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Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
I Think I Am Philip K. Dick
No full textFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Intro -- Contents -- Introjection -- Part I -- Endopsychic Allegories -- Schreber Guardian -- Belief System Surveillance -- Part II -- Deeper Problems -- Veil of Tears -- Go West -- Dick Manfred -- Timing -- Glimmung -- Part III -- Spiritualism Analogy -- Imitating the Dead -- Indexical Layer -- Ilse -- Hammers and Things -- Crucifictions -- Over There -- Martyrology -- Can't Live, Can't Live -- Lola -- Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt -- Outer Race -- The German Introject -- Part IV -- Materialism, Idealism, and Cybernetics -- Startling Stories -- A Couple of Years -- Android Empathy -- Homunculus and Robot -- ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD. I AM ALIVE. -- Go with the Flow -- Part V -- Room for Thought -- Caduceus -- Jump -- Still -- A Wake -- Spätwerk -- Let the Dead Be -- Play Bally -- Das Hund -- Notes -- BibliographyFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Brisbane 1859 to 1959: a history of local government
No full textThe foundation of local government in Brisbane pre-dated by a
matter of months the proclamation of Queensland as a separate self governing Colony. It is not unfitting that the centenary of municipal
government, which so nearly coincided with Queensland separation, should
he commemorated by a history of one hundred years of local government
in the Queensland capital.
This book is the outcome of a decision by the Brisbane City
Council that one fitting way to mark the occasion would be the publication
of a permanent and detailed record of municipal government in Brisbane.
The Town Clerk extended an invitation to me to make myself responsible
for the book. Several things induced me to accept his invitation. There
was the belief that the University should respond to legitimate requests
for assistance; not less important were the assurances of the Town Clerk
that what was in mind was a serious and indeed scholarly study, that
Council documents would be made available, and that there would be full
freedom in presenting the material. These promises have been more than
honoured. I can only express to Mr. Slaughter and to the staff of the
Council my very real appreciation of the continuous and generous
co-operation extended both to me and to Mr. Laverty. Our demands at
times must have seemed important, especially when made upon busy
men; they were, however, invariably met with coutesy and helpfulness.
The book is a commemorative volume sponsored by the Council; it is
at the same time an independent piece of historical investigation. Responsibility for the text rests with myself and Mr. Laverty.
We have attempted to present as faithful a record as possible of
municipal activity in Brisbane from the time of the first agitation for
local urban self-government. The events of the early years may seem
remote and even trivial; but the period of beginnings is seldom
unimportant. Insofar as space would allow, the record of municipal
activity has been set against the background of the growth of the city
itself, since any account of local government which is divorced from the
problems peculiar to the area must lose much of its significance. This is a
large volume, but space has been the greatest problem. The amount of
material available is enormous; indeed, during the last four years Mr.
Laverty has assembled a collection of local government documents which
in range and detail must certainly be unique in this country. In organizing
the book I have been guided by the need to maintain a proper balance
between developments in various periods; selection has been rigorously
practised and much that might have been retained has been excluded.
This is a history and not a political treatise. It was a history that
the Council had in mind, and to that extent the objective was set. From
the point of view of local government studies in this country it is of the
first importance that the historical record be available. Those who write
upon local government in the United Kingdom have the enormous advantage of an established framework of historical knowledge. In Australia
the record is largely unknown, and the political scientist is forced either
to become his own historian or to essay contemporary discussion in
ignorance of the background development.
This book appears under joint authorship. It has, I feel, been a
genuine partnership. I have been responsible throughout for the programme of work, for the shape of the volume, for close editorial
supervision of all sections, and for the writing of much of the book.
Laverty has amassed the material with remarkable thoroughness and
considerable personal initiative. The quality of his work was such that
I felt that he should contribute several of the chapters and that the work
should appear jointly.
No list of acknowledgments could hope to include all who have
given generous assistance. Illustrative material was kindly provided by
the Library Board of Queensland, the Queensland Historical Society, the
Courier-Mail, the Telegraph, the Queensland Government Tourist Bureau,
the Commonwealth News and Information Bureau, and various Brisbane
photographers. The Librarians of the Oxley and Queensland Parliamentary
Libraries placed whatever material they had at our disposal. The University
of Queensland supplemented assistance from the Council in the form of
research grants. Of the assistance provided by officers of the Council I
have already spoken, but to this should be added my personal appreciation
of the active encouragement and genuine interest displayed throughout by
the Lord Mayor, Alderman T. R. Groom. I would also like to thank the
publisher, Mr. Oswald Ziegler, not only for his skill but also for his
tolerance in handling a book which was inevitably delayed from time to
time by other inescapable obligations.
In a more personal sense I am indebted to the Research Assistants
of the Department, to Mrs. Heather Kenway, to Mr. Don Dignan, and to
Mr. Bruce Knox, for gathering specialist material, for many pertinent
suggestions, and for much patient checking. Last, though in no sense least,
there is my very great debt to my secretary, Miss Peggy Burke, who has
become highly expert at the technical job of preparing a manuscript for
publication. Not only has she sacrificed innumerable evenings to work
upon the manuscript but whenever I showed a tendency to flag she insisted
upon checking and re-checking. Her insistence has eliminated many errors
and produced numerous improvements.
Gordon Greenwoo
Liftings for noncomplete probability spaces
No full textThe current state of knowledge concerning liftings for noncomplete probability spaces is discussed. This is a somewhat expanded version of the author's talk given at the 1991 Summer Conference on General Topology and Applications in Honor of Mary Ellen Rudin and Her Work.PT: S; CR: BURKE MR, IN PRESS P AM MATH S BURKE MR, 1991, ISRAEL J MATH, V73, P33 BURKE MR, 1992, ISRAEL J MATH, V79, P289 CARLSON T, THEOREM LIFTING CHRISTENSEN JPR, 1974, TOPOLOGY BOREL STRUC FREMLIN DH, 1989, HDB BOOLEAN ALGEBRAS, P877 INOESCUTULCEA A, 1966, 5TH P BERK S MATH ST, V2 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1967, CONTRIBUTIONS PROB 1, P63 IONESCUTULCEA A, 1969, TOPICS THEORY LIFTIN JECH TJ, 1978, SET THEORY JOHNSON RA, 1980, P AM MATH SOC, V80, P234 JUST W, IN PRESS T AM MATH S KUPKA J, 1983, INDIANA U MATH J, V32, P717 LOSERT V, 1983, LNM, V1080, P95 MAHARAM D, 1958, P AM MATH SOC, V9, P987 SHELAH S, 1983, ISRAEL J MATH, V45, P90 TALAGRAND M, 1982, P AM MATH SOC, V84, P379 VONNEUMANN J, 1931, CRELLES J MATH, V165, P109; NR: 18; TC: 0; J9: ANN N Y ACAD SCI; PG: 4; GA: BZ86BSource type: Electronic(1
The AM Canum Venaticorum binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5
No full textThe AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries are a rare group of hydrogen-deficient, ultrashort period, mass-transferring white dwarf binaries and are possible progenitors of Type Ia supernovae. We present time-resolved spectroscopy of the recently discovered AM CVn binary SDSS J173047.59+554518.5. The average spectrum shows strong double-peaked helium emission lines, as well as a variety of metal lines, including neon; this is the second detection of neon in an AM CVn binary, after the much brighter system GP Com. We detect no calcium in the accretion disc, a puzzling feature that has been noted in many of the longer period AM CVn binaries. We measure an orbital period, from the radial velocities of the emission lines, of 35.2 ± 0.2 min, confirming the ultracompact binary nature of the system. The emission lines seen in SDSS J1730 are very narrow, although double-peaked, implying a low-inclination, face-on accretion disc; using the measured velocities of the line peaks, we estimate i ≤ 11°. This low inclination makes SDSS J1730 an excellent system for the identification of emission lines
Freedom of choice or force of circumstance? : Eastern European sex-workers in the Republic of Cyprus ; paper for the conference 'Alltag der Globalisierung. Perspektiven einer transnationalen Anthropologie', January 16-18, 2003, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
No full textThis paper focuses on Eastern European migrants who, since the beginning of the 1990s, are entering the Republic Cyprus as “artistes”. This is a visa permit status as well as an euphemism for short-term work permits in the local sex industry. In addition to exploring the migrational experiences of these women and their living and working conditions in the Republic of Cyprus, the paper reconstructs, empirically and analyt ically, the connection between immigration and the local sex industry. Here, several categories of social actors and institutions in Cyprus are actively involved. The rhetoric of government representatives, entrepreneurs and clients in the sex business on the one hand is contrasted with the discourse of local NGO representatives concerned with immigrants’ rights on the other hand. The paper comes to the conclusion that all of these discursive positions ultimately do not do justice to the complex process of decisionmaking that women undergo who migrate into the sex industry. Either, freedom of choice is emphasized – such as by entrepreneurs and the government – or the domination of women – as in the public statements of the NGO. In order to analyze the ambivalent tension between freedom of choice and submission to force by which the women’s decision is characterized, the author employs Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality, which describes forms of political regulation that use the individual’s freedom of action as an instrument to exercise power
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget
No full textANLEITUNG ZU DER FRANTZÖSISCHEN SPRACH/ BEGREIFFEND WAS ANFÄNGLICH/ DIESE SPRACH ZUERLERNEN/ AM ALLERNÖHTIGSTEN SEY: DER JUGEND TEUTSCHER NATION: ZU BESTEN VERFERTIGET
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget (Theil 2) ([1]r)
Anleitung Zu der Frantzösischen Sprach/ Begreiffend was anfänglich/ diese Sprach zuerlernen/ am allernöhtigsten sey: Der Jugend Teutscher Nation: zu besten verfertiget (Forts.) ([1]r
An examination of author characteristics in national and regional criminology and criminal justice journals, 2008-2010: Are female scholars changing the nature of publishing in criminology and criminal justice?
No full textCriminology and criminal justice (CCJ) as an academic discipline has experienced an increase in the focus on various aspects of academic productivity in recent years. Much of the extant literature examining journal article authorship has focused on various measures of the publication productivity of specific authors but not on the characteristics of the authors themselves. The current study expands upon previous work by examining several author characteristics across different journal types and research methodologies, with a particular focus on how gender relates to these issues. The findings reveal several interesting differences with regard to gender, academic rank, and university affiliation. Among these findings is evidence that although males are more likely to author CCJ articles regardless of journal type, females are more likely to be lead authors in regional journal articles and more likely to publish with other female authors. Regional journals are also the publication outlet of choice for students and assistant professors in the beginning of their careers. The findings also provide evidence of important differences in author rank, academic affiliation, methodology, and publication outlet for articles authored by females.Journal ArticlePublishe
Open access scholarly publishing and the problem of networks and intermediaries in the academic commons
No full textDer Vortrag wurde am 5th Frankfurt Scientific Symposium gehalten (22-23 Oktober 2005)
I am who I am: Mysticism of God’s Name and the Question of “Who am I”
No full textThe paper interprets, in an original way, a connection between the Biblical name of God “I am who I am” and the mystical search of human identity. It presents God as the “author”, “director” and “player” in His world “drama”, while His human “co-actors” are not cognizant of their true identity as they are fully identified with their roles. According to the author, the idea of imitation of Christ points mainly to the discovery of this lost identity by following the question of “Who am I”
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