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The reduction of metaphysics and the play of violence in the poetry of Wallace Stevens
No full textPhDThe thesis demonstrates how Wallace Stevens' poetry utilises pre-Socratic philosophy in overcoming post-Kantian dislocation from the 'thing-in-itself'. I initially consider Stevens’ poetry in terms of Hans-Georg Gadamer's ontological conception of the 'play' of art, an interactive existence overlooked by Kant. Through the ‘play’ of Stevens’ poems the reading audience are implicated in their reduction to being. The origin of this conception leads Gadamer back to Parmenides who Stevens had read. I argue that Stevens’ poetry ‘plays’ its audience into an ontological ground in an effort to show that his ‘reduction of metaphysics’ is not dry philosophical imposition, but is enacted by our encounter with the poems themselves. Through an analysis of how the language and form of Stevens’ poems attempt to reduce mind and world to concepts that parallel Parmenides’ poetic sense of being, and Heraclitus’ notion of becoming, the thesis uncovers the ground in which Stevens attempts a reconnection with the ‘thing-in-itself’. It is through the experience of reconnecting to an ontological centre, which his poetry presents as the human project, that Stevens’ poetry also presents itself as a means of replacing religion.From here we turn to Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida for an exposition of how such a reduction reduces the ‘Other’ to ‘otherness’ and their worry that this reduction legitimates violence within the thought of Martin Heidegger and Parmenides. From this I make a case for how such reductions are connected to what I refer to as 'the play of violence' in Stevens' poetry, and to refer this violence back to the mythology Stevens' poetry shares with certain pre-Socratics and with Greek tragedy. This shows how such mythic rhythms are apparent within the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, Heidegger and Gadamer, and how these rhythms release a poetic understanding of the violence of a ‘reduction of metaphysics’
Masters and Mentors of the Piano: an account by Claudia Stevens of her piano study with major piano teachers and leading performing artists of the second half of the twentieth centery, 1966-1981
No full textMonograph entitled "Masters and Mentors of the Piano: an account by Claudia Stevens of her piano study with major piano teachers and leading performing artists of the second half of the twentieth centery, 1966-1981," which provides background and context to Stevens' career as a pianist. Artist teachers and musical mentors include Leon Fleisher, Leonard Shure, Arie Vardi, Aaron Copland, Malcolm Frager, Andre Watts, Gilbert Kalish, Miachel Tilson Thomas, Istvan Nadas, Martin Canin, Gunther Schuller, Louis Vosgerchian, Bernhard Abramowitsch, Barbara Shearer, David del Tredici, Charles Rosen, Joseph Silverstein, Gyorgi Ligeti, and a number of others. From Mss. Acc. 2003.51, 2008.137, 2009.003, subseries 1, series 1, Claudia Stevens Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
Interview with Don Stevens
No full textDon Stevens was born on a farm halfway between Greenville and Belding. After high school he moved to Grand Rapids where he worked for a local laundry from 1937 to 1941 and then began working for the Joppe's Dairy in 1941. Stevens was instrumental in creating the United Dairy Workers union with John Gibson from the Michigan CIO, after which he worked for the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union beginning in 1944. Stevens' next position was with the AFL-CIO where he was elected in 1957 to the Board. In 1958 he was elected to the State Board of Agriculture, the group that would become the MSU Board of Trustees in 1960. He was on this board until 1978, serving as chairman from 1968 to 1970. Stevens was a member of the MSU Board of Trustees during both the staff and faculty unionization movements. Topics/people covered in the interview include: Walter Adams; Paul Bagwell; Jack Breslin; John Bruff; Pat Carrigan; Phil Course; John DiBiaggio; Jack Flagler; Gerald Ford; Doug Frasier; Bob Grovner; John Hannah; Edgar Harden; Frank Hartman; Alan Holland; Warren Huff; Kellogg Center; Charles Killingsworth; Cecil Mackey; Bill Marshall; Blanche Martin; Phillip May; Kyle McDonald; M Peter McPherson; Frank Merriman; Jim Miller; Oakland University; Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union; AFL-CIO; Joppe's Dairy; G Mennen "Soapy" Williams; student unrest on campus; unionization; Frank Murphy; Stephen Nisbet; Tom Quimby; Kenny Robinson; Robert Shaw; John Shingleton; Louis Shuey; Emil Starr; Don Stevens; Jack Stever; Dennis Thompson; Ken Thompson; Woody Viner; George Welsh; Clifton & Dolores Wharton; Clair White; Joe Wolf; Leonard Woodcoc
A Conversation with Robert Stevens
No full textOn September 30, 2015, Mr. Robert J. Stevens, former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Lockheed Martin Corporation and current Lead Director for the Monsanto Company, sat down in a less formal setting with Dean Daniel F. Attridge and an audience of aspiring CUA lawyers. The purpose of this conversation was to reflect on his experience as well as offer tips and insight to law students as they enter into practice and into leadership positions across this country, in various fields and sectors. A summary of the event is available here
John Loscerbo, Being and Technology. A Study in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger
No full textStevens Bernard. John Loscerbo, Being and Technology. A Study in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger. In: Revue Philosophique de Louvain. Quatrième série, tome 80, n°48, 1982. pp. 705-709
Analysis of genes involved in methanol oxidation in methylobacterium extorquens
No full textIn methylotrophic bacteria such as Methvlobacterium extorauens methanol is oxidised to Armaldehyde by methanol dehydrogenase (MDH) located in the periplasm. From MDH the electrons are passed along an electron transport chain including 2 cytochromes (cytochrome Cl and cytochrome ch) and finally to a terminal oxidase. The protons released from methanol oxidation form a proton motive force that can be utilised by ATP synthase to produce ATP for the energy requirements of the bacteria. Methanol dehydrogenase has a aiPz configuration. The X-ray structure of this enzyme showed that the active site is found in the a-subunit and contains the prosthetic group pyrrolo- quinoline quinone (PQQ). PQQ is sandwiched between the 'ceiling' of the active site formed by a unique disulphide bridge between adjacent cysteines (Cys 103, Cys 104) and the 'floor' of the active site formed by tryptophan 243. The active site of MDH also contains a calcium atom co-ordinated to both PQQ and 2 protein groups (Glu 177, Asn 261). The mechanism by which MDH catalyses the oxidation of methanol is poorly understood but an active site base (Asp 303) has been implicated in the reaction mechanism. There are at least 32 genes implicated in methanol oxidation. Most of these were identified in two species; Methvlobacterium extorquens and Paracoccus denitrificans. Although the functions of some of these genes have been determined many have not. This thesis describes work carried out to produce a site directed mutation in MDH changing aspartate 303 to a glutamate (D303E). Attempts to make mutations at other amino acids of MDH including active site residues (Arg331, Asn261, Glu 177 and Trp243) and a residue implicated in the interaction of MDH with cytochrome CL (Lys205) were unsuccessful probably due to the high GC content of the mxaP gene. To determine the roles of several methanol oxidation genes found in the large operon (mxaFJGIR(S)ACKLDB) in M.extorquens characterisation of mutants strains was undertaken. This indicated that expression of the a and P subunit genes (mxaF and mxal) is dependent upon each other. Mutations in mxaF. I, R, S and C resulted in strains that could not grow on methanol indicating that these genes have an essential role in methanol oxidation. Mutations in mxaD and in the intergenic region between mxaR and mxaS resulted in strains that could grow on methanol but the MDH activity was lower than wild-type MDH. A double mutant MDH which lacks calcium from the active site fmxaA") and contains an active site base mutation (D303E) was produced with the aim of reconstituting this enzyme with barium to produce an enzyme with potential for studying the reaction mechanism. This enzyme could not be reconstituted with calcium or barium probably because of the altered structure of the active site. Many of the site directed mutants of MDH have resulted in low levels of MDH expression and hence limiting characterisation. A study was carried out on the eSects of growth conditions on the expression of MDH from mutant strains of M.extorquens. This work indicated that changing pH, the concentration of tetracycline, the carbon substrates and the concentration of formaldehyde could not increase the expression of MDH from these mutant strains.</p
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