ELECTRA
Times shall revert to a more tragic Age
Centuries may pass; passions do not change
Electra, the diva of grief and pain,
plays a role while Pygmies make war with cranes
The way of Empires, before their own fall,
is to disdain the Other, thought so small
Events unlikely, improbable odds
seem almost to be the work of the gods
The play is written, to a poet's will
The tragic fall, premonition fulfilled
The Greek way is meant for both love and war,
to challenge forces, much superior
Deus Ex Machina, sudden plot twist,
The Emperor's armies cannot resist
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32. A Premonition Fulfilled, in a City That Lives With Cranes ...
For the couple and other residents of the Electra, a 23-story
rental apartment building at 91st Street and First Avenue,
Friday's crane collapse was the ...
www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/nyregion/31scene.html
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http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/10/12/theater/reviews/12elec.html
THEATER REVIEW | 'ELECTRA'
The quiet revelation of the National Theater of Greece's new
production of Sophocles' "Electra" at City Center is in the
graceful attention the director, Peter Stein, brings to bear on
this often troublesome convention. He understands and
underscores the primal im****tance of the chorus in this chilly
drama of revenge exacted with an almost monstrous glee
It is probable - and certainly to be hoped - that none of us
will know the depths of anguish experienced by the mighty men
and women of Greek tragedy. But this "Electra" powerfully
illustrates the emotional price that those who merely bear
witness pay, too. It reminds us, if any need reminding these
days, that human suffering is contagious.
ELECTRA
By Sophocles
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78. Cranes: Information and Much More from Answers.com
After releasing the limited-edition Tragedy of Orestes and
Electra in late 1996, Cranes returned with Population 4 , which
was greeted with mixed reviews and found the group's cult ...
www.answers.com/topic/cranes-band
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1. www.jjphoto.co.za/halloween.htm
Three Red Indians and a white virgin bride appear from nowhere
as my eyes become ... The eventual winners are a group of lavish
gay pygmies. .
www.jjphoto.co.za/halloween.htm
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4. MySpace.com Blogs - Dabido MySpace Blog
Gemini - Gay Pygmies will invade your home and tie you up.
They will staple a note to your back. ..
blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.listAll...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_(Greek_mythology)
The Pygmies were a tribe of diminutive humans in Greek mythology.
According to the Iliad, they were involved in a constant war
with the cranes, which migrated in winter to their homeland on
the southern shores of the earth-encircling river Oceanus.
In art the scene was popular with little Pygmies armed with
spears and slings, riding on the backs of goats, battling the
flying cranes
The Pygmies were often ****trayed as pudgy, comical dwarfs.
One story describes the origin of the age-old battle, speaking
of a Pygmy Queen named Gerana who offended the goddess Hera with
her boasts of superior beauty, and was transformed into a crane.
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http://chrislivingstonart.com/theartofchris/2008/04/25/
the-poetry-of-spam/
The Poetry of Spam
All I ever seem to get in the way of comments is spam (and the
occasional irate 9/11 "truther"). The spam is bizarre,
incoherent ramblings that I suspect are somehow computer
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Aaron Wakling
April 25th, 2008 at 2:45 pm Good Blog. I will continue reading
it in the future. Nice layout too.
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http://town.hall.org/Archives/radio/IMS/HarperAudio/011594_harp_ITH.html
While the story's central idea of a compromising letter seems
quaint these days, Poe loses most modern readers entirely with
his final line -- a classical allusion, in French no less.
It translates as "If such a sinister design isn't worthy of Atreus,
it is worthy of Thyestes," two brothers of Greek tragedy
Edgar Allan Poe was born in 1809 and died in 1849
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Thyestes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Thyestes was the son of Pelops, King of
Olympia, and ... with the help of his sister Electra, killed
both their mother, Clytemnestra, and ..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyestes
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13. Ithaca, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca ) sits
on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake , in Central New York State ,
USA. It is best known for being home to Cornell ..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithaca_%28city%29%2C_New_Yor...
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http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug05/crane.flies.invade.ssl.html
Cornell experts find two new species of crane fly have invaded
New York, threatening lawns, golf courses and pastures
By Susan S. Lang
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Crane flies can cause panic in bedrooms at night
when the adult flies emerge in September, looking like oversized
mosquitoes with extra long legs.
The crane flies can severely damage all types of turfgrass
These threatening crane flies are established in Nova Scotia,
British Columbia and Ontario as well as along the West Coast,
from northern California to Wa****ngton state.
With more than 1,600 species of crane flies in North America,
only four, including two native species, cause agricultural
damage. Distingui****ng species of crane flies is difficult for
nonspecialists.
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12. Giant crane plummets into New York street | NEWS.com.au
Mr Bloomberg said the top section of the crane broke off and
smashed into an apartment building called The Electra, which is
more than 20 floors high, ..
www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23787112-2,00.html
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080530/ts_nm/newyork_crane_dc
By Joan Gralla
Fri May 30, 3:08 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A large crane collapsed in New York City on
Friday, killing two people and damaging an apartment building on
Manhattan's Upper East Side -- a day after city officials
investigated the crane's operations.
Bloomberg said the top section of the crane broke off and
smashed into an apartment building called The Electra, which is
more than 20 floors high, on 91st Street and First Avenue.
"We don't know why it snapped off and we will certainly do an
investigation," he said.
In March, a giant crane fell and crushed a residential building
in midtown Manhattan, killing seven people and injuring more
than 10 others
Television footage showed part of the crane in a crumpled mess
in the street and a corner apartment at the top of The Electra
that had been demolished. Balconies had also been ripped from
apartments on The Electra as the crane fell.
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http://www.washblade.com/2005/4-22/arts/theater/allgreek.cfm
"AS A DIRECTOR, I'm looking for passion and big feelings," says
gay director Michael Russotto. "Sophocles' 'Electra' has all
that. Electra herself is a diva of pain and grief."
Based on the ancient Greek legend of the House of Atreus,
Sophocles' "Electra" (written around 410 B.C.) is the story of a
tenacious woman hellbent on avenging the murder of her father,
King Agamemnon. Unfortunately for Electra, the killers are her
mother and stepfather, the present heads of state. There is good
news, however: Her lost brother Orestes shows up, equally eager
to exact revenge.
"A part of a larger legend, Sophocles' 'Electra' is able to
stand on its own," he says. "Audiences needn't come forearmed
with knowledge of trilogies or the gods. Since it's about human
passions that haven't changed in 2,400 years - love, hatred,
revenge - this 'Electra' is easily understood both
intellectually and emotionally."
THE GREEKS, ESPECIALLY Sophocles (known for his adoration of
young men), are unnecessarily intimidating, according to
Russotto.
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http://www.puaf.umd.edu/IPPP/Summer00/nuclear_taboo.htm
Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
THE NUCLEAR TABOO
by Verna Gehring
Nothing that is vast enters into the life of mortals without a curse.
--Sophocles, Antigone
More than a half century has passed since the first and last use
of nuclear weapons in warfare.
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2. Sophocles (497-406 BCE)
Biography of Sophocles, gay poet and playwright ... Sophocles
(497 - 406 BCE) was one of three great Greek tragic poets.
www.androphile.org/preview/Library/Biographies/Sop..
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43. ALTERNATIVE 007
Bond and M (who has arrived in the region at the request of
Electra) are led to believe that Renard has planted a nuclear
bomb in part of Electra's pipeline ..
www.alternative007.co.uk/79.htm
Bond is assigned to protect Elektra King (Sophie Marceau). King'
s father was murdered in the attack on MI6 headquarters and MI6
are wary of Renard (Robert Carlyle) because Renard kidnapped
Electra previously. Electra has taken control of her father's
oil business and is now an im****tant and possibly targeted woman
in the region. Electra and Bond become close but she is using
him.
Bond has a chance to kill Renard in Kazakhstan but fails and
Renard steals a quantity of plutonium.
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20. From milos_parker at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 1 08:47:12 2005 From ...
"The C.I.A.?" Electra asked. "Those rank amateurs. They whole
point of having a dangerous covert operations network is not to
advertise it. No. ...
lists.eyrie.org/pipermail/racc/2005-December.txt.g...
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.. The National Interest
Greek Tragedy. by Elbridge Colby 05.07.2007 ....
about the likelihood of further strike, including
nuclear strikes, against the homeland are borne out. ...
www.nationalinterest.org/Article.aspx?id=14386
Greek Tragedy
by Elbridge Colby
05.07.2007
George Tenet, At the Center of the Storm:
My Years at the CIA (New York: HarperCollins, 2007),
576 pp., $30.00.
On the whole, Tenet's testimony is plausible but,
unsurprisingly, biased. Some peers are pictured as
political animals, scrambling for influence in
the shark-infested waters of the Wa****ngton interagency
world, but Tenet draws himself as an "aw-shucks" Greek guy
from Queens, just trying to do his job. While there is
certainly a good bit of truth in this, there is also
a reason why Tenet owns a reputation as a skilled political
infighter. He was no lamb among wolves.
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17. Electra Elf & Fluffer
Goal: To seize control of The Halscope, do away with Electra-Elf
and Fluffer, and in doing ... Both a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations and a communist mole
for the People's ...
www.electraelf.com/html/villains.htm
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14. CineMythology
Later, Electra, his sister, helps Orestes, who is a partisan
of the Communist Party, kill their mother and Aegisthus,
her lover. During a military operation ...
www.filmfestival.gr/tributes/2003-2004/cinemytholo...
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4. Mourning Becomes Electra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mourning Becomes Electra is the title for a trilogy of plays
by Eugene O'Neill , first performed in 1931 ...
It was nominated for Academy Awards for
Best Actor in a Leading Role ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_Becomes_Electra
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9. wcbstv.com - Families In Mourning After NYC Crane Collapse
When the crane broke apart and half came tumbling down,
Donald Leo, who was ... Families In Mourning After NYC Crane
Collapse. Required fields are marked with ...
wcbstv.com/topstories/NYC.Crane.Collapse.2.737341
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6. Hegel's interpretation of Antigone
The nuclear Greek tragedy for Hegel is, understandably,
Sophocles' Antigone , with its conflict between the valid
claims of conscience (Antigone's obligation ...
mason.gmu.edu/~lsmithg/ahegel.htm
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8. Sophocles -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
The nuclear Greek tragedy for Hegel is, understandably,
Sophocles' Antigone , with its conflict between the valid claims
of conscience (Antigone's obligation to give her brother ...
www.britannica.com/eb/article-30141/Sophocles?&que...
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KGBBarLit | KGB Bar
Comedy of course plays off tragedy...I didn't know if people
would get the sort ... in a way that blends Greek myth with
magical realism, Humboldt's adventures, ...
www.kgbbar.com/lit/recent?page=5
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WHO ARE THEY KIDDING?
THE MEEK GET SCREWED...THE GREEKS SHALL INHERIT
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18 The Screw: The little metal device beloved by B&Q devotees
across Britain was invented by Archimedes, a Greek mathematician,
who lived during the 2nd century BC. The author of Archimedes's
Principle, a law of physics relating to buoyancy and
specific gravity, discovered the screw while developing a device
that would draw water from ****ps to prevent them sinking.
http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/dlevine/Twenty.Things.We.Owe
..Greec.html
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_the_Electric_Train
Electra's character is influenced by David Bowie, an androgynous
Rock Star
Electra's costume is based on a palatte of electric blue, silver
and red. He is patterned to resemble computer circuitry. His
impressive mohawk is usually styled to resemble frayed wire
As one of the most eye-catching designs, Electra is often used
for advertising the show
Electra's Components are designed to represent elements of a
Superstar's entourage. Krupp is the Chauffeur and Bodyguard,
represented in his uniformed hat, sunshades and gun holster.
Wrench, as a mechanic, wears a welding apron and her hat
represents the crane found on repair trucks.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electra_the_Electric_Train
Purse wears pinstripes as suits an accountant. Joule's London
design reflected her Animal Truck origin, her skintight red/grey
costume and white bib resembling Bombalurina from the musical
Cats. Volta wears elegant black, her hair styled into a fan,
reflecting her nature of a Freezer Truck. All the component's
costumes are designed on a restricted colour palatte of Red,
Electric Blue, Silver/Grey and Black, this reinforces their
relation****p to Electra onstage.
Krupp - is the Armaments truck and Electra's body guard. In the
Later London version he raced with Nintendo the Japanese engine.
He was cut from the US and UK tours.
Volta - Electra's freezer truck and original race partner. Her
look is cool and elegant, a very classy lady but she can be
scary when angered.
Joule - Starting out as Electra's animal truck, Joule is one of
the trucks who has changed the most since the show's opening.
Now as the dynamite truck, Joule is the most sensual of Electra'
s cars. She has been seen pole dancing at the edge of the stage
and when Ruhrgold, her London racing partner lost their race,
she spanked him all the way off stage.
Wrench - Electra's repair truck. She has a temper and can be
rather scary when angered. Although a female character, she has
been cast male in the German production over recent years.
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29. Queen Greatest Hits [Elektra] 1981: Album review and songs from ...
Queen Greatest Hits [Elektra] Release Date: 1981 Genre: Rock
Label: EMI Classics Artist: ... gathers their biggest US/UK hits,
1973-1981, including the collaboration with David Bowie ...
www.answers.com/topic/queen-greatest-hits-elektra-...
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11. The Rolling Stones - The Black Box
The label was Rolling Stones Vinyl Product (RSVP), and the
contents included ... Recorded at Elektra studios in LA, Oct.,
1969. ...
www.rollingstonesnet.com/BlackBox.htm
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http://www.mastertrade.co.nz/MAG_WIRED/index.php?edition=12&article=191
Jack says: "We outsourced the stores at different depots and
extended a substantial relation****p which MasterTrade and Stones
had enjoyed for several years. In short we extended the existing
relation****p across the whole company involving the merger of
Stones and Electra.
"MasterTrade both employed and managed the staff and the stock.
The arrangement released working capital and gave Electra access
to better purchasing power through the MasterTrade network.
"They're running the operation on our behalf; it's like having a
MasterTrade store on site."
The three other electrical lines network companies enjoying the
benefits of MasterTrade's inventory management are PowerNet,
Otago Power and Buller Electricity, all located in the South
Island.
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http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt/V1N5/goetsch.html
The chorus of frogs was enchanting, and waved pennants to
sup****t Euripides and Aeschylus in alternation as the dead poets
contended for the favor of Dionysus, enlisting those same
choreuts to demonstrate their points. Silk introduced Beatles
songs as background music in order to provide a subliminal
explication of the contents of particular passages. The actors
were constantly in motion, the costumes vivid, the pace lively.
Electra herself had the look of a Midwestern farm girl suffering
through the Dust Bowl years, poor but honest and rather touching
in her sadness. This is not Euripides' Electra, who is filthy,
ragged, martyred - to represent her accurately in modern dress
one would do better to dress her as a street person than to put
her in blue jeans. She was entirely too sympathetic.
Castor and Pollux, descending through the audience in their
tuxedos to speak antiphonally at the play's close and redeem the
(remarkably calm) Electra and Orestes, presented us with a nice
sense of the abruptness of an ex machina intrusion.
Send questions or comments to:
DLA, University Libraries
Virginia Tech, P.O. Box 90001,
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/poebio.html
Thyestes
Poe was educated in private academies, excelling in Latin
In February 1826 Poe entered the University of Virginia, where
he excelled in Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian.
Poe was regarded as an outsider by the Richmond elite.
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10. Sample Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Sample Poems by Edgar Allan Poe "Lenore" is one ... He speaks of
classical Greek beauty ... Poe's life was an unhappy one, with
tragedy from the start and few moments ..
project1.caryacademy.org/echoes/03-04/Edgar_Allen_...
On desperate seas long wont to roam,
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece,
And the grandeur that was Rome.
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http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ElAnt/V3N6/grote.html
After her threnody and curse upon her enemies, Electra sees the
lock of hair and the footprint. So far so good. But what follows
is extremely improbable. At vv. 175-7, Electra claims that
because the hair is identical to her own it must be her
brother's, assuming, apparently, that siblings never have hair of
different color or texture. Then, at vv. 205-11, she puts her
foot into the print left behind by Orestes
Old Man: Come and see if the print left by his boot is the same
size as your foot, child.
Electra: And just how could there be an imprint of a foot in the
rocky ground? And even if there is, the foot of two siblings
wouldn't be the same when one is a man and the other is a woman.
The man's is bigger.
Send questions or comments to:
DLA, University Libraries
Virginia Tech, P.O. Box 90001,
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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46. Big Foot Construction Equipment, Inc.
.... to extend the footprint therefore is essential to the crane's
stability. ... now being ****fted at an angle due to the
collapse and the shortened footprint ..
www.outriggerpads.com/bf_worth_knowing.html
Worth Knowing
Stability is dependent on the equipment's footprint and center
of mass. The footprint is the total area enclosed by the sup****t
structures of the equipment. The center of mass is the point at
which the equipment would balance if it were set on top of a
single point of sup****t. If the center of mass is inside the
footprint, the equipment is stable. If the center of mass is off
the edge of the footprint, the equipment will topple.
So it's not hard to imagine how a crane could become unstable
when extending its boom with a heavy weight hanging from it.
Since not extending the boom isn't really an option, there are
only two ways to provide extra stability: Use a counterweight to
help ****ft the center of mass back over the footprint, or make
the footprint bigger. All cranes have counterweights, but there
is a limit to how heavy they can get. Too much and the crane
wouldn't be able to move, and the ground would have trouble
sup****ting it. Simply building the crane with a wider footprint
would prevent it from traveling on public roads. Using
retractable outriggers to extend the footprint therefore is
essential to the crane's stability.
Overloading - Overloading can mean two things. First, if the
boom is extended too far with too much weight, the crane can
still topple despite the extended footprint. Second, if the
crane is loaded with too much weight but the center of mass is
still inside the footprint, the outriggers themselves may
collapse
Cranes are carefully designed and their safe limits of operation
are calculated by engineers who (hopefully) understand the
responsibility they are entrusted with. Furthermore, crane
operators are trained and skilled professionals, and licensing
in the United States is available through various state agencies
and The National Commission for the Certification of Crane
Operators (http://www.nccco.org).
Between good design practices
and knowledgeable operators, crane accidents are thankfully rare
events
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Headlights in the Headlines - alt.philosophy
.... onunde olsa, keske Felix olmemis olsaydi ... some serious
investigations of my poetry. They don't know it, but they will
find themselves chasing "Bigfoot" ...
groups.google.com/group/alt.philosophy/browse_thre
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.. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Bigfoot and Wild Boy ? Magic Mongo ? Horror Hotel ? Lost Island.
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl This show is about two women, Laurie
and Judy, .
thehub.capcollege.bc.ca/~sstubbs/krofftsite/electr
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40. Bigfoot and Wildboy in Jump The Shark
.... remember 1 show where they fought a Yedi and his "wild boy"
Beat the hell out of Electra ... the production values on big
foot and wild boy were tremendous. they always showed the .
www.jumptheshark.com/topic/Bigfoot-Wildboy/Bigfoot...
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21. JWC5 - Electra: An Electron Beam Pumped 730 J Rep-Rate KrF Laser
The Electra laser system consists of two electron beam pumped
amplifiers, labeled pre-amplifier and main. amplifier.
A commercial discharge laser (Lambda .
ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/4452319/4452320/04453723....
The Electra laser system consists of two electron beam pumped
amplifiers, labeled pre-amplifier and main amplifier. A
commercial discharge laser (Lambda Physik 305i) provides ~ 1 J
of KrF laser energy in a ~25 ns (FWHM) pulse.
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Gay Pride - Wikipedia
.... pride include the rainbow flag, the Greek lambda symbol,and
the pink as well ... transgender rights activist and founding
member of both the Gay Liberation Front ..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride
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http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=6179306
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); Aligarh Muslim Univ. (India)
Subject 653007 -- Nuclear Theory-- Nuclear Models-- (-1987);
HYPERNUCLEI-- BINDING ENERGY;
LAMBDA PARTICLES-- NUCLEAR POTENTIAL;
BERYLLIUM 10;BERYLLIUM 9;C INVARIANCE;CLUSTER MODEL;
COULOMB CORRECTION;HELIUM 6;MONTE CARLO METHODS
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4. GREEK EXPERIENCE WITH ****PMENT OF RESEARCH REACTOR SPENT FUEL
Nuclear Engineering is a Division of Argonne National Laboratory
(Argonne), .... The Greek Research Reactor-1 (GRR-1) is located
at the National Center for .
www.rertr.anl.gov/IAEA197/papa131.html
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.. Hellfire Corner - The Great War - Argonne Forest - Meuse-Argonne ...
.... to Montfaucon d'Argonne. This village is the site of the
Meuse-Argonne American Memorial. This monument, a 180 foot high
Greek column .
www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk/charles39.htm [Found
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26. Argonne News 08/03
A new Nuclear Technology Division has been created at Argonne-
West to bring together ... and knows Latin and classical Greek
(which he still reads). .
www.anl.gov/Media_Center/Argonne_News/news98/an980
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SRG for Nuclear Physics
SRG for Nuclear Physics. Last modified: 07:19 pm, March 04, 2007. ... ...
evolving with Lambda, starting from the Argonne V18 potential.
www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~ntg/srg/vsrg_kvnn06_mo...
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33. LAMBDA
LAMBDA. ... AC to DC. Switching. Power Supplies. ... DC to DC.
Converters. ... Modified. Standards. ... QPL/NVIS. Pushbutton.
Switches ...
www.electrareps.com/products.pdf
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6. ACDC!
DC Lambda Squares - Wa****ngton DC's Lesbian and Gay Square Dance
Club ... DC Lambda Squares proudly hosts the East Coast's only
IAGSDC Advanced and Challenge Fly-in!
www.dclambdasquares.org/acdc/index.php
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18. IngentaConnect Structure of light hypernuclei and Lambda-nuclear ...
Structure of light hypernuclei and Lambda -nuclear interaction.
Authors: Sinha R.; Usmani Q.N.. Source: Nuclear Physics A,
Volume 684, Number 1, .
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/03759474/2001/0...
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19. Psi Sigma Phi - Lecypher Lambda Chapter
In the Spring of 2007, seven men began a journey that would forever....
Sponsored by: www.LeCypherlambdachapter.org
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35. Lambda Legal: Lambda Legal Mobilizing LGBT Community in Opposition to
...
Lambda Legal Mobilizing LGBT Community in Opposition to the
"Nuclear Option" and ... "nuclear option," an effort by
conservative Republicans to end the use of the .\
www.lambdalegal.org/news/pr/lambda-legal-mobilizin.
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contract, order form or otherwise which are in conflict with,
inconsistent with, or in addition to the terms and conditions of
sales contained herein, shall not be binding upon Lambda unless
expressly accepted in writing by Lambda. Lambda's acceptance of
Purchaser's order will create a complete and binding contract
between Purchaser and Lambda, on the terms set forth herein and
in Lambda's written form of acceptance which will supersede all
prior communications. Such contract cannot be modified or
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West, Wallace. "Eddie for Short" (Amazing, January l954). In
Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, eds.
The Last Man On Earth. New York: Fawcett, l982.
The sole fertile survivor of a war which grew out of a small
Asian conflict (Korea?) is a young torch singer mysteriously
spared by the Hell bombs which spread radioactive gas. Inspired
by Sophocles, she names her infant "Oedipus" and looks forward
to mating with him.
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6. Lambda flags (gay pride)
The lambda was first chosen as a gay symbol when it was adopted
in 1970 by the New York ... As their symbol for lesbian and gay
rights, the lambda became ..
www.crwflags.com/FOTW/FLAGS/qq-lbd.html
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18. LAMBDA: Who we are and where we've been.
A battle flag with a lambda was carried by a regiment of ancient
Greek warriors who were accompanied in battle by their male
lovers and were noted for their .
www.lambda.org/lambdahx.htm
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24. Lambda flags (gay pride)
The ancient Greek Spartans regarded the lambda to mean unity,
while the Romans considered it the light of knowledge shed into
the darkness of ignorance
www.crwflags.com/FOTW/FLAGS/qq-lbd.html
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48. Lambda - Symbol of Gay/Lesbian Rights
.... letter lambda, which member Tom Doerr suggested from its
scientific use to designate kinetic potential, as its emblem.
(Curiously, in some ancient Greek graffiti the capital lambda .
www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/ftp/bulgarians/l
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50. LAMBDA Electronics
.... sides, our MIL standard radios will ensure long lasting
operation and sure communication between, i.e. crane operators
and the ground personnel. Marine Communication: Lambda .
www.lambda-uae.com/services.asp?ArtId=2
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Lambda Scientific took part in the fifth DAE-BRNS National Laser
Symposium held at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore ?
Tamil Nadu, INDIA, 7th to 10th Decembe, 2005, sponsored by Board
of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy and
the Government of India. Lambda Scientific gained
incomprehensible interest and considerable recognition amongst
delegates attended
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4. Electra - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Electra was a Lambda-class T-4a shuttle that saw service with
the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil War. Electra
entered the Pakuuni system near XQ1 .
starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Electra
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http://www.llrc.org/rat/subrat/rat422.htm
Radioactive Times. Vol.4 No 2
The Electra scintillation counter (on the ground) shows a count
rate of 800cps beta emission near this tank.
The radioactive battleground
Radiation readings from the southern desert both close to and
remote from the destroyed tanks were interesting. The
measurements were made with a Nuclear Instruments Electra
instrument, which is a micro-processor controlled scaler and
integrating rate-meter together with a DP2/4 49sq:cm area dual
phosphor scintillation probe calibrated on Americium 241 for
alphas (33% efficient at 5.5MeV) and Strontium-90 for betas. The
system can distinguish between alpha, beta and gamma counts.
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12. YouTube - spyder electra and how gay it is
this is how gay a spyder electra is and yu shudn't buy it.
instead, buy an ego, or an ion!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2KAIqCgraM
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http://vexillium.wikia.com/wiki/Nuclear_technology
Nuclear technology
However, realising the international terror that had been
unleashed with these weapons, the Greater Burovian Realm and the
Kingdom of Cruisana developed a system called the Electra Mundi
that has allegedly neutralised all atomic weaponry.
Possesses weapons
Whiland - inherited nuclear technology from Northern Gronk and
is a known nuclear weapons state. The Whilandian government
understands the obsolescence of nuclear weapons due to the
Electra Mundi, but maintains a small nuclear force for second
strike purposes should this system fail.
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Apr 18 2008 2:19 PM
Nuclear Family are one of the excellent bands on the new FIRE IN
THE DISCO compilation entitled THE DIFFICULT THIRD ALBUM.
It is TOTALLY FREE! FOR NOWT!
The tracklisting is:
1. INFRASOUND - Demons
2. MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA - Revelation
3. NUCLEAR FAMILY - Hopeful
4. THE MYSTERY CLOCKS - Faded Pages
5. THE OLD ROMANTIC KILLER BAND - Girl
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47. Greek Island Labs
With the recent clinical study of 22,000 people conducted by
Harvard, it is true the Greek way of living is by far healthier.
Greek Island Labs has harnessed this power and wisdom ..
www.greekislandlabs.com/
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23. Crane collapse kills two - World - smh.com.au
Balconies had also been ripped from apartments on The Electra as
the crane fell. ... Mayor charged for conducting Greece's first
gay wedding ..
www.smh.com.au/news/world/crane-collapse-kills-two...
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25. PEP Web - The Electra Complex: A History of Misrepresentations
But Electra, by reason of her hot-blooded passion for revenge
and by wearing her ..... Richards, J., & Goodwin, J. (1994),
Electra: Revenge fantasies and .
www.pep-web.org/do***ent.php?id=gap.003.0451a [
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34. Homo***uality and male love in Ancient Greece -
The World History of ...
The term 'homo***uality' as it is used and understood today is
not applicable to ... that was characteristic of the Greek way
of life, accepted or even regarded ..
www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/Greece/greece.h...
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15. Greek - Roman Theatre Glossary
(Greek) Crane-like machine used to lift actors (usually
****traying gods) above the acting area in Greek theatre. media
cavea; MAY-dee-a KAH-vay-a ..
www.whitman.edu/theatre/theatretour/glossary/gloss..
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12. Crane (machine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.... that do not strictly fit the above definition of a crane,
but are generally known as cranes, such as stacker cranes and
loader cranes. History of cranes Ancient Greek cranes
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_crane
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http://www.amazon.com/Greek-Way-Edith-Hamilton/dp/0393310779
Loving Ode to the Greek Spirit, April 3, 1999
By A Customer
Who were the ancient Greeks and why do they still move us?
Their society is as alien to us as their language. Yet Greece
still beckons us more than two millennia since the fall of Athens.
In a world where tyrants and the irrational played the chief
role, the Greeks in the city of Athens believed in the supremacy
of the mind in the affairs of men.
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Posted in March 16th, 2008
Those Darned Cranes
"It was an absolute freak accident," he said. "All the piece of
steel had to do was fall slightly left or right, and nothing
would have happened."
????.news story, March 14, 2008
As the cab turned a corner, up ahead was the cause of the
traffic jam, another crane had somehow fallen off a building,
what is it with these cranes?
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and operation of the Improbable Event Monitoring System and its
associated interface with the Emergency Environment Restoration
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There is no credance to the rumor that the GMS will be used to
induce a negative gravity environment in the reactor building to
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Polar Crane testing, although this could prove to be a novel
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
The Commission has made a proposed determination that the
following amendment requests involve no significant hazards
consideration. Under the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR 50.
92, this means that operation of the facility in accordance with
the proposed amendment would not (1) involve a significant
increase in the probability or consequences of an accident
previously evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of a new or
different kind of accident from any accident previously
evaluated; or (3) involve a significant reduction in a margin of
safety.
The previously evaluated cask drop accident is not considered
credible with the upgraded AB crane because the crane trolley is
being upgraded to a single-failure-proof design, consistent with
applicable NRC-endorsed guidance. Lifting devices and interfacing
lifting points associated with spent fuel cask handling will also be
designed in accordance with applicable NRC guidance pertaining to
single-failure-proof lifting systems. The result of these design
upgrades is that the AB crane will retain the lifted load in the
event of a single failure in the load path, including a failure of a
wire rope.
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http://www.socyberty.com/Paranormal/Of-Gods-and-Monsters-Deus-Ex-
Machina.76804
The term 'deus ex machina' was first used in the theater. Its
modern day equivalent would be 'special effects.' Literally
though, the term means 'the god from the machine.'
Hence, 'deus ex machina', which, these days, has come to mean
(with thanks to Wikipedia) any "artificial, or improbable
character, device, or event introduced suddenly in a work of
fiction or drama to resolve a situation or untangle a plot."
All human stories, of course, are filled with Gods and monsters.
Held against the halogen light of reason their entrances and
actions seem to be both artificial and improbable. However,
humans always have just the one foot in the rational world. The
other one will forever and firmly be stuck in the unclosed door
which leads to the cave where we once lived - and where we
return when our waking minds rest
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(comics)
Ex Machina is an American creator-owned comic book series
created by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris, and published by DC
Comics under the Wildstorm imprint.
The series details the life of Mitchell Hundred (also known as
the Great Machine), the world's first and only superhero, who,
in the wake of his actions on 9/11, is elected Mayor of New York
City. The story is set during Hundred's term in office, and
interweaved with flashbacks to his past as the Great Machine.
Through this, the series explores both the political situations
Hundred finds himself in, and the mysteries surrounding his
superpowers.
The title of the comic comes from the Latin phrase 'deus ex
machina', and is also a reference to Hundred's superhero persona,
the Great Machine, in that he is now an 'ex-Machine'. In the
first issue, Mitchell explains that he chose the name "Great
Machine" based on a quote about society by Thomas Jefferson.
Accordingly, one of the series' recurring themes is the tendency
of citizens to become overly reliant on their government and
constantly expect it to save them.
Vaughan has said that the comic was "born out of my anger with
what p***** for our current political leader****p (on both sides
of the aisle)"
Before becoming a superhero and mayor, Hundred was a civil
engineer.
There is an "is he or isn't he" aspect to his ***uality; on
several occasions, characters ask him directly if he is gay, and
Hundred does not directly reply in the affirmative or the
negative.
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28. GREEK TRAGEDY IN A NEW MASK SPEAKS TO TODAY'S AUDIENCES
- New York ...
GREEK TRAGEDY IN A NEW MASK SPEAKS TO TODAY'S AUDIENCES ...
surfaces in these productions is the fear of war in general
and nuclear holocaust in particular. ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D914...
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17. Plot device - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.... Machina is used to refer to a narrative ending in which an
improbable event is ...
The Latin phrase "deus ex machina" has its origins in the
conventions of Greek ... to situations in which a mechane (crane)
was used to lower actors playing a god or gods onto .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_devices
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11. Ex Deus Machina - Stargate Wiki
Ex Deus Machina is the seventh episode of the ninth season of
Stargate SG-1. ... meaning "God appearing on a crane", a
literary device for a kind of turn of ..
stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Ex_Deus_Machina
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27. Elodie Lauten - The Deus Ex Machina Cycle
.... theater of lowering a god to the stage, usually on a crane,
at the climactic moment to dispense godly wisdom and order to
the messy mortal actors beneath. The deus ex machina .
www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/Lauten/perf_dxm.html
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The 'Deus ex Machina' should be employed only for events
external to the drama,--for antecedent or subsequent events,
which lie beyond the range of human knowledge, and which require
to be re****ted or foretold; for to the gods we ascribe the power
of seeing all things. Within the action there must be nothing
irrational. If the irrational cannot be excluded, it should be
outside the scope of the tragedy. Such is the irrational element
in the Oedipus of Sophocles.
Again, since Tragedy is an imitation of persons who are above
the common level, the example of good ****trait-painters should
be followed. They, while reproducing the distinctive form of the
original, make a likeness which is true to life and yet more
beautiful. So too the poet, in representing men who are
irascible or indolent, or have other defects of character,
should preserve the type and yet ennoble it. In this way
Achilles is ****trayed by Agathon and Homer.
These then are rules the poet should observe. Nor should he
neglect those appeals to the senses, which, though not among the
essentials, are the concomitants of poetry; for here too there
is much room for error. But of this enough has been said in our
published treatises.
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POET'S POSTSCRIPT
I prefer the word "paranormal" to "supernatural".
THe word "paranormal" has scientific connotations.
The word "supernatural" has religious connotations,
which are superstitious and unscientific. Also, it has a
semantical issue, because anything that happens and
which is observable is "natural".
I do not think that you will be able to believe this,
until I bludgeon you with more and more of it, in yhaer
At first, when I read that there was yet another crane
incident in New York, I thought "No, I am not going to do
anything with that. It would be overkill. I've done that
too much, already."
Temptation naturally gets the better of me, at least to
Google and read more. Then I see the word: "Electra".
Like a phone to a Manchurian Candidate. This means something.
Find out what it is. Get on it, right now.
Seems very much like that - "trigger words".
I have little idea *what* it means, just that it means
*something*. I vaguely remember, "Electra- that is 'Greek',
something, isn't it? Maybe somethign about the crane
incidents representing a Greek tragedy for a prelude to
a Greek tragedy. Try searching for "Electra + Greek tragedy".
Et Cetera.
I had come across the "The Poetry of Spam", even before
reading about "Electra"- some guy complaining that his
blog was getting filled with spam that he thought was
computer generated. It included my name, and is in my
style, so might assume that I had created the spam-
but no, never laid eyes it, never heard of the blog.
I had saved parts of this text - not sure what it was.
Only after reading "Electra", did I recall that it also
contained a lot of Greek and Roman references - none
of which I had copied, so I wound up going back to it,
to extract those additional references.
This is an example of why I believe that the "spam"
is not computer-generated, or random, or without meaning.
The more context that you have, the more that meaning
takes shape.
What is my contention? That gay militants sabotaged
the cranes, to demonstrate their abilities, and are
also threatening nuclear sabotage?
One of the nice things about poetry, as opposed
to prose. I am not literally or unambigiously saying
anything specific. It has meaning on different levels.
It is to some degree a speculative fantasy, a piece
of fiction, about types of things that certainly could
happen. Even as fiction, it would tell a truth
about possible worlds and possible futures.
I don't think that it is merely fiction, though. I believe
that Life is a hall of funhouse mirrors, in which none of
us can ever be sure about the meaning of the reflections.
I doubt that any poet, priest, scientist, or federal
investigator can ever be completely sure that they have
found the bottom. There are layers upon layers of potential
illusion.
I am lost in the same Funhouse of crazy mirrors in which
you are lost. I am not completely sure what is *behind*
the shadows, just trying to convey a better picture
at least of where the shadows fall, and their apparent shapes.
It is possible that it is all merely illusion, with
nothing behind it, although I personally tend to doubt that.
It is possible that every impression that you might get
is literally, right on the money.
I might be mind-controlled, hypnotized, doing someone
else's bidding, without knowing it. There might be
moles in the intelligence world who sympathize with
my cause.
There might be gay-militant poetry fans who see what I am doing,
and try independently to help create the illusion. Personally,
I think that there must be more to it than merely that, because
it is too unlikely that I would even see the meaning, on my
own, in a name like "Electra".
Isn't that a charming thought? That someone would actually
crash a crane into a building, just because it had that name,
and it was just for the purpose of playing a cat-and-mouse?
I also contemplate the possibility that it is not the
poetry that is an illusion, but it is this World of ours
that is just an illusion, a dream of some kind, not real
in the way that we think it is.
I also contemplate that there might be higher forces-
or lower ones - God, devil, alien life forms - who knows
what is its real nature, when it is beyond our comprehension?
That is all I can do - contemplate. That is all you can
really do, either. You might think that you know the answer,
and might be very confident that you know the answer, but
you do not really know, and cannot really know, either, with
certainty.
There is one more aspect, though. I will keep repeating
that I know engage in no sabotage or conspiracy, and am
aware of none. However, when I write poetry, it is not for
the purpose of entertaining anyone. I do not care about
the merits, or lack of merits, of the poetry, as such.
It is more in the nature of an incantation, like
curse words hurled. I am trying to create effects by
sheer force of "intent" alone. Not intent to take action.
To bend reality by pure mental activity, alone.
It would be hypocrital of American society to scoff at
such a notion- after all, that is not much different than
you call "prayer" - a thing that most of my fellow countrymen
seem to hold in high regard.
My notion is not based on religion, though. My only
"Scriptures" are repepresented more in physics books and
speculative extensions of quantum theory. But more than that,
it is a notion based on personal experience and discovery.
I have simply discovered that this kind of thing seems
to work, even though it makes no sense at all that it should.
I think that tragedy is the fundamental core of all human
existence. It is just that some people live in bubbles,
with blinders and do not know it, or refuse to accept it.
There is really no such thing as making light of anyone
else's tragedy, when you know this - everyone else's
tragedy is exactly the same as your tragedy and the
tragedy of everything that lives and breathes. It is
God's incompetence, not a byproduct of our own shortcomings.
In spite of the genuine tragedy, there is mocking, universal
absurdity that clings to the surface of thing - almost
sometimes lightening the load, but yet depriving it all
dignity.
It is ironic that so many people laugh at the
word "existential". The reality that existentialism
recognizes- the obscene blending of tragedy and
half-funny/unfully absurdity- that concept hits the
nail on the head more than all the Christian Scriptures,
put together.
It is perhaps another effect of God's natural
sadism and cruelty, but I jest. Life is so obviously
tragic and absurd, that any rational being would be
obligated to accept that our traditional concept of
"God" is more than merely "naive" - it is infantile.
Any religion that skirts around the issue of the sheer
randomness of Life, the cruel caprice at the heart of it,
is selling palliatives, not truth.
PLEASE DON'T BE MORE TRAGIC THAN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY
Life is a Greek Tragedy, written and performed by amateurs.
Do not make me come over there, and prove it to you.
I suppose that I would tell the mourning familes-
I regret the messy deaths that sadden you, but it would
be my Will that it should be this way, until society
gets off the back of my kind, that has been living
under oppressive, malicious, and indifferent
attitudes for the last 3000 years. If I had
my way, there would be a war of annhilation going on,
until the entire human race, from Russia to Jamaica,
from Iran to Namibia to Alabama, got that message.
I think that 3000 years of oppression, perhaps
some kind of "karma" is creating the improbable
events that allow me to prod the paranoia of
fascist-leaning people, in such times, and live
to tell about it.
"Paranormal" - I do not think that you will be able
to believe this, until I bludgeon you with more and
more of it, in years to come. I think that in time,
it will become more and more difficult to ignore.
If it were not real, I would get crushed, but because
it is real, the outcome will be the other way around,
much to the surprise of most of the human race.
The easier, less painful and less tragic course
would be for the human race to starting acknowledging
the current and historical truths, and start making
amends as if their lives depended on it.
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