Pearltrees: What problem does Pearltrees solve
Buddhism and Death
The Great Unmentionable (Note: It is still often thought today that any form of belief in an afterlife is "unscientific." To disarm any criticisms on that score, readers are referred to the Appendix in which the question is briefly treated.) It is sometimes said that Death today has replaced Sex as "The Great Unmentionable," and certainly it is, for most people, an uncomfortable subject which they do not care to think about overmuch. The Traditional Christian View This asserts that man has an immortal soul, created by God. The Modern Secular View According to this view, which usually claims to be "scientific," man is just another animal and, like the animals in the Christian view, simply perishes totally at physical death. The Buddhist Attitude The Buddhist attitude to both of these types of view is that they are extremes, neither of which is in fact true. Implications of "Survivalism" and "Annihilationism" Repression Consequences Death and the Buddhist Death-Wish
Site monta mapa-múndi das mídias sociais. Confira
E se cada mídia social fosse um país, como seria o mundo? Pelo menos do ponto de vista geográfico, é possível ter ideia de como isso seria. É que o site Flowtown (www.flowtown.com) montou uma espécie de mapa-múndi onde cada rede aparece como um país, ocupando um espaço proporcional ao número de usuários que tem. Soberano, o Facebook aparece com o maior território, fazendo fronteira – ao sul – com o Twitter. Junto ao nome das maiores redes, o mapa indica a "população" do território. A Google aparece no mapa ocupando todo o espaço do Pólo Sul, indicado como império. Wiki Ilhas
Elgan: Why bookmarking is obsolete
Opinion June 19, 2010 07:00 AM ET Computerworld - Since the Web first came online in 1991, it has grown and improved beyond anyone's predictions. Unlike the gray background, mono-spaced text and ugly graphics on the Web in those early years, today's Web is rich with video, interactive applications and other useful and distracting goodies. But even after all these years, the way we find, navigate and save content on the Web works pretty much like it always did. Here's a page with text. But now there's a conspicuously innovative new option. The service is functionally similar in some ways to social bookmarking sites, but its core function is "curation," which Wikipedia defines as the "selection, preservation, maintenance, and collection and archiving of digital assets." Described by one blogger as a social bookmarking tool based on "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," Pearltrees looks a bit like Google's "Wonder Wheel," but it isn't used the same way. Maybe you follow several sports.
PearlTrees: Social Bookmarking introduces Teams
August breaks at Looe Bay Holiday Park, Cornwall - Parkdean Holidays
Making your booking How can I book my holiday? There are two ways you can book your holiday: Online Why not book your holiday quickly and easily with our online booking system, simply work through the steps and get your confirmation by email. By Telephone Our reservations team in Newcastle will be happy to take your booking by telephone on 0344 335 3450. The booking office is open: Monday to Friday: 9.00am to 9.00pm Saturday: 9.00am to 7.00pm Sunday: 10.00am to 8.00pm. Your holiday confirmation will be emailed immediately or we can send it by post if required. For touring and camping bookings visit the touring & camping section» What is included in the cost of my holiday? The following are included in the cost of our holidays (except promotional such as Sun Holidays) - Free gas and electricity - Free bed linen - all of our beds are made up on arrival How and when can I pay for my holiday? a) By credit/debit card, Visa, MasterCard, Delta, Maestro. Personal Holiday Insurance Your cancellation cover
Social Network Analysis (SNA) Software with Sentinel Visualizer
Degree Centrality Degree centrality is simply the number of direct relationships that an entity has. An entity with high degree centrality: Is generally an active player in the network. Is often a connector or hub in the network. In our example network diagram above, Alice has the highest degree centrality, which means that she is quite active in the network. Betweenness Centrality Betweenness centrality identifies an entity's position within a network in terms of its ability to make connections to other pairs or groups in a network. Holds a favored or powerful position in the network. In the example above, Rafael has the highest betweenness because he is between Alice and Aldo, who are between other entities. Closeness Closeness centrality measures how quickly an entity can access more entities in a network. Has quick access to other entities in a network. Eigenvalue Eigenvalue measures how close an entity is to other highly close entities within a network. Hub and Authority Going Further
Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris
If you're capable of seeing past the old stones of Paris and the picturesque rural villages, you'll realize that France is every bit as technologically advanced as any other Western country - more so in some areas. Not only does the country have a higher percentage of homes with high-speed Internet than the U.S. (plus it's faster and costs half as much), it ranks first in the world for number of blogs per Internet user, and has a formidable market of Internet consumers who spent €5.5 billion online in the first quarter of this year. When I came to Paris in 2006, I had a well-developed idea for a startup and nothing else. Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com, a social startup for Francophiles. There's a thriving geek culture in Paris, and no lack of software development expertise, thanks to superior universities that produce superior engineers. Want to start up in France? The Big Players Incubators, Accelerators, Competitions The Funding
