| 111 | THE POWER OF COMMUNITY Preview: We are all members of communities. We all naturally associate with LIKE MINDED individuals. We know people near our homes and many people online as well. For now, let's focus on your PERSONAL community, the people you know and who know you. What we need is to LEVERAGE the POWER of our community. The three steps outlined below will help you to beg... (more) Published By: Gary Shawkey Submitted: 27 November,2001 |
| 112 | Can We Make Sense Of The Senseless? Preview: I've been trying to make sense of what would appear to be a senseless attack on America by crazed, religious zealots. After the initial numbness wore off and after spending many sleepless nights trying to find a rhyme or reason for what happened, I've come to some disturbing conclusions. They are not crazy. It's far too easy to dismiss these te... (more) Published By: John Colanzi Submitted: 02 December,2001 |
| 113 | This is my Story Preview: This is My Story (And I have to stick to it, I don’t want to, but that is the way it is) I am currently in Recovery from Drug Addiction. I have been clean now for nearly eight years. I relapsed on my drug of choice-cocaine-when my mother died in 1993; a year after my son was born. Before that, I was literally rescued from years of heinous sexual ... (more) Published By: Karen J Submitted: 10 December,2001 |
| 114 | Social Program: Management & Evaluation Preview: NGO PROGRAM ACCOUNTABILITY INCREASING PARTICIPATION THROUGH ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Timothy Farrell, PHD faroglobal, inc. Guatemala City, Guatemala October 2001 Introduction NGO Program- and Project Accountability are acknowledged as being necessary – but often as an unavoidable burden – to NGO operations. Usually “accountability”... (more) Published By: Timothy Farrell, PhD Submitted: 14 December,2001 |
| 115 | Mobbing Is Emotional Abuse Preview: Are you a mobber? Have you ever made fun of people behind their backs? Spread rumors? Played practical jokes that weren’t really funny and got others to join in your laughter? Have you joined in some of this behavior thinking you were right or justified, or perhaps because you didn’t want to be excluded from the group? If you ever have done this, ... (more) Published By: Gail Pursell Elliott Submitted: 14 December,2001 |
| 116 | Workaholism, Leisure and Pleasure - Part I Preview: The official working week has been reduced to 35 hours a week in France. In most countries in the world, it is limited to 45 hours a week. The trend during the last century seems to be unequivocal: less work, more play. Yet, what may be true for blue collar workers or state employees - is not necessarily so for white collar members of the liberal... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 17 December,2001 |
| 117 | The Distributive Justice of the Market - Part II Preview: Philosophers tried to specify a "bundle" or "package" of goods, services, and intangibles (like information, or skills, or knowledge). Justice - though not necessarily happiness - is when everyone possesses an identical bundle. Happiness - though not necessarily justice - is when each one of us possesses a "bundle" which reflects his or her prefer... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 118 | Notes on the Economics of Game Theory - Part II Preview: Games, naturally, can consist of one player, two players and more than two players (n-players). They can be zero (or fixed) - sum (the sum of benefits is fixed and whatever gains made by one of the players are lost by the others). They can be nonzero-sum (the amount of benefits to all players can increase or decrease). Games can be cooperative (wh... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 119 | Notes on the Economics of Game Theory - Part III Preview: The limitations of this approach are immediately evident. It is definitely not geared to cope well with more complex, multi-player, semi-cooperative (semi-competitive), imperfect information situations. Von Neumann proved that there is a solution for every ZSG with 2 players, though it might require the implementation of mixed strategies (strateg... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 120 | The Distributive Justice of the Market - Part I Preview: The public outcry against executive pay and compensation followed disclosures of insider trading, double dealing, and outright fraud. But even honest and productive entrepreneurs often earn more money in one year than Albert Einstein did in his entire life. This strikes many - especially academics - as unfair. Surely Einstein's contributions to hu... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 121 | The Dismal Mind - Economics as a Pretension to Science - Part II Preview: III. The Scientific Method To qualify as science, an economic theory must satisfy the following conditions: All-inclusive (anamnetic) – It must encompass, integrate and incorporate all the facts known. Coherent – It must be chronological, structured and causal. Consistent – Self-consistent (its sub-"narratives" cannot contradict one another or... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 122 | The Dismal Mind - Economics as a Pretension to Science - Part III Preview: 4. Homo Economicus The economic actor is assumed to be constantly engaged in the rational pursuit of self interest. This is not a realistic model - merely a (useful) approximation. People don't repeat their mistakes systematically (=rationality in economics) and they seek to optimize their preferences (altruism can be such a preference, as well).... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 123 | Notes on the Economics of Game Theory - Part I Preview: Consider this: Could Western management techniques be successfully implemented in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)? Granted, they have to be adapted, modified and cannot be imported in their entirety. But their crux, their inalienable nucleus – can this be transported and transplanted in CEE? Theory provides us with a positive an... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 124 | Forward to the Past - Feudalism and Communism Preview: The core countries of Central Europe (the Czech Republic, Hungary and, to a lesser extent, Poland) experienced industrial capitalism in the inter-war period. But the countries comprising the vast expanses of the New Independent States, Russia and the Balkan had no real acquaintance with it. To them its zealous introduction is nothing but another i... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 125 | The Dismal Mind - Economics as a Pretension to Science - Part I Preview: "It is impossible to describe any human action if one does not refer to the meaning the actor sees in the stimulus as well as in the end his response is aiming at." Ludwig von Mises I. Introduction Storytelling has been with us since the days of campfire and besieging wild animals. It served a number of important functions: amelioration of fears... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 20 December,2001 |
| 126 | Abortion and the Right to Life - Part II Preview: IE. The Right to have One's Life Saved There is no such right as there is no corresponding moral obligation or duty to save a life. This "right" is a demonstration of the aforementioned muddle between the morally commendable, desirable and decent ("ought", "should") and the morally obligatory, the result of other people's rights ("must"). In som... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 127 | The Murder of Oneself Preview: Those who believe in the finality of death (i.e., that there is no after-life) – they are the ones who advocate suicide and regard it as a matter of personal choice. On the other hand, those who firmly believe in some form of existence after corporeal death – they condemn suicide and judge it to be a major sin. Yet, rationally, the situation shoul... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 128 | Abortion and the Right to Life - Part I Preview: I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existence of a right implies obligations or duties of third parties towards the right-holder. One has a right AGAINST other people. The fact that one possesses a certain right - prescribes to others certain obligatory behaviou... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 129 | Abortion and the Right to Life - Part III Preview: Having reviewed the above arguments and counter-arguments, Don Marquis goes on (in "Why Abortion is Immoral", 1989) to offer a sharper and more comprehensive criterion: terminating a life is morally wrong because a person has a future filled with value and meaning, similar to ours. But the whole debate is unnecessary. There is no conflict between... (more) Published By: Sam Vaknin Submitted: 21 December,2001 |
| 130 | NICK'S BACKPACK CAREPAK MISSION/Darryl E. Owens Preview: Saturday, September 22, 2001 `LUCKY' TEEN KNOWS THE DESPAIR OF CHILDREN IN ROMANIA, TRIES TO HELP by Darryl E. Owens © THE ORLANDO SENTINEL Used with permission The castoff child escaped 11 years ago, rescued from a hell called Orphanage No. 4. An Orlando woman moved by a television report and a hole in her soul plucked him from a Romanian orp... (more) Published By: Joan Bramsch Submitted: 21 January,2002 |