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...e assault is thoroughly desperate. Had De Tocqueville lived to examine the history of the United States from 1860 to 1870, his misgivings as to this p... ... the most ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history. Let us recollect the situation of France seven hundred years ago, ... ...kest could always find weapons to their hand. In perusing the pages of our history, we shall scarcely meet with a single great event, in the lapse of ... ...ive development of social equality is at once the past and future of their history, this solitary truth would confer the sacred character of a Divine ... ...nfu- sion which we are witnessing. I cannot recall to my mind a passage in history more worthy of sorrow and of pity than the scenes which are happeni... ...dices of the North American Indians may be opposed to their becoming agri- cultural and civilized, necessity sometimes obliges them to it. Several of ...

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...This third volume of the definitive history of the Hawaiian Kingdom completes the project launched over forty years ago by the Historical Commission of the Territory of Hawaii and taken over in 1932 by the Department of History of the University of Hawaii. As ...

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...In his history of the last years of the Hawaiian monarchy (1874–1893), Professor Kuykendall shows clearly the effects of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 with the United States, tying Hawaii so closely to its nearest neighbor, economi...

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...Os), myriad reports of UFO sightings exist and are well documented in the literature of the study of UFOs. This field is widely known as ufology. The history of UFO sightings and their socio-political context and consequences constitutes the broad subject of this study. It provides a rich site for analysis of how scientists address, both publicly and privately, anomalies t...

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...I wanted to research and write a paper that will provide a culturally based view of social and political change and the strategic implications those changes might have on international relations and, specifically, military policy and planning. It is my hope that this research will gi...

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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 ...

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...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...

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..., 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. ...

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...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,...

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... in March, 2009 to stop the highest cresting of the Red River in recorded history. while this trend is certainly welcome, a few sporadic and sponta... ...thnic music has been a popular means of promoting ethnic recognition and cultural integration. Indeed, globalization is a welcome addition to music... ... If we knew then about the de- sire to receive and the desire to give, the history of humanity would be very different from the bloody march of foll... ...d sciences. with humanities, it will be truly refreshing to examine human history and various societies with the interplay of desires in the forefr... ...entic Kabbalah texts that were passed down from generation to generation. history and Origin In 1991, following the passing of his teacher, The Raba... ...rates that egoism has been the basis for all suffering throughout hu- man history, but also shows how we can turn our plight to pleasure. The book c...

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...nalysis of this problem. Chapter VI gives a very brief sketch of the life history of these 60 HIV/AIDS infected migrant labourers so that people fro... .../AIDS infected migrant labourers so that people from different social and cultural backgrounds follow our analysis. The last chapter gives suggestio... ...ion. Difference in status between men and women, supported by social and cultural systems make it difficult for women to take preventive and safe-s... ...nightmares. Our research includes probing into areas like: patterns and history of migration work, vulnerabilities and risk exposure in an alien s... ... tomorrow versus Cowboys is 60% true (according to their confrontation’s history giving Yankees’ satisfaction), 30-32% false (supposing Cowboys are... ... astray and consequent behavioural change. j. Absence of moral, ethical/cultural values of life. k. Availability of CSWs for paltry rates. l. Aft... ...t of the present day youngsters are aping it. So, they must be taught our cultural values. Yet, this must not be at the cost of masking them into d... ...California Press, Berkeley and London (1996). 27. Ezhilarasu, D., Socio-cultural Factors Influencing Promiscuity in Heterosexual Males Infected Wi...

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...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...

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...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....

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...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...

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...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...

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...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,...

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...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,...

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... Mauna Kea Management, Kumu Pono Associates LLC undertook research, compiled a detailed collection of archival-historical records, and conducted oral history interviews with kupuna and elder kamaaina, pertaining to the ahupuaa (native land divisions) of Kaohe, Humuula and neighboring aina mauna (mountain lands) of Mauna Kea, on the island of Hawaii. This work was undertake...

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... was killed by a wild bullock at Keahua-ai (now called Douglas Pit or Kaluakauka), near the boundary of Humuula and Laupahoehoe. By 1850, the natural-cultural landscape of the aina mauna was being significantly altered by the roving herds of wild bullocks, sheep and other ungulates, and ranching interests were being formalized in the region. In 1857, the Crown and Governme...

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...ropical Botanical Gardens and Hui Makaainana o Makana-Limahuli Garden ICMI Project), and includes excerpts from selected historical records, and oral history interviews with kupuna and elder kamaaina who are natives of, or familiar with the lands, fisheries and families of the Halelea-Napali region of Kauai (Figure 1). While including historical references to the larger ...

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...The primary focus of this study was the conducting of oral history interviews with individuals familiar with lands of the study area. The interviewees were born between ca. 1905 to 1936, and nearly all of them are tied to families with generations of residency in the Halelea-Napali r...

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...Introduction. 1 -- Background And Approach To Conducting The Study. 1 -- Moolelo ohana (Family Traditions In Oral History Interviews). 1 -- Interview Methodology. 1 -- Release Of Oral History Interview Records. 3 -- Contributors To The Oral History Interviews. 3 -- Historical Descriptions Of The Lands, Fisheries And Families In The Halel...

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...mary sources of information—historical literature, and summary of oral historical interviews with kupuna and kama?aina, known to be familiar with the history of Keauhou, and neighboring lands in the Districts of Ka?u, Puna, and Hilo, on the island of Hawai?i. The oral historical component of the study is based upon two historical interviews and a summary of an interview pr...

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...Introduction. 1 -- Background. 1 -- Approach To Conducting The Study. 3 -- Historical Documentary Resources. 3 -- A Cultural-Historical Synthesis Of Keauhou And Neighboring Lands. 6 -- Native Traditions And Historical Narratives Of Keauhou And Vicinity. 9 -- Storied Place Names Of Keauhou. 9 -- 1. Na Moolelo (Native Traditions And Historic...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...ther, the high chieftainess kekui-a-poiwa, isolated herself to protect her child against the enmity of rival claimants to highest rank and power. The cultural dominance of hawaii was doubtless a consequence of size, richness of forests and soils, diversity of environmental conditions and hence variety and quantity of population. The dynamic temperament of the old polynesia...

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...onary Description. 226 -- Ka-u Missionized. 229 -- Ka-u In The forties. 231 -- The Shifting Human Scene. 232 -- Political Changes. 233 -- Fundamental Cultural Changes. 235 -- Foreign Impact. 236 -- Epidemics. 237 -- Disasters. 239 -- Dislocations. 240 -- The Changing Face Of Nature. 242 -- The Lands Are Apportioned. 244 -- Sugar. 245 -- The Labour Scene. 246 -- The Economi...

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... 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...

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...Illiterate tribes of nomad herder-hunters unite under Genghis Khan and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. -- 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct human contact between Europe and China just in time to let InfoTech wonders from the East nourish the Renaissance. -- 11. The Missing Keys to Science Che...

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...take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct h... ...lly until Mergenthaler built his Linotype. But Ottmar’s name fell through history’s cracks. 18. ―The Eighth Wonder of the World‖ Although as lat... ...to the start of the Epilogue. This is because my own perspective on the history of the written word is tied so powerfully to the history of eBooks... ...dford‘s perspective that gives weight—well-deserved weight—to portions of history he has pulled out from shadows of the past. Mr. Bradford starts ... ...alized epic, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early Modern Europe. Expanded Access To Waste... ... the few dozen letters needed for phonetic alphabets. Despite regional and cultural differences in everyday speech, literate Chinese all read and wri... ...ts colleges throughout the world. Many historians title this period of cultural and intellectual revival the Carolingian Renaissance. Some, howev... ...ead the Carolingian Renaissance in the eighth century but also to achieve culturally unifying standardization across the Carolingian Empire. Unti... ...pire. They showed a combination of military genius, personal courage, and cultural tolerance unequaled by any European line of hereditary rulers. ...

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... learn and how we perceive things that I don‘t want to confuse you. I could probably start at a hundred different points, but let‘s go back in histor... ...ed on modern neuroscience. But there is no question that his insights were critical to Western thinking. He was one of the great minds of our histor... ... and naïve obviousness of a cartoon. Whether it be a toddling infant or a tottering grandpa, putting down others to raise your own status is a cultur... ...rtainly there are things that need to be learned by rote—spelling, writing, the multiplication tables, and so forth. But video games can teach histor... ...an be found along the whole scale. The artificial concept that there are masculine traits and feminine traits, which are quite different, is a cultur... ...e you?‖ —―Certainly not. But you would have to admit that a huge number of believers in every religion haven‘t studied the theology or histor... ...uage in order understand science, business and international politics, but we need to keep some special identities as part of our personal and cultur... ...es normality and enters into an abnormal adjustment. The same actions may be normal or abnormal depending on the age of the individual or the cultur... .... ―You may be familiar with the ideas if Pierre Bourdieu. He talked about different kinds of ‗capital‘ or riches that a person has. Cultur...

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... 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...

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...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 ...

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...scriptions of the state and the main islands; and an introduction to Hawaiian place names. This is followed by four sections on the physical, biotic, cultural, and social aspects of the Hawai'i environment. Geology, climate, the ocean, water, soils, and astronomy are among the topics discussed in "The Physical Environment." Next the special character of terrestrial and ...

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... -- Alien Species and Threats to Native Ecology -- 146 -- Endangered and Threatened Species -- 150 -- Protected Areas -- 154 -- Archaeology -- 161 -- History -- 169 -- Population -- 183 -- Languages -- 198 -- Religion -- 201 -- Architecture -- 205 -- Museums and Libraries -- 208 -- Culture and the Arts -- 211 -- Government and Politics -- 219 -- Land Use and Tenure -- 225...

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...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 ...

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... 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...

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...eptember 11, 2001, was a day of unprecedented shock and suf- fering in the history of the United States.The nation was unprepared. How did this happen... ...s report as a foundation for a better under- standing of a landmark in the history of our nation. We have listened to scores of overwhelming personal ... ...thousands of followers and some degree of approval from millions more? The history, culture, and body of beliefs from which Bin Ladin has shaped and s... ...who consider themselves the victims of successive foreign masters. He uses cultural and religious allusions to the holy Qur’an and some of its interpr... ...globalization. His rhetoric selectively draws from multiple sources—Islam, history, and the region’s political and economic malaise. He also stresses ... ...d’s thought, history, and culture.The secular education reflected a strong cultural preference for technical fields over the humanities and social sci... ...ivision, said that after the East Africa bombings,“the light came on” that cultural change had to occur within the FBI.The plan mandated a stronger in... ...ed, those investments could not easily be reallo- cated to new enemies.The cultural effects ran even deeper. In a more fluid international environment... ...r tourists. Next,they would target a local airport and other religious and cultural sites.Hijazi and Abu Hoshar cased the intended targets and sent re...