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... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group... ...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...harming adventurer, very good looking, well bred and an excellent dancer". He lived at 18 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London (a prestigious address).... ...ican press, in contrast, provided extensive coverage of the developing romance. At first, the King did not wish to marry Simpson, merely to make... ...m Census The first complete world census was carried out in 1801. The results - China (295 million people), India (131 million), Russia (33 mill... ...llion), Ireland and the USA (c. 5 million each). Data for these countries today: China (1,302,505,000), India (1,047,074,000), Russia (142,881,00... ... the Mississippi Valley in 1811), and both the Alaskan quake of 1964 and the South Asian underwater temblor of 2004 were around 9 (9.2 in Alaska to... ...rints recovered from crime scenes are partial. In the case of Byron Mitchell, in 1998, two latent prints were said to substantiate his guilt. The... ...clsc73.html http://filine.centro.ru/Gorky/ Great Wall (of China) In November 1998, China's Xinhua news agency announced the discovery of a pr...
...TURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast Asia 1 ... ... Table of Contents THE COUNTRY OF SINGALING ..................................................... ...ling enjoyed a long economic head start over Kino and is still leading the Asian derby in finance and trade. Again, the Asian intelligence and work e... ...rise, but was not as essential to its economic miracle as it had been for China.. Even back in the early 1980's Singaling had begun a program fo... ...r. In contrast, Singaling has emphasized the importance of producing only at the top tier of the economic echelons. Sociologists tell us that it ... ...tempt to increase the level of intelligence of its population. The attempt at eugenics was aimed at getting the highly educated women, those who were... ... rather than an idealistic ideology, has been the secret of Singapore and China. The question is do you want to focus on ends or means. If the end j... ...on ends or means. If the end justifies the means, the development of these Asian economies are hallmarks to that concept. In the West we are... ...of Europe or the European Union are such unions of countries. “In 1998 the Council of Europe amended the Convention for the Protection of Hum...
...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...
... ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Sea... ... ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art ... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... ...—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING ............... 24 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES ......................... 28 SELF-CENTERED A... ...don‘t make me alter my lifestyle. If we look at the emerging economies of China and India as ‗selfs‘ we see that they don‘t want curbs on creating d... ... industrial revolution in the West that created the problem, so why should China and India be penalized for what the West has done? ―The easy... ... less education on the average, have twice the number of believers as the Asians, who tend to have more education. It is at least conceivable that mo... ... during the last century. In 1914 about 25% believed in a personal God by 1998 it was only 7%. Relative to the idea of immortality, belief dropped fr... ...den has increased taxes considerably, from 40 % of GDP in 1970 to 53 % in 1998, and is today the only OECD-country with a total tax pressure includi...
...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 Ban... ...Kohtalon lait eivät katoa. Elämää Pohjois-Thaimaan kylissä. Published by the Finnish Literature Society and the Finnish Anthropological Society 2004... ...on of everyday life. Is it all repeated in Thailand? This land, dubbed the Asian Little Economic Tiger, because it is following in the footsteps of gr... ..., I wrote a book of the same title ( ), published in Finnish (1979; 1985). At the time, I was interested in the way the structures that had maintained... ...ist of traditions maintained by societies, but of human activity, directed at creation and maintenance of a secure future in a constantly changing env... ...ars 1997-1999 were translated from local dialect into Thai by and the 1997-1998 material by from Thai language into Finnish. The 1999 material was tra... ...ave remained the same, but all the prices have gone up. Ban Srii Muod Klao 1998. Mr Samran M., 31. You need to carry a bottle of water all the time Ho... ...ailand, it has included the Shan state in Burma (Myanmar), Yunnan in South China, and Northern Laos. Lampang belonged to the Lanna state, founded by K... ...ers' houses. The earliest habitation of Thai peoples is deemed to be South China; due to constant wars, people from China were also still evacuated to...
...The book is a descriptive overview of the culture of the villages. It contains material on the villagers' housing, rice farming and other means of livelihood, community life, festivals, weddings, funerals, sorcerers and heale...
...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... ... & London A Caravan book. For more information, visit www.caravanbooks.org. The cover was designed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of ... ...signed by Ivo van der Ent, based on his winning entry of an open competition at www.worth1000.com. Copyright © 2008 by Jonathan Zittrain. All rights r... ...al-Share Alike 3.0 License. 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... ...ounded a dot-com startup with some friends in 1995, and sold it to Yahoo! in 1998 for $49 million. 23 He finished his degree and is now a tenured profe... ...ing Country Code Hosts Services Hosts Bots Attacks United States 1 1 1 1 2 1 China 3 2 4 8 1 2 Germany 7 3 3 2 4 3 France 9 4 14 4 3 4 United Kingdom ... ...hing ducts. See P P, S HVAC D: U A D T (1998), http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/duct-tape-HVAC.html. ... ...overnments most determined to regulate certain flows of infor- mation—such as China—have found it difficult to suppress the flow of data on the Internet. ... ...ding BAILII, which contains links to British and Irish law-related material; AsianLII, with databases covering twenty- seven Asian countries and terri...
...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 ...
...itten permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ... 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... ... stocks and share certificates do not represent ownership of the issuing enterprise at all. This is a myth, a convenient piece of fiction intended t... ...ash flow) that a reasonable investor would expect to get in the future, discounted at the appropriate rate. The discounting reflects the fact that ... ...er the past five years, volatility spikes have become ever more frequent, from the Asian crisis in 1997 right up to the World Trade Centre attacks.... ...e decades of bitter experiences - from Mexico in 1982 to Asia in 1997 and Russia in 1998 - financial institutions still bow to fads and fashions. Th... ...ter capitalized. Later on, Congress demanded that thrifts obtain a bank charter by 1998. This was not too onerous for most of them. At the height o... ...'s single currency, the euro, appreciated strongly against all major currencies; as China, India, and other low-wage Asian countries became importan... ...s inroad to their sovereignty. This may prove more problematic in US operations in China. I do not think the US can force its accounting standards ...
The securities industry, its markets, instruments (equity, debt, derivatives), trading strategies, underlying economic models, and future.
... © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-0-1 3 Table of Contents THE RETURN FROM SPACE ...................................................... ............................................................................ 4 THE GOOD LIFE .............................................................. ..................................................... 12 A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS ............................................................ ... found suitable potential homes for the excess world population? 5 —“Not at all. There are a few places on Mars and Venus that might be suitable f... ...ucceed in business and politics. The politically correct idea that Jews and Asians should be kept in lowly places has given way to the reality of Je... ...omo sapiens?” —“I see lots of hope, if we can develop a real resolve. In China 100 million people have been lifted from poverty during the last 1... ...nd starvation. Children are born to AIDS infected parents in Africa, India, China and in most other parts of the world. Is this what you want for yo... ...lives. Over four million were killed in the Congo in the wars that began in 1998, but that was only about 6% of their population so it only put a sm... ...timates are that nearly 4 million people were killed in Congo in the war of 1998. A half million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered by ram...
.............................................................. 3 RECOGNIZING THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS ......................................................... ...CTION ................................................................ 38 THE HINDU RELIGION AND POPULATION CONTROL .................................... ...us. Just a five hour flight on Singapore Airlines, still in the Southeast Asian part of the world--but what a universe of difference. From one of th... ... it was ten steps back. Indus was welcoming the sweatshop jobs that China and Vietnam had earlier used to catapult them into the global econo... ...pression of Indian drivers was that they tried to avoid the cow but aimed at the pedestrians. Maybe it was their way of reducing the population, or ... ...w dawns. And will the dawn come up like thunder, as Kipling penned of our Asian neighbor, or will it merely slither in like the ever-present cobras ... ...e starving? Of aiding the sick? It strikes me again that throwing dollars at the impoverished will give only a temporary respite. It may lengthen th... ..., Con, maybe not a whole world of work, but at least a hemisphere! But if China can do it and the upper class Indians can do it, there is hope for us... ...formed the northwestern plains into India‘s breadbasket. Between 1968 and 1998, the production of cereals in India more than doubled. But since the ...
...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": ... ... OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neglected Branch II. The Misconception of Scarcity III. The Roller Coaster Market – ... ...meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at. Ludwig von Mises Economics - to the great dismay of econ... ... One way around this apparent quagmire is to put human cognition (i.e., psychology) at the heart of economics. Assuming that being human is an immut... ...er the past five years, volatility spikes have become ever more frequent, from the Asian crisis in 1997 right up to the World Trade Centre attacks.... ..., were not part of the consumption basket underlying the CPI in America as late as 1998. The consumer price index in the USA may be overstated by o... ...MF's default-staving safety net. Conversely, the IMF's refusal to assist Russia in 1998 and Argentina this year - should reduce moral hazard. The ... ...s begging it to borrow at concessionary rates. The same goes for Mexico, Argentina, China, Nigeria, Thailand, other countries, and the accident-pron... ...in the USA, 25 in Europe, 11 in Japan, 7.5 in Latin America and the Caribbean, 5 in China and South East Asia, less than 2 in East Europe and India ...
Critical analysis of the foundations and tenets of capitalism and of the dismal science - economics.
...vska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the TrendSiters Web Site: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Inter... ...VSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: http://samvak.tripod.com/busiweb.html Essays dedicated to ... ...the Economic Advisor to the Government of Macedonia. Visit Sam's Web site at http://samvak.tripod.com The Articles (please scroll down to review ... ...The Case of the Compressed Image XI. Manage IT – Information Technology at a Crossroads The Internet and the Digital Divide I. The Internet –... ...ext-only compact disc which included a part of the encyclopaedia. Only in 1998, did the Britannica switch to multimedia and added tables and graphs ... ... to shop on the net - yet. Only 38% of all surfers made a purchase during 1998. It would seem that users will not pay for content unless it is unav... ...estly classes. It flourished in non-theocratic societies such as Rome, or China - and languished where religion reigned (such as in Sumeria, Egypt, ... ...e is applied to clamp down on samizdat entrepreneurs. Governments, from China to Macedonia, are introducing intellectual property laws (under pres... ...picture somewhat. The Internet - A Western Phenomenon Not African, not Asian (with the exception of Israel and Japan), not Russian , nor a Third ...
...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....
...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... M XIII. N XIV. O XV. P-Q XVI. R XVII. S XVIII. T XIX. U-V-W XX. X-Y-Z XXI. The Author A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundament... ...ty or obligation exist. IB. The Right to be Born The right to be born crystallizes at the moment of voluntary and intentional fertilization. If a w... ...'s Life Maintained Does one have the right to maintain one's life and prolong them at other people's expense? Does one have the right to use other ... ...hn Franklin's Polar expedition), famine-stricken populations (Ukraine in the 1930s, China in the 1960s), and the like. Finally, in various pre-nati... ... the gods themselves, thus being rendered immortal. Dutiful sons and daughters in China made their amputated organs and sliced tissues (mainly the... ...nd the virtual catalogue are prime examples of spatial and temporal liberation. In 1998, there were well over 300 active virtual malls on the Inter... ...F's default-staving safety net. Conversely, the IMF's refusal to assist Russia in 1998 and Argentina in 2002 - should reduce moral hazard. The IM... ...er the past five years, volatility spikes have become ever more frequent, from the Asian crisis in 1997 right up to the World Trade Centre attacks....
Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.
...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....
... 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... ...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 ... ...United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From the Old Terrorism to t... ... 108 4.1 Before the Bombings in Kenya and Tanzania 108 4.2 Crisis:August 1998 115 4.3 Diplomacy 121 4.4 Covert Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fr... ...Covert Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options 134 5. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 145 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 145 5.2 The “P... ... of September 11 278 9.2 September 11, 2001 285 9.3 Emergency Response at the Pentagon 311 9.4 Analysis 315 vi Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM ... ...4 9:12 AM Page 57 son,Arizona, in the late 1980s, went as far afield as China, Malaysia, the Philip- pines, and the former Soviet states of Ukraine... ...n states of Chad, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda; and from the Southeast Asian states of Burma,Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Bin Ladin maintain... ...hese casing missions included state-of-the-art video cameras obtained from China and from dealers in Germany.The casing team also reconnoitered target...
...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...