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'Silent Spring' by Rachel Carson is reviewed. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is reviewed.

The research project uses still life as a means of exploring current events of violence and oppression. These events are represented through juxtaposing plastic toys with organic objects. The toys include a range of popular generic toys such as army men, cowboys and Indians and toy soldiers. The organic objects were selected for their relationship to the specific event being represented. The toys and organic objects were positioned to create interesting and logical compositions. Themes of the series include opposing objects and ideas pitched against each other such as plastic/organic, perpetrator/victim, violence/peacefulness and destruction/sustenance. Within each work the plastic toys take on the demeanor of the tyrant(s), whereas the organic objects adopt the role of the victim(s). The research project uses these themes to convey the message that violence is both a barbaric way of dealing with conflict and a senseless form of self-expression. I have used symbols and metaphors to build a visual language. For the language to be translated accurately a great deal of research has taken place into the appropriate still life objects for each work. Each work incorporates metaphors and or symbols for both the oppressor and victim within the event being represented. The studio outcome of this research project, Silent Bang, includes a series of highly detailed finished paintings of various scales. Silent Bang as a body of work is colourful and aims to be aesthetically pleasing in addition to conveying a powerful message that incites interpretation.

In this paper, we explore the importance of silence in planning, an endeavor we deem relevant in an era where communication and planning are seen as nearly equivalent. We investigate the meanings and functions of silence in the interpretation of plans, planned space and the planning process. We distinguish silence in the literal sense, as absence of sound, and metaphorical silence, representing other forms of absence: of other voices, of oppressed discourse, of intentionality. The paradoxical nature of silence, as potential fullness and emptiness of meaning, increases complexity and unpredictability in the interpretation of space, plans and the planning process. It is argued that a process of participatory planning, including many actors, documents and interpretations of space, necessarily multiplies the ambiguities introduced by silence. This creates steering problems for planners, but it also introduces openness and flexibility. Silence can have the positive function of stretching up the interpretations of space, plans and the process.

"Silent Letter is a remarkable literary work for many reasons. The narrative unveils the survival story of Rosie, recounted by her eldest son Erwin (who is in fact the author, Yitzchak Mayer). It begins in January 1943 when Moritz, Rosie's hus- band and a member of the French Resistance is arrested by the Gestapo in Marseilles. She never sees him again. He will die in Auschwitz. She is now alone, pregnant with two sons - Erwin, age 8 and Jacky, age 6. She decides to escape to Switzerland. She carries false French documents and diamonds embedded in a bar of laundry soap. She does not speak any French as she is Hungarian. She pretends that she is mute and her son, Erwin speaks for her. They reach Switzerland but Rosie is taken to an internment camp and is separated from her children. Through the eyes of the remarkable narrator, Erwin is able to find Rosie's true voice, recognize her acute perceptions, explicate her inner turmoil and recount the entire saga. Silent Letter was originally published in Israel and Switzerland."--

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Personal Acknowledgment by Len Colodny -- A Personal Acknowledgment by Bob Gettlin -- Cast of Characters -- Foreword -- Epigraph -- Book One: Spy Ring -- 1) Spying on the White House -- 2) Carrying the Contraband -- 3) The Admirals Confession -- 4) Nixon Orders a Burial -- 5) The Woodward-Haig Connection -- Book Two: Golden Boy -- 6) The President's Private Eye -- 7) Sandwedge Becomes Gemstone -- 8) The Bailley Connection -- 9) The Last Break-in -- 10) Los Angeles And Manila: The Cover-up Begins -- 11) A Walk in the Park -- 12) "The Smoking Gun" -- 13) Hush Money—For Hunt -- 14) Damage Control Action Officer -- 15) The Pressure Mounts -- 16) Confession Time -- 17) The Cancer within the Presidency -- Book Three: Exit The President -- 18) The Return of Alexander Haig -- 19) Stewart Shakes Up the White House -- 20) Five Days in July -- 21) The Saturday Night Massacre -- 22) The Eighteen-and-a-half-minute Gap -- 23) Moorer-Radford Disinterred -- 24) Senator Stennis Holds a Hearing -- 25) The Real Final Days -- Epilogue: … And Throw Away the Key -- Appendix A: List of Interviewees -- Appendix B: Welander Confessions -- Notes -- 1. SPYING ON THE WHITE HOUSE -- 2. CARRYING THE CONTRABAND -- 3. THE ADMIRAL'S CONFESSION -- 4. NIXON ORDERS A BURIAL -- 5. THE WOODWARD-HAIG CONNECTION -- 6. THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE EYE -- 7. SANDWEDGE BECOMES GEMSTONE -- 8. THE BAILLEY CONNECTION -- 9. THE LAST BREAK-IN -- 10. LOS ANGELES AND MANILA: THE COVER-UP BEGINS -- II. A WALK IN THE PARK -- 12. "THE SMOKING GUN" -- 13. HUSH MONEY—FOR HUNT -- 14. DAMAGE CONTROL ACTION OFFICER -- 15. THE PRESSURE MOUNTS -- 16. CONFESSION TIME -- 17. THE CANCER WITHIN THE PRESIDENCY -- 18. THE RETURN OF ALEXANDER HAIG -- 19. STEWART SHAKES UP THE WHITE HOUSE