Hibakusha - Wikipedia
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2017年7月7日 星期五
2017年7月2日 星期日
euthanize, documenta
Horse is euthanized after horrific fall, another dies walking back to the barn
documenta is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultural Show) which took place in Kassel at that time,[1] and was an attempt to bring Germany up to speed with modern art, both banishing and repressing the cultural darkness of Nazism.[2] This first documenta featured many artists who are generally considered to have had a significant influence on modern art (such as Picasso and Kandinsky). The more recent documentas feature art from all continents; nonetheless most of it is site-specific.
Every documenta is limited to 100 days of exhibition, which is why it is often referred to as the "museum of 100 days".[3] Documenta is not a selling exhibition. It rarely coincides with the three other major art world events: the Venice Biennale, Art Basel and Skulptur Projekte Münster, in 2017 all four are open simultaneously.
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[hide]Etymology of documenta[edit]
The name of the exhibition is an invented word. The term is supposed to demonstrate the intention of every exhibition (in particular of the first documenta in 1955) to be a documentation of modern art which was not available for the German public during the Nazi era. Rumour spread from those close to Arnold Bode that it was relevant for the coinage of the term that the Latin word documentum could be separated into docere (Latin for teach) and mens (Latin for intellect) and therefore thought it to be a good word to describe the intention and the demand of the documenta.[4]
Each edition of documenta has commissioned its own visual identity, most of which have conformed to the typographic style of solely using lowercase letters, which originated at the Bauhaus.[5]
euthanize
(also euthanise)
[ WITH OBJECT] North American
VERB
Origin
1971年的大一英文老師要我們討論”安樂死” 。
40幾年過去了，同學們都有親人過世的經驗。有的甚至說，他回台灣探親的理由都沒了……
多少討論和知識，都沒有BBC這部Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die 來得令人震驚和深思。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi…/Terry_Pratchett:_Choosing_to_Die
公視的摘要
《死亡處方箋》
40幾年過去了，同學們都有親人過世的經驗。有的甚至說，他回台灣探親的理由都沒了……
多少討論和知識，都沒有BBC這部Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die 來得令人震驚和深思。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi…/Terry_Pratchett:_Choosing_to_Die
公視的摘要
《死亡處方箋》
這是一段奇幻旅程，是泰瑞普拉契特「尋死」的詭異旅程，也是你我無所逃避的終極之旅。
泰瑞普拉契特，當代英國最受歡迎的幽默作家，也是1990年代英國最暢銷的小說家，至今出版了65本書，發行29種語言版本，全球銷售超過5500萬 冊，其中奇幻長篇小說Discworld系列是他的代表作，出版37本，每一本都是英國的暢銷書。但64歲的他卻在五年前發現罹患阿茲海默症，無法打字寫 書，只能倚賴助理協助聽寫，他說「我認不得字的這一天終將來臨，等我無法再寫書時，我不確定自己是否還想活下去」。為了規劃人生的最後旅程，泰瑞普拉契特 踏出了這一步……。
古羅馬哲學家塞內卡有句名言，「你能一一忍受生命中的苦痛嗎？若可以，那就活著吧！不行？你有權選擇回到你出生前的世界」。泰瑞普拉契特挑戰這個涉及宗教、社會、道德、倫理的「死亡權」爭議。
2017年7月1日 星期六
sext, sexting, racy images
The New Yorker
A Daily Shouts from the archive: Vita: "No, we only did it twice. Def not that great. Don’t think of her in that way."
In Daily Shouts, Virginia: Come visit?
Vita: Mmm can’t. Have a toothache.
Virginia: "Um?"
Vita: "Oops, wrong text."
The Collected Sexts of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West
Virginia: “Longing to see you. Lunch Thurs?” Vita: “Really busy just…
NEWYORKER.COM|由 MERRILL TURNER 上傳
Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin separating after new sexting allegations
CNN - 2 hours ago
Longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin announced Monday that she and former US ...
Anthony Weiner's Latest Sexting Scandal: Here's What We Know
New York Times - 15 hours ago
Scientific American magazine
Sexting is actually most likely to occur within a committed relationship, according to research.
Why Do People Sext—and Who Is Likely To Do It?
People in a committed relationship, surprisingly, are the ones sending racy images
SCIENTIFICAMERICAN.COM|由 ROB WEISSKIRCH,THE CONVERSATION 上傳
racy
ˈreɪsi/
adjective
1. lively, entertaining, and typically sexually titillating.
"the novel was considered rather racy at the time"
sext
A cheesy "hip" portmanteau invented by the media during the mid-2000s to describe a new form sexual expression that had come about due to increased pressure and stifling of sexual freedom imposed by the hypocritical older generation (which they did not face during their younger years).
Origin
Early 21st century: blend of sex and text.
Used to increase legislation targeted mostly at imprisoning 18-25 year old males and create a moral panic among already overbearing parents, both of which are much easier to do when you can wrap it up in one catchy word that you think sounds like something the youngsters would say.
"Sext texting.... SEXTING! I'm such a clever journalist!" - Douchebag who invented it.
Sexting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexting
Sexting is sending and receiving sexually explicit messages, primarily between mobile phones. The term was first popularized in the early 21st century, and is a ...
Future shock
“Future shock”, a term he first used in a 1965 magazine article, was how Toffler defined the growing feeling of anxiety brought on by the bewildering and ever-accelerating pace at which life was changing. His book combined an understanding tone and page-turning urgency, as he diagnosed contemporary trends and headlines – from war protests to the rising divorce rate – as symptoms of a historical cycle that was overturning every facet of life.
He wrote: “We must search out totally new ways to anchor ourselves, for all the old roots religion, nation, community, family, or profession are now shaking under the hurricane impact of the accelerative thrust.”
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Alvin Toffler - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Toffler
Alvin Toffler (October 4, 1928 – June 27, 2016) was an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. Toffler was an associate editor of Fortune magazine.2017年6月29日 星期四
hyperinflation
In Yugoslavia in 1993 prices rose 20% a day. In Zimbabwe in 2008, inflation reached 231,000,000%. Our cartoonist KAL looks at how hyperinflation can lead to the collapse of a country's economy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation
在經濟學上，惡性通貨膨脹是一種不能控制的通貨膨脹，在物價很快地上漲的情況下，就使貨幣失去價值。惡性通貨膨脹沒有一個普遍公認的標準界定。一般界定為每月通貨膨脹50%或更多，但很多時在寬鬆上使用的比率會更低。多數的經濟學家認為的定義為「一個沒有任何平衡趨勢的通貨膨脹循環」。當越來越多的通膨現象隨著週期反覆發生會產生惡性循環。有關惡性通膨的肇因雖有很多爭議，可是當貨幣供給有異常的增加或錢幣大幅的貶值，且常與戰爭（或戰後）、經濟蕭條、及政治或社會動盪聯繫在一起時，惡性通膨便日益明顯。
Definition[edit]
In 1956, Phillip Cagan wrote The Monetary Dynamics of Hyperinflation, the book often regarded as the first serious study of hyperinflation and its effects[4] (though The Economics of Inflation by C. Bresciani-Turroni on the German hyperinflation was published in Italian in 1931[5]). In his book, Cagan defined a hyperinflationary episode as starting in the month that the monthly inflation rate exceeds 50%, and as ending when the monthly inflation rate drops below 50% and stays that way for at least a year.[6] Economists usually follow Cagan’s description that hyperinflation occurs when the monthly inflation rate exceeds 50%.[4]
Animal testing, Toxicology testing
Toxicology testing became important in the 20th century. In the 19th century, laws regulating drugs were more relaxed. For example, in the U.S., the government could only ban a drug after a company had been prosecuted for selling products that harmed customers. However, in response to the Elixir Sulfanilamide disaster of 1937 in which the eponymous drug killed more than 100 users, the U.S. congress passed laws that required safety testing of drugs on animals before they could be marketed. Other countries enacted similar legislation.[36] In the 1960s, in reaction to the Thalidomide tragedy, further laws were passed requiring safety testing on pregnant animals before a drug can be sold.[37]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_testing
facelift
The Panama Canal can now accommodate vessels that are longer, wider and heavier than before, thanks to a new expansion that was nine years in the making. The facelift was crucial to compete in a world where ships are getting bigger and bigger.
face-lift 1934
face-lifting 1922
2007.8
Two National Museums Get a Pricey Facelift
This summer, the National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum will be reopened, and museum officials are hoping the building itself will be as big an attraction as the art inside. Web Extra: First Look Inside
「……我自己不對！留白不夠。
二ＯＯ五年編舞時頭腦想著張旭、懷素，一路往「狂」走。空間的留白照顧了。時間的留白琢磨得不夠。首演以來一直在大戲院演，舞台精力經過空間過濾，到了觀眾席有張力，無過分的壓力。像沙德勒之井的狀況沒發生過。
但是，好的編舞設計本身應該站得住腳，不能過度依賴舞者的詮釋，舞者累了，甚至用稍差一點的舞者來跳，在每個戲院仍然要發光。
「狂草」要拉皮！到巴塞隆納就動手！」
二ＯＯ五年編舞時頭腦想著張旭、懷素，一路往「狂」走。空間的留白照顧了。時間的留白琢磨得不夠。首演以來一直在大戲院演，舞台精力經過空間過濾，到了觀眾席有張力，無過分的壓力。像沙德勒之井的狀況沒發生過。
但是，好的編舞設計本身應該站得住腳，不能過度依賴舞者的詮釋，舞者累了，甚至用稍差一點的舞者來跳，在每個戲院仍然要發光。
「狂草」要拉皮！到巴塞隆納就動手！」
【拉皮】：去除臉部皺紋的手術。在耳朵前﹑髮鬚後將皮割開，把臉部的皮膚拉緊，切除掉多餘的皮膚再行縫合，刀痕可以用頭髮來掩飾。施行拉皮手術，最多可使人看起來年輕十歲左右，但時間一久照樣會老化。(教育部國語辭典)
可是一般字典不收這「拉皮」的俗稱。而這樣解釋：
vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)：1為(建築物,汽車等)作外觀上的改善 2給...整容
n. (名詞 noun)：整容;翻新;改裝
日文：美容整形; （自動車などの）モデルチェンジ; 改装.
faceliftnoun
1 [C] a medical treatment which tightens loose skin to make the face look younger 拉臉皮
2 [S] treatment to improve something, for example a building, to make it look more attractive:
The bank is planning to give its 1930s building a complete facelift.
face-lift(ing)
美容整形; （自動車などの）モデルチェンジ; 改装.
facelift
NOUN
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