Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East. He is a columnist for Central Europe Review, PopMatters, and eBookWeb , a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent, and the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory Bellaonline, and Suite101 . Until recently, he served as the Economic Advisor to the Government of Macedonia. Visit Sam's Web site at http://samvak.tripod.com/palma@unet.com.mk To improve your Physics, visit SD Tutor Advisor.com - http://www.tutoradvisor.com.sg/ We have a list of Physics Tutors for your Physics Tuition.
The Chinese Room Revisited Whole forests have been wasted in the effort to refute the Chinese Room Thought Experiment proposed by Searle in 1980 and refined (really derived from axioms) in 1990. The experiment envisages a room in which an English speaker sits, equipped with a book of instructions in English. Through one window messages in Chinese are passed on to him (in the original experiment, two types of messages). He...... Similar Editorial : Chinese Shar Pei by Melissa Coleman. | Source : Retrieval On The World Wide Web Using
The Internet In The Countries In Transition Though the countries in transition are far from being an homogeneous lot, there are a few denominators common to their Internet experience hitherto: 1. Internet invasion The penetration of the Internet in the countries in transition varies from country to country - but is still very low even by European standards, not to mention by American ones. This had to do with the lack of infrastructure, the...... Similar Editorial : Lessons in Transition by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.. | Source : Ucla Computer Science
Digital Cameras, IPhones, And Other Interfaces Perception and Representation in Analog and Digital CamerasThe digital camera profoundly affects the way we perceive and represent the world around us on "film".To start with, the user of the analog camera used to watch the world, however indirectly. All that stood between him and reality was the viewer of his apparatus. He recorded what he saw "out there".In contrast, the user of the digital...... Similar Editorial : Digital Cameras by Jakob Jelling. | Source : Iphone Mp3 Player
The Macedonian Stock Exchange - December 2007 The Macedonian Stock Exchange, as measured by its MBI-10 index, rose to a record high of close to 10,500 in mid-2007. It has since shed 40% of its gains. This correction, or, rather, rout has its roots is a series of converging factors.The multiple failure of the financial system in the United States, brought on by the subprime mortgage crisis and its contagion, resulted in a dollar plunge and the...... Similar Editorial : Traffic Exchange by . | Source : Sal Stock Broker
Central Banks And The Credit Crunch Of 2007 I. The Credit Crunch of 2007The global credit crunch induced by the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States, in the second half of 2007, engendered a tectonic and paradigmatic shift in the way central banks perceive themselves and their role in the banking and financial systems.On December 12, 2007, America's Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB), the Bank of...... Similar Editorial : The Credit Crunch by David Lynes. | Source : Saving Money For College
On The Soundness Of Our Banks Partly it is the feeling that there is safety in numbers. The fashionable term today is "moral hazard". The implicit guarantees of the state and of other financial institutions move us to take risks which we would, otherwise, have avoided. Partly it is the sophistication of the banks in marketing and promoting themselves and their products. Glossy brochures, professional computer and video...... Similar Editorial : Banks Tell Sub by Aaron Dickinson. | Source : Saving Account Interest Rate
Global Recession And Foreign Direct Investment Part I. The Republic of Macedonia - A Case Study? (2007)Ever since its reluctant declaration of independence in 1991, Macedonia occupied the bottom of the list of countries in transition from Communism, as far as absolute dollar figures of FDI go. At 80.6 million USD, FDI in 2003 barely budged from previous years. In 2004, FDI reached 139.5 million USD, only to shrink to 116.2 million USD in 2005....... Similar Editorial : Foreign Investment to UK by Jenny Simpson. | Source : Investment Management Group
The History Of Calendars The Romans sometimes neglected to introduce an extra month every two years to amortize the difference between their lunar calendar and the natural solar year. Julius Caesar decreed that the year 46 BC should have 445 days (some historians implausibly say: 443 days) in order to bridge the yawning discrepancy that accumulated over the preceding seven centuries. It was aptly titled the "Year of...... Similar Editorial : End Of History by Mithun Bhattacharya. | Source : Chemistry Resources
Games People Play Games and role-playing are as ancient as Mankind. Rome's state-sponsoredlethal public games may have accounted for up to one fifth of its GDP. Theyoften lasted for months. Historical re-enactments, sports events, chess -are all manifestations of Man's insatiable desire to be someone else,somewhere else - and to learn from the experience.Last week, Jeff Harrow, in his influential and eponymous ...... Similar Editorial : Play it Again Sam by Beth Brodovsky. | Source : New Guitar Hero
Improve Quality Of Life Question:You seem to be very sceptical that someone with a Narcissistic Personality Disorder can be treated successfully. Answer:The Narcissistic Personality Disorder has been recognised as a distinct mental health diagnosis a little more than two decades ago. There are few who can honestly claim expertise or even in-depth understanding of this complex condition. No one knows whether therapy works...... Similar Editorial : Best Quality Toys by pilkster.
Money Laundering In A Changed World If you shop with a major bank, chances are that all the transactions in your account are scrutinized by AML (Anti Money Laundering) software. Billions of dollars are being invested in these applications. They are supposed to track suspicious transfers, deposits, and withdrawals based on overall statistical patterns. Bank directors, exposed, under the Patriot Act, to personal liability for...... Similar Editorial : Your World Your Way by Ann Kelly. | Source : Dollar Currency
Miscalculating Inflation The most accurate yardstick of inflation is the GDP deflator (which includes the prices of capital goods and export and import prices). Regrettably, it is rarely used or mentioned in public.The Consumer Price Index is not the same as the Living Expenditures Index. The Living Expenditures Index measures the changes in the prices of the SAME products in a given period of time.The Consumer Price...... Similar Editorial : Measuring Inflation by William Cate. | Source : Buyer Of Structured Settlement Annuity
The Rule Of Law Vs. Obedience To The Law We often misconstrue the concept of the "rule of Law" and take it to mean automatic "obedience to laws". But the two are antithetical.Laws have to earn observance and obeisance. To do so, they have to meet a series of rigorous criteria: they have to be unambiguous, fair, just, pragmatic, and equitable; they have to be applied uniformly and universally to one and all, regardless of sex, age, class,...... Similar Editorial : The 99 Percent Rule by Greg Reid. | Source : American Copyright
Short Selling And Volatility Short selling involves the sale of securities borrowed from brokers who, in turn, usually borrow them from third party investors. The short seller pays a negotiated fee for the privilege and has to "cover" her position: to re-acquire the securities she had sold and return them to the lender (again via the broker). This allows her to bet on the decline of stocks she deems overvalued and to benefit...... Similar Editorial : Selling the Dr by Kelley Robertson. | Source : Tips On Home Buying
Parenting As A Moral Obligation Do we have a moral obligation to become parents? Some would say: yes. There are three types of arguments to support such a contention:(i) We owe it to humanity at large to propagate the species or to society to provide manpower for future tasks(ii) We owe it to ourselves to realize our full potential as human beings and as males or females by becoming parents(iii) We owe it to our unborn children...... Similar Editorial : Parenting 101 by Carl DiNello. | Source : Albert Einstein Childhood
