http://www.casavaria.com/jr notes & magnifications Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:16:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Carlos Trujillo, Joseph Robertson (compiladores) 1ª edición: 25 marzo 2010 ISBN: 978-0877230861 En Villanova, cada noche de lunes, la palabra sencilla y poderosa emprende su vuelo sin encender motores y no para de revolotear, de elevarse y planear como gaviota luminosa sobre la noche siempre cálida de la hermandad poética reunida en la mesa ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2010/03/18/754/poesia-en-villanova-antologia-del-festival-de-poesia-2010/ by Carlos Trujillo Joseph Robertson, translator 1ª edición: 25 marzo 2010 ISBN: 978-0877230878 ¿Dónde cae la hoja que cae de la hoja? ¿Dónde, la hoja que se suelta de sí misma como mirando lejos y hacia adentro, como mirándose desde lejos igual que si fuera otra hoja la que cae mientras ella la mira? Where does the leaf fall that ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2010/03/18/752/palabras-words-bilingual-edition/ Joseph Robertson 1ª edición: 23 marzo 2010 ISBN: 978-0982649107 Este libro junta poemas tanto filosóficos como de amor con ensayos cortos y un cuento lírico. Es a la vez la obra más ambiciosa y más íntima del poeta, y marca un momento de cambio de enfoque en su obra y en su visión ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2010/03/18/750/jaguar-y-cascada-libro/ Article published in Issue 8 of the Gender & Media Diversity Centre's Southern Africa Media Diversity Journal, March 2010 The FIFA World Cup is coming to South Africa this year, the first global event of its kind hosted by an African nation. That means 2010 will bring many aspects of life ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2010/03/03/768/germinal-gender-narrative-teaching-the-media-to-relay-the-message/ 'Psychic numbing' is a relatively new term, assigned to the phenomenon which shows people tend to feel less urgent compassion, and tend to give less, when the suffering in question is shown to be more systemic and more pervasive, or affecting larger numbers of people. Some psychologists believe it is ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2010/02/27/711/psychic-numbing-why-does-mass-suffering-induce-mass-indifference/ Essay presented as seminar, on Thursday, 21 January 2010 for the Villanova University Freedom School Sessions On the Question of Hope In September, 2008, the question of hope, of what it is and why we need it, was coming to political prominence, due to an election campaign and a collective demand for significant change ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2010/01/27/709/the-space-of-hope-communication-the-human-bond/ The disaster response for the Haitian earthquake has been swift and coordinated, channeling massive international resources to the affected area. But the logistics of deploying the resources, personnel and technology needed to deliver comprehensive disaster assistance, are beyond complicated, with roads and transport overwhelmed, and means of contacting the wounded ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2010/01/15/707/medicine-water-blood-food-shelter-urgently-needed-in-haiti/ As we enter the second decade of the 21st century, we find ourselves part of a global human civilization undergoing major change at an unprecedented rate, and how we adjust to those changes will determine what quality of life and how much real democracy there is, even who lives and ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2010/01/03/733/the-2nd-decade-of-the-21st-century/ The global food supply is facing major security challenges, as warming global average temperatures and the destabilization of climate patterns and natural services undermine dependable agricultural cycles and threaten resources. The food supply is the most direct and visible connection between the breakdown of global climate systems and human health ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2009/12/10/695/world-food-supply-under-threat-from-environmental-factors/ Democrats in the United States Senate, in hopes of reaching a compromise on health reform legislation, are reported to be considering a plan that would scrap the so-called "public option" for low-cost, full-coverage health insurance, in favor of a non-profit plan that would be run by the private insurers themselves, ... http://www.casavaria.com/jr/2009/12/09/698/non-profit-private-run-health-plan-must-never-deny-coverage/