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The modernist angel: Art at the Limits of the Human in D. H. Lawrence, H. D. and Mina Loy
No full textPhDThe subject of this thesis is a figure that might provisionally be called the *modemist
angel'. Focusing on modernist literature, and more particularly on the work of D. H.
Lawrence, H. D. and Mina Loy, it aims to isolate from the many angels found in all periods
and all types of art a historically specific and intellectually coherent paradigm: an angel of
and for its modernist times. A figure of precisely this type could be said to exist in the
form of Walter Benjamin's 'angel of history'. Critics who address the question of the
modern angel in texts by Franz Kafka and Rainer Maria Rilke often do so in conjunction
with the problem posed by the angel of history. Beginning with a chapter on Benjamin,
this thesis nevertheless follows a different trajectory. Over five chapters, it explores a
modernist landscape formed not only by Lawrence, H. D. and Loy, but also by European
and American writers such as A. R. Orage, Allen Upward, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens,
Havelock Ellis, Edward Carpenter, Sigmund Freud and Friedrich Nietzsche. Although the
angel that emerges from this investigation might, in some respects, be said to anticipate
Benjamin's later version, this figure is also very different, standing for a project that is
distinctively, and recognisably, modernist in nature. He/she (the sex of the modernist
angel is often open to question) represents an attempt to reconcile the divine
responsibilities of the artist with the material and gendered conditions of being,
specifically of being human, in the modem world. This thesis looks again at the clash of
intellectual paradigms in the early-twentieth century - notably, the confrontation of the
Romantic view of art as a superhuman or sacred undertaking with the psychoanalytical or
evolutionary idea that all human endeavour is underpinned by sub-human motives - and
suggests the angel as a new and instructive figure through which to think the perilous
limits between the human and the divine in modernist literature
Public worship and practical theology in the work of Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)
No full textThe late seventeenth century was a critical and fruitful period
for the Particular Baptists of England. Severely persecuted following
the Restoration, toleration in 1689 brought its own perils.
Particular Baptists were fortunate in having several strong leaders,
especially the London trio of Hanserd Knollys, William Kiffin, and
Benjamin Keach. Such a small and severely persecuted group as the
Baptists could afford little time for academic pursuits, thus of
necessity most of their theology was practical in nature.
Benjamin Keach (1640-1704) was the most outstanding practical
theologian among the English Particular Baptists of the late
seventeenth century. This dissertation is a study of Keach, in
particular his writings on public worship and practical theology.
Although Keach was a prolific author, he has been almost completely
neglected by scholars.
After a biographical sketch of Keach, this study considers his
writings on public worship and practical theology. In the area of
worship, Keach made two outstanding contributions: First, he was the
most vocal apologist for Baptist views on Baptism of his period.
Secondly, and more importantly, his hymn writing and defense of hymn
singing broke new ground, not just for Baptists, but for English
Protestantism, in general. In addition to his contributions in these
areas, he also dealt with the laying on of hands and the sabbath day
worship controversy.
Keach's contributions to practical theology fall into two main
groups: his writings that concern religious education and those that
deal with polity. In addition to these, Keach's vigorous advocacy of
a high Calvinist soteriology are also considered under the rubric of
practical theology. Keach's most important (although not his most
positive) contribution in this area were his soteriological writings.
Although well within the bounds of orthodoxy, some of the tendencies
in Keach's soteriology were taken up by the following generation of
Baptist leaders and developed into a stultifying hyper-Calvinism that
handicapped Baptist evangelism and missions.
In the conclusion, Keach's contributions to a theory of practical
theology are considered
Overdose prevention centre provision, policy and the lived experience of people who use drugs: rapidethnographic analyses in Sandwell, UK, Vancouver, Canada, and Athens, Greece
No full textBackground
Fatal overdose among people who use drugs is a rising crisis in the UK, Canada, and Greece, with research illustrating how these individuals also face significant health inequities. Whilst Overdose Prevention Centres (OPCs) are now central components of Canada’s public health system, in both the UK and Greece, these interventions are novel and geographically limited.
Objectives
To date, no qualitative body of work has focused on the lived experiences of people who use drugs within varying international drug policy settings explicitly as a means of advancing our understanding of the impacts of OPCs or the potential barriers people face in accessing these services. As a body of work comprising 5 distinct papers, this thesis attempts to fill this gap.
Methods
Papers 1-4 employ rapid-ethnographic methods (≈200 of participant observation per location, focus groups, interviews, street-ethnography) in each setting, as well as several participatory approaches in collaboration with people who use drugs (community consultation, peer data collection, analyses and dissemination). Paper 5 is a commentary with no primary data.
Results
In paper 1, findings evidence the need for safer environments for people using drugs in public and semi-public settings in Sandwell, UK. Exposure to the threat of public and police interaction in semi-public drug use spaces leads to rushed injection practice, hampers poor venous health management, and increases risk of injection-related harms. Participants were enthusiastic about the concept of an OPC and its potential to reduce injecting-related risks, drug-related death, provide safety, and prevent traumatic experiences with police. Participants also highlighted concerns about negative public perceptions of their community, viewing an OPC as a potential solution to improving community relations by reducing drug-related litter.
In paper 2, results suggest that at a Vancouver based housing facility, the on-site OPC is underused due to a variety of structural factors, the most prominent being the lack of inhalation services. This lack of service provision exacerbates overdose vulnerability and stigma. Continued drug consumption in the vicinity of the building and in non-monitored areas inside the building creates challenges for staff in identifying potential overdoses and exposes residents who do not consume drugs to drug use within the building.
In paper 3, findings highlight how a Vancouver-based OPC had a regular clientele who described their attendance as routinized, credited to four distinct factors: 1) the accessible location, 2) the on-site auxiliary services, 3) the diversity of harm reduction provision and 4) the atmosphere. Exploring the concept of atmosphere in more depth revealed that it was characterized by the safety, familiarity and inclusivity experienced within the service. Together these factors facilitate a strong sense of belonging in attendees regarding the service and its community of staff and clients.
Paper 4 aimed to qualitatively evaluate the operational strengths and weaknesses of Athens’ Drug Consumption Room (DCR) from the viewpoint of its clients and people who use drugs locally in public settings who do not access the DCR. Regular DCR clients reported increased physical, structural and emotional safety as well as increased connection with auxiliary health and social services, staff and peers. Those who did not use the facility could see potential benefits but noted several operational and contextual barriers.
Paper 5 sets fourth the argument for conceptualizing DCRs, OPCs, SCSs as ‘Inclusion Health Interventions’ and explores the potential policy implications for Europe of this shift in analytical lens.
Conclusions
This thesis documents the immediate benefits provided by OPCs: they save lives, reduce public drug use, and create environments where people who use drugs feel safer, more dignified and can access auxiliary services that may otherwise be unavailable. Despite this, each case study also identifies barriers to the design and delivery of these services and offers recommendations on how to optimize client experience, engagement and access. Based predominantly on an analysis of the narratives of potential and actual OPC clients, the finding that crosscut all case studies is that the lived experience of people who use drugs can provide a key resource in the design and delivery of harm reduction services which aim to support their survival, health, social inclusion, and broader well-being
'If I should die tonight' poem
No full textHumorous poem copied by Harrison Kerr and written by Benjamin Franklin King ca. 1890. The poem, titled "If I should die tonight," jokes about money owed to the author and the shock he would experience at being repaid upon his death. It was written as a parody of a serious contemporary poem of the same title.
Harrison Henry Kerr (1839-1901), born in North Georgetown, Ohio, served along with his brother, Ezra, as a private in Company D of the 58th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was taken prisoner at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi, on December 29, 1862., and held for three months before being exchanged and returning to his regiment. He was discharged on January 14, 1865. Following the war, he was married to Elizabeth (Rettig) Kerr. The two lived in Cleveland and had one son, Harrison McKinley Kerr. In 1888, he joined the Memorial Post No. 141, Grand Army of the Republic. He is buried in North Georgetown Cemetery
Substrate specificity of [alpha]-proteobacterial N-end rule adaptors
No full textThesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 2016.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. "June 2016." In title on title page [alpha] appears as lower case Greek letters.Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-118).by Benjamin J. Stein.Ph. D
Letter to Ruby Doris Smith From Benjamin Brown, January 30, 1967
No full textCorrespondence from Benjamin D. Brown from the House of Representatives Atlanta House Chamber, sending well wishes to Ruby Doris Smith. 2 pages
Walter Benjamin: el naufragio ineluctable
No full textCon una nueva perspectiva sorprendente, en la que Walter Benjamin es visto como un “naufragio ineluctable”, este ensayo da cuenta del modo en que durante la agonía de la república de Weimar él había fracasado en casi todo. En el campo del trabajo, en el campo político, en el campo de su vida personal. Pero la mirada de Benjamin sobre Baudelaire vale también para él mismo: la realidad de la desdicha lejos de cancelar corrobora el hecho de que tenía todo para convertirse en una leyenda. Su naufragio revela un principio rector de la época. Un principio formulado en su obra sobre el barroco alemán: “En el Mal absoluto nuestra subjetividad reconoce su desdicha”. Benjamin describió este mundo desde la perspectiva de los marginados: la bohemia, el flaneur que se pierde en los pasajes de París, que desembocan en los grandes boulevares construidos por el barón de Hausmann. Siempre inquietado por descubrir en lo más insignificante lo más importante de un suceso. Sobre el concepto de la historia, que escribió después de su confi namiento en el campo de Nevers, en Francia, que padeció con Hannah Arendt y Arthur Köstler, vio la constitución real del mundo como un paisaje helado, donde la modernidad se transfigura en un cúmulo de ruinas. Su intervención monumental hace de él quizás el autor del que más se ha escrito en todo un siglo. Su crítica al mito del progreso lo ha convertido en un autor que sigue escribiendo incluso después de su muerte.With a surprising new perspective, in which Walter Benjamin is seen as a “ineluctable wreck”, this essay gives an account of the way that during the agony of the Weimar Republic he had failed in almost everything. In field of work, in political field and in his personal life. But Benjamin gaze´s on Baudelaire also applies to himself: the reality of the misery away from cancel corroborates the fact that he has everything to become a legend. His failure reveals a guiding principle of the age. A principle formulated in his work on the german baroque: “In the absolute Evil our subjectivity recognizes its misery”. Benjamin described this world from the perspective of the marginalized: the bohemia, the flaneur lost in the passages of Paris, which lead to the grands boulevards built by the baron Hausmann. Always attracted to discover in the most insignificant the most important of an event. On the concept of history, that he wrote after his confinement in the field of Nevers, in France, which suffered with Hannah Arendt and Arthur Köstler, he saw the constitution of the real world as a landscape ice, where modernity is transformed into a cumulus of ruins. For his intervention monumental he is perhaps the author about who exists more essays and written in a century. His criticism of the myth of progress has made him an author who keeps writing even after his death
Another dissertation on the mutual support of trade and civil liberty. [electronic resource] : Addressed to the author of the former.
No full textAnonymous. By Benjamin Newton.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
Criticality of Regular Formulas
No full textWe define the criticality of a boolean function f : {0,1}^n -> {0,1} as the minimum real number lambda >= 1 such that Pr [DT_{depth}(f|R_p) >= t] = k.
In an unpublished manuscript [Rossmann, 2018], the author showed that a combination of Håstad’s switching and multi-switching lemmas [Håstad, 1986; Håstad, 2014] implies that AC^0 circuits of depth d+1 and size s have criticality at most O(log s)^d. In the present paper, we establish a stronger O(1/d log s)^d bound for regular formulas: the class of AC^0 formulas in which all gates at any given depth have the same fan-in. This result is based on
(i) a novel switching lemma for bounded size (unbounded width) DNF formulas, and
(ii) an extension of (i) which analyzes a canonical decision tree associated with an entire depth-d formula.
As corollaries of our criticality bound, we obtain an improved #SAT algorithm and tight Linial-Mansour-Nisan Theorem for regular formulas, strengthening previous results for AC^0 circuits due to Impagliazzo, Matthews, Paturi [Impagliazzo et al., 2012] and Tal [Tal, 2017]. As a further corollary, we increase from o(log n /(log log n)) to o(log n) the number of quantifier alternations for which the QBF-SAT (quantified boolean formula satisfiability) algorithm of Santhanam and Williams [Santhanam and Williams, 2014] beats exhaustive search
Tagging of Biomedical Articles on CiteULike: A Comparison of User, Author and Professional Indexing
No full textThis paper examines the context of online indexing from the viewpoint of three different groups: users, authors, and professional indexers. User tags, author keywords and descriptors were collected from academic journal articles, which were both indexed in Pubmed and tagged on CiteULike, and analysed. Descriptive statistics, informetric measures, and thesaural term comparison shows that there are important differences in the use of keywords between the three groups in addition to similarities which can be used to enhance support for search and browse. While tags and author keywords were found that matched descriptors exactly, other terms which did not match but provided important expansion to the indexing lexicon were found. These additional terms could be used to enhance support for searching and browsing in article databases as well as to provide invaluable data for entry vocabulary and emergent terminology for regular updates to indexing systems. Additionally, the study suggests that tags support organisation by association to task, projects and subject while making important connections to traditional systems which classify into subject categories
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