Princess Zeb-un-Nisa: Rebel Sufi Poetess and her Gilded Garden Prison

Princess Zeb-un-Nisa: Rebel Sufi Poetess and her Gilded Garden PrisonSitting alone in her quiet gardens, reciting verses of poetry and waiting for the end to come. This is how Princess Zeb-un-Nisa spent the final years of her life. Zeb-un-Nisa means "jewel among women," and she truly deserved that title. Zeb-un-Nisa was a gem in the Mughal harem, she was an extremely intelligent and bright child, who grew up to be an administrator and scholar. Unfortunately, her life would be filled with its ...

Let's have a Nonsensical Conversation!

Buying through this banner helps support the forum! The Wolf of Larsen Let's have a Nonsensical Conversation! All you all please post your nonsensical nonsense here, as long as it doesn't make no sense. I mean, why should stuff makes sense? We can't discuss current politics here, ...

How the Queen’s Gambit Made Me a Better Investor - Wealth Morning

Intelligent. Gripping. Provocative… I didn’t expect to learn investment lessons from a show about chess, but that’s exactly what I got when I binge-watched all seven episodes of The Queen’s Gambit. It ranks high on the Netflix [NASDAQ:NFLX] Top 10 List — which means a lot of people are as hooked on this gem as I am. It’s not hard to understand why. This show has fantastic atmosphere, great acting, and a compelling plot that touches on emotional themes we can all relate to. ...

SUNDANCE 2021: CENSOR

The year is 1985, and the rise of video nasties — the bloody and gory low-budget horrors distributed in the form of VHS — has created a moral panic and public hysteria in the UK. The right-wing and parent groups believe that such films (as ridiculous as this sounds) are the main reason why the numbers of violence keeps increasing. So they demand a ban, or at least a detailed censorship. This historical context, which in so many ways mirrors today’s topics of cancel culture, is at the core of ...

Mazziks, Mezuzahs, and Mourning: Keith Thomas on The Vigil and Jewish Horror

Though some of the scariest films ever belong to the religious horror canon, from "The Exorcist" to "The Omen," it’s still rare to find horror movies firmly rooted in the Jewish faith. With his feature debut "The Vigil," writer/director Keith Thomas aims to change that, drawing from a deep well of Jewish mysticism to craft a spine-tingling story of possession, demonology, and haunted heritage.  Faith is painful for the troubled Yakov (Dave Davis), who’s left his Orthodox Hasidic community ...

10 Directors to Watch: Roseanne Liang Launches Action Ambitions With ‘Shadow in the Cloud’

Born in New Zealand to a family of Chinese doctors, action maven Roseanne Liang describes herself as a "classic immigrant-child overachiever" who’d never questioned that she was destined to become a doctor until she got into medical school. She deferred her acceptance for a year and decided to take classes that aligned more closely with her personal interests. "I was obsessed with Pixar and computer animation, so I did computer science and film theory," says Liang, whose "Shadow in the ...

Superman & Lois 1×02 Review: “Heritage”

Image: The CW The Kent family has officially settled in Smallville in "Heritage", but things are not exactly what anyone expected. Lois and Jonathan deal with the ramifications of leaving their identities behind in Metropolis, while Clark and Jordan discover that Jordan’s display of powers in the pilot may not be what they thought. I really want to like this show, because I’m a big fan of Tyler Hoechlin and I love his portrayal of Superman, but seriously, Superm...

Was Greek Philosopher Diogenes the Cynic the First Anarchist?

 Search   GreekReporter.com  Ancient Greece  Was Greek Philosopher Diogenes the Cynic the First Anarchist? Was Greek Philosopher Diogenes the Cynic the First Anarchist? By Philip Chrysopoulos February 27, 2021  Facebook  Twitter  "Diogenes Sitting in His Tub," by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860). Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain The ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes the Cynic (also known as Diogenes of Sinope) could have been the f...

Why Is It So Hard to Get Superman Right in Movies? (When TV Does It So Well!)

Superman is one of our most beloved characters, so why are people afraid of seeing him happy?  There are lots of characters that are created for pop culture and then stand the test of time, but one that people try to put their own spin on and fail over and over is Superman.   This week, Superman & Lois debuted on the CW, and the first thing that struck me is how well they understood who Superman is. He's a beacon of hope who has a huge heart. He's protecting humanity becau...

The Metamorphosis

Introduction of The MetamorphosisMetamorphosis was originally published in the German language as Die Verwandlung and later translated into English. It is a popular novelette written by Franz Kafka. It was first published in 1915 and immediately created an uproar in the literary circles. Later, it was translated into several other languages, after which it became a foundation for writing about/on the grotesque and psychological issues. The story, though, revolves around a poor salesman and hi...

Joseph Campbell's 'The Hero's Journey' Materials

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Linda Gregg, “Highway 90”

Highly recommended: Allison Seay’s beautiful consideration of this poem, where she talks about the journey and the destination. * The ancient sense of what makes an omen puzzles. A falcon shrieking overhead as you’re being humiliated—how could this possibly mark you a future Emperor? Why would the arrangement of an animal’s organs tell the future? "Highway 90" opens with this detail: "An owl lands on the side / of the road. Turns its head / to look at me going fast." She’s driving, i...

Exploiting Spontaneous Transmissions for Broadcasting and Leader Election in Radio Networks

Journal of the ACM, <a href="https://dl.acm.org/toc/jacm/2021/68/2">Volume 68, Issue 2</a>, Page 1-22, January 2021.

6.9B: Classification of Microorganisms by Growth Temperature - Biology LibreTexts

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“Liquid” machine-learning system adapts to changing conditions | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Skip to content ↓ Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Top Menu↓ Search MIT MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Search news "Liquid" machine-learning sy...

The Origin of ‘Satan’ in Ancient and Medieval Literature and Theology

Portrait of the Devil, Codex Gigas, f. 290r., created in the early 13th century CE in Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic). / National Library of Sweden, Flickr, Creative Commons The concept of Satan emerged over time and in phases. By Dr. Rebecca DenovaSenior Lecturer in Religious StudiesUniversity of Pittsburgh Introduction Satan, or the Devil, is one of the best-known characters in the Western traditions of Judaism, Christianity, a...

If on a winter's night a traveler (thing) by evilrooster - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 If on a winter's night a traveler (thing) See all of If on a winter's night a traveler, there are 2 more in this node. (thing) by evilrooster Wed Mar 14 2001 at 18:59:58 It's an excellent book, but there's more to it than that. The chapters in If on a winter's night a traveller that represent the sections of the various books the Reader manages to find are actually parodies of modern novels. I've only managed to track two of them...

Short of the Week: Alan Clarke’s 1989 masterpiece ‘Elephant’

English filmmaker and writer Alan Clarke is remembered by many for his bold experiments with the cinematic medium, daring to show what most people turned away from. His television plays like Made in Britain, which was about a 16-year old skinhead extremist, have inspired generations of actors and directors like Harmony Korine who claimed that Clarke’s works had a formative influence on him as a young artist. His 1989 short film Elephant might just be the apotheosis of his unforgiving ar...

'In 24 Hours': Track 61 and Grand Central's M42 | CNN Travel

VideoSearch Menu In 24 HoursSecrets of New York: Track 61 and Grand Central's M42Margaret Heidenry, for CNN • Updated 7th December 2015FacebookTwitterEmail (CNN) — An unmarked, nondescript door off Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan leads down to a shadowy train tunnel with a storied past. It once covertly carried a United States president from Grand Central Terminal to the Waldorf Astoria hotel. Follow the tunnel today, and you'll find it still leads to the railroad car used by POTUS number...

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A Cold War Vaccine: Albert Sabin, Russia & the oral polio vaccine

menu  Sections  A Cold War Vaccine: Albert Sabin, Russia, and the oral polio vaccine May 11, 2020 • By Hektoen International James L. Franklin Chicago, Illinois, United States Albert Sabin (second from left) and Mikhail Chumakov (third from left). Credit: Courtesy Hauck Center for the Albert B. Sabin Archives, Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Profe...

Symbolism Of The Forest In Storytelling - SLAP HAPPY LARRY

Skip to contentSLAP HAPPY LARRYfor writing technique geeks Posted on November 7, 2016 by LynleySymbolism Of The Forest In StorytellingBe it woods or forest, when a character enters the trees in fiction, beware! We learned this from fairytales, but is fear of the forest innate, or is it taught, partly via fiction?I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to put to rout all that was not life and not when I had come to ...

What’s the most-filmed bookstore in the world?

There’s something thrilling about watching a movie or a TV show and finding that you recognize the characters’ surroundings— that you have stood on that street corner or peered into that shop before the characters, before that story begins. As someone who has been basically nowhere, I find it validating, like the places I’ve chosen to spend my time are worth noting. And of course, as a professional book nerd, the places I’ve chosen to spend my time tend to be various bookstores. I know you fe...

Sidney’s Psalms

Impersonating Devotion by Constance M. Furey What can biblical psalms teach us about literary devotion? An unexpected answer to that question is provided by Philip Sidney’s The Defence of Poesy (1595), a touchstone of literary criticism in its time and in ours. The argument in this essay unfolds from analysis of a single paragraph, which reveals how Sidney’s description of King David’s Psalms challenges our regnant categories in the following way: If today religion connotes fidelity or ...

A.I. Is Everywhere and Evolving - The New York Times

Skip to contentSkip to site index Artificial Intelligence›The Bot That WritesAre These People Real?Algorithms Against SuicideRobots Without BiasA.I. Here, There, EverywhereMany of us already live with artificial intelligence now, but researchers say interactions with the technology will become increasingly personalized. Credit...James YangBy Craig S. SmithFeb. 23, 2021This article is part of our new series, Currents, which examines how rapid advances in technology are transforming our lives.I...