The concept of mentoring originated at least as long ago as early Greek civilization. In Greek mythology, when Odysseus left for the Trojan War, he placed Mentor in charge of his palace and, more important, the care and upbringing of his son Telemachus. Mentoring often involves multiple individuals; it is of interest that some scholars argue that Mentor was ineffective and that it was Athena, w...

The theory of relativity (1) is considered form a perspective of folklore. Abstracted entities in the theory of relativity are stripped of units in order to provide explanation, to expose an ordinary meaning that employs a fulcrum for visual description. It is suggested that components of the theory‟s construction are not only unusually compatible with the religious and spiritual but are also u...

In Brazil, there appears to be no doubt concerning the evils caused by Abraham Flexner, his Report, and the Flexnerian Biomedical Model (FBM), conceived and promoted by private foundations and linked to the U.S. health-industrial complex. In this article, I submit the above proposition to a rigorous critical inquiry. I begin with an overview of Flexner's life and work. I then review various rep...

The concept that personal myths shape individual behavior in a manner analogous to the way cultural myths influence social behavior has been gaining increasing attention over the past two decades. A personal mythology is an internalized model of reality comprised of postulates about oneself, one’s world, and the relationship between the two. These postulates, which address immediate as well as ...

Tolkien’s mythology of Middle-earth is a highly studied corpus in ecology and environmental studies. Due to the cosmogonic nature this mythology, ecological patterns are both similar different our world. Especially terms biodiversity, flora fauna we encounter at centre approaches. Plant biodiversity supports unique habitat formation many regions history mythology. Being interested botany, Tolki...

It's natural to assume that network protocol design is by now a well-known science, where the designers of today's standards take care to understand the tricks and pitfalls learned from previous protocols. This talk dispells this and other myths. It is intended to be provocative, making people question the things people assume are true; instructive, giving hints as to how to avoid some of the p...

This paper focuses on Warren Nutter’s The Extent of Enterprise Monopoly in the United States, 1899-1939. 2 This started out as a (1949) doctoral dissertation at The University of Chicago, part of Aaron Director’s Free Market Study. Besides Director, O.H. Brownlee and Milton Friedman were closely involved with supervising it. It was published by The University of Chicago Press in 1951. In the 19...

The Nigerian Shari’a crisis, with its layered and complicated processes, reveals contending perspectives, thoughts, and debates on governance and politics in contemporary Nigerian society. Significantly, this complex process is contested among Northern Nigerian Muslims themselves —not to mention the fierce contestations between Northern Nigerian Muslims and Northern non-Muslims, confrontations ...

The cyclic model of the universe has an old history in India. It has long held the preëminent position regarding the origins of the universe, and it has been described in astronomical texts, mythology, and philosophical literature. Within the current cycle, which is supposed to have begun several billion years ago, are smaller cycles of pole changes and extinctions on earth. Salient features of...