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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...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... ...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... ... much a race as the remotest and most isolated of the tribes of the Amazon. Genetic studies revealed that Jews throughout the world - largely due t... ... in his career: Should he remain loyal and close to his emotional experiences and studies and forgo the warmth and comfort of being reassured and ... ... Some things acquire a meaning precisely because they are finite: consider academic studies, for instance. It would seem that meaningfulness does no... ...tive and common behaviours and, thus, go unreported. Victim surveys and self-report studies conducted by criminologists reveal that most crimes go ...

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Dr. Sam Vaknin; Mrs. Lidija Rangelovska, Editor

...Cyclopedia of issues in modern philosophy: The philosophy of science and religion, the cognitive sciences, cultural studies, aesthetics, art and literature, the philosophy of economics, the philosophy of psychology, and ethics....

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Cultural Advantages for Cities : An Alternative for Developing Countries

By: Florentin Smarandache; V. Christianto

...grow by itself (with minimum intervention). Nonetheless, this book will not discuss the self-organization character itself, but a new concept called ‘Cultural Economy’ development. Cultural Economic here is part of leisure and tourism industry, and depends on taste, advertisement, history, and the quality of being diverse, distinctive, with a large spectrum of varieties....

...storical Precursor ............. 8 Pitfalls of Industrialization Is there alternative to industrialization? A review of economics thinking Box I: Cultural Advantage and Cultural Studies Chapter 2. Cultural Advantage as Alternative ............. 20 De-Industrialization and Emergence of Experience Economy Cultural Advantage, a new proposition Chapter 3. High-Tech/Hig...

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Honolulu Star Advertiser : Special Sunday Tabloid

By: Honolulu Star Advertiser

... Aloha Friends, Our unique history and multi-cultural relationships are the bedrock of our diverse communities. As t... ...urned from a visit to Tokyo and Okinawa, with whom we have been cultivating cultural and economic ties for decades. I also visited China, where we a... ...lso visited China, where we are forging new relationships through increased cultural exchanges and economic partnerships. I am proud to say that wh... ...which is beautiful and … abundant with resources; it’s the emotional and the cultural aspects that I think make Hawai‘i a very desirable spot in what ... ...llow APEC Leaders to the state where he was born and showcase Hawai‘i’s rich cultural heritage and hospi- tality during a welcoming reception and dinn... ...of International Research and Director of the Center for Pacific Basin Studies at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; • Yu Ping, Vi... ...President AMB Lauren Kahea Moriarty (Ret), Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Dean of Academics Dr. Charles E. Morrison, The East-West Center,...

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A Guide To the Hidden Wisdom of Kabbalah

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies Introduction Introduction Part I Chapter 1 Chapt... ...©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies Part I The Need for Kabbalah in Our Daily Lives C... ... ©1996. Bnei Baruch. All rights reserved. Bnei Baruch World Center for Kabbalah Studies Chapter 2: Why Study Kabbalah? Introduction Part I... ...n 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9 When an ordinary person studies the writings of the Kabbalists, he learns about what was for... ...ied Kabbalah is not sufficiently developed to feel the spiritual world. When he studies the original Kabbalah writings in the proper way, this light... ... generations. They are more prepared to function under modern technological and cultural conditions, various transformations taking place in modern s...

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The Point in the Heart

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...lization has turned into a factor that affects finan- cial, political, and cultural development. it encompasses the international market, all social ... ...every one of us. however, it does not solve political, financial, social, cultural, or religious problems. 2. to help people adapt to the new reality... ...hey must touch upon the standards of life, the moral prin- ciples, and the cultural-religious traditions. the new will not usurp the old, but rather ... ...nts worldwide. Students can choose their own paths and intensity of their studies according to their unique conditions and abilities. 1 1 6 The Mes...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...king the Bible: A Journey By Land Through the Five Books of Moses. http://www.ot-studies.com/Documents/Ur.htm http://members.aol.com/mfuprojects/a... ...he womb. Hysteria is, indeed, more common among women - probably due to social and cultural expectations and conventions as to how a woman should a... ... before the flames were subdued." This was the second fire to have devastated this cultural depository. On August 24, 1814, the Library's core co... ...h regarding narcissism. But what there is has not demonstrated any ethnic, social, cultural, economic, genetic, or professional predilection to NPD... ...aw). Three to four days after the event the body's muscles begin to decompose. Some studies suggest that rigor mortis progresses faster in red muscl... ...Adoration of the Magi" and "Saint Jerome", both 1481). Most of the sketches and studies for Leonardo's works of art and engineering are found on... ... of Culture and Art Prize for Maiden Prose (1997), The Rotary Club Award for Social Studies (1976), and the Bilateral Relations Studies Award of the...

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Women with Hiv/Aids

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

... in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, in India also married women are culturally not expected to say ‘no’ to sex to their husbands. Majority... ...r condom use at home or their husbands extra marital sexual activities. These cultural inequalities thus increase the vulnerability of women to HIV ... ...ictims of HIV/AIDS R 1 - Male dominated society R 2 - Traditional and cultural values of the nation R 3 - Poverty among villagers R 4 ... ... among rural men, it is impossible to save women. R 2 – Traditional and cultural values of the nation When we talk about cultural and tradit... ...infected. The newborn Aryan culture that has come to India has several wrong cultural and traditional values. The worst among them is acceptance an... ...age of fourteen when she was just studying 9th standard. She discontinued her studies soon after marriage. Her marriage was arranged. Her husband i... ...sko, B., (1986) “Fuzzy Cognitive Maps,” International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 34 65-75. 66. Kosko, B., (1986) “Fuzzy Entropy and Condit... ...oes Schenk–Sandbergen (1995) Women and Seasonal Labour Migration. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives –16, Sage, New Delhi. 75. Maith... ...as, December 22, 2003. 135. Vasantha Kandasamy, W.B. and V. Anitha (2001) Studies on Female Infanticide Problem 310 using Neural Networks BAM-...

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The Natural State, In the Words of U.G. Krishnamurti

By: U.G. Krishnamurti, Edited by Peter Maverick

... different ways but the appreciation of music, poetry and language is all culturally determined and is the product of thought. Your movement of t... ...eculations about God, truth, reality, have no meaning at all. They are all cultural values. They are totally unrelated to the survival of the living ... ...ons needs that intellect, the intellect that we have acquired through our studies, through our culture, through the whole lot. It has a parallel exi... ...t do anything. You actually love being choked. You love the burden of the cultural garbage sack, the dead refuse of the past. It has to drop away na... ...you want to call it. The basic problem we have to face today is this. The cultural input, or what society has placed before us as the goal for all of... ...w and does not even want to know anything about happiness. Happiness is a cultural input there. Is there any such thing as happiness? I would say, n...

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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

... in accordance with his innate nature (Jung), past history (Adler), drives (Freud), cultural milieu (Horney), upbringing (Klein, Winnicott), needs (... ..., as we demonstrated in the previous chapter, even adult human beings from the same cultural background are as aliens to one another. Language is an... ...ding to such crises the better prepared we may be." (Brookins Institute - Proposed Studies on the Implications of Peaceful Space Activities for Hum... ... of Culture and Art Prize for Maiden Prose (1997), The Rotary Club Award for Social Studies (1976), and the Bilateral Relations Studies Award of the...

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Kabbalah Revealed

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... entertainment media might explore fresh perspectives and emerging social and cultural inno- vations, and a new vision of self and nature will emerge... ..., that which we perceive with our five senses. But Kabbalah is a science that studies what hap- pens beyond what our senses perceive. The changed em-... ..., evil eye—all those and more were developed and thrived in Mesopotamia, the cultural center of the ancient world. As long as people were happy with... ...existence, while still living in this world.” A Kabbalist is a researcher who studies his or her own nature using this proven, time-tested and accur...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...osed that the use of orphan works be limited to non-profit educational or cultural institutions. Once a work has been designated as an orphan work, ... ...nts. The Office received an overwhelming response (by comparison to past studies), receiving 721 initial comments, and 146 reply comments. 19 Vir... ...entify and locate a copyright owner in the course of publishing scholarly studies of art history and art education. 26 Additionally, the submissio... ...hat sacrificing certainty is acceptable because the “gatekeepers” of many cultural institutions (i.e., the general counsels at libraries, museums et... ... waived 11th Amendment immunity. iii. Limitations on Categories of Uses Cultural and Other Non-Commercial Uses. Several commenters stated that any... ...eral commenters stated that any uses of orphan works should be limited to cultural uses such as restoration and preservation of works that are embod... ...se deliberations will inform the consideration of legitimate orphan works studies by other countries. 3. Applying the Recommendation to Orphan Work ... ...n and the amendments, SHVERA directs the Copyright Office to conduct two studies and report its findings to the Committee on the Judiciary of the ...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...osed that the use of orphan works be limited to non-profit educational or cultural institutions. Once a work has been designated as an orphan work, ... ...nts. The Office received an overwhelming response (by comparison to past studies), receiving 721 initial comments, and 146 reply comments. 19 Vir... ...entify and locate a copyright owner in the course of publishing scholarly studies of art history and art education. 26 Additionally, the submissio... ...hat sacrificing certainty is acceptable because the “gatekeepers” of many cultural institutions (i.e., the general counsels at libraries, museums et... ... waived 11th Amendment immunity. iii. Limitations on Categories of Uses Cultural and Other Non-Commercial Uses. Several commenters stated that any... ...eral commenters stated that any uses of orphan works should be limited to cultural uses such as restoration and preservation of works that are embod... ...se deliberations will inform the consideration of legitimate orphan works studies by other countries. 3. Applying the Recommendation to Orphan Work ... ...n and the amendments, SHVERA directs the Copyright Office to conduct two studies and report its findings to the Committee on the Judiciary of the ...

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The Kabbalah Experience

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...emain, much like all Jewish thought, in the margins of the development of the cultural world, without in- fluencing the advancement of humanity, as d... ...W S O F C R E AT I O N Q: Who is the Creator? A: The wisdom of Kabbalah, which studies the collective law of creation, uses words such as God, Creato... ...nd there is no telling when it will light up again. By participating in group studies, that point can be developed, and the desire for the Creator i... ... years he’ll experience in a few decades. But how strongly? Moreover, he who studies and attains should contain within him the agony of the whole w... ...e checking them out? A: It is always worthwhile to explore, at least once, who studies and how they study Kabbalah. It will also help you to get to k... ...nts to.” If a person really wants to, it is a sign that one is ready. If not, studies should not commence. We will continue to reincarnate into this...

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The Myth of Ulysses and Secondary Beauty

By: Antonio Mercurio

...ced in the larger context of Existential Personalistic Anthropology, which studies the laws of human growth, Sophia-Analysis, Sophia-Art and Cosmo-Ar... ...ssion of animals to hominids and hominids to human beings. It happens on a cultural level as well: from the art of the first graffiti, we arrived at...

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Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...an and plebian, proletariat and CEO alike still engrossed him. Thais were culturally programmed to give the "wei" to the Buddha and the monk but in t... ... nets in this room instead of one. You, Thais, are so subservient to your cultural definitions of right and wrong. What silly things you all are. Y... ... how this was done? --It's rather mundane. I don't wish to really. --Human studies and our intellectual copulation require more information. One would... ...erceive him as someone who was both anti-religious and, worse, counter pop-cultural. Kazem and Suthep had vehemently criticized the shoddy constructi... ...ery store a block or two away from this distant campus had become her only cultural attraction. She was waiting for spring but meanwhile her life was...

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From Chaos to Harmony

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...e in 1991, Laitman established Bnei Baruch, a group of Kabbalah students that studies, teaches, and implements the teachings of Baal HaSulam and his... ...n, but dissi- pates in the rat race of day-by-day living. “When I concluded my studies, I took a job at the In- stitute of Hematology Research in Leni... ... was to urge them forward to greater egoistic evolution. Hence, Jews led the cultural, scientific, economic, and technological revolu- tions. These ... ...existence, while still living in this world.” A Kabbalist is a researcher who studies his or her own nature using this proven, time-tested and accur...

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Cultural Advantages in China : Tale of Six Cities

By: Fu Yuhua; Florentin Smarandache

...It is the purpose of this book to bring these cultural advantages into more focus, in order to bring into light some ‘human’ aspects of the country, and how these can be integrated into the broader context of economics development. At the end of the day, their achievemen...

...Abstract……………3 Foreword……………4 Contents……………6 Chapter 1. Cultural Advantage as an Alternative Framework: An Introduction ‐ by F. Smarandache & V. Christianto……………7 Chapter 2. Beijing: A Cultural Metropolitan – compiled, edited, augmented by Ke Haiying & F. Smarandache…………18 Ch...

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Neutrosophic Dialogues

By: Florentin Smarandache

...America 3 CONTENTS On the Cultural Contrast: East-West, preface by F. Liu .………….…..………………….4 Abstr... ... and Dialectic, postface by Anthony Mansueto.…………………………….95 4 On the Cultural Contrast: East-West (preface) Liu Feng (surname, given name) ... ...the East is following the dust of the West! What can we do with current cultural disaster and save the world? Some wise people have appealed to sa... ... of classical fuzzy mathematics, to theoretically support all the applied studies. Welcome undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and teachers in... ... Why does an innate question remain so long? Why has it developed into a cultural puzzle? I lost enthusiasm for computer application technology aft... ...nt Western cultures but accumulating the wastes. We are facing a profound cultural disaster in our Chinese heritage, inconceivable in depth and widt... ...ily mean extinction. Why is it seen as a catastrophe?) P) Neutrosophic Studies and Interpretations of Known Theories, Modes, Views, Processes of R...

...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 -- Biography of the...

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Hawaiian Canoe-Building Traditions

By: Naomi N. Y. Chun

...lding a wide variety of efficient and well-crafted canoes. Distinguished scholar Dr. Donald D. Kilolani Mitchell cites the Hawaiian canoe as being a "cultural peak" in the history of Hawaii. Hawaiian Canoe-Building Traditions was created to highlight this particular "cultural peak." Canoe building was, and remains, a proud art in Hawaii. This combination textbook/workbook...

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