#Christian Kühn

[donospl]

Co w jazzie piszczy [sezon 2 odcinek 44]

premierowa emisja 4 grudnia 2024 – 18:00 Graliśmy: Ali Watson Quartet “Evening Song” z albumu “Terrarium”       Nesrine  “Ya Lil” z albumu “Ka Ya Makan” – ACT Music Dan Fortin ft. David Occhipinti “Uh Hundred” z albumu “Cannon” – Elastic Recordings Joe Fonda “Inspiration Opus #1” z albumu “Eyes On The Horizon” – Long Song Records Christopher Whitley “for the most part” z albumu “almost as…

[albannikolaiherbst]

Geschafft. Und schwimmend nun - ACT sei gedankt - in Duos von Wollny und Kühn. Wenn auch der Schädel Schillers neu eine Rolle spielt.

           Hat jetzt doch länger gedauert, als ich erst glaubte. Ich hatte sogar gedacht, früher fertig zu werden als sonst, weil ich Elster ja schon kannte. Aber die dortigen online-Formulare verändern sich von Jahr zu Jahr, wie mir ein Mitarbeiter an der Hotline, sagte; nicht grundlegend zwar, aber doch spürbar. Und wo ich nach Inhalten buchführe – “Reisen”, “Bankkosten” “Bewirtungen”, “Büro”,…

[punkrockhistory]

Happy Birthday to Christian Emmerich aka Blixa Bargeld, German musician who has been a member of the groups Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and ANBB, born on this day in 1959, Berlin

📸 Bernd Kühn

#punk #punkrock #blixabargeld #history #punkrockhistory #otd

[ben-learns-smth]

international day against queer hostility reading list recs

based on books I've read and books that are on my (physical) tbr. focused on nonfiction bc there were only like 6 non-queer fiction reads in the past 4 years and that's too long for a post. please add more, if you have more recs!

ENGLISH (different translations available for some)

None of the Above by Travis Alabanza

essays on being nonbinary. somewhat literary yet often down to earth writing style.

genderqueer by maia kobabe

graphic novel tracing the author's journey of self discovery regarding their genderqueer identity

ACE: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

well researched essays based on interviews with and extensive research of different experiences of people on the asexual spectrum. it also includes a chapter on aromantic experiences

Rethinking Gender by Louie Läuger

if you're new to the idea of gender as a social construct/issues the trans and genderqueer community faces this is where to start! an introduction and guide to gender as a social construct, making space for different genderqueer identities and all of it with lovely illustrations that help guide understanding. offers prompts to question your own relation to gender (as in a social concept & as in your own gender identity)

To Be Seen. Queer Lives 1900-1950 by Karolina Kühn & Mirjam Zadoff

Before We Were Trans: A new History of Gender by Kit Heyam

Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding by Maia Kobabe

fiction recs based on my more recent reads & (physical) tbr

elatsoe by darcie little badger (aroace mc but it's not about elatsoe being aroace; 10/10 friendship rep)

breakaway series by e.l. massey (lots of deconstructing internalised queer hostility)

common bonds by roanna sylver, c.t. callahan, b.r. sanders & claudie aresneault (short stories about experiences of aromantic ppl)

all the things they said we couldn't have by t.c. oakes-monger (trans joy stories)

on a sunbeam by tillie walden (queers in space, cute lesbians & nonbinary people)

GERMAN (translations possibly available)

[un]sichtbar gemacht by katharina kroschel & annika baumgart

well researched essays on aromantic and asexual expieriences, history and facts. great place to start when new to the topic!

all die brennenden fragen by henri maximilian jakobs

all the (inappropriate) questions cisgender people tend to ask genderqueer and trans people answered from the perspective of a sarcastic trans man

gender-kram by louie läuger

german (and original) version of "rethinking gender", see above for a description. very helpful introduction, but also good for those who think they know everything (or themselves)

eine frau ist eine frau ist eine frau by phoenix kühnert

autobiographical essays on being a trans woman. sometimes emotional, sometimes snarky or sarcastic

ich bin linus: wie ich der mann wurde der ich immer schon war by linus giese

autobiographical essays on being a trans man. vulnerable, emotional and informative writing

freunde lieben by ole liebl

To Be Seen. Queer Lives 1900-1950 by Karolina Kühn & Mirjam Zadoff

fiction recs based on my more recent reads & (physical) tbr

wasteland by christian vogt & judith c. vogt (first german novel to use multiple sets of neutral pronouns and using a gender neutral/inclusive language, batshit ya/na dystopian sci fi fantasy but FUN)

paradiesische zustände by henri maximilian jakobs (a trans man reflects on his journey of self discovery. there's a lot of fries mentioned)

blutbuch by kim de l'horizon (literary work about a genderqueer persons reflection on their identity and family history)

[germanpostwarmodern]

Anton Schweighofer’s (1930-2019) work was deeply devoted to the human being and its needs. His housing estates, schools, kindergartens and SOS children’s villages all revolve around the community and how it is made up of individuals that need both the collective and the possibility to retreat. That Schweighofer gave extensive thought to the requirements of the inhabitants also becomes clear in the present monograph: „Anton Schweighofer - der stille Radikale“, edited by Christian Kühn and published by Springer Verlag in 2000. It contains some 40 pages of interviews with Schweighofer in which he reflects on his design ethos, freedom in architecture or his decade long teaching at the Technical University in Vienna. But the major part of the book is of course devoted to his built work: it features some 20 projects from the 1960s to the late 1990s and therefore provides a thorough cross section of Schweighofer’s complex work, especially because each project is presented in photographs, plans and additional texts that carry the reader through the genesis of each project. I have always been fascinated with Schweighofer and his approach to architecture but until this book really hadn’t been able to dig deeper into his architectural cosmos. Luckily „Der stille Radikale“ indeed allows for comprehensive insights into his built work as well as his theoretical considerations and consequently is the go-to reference work on this sometimes undervalued (just look what happened to his „Stadt des Kindes“) architect!

[fvglueckstein]

By Carl Christian Heinrich Kühn in 1907 and depicts 3 of his children: Lotte, Hans & Walter.

[korrektheiten]

FDP auf dem Holzweg: Lindners Zweiklassen-Gesellschaft

Tichy:»Am Samstag probte die FDP das Pfeifen, zwar nicht im Wald, sondern auf ihrem Landesparteitag in Duisburg. Christian Lindner tat das, was er verläßlich immer macht, wenn er ebenfalls wie immer wieder den Grünen in Nibelungentreue kühn gefolgt ist, nämlich eine Rede mit an hohlen Effekten nicht geizenden Rede gegen die Ampel und gegen die Der Beitrag FDP auf dem Holzweg: Lindners Zweiklassen-Gesellschaft erschien zuerst auf Tichys Einblick. http://dlvr.it/T5Ww3J «

[wikiuntamed]

On this day in Wikipedia: Thursday, 31st August

Welcome, Benvenuto, Willkommen, Selam 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 31st August through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

31st August 2021 🗓️ : Death - Mahal (actress) Mahal, Filipino comedian and actress (b. 1974) "Noemi Tesorero (December 29, 1974 – August 31, 2021), known professionally as Mahal, was a Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger. Noted for her childlike roles, she had dwarfism and a giggly personality...."

31st August 2018 🗓️ : Death - Carole Shelley Carole Shelley, British-American actress (b. 1939) "Carole Augusta Shelley (16 August 1939 – 31 August 2018) was an English actress who made her career in the United States and United Kingdom. Her many stage roles included Gwendolyn Pigeon in The Odd Couple and Madame Morrible in the original Broadway cast of the musical Wicked. She won the Tony..."

Image by Photographer-Henry Grossman

31st August 2013 🗓️ : Death - Jan Camiel Willems Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1939) "Jan Camiel Willems (18 September 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a Belgian mathematical system theorist who has done most of his scientific work while residing in the Netherlands and the United States. He is most noted for the introduction of the notion of a dissipative system and for the development of..."

31st August 1973 🗓️ : Death - John Ford John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894) "John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director. He was one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford made frequent use of location shooting and wide shots, in which his characters were framed..."

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31st August 1921 🗓️ : Birth - Raymond Williams Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic (d. 1988) "Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the media and literature contributed to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts. Some..."

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31st August 1823 🗓️ : Birth - Galusha A. Grow Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1907) "Galusha Aaron Grow (August 31, 1823 – March 31, 1907) was an American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, who served as 24th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. Elected as a Democrat in the 1850 congressional elections, he switched to the newly organized..."

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31st August 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast day: Paulinus of Trier "Saint Paulinus of Trier (died 358) was bishop of Trier and a supporter of Athanasius in the conflict with Arianism. At the Synod of Arles (353) he was targeted by the Arians, and was exiled to Phrygia, being effectively singled out by the Emperor Constantius II. He died in exile five years later,..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0? by Stefan Kühn

[itsnot365papers]

Parallelized Acquisition of Orbitrap and Astral Analyzers Enables High-Throughput Quantitative Analysis.

Hamish Stewart, Dmitry Grinfeld, Anastassios Giannakopulos, Johannes Petzoldt, Toby Shanley, Matthew Garland, Eduard Denisov, Amelia Peterson, Eugen Damoc, Martin Zeller, Tabiwang N.Arrey, Anna Pashkova, Santosh Renuse, Amirmansoor Hakimi, Andreas Kühn, Matthias Biel, Arne Kreutzmann, Bernd Hagedorn, Immo Colonius, Adrian Schütz, Arne Stefes, Ankit Dwivedi, Daniel Mourad, Max Hoek, Bastian Reitemeier, Philipp Cochems, Alexander Kholomeev, Robert Ostermann, Gregor Quiring, Maximilian Ochmann, Sascha Möhring, Alexander Wagner, André Petker, Sebastian Kanngiesser, Michael Wiedemeyer, Wilko Balschun, Daniel Hermanson, Vlad Zabrouskov, Alexander Makarov and Christian Hock.

Pre-print, 2023

Summary/Figures:

Fig 1- schematic- astral uses orbitrap as intact mass analyzer, then ions are routes/guided through multipole and octapole into a high pressure region, then a low pressure region where they are ejected into the astral analyzer. ions then move back along the mirrors until they are fully reflected and detected i nthe front of the analyzer

key feature is that the high pressure chamber allows pooling of ions at the same time as that the low pressure chamber is ejecting them into the astral, enables much faster times than other mass analyzer setups

fig 2- timing schema for each section- 4 packets of ions can be in processing at once b/c steps are so fast but also separate

fig 3- MS1 in orbitrap can be done t the same time as MS2 in the astral

fig 4- resolution remains high across a wide mass range and at two different ion injection levels, mass shift remains low and consistent at wide mass range and two different ion injection levels. would be useful to see orbitrap data overlaid on this.

fig 5- mass jitter across m/z range is mostly consistent, it gets slightly higher. 3sigma jitter seems to basically be the 3x the standard deviation of the measured mas for the handful of peaks plotted here, so jitter is just a measure of deviation, (?)

fig 6- mass shift of a specified calibration peak over 70 hours is within 1m/z shift, text states that this was compared to an intemrittent internal calibration, but it is unclear how that would be done simultaneously and all of the data points for both masses are continuous

fig 7- the correction for temperature based on the internal calibrant keep mass error much closer to 0

fig 8- higher accumulation time in the in the trap results in lower scan rate- this is because a greater proportion of the duty cycle is occupied by ion accumulation leaving less total time for scans, however if the accumulation time is left constant then the scan frequency is constant

fig 9- comparison of ion countrs between corrected and uncorrected data, based on astral coutnrs relative to orib counts, where even the uncorrected astral counts are 100%- 150% higher

fig 10- astral spectra include more peaks for the same # of measured ions of a given compound, also shows that resolution values for the astral stay around 100k but orbi resolution is much lower

fig 11- protein group and peptide identification increase with experiment time

fig 12- proteome mixtures can be accurately identified using the astral, CV values for protein ID's are very low

fig 13- similar experiment, but with DIA on hela cells. Successfully identified many peptides and proteins both with and without libraries, increasing with loading mass (these are expected results)

Questions:

resolving power vs resolution?- resolution is the ability to separate peaks in a mass spectra (describes the peak themselves), whereas resolving power is the ability of the mass spec to separate the peaks (a property/parameter),

relation of repetition rate (Hz), voltage, resolving power, m/z

are the Asymmetric Ion Mirrors actual glass mirrors, or are they some other kind of "mirror"?- they are metallic, the "mirroring" is achieved via voltage

scintillator- type of mass detector that can measure ionization, traditionally used for radiation, this is a portion of the mass detection system in the astral

hermetically sealed- sealing to prevent both gases and moisture from entering (not the same as airtight)

jitter- noise within a specified domain (?)

mass dependent correction (reference 40)-

Why does an orbitrap require 10 ions for a peak to be measured but the astral can measure single ions?

Why start with the Astral at 500% aGC target? What experiments went into determining this was a good level

How was data for figure 6 and 7 collected?

Does instrument resolution refer to the average of all the resolution of each individual peak?

[softrobotcritics]

Machine Movement Lab

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2020.577900/full

The Esthetics of Encounter: A Relational-Performative Design Approach to Human-Robot Interaction

Petra Gemeinboeck

Department of Media Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Centre for Transformative Media Technologies, School of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

This article lays out the framework for relational-performative esthetics in human-robot interaction, comprising a theoretical lens and design approach for critical practice-based inquiries into embodied meaning-making in human-robot interaction. I explore the centrality of esthetics as a practice of embodied meaning-making by drawing on my arts-led, performance-based approach to human-robot encounters, as well as other artistic practices. Understanding social agency and meaning as being enacted through the situated dynamics of the interaction, I bring into focus a process of bodying-thinging; entangling and transforming subjects and objects in the encounter and rendering elastic boundaries in-between. Rather than serving to make the strange look more familiar, aesthetics here is about rendering the differences between humans and robots more relational....

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Keywords: human-robot interaction design, aesthetics, performativity, agency, design, movement

Citation: Gemeinboeck P (2021) The Esthetics of Encounter: A Relational-Performative Design Approach to Human-Robot Interaction. Front. Robot. AI 7:577900. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2020.577900

Received: 30 June 2020; Accepted: 14 December 2020; Published: 16 March 2021.

Edited by:

Elizabeth Ann Jochum

, Aalborg University, Denmark

Reviewed by:

Gregory J. Corness

, Columbia College Chicago, United States

Jonas Jørgensen

, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Copyright © 2021 Gemeinboeck. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

*Correspondence: Petra Gemeinboeck, petra.gemeinboeck@uni-ak.ac.at

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On the finale of Game of Thrones.

"Season's Greetings and Good Luck for 1940," 1940, by Fritz Eichenberg © Visual Artists and Galleries Assoc., Inc. (VAGA), New York 

"The Bride of Lammermoor" (detail), by 1830, by Sir Edwin Landseer 

"Dorie, Tom and I Play at Canson Beach," 1978, by Eugene Richards 

"William, Prince of Orange," Late 19th–early 20th century, by Samuel Arlent-Edwards 

"A City Wall with Man Falling from Ramparts," date unknown, by Simon Fokke 

"Allegory of Writing" (detail), c. 1740, by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich 

"Sicilian Bark," 1901, by Heinrich Kühn 

"Portrait of a Lady," 1566, Netherlands 

"Seated Herdsman and Woman Giving a Drink to a Boy" (detail), 1759–82, by Francesco Londonio 

"Portrait of Thomas Eakins," c. 1920–25, by Susan Macdowell Eakins 

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S T A D T  D E R  V I E L E N

Stadterweiterung München Ost Wettbewerb, 2019, 2.Stufe In Zusammenarbeit mit: Imke Mumm, Julia Preschern, Max Ott, Norbert Kling, Julian Numberger, Peter Kühn, Christian Zöhrer, Andy Westner, Werner Schührer und Thomas Hess Link zum Download: Glossar  Link Stadt München: www.muenchen.de/(...)Nordosten

Mehr gebaute Demokratie – Eine Chance für München. In München spitzen sich zahlreiche Debatten zu, die in allen prosperierenden Städten derzeit geführt werden. Hier wird nicht nur über Boden, Spekulation, Eigentum, Wachstum und Veränderung gestritten, sondern auch nach neuen Wegen für eine gemeinwohlorientierte Stadtentwicklung gesucht, die sich an Fragen von Bezahlbarkeit, Zugänglichkeit und Verlässlichkeit ausrichten.

Die Landeshauptstadt hat im Münchner Nordosten einen Ideenwettbewerb für eine der letzten großen Entwicklungsflächen ausgelobt. Für eine Fläche von 600 Hektar werden dabei drei große Masterpläne gefordert. Diese Vorgaben laufen krampfhaft auf die Darstellung fertiger Stadtquartiere hinaus. Aber so leichtsinnig sollte die Chance, die konkreten Bedingungen und die Art und Weise der Veränderung des Münchner Nordostens zu definieren, nicht vergeben werden. Es geht um etwas Grundsätzlicheres.

Wem gehört die Stadt? Angesichts der rasanten Bodenpreisentwicklung schlagen wir vor, die Grundstücke im Münchner Nordosten über die Städtebauliche Entwicklungsmaßnahme zu kommunalisieren und ausschließlich im Erbbaurecht zur Bebauung und Nutzung weiterzugeben.

Wer plant die Planung? Eine Entwicklungsgenossenschaft für das Planungsgebiet und Parlamente der Nachbarschaften auf den Quartiersebenen ermöglichen echte Teilhabe und Mitgestaltung an Transformationsprozessen, die bereits heute beginnen können.

Stadt ist das was wir daraus machen! Die Stadt der Vielen ist in Bewegung und verändert sich mit Ihren Bewohner*innen. Innerhalb eines Rahmens aus Freiräumen und bestehenden Strukturen, lässt sie Gleichzeitigkeit zu und kann Unterschiedlichkeiten auf Dauer aufnehmen. Die Stadt der Vielen kann viel mehr Menschen Platz bieten, als es die Wettbewerbsauslobung zu denken wagt. Stadt ist ein Gemeingut, das kollektiv ausgehandelt werden muss. München geht uns alle an.

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@maniculum I just found another very interesting source on the topic, and this one is even older than the Gesta Romanorum. In the 11th century, the Sufi scholar Ali al-Hujwiri recorded a (according to him well-known) story about Abú Ḥamza al-Khurásání:

It is a well-known story that one day he fell into a pit. After three days had passed a party of travellers approached. Abú Ḥamza said to himself: “I will call out to them.” Then he said: “No; it is not good that I seek aid from anyone except God, and I shall be complaining of God if I tell them that my God has cast me into a pit and implore them to rescue me.” When they came up and saw an open pit in the middle of the road, they said: “For the sake of obtaining Divine recompense (thawáb) we must cover this pit lest anyone should fall into it.” Abú Ḥamza said: “I became deeply agitated and abandoned hope of life. After they blocked the mouth of the pit and departed, I prayed to God and resigned myself to die, and hoped no more of mankind. When night fell I heard a movement at the top of the pit. I looked attentively. The mouth of the pit was open, and I saw a huge animal like a dragon, which let down its tail. I knew that God had sent it and that I should be saved in this way. I took hold of its tail and it dragged me out. A heavenly voice cried to me, ‘This is an excellent escape of thine, O Abú Ḥamza! We have saved thee from death by means of a death’” (i.e. a deadly monster).

To me, this sounds pretty similar, maybe it's a related tale or some kind of predecessor to the story in the Gesta Romanorum. Sara Kühn also noted some similarities to the tale of the man in the well in "The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art"

I just found your podcast and saw that you covered the Gesta Romanorum in a lot of episodes. Since they are pretty long, can you please tell me if the Episode about the man in the snake cave (Charles Swan translated the title as "Of Deliverance from Hell") is in one of them?

It isn't yet. I just checked, and it's one of the ones I have tagged to include in a future episode. If you like, I can make a note to do it the next time we revisit the Gesta Romanorum -- though that won't be for a while, as we have the next few months already planned out and Gesta Romanorum isn't on the schedule.

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Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (Comödie Dresden)

Das Wirtshaus im Spessart (Comödie Dresden)

Story: Nach Jahren des Dornröschenschlafs erwacht das geschichtsträchtige Dresdner Barockschloss Übigau im Sommer 2019 zu neuem Leben und verwandelt sich zur Kulisse für Dresdens neues Open-Air-Theater direkt an der Elbe: die COMÖDIE IM SCHLOSS.

Nehmen Sie bei Getränken und Speisen aus der Sommerwirtschaft im Schlosshof Platz, wenn für Sie – und so manchen Halunken – das WIRTSHAUS IM SPESSART…

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Christian Kühn part ways with DEFEATED SANITY.