... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linknfactoid Sam Vaknin, Ph... ...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...ences/Archaeology/Alternative/Lo st_Civilizations/Atlantis/ Automatic Switchboard (Phone Exchange) Almon B. Strowger, an undertaker in Kansas City,... ... pair of bodies for a Verthingall of crymsen Grosgrain." Queen Elizabeth had these listed in her garderobe: "A payre of bodies of black cloth of s... ... two or more countries and for the comparison of profiles that conform to Interpol standards in a centralized database. Investigators can access th... ...5 exabytes. By comparison, we now produce 1.5 exabytes of data per year, including phone conversations, e-mail messages and photocopies. The ge... ...ch cable company NKF. During the 1990s the consolidated group refocused on the mobile phone market and divested all its other businesses. ht... ...all of 100 TV sets in the kingdom. At the beginning there were many competing standards on both sides of the Atlantic. Baird's technological s...

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

...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... ... member of the more affluent class and this by Thai, although not Buddhist standards, was well revered. How swift one's encroaching aloneness was pur... ... people did not have everyday to roam the streets like homeless but highly mobile mendicants, their every movement enslaved and dictated by the pronou... ...st sleep for such knicknacks. He didn't feel that he should be subject to listening to her palaver in Canada. His nod was that of acquiescence the wa... ...ithout any specific gestures or words sent to him, he nonetheless felt her listlessness and knew her anguish. He knew the 4000 baht that many indigen... ...hem into his home. The result was a continual stream of their calls on his mobile telephone where the mother and father diagnosed themselves and each ... ...d Clear. There were electric rotating piecemeal signs advertising cellular phones and internet providers (instantaneous messages not for his patronage... ... Then he had her search for Kazem and even Kumpee. None of the three had phone connections in their names. His aunt, if she were still living, woul...

...lish and Hebrew http://gorgelink.org/vaknin/ http://samvak.tripod.com/sipurim.html Poetry of Healing and Abuse http://samvak.tripod.com/contents.h... ...m Revisited http://samvak.tripod.com/ Created by: Lidija Rangelovska, Skopje REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S Short Fic... ...red necks enchained with chokers. Their eyes dart restively. They sound as though they are listening and nod their heads in places, right and wrong... ...ts a rectangular, engraved ring of golden imitation. The bus exudes the steamy vapours of a mobile rain forest. People cram into the passages, dragg... ...e each other of hypocrisy and barbarism. The driver, pretending to ignore us, head slanted, listens in and steals appreciative glances at his volupt... ... the standard issue table, the single chair, my scattered clothing, the metered rotary dial phone, the French and German television channels I canno... ...t does – is it peculiar? Who is to judge, by whose authority? What are the moral, or other, standards used to determine my eccentricity or idiosyncr... ... wheezing buzz of compacts. I play this guessing game no longer. I understand now that the phone won't ring, that the house if empty, that there is...

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

...Chaos to Harmony The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Translation: Chaim Ratz Editor: C... ...M CHAOS TO HARMONY The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved P... ... only for their concern for society, if children judge their parents by these standards, if friends, relatives, and col- leagues examine us only acco... ... vegetative. For the most part, animals live in groups, packs. They are very mobile and must constantly roam in search of food and suitable living ... ...when we do not have the means. Aggressive marketing, the need to meet social standards, and the ease of getting credit lead us to pur- chase far abo... ...hundred years ago: infinite options for recre- ation, travel, rest, sports—the list is endless, yet we no lon- ger believe in a better future. The for... ...innovations. Today’s toddlers, for instance, approach such things as cellular phones and computers very naturally, and require less time to learn h... ...st how opposite we are to Nature’s force. Hence, we are be- coming willing to listen to explanations of why we were created in this way. Moreover, w...

...amples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

...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... ...o one: an iPod, with the highest-quality screen Apple had ever pro- duced; a phone, with cleverly integrated functionality, such as voice- mail that c... ...to the iPhone. As he said at its launch: We define everything that is on the phone.... Y o u d o n ’ t want your phone to be like a PC. The last thing... ...ing secret warrants and flicking a distant switch. They can turn a stan- dard mobile phone into a roving microphone—whether or not it is being used for... ...not answer. “T o impress on you the seriousness of wrong numbers in the node list,” Jen- nings wrote, “imagine you are a poor old lady, who every sing... .... jsmith. And if not, the password was often obvious enough to be found on a list of 432 common passwords that the software tested at each com- puter.... ... a university- wide committee to advise the university on technical security standards and an- other to write a campus-wide acceptable use policy. 20 ... ... as substitutes for the activities they value most. Digital video recorders, mobile phones, BlackBerries, and video game consoles will offer safer and ...

...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)...

... ISBN: 9989-929-23-8 Created by:LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA Additional articles about Digital Content on the Web: ht... ... This letter constitutes a permission to reprint or mirror any and all of the materials mentioned or linked to herein subject to appropriate cred... ...e gone wrong: the dot.coms dot bombed, venture capital dried up, competing standards fractured an already fragile marketplace, the hardware (e-book r... ...... ... may well follow suit shortly. Earlier this year, Microsoft has shut down ListBot (a host of discussion lists). Suite101 has stopped paying its edito... ...ased on monetizing eyeballs, to use a faddish refrain. When the perpetuum mobile of "advertisers pay for content and users get it free" crumbled - t... ... anarchy". It allowed media operators to invade each other's territories. Phone companies were allowed to transmit video and cable companies were al... ...tual property technologies, payment systems, conversion applications, the mobile Internet, and, basically, every important trend in network and comp... ...r them into their online "Content Manager" via keyboard, PDA, pager, cell phone, or fixed phone (using a PIN). The service is free (paid for by the ...

...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... ... whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in ... ...g information on page 620 and technology on page 1,211. (On page 621, it lists information science immediately before information theory. There‘s no... ....‖ What made the switch from pictographic writing‘s shape symbols to the phonetic alphabet‘s sound symbols so great? The twenty-six letters of o... ...itical to developing logical, mathematical, and scientific thinking. How phonetic writing came into being Pictographic script, the first writing ... ...loyers in the industry accepted an eight- hour day along with minimum wage standards and a limit on the maximum output per man per day. The ITU wa... ...ed, were reportedly ready to resign in 1906 because he violated Victorian standards of social conduct. They accused him of ―publicly hugging, squeez... ... desktop computers, the Internet and the World Wide Web, laptop computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, and digital social networking. Soon, i...

...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....

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

...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... ... whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in ... ...g information on page 620 and technology on page 1,211. (On page 621, it lists information science immediately before information theory. There‘s no... ....‖ What made the switch from pictographic writing‘s shape symbols to the phonetic alphabet‘s sound symbols so great? The twenty-six letters of our... ...itical to developing logical, mathematical, and scientific thinking. How phonetic writing came into being Pictographic script, the first writing sy... ...loyers in the industry accepted an eight- hour day along with minimum wage standards and a limit on the maximum output per man per day. The ITU was... ...ed, were reportedly ready to resign in 1906 because he violated Victorian standards of social conduct. They accused him of ―publicly hugging, squeez... ... desktop computers, the Internet and the World Wide Web, laptop computers, mobile phones, tablet computers, and digital social networking. Soon, ind...

...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...

...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... ...the Reluctant Empire V. The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism VI. Add Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State T... ...and by their self-appointed delegates, the intelligentsia. Yet, even by historical standards, America seems to be provoking blanket repulsion. The... ...obility, and other refugees. Their Declaration of Independence reads like a maudlin list of grievances coupled with desperate protestations of love ... ...h of its cadre moving straight from the rustic to the plastic - computers, cellular phones, wireless and the like. Ironically, it could never have ... ...ntive (or deterrent)? The members of the various elites in Western democracies are mobile - they ceaselessly and facilely hop from one lucrative si... ...age-based industries almost evaporated. Serious privatization is on the cards. The phone company is up for grabs and all privatization proceeds (op... ...American U-2 aerial spy missions above its fringes, Russia fired yesterday, from a mobile launcher, a "Topol" RS-12M Intercontinental Ballistic Mis...

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

... 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 ... ...y Attn: FOIA/PA Office (DJ4) 9800 Savage Road, Suite 6248 Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-6248 Phone: (301)-688-6527 Fax: (443)-479-3612 Note: T... ... facts about that supposition. You've aUlleen the security ~&veats asserting that .Ithe enemy is listening", "the walls have ears", and the lib. ODe o... ...r on-there are some important limitations on our technology. We don't have that secure two-way "'list radio, for example. In talking of our objectives... ...difficulty getting officials to leave their offices and walk to a crypto­ center to use a secure phone. The solution lay in carrying the system or at ... ...ound ourselvesfa~ with the problem of generating key at extremely high speeda. even b~' computer standards. So f¥. the fastest system I bave described... ... at the Naval Security Station, WaahiDgton D.C. until May 1968 when we moved here to Ft. Meade.) Mobile test equipment bad beeD acquired, including a ... ...=; ccmtrola, iDIpec:tiDa the whole area lII'OUDd the OperatioDl Building periodically, and UIiDI mobile ==.._::; =to...ml..tbe.ctualndlatlaD_ble;"~~.....

...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...

... 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... ...r, chairman; Communist Party (KPO), Franz Muhri, chairman; Green Alternative List (GAL), Freda Meissner-Blau Voting strength: 1986 parliamentary elect... ...elecommunications: islandwide auto- matic telephone system with 75,000 tele- phones (30.0 per 100 popl.); tropospheric scatter link to Trinidad and St... ...m Telecommunications: good system of open wire and radio-relay; 26,000 tele- phones (0.2 per 100 popl.); 10 AM, 1 FM, and 1 TV stations; 1 Atlantic Oc... ...l of 5 antennas and 300 domestic satellite stations Defense Forces Branches: Mobile Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Communica- tions Command, ... ...ocratic Group (RDNP), Leslie Manigat Voting strength: new voter registration lists being compiled Communists: United Party of Haitian Communists (PUCH... ...d Turkey Defense Forces Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard Force, mobile police force Military manpower: males 15-49, 3,795,000; 2,119,000 ... ...m, 31 with runways 1,220-2,439 m Telecommunications: large system by African standards, but barely adequate; consists of radio relay, cables, radio co...

... 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... ...et http://samvak.tripod.com/after.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Economics - Psychology's Neg... ...aires used by bureaus of statistics the world over to compile price data. Cellular phones, for instance, were not part of the consumption basket un... ...Press International (UPI) The Wall Street Journal has recently published an elegiac list: "Twenty years ago, cable television was dominated by a pa... ... Baumol maintains that oligopolies are the real engines of growth and higher living standards and urges antitrust authorities to leave them be. Lowe... ... forced by Covad Communications to implement its own technology, the DSL broadband phone line. Barring criminal behavior, there is little that olig... ... was introduced illegally where manufacturers insisted on rigid, rich-world, price lists. Piracy of intellectual property, for instance, is a form... ...ties, each, in turn, increased the mobility of the workforce. A farmer is the least mobile. His means of production are fixed, his produce was most... .... Investors and tourists, let alone exporters and importers, are fickle and highly mobile. This inherent disloyalty is a boon to new and emerging m...

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

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005... ...duplicated, printed, distributed and sold without permission or agreement of the author. However, the name of the author must always be clearly indi... ...reesura Wiwien Wongsansern Sayom Munnam interviewers had in their minds a lists of topics and questions I had prepared, which they could use to move ... ...hive of the . In this book, we hear the voices of local people, villagers. Listen to their talk about life, the past and the future. They have lived i... ...hem ten years ago. That communication is easier. Today you can call on the phone, you don't need to go out in the car to look for work. Now you can ca... ... don't need to go out in the car to look for work. Now you can call on the phone and ask. This easier communication in itself has been a great help an... ...tly organized felling parties use powerful open pickup trucks, chain saws, mobile circular saws and walkie-talkies; logs are collected from the mounta... ...sed for working or relaxing. When the swidden farmers' lifestyle was still mobile and villages were moved to new places at regular intervals, the wall... ...d, too, absolute morality has gradually transformed to become men's double standards. Young men began to acquire sexual experiences, even boast about ...

...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 healers, as well as village Buddhism. Th...

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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 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....

...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 ... ... is a retired businessman. He finds your country fascinating and wants to list it on the New York Stock Exchange. Lee isn‘t so sure he likes Kino. Th... ...ricans, who spend much more time working are much higher on the happiness list than are the French, who vacation a lot. ―Money only makes ... ...ituation is OK, in another it is not. ―People talk about ‗ethical standards‘ but they are talking about their own ethics. There are few univ... ... or Yahweh, is not our access to such advances of science as electricity, mobile phones, cloning, stem cell potentials for healing, the techniques o... ...weh, is not our access to such advances of science as electricity, mobile phones, cloning, stem cell potentials for healing, the techniques of abort... ...n our living rooms than in our minds. We have no problem with television, mobile phones, or automobiles. because they are practical and aid our livi... ...iving rooms than in our minds. We have no problem with television, mobile phones, or automobiles. because they are practical and aid our living. Yes...

...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 ...

... 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. ... ... it. If you live by it, and sit under its shade and wonder about it. If you listen to the wind soughing through its branches and enjoy its beauty ... ...s, nobody would The Path of Splitness Chapter One: The Universe 70 have listened to him. In fact, if he had not used two expedient constants: ... ... that is the fucking truth. The Power of Mobility The instant you become mobile: you lose contact with the earth. The most powerful species... ...the earth. The most powerful species of animals have always been the most mobile ones. When Life evolved into Trees and plants: they were not m... ...people in artificially mobile cars spend most of their time talking on mobile phones. And if anyone says anything to them over their mobile phones ... ...ed to learn on an as- you-go basis. There is no preparation, no education, no standards, no guides, no comparison, no evaluation, and no experience ... ...creaming roar of adrenaline, that will be heard so far away, that people will phone police stations… swearing they just hear a full-grown lion roarin...

...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...

...om: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. Introduction II. The Value ... ...e ownership structure (family or public), on the management in place (committed or mobile), on the product (new or old technology) and a myriad of ... ...What factors are important in the customer's decision to buy (or not to buy). • A list of the direct competitors and a short description of each. ... ...icences granted to the firm. • A legal opinion regarding the above licences. • A list of lawsuit that were filed against the firm and that the fi... ...ments; • Audit reports (preferably done according to the International Accounting Standards, or, if the firm is looking to raise money in the USA,... ...ns of debts and ageing of receivables; • Introduction of international accounting standards; • Monitoring of sales; • Monitoring of orders and ... ... the European Commission assented last week to a joint venture between Germany's T-mobile and Britain's mmO2 to share the mammoth costs of erecting... ...share the mammoth costs of erecting third generation - 3G in the parlance - mobile phone networks in both countries. The two companies were among t...

.... Madhyam 148, Maitri Apartments Plot No.28 Patparganj Delhi: 110092 India Phone: 91-11-43036919 Email: madhyamdelhi@gmail.com Website: www.madhyam.or... ...inational Corporations Sarphatistraat 30 1018 GL Amsterdam The Netherlands Phone: 31-20-6391291 Fax: 31-20-6391321 Email: info@somo.nl Website: www.so... ...oduce it provided the source is acknowledged. We will appreciate if a copy of reproduced materials is sent to us. 4 Fixing Global Finance Contents Ac... ... Fixing Global Finance Contents Acronyms 6-7 Data Notes 8 1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 9 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing ... ...pproach 114 Glossary 121-124 Bibliography 125-127 5 Fixing Global Finance List of Boxes 1. Understanding the Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis 11-13 2. The R... ...I 92 8. Securities Transaction Tax in India 96 9. Key Policy Proposals 109 List of Tables 1. Global GDP Growth 15 2. The Relationships between Bailout... ...esulted in their giving top ratings to RMBS despite the decline in lending standards and a slowdown in the housing market. 14 Fixing Global Finance E... ...ofits made by the US-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus in an Indian mobile telephone service provider, Bharti Telecom, are a case in point. War... ...ies to promote financial inclusion through the use of biometrics cards and mobile banking. Without doubt, such financial innovations have economic and...

...The financial crisis which erupted in mid-2007 has been widely viewed as the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The crisis which originated in developed countries quickly spread to developing countries and the rest of the world. The turbulence in financial systems was followed by a significant reduction in real economic a...

...1. The Unfolding of Global Financial Crisis 2. The Global Financial Crisis and Developing Countries 3. Recent Trends in International Finance and Developmental Implications 4. The Rise of New Global Players 5. ...

... palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://www.ce-review.org/au... ...ide.html ISBN: 9989-929-27-0 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 100 articles and essays (microeconomics ... ...rity. The number of trade inspectors should at least be tripled, as per standards in other developing countries. All the unemployed must regist... ... though well known, are politically not palatable: flexible wages, highly mobile labour, flexible fiscal policy. Deregulation makes labour markets m... ...remedies, though well known, are politically unpalatable: flexible wages, mobile labour, the right fiscal policy, labour market deregulation, and lim... ...hat the IMF had a strange way of "consulting" them - they were invited to listen to a monologue regarding the policies of the Fund and then dismisse... ...ue, Sofia, and Warsaw- also rewards its employees with stock options. The list is long and is getting longer by the day. Watson Wyatt, a human reso... ... at home. Today everyone has a telephone and many have a fax, a mobile phone, an Internet connection, and a PC. As a result, work-from-home and f... ...s (firms) though the most numerous consumers are households. If the local phone company is inefficient (because no one competes with it, being a mon...

...is By Steven Sills 1 He assumed that in being exhausted from sporadic fits of sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inerti... ... sleep and wakeful spans of dull, hypnagogic thoughts matching the inertia of his confinement he would finally become ensconced there, in this train j... ...e rotting platforms of the train stations of all these small towns, he had listened to sounds. Then a game of exhilaration instead of a game of the mu... ...ction of more dull emotional pain, he tried to block off turbid memory and listen for the sounds of metal being kicked and folded, upper tombs going b... ...and yet he was reaching a hand into an empty pocket nonetheless, as if his mobile phone had not been thrown into the trash barrel at the train station... ... he was reaching a hand into an empty pocket nonetheless, as if his mobile phone had not been thrown into the trash barrel at the train station. He wa... ...m the hospital--a woman he would be calling now had he not thrown away his mobile telephone or "moh-toh" as Thais (though not him, the inwardly surly,... ...in contemporary Southeast Asian art alone. The sister was beautiful by his standards of beauty--youth unblemished with skin the pallor of fresh snow; ... ... I haven't been doing anything really. But I'll paint again. There will be phone calls from galleries, bids that need to be recorded, negotiating pric...

...This is the continuation of Nawin's story. Now a famous prostitute painter suffering a midlife crisis, he abandons supercilious makings of wealth for a train trip ride to Laos where he repudiates and ventures onto something new...

...W. B. VASANTHA KANDASAMY FLORENTIN SMARANDACHE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MIGRANT LABOURERS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS USING FUZZY ... ...ce To Rural Tamilnadu In India XIQUAN Phoenix 2004 ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MIGRANT LABOURERS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS USING FUZZY T... ...ical system. Appendix 9 deals with Neutrosophic logic. We have included a list of further reading. We deeply acknowledge the TNSACS for its financ... ..., while we use the term migrant workers/labourers, we aim to include the mobile workers just as much. Migrant workers are more vulnerable to HIV/A... ...y important in the cases of truck-drivers and lorry-drivers, because this mobile population spreads the disease at alarming levels. We selected this... ... from further infecting others. The maximum affected indicators or the standards used depend on the type of data collected by us. The majority of... ...ds used depend on the type of data collected by us. The majority of such standards are based on their education, habits, profession, migration (sta... ...ods yet because of their macho behaviour and their male ego, they did not listen to the CSWs. This is doubly risky for it not only puts these men at... ...about the free counseling for HIV/AIDS, and this man too did not know the phone number. It therefore points to us that we must build up the awarenes...

...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 felt several of the factors related with the psycho, socio, economic problem...

...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 political stabil...

...LASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Main Street by Sinclair Lewis is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...for-leather posses. As she climbed along the banks of the dark river Carol listened to its fables about the wide land of yellow wa- ters and bleached ... ... parting, and we’ll never see some of the bunch again!” “Carol, you got to listen to me! You always duck when I try to talk seriously to you, but you ... ... “My lamb, they do! Now don’t say they’re nervy. After all, Gopher Prairie standards are as reasonable to Gopher Prairie as Lake Shore Drive standards... ... returned with an entirely new group, and this time there were three auto- mobile fenders and a carnival rattle. When Kennicott again interrupted his ... ... the morals of Gopher Prairie by officially announcing that it is! … These standards that you and I live up to! There’s one thing that’s the matter wi... ...t you call me earlier, next time. Look here, Barney, you better install a ‘phone—telephone haben. Some of you Dutchmen will be dying one of these days... ...ks in this town think a storekeeper ain’t got nothing to do but chase out ‘phone-orders… . Hello, Carrie. That dress you got on looks kind of low in t...

...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would...

...ICS SERIES PUBLICATION The War in the Air by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...he rail ran along the ground, where it was dear the rail lifted up on iron standards and passed over- head; its swift, convenient cars went everywhere... ...n the country,. Almost symbolically he holds and gesticulates with a mega- phone in his left hand. 19 H G Wells 6 6 6 6 6 T om and Bert Smallways bot... ...yre had become deflated, small and indeed negligible accidents by Bun Hill standards, due entirely to the ungentle handling of the delicate machines e... ... ULTIMATUM. BRITAIN MUST FIGHT. OUR INFATUATED WAR OFFICE STILL REFUSES TO LISTEN TO MR. BUTTERIDGE. GREAT MONO-RAIL DISASTER AT TIMBUCTOO. or this:— ... ...nt greatly. A mono-rail car bumbled past. The tele- 74 The War in the Air phone bell rang passionately, and the tall officer seemed to engage in a he... ...rovidential. Last grace of Heaven. Like a sign. Hullo!” He stood still and listened. Outside there was a going to and fro of feet, a sound of distant ... ...ells A little lever that had hitherto been obdurate now con- fessed itself mobile. He turned it over gently to the right, and whiroo!—the left wing ha...

...on enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...s they do the pay of any dirty little wiper in the yard. Cut me along with—listen to this—cut me along with men that they had black-listed; strikers t... ...rred. At first, he thought he had heard some one call his name. He paused, listening; there was no sound but the vague noise of the moving sheep. Then... ...auti- ful, never a beauty so strange, so troublous, so out of all accepted standards. It was small wonder that Vanamee had loved her, and less wonder,... ...g, wonderful beauty, so troublous, so enchant- ing, so out of all accepted standards. He bent down, dropping upon one knee, a hand upon the headstone,... ...he engineer applied the brakes, but the heavy freight locomotive, far less mobile than Dyke’s flyer, was slow to obey. The smudge on the rails ahead g... ...are fighting for charters. I wired McKissick and got a long distance tele- phone from him this morning. He got me a barque, the ‘Swanhilda.’ She’ll do...

Excerpt: The Ocotopus: A Story of California by Frank Norris.

...lassics Series Publication Aaron’s Rod by D. H. Lawrence is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...rosty evening the sound carried. People passing down the street hesitated, listening. The neighbours knew it was Aaron practising his piccolo. He was ... ...ive till they die, either way.” And he smiled faintly. He had not re- ally listened to the doctor. The terms “British Government,” and “bad for the pe... ... that the Si- gnor Colonello was called up from the hospital, on the tele- phone. The Colonel once departed, Aaron fled again, this time out of the fr... ...rtolini’s was much more up to the scratch, there was the tension of proper standards. Whereas here at Nardini’s, noth- ing mattered very much. It was ... ...t been for the, peculiar Italian sprightliness and touch of grimace in his mobile coun- tenance. He was rather like a gnome—not ugly, but odd. Now he ... ...I know you’re an obstinate love- apostle.” “I am! I am! And I have certain standards, my boy, and certain ideals which I never transgress. Never trans...

...liant evening star in the early twilight, and underfoot the earth was half frozen. It was Christmas Eve. Also the War was over, and there was a sense of relief that was almost a new menace. A man felt the violence of the nightmare released now into the general air. Also there had been another wrangle among the men on the pit-bank that evening....

........... 16 CHAPTER III: ?THE LIGHTED TREE? .............................................................................. 25 CHAPTER IV: ?THE PILLAR OF SALT? ............................................................................. 38 CHAPTER V: AT THE OPERA ............................................................................................ 45 CHAPTER VI: TAL...

...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–x... ...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... ... Shanksville, Pennsylvania p. 413 Unity of effort in managing intelligence LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES ix Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page ix... ...seem to think that he is descending.” 37 At 8:44, Gonzalez reported losing phone contact with Ong. About this same time Sweeney reported to Woodward,“... ... too low . ” Seconds later she said,“Oh my God we are way too low . ” The phone call ended. 38 At 8:46:40,American 11 crashed into the North T ower o... ...nni argued that lineal descent was not required if the candidate met other standards of faith and knowledge.After bloody struggles, the Sunni became (... ...him on purpose.”The tribals explained that they wanted to prove that their standards of behavior were more civilized than those of Bin Ladin and his b... ...hmed al Ghamdi, one of the earliest operatives to transit Dubai, acquire a mobile phone account so that the operatives could use that number as a trav...

...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 FOUNDAT...

...Best of Four Best of Four Best of Four Best of Four Best of Four Volume 6 Student Voices Student Voices St... ...is Lucy Morrison Liz Wright Suzanne Harper Student Editor David Retz Best of Four is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylva... ... to Jim Manis Penn State University 76 University Drive Hazleton, PA 18201 phone 570.450.3189 email jdm12@psu.edu V olume 6 WELCOME to the sixth volum... ...in the essays that appear in the magazine to make the work correspond with standards expected of college students; however, we have left a considerabl... ... has paid off. The time consumption and hard work may not be on everyone’s list of favorite things to do. The produce may not cost all that much in th... ...ich was biology. My teacher was extremely boring and mean. She would never listen to anyone in the class. If I asked her for help, she would look at m... ...ciently keep in touch with family members or friends without using a tele- phone. I can also keep myself updated about news- worthy events and weather... ...laptops and PDA’s which are similar to computers, but are smaller and more mobile. They are useful for me when I leave my house so I can still utilize... ...d to mislead your reader, you could be guilty of failing to live up to the standards of academic integrity to which you subscribed by becoming a Penn ...

...Excerpt: Welcome to the sixth volume of Best of Four. That?s right, we have been in business long enough to publish six volumes of the best student writing published in English 4 classes each fall, on the Hazleton Campus of Commonwealth College. Last year, and c...

...Time: High School to College Alaina Watts ....................................................................................... 4 An Objective View of Cheerleading Erica Chinetski .......................................................................................... 5 She?s Come Undone Jill Giosa ..........................................................................