To my loving parents who always provided me a shelter under strong sun shines; My brothers who are my arms of strength, courage and directors; A precious gift of God, My sisters

In this paper, based on the contemporary theory of cognitive metaphor, the metaphoric functions of Jamal (Beauty) and the clusters of images related to it, namely the world, man, face, sun, mirror, etc. in Mawlavi's lyrics are explained. In theology, the motif of conceptual metaphor of Jamal is Ro'yat (vision). Finding its way into mysticism, "vision" is expressed in the metaphor of B...

The traditional thesis that God exists necessarily I could as well not exist. Had I fallen from the cliff last year, I would not exist now. Furthermore, had my parents not met, or had God not created a universe, I would never have come into existence. At any rate, there are many ways the world could be without me, or even without anybody like me. It is, in this sense, possible that I do not exi...

SUMMARY This Submission argues first, that at the proposed starting level of the carbon tax ($23 per tonne of carbon dioxide), there will be insufficient incentive on its own either for existing power generators to invest in wind and/or solar power, or for largescale production of power by wind and solar generators, unless there is either a higher tax or additional direct subsidies like feed-in...

Legend has it that in the beginning was ‘the Word’. There is at least one bit of truth in this, in the sense that it must have been a feeling of marvelous joy for our ancient ancestors suddenly to be able to give names to the world. “This is me!” “This is you!” and “Here is the sun!” It was the elevating experience of consciousness coming to itself, wrapped in language and apparently given to u...