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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ...le of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of third parties toward... ...s are all such cases. This could be argued against by saying that, in the case of economic hardship, f or instance, the damage to the mother's fut... ... Problem In the catechism of capitalism, shares represent the part- ownership of an economic enterprise, usually a firm. The value of shares is dete... ...n of the "Principal-Agent Problem". It is defined thus by the Oxford Dictionary of Economics: "The problem of how a person A can motivate person B ... ...perty are secondary asymmetries, not primary ones. There have been periods in human history and there have been cultures devoid of either or both. T... ...w it "selected"? The Universe is constrained in this "selection process" by its own history, but its history is not synonymous with the Laws of Natu... ...lf evident: the Universe "selected" both the Natural Laws and, as a result, its own history, in a process akin to Natural Selection. Whatever increa...

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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Surviving the Economic Crisis : Current and Future Trends

By: Mark W. Medley

... No unauthorized photocopying All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, o... ...ansmitted in any form, or by any Means, without the prior written permission of the Author or New Economics publishers. © Mark W Medley 2009 Co... ... or by any Means, without the prior written permission of the Author or New Economics publishers. © Mark W Medley 2009 Contact the Author at : ... ... 1 2. Learning from the German New Deal of the 1990’s 3 3. Three forms of Economic systems we... ...g from the German New Deal of the 1990’s 3 3. Three forms of Economic systems we have after the 6 Market Crash o... ...Out 13 of the Recession? 8. Eight Projected Economic Trends of 2009 14 Part Two: C... ...th. Consumer goods are far cheaper compared to incomes, then anytime in human history, thanks to the outsourcing of industry to low wage countries in... ... of the money is simply considered of lesser value, and loses its value. The history of economics, has seen many examples of where the printing of ... ...gely profitable Corporations have made some of the biggest loses in financial history. So is outsourcing dead? Insolvent Corporations that were save...

...The primary objective of writing this initial volume “Surviving an Economic Crisis” was to input new ideas about the reasons behind the current economic crisis, and look into the future past the question-Why this crisis happened? Focusing on a sus...

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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 ... ...ross/Stone 3 CHAPTER 1 WASHINGTON, D.C. The studios of WNN (Worldwide News Network) were as hectic as usual. Pr... ...ic as usual. Producers, assistant producers, directors, assistant directors and a beehive of workers were all scurrying around pawning off papers an... ...atamir. Brand focused the mouse on it, and clicked. In seconds, the computer gave a brief history: author of five books, three on physics, and two o... ...litary that we needed a missile shield. After that, he became a professor, of all things, Economics, at Harvard. The CIA believed his new chosen pro... ...?” “It has been my experience that when these kind of events happen, there is usually a history to go with it.” “And what do you suspect…Agent..?... ...hat the President of the United States has been excluded from covert operations. Remember Iran/Contra? If I were you, Mr. President, I’d take this ve... ...unal that would make the world free to pursue their own interests, and free trade without economic and manufacturing restrictions.” “And what woul... ...waiter a substantial tip, and started back into the room. “Sir,” the waiter said with an Iranian accent, “you’ve got to sign.” Kidd scribbled somet...

...ities 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 detective Mi...

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Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...e put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, which, though constantly brushed away from a man's skin, sti... ...ushed away from a man's skin, still insists on biting him for the pleasure of human blood." --The Iliad Homer Book I: P... ...ey, with their driver, went down Ramkhamhaeng Road singularly in the scope of their thoughts but conditioned into repudiating their aloneness. It was ... ...ng the fact that one large tent spread throughout the room would be a more economical investment than three smaller ones, one would think that you wou... ...Metropolitan Transportation Department and thereby resurrect himself as an economic deliverer and a masculine force to be admired instead of dog excre... ...e run freely together through puddles on the streets and yet despite their history (regardless of it not being a particularly close relationship) Suth... ...mbs, a slight coldness toward her, and ennui from memories of his peculiar history that would impair his future relationships with girls. They sat on... ...ely consuming something or another interpreted as conditions prosperous or economically disparaging. Further into the heart of the city, Suthep s... ...superior or inferior in his freakishness, this was who he was. There was a history: the history was of being maimed. There was the character of Jatup...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...es 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... ...ove, care, feeding, fun, and friendship. Also for her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book.... ...take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct h... ...lly until Mergenthaler built his Linotype. But Ottmar’s name fell through history’s cracks. 18. ―The Eighth Wonder of the World‖ Although as lat... ...p to the start of the Epilogue. This is because my own perspective on the history of the written word is tied so powerfully to the history of eBooks... ...once worked well for poet-singers‘ stories failed to meet the needs of an economic species that irrigated fields, planted crops, and raised livestock... ...and commercial centers of their age. As temple complexes grew into major economic enterprises, many workers were needed to handle large quantities ... ...ldboard plow and the three-field planting system had brought considerable economic stability, and the Black Death pandemic had peaked near the middl...

...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. This boo...

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A History of U. S. Communications Security (Volumes I and Ii);1973

By: David G. Boak

... Description of document: A History of U.S. Communications Security (Volumes I a... ... Description of document: A History of U.S. Communications Security (Volumes I and II); ... ...: 23-December-2007 Released date: 10-December-2008 Posted date: 24-December-2008 Source of document: National Security Agency Attn: FOIA/PA ... ...Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248 Phone: (301)-688-6527 Fax: (443)-479-3612 Note: The meat of the material left after redaction starts at (PDF) ... ...0 Serial: MDR-54498 10 December 2008 This responds to your request of 23 December 2007 to have A History of U.S. Communications Security (2 volumes) b... ... fact that almost all of our voice communications are sent in the clear.'the business of finding economical secure ways to secure voice transmissions ... ...printers were much quieterin the first place? Behind these events and questions lies a very long history beginning with the discovery of a pouible thr... ... at great costand-in mostenvironments-with considerable risk. , 3. There remain a number of more economical ways for hostile SIGINT to recover intelli... ...y to Itrateaic aDd tactical militarY operations but to the fields of diplomacy, tecbnolol)', aDd economic warfare as well. In fact, it extends to almo...

...This publication consists of a series of lectures prepared and given to interns and other employees by Mr. David G. Boak in 1966. Mr. Boak is uniquely qualified to discuss the history of the US COM_SEC because he has participated significantly in most...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to lif... ...le of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of third parties toward... ...s are all such cases. This could be argued against by saying that, in the case of economic hardship, f or instance, the damage to the mother's fut... ... Problem In the catechism of capitalism, shares represent the part- ownership of an economic enterprise, usually a firm. The value of shares is dete... ...n of the "Principal-Agent Problem". It is defined thus by the Oxford Dictionary of Economics: "The problem of how a person A can motivate person B ... ...perty are secondary asymmetries, not primary ones. There have been periods in human history and there have been cultures devoid of either or both. T... ...w it "selected"? The Universe is constrained in this "selection process" by its own history, but its history is not synonymous with the Laws of Natu... ...lf evident: the Universe "selected" both the Natural Laws and, as a result, its own history, in a process akin to Natural Selection. Whatever increa...

...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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Apec's Ease of Doing Business-Interim Assessment

By: Carlos Kuriyama and Azul Ogazón

...of Doing Business – Interim Assessment A collaborative report between the APEC Economic Committee and the APEC Policy Support Unit APEC Policy... ... Prepared by: Carlos Kuriyama and Azul Ogazón Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit Emails: cak@apec.org; a... ...t Unit Emails: cak@apec.org; aog@apec.org Produced for: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Policy Support Unit Asia-Pacific Economic Coo... ...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... ...ance in preparing this report and the Economic Committee, particularly its Friends of the Chair on Ease of Doing Business, for valuable comments and ... ...’S EASE OF DOING BUSINESS ..................................................... 1 HISTORY .............................................................. ... Chapter 1: APEC’s Ease of Doing Business 1 1. APEC’S EASE OF DOING BUSINESS HISTORY APEC’s Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiative dates back... ...adult population listed in a public credit registry with information on repayment history, unpaid debts, or credit outstanding from the past five ye...

...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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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... 0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Uto... ...l Motivations 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Uto... ................................................................................................................................. 17 Combinations of Nee... ... learn and how we perceive things that I don‘t want to confuse you. I could probably start at a hundred different points, but let‘s go back in histor... ...But not as infinite as the possibilities expressed by the many religions of the world. ―Our cultures, religions, secular philosophies, econom... ...ed on modern neuroscience. But there is no question that his insights were critical to Western thinking. He was one of the great minds of our histor... ...ponsible for themselves and the society? Italy‘s tight society and strong family security run counter to the competitiveness needed in global econom... ...rtainly there are things that need to be learned by rote—spelling, writing, the multiplication tables, and so forth. But video games can teach histor... ...ngs that need to be learned by rote—spelling, writing, the multiplication tables, and so forth. But video games can teach history, geography, econom...

...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 C...

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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 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... ...ove, care, feeding, fun, and friendship. Also for her perceptive editing of my copy over many decades, especially during the writing of this book.... ...take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct h... ...lly until Mergenthaler built his Linotype. But Ottmar’s name fell through history’s cracks. 18. ―The Eighth Wonder of the World‖ Although as lat... ...to the start of the Epilogue. This is because my own perspective on the history of the written word is tied so powerfully to the history of eBooks... ...once worked well for poet-singers‘ stories failed to meet the needs of an economic species that irrigated fields, planted crops, and raised livestock... ...nd commercial centers of their age. As temple complexes grew into major economic enterprises, many workers were needed to handle large quantities ... ...ldboard plow and the three-field planting system had brought considerable economic stability, and the Black Death pandemic had peaked near the middl...

...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....

... 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 of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of crafts. -- 3. From Whence Cometh Indo-European Tongues?-Did a freshwater lake com...

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

... 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... ...donians III. The Black Hand IV. The Insurgents and the Swastika V. KLA – The Army of Liberation VI. Appendix: Pathological Narcissism, Group Behav... ...cause (in most cases, the freedom of a group of people). They base their claims on history - real or hastily concocted, on a common heritage, on a ... ...balanced personalities and project them to great effect. They are the footnotes of history that assume the role of text. And they rarely enjoy the ... ...ree nations: the Greeks, the Bulgarians, and the Serbs. Each invoked ethnicity and history and all conjured up the apparition of the defunct Treaty... ...both passionate and auspicious. The new King was of the reforming kind and keen on economic progress and wealth formation. Regretfully, his impleme... ...t. These were natural - though nefarious - reactions to dislocation, globalization, economic crisis and cultural pluralism. A set of compensatory me... ...transforming their Yugo Slav brethren into sworn adversaries. This was true in the economic sphere as well as in the political realm. Serbia declar...

...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 prec...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...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... ...e Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam... ...oth a colonial power and a mercantilist exploiter. To further its geopolitical and economic goals from Central Asia to the Middle East, it persists... ...zens erroneously believe that the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave is an economically self-sufficient and self-contained continent. Yet, ... ...t party's mouthpiece People's Daily. Expansionism is an "eternal theme" in American history and a "main line" running through its foreign policy. ... ...e, it praises US "scientific and technological innovations and new achievements in economic development". Somewhat tautologically, it also credits ... ...agnet, as exclaiming, during the US-Spanish War, that "If you review the commercial history, you will discover anyone who controls oriental trade wi... ...hod of Crusades." This is a patently non-Orthodox, non-Marxist interpretation of history and of the role of the United States - the prime specime...

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 Religious Dimension

By: Donald Broadribb

...on Published by the Author York, Western Australia 2006 The first edition of this book was published under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millenniu... ...lished under the title The Mystical Chorus by Millennium Books [an imprint of E.J. Dwyer (Australia) Pty. Ltd.] in 1995. This second edition, with tex... ...ations, and new index, is published by the Author, Donald Broadribb, owner of the publication rights. Copyright © 1995 and 2006 by Donald Broadribb. T... ...ture we live in, none of us grow up in a religious vacuum. Through most of history the majority of people appear to have been reasonably satisfied wit... ...iblical studies and languages (which I had studied at UTS) to teaching the history of pre-Christian civilizations and religions. It was not long befor... ...of Christianity. Even now books concerned with Comparative Religion or the History of Religions tend to devote the giant’s share of their content to t... ...er was first formulated, nine years of war had just ended between Iraq and Iran which, among other causes, found a basis in conflicting views on how t... ...eligious ideology that would keep its peoples under its administrative and economic thumb. A single God who is the supreme ruler had for centuries bee... ...onmental Ethics, vol. 1, no. 3, Fall 1979, pp. 255-62. Stites, Sara Henry: Economics of the Iroquois, AMS Press edition, 1978. (First published as the...

...Most readers of this book will have had some type of religious instruction. Whether as children we were taught at a church Sunday school or some other religious institution, or weabsorbed simple social assumptions from the culture we live...

...What Is Religion? 1Buddhism 16Christianity 59Mysticism 118A Chorus Of Powers: American Indian Belief 176The Sacred Land: Australian Aboriginal Religion 238Conclusion 277References 293The Collected Works Of Carl Jung 299...

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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 Lemuel Gulli... ...t work by Susie Kleiner © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-6-3 Table of Contents Arriving in Indus ............................................... ...ation and health care, so they now had climbed another rung or two up the economic ladder. They now had some exports of food, clothes and toys, and s... ...NG THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS ‖Years ago when I was at Cambridge my economics professor said that the World Bank reported that poverty was dow... ... ‗lies, damn lies and statistics‘! ―Population growth cancels out economic gains unless the economy leaps forward like it did in China. The ... ...e look at a few aspects of our similarities and differences. India‘s long history, particularly with its caste system, has resulted in a number of hi... ...es, but China now seems to be winning the diploma derby. But India‘s long history with English as a primary language has made its graduates in medic... ...ater. ―The lord knows that we in this part of the world have a long history of recognizing the problems, we just have not followed our rhetori...

...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 ...

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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 “. . . And ... ...o Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-... ...ie Kleiner © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-0-1 3 Table of Contents THE RETURN FROM SPACE ......................................... ...2-1-Touch down! . . . and Gulliver returns. The greatest adventure in human history! Commander Lemuel Gulliver the 16 th has completed the first jo... ...ere we have just witnessed the final leg of the greatest human adventure in history, even greater than that of his illustrious ancestor, Lemuel Gull... ...establish a Communist utopia hinged on a combination of human frailties— the economic selfishness of the masses, the power-mad leaders and the univers... ...d have been much better off. But then by halfway through my trip the Indian economic miracle had increased by tenfold the Indian per capita income. ... ...s are poorer while some of the former third world nations have gained great economic advantages. The keys to both paths have been the approaches each... ... 180 who was born then killed? Children have been abused so much throughout history and throughout the present day world. I don’t think it’s right. ...

...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 ...

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Narcissistic and Psychopathic Leaders

By: Sam Vaknin

...arcissistic ( ) Personality Disorder NPD The Narcissist's Entitlement of Routine – Pathological Narcissism A Dysfunction or a Blessing? ... ...sfunction or a Blessing? The Narcissist's Confabulated Life The Cult of the Narcissist Bibliography The Narcissist in the Workplace Th... ...rcissist in the Workplace Narcissism in the Boardroom The Professions of the Narcissist Narcissists in Positions of Authority Narcissistic... ...rder (NPD), but studies have not demonstrated any ethnic, social, cultural, economic, genetic, or professional predilection to it. Co-Morbidity and ... ...iduals it is comprised of, the stronger the bonds of locale, language, and history – the more rigorous might an assertion of a common pathology be.... ... many an object in its path." (G.W.F . Hegel, "Lectures on the Philosophy of History") "Such beings are incalculable, they come like fate without caus... ... establishment, of being "decadent". They are hated on religious and socio-economic grounds, or because of their race, sexual orientation, or origi... ...estidigitation ceases and the entire edifice crumbles. What looked like an economic miracle turns out to have been a fraud- laced bubble. Loosely-he... ...ents. Their only duty is to the future. They are a-historical: they have no history and they are above history. Indeed, it is precisely this apparen...

...Narcissistic and psychopathic leaders come in all shapes and degrees of virulence. Learn to recognize them in various settings (the workplace, religion, politics) and to cope with the toxic fallout of their "leadership"....

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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 ―. . . ... ...uman Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI ... ...r © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................... ...ERS ................................................................. 127 ECONOMIC CONCERNS WHEN ESTABLISHING YOUR IDEAL SOCIETY ............... 128 ... ...CONOMIC CONCERNS WHEN ESTABLISHING YOUR IDEAL SOCIETY ............... 128 ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY .......................................................... ...ANCING THE BUDGET—TAXES FOR YOUR IDEAL SOCIETY ...................... 152 ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE ......................................................... ...uld it vary? 19 Should every rule be universal—never changing through history? The Ten Commandments are such a universal moral code. What if Hit... ... devil? Global warming is an alarmist misreading of a natural blip in the history of climate. There is no overpopulation problem—there is plenty roo... ... not depend on an air of confidence or a posture of certainty. Throughout history progress has been stymied because ignorant people have been in lead...

...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 ...

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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...ternet— And How to Stop It This page intentionally left blank The Future of the Internet And How to Stop It Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Pres... ...s.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyright © 2008 by Jonathan... ...trations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), ... ... much of what we love about today’s information ecosystem. Understanding its history sheds light on different possible futures and helps us to recogniz... ... debates about Internet policy. Yet increasingly the box has come to matter. History shows that the box had competitors—and today they are back. The e... ...uld CompuServe hold to the same line that AT&T tried to draw? After all, the economic model for almost every service was the connect charge: a per-min... ...r growth in the uses to which it was put. It is as if the bizarre social and economic configuration of the quasi-anarchist Burn- ing Man festival turne... ...illegal drugs. Graffiti is comparatively easier to combat because there are no economic incentives for its creation. 48 The demand for illegal drugs cre... ... that would not have been produced in a firm-mediated market model. The brief history of the Internet and PC illustrates how often the large and After ...

...xtraordinary 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 a lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation?and facilitating unsettling new kinds of control. (futureoftheinternet.org)...

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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 Southeast A... ... 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 5 MY VISIT TO SINGALING by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ...9 2 Table of Contents THE COUNTRY OF SINGALING ........................................ ..................................................... 30 FEMALE EQUALITY AND ECONOMIC USEFULNESS .......................................................... ...anion be suddenly jerked from their lips. 4 Singaling enjoyed a long economic head start over Kino and is still leading the Asian derby in fina... ... was probably a major factor in its rise, but was not as essential to its economic miracle as it had been for China.. Even back in the early 1980... ... factor in the minds of the Oriental leaders whose multi- 9 millennial history is not based on the pragmatism of profit found in the West. But, as... ...ians, particularly to Chinese and Indians. It has been obvious throughout history that we all want our families and our societies to be as similarly... ...rn the languages. They are also tested on their knowledge of our customs, history and philosophy. Then they have to be ready to immerse themselves 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 ...

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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

... 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... ... channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence Agency RTS-2C Was... ...40-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State INR/IC/CD Room 8646 ... ...s 107 Hong Kong 108 Hungary 110 iv Page Iceland 111 India 112 Indonesia 114 Iran 116 Iraq 117 Ireland 119 Israel (West Bank and Gaza Strip entry on p... ...re projected for 1987-91. Notes, Definitions, and Abbreviations (continued) Economic abbreviations: ave. average bbl barrel (159 liters, 42 gallons) ... ...Pushtunistan and Baluchistan questions with Pakistan; periodic disputes with Iran over Helmand water rights Climate: arid to semiarid; cold winters an... ...) Life expectancy: men 40.6, women 42.9 Literacy: 20% Labor force: 2,783,000 economically active (mid-1985 est); 85% agriculture, 15% industry Organiz... ...ton, D.C. Coastline: 153 km Maritime claims: Contiguous zone: 24 nm Extended economic zone: 200 nm Territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: tropical marine; li... ..., 1 seat Communists: no known Communist orga- nization; Koma of BNF has long history of Communist contacts Member of: AfDB, Commonwealth, FAO, G-77, G...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...l chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows acr... ...fix 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 conne... ...verie, before bed, calmed him and connected his soul to the sublime obedience of God. During these moments of prayer, he put the chaos of his Office ... ...but then he quickly reminded himself that this was the first American Pope in history, and more importantly the first one of Jewish decent, except f... ...lfredo said, sounding like a professor, “Politics has always been part of the history and doctrine of the Church.” 6 J.Cross/Artemis “You’re r... ...ce, hung around the room. Artifacts of capes, picas, and swords detailing the history of Bull Fighting from Spain to Mexico were displayed in glass ... ...the only issue you intend to run on? The country is rift with other social and economic problems, from unemployment to deep budget cuts that have squ... ...l statement: We will always have controversial issues; social, political, and economic problems to solve. And I believe that the solution to the fut... ...e tens of thousands. The drug issue crosses all religious, ethnic, and social economic strata. We are all vulnerable to this evil, and I intend to s...

...The Pope receives a vision that includes the names of four men: a U.S. Senator, a covert military intelligence agent, a priest from a small parish, and the head of the Italian mafia. These men form an alliance to eliminate the drug cartels of the world to save the children of...

...Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before it; his white cassock cascaded across the red, soft cushion. He gently entwined the eb...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... By Indrek Pringi Library of Congress Txu 987-756 Copyright January 29th 2001 Canadian Copyri... ...ns: Connection, and Separation. This book explores the logical extrapolation of this, and other Dynamics. My challenge to the reader is simple. ... ...not? Preface The Basic Elements of Human Understanding are: ... ... Pg 598 Inflation Pg 607 Modern Racism Pg 609 Ego-gratification Pg 625 History Pg 694 The Unclearness of History Pg 694 Wisdom Pg 697 In... ...210 Human Wisdom Pg 1220 Bicycle Cards Pg 1221 Intelligence Pg 1224 Pre-History and Ancient History Pg 1266 Burial of the Dead Pg 1268 Deca... ...cious Pg 1393 Social Form and Function Pg 1395 The Power of Myth Pg 1397 History and Myth Pg 1398 Midas and Croesus Pg 1401 Progress and Ret... ...b the oceans could do… only faster, more diversely, more creatively, and more economically… using much less water. Life evolved to create organisms ... ...b the oceans could do… only faster, more diversely, more creatively, and more economically… using much less water. Life evolved to create organisms ... ...k opinions of how to stabilize things… as each new crisis, war, market crash, economic failure, and scandal keeps on happening. What keeps these ...

...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 aspects a...

...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 Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics P...

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Fourth International Anthology on Paradoxism

By: Florentin Smarandache

...rde movement in literature, art, philosophy, science, based on excessive use of antitheses, antinomies, contradictions, parables, odds, paradoxes in... ...sm started as an anti-totalitarian protest against a closed society, Romania of 1980’s. Why was the movement based on contradictions? Because we li... ...losophical, or scientific terms, new procedures, methods, or even algorithms of creation. Paradoxism naturally arises and manifests. It is in folkl... ...ise, sensor measurements, AI expert systems, neural network, quantum theory, economics predictions). One such theory, that permits the combination ... ...fested to be male chauvinism 66 LALEH FARABI and MOHAMMAD KHOSHNEVISAN (Iran) 67 68 69 70 ADA AHARONI (Israel) THE MARRIAGE O... ...rept, spiritului veacului nostru care, bântuit de atâtea durit ăţi politice, economice, culturale, nu mai admite ideea de st ăpâni şi sclavi. Cuvân... ... of his steel claws, almost ready to turn a new page in the strange agitated history of the Universe of the universes, kidnapping one of the lonely ... ... would arise the progress (phenomenon and notion denied by many contemporary history philosophers)? The strong and flagrant contradiction between wh... ...ant it will be happen again. I am also enjoying a class learning an American history what was going on in America & how famous people were involving...

...Paradoxism is an avant-garde movement in literature, art, philosophy, science, based on excessive use of antitheses, antinomies, contradictions, parables, odds, paradoxes in creations. It was set up by the editor since 1980’s and promulgates a counter-time/ counter-sense creation. Paradoxism started as an anti-totalitarian pr...

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The Soul Bearer

By: Jonathan Cross

...... ...liographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Our mission is to serv... ...nd educators by providing public access to the world's most complete collection of electronic books on-line as well as offer a variety of services a... ...f­ ten felt dumb in her presence when she started talking about Native American history. But right now all he could feel was how much he missed touc... ...ng?" "Dr. River Song knows that 1 have a strong attraction to Na­ tive American history and culture." Alana shifted her legs and revealed the other ... ...upply." "Could be two reasons. First, it could be the biggest cover up in U.S. history ... " "Doc, you're talking about people knowingly putting th... ...embers of the 'Nuclear Club'. We know that China has sold nuclear technology to Iran; and Russia is selling it to the highest bidder. The CIA has st... ... experts, scientists, physicists, cancer specialists, congresspeople, senators, economic experts, and a completely scared and out­ raged public. The ... ... economy like Germany and Japan. They believe, in time, that they can become an economic Super Power. We'll have a war all right, an economic one, b...

...Beside a riverbed, an old man sits lost in his thoughts; he is SEATTLE, Chief of the Suqamish Indians. He remembers his boyhood when his grandfather foretold him of his destiny, when he was told of the Web Of Life and his duties as it's protector. The Web of Life, they believe, is the symbiotic connect...

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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 Univer... ...ersity. This Portable Document File is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and i... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. INAUGURAL ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES , the Pennsylvania State Uni vers... ...ederacies, the only examples which remain with any detail and preci sion in history, and certainly the only ones which the people at large had ever c... ...f others? Or have we found an gels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. Let us, then, with courage and confidence p... ...untry’s love and destined for him the fairest page in the volume of faithful history, I ask so much confidence only as may give firmness and effect to... ...proposition that no more money shall be collected than the necessities of an economical administration shall require all parties seem to acqui esce. ... ... from the people than the amount necessary to defray the expenses of a wise, economical, and efficient administration of the Government. To reach this... ...forbear for the present from expressing an opinion as to the wisest and most economical mode in which the Government can lend its aid in accomplishing...

Excerpt: Inaugural addresses of the presidents of the United States.

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Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies : Turkiye ortadogu Calismalari Dergisi, Volume 4-2

By: Ph.D. Dr. Kemal Inat, Editor; Ismail Numan Telci, Editor

...Turkish Journal of Middle Eastern Studies is a peer-reviewed journal, which is published twice in a year. The papers sent to the journal are reviewed by at least two referees (if necessary a third referee will also review the articles) and a...

...In the first article of the eighth issue, Zehra Yılmaz explains the ISIS policy towards women. Yılmaz’s study focuses on the rationale behind the participation of women to ISIS sides despite the former applies a harsh ideological attitude towards...

...Introduction......................................................vııı Critique of ISIS’ Women Policy,Zehra Yılmaz .....................13-40 Looking at Sectarian Conflict through an Ethnic Group and a Local Context: The Case of Iraqi Turkmens and Tal Afar, Tunahan Yıldız...................................

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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

...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ...omeland 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 App... ... 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, De... ...eptember 11, 2001, was a day of unprecedented shock and suf- fering in the history of the United States.The nation was unprepared. How did this happen... ...s report as a foundation for a better under- standing of a landmark in the history of our nation. We have listened to scores of overwhelming personal ... ...thousands of followers and some degree of approval from millions more? The history, culture, and body of beliefs from which Bin Ladin has shaped and s... ...draws from multiple sources—Islam, history, and the region’s political and economic malaise. He also stresses griev- ances against the United States w... ...ect unwelcome modernization, and adhere strictly to the Sharia. Social and Economic Malaise In the 1970s and early 1980s, an unprecedented flood of we... ...se of social obligations. By the late 1980s, diminishing oil revenues, the economic drain from many unprofitable development projects, and population ...

...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 and five Democra...

...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 O...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS AND OTHER PAPERS BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A A A A AUTHOR OF UTHOR OF UTHOR OF UTHOR OF UTHOR OF C C C C CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OP... ...UTHOR OF UTHOR OF UTHOR OF C C C C CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OP ONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OP ONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OP ONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OP ON... ...LISH OP ONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OP ONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OP ONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EA IUM-EA IUM-EA IUM-EA IUM-EATER TER TER TER TER, ET ,... ...There might have been interwo- ven with the ritual or worship, a system of economics, or a code of civil prudence, or a code of health, or a theory of... ...et of legendary tales undoubtedly there was, connected with the mythologic history of each separate deity. But in what sense you understood these, or ... ...y that a genus comprehends the subordinate species. He has even a personal history: he has passed through cer- tain adventures, faced certain dangers,... ... deadly enmity, to be explained only by one who should know the mysterious history of both parties from the eldest times. It is extraordinary, however... ...a. A Persian ambassador to London or Paris might boast that, in his native Iran, no such spectacles existed of hunger- bitten myriads as may be seen e...

...Contents ON CHRISTIANITY, AS AN ORGAN OF POLITICAL MOVEMENT..................................4 PROTESTANTISM............................................................................................................... 39 ON THE SUPPOSED SCRIPTURAL EXPRESSION FO...

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