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...CULTURAL NEWS1 (short prose poem) I queue up at the entry of art. queue for meat, queue for bread (Hurraaah Hurrah How fine is our life!) And I watch how someone builds their tomb in eternity. We beseech you to sit down ...
...About Florentin Smarandache again, by Ion Rotaru 5 Introduction to the Kingdom of Error 9 A few features of the NonExistentialism 10 A common 13 Cultural actuality (short prose - poem) 14 How not to ascend to the High NonSociety 15 News 19 Portrait 20 1st letter of Uncle Vasile the political refugee 21 2nd letter of Uncle Vasile the political refugee 23 3rd lett...
..., religious discrimination and dark family secrets. Told with wry humour and compassion for the pain of children, unseen by adults, a complex web of history unfolds underneath the rivalries and small disasters of Nyla's school play in which she is cast as an angel. Well, at least she’s not a sheep. So far… ‘However, when I saw the costume, I started to love the angel. ...
...e my ancestors walk all the way across Europe in search of a sanctuary. And although I was only nine years old, my life was inextricably entangled in history and politics, overshadowed by the actions of those who had died long before I was born. I cried. But that was before I understood about the costume. Apparently, it was felt, the Virgin Mary had to be a Catholic,...
...of Rights All human cultures have hierarchies of rights. These hierarchies reflect cultural mores and lores and there cannot, therefore, be a unive... ... words, as a result of value judgements within given historical, psychological and cultural contexts. Judgement has to be involved: are the actions... ...perty are secondary asymmetries, not primary ones. There have been periods in human history and there have been cultures devoid of either or both. T... ...s, or symbols, often have different meanings. Meaning is dependent upon historical, cultural, and personal contexts. There is no telling whether two... ...verbal vocabulary). Pain is, therefore, a value judgment and the reaction to it is culturally dependent. In some cases, pain is perceived as positi... ...he Gods was a high honour. How would we judge animal rights in such historical and cultural contexts? Are there any "universal" values or does it a... ...w it "selected"? The Universe is constrained in this "selection process" by its own history, but its history is not synonymous with the Laws of Natu... ...lf evident: the Universe "selected" both the Natural Laws and, as a result, its own history, in a process akin to Natural Selection. Whatever increa... ...racity of this discovery. Judaism is founded on shared biology as much as shared history and customs. As a religion, it proscribes a conjugal uni...
... and Fall of p-Zines XIII. The Internet and the Library XIV. A Brief History of the Book XV. The Affair of the Vanishing Content XVI. Revo... ...cally updated content, ,multimedia capabilities, database, Favourites and History Maintenance (records of reading habits, shopping habits, interactio... ... biologists like Richard Dawkins and Rupert Sheldrake developed models of cultural evolution. Dawkins' "meme" is a cultural element (like a behaviou... ...ically updated content, ,multimedia capabilities, database, Favourites and History Maintenance (records of reading habits, shopping habits, interacti... ... budding medium - then we should derive great benefit from a study of the history of its predecessors. The Future History of the Internet a Medium ... ... - the more devalued and common it becomes and the less institutional and cultural memory we seem to possess. In the battle between paper and screen... ...d teachers teach. The Internet's evolution mirrors closely the social and cultural history of North America at the end of the 20th century. If not p... ...in The Net was supposed to dissolve anachronistic national borders and cultural boundaries. It was expected to vitiate distance - both physical a... ...ndbites, shortcuts and cliff notes. The Wikipedia is a pernicious counter-cultural phenomenon. It does not elevate or celebrate knowledge. The Wikip...
...ality Disorder (NPD), but studies have not demonstrated any ethnic, social, cultural, economic, genetic, or professional predilection to it. Co-Morb... ...iduals it is comprised of, the stronger the bonds of locale, language, and history – the more rigorous might an assertion of a common pathology be.... ... many an object in its path." (G.W.F . Hegel, "Lectures on the Philosophy of History") "Such beings are incalculable, they come like fate without caus... ...ents. Their only duty is to the future. They are a-historical: they have no history and they are above history. Indeed, it is precisely this apparen... ...associations. To which ethnic group does the candidate belong? What is his history and his family's / tribe's / nation's? Where is he coming from ,... ...family's / tribe's / nation's? Where is he coming from , geographically and culturally? What is he aiming at and where is he going to, what is his ... ...between traits and behavior patterns that are independent of the patient's cultural-social context (i.e., which are inherent, or idiosyncratic) – ... ...are inherent, or idiosyncratic) – and reactive patterns, or conformity to cultural and social morals and norms. Reactions to severe life crises or... ... Macedonian infantry. Alexander the Great was clearly insane, even by the cultural standards of his time. According to Diodorus, a month before he...
... of Stock Trends": "The science of recording, usually in graphic form, the actual history of trading (price changes, volume of transactions, etc.)... ... etc.) in a certain stock or in 'the averages' and then deducing from that pictured history the probable future trend." Fundamental analysis is abo... ...lation and asset bubbles is unclear. On the one hand, some of the greatest fizz in history occurred during periods of disinflation. One is reminded... ...illful and committed Diaspora - can all enhance and channel innovation. The wrong cultural context, discouraging social mores, xenophobia, a paran... ...Tom Kelly, brother of founder David Kelly, studies, in "The Art of Innovation", the history of some of the greater inventions to have been incubated... ...of acquired skills, and discriminate between types of endowments in accordance with cultural biases and fads. Libertarians limit themselves to ens... ...s to airline ticketing and from insurance claims processing to remote maintenance. Cultural mismatches between the (typically Western) client base ... ...ironment factors (demographic, economic, ecological, technological, political, and cultural) and micro- or task- environment factors (markets, custo... ...other take place in a complex environment, affected by governments, social forces, cultural factors, and markets. The country must clearly identify...
...ll win tomorrow versus Cowboys is 60% true (according to their confrontation's history giving Yankees' satisfaction), 30-32% false (supposing Cowboys... ...oldoc/foldoc.cgi?Smarandache+logic. and FOLDOC Australian Mirror - Australia's Cultural Network, http://www.acn.net.au/cgi-bin/foldoc.cgi?Smarandac... ...(also reprinted in Biometrika, Vol. 45, pp. 293 315, 1958 and in Studies in the History of Statistics and Probability, Pearson and Kendalls eds., Hafn... ...s noted that xt= - β o +β 1xt+1 +β 2xt+1. The generalized formula of the past history and future expectations given in his paper will only consider... ...ges. On the one hand, they inter-act with their surroundings and they have the history of growth and death; on the other hand, the occurrence of the... ...physical concepts and their connotations and denotations of how to express the history of transition, conversion and interaction in time and space, a... ...ied socially unacceptable disvaluations). Each relation is contextual within a cultural worldview. Epistemic Logic: Adds knowledge and beliefs. We...
...On the Cultural Contrast: East-West, preface by F. Liu .……………………………….4 Abstract by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics………………12 Preface by the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics………………13 B...
...The newspapers of Hawaii form a unique role in the history of Hawaii and of American journalism. In a period of 165 years, from 1834, when American Protestant missionaries introduced the Hawaiian language Lama Hawaii (Hawaiian Luminary), to the present, newspapers have spann...
...There are several ways to classify newspapers. In Shaping History: The Role of Newspapers in Hawaii (University of Hawaii Press, 1996), I placed newspapers within four major categories: establishment, opposition (or alternative), official, and independent. Establishment papers repr...
...of Newspapers by Title -- 5 -- Categories of Newspapers -- 111 -- African American -- 111 -- Alternative -- 111 -- Chinese -- 112 -- Church -- 112 -- Cultural -- 113 -- Establishment -- 113 -- Filipino -- 116 -- Government -- 117 -- Hawaiian -- 117 -- Hispanic -- 119 -- Independent -- 119 -- Indonesian -- 119 -- Japanese -- 119 -- Jewish -- 121 -- Korean -- 121 -- Labor --...
...A collection of historical accounts and oral history interviews with elder Kama'ainan fisher-people from the Kapalilua region of South Kona, island of Hawai'i....
...is volume, compiled at the request of Scott Atkinson on behalf of The Nature Conservancy, includes excerpts from selected historical records and oral history interviews with elder kamaaina of the Kapalilua region of South Kona on the island of Hawaii. The area traditionally identified as Kapalilua extends from the Kealia-Hookena section of Kona to Kaulanamauna, situated on...
...Introduction -- 1 -- Background and Approach to Conducting the Study -- 1 -- Interview Methodology -- 1 -- Release of Oral History Interview Records -- 3 -- Contributors to the Oral History Interviews -- 3 -- Kapalilua Lands And Fisheries: A Historical Overview -- 5 -- An Overview of Hawaiian Settlement -- 5 -- An Account of the Naming of Kolo an...
...Beginning with the traditional history of the great chief ‘Umi and ending with the death of Kamehameha III in 1854, this volume covers the rediscovery of the Hawaiian Islands by Captain James Cook, the consolidation of the Hawaiian Kingdom by Kamehameha I,...
...ng ever deeper into their special expression of Sanatana Dharma and their tightly-knit and proudly Hindu community. To get us started, he relates the history of how Hindus settled on this unlikely island and later uncovers the little-known Lontar palm-leaf manuscripts which reflect Bali's connection with ancient India. An expatriate Australian married to a Balinese shares ...
...Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Some people, including Muslims, ask why the Shia and Sunni are violently murdering each other; is there something in the history of the Muslims that continues to spark such hatred and violence today; why does one sect accuse the other of heresy; and why is one sect of the Muslims considered as “mainstream,” while the other wing is branded un...
...represents it, rather than continue to propagate confusion. I do not believe that the divisions amongst the Muslims are an irreparable part of our history. If Muslims and non-Muslims can sit side by side, have intellectual and scholarly discussions, engage in a deeper understanding about each other’s faith, and then publish their findings, then what prevents responsi...
... to Prayer) .................................................................................................................................... 110 History of the Adhan ......................................................................................................................................... 110 Prayer without Taharah (Ritual Purity) .........................
...Beginning with the common origins of Southeast Asia’s peoples and languages, their shared heritage is emphasized through agricultural, archeological, cultural, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious and technological fields. Perennially defined by rice, stability and commerce, Southeast Asia has evolved a common trading ethic and morality influenced by China and I...
... offers Steward a way out of the draft 5. Brandt asks about his dad’s experience in World War Two 6. Brandt struggles to accommodate to Mary Kass’s cultural interests 7. Brandt leaves Mary behind to avoid an audience discussion 8. Mary goes after Matt; they come upon Morris in uniform 9. Brandt rescues Morris in a fight with an antiwar demonstrator 10. Steward gets s...
...................... 202 Chapter Sixteen: The Significance of Geography and History ................................................. 214 Chapter Seve... ...l- opment as arbitrary and externally imposed a scheme of dictation as the history of instruction has ever seen. With Hegel the necessity of finding s... ...s despotisms begot in artifice and nurtured in fraud. In his philosophy of history and society culminated the ef- forts of a whole series of German wr... ... not trans- formation, is the essence of education. Institutions change as history shows; but their change, the rise and fall of states, is the work o... ...has given rise to the recapitula- tion theory of education, biological and cultural. The in- dividual develops, but his proper development consists in... ...not concern us, save as it is supposed to afford scientific foundation for cultural recapitulation of the past. Cultural recapitulation says, first, t... ...n, and of the formation from without, whether by physical nature or by the cultural products of the past, the ideal of growth results in the conceptio... ... applies to theories which find the primary subject matter of study in the cultural products —especially the literary products—of man’s history. Iso- ... ...character of most elemen- tary education, and the narrowly disciplinary or cultural 143 John Dewey character of most higher education. It accounts fo...
... and Work in the Curriculum .................................................................. 202 Chapter Sixteen: The Significance of Geography and History ................................................. 214...
... in relative financial importance, it continued to provide the benefits of employment, crisis resilience, self-sufficiency, rural social support, and cultural custody. Technical and economic globalisation forces which assumed a cultural uniformity were eventually revealed to require modification, but had meanwhile allowed unregulated exploitation of community resources and...
...d The State The Culture of Irrigation Environmental Change Summary Chapter 7 - Thai Agriculture to the 1990s Agricultural Planning Context Planning History Foreign Fillips to Planning Plans One to Eight Agricultural Growth Cropland Expansion Fertiliser Irrigation, Mechanisation and Credit Social Effects Post-1997 Agriculture A New Agricultural Paradigm Summary Chapter ...
...ssor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT “Boston University’s Andrey Vyshedskiy brings a neuroscientist’s perspective to the discussion of human mental history in On the Origin of the Human Mind.” —Scientific American Mind (July 2009) “I found the Mental Synthesis theory stimulating and provocative. The author puts forward an explanation for the evolution of the human mi...
...arithmetical skills (Inoue S, 2007). Many social functions, such as altruism, understanding another person’s cognitive state, social cooperation, and cultural transmission, which were once thought to be human-specific, have recently been described in various forms in chimpanzees, bonobos and other great apes (Call J, 2008; Hare B, 2010; Luncz LV, 2012; Whiten A, 2009; Horn...
... we made their women semi naked as our women are. We succeed to get rid of Parda (veil) from the faces of most of Muslim women with the help of our cultural war imposed by our Media policy given to international TV channels. We gradually brought them towards a free sex mixed pattern of life And almost in most of Islamic countries except a few the living standards of p...