There are many programs going on trying to lure more girls into studying engineering and physics (some good, some bad), which seems, at first sight, great; but sometimes I wonder. Shouldn't we first make sure that the women who are already in the system get some support so that they actually want to continue their career? Shouldn't we first fix the infamous '
The scenic Mtkvari River runs across some of the oldest and most historical sections of the Georgian capital of Tbilisi. The moment I rode by its banks, I knew that I needed to capture the scenery in photos. My first visit to Georgia in late 2010, however, was too hectic and my Georgian colleague's driving gave me very few opportunities to do so.
Hello from the Serenade of the Seas, we are underway towards Santorini, Greece at a speed of 14.7 knots.
I am going to give you all a double blog tonight, Athens from yesterday and Kusadasi, Turkey today.
Lets Start with Yesterday morning. We left the ship nice and early to head into the European Capitol of Knowledge, Athens, Greece. It was once of those days that was brutally hot, but just what I wanted it to be!
I challenge anyone to show me a 25-square-block area that's more beautiful than Dresden's old city. After a brutal experience with firebombing in World War II and a subsequent period of forty-plus years living in drab Communist architecture, it's understandable that Dresden's residents would want to recapture some of their former Baroque glory. The love and care they put into rebuilding the glorious Baroque buildings that formerly adorned the Elbe and dominated the downtown is obvious, and you just can't help but be blown away by how incredibly impressive the architecture is.
Well, this is almost a year and a half overdue but, as they say, better late than never.
It's been a busy summer and I've had such a wonderful time capturing portraits, weddings and special events. Usually when I get back from a trip I have to jump right into everything I missed and my images are stored on external hard drives, awaiting their debut.
Well, this is almost a year and a half overdue but, as they say, better late than never.
It's been a busy summer and I've had such a wonderful time capturing portraits, weddings and special events. Usually when I get back from a trip I have to jump right into everything I missed and my images are stored on external hard drives, awaiting their debut.
July 23, 2010. A warm summer afternoon!
- St. AugustineSince the 19th of June I have pretty much been living out of a suitcase, traveling up and down with a few days here and a few days there, with no place to really call home.
Tthe images; colour? or black and white?
My name is Abel Covarrubias and my pen name is Hevel Cava. I am a Linguistic Scientist working on in the Information Technology field as well as in Education and in Humanities.
Besides of being a linguistic scientist, I'm also a biblical scholar, an artist, a poet, a philosopher, an economist, a sociologist, a theologian, a professional photographer, a foreign trade broker, a storyteller and an author. Just a man enjoying of the invisible meaning of the visible structures which were made by this awesome universe. As a thinker provides thought-provoking commentary and as an artist loves beauty to the core. Mexican national by birth though Cosmopolitan citizen by vocation and of heart.
Some of my passions are books, computers, technologies, economics, finance, law, philosophy, theology, math, trade, globalization, culture, folklore, art, science, writing, poetry, linguistics, cosmology, astronomy, history, physics, drawing, travel, and so forth and so on.
Here there are some important ideas and insights that help us to avoid deception in the art of reasoning as well as in everyday life matters. The following are suggested as tools for testing arguments and detecting fallacious or fraudulent arguments:
Wherever possible there must be independent confirmation of the facts.
Encourage substantive debate on the evidence by knowledgeable proponents of all points of view.
Arguments from authority carry little weight (in science there are no "authorities").
Spin more than one hypothesis - don't simply run with the first idea that caught your fancy.
Try not to get overly attached to a hypothesis just because it's yours.
Quantify, wherever possible.
If there is a chain of argument every link in the chain must work.
Occam's razor - if there are two hypotheses that explain the data equally well choose the simpler.
Ask whether the hypothesis can, at least in principle, be falsified (shown to be false by some unambiguous test). In other words, it is testable? Can others duplicate the experiment and get the same result?
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Because life is just a bowl of cherries.
Besser mal was lesen. Was Besseres lesen. Die besseren Menschen lesen.
All my amazing reads - and some of the not so amazing
I love sharing my stories but I wish they wouldn't keep me awake at night
Bücher sind eine Brücke in eine andere Welt
Simplicity is Perfection
All I need in life is a good book and a warm cup of tea
Hopes are up, guards are down
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