Background Five years ago we began preliminary work to organize the difficult issues, associated with the six decade old confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians. With the support of a number of private foundations, we were able, on several occasions, to gather together in Pittsburgh participant groups of equal size, consisting of people who were interested in and knowledgeable about t...

The characters in Lord of the Flies possess recognizable symbolic significance, which make them as the sort of people around us. Ralph stands for civilization and democracy; Piggy represents intellect and rationalism; Jack signifies savagery and dictatorship; Simon is the incarnation of goodness and saintliness. All of these efficiently portray the microcosm of that society.

If one had to sum up Fay in word, it would be abundance. an abundance of intellect; energy; compassion; style; curiosity and abund...

Cultural diversity is important feature of humankind. Globalisation is latest incarnation of imperialism. Technological progress tends to replicate exact copies, instead to manufacture original functional solutions. In order to keep power, information society standardises world at it’s own image. Homogenization of world shifts balance between humankind and nature. Mankind is at unique spot in i...

This project attempts to improve electronic portfolio software through the creation of a design model using ownership, ease of use, and social learning variables to predict user adoption. The pilot software attempts to encourage student learning by enhancing peer interaction. The software was used by two groups of students. The first group used it to submit course portfolios as a department-wid...