Cows—certain types ofbovinae—can evoke strong emotions among peo-ple, different emotions rooted in different worldviews. One worldview,which is arguably a galaxy of worldviews emerging over centuries in India,has come to be called “Hindu.” Some people who identify themselvesas Hindus have strong feelings about cows—feelings that tie into theirsense of conviction that cows are not just…
The IOL Power Club began because of a happen-stance meeting on the last day of the ASCRS meeting in San Diego on May 4, 2004. Thomas Olsen, MD (Århus, Denmark), had visited me in Santa Monica for 2 days prior to the meeting. On the last day of the meeting, he asked me to meet him in the large conference area to discuss the study we were working on. While we were chat-ting, …
In A Very Short Introduction to Politics, Kenneth Minogue begins with a discussion of issues arising from a historical account of politics, and goes on to offer chapters dealing with the Ancient Greeks and the idea of citizenship; Roman law; medieval Christianity and individualism; freedom since Machiavelli and Hobbes; the challenge of ideologies; democracy, oligarchy, and bureaucracy; power an…
The exploratory title of this book aims to encourage the reader to think about thedevelopment of safety and security in combination and with renewed perspectives. Akey background for this bringing together of concepts is the general trend in societythat the safer and more secure our organizations and institutions become, the moreof it we demand from them. While many of the biggest threats to he…
While urbanisation worldwide sets up unprecedented challenges for feeding cities with accessible, affordable food and healthy diets, urban food security and food systems are receiving growing attention at an international level and in a growing number of cities of all sizes. How-ever, the issue of food and urban planning is insufficiently covered in existing literature. How f…
This collection of 75 plans for small homes offers more than 500 usable blueprints and other illustrations for a variety of living spaces suitable for every environment and style, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated townhouse in the city to a Santa Fe ranch. The designs include site drawings, floor plans, elevation drawings, section drawings, perspective drawings, and exploded vi…
e migration of the Normans across Europe is a well-known and much written about subject. Originating in the principality of Normandy that took its name from the ‘men of the north’ who came from Scandinavia to settle on the French coast from the ninth century onwards, the Normans then established themselves during the eleventh century in two main areas some , mil…
While at medical school in north China during the sec-ond Sino-Japanese war (1936–45), Professor Ma chose to specialise in traditional medicine. As a medical graduate in revolutionary China, he was then allocated a position teaching physiology in Peking Medical College (Beiyi Xueyuan ????), which allowed him ample time for reading the medical classics, a pursuit that he found suited him bette…
True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Cuba covers all the island nation's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use "top 10" lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you.
Uually, our emotions are strongly controlled. Therefore, we seldom experience situations of raw affect, where emotions simply overwhelm us. This is basically a good thing, because controlling our ancestral emotional urges helps us to respond more appropriately to most of the daily situational demands of our modern society. It is simply not acceptable to always show an emotional response i…