Kirjahaku

In Tales for Commuters & Other Time Travelers all readers are metaphysical commuters through time and experience; and in the new millennium's overbooked modernity these bluesy, zen-like stories, ranging in reading time from one minute impromptus to quarter-hour stories, offer wide-ranging reflective pleasure, both whimsical and serious, during the kaleidoscopic betwixts and betweens of our daily lives.

During WWII my father kept a diary during his 300 combat hours and 81 missions as a decorated P-47 fighter pilot in England. This book celebrates and honors my father and mother's participation in that difficult time. The screenplay "Hunters in the Fog" looks into the mysteries of luck and fate in war. Why is it certain pilots, regardless of their refined skills in war, fall victim to death, chopped short in youth? My father turns over that question in his diary. He notes the near misses to himself and other pilots, the mysterious accidents, the horror of fiery death and the strange beauty and suspense of aerial warfare. With his advice, and inspired in part by the classic characters of Dumas' "The Three Musketeers," we fashioned a similar set of personalities who must survive 300 hours of deadly aerial combat to complete their tour of duty.

In what Joseph Campbell might call doing creative mythology, in "Neon Nirvana" novelist and anthropologist Jim Stallings entered the popular New Age world of "past life regression" therapy; the narrative frames the encounter of a man and woman at a New Age summer retreat in Texas...a screenwriter seeking new directions in his life who is aided by a psychic artist.The novel uses the ancient mythic plot of the visit to the underworld (here the unconscious stored memories of past lives), as Yvonne Cienfuegos guides Isaac Blackford into his karmic past through his descent into his "life dreams..".Through this lucid dreaming journey together Isaac and Yvonne discover their soul mate destinies are mysteriously and redemptively intertwined.

During WWII my father kept a diary during his 300 combat hours and 81 missions as a decorated P-47 fighter pilot in England. This book celebrates and honors my father and mother's participation in that difficult time. The screenplay "Hunters in the Fog" looks into the mysteries of luck and fate in war. Why is it certain pilots, regardless of their refined skills in war, fall victim to death, chopped short in youth? My father turns over that question in his diary. He notes the near misses to himself and other pilots, the mysterious accidents, the horror of fiery death and the strange beauty and suspense of aerial warfare. With his advice, and inspired in part by the classic characters of Dumas' "The Three Musketeers," we fashioned a similar set of personalities who must survive 300 hours of deadly aerial combat to complete their tour of duty.

In what Joseph Campbell might call doing creative mythology, in "Neon Nirvana" novelist and anthropologist Jim Stallings entered the popular New Age world of "past life regression" therapy; the narrative frames the encounter of a man and woman at a New Age summer retreat in Texas...a screenwriter seeking new directions in his life who is aided by a psychic artist.The novel uses the ancient mythic plot of the visit to the underworld (here the unconscious stored memories of past lives), as Yvonne Cienfuegos guides Isaac Blackford into his karmic past through his descent into his "life dreams..".Through this lucid dreaming journey together Isaac and Yvonne discover their soul mate destinies are mysteriously and redemptively intertwined.

1952 ernannte der Sprecher des Repr sentantenhauses, Sam Rayburn, den demokratischen Abgeordneten Ezekiel Candler aus Arkansas, "Took" Gathings, zum Vorsitzenden eines Sonderausschusses, der die m glichen Auswirkungen angeblich obsz ner Literatur auf die Moral der amerikanischen Gesellschaft untersuchen sollte. Der Sonderausschuss des Repr sentantenhauses f r aktuelle pornografische Materialien, informell auch als Gathings-Ausschuss bekannt, ver ffentlichte 1953 einen Mehrheitsbericht. Darin wurde behauptet, dass die Verbreitung obsz ner Literatur ein allgegenw rtiges Problem sei, und der Bundesregierung empfohlen, die Verbreitung von als unangemessen erachteten Materialien zu zensieren. Letztendlich verwarf das Repr sentantenhaus die Empfehlungen des Ausschusses. Die Frage, ob Literatur die gesellschaftliche Moral beeinflussen k nnte oder ob Zensur zum Schutz sozialer Normen erforderlich sei, blieb jedoch auch in den folgenden Jahrzehnten bestehen. In dieser Studie soll untersucht werden, wie die W hler die Bem hungen des Ausschusses bewerteten.

En 1952, le pr sident de la Chambre des repr sentants, Sam Rayburn, a charg le repr sentant d mocrate de l'Arkansas, Ezekiel Candler Took Gathings, de diriger une commission sp ciale et d'enqu ter sur l'effet potentiel de la litt rature pr tendument obsc ne sur la moralit de la soci t am ricaine. Le House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials, officieusement connu sous le nom de Gathings Committee, a publi un rapport majoritaire en 1953. Elle affirme que la distribution de litt rature obsc ne est un probl me omnipr sent et recommande au gouvernement f d ral de censurer la distribution de mat riel jug inappropri . En fin de compte, la Chambre des repr sentants a rejet les recommandations de la commission. Cependant, la question de savoir si la litt rature pouvait ou non affecter la morale sociale, ou si la censure tait n cessaire pour prot ger les normes sociales, s'est pos e au cours des d cennies suivantes. L'objectif de cette tude est d'examiner comment les lecteurs ont per u les efforts de la commission.

Nel 1952, il presidente della Camera Sam Rayburn nomin il rappresentante democratico dell'Arkansas Ezekiel Candler "Took" Gathings a capo di una commissione selezionata per indagare sul potenziale effetto della letteratura presumibilmente oscena sulla morale della societ americana. La House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials, informalmente nota come Commissione Gathings, pubblic un rapporto di maggioranza nel 1953. La commissione sosteneva che la distribuzione di letteratura oscena fosse un problema dilagante e raccomandava al governo federale di censurare la distribuzione di materiale ritenuto inappropriato. Alla fine, la Camera dei Rappresentanti scart le raccomandazioni della commissione. Tuttavia, la questione se la letteratura potesse o meno influenzare la morale sociale, o se la censura fosse necessaria per proteggere le norme sociali, prevalse nei decenni successivi. Lo scopo di questo studio esaminare come gli elettori considerarono gli sforzi della commissione.

W 1952 roku przewodniczący Izby Reprezentant w Sam Rayburn wyznaczyl przedstawiciela demokrat w z Arkansas, Ezekiela Candlera "Took" Gathingsa, do kierowania wybraną komisją i zbadania potencjalnego wplywu rzekomo obscenicznej literatury na moralnośc amerykańskiego spoleczeństwa. House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials, nieformalnie znana jako Gathings Committee, wydala raport większościowy w 1953 roku. Twierdzil on, że dystrybucja obscenicznej literatury byla wszechobecnym problemem i zalecal rządowi federalnemu cenzurowanie dystrybucji material w uznanych za nieodpowiednie. Ostatecznie Izba Reprezentant w odrzucila zalecenia komisji. Jednak pytania o to, czy literatura może wplywac na moralnośc spoleczną lub czy cenzura jest potrzebna do ochrony norm spolecznych, dominowaly w kolejnych dziesięcioleciach. Celem niniejszego opracowania jest zbadanie, jak wyborcy postrzegali wysilki komisji.