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The campaign for democratic socialism 1960-1964.
No full textPhDIn early 1960 it seemed likely that the official Labour
Party defence policy would be defeated by a unilateralist
resolution at the Scarborough Conference. In response to
this possibility the Campaign for Democratic Socialism,
or CDS, was established.
The CDS projected the image of a grass-roots movement
inspired by Gaitskell's "fight and fight again" speech.
But it was run by a Campaign Committee which included
leading members of the Party like Tony Crosland, Roy
Jenkins and Patrick Gordon Walker, as well as less well
known members like Bill Rodgers, Dick Taverne, Philip
Williams, Brian Walden, Denis Howell and David Marquand.
This highly talented group launched an elaborate and
successful lobbying, publicity and briefing operation
which was influential in overturning the unilateralist
vote at the Blackpool Conference of 1961. After Blackpool
the Campaign helped many of its leading members find
seats in the House of Commons while continuing to put the
"revisionist" case through its newspaper Campaign.
The importance of the CDS in the history of the Labour
Party is, primarily, as the first internal pressure group
organised by the right of the Party. It was also the
first internal Party group to use such sophisticated
lobbying techniques. Moreover, the subsequent careers of
the leading members of the Campaign influenced the
development of the Labour Party. The CDS was an important
formative political action for many of them. Finally many
of the CDS supporters set-up or joined the SDP when it
was launched
Panel C: Author-Meets-Readers Session
No full textAuthor David Webber discusses his book The Rise of the Working Class Shareholder: Labor\u27s Last Best Weapon published on Harvard University Press
Cult: A Composite Novel
No full textCult (redacted)
The first component of the thesis is a composite novel called Cult which falls into two parts with seven narratives in each. Part 1 tracks the protagonist, Ellen, from her first involvement with the cult through to her eventually leaving it. Although fiction, the first half of the book answers the kinds of questions the author is asked when people discover that she was once a sannyasin (a follower of the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh). While the experiences of meditation, group therapy and communal living are all faithfully rendered within the stories, the need for strong characters, narrative drive and a lightness of touch takes precedence.
Part 2 picks up Ellen’s story some twenty or so years later and explores what becomes of her in middle age. It also looks at other groups in society, such as academia, the law and the internet dating community which each have their own jargon, hierarchies, rituals and rules but are not considered to be cults.
The book examines the question raised in the Epigraph, ‘how do we be together when we feel so alone’ with a focus on relationships other than the familial and the romantic.
Collisions, Chasms and Connections: a Performative Exploration of the Composite Novel Form
The second part of the thesis is both a critical and creative response to three contemporary American books: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan; and Legend of a Suicide by David Vann. The critical element comprises a close reading of the three books; a chronological reconstruction of their overarching storylines; and a consideration of what their authors have said about writing the books. It concludes that, in the composite novel, the simultaneous presentation of multiple views and storylines operate much like a 3D image to give the impression of depth to the characters and situations rendered. The creative element of the essay is a playful and personal response to the texts
Analysis of a File System Using the Verifying C Compiler
No full textTitle: Analysis of a File System Using the Verifying C Compiler Author: Bc. David Škorvaga Department: Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems Supervisor: RNDr. Jan Kofroň, Ph.D. Abstract: Formal verification is a way to improve reliability of software systems. One approach of formal verification is focused on proving correctness of annotat- ed source code of an established programming language. Verifying C Compiler (VCC) is a verifier for concurrent C that accepts an annotated code in C language and automatically verifies its correctness with respect to the given annotation. There have been successful attempts to verify some critical systems, including the operating system kernel. Another critical part of operating system is its file system. In the thesis, we choose FatFs file system, a simple device-independent implementation of the FAT file system. We specify a part of it using the VCC annotation and successfully verify its correctness. Keywords: Formal Verification, File System, VC
Analýza souborového systému pomocí Verifying C Compiler
No full textNázev práce: Analýza souborového systému pomocí Verifying C Compiler Autor: Bc. David Škorvaga Katedra: Katedra distribuovaných a spolehlivých systémů Vedoucí diplomové práce: RNDr. Jan Kofroň, Ph.D. Abstrakt: Formální verifikace je jeden ze způsobů, jak zlepšit spolehlivost soft- warových systémů. Jeden z přístupů formální verifikace se zaměřuje na dokazo- vaní správnosti anotovaného zdrojového kódu v široce používaném programovacím jazyce. Verifier C Compiler (VCC) je verifikátor pro concurrent C, který přijímá anotovaný kód v jazyce C a automaticky ověřuje jeho správnost s ohledem na tuto anotaci. Už se objevily úspěšné pokusy o ověření některých kritických systémů, včetně jádra operačního systému. Další důležitou součástí operačního systému je jeho systém souborů. V diplomové práci jsme si vybrali souborový systém FatFs, odlehčenou implementaci souborového systému FAT, nezávislou na zařízení. V této práci vytvoříme specifikaci jeho části pomocí anotace VCC a úspěšně ověříme jeho korektnost. Klíčová slova: Formal Verification, File System, VCCTitle: Analysis of a File System Using the Verifying C Compiler Author: Bc. David Škorvaga Department: Department of Distributed and Dependable Systems Supervisor: RNDr. Jan Kofroň, Ph.D. Abstract: Formal verification is a way to improve reliability of software systems. One approach of formal verification is focused on proving correctness of annotat- ed source code of an established programming language. Verifying C Compiler (VCC) is a verifier for concurrent C that accepts an annotated code in C language and automatically verifies its correctness with respect to the given annotation. There have been successful attempts to verify some critical systems, including the operating system kernel. Another critical part of operating system is its file system. In the thesis, we choose FatFs file system, a simple device-independent implementation of the FAT file system. We specify a part of it using the VCC annotation and successfully verify its correctness. Keywords: Formal Verification, File System, VCCDepartment of Distributed and Dependable SystemsKatedra distribuovaných a spolehlivých systémůMatematicko-fyzikální fakultaFaculty of Mathematics and Physic
Protein Free Energy Landscapes Remodeled by Ligand Binding
No full textAbstractGlucose/galactose binding protein (GGBP) functions in two different larger systems of proteins used by enteric bacteria for molecular recognition and signaling. Here we report on the thermodynamics of conformational equilibrium distributions of GGBP. Three fluorescence components appear at zero glucose concentration and systematically transition to three components at high glucose concentration. Fluorescence anisotropy correlations, fluorescent lifetimes, thermodynamics, computational structure minimization, and literature work were used to assign the three components as open, closed, and twisted conformations of the protein. The existence of three states at all glucose concentrations indicates that the protein continuously fluctuates about its conformational state space via thermally driven state transitions; glucose biases the populations by reorganizing the free energy profile. These results and their implications are discussed in terms of the two types of specific and nonspecific interactions GGBP has with cytoplasmic membrane proteins
El Tlacuache Núm. 498 (2011). 498 Año 11 (2011) diciembre. El Tlacuache
No full textChalcatzingo: Breve introducción por David C. Grov
Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine: Volume 1
No full textAnnotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey First published by the Wellcome Trust, 1997. ©The Trustee of the Wellcome Trust, London, 1997.In Volume One (Occasional Publication no. 4, 1997).All volumes are freely available online at: www.history.qmul.ac.uk/research/modbiomed/wellcome_witnesses/Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Annotated and edited transcript of four Witness Seminars. Introduction by E M Tansey.Four Witness Seminar transcripts of meetings held between 1993 and 1996: ‘Technology Transfer in Britain: The case of Monoclonal Antibodies’ (E M Tansey and P P Catterall, eds); ‘Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity’ (E M Tansey, S V Willhoft and D A Christie, eds); ‘Endogenous Opiates’ (E M Tansey and D A Christie, eds); ‘The Committee on Safety of Drugs’ (E M Tansey and L A Reynolds, eds). Introduction by E M Tansey, ‘What is a Witness Seminar’, separate index for each meeting. Tansey E M, Catterall P P, Christie D A, Willhoft S V, Reynolds L A. (eds) (1997) Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine, volume 1. London: The Wellcome Trust.The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no. 210183
‘They remain just bodies’: on pornography in David Foster Wallace (1989–2006)
No full textDavid Foster Wallace was deeply involved in a tricky and vexed research on pornography from 1989, as the recurrence of this theme in several non-fiction essays, brief stories, novels, interviews, and archival documents makes clear. The analysis of pornography in Wallace’s oeuvre offers the opportunity both to further explore his commitment to other fundamental topics – such as the overlap between addiction and entertainment – and to understand the significance of this theme in his overall literary project. Thus, employing a chronological approach, the chapter focuses on some published writings and unpublished documents in the period which runs from 1989 to 2006. The chapter argues that Wallace mobilized the paradox of pornography – which he understood as the erotic engagement of the viewers and the denial of any form of relationship among viewers and performers – in order to show that there was another way to experience intimacy through an aesthetic practice, namely the act of reading which, as he often stressed, is characterized by a distinctive and powerful conversation between author and reader
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