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Review: Documentary about Judith Butler
The great folks at First Run Icarus Films sent me a DVD of the excellentJudith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kindseveral months ago. I watchedthe filmrecently, and I'm finally getting around to writing a brief review of it.High points: Butler walks through an art gallery discussing photographs by Cindy Sherman, who is one of my favorite photographers. She points out how Sherman's images critique gender categories and norms, and her comments are illuminative.Butler also talks about violence and hate crimes, and while I was always convinced that the whole"Judith Butler doesn't pay enough attention to what's happeningon the ground"argument was misguided and inaccurate, I think anyone who sees this film would recognize that Butler caresverymuch about real, material bodies and what happens to them.One point of criticism, though. This has nothing to do with the content of the film, but rather the copyright policy (my emphasis):We send review copies of First Run/Icarus Films releases with the understanding thatif a review is published or posted (on-line), the reviewer may then retain the review copy sent for his or her own personal (but not classroom) use.It's too bad that classroom use -- even, it seems, just showing a clip of it in class -- is prohibited. I had considered ripping a short clip as a sample so as to help sell the film, but I don't want to get a cease-and-desist letter from an attorney.Bottom line, I would recommend that research libraries purchase the documentary. At $390 for the DVD, it might be a tad expensive for individuals, but if you're doing work on Butler, it might be worth it, especially if you have some grant funding.
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Let's play a card game
Mau MauMau Mau is a card game for 2 - 5 players that is popular in Germany and some other areas. Whoever gets rid of his cards first wins the game. Mau Mau is very similar to the game UNO, both belonging to the larger Crazy Eights or Shedding family of card games. However Mau Mau is played with a regular deck of playing cards. The rulesThe game is played with a regular deck of playing cards. In Germany, most decks contain neither card values below 7 nor Jokers (as they are made for the national game of Skat), however Mau Mau is playable with any deck.The players are dealt each a hand of cards (usually 5). The rest is placed face down as drawing stack. At the beginning of the game the topmost card is revealed, then the players each get a turn to play cards.You can play a card if it corresponds to the suit or value of the open card. E.g. on a 10 of spades, only other spades can be played or other 10s. If a player is not able to, he draws one card from the stack. If he can play this card, he may do so, otherwise he keeps the drawn card and passes his turn.If the drawing stack is empty, the playing stack (except for the topmost card) is shuffled and turned over to serve as new drawing stack.Special card valuesSome cards are special, because they affect the game directly -- a lot of variations exist in this matter:If a 7 is played, the next player must draw two cards at the beginning of his turn.If a 8 is played, the next player skips his turn.A Jack can be played regardless of the suit or value of the topmost card on the playing deck. Subsequently the player can decide freely the suit that has to be played next.HistoryRules for Mau Mau have existed at least since 1976. EndgameAs soon as a player plays his last card, he must say"mau" to win the game. If the last card is a Jack, he must say"mau mau" for double score. If a player forgets to say"mau", he must draw cards as penalty (usually 4) and hasn't won. Some possible VariationsCards of the same value (not cards of the same suit, though!) can be played all together within one turn.If a 7 is played, the next player, who would have to draw two cards, can pass this penalty on to the subsequent player by playing a 7 too. This subsequent player must then draw 4 cards. He too could play a 7, requiring the next player to draw 6, etc.You may not play a Jack on another Jack.A popular variation is that a player must already say"mau" (or alternately"last card") as soon as he plays the next-to-last card and has just one card left in his hand. Failure to do so usually means the player has to draw 2 or 4 cards.A 9, a 10 or an ace are sometimes used to reverse the direction of play (clockwise and counterclockwise) or to let the player take another turn before reversing.In some regions an ace is used instead of the 8 to let the next player skip his turn. Alternately, an ace lets all other players skip, so that whoever played it plays again right afterwards.You may not end the game with a card that enables you to take another turn: you must then draw a card. If you can play it, you have won, otherwise the game goes on.An interesting variation is that whenever a Queen is played, players have to try and grab one from a stack of objects (coins, matches, etc.) of which there are one less than the number of players. The player who fails to grab an object"didn't get a girl" and he must draw 2 or 4 cards.In some regions you may not play cards in the same turn that you had to draw cards. Hence a 7 would result in the next player both having to draw two cards and effectively skipping his turn.
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Senior Pds Piping Designer
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Dianka&Mishka
Thank you very much for your vote in"My meal"contest.Thanks,Diana
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Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist or CF
Bilingual Therapies, Inc. is looking for you!Bilingual (Spanish) SLP or CF needed to start immediately in Goldsboro, NC.This district needs an SLP to work with their elementary students. Case load includes ... ...........more