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Lois Lowry talks about her writing
No full textAcclaimed children's author Lois Lowry talks about her writing, plot and character development, and the plot-line of her most recent book "Gossamer." She also discusses the possibilities of a movie based upon her book "The Giver" which would star Jeff Bridges. Lowry is interviewed by Capital Area District Library South Services Coordinator Nicole Wells for the "Author Corner Live" series from CADL
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Oral History Interview with Cameron Lowry, July 2, 2013
No full textAudio log for a recording of an interview with Cameron Lowry, member of the United States Army and Texas National Guard, and ROTC recruiter. In the interview he discusses his decision to join the army, experiences at the New Mexico Military Institute, being stationed in Kuwait, missions with the Texas National Guard, and position as an ROTC recruiter at the University of North Texas. Appendix includes photos of Lowry
An exploration of the outsider's role in selected works by Joseph Conrad, Malcolm Lowry, V.S. Naipaul.
No full textPhDThis thesis explores ways in which the outsider questions rather than confirms
dominant cultural values whilst avoiding the crudity of overt politicisation. I argue
that the outsider's preference for an observer's stance is not so much an act which
denies responsibility to the world of his day, but rather a means of reassessing its
priorities.
In Section One, I discuss Conrad's role as an outsider in the age of Empires. I
demonstrate the ways in which Conrad employs narrators, frequently using strategies
of irony which can be and have been read in very different ways. I argue that Conrad
uses irony as a tool for condemnation rather than condonement of imperialist practice,
if not its ideology.
In Section Two, I discuss Lowry as an emigre from England (so contrasting
him with Conrad, the immigrant from Europe), and examine his dissenting voice
which opposes bourgeois prejudice against the working class, a totalising ideology
like Fascism, and a Western rationalism which sees too rigid a distinction between
sanity and madness. I demonstrate how Lowry as an outsider reacts to the age of
twentieth century World Wars.
In Section Three, I discuss Naipaul's role as an outsider in the age of
decolonisation, when bogus liberals and false redeemers fail to rebuild the newly
independent post-colonial states. As in Conrad's case, I show how a failure to read
Naipaul's ironic tone of voice has given rise to radically divergent views as to what he
is about. I also link Conrad and Naipaul through their cultural negotiation between the
'centre' and its peripheries.
By looking at these three writers in chronological order and offering a
comparative perspective on their work, I highlight the outsider's disturbing, yet
illuminating role within a historical context. I also draw attention to creative tensions
between artistic concerns and a serious political purpose. I assess the outsider as
observer and man of conscience rather than as a` mere onlooker. I conclude that the
outsider also fulfils a social obligation by promoting critical awareness on the reader's
side by means of his defamiliarising perspective
Lois Lowry
No full textProvides an inside look at Lois Lowry, the author of popular novels for young reader
Stephonyx rafaeli Lowry & Kilgallen, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textStephonyx rafaeli sp. nov. (Figs 45–47) Types. Holotype, female, 34.0 mm, AM P.96585, off Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia (32°32.4’S 151°22.8’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 28 March 1994 – 29 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E [NSW-971]. Paratype, male, 26.4 mm, AM P.96586, same collection details as holotype. Type locality. Off Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia (32°32.4’S 151°22.8’E), 1000 m depth. Etymology. Named for the son of the first author on the occasion of his first birthday, 21 January 2014. Additional material examined. New South Wales. 273 specimens, AM P.43443, off Wollongong (34°32.4'S 151°22.8'E), 1000 m, baited trap, 28–29 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E [NSW-971]; 89 specimens, AM P.43451, off Wollongong (34°32.4’S 151°22.8’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 28–29 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E [NSW-972]; 1 specimen, AM P.49816, north-east of Coffs Harbour (30°10.88’S 153°32.22’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 12–13 August 1993, P.B. Berents, R.T. Springthorpe & W. Vader, MV Cheryl Lee [NSW-876]; 26 specimens, AM P.44378, off Wollongong (34°33.42’S 151°21.35’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 6–7 May 1993, P. Freewater & party, MV Robin E [NSW-789]; 193 specimens, AM P.43434, off Wollongong (34°32.4’S 151°22.8’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 28–29 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E [NSW-973]; 2 specimens, AM P.88939, east of Shoalhaven Heads (34°53'S 151°15'E to 34°56'S 151°13'E), 1079 m, trawl, 26 October 1983, FRV Kapala, FRV Kapala [K83-14-06]; 1 specimen, AM P.48123, north-east of Coffs Harbour (30°10.93’ S 153°32.26’E), 963 m, baited trap, 11–12 August 1993, P.B. Berents, R.T. Springthorpe & W. Vader, MV Cheryl Lee [NSW-863]; 242 specimens, AM P.43426, off Wollongong (34°32.4’S 151°22.8’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 27–28 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E [NSW-953]; 173 specimens, AM P.43422, off Wollongong (34°32.4’S 151°22.8’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 27–28 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E [NSW-954]; 45 specimens, AM P.43431, off Wollongong (34°32.4’S 151°22.8’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 27–28 March 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Robin E [NSW-955]; 233 specimens, AM P.44386, off Wollongong (34°33.22’S 151°21.4’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 7–8 May 1993, P. Freewater & party, MV Robin E [NSW-808]; 18 specimens, AM P.44369, off Wollongong (34°33.42’S 151°21.35’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 6–7 May 1993, P. Freewater & party, MV Robin E [NSW-788]; 3 specimens, AM P.43366, north-east of Coffs Harbour (30°10.93’ S 153°32.26’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 8–9 September 1994, J.K. Lowry & K. Dempsey, MV Carrie Ann [NSW-1000]. Queensland. 1 specimen, AM P.57599, east of Flynn Reef (16°37.82’S 146°23.08’E), 1000 m, baited trap, 6–7 June 1993, J.K. Lowry, P. Freewater & W. Vader, RV Sunbird [QLD-930/SEAS]. Description. Based on holotype, female, 34.0 mm, AM P. 96585. Head, lateral cephalic lobe rounded; eyes lageniform. Antenna 1 peduncular article 1 without anterodistal lobe; accessory flagellum with an elongate article 1 (at least twice as long as article 2) partially covering callynophore; 10-articulate, terminal article not offset; primary flagellum with strong 2-field callynophore; calceoli absent. Antenna 2 peduncular article 3 short; articles 3 to 5 not enlarged, brush setae absent; flagellum short; calceoli absent. Labrum, epistome and upper lip separate; epistome less produced than upper lip, broadly rounded; upper lip slightly produced, rounded apically. Mandible molar with asymmetrically reduced column, proximally setose, distally triturating; palp attached about midway, article 2 not broadened distally, article 3 blade-like. Maxilla 1 outer plate setal-tooth 7 present, cuspidate along most of inner margin; palp distal margin with apical robust setae. Maxilliped outer plate with 5 long, slender apical robust setae. Gnathopod 1 chelate; coxa reduced, significantly shorter than coxa 2, subquadrate; basis moderately setose along anterior margin; ischium very long (length 4 × to 6 × breadth); carpus very long (length more than 4 × breadth), slightly longer than propodus, without posterior lobe; propodus margins subparallel, palm obtuse, entire, slightly concave; dactylus simple. Gnathopod 2 propodus palm transverse, straight. Pereopod 4 coxa with a welldeveloped posteroventral lobe. Pereopod 5 coxa without distinct lateral ridge; basis broader than long, posterior margin not serrate. Pereopod 7 basis posterodistally produced less than halfway along merus. Pleonite 3 without mid-dorsal carina, not produced dorsodistally, posterodorsal margin not produced. Epimeron 3 posterior margin smooth, posteroventral corner appearing subquadrate, forming a minute spine. Urosomite 1 not projecting over urosomite 2, with anterodorsal notch and slightly rounded boss. Uropod 2 inner ramus without constriction. Uropod 3 peduncle without dorsolateral flange; outer ramus article 2 short, with strong plumose setae on both rami. Telson deeply cleft, with dorsal robust setae, with 2 apical robust setae on each lobe. Sexually dimorphic characters. Based on paratype, male, 26.4 mm, AM P.96586. Antenna 1 flagellum with very strong 1-field callynophore, calceoli present. Antenna 2 peduncle articles 3–4 with brush setae; calceoli present. Depth range. 963 – 1079 m. Remarks. Based on the keys in Diffenthal and Horton (2007) and Narahara et al. (2012) Stephonyx rafaeli is similar to S. biscayensis. In S. rafaeli the lateral cephalic lobe is apically rounded (apically acute in S. biscayensis), the carpus of the first gnathopod is longer than the propodus (subequal in S. biscayensis), the palm of gnathopod 2 is transverse (slightly acute in S. biscayensis) and the carpus of gnathopod 2 is much shorter in S. rafaeli. Distribution. Australia. Off the east coast from Flynn Reef, Queensland, to Shoalhaven Heads, New South Wales.Published as part of Lowry, J. K. & Kilgallen, N. M., 2014, A generic review of the lysianassoid family Uristidae and descriptions of new taxa from Australian waters (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 3867 (1) on pages 74-75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3867.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/558573
Malcolm Lowry - Detours and Dislocations - Douglas and Dollarton: Proposals for Artworks
No full textA 1/50 scale model of Malcolm Lowry’s 1944 shack at Dollarton, and a carousel, slide-projected, artwork of 80, 35 mm colour slides (Cates Park and Maplewood Mudflats) were exhibited at the Bluecoat, Liverpool as part of the conference proceedings, July 28 - 29, 2017. A conference paper of the same title discussed the research and making of these artworks.As a set of 'Proposals for Artworks' and associated writing this project builds on previous research, which retraces the footsteps of Wirral-born author of Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry. The work emerges from photography and moving image made on location in Vancouver in June 2017. A paper entitled ‘Malcolm Lowry – Detours and Dislocations – Douglas and Dollarton’ was presented at the LJMU conference: Under the Volcano – 70 Years On: An International Malcolm Lowry Conference. A 1/50 scale model of Malcolm Lowry’s 1944 shack at Dollarton, and a carousel, slide-projected, artwork of 80, 35 mm slides (Cates Park and Maplewood Mudflats) was exhibited at the Bluecoat, Liverpool as part of the conference proceedings, July 28 - 29, 2017
Joyce/Lowry: Critical Perspectives
No full textWhile James Joyce was a central figure of high modernism, Malcom Lowry spoke for the next generation of modernist writers and, despite his denials, was almost certainly influenced by Joyce. Wherever the truth lies, there are correspondences and differences to be explored between Joyce and Lowry that are far more interesting than the question of direct influence. Despite numerous differences, their works have much in common: verbal richness, experimentation with narrative structure and perspective, a fascination with cultural and historical forces as well as with the process of artistic creation, and the inclusion of artist figures who are in varying degrees ironic self-portrayals.
The contributors to Joyce/Lowry examine the relationship of these two expatriate writers, both to each other and to broader issues in the study of literary modernism and its aftermath. This collection embraces a variety of approaches. The volume begins with a consideration of Joyce and Lowry as practitioners of Expressionist art and concludes with an essay on John Huston’s cinematic interpretation of works by both writers. In between are explorations of nationalism, anti-Semitism, syphilis, mental illness, and authorial design.
Patrick A. McCarthy, professor of English at the University of Miami, is the author of Forests of Symbols: World, Text, and Self in Malcolm Lowry\u27s Fiction and the editor of Malcolm Lowry\u27s La Mordida.
Paul Tiessen is professor and chair of English at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario and the editor of the Malcolm Lowry Review.
Essays that insightfully explore the relationship between James Joyce and Lowry as well as the modernist era in which they wrote. —American Literary Scholarship
All the essays discuss the larger issues . . . . Valuable to readers looking at literary modernism and its definitions. —Choice
A highly suggestive and useful collection that enlarges out received conception of (a monolithic) modernism and enriches the critical and intertextual dialogue between the two practitioners of its title. —ELT
On firm ground, the authors of the collected essays open new portals of discovery for the reader through a metonymic juxtaposition of two masters of modern literature. . . . McCarthy, Tiessen, and company offer their reader much to ponder and enjoy. —James Joyce Literary Supplement
It is fair to say that there is not a rotten apple in this barrel, and if Patrick McCarthy\u27s introduction focuses tightly on the questions of affinity and influence that provide the immediate critical context for these new considerations of Joyce and Lowry, the entire volume will be of interest to any reader concerned with modernism as a whole. —Letters in Canada
Provides fresh insights into the art of Joyce and of Lowry as well as new understandings of the nature of literary obligation. —Morton P. Levitthttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_english_language_and_literature_british_isles/1093/thumbnail.jp
Two wives of Andrew P. Schow, James Schow, Martin Liston and William Osborn. These people were among the first settlers in Escalante, Utah.
No full textPhoto shows several early settlers of Escalante on the porch of an Escalante house in 1923. Caption from the book "The Mormon Village": "Original pioneers of Escalante photographed by the author in 1923. From left to right: William Osborn, Martin Liston, James Schow, and the two surviving wives of Andrew P. Schow.
Abrahamia pauciflora Randrian. & Lowry
No full text26. Abrahamia pauciflora (Engl.) Randrian. & Lowry, comb. nova. ≡ Protorhus pauciflora Engl. in A. DC. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 313. 1883. Lectotypus (designated here): MADAGASCAR. Prov. Antsiranana: Rég. Diana, Nossibe, I.1850, fl. & y. fr., Boivin 2257 (P [P00580352]!; isolecto-: G!, P [P00364873, P06774888, P06774892]!, MO- 6684876!, TAN!). Description Trees 6-11 m tall, 11-15 cm DBH; young branch tips covered with short and appressed indument. Leaves opposite or subopposite; blade obovate, 3.9-9.2 3 1.8-4 cm, chartaceous, apex rounded to emarginate, margin undulate, base cuneate to attenuate, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface with scattered short appressed indument, venation craspedodromous, midvein prominent abaxially, secondary veins 14-17 pairs, more or less parallel and ascending, 3-9 mm apart, widely spaced at leaf mid-section, raised on both surfaces or some impressed near margin, tertiary veins impressed, not very visible, especially on adaxial surface; petiole 8-15 mm, c. 1 mm in diam., canaliculate on adaxial surface, covered with short, appressed indument when young, glabrescent. Inflorescence always axillary, a panicle, very short, up to 1.5 cm long, with no more than 5 flowers, axes strigose. Male flowers unknown. Female flowers 5-merous, small, c. 1 mm long, subtended by a triangular bract with indument; pedicel 1 mm long; calyx lobes depressed ovate, very small, 0.5 3 1 mm, glabrous on both surfaces; corolla lobes ovate, thick, c. 2 x 1 mm, glabrous on both surfaces; staminodes with filaments c. 0.8 mm long, glabrous, anthers c. 0.3 mm long, ovoid, sterile, glabrous; disk cupuliform, glabrous, c. 1.5 mm in diam.; ovary spherical glabrous, style short, thick, 0.5 mm long. Fruits unknown. Distribution, ecology and phenology Abrahamia pauciflora is restricted to NW Madagascar, where it has been collected on the island of Nosy Be and in the Ambongo-Boina area (Map 6) in humid forest. Material with floral buds and flowers has been collected in November and January (the fruiting period is not known). Conservation status With a minimum AOO of 4 km 2 and a single known extant subpopulation, which is within a protected area (Ampasindava), and considering that the historical locality at Maevarano was documented in 1908, well more than 3 generations ago, A. pauciflora is assigned a preliminary conservation status of “Least Concern’’ [LC] using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (IUCN, 2012). Notes Abrahamia pauciflora can easily be distinguished from other members of the genus by the combination of its leaves with an attenuate base and very widely spaced secondary veins (to 9 mm apart in the median section of the blade), and very short inflorescence (not exceeding 1.5 cm long) usually bearing only 1-5 flowers. Contrary to what is indicated in many online databases, the name Protorhus pauciflora (≡ Abrahamia pauciflora) was not treated in ENGLER (1881: 421 or 422), but rather was published two years later by the same author in his treatment of Anacardiaceae for the Monographiae Phanerogamarum (ENGLER, 1883: 313). Curiously, ENGLER (1883) erroneously cited that name as having been published in his earlier work (ENGLER, 1881: 421). While one of the specimens of Boivin 2257 in the Paris herbarium has the handwritten word ‘type’ on the label, this was probably added subsequent to the publication of Protorhus pauciflora. We have chosen to designate this specimen as the lectotype because it bears Boivin’s original label. Two additional specimens of Boivin 2257 have labels indicating that they came from Mayotte in the Comoro Islands, but as indicated subsequently by Perrier de la Bâthie (in herb.), they are without question part of the same gathering as the material from Nossi Be. Additional material examined MADAGASCAR. Prov. Antsiranana: Ampasindava, forêt d’Andranomatavy, 13°40’40’’S 47°58’35’’E, 215 m, 2.XII.2009, bud, Ammann et al. 467 (G, MO, P, TEF); ibid. loco, 13°40’04’’S 47°59’21’’E, 295 m, 25.XI.2009, fl., Madiomanana et al. 272 (G, MO, P, TEF). Prov. Mahajanga: Morarivo, Maevarano, près de Majunga, [15°56’S 46°31’E], VII.1908, ster., Perrier de la Bâthie 2341 (P).Published as part of Randrianasolo, Armand, Lowry II, Porter P. & Schatz, George E., 2017, Taxonomic treatment of Abrahamia Randrian. & Lowry, a new genus of Anacardiaceae from Madagascar, pp. 1-152 in Boissiera 71 on pages 111-112, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.761811
Confidence Interval for the Estimated Mean of a Population
No full textGiven a sample of N values of X randomly drawn from a normally distributed population, this program will calculate the .95 and .99 confidence intervals (CI) for the estimated mean of the population. Data entry is simple, author Richard Lowry has allowed users to import data directly from a spreadsheet. This is a great resource for easy statistical calculations
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