Analysis of Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Sharer

In late 1909, Joseph Conrad broke off working on his political novel about Russia, Under Western Eyes, to write the short story "The Secret-Sharer: An Episode from the Sea." First issued in two parts in 1910, in the August and September issues of Harper’s Monthly Magazine, it was later published, in October 1912, as the second of three stories in the collection ’Twixt Land and Sea: Tales. The story is generally accepted as Conrad’s rewriting of a killing, subsequent escape, and apparent suici...

KesselsKramer calls on 25 creatives to redesign the Risk of Fire warning sign

KesselsKramer calls on 25 creatives to redesign the Risk of Fire warning signAs part of London Fire Brigade’s inaugural LDF exhibition, London-based creatives reimagine a piece of enduring graphic design, synonymous with the fire service. The Warning: Risk of Fire symbol is unchanging for good reason – immediate familiarity is crucial when it comes to any warning sign. However, that doesn’t mean the design can’t be revisited and celebrated for fulfilling this essential role, something Kes...

The Charters in the Margin of Matthew Paris’s Chronica Maiora - Medievalists.net

The Charters in the Margin of Matthew Paris’s Chronica Maiora By Meghan WoolleyMatthew Paris’s Chronica maiora is famous for its illustrations: maps of Great Britain, the murder of an archbishop, and an elephant gifted to England’s King Henry III. But as I sat in the archive, reading Matthew’s own copy of the Chronica, something else caught my eye: small charters drawn in the margins, reproduced in meticulous detail down to their colorful seals.It’s common for English chronicles to include ma...

Is Mental Illness REAL?

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Revelation

Revelation (idea) See all of Revelation, there are 9 more in this node. (idea) by jooky (18.2 y) Rep: 16 ( +27 / -11 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Wed Aug 06 2003 at 2:44:55 What Karl Barth says about revelation "Revelation is God’s self-offering and self-manifestation." - - - from line 5, page 36 of Karl Barth, "The Revelation of God as the Abolition of Religion," in John Hick & Brian Hebblethwaite, eds., CHRISTIANITY AND OTHER RELIGIONS, Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980. In this senten...

Metalucid Dreaming

Dream Log: March 17, 2001 (idea) See all of Dream Log: March 17, 2001, there are 2 more in this node. I had a dream about lucid dreams. No kidding! Prologue: I had just come home from the bar. It was three AM. While I was brushing my teeth i remembered the e2 node about lucid dreams and tried to levitate the soap dispenser. It didn't happen, as expected. Then I went to bed. Sometime in the early morning I started having these dreams. The first one was about an environmental...

Festival of the Federation - World History Encyclopedia

Festival of the Federation Definition Listen to this article Festival of the Federation Isidore Stanislas Helman (Public Domain) The Festival of the Federation (Fête de la Fédération) was a celebration that occurred on the Champ de Mars outside Paris on 14 July 1790, the first anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille. With over 300,000 people in attendance, the event honored the achievements of the French Revolution (1789-99) and the unity of the French people. ...

Zombies (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Summary of some interesting entries from the online dictionary of Symbols from University of Michigan

Sulfur as hellSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/sulfur.html Sulfur According to Christian legend, sulfur is associated with HELL and the Devil (Cooper, 1978), and is often referred to as brimstone. Up one level Back to document index ShadowSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/shadow.html ShadowWith light, the shadow is the Chinese yin and yang; shadows are often identified with a person...

Fomenko’s New Chronology – Ctruth

Fomenko’s New Chronology Links The History: https://ctruth.today/2019/05/26/the-history-of-fomenkos-new-chronology/ The Bibliography: https://ctruth.today/2019/02/03/bibliography-of-fomenkos-new-chronology/ The Examination: https://ctruth.today/2020/10/01/examining-fomenkos-new-chronology/ Horoscopes: https://ctruth.today/2019/01/18/new-chronology-zodiac-list/ Critiques: https://ctruth.today/2020/01/23/arguments-against-fomenkos-new-chronology/ Miscellaneous: https:...

Natural Disasters and Media Markers Through The Ages

"Natural Disasters" & Houdini Escaping DeathKubrick: Clockwork OrangeHalloween 1978/DallasStar Trek Gen: "Sauron"Roots, RainbowChrono TriggerLOTR:EternalsBrontosaurusUpdates 1: GrimesCurse of the ColonelUpdate 2: Musk + Monarchy TransitionAs a child I was shepherded into believing many things I no longer believe in. Trying to ascertain who to trust is hard as I’ve learned the common accepted answer is rarely the accurate one.Do you trust the News media? Scientists? Can you even trust the ...

Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Download PDF lleged by their publisher, Nilus, that the documents were stolen by a woman and were given to Russians, who first published them. No one has ever personally identified the woman. 3. The Russians, who first published the "Protocols," admitted that they did not see the original manuscript, but came into possession only of copies of the original. 4. The first publisher in book form, Nilus, a Russian, admitted that he could not prove the authenticity of the document. PROTOCOLS OF TH...

Horror Movies of the 2010s - Best of

31+ Best Horror Movies of the 2010sSourceURL: https://creepycatalog.com/best-horror-movies-of-the-2010s/The 2010s were transformative years for mainstream horror movies. The decade began by carrying over trends established in the 2000s, trends that were gradually supplanted. Remakes of classic horror movies dominated the 2000s, but unimaginative cash-ins like A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010) gave way to some really great remakes like Evil Dead (2013). Similarly, legacy sequels and "requels" l...

Narrative Medicine - and other clips from The New Yorker 22 Aug 2022 print edition

Wrangling the Western Metaphor: Charles Belden’s Wyoming Imagery

Reaching the Pitchfork Ranch in the 1920s wasn’t easy. In fact, it was arduous. Imagine yourself on the trek. After transferring at the Billings, Montana, branch line to the end of the rails in Cody, Wyoming, a light horse-drawn stage drives you over rutted dirt roads to Meeteetse, a little town some forty miles to the southeast. The delights of Meeteetse entail a hotel room shared with two to three other guests, a barber shop with a wood burning stove boiling hot water for the town’s only pu...

Blue LED light

Gallium Nitride - maybe worth further exploration for metaphorical or storytelling purposes. -zas Blue LED (thing) See all of Blue LED, there are 2 more in this node. Blue LEDs are usually manufactured in clear cases using gallium nitride. There are narrow beam bright ones that you can find in those personal LED flashlights, and dimmer ones that radiate all around, most often used as indicator lights in home electronics.Blue LEDs are COOL. I've changed my PC's case LEDs, my keyboar...

A silence that escapes, how it plagues my wandering thought (idea) by hamster bong - Everything2.com

A silence that escapes, how it plagues my wandering thought (idea) See all of A silence that escapes, how it plagues my wandering thought, no other writeups in this node. (idea) by hamster bong (3.7 d) Rep: 20 ( +27 / -7 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Mon Jul 24 2000 at 22:00:38 a broken heart is more beautiful to me and you, as a weeping mess, i find it drawing they called it gorgeous tragedy when the brightness left your eyes and the glow about your person slipped away still i could no...

Authorial Intent - PEL.mp3

Big Red Horses

Man o’ WarSeabiscuitSeabiscuit FilmEarhartSecretariatPhar LapBelmontMister Ed & Pol PotLBJ: SnippyBig RedMLPHeckP.S. DIY Hair CutThere are a handful of horses in history that have dominated news headlines for long stretches of time.Seabiscuit, Secretariat, and Man O’War are the tops on most lists of greatest race horses.However, much like the obsessions afforded to sports stars it’s not that we are dealing with a super creature born for some reason far greater than their peers, but instea...

Kyle Smith on writing and joking - National Review 1 Aug 2022 print edition

Gutenberg and Goldsmithing

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Contemporary English Homers - Homer in Print - The University of Chicago Library

Contemporary English Homers During the second half of the twentieth century and continuing into the twenty-first, poets, classicists, and others have produced an astounding number of distinguished English translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. This may be surprising at first, since the study of Greek and of the Homeric te...

Soil classification - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Soil classification (idea) by Princess Therion Thu Feb 05 2004 at 12:27:02 Ah, the joys of Geography. While some might not find the concept of soil classification very interesting and some may in-fact wonder why we need it all, it is actually a very important factor that people such as farmers and town planners have to take into account. By classifying soils it is easier to make predictions about how they will behave over time,...

Recent celebrity deaths as they relate to a Foreign Flying Fox discussed by a Remote Control Dolphin

"Assassination"RushFox NewsAll in the FamilyWayneFlying FoxMiami DolphinsDolphins Losing StreakDolphin & FoxEchidna & FoxPS: Personal Thoughts, Spec, Design The biggest news of the month hit just as I made my last post. Let’s go thru it. "Assassination" 07/08/2022 Shinzo Abe, former prime minister of Japan, assassinated at campaign event https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-07-07/japan-shinzo-abe-shot I put "Assassination" in quotation mark...

Coffee - Elixir of Life - National Review