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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...er cannot be located. I am pleased to present our "Report on Orphan Works" in response to your request. The response from the public to this study was... ...t the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants... ...nnot be located. I write to support such an undertaking by your office. As established by Section 104 of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act o... ...s, such as photographs. Some commenters proposed that user registries be established in which a user would file a notice that he intends to use a wo... ...nters also proposed that the use of orphan works be limited to non-profit educational or cultural institutions. Once a work has been designated as a... ...t the use of orphan works be limited to non-profit educational or cultural institutions. Once a work has been designated as an orphan work, several c... ...tion. In addition, to make absolutely sure that the concerns of nonprofit institutions like libraries, museums and universities about monetary relie... ...ion in 1999, in which the Office reported that when attempting to license educational materials, “it can be time-consuming, difficult or even imposs... ...ne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act 1971) (hereinafter “Berne Convention” or “Berne”). The U.S. formally acce...

...m used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Even where the user has made a reasonably diligent effort to find the owner, if the owner is not found, the user faces uncertainty – she cannot determine whether or...

...Many commenters were in favor of determining whether a search was reasonable on an “ad hoc” or case-by-case basis, whereby each search is evaluated according to its circumstances. This approach was offered as having the advantage of flexibility t...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...er cannot be located. I am pleased to present our "Report on Orphan Works" in response to your request. The response from the public to this study was... ...t the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants... ...nnot be located. I write to support such an undertaking by your office. As established by Section 104 of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act o... ...s, such as photographs. Some commenters proposed that user registries be established in which a user would file a notice that he intends to use a wo... ...nters also proposed that the use of orphan works be limited to non-profit educational or cultural institutions. Once a work has been designated as a... ...t the use of orphan works be limited to non-profit educational or cultural institutions. Once a work has been designated as an orphan work, several c... ...tion. In addition, to make absolutely sure that the concerns of nonprofit institutions like libraries, museums and universities about monetary relie... ...ion in 1999, in which the Office reported that when attempting to license educational materials, “it can be time-consuming, difficult or even imposs... ...ne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act 1971) (hereinafter “Berne Convention” or “Berne”). The U.S. formally acce...

...m used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Even where the user has made a reasonably diligent effort to find the owner, if the owner is not found, the user faces uncertainty – she cannot determine whether or...

... and copyright owner of the work if such attribution is possible and as is reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. The idea is that the user, in the course of using a work for which he has not received explicit permission, should make it as clear as possible to the public that the work is the product of another author, and that the copyright in the work is owned by...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

... Seymour H. Fine With Foreword by Philip Kotler Originally Published in 1981 by Praeger Publishers. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS TH... ...SS 14 Social Issues and Causes 14 SOME CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES 15 INCREASE IN CONCERN WITH IDEAS 17 From Inner to Other-Directedness 17 Vol... ... inspired and malevolent inculcation of ideas into the minds of those opposing the established order, in other words, brainwashing. Webster's New Wo... ...ntains an empirical study. Chapter 3 reports on a survey that was administered to institutions sponsoring ideas. Chapter 9 describes another survey... ... one or more people. Interest. A feeling of concern about something. Law. Ideas established as enforceable public policy. Lobbying. Pressure upo... ...ompasses a large variety of "products" (see Table 1.1) and includes a long list of institutions engaged in the marketing of these products. These fi... ...ion. The following definitions are taken from Everett Rogers and F. F. Shoemaker (1971): Relative advantage is the degree to which an innovation... ...le. By contrast. exchanges of social products occur in political, organizational, educational, leisure, health care, family and a multitude of othe... ...ed customers. The most obvious middlemen of ideas are the institutions within the educational sector. Students who attend schools (above the compu...

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

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

By: Matti Sarmela

...Matti Sarmela LAWS OF DESTINY NEVER DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the postlocal world Helsinki 2005 ... ...R DISAPPEAR Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World ... ... museums, it has the world's largest collections of folklore, and research institutions are continuously collecting information on the lives of modern... ...onal, globalizing. In Asia, too, a common free trade area, ASEAN, is being established, evidently to become a continental state akin to the European U... ... plants like mango trees or fruit trees. One can only grow things on newly established teak plantations. So, just a year in each place, then the teak ... .... Hanks – Hanks – Sharp 1965. Sarmela 1979a-c. Gidal – Gidal 1970. Mizuno 1971. Klausner 1972; 1981. Wijeyewardene 1967. Van Roy 1967; 1971. Moerman ... ...d gradually, the poor, the sick and the old are left in the care of social institutions. In Thai villages, mothers devote themselves almost totally to... ...ns must be trained to operate in techno-systems. The curricula of the Thai educational system define the aims of education and draw a distinction betw... ...hments, although now that they are forbidden (2000), many people fear that educational and child rearing problems will arise in Thailand, too.(27 On t...

...worldviews of peoples of Thailand and Finland, the past and future of local cultures. Matti Sarmela started collecting material on Northern Thailand in 1972. Based on a longitudinal field study, he wrote his description of three villages in Lampang Province, and the changes in villagers' lives over three decades. The book also speaks through the voices of villagers themse...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...ts reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – writ... ... A Medium or a Message? http://samvak.tripod.com/internet.html World in Conflict and Transition http://samvak.tripod.com/guide.html ... ...re already the largest buyers of e-books. Together with schools and other educational institutions, libraries can serve as decisive socialization age... ...he largest buyers of e-books. Together with schools and other educational institutions, libraries can serve as decisive socialization agents and intr... ...keting, branding and advertising once a product's first mover advantage is established. Economic laws of increasing, rather than diminishing, returns... ... BookCrossing.com. On the face of it, it presents no profound challenge to established publishing practices and to the modern concept of intellectual... ...and scholars. A "scholarly divide" has opened between the haves (academic institutions with rich endowments and well-heeled corporations) and the ha... ...rnet-based academic community of both teachers and students, in which the educational potential of the Internet can be fully realized. The probl... ...f the Internet Archive for the year 2000. He founded Project Gutenberg in 1971 and is currently its Executive Coordinator. In more ways than one, h...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...ovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...ncial investors. So are, to a growing extent, investment banks and other financial institutions. The financial investor represents the past. Its mo... ...working relationship and to develop additional relationships with banks, financial institutions and capital markets with the aim of securing the fu... ...ayments, arrears and overdue payments and other collectibles. 6. To coordinate an educational campaign to ensure the voluntary collaboration of th... ... this onerous decree, entrepreneurs and religious figures in Egypt and in Pakistan established "Islamic banks". These institutions pay no interest ... ... exempt from "old rules and archaic modes of thinking". Productivity has surged and established a steeper, but sustainable, trend line. Information ... ... least this value added now and in the future. In a "Theory of Justice" (published 1971, p. 302), John Rawls described an ideal society thus: "(1)... ...on abhorrent. Jose Ortega Y Gasset, writing in the 1930's, preached that access to educational and economic opportunities should be premised on on...

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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Periyar's Views on Untouchability

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...EWS ON UNTOUCHABILITY W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy e-mail: vasantha@iitm.ac.in web: http://mat.iitm.ac.in/~wbv Florentin Smarandache e-mail:... ...andasamy HEXIS Phoenix, Arizona 2005 2 This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Deman... ...s vigorously to spread the revolutionary principles of his mentor and he has established numerous institutions as permanent memorials to Periyar. ... ...d the revolutionary principles of his mentor and he has established numerous institutions as permanent memorials to Periyar. The practices of unt... ...ies die more often than boy babies even though medical research has long ago established that girls are generally biologically stronger as new-born... ...ges Dalit children are segregated and made to sit apart in the classroom. In educational institutions run by Hindu religious leaders like the Sanka... ...ildren are segregated and made to sit apart in the classroom. In educational institutions run by Hindu religious leaders like the Sankaracharya, Br... ... faced by Dalits and Sudras in education, which we have broadly classified as educational 4 Phule... ...h). The then party General Secretary K.Veeramani released the first issue. In 1971, Periyar launched the English magazine Modern Rationalist. In 1...

...K.R.Narayanan was a lauded hero and a distinguished victim of his Dalit background. Even in an international platform when he was on an official visit to Paris, the media headlines blazed, ‘An Untouchable at Elysee’. He was visibly upset and it proved that a Dalit who rose up to such heights was never spared from...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...inctual unilateralism, the United States is never averse to exploiting multilateral institutions to its ends. It is the only shareholder with a veto... ...lam shaped Western values, beliefs, doctrines, moral tenets, political and military institutions, arts, and sciences. This war is about world domi... ...eas are impossible to suppress. Already, militant Islam is far more widespread and established that any Western government would care to admit. Hi... ...crative contracts and sinecures once the sponsored candidate attained office. Long-established, prominent families - political dynasties - increase... ...n extremely isolated from the outside world for 12 years. The mental, physical and educational development of an entire generation has been affecte... ...the church, the political party, the family, the media, the culture industries, the educational system, the military, the civil service - are all in... ..."The Rise of the West" by W. H. McNeill (1963), "Unfinished History of the World" (1971) by Hugh Thomas, "History of the World" by J. M. Roberts (1...

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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Report on Orphan Works

By: Library of Congress

...er cannot be located. I am pleased to present our "Report on Orphan Works" in response to your request. The response from the public to this study was... ...t the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants... ...nnot be located. I write to support such an undertaking by your office. As established by Section 104 of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act o... ...s, such as photographs. Some commenters proposed that user registries be established in which a user would file a notice that he intends to use a wo... ...nters also proposed that the use of orphan works be limited to non-profit educational or cultural institutions. Once a work has been designated as a... ...t the use of orphan works be limited to non-profit educational or cultural institutions. Once a work has been designated as an orphan work, several c... ...tion. In addition, to make absolutely sure that the concerns of nonprofit institutions like libraries, museums and universities about monetary relie... ...ion in 1999, in which the Office reported that when attempting to license educational materials, “it can be time-consuming, difficult or even imposs... ...ne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act 1971) (hereinafter “Berne Convention” or “Berne”). The U.S. formally acce...

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovsk... ...unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...ished a poem "Macedonian Fairy" in 1878. The Young Macedonian Literary Society was established in 1891 and started publishing "Loza", its journal a... ...to fight the wolf. The original "Macedonian Revolutionary Organization" (MRO) was established in Sofia. The distinction between being a Macedonian... ...vices, but only for relief from corruption and crime. The creation of new national institutions was not necessary, only the reform of existing inst... ...) under the guise of a "re-patriation" scheme. They confiscated land from religious institutions, from the deportees, from big landowners, from the ... ...broad for more than 90% of its income. Inevitably, unemployment tripled from 19% in 1971 to 57% in 1989. As a result, the Federal government had to... ...and Milosevic to abolish the parallel Albanian education system and re-open all the educational facilities in Kosovo was thus frustrated. Kosovo fra... ...s were Catholicism and Islam. The former co-sponsored with the Orthodox Church the educational efforts of Cyril and Methodius. Even before the trau...

...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 precursor to terrorism....

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...unet.com.mk or to vaknin@link.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...ket, legal and bureaucratic hurdles, the existence, or lack thereof of functioning institutions, and by the possibility to turn an excess profit. ... ...imited confidence that regulation and supervision will lead to bank closures before institutions become insolvent. In particular, reliance on laggin... ... Enough to mention Enron and its accountants, the formerly much vaunted Andersen. Established economic theory - pioneered by Merton in 1977 - show... ...erations to future ones. Export and credit insurance schemes - such as the recently established African Trade Insurance Agency or the more veteran ... ...least this value added now and in the future. In a "Theory of Justice" (published 1971, p. 302), John Rawls described an ideal society thus: "(1)... ...on abhorrent. Jose Ortega Y Gasset, writing in the 1930's, preached that access to educational and economic opportunities should be premised on one... ...ns between Self-Esteem and Narcissism: Implications for Practice", published by the Educational Resources Information Center, the line between enhan...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

... Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...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 se... ...amlets, and irrigated fields. They served as the religious, governmental, educational, and commercial centers of their age. As temple complexes gr... ... even on into the Atlantic Ocean. Sailing out from their homeland, they established trading centers and gradually spread their alphabet‘s use to p... ...cripted the angry words of those biblical prophets who so freely attacked established practices?) It‘s quite ironic, however, that:  The alphabe... ...s. Taking the name Genghis Khan, he quickly moved to establish all the institutions needed by this new state of Yeke Mongol Ulus (Great Mongol Na... ...iterati.  Sanctuaries for foreign translators, émigrés, and refugees.  Institutions of advanced learning.  Focal points for every kind of cultu... ... chief source of information about community life. Opened doors to more educational opportunities Mergenthaler‘s invention also opened the door ... ...lue,‖ which he started with the US Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1971. Three tries at grad school aborted, and Hart went back on the road...

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

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

...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 commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of cra...

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Information Technology Tales

By: Brad Bradford

...t Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...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 se... ...amlets, and irrigated fields. They served as the religious, governmental, educational, and commercial centers of their age. As temple complexes gre... ...nd even on into the Atlantic Ocean. Sailing out from their homeland, they established trading centers and gradually spread their alphabet‘s use to p... ...cripted the angry words of those biblical prophets who so freely attacked established practices?) It‘s quite ironic, however, that:  The alphabet‘... ...rs. Taking the name Genghis Khan, he quickly moved to establish all the institutions needed by this new state of Yeke Mongol Ulus (Great Mongol Na... ...iterati.  Sanctuaries for foreign translators, émigrés, and refugees.  Institutions of advanced learning.  Focal points for every kind of cultu... ... chief source of information about community life. Opened doors to more educational opportunities Mergenthaler‘s invention also opened the door to... ...lue,‖ which he started with the US Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1971. Three tries at grad school aborted, and Hart went back on the road...

...irst 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 book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves ...

...Way back in the fifteenth century a man named Johann Gutenberg invented the ?printing press. More than 400 years passed before Ottmar Mergenthaler found a way in the late 1880s to mechanize that historic invention. Then, less than a ...

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Narcissistic and Psychopathic Leaders

By: Sam Vaknin

...abulated Life The Cult of the Narcissist Bibliography The Narcissist in the Workplace The Narcissist in the Workplace Narcissism in the... ...ssism in the Boardroom The Professions of the Narcissist Narcissists in Positions of Authority Narcissistic Leaders Narcissists in Positi... ...eligious Narcissist For the Love of God The Narcissist and Social Institutions Guide to Coping with Narcissists and Psychopaths The ... ...d by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions); • Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and... ...assets liberally, and to be cynically exempt from the rules that he himself established (if such violation is pleasurable or gainful). In extreme ca... ...ut M. The Analysis of the Self. New York, International Universities Press, 1971 19. Lasch, Christopher. The Culture of Narcissism. New York, Warner... ...n Self-Esteem and Narcissism: Implications for Practice", published by the Educational Resources Information Centre, the line between enhancing se... ...inst the "old ways": against the hegemonic culture, the upper classes, the established religions, the superpowers, the corrupt order. Narcissistic ...

...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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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...or through liaison channels from the Central Intelligence Agency. Requesters in the Department of Defense may obtain copies from: Defense Intelligence... ...shington, D.C. 20340-3344 Tel: (202) 373-3869 or Autovon 243-3869 Requesters in the Department of State may obtain copies from: Department of State IN... ...e of fighting (1986) Organized labor: government-controlled unions are being established Government Official name: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ... ...divisions: 29 provinces with centrally appointed governors Legal system: not established; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Branches: Revol... ...anian (Tosk is official dia- lect), Greek Infant mortality rate: 86.8/1,000 (1971) Life expectancy: 69 Literacy: 75% Labor force: 584,000 (1978); abou... ...pal Co-Prince Mgr. Juan MARTI y Alanis (Bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, since 1971); Syndic Fran- cesc CERQUEDA Pasquet (since 1982); Subsyndic Antoni ... ... and construction; 9% transportation, storage, communications, and financial institutions; 8% agriculture; and 2% utilities Organized labor: 32% Gover... ...f 1959 modified in October 1972 by law establishing provisional gov- ernment institutions; new constitution accepted by referendum in December 1975; h... ... and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations O UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization O WHO: World Health Or...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disp...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ...nto a person with consciousness and free will. Philosophically, no identity can be established between potential and actuality. The destruction of ... ... society. Thus, they are rendered "invisible", "subhuman", and unprotected by laws, institutions, and ethics. This process of distancing and dehuman... ...us anarchism (Leo Tolstoy), anarcho- communism (Kropotkin) and anarcho-syndicalism, educational anarchism (Paul Goodman), and communitarian anarchis... ...be done in either of two ways: 1. By violently dismantling existing structures and institutions and replacing them with voluntary, self- regulating ... ...elf-regulating organizations of free individuals whose functions parallel those of established hierarchies and institutions ("dual power"). Gradual... .... Every technology can be potentially abused. Television can be either a wonderful educational tool - or an addictive and mind numbing pastime. Nuc... ... least this value added now and in the future. In a "Theory of Justice" (published 1971, p. 302), John Rawls described an ideal society thus: "(1)...

Cyclopedia of issues in economics analyzed through the prism of the economies of countries in transition, emerging markets, and developing countries.

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ... and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download f... ...nto a person with consciousness and free will. Philosophically, no identity can be established between potential and actuality. The destruction of ... ... society. Thus, they are rendered "invisible", "subhuman", and unprotected by laws, institutions, and ethics. This process of distancing and dehuman... ...us anarchism (Leo Tolstoy), anarcho- communism (Kropotkin) and anarcho-syndicalism, educational anarchism (Paul Goodman), and communitarian anarchis... ...be done in either of two ways: 1. By violently dismantling existing structures and institutions and replacing them with voluntary, self- regulating ... ...elf-regulating organizations of free individuals whose functions parallel those of established hierarchies and institutions ("dual power"). Gradual... .... Every technology can be potentially abused. Television can be either a wonderful educational tool - or an addictive and mind numbing pastime. Nuc... ... least this value added now and in the future. In a "Theory of Justice" (published 1971, p. 302), John Rawls described an ideal society thus: "(1)...

...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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The Future of the Internet : And How to Stop It

By: Jonathan Zittrain

...ect to the exception immediately following, this book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that co... .... It can be accessed through the author’s Web site at http://www.jz.org. Set in Adobe Garamond type by The Composing Room of Michigan, Inc. Printed in... ...i- ers to generative tinkering with the machines. If the hobbyist PC had not established the value of tinkering so that the PC could enter the mainstr... ...p to convey people’s voices from one house to another, or between houses and institutions. Cyberlaw scholar Tim Wu and others have pointed out how diffi... ... and buses persists to- day. An almost casual trust for the users of secured institutions and systems is rarely found: banks are designed with robbers... ...ional Research Network,” much larger and faster, but still used primarily by educational and other noncommercial entities in loose coor- The Rise and ... ... technological innovations are consistent with the performance trajectory of established market leaders—that is, when they are a more efficient way of d... ...eepers allowing wiki software to be developed, shared, and then taken up for educational and social purposes with contributions from people who have l... ...bilities has seen punctuated equi- libriums. A 100-in-1 kit was available in 1971, a 65-in-1 in 1972, a 160-in-1 in 1982, and a 200-in-1 in 1981. A ga...

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

... be accessed through the author’s website at http://james-boyle.com. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 978-0-300-13740-8 Library of Congr... ...served mockery. “Want that insignia torn off your car, Dad? Then it would be in the public domain, right?” My colleagues at Duke are one of the main i... ...ized for the tenth anniversary of that article. Finally, I need to thank the institutions who have supported this study. The Rockefeller Center in Bel... ...ite? The answer to all of these questions is “not exactly.” Like most social institutions, intellectual property has an altogether messier and more in... ...ax” on rights holders and a “subsidy” to those who benefited from it, such as educational institutions. 4 The White Paper also suggested that while any... ...al process was going to be particularly vulnerable to problems of capture by established industries, many of whom would (rightly) see the Internet as ... ...e, including whether such use is of a com- mercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amo... ... to use their service! No one is going to sue Apple now, of course. In fact, established players in the marketplace are probably fairly safe (and have... ...mation and the Reward to In- ventive Activity,” American Economic Review 61 (1971): 561–574. 3. Unfortunately, the reality turns out to be less rosy. ...

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

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Abuse, Trauma, And Torture, And Their Consequences and Effects

By: Sam Vaknin

...abulated Life The Cult of the Narcissist Bibliography The Narcissist in the Workplace The Narcissist in the Workplace Narcissism in the... ...Mourning the Narcissist The Inverted Narcissist Torture, Abuse, and Trauma – In Fiction and Poetry Nothing is Happening at Home Night Terror A Dream C... ...d by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions); • Requires excessive admiration, adulation, attention and... ...ces the participants in his cult to be hostile to critics, the authorities, institutions, his personal enemies, or the media – if they try to uncove... ...assets liberally, and to be cynically exempt from the rules that he himself established (if such violation is pleasurable or gainful). In extreme ca... ...ut M. The Analysis of the Self. New York, International Universities Press, 1971 19. Lasch, Christopher. The Culture of Narcissism. New York, Warner... ...n Self-Esteem and Narcissism: Implications for Practice", published by the Educational Resources Information Centre, the line between enhancing se...

...The effects on victims and survivors of traumatic experiences, long-term and repeated abuse, and torture. Includes in-depth profile of the Narcissistic Abuser and hundreds of links to literature and resources....

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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 ... ... Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gul... ...ople would move in that direction. I think too that the world rankings of educational systems does not put the average American at a very high level... ...Moore on August 14, 1800, he wrote that ‗The clergy, by getting themselves established by law, and ingrafted into the machine of government, have bee... ...eople. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy to be convenient auxiliaries‘ ―John Adams seemed ... ...n The Age of Reason he wrote ‗My own mind is my own church. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to ... ...lled through local school boards may be responsible for your low level of educational achievement in reading and science. When there are no educatio... ...hotels, medical facilities, spas and gyms, pre-schools, other educational institutions, etc. But these too are getting more efficient with computers... .... Matt 26:42, 53 and John 18:4-11) 102. Clay, aka Ali v. U.S. Government [1971] 403 U.S. 698) 495 103. Aftenposten July 15, 2007 104. Aristotle...

...ine 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 Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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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

...HE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s Appeal in the Islamic World 48 2.3 The Rise of Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988–1992... ...Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERRORISM EVOLVES 71 3.1 From t... ...lian targets. Collateral damage is not in its lexicon. We learned that the institutions charged with protecting our borders, civil aviation, and natio... ...CC to request a fighter escort. 111 The Herndon Command Center immediately established a teleconfer- ence between Boston, New York, and Cleveland Cent... ...ing pattern and set a course direct for Manhattan.They arrived at 9:25 and established a combat air patrol (CAP) over the city. 136 Because the Otis f... ...t to buy off local Islamist movements by ceding control of many social and educational issues. Embold- ened rather than satisfied, the Islamists conti... ...ers like Qutb, and the presence of Egyptian Islamist teachers in the Saudi educational system, Islamists already had a strong intellectual influ- ence... ...merous companies and a global network of bank accounts and nongovernmental institutions. Fulfilling his bargain with T urabi, Bin Ladin used his const... ...efforts, which included a covert action program that operated from 1956 to 1971 against domestic organizations and, eventually, domestic dissi- dents....

... 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 Bin Ladin and al Qaeda (1988?1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992?1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda?s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996?1998) 63 3. COUNTERTERR...

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