural selection. The orthodox story is told in terms of individuals. More organisms of any given kind are produced that can survive and develop to their full potential. Although these organisms are of the same kid, there are not identical. Some of the differences among them make a difference to their prospects of their survival or reproduction, and hence, on the average, to their actual reproduction.

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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi is a 1983  American epic space opera film directed by Richard Marquand and written by George Lucas and Lawrence Kasdan. The evil Galactic Empire, under the direction of the ruthless Emperor Palpatine, is constructing a second Death Star in order to crush the Rebel Alliance. Since Palpatine plans to personally oversee the final stages of its construction, the Rebel Fleet launches a full-scale attack on the Death Star in order to prevent its completion and kill Palpatine, effectively bringing an end to the Empire once and for all.
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Always look on the bright side of life: The attentional basis of positive affectivity

9/8/2014

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JOURNAL:  European Journal of Personality
AUTHORS: 
  • Ben Grafton,
  • Christian Ang and
  • Colin MacLeod

  • SUMMARY: There is now reliable evidence that heightened positive affectivity is associated with a distinctive pattern of attentional selectivity, favouring emotionally positive information. While this has invited speculation that differential attentional responding to positive information may directly contribute to the determination of this emotional temperament, the causal basis of their association as yet remains unknown.


    CULTURAL REFERENCE:  "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a comedy song written by Eric Idle that was originally featured in the 1979 film Monty Python's Life of Brian and has gone on to become a common singalong at public events such as football matches as well as funerals.
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    Killing me softly: myth in pharmaceutical advertising

    9/8/2014

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    JOURNAL:  BMJ
    AUTHORS: Tim Scott, Neil Stanford and David R Thompson
    SUMMARY:  In studies of how drug advertising influences doctors' behaviour, little attention is given to visual and linguistic imagery. The authors argue that myth is often deployed in drug adverts to depict exaggerated therapeutic efficacy and that doctors should be aware of this.

    CULTURAL REFERENCE:  "Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The song was written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman, who recorded the song in late 1971. It was a number-one hit in 1973 for Roberta Flack. The song has since been covered by numerous artists.
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    You Are Not in Kansas Anymore: Orientation Programs Can Help Students Fly over the Rainbow

    9/8/2014

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    JOURNAL:  Washburn Law Journal
    AUTHORS: Paula Lustbader
    SUMMARY:  Analogizing Oz to Law School, this article discusses the role of orientation in the law school curriculum and offers implementation strategies to develop an effective orientation. An effective and comprehensive orientation program for law school would have many goals: it should attempt to construct the profession as a calling; create syntactical, substantive, and pedagogical context; communicate care and model empathy and compassion; cultivate community to promote mutual respect, cultural competence, and interdependence; and confirm student self-confidence.

    CULTURAL REFERENCE:  The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Notable for its use of Technicolor, fantasy storytelling, musical score and unusual characters, over the years it has become one of the best known of all films and part of American popular culture. It also featured in cinema what may be for the time the most elaborate use of character make-ups and special effects.
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    'I Want to Be Free': Place, Power and Young People

    9/8/2014

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    JOURNAL: Childrenz Issues: Journal of the Children's Issues Centre 
    AUTHORS: Matt Roberts
    SUMMARY:  A vital part of young people's growth and development is making a place of their own with reduced control of adults. Such places assist them to negotiate their identity and exercise power. Young people prefer both urban and rural settings where they are with friends and there is considerable diversity due to different group and sub-cultural associations.

    CULTURAL REFERENCE: I Want to Break Free is a song by the British rock band Queen, which was written by its bassist John Deacon. The song was featured on the Queen's 1984 album The Works. The song is largely known for its music video for which all the band members dressed in women's clothes, a concept proposed by Roger Taylor, which parodied the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street. 

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