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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Baseball and History: Narratives, Part Three
Note: this is part of an ongoing series I’m doing. Part one, and links to all the other parts, can be found here. Baseball has a long history in America, and its close connection with American culture means that our … Continue reading
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Tagged American Culture, B&H&F, Babe Ruth, Baseball, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Negro Leagues, Satchel Paige, Sports Culture
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Kaarlo Kurko; the victory, the downfall and the aftermath
We have reached the final episode of the story of Kaarlo Kurko, a Finnish adventurer who fought as a volunteer in ataman Bulak-Balakhovich’s forces in the Polish-Soviet war in 1920. The previous episodes can be read from the archives of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bulak-Balakhovich, Finland, Kaarlo Kurko, military history, Miracle of Vistula, Poland, Polish-Soviet War
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If you suffer, the golden age will come
Over at my blog, I’ve just posted a review of the 1985 Greg Bear science fiction novel Eon. Without going into too much detail, or risking the revelation of spoilers, Eon is a novel concerned with describing the future, both … Continue reading
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On how we are coming to accept that we are alone
A recent Wired Science article referring to research suggesting that certain hardy Earth life forms could not only survive the trip from Earth to Mars, but could actually live for extended periods of time on the Martian surface, reminded me … Continue reading
Baseball and History: Narratives, Part Two
Note: this is part of an ongoing series I’m doing. Part one, and links to all the other parts, can be found here. The problem with WPA and other contextual stats is that they are teleological. This is not really … Continue reading
Kaarlo Kurko; war, inhumanity and humanity
On April 1920, ataman Bulak’s division, the Finnish volunteers included, joined the Polish offensive against the Bolsheviks and attacked from Mozyr to the Dniepr, fighting side by side with the Polish forces of colonel Józef Rybak in Polesie. Kaarlo Kurko … Continue reading
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Tagged Bulak-Balakhovich, Finland, Kaarlo Kurko, military history, Miracle of Vistula, Poland, Polish-Soviet War, War
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Some notes on information storage (3): Emotional incentives
Quick question: What do Nan Goldin‘s 1981 “Nan and Brian in Bed” (cover image of her landmark 1986 The Ballad of Sexual Dependency) and this picture form a New Year’s Eve party I attended in 2002 (I’m second from the … Continue reading
Some notes on information storage (2): Libraries, prosthetic memories
I’ve been continuing to think about libraries and information organization. I keep recalling prosthetic memory, a concept developed by Alison Landsberg most recently in her 2004 book of the same name. What is this concept, so evocative to me?
Kaarlo Kurko and ataman Bulak’s soldiers
When Kaarlo Kurko arrived in Warsaw in February 1920, he found the Polish capital full of political intrigue. While the Polish-Soviet negotiations were still underway, the Russian Whites and several nationalist leaders had set up representations in Warsaw and were … Continue reading
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Tagged Bulak-Balakhovich, Finland, Kaarlo Kurko, military history, Miracle of Vistula, Poland, Polish-Soviet War, War
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Plagiarism, Entitled Students, and Shooting the Messenger
First things first. Go and read this article. If you’re an educator, have some alcohol nearby. You’ll need it. I am not going to discuss the article itself because, well, it’s pretty self-explanatory. Why are so many comments out-and-out attacks … Continue reading
