The Book of Nature Myths (Le livre des mythes de la nature)
Bilingual English/French Children Book (Livre bilingue anglais/français pour enfants) Translator (Traducteur): Nicolae Sfetcu “The subject-matter is of permanent value, culled from the folklore of the primitive races; the vocabulary, based upon that of the Hiawatha, is increased gradually, and the … Read More
Easter Celebration
Easter is the most important solemnity (just before Christmas) of the Church. It is the first of the five cardinal feasts of the Catholic liturgical year. Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ laid down by the Bible, the third … Read More
French Riviera Tourist Guide (Guide touristique Côte d’Azur) – Pocket Edition (Édition de poche)
Bilingual English/French Book (Livre bilingue anglais/français) French Riviera is one of the first modern resort areas. It began as a winter health resort at the end of the 18th century. With the arrival of the railway it became the playground … Read More
Death – Cultural, philosophical and religious aspects
About death, grief, mourning, life after death and immortality. Why should we die like humans to survive as a species. “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. … Read More
Climate Change – Global Warming
A brutal and catastrophic warming could put humanity in short-term risk, a climate hypothesis that was first presented as highly speculative and subject to more science fiction than a serious prospective, before taking consistency by the scientists from the Rio … Read More
Last Thoughts
by Henri Poincaré Translated by Nicolae Sfetcu Henri Poincaré is a mathematician, physicist, philosopher and engineer, born April 29, 1854 in Nancy and died July 17, 1912 in Paris. He has carried out works of major importance in optics and … Read More
Bucharest Tourist Guide (Ghid turistic București) – Pocket Edition (Ediția de buzunar)
Bilingual English/Romanian Guide (Ghid bilingv engleză/română) Bucharest offers some excellent attractions, and during the recent years has cultivated a sophisticated, trendy, and modern sensibility that many have come to expect from a European capital. Perhaps the most prominent landmark is … Read More
The Mystery of the Golden Stars (Le mystère des étoiles d’or)
An adventure in the European Union (Une aventure dans l’Union européenne) Bilingual English/French Edition (Édition bilingue anglais/française) This book invites you to tour Brussels, the city that hosts the European Union’s headquarters, discovering what the European Union is, how it … Read More
Arts
XII. LAST FRIEND
One day last summer, about the month of June, Claire and her mother were working in the living room, while I was perched in my usual place, on the shoulder of the girl, where I played with her coiffure and … Read More
Education
Models of Emotional Intelligence – EI in Research and Education
Models of emotional intelligence The emotional intelligence (EI) models have helped to develop different tools for construct assessment. (Mayer, Roberts, and Barsade 2007) Each theoretical paradigm conceptualizes emotional intelligence from one of two perspectives: ability or mixed model. Ability models … Read More
Science
Ethics of Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
According to Richard Sennett, concepts such as flexibility, decentralization and control, work ethic and teamwork in the New Economy have led to disorientation and emotional and psychological undermining of the individual, stating that “a regime which provides human beings no … Read More
Business
MultiMedia was selected as a nominee for the prestigious international honour – European Quality (UK)
Dear Nicolae Sfetcu, TOP-100. Achievements-2020 Expert council conducts the annual research with the aim to select and encourage promising companies at the forefront of regional business. MultiMedia was selected as a nominee for the prestigious international honour – European Quality … Read More
Health
Evolution of coronavirus in EU/EEA and the UK, March 12
As of 12 March 2020, 22 105 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Italy (12 462), France (2 281), Spain (2 140), Germany (1 567), Denmark (516), Netherlands (503), Norway (489), Sweden (462), United Kingdom (456), Belgium (314), Austria (246), Greece … Read More
Society
Ethics of Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
According to Richard Sennett, concepts such as flexibility, decentralization and control, work ethic and teamwork in the New Economy have led to disorientation and emotional and psychological undermining of the individual, stating that “a regime which provides human beings no … Read More
Computers
Blockchain and the causal tree of reference
In a previous article, Philosophy of Blockchain Technology – Ontologies, (Sfetcu 2019) I talked about applying Paul Ricœur’s narrative theory in developing an ontology of blockchain technology. In this section I intend to highlight the idea of an analogy between … Read More
Recreation
European Union: Promoting a new culture of data protection – EU Annual Management Plan 2019
The EDPS Strategy 2015-2019, “Leading by example” – adopted at the beginning of the current EDPS mandate in 2015 – sets out how we seek to promote a new culture of data protection in the European institutions and bodies. Our … Read More
World
Evolution of coronavirus in EU/EEA and the UK, March 12
As of 12 March 2020, 22 105 cases have been reported in the EU/EEA and the UK: Italy (12 462), France (2 281), Spain (2 140), Germany (1 567), Denmark (516), Netherlands (503), Norway (489), Sweden (462), United Kingdom (456), Belgium (314), Austria (246), Greece … Read More
Digital Assembly 2019 – Bucharest, Romania, June 13-14
The Digital Assembly 2019 is a forum for stakeholders to take stock of the achievements of the Digital Single Market Strategy, draw lessons and to exchange views on the contours of a future digital policy. The event is also a … Read More
Banned media access to events organized by the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council
I applied online for accreditation, and I received confirmation as a journalist. The press facilities offered at the events organized by the Romanian Presidium of the EU Council are listed on the website: 250 work spaces with broadband, phone and … Read More
Newton’s action at a distance – Different views
Different authors have attempted to clarify the aspects of remote action and God’s involvement on the basis of textual investigations, mainly from the Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, (Newton, 1999b) Newton’s correspondence with Richard Bentley (1692/93), (Bentley 1693) and Queries … Read More
A debate on Events and Particulars
This article, perhaps more than others, is rather an exercise of linguistic logics. Roderick Chisholm, in “The Logical Form of Action Sentences, criticized an earlier article of Davidson, “The Logical Form of Action Sentences,” proposing a different theory. Davidson analyzes … Read More