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Links and Factoids
Sam Vaknin
Narcissus Publications Imprint
Subjects: Non Fiction, Education, Schools
Collections: Literature, Education, History, Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community
Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.
... The First Book of Factoids First Published on the Links and Factoids Study List http://groups.yahoo.com/group... ...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... ...free anthologies here: http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! ... ...hrough the Five Books of Moses. http://www.ot-studies.com/Documents/Ur.htm http://members.aol.com/mfuprojects/abrahambirth.html Ants There are 11,... ...guerrilla movements in eastern Van (the Armenakans, in 1885) and in Russia. Radical nationalist parties were established by Russian-Armenian emigran... ...to (428-347 BC). An Egyptian priest was supposed to have described it to the Greek statesman Solon (638-559 BC). The priest insisted that Atlanti... ...om/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (musical) The musical "Chicago" won 6 Academy awards (Oscars) in March 2003. It is based on the true s... ...es eager to lay their eggs. Researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Italy's University of Cagliari discovered that the ...
Honolulu Star Advertiser : Special Sunday Tabloid
Honolulu Star Advertiser
Subjects: Non-Fiction, General Works (Periodicals, Series, idexes, Almanacs, etc.), APEC Hawaii
Appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Sunday, 10/23/11
... NOAA FISHERIES PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION plays a signifcant role in the HEALTH of our OCEAN and the nation's ECONOMY and COASTAL COMMUNITIES... ... NOAA FISHERIES PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION plays a signifcant role in the HEALTH of our OCEAN and the nation's ECONOMY and COASTAL COMMUNITIES. Our dedic... ...Chris Tatum Jim Tollefson ADM Robert Willard Eric K. Yeaman EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Senator Daniel K. Inouye Senator Daniel K. Akaka Congresswoman... ...nea, Peru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. That's approximately 40 percent of the world's... ...ru, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. That's approximately 40 percent of the world's popula... ... as a world-class play- er in the areas of renewable energy, health and life sciences, astronomy, earth and ocean sciences, and teh corporate meetings... ... and information on regional macroeconomic and financial developments and on national and regional policy priorities. Partners include the World Bank,... ...ha Schools Kapalama Campus (O'ahu), 11th grade Zoe Sims Hawai'i Preparatory Academy (Hawai'i Island), 11th grade APEC 2011 HAWAI'I Quick. Easy. Lo...
Kabbalah Revealed
Rav Michael Laitman
Bnei Baruch, Laitman Kabbalah
Subjects: Non-Fiction, Religion, Kabbalah Literature
Collections: Literature, Law, Religion, Education, Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community
...Kabbalah Revealed: The Ordinary Person's Guide to a More Peaceful Life is a clearly-written, user-friendly guide to making sense of the surrounding world while achieving inner peace. Each of the six chapters in this book focuses on a different ...
...n by: Professor Ervin Laszlo LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS Kabbalah Revealed The Ordinary Person's Guide to a More Peaceful Life Rav Michael Laitm... ...uentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written ... ... is highly unusual for one renowned in the spiritual: he was educated in the sciences, holds an MS in bio-cybernetics, and has pursued a successful... ...hilosophy and Kabbalah from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy at the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1976, he began studying Kabbalah, and has been ... ...ecent years, he has become a sought-after lecturer in academic circles in the United States and Europe. Dr. Laitman is the founder and president of B... ...ears, he has become a sought-after lecturer in academic circles in the United States and Europe. Dr. Laitman is the founder and president of Bnei Ba-... ...lishments to serve the needs of the people. Supported by these developments, national, international, and intercultural mistrust, eth- nic and racia... ... years ago, a single nation was divided because egoism grew and separated its members. Now it is time for this "nation"—humanity—to reunite and bec...
The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema
Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.
Narcissus Publications
Subjects: Non Fiction, Education, Morals
Collections: Literature, Education, Philosophy, Authors Community
...d http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Talented Mr. Ripley I... ... Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Talented Mr. Ripley II. The Truman Show III. The Matrix IV... ...tion of the director of the movie as God and of God as the director of a movie. The members of his team – technical and non-technical alike – obey ... ...ing? A choice always involves a dilemma. It is the conflict between two equivalent states, two weighty decisions whose outcomes are equally desirab... ... thought experiments is that the brain and its flesh-and- blood container were once united, before science or technology had them sundered. But what... ...set or the liberating sensation of open spaces. "Green" accounting - adjusting the national accounts to reflect environmental data - is still in it... ...tates. 1990 to 1995 President of the Israel chapter of the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) and (briefly) Israel representative of the "Washi... ...ntries. Many appearances in the electronic media on subjects in philosophy and the sciences, and concerning economic matters. Contact Details: p...
...Join a variety of well-known authors as they share the Scripture or quotations they find inspiring to their writing. The devotionals they?ve contributed reflect all aspects of the writing life: basic motivation, rejection, publishing and su...
...ign Copyright © 2008 Lee Emory Edited by Lee Emory Printed and published in the U.S.A. by MountainView Publishing A division of Treble Heart Books Si... ...ry Printed and published in the U.S.A. by MountainView Publishing A division of Treble Heart Books Sierra Vista, AZ http://www.trebleheartbooks.com Th... ... in another state. But because the magazine goes to subscribers all over the United States and even into foreign countries, my words are reaching peop... ...ther state. But because the magazine goes to subscribers all over the United States and even into foreign countries, my words are reaching people arou... ...Gaia. And nowadays, most of the healing power inherent in the arts come from sciences emptied of the spiritual. It is my hope that one day, the kingdo... ...s, "I am a student of writing." Regularly the club has a writing contest for members present at the meeting. The contest theme handed out at this mee... ...ood when critiquing a submission. Should you become a member of local and/or national writing organizations? Y es. But, again, join a group that can f... ...Winter Garden, FL.. She also plans travel for the Lake Highland Prep School Academy Singers of Orlando and writes creative entertainment programs for...
From Chaos to Harmony
Collections: Literature, Religion, Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community, Education
...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples 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 ex...
... LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS From Chaos to Harmony The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah... ...Chaos to Harmony The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Translation: Chaim Ratz Editor: C... ... philosophy and Kabbalah from the High Institute of Philosophy at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Mos- cow, and an MSc in bio-cybernetics from the... ... and Kabbalah from the High Institute of Philosophy at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Mos- cow, and an MSc in bio-cybernetics from the Faculty of... ...i Baruch has grown into an extensive international movement with thousands of members in Israel and around the world. Rav Laitman's lectures are br... ... these are two sides of the same coin. In his essay, "The Peace," Baal HaSulam states, "It is well known to researchers of nature that one cannot per... ...single body that contains all people wherever they are, regardless of race or nationality. It is not about instinctive acts of charity to help peopl... ... not come to Israel because of an internal drive to bond with love, create a united nation, balance with the altruistic Nature, and then lead all o...
Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Women with Hiv/Aids
W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache
Publishing Online, C.O.
Subjects: Non Fiction, Education, Fuzzy Theory
Collections: Literature, Education, Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community
...Fuzzy theory is one of the best tools to analyze data, when the data under study is an unsupervised one, involving uncertainty coupled with imprecision. However, fuzzy theory cannot cater to analyzing the data involved with indeterminacy. The o...
... FUZZY AND NEUTROSOPHIC ANALYSIS OF WOMEN WITH HIV/AIDS With Specific Reference To Rural Tamil Na... ...o Gallup, NM 87301, USA e-mail: smarand@gallup.unm.edu Translation of the Tamil interviews by Meena Kandasamy H E X I S Phoen... ...peer reviewed and recommended for publication by: Dr. L. Bojilov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria. Prof. G. Tica, M. Viteazu Colleg... ...ed and recommended for publication by: Dr. L. Bojilov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria. Prof. G. Tica, M. Viteazu College, Bailesti... ...ISBN: 1931233-96-9 Standard Address Number: 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 3 CONTENTS Preface ... ...1931233-96-9 Standard Address Number: 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 3 CONTENTS Preface 5 ... ...tims of HIV/AIDS. In most of 11 the cases they are deserted by their family members. Still we cannot say that there are strong supportive groups f... ...nt of Populations and the Spread of HIV-1 and HIV- 2 Infections. Proc. of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Vol. 91, 2407-2414. 95. Rama Meht...
The Kabbalah Experience
Collections: Literature, Language, Religion, Education, Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community
...The Kabbalah Experience is one of the most fascinating books ever published in Kabbalah. It is a journey in time from the past to the future, in situations we might all experience at some point. Anyone who wants to learn how ...
...Introduction: The wisdom of Kabbalah teaches us how to live in the reality that is spread before us. It is a systematic method that has evolved over thousands of years, taught by a handful of unique individuals in every generation. Their t...
...T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1. The Thought of Creation ................................................... 13 Chapter2. The Wisdom of Kabbalah ................................................... 54 Chapter 3. The Study of Kabbalah ..........................
... By Rav Michael Laitman PhD The Kabbalah Experience By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH... ...enue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada. Printed in Canada. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written pe... ...ng only out of its opposite. Moreover, the greater the difference between the states, the stronger and more intense the feelings. Hence, reaching th... ... to develop the whole of physics or chemistry, and then starting to use these sciences. It would be similar to living like a Neanderthal without usi... ...sely when we are in pain that we can turn that suffering, whether individual, national or global into pleasure. The pain is given to us for one purp... ...t aims to discover the objective of creation. Be active and do things for the members of the group and the spiri- tual leader.  Begin to write ever... ...s no difference between good and evil, and life and death. Everything will be united in a state of endless wholeness. That is the purpose all of ma... ...nt Kabbalist, hence a Zionist, and approved of establishing the first Israeli Academy of Arts "Betzalel" The Kabbalists' attitude to the world is som...
The Labor Divide
Subjects: Non Fiction, Social Sciences, Employment, Social Sciences
Collections: Business Development, Literature, Sociology, Social Sciences, Economy, Entrepreneurial Economics, Commercial Entrepreneurship, Most Popular Books in China, Most Popular Books in Bratislava, Science Fiction Collection, Authors Community, Education
...ska A Narcissus Publications Imprint, Skopje 2003-7 First published by United Press International – UPI Not for Sale! Non-commercial edition. ... ...ovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk or to samvaknin@gmail.com Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review" http://w... ... 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... ...atistics Bureau should propose and the government should adopt a Standard National Job Classification. The Unemployment Benefits Unemployment b... ...ollective agreements to non-unionized labour. It is only where both union membership and coverage by collective agreements were both reduced (USA, U... ...pment Strategy for Macedonia – Development and Modernization", Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, 1997, pp. 127-147 26. "The Republic... ...egy for Macedonia – Development and Modernization", Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, 1997, pp. 127-147 26. "The Republic of Macedon... ...ng impact on general thinking. Similar ideas were expressed in the United States in the Employment Act of 1946, which stated: "The Congress hereby d...
Situational Review of the Apec Sme Logistics Service Provider
Apec Committee Trade and Investment
Subjects: Non-Fiction, H Social sciences, APEC, H Social sciences
Collections: Literature, Sociology, Social Sciences, Finance, Economy, Most Popular Books in China, Science Fiction Collection, Authors Community, Education
...This report provides a basic understanding of the logistics situation of local/regional logistics sub-providers in the APEC region, and summarizes the key growth issues these SME companies are facing. It also indicative of the evolving focus of APEC initiatives from r...
...i Situational Review of the APEC SME Logistics Service Provider Preliminary Investigation into... ...i Situational Review of the APEC SME Logistics Service Provider Preliminary Investigation into Ch... ...Investment CTI 02/2011T Final Report Prepared by Logistics Planning Academy Beijing, China Room 2243, No.25 Yuetanbei Street, XiCheng Distric... ...Guinea; the Philippines; the Russian Federation; Singapore; Thailand; the United States and Viet Nam. ... ... the Philippines; the Russian Federation; Singapore; Thailand; the United States and Viet Nam. ... ...artners and difficulty in competing with monopolies held by large or multi-national logistics companies ranked as the most significant challenges to ... ... cases these associations can pool together the resources and will of its members to voice opinion and provide access to relevant resources. As such...
Empire and Wars
Subjects: Non Fiction, Political Science, War
Collections: Political Sociology, Military Science, Literature, Naval Science, Social Sciences, Political Science, History, Most Popular Books in China, Most Popular Books in Bratislava, Science Fiction Collection, Authors Community, United States
The antecedents and aftermath of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the United States in international affairs.
...ija Rangelovska A Narcissus Publications Imprint, Skopje 2006 First published by United Press International – UPI Not for Sale! Non-commercial ed... ...written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": ... ...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... ... O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the Un... ... is a throwback to darker ages of religious zealotry, pernicious bigotry, virulent nationalism, and the capricious misrule of the mighty. According... ...f International Strategy of the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, reiterated his conviction that "the ... ...trategy of the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, reiterated his conviction that "the United States aims... ...0 years of the Politburo). But is this a sufficient incentive (or deterrent)? The members of the various elites in Western democracies are mobile ...
Cyclopedia of Philosophy
Subjects: Non Fiction, Religion, Philosophy
Collections: Economics, Literature, Fine Arts, Religion, Social Sciences, Media Studies, Finance, Cultural Studies, Commerce, Economy, Philosophy, Psychology, Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community
...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....
...n@gmail.com Philosophical Essays and Musings: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samv... ... http://samvak.tripod.com/freebooks.html Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...re is not much difference between the embryo and the comatose. A typical contract states the rights of the parties. It assumes the existence of pa... ...: "an invalid is breathing" would be categorized as an achievement only by informed members of a community and subject to the rules and the ethos o... ... But the ethos and myth of "order out of chaos" - with its proponents in the exact sciences as well - ran deeper than that. The very culture of com... ...tion, disturbance, drugs, violence or aggression witnessed by him, to social or to national conflict, to elation and even to sexual excitation. The... ...ys been the most fervent anti-Semites. Jews are not so much a race as a community, united in age-old traditions and beliefs, lore and myths, histor... ... USA. 1990 to 1995 President of the Israel chapter of the Professors World Peace Academy (PWPA) and (briefly) Israel representative of the "Washi...
Hawaii Business Magazine-Special Apec Edition
Apec Hawaii Host Committee
David Tumilowicz
Subjects: Non-Fiction, AP General Works: Periodicals, APEC Hawaii
Collections: Marketing, Economics, Marketing Management, Innovation Management, Leadership, Literature, Language, Law, Sociology, Management, Naval Science, Social Sciences, Astronomy, Finance, History, Economy, Medicine, Periodicals: Journal and Magazine Collection (Historic and Rare), Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community, Education
Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.
... -- 17 Host Committee Chairman Peter Ho -- 20 Ideal Laboratory for Clean Power -- 24 Electric Vehicles -- 28 Firm But Renewable Energy -- 30 Building the Smart Grid -- 32 Air Conditioning from Seawater -- 36 America's Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai'i's Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences...
...URE UNIQUE CROPS WIND POWER WELCOME APEC DELEGATES DISCOVER ANOTHER SIDE OF HAWAI'I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the APEC 2011 Hawai'i Host Committee 3 ... ... APEC DELEGATES DISCOVER ANOTHER SIDE OF HAWAI'I OFFICIAL PUBLICATION of the APEC 2011 Hawai'i Host Committee 3 APEC 2011 · HAWAII BUSINESS RESTO... ...A History of Innovation NATURAL SCIENCE 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions TABLE OF CONTENTS CO... ...c. Title Guaranty of Hawaii, Inc. Tori Richard, Ltd. Ultimate Innovations United Laundry Services, Inc. Watumull Stores Yobi Group, LLC Bank of Hawai... ...ris Tatum Jim Tollefson ADM Robert Willard Eric K. Yeaman EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Senator Daniel K. Inouye Senator Daniel K. Akaka Congresswoman M... ...its dependence on oil. Hawai'i is the most petroleum- dependent of the 50 states – 90 percent of its power-grid electricity is generated by importe... ...ure, hybrid Stirling engines to generate utility-scale power for China's national utility. In July, Sopogy reached an agreement with MAI Developmen... ... six months after the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences signed on as an international observer, joining the U...
Smallholder Dairying in the Tropics
Lindsay Falvey & Charan Chantalakhana
International Livestock Research Institute Cgiar, Nairobi
Subjects: Non Fiction, Agriculture, Dairy
Collections: Marketing, Business Management, Finance Management, Engineering, Technology, Agriculture, Internal Medicine, Public Aspect of Medicine, Economics, Marketing Management, Quality Management, Leadership, Business Development, Literature, Language, Law, Sociology, Management, Government, Social Sciences, Education, Political Science, Analytical Chemistry, Finance, Commerce, Geography, History, Economy, Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Environmental Economics, Biology, Chemistry, Business Strategy, Periodicals: Journal and Magazine Collection (Historic and Rare), Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community
...Total consumption of milk in developing regions is projected to increase from 164 million metric tonnes in 1993 to 391 million metric tons by the year 2020 – a 138 percent increase! The expected increase in per capita consumption is from 38 to...
...Table of Contents About the Authors Acknowledgements Foreward Chapter 1: The dairy industry in a changing world H. Schelhaas Introduction Four specific features of the dairy industry Milk production The processin...
The Williams Record
Date: 1885, Volume 21
Subjects: Non Fiction, General Works (Periodicals, Series, idexes, Almanacs, etc.), Newspaper
Collections: Marketing, Finance Management, Literature, Recreation, Government, Education, Political Science, Authors Community
...The longest running independent newspaper at Williams is the Williams Record, a weekly broadsheet paper published on Wednesdays. The newspaper was founded in 1885, and now has a weekly circulation of 3,000 copies distributed ...
...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...larey '07, of Great Barrington made the opening address. "Fellow students: members of the faculty, hiding behind the trees; fair sisters of North Adam... ...9 lot. Sayre prepared for school at the Hill school and at Lawrenoe- ville academy. He spent two years in W^yoming and Montana after graduation. Sayre... ...t Present Evils Mr. Iloiiior Fulks of New York oity, viooohairinuii of thn National Child Labor o(jMiinitleo, addreBHed tlio Good Governmen t club in ... ... to d«te Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH... ...e Sfiring Street, WlllUmatown CONSTITUTIONS SIMILAR Germany and the United States Compared by Dr. Hoetzsch IVofesHur Oltci IloiilzKcli, who WHH si'lep... ...r business meeting of the Lyceum. All students interested in the nat- ural sciences are requested to at- tend this meeting. Thompson CourseEntertainme...
Subjects: Non Fiction, Reference, Style Manual
Collections: Marketing, Technology, Leadership, Literature, Law, Sociology, Management, Government, Social Sciences, Finance, History, Economy, Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community, Education
...In the 1890s, a proofreader at the University of Chicago Press prepared a single sheet of typographic fundamentals intended as a guide for the University community. That sheet grew into a pamphlet, and the pamphlet grew into a b...
...Facsimile of the 1st Edition: Manual of Style The history of The Chicago Manual of Style spans more than one hundred years, beginning in 1891 when the University of Chicago Press first opened its doors. At that time, the Press had i...
...Preface Table of Contents Rules for Composition Capitalization The Use of Italics Quotations Spelling Punctuation Divisions Footnotes Tabular Work Technical Terms Appendix Hints to Authors and Editors Hints to Proofr...
...ty of Chicago Manual Style by University of Chicago Classic Literature Collection World Public Library.org... ...... ...or instance, general practice has established certain usages in some of the sciences which it would not be advisable to ignore. Similar discrepancie... ...=Scan'dinavia), the Far East, Orient, Levant; the North, South, East, West (United States). But do wt, as a rule, capitalize adjectives derived fro... ...inavia), the Far East, Orient, Levant; the North, South, East, West (United States). But do wt, as a rule, capitalize adjectives derived from such ... ...ary, and artistic schools, and their adherents : Republican, Conservative, National Liberal, Social Democ- racy (where, as in continental Europe, i... ... the classics, a realistic novel. 8. The names of monastic orders and their members: Black Friars, Dominican, Jesuitism. 9. The proper (official) t... ...nstitution, State University of Iowa, Hyde Park High School; the Commercial Academy (Handelsakademie) of Leipzig, the Paris Lyceum (Lyc6e de Paris);...
And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations
Lemuel Gulliver XVI
Subjects: Fiction, Science, Future
Collections: Critical Thinking, Military Science, Agriculture, Economics, Literature, Language, Law, Sociology, Government, Naval Science, Religion, Sociolinguistics, Political Science, Logic, Finance, History, Economy, Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Psychology, Most Popular Books in China, Science Fiction Collection, Authors Community, Adventure
...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 C...
... 0 ". . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS" --In Search of Uto... ...UR REASONS FOR DOING ........................................................................................................... 10 FREUD--AND THE NE... ...n control our own destinies. This is what much of science and most of education is all about. If we can get a better grasp of the appropriate scienc... ...ion and love for all humanity, and to the religious militarism that seeks to annihilate all who do not have the true faith—even those who are member... ... culture, they live by the laws of their own characters. In your country the self actualized people's values may often be different from your nation... ...us eye problems. The vitamin A in butter was not present in the margarine. So they began to add the vitamin to margarine. In the mid-1940s the United... ...problems. The vitamin A in butter was not present in the margarine. So they began to add the vitamin to margarine. In the mid-1940s the United States... ...resses the sex drive it may reappear in the behavior of a second personality. Dual or multiple personalities is the result of this action. The Academ...
And Gulliver Returns Book V : My Visit to Singaling
Subjects: Fiction, Literature, Fantisy Fiction
Collections: Agriculture, Literature, Astronomy, Most Popular Books in China, Authors Community, Fantasy
...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 ...
...0 ". . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS" --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast A... ...TURNS" --In Search of Utopia-- Book 5 Our Visit to Singaling The Pearl of Southeast Asia 1 ... ...mant that the laws which are to benefit society will be adhered to by the members of that society. And while those who might choose to leave this ad... ...ATION CONTROL SINGAPORE'S PROBLEM —"Lee Kuan Yew was the greatest national leader of the last few centuries. In his 31 years as Singapore"s ... ...resting child oriented TV programs in world and national history, various sciences, and plays. They are entertaining but educational." —"I"... ... protect the child from a diseased child. "In the last century the United States has enacted laws covering child labor, child-abuse, compulso... ...t the child from a diseased child. "In the last century the United States has enacted laws covering child labor, child-abuse, compulsory educ... ...5-34 2. Archives of General Psychiatry, Sept. 2007 73 3. American Academy of Pediatrics, vol. 116, 2005 4. Washington Times, August 1, 2004 ...
And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values
Collections: Agriculture, Literature, Astronomy, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Most Popular Books in China, Science Fiction Collection, Authors Community, Adventure
...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL .................................................................... .................................................... 163 BUDGET DEFICITS AND NATIONAL DEBTS ............................................................... ...y always opt for a vacation when they could otherwise work. People in the States still believe that money buys happiness. But when people are survey... ...o most religions have had similar mystical experiences--the Hindu who has united with the Brahman through years of correct meditation. The holy Jew,... ...hings are factored into the flight route by using the knowledges of other sciences. --―But Commander, in dealing with geometry we are not dea... ...cientology was founded in 1952 and had between a half million and 800,000 members fifty years later. Consequently it is the fastest growing religion.... ...ncient Greeks. Toubi's SA, Athens, 1997) 128. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2006.) 496 129. Manusmriti: Chapter 8:357-358) 1...
Cyclopedia of Economics
Subjects: Non Fiction, Education, Economics
Collections: Economics, Literature, Social Sciences, Education, Finance, Commerce, Economy, Most Popular Books in China, Most Popular Books in Bratislava, Authors Community, Mathematics
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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View of grave marker for Addison Elton Baker, a farmer and real estate investor, located in block 17, lot 118, in Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876), 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. An Italian marble sculpture of Baker's horse "Frank," by sculptor J.A. Byrne, stands on top of an arch supported by columns. The horse has a broken front and hind leg. The inscription on the base reads, "Baker."


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Laser Central goes to Harristown State High School's Rocket Launch Demonstration
You might remember that earlier this year, Laser Central contributed to the build of Australia's first ever commercial rocket to be sent into sub-orbit. We also supported UQ Space in winning the inaugural Australian Universities Rocket Competition.
Our engagement with Australia's budding aerospace industry has been steadily growing. Laser Central knows that while the industry is young it holds a lot of untapped potential and we want to be contributing to this industry from the very beginning.
Recently Brett Holland, Laser Central's Business Development Manager, went to Harristown State High School to help support a simulated rocket launch.
Coordinated by the University of Southern Queensland's department of mechanical engineering, the goal of this event was to demonstrate how rockets work and hopefully spark interest for aspiring young rocket scientists.
Brett says he spoke to a representative from USQ who explained that when students study subjects like physics and complex mathematics they find it hard to picture how the skills they are learning could be put to practical use. This rocket launch demonstration shows students a tangible outcome for studying STEM subjects.
Australia's aerospace program may be young but it will be growing exponentially over the coming years thanks to funding commitments from the government. This will lead to plenty of opportunity for young people with an interest in STEM.
At Laser Central, we value our relationship with the community and love being asked to get involved in events such as this recent rocket launch demonstration. Our passion for STEM drives us to support all educational opportunities that might ignite this passion in others, particularly young people who represent the future of our industry.
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"Sometimes our lives have to be completely shaken up, changed, and rearranged to relocate us to the place we are meant to be."
The drive to our next stop was both lovely and treacherous at some points. We travelled Interstate 5 north to Highway 38 which runs adjacent to the Umpqua River and winds through beautiful old forests and wildlife viewing areas where we spotted several elk. The last 70 or so miles were on the historic and scenic Highway 101 and where we caught our first glimpses of the magnificent Oregon coast. There were a few stretches that were quite challenging in our 40 foot motorhome plus tow car. After some of our kitchen drawers flew open, we figured out that it is best to follow the recommended speeds while making hairpin turns!
The campground was located just off highway 101 across the street from beach access via Lost Creek State Park. The campsites are protected from the wind and ocean spray by a layer of trees. A short path takes you from the privacy of the park to the 101 and crosses to the beach. Our site was tucked into the forest, but opened up to an area with a fire pit and picnic table. This was the first time we personalized our site with a string of lights and a tablecloth, thinking we would spend a lot of time hanging out here. However, between sometimes cold and rainy weather and then having easy access to the ocean on sunny days, we ended up spending very little time at our campsite.
It was really nice having a short 5 minute walk to the beach at Lost Creek State Park. We enjoyed doing our morning and afternoon walks here. We had fun finding agates, shells and debris that washed up on shore each day. We were quite surprised to find several items from a major earthquake/tsunami in Japan!
South Beach State Park was one of our favorites. The soft sand was great for Jon's sprint workouts and the driftwood trunks were the perfect height for plyometric training. The wind provided good resistance to make the training sessions even more challenging and kept him cool. While Jon completed his workouts, Cathy enjoyed some oceanside yoga and walks to the jetty.
We found a great magazine at one of our stops that detailed mile-by-mile stops all along Highway 101. We spent several of our days visiting various scenic locations up and down Oregon's central coast and covered about 60-70 miles in either direction of our campsite. Lighthouses, bridges, beaches, cliffs, sand dunes, tide pools, rock formations…it really was amazing how many scenic places there were along the coastline. We took hundreds of pictures but have included just a few of our favorites.
We made the hour drive to Corvallis to watch our niece's 14U club volleyball team compete in the Willamette Classic. Our niece is the team's setter and we were excited to see her play. She played great and her team ended up winning it all, finishing #1 out of 67 teams in their age group!
After the tournament, Cathy's sister and two of her girls stayed with us for a night. We had a great time hosting our first overnight guests since we left Arizona. It was no surprise that Big Orange was excited to finally meet his Washington cousins! Our nieces are more "dog people" but it didn't take long for them to fall in love with Big Orange.
We thoroughly enjoyed our time on Oregon's central coast and are excited to see what treasures are in store for us on the northern coast. Our next stop is about 120 miles north at the Thousand Trails RV Park in Seaside.
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How to See Ophiuchus and His Serpent in the Night Sky
By Joe Rao published 25 August 19
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Here's a pair of constellations that easily slithers out of the grasp of a beginning skywatcher: Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer, and his snake.
As night falls this week, look toward the south-southwest and you will find, covering a large expanse of the sky, the "celestial medicine man" Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer, a star pattern that teams with the constellation Serpens.
King James I of England, who reigned in the 1600s, once referred to Ophiuchus as "a mediciner, after made a god," because the serpent-bearer was often identified with Aesculapius, who, in Greek mythology, was a mortal physician who never lost a patient by death.
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Aesculapius played a key role in the legend of Orion, the hunter. Orion was said to be a braggart who loved to boast that there was no animal on Earth that could defeat him, no matter how strong or ferocious the beast was. For some reason, this angered the goddess Hera, the wife of Zeus, who devised a plan to kill Orion by having a scorpion sting the great warrior in his heel, the little creature fatally wounding him with its poison.
The story could have ended there, but that was when Aesculapius was called to the scene, carrying with him a serpent, which had long been regarded as a source of healing.
Lo and behold! He brought Orion back to life.
This alarmed Hades, god of the dead, who became concerned that his kingdom was in jeopardy; what would happen if Aesculapius told his secret to other doctors? This would cheat this god of the underworld of some of his anticipated "guests." So, he prevailed upon his brother Zeus to liquidate both Orion and Aesculapius with a thunderbolt.
Thereafter, everybody concerned moved into the night sky: Orion, with his two faithful canine companions, Canis Major and Canis Minor; Aesculapius, with Serpens, the serpent; Scorpius, the scorpion; and Lepus, the hare, whom Orion was hunting when he had his encounter with the scorpion.
As a precaution, Orion and the scorpion took places on opposite sides of the sky, so they could never have a second encounter. Orion is a prominent winter constellation, while Scorpius is on display during the summer.
One thing that this story never explained was how Aesculapius' serpent grew so big; in the stars, holding the creature seems to require all of the doctor's strength!
Double identity and different monikers
The Hippocratic oath — named after the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.), who is often regarded as the father of medicine — begins, "I swear by Apollo Physician and Aesculapius and Hygeia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witness, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgement this oath and covenant."
Aesculapius was honored with a place in the night sky. Hygeia and Panacea, his daughters, are not represented in the sky, but both have long been patron saints to modern-day physicians
But why does our celestial medicine man go by a completely different (and odd) name, Ophiuchus? It is derived from the Greek roots "ophis" ("serpent") and "cheiro-o" ("to handle"). And so it is that Ophiuchus holds the serpent, which is still the symbol of the medical profession, as seen in the caduceus insignia of a snake coiled around a rod.
Getting acquainted with Ophiuchus and his snake
To trace this vast and somewhat-complex star pattern, start with a bright, second-magnitude star at the top of Ophiuchus' triangular head, known as "Rasalhague," derived from the Arabic for "the head of the serpent collector." I have always thought Ophiuchus resembled a barn silo.
Most neophytes have a tough time tracing this giant figure, but you should become familiar with the stars and star shapes surrounding Ophiuchus, such as the summer triangle, composed of the stars Vega, Deneb and Altair and located to the north and east; Hercules, which is immediately to the north; and Scorpius, with its ruddy star, Antares, which lies to the south. Once you do that, visualizing the serpent holder becomes somewhat easier.
As for Serpens, the snake (or serpent), it's the only constellation that is cut into two pieces: The head of the Serpent lies west of Ophiuchus and is known as Serpens Caput, while to the east of Ophiuchus lies smaller Serpens Cauda, the tail.
To the naked eye, four stars brighter than magnitude 4.5 mark the head of Serpens. The three brightest — Beta, Gamma and Kappa Serpentis — are set in a nearly equilateral triangle.
Off to the south is Messier 5, one of the finest globular clusters. Believed to contain over a half-million stars, M5 can be seen without optical aid, appearing as a fuzzy "star" on a very dark, clear night. Small binoculars show a tiny fuzzball. Giant binoculars (10 x 70s and up) show the cluster rapidly brightening toward the center, with perhaps the slightest hint of a mottled texture.
The (uncredited) 13th zodiacal sign
A final note about Ophiuchus: The ecliptic, that line in the sky that marks the path of the sun, moon and planets, passes right through the legs of this constellation. From Nov. 30 to Dec. 18, the sun resides within the boundaries of the serpent holder. So, he should be considered a member of the zodiac.
And yet, if that were the case, the zodiac would have 13 signs, not the currently recognized 12. In tracking the sun's whereabouts around the circle of the sky (360 degrees), ancient astrologers preferred 12 signs, each measuring 30 degrees in length. Of course, in astronomy, the official boundaries of the constellations are of different sizes. Some, like Virgo, are immense. Others, like Aries, are relatively small.
And including Ophiuchus in the zodiac simply wouldn't work for astrologers, even though the ecliptic crosses this constellation. Instead of a nice, neat 30 degrees assigned to each zodiacal sign, each would cover 27.692 degrees.
To the south of Ophiuchus lies Scorpius, the scorpion, a far brighter and more notable star pattern compared to the large, complex and much fainter serpent holder. So, even though the sun spends less time within the boundaries of the scorpion compared to our celestial snake charmer, Ophiuchus must defer its membership among the zodiacal signs to Scorpius.
Unfair, but sometimes, that's the way it goes. If he were still alive, Aesculapius would probably throw a hissy fit.
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Alan Moore On Watchmen Rights, DC
There's a longish Alan Moore interview over at Rich Johnston's Bleeding Cool that I found very compelling for a couple of reasons. One is that the basic situation itself -- the back and forth between an estranged author and a publishing company over profitable properties -- fascinates in several ways including in how it informs us of the ways the new DC regime has thus far acted a lot like the old DC regime, in at least this particular relationship. The other is that I immediately knew without looking that people are going to start making "Alan Moore is crazy" jokes or posts to that effect with little to back them up other than making a scowly face in his direction, putting together a few pull quotes, and working from a worldview crafted in great part from fannish entitlement and an acceptance that the abuse of corporations and their agents is an acceptable thing that has to be negotiated instead of something to which you give the finger and walk away if that's an option for you. I'll bet $25 to the CBLDF right now there's at least one article out there like that.
Those people are wrong. Moore sounds perfectly reasonable to me. It has to be as distasteful as hell to feel like your friends are being used to pass messages to you, it has to be frustrating that there was no decisive rapprochement when the new regime took over DC before public declarations were made, it has to be confusing to be offered the things he's been offered without a clear reason given why he's being offered them, and Alan Moore is by far not the first pro to accuse DC of playing politics with assignments in order to make a larger point. (He might be the first pro this month; I'm not sure.) And it's not as if the vast bulk of information he provides is as new as his opinions on it -- almost everything he talks about has been documented from the other side.
So let me suggest that anyone that just throws their hands up and says "Oh, that Alan Moore is crazy" isn't just operating from a dubious moral position, they don't know their history. Forget 25 years of Watchmen shenanigans for a second. If I had had just the experience Alan Moore had with ABC, where I had this giant, multi-pronged project with a publisher not DC in part because they were not DC and then found out one day when I felt I was too far along to back out without screwing over all my friends that my projects were part of a big sale to DC, I would suspect that company of bugging my phone and poisoning my water. If I had had the subsequent experience of being promised certain protections from aspects of DC editorial and then that falling through in absolutely pathetic and super-aggravating fashion over the stupidest of nonsense, I wouldn't trust them to keep their word on a single damn thing. And that's just one set of experiences for Moore when it comes to DC. People get more worked up in many industries when someone bogarts their parking space or makes them turn down a paid-for week in Disney World than Moore does here about 25 years of systemic dickery.
I also imagine that one quote will actually have a bigger effect on public perception than anything else: Moore's scoffing at DC having access to top-flight talent (that might potentially work on Watchmen sequels/prequels/spin-offs), because he doesn't really feel the same way about that talent. That's the kind of thing that enrages comics fans that have an odd investment in such matters, and breaks with comics' fundamental decorum. Sure, Moore was being ungenerous, and, as I recall, this is an opinion not reflective of his actually reading any of those comics. But who among us hasn't posted something as summary and untenable and unkind on a message board somewhere, without the benefit of being Alan Moore? Who among us wouldn't be tempted to talk smack when presented with the idea of people working on our own projects after we've moved on in an unsatisfying way? I'm not Alan Moore, and this goofy site isn't one panel of Watchmen, and there's no money to be had here, but if you told me that a bunch of writers were going to get to work on CR spin-off sites that I didn't really want to happen just so I could get rights to my writing back, I would offer up a similar, Larry Holmes-like description of their abilities to do so. Yes, even the awesome ones.
Mostly, though, all of this is beside the point. If Alan Moore thinks every single writer in comics today sucks balls, if he thinks the worst of the best, if his reputation is slightly diminished today in part because of an unsuccessful movie adaptation with which he wanted nothing to do, and even if he lends himself to wisecracks about his hair and his religious practices and his apparent drug use, none of that changes for one second his lamentable experiences with one of its major publishers. Alan Moore has earned his frustration, his suspicions and his occasional flashes of anger. He should be listened to and learned from, not dismissed and certainly never mocked.


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Natalie Cole's Family Expresses Outrage Over "Disrespectful" Grammys Tribute
Fans of the late singer were also quick to criticize the 58th annual Grammy Awards for not dedicating a performance to the "Unforgettable" singer.
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The family of Natalie Cole is accusing the Grammys of minimizing the late singer's legacy.
The singer-songwriter and daughter of Nat King Cole, who died at age 65 on New Year's Day, received an extended moment to close out the In Memoriam segment during the 58th annual Grammy Awards on Monday night, but did not get her own performance — Maurice White, Glenn Frey, B.B. King, Lemmy Kilmister and David Bowie (who was remembered with a medley from Lady Gaga) were all honored with tribute performances.
"Sadly a forgettable tribute to Natalie Cole," Cole's sisters Timolin and Casey told Entertainment Tonight after the Feb. 15 awards show. "Words cannot express the outrage and utter disappointment at the disrespectful tribute, or lack thereof, to a legendary artist such as our sister."
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Cole's son Robert Adam Yancy also spoke to ET after the show. "Here is a woman who has been in the business for four decades, had 21 Grammy nominations and won nine Grammys," he said. "She deserves more than [to be a part of] a minute-and-a-half tribute. It was shameless the way they minimized her legacy."
Fans of the "Unforgettable" singer, including Lee Daniels, Holly Robinson Peete and Eric Benet, shared her family's sentiments when they took to social media to express their own disappointment on Grammy night.
On Wednesday, longtime Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich defended the show's treatment, telling Billboard he was taken aback by the Cole family's reaction.
"For the record, there was an email exchange, and I told Timolin what we were doing, and she seemed to be very happy with it," he said, adding that the clip they showed (of her winning the Grammy for "Unforgettable") "was so touching and so emotional to me, that that felt like it had to be the end of the whole In Memoriam' segment. I hadn't looked at that clip in several years, but when I saw it again, I knew it was right."
See some of the reactions during Grammy night below.
Disappointed in Grammys… Come y'all … She deserved a better tribute #9grammyswon really???… R.I.P
A photo posted by Lee Daniels (@theoriginalbigdaddy) on Feb 15, 2016 at 9:54pm PST
We lost so many greats but Natalie Cole 1st African American to win Best New Artist deserved a tribute #Grammys #BHM pic.twitter.com/tKMbrUtBkL
— Holly Robinson Peete (@hollyrpeete) February 16, 2016
Natalie Cole's multi genre 4 decade #GRAMMYs journey from Best New Artist to Unforgettable deserved a REAL tribute. https://t.co/WVsNtWTKkA
David Bowie wld hv bn pissed more than anyone that Grammys "don't have time" 4 a Maurice White and Natalie Cole tribute. #shameonyougrammys
— Eric Benet (@ebenet) February 14, 2016
Natalie Cole… 9 Grammys and only gets a photo in remembrance montage. David Bowie…1 Grammy and he received a 7 minute tribute. #GRAMMYs
— Chris Witherspoon (@WitherspoonC) February 16, 2016
Guess we'll have to wait for the BET Awards to give Maurice White and Natalie Cole some proper tributes #GRAMMYS
— Film Fatale NYC (@FilmFatale_NYC) February 16, 2016
9 wins… 21 nominations…. we can't get a few bars of one of her songs in tribute? #TheGrammys #NatalieCole pic.twitter.com/fQd5GtboC0
— LizzLocker (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) February 16, 2016
Feb. 17, 7 p.m. PT: Updated with Ehrlich's response
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TAZ Trucking, Inc. announces $7.3 million expansion plan after opening new facility
Published Thursday, August 8, 2019 8:00 am
BOWLING GREEN, KY, August 8, 2019 – TAZ Trucking, Inc. announces expansion after recently opening its new facility off Nashville Road. The company will invest $7.3 million towards the purchase of 30 new trucks, 60 trailers and shop equipment, as well as a parking lot and road expansion. Additionally, TAZ plans to hire 57 new employees in Warren County to include 30 truck drivers and 27 employees to support their administrative office and newly built machine shop.
"We are ready to grow with the Bowling Green community and increase our capacity to serve our current customers and new customers," said TAZ Trucking President Tahir Zukic. "We know this will assist in the access to transportation in South Central Kentucky and are excited to be part of the solution."
In 2017, TAZ Trucking invested nearly $10 million towards the purchase of 53 acres and construction of a 30,000 sq. ft. machine shop and truck loading station, as well as the building of a 20,000 sq. ft. administrative office. With this latest expansion, TAZ Trucking will have invested approximately $17.3 million over the past two years.
"We are excited for TAZ Trucking's expansion after opening their new facilities only two months ago," said Ron Bunch, President and CEO of the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce. "We look forward to supporting them on the continued growth of their trucking operations in South Central Kentucky."
"Kentucky's extraordinary logistics strength extends beyond our major shipping hubs in Northern Kentucky and Louisville," Gov. Matt Bevin said. "As evidenced by the rapid growth of TAZ Trucking, the commonwealth's prime location provides a distinct advantage in shipping and distribution for communities across the state. Congratulations to a company that is truly on the move and to the Bowling Green region, where we continue to see remarkable progress and job creation."
"We appreciate TAZ Trucking's continued investment in Warren County," said Judge-Executive Mike Buchanon. "Their continued growth and success further emphasize the strength of the transportation sector in Warren County."
The transportation sector in Warren County employs over 1,000 people, increasing an average of 5.4% per year over the past 5 years.
"TAZ Trucking is a prime example of what Bowling Green has to offer for those wanting to start and grow a business," said Bowling Green Mayor Bruce Wilkerson. "We are thrilled TAZ Trucking decided to call Bowling Green home 19 years ago and applaud them on their continued success."
Climbing from number six in 2013 to number one in 2018, Bowling Green has been ranked for six consecutive years in Site Selection Magazine's "Top 10 Metro Areas for New and Expanded Facilities" among metro areas with populations less than 200,000. Bowling Green was also ranked 2018's 'Best Place to Live in Kentucky' by TIME.com.
The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce has closed six economic development projects totaling $134.5 million in capital investment and 751 new jobs for 2019.
About TAZ Trucking
TAZ Trucking was co-founded in 2004 by Tahir Zukic and Amira Zukic. The Zukics, both originally from Bosnia, came to the United States in 2000. Tahir obtained his CDL and established his driving career with Nashville's Western Express Trucking. By 2003, Tahir purchased his own truck, a red Volvo, and decided to branch out on his own. TAZ Trucking current has 93 employees and over 80 trucks transporting dry, non-hazardous goods to all 48 states in the continental U.S.
About the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
Incorporated in 1935, the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce is a 5-Star Accredited Chamber by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. As the fourth largest chamber in Kentucky, the Chamber serves as the driving force for South Central Kentucky's Business Community providing valuable services to over 1,300 partners, advocating a positive business environment and stimulating economic development for the area. With leadership programs, governmental relations projects, educational initiatives and involvement opportunities, the Chamber aims to support the community, and its neighbors, in order to enhance the business climate and continue to grow the region.
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A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind, Part First, Volum 1
Av Frederick Beasley
Should we not find a large portion of our race deformed? Besides there is no necessity for having recourse to such a solution in order to account for the fact of unusual births. They are to be referred to the anomalous productions of nature. We cannot explain the manner in which the fætus in the womb, grows into the regular form of the human species; and why should we expect to explain the manner in which it grows into the irregular and distorted? But upon a sober view of the subject, can it be considered in any degree wonderful, chat amidst the thousands and millions of births which take place upon the globe, a child should have been born in Paris, whose limbs all exhibited the appearance of having been broken, and that by a singular contingency, that child's mother should have seen the execution of a criminal upon the rack? Such contingencies in other matters are not uncommon, and excite no surprise. Besides, I am confident, that to those who will take the pains to examine minutely, the similitude between children of whom such reports are circulated among the vulgar, and the objects to which they are compared, it will appear to be very remote and scarcely perceptible. It is usually the imagination of the spectator, which, at first, conceives a resemblance, and then fills up the outlines. The force of fancy in such cases is immense. I remember myself to have seen in the state of North Carolina, a young woman of a singular appearance, and very defective in understanding, whose face was vulgarly said to resemble a sturgeon's, and that resemblance was ascribed to the effect produced upon her mother by a fright into which she was thrown in crossing a river, when a fish of that species leaped suddenly into the boat. I could not trace the smallest resemblance between the young woman and the fish, which was so generally perceptible, and should never have thought of such a thing, had it not been suggested by others.
Facts of the kind above referred to, are to be accounted for upon principles similar to those upon which we explain the phenomena of dreaming, and their interpretations. Is it in any degree remarkable, that amidst the endless succession of thoughts which occur to the mind in dreams, where the most variegated scenes are displayed to the fancy, webs of every hue are woven by it, and where we seem to pass through all sorts, and conditions of being, sometimes retracing the past, and then anticipating the future, there should be some things represented to us which bear a resemblance or analogy to what afterwards takes place in reality? The symbols too, or hieroglyphics, which are supposed to adumbrate the scenes of real life, are of so ambiguous and doubtful interpretation, that like the responses of the ancient oracles, they may be made to signify very different and even opposite things. It will be excused in the poet with the license of his profession, to represent dreams as coming down from heaven; but in the sober inquiries of the philosopher, no impressions can be found upon them which bear its sacred image and superscription. It would be strange, indeed, if the Creator had resorted to this fantastic mode of communicating to us information, which we are unable to obtain, in our waking hours, by the severest application of mind and the most persevering habits of investigation.
All that idle confidence, therefore, in dreams by which the peace of some persons is, in no slight degree disturbed, or in the power of the mother's imagination to produce such great effects in the form of the child, is to be regarded as childish superstition, from which philosophy should cleanse the soul.
CHAPTER V.
Progress of the Mind, in the Acquisition of Ideas,
Continued.
PercepTIVITY, or the power of perceiving, seems to be the distinguishing property, that separates animate from inanimate nature. The perceptive powers, however, of the different species of animals differ greatly in their degree of delicacy and refinement. Those substances and qualities which are, in a high degree, agreeable to some animals, are extremely offensive to others. The line of separation between the vegetable and animal kingdom is not always distinctly marked. The lowest link of animated nature, as the cockle and the oyster, partake so nearly equally of the properties of the animal and the vegetable, that it is difficult to decide under which denomination they should be classed. Of all animals, man, undoubtedly, is susceptible of the greatest variety, of the nicest and most delicate perceptions. Brutes appear to be entirely incapable of reflecting upon the operations of the principle within them, and those bodily sensations to which all their knowledge is confined, are of the coarsest and grossest kind. Let us now pursue our primitive man, in the prosecution of that knowledge which his limited faculties enable him to attain.
By sensation and reflection we have seen him attain all his simple ideas, about the existence and qualities of body and mind. Some ideas he would obtain by one sense only, others by several senses; some by reflection or sensation only, and others by both sensation and reflection. Light, and the several colours, as white, red, yellow, green, blue, with their several shades and modifications, come into the mind by sight alone; sounds and tones, only by the ear; the several tastes and smells, only by the palate and nose. The ideas of space, extension; solidity, resistance, hardness, impulse, impenetrability, we get originally by touch, as soon as we press our hands upon bodies, and find that they resist them; although afterwards we learn to judge of some of them by the other senses, as by the eye and ear. By reflection alone do we obtain our simple ideas of duration and succession, perception or thinking, volition or willing, with their several simple modes, as remembrance, discerning or discri. mination, imagining, reasoning, judging, knowledge, faith, doubting, &c. The ideas of pleasure, pain, delight, torment, power, existence, unity, and number, come both by sensation and reflection. Positive ideas too may be derived from privative causes, as the rays of light strike upon the eye and give us a perception of light, the absence of those rays occasion a new affection of the organs and gives us a notion of darkness. So the absence of heat gives us a sensation of cold, the absence of whiteness, the sensation of black, that of taste, insipidity, of noise, silence, the absence of something of which we have a complex idea, a notion of nothing. By reflecting upon the train of ideas as they pass and repass through the mind, we obtain our notions of succession and duration; by comparing objects with themselves as they ap. pear at different times, we get ideas of identity and diversity; by comparing different objects with each other, our ideas of equality and inequality, relation, similitude and dissimilitude; and by witnessing objects produce changes or alterations in each other, we obtain our ideas of power.
After having obtained its simple ideas by external and in. ternal perception, the mind proceeds to the exercise of its several powers, to form its simple ideas into complex combinations, to enlarge, compound and diversify them at its pleasure. By the power of thinking, our primitive man, finds


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President Obama attempts to smooth over his "1967 borders" gaffe, but can we trust him?
One thing is certain: Israel's supporters must keep the pressure on.
Dear Friend of Israel, Friend of FLAME:
Were you as outraged as I and most of Israel's supporters were by President Obama's Middle East policy speech last Thursday, which caused a major brouhaha? While most of the President's address last week focused on unrest in the region broadly, his final remarks dealt with the Israel-Palestinian conflict, including his provocative, ill-advised mention of peace negotiations based on "1967 borders."
He was referring, of course, to the ceasefire lines (not borders!) established after Israel's War of Independence in 1949, which Israel then crossed in its defensive war against Jordan and Egypt in 1967. As Prime Minister Netanyahu sternly reminded Obama on Friday, Israel regards those old "borders" as indefensible---in fact suicidal. In addition, today some 300,000 Israelis live in Judea and Samaria, ancient Jewish homelands located to the east of those lines.
In fact, Obama's citation of the 1967 lines was one more misstep in a long string of them affecting U.S. relations with our strongest ally in the Middle East---and causing increasing alienation among the Jewish community and other pro-Israel advocates.
Then this Sunday, I watched Barack Obama address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, DC, trying obviously to mend badly damaged fences with the pro-Israel community.
Obama's speech at AIPAC offered some comfort . . . if we can believe him. In short, he made the following points:
The U.S. supports the Jewish state of Israel and Israel's security without reservation.
The U.S. opposes any attempt to delegitimize Israel and any unilateral effort by the Palestinians to form a state by a vote in the U.N.
Israel cannot be expected to negotiate with the Palestinians as long as long the Arabs are allied with a terrorist group that opposes the existence of the Jewish state---namely Hamas
Obama believes, as he claims all U.S. presidents back as far as Clinton have, that peace negotiations should start with the 1967 lines as their basis, with "land swaps" to accommodate changes on the ground since 1967, as shall be agreed solely by the Israelis and Palestinians.
Pressure is mounting worldwide---not just in the Arab world, but also in Latin America, Asia and in Europe---for the conflict to be settled. It behooves the U.S. and Israel to aggressively pursue peace in order to avoid Israel's further isolation in the world community.
The President is a forceful speaker, and the AIPAC crowd roundly applauded most of his points. However, three huge questions remain: 1) How can Israel aggressively pursue peace negotiations when Hamas is part of the Palestinian Authority? 2) Can we trust what Mr. Obama promises? 3) When is Obama going to make demands on the Palestinians to take "bold steps" for peace, as he has of Israel (how about that they recognize the Jewish state, stop rockets from Gaza directed at Jewish civilians, and stop state-sponsored racism against Jews)?
To help you and your friends, family and colleagues understand why Obama's mention of the "1967 borders" last week was such a lightning rod for anger and remains such a non-starter for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, this week's FLAME Hotline features a hard-hitting opinion piece by Israel's former ambassador to the U.S. and current president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Dore Gold.
As you know, Israel is under attack from all corners. We must insist that the U.S. Congress and especially President Obama continue to stand by Israel. We cannot allow the declaration of a Palestinian state in the United Nations and we cannot allow the President to waver in the promises he is making about Israel and the peace process. I would urge you, using the Forward to a Friend button below, to pass Mr. Gold's definitive article to your family and associates. Israel needs us now, and this is one important way we can help.
Vice President, FLAME
As you know, Israel gets regularly battered in the media, and we pro-Israel advocates too often find ourselves on the defensive. But FLAME has begun to fight back: We're focusing the world's attention on the hypocrisy of unrelenting attacks on Israel by the U.N., in the face of horrible crimes against humanity committed by the Arab world. If you, too, believe we should seize the offense against Israel's enemies, I recommend you review FLAME's latest position paper: "Apartheid in the Arab Middle East: How can the U.N. turn a blind eye to hateful, state-sponsored discrimination against people because of their race, ethnicity, religion and gender?" This piece is just now appearing in magazines and newspapers, including college newspapers, with a combined circulation of nearly 5 million people. In addition, it is being sent to every member of the U.S. Congress. If you agree that this kind of public relations effort on Israel's behalf is critical, I urge you to support us. Remember: FLAME's powerful ability to influence public opinion comes from individuals like you, one by one. I hope you'll consider giving a donation now, as you're able---with $500, $250, $100, or even $18. (Remember, your donation to FLAME is tax deductible.) To donate online, just go to http://www.factsandlogic.org/make_a_donation.html. Now more than ever we need your support to ensure that Israel gets the support it needs---from the U.S. Congress, from President Obama, and from the American people.
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The Abbas-Obama Border Threatens Israel
Fair observers have never considered the old armistice line as a non-negotiable starting point for peace talks.
by Dore Gold, The Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2011
It's no secret that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to lobby the U.N. General Assembly this September for a resolution that will predetermine the results of any Israeli-Palestinian negotiations on borders. He made clear in a New York Times op-ed this week that he will insist that member states recognize a Palestinian state on 1967 lines, meaning Israel's boundaries before the Six Day War.
Unfortunately, even President Barack Obama appears to have been influenced by this thinking. He asserted in a speech Thursday that Israel's future borders with a Palestinian state "should be based on the 1967 lines," a position he tried to offset by offering "mutually agreed land swaps." Mr. Abbas has said many times that any land swaps would be minuscule.
Remember that before the Six Day War, those lines in the West Bank only demarcated where five Arab armies were halted in their invasion of the nascent state of Israel 19 years earlier. Legally, they formed only an armistice line, not a recognized international border. No Palestinian state ever existed that could have claimed these prewar lines. Jordan occupied the West Bank after the Arab invasion, but its claim to sovereignty was not recognized by any U.N. members except Pakistan and the U.K. As Jordan's U.N. ambassador said before the war, the old armistice lines "did not fix boundaries." Thus the central thrust of Arab-Israeli diplomacy for more than 40 years was that Israel must negotiate an agreed border with its Arab neighbors.
The cornerstone of all postwar diplomacy was U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, passed in November 1967. It did not demand that Israel pull back completely to the pre-1967 lines. Its withdrawal clause only called on Israel to withdraw "from territories," not from all territories. Britain's foreign secretary at the time, George Brown, later underlined the distinction: "The proposal said 'Israel will withdraw from territories that were occupied,' and not from 'the' territories, which means that Israel will not withdraw from all the territories."
Prior to the Six Day War, Jerusalem had been sliced in two, and the Jewish people were denied access to the Old City and its holy sites. Jerusalem's Christian population also faced limitations. As America's ambassador to the U.N., Arthur Goldberg, would explain, Resolution 242 did not preclude Israel's reunification of Jerusalem. In fact, Resolution 242 became the only agreed basis of all Arab-Israeli peace agreements, from the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli Treaty of Peace to the 1993 Oslo Agreements between Israel and the Palestinians.
How were Israel's legal rights to new boundaries justified? A good explanation came from Judge Stephen Schwebel, who would later be an adviser to the State Department and then president of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Writing in the American Journal of International Law in 1970, he noted that Israel's title to West Bank territory—in the event that it sought alterations in the pre-Six Day War lines—emanated from the fact that it had acted in lawful exercise of its right to self-defense. It was not the aggressor.
The flexibility for creating new borders was preserved for decades. Indeed, the 1993 Oslo Agreements, signed by Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat on the White House lawn, did not stipulate that the final borders between Israel and the Palestinians would be the 1967 lines. Borders were to be a subject for future negotiations. An April 2004 U.S. letter to Israel, backed by a bipartisan consensus in both houses of Congress, stipulated that Israel was not expected to fully withdraw, but rather was entitled to "defensible borders." U.S. secretaries of state from Henry Kissinger to Warren Christopher reiterated the same point in past letters of assurance.
If the borders between Israel and the Palestinians need to be negotiated, then what are the implications of a U.N. General Assembly resolution that states up front that those borders must be the 1967 lines? Some commentators assert that all Mr. Abbas wants to do is strengthen his hand in future negotiations with Israel, and that this does not contradict a negotiated peace. But is that really true? Why should Mr. Abbas ever negotiate with Israel if he can rely on the automatic majority of Third World countries at the U.N. General Assembly to back his positions on other points that are in dispute, like the future of Jerusalem, the refugee question, and security?
Mr. Abbas's unilateral move at the U.N. represents a massive violation of a core commitment in the Oslo Agreements in which both Israelis and Palestinians undertook that "neither side shall initiate or take any step that will change the status of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip pending the outcome of Permanent Status negotiations." Palestinian spokesmen counter that Israeli settlements violated this clause. Yet former Prime Minister Rabin was very specific while negotiating Oslo in preserving the rights of Israeli citizens to build their homes in these disputed areas, by insisting that the settlements would be one of the subjects of final status negotiations between the parties.
By turning to the U.N., Mr. Abbas wants to use the international community to change the legal status of the territories. Why should Israel rely on Mr. Abbas in the future after what is plainly a material breach of this core obligation?
The truth is that Mr. Abbas has chosen a unilateralist course instead of negotiations. For that reason he has no problem tying his fate to Hamas, the radical organization that is the antithesis of peace. Its infamous 1988 Charter calls for Israel's complete destruction and sees Islam in an historic battle with the Jewish people. In 2006, Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar, the Hamas leader who attended the recent Cairo reconciliation ceremony with Mr. Abbas's Fatah movement, stated openly that Hamas was still committed to its 1988 Charter, noting, "the movement [would] not change a single word." Hamas's jihadist orientation was reconfirmed when Ismail Haniyeh, its prime minister in Gaza, condemned the U.S. for eliminating Osama bin Laden.
All Israeli prime ministers have spoken about negotiations as a vehicle for ending the Arab-Israeli conflict. There would be an end of claims. However, Mr. Abbas has now revealed his intention of using the U.N. for perpetuating the conflict. As he wrote this week: "Palestine's admission to the United Nations would pave the way for the internationalization of the conflict as a legal matter, not only a political one."
Mr. Abbas clearly is not prepared to make a historic compromise. By running to the U.N. and to Hamas, he is evading the hard choices he has to make, and he is leaving any resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict far more difficult for future generations.


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The Biden Era
Moderate Democrats Are the Future of the Party
They have the energy and the momentum, they know how to cut deals, and their "boring" messaging works.
by Jill Lawrence
U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) participates in a reenacted swearing-in with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day Biden swore in the newly elected and returning members on the Senate floor. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Remember how "this is the moment Donald Trump became president" was a running joke during his administration, just like Infrastructure Week? Neither ever happened, but Democrats look like they're poised for a true transition: the moment they recognized that aggressively mainstream is a winning brand, and embraced it.
Key victories for Senate and governor, new House leaders and the primary calendar shakeup advanced by President Joe Biden all reflect the reality that centrists in battleground states and districts are the party's majority makers, as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls them. She needed them and didn't care if they got elected by attacking her. "Just win, baby," she would say.
As a strategic matter, it's no secret why moderates are crucial. The Pew Research Center classifies only 6 percent of Americans and 12 percent of Democrats as "progressive left." "Democratic mainstays," the largest group in the party and the country, are older loyalists with "a moderate tilt on some issues," in Pew's phrase. The fact is that Democrats across the spectrum share many goals, among them equitable justice; police accountability; more immigration and a more humane, practical system; voting and abortion rights; and respect for people's identities, whatever they may be.
For the record, I'm on the "mainstay" wavelength—someone who frets about deficits, believes in compromise, and respects negotiators (yes, even Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema). It's infuriating that Republicans routinely portray the Democratic party as one big socialist mob that coddles criminals, hates the police, loves open borders and lectures nonstop on pronouns, and millions of voters believe them. My top political wish for 2023 is that Democrats stop handing ammo to Republicans.
Pelosi's successor as the leader of House Democrats, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn, has made clear he gets it. He named Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington, a former tech executive and former chair of the House's moderate New Democrat Coalition, to lead the DCCC going into the 2024 campaign. Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger will look out for the interests of "frontliners" in swing districts like her own in a newly created Democratic leadership position called "battleground leadership representative." And Rep. Pete Aguilar, a California centrist known for working across the aisle with Republicans, will move up to the No. 3 position of caucus chair.
Spanberger, a former CIA case officer, promises to be a watchdog with teeth. DelBene calls her "a fiercely independent voice" and several supportive colleagues noted last month that she has "never been shy about voicing concerns, sharing perspectives from on the ground, and suggesting strategy or messaging improvements to Caucus Leadership." No kidding. After Democrats won their very narrow majority in 2020, she predicted House Democrats would "get f—king torn apart in 2022" over socialism, Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, and defunding the police. If anyone can head off calls to cut police budgets and "abolish ICE," it's Spanberger.
The most successful messages in tight races often are boring, as writer Matt Yglesias put it in a recent analysis. I'd add that they're also basic. The progressive firm Data for Progress makes these points repeatedly in an extensive study of what worked in tight races last year. The top five persuasive messages out of 135 studied came from at-risk Democratic Senate candidates who won.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada was responsible for two of them, including what Data for Progress called "the single-most overperforming Democratic message out of the 135 we tested." It was a template for how Democrats should handle the GOP crime offensive. "I worked hand-in-hand with law enforcement to crack down on crimes and keep our communities safe," she said, and described how. Cortez Masto also offered a simple but effective economic message: "My number one priority is improving our economy," she said, and explained what she was doing for businesses and families.
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona highlighted his work to ban surprise medical billing, lower prescription costs and protect Social Security. Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire and then-Lt. Gov. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania scored with China competition messages stressing jobs at home.
"Fighting inflation and lowering costs starts with making more stuff in America and bringing jobs home. We don't need to be outsourcing any more jobs and production to China," Fetterman said. The Hassan version: "I helped pass legislation to support manufacturing and strengthen our ability to outcompete China. I'm working to bring good-paying jobs home and to support the next generation of entrepreneurs right here in America. Reducing our reliance on other countries and bringing jobs back to America is a win, no matter what party you are in."
As the Hassan message and others cited by Data for Progress suggest, bipartisanship is a winner in races requiring persuasion. GOP Rep. Liz Cheney's endorsement helped reassure uncertain voters about Spanberger in Virginia and Rep. Elissa Slotkin in Michigan. Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock talked about working with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz to get a highway from Texas to Georgia, and even made an ad about it.
The electoral success of centrists last year followed the 2020 win by Biden, a classic deal-cutter with mainstream instincts. The shifting dynamic is apparent in who is worried.
House progressives, for instance, sought (and received) assurances from Jeffries that they would be heard. And Faiz Shakir, who managed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, wrote a New York Times op-ed panning Biden's plan to make South Carolina, with its many black Democrats and few union members, the first-in-the-nation primary. As Walter Shapiro wrote in the New Republic, it's a 2024 anti-Bernie plan that will also "lessen the odds that future versions of Bernie Sanders will get liftoff in the early Democratic primaries."
The Democratic National Committee will vote on the Biden proposal the first week in February. Also still to be settled is who will lead the Democrats' Senate campaign committee in the difficult 2024 cycle.
But overall, the trend lines are clear: Moderate Democrats are killing it, and the stronger they grow, the better the outlook for the party.
Jill Lawrence is an opinion writer and the author of The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock. She previously covered national politics for the AP and USA Today and was the managing editor for politics at National Journal. Homepage: JillLawrence.com. Twitter: @JillDLawrence.
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PSLV-C50 lifts off successfully; injects communication satellite CMS-01 into pre-defined orbit
India successfully launched its latest communication satellite CMS-01 on board its Polar rocket from the spaceport here on Thursday, the second and last launch this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISRO's trusted polar satellite launch vehicle– PSLV-C50–injected the satellite into the predefined orbit around 20 minutes after the lift-off from the second launch pad at the spaceport of Sriharikota.
CMS-01 is the 42nd communication satellite of the space agency and it is envisaged for providing services in Extended-C Band of the frequency spectrum covering India, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.
The satellite is functioning "very well", ISRO Chairman K Sivan said.
The solar panels of the satellite, a crucial operation, have been deployed, he said, addressing scientists from the Mission Control Centre.
"I am extremely happy to declare that the PSLV-C50 successfully injected CMS-01 communication satellite precisely into the predefined sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.
In another four days from now, the satellite will be placed into the specified slot into the GTO,"he said.
Sivan said the satellite is going to function as a replacement for communication satellite GSAT-12 which was launched 11 years ago.
CMS-01 will have a lifespan of over seven years, according to ISRO.
Congratulating the space agency's launch and satellite vehicle teams, the chairman said "I am sure that this satellite will be doing all the functions as planned successfully."
Outlining ISRO'S future missions–Chandrayaan-3, flagship mission Aditya L-1 and Gaganyaan–he said they were planning to have missions at the earliest.
These included the much awaited GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) and SSLV (Small Satellite Launch Vehicle) missions.
PSLV-C50 is the 22nd flight of PSLV in 'XL' configuration (equipped with six strap-on motors), and it was the 77th launch vehicle mission from Sriharikota, about 120 km from Chennai.
It follows the successful launch of PSLV-C49 (EOS-01) earth observation satellite and nine customer spacecraft on November 7 which was ISRO's first mission of the year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.