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Ibn Al-Haytham's Revision of the Euclidean Foundations of Mathematics.Ahmad Ighbariah & Roy Wagner - 2018 - Hopos: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science 8 (1):62-86.details
This article studies Ibn al-Haytham's treatment of the common notions from Euclid's Elements (usually referred to today as the axioms). We argue that Ibn al-Haytham initiated a new approach with regard to these foundational statements, rejecting their qualification as innate, self-evident, or primary. We suggest that Ibn al-Haytham's engagement with experimental science, especially optics, led him to revise the framing of Euclidean common notions in a way that would fit his experimental approach.
Nietzsche and Islam.Roy Jackson - 2007 - Routledge.details
In the light of current events, particularly the 'post September 11th' debates with much focus on aspects of the 'clash of civilisation' thesis, the issue of Islamic identity is a crucial one. Whilst Friedrich Nietzsche was addressing an audience of a different culture and age, his own originality, creativity, psychological, philological and historical insights allows for a fresh and enlightening understanding of Islam within the context of our modern era. In this book, Roy Jackson sets out to determine: Why (...) did Nietzsche feel inclined to be so generous towards the Islamic tradition yet so critical of Western Christianity? How important was religion for Nietzsche's views on such matters as moral and political philosophy and how does this help us to understand the Islamic response to modernity? How does Nietzsche's distinctive outlook and methodology help us to understand such key Islamic paradigms as the Qur'an, the Prophet, and the 'Rightly-Guided' Caliphs? Nietzsche and Islam provides an original and fresh insight into Nietzsche's views on religion and shows that his philosophy can make an important contribution to what is considered to be Islam's key paradigms. As such it will be of interest to a diverse readership and will provide useful material for researchers when thinking about religion, Islam and the future. (shrink)
Friedrich Nietzsche in 19th Century Philosophy
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Plato.Roy A. Jackson - 2001 - The Philosophers' Magazine 16:52-52.details
Classical Greek Philosophy in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Socrates in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Islam, the West and Tolerance. By Aaaron Tyler.Roy A. Jackson - 2010 - Heythrop Journal 51 (4):716-718.details
Defenses of Toleration in Social and Political Philosophy
Islam in Philosophy of Religion
Speculations on the Cosmological Argument.Roy Ahmed-Jackson - 1998 - The Philosophers' Magazine 3 (3):32-33.details
Cosmological Arguments for Theism in Philosophy of Religion
Chance or Design?Roy Ahmed-Jackson - 1998 - The Philosophers' Magazine 2 (2):32-33.details
Roy Jackson, What is Islamic Philosophy? Reviewed By. [REVIEW]Jim Slagle - 2015 - Philosophy in Review 35 (6):302-303.details
An Approach to Reading Beyond Good and Evil.Roy Jackson - 2004 - Think 2 (6):41-50.details
Roy Jackson's introduction to Neitzsche's Beyond Good and Evil will prove invaluable to those reading Neitzsche for the first time.
The Argument from Evil in Philosophy of Religion
An Enhanced Machine Learning Framework for Type 2 Diabetes Classification Using Imbalanced Data with Missing Values.Kumarmangal Roy, Muneer Ahmad, Kinza Waqar, Kirthanaah Priyaah, Jamel Nebhen, Sultan S. Alshamrani, Muhammad Ahsan Raza & Ihsan Ali - 2021 - Complexity 2021:1-21.details
Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases that cause high blood sugar. Early diagnosis of such a condition is challenging due to its complex interdependence on various factors. There is a need to develop critical decision support systems to assist medical practitioners in the diagnosis process. This research proposes developing a predictive model that can achieve a high classification accuracy of type 2 diabetes. The study consisted of two fundamental parts. Firstly, the study investigated handling missing data adopting (...) data imputation, namely, median value imputation, K-nearest neighbor imputation, and iterative imputation. Consequently, the study validated the implications of these imputations using various classification algorithms, i.e., linear, tree-based, and ensemble algorithms, to see how each method affected classification accuracy. Secondly, Artificial Neural Network was employed to model the best performing imputed data, balanced with SMOTETomek ensuring each class is represented fairly. This approach provided the best accuracy of 98% on the test data, outperforming accuracies achieved in prior studies using the same dataset. The dataset used in this study is concerned with gender and population. As a prospect, the study recommends adopting a larger population sample without geographic boundaries. Additionally, as the developed Artificial Neural Network model did not undergo any specific hyperparameter tuning, it would be interesting to explore tuning on top of normalized data to optimize accuracy further. (shrink)
Diabetes in Philosophy of Science, Misc
Ethical Issues in Genomic Research: Proposing Guiding Principles Co-Produced with Stakeholders.D. Carrieri, L. Jackson, C. Bewshea, B. Prainsack, J. Mansfield, T. Ahmad, N. Hawkins & S. Kelly - 2018 - Clinical Ethics 13 (4):194-198.details
Ethical guidance for genomic research is increasingly sought and perceived to be necessary. Although there are pressing ethical issues in genomic research – concerning for example the recruitment of patients/participants; the process of taking consent; data sharing; and returning results to patients/participants – there is still limited useful guidance available for researchers/clinicians or for the research ethics committees who review such projects. This report outlines the ethical principles and guidance for genomic research co-produced with stakeholders during two workshops which took (...) place in the UK between November 2016 and May 2017. The stakeholders involved in these workshops included: healthcare professionals, genomic research teams, academics, patients, biobank managers, and representatives from the Health Research Authority, NHS Research Ethics Committees, patient support groups, pharmaceutical industry, and health policy think tanks. The co-produced principles and guidance are specifical... (shrink)
Biomedical Ethics in Applied Ethics
Selected Bibliography of Professor Ahmad Mahdavi Damghani.William Granara, Roy P. Mottahedeh, Wheeler M. Thackston & Alireza Korangy - 2016 - In William Granara, Roy P. Mottahedeh, Wheeler M. Thackston & Alireza Korangy (eds.), Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy. De Gruyter.details
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Double Dose of Derrida.Roy A. Jackson - 1999 - The Philosophers' Magazine 7:54-55.details
Jacques Derrida in Continental Philosophy
Does Good Need God?Roy A. Jackson - 1999 - The Philosophers' Magazine 8:32-33.details
God.Roy A. Jackson - 1998 - The Philosophers' Magazine 4:32-33.details
Islam, Democracy and the Spiritual Path.Roy Jackson - 2013 - Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 30 (2):107-116.details
Since the time of ancient Greek philosophy, the question of upholding perceived 'higher' values – whether they be epistemological in the case of Plato, or cultural in the case of Nietzsche – has been seen in conflict with the values of the 'masses'. In political terms, this is translated into a battle between meritocracy and democracy. This duality has also been a more recent phenomenon in Islamic thought, with a concern that the values of the majority threaten the spiritual values (...) of the religion. One thinker in particular, Mawlana Mawdudi, has highlighted this concern and attempts to defend spiritual values in his call for a theo-democracy. However, as this paper will demonstrate, Mawdudi's theo-democracy translates into a theocracy in practice, and the possibility is presented here of a compromise whereby spiritual values can be maintained whilst not having to sacrifice the inclusiveness that democracy can allow. (shrink)
Prime Primers.Roy A. Jackson - 1999 - The Philosophers' Magazine 8 (8):51-51.details
Justifying Religion.Roy A. Jackson - 2000 - The Philosophers' Magazine 10:36-36.details
Pontiff Out of Line.Roy A. Jackson - 1999 - The Philosophers' Magazine 5 (5):9-11.details
Sensing the Divine.Roy A. Jackson - 1999 - The Philosophers' Magazine 5 (5):32-33.details
The Nature of Perceptual Experience in Philosophy of Mind
The God of Philosophy: An Introduction to Philosophy of Religion.Roy Jackson - 2014 - Routledge.details
For centuries philosophers have argued about the existence and nature of God. Do we need God to explain the origins of the universe? Can there be morality without a divine source of goodness? How can God exist when there is so much evil and suffering in the world? All these questions and many more are brought to life with clarity and style in The God of Philosophy. The arguments for and against God's existence are weighed up, along with discussion of (...) the meaning of religious language, the concept of God and the possibility of life after death. This new edition brings the debate right up to date by exploring the philosophical arguments of the new atheists such as Richard Dawkins, as well as considering what the latest discoveries in science can tell us about why many believe in the existence of the divine. (shrink)
Philosophy of Religion, Misc in Philosophy of Religion
The Number of Gods in Philosophy of Religion
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Philosophy of Religion, General Works in Philosophy of Religion
The Language of the Gods.Roy A. Jackson - 1999 - The Philosophers' Magazine 6:32-33.details
The Problem of Evil.Roy A. Jackson - 1999 - The Philosophers' Magazine 7:32-33.details
Thinking Through Philosophy: An Introduction, Chris Horner and Emrys Westacott.Roy Jackson - 2002 - Think 1 (1):107-111.details
What Is Truth?Roy A. Jackson - 2000 - The Philosophers' Magazine 11:61-61.details
G. W. F. Hegel in 19th Century Philosophy
Theories of Truth, Misc in Philosophy of Language
Truth, Misc in Philosophy of Language
Nigeria's Foreign Policy Goals in Peacekeeping Operations in Africa.Sani Safiyanu, Roy Anthony Rogers & Wan Sharina Ramlah Wan Ahmad Amin Jaffri - 2020 - Intellectual Discourse 28 (1):215-240.details
: In line with its foreign policy objectives, Nigeria, since itsindependence, has been participating in Peacekeeping Operations in Africa. It was in recognition of the country's commitment to the UnitedNations' objectives of maintaining peace and security that made itcontribute troops to the UN Operation in the Congo for the first timein 1960. For more than fifty years, Nigeria has continued to make giant stridesand commitment in this regard. This paper examines the benefits it derivesfrom participating in PKOs in Africa under (...) the UN, OAU and theECOMOG. Using both primary and secondary data, the paper argues that anormative anxiety was the primary motivating factor for Nigeria's involvementin PKOs in Africa. This is driven by the idiosyncrasies of the country's leaderssince its independence in 1960. Nigeria's decision-makers are confident that itsparticipation in PKOs serves a number of foreign policy goals and provides forthe nation's interests. The effort promotes the country's prestige and influencein the comity of nations and in Intergovernmental Organisations. (shrink)
Tarikh-I Firoz Shahi. An English Translation By Ishtiyaq Ahmad Zilli.Peter Jackson - 2019 - Journal of Islamic Studies 30 (1):117-119.details
Lying with Conditionals.Roy Sorensen - 2012 - Philosophical Quarterly 62 (249):820-832.details
If you read this abstract, then you will understand what my essay is about. Under what conditions would the preceding assertion be a lie? Traditional definitions of lying are always applied to straight declaratives such as 'The dog ate my homework'. This one sided diet of examples leaves us unprepared for sentences in which conditional probability governs assertibility. The truth-value of conditionals does not play a significant role in the sincere assertion of conditionals. Lying is insincere assertion. So the connection (...) between lying and falsehood is broken when lying with conditionals. Drawing on Frank Jackson's account of indicative conditionals. I argue that it is possible to lie with true conditionals by virtue of their false conventional implicatures. False conversational implicatures only guarantee misleading assertions, not lies. Lying remains a semantic rather than a pragmatic affair. (shrink)
Conditional Assertion in Philosophy of Language
Truth-Conditional Accounts of Indicative Conditionals in Philosophy of Language
Illustrations of Madness by John Haslam; Roy Porter; Observations on Maniacal Disorders by William Pargeter; Stanley W. Jackson; An Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical on Drunkenness and Its Effects on the Human Body by Thomas Trotter.Michael Macdonald - 1991 - Isis 82:387-388.details
History of Science in General Philosophy of Science
Essays in Islamic Philology, History, and Philosophy.Alireza Korangy, Wheeler M. Thackston, Roy P. Mottahedeh & William Granara (eds.) - 2016 - De Gruyter.details
This work treats in one volume the most important fields in Islamic studies: Persian literature and philology; Islamic history and historiography; Arabic literature and philology; and Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence. The essays are representative of the fields in which one of the most illustrious Arabists and Persianists in the world, Ahmad Mahdavi Damgani, has been an indispensible contributor for close to 65 years.
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Nietzsche and Islam. [REVIEW]Peter Groff - 2010 - Philosophy East and West 60 (3):430-437.details
Given its title, one might expect Roy Jackson's Nietzsche and Islam to offer an examination of Nietzsche's views on Islam. Such a volume would be welcome indeed, since with the exception of a short but excellent article by Ian Almond there is a striking lacuna in Nietzsche studies on this particular topic.1 However, while Jackson frequently notes Nietzsche's surprisingly positive assessment of Islam, his concerns here are not so much historical and philological as contemporary and political. The stated (...) aim of the book is twofold: first, to demonstrate (contrary to popular belief) that "Nietzsche is not the standard bearer for atheism" and second, to make the case that his philosophy "has particular relevance for .. (shrink)
Naturalism and the Fate of the M-Worlds: Frank Jackson.Frank Jackson - 1997 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 71 (1):247 - 282.details
We make a huge variety of claims framed in vocabularies drawn from physics and chemistry, everyday talk, neuroscience, ethics, mathematics, semantics, folk and professional psychology, and so on and so forth. We say, for example, that Jones feels cold, that Carlton might win, that there are quarks, that murder is wrong, that there are four fundamental forces, and that a certain level of neurological activity is necessary for thought. If we follow Huw Price's Carnapian lead, we can put this by (...) saying that we make many claims in many different frameworks. (shrink)
Folk Concepts and Folk Intuitions in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Theories of Consciousness in Philosophy of Mind
Rebirth: ROY W. PERRETT.Roy W. Perrett - 1987 - Religious Studies 23 (1):41-57.details
Traditional Western conceptions of immortality characteristically presume that we come into existence at a particular time , live out our earthly span and then die. According to some, our death may then be followed by a deathless post-mortem existence. In other words, it is assumed that we are born only once and die only once; and that – at least on some accounts – we are future-sempiternal creatures. The Western secular tradition affirms at least ; the Western religious tradition – (...) Christianity, Judaism, Islam – generally affirms both and . The Indian tradition, however, typically denies both and . That is, it maintains both that we all have pre-existed beginninglessly, and that we have lived many times before and must live many times again in this world. The Indian picture, then, is that we have died and been reborn innumerable times previous to this life and we will be reborn many times in the future. This is sometimes called the Indian belief in reincarnation. The difficulty with this usage is that the term 'reincarnation' suggests a belief in an immortal soul that transmigrates or reincarnates. However Buddhism, while affirming rebirth, specifically denies the existence of an eternal soul. Thus the term 'rebirth' is preferable for referring to the generally espoused Indian doctrine. (shrink)
Afterlife in Philosophy of Religion
Dr. Ahmad Aliakbar Mesgari.Ahmad Ali Akbar Mesgari & Hamid Gaesmi - 2011 - Journal of Philosophical Investigations at University of Tabriz 5 (8):191-235.details
The aim of present paper is to introduce the concept of 'expressive perception' in Ernst Cassirer's philosophical mythology. Having Cited Dorothy Emmet's methodological objection, the author, by recalling Kantian aspect of Cassirer's thought and referring to the concept of 'expressive perception', would make an attempt to reply on his part: according to Cassirer, this level of perceptive experience is the origin of the mythical form of thinking as a whole and, at the same time, is the original and irreducible altogether. (...) Thus, taking 'mythical thought' as an independent form of thinking, beside the 'critical-empirical' form of thinking, is, for one thing, completely cogent; for another, due to its dependency upon expressive form of perception, mythical thought would never be quite omitted, rather, keep living latently beneath the skin of mental life. In addition, author explains how much Cassirer owes, regarding to the concept of 'expressive form of perception', to Max Scheler. Avoiding to elaborate on Scheler's detailed argument, Cassirer relies strongly on the consequences Scheler draws from his considerations in his work 'Wesen und Formen der Sympathie'. Restating Scheler's argument briefly should help in understanding Cassirer's idea. (shrink)
Regarding Immortality: ROY W. PERRETT.Roy W. Perrett - 1986 - Religious Studies 22 (2):219-233.details
Would personal immortality have any value for one so endowed? An affirmative answer would seem so obvious to some that they might be tempted to go so far as to claim that immortality is a condition of life's having any value at all. The claim that immortality is a necessary condition for the meaningfulness of life seems untenable. What, however, of the claim that immortality is a sufficient condition for the meaningfulness of life? Though some might hold this to be (...) the characteristic religious view, this is certainly disputable. Thus McTaggart reminds us, for instance, that 'Buddhism... holds immortality to be the natural state of man, from which only the most perfect can escape.' I want to argue that we can imagine variants of personal immortality which would not be valuable and hence immortality in itself cannot be a sufficient condition for value. What is required for the meaningfulness of life is that life exhibit certain valuable qualities. But then the endless exhibition of these qualities is not only unnecessary for the meaningfulness of life, but the endlessness of a life can even devalue those qualities that would make valuable a single, bounded life. (shrink)
Alexandre d'Aphrodise Vs Jean Philopon: Notes Sur Quelques Traités d'Alexandre "Perdus" En Grec, Conservés En Arabe: Ahmad Hasnawi.Ahmad Hasnawi - 1994 - Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 4 (1):53-109.details
In this paper, are included new data about three treatises ascribed in Arabic to Alexander of Aphrodisias. These treatises were thought to have no Greek correspondent. The author shows that one of them,, is an adapted version – following the norms of "al-Kindi circle" – of Quaestio I 21, along with the later and more exact version of this Quaestio by Abū 'Uṭmān al-Dimašqi. He shows also that the two other treatises are, in contradistinction to the first, adapted versions of (...) passages belonging in the De Aeternitate mundi contra Proclum of John Philoponus: respectively IV, 4–6 and IX, 11. Philoponus' book was known to have been translated, into Arabic. But, except for some short fragments in al-Bīrūnī, it seems that it is the first time that important adapted extracts of it are put in light. Some points are made about the historical position of the epitomator of these passages. In Appendix II, another treatise ascribed to Alexander appears – provisionally – as a composite text, mixing elements coming from Philoponus and others from neoplatonic texts in Arabic. In Appendix III is analysed the use of D.16 by Miskawayh, and the use of D.27g by 'Abdallaṭīf al-Baġdādī. Dans cet article, l'auteur fait état de nouvelles données à propos de trois traités attribués a Alexandre d'Aphrodise en arabe et dont on pensait qu'ils n'avaient pas de correspondant grec. II montre que le premier est une version adaptée – selon les normes du "cercle d'al-Kindi' – de Quaestio I 21, à côte de la traduction plus tardive et plus exacte de cette même Quaestio due à Abù 'Uṭmān al-Dimašqī. II montre que les deux autres traités, en revanche, ne sont pas d'Alexandre d'Aphrodise, mais qu'il s'agit de versions adaptées – toujours selon les normes du "cercle d'al-Kindi" – de passages du De Aeternitate mundi contra Proclum de Jean Philopon, empruntés respectivement à IV, 4–6 et IX, 11. On savait que cet ouvrage fut traduit en arabe. Mais, hormis quelques courts fragments dans al-Bīrūnī, c'est, semble-t-il, la première fois que l'on en met au jour des extraits adaptés de cette importance. Des jalons sont posés en vue de répondre à la question de la situation historique de l'epitomateur. Dans l'Appendice II, un autre traité attribué à Alexandre apparaît – provisoirement – comme un texte composite mêlant des éléments issus de Philopon et d'autres issus des textes néoplatoniciens en arabe. Enfin dans l'Appendice III, sont situées la manière dont Miskawayh utilise D.16, et celle dont 'Abdallaṭīf al-Baġdādī utilise D.27g. (shrink)
Marginalia Scaenica. By J. Jackson. Pp. Ix + 250. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1955. 30s.A. M. Dale & J. Jackson - 1956 - Journal of Hellenic Studies 76:115-116.details
Cum on Feel the Noize.Jamie Allen - 2012 - Continent 2 (1):56-58.details
continent. 2.1 (2012): 56–58 Nechvatal, Joseph, Immersion Into Noise , Open Humanities Press, 2011, 267 pp, $23.99 (pbk), ISBN 1-60785-241-1. As someone who's knowledge of "art" mostly began with the domestic (Western) and Japanese punk and noise scenes of the late 80's and early 90's, practices and theories of noise fall rather close to my heart. It is peeking into the esoteric enclaves of weird music and noise that helped me understand what I think I might like art to be: (...) A way of learning about the world through perturbation—exploration by incitement and speculation of possible conditions. What I have always loved about artistic investigations influenced by noisy aesthetics or sensibilities is that they can be simultaneously transcendent and absurd, amusing and revelatory, singular and pluralistic, mindless and intensely penetrating. The provocative friction that noise brings to bear on aesthetic experience, artistic practice, and "the" Art World acts as a kind of impulse response, proposing new energies while revealing underlying structure; noise signals are a simultaneous synthesis and analysis of spaces, subjects and relations. About two weeks prior to Christmas 2011, Joseph Nechvatal was generous enough to spend some time with me at 39 Quai des Grands Augustins, Paris . We each had one glass of red wine, briefly discussed common acquaintances, shared points of interest, and his published writings. We also, I recall, disagreed lightheartedly about how much contemporary relevance the ideas of telematic-artist Roy Ascott have for today's art-and-technology practitioner (Joseph > Jamie). After the encounter, I read through a PDF version of Immersion Into Noise Joseph was kind enough to send me ( the HTML version is here ). A number of points of entry into cultures of "noise" are available these days. There are the acoustic-spatial approaches of thinkers like Douglas Kahn, Brandon LaBelle and Salome Voegelin; the techno-cultural musicologies of Jonathan Sterne and David Toop; the political writings of Jacques Attali, former adviser to President François Mitterrand, in his Noise: The Political Economy of Music (spoiler alert: It's not really about music). Enter the new writings of one Joseph Nechvatal, with his invitation of an Immersion Into Noise . Nechvatal has been active for over 20 years in on- and off-line discussions of art, technology, virtuality, as well as his own set of art-theoretical departures and terminologies. A practicing artist, and instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, Immersion Into Noise , is Nechvatal's third published volume. His writings, broadly, address a concern with the possibilities of a synthesis between the biological and the virtual, and the contemporary artistic resonances that these possibilities suggest. Nechvatal's project is to try to name contemporary currents of artistic practice within our technologized culture. He comes at this through art history, post-modern philosophy, anthropology and consciousness studies. Portions of Immersion Into Noise have appeared in his PhD dissertation, as well as online art publications like Zing Magazine . An open-access publication, and part of the impressive and heartening activities of the Open Humanities Press, Nechvatal's book is a somewhat unexpected addition to the Critical Climate Change series edited by Tom Cohen of SUNY University and Claire Colebrook of Penn State. Other titles in the series have address themes of post-globalism and cultures of threat. Joseph Nachvetal's title is the first to focus entirely on art history, art practice and aesthetics. It is awkward to too easily fit Nechvatal's writings in with the aforementioned burgeoning canon of cultural and artistic practice in, and writings on, noise (Russolo, Schaeffer, Cage and Yves Klein through to Kahn, LaBelle, Voegelin, et. al). Immersion Into Noise is not primarily an examination of sound-noise or phenomenologies of sound, and the relativist, non-objectivist possibilities arising therefrom in social, public, and exhibition art practices. Although Nechvatal makes mention of sonic practice and experience (his own encounter in 1968 with the technological complex was set in motion at a Jimi Hendrix concert at the Chicago Coliseum), he does so only by way of introducing a broader concept of "art-noise." The noise-scape can envelope various kinds of involvement in all kinds of art, by artists, audiences, and distributed amalgams of all of these. Midway through the book, we are offered characteristics of an "immersive noise vision theory." This theory, leading to an even more syncretic thinking about the art experience, is sketched out through further reference to the author's personal observation, as well as his art-historical research and notes. Personal examples take on the reflex of a kind of art-noise-travel-writing, as Nechvatal visits Ryoji Ikeda's Datamatics [ver 2.0] installation at the Centre Pompidou, Paris), hears Cecil Taylor at Alice Tully Hall in New York, spends time with the cave paintings of Lascaux, France, and explores the Wagner-inspired Venus Grotto of Linderhof, Bavaria, to name a few. These site-events, to varying degrees, are renderings of noise-art's potential to "place us back into a ritual position by dragging art down into the felt 360° noise-perspective of the enthusiastic and participatory." (p.103) The arc of the ideas proposed here position immersiveness, saturation and "scopic all-over tension" as most productively foundational to noise art, or art-noise. An itinerary from the most ancient of artistic expressions (cave drawings) to the most digital of presentations is charted (Ikeda's minimal/maximal bitwise works for synchronized audio and visual projection). The harsh sonic onslaught of Masami Akita (a.k.a. Merzbow), is, under this analysis, not so far from colossal denseness of the churches of the High Baroque (Nechvatal visits the Rosario Chapel in Santo Domingo Church, Puebla, Mexico). And there is much more here, eaten up by noise: A rethinking of the work of Duchamp, Jackson Pollock, Nicolas Schöffler (whom Nechvatal names the true "the Father of Cybernetic Art") and the Happenings of Alan Kaprow, all as art-noise in their own right. Each of these artists and moments demonstrate techniques of destabilization, immersiveness, frame-breaking and "all-over fullness and fervor." Here is writing on art and art history that is as ambitious as it is promising: "wildly visionary," Nechvatal states as in conclusion. Self-admittedly far-reaching to the point of verging on totalization, we are asked to consider that the moments, spaces, arts and artists Nechvatal appreciates in the book all derive from an increasingly prevalent "noise consciousness." Along the way we gain an appreciation of noise as a productive and proactive tension in art, rather than an unwanted signal or unwelcome intrusion. Most promising here for me are Nechvatal's revealing descriptions of the potential for noise to make manifest the material-perceptual framework of individual and collective art experience. How might we allow what we have been repeatedly taught is our contemporary condition of "information overload" to transform itself into a calm, warm, sympathetic kind of inundation. Treatment of experience in this way, dissolves boundaries between the bodily, informational, material and technical complexes that make up our world, and is the promise of a radical, if momentary, Immersion Into Noise. (shrink)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi: A Malaysian Neo-Conservative?Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid & Muhamad Takiyuddin Ismail - 2012 - Japanese Journal of Political Science 13 (3):379-399.details
This article proposes an analysis of changes implemented during Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's administration (20032003), which displayed bias against changes and introduced schemes to justify the systems it upheld. Transmutations wrought during Abdullah's tenure may have been neither substantial nor totalizing, but within the conservative paradigm which had long gripped national politics, Abdullah's deviations were significant nevertheless.
Political Science in Social Sciences
In Defense of Explanatory Ecumenism: Frank Jackson and Philip Pettit.Frank Jackson - 1992 - Economics and Philosophy 8 (1):1-21.details
Many of the things that we try to explain, in both our common sense and our scientific engagement with the world, are capable of being explained more or less finely: that is, with greater or lesser attention to the detail of the producing mechanism. A natural assumption, pervasive if not always explicit, is that other things being equal, the more finegrained an explanation, the better. Thus, Jon Elster, who also thinks there are instrumental reasons for wanting a more fine-grained explanation, (...) assumes that in any case the mere fact of getting nearer the detail of production makes such an explanation intrinsically superior: "a more detailed explanation is also an end in itself". Michael Taylor agrees: "A good explanation should be, amongst other things, as fine-grained as possible.". (shrink)
Evolutionary Biology in Philosophy of Biology
Instrumentalism about Economics in Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Economics in Philosophy of Social Science
Reduction in Economics in Philosophy of Social Science
The Status of Economics, Misc in Philosophy of Social Science
Principles of Emergent Realism: Philosophical Essays of Roy Wood Sellars.Roy Wood Sellars - 1970 - St. Louis, Mo., W. H. Green.details
Realism and Anti-Realism, Misc in Metaphysics
Rationality as an Absolute Concept: Roy A. Sorensen.Roy A. Sorensen - 1991 - Philosophy 66 (258):473-486.details
My thesis is that 'rational' is an absolute concept like 'flat' and 'clean'. Absolute concepts are best defined as absences. In the case of flatness, the absence of bumps, curves, and irregularities. In the case of cleanliness, the absence of dirt. Rationality, then, is the absence of irrationalities such as bias, circularity, dogmatism, and inconsistency.
Vagueness and Contradiction.Roy Sorensen - 2001 - Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.details
Roy Sorenson offers a unique exploration of an ancient problem: vagueness. Did Buddha become a fat man in one second? Is there a tallest short giraffe? According to Sorenson's epistemicist approach, the answers are yes! Although vagueness abounds in the way the world is divided, Sorenson argues that the divisions are sharp; yet we often do not know where they are. Written in Sorenson'e usual inventive and amusing style, this book offers original insight on language and logic, the way world (...) is, and our understanding of it. (shrink)
Epistemic Theories of Vagueness in Philosophy of Language
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A Realist Theory of Science.Roy Bhaskar - 1978 - Routledge.details
In this book, Roy Bhaskar sets out to revindicate ontology, critiquing the reduction of being in favor of knowledge, which he calls the "epistemic fallacy".
Varieties of Scientific Realism, Misc in General Philosophy of Science
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Tolstoy, Death and the Meaning of Life: Roy W. Perrett.Roy W. Perrett - 1985 - Philosophy 60 (232):231-245.details
Questions about the meaning of life have traditionally been regarded as being of particular concern to philosophers. It is sometimes complained that contemporary analytic philosophy fails to address such questions, but there do exist illuminating recent discussions of these questions by analytic philosophers. 1 Perhaps what lurks behind the complaint is a feeling that these discussions are insufficiently close to actual living situations and hence often seem rather thin and bland compared with the vivid portrayals of such situations in autobiography (...) or fiction. I therefore want to focus on two works by Tolstoy—one autobiographical, one fictional—and try to see what philosophical lessons can be learned from them, particularly with regard to questions about the relation of death to the meaning of life. (shrink)
Ibn al-Haytham's Universal Solution for Finding the Direction of the Qibla by Calculation: AHMAD S. DALLAL.Ahmad S. Dallal - 1995 - Arabic Sciences and Philosophy 5 (2):145-193.details
This paper presents an edition of al-Hasan ibn al-asan ibn al-Haytham's treatise, Qawl fi samt al-qibla bi-al-isāb with translation and commentary. In it Ibn al-Haytham provides a universal method for finding the direction of the qibla at any location on the surface of the earth by using spherical trigonometry and accurate calculation. Ibn al-Haytham's computational solution has not been studied before, and it has often been confused with another work of his in which he uses an analemma construction to solve (...) the problem of the qibla graphically. As a result of this confusion, contemporary scholars have mistakenly attributed the first universal solution of the qibla problem to Jamshīd al-Kāshī, some four centuries after the introduction of this method by Ibn al-Haytham. The present treatise represents an important juncture in the history of the development of mathematics of the qibla, and sheds more light on the contributions of one of the most important scientists of medieval Islam. (shrink)
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Revolution, Reform and Dialectic: Roy Edgley.Roy Edgley - 1982 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 14:21-38.details
Marxism is the tradition of thought and practice founded by Marx. To be identifiable as Marxism any phase of this tradition must have important resemblances to Marx's own work, and those resemblances must be conscious and acknowledged. Anti-Marxists tend to interpret this relation according to a derogatory religious model. Marxists, they suppose, treat Marx as an authority and follow their leader wherever he leads, instead of following the argument wherever it leads. On this view Marxism has an essentially scholarly relation (...) to Marx and a polemical relation to everything else: it seeks to identify exactly what Marx said and thought, to preserve the master's teaching in all its original purity, and to appeal to it for correct answers to the substantive questions that we face. In other words, Marxism is that tradition which treats the works of Marx as a bible and imagines that it can clinch substantive arguments with the words 'Marx has said it'. (shrink)
Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation.Roy Bhaskar - 1986 - Routledge.details
Following on from Roy Bhaskar's first two books, A Realist Theory of Science and The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, establishes the conception of social science as explanatory—and thence emancipatory—critique. _Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation_ starts from an assessment of the impasse of contemporary accounts of science as stemming from an incomplete critique of positivism. It then proceeds to a systematic exposition of scientific realism in the form of transcendental realism, highlighting a conception of science as explanatory (...) of a structured, differentiated and changing world. Turning to the social domain, the book argues for a view of the social order as conditioned by, and emergent from, nature. Advocating a critical naturalism, the author shows how the transformational model of social activity together with the conception of social science as explanatory critique which it entails, resolves the divisions and dualisms besetting orthodox social and normative theory: between society and the individual, structure and agency, meaning and behavior, mind and body, reason and cause, fact and value, and theory and practice. The book then goes on to discuss the emancipatory implications of social science and sketches the nature of the depth investigation characteristically entailed. In the highly innovative third part of the book Roy Bhaskar completes his critique of positivism by developing a theory of philosophical discourse and ideology, on the basis of the transcendental realism and critical naturalism already developed, showing how positivism functions as a restrictive ideology of and for science and other social practices. (shrink)
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Discover the tales from the dark side of The Pixie Knoll. The inhabitants here live beyond the world of the Knoll. Their homes are along the moors and swamps, they lives in caves and caravans. They are not bad beings. Their teachings are earthbound and their knowledge is ancient, as old as the ground itself. These are the mystics, the seekers, and the ones of ancient wisdom. These beings are the witches, gypsies, crones, dark pixies, and mystics of the land of The Pixie Knoll.
Hello there Ghouls and Goblins!
Anyway, after much thought, and too, with the way this year has gone for me in my personal life, I have decided that trying to keep up 2 blogs with "separate identities; i.e. Coven of Crones" has been a bit much for me. As a result, I have decided to keep everything under "The Pixie Knoll" name, which from here on out will be "The Pixie Knoll Halloween" for my Halloween goodies. That is to say, I am NOT discontinuing the Halloween themed art by any means. It just means that I am keeping it all in one place to make it easier for me to manage. If you disagree, feel free to send me a message saying so, but, unless I have a mad, angry mob with pitch forks and fire beating down my front door, this is how it will have to be from here on out. Yes, I admit, I think the Coven of Crones title was a lot of fun, but, it was good while it lasted and in truth, we don't need a bewitching title to have spooky fun. So, from this day forward, my post will be under "The Pixie Knoll" blog......just with a slight twist. :-D I do hope that all of you understand my decisions behind this. It just simplifies things a bit for me. Especially since I was double-posting all of my Halloween themed items anyway. This will free up some time and permit me to do the thing that is most important....creating wonderful items for you, the collector! So, as titled, "Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust" Perfect for the Day of the Dead.
And, for this final good-bye for the Coven of Crones blog, I leave with some pics of items that are still available on my website and Etsy store, along with a few items that I had with me at the Spirits in Sanford show this year. And, remember, this isn't "The End" as in gone for good....it's the fiery phoenix out of the ashes....rebuilding into something better for all! The Pixie Knoll: Halloween! Thanks for understanding my dear friends. And, now...the photos! Enjoy!
Pumpkin Goblin figure available in Etsy store!
One of the many witches available in my Etsy store!
Swamp/Gypsy witch available in my Etsy store!
You will find many pumpkin ornaments in the Etsy store!
Also there are spooky spider ornaments perfect to hang on your Halloween tree!
What tree would be complete without some blood-sucking bat ornaments? Find more in the Etsy store!
This Pumpkin Goblin figure SOLD at the Spirits in Sanford show!
Gourd candy bowls. These SOLD at the show. Aren't they wonderful?
This "Haunted House" gourd vase also SOLD at the show. It has imagery all the way around the gourd for a continuous scene of trick-or-treaters going and coming from the haunted house. It was AWESOME!!
Again, I want to thank all of you for following along here at what was formally called "Coven of Crones". You have all been wonderful to me. I do hope you CONTINUE to follow me at "The Pixie Knoll" blog where I will post all year long....and HALLOWEEN too! So, be sure to follow along there as I have been on that blog for a LOOOOOOOONG time. Thank you all for understanding this need to change. I appreciate it. Happy Day of the Dead to everyone!
Happy Fall, Y'all! A Big Sale In The Etsy Shop!
Aside from this news, I must apologize that I have not been here to make any new postings of late. The truth is that I have been working my fingers to the bones trying to get ready for the Spirits in Sanford show that is coming quickly around the corner on October 9 and 10th, 2015. Along with that, unfortunately, life has been getting in the way with my son being sick in the hospital with pneumonia, pleurisy and cellulitis from an abscess on his elbow and me dealing with a horrid sinus infection issue that has finally sent me to the ENT to get some relief. It is amazing how crippling sinus pressure can be when it feels like you have 10 tons of bricks sitting on your face all the time. I can barely focus because of it! Fortunately, I bought stock in Tylenol sinus and that held it at bay long enough for me to get a few things completed!
At any rate, enjoy the Happy Fall sale! I hope you find yourself something special to take home with ya!
The Settling of Grave Dust.....WIP pics!!
It's been a whirl wind of activity at the Coven of Crones and finally, some of the dust is starting to settle so that I can see what direction I am heading!
Anyway, I wanted to give all of you ghouls an opportunity to see the progress I have made thus far. Last time I left you with a snap shot of some "heads". Nothing wrong with heads on skewed pikes when it comes to Halloween WIPS. haha In fact, it's kind of befitting if you ask me. But, before I bombard you with all of the fun WIP pics, I wanted to give you a small bit of news first.
Back in June, I received the prestigious 2015 Dolls Awards in Excellence from Dolls Magazine for my recent finished project "World Traveler" out of The Pixie Knoll. It is now time for the public to do their part in voting. That's right! You, the PUBLIC get to cast your vote on your favorite doll artist's work. Granted, I know, it's not all about Halloween, but, these accolades add up and in return make the work you collect even more valuable over time. Each award that an artist receives is a prestigious knot in the noose in the doll artist world and this "hopefully" increases the value of the work for the collector and artist alike. So, please take about 5 minutes of your time and vote in the People's Choice Award. At the end of the ballot selection, you can then "write in a name" on the ballot of your favorite doll artist for an extra award. Of course, you will see my name listed there, Lori Platt The Pixie Knoll. The website link to do your voting is www.dollsmagazine.com Here is a pic of my piece that won an award: "World Traveler"
"World Traveler" a close-up view!
Ok, now that we have that little tidbit out of the way, I wanted to show you the WIPS now of all the Halloween goodies I have in the works. The first set, you will remember the 2 little pumpkin heads I showed you earlier. Well, the pumpkin patch grew to a total of 6! Not only that, they can get up and run a muck to cause all sorts of troubles...well, almost. LOL They are not quite finished. I still have more sculpting to do on some of them. I would guess they are about 12 inches tall. Then, of course, I need to paint. But, here they are so far!
The second set of pumpkin people! I'd say they are shaping up nicely.
Now, we have the tiny witch heads. There were 6 of those from the beginning. All different and unique. These figures are all about 6 inches tall, not counting the wooden block base. That makes them about 7-8 inches tall in total. I still have quite a bit of work to do on these too. But understandable, there are a lot of projects in the works so you have to expect this kind of thing. :-P As a side note, there are 2 figures in this lot that will be pixie witches, and the other are typical crones. All will have their broomsticks except for the pixies which will have staves.
First set of 3 witches in the works.
2nd set of 3 witches in the works.
And, then, finally I leave you with a snap shot of an "upcoming project" in the near future. All I can say is that it will be a doll.....and it will contain pyrography. Once I complete the first projects, I will be working on this gourd, so stay tuned!
Anyway, I've got lots of work to do as you might have guessed, so please, drop me a line if you wish, leave a comment here or by the new email. I hope all of you ghastly people have a spooktacular day!
I just wanted to jump in here to let you know that my next upcoming show is at the Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery in Sanford, Florida on October 9 and 10, 2015.
The champagne reception and preview party begins on October 9 from 6 - 8 pm. (And YES, costumes are allowed! So please dress up to add to the spooktacular fun!) The preview reception is by RESERVATION ONLY, so please call 407-323-2774 or email info@jtfolkart.com. The $20 fee includes gormet hors d'oeuvres, first look and early buy, plus entry to the show on Saturday as well.
The Saturday show is open to the public from 9 am to 3 pm with a $5.00 admission fee.
For more information regarding the event and the location, check out their website at www.spiritsinsanford.com.
But, before I show you the ingredients that are going into the cauldron, I want to make a quick announcement. Last week I attended the International Doll and Teddy Bear show in North Carolina (IDTS). While I was there, Dolls Magazine announced that I had received one of the 2015 Industries Choice Awards in Excellence for my piece "World Traveler"! What an honor to receive this award AND....it's my 3rd year in a row to receive one of these prestigious awards!!! At any rate, here is the winning piece with his award next to him from when I was at the show. It is such a delight to be able to share this happy news with all of my collectors out there!
at the International Doll and Teddy Bear Show in North Carolina, June 2015.
Little Mini Witches......stay tuned for bodies!
Cool pumpkin guys in the works!
So, while I'm toiling over my boiling cauldron with all these ingredients, I hope that all of you have a super great night. Be sure to check back in at the Coven of Crones to see these nightmares completed!
I realize it has been a while since I have posted on this blog. It has not been intentional by any means so please allow me to explain. For those that do not follow The Pixie Knoll blog, I wanted to give you all a brief update as to my whereabouts over the past few months.
In November, my mother started to become ill and finally ended up in the hospital in December. When she was released from the hospital ICU a few days prior to Christmas, she came to live with me while she recuperated enough to return to her own home. Unfortunately, she never did make a full recovery and in March, she was once again admitted to the hospital where she stayed in ICU for a total of 5 weeks until she passed away on April 27th.
The Hermit card from the Witches Tarot.
Wheel of Fortune by Oephebia of Animalis Arcanum Tarot.
In the meantime, while I am seeking my creative voice for all things spooky, I am wondering how you good folks feel about Tarot? I had once considered doing a "study" of them. The idea is to basically feature one card a week and try to pick it a part to find all of it's hidden meanings. In doing so, this would broaden our horizons in the mystery of tarot. What do y'all think? Interested? Let me know!
As a final note for this post, I also wanted to make mention that I am now also affiliated with The Witches of Giggleswick community on Face Book. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Witches-Of-Giggleswick/1438375269725632?fref=ts You can check out all the fantastic items made available on the link there.
Thanks again for your continued support and not giving up on the Coven of Crones blog. I appreciate you all sticking it out with me through this difficult time of my life. Very soon, I will be creating wonderful witches to add to the family coven. Have a great evening!
A Very Special Thank You!!!
As always, there are many things to be "thankful" for through out the year, but Thanksgiving is a special time of the year that we show our gratitude for the abundances we have in our lives.
This year, I want to say a special Thank You to all of you out there in the world who have been supportive of my artistic endeavors in the doll and figurative arts. In doing so, I have created a special sale in my Etsy store for this Holiday weekend to show my gratitude for your continued support.
As a special note, I also do lay-away plans as well. You can break the payments up into 2 or 3 installments.
As always, thanks for following along here at the Coven of Crones (a.k.a. The Pixie Knoll)!
My other blog with fun pixies!
Click here to go directly to the Every Witch Way Lane Store!
A shop designed specifically for the Halloween enthusiast and collector!


NEC's new Direct View LED technology aimed at helping improve the way airports communicate with passengers, find their way and enhancing their experience from arrival to departure.
The firm will be showcasing its range of 'advanced display solutions' at Passenger Terminal EXPO (PTE) taking place in Stockholm from 20-22 March 2018.
NEC described the journey from drop off to boarding as one of "anxiety" for most passengers and today the omnipresent function of way-finding is generally left to disparate systems and static visuals, which neither reflect the dynamic and changing nature of the airport environment or the passengers within it.
NEC claims its Direct View LED changes that, offering is the only technology that provides the ultra-high brightness, long-life and flexible size that airport way-finding signs airports crave.
Other smart features include the ability to overcome language barriers, emergency situations, change and moves, making the airport experience more pleasant, informative, and easily-navigable for passengers in real-time.
NEC Display Solutions has one of the widest portfolio of airport-related display products and solutions of any supplier globally, working with over 200 international airports worldwide including Heathrow, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Dubai and Las Vegas.
Passenger Terminal EXPO and Conference is the biggest and most respected airport terminal conference and exhibition in the world, with more than 7,000 delegates from over 100 countries, including over 1,650 senior industry decision-makers. The conference attracts visitors from the worlds of airports, airlines, government, aviation authorities and a host of related business executives, who gather to share experiences and discuss ideas that will shape the future development of airports for years to come.
"Our stand at Passenger Terminal EXPO will immerse visitors in tomorrow's journey through the airport and show airport operators how they utilise this new technology to drive passenger satisfaction and increased non-aeronautical revenues," added Wilks.
Find out more about NEC's way-finding solutions here.


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The ActivAided Base Shirt is the standard shirt component of ActivAided Elite, without the Lumbar Belt or Back Positioning Panel. If you want to replace your current garment, or have an extra shirt on hand to avoid doing laundry as much, the RecoveryAid Base Shirt is for you. You can simply transfer your Lumbar Belt and Back Positioning Panel from one Base Shirt to another. Alternatively, the RecoveryAid Base Shirt can be a stand-alone option for those who want to correct their slouching shoulders, but don't have significant back pain.
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Sue Nowicki, engineering director at Northrup Grumman, was among 27 women to be recognized for their business acumen and community spirit at the recent Buffalo Business First Women of Influence Awards. Nowicki was honored in the Corporate Executive category, which recognizes female executives who have made their mark in a large corporate environment. She has worked at Northrup Grumman for over 25 years and leads an engineering department that develops threat emitter simulators for pilot training.
Throughout her career, Sue has shown a commitment to education and dedication to helping area students become interested in engineering and related fields. She current serves on the Dean's Advisory Council for the University of Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and is also a member of the STEM board at the Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart.
Detroit Lions, Athletes for Charity and Tata Technologies are partnering to launch a STEM program at 2 Detroit Public Schools. The program aims to improve learning outcomes and student interest in STEM, while also developing their skills in reading and writing, creating pathways to success in post-secondary education and 21st century careers.
Two schools have been selected for the inaugural launch of the STEM Youth Literacy Program: Clark Preparatory Academy and Dixon Educational Learning Academy. The curriculum will include monthly STEM book distributions to students by various Detroit Lions players. Both Detroit Lions players and Tata Technologies staff will volunteer to serve as STEM Readers.
"The demand for skilled workers in science, technology, engineering, and math is on the rise while the availability of qualified applicants is on the decline because students are not pursuing degrees and careers within the sector," said Alisa Harewood of Tata Technologies, a global engineering services company with North American headquarters located in Novi, MI.
"Our partnership with Tata Technologies and the Detroit Lions represent an innovative way to fuse the nonprofit, corporate and sports sectors, to motivate students in the areas of STEM," saidCathleen Laporte, founder and president of Athletes for Charity.
Detroit Lions Safety Don Carey is a founding member of the program and serves as a liaison to the team. Invitations have also been extended to the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons and Detroit Red Wings players to join the team as STEM supporters.
Additional supporters include The Helen L. Kay Charitable Trust and support from athletes such as Detroit native Anthony Adams, a retired nine-year NFL veteran who most recently played for the Chicago Bears. Adams currently serves a as a host of Inside the Bears.
We all know that kids are hooked on technology — especially smartphones and tablets — but a recent survey conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of Pearson shows that 90% of the kids believe that tablets will change the way they learn in the future and 89% believe tablets will make learning more fun. This could be good news for schools looking for better ways to use technology with their kids — especially since tablets can be more affordable than full laptops or computers.
Interestingly, 1 to 1 computing and high speed Internet access is still a challenge for schools. While using and owning a mobile device is growing among students, only 62% have wireless access at school versus 93% who have wireless access at home. Only 16% of students attend a school that provides every student with a laptop or tablet.
The survey asked 2252 students how they currently use mobile technology for learning and how they would would like to use it in the future. Respondents included 501 elementary school students (4-5th grade), 750 middle school students (6-8th grade), and 1001 high school students (9th-12th grade).
It looks like there is an opportunity for app developers to continue to work to improve educational offerings on tablet devices.
It's one thing to have a computer science contest for middle school girls — it's quite another to have that contest be run by high school and college girls who are incredibly passionate about computer science. 2015 ProjectCSGIRLS does just that, not only giving middle school girls the confidence they need to know that they can do computer science, but also putting them into direct contact with girls who have had success.
One important aspect computer science and technology, and especially in showing how they are useful to girls, is in how effective they are in solving and mitigating social problems. ProjectCSGIRLS challenges girls to actively use computer science and technology to develop a solution to an imminent social problem in one of three themes — global health, a safer world and intelligent technology.
2014 was the first year of ProjectCSGIRLS and was limited only to students in VA, DC and MD. Unlike the 2015 event, which is open to all US middle school girls, 2014 did not require applicants to build their projects, only to conceptualize them. 2014 reached over 100 girls with the awards gala drawing over 130 attendees of students, teachers and industry leaders.
For 2015 there will be finalists, state winners, regional winners, national winners and grand prize winners. All winners state and above will be invited to the two-day national gala event to interact and network with leaders in technology, tour top tech companies and startups in the DC area, and participate in a formal awards ceremony recognizing their efforts and announcing the 3 grand price award winners from the national winners. All winners will receive an awards package and be recognized on the ProjectCSGIRLS website.
Judging will be based on originality, demonstration of technical knowledge, creativity, impact and clarity. Girls will submit their project via the submission portal which opens in January 2015. Results will be released mid March.
For more information on the competition or on how to volunteer or partner, see the 2014 ProjectCSGIRLS website.
One of the best ways to get kids interested in STEM fields is to include them in hands-on activities that let them get a real feel for the creative processes that go into STEM problem solving. The Verizon Innovative App Challenge is calling teams of middle school and high school students to dream up and create concepts for mobile apps that could solve problems in their schools and communities.
Created by the Verizon Foundation in partnership with the Technology Student Association, The Verizon Innovative App Challenge encourages students to develop ideas and concepts for mobile apps. Judging is based on whether the ideas solve challenges in the students' communities, include STEM principles and are creative, unique and innovative.
The deadline for submission is November 24th and winners will be announced in January 2015. Students do not need any coding or mobile experience to enter. Eight teams will be named Best in Nation with rewards of $20k each and new Samsung tablets for each team member.
Register or learn more at verizonfoundation.org/appchallenge.


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Fear, shock among Sri Lankan Muslims in aftermath of Buddhist mob violence
Iqbal Athas and Tim Hume, CNN
Updated 11:03 PM EDT, Mon June 23, 2014
Photos: In pictures: Deadly riots in Sri Lanka
Eranga Jayawardena/AP
Deadly riots in Sri Lanka —
A Sri Lankan Muslim woman carries her daughter outside her burnt house after at least three Muslims were killed and 80 injured in clashes with Buddhists last month. The sectarian riots in and around the town of Aluthgama, in southern Sri Lanka, followed demonstrations by the hardline Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena, police said. Homes and shops were looted and burned.
LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty
Buddhist monk Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara, the general secretary and public face of the ultra-nationalist Sinhalese Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena, gave an inflammatory speech at a rally that preceded the violence. He is pictured here in 2013.
S.KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images
Photos: deadly riots in Sri Lanka —
A monk belonging to the group debates with a police officer at the Trade Ministry in Colombo in April.
Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/Getty
A Sri Lankan Muslim woman walks past soldiers following clashes between Muslims and Buddhists in the town of Aluthgama.
A Sri Lankan resident surveys the damage to a charred Muslim-owned home.
A soldier stands guard outside a smashed window.
Sri Lankan residents survey the damage to a damaged Muslim-owned home.
A Sri Lankan Muslim man walks past ransacked shops in Aluthgama.
A Sri Lankan Muslim man inspects the remains of a tailor's shop. Rauff Hakeem, Sri Lanka's Justice Minister and himself a Muslim, said his party would weigh its future in the government according to the official response to the attacks. "I am ashamed I could not help my people," he said.
A Muslim woman in the aftermath of clashes in Aluthgama. The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka condemned the violence, which followed a rally by Buddhist hardliners days after an alleged altercation between a Muslim driver and a Buddhist monk and his driver.
Men point at blood on the floor of a home.
Shifna Abdul Kareem, a 16-year-old Muslim, surveys the damage to her burnt house in Adhikarigoda, a village in Aluthgama, following an outbreak of violence.
Police officers on a street in Aluthgama as shops burn. A curfew was put in place to prevent further violence.
A girl looks at a burned house in Aluthgama.
A Muslim mother and child take in damage to their house.
A Muslim man talks on his phone while standing in what's left of his house.
A Muslim woman observes her vandalized house in Aluthgama.
Sri Lankan Muslims seek sanctuary following a rampage by Buddhist mobs that many blame the BBS for inciting.
Muslims in Sri Lanka are fearful after a wave of deadly violence by Buddhist mobs Sunday
A hardline Buddhist nationalist group led by monks is accused of inciting the crowds at a rally
The accused group, Bodu Bala Sena, denies any responsibility for the violence
A moderate monk who urged interfaith harmony has been abducted and assaulted, police say
Aluthgama, Sri Lanka CNN —
In the areas surrounding the southwest Sri Lankan town of Aluthgama, an idyllic coastal settlement popular with tourists, Muslims and Buddhists have lived side by side peacefully for generations.
But a wave of deadly communal violence that followed a rally Sunday by hardline Buddhist nationalist monks has changed that.
"The house I owned was burnt down. My family has nowhere to go," Muhsin Shihab, a father of eight children, told CNN Tuesday.
His family, which has been sheltering at a local mosque since being displaced by the rioting, hadn't eaten for a day and a half, he said.
The rally, organized by the far-right Buddhist group Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force), was called in response to an alleged altercation in the area between a group of young Muslims and a Buddhist monk and his driver on an important Buddhist religious holiday days earlier.
Addressing the crowd of thousands Sunday, the BBS's leader, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, gave an inflammatory speech.
Video footage from the event shows the orange-robed monk using derogatory terms for Muslims and, to approving roars from the crowd, vowing that if any Muslim laid a hand on a member of the Sinhalese majority – let alone a monk – that would "be the end" of them.
After the rally, Buddhist mobs marched through Muslim neighborhoods, torching and destroying dozens of homes and shops, witnesses told CNN.
Following consecutive nights of violence, in which local medical staff say at least four people were killed and sixteen seriously injured, those made homeless by the rioting were sheltering in the town's main mosque Tuesday, shell-shocked and fearful of what may come next.
'A nightmare'
Among them was Fasniya Fairooz, an 80-year-old grandmother of three, who was at home when the mob stormed into her house in Seenawatte, a local village comprised of Sinhalese and Muslims.
"We pleaded with the attackers not to harm us. They used abusive language," she said. "They took the Holy Quran and burnt it outside… Then they looted the house."
Her family had nowhere to go, she said.
I have lost all my belongings. My house was burnt down. All I own today are the clothes my children wear
Ahmed Rahamatulla, made homesless by the riots
Ahmed Rahamatulla, a father of four from Seenawatte, was also made homeless by the riots.
"I have lost all my belongings. My house was burnt down. All I own today are the clothes my children wear," he said.
"I don't know where to go from here. My children are all frightened and in a state of shock."
The surrounding area is in lockdown in the aftermath of the rioting, the country's worst communal violence in years. Soldiers on armored troop carriers watch over once bustling streets; shutters are drawn on the charred remains of arson-hit stores.
In a nearby house, U.S. citizen Rameeza Nizar, 47, found herself unexpectedly stranded in her bedridden mother's home during a visit from Washington D.C. for a family event.
"Every night has been a nightmare," she told CNN. "We have not slept for fear there would be attacks. We kept our lights switched off but remained together inside the house."
'Cycle of fear'
Ayoob Saja, a doctor at a local hospital and a Muslim, said his community was in a "cycle of fear" as a result of the violence, in which the vast majority of those treated for injuries were Muslims.
He said three of the dead were Muslims, two of whom were fatally shot during the rampage on Sunday, and another who died of his injuries Tuesday.
Every night has been a nightmare. We have not slept for fear there would be attacks
Rameeza Nizar
The fourth fatality was a Tamil who worked as a watchman on a Muslim-owned farm in the nearby town of Welipenna, and was attacked during continued violence on Monday night.
Sixteen people had been seriously injured, he said, including a young man whose leg was amputated Wednesday, while hundreds of others sustained lesser injuries. More than 80 homes were also destroyed in the rioting, he said.
While a heavy military presence has been brought in to enforce a curfew and prevent further violence, it has given little comfort to the community, he said.
"The armed forces are supporting the majority," he said, referring to the mostly Buddhist Sinhalese who account for about three-quarters of Sri Lanka's population. About 10% of the country is Muslim, according to the 2011 census.
"They are guarding the majority people who attack our people."
The group blamed for inciting the violence, the Bodu Bala Sena, has denied any responsibility.
Contacted by CNN, Gnanasara said he was unavailable to comment. But Dilantha Vithanage, the BBS's chief executive, told CNN "we categorically deny any involvement by our membership in reported attacks."
He said the earlier assault on the monk on a Buddhist holy day had upset people in the Sinhalese community.
Referring to Gnanasara's speech, he said: "It is true our priest spoke in strong words. He blessed the people after chanting verses. He preached to them to conduct themselves peacefully."
The allegations against BBS, he said, were "an attempt to bring disrespect to Buddhist clergy and Buddhism."
It is true our priest spoke in strong words… He preached to them to conduct themselves peacefully
Dilantha Vithanage, Bodu Bala Sena chief executive
Tacit political approval?
Buddhist radicalism has been on the rise in Sri Lanka, much as in Myanmar, where a monk-led Buddhist nationalist movement has been blamed for drumming up deadly mob violence against minority Muslim groups.
On Thursday, a prominent moderate Buddhist monk who had campaigned for interfaith harmony was found bound and dumped on a road on the outskirts of Colombo, after apparently having been abducted and assaulted, police said.
The alleged victim, Wataraka Vijitha Thero, had previously been publicly threatened by Gnanasara during an interfaith press conference held with Muslim leaders in April, a police spokesman said. He was found with cuts to his body Thursday and had been hospitalized.
Many in Sri Lanka, including President Mahinda Rajapaksa's own political allies within government, are critical of the authorities for allowing the communal violence to occur.
Mangala Samaraweera, an opposition lawmaker for the southern Matara District, told CNN that he believed the Bodu Bala Sena has the tacit support of the Rajapaksa government, a view shared by many Sri Lankans. Rajapaksa has publicly denied any link.
The Bodu Bala Sena has largely been able to operate with impunity, with previous attacks attributed to the organization going unpunished.
Rauff Hakeem, Sri Lanka's Minister of Justice and the leader the country's largest Muslim political party, said in parliament that police had been asked to stop the rally but had failed to heed the request.
He also blamed BBS for inciting the "orgy of attacks against Muslims," and told CNN he was weighing his party's future in the government – made up of an alliance of parties – pending the official response to the violence.
Mohamed Aslam, the local lawmaker for Hakeem's Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, also blamed police for allowing the rally to take place, and said he had nearly been shot in the aftermath.
The Bodu Bala Sena roused religious sentiments. Mobs went on the attack. The police looked the other way
Mohamed Aslam, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress lawmaker
"Muslims and Sinhalese in this area have been leading peaceful lives helping each other. This is the first time police have allowed such a meeting, where mobs were incited, to take place," he told CNN.
"The meeting on Sunday by the Bodu Bala Sena roused religious sentiments. Mobs went on the attack. The police looked the other way."
Police: We took precautions
But police Senior Superintendent Roshan Silva, in charge of the district where the violence took place, denied any police responsibility for the violence. "We took all precautions. The allegation that we were inactive is false. We had deployed police all around."
Police said 55 arrests have been made over the violence, while probes by the criminal investigation department and Colombo crimes division look into larger questions around criminal culpability for allowing the rally to proceed.
A group of more than 300 concerned Sri Lankans, including academics, lawyers and journalists, signed an open letter condemning the BBS's "hate speech," saying they believed the violence was directly linked to the inflammatory comments by Gnanasara.
"We therefore call upon the authorities to take immediate steps to arrest and charge him for the deaths and destruction in the area," read the letter.
Returning to the country after a G77 meeting of developing nations in Bolivia, Rajapaksa visited an affected Muslim town and vowed that an "impartial inquiry would be held and those responsible punished." He made no reference to the BBS.
Many Muslim businesses in Sri Lanka's capital were shut Thursday in protest at the violence.
READ: 3 Muslims killed in Buddhist mob attacks
Iqbal Athas reported from Aluthgama and Colombo. Tim Hume reported and wrote from Hong Kong.

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Visit the second largest Baroque Palace of the world in Gödöllő! After only a 30-minute drive from Budapest we arrive to the former summer residence of Queen Elisabeth (Sissi) and Francis Joseph (Habsburg Emperor & Hungarian king 1867-1916). This interior visit and the tour through the gardens of the Chateau, gives you a glimpse of times under the Austro-Hungarian Empire. With the help of our guide you will become acquainted with the secrets of the private life, the hidden doors, bedrooms and lovers of the royal couple. Next, we drive to a traditional Farm where you will be welcomed with a Hungarian "Pogácsa" and with the national welcome drink, pálinka. Horsemen will take us for a Carriage Ride through the area and will invite you to a traditional Horse Show.


To provide quality early childhood education through hands on experience with Nature.
The ENC Nature Preschool will educate up to 72 children daily, engage parents in active learning, serve as a model nature preschool and provide a research forum on early childhood and environmental education.
ENC Nature Preschool is a developmental play-based emergent curriculum where children's ideas, inquiries, discoveries, and investigations are nurtured and implemented. With hands-on daily experiences children acquire a deep intuitive understanding of nature and the natural world. Engagement in the environment and with others is where real learning occurs. Attributes of the Outdoor Classroom Project, Reggio Emilia and Waldorf approaches contribute to the curriculum foundation.


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Guy Paré (zm. 30 lipca 1206) – francuski kardynał, cysters. Niekiedy jest mylony z kardynałem Guido Papareschi.

Życiorys
Był opatem Citeaux i generałem zakonu cysterskiego 1194-1200, a następnie kardynałem biskupem Palestriny 1200-1204. Sygnował bulle papieskie między 4 lipca 1200 a 9 lutego 1201. Innocenty III wysłał go jako legata do Niemiec w 1201 w celu potwierdzenia elekcji cesarza Ottona IV. W lipcu 1204 został arcybiskupem Reims, zachowując godność kardynalską. Zmarł w Gand w trakcie zarazy. Cystersi czczą go jako błogosławionego.

Bibliografia
 Konrad Eubel, Hierarchia Catholica Medii Aevii, volumen I, 1913
 Werner Maleczek, Papst und Kardinalskolleg von 1191 bis 1216, Wien 1984

Arcybiskupi Reims
Francuscy kardynałowie
Francuscy opaci cysterscy
Urodzeni w XII wieku
Zmarli w 1206

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Broadgate, Wrangle, Boston
An excellent opportunity to acquire a large plot of land measuring approximately 11.95 acres (4.84 hectares) with outline consent granted for 45 dwellings, situated on the edge of a pretty and popular village with rural views.
Location - The site is located in the small village of Wrangle, lying 9 miles north east of Boston. The plot is located to the north east of the parish, amongst existing residential development with access to various amenities including two general stores with post office, farm shop, nursery, pub, primary school, public playing fields, village hall and a residential home. The village accommodates nearly 1,400 people.
The neighbouring market town of Boston is an expanding Lincolnshire hub, offering retail and commercial facilities for the local residents and the surrounding agricultural catchment. It has a resident population within the wider Boston district of 64,687 (2011 census) and a catchment population of 125,000. It is one the largest inland ports on the east coast landing over 1.5m tonnes of cargo per year.
The town is situated around 10 miles from Wrangle; Lincoln is around 35 miles north-west and Peterborough is the same distance south of the town.
Site - The development area is formed of a large field predominantly used for arable agriculture and extends to around 11.95 Ac (4.84 Ha) accessed off Broadgate to the east and Tooley Lane to the west.
Planning - An outline planning application has been approved by Boston Borough Council for 45 residential dwellings and associated works with consideration given to access and layout. A copy of the consent is available upon request (BBC Ref: B/17/0147).
An affordable housing provision of 25% on the site corresponds with Boston Borough Council Local Plan, with further detail available within the S.106 agreement.
Services - All mains services are available in the vicinity of the site, although the vendors cannot give any guarantee as to the location and capacity of these and interested parties should therefore make their own enquiries in this regard.
Information Pack - A development pack containing copies of the outline planning permission, S.106 agreement and supporting documentation forming part of the planing application is available upon request.
Method Of Sale - The land is offered for sale by Private Treaty.
Value Added Tax - VAT will not be charged in the addition to the purchase price.
Legal Costs - Each side will be responsible to pay their own legal costs.
Viewing - By prior arrangement with the sole Agents.
Further Details - For additional information, please contact Mount & Minster:
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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SOSUA (ISS)
The INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF SOSUA (ISS) is a fully accredited, co-educational, non-sectarian, private PreK-Grade 12 day school located on the sunny north coast of the Dominican Republic. The current student body is around 210 students and there are roughly 40 members on our educational team. ISS is its own unique cozy community with students coming from 27 different nationalities.
The school is situated on a beautiful 10 acres of farmland and houses classroom clusters amidst tropical palm trees, many plants and an organic garden. Recently upgraded facilities include a computer lab, library, fine art studio, a dance/dream space, a science lab and cafeteria/multi-purpose building. Our athletic complex consists of a large covered multi-use court, an outdoor volleyball/basketball court and a soccer field.
The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with the country of Haiti to the West. The island is situated South-East of Cuba and North-West of Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean. Sosúa is a small tourist community on the north coast of the Dominican Republic, situated between the beach communities of Puerto Plata (15 miles west) and Caberete (6 miles East). The area is quite rural with picturesque farmland and sandy beaches. The tranquility of this area, year-round sunny climate and numerous outdoor activity venues make Sosúa an appealing place to reside.
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