This document discusses the role of linguistic theory in countering violent extremism in the context of political Islam and the Arab-Islamic discourse. It argues that ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are centered around debates over how much Islam should structure societies and governance. It analyzes this issue from the perspectives of medieval Islamic scholars, modern philosophers of language, and suggests that promoting rigorous instruction in Islamic exegetical traditions combined with modern linguistic theory could help prevent violent extremism by addressing the existential crisis felt by many Muslims in the post-colonial era.
This document discusses trade facilitation in the context of the SPS Agreement and lessons learned from technical cooperation projects. It notes that outdated border procedures and excessive red tape are larger barriers to trade than tariffs. The SPS Agreement aims to balance the rights of members to protect health while avoiding unnecessary trade barriers. Key provisions for trade facilitation include minimizing restrictions, harmonization, equivalence, transparency, and efficient control procedures. Research identified procedural obstacles to trade both before and within borders, and preliminary findings suggest simple solutions like improving transparency, reducing opportunities for rent-seeking, limiting document requirements, and coordinating with trade partners.
Лайфхаки запуска ИТ-стартапов в Украине/ 09.07.15, доклад ihubEvgeniy Sarantsov
ключевые тезисы:
- Инвесторы не покупают стартапы, покупают только активы.
- Инвесторы инвестируют в финансовую модель компании, а не в идею.
- Инвесторы не доверяют, инвесторы управляют рисками.
- В Украине венчурного капитала нет! В 2014 году рынок международного венчурного капитала достиг отметки USD 86,7 bil. В тройке лидеров US (USD 22,3 bil), China (USD 9,1 bil) Europe (USD 4,1 bil)
- Украинскому государству не выгоден развивающийся рынок IT- стартапов!
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Trade hub platform при поддержке экспортного агентства Abbottpm публикует аналитические отчеты по рынкам экспорта.
http://tradehub.com.ua/ru/5546_obzory/view/5178/trade-hub-analiticsmuka1.htm
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck on SlideShare. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation by providing a button to click to begin the process. The document is advertising the creation of presentations on Haiku Deck and SlideShare.
This document discusses the role of linguistic theory in countering violent extremism in the context of political Islam and the Arab-Islamic discourse. It argues that ongoing conflicts in the Middle East are centered around debates over how much Islam should structure societies and governance. It analyzes this issue from the perspectives of medieval Islamic scholars, modern philosophers of language, and suggests that promoting rigorous instruction in Islamic exegetical traditions combined with modern linguistic theory could help prevent violent extremism by addressing the existential crisis felt by many Muslims in the post-colonial era.
This document discusses trade facilitation in the context of the SPS Agreement and lessons learned from technical cooperation projects. It notes that outdated border procedures and excessive red tape are larger barriers to trade than tariffs. The SPS Agreement aims to balance the rights of members to protect health while avoiding unnecessary trade barriers. Key provisions for trade facilitation include minimizing restrictions, harmonization, equivalence, transparency, and efficient control procedures. Research identified procedural obstacles to trade both before and within borders, and preliminary findings suggest simple solutions like improving transparency, reducing opportunities for rent-seeking, limiting document requirements, and coordinating with trade partners.
Лайфхаки запуска ИТ-стартапов в Украине/ 09.07.15, доклад ihubEvgeniy Sarantsov
ключевые тезисы:
- Инвесторы не покупают стартапы, покупают только активы.
- Инвесторы инвестируют в финансовую модель компании, а не в идею.
- Инвесторы не доверяют, инвесторы управляют рисками.
- В Украине венчурного капитала нет! В 2014 году рынок международного венчурного капитала достиг отметки USD 86,7 bil. В тройке лидеров US (USD 22,3 bil), China (USD 9,1 bil) Europe (USD 4,1 bil)
- Украинскому государству не выгоден развивающийся рынок IT- стартапов!
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Trade hub platform при поддержке экспортного агентства Abbottpm публикует аналитические отчеты по рынкам экспорта.
http://tradehub.com.ua/ru/5546_obzory/view/5178/trade-hub-analiticsmuka1.htm
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck on SlideShare. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation by providing a button to click to begin the process. The document is advertising the creation of presentations on Haiku Deck and SlideShare.
The document discusses senior bodybuilders in South Florida who compete in physique competitions. It notes that competitions are adding older age categories for competitors over 50 and 60 years old. While taking anabolic steroids could help older athletes build muscle faster, it can also have serious health risks. The document profiles some senior bodybuilders who say their motivation is to stay healthy and that bodybuilding helps them feel younger, despite the physical challenges of aging.
The Three Idiots is a popular Indian comedy-drama film adapted from the novel Five Point Someone. It follows the story of three friends - Farhan, Raju, and Rancho - who enroll in an engineering college despite having different passions. Rancho is a gifted inventor who criticizes the education system's emphasis on competition. The film explores themes of pursuing one's dreams and the importance of friendship. It was highly successful in India and tackles issues of self-actualization and an unfair education system.
This document provides excerpts from propaganda songs used in instances of genocide to incite violence and promote ethnic hatred. The songs analyzed come from Rwanda ("Twasa Zareye" and "Nanga Abahutu"), Nazi Germany ("Horst-Wessel-Lied"), Cambodia ("The Good Comrade", "In One Hand Holding a Gun, In the Other Hand a Hoe, Defending and Building the Motherland", "The Countryside of the New Kampuchea Under the Light of the Shining Revolution", and "Children of the New Kampuchea") and promote ethnic superiority, dehumanization of victims, glorification of political leaders and calls to violence.
GeoTool_2015_Coastal_Data_Application_BWang_FinalBin Wang
This document summarizes a study projecting future coastal flood risk for Massachusetts Bay using available data and numerical modeling. It presents the methodology, which includes using published hydrodynamic modeling data from the US Army Corps of Engineers and developing a high-resolution coupled ADCIRC and SWAN model. The model is validated against historical hurricanes and used to simulate storm surge and waves from a synthetic hurricane under present and future sea level rise scenarios. The results are analyzed to identify flood risk and how risk may increase with sea level rise.
Family Cottage and Recreational Property Strategies by Mike BondyMichael Bondy
This document provides strategies for families regarding cottage and recreational properties. It discusses keeping a cottage in the family to maintain connections and memories. Passing the cottage down can cause conflicts over costs and maintenance between siblings. Options include transferring the property before death to avoid capital gains taxes, using the principal residence exemption, or placing the property in a trust. Co-ownership agreements can outline financial responsibilities when sharing a cottage.
This document summarizes a study on implementing sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures to facilitate trade in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia. It finds that while SPS measures are necessary to reduce health risks, inefficient implementation can increase trade costs. The study identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, such as clarifying agency roles and responsibilities, increasing transparency of requirements, reducing documentation burdens, and enhancing agency cooperation. Addressing these issues could help lower costs for traders and increase trade volumes in accordance with international trade agreements.
1) The EMPRENDA alliance was formed in 2005 between three NGOs (TechnoServe, CLUSA, and ACDI/VOCA) to promote cooperation between smallholder farmers' associations, larger rural enterprises, and the NGOs themselves in Mozambique. The goal was to target high-potential agricultural value chains and create market linkages.
2) Over four years, the EMPRENDA alliance helped clients increase their annual sales from $4 million to an estimated $16 million by 2008. Clients also mobilized almost $26 million in financing to overcome obstacles. The alliance focused on horticulture, field crops like cashews and soybeans, and more recently forestry.
Edwin Johann Santana Gaarder worked for Brandão Filhos Fortship Agência Marítima Ltda. for two years from 2011-2012. He served as the sole boarding agent and principal office manager, handling documentation and requirements for vessels and cargo at local ports. Edwin played a key role in securing new contracts and negotiating existing deals. He was resourceful, learned the trade quickly, and built an impressive network. His former employer highly recommends Edwin as a unique professional.
This document provides a summary and analysis of Joseph Conrad's career and works in relation to late 19th century philosophical movements. It discusses how Conrad participated in the "fin-de-siècle" worldview that saw the decline of Christianity and rise of scientific rationalism. While Conrad and Nietzsche shared a skepticism of absolute truths, Conrad's fiction aimed to "cherish hope" through illusion rather than enforce arbitrary rules. The document analyzes how Conrad's Heart of Darkness subverted colonial adventure fiction by exposing the violent racism behind European domination, in contrast to works like The Lost World that continued to construct racial hierarchies.
The document discusses the causes and consequences of the 2008 global food crisis and proposes policy changes. It analyzes several long-term trends that contributed to the crisis, including increasing fuel prices, diversion of crops to biofuel production, and the growth of meat consumption. Short-term issues like financial speculation and export bans exacerbated the crisis. Two policy changes are proposed: developed countries should gradually reduce agricultural subsidies while developing countries receive capacity building to improve yields and reduce food waste, in order to ensure adequate food supplies during the transition.
The document discusses property rights in the Brazilian Amazon and how reforming the property rights regime could help incentivize rainforest conservation. It notes that the Amazon region accounts for 60% of Brazil's territory and contains 67% of the world's tropical rainforest cover. It describes how Brazilian governments have historically granted conditional property rights to land as a means of exerting control over the vast, sparsely populated Amazon territory and consolidating territorial claims. Retroactively regularizing informal settlements has benefited both settlers and the government. However, challenges to sovereignty from illegal activities still exist in the Amazon region today.
This document provides background information on the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. It discusses how Fortaleza has experienced rapid urban growth and economic development in recent decades, transitioning from a predominantly rural economy to a major urban center. The population of Fortaleza has grown significantly, and its metropolitan area now accounts for around 45% of the population of Ceará state. Fortaleza has also become the economic engine of the state, generating 65% of Ceará's GDP, with a strong services sector and industrial base. The document aims to provide context on Fortaleza as it discusses pathways toward more sustainable urban development.
This document discusses public-private partnerships (PPPs) in emerging economies like Brazil. It notes that emerging economies face huge infrastructure investment needs but lack public funds, making private sector involvement necessary. The document examines Brazil's experience with PPPs in airports, hospitals, prisons, and football stadiums, finding that PPPs have helped address infrastructure gaps and improved quality and cost-effectiveness compared to public provision alone. It also discusses how Brazil improved its legal framework to better facilitate different types of PPP models.
The document discusses senior bodybuilders in South Florida who compete in physique competitions. It notes that competitions are adding older age categories for competitors over 50 and 60 years old. While taking anabolic steroids could help older athletes build muscle faster, it can also have serious health risks. The document profiles some senior bodybuilders who say their motivation is to stay healthy and that bodybuilding helps them feel younger, despite the physical challenges of aging.
The Three Idiots is a popular Indian comedy-drama film adapted from the novel Five Point Someone. It follows the story of three friends - Farhan, Raju, and Rancho - who enroll in an engineering college despite having different passions. Rancho is a gifted inventor who criticizes the education system's emphasis on competition. The film explores themes of pursuing one's dreams and the importance of friendship. It was highly successful in India and tackles issues of self-actualization and an unfair education system.
This document provides excerpts from propaganda songs used in instances of genocide to incite violence and promote ethnic hatred. The songs analyzed come from Rwanda ("Twasa Zareye" and "Nanga Abahutu"), Nazi Germany ("Horst-Wessel-Lied"), Cambodia ("The Good Comrade", "In One Hand Holding a Gun, In the Other Hand a Hoe, Defending and Building the Motherland", "The Countryside of the New Kampuchea Under the Light of the Shining Revolution", and "Children of the New Kampuchea") and promote ethnic superiority, dehumanization of victims, glorification of political leaders and calls to violence.
GeoTool_2015_Coastal_Data_Application_BWang_FinalBin Wang
This document summarizes a study projecting future coastal flood risk for Massachusetts Bay using available data and numerical modeling. It presents the methodology, which includes using published hydrodynamic modeling data from the US Army Corps of Engineers and developing a high-resolution coupled ADCIRC and SWAN model. The model is validated against historical hurricanes and used to simulate storm surge and waves from a synthetic hurricane under present and future sea level rise scenarios. The results are analyzed to identify flood risk and how risk may increase with sea level rise.
Family Cottage and Recreational Property Strategies by Mike BondyMichael Bondy
This document provides strategies for families regarding cottage and recreational properties. It discusses keeping a cottage in the family to maintain connections and memories. Passing the cottage down can cause conflicts over costs and maintenance between siblings. Options include transferring the property before death to avoid capital gains taxes, using the principal residence exemption, or placing the property in a trust. Co-ownership agreements can outline financial responsibilities when sharing a cottage.
This document summarizes a study on implementing sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures to facilitate trade in Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia. It finds that while SPS measures are necessary to reduce health risks, inefficient implementation can increase trade costs. The study identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, such as clarifying agency roles and responsibilities, increasing transparency of requirements, reducing documentation burdens, and enhancing agency cooperation. Addressing these issues could help lower costs for traders and increase trade volumes in accordance with international trade agreements.
1) The EMPRENDA alliance was formed in 2005 between three NGOs (TechnoServe, CLUSA, and ACDI/VOCA) to promote cooperation between smallholder farmers' associations, larger rural enterprises, and the NGOs themselves in Mozambique. The goal was to target high-potential agricultural value chains and create market linkages.
2) Over four years, the EMPRENDA alliance helped clients increase their annual sales from $4 million to an estimated $16 million by 2008. Clients also mobilized almost $26 million in financing to overcome obstacles. The alliance focused on horticulture, field crops like cashews and soybeans, and more recently forestry.
Edwin Johann Santana Gaarder worked for Brandão Filhos Fortship Agência Marítima Ltda. for two years from 2011-2012. He served as the sole boarding agent and principal office manager, handling documentation and requirements for vessels and cargo at local ports. Edwin played a key role in securing new contracts and negotiating existing deals. He was resourceful, learned the trade quickly, and built an impressive network. His former employer highly recommends Edwin as a unique professional.
This document provides a summary and analysis of Joseph Conrad's career and works in relation to late 19th century philosophical movements. It discusses how Conrad participated in the "fin-de-siècle" worldview that saw the decline of Christianity and rise of scientific rationalism. While Conrad and Nietzsche shared a skepticism of absolute truths, Conrad's fiction aimed to "cherish hope" through illusion rather than enforce arbitrary rules. The document analyzes how Conrad's Heart of Darkness subverted colonial adventure fiction by exposing the violent racism behind European domination, in contrast to works like The Lost World that continued to construct racial hierarchies.
The document discusses the causes and consequences of the 2008 global food crisis and proposes policy changes. It analyzes several long-term trends that contributed to the crisis, including increasing fuel prices, diversion of crops to biofuel production, and the growth of meat consumption. Short-term issues like financial speculation and export bans exacerbated the crisis. Two policy changes are proposed: developed countries should gradually reduce agricultural subsidies while developing countries receive capacity building to improve yields and reduce food waste, in order to ensure adequate food supplies during the transition.
The document discusses property rights in the Brazilian Amazon and how reforming the property rights regime could help incentivize rainforest conservation. It notes that the Amazon region accounts for 60% of Brazil's territory and contains 67% of the world's tropical rainforest cover. It describes how Brazilian governments have historically granted conditional property rights to land as a means of exerting control over the vast, sparsely populated Amazon territory and consolidating territorial claims. Retroactively regularizing informal settlements has benefited both settlers and the government. However, challenges to sovereignty from illegal activities still exist in the Amazon region today.
This document provides background information on the city of Fortaleza, Brazil. It discusses how Fortaleza has experienced rapid urban growth and economic development in recent decades, transitioning from a predominantly rural economy to a major urban center. The population of Fortaleza has grown significantly, and its metropolitan area now accounts for around 45% of the population of Ceará state. Fortaleza has also become the economic engine of the state, generating 65% of Ceará's GDP, with a strong services sector and industrial base. The document aims to provide context on Fortaleza as it discusses pathways toward more sustainable urban development.
This document discusses public-private partnerships (PPPs) in emerging economies like Brazil. It notes that emerging economies face huge infrastructure investment needs but lack public funds, making private sector involvement necessary. The document examines Brazil's experience with PPPs in airports, hospitals, prisons, and football stadiums, finding that PPPs have helped address infrastructure gaps and improved quality and cost-effectiveness compared to public provision alone. It also discusses how Brazil improved its legal framework to better facilitate different types of PPP models.