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The Entourage Effect at Finnegans Wake 1
The Entourage Effect At Finnegans Wake 1 The Entourage Effect At Finnegans Wake The Entourage Effect At Finnegans Wake. Steven James Pratt 2 The Entourage Effect At Finnegans Wake FORE WORDS Cannabis and Finnegans Wake are two of my favourite things, and I’ve been engaging with both for over twenty years. This paper pulls from, and pushes upon my experiences, and attempts to roll-it-all-up into a practical guide-cone. Not only a theoretical series of “what ifs,” but also a helpful introduction to the book and to the flower, “seedsmanchap” (FW, 221.) with luck enhancing the experience of reading and the positive effects of cannabis. If you’re already bored, scroll to the bottom and follow some of the links. Finnegans Wake (FW) for me, serves up the perfect antidote for those who do not read much these days. FW is the book for you, today. Get stuck in, light up, lighten up, there’s no right or wrong way to speak it aloud just try and make it new, explore your accents, keep it fresh. Use it as a doorstop, just go get a copy and let it grow on you. In the post-truth era of corporate-state controlled news’ media outlets, we might all use a lil’ linguistic and semantical earthquake, to shake loose the lies and dislodge the tantalizing deceits, and to rattle the vacuous gossip columns to pieces. Finnegans Wake, mixed with cannabis is my best bet, my offering, for a universal toolkit to help break on through to the other side with enough laughs and some shrieks of joy to prevent you crying yourself to sleep in depression at the state of the planet. -
Democratic Citizenship in the Heart of Empire Dissertation Presented In
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AMERICAN EDUCATION: Democratic Citizenship in the Heart of Empire Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of the Ohio State University Thomas Michael Falk B.A., M.A. Graduate Program in Education The Ohio State University Summer, 2012 Committee Members: Bryan Warnick (Chair), Phil Smith, Ann Allen Copyright by Thomas Michael Falk 2012 ABSTRACT Chief among the goals of American education is the cultivation of democratic citizens. Contrary to State catechism delivered through our schools, America was not born a democracy; rather it emerged as a republic with a distinct bias against democracy. Nonetheless we inherit a great demotic heritage. Abolition, the labor struggle, women’s suffrage, and Civil Rights, for example, struck mighty blows against the established political and economic power of the State. State political economies, whether capitalist, socialist, or communist, each express characteristics of a slave society. All feature oppression, exploitation, starvation, and destitution as constitutive elements. In order to survive in our capitalist society, the average person must sell the contents of her life in exchange for a wage. Fundamentally, I challenge the equation of State schooling with public and/or democratic education. Our schools have not historically belonged to a democratic public. Rather, they have been created, funded, and managed by an elite class wielding local, state, and federal government as its executive arms. Schools are economic institutions, serving a division of labor in the reproduction of the larger economy. Rather than the school, our workplaces are the chief educational institutions of our lives. -
2. Mondo 2000'S New Media Cool, 1989-1993
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) The web as exception: The rise of new media publishing cultures Stevenson, M.P. Publication date 2013 Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Stevenson, M. P. (2013). The web as exception: The rise of new media publishing cultures. General rights It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulations If you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl) Download date:02 Oct 2021 2. Mondo 2000’s new media cool, 1989-1993 To understand how it was possible for the web to be articulated as an exceptional medium when it surfaced in the 1990s - that is, as a medium that would displace its mass and mainstream predecessors while producing web-native culture - one must see the historical and conceptual ties between web exceptionalism and cyberculture. -
Do You Believe in the Lord and Saviour Cthulhu?
Do you believe in the Lord and Saviour Cthulhu? The application of Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos in Western Esotericism Nadine Eekhout s1526804 M.A. Davidsen 2018-2019 MA Theology and Religious Studies thesis 09-07-2019 1 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 H.P Lovecraft: Writer or Prophet? .................................................................................... 3 1.2 Introduction to Cthulhu Mythos ...................................................................................... 5 1.3 Introduction Fiction-based Religions ............................................................................... 7 1.4 Lovecraftian Magick: From Fiction to Magick ................................................................ 10 2. Method ................................................................................................................................ 12 3. Analyzing the Man, the Mythos and the Magick ............................................................... 15 3.1 Adaptations of Lovecraftian magick into an existing religious frame….……….……………..15 3.1.1 The Church of Satan: Cthulhu versus Satan .......................................................... 15 3.1.2 Temple of Set ....................................................................................................... 16 3.1.3 Grant’s Typhonian Order ..................................................................................... -
Downloaded From: Usage Rights: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Deriva- Tive Works 4.0
Colton, David, G (2019) Canned chance - the commodification of aleatory art practice. Doctoral thesis (PhD), Manchester Metropolitan University. Downloaded from: https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/623579/ Usage rights: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Deriva- tive Works 4.0 Please cite the published version https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk Canned Chance - The commodification of aleatory art practice. David G Colton A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Manchester Metropolitan University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Manchester School of Art Manchester Metropolitan University 2019 1 | David Colton Abstract: My practice involves re-imagining aleatory art systems and practices to create products that push the user into a direct relationship with chance. Initial research revealed that modernist aleatory practices have largely been recuperated into the canon of contemporary art techniques. It was my intention to re- invigorate these practices by re-imagining them in a new context outside of art practice: to change perspectives, ‘reality tunnels’ and to transcend culture and social conditioning. There are differences between work that has been made using chance in the creative process, and work that pushes the artist or viewer into chance encounters and situations and exploring the differences between them has been an important part of this project. The resulting works situate the user within the chance process, and in effect, make them the subject of their own experimentation and practice. My insights and discoveries develop out of a range of experimental artistic works that critically examine the re-imagining and commodification of chance processes. This thesis documents the development of each work in a series of chapters which also explain the research and developmental processes, in addition to setting the works in a theoretical and contextual framework. -
In the Supreme Court of the United States ______CAROL ANNE BOND, PETITIONER
No. 12-158 In the Supreme Court of the United States ________________ CAROL ANNE BOND, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES, RESPONDENT _______________ ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ________________ BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE DAVID BOYLE IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT _________________ David Boyle Counsel of Record P.O. Box 15143 Long Beach, CA 90815 [email protected] (734) 904-6132 1 AMICUS CURIAE STATEMENT OF INTEREST The present amicus curiae, David Boyle (herein- after, “Amicus”),1 is respectfully filing this Brief in Support of Respondent in Case 12-158 (“Bond”).2 Amicus wishes to expand on the comments on Bond in his July 1, 2013 amicus brief, see id. at 11-14, supporting Petitioner in Schuette v. BAMN.3 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT To overturn Missouri v. Holland, 252 U.S. 416 (1920), or to overturn casually the Third Circuit in this case, may fly from reason, any purported “federalism”, “tyranny”, or other arguments notwithstanding. ARGUMENT Amicus is suspicious of extreme federal power, including, e.g., excessive spying on Americans. However, that does not mean all surveillance of Americans is wrong, nor that NSA employees should defect to Russia. Similarly, the specter of possible federal encroachment on States’ power does not imply that the Court should geld the President or Senate, vis-à-vis treaty power or otherwise. In Bond, prosecution of Ms. Bond with a chemi- cal-weapons-related statute (“§ 229”) may arguendo 1 No party or its counsel wrote or helped write this brief, or gave money to its writing or submission, see S. -
Anderson & Associates Reduces Tunnel Interior Measurement Time
Anderson & Associates Reduces Tunnel Interior Measurement Time by 60% Using Laser Scanners Tunnel & Mining / As-Built Documentation For this project, A&A used a FARO Laser Scanner and ATS Real Reality Tunnel software to model the complete interiors of the tunnels and structures in 60% less time than is traditionally required. “The FARO scanner turned out to be ideal for this project. Its high scanning speed made it possible to complete the job in a fraction of the time required by the conventional method.” The Heartland Corridor is the most ambitious railroad engineering project of the last century. The project required increasing the vertical clearance of 28 tunnels and removing 24 overhead obstructions. Anderson & Associates (A&A) was hired to document the tunnels in order to check final clearances and provide a record for maintenance. Anderson & Associates (www.andassoc.com) is headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia and has offices in West Virginia and North Carolina as well. A&A is a professional design firm that specializes in civil and environmental engineering, surveying, planning, and landscape architecture. Since 1968, they have served as planners, designers, stewards, and advocates for institutional, municipal, state, industrial, and private sector clients. For this project, A&A used a FARO Laser Scanner and ATS Real Reality Tunnel (RRT) software to model the complete interiors of the tunnels and structures in 60% less time than is traditionally required. “In addition to saving huge amounts of time, laser scanning made it possible to model the complete interior of the tunnel,” said Neil Martin, Project Manager & Associate Vice President Surveying. -
Wanted Dead Or Alive, Or Both
books & arts Wanted dead or alive, or both The Quantum would look (don’t even try to imagine superpositions. On the way they introduce Divide: Why entangled states), it might be better to think complementarity, quantum tunnelling, Schrödinger’s Cat is of a dead and alive cat. This image is neither delayed‑choice experiments and quantum Either Dead or Alive particularly illuminating nor beautiful — teleportation. The physics behind these perhaps even disturbing for cat‑lovers — but quantum phenomena is explained in detail, By Christopher at least it feels tangible. from the workings of beam‑splitters and C. Gerry and Kimberley Writing about quantum mechanics in polarizers to more complex arrangements, M. Bruno scientifically accurate and yet intuitive terms such as the Mach–Zehnder and Hong– is hard. There are countless books on the Ou–Mandel interferometers. And although OXFORD UNIV. PRESS: subject, approaching it from every possible the authors touch on such varied topics, 2013. 197PP. $44.95. angle (for example, How to Teach Quantum they manage to maintain a steady flow Physics to your Dog, Quantum Theory and an overall sense of coherence (no Cannot Hurt You, Quantum: A Guide for the pun intended). uantum mechanics and quantum Perplexed and Who’s Afraid of Schrödinger’s All the discussions eventually lead to the information feature many eccentric Cat?), and it is amazing how many of central theme of The Quantum Divide: the Qcharacters, from the personality‑split these have cats on their covers. But The question of where to draw the line between photon to the omnipresent Alice and Quantum Divide: Why Schrödinger’s Cat is the quantum and classical worlds — if Bob. -
Wilson, Robert Anton Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007) Was An
D. G. Robertson, “Wilson, Robert Anton” Forthcoming in: E. Asprem (ed.), Dictionary of Contemporary Esotericism Preprint manuscript of: D. G. Robertson, “Wilson, Robert Anton”, Dictionary of Contemporary Esotericism (ed. E. Asprem), Leiden: Brill. Archived at ContERN Repository for Self-Archiving (CRESARCH) https://contern.org/cresarch/cresarch-repository/ Feb. 5, 2019. Wilson, Robert Anton Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007) was an American writer, known for the Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975, co-written with Robert Shea) and the autobiographical Cosmic Trigger (1977). He had a considerable influence upon the popularisation of “invented” religions, conspiracy theories, and Chaos Magick. Wilson was involved in early Discordianism, a satirical religion invented in 1957 by Greg Hill and Kerry Thornley, two Californian high school friends. It was based upon light-hearted worship of Eris, the Goddess of Chaos, and the philosophical position that all order is illusory, and salvation lies in embracing chaos and silliness. Discordianism developed largely through correspondence with a slowly expanding circle of smart, young, (mostly) white, male atheists, including Wilson. The material developed was compiled by Hill and published as the Principia Discordia in 1969. Wilson’s contributions included some conspiracist material on the Bavarian Illuminati, references to writers HP Lovecraft and James Joyce, and the “23 Enigma”, which states that once you are aware of it, you will start to see the number twenty-three everywhere. Discordianism provided many of the characters and themes of Illuminatus!, which Wilson was writing at the time with Robert Shea. While working as associate editors for Playboy, the two became fascinated by the many letters the magazine received spinning elaborate conspiratorial narratives concerning the Illuminati, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Vatican and the Kennedys. -
Self Ascription Paper – “My Reality Tunnel”
Self Ascription Paper – “My Reality Tunnel” Kenneth Kim Student ID #262276 University of Calgary Submitted to: Dr. D. Yee EDER 619.07 – Site Based Decision Making June 18th, 2003 EDER 619.07 – Site Based Decision Making 1 Kenneth Kim – Student # 262276 University of Calgary A parable is a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson. "A Parable serves as a laboratory where great things are condensed in a small space" (Turner, 1996). However, it is not as simple as that as the interpretation(s) of the story is really what sets parables from other forms of literary work. It uses common language relying on imagery and ordinary experiences to explain a phenomenon. "At the heart of the parabolic method lies a recognition of the power of language in our lives, to awaken the imagination, to stir the will, to shape our very understanding of reality and to call us into being and response" (Slee, 1985). The purpose of this self-ascription paper is to give my interpretation of Franz Kafka’s ‘A Parable About a Parable’ and relate this to my reality tunnel. Kafka’s parable is about the choices we make from the moral attitudes we hold. We are all born with our Id. The Id is in place to meet our basic needs for survival in our first three years of life. It is often called the pleasure principle, as it demands for immediate satisfaction. The next stage of development involves our Ego. In this stage, we are now aware and understand that other people have needs as well. -
Social Influence on Route Choice in a Virtual Reality Tunnel Fire
Transportation Research Part F 26 (2014) 116–125 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Transportation Research Part F journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/trf Social influence on route choice in a virtual reality tunnel fire q ⇑ Max Kinateder a, , Enrico Ronchi b,1, Daniel Gromer a, Mathias Müller a, Michael Jost a, Markus Nehfischer a, Andreas Mühlberger a,c, Paul Pauli a a University of Würzburg, Department of Psychology I, Marcusstr. 9-11, D-97072 Würzburg, Germany b Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden2 c University of Regensburg, Department of Psychology (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy), Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany article info abstract Article history: Introduction: Evacuation from tunnel fire emergencies requires quick decision-making and Received 20 October 2013 swift action from the tunnel occupants. Social influence (SI) has been identified as an Received in revised form 17 April 2014 important factor in evacuation. Accepted 21 June 2014 Methods: Two experimental groups were immersed into a virtual road tunnel fire. In the SI group participants saw a virtual agent moving on the shortest route to the nearest emer- gency exit. In the control group, participants were alone. Destination and exit choices were Keywords: analyzed using functional analysis and inferential statistics. Fire evacuation Results: SI affected route choice during evacuation but not destination choice: There were Social influence Travel paths no group differences regarding destination choice. Participants in the SI group were more Tunnel fire likely to choose a route similar to the virtual agent. Participants in the control group were Virtual reality more likely to choose a longer route along the tunnel walls. -
The 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness As a Model for Rhetorical Theory
Hendry/1 The 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness as a Model for Rhetorical Theory John Hendry Hendry/2 The 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness as a Model for Rhetorical Theory Introduction The connection between rhetoric and consciousness has been made mostly implicitly and in parts. Various scholars have made claims about the epistemic1 and ontological2 components of rhetoric, but few rhetorical theorists have directly attempted to link rhetoric to a more holistic view of consciousness. Perhaps the closest rhetoric has come to its own theorists of consciousness are Eric Havelock (The Muse Learns to Write, 1986) and Walter Ong (Orality and Literacy, 1982), whose work engages with the ways in which technological change and language have produced new forms of consciousness we may call rhetorical, but these studies of consciousness are constrained to particular epochs in history. While we may find useful analogies for modern living, neither Havelock nor Ong make claims about the current state of consciousness or its connection to the mediated rhetorical landscape of the twenty-first century. Ong’s central claim in Orality and Literacy is that “writing restructures consciousness” (77). He explains this change by saying that “the critical and unique breakthrough into new worlds of knowledge was achieved within human consciousness not when simple semiotic marking was devised but when a coded system of visible marks was invented whereby a writer could determine the exact words that the reader would generate from the text” (83). This insight, coming hundreds of years after the invention of writing and literacy, stands in stark contrast to 1 Robert Scott’s “On Viewing Rhetoric as Epistemic” (1967) produced a lively debate which drew in scholars like Michael Leff, Barry Brummett, and Sonja Foss over the years.