Bianca Looks from above the Book: Readings on the Margin of Bruno Schulz’s Ex-Libris for Stanisław Weingarten

The essay traces correspondences between the elements of the 1919 Pierrot ex-libris and the books from Weingarten’s collection which, with time, included and gave privileged position to the works of Bruno Schulz. Among the authors referred to are Rainer Maria Rilke, Alfred Kubin, and Jules Laforgue (in the critical appreciation of Jan Szarota)

“An Inner Comprehension of the Pueblo Indian’s Point of View”: Carl Gustav Jung’s 1925 Visit to Taos, New Mexico

Carl Jung paid a short visit to Taos, New Mexico, in January 1925. A brief account of his stay at the Pueblo appeared in Memories, Dreams, Reflections, edited by Aniela Jaffe in 1963. Remembering his conversations with Mountain Lake (Antonio Mirabal), Jung wrote of the confrontation between the “European consciousness,” or the “European thought,” with the Indian “unconscious.” My article provides a reading of Jung’s text as a meeting ground of the aesthetic, emotional, visionary and of the analytical, rational, explanatory. Like many other European and Anglo-American visitors to Taos Pueblo, Jung rediscovers its capacity to mirror the inner needs of the visitor; he examines the significance of the encounter with the Southwestern landscape and with the Pueblo Indians’ religious views in terms of self-reflection and of the return to the mythical. As Carl Jung’s “inner comprehension” of the Pueblo Indian’s philosophy is mediated through language, aware both of its desire and its inability to become liberated from the European perspectives, Mountain Lake’s attitude towards his visitor from Switzerland remains ultimately unknown; Mountain Lake does, however, communicate his readiness to assume the archetypal role of a teacher and a spiritual guide whose insights reach beyond the confines and mystifications of language. According to Jung’s account, during this brief encounter of the two cultures, he and his Indian host experienced a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment, the sources of which, as they both understood them in their own individual ways, resided in the comprehension of universal sharing

'Under Kilimanjaro:' Homesickness for the Wild and Hemingway’s African Dressing Gown

Mirosław Mierni

Cabeza de Vaca, Estebanico, and the Language of Diversity in Laila Lalami’s The Moor’s Account

Published in 1542, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s La relación is a chronicle of the Pánfilo de Narváez’s 1527 expedition to the New World in which Cabeza de Vaca was one of the four survivors. His account has received considerable attention. It has been appreciated and critically examined as a narrative of conquest and colonization, a work of ethnographic interest, and a text of some literary value. Documenting and fictionalizing for the first time in European history the experience of travelling/trekking in the region which now constitutes the Southwest in the United States, Cabeza de Vaca’s story testifies to the sense of disorientation, as well as to the importance of psychological and cultural mechanisms of responsiveness and adaptability to a different environment. What allows the Moroccan-American contemporary writer Laila Lalami to follow that perspective in her book The Moor’s Account (2017) is an imaginative transfer of the burden and satisfaction of narrating the story of the journey to the black Moroccan slave whose presence in the narratives of conquest and exploration was marginal. In Lalami’s book, Estebanico becomes the central character and his role is ultimately identified with that of a writer celebrating the freedom of diversity, one who survives to use the transcultural experience of the past creatively in ways well suited to the needs of the current moment

INFLUENCE OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ON AIR TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION IN THE BYDGOSZCZ–TORUŃ REGION IN THE PERIOD FROM 1921 TO 2000

The following article presents the results of research on the influence of atmospheric circulation on air temperature and atmospheric precipitation in the Bydgoszcz-Toruń region (Poland) in the period 1921–2000. In order to do this, we have constructed a daily calendar of synoptic situations using criteria proposed by Niedźwiedź (1981). Daily values of air temperature and atmospheric precipitation were collected from the meteorological station in Toruń. Research results show that weather conditions in the study area are influenced predominantly by the direction of air mass advection and, to a lesser extent, by the prevailing type of isobaric system

Obszar na którym wprowadzono stan nadzwyczajny a strefa specjalna w prawie administracyjnym

Prezentowane w opracowaniu rozważania zainspirowane zostały wprowadzeniem w dniu 2 września 2021 r. stanu wyjątkowego na obszarze części województwa podlaskiego oraz części województwa lubelskiego, a następnie – po jego zniesieniu z dniem 2 grudnia 2021 r. – przeniesieniem fragmentu regulacji dotyczącej tego stanu na stałe do ustawy z dnia 12 października 1990 r. o ochronie granicy państwowej (do przepisów o strefie nadgranicznej). W obu tych przypadkach (zarówno stanu wyjątkowego, jak i strefy specjalnej związanej z ochroną granicy państwowej) wprowadzony został zakaz przebywania na określonym obszarze. Organy władzy publicznej doprowadziły zatem do płynnego przejścia w ramach reżimu publicznoprawnego od stanu nadzwyczajnego do strefy specjalnej. W konsekwencji pomimo zniesienia stanu wyjątkowego, w stosunku do analizowanego obszaru fragmentów województw podlaskiego i lubelskiego, część ograniczeń konstytucyjnych wolności i praw pozostała bez zmiany. Na kanwie powyższego w artykule podjęto próbę analizy zagadnienia tożsamości i różnic zachodzących pomiędzy obszarami objętymi stanami nadzwyczajnymi a obszarami, na których ustanowiono strefy specjalne, w tym także próbę odpowiedzi na pytanie – czy obszary objęte stanami nadzwyczajnymi powinny być uznawane za strefy specjalne w prawie administracyjnym.The considerations presented in the study were inspired by the introduction of a state of emergency in part of the Podlaskie Voivodeship and part of the Lubelskie Voivodeship on September 2, 2021, and then – after its abolition on December 2, 2021 – the permanent transfer of a part of the regulation concerning this state to the Act of October 12, 1990 on the protection of the state border (regulations on the frontier zone). In both cases (both the state of emergency and the special zone related to the protection of the state border), a ban on staying in a specific area was introduced. Thus, the organs of public authority led to a smooth transition under the public-law regime from the state of emergency to a special zone. As a consequence, despite the lifting of the state of emergency, in relation to the analyzed area of parts of the Podlaskie and Lubelskie voivodeships, some constitutional restrictions on freedoms and rights remained unchanged. On the basis of the above, the article attempts to analyze the issue of identity and the differences between areas covered by a state of emergency and areas where special zones have been established, including an attempt to answer the question – whether areas subject to states of emergency should be recognized as special zones in administrative law

Increased transcription in hydroxyurea-treated root meristem cells of Vicia faba

Hydroxyurea (HU), an inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase, prevents cells from progressing through S phase by depletion of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. Concurrently, disruption of DNA replication leads to double-strand DNA breaks. In root meristems of Vicia faba, HU triggers cell cycle arrest (preferentially in G1/S phase) and changes an overall metabolism by global activation of transcription both in the nucleoplasmic and nucleolar regions. High level of transcription is accompanied by an increase in the content of RNA polymerase II large subunit (POLR2A). Changes in transcription activation and POLR2A content correlate with posttranslational modifications of histones that play a role in opening up chromatin for transcription. Increase in the level of H4 Lys5 acetylation indicates that global activation of transcription following HU treatment depends on histone modifications

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Drogowe spółki specjalnego przeznaczenia jako podmioty realizujące inwestycje w zakresie dróg publicznych – szanse i zagrożenia (część I)

Special purpose road companies (abbreviated to SPRC) were supposed to be a new category of entities performing road investments in Poland. It was expected that the activities of such companies will contribute to accelerate the implementation of a backward program of construction of motorways and expressways in Poland. However, this concept raises as much hope as fear. No company of this type has yet been established so there is no practical experience related to their realization of road projects. The aim of this paper is to identify opportunities and threats to the effective implementation of road projects through SPRC. It is mainly about opportunities and threats which are associated with the implementation of the statutory rules of the model of these companies. In the first part of this study are analyzed the issues of the subjectivity of private law, the way of management and personnel potential of SPRC.Drogowe spółki specjalnego przeznaczenia (w skrócie dssp) miały stanowić nową kategorię podmiotów realizujących inwestycje drogowe w Polsce. Z działalnością dssp łączono i nadal łączy się ogromne nadzieje związane z przyspieszeniem wykonania zapóźnionego programu budowy autostrad i dróg ekspresowych. Jednakże koncepcja ta budzi tyle samo nadziei, ile obaw. Ponieważ dotychczas nie powołano żadnej spółki tego typu, brakuje doświadczeń praktycznych związanych z wykonywaniem przez nie przedsięwzięć drogowych. Celem referatu jest określenie szans i zagrożeń dla efektywnej realizacji inwestycji drogowych za pośrednictwem dssp. Chodzi przede wszystkim o szanse i zagrożenia, które są związane z urzeczywistnianiem założeń ustawowego modelu omawianych spółek. W części pierwszej niniejszego opracowania analizie poddane zostały zagadnienia prywatnoprawnej podmiotowości, sposobu zarządzania i potencjału kadrowego drogowych spółek specjalnego przeznaczenia