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Portrait of Dymphna Cusack, author [picture]
No full textCondition: Good.; Part of collection: Ion Idriess glass plate negative collection.; Title from signature on image.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3299415. "My love, Dymphna Cusack 1954"--signature on image
Sinking budgets and ballooning prices: Recent developments connected to military spending
No full textMilitary spending in the West generally declined after the Cold War. Given the economic pressures that many of these states confronted, they can be said to have experienced a fortuitous conjunction of lessening security demands with stable if not rising pressures to allocate more resources to social purposes. However, with declining financial resources a good part of military capital in these countries was reduced and most of what remains is growing obsolete. The excessive rise in relative prices associated with major military capital items, a rise only partially associated with an increase in real effectiveness, poses a challenge for many of these states if they are to retain their capacity to provide in some meaningful way for their own military defense. -- Nach Ende des Kalten Krieges sind allgemein in der westlichen Welt die Militärausgaben gesunken. Angesichts des wirtschaftlichen Drucks, dem sich viele dieser Länder ausgesetzt sahen, kann man sagen, dass dies Ergebnis eines zufälligen Zusammentreffens mehrerer Faktoren ist: geringere Sicherheitsanforderungen treffen auf gleich bleibende bzw. sogar zunehmende Forderungen nach alternativer Budgetverwendung, beispielsweise mehr Mittelausgaben für soziale Zwecke. Durch die verringerten Finanzmittel für die Verteidigung wurde jedoch ein großer Teil der militärischen Waffensysteme reduziert, der verbliebene Rest ist zum größten Teil veraltet. Die relativen Preise für Waffensysteme sind jedoch exzessiv gestiegen, ohne dass diese auf einem gleich großen Anstieg der tatsächlichen Effektivität der Waffensysteme beruhen. So stellt es für viele dieser Staaten eine große Herausforderung dar, wenn sie ihre Fähigkeit bewahren wollen, auf sinnvolle Weise für ihre eigene militärische Sicherheit zu sorgen.Military Spending,Weapon Systems,Military Personnel,Inflation,Conscription,East-West-Conflict
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The Teachings and Legacy of G. I. Gurdjieff: Conference Anthology
No full textContents
1 Foreword, Charles M. Stang
4 Introduction, Gosia E. Sklodowska
10 G.I. Gurdjieff, the Work, and the Academic Study of Religion, Carole M. Cusack
15 Gurdjieff, the New Age Movement, and the Guru Field: Making Sense of Multiple Entanglements,Steven Sutcliffe
PART 1
Spiritual and Scientific Influences that Shaped Gurdjieff and His Teachings
20 Modern Science and Gurdjieff’s Teaching, Charles Langmuir
25 Transformation in Translation: G. I. Gurdjieff as Cosmopolitan of the early Twentieth Century, Michael Pittman
30 Understanding of the East, Ravi Ravindra
PART 2
Embodied Wisdom
35 The Question Remains of the Body, David Appelbaum
38 Gurdjieff: Alchemy, The Emerald Tablet, Contemplation, and Movements, Joseph Azize
43 “She Sees the Is beyond the Seems”: Gurdjieff, Phenomenology, and Embodied Wisdom, David Seamon
49 The Gurdjieff Movements: A Personal Journey, Laurence Morrocco
PART 3
The Values and Value of the Gurdjieff Teaching
53 Mr. Gurdjieff’s Original Approach to Life, Alexandre de Salzmann
57 Transmission, Tradition, and Integrity: Gurdjieffian Scholarship as Third Force, Cynthia Bourgeault
61 The Eighteenth Commandment: What Are the Values of the Gurdjieff Teaching?, Roger Lipsey
PART 4
Cultural Productions
66 The (Hidden) Fourth Way of Jerzy Grotowski, Catharine Dada
70 Icons Are Cosmic Diagrams, Richard Temple
74 Thornton Wilder’sOur Town as a Summation of the Gurdjieff Work, Jon Woodson
79 Piano Recital
80 Authors’ BiographiesVersion of Recor
Honour and recognition in the German novel of banditry ca 1800
No full textThis article performs a reading informed by Honneth’s theory of recognition of the two best-known German novels of banditry of the 1790s, Johann Heinrich Zschokke’s Abaellino der große Bandit (1794) and Christian August Vulpius’ Rinaldo Rinaldini (1799) in an effort to understand how popular literature participates in and reflects upon the discourse on honour and recognition around 1800. Its status as popular genre makes the novel of banditry (Räuberroman) a potentially interesting source on shifts in the theory and practice of honour as experienced by ordinary Europeans at the turn of the 19th century. The genre was found to relate to the honour discourse not directly, but in the manner of a heterotopia, simultaneously located outside that discourse and referentially connected to it. Taken in isolation, the novel of banditry is not an informative source on the changing role of honour and new patterns of intersubjective recognition in late 18th century Europe. Seen as part of a particular constellation of textual production and reception, however, the genre sheds light on the aporias of honour experienced by those socially marginal ‘new readers’ intent on exploiting literature in the struggle for enhanced social recognition.Peer reviewe
Deutsch-britische Kulturvermittlung in Mary Shelleys Reisebericht Rambles in Germany and Italy (1844)
No full textMary Shelly's travelogue Rambles in Germany and Italy (1844) is usually read as a travelogue of Italy and its significance as the author's political manifesto is emphasized (Moskal 2003). Indeed, Shelly deals with the Italian struggle for freedom and expresses her own political views. This was made possible not least by the genre of the travelogue, which, in its position between fact and fiction, also enabled women of the time to penetrate the otherwise male-dominated political sphere (Butler 2021).
However, Rambles is not only a political book, but also a very personal one, as critics have noted. Around 20 years after the death of her husband, Shelley travels to Italy again for the first time with her adult son and his friends (and again two years later, both trips are described in Rambles), making it an emotionally charged journey. The author also takes an in-depth look at art and life in Italy.
However, the travelogue is not only about Italy, but also, as the title suggests, about Germany and Austria. Shelley does not stay long in the latter country; it is after all one of the oppressors of the Italians striving for freedom and is therefore often mentioned critically in the text. And yet the author records her positive impressions of the Salzkammergut and Tyrol.
In 1842, Shelley took a six-week cure for her persistent headaches in (Bad) Kissingen, and part of her report is devoted to this stay and the other stops in Germany (including Frankfurt, Mainz, Berlin, Weimar and Dresden). The stay at the spa forms the middle piece of the travelogue and thus lies "within the book's trajectory to Rome" (253), as Jeanne Moskal has noted. However, Shelley's chapters on Germany not only offer insights into the world of German spas, whose descriptions, as Beth Dolan Kautz has shown, are characterized by military metaphors. The author also visits museums – in Berlin and Dresden – and reports on the works of art she has seen. She also listens to music and visits the homes of Goethe and Schiller in Weimar. She comments on all this with references to the authors' works and her own assessment of their works.
Although Shelley's primary interest (and apparently also that of her audience) is Italy – even the chapters on Germany are full of comparisons with the bel paese – an entire section of the three-part travelogue is devoted to Germany. In contrast to most analyses of The Rambles, this contribution focuses on this part and asks about Shelley's role as a cultural mediator between Germany and Britain. Both the text and the reception of the report are used for the analysis
sj-docx-1-inc-10.1177_17511437221136828 – Supplemental material for A randomised pilot feasibility study of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing recent traumatic episode protocol, to improve psychological recovery following intensive care admission for COVID-19
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-inc-10.1177_17511437221136828 for A randomised pilot feasibility study of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing recent traumatic episode protocol, to improve psychological recovery following intensive care admission for COVID-19 by Andrew Bates, Hannah Golding, Sophie Rushbrook, Elan Shapiro, Natalie Pattison, David S Baldwin, Michael P W Grocott and Rebecca Cusack in Journal of the Intensive Care Society</p
Diverse disparities: The politics and economics of wage, market and disposable income inequalities
No full textThis paper analyzes the evolution of inequality and its determinants across different forms of income. A number of results emerge from this effort. First, OECD countries have been and continue to be much more diverse in their distributions of earnings and disposable income than they are in their distributions of market income. Second, the larger cross-national variation in the distributions of earnings and disposable income can be attributed to the role of political actors (such as unions and, more importantly, political parties) and economic institutions that allow actors to coordinate their activities. Third, the transmission of cross-national differences in wage inequality into market-based inequality appears to be muted relative to economic and demographic transformations that have gone on within the OECD countries. Fourth, the way in which political parties are able to pursue their goals varies across forms of income. Political parties’ capacity to shape the distribution of earnings is contingent on the degree of wage bargaining coordination. Absent coordination between labor and capital, right-wing policy works to modestly increase inequality. Alternatively, the egalitarian efforts of left-wing parties have the undesired effect of raising earnings inequality. In contrast, when labor market actors are able to coordinate, left-wing policy reinforces the egalitarian effects of coordination whereas the impact of right-wing policy is institutionally constrained. In turn, political parties affect directly the distribution of disposable income through their choices about fiscal redistribution. -- In diesem Papier werden die Entwicklungen und die Determinanten der Ungleichheit verschiedener Einkommensarten untersucht. Als erstes Ergebnis lässt sicht feststellen, dass zwischen den OECD-Ländern größere Unterschiede in der Verteilung von Lohneinkommen und verfügbarem Einkommen als in der Verteilung von Markteinkommen bestanden und weiterhin bestehen. Zweitens kann die größere Variation der Einkommensverteilung über die Länder bezüglich Lohneinkommen und verfügbarem Einkommen der Rolle politischer Akteure, wie Gewerkschaften oder, noch wichtiger, politische Parteien, zugeschrieben werden. Auch ökonomische Institutionen, durch die die Akteure ihre Handlungen koordinieren, spielen eine Rolle. Drittens wird die Übertragung von Unterschieden in der Lohnungleichheit auf marktbasierte Ungleichheit von den ökonomischen und demografischen Transformationen verdeckt, denen die OECD-Länder unterliegen. Viertens variiert die Art und Weise, wie politische Parteien ihre Ziele verfolgen können zwischen den Einkommensarten. Die Möglichkeit, die Verteilung des Lohneinkommens zu beeinflussen, hängt vom Grad der Koordination der Lohnverhandlungen ab. Fehlt eine Koordination zwischen den Tarifparteien auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, resultiert aus konservativer Politik ein leichter Anstieg der Ungleichheit. Noch stärker tritt der unerwünschte Effekt, Lohnungleichheit zu erhöhen, bei den egalitären Bemühungen der linken Parteien auf. Im Gegensatz dazu verstärken in einer Situation mit koordinierten Arbeitsmarktstrukturen linke Politikmaßnahmen den egalitären Effekt der Koordination, während der Wirkung der Politikmaßnahmen rechter Parteien institutionell ein Riegel vorgeschoben ist. Die Verteilung des verfügbaren Einkommens wiederum wird von den politischen Parteien direkt durch ihre Wahl der fiskalischen Umverteilung bestimmt.Income Inequality,Partisan Politics,Institutions,Varieties of Capitalism,Redistribution
A randomised, controlled trial of the pulmonary artery catheter in critically ill patients
No full textObjective: To compare the survival and clinical outcomes of critically ill patients treated with the use of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) to those treated without the use of a PAC. Design: Prospective, randomised, controlled, clinical trial from October 1997 to February 1999. Setting: Adult intensive care unit at a large teaching hospital. Patients: Two hundred one critically ill patients were randomised either to a PAC group (n=95) or the control group (n=106). One patient in the control group was withdrawn from the study and five patients in the PAC group did not receive a PAC. All participants were available for follow-up. Interventions: Participants were assigned to be managed either with the use of a PAC (PAC group) or without the use of a PAC (control group). Main outcome measures: Survival to 28 days, intensive care and hospital length of stay and organ dysfunction were compared on an intention-to-treat basis and also on a subgroup basis for those participants who successfully received a PAC. Results: There was no significant difference in mortality between the PAC group [46/95 (47.9%)] and the control group [50/106 (47.6)] (95% confidence intervals for the difference -13 to 14%, p>0.99). The mortality for participants who had management decisions based on information derived from a PAC was 41/91 (45%, 95% confidence intervals -11 to 16%, p=0.77). The PAC group had significantly more fluids in the first 24 h (4953 (3140, 7000) versus 4292 (2535, 6049) ml) and an increased incidence of renal failure (35 versus 20% of patients at day 3 post randomisation p<0.05) and thrombocytopenia (p<0.03). Conclusions: These results suggest that the PAC is not associated with an increased mortality.</p
'Your Favourite Beijing Sounds' and 'Beijing Sonic Bicycle Ride'
No full textIn January 2005, the British Council commissioned four UK-based sound artists and musicians – Brian Eno, David Toop, Clive Bell and Peter Cusack – to create work in response to Beijing as a city, for the project 'Sound and the City: Beijing'. The brief was to explore the city’s sounds and locations during a reconnaissance, and then to propose new site-specific sound work for realisation during a return visit.
After a period of initial investigation, the researcher decided to develop 'Your Favourite Beijing Sounds' and 'Beijing Sonic Bicycle Ride'.
'Your Favourite Beijing Sounds' was aimed at uncovering Beijinger’s attitudes to their acoustic environment. One of its manifestations was a competition, launched through the internet under the auspices of the British Council, that invited Bejingers to nominate their favourite sound and to relate an associated story. The researcher coordinated the recording of a selection of nominated sounds, gave workshops at the Beijing Conservatory and the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and contributed to discussions about acoustic ecology with the designers of the 2008 Olympic Park. 'Your Favourite Beijing Sounds' was shown at the City Museum in Beijing as part of its inaugural exhibition in January 2006 and released as a CD by KwanYin Records in 2007.
'Beijing Sonic Bicycle Ride' focused on Beijing’s bicycles and their ubiquitous sampling loudhailers used by street vendors to advertise their wares. Eight loudhailers were attached to eight bicycles and used to play specially composed sounds as they were cycled around an older Beijing district. The eight layers of sound were designed to be heard separately or to harmonise when brought together and to blend with the local soundscape. Listeners could follow on their own bikes or stay in one place. The project was analysed by the researcher in the bilingual Sound and the City publication, which also included an 8’ 30” recording
S.A. Cusack and W.J.A. Thompson. Leadership for Older Adults: Aging with Purpose and Passion. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1999.
No full textRÉSUMÉÀ lire absolument!…. Cusack et Thompson tentent, de façon audacieuse et remarquable, d'intégrer une théorie sur le leadership, la motivation et l'organisation à leurs propres efforts empiriques et à d'autres recherches en matière de leadership des aîné(e)s. Les auteurs partent du principe que les organismes de retraite sont fondamentalement différents de tout autre type d'organisation et qu'il vaut mieux favoriser un milieu de prise en charge personnelle pour les aîné(e)s que de se plier à la structure et au fonctionnement d'une organisation traditionnelle du travail.Le lecteur n'apas à accepter ces hypothèses ni à partager les valeurs qui en découlent pour apprécier les ressources du livre. Il faut en particulier souligner l'intérêt du dernier chapitre qui porte sur la pratique du leadership. Ce livre constitue un outil précieux à consulter fréquemment</jats:p
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