442 research outputs found
St. Nicholas Sunday School class
No full textSt. Nicholas Sunday School class, ages 9-11, in front of the Church. (L-r, row 1) Diana Stathopoulos (teacher), Irene Manos, Anna Mitchell, Demetra Papastamatis, Aridas, Polis, (Row 2) Louis Anagnostis, Pantelis Orgetis, Demos, Polis, Danny Zanias, (Row 3) George Lampros, Aristides Polychronis, Andrew Triandafilou, Marina Anderson, Francine Chletsos, (Row 4) John Roman (teacher), Emily Tutulis, Maria Yatrakis, Ann Costopoulos, Father J.A. Aloupis, c. 1954. Courtesy of Diana Stathopoulo
Democracy without demos?
No full textThe article presents an analysis of the role of demos in power relations in
democratic states. The author of the text postulates the need for contemporary
political science research to expand its analyses beyond formal structures of
political institutions and include in its scope also features of demos – the
“cultural factor” to better understand the functioning and chances for success
of democracy in different states
Students of St. Nicholas sunday school on steps of church
No full textStudents of St. Nicholas Sunday School on steps of church, c. 1940 (Row 1) Steve Diamandas, Peter Petropoulos, Bill Mavrode, Arthur Anest, Gus Diamandas, Leo Sirakedis, Nick Juvelis, Anthony Vlastaras, Antonias, Marigo Pappas, Corinne Pappas, Anna Katsoris, Mary Demos, Esther Argyris, Ann Nikitakis, Bertha Panagakos, Mary Thomas, Helen Argyris, Esther Dokas, (Row 2) T. Papastavros, John Bravakis, John Antonacos, Spero Gevas, Gus Karampulos, Tom Gevas, George Panagakos, Gus Karanicholas, John Shenis, Mary Karanasos, Fifi Prassas, Cathy Karampulos, Sophie Micheludis, Aphrodite Kasmias, Angie Halamandaris, Jean Pontiakos, Doris Churus, Beatice Gevas, Cordelia Gevas, (Row 3) Billy Theofilos, Jim Policantriotis, Jim Gevas, Arthur Carpousis, Stragalas, Dino Bliablias, George Zografos, Anna Stragalas, Fotini, Percy Peters, Elaine Sideris, Pauline Stefanos, Penelope Pappas, Helen Sideris, Estelle Bravakis, (Row 4) Father G. Spyridakis, Ted Halamandaris, Jim Maroulakos, Chris Sirakedis, Steve Karas, Jim Pallantios, Peter Kapsimalis, Catherine Mandos, Mary Tomasco, Helen G., Eugenia Gevas, Betty Kafalas, Zoe Javas, Emorfia Gevas, Bertha Javas, Deacon Kokkinakis, (Row 5) Pete Thomas, Karanasos, Steve Sgourakis, Steve Tsavlis, teacher Athena Sarantos, Georgia Pagonis, Angie Juvelis, Olympia Zografos, Mrs. Spyridakis.Courtesy of John Sheni
Predvolilni gospodarski program koalicije Demos
No full textThe following discussion focuses on the economic programmes which the parties of the Demos coalition (Democratic Opposition of Slovenia) presented at the April 1990 elections, when for the first time after World War II the eligible voters were able to choose between different parties and their programmes. The author of the discussion presents the economic and political situation immediately preceding these elections. He mostly focuses on the economic programme of Demos as well as on the programmes which the parties - members of the Demos coalition - presented independently at the elections into the socio-political Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia. The discussion concludes with the questions: "To what degree did the economic programmes actually influence the results of the elections?" and "Which of the announced changes in the field of economy were even feasible in the time when Slovenia was still a part of Yugoslavia, or which changes involved a rearrangement of the relations between the republics either in the form of confederation or separation of the Republic of Slovenia?"Razprava obravnava gospodarske programe, s katerimi so stranke koalicije Demos (Demokratična opozicija Slovenije) nastopile na volitvah aprila 1990, ko so volilni upravičenci v Sloveniji prvič po drugi svetovni vojni izbirali med različnimi strankami in njihovimi programi. Avtor predstavi gospodarske in politične razmere tik pred volitvami. Največ pozornosti namenja Demosovemu gospodarskemu programu kot tudi programom, s katerimi so stranke koalicije Demos samostojno nastopile na volitvah v družbenopolitični zbor Skupščine Republike Slovenije. Sklene pa z vprašanjema: "Koliko so gospodarski programi dejansko vplivali na izid volitev?" in "Katere izmed napovedanih sprememb na področju gospodarstva so bile v času, ko je bila Slovenija še del Jugoslavije, sploh izvedljive oziroma katere so predvidevale preureditev odnosov med republikami, bodisi v obliki konfederacije bodisi osamosvojitve Republike Slovenije?
The Design and Implementation of Minimal RDFS Backward Reasoning in 4store
No full textThis paper describes the design and implementation of Minimal RDFS semantics based on a backward chaining approach and implemented on a clustered RDF triple store. The system presented, called 4sr, uses 4store as base infrastructure. In order to achieve a highly scalable system we implemented the reasoning at the lowest level of the quad store, the bind operation. The bind operation runs concurrently in all the data slices allowing the reasoning to be processed in parallel among the cluster. Throughout this paper we provide detailed descriptions of the architecture, reasoning algorithms, and a scalability evaluation with the LUBM benchmark. 4sr is a stable tool available under a GNU GPL3 license and can be freely used and extended by the community
A question of trust
No full textIntroduction
Trust
Many things we hold to be true, we can neither discover nor prove ourselves. Claims about the world often rely on specialised or esoteric knowledge, on information that we cannot access, or on experiences that we have not had. We often rely on other people and institutions – experts, governments, journalists, our friends and family – to decide what is true and false, to make decisions and take actions.
We believe secondhand knowledge because of who provides it. When we believe people and institutions are capable and able sources, and also ones acting with credibility and integrity, we ‘trust’ them. Trust is one of the most important concepts for explaining each of our intellectual and moral worlds, and our relationship with the people, institutions, technologies and processes that surround and shape our lives.
When well placed, trust is a social good, foundational to a healthy democracy, and vitally necessary for human beings to work confidently with one another. Holding trust is an important asset for governments, organisations and individuals. Reasonable scepticism and criticism of institutions and individuals is important: to hold the powerful to account, to challenge conventions, to produce new solutions, and to enable genuine choice. However, when mistrust is high and generalised, it is harmful. It increases friction in society, makes interactions between people more difficult, and undermines the capacity of government to benefit the people it serves.
Measuring trust is important to understand society, to know how messages are understood, how organisations and processes are interacted with, and why individually and collectively we make the choices that we do. It is an important part of sociology, and a vital requirement of informed public policy
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No full textVisual documentation of Black Shoals and Black Shoals; Dark Matter for TJ Demos book "Decolonizing Nature, Contemporary Art and the Politics of Ecology"
"While ecology has received little systematic attention within art history, its visibility and significance has grown in relation to the threats of climate change and environmental destruction. By engaging artists’ widespread aesthetic and political engagement with environmental conditions and processes around the globe—and looking at cutting-edge theoretical, political, and cultural developments in the Global South and North—Decolonizing Nature offers a significant, original contribution to the intersecting fields of art history, ecology, visual culture, geography, and environmental politics. Art historian T. J. Demos, author of Return to the Postcolony: Specters of Colonialism in Contemporary Art (2013), considers the creative proposals of artists and activists for ways of life that bring together ecological sustainability, climate justice, and radical democracy, at a time when such creative proposals are urgently needed"
Must Europe be Swiss ? : on the idea of a voting space and the possibility of a multilingual demos
No full textOnline publication 12 March 2013.Contrary to the view that linguistic homogeneity is required to create a viable demos, this article argues that linguistic diversity can be a permanent feature of any democratic community, so long as there is a unified and robust voting space that provides a common intentional object, around which distinct public spheres can aesthetically organize their political discourse. An attempt to explain how such a voting space operates in Switzerland, the finest existing exemplar of a multilingual demos, is given. Following the Swiss example, the author proposes, would go a long way to constituting the European Union as a democratically legitimate trans-national demos, despite its formidable linguistic diversity
A PROCESS BASED DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION OF X25 USING DEMOS
No full textThis paper describes experiences with an implementation of
the X25 long haul data communications protocol based on Demos, a Simula
extension with enhanced discrete event capabilities. X25 has a modern
definition with functionally separated layers which are mapped
directly into a hierarchy of Simula (Demos) packages. During development
and testing, the X25 processes were embedded in a simulation model of
the real time environment, and subjected to extensive testing before
acceptance. The design steps are repeated should further enhancements
be required, or design errors be revealed after commissioning.We are currently acquiring citations for the work deposited into this collection. We recognize the distribution rights of this item may have been assigned to another entity, other than the author(s) of the work.If you can provide the citation for this work or you think you own the distribution rights to this work please contact the Institutional Repository Administrator at [email protected]
Physics Demos for All UVEG Degrees: A Unique Project in Spain
No full textAbstractThe Physics Demo Project at the University of Valencia (www.uv.es/fisicademos) has developed a collection of physics demonstrations to be used during lectures. It consists of more than 130 experimental demos about different physics topics. More than 30 professors borrow them whenever they lecture on physics in any of our 40 courses in 17 different science or technical degrees, involving 246 ECTS and more than 3500 students. Each demo kit with a simple experimental set displays a particular physics phenomenon. An on-line user guide highlights the main physics principles involved, instructions on how to use it and advices of how to link it to the theoretical concepts or to technical applications. Demo lectures (and collections) are a usual and widespread practice in many countries but not in Spain. This unique initiative aims at the recovery of this practice by involving a growing collaborative team of users and with the aid of educational innovation projects. Here we explain the project content, organization and recent developments. Our experience, together with the positive students comments, allows us to draw the following conclusions: demos introduce the real sensible world in the lecture hall, providing the necessary link between concepts and everyday life, and becoming, again, something more than “chalk and talk”
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