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Ruin is a tale that is not a tale. It is a microscopic peering into the unpleasant fabric of human sustainability. It is a real person wrought by sabotaging the very nature of storytelling. It is a description of love, that is, the deliberate perversion of it in order to fulfill one's needs, which is to say it is the banal record of everyday life. It is a collection of details that follow the details that preceded it in A Book of Nightmares. It is not a happy book. It is full of elegiac contemplation on suffering, helplessness, holiness and unrelenting sexual isolation. It is blunt and graphic and painfully beautiful. It has little plot, and no punctuation, and might, just might, be the poetry for which America has been unconsciously waiting....

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there is only love in its various forms and manifestations and by it we either see or we do not see it has been eight years since my last report I am home again if this house can be said to have been a home to me or rather if it can still so be called many years have scampered in and eaten away at what I remember was a modest structure with a mild economical luster ......

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Epigraph Ruin About the Author About William Ralph Press

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De ce fotojurnal? Fiindcă suprafaţa pozelor se-ntinde aproape la jumătate sau mai mult din întreg volumul! Răsfoitorii acestei cărţi măcar vor privi ilustraţiile colorate din CentroAmerica, iar pe lȃngă imagini vor citi cel puţin cȃteva rȃnduri edificatoare... Fiindcă nimeni astăzi nu mai are timp! De ce instantaneu? Pentru că jurnalul e scris la primă mȃnă, pe locul vizitat, cu idei scurte ca nişte blitz-uri, cu economie de cuvinte – în această lume în care vremea trece rapid. Memorialistică fără retuşări. Viaţă brută. Fraze scurte şi simple, fără multe verbe… Şi la ce concluzii am ajuns după ce-am vizitat 40 de ţări? Că nu-mi place să mă stabilesc în nicio parte. Ci să locuiesc câte puţin în fiecare loc, apoi să mă mut în altul. E prea monotonă viaţa sedentară. Voi fi un migrator permanent: un călător la infinit! Cât mai mare diversitate vrem în operă. Să ne deschidă orizontul la maxim! Why fotojurnal? Because pictures are surface stretches nearly half or more of the entire volume! Răsfoitorii this book will look even Centroamerica colorful illustrations and the images will read at least lȃngă rȃnduri clenched for a fe...

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Este periculos de mers prin pădurea tropicală din cauza şerpilor şi-a insectelor care pot provoca boli tropicale. Trebuie echipament special: bocanci contra şerpilor, un toiag cu care să ţii şerpii la distanţă, repelent (o substanţă cu care să te ungi pentru a îndepărta insectele) şi... un localnic care cunoaşte terenul şi pădurea. Aşa procedează cercetătorii ştiinţifici care purced în expediţii. It is dangerous to walk through the rain forest because of snakes and insects that can cause tropical diseases. Need special equipment: boots against snakes, a rod with which to keep snakes away, repellent (a substance with which to anoint you to remove insects) and ... a local who knows the land and the forest. That's how scientists who proceed on expeditions....

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Fotojurnal instantaneu (prefaţă) - 4 NICARAGUA - 7 COSTA RICA - 33 PANAMÁ - 64

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Collation of social, economic, technological and cultural research conducted in the Thailand highlands in the 1970s.

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Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.

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A collection of short poems in Romanian.

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Desfac o sticlă plină de doruri posomorâte şi vinul picură-n pahare amintiri. De obediente gânduri eu atârn senin (în aer spânzurat) şi-o fIacără-de-cântec izbucneşte-n gât. I open a bottle full of longing dull and wine glasses dripping-in memory. I thought hang clear of obedience (in air hung) and the-song neck breaks....

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Cifrele au început să vibreze ............................................................... 5 A scrie scriere .................................................................................... 6 i'v1iorita ................................................................................................. 7 Marele zid românesc ........................................................................... 8 Mama latină şi tata cel dac ................................................................. 9 Am trăi fiecare tablou ....................................................................... 10 Femeie care plângi în versul meu ..................................................... II Eminescieni lci În palidc hemoragii .................................................. 12 Susur de ape ..................................................................................... 13 Naştere ............................................................................................. 14 Noi făntâni săpăm pentru lumină ...................................................... 15 Alergare in noapte ..........................................

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Aloha Counts Census 2000 Special Tabulations for Native Hawaiians Pauahi Publications Honolulu 2003

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The Policy Analysis & System Evaluation (PASE) group at Kamehameha Schools is honored to release Aloha Counts: Census 2000 Special Tabulations for Native Hawaiians through Pauahi Publications. These data, compiled by PASE with the help of the U.S. Census Bureau, include selected measures of demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics, similar in format to the Demographic Profile data products published by the Census Bureau....

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Acknowledgments -- vii -- Introduction -- ix -- User's Guide -- xi -- State of Hawaii Summary Tables -- 3 -- Island of Hawaii -- 9 -- East Hawaii District -- 15 -- Hilo High School Complex -- 19 -- Kau High School Complex -- 23 -- Keaau High School Complex -- 27 -- Laupahoehoe High School Complex -- 31 -- Pahoa High School Complex -- 35 -- Waiakea High School Complex -- 39 -- West Hawaii District -- 45 -- Honokaa High School Complex -- 49 -- Kealakehe High School Complex -- 53 -- Kohala High School Complex -- 57 -- Konawaena High School Complex -- 61 -- Island of Kauai -- 67 -- Kauai District -- 73 -- Kapaa High School Complex -- 77 -- Kauai High School Complex -- 81 -- Waimea High School Complex -- 85 -- Island of Lanai -- 91 -- Lanai District -- 97 -- Lanai High School Complex -- 101 -- Island of Maui -- 107 -- Maui District -- 113 -- Baldwin High School Complex -- 117 -- Hana High School Complex -- 121 -- Kekaulike High School Complex -- 125 -- Lahainaluna High School Complex -- 129 -- Maui High School Complex -- 133 -- Island of Molokai -- 139 -- Molokai District -- 145 -- Molokai High School Complex -- 149 -- Island of Niihau -...

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The Yellow Hand Book is destined to delight, frighten, entertain and outrage people for decades to come. This beta-edition gets the ball rolling, quietly bringing readers to an ending so unexpected and so clever, you'll have to decide which of your friends you talk to first....

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O introducere în conceptele interdependente despre corupţie, globalizare prin instituţiile financiare internaţionale, şi neocolonialism înţeles ca exploatarea resurselor şi materiilor prime a ţărilor sărace şi în curs de dezvoltare de unele mari corporaţii multinaţionale. Corupţia este atât o cauză majoră cât şi un rezultat al sărăciei în întreaga lume. Ea apare la toate nivelurile societăţii, de la autorităţile locale şi naţionale, la societatea civilă, sistemul judiciar, întreprinderile mari şi mici, unităţile militare, etc. Corupţie sistemică (sau corupţia endemică) este corupţia, care se datorează în primul rând punctelor slabe ale unei organizaţii sau proces. Aceasta poate fi contrastată la funcţionarii sau agenţii individuali corupţi din cadrul sistemului. Factorii care încurajează corupţia sistemică includ stimulente contradictorii, puteri discreţionare, puteri de monopol, lipsa de transparenţă, salarii mici, şi o cultură a impunităţii. printre actele specifice de corupţie se numără luarea de mită, şantaj, şi deturnarea de fonduri, într-un sistem în care corupţia devine regula mai degrabă decât excepţia. Neocolonialismu...

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O introducere în conceptele interdependente despre corupţie, globalizare prin instituţiile financiare internaţionale, şi neocolonialism înţeles ca exploatarea resurselor şi materiilor prime a ţărilor sărace şi în curs de dezvoltare de unele mari corporaţii multinaţionale....

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مقدمة اللجنة العلمية إذا استطاع الباحث أن يسلط الضوء على الجانب العاطفي لقضية الإمام الحسين عليه السلام، فإنه استطاع كذلك أن يكتشف خزيناً علمياً ثرَّاً من التطلعات المعلوماتية التي يستحدثها الباحث في برامجه العلمية الأخرى، وإذا استطاع أن يقف على خطابات الإمام الحسين عليه السلام، فإنه سيقف مبهوراً أمام فيضٍ علمي من المعلومات التطبيقية التي قدمها الإمام الحسين عليه السلام ضمن محطاته الحياتية: المحطات المدنية، المحطات الكوفية، المحطات المدنية مرة أخرى، المحطات المكية، المحطات الكربلائية. ولا تعدو هذه المحطات من تحولات اجتماعية - سياسية ألجأته أن يتقلب بين أطرافها، لكن لم تسكته هذه التنقلات عن واقعه العلمي، بل التربوي خصوصاً؛ لذا فإننا نجد أن هذه المحطات الانتقالية في حياة الإمام الحسين عليه السلام أعطت منحىً تربوياً يتناسب والسلوكيات المجتمعية آنذاك، ويُهيئ لسايكولوجيات قادمة تتناسب وطبيعة المجتمع أو التوجهات الفردية في كثير من الأحيان؛ لذا كانت خطاباته في أكثر الأحيان ‹مختبرية› محضة، أي تتعاطى هذه الخطابات مع عينات اجتماعية وسلوكيات فردية أسس على ضوئها خطاباته المتعددة؛ لذا فقد احتاجت هذه النهضة التربوية الحسينية إلى محاولات جادة في دراساتها بمنظور علمي يساعد على تفهمها واستيعابها ضمن منظور ٍعلمي مُبرمج. وفي دراساته القيمة الموسومة...

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المحتويات مقدمة اللجنة العلمية 5 الإهداء 7 المقدمة 9 أهمية القيم 16 هدفا البحث 26 حدود البحث ومصادره 26 ‏التعريف ببعض المفاهيم 27 القيم 28 الفكر 31 الإمام 33 التربية 36 المبحث الأول حياة الإمام الحسين واستشهاده عليه السلام أسمه ونسبه 41 ولادته 42 حياته 42 نشأته 43 رحلته الاستشهادية 46 المكونات التربوية 49 اولاً: الوراثة 50 ثانياً: الأسرة 53 الإمام الحسين في ظلال السنة 56 اولاً: الأحاديث التي وردت في أهل البيت(عليهم السلام) 56 1. سنن ابن ماجة 56 2. مسند الإمام أحمد بن حنبل 57 3. صحيح الترمذي 57 4. صحيح الترمذي 57 ثانياً: الأحاديث التي وردت بحق الحسن والحسين (عليهما السلام) 58 1. صحيح الترمذي 58 2. صحيح البخاري 58 3. صحيح النسائي 58 4. صحيح الترمذي 59 5. صحيح الترمذي 59 6. صحيح الترمذي 60 ثالثاً: الأحاديث التي وردت في الحسين عليه السلام 60 1. صحيح الترمذي 60 2. مسند الإمام أحمد بن حنبل 61 3. مسند أحمد بن حنبل 61 المبحث الثاني القيم من وجهة نظر الفلسفات الوضعية الغربية الفلسفة المثالية Idealism 67 الفلسفة الواقعية Realism 69 الفلسفة البرجماتية Pragmatism 71 الفلسفة الماركسية Marxism 76 الفلسفة الوضعية المنطقية Logical Posistivism 79 الفلسفة الوجودية Existentialism 81 الفلسفة الطبيعية ا...

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K.R.Narayanan was a lauded hero and a distinguished victim of his Dalit background. Even in an international platform when he was on an official visit to Paris, the media headlines blazed, ‘An Untouchable at Elysee’. He was visibly upset and it proved that a Dalit who rose up to such heights was never spared from the pangs of outcaste-ness and untouchability, which is based on birth. Thus, if the erstwhile first citizen of India faces such humiliation, what will be the plight of the last man who is a Dalit? As one of the world’s largest socio-economically oppressed, culturally subjugated and politically marginalized group of people, the 138 million Dalits in India suffer not only from the excesses of the traditional oppressor castes, but also from State Oppression— which includes, but is not limited to, authoritarianism, police brutality, economic embargo, criminalization of activists, electoral violence, repressive laws that aim to curb fundamental rights, and the non-implementation of laws that safeguard Dalit rights. The Dalits were considered untouchable for thousands of years by the Hindu society until the Constitution of India...

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This booklet explains why oil was the real cause of the First World War, and explains the economic and geopolitical interests behind all the major players of this war. Moreover it compares the first Great War for oil in 1914 with the oil wars of 2014 in Syria and Iraq one hundred years later. ...

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This essay explains what asset bubbles are, how they are created, and why asset bubbles are always the outcome of govrernment policies and never the result of free market forces....

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The primary objective of writing this initial volume “Surviving an Economic Crisis” was to input new ideas about the reasons behind the current economic crisis, and look into the future past the question-Why this crisis happened? Focusing on a sustainable green-tech, and a people focused economy- something that has yet to materialize I have published a recently updated copy of this book at: http://www.amazon.com/Mark-Medley/e/B004TW7W6A/, and I hope you enjoyed the book....

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This book presents my views on various issues ranging from contemporary events to personal philosophy. This book is, in fact, a consolidation of my views concretized on my blogs over years – which can be accessed from my website www.ankurmutreja.com – and is divided into four sections: Satire, Reviews, Opinions and Philosophy. I would recommend you to at least check out the first section entitled Satire. Then, you may move onto the Reviews section – as a natural transition from ultra-light to light – where I have reviewed Travel Locales, Books, Movies & more. If you like the Reviews section, I am sure you will also enjoy reading my Opinions, ranging from Human Rights to Economy. Last but not the least; Philosophy…do read it if you liked my other writings. Enjoy Reading! Ankur Mutreja....

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In this thesis, we propose a new manner of targeting economies—a holistic approach that accounts for the linkages between infrastructure elements and their resultant synergies. We first establish a theoretical foundation for targeting based on complexity science. This discipline examines the nature of complex, interconnected systems such as economies. Next, we demonstrate that economies are indeed highly interconnected systems. These linkages cannot be ignored in the targeting process. Finally, we tentatively propose a computer algorithm capable of targeting multiple, interacting infrastructure elements. The technique employs a genetic algorithm coupled to standard industrial analysis programs. When implemented, this computer technique should dramatically improve the effectiveness of economic targeting....

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1 LOOKING BEYOND THE WEB . . . . . 1 Objectives and Scope . . . . . 2 A Convergence of Technologies . . . . 3 Thesis Organization . . . . . 4 Notes . . . . . 5 2 COMPLEXITY THEORY AND ECONOMIC TARGETING . . . . 7 Complex Systems Defined . . . . 7 Characteristics of Complex Systems . . . . . 10 Summary . . . . . 18 Notes . . . . . 19 3 SYNERGIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS . . . . 25 Targeting Issues . . . . . 25 Dissecting an Economy . . . . 27 Summary . . . . . 31 Notes . . . . . 32 4 MODELING AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUES . . . . 35 Targeting Philosophies . . . . 36 Numerical Techniques . . . . 39 Targeting Economic Sectors—A Proposed Numerical Simulation . . . . . 49 Philosophical Aspects of Computer-based Targeting . . . . 57 Summary . . . . . 58 Notes . . . . . 58 5 SYNERGY TABLES . . . . 65 Notes . . . . . 71 6 CONCLUSIONS . . . . . 73 Recommendations . . . . 74 Final Remarks . . . . 74 Notes . . . . . 75...

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Zakat "Alms giving": The third of high grade of seeing by God's light. - Islamisation of economic growth, welfare And moral aspects through: Zakah-distribution - Deriving the percentage of Al-Zakat from the verses of God's Noble Book. - Alms of fast breaking...

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After an elongated period of economic deprivation; and human rights expropriation; by the reds; I accumulated enough strength; and courage to turn over the sandglass, and try to locate the relief valve from the autoclavic realm. Those were the times when humans lost the pecking order to the reds, and as such, over eight thousand tormented days followed....

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There were no times for personal manners when it came to sustaining a life in which everything was rationed out like an army battalion heading to the battlefield. It was a battleground where survival fought hunger toothpick versus bayonet. At any rate, postulation that the reds’ autoclavic realm wouldn't embrace a certain future; wasn't a grueling discovery. Hence, everyone was plucking the reds-ruined enterprises; while the reds were displuming everyone as a token of gratitude, as if they were edible birds. At first glance, it seems to me like a felicitous symbiosis and that, of course if the situation were assessed from afar, or at much higher altitudes. The reds were by all odds, building a beta future filled with unparalleled variables, where “if” or “else” was present at the end of each dogmatic statement. ...

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"Hard cases, it is said, make bad law. But they can also make good novels, and William McGrane has done so with a gripping tale of the seamy side of law practice; replete with ethical crises and missteps; heartless firm politics; and the brutal, fragile road to success. The story may make you uncomfortable because the fiction is only a disguise for reality, a reality many of us have faced. But, fiction or fact, Mr. McGrane’s crisply written, insightful and unyielding novel holds you until its conclusion—and even then it stays with you." Jerome Shestack, Esq., former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Past President of the American Bar Association, and 2006 winner of the American Bar Association Medal. "Wonderful book. I tried to persuade my wife, Kim, that some of the Bad Law stories were fictional, but she didn't believe me." Richard Plumridge, Esq., former senior partner at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP. "William McGrane takes us on a disturbing ride through the underbelly of big-city law practice, along with a cast of characters much too close for comfort to the real thing." ...

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« Takers Economy » proposes an alternative look at illegal file sharing in light of the role of art in society, and in the context of the oneness of all beings and things. ...

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1. Introduction 2. The State of Play 3. Ars Divina 4. Oneness 5. An I for an I Makes the World Go Bound 6. Alternatives Rock 7. Verses 8. Links 9. Credits 10. Disclaimer 11. About the Author 12. License...

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The results of the Final Assessment indicate that the initiatives and actions of the Business Mobility Group (BMG) have been very successful in reducing transaction costs related to cross-border business travel in the APEC region over the TFAP II period of 2007 through 2010....