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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

... The Silver Lining Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema 3 rd EDITION Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. ... ... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...ing study of the psychopath and his victims. At the centre of this masterpiece, set in the exquisitely decadent scapes of Italy, is a titanic encoun... ...ualities lead to innovation and theory. Knowledge differentials are at the heart of educational institutions, professionalism, government and so on.... ... frequently busy raping (Japan, the Philippines), murdering (Vietnam, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan), and pillaging (Iraq) - be exempted from internatio... ...iryat-Yam, Israel. Served in the Israeli Defence Force (1979-1982) in training and education units. Education 1970-1978: Completed nine semesters ...

Moral deliberations and philosophical dimensions in thirteen modern films.

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How You Touched Me, You Will Never Know

By: M'Tisunge Michael Phoya

...pect, always. and Clara Helen Mpulula (my late grand mother) ‘Your deep affection Made my infant years priceless. In your beautiful ey... ... 1. Life! 2. The lesson 3. Burnt bridges 4. One more flute song 5. Bared souls 6. Swimming upstream 7. Lawyers in heaven? 8. One... ...od Samaritan 10. The lovelorn 11. Malawian blue 12. Realia 13. Nostalgia 14. A tale from Sasani 15. Dying in time 16. Evan... ...if they are just what his lecturer or whoever was in charge needs to hear? What if? And what are his fellow college students in Afghanistan or Saudi...

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Sri Guru Granth Sahib

By: Guru Arjan Dev

...o Sikhs. It is their Eternal and Spiritual Living Guru. Sikhism originated in Punjab State (now in India) in the fifteenth century and is now the fi... ...ru Nanak (1469–1539 CE) was the Founder of the Sikh Religion, who was born in the village Talwandi, now called “Nankana Sahib”, situated near Lahore... ...od, he started questioning the meaningless rituals and practices prevalent in both the main societies of Hindus and Muslims. He preached that there ... ...ly throughout India’s north, east, south and west but also far beyond into Afghanistan, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Burma, Sri Lanka, Tibet, and including P... ...uch as UK, Canada, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, East Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, France, Germany, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, where they ha...

...mains the holy scripture of the Sikhs, regarded as the teachings of the Ten Gurus. The role of Adi Granth, as a source or guide of prayer, is pivotal in worship in Sikhism. The Adi Granth was first compiled by the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev (1563–1606), from hymns of the first five Sikh gurus and other great saints, or bhagats, including those of the Hindu and Muslim ...

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The Curse of Kali

By: Audrey Blankenhagen

... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ... ... E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in this story are purely fictional. Any resemblan... ...02 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means... ...flection of his hidden wish for a son. Doctor Forsythe had not, however, neglected his daughter’s education and by the time she was fifteen, Helen c... ...ve it to Helen. ‘I am a Khan, a man of some importance in my country and anyone on the borders of Afghanistan will recognise that engraving. If you ... ... the Governor General. Please do not give in to their demands. Our negotiations in the Punjab and Afghanistan are at a Audrey Blankenhagen 198 ve... ...for the ruler, Dost Muhammad Khan, who as you know, is now our ally against Czarist influence in Afghanistan. Ram Das has a newspaper cutting of the... ...by this aspect of Hinduism. In the West, we have class distinction, but a man can lift himself by education and wealth, even buying vast estates and...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the ho...

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Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...that she was the god he prayed to before all the others. She put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, ... ...1 They, with their driver, went down Ramkhamhaeng Road singularly in the scope of their thoughts but conditioned into repudiating their alone... ...ier one the way dogs on the Bangkok sidewalks were walked on. It was early in the relationship of the two passengers and this nascent association cont... ...ramming created by the influence of his peers who think that her money and education have made her as valuable as white ivory -the type often used in ... ...st and varnished it onto a piece of wood? Then his aunt let him dabble in education and gain the full thirst on the new taste buds. Neurological resp... ...d of it. Strangely, Bible school for him had been the initial stage of his education at the temple school. He wished that he had that plaque to keep f... ...ensed at opulence and starvation which stood back to back like America and Afghanistan or a domineering state like America to a stateless one like Pal...

This book is about an individual in dire poverty who makes his way in Bangkok from a sidewalk restaurant worker to a famous prostitute painter

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ... of the Market XIII. The Myth of the Earnings Yield XIV. Immortality and Mortality in the Economic Sciences XV. The Agent-Principal Conundrum XV... .... Anarchy as an Organizing Principle XXVII. Narcissism in the Boardroom XXVIII. Is Education a Public Good? XXIX. The Demise of the Work Ethic XXX... ... 'Part of the battle to establish differential pricing must be won through consumer education. The citizens of rich countries must understand that i... ... The rate of innovation, they asserted, has actually accelerated with wider spread education and more efficient weeding-out of unfit solutions by t... ...Fund for Economic Development owns the license for second mobile phone operator in Afghanistan - among other businesses. In this respect, NGO's ar...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... another's right - should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right). The right to life has eight distinc... ... the rights a child has against his parents: food, shelter, emotional nourishment, education, and so on. It is debatable whether such rights of the... ...nd this contract continue well after pregnancy has ended and birth given. Consider education: children do not appreciate its importance or value it... ...us anarchism (Leo Tolstoy), anarcho- communism (Kropotkin) and anarcho-syndicalism, educational anarchism (Paul Goodman), and communitarian anarchis... ...ionally is bent on taking one's life. Hunting down Osama bin-Laden in the wilds of Afghanistan is, therefore, morally acceptable (though not morall... ...ionally is bent on taking one's life. Hunting down Osama bin-Laden in the wilds of Afghanistan is, therefore, morally acceptable (though not morall...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...Freedom Fighters "'Unbounded' morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of d... ... approach by agreeing to a Christian administration of the region and by permitting education in foreign languages, by foreign powers in foreign-run... ...ian to the core. He studied at a Bulgarian gymnasium in Saloniki. He furthered his education at a military academy in Sofia. He was a schoolteacher... ...eping force which replaced the local gendarmerie. But reforms were also enacted in education, religious rights and tolerance, construction, farm po... ...eign mercenaries and possibly "Afghanis" (the devout Moslem veterans of the wars in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Bosnia). The influx of volunteers put... ...e to being after the collapse of the Soviet Union and its ignominious retreat from Afghanistan. I believe that these events are interconnected. Sa... ...Hamas and Hizbullah. Michael: The collapse of the Soviet Union, its retreat from Afghanistan and American humiliation in the Tehran Embassy has l...

...The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism....

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...ng these elements together creates a larger context of awareness which result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand a... ...059 Water Pg 1062 Cleanliness Pg 1068 Movies Pg 1074 Farming Pg 1075 Education Pg 1078 The Historical Jesus Pg 1090 The Poisoning of Sel... ...tatement denoting the highest social status and then by people in the highest educational institutions. Organic Logic is universal: it does not lie.... ... and birth of anything… never mind the birth of our Infinite Universe. Their educational training programs them into an unspoken assumption that yo... ...America sought to spread democracy in the 3rd world? By invading and bombing Afghanistan and Iraq into rubble? By, destroying their infrastructure... ...used on the poorest countries in the world: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ethiopia, Nigeria. The Germans tested their own new... ...nce, and superior dehumanization. America’s bombing campaign in destroying Afghanistan: one of the poorest Nation’s in the world. Destroying its...

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Periyar's Views on Untouchability

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...EWS ON UNTOUCHABILITY W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy e-mail: vasantha@iitm.ac.in web: http://mat.iitm.ac.in/~wbv Florentin Smarandache e-mail:... ...andasamy HEXIS Phoenix, Arizona 2005 2 This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Deman... ...m ISBN: 1931233-00-4 Standard Address Number: 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 3 PERIYAR, THE P... ...s 43 2.2 Analysis of discrimination faced by Dalits/ Sudras in the field of education as untouchables using FCMs and NCMs 58 2.3 Social inequal... ... has more to do with feelings. Like political scenario, child labor, child's education, parent-children model, symptom-disease model, personality-m... ...In section two, the discrimination faced by Dalits and Sudras in the field of education is studied. In section three, we analyze the social inequali... ...ch a kind of Swaraj, why will he not ask for the rule of Pakistan, or rule of Afghanistan, or any other rule that is non-Aryan? This is our question...

...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...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...dd Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War... ...Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghanistan I. Afghan Myths II. Pakistan’s Nice Little War I... ...sian outfit - before he was dumped unceremoniously once the Soviets retreated from Afghanistan. Normally the outcomes of expedience, the Ugly Amer... ... frequently busy raping (Japan, the Philippines), murdering (Vietnam, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan), and pillaging (Iraq) - be exempted from internatio... ... and some other leaders who seem to have truly religious backgrounds (and no other education), the Taliban's military and intelligence are dominate... ...come per capita has doubled. But it still spends more on defence than on health and education combined and less than most developing countries. The ... ...ities and societies are autocratic and intolerant. Illiteracy is still rampant and education poor. Women - half the workforce - are ill-treated and...

The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.

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The Fundamental Assumptions Underlying the Modern Study of Psychopathology Examined.

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... Disorders The Genetic Roots of Personality Disorders Defense Mechanisms B. Topics in Developmental Psychology The Narcissistic Parent The Narcis... ..." By: Dr. Sam Vaknin Phineas Gage was a 25 years old construction foreman who lived in Vermont in the 1860s. While working on a railroad bed, he pac... ...universal, machine. Subject to the right programming (conditioning, socialization, education, upbringing) - we can turn out to be anything and ever... ...r a successful future. On them depend the acquisition of a successfully completed education, skill training and employment. At this stage narcissi... ... children he will have. These predictions are borne out by reality. The higher the education and the income of adults – and, consequently, the firm... ...orm of pedophilia (or even paraphilia). In some cultures, societies and countries (Afghanistan, for instance) the age of consent is as low as 12. T...

Psychopathology as the outcome of problems in early childhood development.

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence... ...shington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State IN... ...27 Requesters outside the US Government may .... ' purchase this publication in photocopy or micro- form from: National Technical Information Service ... ... 86-001) June 1987 Contents Page Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations ix Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda A... ...r the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as fiscal year (FY) or otherwise. Afghanistan 300km Set regional map VIII Geography Total area: 647,500 km ... ...ke into account other demographic consequences of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan Nationality: noun Afghan(s); adjective Afghan Ethnic division... ...tish Religion: predominantly Anglican Language: English Literacy: compulsory education up to age 14 Labor force: 1,100 (est); about 95% in agriculture... ...ew of legislative acts in Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court; legal education at Center of Higher and Legal Studies at Libreville; compulsory... ...ench; Norman- French dialect spoken in country districts Literacy: universal education Government Official name: Railiwick of Guernsey Type: independe...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VII : Book 7 Visit to Indus

By: Bob Oconnor

...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book7 Our Visit to Indus ... ... - “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia — 1 BOOK 7 OUR VISIT TO INDUS by Le... ...r © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-6-3 Table of Contents Arriving in Indus ..................................................................... .................................................................. 62 PARENT EDUCATION .................................................................... ......................................................................... 63 EDUCATION .................................................................... ...e global economy. The money they earned helped to finance their fledgling education and health care, so they now had climbed another rung or two up t... ...in Palestine for a century, the Muslim versus Muslim violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, then look at the civil strife in France with so many poor Mus... ...a world without terrorism, X-rated films and lying politicians. ―In Afghanistan allied soldiers gave food and books to the villagers. The Talib...

...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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Apec's Ease of Doing Business-Interim Assessment

By: Carlos Kuriyama and Azul Ogazón

... http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/sg/. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily repre... ... Member Economies. The authors thank Ms. Bernadine Zhang Yuhua for her assistance in preparing this report and the Economic Committee, particularly i... ...s and contributions. Executive Summary iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY APEC Leaders in 2009 endorsed an APEC-wide improvement of 25 percent by 2015 in ... ...States. 38 Appendix 2: List of Economies by Group South Asia (8 economies) Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Maldives; Nepal; Pakistan; ...

...APEC Leaders in 2009 endorsed an APEC-wide improvement of 25 percent by 2015 in five key areas of doing business: 1) Starting a Business; 2) Getting Credit; 3) Enforcing Contracts; 4) Trading Across Borders; and 5) Dealing with Permits, w...

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And Gulliver Returns Book I : Touchdown

By: Bob Oconnor

... “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “... ... Return to Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search ... ................................................................... 12 A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS .............................................. ...rnments can provide clean water, sanitation and adequate housing, let alone education and health benefits for the poor. “There are no easy s... ...ould be done about it. The only solution I can come up with is some kind of educational and licensing program. “Then there are the centuries ... ...are among the worst offenders. The girls are deprived of an opportunity for education and the chance to make their own life choices. OLDER NATURAL M... ...so extends life spans and enlarges reproductive windows. Poor countries like Afghanistan, Burundi, Congo, Liberia, Niger, East Timor and Uganda are p... ...“When I hear of Islamic radicals, like the Taliban, burning down schools in Afghanistan where 70% of the people are illiterate and where millions ar...

...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book III : A Visit to Kino

By: Bob Oconnor

... 1 . “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 3 My Visit to Kino A Modern S... ...odern Sino-Province 2 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 3 MY VISIT TO KINO by Lemuel Gull... ............................................................ 17 MEDICAL COSTS IN THE U.S. ................................................................. .......................................................................... 47 EDUCATION ................................................................... ... political force. A strong central government is in place. It requires the education of the citizens as to why improving the society will have more b... ...ng man who told me that my return had been a complete "gronsk" for his own education. With the world becoming smaller it was to be expected that sla... ...ay even if I didn‘t order the $200 toilet seats for Air Force One, a war in Afghanistan, or the $50,000 in-depth study of the mating call of the Jama...

...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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Neutrosophic Dialogues

By: Florentin Smarandache

... 2004 Xiquan 2 This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Demand ProQuest Information... ... ISBN: 1-931233-72-1 Standard Address Number: 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 3 C... ... Publication Review by F. Liu…………………………………………………..………..22 Annotation in the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics………………..………………27 Neutrosophic... ...West. Our nation’s people are losing confidence in their own culture! In education, Chinese classics place special emphasis on the harmony of humans... ...mily, extending to the peace of society. In spite of wars, this manner of education has continued from generation to generation, for thousands of yea... ...hing – intentional economics, intentional politics, intentional manner of education, even intentional research philosophy of science. In contrast, La... ...ler’s invasion of Europe, the Japanese invasion of China, the Russians in Afghanistan and the United States in Vietnam. All failed. Instead of th...

...Thanks to Dr. Smarandache for his interest in Chinese culture. I cannot decline his warm request to write the preface, even with my fragments of knowledge – no insight nor wisdom, and therefore can be misleading. I have been extremely regretful for my ideological erro...

...y the Translator to the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 13 -- Biography of the Translator. 18 -- Publication Review by F. Liu. 22 -- Annotation in the Chinese Translation of Neutrosophics. 27 -- Neutrosophic Dialogues. 51 -- Absolute Truth. 68 -- Science, Destiny, and Buddhism. 79 -- Call for Papers. 94 -- Neutrosophy and Dialectic, postface by Anthony Mansueto. 95 -...

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And Gulliver Returns Book V : My Visit to Singaling

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of S... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gull... .................................................................. 24 PARENT EDUCATION..................................................................... ...arly Monday morning and were surprised to have the Prime Minister meet us in person. —“Mr. Yuen, good morning. I‟m delighted that you took you... ...ther children the parents, not the state, were responsible for paying the education bills for the additional children. The state laid down an additi... ...e who were having fewer children, to become 5 multiple mothers. Free education through the doctoral level was guaranteed for their children, if ... ...Koran it can liberate women or keep them submissive to the will of men. In Afghanistan 60% of women are forced to marry against their will, and 60% o... ...ple. In the Muslim world women are persecuted for seeking equal rights. In Afghanistan three women were stoned to death by warlords for working for a...

...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ... ... Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gul... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL ................................................................. ...another. My friends and I once shared common values, but as we gained our educations and matured many of our values have evolved in different directi... ...e will make an informed decision. In the U.S. a study by the Department of Education showed that 5% of Americans are not literate. Of Hispanic immigr... ...ople would move in that direction. I think too that the world rankings of educational systems does not put the average American at a very high level... ... on top. Is it Muslim God-based? Then Saudi Arabia, or the former Taliban Afghanistan might come out as best. If it is Catholic then the God-based Va... ... giving part of it to the Jews, and the American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan created more hostility. ―George W. Bush thought that by... ...g up Islam, many thought his predicament was undemocratic in a democracy. Afghanistan had become a democracy, elected its representatives and decided...

...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... 0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Sea... ...ychological Motivations 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Sea... ...UERING .............................................................................................................................. 45 POWER IN SPO... ... ............................................................................................................ 59 ADDRESSING THE POWER DRIVE IN EDUCAT... ... LICENSING .............................................................................................................116 HOW IT AFFECTS OUR EDUCAT... ...l over our own lives. The more we know about ourselves, the better we can control our own destinies. This is what much of science and most of educat... ... another loses his or hers. For example with male power drives what they are women traditionally suffer from a lack of power. For example, in Afghan... ... Soldiers in George W. Bush‘s war had twice the rate of suicide as soldiers had before the war started. More and longer deployments in Iraq or Afghan...

...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF G...

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The Unfettered Life of Kenyon of New Orleans

By: Steven David Justin Sills

... forever" --Thucydides Part I Koan 0 There was tranquility to be had in a long morphine induced sleep where dreams were as uneventful as the ide... ...erwards with excruciating pain from her backbone being lodged inordinately in one position on her bed for hours, despite the pillows she put under he... ...hat she would experience on awakening from these sleeps was serendipitous in its own way, for it made her reluctant to use the drug, or to use it spa... ...in this world where microbes had the last meal. This she knew, though her education and intelligence were not so vast, her analytical skills not so k... ...—those sagacious beings, which by the affluence of their families and the education that could be purchased by such monopolies of money bred into la... ...he sought, nor was it intellectual pleasure, which was predicated upon an education and curiosity that, in her complacent home life with her mother s... ...etude, wealth of mineral recourses interred and untapped like minerals in Afghanistan, or so the news says…so it said when I had a television set la...

...This experimental literary novel seeks to probe the mind of Kenyon, an isolated invalid in her home, as she goes through morphine induced sleep and lucid wakefulness, and in both seeking meaning for her life and to be reconciled to her estranged marriage...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ... another's right - should never be confused with one SHOULD or OUGHT to do morally (in the absence of a right). The right to life has eight distinc... ... the rights a child has against his parents: food, shelter, emotional nourishment, education, and so on. It is debatable whether such rights of the... ...nd this contract continue well after pregnancy has ended and birth given. Consider education: children do not appreciate its importance or value it... ...us anarchism (Leo Tolstoy), anarcho- communism (Kropotkin) and anarcho-syndicalism, educational anarchism (Paul Goodman), and communitarian anarchis... ...ionally is bent on taking one's life. Hunting down Osama bin-Laden in the wilds of Afghanistan is, therefore, morally acceptable (though not morall... ...ionally is bent on taking one's life. Hunting down Osama bin-Laden in the wilds of Afghanistan is, therefore, morally acceptable (though not morall...

...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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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...e gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his ... ...e Vatican, the spiritual responsibility of guiding over one-billion Catholics in the area of faith and morals. This was his time to commune with his... ... with his own spirituality, to harmonize his soul with the peace of his Father in Heaven. He rolled the rosary beads, one by one, through his finge... ...lly crime. The money that we as a nation are wasting on drugs can be used for education, social programs, and alternative training for Americans who... ...all out drug war?" "Let me say this, 'Just say no' doesn't work. We've tried education in the classroom; we've tried to cajole and scare our young ... ...the Presidency was right on. He tied it into all the pertinent social issues: education, the economy, and family values. Any good jockey will tell y... .... It will blind them to your installations, as well as, our training camps in Afghanistan. Moreover, it will panic only the military. They will conce...

...y before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the ebony rosary beads between his fingers, crossed himself in the supplicant tradition, and kissed the crucifix as he closed his eyes and began to recite out-loud the Five Holy Mysteries of the Rosary. His nightly reverie, before bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the subl...

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Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America

By: Steven David Justin Sills

... Book One: Sang Huin "It is probable, then, that if a man should arrive in our city, so clever as to be able to assume any character and imi... ... sacred, admirable, and charming personage, but we shall tell him that in our state there is no one like him, and that our law excludes suc... ... of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At Toksugum Palace in Chongno of Seoul Sang Huin (known by his friends in the states as Shaw... ...re." "My job here means that I have to live here alone." "You have a college education from America. You shouldn't be wasting yourself working at a c... ...ersity. She had not had a steady boyfriend since early in her undergraduate education when she decided that men were special creatures who were uniqu... ...seat thinking how ignorant he was of the earliest essays and arguments about education. Even centuries ago intellectuals believed that education shoul... ...ething and the translation was "Al Qaiida Hills in what people wrong to call Afghanistan behind Tora Bora. You relatives must pay big ransom or we c...

...This work is about a Korean American teaching in his homeland, feeling lost in Korean culture and that his own life is an outlier to this conservative society. As he lives there, making his living as an English teacher, he writes of Gabriele, a single parent in Ithaca N...

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The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories

By: Rudyard Kipling

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Phantom ‘Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories by Rudyard Kiplin... ...oing student publication project to bring classi- cal works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...ries call it Kafiristan. By my reckoning it’s the top right-hand corner of Afghanistan, not more than three hundred miles from Peshawar. They have two... ...you’re fifty miles across the Border,” I said. “You have to travel through Afghanistan to get to that country. It’s one mass of mountains and peaks an... ...hance, therefore, that Carnehan and Dravot would be able to wander through Afghanistan without detection. But, beyond, they would find death— certain ... ...for bank-clerks do not understand metempsychosis, and a sound commer- cial education does not include Greek. He would supply m~here I capered among th... ... him in the days when the brutal Indian Government paid for his university education, and he contributed cheap sedition to Sachi Durpan, and intrigued...

........... 33 THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING........................................................................................... 54 ?THE FINEST STORY IN THE WORLD? ................................................................................. 87...

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War and the Future; Italy, France and Britain at War

By: H. G. Wells

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and the Future by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...s now needed for its prosecution. Countries like Mexico, Bulgaria, Serbia, Afghanistan or Abyssinia are no 79 H G Wells more capable of going to war ... ...future of conscription, of the future of the temporary of- ficer, upon the education of boys in relation to army needs. But the war itself was bearing... ...e outcome of our social injustices. They are the failures of our social ad educational systems. We may regret their pitiful degradation, we may exoner... ...have the leisure to learn something about the general state of opinion and education in their dioceses. The Bishop of London was evidently unaware of ...

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Essays of Travel

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...d without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pen... ...r the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson, th... ...d as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to ... ...wn misfortunes, and frequently their own taste for whisky, to the campaigns in Zululand and Afghanistan. Every now and again, however, some song that ... ...h peasant the conclusion would be tenable. But Mackay had most of the elements of a liberal education. He had skirted metaphysical and mathematical st... ...nd fought, hunted and farmed, from his child- hood up. He excused himself for his defective education on the ground that he had been overworked from f...

...Excerpt: The Second Cabin. I first encountered my fellow-passengers on the Broomielaw in Glasgow. Thence we descended the Clyde in no familiar spirit, but looking askance on each other as on possible enemies. A few Scandinavians, who had already grown acquainted on the North Sea, were friendly and voluble over...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By: Conan Doyle

...The Strand July 1891 through June 1892. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Contents A Scandal in Bohemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 I . . ... ...nture of the Copper Beeches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 A Scandal in Bohemia 1 A Scandal in Bohemia 1 I T O SHERLOCK HOLMES she is always... ...is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was ... ...ust pack at once, for I have only half an hour.” My experience of camp life in Afghanistan had at least had the effect of mak ing me a prompt and rea... ... readily see, a possession of all knowledge, which, even in these days of free education and encyclopaedias, is a somewhat rare accomplishment. It is ... ...y father was a school master in Chesterfield, where I received an excel : lent education. I travelled in my youth, took to the stage, and finally becam... ...ran free in a mining camp and wandered through woods or mountains, so that her education has come from Nature rather than from the schoolmaster. She i...

...Excerpt: A Scandal in Bohemia; TO SHERLOCK HOLMES she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to lov...

...Table of Contents: A Scandal in Bohemia, 1 -- I, 1 -- II, 9 -- III, 18 -- The Red-headed League, 21 -- A Case of Identity, 41 -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery, 56 -- The Five Orange Pips, 77 -- The Man with the Twisted Lip, 93 -- The Adventure of the Blue ...

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Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys, In Black and White

By: Rudyard Kipling

...Soldiers Three The Story of the Gadsbys In Black and White By Rudyard Kipling A Penn State Electronic Classics Seri... ...onic Classics Series Publication Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling is a publication of the Pennsylvania ... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...Pip. CAPT . G. (Grimly.) No. ’T wasn’t an accident. I got it—from a man—in Afghanistan. MRS. G. In action? Oh, Pip, and you never told me! CAPT. G. I’... ...tching this view. He was a young Muhammadan who was suffering acutely from education of the English variety and knew it. His father had sent him to a ... ... walk delicately. So now you know as much as you ought about Wali Dad, the educational mixture, and the Supreme Government. Lalun has not yet been des... ... me. ‘Thanks to your Government, all our heads are protected, and with the educational facilities at my command’—his eyes twinkled wickedly—’I might b...

Excerpt: Soldiers Three: The Story of the Gadsbys in Black and White by Rudyard Kipling.

..................................................................................................................................................... 43 IN THE MATTER OF A PRIVATE ............................................................................................................................................. 56 BLACK JACK..............................................

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...laring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the ... ...First World Trade Center Bombing 71 3.2 Adaptation—and Nonadaptation— ...in the Law Enforcement Community 73 3.3 . . . and in the Federal Aviation... ...tor p. 32–33 Flight paths and timelines p. 49 Usama Bin Ladin p. 64 Map of Afghanistan p. 148 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed p. 238–239 The 9/11 hijackers p. ... ...mentary School, where President Bush was to read to a class and talk about education.White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card told us he was standing wi... ... which it is possible to do it.” 1 Three months later, when interviewed in Afghanistan by ABC-TV, Bin Ladin enlarged on these themes. 2 He claimed it ... ...t to buy off local Islamist movements by ceding control of many social and educational issues. Embold- ened rather than satisfied, the Islamists conti... ... pious public stance and an embrace of unprecedented Islamist influence on education and society. These experiments in political Islam faltered during...

... a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin?s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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Best of Freshman Writing 1 Best of Freshman Writing

By: Lucy Morrison

...of Four Volume 7 Student Voices A Commonwealth College Publication Editor in Chief Jim Manis Editor Lucy Morrison Associate Editors Liz Wright Suzann... ...the student essays contained herein were produced by students regis- tered in English 004, within the Commonwealth College of the Pensylvania Univer- ... ...en permission. No portion of Best of Freshman Writing may be repro- duced in any fashion without the express written permission of the authors. Best ... ...ned here is that of writers who are just beginning their careers in higher education. Of course some of them are older than eighteen, some are also no... ...y Americans. His views have apparently been imbedded in the culture of the Afghanistan public and innumerable Muslims willing to listen. Another Pitts... ...hat is not strictly Muslim. These flames, ignited at the millennium by the Afghanistan ra- dio network of Taliban-controlled broadcastings, will be mu... ...citation (Wilgoren). Source citation is an essential part of all students’ education and should not be taken lightly. It is important for them to lear... ...ted Gomez, Dina Spector. “Putting the Shame Back in Student Cheating.” The Education Digest 67.4 (2001): 15-21. Howard, Rebeccau Moore. “Don’t Police ... ... That’s the feeling of most Ameri- cans with regard to Osama Bin Laden and Afghanistan, in the wake of the September 11 attacks. However, that’s also ...

...Excerpt: Welcome to the seventh volume of Best of ?. For the past half dozen years we were Best of Four, publishing the best writing in English 004 classes, primarily on the Hazleton campus. Two years ago we began accepting submissions from some of the other Commonwealth College campuses, and this year we made the big plunge into accepting submissions from...

............... 6 Adam Shaffer ?And Unknown Leader? .................................................................... 7 Khyati Valand ?A Neighborhood in India?............................................................... 9 Katie Aughenbaugh ?My Grandfather? ................................................................. 11 Devon Bowlin ?Almost Famous?.....................

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Best of Freshman Writing

By: Suzanne Harper

... Writing Volume 8 Student Voices A Commonwealth College Publication Editor in Chief Jim Manis Editors Suzanne Harper and Liz Wright Associate Editor D... ...l the student essays contained herein were produced by students registered in English 004, 015 and 030, within the Commonwealth College of the Pennsyl... ...itten permission. No portion of Best of Freshman Writing may be reproduced in any fashion without the express written permission of the authors. Best ... ...ong ago when we were in a different war. It was a war against terrorism in Afghanistan. Afghani pris- oners may have been treated appallingly at Bagra... ...lingly at Bagram military base and many other prisons set up in and around Afghanistan (Harris and Wazir 1). The United States was hit with allegation... ...the prisoners were asked questions about the pris- oners’ contributions in Afghanistan, they would talk more willingly. It is stated that Begg has yet... ...pines, and Vietnam. RMHC also established a scholarship program to provide educational assistance for under-privileged stu- dents to gain access to hi... ...tional assistance for under-privileged stu- dents to gain access to higher education (“McDonald’s USA Scholarship”). During the 2001-2002 programs, ne... ...ing their potential. In addition to the Changing the Face of the World and educational programs, in 1999, RMHC also launched a program called Working ...

...onal purposes. Beginning with last year?s publication, we began accepting student essays from all twelve Commonwealth College campuses, from students in English 004, 015, and 030. The essays in the current edition are all from students in English 004 and 015 classes....

....... 8 Tammy Lenig English 4 ? Hazleton campus ?Neighborhood? .......................................... 9 Josh Gilligan English 15 ? Du Bois campus ?In the Beginning There Was Rap? ............. 11 Laura Hope Stawski English 15 ? Hazleton campus ?Hopeless Hope? ........................... 13 Samuel G. Lepadatu English 15 ? Hazleton campus ?A Good Samaritan? .................

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Verses 1889-1896

By: Rudyard Kipling

...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Verses 1889 - 1896 by Rudyard Kipling, the Pennsylvania State U... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...r. Wait, wait, wait like a soldier … When you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest r... ...(see under) Boh’s Head; “Was took by myself in most bloody affair. By High Education brought pressure to bear. “Now violate Liberty, time being bad, T... ...r an’ Trinity College! I ought to ha’ sent you to sea — But I stood you an education, an’ what have you done for me? The things I knew was proper you ...

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Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey, the Pe... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...suspicion with which their art has been usually regarded amongst people of education, as a mere legerdemain trick of Dousterswivel’s, is derived the s... ...Coleridge took him up. Andrew’s other idea, because he had two, related to education. Perhaps six-sev- enths of that also came from Madras. No matter,... ...! This was ascer- tained by Napoleon’s emissary in 1808, General Gardanne. Afghanistan has very little more, though some falsely count fourteen millio... ...MANUEL KANT YS OF IMMANUEL KANT I TAKE IT FOR GRANTED that every person of education will acknowledge some interest in the personal history of Immanue...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... tained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania Sta... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...complete command of all the Eastern dialects and languages, from Burmah to Afghanistan, to pass scot-free through this somewhat dangerous ordeal. I ha... ...y cries aloud for reforms. The infa- mous universities shall be abolished. Education shall no longer be permitted. A sacred and wholesome inquisition ... ...young men of the schools and the estaminets (cel- ebrated places of public education) allured by the noble words of Prince Napoleon, “Liberty, equalit... ...). I was a constant reader of the Notices to Correspondents, and, my early education having been rayther neglected (for I was taken from my stud- ies ...

...Excerpt: VOL I. In the morning of life the truthful wooed the beautiful, and their offspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. He has his Mother?s ravishing smile; his Father?s steadfast eyes. He rises every day, fresh and gl...

...Contents NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS ...................................................................................................... 4 NOONDAY IN CHEPE ....................................................................................................................... 5 BUTTON?S IN PALL MALL............................................................................

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