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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...s reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write... ...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... ... or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchives/vakni... ... laborers can obtain by themselves. - Advertise for workers in Macedonia, based on the agreements afore signed. - Match workers with job offers abro... ...d on the agreements afore signed. - Match workers with job offers abroad, based on the signed agreements. - Self-finance by collecting a commission ... ...ise wages and prices. In Sweden, for instance, both labour and management organizations are responsible to maintain price stability. The government ... ...his or her training or retraining. Actually, the government should be the educational sub-contractor of the business sector, a catalyst of skill acq... ...uld be separate retraining and re-qualification programs according to the educational levels of the populations of the trainees and to the aims of t... ... miracle started in 1982 with the Wassenaar Agreement in which employers’ organizations and trade unions agreed on wage moderation and job creation,...

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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... ...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": ... ...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... ...ining of data for emerging patterns, rules, and "laws"? On the one hand, patterns based on limited - or, worse, non-recurrent - sets of data form ... ...orm a questionable foundation for any kind of "science". On the other hand, models based on assumptions are also in doubt because they are bound to... ... ... because it prevented ossification, ensuring that managements would keep their organizations innovative and efficient over the long run." In ... ...te foundations - such as the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation - and international organizations had to step in to cover the shortfall. The expert... ...on abhorrent. Jose Ortega Y Gasset, writing in the 1930's, preached that access to educational and economic opportunities should be premised on one... ...ns between Self-Esteem and Narcissism: Implications for Practice", published by the Educational Resources Information Center, the line between enhan...

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

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...ts reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – writ... ...vska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the TrendSiters Web Site: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Inter... ... A Medium or a Message? http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ... ...free substitutes to every information product, no matter how superior. Web based media companies (such as Salon and Britannica.com) have been experim... ...re already the largest buyers of e-books. Together with schools and other educational institutions, libraries can serve as decisive socialization age... ...ly given a bad name to whole segments of the industry (e.g., small, or web-based publishers). Consumers - inundated, disappointed and exhausted - wil... ...rnet-based academic community of both teachers and students, in which the educational potential of the Internet can be fully realized. The probl... ...ducation institutions, religious institutions, government, not for profit organizations, non governmental organizations (NGOs), trade unions, etc. B... ...mputer anarchy manifested in ad hoc networks, local networks, networks of organizations (mainly universities and organs of the government such as DAR...

...Essays dedicated to the new media, doing business on the web, digital content, its creation and distribution, e-publishing, e-books, digital reference, DRM technology, and other related issues....

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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 ... ... © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-0-1 3 Table of Contents THE RETURN FROM SPACE ...................................................... ............................................................................ 4 THE GOOD LIFE .............................................................. ...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 ... ... economic means. Their ethics, relative to having children, have often been based on a self-centered system of morals.” —“Are you saying that rec... ...n to a life of drinking contaminated water, without sanitation, and with no educational opportunities. No child deserves to be born poor, to a birthr... ...ing the means by which society can progress. And the progress of society is based on an equality of educational opportunity. Why is your face so scr... ... universally adhered to. Street gangs regularly murder others. Secret state organizations like the CIA of the USA, FSB as the successor of the KGB i...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline 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 Lemu...

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...ugust 13, 1813, p. 6. 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ii James Boyle The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Pres... ... be accessed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congr... ...served mockery. “Want that insignia torn off your car, Dad? Then it would be in the public domain, right?” My colleagues at Duke are one of the main i... ...l Carroll, and Eric Saltzman were on the midwife team for the birth of those organizations and became close friends in the process. Since the entire C... ...a result, the structure of the book is designed to facilitate self-selection based on inter- est. The first three chapters and the conclusion provide t... ...nited States, does not see intellectual property as a claim of natural right based on expended labor. Instead it is a temporary state-created monopoly... ...ax” on rights holders and a “subsidy” to those who benefited from it, such as educational institutions. 4 The White Paper also suggested that while any... ...e, including whether such use is of a com- mercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amo... ...fessional” and distribute outside the chains of commerce. I have worked with organizations that make it easier to do this. But I also be- lieve in the...

... economic welfare all depend on a delicate balance between those ideas that are controlled and those that are free, between intellectual property and the public domain. In The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale University Press) James Boyle introduces readers to the idea of the public domain and describes how it is being tragically eroded by our current...

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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... ...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ...us anarchism (Leo Tolstoy), anarcho- communism (Kropotkin) and anarcho-syndicalism, educational anarchism (Paul Goodman), and communitarian anarchis... ...inals or freedom fighters? If they are opposed by voluntary grassroots (vigilante) organizations in the best of anarchist tradition - should they f... ...ing structures and institutions and replacing them with voluntary, self- regulating organizations of free individuals. The Zapatistas movement in Me... ...ps such as the Animal Liberation Front, the Earth Liberation Front and the Britain-based SHAC, or Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, are 'way out in f... ...ou are invested, the less likely you are to reap the dividenda of survival. Indeed, based on actuary tables, it becomes increasingly less rational t... .... Every technology can be potentially abused. Television can be either a wonderful educational tool - or an addictive and mind numbing pastime. Nuc...

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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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... ...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ...us anarchism (Leo Tolstoy), anarcho- communism (Kropotkin) and anarcho-syndicalism, educational anarchism (Paul Goodman), and communitarian anarchis... ...inals or freedom fighters? If they are opposed by voluntary grassroots (vigilante) organizations in the best of anarchist tradition - should they f... ...ing structures and institutions and replacing them with voluntary, self- regulating organizations of free individuals. The Zapatistas movement in Me... ...ps such as the Animal Liberation Front, the Earth Liberation Front and the Britain-based SHAC, or Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, are 'way out in f... ...ou are invested, the less likely you are to reap the dividenda of survival. Indeed, based on actuary tables, it becomes increasingly less rational t... .... Every technology can be potentially abused. Television can be either a wonderful educational tool - or an addictive and mind numbing pastime. Nuc...

...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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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... ...TURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast Asia 1 ... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gull... ... Table of Contents THE COUNTRY OF SINGALING ..................................................... ...minds of the Oriental leaders whose multi- 9 millennial history is not based on the pragmatism of profit found in the West. But, as you might expe... ...t. His approach was undoubtedly the major successful tooling of a society-based modern utopia. Communistic socialism was tried by the Soviet Union, C... ... family and in a society. In fact we have used him as a consultant in our educational and parenting programs in helping us to develop both a curricul... ...e spent for other things like parks and recreation activities, free higher educational opportunities for all the citizens, more artistic and cultural... ...women‟s equality and democracy. Politicians, scholars and non-governmental organizations agree that social reform and democratization will improve th...

...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline 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 Lemu...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

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... ...itten permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...ovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ... LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value of Stocks of a Company III. The Process of Due Diligen... ...ecause "free" cash flow can be easily extracted from these reports, stock valuation based on free cash flow became increasingly popular and feasibl... ...ayments, arrears and overdue payments and other collectibles. 6. To coordinate an educational campaign to ensure the voluntary collaboration of th... ...considerations of "expected liquidity" do not constitute an explicit part of income-based models, the market will render them increasingly irrelevan... ...on abhorrent. Jose Ortega Y Gasset, writing in the 1930's, preached that access to educational and economic opportunities should be premised on on... ...arch agencies and personnel placement agencies (also known as "Headhunters"). Such organizations can save the prolonged hassle of a public tender, ...

The securities industry, its markets, instruments (equity, debt, derivatives), trading strategies, underlying economic models, and future.

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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...re of the Internet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale Uni... ...tion, visit www.caravanbooks.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. C... ...ect to the exception immediately following, this book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that co... .... It can be accessed through the author’s Web site at http://www.jz.org. Set in Adobe Garamond type by The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Printed in... ...ators, and relational databases put index cards and more sophisticated paper-based filing systems to shame. 15 Entirely new applications like video ga... ...ional Research Network,” much larger and faster, but still used primarily by educational and other noncommercial entities in loose coor- The Rise and ... ...eepers allowing wiki software to be developed, shared, and then taken up for educational and social purposes with contributions from people who have l... ... of its users. There are roles for tradi- tional state sovereigns, pan-state organizations, and formal multistakeholder regimes to play. They can help... ... sites by malicious IFRAME code, made available for a fee by Rus- sian crime organizations). 53.Tim Weber, Criminals ‘May Overwhelm the Web,’ BBC N...

...This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity?and reveals that it is sputtering precisely because of its runaway success. With the unwitting help of its users, the generative Internet is on a path to ...

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Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...OPHIC COGNITIVE MAPS XIQUAN Phoenix 2003 CARE OF THE AIDS INFECTED PERSONS CREATION OF AWARENESS ABOUT AIDS PREVENTION... ...e of Technology, Madras Chennai – 600036, India E-mail: vasantha@iitm.ac.in Florentin Smarandache Department of Mathematics University of N... ...nm.edu Xiquan Phoenix 2003 2 The picture on the cover is a neutrosophic directed graph of the Neutrosoph... ...nity Mobilization and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic. This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Demand ProQuest Inform... ...key using the expert opinions of the local people, NGOs (non-governmental organizations), government officials, stakeholder groups and vacation hous... ...a under study happens to be an unsupervised one and further his study was based on 31 FCM models, which were converted to adjacency matrices. Villag... ...ve FCM, A new Balance Degree for FCM, Automatic Construction of FCM, Rule Based FCM etc. 27 1.3.1: FCM for Decision Support in an Intellige... ...of FCM in Information Technology (IT). As IT plays a critical role in all organizations we have taken several factors from this paper to substantiat... ... G – government policies, P – Public opinion, C – Child labourers, E – Educationalists (Teachers/ Heads of the School/ Educational Institutions, ...

...In a world of chaotic alignments, traditional logic with its strict boundaries of truth and falsity has not imbued itself with the capability of reflecting the reality. Despite various attempts to reorient logic, there has re...

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Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS Rav Michael Laitm... ... LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Kabbalah, Science and the Meaning of Life Translation: Chaim Ratz Proofreading: Kate Weibe... ...ers 1057 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner... ...reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or revie... ...knowl- edge and wisdom. This expresses itself in the development of sci- ence, educational systems, and culture. This stage has become associated wit... ... of Kabbalah grants all the above to anyone who truly seeks it. This book is based on talks given by the author and com- piled by his students. 14 ... ...ching implications. The explanations of Kabbalah in this part of the book are based on these meetings. The Editor 17 AT T E N D E E S O F T H E S ... ...ruch Ashlag, which serves as a center for public discussions on Kabbalah. The educational and academic goals of the ARI derive from a deep commitmen... ... became clearer. We are used to treating the world as a reality where people, organizations, and public institutions influence the course of our liv...

...Kabbalah, Science & the Meaning of Life traces the milestones of the evolution of science with which we are familiar, such as Newton’s and Einstein’s theories but goes further to present the science of Kabbalah as the basis for understanding the...

...Foreword: The essence of human nature is its perpetually evolving desire for pleasure. To realize this desire, we feel compelled to discover, invent, and improve our reality. The gradual intensification of the desire for pleasure has b...

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Bail Yourself Out

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...978-1-897448-27-4 50500 Bail Y ourself Out How Y ou Can Emerge Strong from the w orld Crisis Bail Y Ourself Out Michael l aitman, PhD m ichae... ... Out Michael l aitman, PhD m ichael laitman’s background puts him in a unique position to offer a broad, hopeful perspective on the current ... ...nd puts him in a unique position to offer a broad, hopeful perspective on the current world crisis. a Professor of o ntology, a Ph.d . in Philosophy... ...rspective on the current world crisis. a Professor of o ntology, a Ph.d . in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and an m.Sc. in medical bio-cybernetics, laitm... ... tidbits about people we approve or disapprove of, and we form our views based on what we see, hear, or read on the me- dia. Because its power over ... ...ndeed, globalization is a fact, and it is show- ing us that we are already united. w e can try to resist it, or we can join in and benefit from the ... ... president of Bnei Baruch and Ashlag Research Institute (ARI), two Israel based international edu- cational organizations with branches all over Nort... ...ag Research Institute (ARI), two Israel based international edu- cational organizations with branches all over North America and Canada, Central and... ...tion company, ARI films, www.arifilms.tv, specializing in pro- duction of educational TV programs throughout the world, and in many languages. In Is...

...Everything that exists is an outcome of interaction between two forces--giving and receiving. When they work in harmony, life flows peacefully in its course. When they collide, we must deal with calamities and crises of great magnitude, says Prof. Michael Laitman. These forces are at work in every aspect of life: family, economy, po...

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Analysis of Social Aspects of Migrant Labourers Living with Hiv/Aids Using Fuzzy Theory and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...EUTROSOPHIC COGNITIVE MAPS With Specific Reference To Rural Tamilnadu In India XIQUAN Phoenix 2004 ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL ASPECTS OF M... ...NEUTROSOPHIC COGNITIVE MAPS With Specific Reference To Rural Tamilnadu In India W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy Department of Mathematics Indian Ins... ...lup, NM 87301, USA e-mail: smarand@gallup.unm.edu Translation of the Tamil interviews by Meena Kandasamy XIQUAN Phoenix 2004... ...s follow our analysis. The last chapter gives suggestions and conclusions based on our study. This book has 8 appendices. The Appendix 1 is the que... ...is to be noted that most of the infected are illiterate or with very low educational qualifications (secondary/high school dropouts), low levels of... ...ent or surrounded by the plushness of rich-urban life. They did not have educational qualifications or family backgrounds to boast of, and most of ... ... overlap block NCM. They are adopted for this problem and conclusions are based on the analysis. In chapter V we analyse the problem of socio econo... ...train their teachers but also to work through the various and preexisting organizations in these schools and colleges: like the NCC (National Cadet ... ...llage level, programs have to be imparted by the government and voluntary organizations on the alternatives to agriculture and about sustainable agr...

...In this book for the first time we have ventured into the total analysis of migrant labourers in rural Tamil Nadu who are victims of HIV/AIDS using FCM, BAM and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps. As in our study and analysis we fel...

...Migration acquires great significance in the study of peoples and populations, for it not only involves the merely mathematical spatial redistribution of people, but also because it has enormous impact on livelihood, life-styles, employment, socioeconomic and pol...

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Yellow on the Outside, Shame on the inside : Asian Culture Revealed

By: Chi, Anson

...Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the press... ...y people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that much, mu... ...rld of long-guarded — secrets. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Anson Chi, born and raised in New York City, is an author, politician, model, activist environmenta... ...vironmental, social, political and retired — — engineer. He currently lives in a myriad of places, including Los Angeles and San Diego. Yellow on t... ...re and spread this book like hot cakes! Knowledge is a right of the people. United States Constitution - The First Amendment "...no law...abridging ... ...e is — important or else I wouldn't have written it. This didactic novel is based on Asian culture, specifically East Asian culture which includes J... ...ncludes Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Chinese, etc. This novel is not based on the Asian culture of Russia, Tajikistan, or even Iraq which are ... ...hey don't speak English well enough to leave, but there are many non-profit organizations and schools that teach English for free, even at the stude... ... selection of Korean magazines, newspapers, books both soft and — hardcover educational toys, and puzzle games. Emilie focuses her attention on the s...

...Why do Asians really get straight A's? Why do Asians really become doctors and lawyers? Why do Asians really play the piano? Many people believe that the reason has to do with the pressure to perform and the pressure to conform, however, it goes much deeper than that—much, much deeper! This didactic novel reveals the truths about Asian c...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

...ht January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and ... ... 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 ... ...o admit that Einstein’s famous prediction of the lunar eclipse of the sun was based upon a completely false premise. Here is a crude representation... ... for Everythingness to exist at all. Our Trialistic Universe came into being based upon pre-existing Dualistic Conditions which had to exist before... ...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... ...ntrated into an ever smaller, wealthier, more powerful, more privileged elite organizations. This reverse pyramidal accumulation continues, until th... ... participate in? Which social functions to attend, support? The arts? Youth organizations? School programs? Which issues to champion? What inte...

...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic ...

...Chapter 1: The Universe. Pgs 1-112 How the Universe came into being. Chapter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans ...

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A Courageous Battle

By: Susan Bracken

...ghts reserved. No part of this print publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electron... ...m or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author. ISBN: 978-0-9864879-1-0 The fir... ..., is entirely coincidental and not intended by the author. The information in the Appendix of this book is offered on an “as is” basis, without warran... ... short time.” “I still want to know.” He sighed. “They’re not good, Lacey. Based on what I’m seeing here, there may be a fifteen percent chance for yo... ...te. She was be- queathing sums to the two main Canadian dying with dignity organizations and the Canadian Cancer Society, and setting up a trust fund ... ...the world. I amassed hundreds of pages of informa- tion. There are reports based on many years of data collected in the Netherlands and Oregon that pr... ...ment representative – to your doctor – to your family. Join or support the organizations that are working to achieve doctor aid-in-dying on your behal... ... (inapplicable in the Netherlands, where all are insured), people with low educational status, the poor, the physically disabled or chronically ill, m... ... the jurisdictions studied appeared to enjoy comparative social, economic, educational, professional and other privileges. Euthanasia and other end of...

...Lacey Wilson overcomes neglect in childhood and abuse in her first marriage to achieve fame and riches as a popular author, and finds true love and happiness with wealthy entrepreneur, Jake Edmonds. Then cancer strikes. Lacey is afraid of the pain and indi...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the transparen... ...parts of a cus- tom tliftt is no empty formalitj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, ... ...IONS SEVERED Sudden Action on the Part of the Dartmouth Ath- letic Council Based on Langf Affair—False Re- ports in Papers—Baseball Games Cancelled Th... ...tune to say that the student-body on the bleachers should fulfil the hopes based on them for an unrivalled team, even though their part may not be as ... ... trasted the highly perfected ath- letics of this country with the simpler organizations in England and ancient Greece. He favored a return to the old... ... Williams. Entering upon the duties of president with little experience in educational matters, Dr. Hopkins easily showed that his greater as- set was... ...n in size is not to be an indefinite policy, a prac- tical system from the educational stnndiioint would seem to demand that the size be limited to de... ...; the oburoli is loaded down too much with religious beliefs and religious organizations. Chris- tianity is a religion of action and conduct. The reli...

...The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed ...

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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... ...owning him with woolen fillets; but for ourselves, we shall employ, for the sake of our real good, that more austere and less fascinating ... ...re and less fascinating poet and legend-writer, who will imitate for us the style of the virtuous man." Plato (Republic) Chapter One At Tok... ...ns of him? These impressions--these judgments-- could not be real. They were based on brief outward gestures and the judges had nothing but their own ... ...e cast some spell on him although she was loosely affiliated with bewitching organizations like WICCA despite their ecclesiastic and congregational am... ... nonstandard use of language but her own aversion toward children and adults based upon the sensitivities she had as a young child and the fact that t... ...e to a CEO instead of an educator could be interpreted as a wish to make the educational experience everything that it should be so who am I to say th... ...proprietors; but once she got the directors or operational managers of these organizations on the phone with trying effort, they would never disclose ...

...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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In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace

By: H. G. Wells

...e BY H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publi... ...Y H. G. WELLS 1918 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publicat... ...rth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H.G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...n. The old state of affairs cannot continue. The European dynastic system, based upon the intermarriage of a group of mainly German royal families, is... ...f men, all these things march irresistibly towards a permanent world peace based on democratic republicanism. The question of the fu- ture of monarchy... ... curred grave wounds will still go on for a time—without feeling them. The educational, biological, social, economic punishment that has already been ... ...erman autocracy. The British and French Foreign Offices are old monarchist organizations still. T o this day the British and French politi- cians hagg... ...re, that contractor there, all the squar- ing of small political clubs and organizations, all the sub- scription blackmail and charity bribery, that n...

...Excerpt: In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a ?War of Ideas.? A phrase, ?The War to end War,? got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phrase powerful enough to sway many men, es...

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Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Bill Clinton

... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State Universit... ... INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES is a publication of the Penn sylvania State University. T... ...arge 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 Stat... ...le, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyo... ...contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , ... ...for lasting good, what ever apparent advantages may be gained, which is not based upon eternal principles of right and justice. Our fathers decided f... ...f economic efficiency, at the same time differentiating between combinations based upon legitimate economic reasons and those formed with the intent o... ...me of age. I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing goo... ... Once again, we are building stronger families, thriving communities, better educational opportunities, a cleaner environment. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF ...

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First and Last Things : A Confession of Faith and a Rule of Life

By: H. G. Wells

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...Introduction: Recently I set myself to put down what I believe. I did this with no idea of making a book, but at the suggestion of a friend and to interest a number of friends with whom I was associated. We were all, we found, extremely uncertain in our outlook upon life, about our religious feelings and in our ideas of right and wrong....

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My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass. With an Introduction. By James M'Cune Smith

By: Frederick Douglas

...cation My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Edi- tor, nor anyo... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas, the Pennsylvani... ...oon meet in another world, in a world where all distinctions, except those based on obedi- ence and disobedience, are blotted out forever. “Uncover yo... ..., some day, gain that inestimable boon. Meanwhile, I resolved to add to my educational attainments the art of writing. After this manner I began to le... ... their skin. Whatever may be said of the aristocracies here, there is none based on the color of a man’s skin. This species of aristocracy belongs pre... ... the north and south, in the political parties; the union in the religious organizations of the land, have all served to deaden the moral sense of the... .... The Methodist, one of 321 Frederick Douglas the most powerful religious organizations of this country, has been rent asunder, and its strongest bol...

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The Secret Places of the Heart

By: H. G. Wells

...T BY H. G. WELLS 1922 A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Penns... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania... ... imperfection” the doctor stuck to it. “These new methods of treatment are based on the idea of imperfection. We begin with that. I began with that la... ...e sit here all the world is wasting fuel fantastically.” “Just as mentally—educationally we waste,” the doctor in- terjected. “And my job is to stop w... ...yflower that we ought to be told about. I allow it’s a recent revival. The United States has been like one of those men you read about in the papers w... ...woman I am convinced this expedition to Europe has meant experience, harsh educational experience and very profound mental disturbance. There have bee... ...ere I sat, far away across the arena, was a great bank of men of the Sokol organizations, an unbroken brown mass wrapped in their brown uniform cloaks...

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The Research Magnificent

By: H. G. Wells

... (1915) (1915) (1915) A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...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... ...e, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State... ...ppeal to the broader-minded, more progressive type of parent, he became an educational reformer, and wrote upon modernizing the curriculum with increa... ...s wife. He had been an early vic- tim to that wave of philoprogenitive and educational enthu- siasm which distinguished the closing decade of the nine... ...ink of Parliament as a career, and of a mingling of aristocratic socialism based on universal service with a civilizing imperialism as a purpose…. But... ... well- known publicist, whose very sound and considerable repu- tation was based on the East Purblow Labour Experiment, met Benham at lunch and propos... ...kingship, must speak to one another…. “We can have no organization because organizations cor- rupt…. “No recognition…. “But we can speak plainly….” (A...

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Night and Day

By: Virginia Woolf

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A Tramp Abroad

By: Mark Twain

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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

... Staff List xiii–xiv Preface xv 1. “WE HAVE SOME PLANES” 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National C... ...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... ...lecting on a Generational Challenge 361 12.2 Attack Terrorists and Their Organizations 365 12.3 Prevent the Continued Growth of Islamist Terrorism... ...cy, immigration issues and border control, the flow of assets to terrorist organizations, commercial aviation, the role of congressional oversight and... ...eapons. Exercises were conducted to counter this threat, but they were not based on actual intelligence. In most instances, the main concern was the u... ...re in NORAD’s Northeast Air Defense Sector (also known as NEADS), which is based in Rome, New York. That morning NEADS could call on two alert sites, ... ...t to buy off local Islamist movements by ceding control of many social and educational issues. Embold- ened rather than satisfied, the Islamists conti... ...ers like Qutb, and the presence of Egyptian Islamist teachers in the Saudi educational system, Islamists already had a strong intellectual influ- ence...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans an...

...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising 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 B...

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The Treaty of the European Union the Maastrict Treaty, 7Th February, 1992

By: Various

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Excerpt: Treaty On European Union. A new stage in the process of European integration undertaken with the establishment of the European Communities.

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Democracy and Education

By: John Dewey

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...Excerpt: Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwa...

................ 58 Chapter Six: Education as Conservative and Progressive ........................................................... 74 Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education ......................................................... 85 Chapter Eight: Aims in Education ...............................................................................................

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Mankind in the Making

By: H. G. Wells

...Y H. G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... .... G. WELLS A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Mankind in the Making by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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... ... authorities in the chapter on the biological problem, and to books in the educational chapter, the lacunar quality of his reading and knowledge is on... ...iscussion of the quality of the average birth and of the average home, the educational scheme, the sug- gestions for the organization of literature an... ...an, his social and political or- ganizations must also be, in the essence, organizations that more or less profitably and more or less intentionally, ... ...in America, any party, any section, any group, any single politician even, based upon the manifest trend and purpose of life as it appears in the mode... ...re-existing formulae and political constitutions and political parties and organizations rather as instruments or obstacles than as guiding lines and ... ...tional gifts and capacity, and fully capable of offspring. Civilization is based on the organized subdivision of labour, and, as the able lady who wri...

...Preface: It may save misunderstanding if a word or so be said here of the aim and scope of this book. It is written in relation to a previous work, Anticipations,* and together with that and a small pamphlet, ?The Discovery of the Future,?** presents a general theory of social development and o...

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Up from Slavery : An Autobiography

By: Booker Taliaferro Washington

...from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington is a publication of the Pennsyl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...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... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington, the ... ...nd the intimate friend of General Armstrong during the whole period of his educational work. 5 Booker T. Washington ington became a peculiarly recept... ...ith an earnestness that put to shame the conventional student life of most educational institutions. Another song rolled up along the rafters. And as ... ... has taken place since the days of the “Ku Klux.” To-day there are no such organizations in the South, and the fact that such ever existed is almost f... ...ited individuals and spoke in churches and before Sunday schools and other organizations. She found this work quite try- ing, and often embarrassing. ... ...ct condition, mental and moral, of the coloured ministers in the South, as based upon my observations. I wrote the letter, giving the exact facts as I... ...t we would not be treated civilly by some of the passengers. This fear was based upon what I had heard other people of my race, who had crossed the oc...

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War and Peace

By: Leo Tolstoy, Graf

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