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Online Etymology Dictionary

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:07:58 GMT

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L., lit. "behold the man" (John xix.5).

1398 as a term in Ptolemaic astronomy, from M.L. eccentricus, from Gk. ekkentros "out of the center" (as opposed to concentric), from ek "out" + kentron "center" (see center). Figurative sense of "odd, whimsical" (adj.) first recorded 1685. Noun meaning person with such qualities first attested 1832.

Ecclesiastes

c.1300, name given to one of the O.T. books, traditionally ascribed to Solomon, from Gk. ekklesiastes (see ecclesiastic), to render Heb. qoheleth "one who addresses an assembly," from qahal "assembly." The title is technically the designation of the speaker, but that word throughout is usually rendered into Eng. as "The Preacher."

2008-09-13: Tag der deutschen Sprache

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:24:02 GMT

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Wir schätzen unsere deutsche Muttersprache, die „Orgel unter den Sprachen“, wie Jean Paul sie nannte. Um sie als eigenständige Kultur- und Wissenschaftssprache zu erhalten und vor dem Verdrängen durch das Englische zu schützen, gründeten wir im Jahr 1997 den Verein Deutsche Sprache. Er ist eine bunte, große und schnell wachsende Bürgerinitiative mit mittlerweile über 30.000 Menschen aus nahezu allen Ländern, Kulturen, Parteien, Altersgruppen und Berufen. Allein ein Drittel davon sind Freunde der deutschen Sprache aus Asien oder Afrika.

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Die in der deutschen Allgemeinsprache von 1990 bis 1999 festzustellenden neuen Wörter und Wendungen sind schon zu rund 60 % aus dem Angloamerikanischen entlehnt oder – als Mischbildungen oder Scheinentlehnungen – mit Hilfe angloamerikanischer Wörter oder Wortbausteine gebildet worden.

Die „Amerikanisierung" der deutschen Sprache

wurde dann auch noch dadurch wesentlich begünstigt, daß die „zuständigen" Wissenschaftler

darin im allgemeinen kein Problem

sahen

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Tags: deutsch, anglizismen, amerikanisierung, sprache

A Lexicon of New Orleans Terminology and Speech

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:40:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Yatspeak: how ta tawk rite in Noo Awyuns.

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For those of you unfamiliar with New Orleans culture, a good place to start is that there are basically only two kinds of people in New Orleans.

The first is those folks that live, as one [of Bunny's] cartoon characters puts it, in Gatorland -- "Yeah, you know ... ova dere across Magazine where dey all wear dem shoits wid lil' gators on 'em." Otherwise knows as Uptown, you can tell folks from Gatorland in the cartoons because they speak English. Another clue is that all skinny people are from Gatorland, although not all people from Gatorland are skinny. And they often have 59 rows of teeth.

The other kind of New Orleanian is Everyone Else, dose folks dat talk normal.

NEW ORLEANS

there are oodles of ways that the locals pronounce the name of their beloved City.

<new or-LEENS> is generally a no-no.

Here are the major standard local pronunciations of the City's name: <new OR-l@ns>, <new AW-l@ns>, <new OR-lee-'@ns> <new AH-lee-@ns>, <nyoo AH-lee-'@ns>.

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Pink Floyd---Animals

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:11:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Relevant lyrics for today....and good music ,too!!

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Animals

Animals is a concept album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 23 January 1977 in the UK and on 2 February 1977 in the U.S.

The album proved a success in the United Kingdom, where it reached #2 in the era of punk music. It was also a success in the U.S., reaching #3 on the Billboard album charts (#1 and #2 were Hotel California by The Eagles, and the soundtrack to the Barbara Streisand film A Star Is Born). However, it was on the American charts for only six months even though it has continued to sell solidly, to the extent of its having gone quadruple platinum, according to the RIAA.

In the UK, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album Gold (100,000 units) in 1977. It has yet to achieve Platinum.

Mark Twain on the First Woman in Nevada

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:25:19 GMT

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in a certain Nevada camp, the news went abroad early in the morning that a woman was come! The miners had seen a calico dress hanging out of a wagon down at the camping ground---sign of emigrants from over the great plains. Everybody went down there, and a shout went up when an actual bona fide dress was discovered fluttering in the wind! The male emigrant was visible. The miners said:

“Fetch her out!”

He said: “It’s my wife, gentlemen---she is sick---we have been robbed of money, provisions, everything, by the Indians---we want to rest.”

“Fetch her out! We’ve got to see her!”

“But gentlemen, the poor thing, she---“

“FETCH HER OUT!”

He “fetched her out,” and they swung their hats and sent up three rousing cheers, and they crowded around and gazed at her, and touched her dress, and listened to her voice with the look of men who listened to a memory rather than a present reality---and then they collected twenty-five hundreds dollars in gold and gave it to the man,

and went home satisfied.

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Rubaiyat (quatrains) of Omar Khayyam, the astronomer-poet of Persia (1048-1122)

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:09:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Medieval Sourcebook: Omar Khayyam: The Rubaiyat, c. 1120, trans. E. H. Whinfield
Irania.eu Omar Khayyam Robaiyat
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Astronomer-Poet of Persia (First edition)
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Philosophy of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyám - Wikipedia EN

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Some look for truth in creeds, and forms, and rules;
Some grope for doubts or dogmas in the schools;
But from behind the veil a voice proclaims,
"Your road lies neither here nor there, O fools."

Young wooer, charm all hearts with lover's art,
Glad winner, lead thy paragon apart!
A hundred Kaabas equal not one heart,
Seek not the Kaaba, rather seek a heart!

Better to make one soul rejoice with glee,
Than plant a desert with a colony;
Rather one freeman bind with chains of love,
Than set a thousand prisoned captives free!

They who by genius, and by power of brain,
The rank of man's enlighteners attain,
Not even they emerge from this dark night,
But tell their dreams, and fall asleep again.

Although the creeds number some seventy-three,
I hold with none but that of loving Thee;
What matter faith, unfaith, obedience, sin?
Thou'rt all we need, the rest is vanity.

Tags: omar khayyam, rubaiyat, quatrains, poems, persia, literature, religion, philosophy, middle ages

Original Alice

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:29:25 GMT

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THE ORIGINAL ALICE

Written and illustrated by Lewis Carroll

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Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures Under Ground - Introduction

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This manuscript - one of the British Library's best - loved treasures - is the original version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, the pen-name of Charles Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician.

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Chapter one

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and where is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversations? So she was considering in her own mind, (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid,) whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain was worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when a white rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

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Tags: literature, alice, lewis carroll, wonderland, alice's adventures underground

7 Myths of Crowd Psychology

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:07:08 GMT

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"The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile"

~Benito Mussolini

Here are the seven myths about crowds that Schweingruber and Wohlstein identify, in order of how frequently they appear in introductory sociology textbooks.

1. Crowds are spontaneous

The most common myth about crowds is that they are spontaneous, or worse, that they are hotbeds of violence, with complete chaos only a few ill-judged jostles away.

Research into crowd violence does not support this.

2. Crowds are suggestible

The idea that people in crowds have heightened suggestibility is also a relatively common myth. People are said to copy each other, looking for a leader, being open to others' suggestion about how they should behave, perhaps resulting from a lack of social structure.

3. Crowds are irrational

4. Crowds increase anonymity

5. Crowds are emotional

6. Crowds are unanimous

7. Crowds are destructive

Tags: psychology, mass, crowd, behavior

Important World Event! Please Consider Watching, Thanks.

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:10:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Argentina's Economic Collapse
Documentary on the events that led to the economic collapse of Argentina in 2001 which wiped out the middle class and raised the level of poverty to 57.5%. Central to the collapse was the implementation of neo-liberal policies which enabled the swindle of billions of dollars by foreign banks and corporations. Many of Argentina's assets and resources were shamefully plundered. Its financial system was even used for money laundering by Citibank, Credit Suisse, and JP Morgan. The net result was massive wealth transfers and the impoverishment of society which culminated in many deaths due to oppression and malnutrition.

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Pink Floyd - Reunification 2015

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:42:31 GMT

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Beim Opener "ShineOn" treten Dave und Roger zum Mikro, um den Gesangspart zu übernehmen. Ehe sich einer behaupten kann, kommt es zu einer wüsten Schlägerei. Rick greift ein, ihm wird die Brille heruntergeschlagen. Nick stiehlt sich davon, Roger nutzt die kurze Bewusstlosigkeit von Dave, um "SeTeidIsTörning" anzustimmen. Das Auditorium fordert "RanLeikHäll!", Dave rappelt sich auf und boxt Roger eins aufn Mund. Roger fällt auf Rick, Dave kippt hinterher. Ein Haufen Legenden.

Tags: pink floyd, david gilmour, roger waters, rick wright, nick mason

A Baby's Smile Is A Natural High

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:36:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

The baby's smile that gladdens a mother's heart also lights up the reward centers of her brain, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers

The finding could help scientists figure out the special mother-infant bond and how it sometimes go wrong,

"The relationship between mothers and infants is critical for child development," said Strathearn. "For whatever reason, in some cases, that relationship doesn't develop normally. Neglect and abuse can result, with devastating effects on a child's development."

They found that when the mothers saw their own infants' faces, key areas of the brain associated with reward lit up during the scans.

The areas stimulated by the sight of their own babies were those associated with the neurotransmitter dopamine.

"These are areas that have been activated in other experiments associated with drug addiction," said Strathearn. "It may be that seeing your own baby's smiling face is like a 'natural high' ".

Tags: baby, brain, motherhood

Afghanistan in pictures

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:35:47 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

This girl looks happy here, but expectations are that as she grows, her burn scars won't, which could prove fatal. There is no hospital in Uruzgan, one of the poorest provinces in Afghanistan

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the royal palace of Dar-ul-Aman

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the faces of the future law enforcers of Afghanistan, members of the Afghan National Auxiliary Police

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a bike is a luxury item

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Afghanistan is a country of children and young people: 44% of the population is under 14. They now have better prospects because they can go to school again

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A girls' school in Uruzgan. Under the Taliban regime girls were banned from attending school. That has changed although some are still not used to the idea

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Security is also important for schools

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he swimming pool

never contained water

the Taliban pushed blindfolded criminals and homosexuals from the top diving board

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40% of the population is unemployed

Iran's stunning wooden village

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:02:56 GMT

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The Role of Meaning in Human Thinking

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:50:56 GMT

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The creation of meaning to interpret and communicate perceived phenomena is a fundamental trait of human intelligence. This article explains some major ways in which this is achieved, focusing on language and the perception of embodiment. It examines the representational aspects of natural language, which account for the ambiguity of linguistic signs, and describes how these manifest in metaphor, connotation and emotive expression. The article argues that the human propensity to create meaning lies largely in this representational ambiguity, which underlies all forms of symbolism. However, the ambiguity of natural language has a paradoxical side, since it is also at fault in many shortcomings of human communication, such as misunderstanding and prejudicial stereotyping. This article argues that any attempt to emulate human ways of thinking, for example in Artificial Intelligence research, should take this paradoxical factor into account.

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Life in Purple

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:29:53 GMT

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Clip Source: photography.nationalgeographic.com