Gaming Guide – Gambling in Europe
Introduction in gambling: theory, games (including poker), casino, sports betting, strategies. Gambling as a business in Europe and European Union Member States: economics, law, taxes, barriers, problem gambling. Since the emergence of the internet in the 1990s, an increasing number … Read More
Short WordPress Guide for Beginners
WordPress is a publishing software whose main qualities are simplicity, speed and ease of use. WordPress is favored by an active community, real core of free software. WordPress is a powerful personal publishing platform with many features designed to make … Read More
Causal Theories of Reference for Proper Names
Presentation and comparison of the main causal theories of reference for proper names, and a proposal of a new approach based on the analogy of the causal chain of reference with the block chain from blockchain technology and Paul Ricœur’s … 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
Indian Fairy Tales (Contes de fées indiens)
Bilingual English/French Book (Livre bilingue anglais/français) This book is a representative collection of the Fairy Tales of India. The majority of the tales in this book have been known in the West in some form or other, and the problem … Read More
Big Data Ethics in Research
The main problems faced by scientists in working with Big Data sets, highlighting the main ethical issues, taking into account the legislation of the European Union. After a brief Introduction to Big Data, the Technology section presents specific research applications. … Read More
Gambling games – Casino games
This guide for beginners is part of three books dedicated to the gambling, the other two being ”Poker Games Guide – Texas Poker” and ”Gaming Guide for Beginners – Gambling in Europe”. It is an introduction in the theory of … Read More
Poetry Kaleidoscope
Introduction in poetry: nature of poetry, tools, history, terms (periods, styles and movements, technical means, tropes, measures of verse, verse forms, national poetry… Poetry is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which … 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
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
Health
Faculty of Medicine of Lille suspends homeopathy diploma
As a result of the controversies over alternative medicine, the medical school through his dean suspended its university diploma of homeopathy for the beginning academic year in expectation of the position of the Haute Autorité de Santé (High Authority of … 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
Romania targets at least one important mandate of European Commissioner
Romania is interested in one of the mandates of European Commissioners for regional policy, energy, transport and the environment. “We have not finished the regional policy mandate, so we could once again ask for this very important portfolio. So, I … 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