Rich Monetti
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Bilingual Education Program at Mt. Kisco Elementary Works
Photo by vazovsky If you have ever had an email or Facebook post misinterpreted then you shouldn't be surprised by this basic fact. 80 percent of all human communication is nonverbal and only using words fails to do justice to the full meaning. Unfortunately, that doesn’t really help when you try to have a conversation with someone who doesn’t speak the English language. So regardless of whether you speak slowly enough or include exaggerated gestures, there has got to be one unmistakable given. If you are teaching an English speaking child about subjects like photosyntheses in Spanish, there’s no real chance of learning. Well, don’t be so sure of what you think you know?
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Education
Lexie Bean Hopes to Change the Trans-Narrative with New Book
Growing up in Michigan, Lexie Bean didn’t have the vocabulary to classify a very fluid gender identity and used popular culture to establish an inner dialogue. “I’m like Mary-Kate Olsen. Those were the two options. You’re either a tom-boy or a girlie girl,” remembered Bean who designates as non-binary, assigned female at birth. But the overall conversation has moved forward, and Bean’s Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence certainly does its part. Nonetheless as the dialogue still lacks, the author does at least have a better vernacular to feel comfortable in their own skin.
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Pride
More Star Trek Sexism and Not so Much
Photo by Steve Cavers In response to the Five Most Sexist moments in Star Trek, the absence of Turnabout Intruder has been a mystery among readers. I think I left it off because the last episode of TOS is so blatantly obvious. The article also would have been endless. In addition,The Enemy Within has also been mentioned. So I took a look at both. I would say sexism, and at the same time, not so much.
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Futurism
If you Don’t Know Herbert’s Masterpiece Like the Bible, Denis Villeneuve's exclusive Dune Party is not for You
Dune is out, and it is more than a movie. The work is a long history of people’s personal experience with the story. So I’m going to provide mine to review the new film by Denis Villeneuve.
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Futurism
If You Can’t Get Back to Sleep After Waking Up, There Are Solutions
Photo by planetchopstick If rising from your bed begins a race every day that never has you catching up, it shouldn’t be hard to figure out why hitting the pillow after the daily run around also leaves you at a loss. "If you're stressed during the day, it's not like you're going to be unstressed (at night)," said Supplement Manager Jacques Saisselin of the Healthy Choice Compounding Pharmacy in Elmsford. Fortunately, he won't sit idly by if you come in to get your rapid eye movements back on track.
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Longevity
Mona’s Hot Four Jams Tuesday Night Jazz Until the Sun Comes Up
Photo by Eduardo Pavon If you’re not familiar with old time jazz, you’re still very likely to get a listen on TV shows and movies like Boardwalk Empire or The Untouchables. On the other hand, there’s something very cliched about the jazz band powering up to let us know that it’s the roaring twenties, and the speakeasy is about to be raided. So much so that you almost want the music to stop. But the Jazz Jam at Mona’s Bar N.Y.C. at 224 Avenue B actually brings you back, and the only draw back has nothing to do with the music feeling like old hat.
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Beat
Kat Spina Can’t Stop in her New Single and You Won’t be Able to Either
“This song is about uninhibited fantasies about romance and attraction. We (producer Brian Forbes) and I first began with the soundscape,” Kat Spina told Spinexmusic.com. “The lyrics are visually powerful and evoke feelings of independence, freedom and empowered sexuality. Can’t Stop captures the feelings of being mesmerized and captivated so intensely that it’s hard to get it off of your mind.”
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Beat
Name Origins of Our Favorite Rock ’n Roll Bands
Photo by Paul Jones The Kinks Larry Page once commented that Ray Davies and his bandmates had a Kinky fashion sense. Hence, "The way you look, and the clothes you wear, you ought to be called the Kinks.” This is how the frontman quoted the long time singer, and a name that Davies didn't particularly like, was born.
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Beat
No One Has Ever Lowered Television's Bar More Than James T. Aubrey of CBS
Photo by USAG- Humphreys If you were a child of the 70s, you remember that Bucky Dent's good looks and 1978 World Series performance elevated the Yankee shortstop to national sex symbol status. Of course, Hollywood sought to capitalize and cast Dent in The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. An obvious abomination, the TV movie quickly passed into history. But this embarrassing overreach to cash in came from the last hoorah of a man who understood America's insatiable appetite for stupidity. In turn, his dizzying success launched this president of CBS to the pinnacle of network television.
By Rich Monetti4 years ago in Geeks
Dan Zlotnick of Somers has Room to Spare with his Music
Photo by Tom Bush IV As a young Rock n Roller, Dan Zlotnick wore a pony tail but insists that the locks didn’t make him cool. He also dismisses the myth that musicians in high school get all the girls. The Somers native side stepped the perceived benefits anyway with several long term girlfriends. Now, five years into his professional career, Zlotnick still puts aside the fringe benefits of the lifestyle, and the personal choice, suffices for the subject of his latest single.
By Rich Monetti5 years ago in Beat
