Subversive youth literature – a fairy tale play by Alenka Gerlovič, Jurček and the Three Bandits (1944), in context

The article deals with the fairy tale play by the painter Alenka Gerlovič (1919–2010) entitled Jurček in trije razbojniki (Jurček and the Three Bandits). The play was created during World War II and is an expression of the author's ethical attitude towards fascism and Nazism and the horrors of war. As the analysis shows, with this play Alenka Gerlovič became one of the world's youth writers who have commented on the war with their works. With Jurček, Alenka Gerlovič created an "imaginary screen" that enabled the audience to maintain a distance from atrocities in wartime conditions and at the same time be part of the anti-fascist struggle, also as a symbolic weapon and ethical act.Keywords: Alenka Gerlovič, World War II, fairy tale play, subversiveness, 1944

Is a bad will a weak will? Cognitive dispositions modulate folk attributions of weakness of will

In line with recent efforts to empirically study the folk concept of weakness of will, we examine two issues in this paper: (1) How is weakness of will attribution [WWA] influenced by an agent’s violations of best judgment and/or resolution, and by the moral valence of the agent’s action? (2) Do any of these influences depend on the cognitive dispositions of the judging individual? We implemented a factorial 2x2x2 between–subjects design with judgment violation, resolution violation, and action valence as independent variables, and measured participants’ cognitive dispositions using Frederick’s Cognitive Reflection Test [CRT]. We conclude that intuitive and reflective individuals have two different concepts of weakness of will. The study supports this claim by showing that: a) the WWA of intuitive subjects is influenced by the action’s (and probably also the commitment’s) moral valence, while the WWA of reflective subjects is not; b) judgment violation plays a small role in the WWA of intuitive subjects, while reflective subjects treat resolution violation as the only relevant trait. Data were collected among students at two different universities. All subjects (N=710) answered the CRT. A three-way ANOVA was first conducted on the whole sample and then on the intuitive and reflective groups separately. This study suggests that differences in cognitive dispositions can significantly impact the folk understanding of philosophical concepts, and thus suggests that analysis of folk concepts should take cognitive dispositions into account

Novel, male-produced aggregation pheromone of the cerambycid beetle Rosalia alpina, a priority species of European conservation concern.

Several recent studies have demonstrated the great potential for exploiting semiochemicals in ecology and conservation studies. The cerambycid beetle Rosalia alpina represents one of the flagship species of saproxylic insect biodiversity in Europe. In recent years its populations appear to have declined substantially, and its range has shrunk considerably as a result of forest management and urbanization. Here, we collected volatile chemicals released by males and females of R. alpina. Analyses of the resulting extracts revealed the presence of a single male-specific compound, identified as a novel alkylated pyrone structure. In field bioassays in Slovenia, traps baited with the synthesized pyrone captured both sexes of R. alpina, indicating that the pyrone functions as an aggregation pheromone. Our results represent the first example of a new structural class of pheromones within the Cerambycidae, and demonstrate that pheromone-baited traps can provide a useful tool for sampling R. alpina. This tool could be particularly useful in the ongoing development of conservation strategies for the iconic but endangered Alpine longicorn

Language and Culture in International Legal Communication

In the contemporary business world, partners belonging to different nations, and hence different cultures, conduct business operations in either the language of one of the parties involved or in a third, neutral language, serving as lingua franca. Thus, language skills, as an essential component of the communicative competence, imply a certain extent of implicit or explicit translating and interpreting. The functionalist approaches in translation science, and most of all the Skopos theory by J. H. Vermeer, view translation as an intercultural transfer, which inevitably entails taking into account intercultural differences. As intercultural business communication is directly affected by the legal systems of the cultures involved, the communicating parties need to be acquainted with both the source and target legal systems. This is especially the case with English, as the Anglo-American legal system, based essentially on common law, differs substantially from continental law, to which most of the European countries belong. English as the world’s most commonly used lingua franca will have to be adapted to its new function by adopting terms and concepts from other cultures and, within the EU, take into consideration the existing discrepancies between the continental and the Anglo-American legal systems. In this paper, cases of non-equivalence regarding legal terms are illustrated with examples from company law. In conclusion, some linguistic and cultural implications of the use of English as lingua franca, as well as their impact on teaching and learning practices are presented.translation, lingua franca, Skopos, cultural embeddedness

Naomi Steckman, cello and Siu Yan Luk, piano, October 27, 2018

This is the concert program of the Naomi Steckman, cello and Siu Yan Luk, piano performance on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 4:00 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were Fantasy Pieces (Fantasiestucke, Opus 73) by Robert Schumann, Cello Suite III for Violoncello by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Violoncello Concerto in C major (Hob. VIIb:1) by Franz Joseph Haydn. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund

Alenka Divjak: Saga o Kirialaxu: študija o srednjeveški islandski romanci, Ljubljana, Inštitut Nove revije, zavod za humanistiko, 2008, 400 str.

Alenka Divjak: Saga o Kirialaxu: študija o srednjeveški islandski romanci. Ljubljana, Inštitut Nove revije, zavod za humanistiko, 2008, 400 str

The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche’s Philosophy of the Two, Alenka Zupancic (Book Review)

Book review by Steven Michels. Zupančič, Alenka. The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche’s Philosophy of the Two. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003. ISBN 978026274026

PROGRAM APLIKASI JASA PENYEWAAN ORGEN TUNGGAL ALENKA MUSIK MENGGUNAKAN VISUAL BASIC

Musik merupakan suara yang dihasilkan dari suatu alat musik seperti seruling, gendang dan organ tunggal sehingga mengandung irama, lagu, dan keharmonisan suara yang menghasilkan irama. Salah satu alat musik yang menghasilkan irama yaitu orgen tunggal. Group musik orgen tunggal Alenka saat ini belum menggunakan aplikasi penyewaan. Penyewaan orge tunggal pada Alenka Music masih menggunakan sistem manual sehingga diperlukan sebuah aplikasi yang dapat membantu dalam penyewaan orgen tunggal. Aplikasi yang akan dibangun menggunakan bahasa pemrograman Visual Basic 6.0. Dengan adanya aplikasi penyewaan pada Alenka Music diharapkan dapat membantu proses dalam penyewaan orgen tunggal Alenka Musik

Sodelovalne ucne oblike pri jezikovnem delu pouka slovenscine v osnovni soli

In the Slovenian language syllabus, teachers are recommended to provide a greater share of group work during class. During types of learning such as cooperative learning in smaller groups or pairs, students actively develop communicative competence. The present article presents a survey that attempted to determine whether teachers from the first to the fifth grade execute cooperative learning in language classes. The purpose of the article is to raise teachers’ awareness and encourage them to design and execute cooperative learning more frequently. (DIPF/Orig.

Who speaks in a referendum? Scotland’s Indyref TV news coverage

The 2014 Scottish independence referendum saw unprecedented political engagement on a scale rarely seen of late in the UK. But, ask Alenka Jelen-Sanchez and Marina Dekavalla, was this broad engagement replicated in mainstream television coverage