#J. A. Areces

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I love the way Areces inflects certain words for a humorous tone or emphasis when doing the dialogue. But I have to say, he reads pretty fast in this episode. So fast sometimes some shorter words get lost mostly.

“How fast does it go? How high can it go at its top speed? What about drop speed? Does it stop on a raindrop? I heard it could stop on a rain drop. What about warranty? I would have to be able to test fly it first. You don’t expect me to buy a broom without test flying it first.”

You have to love the wizard. Just that barage of questions at once!! Poor Jesse haha. He's also do giddy and childish, full of wonder because of the broom.

Expect a full recount of the episode tonight btw.

[soup-fish]

want a white chocolate reese's?

I answered this and tumblr said nono and deleted what I wrote so fucn yku

[ztafraternity]

Unique path leads to same sisterhood

This article was originally published in the Spring 2018 issue of Themis magazine

By Heather Matthews Kirk, Contributing Writer (@lsuzetataualpha)

The vast majority of Zetas follow a similar path to sisterhood. In college, they find their home in Zeta Tau Alpha through recruitment efforts. They enjoy Bid Day, followed by New Member Experience lessons and Initiation. Some live in a ZTA house. Many take on leadership roles. All find friendship. And upon graduation, they join the alumnae world, where sisters will support them as they start careers and/or raise families.

Yet, for a handful of women each year, alumnae sisterhood is the starting point for their ZTA journeys.

Alumnae Initiates are “outstanding women…who would bring pride to the membership” and are recommended by alumnae to join ZTA more than four years after they have left college. They have the qualities and strong characteristics we seek in new members, and as alumnae, are sought out because of their capacity to dedicate to ZTA, give back to the community or advise a nearby collegiate chapter. National Council must unanimously approve all recommendations for Alumnae Initiates submitted by alumnae members.

For Kenna Cornelius Rummel, joining ZTA has provided friendship and connection in a new place. In 2015, she moved to Columbia, Missouri—far from her home in Texas—and began advising student organizations at University of Missouri. She met ZTA Fraternity Housing Corporation President Julia Marthaler Hill at an Alabama/Mizzou tailgate, and Mrs. Hill connected her with Shannon Ferguson, ZTA’s current Vice President Collegiate III, who also works at Mizzou.

“As an adult, it’s harder to make friends,” Kenna said. “In college, friends are built in, but later in life, you really have to put yourself out there. Once I met Shannon, I knew I could survive in a new place. She helped Mizzou feel like home for me.”

Pictured: Kenna (left) and Shannon (right) pose for a photo during @mizzouzetataualpha‘s Bid Day.

Ms. Ferguson saw a uniqueness in her friendship with Kenna, too. “She is amazing, and I don’t say that just because she’s one of my best friends,” she said. “She embodies all that is good within higher education and is dedicated to student success.”

In 2017, Ms. Ferguson submitted a recommendation to National Council for Kenna to become an Alumna Initiate, with the hope Kenna could also serve on Alpha Psi Chapter’s advisory board. Upon approval, she invited her to join ZTA. For Kenna, it was an easy decision.

Kenna went to a small private college that did not have National Panhellenic Conference sororities. She wasn’t yet aware of the “broader Greek experience.” “In graduate school, many of my friends and colleagues were in fraternities and sororities,” she said. “It was so cool to see what the organizations provided on the national level. No matter where my friends went, they had someone to connect with. They served a similar purpose, and I wanted to be a part of that.”

Kenna was initiated into Alpha Psi Chapter at University of Missouri in October 2017, alongside the chapter’s 74 new members and with Ms. Ferguson serving as her conductor.

“It was really fun because Shannon and I had shared this friendship, so it was cool for her to go through Initiation beside me,” she said. “And to be there with all the new members—I felt like an older sister to them.”

Jumping right in, Kenna became the chapter’s Financial Advisor, and she loves it when the Treasurer or other officers stop by her office on campus for help.

“This experience has developed me personally and professionally. I get to connect with students on a different level than in my job,” she said. “I have spent time with so many people as a part of this experience, from students to advisors to housing corporation volunteers. It is humbling to see so many people invested in this idea.”

For Dr. Rachelle J. Douglass, her welcome to ZTA sisterhood happened on a grand scale. She was the Convention Initiate in 2014 and went through the service in front of almost 900 Zetas of all ages.

“That was an interesting day,” she said with a laugh. “It was nerveracking not really knowing what was going to happen, and I had to give a speech in front of so many people.”

Despite joining as an alumna, Rachelle has known about ZTA much of her life. Her aunt, Nona Douglass Richey, is a longtime ZTA National Officer who often brought Rachelle to gatherings with her sisters. Over time, she developed a close relationship with then-Executive Director Deb Ensor. Nominated by several of Deb and Nona’s friends, Rachelle was initiated at Convention, just weeks before Deb passed away from cancer.

Pictured: Rachelle (left)  enjoys sharing ZTA with former National Ritual Chairman Verna Hicks Patton (center) and her aunt, longtime ZTA National Officer Nona Douglass Richey (right).

“The joke was that she was my other mother,” Rachelle said. “She was my cheerleader, and we had a fun relationship. I always heard Nona and Deb talk about [ZTA], and I wanted to share in the sisterhood they had.”

An emergency room doctor, Rachelle’s ZTA connections provide her with a breath of fresh air outside of her busy role. She is active in the Long Beach, CA Alumnae Chapter and often travels—from Seattle to Austin to New Orleans—with sisters or to see those she’s met at ZTA gatherings.

“Any time I spend with my sisters is fun,” she said. “When I moved to California, I knew three people. I have gotten to know a new group through ZTA and some have even made me part of their families.”

Amanda Koerth Areces recommended her best friend Molly Sollie become an Alumna Initiate because of what she saw in her character.

“She is a role model of mine. She sees beauty, looks for the good in everyone, finds satisfaction in being and is humble in success without bitterness in defeat,” Amanda said. “She is a Zeta Tau Alpha if I ever met one—she just needed the pin.

“With Molly not being a Zeta, it felt like something was missing—an acknowledgment of the bond we share, the person she represents and the commitment we have to each other,” she said. “The closest, most important women in my life are my sisters, and I wanted her to be a part of that.”

Amanda also felt Molly had much to give the organization, and National Council agreed. Molly was initiated into Lambda Epsilon Chapter at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis in 2014. The collegiate officers conducted the service at International Office among a group of Molly’s ZTA friends. It was “an unforgettable experience,” she said.

“At first, I knew far more about the people representing Zeta Tau Alpha than I did about the organization itself,” Molly said. “Yet, that was what mattered the most. Everyone I met had a love for each other, their communities and their organization. Because of that, I knew membership was the right choice.”

Pictured: Molly (center) was excited to join her two best friends, Amanda (left) and Heather (right), in sisterhood.

Molly has given back to the organization through jointly funding a ZTA Foundation Scholarship with her two best friends, aptly named The Three Best Friends That Anyone’s Ever Had Scholarship.

“I don’t know how to describe what changes after years of friendship, but ZTA takes it a step further,” she said. “The scholarship is a way to celebrate that, to say ‘thank you’ and to support collegiate women.”

For all three—Kenna, Rachelle and Molly—Alumnae Initiation has brought new friendships into their lives and strengthened old ones through a recognition of shared values.

“At the end of the day—and this is what many collegiate women don’t understand just yet—even if we’ve had different ZTA experiences, we are all here for the same purpose and to love one another,” Kenna said. “That’s truly what the value of sisterhood is.”

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A raíz de lo comentado en el apartado anterior (link) expondremos a continuación un resumen de la evolución de la guerra fase a fase, para acabar exponiendo las principales consecuencias que trajo éste sangriento y oscuro conflicto, que pasaría a la historia como el episodio más oscuro de nuestra memoria como país.

Desde el momento en que la sublevación se convirtió en guerra civil hasta su conclusión, el conflicto atravesó una serie de etapas que lo fueron definiendo. En sus inicios, las grandes batallas tuvieron lugar por el control de Madrid, después se concentraron en el Norte , finalmente en la zona Mediterránea.

Evolución militar de la guerra

Desde el inicio del conflicto, el bando republicano se vio perjudicado por varios factores: en primer lugar por contar con un ejército desorganizado e inexperto y en segundo lugar por la desunión entre las diferentes organizaciones que lo conformaban, pues muchas milicias preferían seguir las órdenes de los líderes de las mismas que las decisiones del gobierno. Pese a todo, y aunque estas dificultades impidieron triunfos en las ofensivas, la República mostró una resistencia tenaz que contribuyó a alargar la guerra.

Póster del Ejército Popular

Por otro lado, el ejército nacional o rebelde era un cambio más profesional y disciplinado y mantuvo la iniciativa militara durante toda la guerra. La gran baza de los sublevados fue el ejército de África. Sin embargo, tras el fracaso ante Madrid, Franco planteó el conflicto como un largo combate de desgaste que aseguraría su propio poder personal y le permitiría acabar con todos sus enemigos políticos.

*Las imágenes muestran los carteles típicos de ambos bandos. Arriba los del bando republicano y abajo los del bando nacional. (fuente de la imagen).

Las fases de la guerra son las siguientes:

La guerra de columnas (junio-noviembre de 1936)

Tras el cruce del estrecho de Gibraltar, los sublevados desarrollaron una serie de operaciones tendentes a tomar Madrid, muy caracterizadas por la rapidez de movimiento. En agosto de 1936 catorce mil hombres del Ejército de Marruecos cruzaba el estrecho con la colaboración de la aviación italiana y el acorazado alemán Deutshland. Franco, al mando de estas tropas, estableció contacto con Queipo de Llano, que controlaba la mayor parte de Andalucía occidental desde Sevilla. Rápidamente se inició la marcha hacia Madrid a través de Extremadura. Franco ocupó Badajoz y enlazó en la sierra de Gredos con las fuerzas reveldes de Emilio Mola, que avanzaba desde Navarra.

El treinta de septiembre los nacionales tomaban el Alcázar de Toledo tras setenta días de asedio. Toledo se convirtió en un elemento propagandístico de primer orden para el bando nacional. En otoño los frentes quedaron perfectamente delimitado, y mientras Franco ya planeaba la toma de Madrid, los republicanos intentaban recuperar las capitales de Aragón y Baleraes, pero sin éxito.

Alcazar de Toledo (fuente de la imagen)

La lucha por Madrid (noviembre de 1936- marzo de 1937)

La ofensiva para tomar Madrid chocará con la férrea resistencia de los madrileños. Los generales Jose Miaja y Vicente Rojo, junto a las milicias republicanas, impidieron la caída de la capital. El gobierno republicano se trasladó a Valencia por precaución.

Franco intentó un ataque frontal, pero fracasó debido a la organización de un incipiente ejército popular, la llegada de las primeras ayudas soviéticas y, sobre todo, gracias a la actuación de los primeros voluntarios de las Brigadas Internacionales. Desde ese momento, Franco cambió de estrategia, intentando ataques envolventes para aislar la capital. Comenzarían debido a esto a tener lugar las primeras grandes batallas de esta etapa.

Batalla del Jarama (febrero de 1937). Ataque del bando nacional frenado por los republicanos.

Brigadas internacionales en la batalla del Jarama (fuente de la imagen)

Batalla de Guadalajara (marzo de 1937). Iniciada por el bando nacional y frenada, de nuevo por el bando republicano.

La guerra en el Norte (abril-octubre de 1937)

La resistencia de Madrid alargó la vida de la República y forzó a Franco a darle una vuelta de tuerca a su plan militar. Éste decidió concentrar sus energías en cerrar el frente del norte, con el fin de controlar las industrias que fabricaban armas y municiones. Esta zona se encontraba totalmente aislada del resto del territorio republicano  y no podía recibir ayuda ya que Francia prohibió que la aviación republicana repostara en su territorio – política de no intervención -.

Franco ocupó la provincia de Vizcaya y avanzó rápidamente por Cantabria. En Asturias encontró una dura resistencia pero terminó cayendo. De esta manera Franco cerraba el frente del norte y la república no pudo hacer nada más que ciertas ofensivas para, de algún modo, reducir la presión sobre la región, pero sin éxito. Estas ofensivas son:

Batalla de La Granja (junio de 1937).

Batalla de Brunete (julio de 1937).

Batalla de Belchite (agosto-septiembre de 1937).

Belchite tras la guerra (fuente de la iamgen).

Es en esta etapa cuando el ejército nacional, la Legión Cóndor alemana y la Aviación Legionaria italiana arrasaron con bombas incendiarias la villa de Guernica,  el 26 de abril de 1937.

Ruinas de Gernica tras el bombardeo

Gernica de Picasso

La guerra en el este (noviembre de 1937-febrero de 1939)

Desde los primeros días de la guerra hasta la batalla de Belchite, el frente aragonés había estado en tranquilidad, pero una vez conquistado el norte, Franco dirigió sus esfuerzos hacia el este, con el objetivo de alcanzar el Mediterráneo, cortando en dos el territorio republicano. Para reforzar esta zona, en el invierno de 1937, el ejercito republicano llevó a cabo una ofensiva que le permitiría recuperar Teruel, en manos de los rebeldes desde el comienzo de la guerra, aunque lamentablemente en febrero de 1938 volvería a caer en manos del bando nacional. A mediados de abril, Franco ya alcanzó el Mediterráneo y dejó a Cataluña totalmente aislada del resto del territorio republicano.

Con la esperanza de recuperar la unión entre las dos zonas, el bando republicano lanzó una ofensiva en julio de 1938. El ejército cruzó el Ebro e hicieron retroceder varios kilómetros a los rebeldes, sin embargo la ventaja inicial no fue aprovechada y los nacionales consiguieron recuperar la posición perdida tres meses después. Desde este momento, aprovecharon para lanzar una ofensiva a Cataluña a finales de año. La Batalla del Ebro fue la más cuenta de toda la guerra y acabó con la capacidad de resistencia de la República. Cataluña cayó bajo la ofensiva de Franco cuando Barcelona fue tomada el 26 de febrero de 1939. Menorca se rendiría poco tiempo después.

La caída de Cataluña significó para la República el final de la guerra  y el reconocimiento de Franco por parte de Francia y Gran Bretaña. Las divisiones en el bando republicano se agudizaron. Unos proponían la rendición y otros defendían la resistencia a ultranza. En marzo, el coronel Casado, apoyado por el socialista Julián Besteiro y por el anarquista Cipriano Mera, formaron el Consejo Nacional de Defensa y depusieron al Gobierno de Juan Negrín. Tenían la esperanza de lograr una paz negociada con Franco, pero éste exigió la rendición incondicional, por lo que el 28 de marzo de 1939 entregaron Madrid a las fuerzas nacionales. La República terminó así de desmoronarse y el 1 de abril de 1939, el Cuartel General de Franco publicaría su último parte de guerra, dando la contienda por concluida.

Evolución del conflicto (fuente de la imagen)

BIBLIOGRAFÍA.

De La Torre, H. (coord.) (2005). Historia Contemporánea (1914-1989). Madrid, España: Universidad Ramón Areces.

Howson, G (2000). Armas para España. La historia no contada de la Guerra Civil española. Madrid, España: Ediciones Península.

García De Cortazar, F. (1996). Historia del Mundo Actual: 1945-95. Madrid, España: Alianza.

Touchard, J. (2001). Historia de las ideas políticas. Madrid, España: Tecnos.

MATERIAL CURRICULAR PARA LOS CUSOS:

4º Eso, asignatura de Geografía e Historia (Decreto 48/2015, de 14 de mayo).

1º Bachillerato, asignatura de Historia del Mundo Contemporáneo (Decreto 52/2015, de 21 de mayo).

EN YOUTUBE…

  La Guerra Civil española (III): Operaciones militares A raíz de lo comentado en el apartado anterior (link) expondremos a continuación un resumen de la evolución de la guerra fase a fase, para acabar exponiendo las principales consecuencias que trajo éste sangriento y oscuro conflicto, que pasaría a la historia como el episodio más oscuro de nuestra memoria como país.

[officialpittacuslore]

1, 4, 22 for the salt one

I’m gonna just do books because I could rant about Pokemon and game ships I used to like and hate from my youth for days and no one has time for that

1. What OTPs in your fandom(s) do you just not get?*LL - N/illa and J/ohnrina, especially J/ohnrina jfc, stop pairing people up based off of pain just because of some wall painting bullshit when they’ve had almost four interactions prior CP - Literally anyone and P/arse in a serious context, I’m on board with ships for jokes and laughs like P/atater is like a laugh to me tbh but like who invited KP to the docks before he goes through the development he needs RQ - I mean.... M/arecal rn doesn’t make a lot of sense from where the books left off and especially while Cal continues to be the giant penis that he isACOTAR - Draklin with anyone because he can go back to making sad pop music and E/lucien became a big no after ACOWAR, mating bonds =/= perfect relationship and option available and I’m in belief that the mating bond thing was constructed entirely with only F/eysand in mind 

4. Do you have a NoTP in your fandom? Are they a popular OTP?*LL - N/illa used to be popular lol, it died off after a whileCP - P/imms I feel like used to be also but I haven’t seen anything about that ship in forever, it got slainRQ - I mean I personally don’t really like Mareven but that’s the only line I feel like I could draw, I’m open to any RQ ships as long as they’re done well and I trust Victoria a lotACOTAR - E/lucien af, I can’t do it anymore

22. Unpopular character you love?LL - John DAMN Smith and I mean this as in unpopularly liked since he’s the main character so obviously he’s popular in another way; I could make an LL fan starter pack based off of the two favorite characters this fandom has lolCP - Is anyone unpopular in CP anymore tho? I mean I guess I don’t see a lot of Nursey stuff floating around as much as some of the other characters which is a TRAVESTY because he’s a BABERQ - does daddy Maven count because he’s grown a lot on me tbhACOTAR - everyone is unpopular compared to Feyre and Rhysand tbh, maybe Helion or Tarquin, they’re perfect children and someone needs to pull them away from their diversity plug narrative

[danilodiazgranadosmanglano]

9 consejos para no distraerse estudiando y aprender rápido

Para algunas personas, el hecho de disponerse a estudiar para un examen puede significar un verdadero reto, sobre todo si tienen tendencia a distraerse durante los momentos de estudio. En este artículo **repasaremos diferentes consejos para no distraerse estudiando**, los cuales te ayudarán significativamente a potenciar tu concentración a la hora de centrarte en los temas que necesitas aprender para conseguir llegar a dominar el tema y aprobar las evaluaciones de la mejor manera posible. * Artículo relacionado: "[Los 15 tipos de atención y cuáles son sus características](/psicologia/tipos-de-atencion)" ## 9 consejos para evitar distraerse estudiando En el siguiente listado vamos a ver varios consejos y recomendaciones para no distraerse estudiando; aplicarlos durante las jornadas de estudio garantizara sacar el mejor provecho de ellas. ### 1. Encuentra un ambiente apropiado Lo primero que debemos hacer es seleccionar un lugar adecuado para estudiar. Habrá que tener en cuenta varios factores que influyen en la selección del ambiente de trabajo. **Lo ideal es que sea un sitio tranquilo, alejado de cualquier tipo de sonidos molestos** (contaminación sónica) entre otros distractores. También es recomendable que el lugar de estudio no sea un lugar que asociemos con descanso (por ejemplo, nuestra habitación). * Quizás te interese: "[¿Es mejor estudiar leyendo en voz alta o en silencio?](/desarrollo/mejor-estudiar-leyendo-voz-alta-o-silencio)" ### 2. Reúne previamente los materiales No basta con encontrar un lugar tranquilo; también debe ser un lugar donde tengamos a la mano los recursos necesarios para el estudio; no vale de nada que estudiemos en un lugar sin ruido si no tenemos el material requerido y eso nos fuerza a levantarnos e ir a buscar cosas muchas veces, lo cual nos expone a distracciones. Una manera efectiva de simplificar el proceso de estudio es **disponer adecuadamente todos los materiales que necesitarás antes de iniciar a estudiar**, de manera que el estudio resulte lo menos interrumpido posible. Si tienes la información en algún dispositivo de almacenamiento externo o correo electrónico, resulta recomendable que la descargues en el ordenador y la tengas a la mano en el escritorio, para disponer de mayor comodidad. ### 3. Encuentra compañeros de estudio **Encontrar buenos compañeros de estudio es un factor motivacional importante**, porque podemos aprender mejor cuando nos relacionamos con personas que tienen unos objetivos y nivel de conocimientos similares a los nuestros. Hacer grupos de estudio ayuda a abarcar mayor contenido referente a las temáticas de las evaluaciones; cada uno podría dedicarse a estudiar en profundidad un tema, y luego, en las discusiones colectivas de las jornadas de estudio, explicárselo al resto de compañeros y resolver dudas. ### 4. Lleva comida a la mano Tener bocadillos disponibles para el estudio es una buena manera de potenciar nuestra manera de aprovechar el tiempo. Podemos premiarnos con un pequeño bocadillo al terminar de estudiar un tema durante una hora, por ejemplo, y luego tomar un descanso. Además, **estudiar con hambre es muy difícil**, y dependiendo de dónde nos encontremos, buscar un bar o restaurante podría llevarnos demasiado tiempo. ### 5. Toma descansos **Los descansos son importantes para poder consolidar de la mejor manera los conocimientos que vamos memorizando**. Si estudiamos de manera seguida y no le permitimos a nuestro cerebro procesar adecuadamente los nuevos contenidos, nos será más difícil recordar esos contenidos en el futuro. **Lo ideal es tomar descansos programados**. Puedes colocar una alarma para asegurarte de que no se te pasará el momento de interrumpir la dinámica de estudio. Por otro lado, es buena idea tener definido el tiempo exacto de cada descanso. Este es uno de los consejos para no distraerse del estudio más fáciles de aplicar, porque tan solo hay que programar avisos en el reloj o el smartphone y obedecerlos cuando suenen. ### 6. Encuentra la motivación Disponernos a estudiar contra nuestra propia voluntad no es algo que favorezca mucho nuestra concentración, lo ideal es buscar los motivos por los cuales nos conviene realizar el estudio. De este modo, **podremos conseguir una motivación interna que nos ayudará a potenciar nuestra concentración**. Una buena manera de conseguir este tipo de motivación es **colocarnos una meta realizable a corto plazo**, de modo que podamos ir tras ella y sentir que estamos avanzando positivamente hacia su consecución. Por ejemplo, repasar un capítulo del temario terminándolo en las próximas 4 horas. * Quizás te interese: "[Tipos de motivación: las 8 fuentes motivacionales](/psicologia/tipos-de-motivacion)" ### 7. Evita postergar metas Una vez que tienes todo lo necesario para comenzar a estudiar, puede que tengas pensamientos intrusivos que te hagan postergar el estudio, y en lugar de sentarte a leer te pongas a hacer cualquier otra cosa. Lo ideal es reconocer estos pensamientos y combatirlos rápidamente. **No dejes que la procrastinación se apodere del control de tus acciones**, cuando tengas todo listo frente a ti inicia inmediatamente la actividad de estudio que tienes planeada y verás cómo a medida que avanzas los pensamientos intrusivos y la tentación de dejar la tarea para más adelante se van disipando. ### 8. Gestiona la ansiedad Por lo general, **la sensación de ansiedad se hace presente cuando sentimos que tenemos muchos temas pendientes** y no hemos adelantado nada. Gestionar esta angustia es importante, porque si es muy intensa puede llegar a paralizarnos, al intentar no exponernos a nada que nos recuerde esa obligación. Una manera de evitar esta sensación tan característica en épocas de examen es hacer un cronograma con los temas a estudiar, todos en orden de relevancia. De ese modo, podremos ir centrándonos en estas tareas de manera secuencial, favoreciendo una percepción inmediata de nuestro progreso, y evitamos que la angustia se apodere de nuestra mente. Cuanto más ordenados seamos al planificar nuestra jornada de estudio, más alejada mantendremos la ansiedad. ### 9. Regula el uso de la computadora Actualmente nuestras actividades académicas y laborales giran mucho en torno a nuestros aparatos electrónicos (ordenadores, teléfonos inteligentes, tabletas, etc.), lo cual indudablemente representa una ayuda al conseguir la información. Sin embargo, debemos tener en cuenta que estos aparatos también pueden jugar un papel distractor para nuestra menta. Lo ideal es emplearlos para conseguir el material que necesitamos y los conocimientos puntuales que puedan ayudarnos a estudiar adecuadamente. **Si ves que los usas muchos para distraerte, puedes intentar prescindir de ellos mientras estudias, o poner límtes claros a su uso** (por ejemplo, tenerlos siempre desconectados de Internet). #### Referencias bibliográficas: * Fuentes, L. y García-Sevilla, J. (2008). Manual de psicología de la atención: una perspectiva neurocientífica. Madrid: Síntesis. * Styles, E.A. (2010). Psicología de la atención. Madrid: Centro de estudios Ramón Areces. Ver Fuente Ver Fuente

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Understanding Articles 370, 35A

Understanding Articles 370, 35A

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Understanding Article 35A and its parent Article 370 spotlighted by arecent central ordinance extending reservation to SCs and STs in J&K invoking article.

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Recently, the Union Cabinet approved the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, which will amend the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004.

This…

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe recently announced the following appointments: Alexandria Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission: Cindy M. Stevens of Alexandria, managing principal at Deloitte. Aquaculture Advisory Board: John E. Hofmeyer of Williamsburg, owner/operator of Tomahund Marine LLC;Kimberly Huskey of Yorktown, vice president of government affairs at Ballard Fish and Oyster Co.;Heather T. Lusk of Quinby, vice president at H.M. Terry Co. Inc.;Anthony Marchetti of Irvington, chief operations officer at Rappahannock Oyster Co.; andMichael Schwarz of Norfolk, director of Virginia Tech’s Virginia Seafood AREC. Fort Monroe Authority: Edward Ayers of Richmond, president emeritus of the University of Richmond. State Water Commission: Lamont “Bud” Curtis of Newport News; andVictor Vilchiz of Chesterfield, department chair of chemistry at Virginia State University. State Building Code Technical Review Board: Richard C. Witt of North Chesterfield, director of building inspection for Chesterfield County. Tobacco Board: D. Scott Crowder of Halifax, owner of Crowder Farms;John W. Bledsoe of Blackstone, producer of flue-cured tobacco and dark fire tobacco;Richard T. Hite Jr. of Kenbridge, owner/operator of Hite Farming LLC;Glenn Price Hudson of South Hill, vice president of R. Hart Hudson Farms Inc.;Darrell E. Jackson of Axton, farm manager and operator at Jackson Farm;Joanne J. Jones of Concord, owner/manager at Dark Leaf Farm;Donald Moore of Chatham, self-employed agricultural producer;Hugh Rogers of McKenney, owner/operator of Beaver Creek Farms; andCecil E. Shell of Kenbridge, owner and farmer of Shell’s Farm. Tobacco Region Revitalization Commission: Joel C. Cunningham Jr. of Halifax, attorney. FacebookTwitterEmailPrintSave

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Interview for a Wizard liveblog - Episode 4: “Chapter 3″

Enjoy some delicious foods, genuinely scary mental images, magic and domestic issues at the cofee shop

Episode 4: Chapter 3

General plot summary + notes

Jesse spends the rest of that Monday taking internet orders, packaging and receiving boxes, and is so busy that he doesn’t even find time to go see Cindy at the Deli. Customers are coming in all through the afternoon looking  for pieces to complete their Halloween costumes. Mount Dora’s annual Halloween Festival was to be on Saturday night, and this created much excitement in the town, which meant more traffic in the store than usual. Only at 5 pm Jesse remembers the wizard. At that point the UPS man arrives for his last round of picking up and dropping off boxes. Jesse looks across the street and sees that “the wizard” is not there. Usually the UPS man doesn’t speak to Jesse besides the typical “Hi”, or “See you later” and “Have a nice day”, but this time, as Jesse attempts to lift one of the large two boxes which read “Fragile.”, stopping Jesse because he fears he might break its contents. Jesse looks closer at the box, finding it read “Fragile. Contains glass. Handle with care.” He casually backs up and allows the UPS man to carry it to the office door. Jesse picks up a few smaller boxes himself. On the way up the stairs, the UPS man suddenly tells Jesse the history of the old house that Alivan’s is located in: He says that an old, crazy man once left there, who was said to be downright mean, and who was found guilty of murdering six people, over six months and always on the same day, and that he’d done it to them while they were waiting at the bus stop outside the store. Which was why the bus stop was moved down in front of the First National Bank later on. It even took the cops three years to catch him. The house had been in his family for several generations before then.

The UPS man told him that they had all been scared to death. Jesse slowly begins to find the house creepy. As soon as the UPS man left, he locked up quite fast and went home on his motorcycle. He could not wait to get back to his apartment. Once there, after dinner he called home to his family to have a very nice, very long conversation in order to calm his nerves.

During the night Jesse barely got any sleep, tossing and turning and having nightmares of six people lying dead, scared to death, on the sidewalk in front of Alivan’s.

Tuesday morning Jesse drives on his motorcycle to the Deli to see if Cindy is there yet. She’s not at work yet, with it being quite early, and he expected this but figured he’d try his luck anyway, if only he could get a few minutes with her. He then goes back, meeting the stranger at the coffee shop for breakfast. The man has already ordered breakfast for him. Jesse sits with him. The “wizard” is wearing his robe and hat, and his staff is leaning against the table. He is sipping on hot, dark coffee. He senses that Jesse has had a bad night and asks him about it. Jesse tells him he has had nightmares.

Jesse’s breakfast arrives and there’s a lot of it: scrambled eggs, hash brown potatoes, bacon, sausage, buttered toast, pancakes and a large glass of milk. The heavy-set waitress that brought the food tells Jesse that he hopes he’s hungry. And he says that he is.

The “wizard” says once more that he has to test-fly the Stealth broom before he can buy it. Jesse rolls his eyes, then asks him what his name is. The man says “Ch-U-Ch”. (DEFINITE CONFIRMATION! Ch-U-Ch is back!) Jesse doesn’t hear it right at first, thinking it’s “Chuch” or “Chooch” I believe. Ch-U-Ch corrects him. The waitress comes by and refills the wizard’s mug. Then the wizard gets comfortable in his chair and tells Jesse that he really is a wizard. This begins the process referred to by the Wizardry as “an interview”, in which the wizard usually has to show some kind of proof, through an act of magic. Jesse asks him to prove it, and so Ch-U-Ch grabs the blue stone around his neck and is able to fully recount Jesse’s horrible nightmare. Jesse comments that it seems like a trick he’s seen on TV, so Ch-U-Ch twitches the index finger on the hand he grabbed the stone with, causing the large glass of milk (now empty) to slide over to him across the table, into his hand, and as soon ashee lets go of it, he slides back. Ch-U-Ch, who’s 45 years old, is going through a mid-life crisis, and thinks that acquiring the Stealth might help him relive his youth and cope with it. He also tells Jesse that his wife is a “Folk”, meaning a non-magic person, and that he has two sons, Andrew and Brendan, 16 and 14 years old, but they haven’t shown any signs of magic. Furthermore, they don’t show any interest in magic. They don’t even want to dress up for Halloween! He says this with some hint of sadness, reminding Jesse of when his father tells him that he’s disappointed that Jesse hasn’t gone to college and doesn’t seem to be interested in his family’s tradition of attorneys. It’s as if Ch-U-Ch is both disappointed in his kids, but also want them to accept the part of him that makes him who he is. Ch-U-Ch notes that maybe his sons are just late-bloomers, or they’re just regular Folk, but his own cousin, Ana, who’s a witch and works at “the Identification and Records Department in New York City”, hasn’t found a single trace of magic in them, and so they never got a letter for magic school. His salary doesn’t cover proper magic schools, but the high school his boys go to, the same one he went to, has a secret magic department. Some of the teachers at the school teach regular sciences, reading, and math courses to the Folks, and magic in secret, usually with the classes being held every day in different janitor rooms.

Jesse then asks Ch-U-Ch whether there’s “any real villain wizards”. Ch-U-Ch suddenly gets very, very serious. He reveals to Jesse that he’s in fact a detective, or more precisely an undercover agent of the wizard world, and that he’s chasing an escaped convict, who’s a mad and demented evil wizard who’s killed before and will kill again. Jesse doubts him, so Ch-U-Ch grabs his blue amulet again and performs another magic act to reassure Jesse - a sharp, yellow light shoots through his fingers, and quickly vanishes. The waitress catches it out of the corner of her eye, thinking it is a car, but sees no one driving.

Ch-U-Ch tells Jesse that he’s been killing six people every six months, and that at the end of October someone is most likely going to die. He also tells Jesse that his leads point towards Alivan’s Wizards and Witches Corner Store. Jesse wonders what it’s got to do with him, and then Ch-U-Ch pulls out a roll of papers from his robes and shows them to Jesse. They’re copies of legal documents dating back to May, shortly after Jesse’s hiring date. There are ownership papers, corporation papers, they show a conveyance bank loan to Jesse, insurance policies with his name on them, and everything is notarized and carrying Jesse’s actual signature, showing that he is the true owner of Alivan’s Wizards and Witches Corner Store. Jesse reacts rather badly, saying “What the hell is this?” Ch-U-Ch asks again why he is the owner of the store, and Jesse, rather loudly and in public, shouts that he isn’t. The waitress is alerted and comes over and asks if everything is alright. Ch-U-Ch holds his mug out for a refill and winks to her to show everything is fine. The look on her face shows that she’s thinking “Teenagers…”

Ch-U-Ch tells Jesse that he is the owner, whether he’d like it or not, and that he’s been the owner since May, six months ago. Jesse then proclaims that all this and Ch-U-Ch is crazy, and gestures to leave. But Ch-U-Ch grabs his staff and waves it, causing Jesse to stick to the chair and the chair to stick to the floor. He pleads with Jesse again for help. He is desperate, as the criminal wizard he’s after has had all his records magically destroyed by someone from the inside working with him, and that he’s slowly eliminated anyone outside of his personal circle who can recognize him - so even he has never seen him before. Jesse says that he doesn’t know who he is talking about either, but then Ch-U-Ch reveals the truth: The escaped convict is Jesse’s “boss”, the man “Mr. Claw.” Ch-u-Ch then says that before his main lead, “Nicholas”, died, he told him that the man he’s after is at Alivan’s, but instead Ch-U-Ch found Jesse. Jesse asks whether this Nicholas’ last name is “Fidgewidge”, and Ch-U-Ch says that it is. Then, finally, Jesse realizes that all of this is real. This is of course the same Nicholas that we saw Ch-U-Ch fighting in the prologue, in the small New England house while the Folk, Dougie Mann, watched helpless.

Charater introductions

The waitress at the coffee shop next to Alivan’s Wizards and Witches Corner Store. She’s heavy-set. She also has quite a scratchy but somewhat high voice, with Areces as the narrator.

First mention of Ana, Ch-U-Ch’s cousin, who is a witch and works at the Identification and Records Department in New York City - whatever that is.

We’re also told a bit about Ch-U-Ch’s wife, who’s a Folk (non-magic person), and doesn’t really approve of magic things. She knows he’s a wizard, however.

Ch-U-Ch’s sons, Andrew (16) and Brendan (14) are supposedly Folk, or at least late bloomers in terms of their magic capacity. If any. Ana didn’t find any sign of magic in them, anyway. They also don’t show any interest in magic. They don’t even want to dress up for Halloween. All of this is disappointing and disheartening for the wizard Ch-U-Ch.

Information about already know characters

Ch-U-Ch. Well, we’ve met him before. Now we know for sure that this man outside the store is him, and that he’s a real wizard. And an undercover detective of the Wizardry. Ch-U-Ch seems to rarely remove his hat or cloak, but this time he allowed himself to let go of his staff for the meeting at the coffee shop with Jesse.

Mr Claw, in the sense that we finally understand who he is. The escaped convict and very real wizard that special agent Ch-U-Ch is after.

Events

The UPS man comes around Alivan’s, with a box containing fragile glass contents. He insists on carrying it for Jesse because of this, afraid that Jesse might break the contents. This is coincidentally the first time he’s said anything to the young man besides the actual “hi” and “see you later” and such. On the way up the stairs to Mr. Claw’s office he tells Jesse of the dark history of the house that contains Alivan’s. It was the house of a murderer, a crazy man who would kill people, just outside the store. Through literal fear. Jesse practically runs home scared. There is still a few places in the audiobook where I thought certain words could'ce come a bit faster, or slower, or emphasis could've been on another word or entire sentence, but no major grievances to spot!

The next morning Jesse meets the wizard, who turns out to be a real wizard named Ch-U-Ch, who’s after an escaped convict, and we learn of his family. We learn that the escaped convict is a wizard too, and that Jesse’s boss, Mr. Claw, is the man he’s after. Jesse finally realizes it’s all true once Ch-U-Ch tells him that his main lead, which pointed towards Alivan’s, was the man named Nicholas Fidgewidge, who’s also stated to be dead. This is 99% likely to be the same Nicholas Ch-U-Ch fought during the prologue.

Emotions, thoughts and critiques

Very good narration and reading speed in this episode. I once read that Areces' own lesser command of the English language, what with it being his second language after Spanish, drives him crazy, but that he was trying to fix it gradually while recording the episodes. It's starting to pay off already, even if it's not the best way to go about it.

Quite a spooky and dark turn of events. When the UPS man told of the murders that had happened at the store, I wasn’t too faced, but it was quite creepy. It was once we heard of Jesse’s nightmares, with dead people on freaking side walks, that I began sweating a tiny bit. Also great to see further characterization for Jesse as he hurries home, frightened, and calls home to have a very nice, very long conversation with his family after dinner, to get his mind off the scary story the UPS man told him. It was made especially frightening when the wizard, who’s revealed to be a genuine wizard and none other than Ch-U-Ch seen in the prologue, uses his magic to learn of the exact events of the dream, and recounts them perfectly. The people were scared to death, clutching their chests, six of them lying dead outside of Alivan’s. On the sidewalk. Quite disturbing. I love it!

Also pretty great to see some strain and conflict, both between Jesse and Ch-U-Ch and just in general. Jesse is very bothered by the fact that things are not as they seemed to him. He is the owner. The wizard is a real wizard, who can fly brooms and do even more. His own boss is an escaped murderer and a wizard as well, who will kill soon. He even denies it at first, until Ch-U-Ch finally convinces him by using a name that Jesse knows quite well: Nicholas Fidgewidge. He lets Jesse know in the chapter that he’s dead, but that he’s his main lead to Mr. Claw. Nicholas was the same ugly wizard that Ch-U-Ch fought during the prologue.

Also, as is typical with food scenes and food descriptions in writing for me - and also when it’s featured on TV or in the movies - the breakfast scene made me feel quite hungry. Didn’t help that the serving and number of foods were so many! It sounded absolutely delicious!

It’s great to learn about Ch-U-Ch’s family. His non-witch wife, his sons who seemingly aren’t wizards like himself, his cousin Ana who’s a witch. His sons’ school which has a secret magic class department. It’s also great to see some rather profound character growth for Jesse. He sees and hears the disappointment in Ch-U-Ch over his sons not having shown magic, and wonders if he did something wrong - there’s been a wizard or witch in at least every single one of  the generations of his family after all - and Jesse sees that it is in a way a mirror of his own father’s hopes for Jesse and his disappointment at him not living up to them. Jesse didn’t go to college. Jesse isn’t interested in becoming an attorney as is the tradition in Jesse’s family.

That is all I can think of at the moment!

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Interview for a Wizard liveblog - Episode 3: “Chapter 2″

So, here it is, my thoughts on Episode 3 - Chapter 3, of Interview for a Wizard (book 1 of The Salem Concord). Please excuse the excruciatingly long plot summary!!

Episode 3 - "Chapter 2"

General plot summary + notes

At first Jesse doesn’t pay much attention to the wizard standing outside, across the street from the store. He simply plays it off as a weirdo dressed up a few days before Halloween. Instead, he prefers to watch anyone else. However, he does glance over to him again and realizes his hat isn’t from his store. He looks at him again when a boy runs by knocking on the window and waving to him. He notices the wizard’s hat has a wide brim that falls down over the front of his face and the back of his head, and the point of it flops to one side, and he thinks to himself that it looks cool and wonders where he bought it. He does a search on Yahoo online but can’t find anything he doesn’t know of already with his chosen keywords. Another order comes in through the website and he goes back to work.

An hour has passed when Jesse looks up again, as a young girl and her mother comes into the store to buy a novice broom. This marks the first time we hear, even with sound effects, the jingle of a small round bell hanging from the handle of the front door. Jesse helps them and after a few minutes the girl skips out of the store with her broom wrapped in dark purple paper and with a large red bow tied to it. Jesse sees that the weird wizard-looking stranger is still watching him from across the street. However this time, as Jesse stands still facing him, it seems to Jesse that the man drops his head slightly in a gesture of salutation (a slight nod that is). Then a new order announces itself and Jesse is forced to go back to work.

At 5:00 pm UPS arrives and Jesse helps the UPS man with the boxes that he has already packed and put next to the door for pick-up. He also takes the new boxes from the UPS man and puts them upstairs in front of Mr. Claw’s office door. A large sign hangs on the door reading “KEEP OUT”, and Jesse obeys this gladly. He doesn’t even care to wonder what’s inside. Then the UPS man leaves and Jesse decides it’s time to go home. He turns the OPEN sign at the door around to read CLOSED, but when another order announces itself Jesse begrudgingly gets back to work. Before doing so he throws his head back, however, sighing, and we hear that his hair is long and his forehead pale. Another hour passes (so it’s 6:00 pm now) before Jesse turns off the computer and starts preparing to leave: he places the new items for tomorrow’s pick-up next to the front door, pulls down the blinds, turns off the light except for the one at the display window and the porch, goes outside and locks up. He notices the stranger is still standing across the street. At first he doesn’t know what to do but then decides to just ignore him and walk away, however first he checks his phone for voice messages and finds one. He stops at the porch, listens to it, and finds that it is a wrong number. He faces the stranger again, who nods at him, and abruptly Jesse changes his mind and goes over to the man. Immediately the man says “Hi Jesse” and Jesse greets him in return, but wonders if he knows the man since he used his first name. Jesse can’t make out most of his face with the hat hiding it - it reminds him of a gangster movie where the villains wear hats to seem tough. He has a moustache and a trimmed salt and pepper goatee. The man tells Jesse that he wants to buy a broom. He is tall, deep-voiced and built, his robe falls down to his calves, he wears a grey long-sleeve shirt underneath it and dark pants, and around his neck hangs a blue stone from a dark leather knotted behind his neck. Jesse tells him the store is closed. The man asks him if he owns the store, his voice tense, and Jesse tells him that he just works there. Jesse comments that a broom would look great with the man’s wizard’s outfit. He also comments that Alivan’s doesn’t sell any of the items he has and marvels at them all, especially the man’s staff. We’re told it’s long and made of hard, light wood, and most of it covered in leather straps and carved designs. Jesse tells the stranger that he can come back to look at the broom, and the man agrees and leaves. Jesse, thinking the encounter weird, also leaves.

We jump to Monday morning. Jesse drives his motorcycle up to the Deli in Mount Dora. It’s a tradition for him to go there every morning, and lunch-break in the afternoon, to see the waitress Cindy who works there, whom he has a crush on. He orders the usual - a tall non-fat latté, and chats with her. He tells her Alivan’s is more busy than usual but that nothing special’s going on. He asks her if she’s planning to go to Mount Dora’s Halloween Festival, and she says yes. He quickly takes a sip from the latté but burns his lip, spilling hot coffee on his jeans. She hands him a napkin and tells him yes, as she loves dressing up. Jesse tells her that he’s not very into Halloween but was wanting to go himself. He wants to ask her to the festival but misses the opportunity as a young couple comes in to order, and then three elederly women after them, and he realizes that Cindy won’t have time. He pays for the latté, waves to Cindy who waves back with a smile, and he takes the cup with him on his motorcycle. Jesse tells himself that Cindy likes him too and reminds himself to go back to ask her to the festival. He is a bit upset with himself for not asking her while he was there. He thinks to himself that she looks beautiful this morning, and then goes to Alivan’s.

Jesse gets to Alivan’s Wizards and Witches Corner Store at 9:00 am on his motorcycle. He opens the store and turns the sign to read “OPEN”. He then notices the stranger is standing across the street. The boxes at the top of the steps are gone and a few new hats hang on the wall. A new novice broom hands where the one he sold the girl the day prior hung then. Jesse boots up his computer, then looks at the stranger outside again. He wonders why he doesn’t come in when the orders start coming in. Midway through the morning he looks out at him again, and finally fed up he gets up and outside. He waves for him to come in, but he simply waves back. Then he goes over and asks him why he’s not coming in. The stranger asks Jesse if he’s inviting him inside and Jesse says yes, and “Mi casa, su cassa.”

Inside the store, the stranger takes off his hat. He has short black hair with grey highlights that run up his sideburns and around his ears. His eyes are dark and twinkle as he looks around the store, and his eyebrows are dark and bushy. He smiles at the sight of the broom wall. He approaches it and looks at them. It’s a large collection, ranging from novice to experienced. The man says that his first broom was a novice broom like one of the brooms on the wall, but that he “ate it bad” by flying it right into the side of an 18-wheeler. There’s a slightly childish tone to what he’s saying. Jesse comments that he plays the role well, confusing the man. Jesse is suddenly hailed by his boss, Mr. Claw, on instant messaging on his computer. This surprises Jesse since it’s the first time he’s reached out to him outside of email. He tells Jesse that he’s getting a bonus on his next paycheck for increasing sales during October, exciting Jesse, and that he’s expecting a package from “Lord Alex Distribution Inc.” and that he’d like an email from Jesse when it arrives. Jesse asks him what he thought of his idea of a Halloween costume contest, and Mr. Claw likes it, but thinks this year isn’t the time for it, what with the Halloween festival already going on and lots of things happening. Mr. Claw then signs off. As Claw first writes to Jesse, there’s a short funny exchange between Jesse and the stranger as he first thinks it’s his girlfriend, to which Jesse responds “Nooooo”, slightly childishly and humorously, “my boss.” The man asks if he’s the owner and Jesse says no. Jesse tells him he’s been working there for six months. He hasn’t had his six month review yet, though, but his boss likes him. The man asks what the boss’s name is, but Jesse doesn’t wanna answer this.

On request, Jesse shows him the fastest and latest model, “the Stealth”, which is also the “fastest one out there yet” according to Jesse, and “straight out of Harry Potter.” The stranger finds it beautiful. It’s a racing broom. slick, made of dark, strong but light wood, hand-carved for aerodynamics. The grip is curved for better control and its corn stalk is sleek and layered with brass brackets allowing less wind resistance than earlier models. It’s described as being “indeed the Porsche of flying brooms.” The stranger asks if he can test fly it, and Jesse says no.

The man says, rather quickly and with the manner of a child:

“How fast does it go? How high can it go at its top speed? What about drop speed? Does it stop on a raindrop? I heard it could stop on a rain drop. What about warranty? I would have to be able to test fly it. You don’t expect me to buy a broom without test flying it first. Have you flown it yet?”

To Jesse, it seems like the man is acting like a little child, or is crazy. He says no to the last question and tells him that it’s just a prop, right out of a movie. The man asks “You’re not a wizard?” Jesse says “Nooooo.” He asks again if he’s not the owner, and again a no. The man gets lost in thought, asking, mostly to himself: “Then why are you here?” Another order comes in and Jesse starts working. He tells the man that they also sell wands, if he’s interested. The man looks up the stairs and asks whose office is at the top, and Jesse says “Mr. Claw.” Jesse becomes upset with himself for letting his boss’s name slip, when it’s the one thing Mr. Claw instructed him not to do - he’s very wealthy and private and doesn’t want hecklers and beggars to bother him. The stranger asks if the mail comes in “Claw’s” name, and Jesse says no. He finds the question very unusual. The stranger watches the door, seeming pensieve, then says that he still want to buy the broom but would need to test-fly it first. He has to leave then, but asks Jesse to get together with him the next morning, 8:30 am, at the coffee shop next door for breakfast, but tells Jesse that in order to enter the store he has to be invited in, as there is an “Emunio Concutio” protecting the place from wizards like him. He also says that he doesn’t need a wand because he’s old-school and prefers a staff.

As soon as the stranger’s left, a new order from Yolanda Roundbottom announces itself. Jesse suddenly realizes that he hasn’t heard from Nicholas Fidgewidge for some time.

Character introductions

Cindy from the Deli. She works at the Deli in Mount Dora, selling sandwiches and coffee. She is about Jesse’s age (17), is very pretty, always wears her blond hair in a ponytail, has blue eyes. She seems to have an eye for Jesse, who definitely has an eye for her. She also loves Halloween and dressing up and is planning on going to the annual Mount Dora Halloween Festival.

No one in particular. We also have miscellaneous people come into the store - children and their parents - and one kid knocking on the window as he runs by.

New information about already known characters

The stranger across the stret by the way, is said to wear a dark cloak or robe that goes down to his calves. He is also rather tall and has a deep voice, is well-built, has very short dark hair with grey highlights that run up his sideburns and around his ears, and dark eyes that twinkled when he watched the inside of Alivan’s - under dark, bushy eyebrows. He wears a grey long-sleeve shirt under the cloak and dark pants, and he has a blue stone hanging around his neck from a dark leather string knotted behind his neck. His pointy hat has a wide brim that flaps down over his face, and down over the back of his head, hiding most of it. He does remove it inside the store, however. The wizard also acts very giddy when he’s talking about his “memories” of flying brooms.

We also learn that Jesse has brown, long, straight hair, and a pale forehead.

Events

Jesse comes back to Alivan’s and works. He sees the stranger acros the street again. Midway through the morning he goes to get him, inviting him in. The man is giddy and childlike in his wonder at the contents of the store. He seemingly makes up stories about flying on brooms, causing Jesse to think that he plays the role of the wizard very well. Mr. Claw contacts Jesse through instant messaging, telling him of a big bonus for his sales increases, and telling that he’ll be expecting a box from “Lord Alex Distribution Inc.” The stranger quizzes Jesse on every technical detail of the broom he wants to buy - the Stealth, “the fastest and latest” model on the market. Jesse accidentally lets slip the name of his boss to the stranger. Then the man becomes pensieve suddenly, and then leaves, but not before inviting Jesse to breakfast the next morning at 8:30 am, at the coffee shop next door. He also mentions to Jesse that there’s a spell on the store called an Emunio Concutio which keeps him out unless invited. Jesse tells him that he can come back the next day. Then the man leaves.

For the rest of the day Jesse tries not to pay attention to the stranger across the street dressed as a wizard. He’s constantly watching Jesse, and rightfully Jesse finds it odd and probably a bit worrisome. At the end of the day, while going home, he almost decides to ignore the stranger, but decides against it. The stranger tells Jesse that he wants to buy a broom from him. Jesse comments on the stranger’s get-up, praising it as being very cool and awesome-looking.

The next morning, Tuesday, Jesse goes to a sandwich and coffee place called the Deli, to see his crush Cindy and try to invite her to the annual Mount Dora Halloween Festival. He doesn’t get the chance, however. We learn that it’s been a tradition of his to go the Deli and order a tall, non-fat latté every day, just to get to see Cindy.

Emotions and thoughts

It is funny to watch Jesse be bugged by the “wizard” and his multitudes of questions pertaining to the Stealth (the broom). The awkwardly stated sentences are less in this episode as well. The episode doesn’t feel that long, but recounting it took quite a while. Probably because of all the times Jesse watched the “wizard”, or because of all the questions about the broom.

Also nice to meet a new character, and a female one at that. It’s only been a very short exchange, but it seems to me that Jesse and Cindy have a lot of chemistry already. They seem to be able to just gaze at one another for a long time, and she smiles a lot at him. Also neat to hear some more about Jesse’s daily routines in Mount Dora.

I quite like the fact that Jesse was finally given some deeper characterization. He feels regret and upset about accidentally letting his boss’s name slip, especially since it was the one rule he was the most adamant for Jesse to oblige. Mr Claw also shows up once more, in the form of instant messages talking to Jesse. We also learn that Mr. Claw is supposedly very wealthy and a private man who does not want to be bothered by “hecklers and beggars.” Seems like the type you’d want to make friends with, if you could even get a chance to do it… sort of like Mr. Burns-ish.

The “wizard” is being quite curious in this episode/chapter, asking many, many questions about Jesse’s private business. Stepping over the line, I’d say, and Jesse does seem to catch on to this somewhat, but I think it’s part of his youth and naivety that causes him not to get all defensive about it. At the end the wizard is very tense. Maybe we’ll find out why in the next episode… when Jesse and the stranger will supposedly meet for breakfast next door.

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The Salem Concord podcast audiobooks liveblog!

Since it’s time for my annual autumn listen to the entirety of my good friend J.A. Areces’ fantasy podcast audiobook series, The Salem Concord, I thought I should liveblog the experience! It’s a spooky series, about secret Wizardry and their law enforcement, about dark sorcery, Halloween, magic, it’s spooky but also quite fun. It’s also about history, such as the Salem Witch Trials and there’s even something on President George Washington in the revised physical edition of the first book, which came out in 2014.

Throughout the series you follow Ch-U-Ch Mahgo, renamed Beifar Mahgo in the revised books, an agent of the Department of Magical Criminal Investigations or DMCI, in his struggle against his long-time foe Lord Alex and the Secret Society of Seven Sorcerers. He gains a close friend and ally in the young Folk man (Folk=non-magic human, think Muggle) who comes to own an actual Wizardry supply store, as well as Ch-U-Ch’s cousin and colleague Ana Mahgo and his sons, Andrew and Brendan Mahgo, and his wife, and many, many more characters. Lots of DMCI agents and agents of other Wizardry law enforcement agencies. Lots of antagonistic organizations as well.

Anyway, the books are as follows:

Interview for a Wizard

The Secret Society of Seven Sorcerers

The Sorcerer’s Secret

The Last Sorcerer

You have to get used to the author’s Spanish-American accent at first, but he gets way better at reading from Book 2 and on! The grammar is also a little weird at times, since they were not edited much at this point, but the atmosphere and descriptions, and the storyline, makes up for it! There is a lot of creativity, a lot of different locations, real and fictional. Enjoy!

P.S. You can get the revised editions of Interview for a Wizard and The Secret Society of Seven Sorcerers right here on Smashwords or on Amazon Kindle.

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El último artículo de esta serie dedicada a la Guerra Civil española acabará con una exposición de las principales consecuencias que trajo el final del conflicto.

La Guerra Civil española puede definirse como el episodio más traumático que vivió la sociedad española durante el siglo XX, y una auténtica mancha negra en nuestra historia. Durante tres años, amigos, vecinos y familiares se enfrentaron entre sí para defender sus ideologías. De España se apoderó  el odio y el miedo, que se fue acrecentando hasta convertirse en el dese de aniquilación del contrario, y todo para convertir un país de libertad en un auténtico orden autoritario durante casi cuarenta años.

Las consecuencias del conflicto fueron demoledoras, tanto en sus aspectos materiales como humanos. En lo material, casi tres años de guerra civil tuvieron como primera consecuencia la destrucción de gran parte de las infraestructuras de un país que, ya antes del conflicto, se caracterizaba por su retraso.

Quedó destruido el 40% de la red ferroviaria.

Desaparecieron el 8% de las viviendas.

La producción agrícola cayó en un 20% y la industrial en un 30%.

Cayó en un 28% la renta per cápita.

Aumento de la deuda externa y pérdida de las reservas de oro del Banco de España, usadas por el gobierno de la República para pagar la ayuda soviética.

A los años cuarenta se les pasó a conocer como los “años del hambre”, debido a la gran destrucción de recursos económicos e infraestructuras. La economía entró en una fase de estancamiento de la que no saldría hasta los años cincuenta.

Fuente: Martín Aceña. P., Martinez Ruíz. E. (Eds) (2016). p. 47.

Por otro lado, las pérdidas humanas, sumando todas las registradas por diversos conceptos (muertes por combate, víctimas de la represión, fallecidos por hambre y otras causas) puede calcularse aproximadamente unas 600.000 persona. De ellos, 130.000 murieron fusilados (90.000 durante la guerra y 40.000 en la posguerra) por los franquistas y unos 50.000 en la zona republicana. A ello hay que añadir los 270.000 presos que se encuentran en las cárceles en 1939 y aproximadamente medio millón de exiliados, de los cuales la mitad no volvieron. En general, son cifras demasiado elevadas para un país que durante aquella época contaba con unos 23 millones de habitantes, mas o menos la mitad de la población española actual.

Exiliados republicanos rumbo a Francia. Robert Capa Museo Reina Sofía

En el caso de los exiliados, éstos corrieron el riesgo de ser extraditados por Francia o ser trasladados a campos de concentración alemanes. Al término del conflicto muchos volvieron a España, pero otros optaron por emigrar a América, mayoritariamente a México.

En cuanto al carácter de la represión, los paseos indiscriminados, los asaltos y los fusilamientos sin las menores garantías procesales fueron intensas en ambos bandos durante los primeros meses de la contienda. El bando franquista ejerció una represión larga y continua, buscando un terror paralizante e impulsada desde las altas esferas. Se ejercía sobre sindicalistas, profesores, intelectuales, masones y políticos de izquierda. La represión ejercida por el bando republicano no fue del Estado, sino en la mayoría de los casos actuaciones incontroladas, aprovechando el vacío de poder inicial provocado por la sublevación. Se ejerció sobre líderes de derechas, religiosos, patronos y propietarios.

Las consecuencias de la guerra también se dejaron ver en el ámbito cultural. Los esfuerzos para regenerar el tejido educativo y cultural del país durante la Edad de Plata de la cultura española (1898-1936) quedó completamente destruido. Fueron ejecutados o destituidos por el franquistmo más del 60% de los maestros y profesores. Prácticamente la totalidad de los intelectuales de la generación del 27, científicos y artistas murieron o marcharon al exilio. La cultura oficial retrocedió a los tiempos del oscurantismo clerical, la represión y la censura.

Rafaél Alberti

Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca

Rafaél Alberti

Otra consecuencia de la guerra fue el establecimiento de un régimen dictatorial que abolió los derechos y libertades ciudadanas conquistados en los años previos al conflicto y que dio al traste con las importantes reformas abordadas por los gobiernos republicanos para modernizar el país. Este régimen se alineó con las potencias nazi-fascistas europeas, lo que trajo como consecuencia el aislamiento internacional hasta mediados de los años cincuenta que agravó la situación moral y material de la población. Comenzaba casi cuarenta años de dictadura franquista.

La derrota de la República significó el fin del último intento de modernización de España en un sentido plenamente democrático y que esté fracaso consolidó el tradicional retraso español con respecto a los países de su entorno.

Bibliografía

De La Torre, H. (coord.) (2005). Historia Contemporánea (1914-1989). Madrid, España: Universidad Ramón Areces.

García De Cortazar, F. (1996). Historia del Mundo Actual: 1945-95. Madrid, España: Alianza.

Howson, G (2000). Armas para España. La historia no contada de la Guerra Civil española. Madrid, España: Ediciones Península.

Martín Aceña. P., Martinez Ruíz. E. (Eds) (2016). La economía de la guerra civil. Madrid. España: Marcial Pons.

Touchard, J. (2001). Historia de las ideas políticas. Madrid, España: Tecnos.

MATERIAL CURRICULAR PARA LOS CUSOS:

4º Eso, asignatura de Geografía e Historia (Decreto 48/2015, de 14 de mayo).

1º Bachillerato, asignatura de Historia del Mundo Contemporáneo (Decreto 52/2015, de 21 de mayo).

En Youtube….

La Guerra Civil española (IV): consecuencias. #GuerraCivilespañola #GuerraCivil #HistoriadeEspaña #Historia #Guerra #franquismo #crisis El último artículo de esta serie dedicada a la Guerra Civil española acabará con una exposición de las principales consecuencias que trajo el final del conflicto.

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Danilo Díaz Granados recomienda: La Teoría de la emoción de Schachter y Singer

En psicología básica, existen muchas teorías que intentan explicar el origen de las emociones (teorías psicológicas, cognitivas, biológicas, sociales,...). **En este artículo hablaremos de una en concreto, la Teoría de la emoción de Schachter y Singer**. Se trata de una teoría bifactorial que implica dos factores: la activación fisiológica y la atribución cognitiva. Vamos a ver en qué consiste, estudios realizados por los mismos autores y cuáles son sus principales postulados. * Artículo relacionado: "[Las 10 principales teorías psicológicas](/psicologia/principales-teorias-psicologicas)" ## Teoría de la emoción de Schachter y Singer: características La Teoría de la emoción de Schachter y Singer establece que el origen de las emociones proviene, por un lado, de la interpretación que hacemos de las respuestas fisiológicas periféricas del organismo, y de la evaluación cognitiva de la situación, por el otro, que origina tales respuestas fisiológicas. Lo que determina la intensidad de la emoción que siente la persona es **la forma en que interpreta tales respuestas fisiológicas**; por otro lado, la cualidad de la emoción viene determinada por la forma en que evalúa cognitivamente la situación que ha provocado tales respuestas. Así, mientras que la intensidad puede ser baja, media o alta, la cualidad es el tipo de emoción (por ejemplo miedo, tristeza, alegría,...). * Quizás te interese: "[Stanley Schachter: biografía de este psicólogo e investigador](/biografias/stanley-schachter)" ## Estudios e investigaciones relacionadas Para probar la Teoría de la emoción de Schachter y Singer, los propios autores realizaron un experimento en 1962 y publicaron sus resultados. Lo que hicieron fue **administrar una inyección de epinefrina (adrenalina)**, una hormona que aumenta el ritmo cardíaco y la tensión arterial, a un grupo de sujetos voluntarios. Posteriormente, formaron 4 grupos experimentales con estos sujetos al azar (todos de igual tamaños). Mientras que se informó a 2 de los grupos que la inyección causaría algunos efectos fisiológicos en su organismo, a los otros 2 grupos no se les dió esta información. Por otro lado, a uno de los 2 grupos informados, se les puso en una situación que les inducía a estar contentos, mientras que en el otro grupo de sujetos informados se les puso en una situación que les inducía a estar enfadados. Además, se hizo lo mismo con los otros 2 grupos de sujetos con la condición de no información; a uno se le indujo una situación contenta y al otro, una situación que enfadaba. ### Resultados Lo que se vió en los resultados, es que se podía confirmar, en líneas generales, la Teoría de la emoción de Schachter y Singer. Esto fue así porque los sujetos informados de los efectos de la inyección **no fueron proclives a sentirse especialmente enfadados o tristes**, ya que atribuyeron su reacción fisiológica a los efectos de la propia inyección de adrenalina. Se puede pensar que su evaluación cognitiva de la información que se les había proporcionado, les motivó a pensar que las reacciones fisiológicas del organismo provenían de la propia inyección. Sin embargo, en el caso de los sujetos no informados de los efectos de la adrenalina, ocurrió lo “contrario”; **sí que experimentaron las respuestas fisiológicas** (activación) (igual que el grupo anterior), pero no atribuyeron tales respuestas a los efectos de la inyección, ya que no habían sido informados de ello. ### Hipótesis Se puede hipotetizar que los sujetos no informados, al no tener ninguna explicación sobre su activación fisiológica, la atribuyeran a alguna emoción. Dicha emoción la buscarían en la emoción “disponible” en ese momento; por ejemplo, la alegría o el enfado inducidos por los investigadores. Al encontrarla, encontraron “su” explicación: entonces **ajustaron su emoción a la situación**; en el caso de los sujetos no informados en situación de alegría, se comportaron de forma alegre, y afirmaron sentirse así. Sin embargo, los sujetos no informados en situación de enfado reaccionaron con enfado y afirmaron sentirse así también. ## Principios de la teoría También en relación a la Teoría de la emoción de Schachter y Singer, el propio Schachter, en 1971, realiza un trabajo posterior, y establece tres principios que intentan explicar la conducta emocional humana: ### 1. Etiquetar las emociones Cuando se experimenta un estado de activación fisiológica (respuestas fisiológicas), y la persona que lo experimenta no tiene una explicación en ese momento para tal activación, **lo que hará es “etiquetar” dicho estado y describir lo que siente en relación a la emoción** que esté disponible para ella en ese momento (o, en otras palabras, la emoción que sienta en ese momento). Así, el propio estado de activación fisiológica se puede etiquetar como “tristeza”, “miedo” o “alegría”, por ejemplo (o la emoción que sea), según la evaluación cognitiva de la situación que ha generado tal activación. ### 2. Cuando no se realiza un etiquetaje El segundo principio de la Teoría de la emoción de Schachter y Singer establece que, en el caso de que el individuo tenga una explicación completa para la activación fisiológica que esté sintiendo (por ejemplo, “me siento de esta forma porque me han inyectado adrenalina, o porque he consumido X fármaco”), entonces **no es necesario realizar ningún tipo de evaluación cognitiva de la situación**. En este caso, será difícil que la persona “etiquete” la emoción que siente como lo haría en el caso anterior. ### 3. Experimentar activación fisiológica El tercer supuesto dice que, ante situaciones cognitivas iguales, el individuo describirá/etiquetará sus sentimientos como emociones (o reaccionará emocionalmente) solo cuando experimente un estado de activación fisiológica (éste, como sabemos, implica una serie de respuestas fisiológicas, por ejemplo aumento de la frecuencia de latido del corazón). #### Referencias bibliográficas: * Aguado, L. (2005). Emoción, afecto y motivación. Un enfoque de procesos. Alianza Editorial. Madrid. * Fernández, E.G.; García, B.; Jiménez, M.P.; Martín, M.D. y Domínguez, F.J. (2010). Psicología de la emoción. Editorial Universitaria Ramón Areces. Madrid. * Reeve, J. (2010). Motivación y emoción. 5ª Edición. McGraw- Hill/Interamericana. México. Ver Fuente Ver Fuente