Around the Bloc: Abkhazia Wins ‘Alternative World Cup’
The Georgian breakaway state secures victory in a soccer competition of unrecognized countries.
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The Georgian breakaway state secures victory in a soccer competition of unrecognized countries.
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Review of a book answering the question what exactly is information? Gleick takes the reader from the first communication systems such as tom-toms, up to the present day, when we all unconsciously have become experts in everything, and the problem is not the lack of information, but its excess. Gleick mentions some of the forgotten geniuses and visionaries responsible for how we understand the information today and how we use it.
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The reviewed publication is an outcome of a conference which took place in 2013 in Bydgoszcz and was dedicated to the history of the book and the press in culture. Twenty two researchers from universities and colleges across the country presented their research in the area. The book consists of 19 articles that discuss wide range of issues from ancient to modern times.
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Review of a book on theoretical and practical aspects of management of intangible library assets. Focusing on library services rather than resources resulted in a need to change their organization. The intangible organizational resources have gained in importance which in turn affects service quality. The thesis of the book is recognition of the importance of intangible factors in library management and creating the library’s position in its environment.
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The origin of Albanian moral codes derives from the tribal society, its pre state formation. These codes had passed through generations from the 15th to the 20th century in the regions of north Albania and Kosovo; but for the first time they were codified and put in written in the 19th century by an Albanian priest Shtjefën Gjeçovi. Since these norms were functional at the time of the Albanian Prince Lekë Dukagjini (1410-1481), he formally named them Kanuni i Lekë Dukagjinit (English: The Code of Lekë Dukagjini). During the time when these codes were written and many decades later, they were used as family and society regulations and rules, covering a wide range of instances, such as church, marriage, house, livestock and property, labour, transfer of property, heritage, etc. This paper explores the position of women in Albanian society according to these moral codes. It reveals details on women’s position and premarital duties, as a girl in her maiden home and after marriage, as a woman in her husband’s home; as well as her rights on property and heritage in both families.
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In this article, I discuss various issues related to the region and regional education, and their manifestation in the core curriculum of primary schools. To that end I have compared two core curricula (from 2002 and 2008) that were implemented in public schools but not applied at all levels of general education. First, I explain the meaning of three terms: region,regionalism, and regional education. Then I turn to the manifestation of regional issues in both curricula. Upon comparison, I found that the curriculum from 2008 does not advance the concept of little homeland but relies on the ideas promulgated in the 2002 curriculum. As the state regulations from 2008 granted teachers more freedom to choose from different topics, the main changes in advancing regional issues have been seen in the in the first, third, and fourth stage of education. The second stage of education, however, has remained largely unchanged with almost no discussion of regional issues.
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The aim of the paper is to present a biography of relatively unknown composer – JohannValentin Meder. The title of this article indicates the composer’s penchant for changingplaces of living, which makes him unique among other baroque composers. He spentmost of his life in three European cities: Reval (currently Tallinn), Gdańsk, and Riga. Born in Wasungen (Germany), he visited: Leipzig, Jena, Gotha, Copenhagen, Rotenburg, Kassel,Brema, Hamburg, Lübeck, Mitau, Kaliningrad (Königsberg), and Braunsberg. The lack ofany sources in Polish deems this project worthy of scholarly investigation.
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This review offers a listing and brief account of selected sites available on the net, where ‘Balkans’ is the word in focus. The text is designed to encourage interested people to visit websites or to facilitate the search for information. It may also be useful because it lists the most popular internet portals of each Balkan country.
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