To many outside China, especially those who have grown up with European cultural traditions, China is an enigma, a place so different that a first visit is most often a culture shock. On the other hand, and some- what paradoxically, China's increasing similarity to the developed world is ...
Actus, in Latin, is the root word for activist meaning ‘doing’, ‘a driving force’, or ‘an impulse’. Such a broad word is apropos for AIM and the energy of its charter members.Look at the impact on the early 1970’s in the following timeline of its’ various actions and events...
Here is Elgar conducting a piece which has been terribly maligned by its connection with royal funerals and things - Nimrod, from Enigma. It was his second recording. This was 1926 which was only a few years later than the Moreschi recording. You hear all those tricks in play – a very ...
aKey to de Chirico's work is his love of the classical past. He came to this through his appreciation for German Romanticism, and it was this that revealed to him new ways of looking at the Classics, and ways of treating themes of tragedy, enigma, and melancholy. For de Chirico, the ...
By harnessing the might of mental models, we can conserve our precious brainpower for the things that truly matter. Unveiling the Enigma: What Exactly Are Mental Models? Picture mental models as the scaffolding that supports our understanding and interpretation of the world around us. They take ...
After the Paulsens returned from their honor flight, Jerry started hounding me to sign up for a flight myself. But I don’t do what people say just because they nag. So, why did I sign up? I’ll try to explain. # “Honor” is a conspicuous word. It is the first word in the...
Decoding the Enigma of Shiva-the Supreme Dancer, from Karaikkal Ammai’s verses December 24, 2023M. Subbulakshmi Karaikkal Ammaiyar’s works- Arputha Thiruvandhaathi, Irattai Manimaalai and Mootha Thiruppathigam are the first Indian literary evidences available till date, for a list of ex...
It is an enigma why the narrative should end in such an apparently depoliticized way. That this is certainly not because Wang Hui was moving away from politics becomes clear from the hundred-page Prologue that he wrote after completing it, which takes up the themes of Empire and State in...
As we approach a new Millennium people are looking for a truly new approach to solving the problem of violence and the enigma of rags and riches in a world of abundance. We need a new vision that reflects awareness of the state of the world, its dangers and possibilities, and then to ...
Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a technique that can determine whether bricks - the common building material - have ever been near a radiological source, and identify the specific type of source, such as high enriched u