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  Cool
Cool is by no means solely an American phenomenon, although its modern manifestation was incubated among fl American jazz musicians during the 1930s and 1940s and finally injected into white youth culture during the 1950s by Elvis Presley and rock 'n' roll.
The cool aesthetic permeates traditional West African cultures and African-American culture, as well — in fl artistic and musical expression, in the hitch in the "pimp" strut of urban fl men, in dress, demeanor and speech.
In popular culture, "cool" also often describes someone or something which conforms to a set of social or moral values perceived as countercultural, i.e., which challenge the norms, mores, or values of a dominant group or prevailing regime.
www.jahsonic.com /Cool.html   (681 words)

  
  Cool (aesthetic) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cool (frau), in popular culture, is an aesthetic of attitude, behaviour, comportment, appearance and style.
Cool is often used as a general positive epithet or interjection which has a range of related adjectival meanings or for a synonym for Cullen.
Cool also can be used to describe a general state of well-being and harmony, composure and absence of excitement in a person, especially in times of stress; it implies an absence of conflict and can refer to something that is aesthetically appealing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cool_(aesthetic)   (668 words)

  
 Cool - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Cool has its roots in Middle English "cole", from Old English "col" and indicates aloofness, composure and absence of excitement in a person, especially in times of stress.
The usage of cool as a general positive epithet or interjection has been part of English slang since World War II, and has been incorporated into other languages, such as French and German.
Cool jazz related to cool as an aesthetic
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cool   (246 words)

  
 Jazzitude | History of Jazz 5: Cool Jazz
Cool jazz features arrangements that are generally more complex than those found in bop, where the head is played, followed by solos, then played again.
The first cool jazz recordings were by a nonet (or nine piece) group led by Miles Davis and recorded on a group of sides that came to be known as The Birth of the Cool (a title that was applied after the fact, by the way).
Very little cool jazz produced through the end of the '50s and into the 1960s is strictly cool, but it all has recognizable elements that link the different practioners of the sound together.
www.jazzitude.com /histcool.htm   (1145 words)

  
 Cool (aesthetic) at AllExperts
Cool, in popular culture, is an aesthetic of attitude, behaviour, appearance and style.
The word cool is of Germanic origin, represented in Middle English by cole and in Old English by col.[2]The vernacular, or slang, use of cool, defined as an inner attitude of tranquility, calm, self-control and composure, arose independently in different places.
Cool can also be used to describe a general state of well-being and harmony, composure and absence of excitement in a person, especially in times of stress; it implies an absence of conflict and can refer to something that is simply aesthetically appealing.
en.allexperts.com /e/c/co/cool_(aesthetic).htm   (760 words)

  
 Writing about cool:teaching Hypertext as juxtaposition
Cool provides a place to do so; it allows us to work with "all the meanings of the term" (as Ulmer required) in order to expand composition pedagogy in the computer classroom.
Parallel to Baudrillard’s understanding of cool as the place between the social and the digital (graffiti and binary codes), the students positioned their ideas on social writing (graffiti, fashion, digital sampling) against the HTML code they were learning and found themselves not only writing about cool, but writing cool.
With cool writing, the notion that the computer-networked classroom is a place for looking outward to cyberspace and its threatening, challenging, different ways of expression for purposes of evaluation and analysis becomes instead the idea that we are already in such a place and that we bring to those situations cultural events, transformations, and strategies.
www.bgsu.edu /departments/english/cconline/Teaser203.htm   (7063 words)

  
 EPA: Heat Island - What Can Be Done - Cool Roof Product Information
Cool roof coatings are white liquids – the consistency of thick paint – applied over an existing roof structure.
Cool roof coatings may be applied with a roller.
Cool roofs can be installed on both new buildings and older structures due for re-roofing.
www.epa.gov /heatisland/strategies/level3_roofproducts.html   (1125 words)

  
 Cool Communities - The Urban Forest
As a result, metropolitan urban heat islands are growing larger and hotter, reaching as much as 12 degrees F hotter than surrounding countryside.
Trees and other vegetation not only cool ambient air temperature through evapotranspiration, they also slow the movement of stormwater, lower total runoff volume, reduce flooding and control erosion.
By providing cooling shade, strategically placed trees around buildings and parking lots can reduce energy costs for cooling and mitigate the impact of heat absorbing parking lots, not to mention the aesthetic benefits provided to the urban streets.
www.coolcommunities.org /the_urban_forest.htm   (156 words)

  
 Lyrical Abstraction - 3. In the Late Sixties
Using multi-media, the shocking, the intimidating and the concept of anti-art, the cool aesthetic intends to alienate the audience and titillate the appetite of the avant-garde.
The roots of the cool aesthetic in the early years of the Twentieth-Century are seen in the works of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and the Dada Movement.
Cool art pervades these spaces and this exclusive aesthetic point of view, happens to be the same point of view seen in the Salon of the galleries and museums.
www.abstract-art.com /landfield/la4_writings_fldr/la4d_lyr_abst_in_sixties.html   (6979 words)

  
 Nikon Cool
2) " Cool" -- As to Nikon Cool
Cool is a complex aesthetic of motion and interval, of tension andtranquility, of juxtaposition and coexistence, that has its roots in various WestAfrican cultures.
The cool aesthetic permeates African-American culture, in fl artistic and musicalexpression, in the hitch in the "pimp" strut of urban fl men, in dress, demeanor and speech.
www.altvetmed.com /face/16747-nikon-cool.html   (544 words)

  
 thecoolhunter.net - architecture
The cool, neutral tones gives inhabitants the opportunity to make the space their own, rather than being lumbered with the wishes of an overzealous decorator.
Concrete is seen to be aesthetically vacuous, and is used structurally rather than visually.
The Cool Hunter wants to locate the best of them, so we're asking our readers to tip us on any radical pier restorations that we should know about.
www.thecoolhunter.net /architecture   (4592 words)

  
 Michael Kernan of the Washington Post writes of Eli Siegel and Aesthetic Realism
All the people of his Aesthetic Realism movement—which sees wisdom for living in the underlying principles of great art—believe that he has discovered a new, and beautifully whole, approach to life itself.
He gave his first lessons on it in 1941 and gradually expanded it by word of mouth until today there are perhaps 250 serious students, mostly New Yorkers, though a few commute from nearby cities or even hold phone consultations from farther away.
In brief, the Aesthetic Realism approach is gentle and supportive, asking that people try to truly know themselves and thus to like themselves and the world.
www.aestheticrealism.org /Press-Articles-on-Aesthetic-Realism/Wash-Post-Article-Kernan.htm   (1110 words)

  
 cool | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
COOL is also used at Stanford University, where Aiken is now a professor.
Cool, in popular culture, is an aesthetic of comportment, demeanor, physical appearance and style.
cool to French cool to Italian cool to Spanish cool to Dutch cool to Portuguese cool to German cool to Russian cool to Japanese cool to Chinese (T) cool to Chinese (S) cool to Korean cool to Turkish cool to Hebrew cool to Additional cool to Croatian cool to Serbian cool to Swedish
www.babylon.com /definition/cool/?uil=English   (560 words)

  
 On "We Real Cool"
Curiously, from their different aesthetic and experiential positions, Vendler and Spillers both give valid readings of the poem, and it is no accident that they fix on the pronoun that hangs out there like the prepositions from William Carlos Williams's famous wheelbarrow.
The speech is first person, but the studied aesthetics of the type does not emerge from the aesthetic values of the pool-playing dropouts who are supposedly speaking.
The alternative aesthetic of pool hall cool in the language of the poem thus is reshaped to fit the Procrustean bed of book design.
www.english.uiuc.edu /maps/poets/a_f/brooks/werealcool.htm   (2415 words)

  
 Cool Lux
Cool is a complex aesthetic of motion and interval, of tension andtranquility, of juxtaposition and coexistence, that has its roots in various WestAfrican cultures.
The cool aesthetic permeates African-American culture, in fl artistic and musicalexpression, in the hitch in the "pimp" strut of urban fl men, in dress, demeanor and speech.
At 555 nm, the middle of the visible spectrum, one lx is equal to 1.46 mW.
www.lottery-news.net /dust8216-cool_lux.html   (517 words)

  
 Cool Boarders 2001 for PlayStation Review - PlayStation Cool Boarders 2001 Review
From both a technical and aesthetic standpoint, Cool Boarders 2001 is like a winter without snow - a drag.
While the argument was a lot closer back then, Cool Boarders 2001 serves as a rather large "I told you so" for the side that always preferred 1080's more realistic feel.
Unfortunately, Cool Boarders 3 isn't the sequel we had all hoped for - changing developers for this third game really hurt the series a lot.
www.gamespot.com /ps/sports/coolboarders2001/review.html   (682 words)

  
 Cool Colors Project: Improved Materials for Cooler Roofs
Cool roofs can also reduce peak electricity demand in summer, which helps reduce strain on the aging electricity grid when relief is most needed.
Existing white and non-white cool coatings are fine for the low-slope roofs of commercial and industrial buildings and apartment structures.
Andre Desjarlais, William Miller, and their associates have installed representative cool roofing materials at the Oak Ridge roof testing facility and are measuring the changes in physical composition and appearance of the samples as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light, weathering, and temperature changes.
eetd.lbl.gov /newsletter/nl19/cool.htm   (1419 words)

  
 CoolCleveland.com - Material Witness Art Exhibition At MOCA
The aesthetic experience that Cemetery-Vertical Garden offers is simply fascinating and requires one to stop and take a moment to let the delicacy of the piece to set in.
The impressively rhythmic aesthetic that Cardos has created in the piece sharply contrasts the historical significance that is underlying the piece.
Cardos uses this installation to memorialize victims of political violence in her native country of Columbia, as well as referencing victims of violence throughout the world.
www.coolcleveland.com /index.php?n=Main.MaterialWitnessArtExhibitionAtMOCA   (509 words)

  
 Jouvert: Cool Politics
These qualities of cool render it an essential survival mechanism in a society in which "except for people over age eighty-five, fl males are dying at a higher rate than any other group at any age" (19).
If coolness is an antidote to (or a palliative of) crisis, X and Davis are eminently marketable conveyors of this 'medicine.' Their 'packaging,' then, communicates charismatic aspects of cool, such as resourcefulness, quick thinking, skill, courage, fierceness, seeming insouciance, and fashion smarts.
Though their emblematic coolness underlies the inviting stances of X and Davis, their commodification on this basis does not erase the truth that "coolness may be a survival strategy that has cost the fl male--and society--an enormous price" (Major and Billson xi).
social.chass.ncsu.edu /jouvert/v2i1/Clarke.htm   (8308 words)

  
 Cool (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cool (aesthetic), an aesthetic of attitude, behaviour, comportment, appearance and style
Cool (song), a song performed by Gwen Stefani
Cool TV (Central Europe), a Hungarian television channel
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cool   (100 words)

  
 Drum Corps International (DCI) -- The World's Top Drum and Bugle Corps - 95
Defiance of convention and an unwavering stance of individuality became the hallmark of cool.
He knew that cool lived in the pauses that hung between the high notes.
From Mingus to a Bernstein medley, the essence of cool's foundation is centered elusively outside the mainstream, yet appeals to the individualist in all of us.
dci.org /news/news.cfm?news_id=9b392fc0-e592-4420-bc0f-7773ab44b179&...   (533 words)

  
 The Concord Blue Devils
At the close of the 1940s, cool jazz was an overtly modernist music with radical implications.
When things cooled down, it was less about the speed of sound than the sound of speed.
His mantra was "cool under pressure" Other taciturn heroes, dangerously contained, had long been poster boys for cool: the Cowboy, the Outlaw, the Leader, the Last Honest Man. They bucked authority.
www.bluedevils.org /tty/index.php?year=2003&page=index.php&programID=   (826 words)

  
 Aesthetic Realism Encourages Self-Expression--Arnold Perey on warmth and coolness...
Aesthetic Realism is kind and scientific — see "About Aesthetic Realism" on the Aesthetic Realism Foundation Online website, which tells you more.
In studying Aesthetic Realism, at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, the great interference in every person to expressing just who he or she is, is understood.
A man learns from Aesthetic Realism how to use his warmth, energy, passion in behalf of the world—and this includes having good will for a woman—and to use our capacity to be exact and organized for the same purpose: to be fair.
mmondlin.home.mindspring.com /seminar-warmth-coolness-aperey.html   (1544 words)

  
 Tattoos Pictures
Cool is a complex aesthetic of motion and interval, of tension and tranquility, of juxtaposition and coexistence, that has its roots in various West African cultures.
The cool aesthetic permeates African-American culture, in fl artistic and musical expression, in the hitch in the "pimp" strut of urban fl men, in dress, demeanor and speech.
"Cool" can describe a state of wellness, calm or general well-being; an absence of conflict; or something aesthetically appealing.
www.tattoos-pictures.com /cool-tattoo.htm   (176 words)

  
 Cool Home
Cool has its roots in Middle English "cole", from Old English "col" and indicates aloofness, composure and absence of excitement in a person, especially in times of stress.
The usage of cool as a general positive epithet or interjection has been part of English slang since World War II, and has been incorporated into other languages, such as French and German.
I feel your contribution trivializes "cool" by treating it as a one-dimensional term --and then you direct the reader to a discredited work.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/42/cool-home.html   (520 words)

  
 DENBUSHI.blog: Seattle
As a consequence men crop their hair to half an inch or shave it off altogether, women eschew completely, ear piercings with quarter-sized grommets are common, and the only acceptable colors for clothing are blue-jean blue, fl and gray.
What's more, the Anti-Cool aesthetic is de riguer no matter what people happen to be doing; shopping for used clothes, having a drink, dining in an upscale restaurant, or working on the car.
In Seattle the only cool (as in cool cool, not anti-cool cool) and stylish people I saw were either gay or Asian or both.
www.denbushi.net /blog/archives/000012.html   (797 words)

  
 Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The underlying intention of this group of works is the comparability of the illusory character of a placebo with the guileful illusionism of contemporary advertising.
The cool aesthetic of his object pictures evokes the visual strategies of the advertising world.
The reflection of the brightly coloured outer edges produces a halo-like effect, which is meant ironically by Lüthi.
www.urs-luethi.com   (188 words)

  
 POP MUSIC / Quintessential cool / In the world of music, here's what it is, who's got it and who needs it
"Cool" is a term that emerged around the end of World War II from the jazz world, where the prevailing aesthetic had previously been "hot." Cool quickly became more than a way of playing; it became a way of living.
Cool is the art of judicious restraint, hitting the pool ball just hard enough to sink it.
Rock 'n' roll has traditionally been deemed "cool music," but the fact is, much of rock is too frantic, too desperate, too urgent for cool.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/08/12/PK164879.DTL   (585 words)

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