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The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 9.0966 Thursday, 8 October 1998.
Date: Thursday, 8 Oct 1998 10:56:56 +1000 (GMT+1000)
Subject: 9.0962 Thesis Proposal
Comment: Re: SHK 9.0962 Thesis Proposal
Jason, some thoughts on your honors thesis proposal...
First, my congratulations on developing such a thoughtful proposal. Few
undergraduates have the skills or patience to think critical issues
through as you have done here. I envy your faculty at UBC the
opportunity of working with you.
You plan to investigate "ways and reasons" that Christian and pagan
readings are "produced." "Produced" is the key term here; as you survey
the critical literature, don't forget why you chose "produced" rather
than, say "created." Also, leave open to yourself the option of
altering your thesis after you have completed your "thorough
Consider whether you really mean that *Shakespeare* is "advocating" a
dissolution of hierarchies, or whether *the text* advocates such a
Remember that when you discuss Shakespeare's "characters and audience"
that there have been and are countless audiences, and that the
characters as well are mediated by many contingent factors.
What exactly do you mean by "alone in their respective universes"?
Also, keep in mind that "redemptive, humanist morality" will need much
explanation, definition and delimitation.
Good luck! -- Karen Peterson-Kranz


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-100 to rib for having 900+ posts
-100 to rib for having 900+ posts
woah woah woaaah, -20 to ribcage for stealing my points +40 to myself to replenish what was lost and make up for the embarrassment and -1 to weedeater for being a buzz kill
-500 to phat for not being here when i need +200 to me for being a cool kid 8)
+1 to this bar for having wifi, fuck you data plan, im on some free ish.... except for this beer
haha -1 to me for being too young to hit the bars
-1,000,000,000 to mase for being jealous of my magnificent 900 posts. BS is gonna have a party when i reach 1000
-10 to ian for thinking he can subtract points from me
who's keeping score of this?!
*Reads page*
.... Ya'll *****s' is some gay ass *****s'...
*Walks away into the distance*
*reads posts above*
*dies instantly from the retardedness*
They also found an extinguisher in his trunk with my prints on it, and it's a federal offense to steal a fire extinguisher... who knew?
I have court on the 8th next month, and it looks like I'll be getting off with community service and a fine. My boys doing 2 years though. Yay for justice.
How can they prove that you stole it? Im pretty sure you can purchase fire extinguishers. Unless their was serial # on it linking it to a business... which is highly unlikely. Yall are dumb for parking somewhere that has surveillance, dude at 7 11 prolly ratted yall out. All 7 11's have a no loitering policy
Its also a felony to chop dpwn/ break a tree if its not on your property
damn ma man seems like everyone gets busted on some gay ass shit. Its bull that they can just fuckin pull out guns on you because you "look like suspects" of somethin you didnt even do
yeah man, dont forget to use that gun pulling shit against them in court, they have no right at all to pull their guns at you unless you were posing a direct threat. you can fuck them up real bad with that shit, and you have your friends as witnesses that they did, so yo, don't go down easy
And yeah the gun thing is bullshit and we're splitting the cost for a real lawyer for this. Maybe we'll get the case dismissed on that. They had no real reason to arrest us, just because we're 3 males shouldn't make us suspects. My friends probably still gonna get it for the scale and weed though.
On the brightside I'm taking a 1/4 of shrooms and seeing the hangover 2 opening night.
anything is possible with a lawyer, just as anything is possible (for the state) without a lawyer. I could type a book on the possibilities of the situation based on law, but i wont. all ill say is i have a boy with 3 dui's that still has his license, never done community service, and the only thing he's ever paid was a court fee (and obviously his lawyers fee). talking about the guns being drawn thing, ive always heard and have been told personally by a lawyer when i posed the question, that if the cops pull their guns and you dont have shit for a weapon on you, turn your back and run. IF they shoot you, as opposed to using a tazer, they will issue a "non lethal takedown", because your back is turned. which basically means you get shot in the leg. then when they search you and find absolutely nothing, the ball is in your court, because youll have lawyers knocking down your door trying to get their name and wallet on the case, because you have a 99-100 chance of winning.
ive also had a friend get popped with a felony amount of buddha, bags, and scales when he was arrested, his lawyer got it down to a misdemeanor possession. did 6 months probation and it was expunged.
on a side note, i love working for myself. today i woke up at 7 am like always, and didnt feel like getting up, so i went back to sleep and got up at 11. then cut some potatoes slices and baked them. then made myself a lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and chicken breast sub, along with some oregano, thai basil, rosemary, and cilantro i grow chopped up and spread around with some olive oil. ate that bitch, and took a nap until 2. got up and rolled a hogleg, went and laid in my hammock and sparked it up. fell asleep outside until our dogs decided they wanted to go back in and eat around 4. then I went down to the quarry and caught 3 largemouths and a few crappie. hit another fill in walking back to my car on one of the rockfaces. now i have a samuel smiths imperial stout sitting in front of me and another phillie im splitting. after this me and my girl are probably going downtown and hitting up a hookah bar. how was your day?
Last edited by weedeater; 05-11-2011 at 06:13 PM.
man fuck you^ lol havin a nice day and shit, how dare you. getting faded and smoking some shisha sounds real nice. I need to invest in a hookah. Got to find a homie or someone who wants 1 too so i can get a deal
Last edited by ribcage; 05-11-2011 at 06:22 PM.
i woke up at fuckin 6am, grabbed a fast sandwich for breakfast, hurried off to uni, got pissed off at the teacher and argued with him, went back to my parents' place for quick lunch and quick fight, then ran to catch the bus to work, worked like a dog, got in a fight with my supervisor about how I'm not allowed to use the internet during work hours but he's allowed to go smoke the shisha across the street. walked back home, had a sandwich for dinner, surfed the web a bit, and now I'm heading to bed. tomorrow's gonna be the same thing...
except that instead of work, I have the shift off so I can be present at the launching and signing of this new graff book that contains some of my pieces, it's called "Arabic Graffiti" by FromHereToFame publishing. a lotta drinking and partying and all the media and all the other writers are gonna be there, we gon be signing that shit for fans and shit, it's gonna be off the hinges. also, going for some throw n tag afterwards at night. lol
seems to me you really like sandwiches
single guy living alone. it's all I eat :P
in other news, this is what the panoramic view from my classroom looks like today:
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Lauren Conrad Should Think Before She Tweets
But it's not all fun and games for the princess of Laguna Beach (as is typically the case with LC)… Because it's not really a party unless there's some drama, right?
Not only did the former reality star walk out of The Office–one of Cabo's most well-known tourist restaurants–over what she describes as anti-gay policies… She tweeted to her 3.25 million fans about the incident, and her bestie Lo Bosworth even went as far as to encourage people to stop eating there.
Being a staunch supporter of equality and same-sex marriage, I feel comfortable enough to say: Lauren, you're wrong.
I've been traveling to Cabo San Lucas every year for five years, sometimes twice a year, and eaten at The Office at least twice during every trip. The fun part about this restaurant is that it's on the beach, and they often play fun games with everyone at the tables. Sometimes it's individual games; sometimes it's you and a friend; sometimes it's couples.
The Office in Cabo does not allow same sex couples to participate in couple games. Had to walk out. #equality #StopTheHate
— Lauren Conrad (@LaurenConrad) June 20, 2014
LC declared in her tweet that The Office doesn't allow same-sex couples to participate in the games… Which isn't true. There have been countless occasions in which I've personally witnessed gay couples play the games. However, I realize Lauren could have had a completely different experience, and on this particular night, perhaps there was some miscommunication… In which she has every right to leave on her own accord and feel good about her decision.
But… To tweet about it to her millions and millions of followers? Without talking to the manager or making sure her accusations were true before she publicly bashed a restaurant in which is quite possibly the sole provider for many of the workers and their families?
This is where I get upset. The Office alone provides hundreds of people with food and shelter. Tourism is the #1 way families in Cabo make money… The restaurant business is their life line, and speaking as someone who's seen it first hand multiple times, the employees work their asses off to please their customers. They spray the ground beneath your feet as you walk so you don't get SAND on your shoes, for goodness sakes!
So not only did Lauren tweet misinformation–She tweeted misinformation that could potentially effect many hardworking employees, their families and their whole well being.
(I say potentially because I truly, truly hope our society hasn't gotten to the point where we let a former Laguna Beach reality star who spends her days worrying about closet renovations depict where we will or won't eat while we're on vacation).
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So… While I'm stoked to see you're a supporter of equality and you stand up against hate, I think maybe next time you should think before you tweet, LC. Because right now all I see is someone who was (probably a little tipsy and not thinking straight) looking to stir up a bit of drama for some extra attention at the expense of others.


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Oklahoma City Thunder v Dallas Mavericks Live
Although Oklahoma is down 2-1 after three games, Kevin Durant and company have been performing reasonably well and can be expected to continue playing with a lot of energy. Thus, the Oklahoma City Thunder will visit Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks for game five of the Western Conference Finals at American Airlines Center on Thursday at 1 a.m. GMT.
After two questionable defensive efforts in game one and game two, Dallas improved its defensive intensity by leaps and bounds in their 93-87 victory last weekend. Likewise, the Thunder's decision to constantly double-team Dirk Nowitzki did not pay any dividends as the All-Star forward consistently found the open man and helped his team to take back home-court advantage. Considering the way Oklahoma has played so far, the Mavs will have to continue to make life difficult for Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant down the stretch. Therefore, coach Rick Carlisle's squad will try to close out the series when the Thunder are in Texas on Thursday.
You can watch all games of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks right here on www.watchlivenba.com, the home of NBA live streaming.
Posted: 18th May 2011
While the Thunder struggled at times versus the Grizzlies, Russell Westbrook and company still managed to close out the series in game seven at home. Thus, Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder will try to keep rolling when they meet the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday at 1 a.m. GMT.
Given the fact that the Mavs had a whole week off after their impressive sweep of the Lakers in the Western Conference Semifinals, the team around All-Star Dirk Nowitzki can be expected to enter its encounter with Oklahoma well-rested. So far, Dallas has been playing excellent team basketball throughout the post-season and is highly motivated to win it all down the line. Defensively, coach Rick Carlisle's squad has been extremely efficient, giving up just 88 points per contest. At the other end of the floor, Dirk Nowitzki once again led the Mavericks while Peja Stojakovic and Jason Terry pushed the team over the top with some outstanding shooting from beyond the arc. Therefore, the Mavericks can rightfully be regarded favorites to open the series with a victory on Wednesday night.
You can watch all games of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks right here on www.watchlivenba.com, the home of NBA live streaming.
Posted: 7th January 2011
Right in the race for home-court advantage, Oklahoma is on its way to another excellent season in 2010-11 as they rallied to a 23-11 record in the first three months of action. Hoping to climb to the third place in the Western Conference, Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder will visit the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on Friday at 1 a.m. GMT.
Although the Mavs got off to a great start and won 24 of their first 28 games, the team around All-Star Dirk Nowitzki slowed down last week as injuries limited their offense dramatically. More precisely, Dirk Nowitzki and Caron Butler went both down with knee injuries which resulted in three straight losses due to a lack of scoring at the offensive end of the floor. That said, while Butler will be sidelined for the foreseeable future, Nowitzki is expected to be back in uniform this week and should help the Mavericks to get back on track sooner rather than later. However, the Thunder is by no means an easy opponent and Dallas will probably have to bring its A-game to overcome Kevin Durant and company on Friday night.
You can watch all games of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks right here on www.watchlivenba.com, the home of NBA live streaming.
Posted: 4th April 2010
Although very few experts around the league expected the Thunder to make it to the post-season in 2009-10, Kevin Durant and company showed that they are as good as anyone in the league on a good night. Hoping to stay in the race for home-court advantage, the Oklahoma City Thunder will travel to Texas to face Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday at 0:30 a.m. GMT.
Much like the Thunder, the Mavs also surprised many fans around the league with their strong performance in this year's NBA campaign. More precisely, the Northern Texan franchise is holding on to the second place in the competitive Western Conference, posting a 49-25 record. In fact, it looks like Dallas is about to record its tenth consecutive 50+ win season which underlines the impact owner Mark Cuban had since taking over the franchise a decade ago. Likewise, the trade deadline acquisition of Caron Butler and Brendan Haywood helped Rick Carlisle's squad a lot as the team can finally count on a legitimate low-post presence and has even more scoring options with Butler in the mix.
In contrast, the Thunder did not focus as much on improving by trades, but made some excellent choices as far as their draft picks of the past few years are concerned. Most importantly, Kevin Durant has finally become an All-Star and appears to be bound to be one of the elite athletes in the entire league for years to come. In 72 appearances, Durant averages 29.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.3 steals per contest. Moreover, Russell Westbrook and Jeff Green have also improved by leaps and bounds, playing well at both ends of the floor. Last but not least, third overall pick James Harden also showed a lot of promising signs in his rookie season as he put up 10.0 points and 3.2 rebounds in limited minutes off the bench. Thus, the Mavs might have a slight edge over the Thunder on Sunday night but will most likely have to bring their A-game to clinch a win at American Airlines Center. Especially Oklahoma's tough team defense caused a lot of problems for Dallas in the past and will be no easy obstacle to overcome.
You can watch all games of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Dallas Mavericks right here on www.watchlivenba.com, the home of NBA live streaming.
Tags: Oklahoma City Thunder, Dallas Mavericks, American Airlines Center, Dirk Nowitzki, Kevin Durant, NBA live, Peja Stojakovic, Mark Cuban, James Harden
Posted: 26th May 2011
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F Yeah, Manuscripts!: A Literary and Historical Treasure Trove2013-01-23 5 Share Tweet
A visual treat for all the literary buffs out there.
Long before the era of QWERTY, backspace, copy, and paste, people wrote down their thoughts and stories on paper. Depending on its nature, sometimes the pages span by the dozen, and include the author's corrections and side notes.
But that is not to say that they can't be bite-sized too – little snippets of a plot written on a napkin, or perhaps an envelope.
Whichever it is, you can be sure to find an example in the Tumblr blog, Fuck Yeah, Manuscripts! Despite the name, the blog is a fascinating showcase of snapshots and scans of historic, and sometimes more than familiar, manuscripts through the centuries.
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Subject: Re: Overall Reliability of Medieval Lineages
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 18:52:30 -0800 (PST)
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--- Renia <> wrote:
> >
> I've been saying something similar to this for some time
> regarding my own
> family, who were armigerous landowners, whose descendants
> and relatives are
> splattered all over the peerage. Still no royal
> ancestors. Not that I'm
> bothered, but I've said it before, it just amazes me how
> many Americans can
> attach themselves to royalty, when we Brits have such
> trouble.
> Renia
> Because Americans with immigrant ancestors from Europe
(that is to say, largely voluntary migrants with general
physical features somewhat in common, believed in the Great
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When they reached that line, they took off their various
heritages like old sweaters and threw them overboard (not
noticing that the old material stuck to the boat and came
along anyway). These brave souls did their children the
favor of forcing them to only use the English language
which, although foreign to "America", became the language
of choice in the part of America called the United States
and much of Canada, and did not encourage them to remember
the mother language. They continued the transformative
favor by distancing themselves often from their
grandchildren so that their grandchildren, at least, would
be "fully" American - brand new sweaters!
But remember the threads that stuck themselves to the old
timbers of those boats? The grand children and the
great-grandchildren noticed something missing. The sense of
emptiness and rootlessness grew until it became an ethnic
identity all of itself - as represented, perhaps, by old
airstream travel trailers and today by frequent flyer
miles. Some (those with less money and less warm parents)
found solace by identifying themselves with a group of
peers and thus we have street gangs - nothing new but
throughout the history of the colonized countries. Of
course, the disenfranchised (and sometimes the bored
enfranchised and noble) formed street gangs of their own in
Europe as well but at least they knew who they were - they
still had their original sweaters.
Americans seek that which America was supposed to reject -
hereditary unearned entitlements that make them feel
special. The upside is that many of these people undertook
a genuine study of their ancestral heritage and learned
about their context in the world. Unfortunately, many did
not and it is these unfortunate folks who are put into the
SGM meatgrinder when they venture forward with their
inventions. And, of course, the other, much shorter answer,
is that many Americans are legitimately descended from
royalty and many can prove it. The Transformation did not
affect them in the same way - they don't have to prove
anything or make something up in order to "belong". They
have learned that they do not have the entitlements of
their ancestors and consequently enjoy their continuing
All you who are not in the U.S. or Canada - what do you
thinkg of the transatlantic Transformation? Did similar
phenomena happen to analogous travelers? Is something like
that happening now as places like England and France become
more multi-cultural and multi-racial? Good thoughts,
> >
> > Perhaps I should claim exclusivity for this lack of
> noble lineage :-))
> >
> > Blair
> >
> > S.B. Southerden from Winchester, Hampshire
> >
> > Researching Kearton; Kirton; Kyrton; de Querton
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Albert B. Bach" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: Overall Reliability of Medieval Lineages
> >
> > <snip>
> > > Maybe. But for every King and his nobles and VIPs,
> however, there are
> > > a million merchants, tanners, charcoal makers, and
> farmers. The odds
> > > that their "lines" outweigh the noble ones are pretty
> good I'd say.
> > >
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The first exciting results have emerged from one of the very first BiSoN bifacial module operating systems to be installed: during the first month of exposure (from 27/11 to 23/12) the average yield was 120% greater compared to a standard system, meaning that the bifacial installation produced more than double the amount of energy compared to the traditional installation made up of standard non-bifacial modules.
These are the first data gathered from a private installation of 4,4 kWp (16 BiSoN mod. MBF GG60 modules) on Reichenau Island in Lake Constance and announced by the ISC Konstanz research institute, which specifies that these data are certainly trustworthy but slightly approximate, as the comparison is made with a 10 kWp installation located 7 km away.
Although it cannot be defined as a true test as the two installations do not have identical characteristics (location, configuration, power etc.), it is still the first significant and trustworthy estimation of the real production capacity of the bifacial photovoltaic modules.
The statistics speak clearly and demonstrate a daily average production of 1.8 kWh/kWp made by the bifacial BiSoN modules compared to a 0.8 produced by traditional monofacial modules.
ISC's Joris Libal explains that this noteworthy difference is due to the fact that during winter there is a high incidence of diffused light caused by cloudiness: in this situation the traditional monofacial photovoltaic module has a low production, only from the front, whereas the bifacial module can also rely on the contribution from the rear side.
In sunny conditions this difference would be less significant as the front efficiency of the module would be proportionately bigger.
Making a yearly projection, ISC estimates that the efficiency yield of this installation with bifacial BiSoN modules should be between +25% and +40% with very high peaks during the winter months, as already demonstrated, or during very cloudy days.
The greater productivity of the bifacial BiSoN module compared to the traditional monofacial concept, especially during days with a poor level of irradiation, demonstrates that the highly efficient bifacial technology, of which MegaCell is a world-leading pioneer, surely represents the future of the photovoltaic industry.
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Jophiel wrote:
A solar panel in Phoenix is worth more than one in Seattle.
That's not entirely accurate. On a typical hot summer day, it's not uncommon for a solar cell to reach a temperature of 70 °C (158 °F). A general rule of thumb is that the efficiency of a solar cell decreases with 0.5% for every 1 °C (1.8 °F) above 25 °C (77 °F). This means that on a hot summer day, the efficiency of a solar cell could drop as much as 25%.
Sure, you're going to see a lot more sunlight in Phoenix, but it's also a lot hotter there. Even the diffuse sunlight from a cloudy day can produce a fair amount of energy. The amount of energy produced will obviously vary based on setup, but just because one part of the country sees more sunlight doesn't necessarily mean that solar power is more efficient there.