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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group... ...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...hrough the Five Books of Moses. http://www.ot-studies.com/Documents/Ur.htm http://members.aol.com/mfuprojects/abrahambirth.html Ants There are 11,... ... Ottoman military tribunal, convened between 1919-21, even convicted for the crimes members of the administration of the Young Turks, including cab... ...to (428-347 BC). An Egyptian priest was supposed to have described it to the Greek statesman Solon (638-559 BC). The priest insisted that Atlanti... ...n March 21st on the Julian Calendar - instead of March 25. The First Ecumenical Council met in Nicea in 325 and determined that the date to cele... ...rants flooded the new state. Young men in Canada West left in droves for the United States due to a shortage of agricultural land. The 1849 Gold ...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

By: Martin Luther

... THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY OF THE CHURCH 1520 Translated by A. T. W. Steinhäuser and revised by Fred... ...äuser and revised by Frederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz INTRODUCTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Lut... ...ederick C. Ahrens and Abdel Ross Wentz INTRODUCTION The primary importance of this treatise for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courage... ... for the present-day reader of Luther lies in its courageous interpretation of the sacraments. But it is important also for its place in Luther’s pro... ...anctuary—the sacramental system by which she accompanied and controlled her members from the cradle to the grave. Only then could he set forth, in la... ...eriously. In ducal Saxony it was rigorously suppressed. Before the imperial council at Worms, the middle of December, 1520, and again at the imperia... ... Fool that I was, I had hitherto thought that it would be well if a general council were to decide that the sacrament should be administered to the ... ...ments involving an admixture of the three languages, cf. WA 8, 485. He was a member of the stricter Observantine Franciscans, at that time separate f... ...ds, but about the contempt and envy between rich and poor. The text clearly states: “One is hungry and another is drunk, and you humiliate those who...

...Martin Luther goes through the seven sacraments of the medieval Catholic Church with his interpretation of the Bible. He teaches his opinions on the different pratices taken place within the Catholic Church and what they should or do represent. The b...

...“Rise up then, you popish flatterers, one and all! Get busy and defend yourselves against the charges of impiety, tyranny, and lèse-majesté against the gospel, and of the crime of slandering your brethren. You decry as heretics those who refuse to contravene such plain and powerful words of Scripture in order to a...

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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...d http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Talented Mr. Ripley I... ... Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Talented Mr. Ripley II. The Truman Show III. The Matrix IV... ...The Matrix IV. Shattered V. Titanic VI. Being John Malkovich VII. Dreamcatcher – The Myth of Destructibility VIII. I, Robot – The Fourth Law of R... ...x IV. Shattered V. Titanic VI. Being John Malkovich VII. Dreamcatcher – The Myth of Destructibility VIII. I, Robot – The Fourth Law of Robotics ... ...tion of the director of the movie as God and of God as the director of a movie. The members of his team – technical and non-technical alike – obey ... ...ing? A choice always involves a dilemma. It is the conflict between two equivalent states, two weighty decisions whose outcomes are equally desirab... ...tendency (conscious, unconscious, or biological-genetic). Opportunities are current states of the world, which allow for a decision to be made and t... ... choice (though an irreversible and irrevocable one). They chose to become lifetime members of the reclusive Captain's colony and to abide by its (o... ...view/CEENMI, Prague and Skopje, 2000 Winner of numerous awards, among them Israel's Council of Culture and Art Prize for Maiden Prose (1997), The R...

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The Coming of Messiah in Glory and Majesty

By: Juan Josafat Ben Ezra

...LORY AND MAJESTY BY JUAN JOSAFAT BEN-EZRA, A CONVERTED JEW TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH, WITH A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, BY THE REV. EDWAR... ...T, LONDON MDCCCXXVII THIS EDITION PUBLISHED BY J G TILLIN ENGLAND © MM Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 -ii- CONTENTS DEDICATION. ............ ................................................................1 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE BY THE TRANSLATOR. ................................................ ............................................................................129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK .................................................... ...ent church; yea, and its very name, Þ åêëçóéá, ‘the election,’ of which no one can be a member, but by renouncing the devil, the world, and the fles... ... know not when, in the form of an abridgment of extracts, and has been much read by the members of the Gallican church; amongst certain of whom, I a... ...umber seven be disposed to regard them as including in some larger sense the successive states of the whole Christian church up to the coming of the ... ...rit of man, as it openeth and cleareth under its purifying influence; if we were like a council of revolutionary empirics, sat down to reconstitute t... ... its accomplishment must be looked for in visible objects, not in invisible or spiritual states, which so far from contravening, I shall have to make...

The coming of the Messiah.

...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning t...

...CONTENTS DEDICATION...1 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE BY THE TRANSLATOR.....3 PART II...32 CHAPTER I.....33 CHAPTER II....46 CHAPTER III ....67 CHAPTER IV....85 CONCLUSION AND SUMMARY...113 TO THE READER....129 A CRITIQUE OF THE WORK ...130 DEDECATION....135 PREFACE.....1...

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The Suffering of Being Kafka

By: Sam Vaknin

...lish and Hebrew http://gorgelink.org/vaknin/ http://samvak.tripod.com/sipurim.html Poetry of Healing and Abuse http://samvak.tripod.com/contents.h... ...m Revisited http://samvak.tripod.com/ Created by: Lidija Rangelovska, Skopje REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S Short Fic... ... C O N T E N T S Short Fiction A Beheaded Cart Language of Black and Red On the Bus to Town The Butterflies are Laughing The Con Man ... ...own The Butterflies are Laughing The Con Man Cometh Janusz Courts Dinah My Affair with Jesus The Last Days The Future of Madeleine The Out Kid Pierre'... ...fruits, along dusty and sizzling highways. This loot proves his detractors wrong. It loudly states, in black and red: I am here, not to be snubbed. ... ...join the Jesuits. I strolled to the United Nations building and met a senior bureaucrat, a member of the order. His angled modest office overlooked... ...mitment to a madhouse. But why? What causes this fluidal exhibitionism? The exposure of my member is important. The wafting chill upon my foreskin.... ...t, and "Central Europe Review". Publications and Awards "Managing Investment Portfolios in States of Uncertainty", Limon Publishers, Tel-Aviv, 1988... ...rope Review/CEENMI, Prague and Skopje, 2000 Winner of numerous awards, among them Israel's Council of Culture and Art Prize for Maiden Prose (1997)...

A second volume of short stories and poetry translated from the Hebrew.

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The Mystery of Jamieson Stone

By: Jonathan Cross

... - J.Cross/Stone 2 THE MYSTERY OF JAMIESON STONE A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... ... - J.Cross/Stone 2 THE MYSTERY OF JAMIESON STONE A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... ... - J.Cross/Stone 3 CHAPTER 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. The studios of WNN (Worldwide News Network) were as hectic ... ...ross/Stone 3 CHAPTER 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. The studios of WNN (Worldwide News Network) were as hectic as usual. Pr... ...ther soft corduroy sofa. “By the looks of your conversation, it was either the mayor or a member of our esteemed congress.” “The mayor’s an asshole... ... “The Russians and Chinese are preparing for an all out nuclear attack against the United States. Both countries have agreed that it would constitute... ...alties, especially on China’s side. A nuclear war would be more devastating on the United States than on there own countries. We must do something to... ...play in this triumvirate of nations?” “I suppose he’ll want a prominent position on the Council.” “And that doesn’t bother you?” “So what if he... ...an Embassy, and tell them a man by the name of Brand sent you. I’ll meet you there with a member of the president’s secret service detail.” Brand g...

...gence officer, who handles elite politicians and celebrities cover up their misdeeds and embarrassing situations, now finds himself trying to unravel the mystery that could change the world and the future of the international space station. ...

...Weaving international intrigue with a high-level murder case, The Mystery of Jamieson Stone will leave you on the edge of your seat. When the world’s most famous television news anchor, Jamieson Stone, apparently commits suicide on live international television, Stone’s widow hires ...

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The Ulysseans

By: Antonio Mercurio

... 1 ANTONIO MERCURIO THE ULYSSEANS The Theorem and the Myth for traveling from one universe... ...traveling from one universe to another Sophia University of Rome 2 Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIV... ...nother Sophia University of Rome 2 Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Cr... ...me 2 Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Creative Commons Licence - Attribution-NonCommercia... ...ble to say whether they are right or wrong but, as the title of my article states, I do have something new and impossible to propose, regarding matte... ...ght I would here like to affirm the principle of circular causality, which states that reality is circular, just like a wheel is circular. Linear re... ...n my first method the group facilitators were artists who taught the group members to become artists, by learning how to govern the unconscious and t... ...ment against Aegisthus, who, in following his own madness and not the wise council sent to him by the god, first stole Clytemnestra from her legitim... ...g, it is the madness humans choose to act on instead of following the wise council that Zeus sends us. Homer doesn’t mention the myth of Oedipus, b...

...This book is perhaps the one that is most difficult to understand with just one reading, because it contains a concentration of all of A. Mercurio’s innovative thought. It is difficult to make a short synthesis of this book, so here we will simpl...

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005... ...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 Ban... ...Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Published by the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Anthropological Society 2004... ...duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indi... ... into the European Union, a continental state, part of the European United States. Finland also has the most museums, it has the world's largest colle... ...y collecting information on the lives of modern Finns. In European welfare states, an individual's life and future must be secure, planned and control... ...cupational years and work periods Local communities village administration membership of family and neighbourhood - community control - local hierarch... ..., Lampang's oldest secondary school, but was still active e.g. on the city council. In 1984-85, pastor interviewed 125 people altogether in all three ... ...ns of setting up associations; community spirit consists of recruitment of members, payment of membership fees, contributing to costs. Two decades ago...

...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and heale...

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Heroes of Unknown Seas and Savage Lands

By: J. W. Buel

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russ... ... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia a... ..." "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made ... ...The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descriptions of the First Visits Made by ... ...tal -- Cortez inflamed with passion -- A meeting in camp -- A self-constituted council set up -- An alliance with the Totonacs -- Scenes in the chief ... ...-- Description of the natives -- A battle with the Patagonians -- Death of two members of the expedition -- A charge of mutiny preferred -- Trial and ... ... which was a large town called Syntra. This has also disappeared. Eratosthenes states that Spain and Barbara were at one time connected, and that the ... ...ved him with signs of hostility, which they manifested by cries and groans. He states that the island had three volcanoes which continually belched fo... ... a severe blow to the expedition, that instead of carrying out his wishes, the members loaded their ships with the products of the land, and returned ...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of...

...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- T...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...com http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After... ...ml Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United S... ... O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the Un... ... War or Just a War? The Roots of Anti-Americanism By: Dr. Sam Vaknin The United States is one of the last remaining land empires. That it is mad... ...wo other surveys published last year - by the German Marshall Fund and the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations - largely supported Pew's findings.... ...0 years of the Politburo). But is this a sufficient incentive (or deterrent)? The members of the various elites in Western democracies are mobile ... ... Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary - the eternal EU candidates - have full scale members of NATO for 3 years now. The EU responded by feebly att...

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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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of po... ...Information Technology Tales By expanding the sharing of knowledge, time after time InfoTech upset the balance of power within m... ...L For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family incomparable love, care, feeding... ...r her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book. Epigraph Neither to persuade nor indoctri... ...arco Polo. 7. Islam‘s Great Gifts to the West One precept of the Koran states that the human world’s quest for knowledge leads to further knowing... ...e Following <<<<< Noah‘s Flood‘s Language Impact 6 Did members of an agrarian community on the northeast shores of a freshwater l... ...ain control over regions large enough to grow into the world‘s first city-states. Temples, such as those in Ur, Babylon, and Nineveh, towered over... ... He then occupied their territory and redistributed the tribe‘s remaining members among the households of his own clan. Rather than make them slaves... ...subject nation. That gave Genghis Khan the excuse he needed to assemble a council of his leaders to approve his call to war. His decision to cros...

...This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books...

...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name every...

...1. Did Water Monkeys Swim before We Spoke?-From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift ...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...INOIS LIBRARY AT URBANACHAMPAIGN BOOKSTACKS Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should o... ... Factbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through lia... ...ctbook 1987 CP/1S WF 87-001 US Government officials should obtain copies of The World Factbook directly from their own organization or through liaiso... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...he World Factbook is by the Directorate of II Central Intelligence Ag United States Governm' i 11 n n style, format, coverage, ^ designed to meet thei... ...9 Tuvalu 250 U Uganda 251 United Arab Emirates 252 United Kingdom 253 United States 255 Uruguay 257 Vanuatu 259 Vatican City 260 Venezuela 261 Vietnam... ... The United Nations System 278 B. International Organizations 279 C. Country Membership in International Organizations 282 D. Mathematical Conversions... ...lished; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Branches: Revolutionary Council acts as legislature and final court of appeal; Chairman of Counci... ...has two factions the Parchami faction has been in power since December 1979; members of the deposed Khalqi faction continue to hold some important pos...

...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 disputes, climate, terrain, land use, environment, and sp...

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The Rise of Peace : (Tuloo e Amn), Dedicated to all victims of terrorist attacks - Muslims, Non Muslims: A Fiction Novel on World Power Politics by Dr Hafiz Shahid Amin..Pakistan

By: Dr. Hafiz Shahid Amin

... The Rise of Peace is an English version Of Urdu Novel“ Tuloo e Amn ” Dedicated to all victims of terrorist attacks (Muslims, Non Muslims) The Scenario… The Central Theme This Novel has been written in the context of pr...

...Bismillah Hirrahmaan Nirraheem In the name of Allah Almighty, The Most Gracious and The Most Merciful….The Most Beloved Prophet of Allah Almighty, Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) ************************************* A Novel in English and Urdu...

...Table of Contents Title of Novel About The Author The Scenario The Preface Chapter-1 Meeting Of World Leaders Chapter-2 Dr. Jabran and Robot Sunny Chapter-3…. The Chief of ZSCIA Chapter-4 Killing of EX PM Chapt...

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Apec's Achievements in Trade Facilitation 2007-2010-Final Assessment of Tfapii

By: Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit

... APEC’s Achievements in Trade Facilitation 2007-2010 Final Assessment of Second Trade Facilitation Action Plan (TFAP II) APEC Policy ... ...cific Economic Cooperation APEC#211-SE-01.08 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Sing... ...ommons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-s... ... this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/sg/. The APEC Policy Support Unit would like to express appreciation to ... ...his paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC Member Economies. Contents iii CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ..... ...2010; and the degree of alignment to a set of 168 IEC standards reported by APEC members rose to between 91% and 100% alignment in 2010 from a rang... ...de had slowed due to weakening demand from developed economies, mainly the United States, but also Europe and Japan 1 . However, trade remained stro... ...m include China; Japan; Korea; New Zealand; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; and United States. (Mexico is conducting a pilot program that is expected to l... ...Card (ABTC) scheme was developed through dialogue with the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and the wider business community. ...

...This report presents the estimates of trade transaction costs in APEC for each year from 2006 to 2010. The estimates are to form part of the Final Assessment of TFAP II and are to be based on the methodology and approach that was developed for th...

...1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Context For The Estimation Of Trade Transaction Costs -- 3. Estimates Of Trade Transaction Costs -- 4. Sensitivity Tests Of Critical Assumptions -- 5. Conclusions & Recommendations --...

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Chicago Manual of Style

By: University of Chicago

...ty of Chicago Manual Style by University of Chicago Classic Literature Collection World Public Library.org... ...World Public Library.org Title: Chicago Style Manal Author: University of Chicago Language: English Subject: NonFiction, Reference Publisher: W... ...... ...as, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serve the public, aid students and educator... ...... ...inavia), the Far East, Orient, Levant; the North, South, East, West (United States). But do wt, as a rule, capitalize adjectives derived from such ... ...irection or point of com- pass : oriental customs, the orientals, southern states, a southerner (but: Northman = Scandinavian); an invasion of barb... ... the classics, a realistic novel. 8. The names of monastic orders and their members: Black Friars, Dominican, Jesuitism. 9. The proper (official) t... ...mber of Deputies (the Chamber), General Assembly of Illinois, Chicago City Council, Board of Aldermen, South Park Commissioners; Supreme Court of t...

...In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into a b...

...Facsimile of the 1st Edition: Manual of Style The history of The Chicago Manual of Style spans more than one hundred years, beginning in 1891 when the University of Chicago Press first opened its doors. At that time, the Press had i...

...Preface Table of Contents Rules for Composition Capitalization The Use of Italics Quotations Spelling Punctuation Divisions Footnotes Tabular Work Technical Terms Appendix Hints to Authors and Editors Hints to Proofr...

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Contributing to Efforts for Greater Financial Markets Stability in Apec Economies

By: Apec Finance Minister Process

... for Greater Financial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of th... ...nancial Markets Stability in APEC Economies iii Acknowledgements The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of ... ...ts The completion of the Report is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of... ...t is attributed to the support of the officials of the Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, and Republic of Indonesia, led by Dr. Andin Hadiyan... ...pport from various resource institutions in Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, and United States which among others included Bank Indonesia (BI), Indon... ...public of Indonesia to Mexico, and the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia to United States for their invaluable assistance in arranging our visits... ...The selection of the samples was aimed at providing a balanced representation of APEC member economies by geographical location which is Asia, Austr... ...trade, study findings indicate an increasing trend of intra-regional trade among APEC member economies compared with non APEC member economies. Ther... ... financial stability. This is reflected in the establishment of a financial stability council, which is an inter-agency body charged with monitoring...

...The purpose of this project is to contribute to ongoing efforts tailored toward promoting greater financial markets stability and integration in APEC economies, achieved by: 1) undertaking research to determine the conditions...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...ovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://w... ... palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/au... ...ide.html ISBN: 9989-929-27-0 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 100 articles and essays (microeconomics ... ... 100 articles and essays (microeconomics and macroeconomics) by the same author - available! http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Sam ... ...rising from the dismissal of employees through arbitration, an employees' council, trustees or an employer-employee board. Unconventional Modes o... ...ollective agreements to non-unionized labour. It is only where both union membership and coverage by collective agreements were both reduced (USA, U... ...orks without pay in an enterprise, a trade, or on a farm owned by another member of his or her household. Unemployed Was without work during the re... ...ng impact on general thinking. Similar ideas were expressed in the United States in the Employment Act of 1946, which stated: "The Congress hereby d... ...level of employment. These ideas have been extensively used in the United States. An analogous procedure could be used with respect to inflation, b...

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Apec's Ease of Doing Business-Interim Assessment

By: Carlos Kuriyama and Azul Ogazón

...C’s Ease of Doing Business – Interim Assessment A collaborative report between the APEC Economic Committee and the APEC Policy Support Unit AP... ....org Website: www.apec.org APEC#211-SE-01.15 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Sing... ...ommons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-s... ....org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/sg/. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC Memb... ...his paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of APEC Member Economies. The authors thank Ms. Bernadine Zhang Yuhua for h... ...ect, which developed indicators in 11 areas for 183 economies (including all APEC member economies) to provide objective measures on business regula... ...nomies by priority areas are: • Starting a Business: New Zealand and the United States • Dealing with Permits: Singapore • Getting Credit: Japan ... ...ace in Chinese Taipei in October 2010. Additionally, New Zealand and the United States as champion economies in Starting a Business, organized fie... ...World Bank. 2011. “Taiwan continues to make reforms in its business environment”. Council for Economic Planning and Development. 1 August 2011. 10...

...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, with an interim 5 percent improvement by 20...

This report is a collaborative effort between the APEC Economic Committee and the APEC Policy Support Unit.

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

...dija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ... write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...tml http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freed... ...IA C O N T E N T S I. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters II. Macedonia to the Macedonians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and the ... ...ory - real or hastily concocted, on a common heritage, on a language shared by the members of the group and, most important, on hate and contempt d... ...to the very demons they helped to exorcise. Most freedom fighters are disgruntled members of the middle classes or the intelligentsia. They bring ... ... A third group (and Delcev was, for a time, among them) wanted a federation of all states Balkan with an equal standing for a Macedonian polity (au... ...hema. The Serbs and Hungarians aspired to ethnically and culturally homogenous states and were willing to apply violence towards the achievemen... ...elic and the Ustasha was afterwards severely restricted. On March 1941, the Crown Council of Yugoslavia decided to accede to the Tripartite Pact o...

...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 ...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...er Originally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF ... ...riginally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE MARKETING OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 F... ...SSUES 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION ... ...BLE OF CONTENTS 3 FOREWORD 6 PREFACE 7 GLOSSARY 9 INTRODUCTION 10 1 THE NATURE OF IDEAS AND SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTIO... ...d order, in other words, brainwashing. Webster's New World Dictionary , in fact , states that the word is "now often used disparagingly to connote d... ...n restrictions on the spread of ideas have been so relaxed, at least in the United States. Government, church and family are as liberal as they have... ...enjoys his pipe but is plagued by cinder damage to clothing, badgering from family members and so forth-a problem. Inductively, he infers that to sto... ... difficult to understand and use. Some innovations are readily understood by most members of a social system; others are not and will be adopted mo... ...es broadly classed as public services and fall within the aegis of the Advertising Council (see Chapter 7). What is 28 interesting however, is...

...An idea is taken for granted in the scheme of things. Someone exclaims, "I've got an idea!" What is it that he has? From where did he get it? How was it transmitted? How might it spread to others? What will be the effect of the acceptance of the idea? These...

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