Satire and Dissent: A Theoretical Overview

In an age when Jon Stewart tops lists of most-trusted newscasters and Michael Moore becomes a focus of political campaign analysis, the satiric register has attained renewed and urgent prominence in political discourse. Day focuses on three central contemporary forms: the parodic news show, the satiric documentary, and ironic activism. She highlights their shared objective of circumventing the standard conduits of political information and the highly stage-managed nature of current political discourse. In so doing, she argues, they provide fans with a sense of community and purpose notably lacking from organized politics in the twenty-first century

The Lottery (2008 program)

Performed in the spring of 2008. Cast:Don Appleby: Ben ScharffEva Appleby: Morgan ScharffNancy Appleby: Sydni SansomNellie Mae Appleby: Sophie FullerFred Delacroix: Cullen DeHartLiza Delavroix: Annie MooreStarla Delacroix: Amber WilliamsHazel Dunbar: Rebekah KeeseTommy Dunbar: Kenny DolingerRalph Dunbar: Matthew PhillipsBill Hutchinson: Travis WiselyDavy Hitchinson: Andrew WhiteTessie Hutchinson: Rebecca DeRamusHorace Martin: David Superior Vibe BairdDickie Watson: CJ CarrMyrtle Watson: Shannon OvercashBelca Summers: Paige EdmisonJoe Summers: Joel CoxJack Wilkins: Andrew BurnettMs. Wilkins: Lauren SchlabachThelma Wilkins: Hannah SheltonJaney Wilkins: Lindsey SimpsonOld Man Warner: Gerad VandergriftMrs. Besson: Natalie Lollishttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/theatre-history/1276/thumbnail.jp

Are They for Real? Activism and Ironic Identities

A new breed of political activist has begun to appear on the streets and in the news. They are no longer trying to out-shout their opponents, but are agreeing with them instead, enthusiastically taking their adversary’s position to exaggerated extremes. It is a practice here termed “identity-nabbing,” in which participants pretend to be someone they are not, appearing in public as exaggerated caricatures of their opponents or ambiguously co-opting some of their power. This paper focuses on three groups in particular: The Billionaires for Bush, Reverend Billy, and the Yes Men. Each group stages elaborate, ironically humorous stunts as a means of attracting public attention to particular political/social issues. The ironic frame not only provides entertainment value, but also contains its own community-building function, as it requires the participation of the audience to actively read it ironically. Banking on the pre-existence of communities that share their assumptions and get the joke, these groups attempt to turn what Linda Hutcheon refers to as “discursive communities” into political communities (or counterpublics), urging people to actively identify with the importance of the issue at hand, and to continue circulating the critique. They rely on the co-participatory workings of irony to spur people into viewing themselves as a collective with collective power. None of these groups are aiming for revolutionary change, but by turning laughter over a shared joke into anger and engagement they work to attract attention, get others involved, and slowly shift debate

2013 Statistics

2013 Women\u27s Track and Field Statistics, George Fox University

AMBER closure and differential phases: accuracy and calibration with a Beam Commutation

The first astrophysical results of the VLTI focal instrument AMBER have shown the importance of the differential and closure phase measures, which are supposed to be much less sensitive to atmospheric and instrumental biases than the absolute visibility. However there are artifacts limiting the accuracy of these measures which can be substantially overcome by a specific calibration technique called Beam Commutation. This paper reports the observed accuracies on AMBER/VLTI phases in different modes, discusses some of the instrumental biases and shows the accuracy gain provided by Beam Commutation on the Differential Phase as well as on the Closure Phase.Comment: This paper will be published in the proceeding of SPIE ``astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation: Optical and Infrared Interferometry'

Vigorous atmospheric motion in the red supergiant star Antares

Red supergiant stars represent a late stage of the evolution of stars more massive than about nine solar masses, in which they develop complex, multi-component atmospheres. Bright spots have been detected in the atmosphere of red supergiants using interferometric imaging. Above the photosphere of a red supergiant, the molecular outer atmosphere extends up to about two stellar radii. Furthermore, the hot chromosphere (5,000 to 8,000 kelvin) and cool gas (less than 3,500 kelvin) of a red supergiant coexist at about three stellar radii. The dynamics of such complex atmospheres has been probed by ultraviolet and optical spectroscopy. The most direct approach, however, is to measure the velocity of gas at each position over the image of stars as in observations of the Sun. Here we report the mapping of the velocity field over the surface and atmosphere of the nearby red supergiant Antares. The two-dimensional velocity field map obtained from our near-infrared spectro-interferometric imaging reveals vigorous upwelling and downdrafting motions of several huge gas clumps at velocities ranging from about -20 to +20 kilometres per second in the atmosphere, which extends out to about 1.7 stellar radii. Convection alone cannot explain the observed turbulent motions and atmospheric extension, suggesting that an unidentified process is operating in the extended atmosphere.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figures, published in Natur

Screening by coral green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like chromoproteins supports a role in photoprotection of zooxanthellae

Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like pigments are responsible for the vivid colouration of many reef-building corals and have been proposed to act as photoprotectants. Their role remains controversial because the functional mechanism has not been elucidated. We provide direct evidence to support a photoprotective role of the non-fluorescent chromoproteins (CPs) that form a biochemically and photophysically distinct group of GFP-like proteins. Based on observations of Acropora nobilis from the Great Barrier Reef, we explored the photoprotective role of CPs by analysing five coral species under controlled conditions. In vitro and in hospite analyses of chlorophyll excitation demonstrate that screening by CPs leads to a reduction in chlorophyll excitation corresponding to the spectral properties of the specific CPs present in the coral tissues. Between 562 and 586 nm, the CPs maximal absorption range, there was an up to 50 % reduction of chlorophyll excitation. The screening was consistent for established and regenerating tissue and amongst symbiont clades A, C and D. Moreover, among two differently pigmented morphs of Acropora valida grown under identical light conditions and hosting subclade type C3 symbionts, high CP expression correlated with reduced photodamage under acute light stress

2002 Media Guide

2002 Women\u27s Basketball Media Guide, George Fox Universit

The McDonaldization of English as a Second Language in the United States

Ritzer’s theory of the McDonaldization of society in general and of education in particular is firmly established in the field of sociology, but has not been used to inform research in ESL (English as a second language) training. The phrase, “McDonaldization of education,” has become standard in the literature, but has not been extended or applied to issues surrounding the use of standardized tests for ESL education in the United States. The characteristics of McDonaldization are efficiency, predictability, control, and calculability. This study reviews the literature on the McDonaldization of society and education, and contrasts this literature with the humanistic psychologies of James, Vygotsky, Piaget, Erikson, and Dewey, as they influenced education. These humanistic psychologists advocated teaching methods that oppose McDonaldization, including the nurturing of spontaneity, curiosity, life-long learning, and joy in learning. ESL education has been influenced by McDonaldization along with other fields in education. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was passed in 2001 and was replaced with Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015. A large body of research literature on NCLB concludes that NCLB discouraged native language instruction via bilingual education because of pressure on administrators, educators, and students to achieve high test scores on English-only standardized tests, and because of its explicit focus on learning English as quickly and efficiently as possible. Despite some differences from NCLB, ESSA maintains the previous use of standardized tests, punishment of schools for poor performance, discouragement of bilingual education, and focus on quick and efficient mastery of English for English language learners. These trends exemplify Ritzer’s McDonaldization of society theory. The State of Arizona’s highly structured and restrictive language education program will be analyzed as a case study and an illustration of the impact of McDonaldization on English language learner (ELL) students. It is concluded that researchers should invoke Ritzer’s theory in studying the impact of the McDonaldized culture of standardization upon ESL students, and seek ways to preserve the legacy of humanistic psychology