In exchange for helping him research and write such articles, he’d give me a percentage of his ad revenue. I thought about it, but in the end, because I was focussed more on my hunting for a proper job, I declined. But it got me thinking, and reading a whole bunch of different ...
and finished with a rally at Parliament house in Castlereagh Street. Along the way, there was a brief halt to remember Michael Stevens, a young gay man who had been bashed to death two months earlier, caught up in the tide of gay hate and hysteria brought about by media reports on the...
They found that women represent only 25.6% of national parliaments, 36.3% of local governments, and 28.2% of management positions. These numbers are incredibly low considering the female population in society, and this is just proof that feminism is still so important in modern society. Who can...
The Valletta Cultural Agency is hosting its Christmas programme until December 31 in Valletta’s main squares and streets, while the Christmas lights and decorations will continue into January. There are a Christmas tree near Parliament, a crib and various family activities taking place on a daily...
among the states proportionate to their percentage of the total national population, with the resulting amount being due from the state. The state is free to collect the money however it wishes.”–“Because of this Constitutional requirement, once someone has come into ownership of money or othe...
And what percentage of guys? (It can’t be *all* guys, because humans, but it’s all of them *I* know.) And what percentage of women? I should probably do a survey myself, just of the people I know. (“Be the change” surely applies to surveys about museum exhibits as much ...
Generally, short-term marginal abatement costs (MAC) are running up, from shallow to steep, the higher the reduction percentage of emissions by particular activities becomes (Fig. 3). The description in this paper is based on aggregate MAC (the horizontal addition of the MAC curves of all ...
(a couple of them remains as a monument on the Neris side of parliament still boasting the original graffiti). The Soviets did not capture the square, now named after independence (Nepriklausomybės). Laid over a major automobile tunnel, this square also houses the National Library and ...
One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor. Count To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every ...
Functionally possible only in small states, Switzerland is the only example of a direct democracy applied on a national level today. While Switzerland is no longer a true direct democracy, any law passed by the popularly elected national parliament can be vetoed by a direct vote of the public....