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Celebrate 'Charter Day' with free events, some Penn philosophy
Republican & Herald
BY STEPHEN J. PYTAK (STAFF WRITER spytak@republicanherald.com) It's "Charter Day," the state's observance of the 331st anniversary of the time King Charles II of Great Britain granted land in the New World to William Penn, an entrepreneur, philosopher ...
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My Journey to the Dalai Lama Begins
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Is it a philosophy, religion or both? Do Buddhists believe in God, or heaven, orworld peace, or yoga….what do Buddhists actually believe? I've grown up with Buddhism but I'm traveling across the world to learn more. I'm taking a three-leg flight (Abu ...
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European nonbeliever makes case for religion
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Swiss-born philosopher and novelist has never been shy about proclaiming himself an unbeliever - a lifelong, dyed-in-the-wool atheist. But as he argues in his new book, Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion (Pantheon ...
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Chicken divine: AQ Chicken House dishes out tasty pullets with a bullet
Tulsa World
By JASON ASHLEY WRIGHT World Scene Writer I had an out-of-town fling recently, and I hope Evelyn will forgive me. Since I discovered it a couple years ago, I've claimed that Evelyn's at 3014 N. 74th East Ave. has the best chicken this side of my Mamaw ...
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Rick Steves is no first-class snob about travel
Tallahassee.com
"My philosophy is to become a temporary local," Steves said. "I want people to get out of their comfort zone and see how other people in the world live their lives. I love the value of travel. There is nothing like hanging out with people who see ...
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Singularity Hub
David is one of world's best known philosophers of mind and thought leaders on consciousness and I was a freshman at the University of Toronto when I first read some of his work. Since then Chalmers has been one of the fewphilosophers (together with ...
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'India's Maoists are misusing Mao's name'
The Hindu
The greater relevance of Mao's philosophy in today's world was “to help maintain peace, stability and development” and create a more equitable global order, he said, suggesting that the former Chairman's ideas of “people's war” and violent struggle ...
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The Hindu
Holding on to the Joy in Teaching
Dissident Voice
by Robert Jensen / March 11th, 2012 I am a tenured professor in a relatively stable university, which is quite possibly the best job in the world. I get paid well to read, think, talk, and write, and I have more job security than almost anyone I know.
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Expecting the worst, "preppers" aim for self-sufficiency
Sun-Sentinel
Petrovich, an agricultural projects consultant who has seen societal breakdown in Third World nations, said about half the people adopting the prepperphilosophy are women, and a large percentage are professionals. "I've had more people contacting me ...
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Greece: the Cradle of a New World (Vaneigem and Youlountas)
Infoshop News
And this [has taken place] in a land as well respected for its philosophy of life at the other side of the Anglo-Saxon world as for its tireless resistance to the many oppressions that have tried to bring it to heel. In support of the battle of the ...
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Drydocks Expects Lenders Support for Debt Plan, Chairman Says
Bloomberg
Khamis Juma Buamim, chairman of Dubai-based Drydocks World LLC, the Middle East's biggest shipyard, said he is confident that lenders will accept a proposal made March 8 to restructure $2.2 billion of debt. He spoke to reporters that day about the plan ...
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From Another Perspective: Woman overcomes disability, earns career
Delmarva Now
When I am able to use real-world information from real-world young ladies -- especially if they are from our hometown -- it makes that information even more effective, real-world and personal for young women with disabilities who may be wondering "Is ...
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Review: Florida Rep colors outside the lines in thrilling art world portrait 'Red'
Naples Daily News
In 90 short minutes, "Red" flings thoughts and philosophy and ideas about the stage like drops of paint skittering across a Jackson Pollock canvas. But don't mention the Pollock word. Rothko will bite your head off. The show tries to examine life, ...
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Ayn Rand's Objectivism vs. KONY 2012
ChicagoNow (blog)
Objectivism is a Philosophy created by Ayn Rand, author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. I won't delve too deep into the specifics of Objectivism, but it generally entails and mindset in which you focus on the self rather than the group.
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ChicagoNow (blog)
What Should Students Study Now To Prepare For 10 Years From Now?
Forbes
In Xconomy's words, “these are people whose mindset is all about creating jobs, spurring growth, and solving the world's toughest problems.” To “crystallize” their insights, Xconomy asked their Xconomists one question: What should students be studying ...
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From Another Perspective: Woman overcomes disability, earns career
Delmarva Daily Times
When I am able to use real-world information from real-world young ladies -- especially if they are from our hometown -- it makes that information even more effective, real-world and personal for young women with disabilities who may be wondering "Is ...
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New Seawind 950 World Launch at Sanctuary Cove
My Sailing
The boat is designed to fit into two 40ft containers and shipped anywhere in the world, to be easily assembled in a few days by just two people. As the modular system has been purpose designed to easily lock together with minimal bolting, ...
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My Sailing
Commentary: 'Good Oak' kindles our history and warms the soul
Fond du Lac Reporter
In his brief time as a Wisconsin ecological leader, Leopold changed the world. His impact continues today across the nation and around the world. But here in the state where he pioneered his philosophy and science, Leopold is still unknown to many.
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Design: driving force of Korea's auto industry
Korea Times
By Kim Da-ye Hyundai Motor Group, which owns both Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, sold over 1.13 million vehicles in the United States last year, breaking the 1-million-plateau for the first time in the world's most important market.
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Korea Times
Mazzaglia: The Candidate, the Money, and the Media
Wicked Local
Obama's message is tinged with Marxist philosophy that presents idealism and ideology as one in the same. They are not. Idealism is the belief that theworld can be improved by means that are better than the ones we are currently experiencing.
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Author's Corner to feature Margot Livesey
Wicked Local
After earning a bachelor's degree in English and philosophy at the University of York in England she spent most of her 20s working in shops and restaurants and learning to write. Her first book, a collection of stories called “Learning By Heart,” was ...
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Tucson's Weil: US gets health-care delivery mostly wrong
Arizona Daily Star
... with changing our whole philosophy about how medicine is delivered, Weil says. And he says the US is in a unique position to be a world leader in delivering better, less invasive medicine because things are so bad here there's nowhere to go but up.
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Ambrose: Scared for America
Daily News Transcript
I am scared because we are approaching the tipping point on issue after issue, from debt grown obese to liberty grown skinny to children with scarcely a chance in this world because their single-parent homes did not give them one.
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Top 25 Greatest Harlem Globetrotters Players of All Time
Yahoo! Sports
It is a basketball flavor unlike any other, boasting 120 million fans world-wide in this, their 86th season. 689 players have worn the Harlem Globetrotters uniform since 1929. These are the twenty-five greatest players in Harlem Globetrotters history.
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Ambrose: Scared for America
Milford Daily News
I am scared because we are approaching the tipping point on issue after issue, from debt grown obese to liberty grown skinny to children with scarcely a chance in this world because their single-parent homes did not give them one.
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EU propaganda video
Open Democracy
Anya Topolski is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy of the Higher Institute of Philosophy at the KU Leuven, Belgium. Her current research involves the deconstruction of the discourse of Judeo-Christianity in ...
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Study of Humanities A Key to U.S. Economic Success
OpEdNews
English, history, government and philosophy impart skills that are critical to success in business and government, at home and in the worldwide arena. One need only look at companies such as Apple and Facebook to understand the importance of having a ...
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Many in metro Detroit praise Swami Vivekananda, spiritual leader who birthed ...
Detroit Free Press
... in metro Detroit and around the world. At the Hindu center in Troy, Vivekananda's message will be discussed today at a lecture, one of several such events the temple is holding to remember the man who introduced Indianphilosophy to the West.
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Spanx Founder Sara Blakeley: How She Turned $5000 Into A Billion [VIDEO]
International Business Times
By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed Spanx founder Sara Blakeley recently made it onto the ForbesWorld's Billionaires 2012 list, following the success of her company's line of "shapewear" clothing products.
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International Business Times
The world in its current position? - Politics, Philosophy, and Religion
So I'm sure we all know what going on around the world in different countries, and I just wonder how can we and the other select ( yes I know I said select ) few countries can be civilized while other countries seem to have just stop evovling ...
Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums
What happens if we are able to eradicate force? - Ecademy
Quote: If we could remove force in its true sense from the world, we would solve 95% of the world's problems. Quote made by Harry Binswanger, aphilosopher of Objectivism (the philosophy of Ayn Rand) at a lecture to which I had the privilege ...
Ecademy: user blogs
The Stone Philosophy Links - NYTimes.com
Fauxphilnews, a kind of Onion for the philosophy world, has just posted pieces looking at the lighter side of X-Phi and Saul Kripke. At the Boston Review, Alex ...
opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/stone-links-23/
The End of Our World: Philosophy Forums
Posted 02/27/12 - 5:39 AM: Subject: Waste and Silliness. 6.Waste and Silliness Have you seen the aerial picture of the aeroplane graveyard. Amazing waste!
forums.philosophyforums.com/.../the-end-of-our-world-5256...
Killing newborns same as abortion: Australian philosophers ...
Killing newborn babies should be allowed if the mother wishes, Australianphilosophers have argued in a prestigious journal.
tvnz.co.nz/.../killing-newborns-same-abortion-australian-philo...
The world in its current position? - Politics, Philosophy, and ...
So I'm sure we all know what going on around the world in different countries, and I just wonder how can we and the other select ( yes I know I said select ) few ...
www.wrongplanet.net/postt192269.html
U of G students engage public in academic world of philosophy ...
A group of University of Guelph students is trying to bridge the divide between the academic world of philosophy and the general public with a freephilosophy ...
www.guelphtribune.ca/.../u-of-g-students-engage-public-in-ac...
Philosophy
Along with Frank Ramsey and others, they developed the analytic style ofphilosophy now prominent throughout much of the world. Today, Cambridge remains ...
www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/philosophy/
The Motivation and Philosophy behind the Webometrics Ranking, is ...
Universitas Surabaya (UBAYA) - Indonesia official website. In recent years, the Webometrics Ranking has been a hot topic among academicians around the ...
www.ubaya.ac.id/.../The-Motivation-and-Philosophy-behind-t...
Child's drawings open door to fantasy world of philosophy ...
“It's Raining in Maya,” Raam Reddy's debut novel (ISBN 9781466220980), attempts to magnetically draws readers to see the town of Maya through the eyes of ...
www.prnewschannel.com/.../childs-drawings-open-door-to-fa...
Philosophy of the World Trade Association
IWTI AG appoints key executive. In line with the aim of continuously enhancing the Company Executive management team, IWTI AG today announced the ...
www.iwtiag.com/.../273-philosophy-of-the-world-trade-associ...
Philosophy question (I won't bite ^^) - Reviewing the Kanji ...
In philosophy of mind, dualism is the idea that the physical world and the mental world are completely different. So for him the physical and the mentalworld ...
forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=9453
The World of Business 2.0: BookDaily Genre Sampler: Philosophy
Traditionally these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.Philosophy has not kept up with modern developments in science, particularly physics.
wyldaboutbusiness2.blogspot.com/.../bookdaily-genre-sampler...
Time and Philosophy: A History of Continental Thought // Reviews ...
Which is to say that "the first procedure of philosophy ought to be to expel things from consciousness and to reestablish its true connection with theworld, ...
ndpr.nd.edu/.../29228-time-and-philosophy-a-history-of-conti...
Two of the World's Most Famous Philosophers
Last week, Slavoj Žižek—the clown prince of contemporary Marxistphilosophy, star of The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, scene-stealer of Examined Life, and ...
www.slate.com/.../the_wire_slavoj_i_ek_and_frederic_jameso...
Ficino, Marsilio [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Finally, the Platonic Theology lays down the basic principles of Ficino's animistic natural philosophy, according to which a World Soul is imminent in the material ...
www.iep.utm.edu/ficino/
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