[monochrom] RIP Robert Anton Wilson

[Stefan Stiasny]

Robert Anton Wilson Defies Medical Experts and leaves his body @4:50
AM on binary date 01/11.

All Hail Eris!

On behalf of his children and those who cared for him, deepest love
and gratitude for the tremendous support and lovingness bestowed upon
us.

http://robertantonwilson.blogspot.com/2007/01/raw-essence.html
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[monochrom] Reading 'Lolita in Tehran' in Connecticut

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Review of "Lolita in Tehran" by Simon Hay.

Intro: >>Azar Nafisi's bestselling Reading Lolita 
in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (Random House, 2003) 
has become a popular choice for required summer 
reading for incoming students at many colleges 
and universities across the USA, including my 
own. It has also been immensely popular with book 
clubs, library organizations and the like. 
Translated into thirty-two languages, it has 
remained on the New York Times bestseller list 
for over two years. Clearly, it offers a message 
that 'resonates' for a significant portion of the 
US – and world – reading publics. As a choice for 
incoming first-year studentts, Nafisi's book 
seems compelling because, as a reviewer from the 
New York Times is quoted on the cover as saying, 
it is an 'eloquent brief on the transformative 
powers of fiction'. But what kind of reading 
practices is the book describing and encouraging, 
and what reading practices are being declared 
significant intellectual engagements with 
literature, and with Iran, in this positioning of Nafisi's book?<<


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[monochrom] Bizarre New Form of Life Found in Arctic Ocean

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An entirely new group of tiny and bizarre marine 
algae has been discovered in the Arctic Ocean. A 
team of European researchers found the new 
organisms while analyzing DNA sequences in 
samples of seawater. Genetic evidence pointed to 
the presence of an unknown type of microalgae, 
which the researchers named picobiliphytes 
("pico" means "a trillionth of a part of") 
because of their miniscule size. But the 
discovery may be huge—scientificallly speaking. 
"These organisms represent a new evolutionary 
lineage," said team member Fabrice Not.

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[monochrom] Disturbing Dog Technologies

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Doggy bag and more.
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[monochrom] Chavez Announces Nationalizations, Constitutional Reform for Socialism in Venezuela

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During the swearing-in ceremony of his new 
cabinet, Venezuela’s President Chavez announced 
a series of dramatic new measures for moving 
ahead in establishing 21st century socialism in 
Venezuela. Among these new measures are the 
convocation of a new constitutional assembly and 
the re-nationalization of key industries.

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