Incomplete manifesto for growth

Incomplete manifesto for growth

1. Allow events to change you. You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them. 2. Forget about good. Good is a known quantity. Good is what we all agree on. Growth is not necessarily good.

Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado

Claudio Abbado once said that with the founding of the LUCERNE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA, a dream of his came true. That is no small statement from a musician who has already scaled the absolute heights in his career: he had become the head of La Scala, the famous opera house in his native Milan, and the director of the Vienna State Opera.

Deforestation soars, crowning Bolsonaro’s chainsaw strategy

Deforestation soars, crowning Bolsonaro’s chainsaw strategy

The Amazon lost nearly 10,000 square kilometers in 2019, the third biggest increase in recorded history. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached 9.762 km2 in 2012, according to new data released on Monday by the National Institute for Space Research, Inpe. The figure represents the highest yearly rate since 2008, and it also marks the third highest increase in recorded history (29.5%).

The world"s most influential scientific minds: 2014

The world"s most influential scientific minds: 2014

Highlighting standout researchers of the last decade using data from InCites and the Web of Science. Who are some of the best and brightest scientific minds of our time? We set out to answer this question through the release of our citation analysis report, The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds: 2014.

D.I.Y. origami box ornaments by Samantha Miller

D.I.Y. origami box ornaments by Samantha Miller

This awesome 18 Days Series project for D.I.Y. Origami Box Ornaments comes to us from Samantha Miller of Paper Red Shoes. I love the idea of hanging these for display (like she"s done in the photo at the end of this post). Here are the directions and more from Samantha: I have folded a few thousand of these boxes and have learned the following along the way.

Stephen Ramsay: home postfoundationalism for life

Stephen Ramsay: home postfoundationalism for life

In the latest issue of Digital Humanities Quarterly, there’s a fine article by James Smithies entitled “Digital Humanities, Postfoundationalism, and Postindustrial Culture.” One could easily guess what “postfoundationalism” might be, but if, unsure of yourself, you happened over to Wikipedia, you would have found this illuminating entry.

Cross-fertilization of ideas for real success stories

Cross-fertilization of ideas for real success stories

Technology and knowledge transfer is a crucial and strategic activity within the more general mission of creating innovation and guaranteeing valorization of research and talents. It includes a wide range of activities and it is closely related with the so-called third mission of the Universities, together with Education and Research.

Maryland criminal history checks for a pre-employment background inspect

Maryland criminal history checks for a pre-employment background inspect

The Maryland modifications background check might consist of the following: Sentence records on existing prisoners of the Maryland Department of Corrections (Maryland DOC). Criminal check fields: name, birthdate, prisoner number, name of reformatory, address of correctional facility, and also the telephone number of reformatory. Maryland improvements history check update timetable: Quarterly.

From Santorini Island to Navagio shipwreck beach

From Santorini Island to Navagio shipwreck beach

It's additionally very near the airport terminal — simply 10 mins in the auto-- so excellent if you"re seeking a fast transfer, yet know the airplane sound on the western side. The benefit is that the beach really feels untaught contrasted to various other hotels. Development is focused along the highway held up from the coastline.

Nonlinear analysis: theory, methods & applications

Nonlinear analysis: theory, methods & applications

Theory, Methods & Applications An International Multidisciplinary Journal. Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods & Applications is concerned, as the title stresses, with three major activities. It is a multidisciplinary journal, which has applications in main academic subjects. Editors: Ravi Agarwal, Shair Ahmad, Siegfried Carl, Enzo Luigi Mitidieri.