Monday, June 20, 2011
New Project
I have decided to embark on a new project! Will submit a paper to the "First Symposium Citizenship After Orientalism." Now will have to think about what to write about...
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Thoughts on Fast Changing World, Motherhood
Things are certainly moving fast. Western allies have decided to bring down a tyrant, who not long ago was a good friend. A friend, who set up a tent in the middle of Paris. Yes, politics has certainly strange bedfellows.
I read somewhere that one has children in order to fight off depression. I do not know whether I had them with this thought in mind, but I find myself more and more relying on them to feel better. Have two daughters, aged 36 and 39 and I enjoy them immensely. Lately, I find myself calling them when I feel down and tired. Deep down I know that I should not that they have a life. So do I! I run, cycle, swim, work, read, and study but still seem to rely on them to put me on track. Like this morning.
And, Maayan! My cute 7-month-old granddaughter! How come I look at her picture on the refrigirator and my face breaks out in a smile?
It is OK, Tina.
I read somewhere that one has children in order to fight off depression. I do not know whether I had them with this thought in mind, but I find myself more and more relying on them to feel better. Have two daughters, aged 36 and 39 and I enjoy them immensely. Lately, I find myself calling them when I feel down and tired. Deep down I know that I should not that they have a life. So do I! I run, cycle, swim, work, read, and study but still seem to rely on them to put me on track. Like this morning.
And, Maayan! My cute 7-month-old granddaughter! How come I look at her picture on the refrigirator and my face breaks out in a smile?
It is OK, Tina.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Writing & Sharing
Decided to use my blog to write down my thoughts, views, and sentiments.
This is the first.
Libya seems to have overpowered the tragedy in Japan. The media is talking about the international intervention in Libya! I am dumbfounded once again by the media. I sometimes have the feeling that there is an international covert understanding not to talk about the real dangers we are facing in this world as they are too big to comprehend.
If I find the right person, I would like to ask him/her how TV stations manage to gather up so many experts in such a short time! It could be that they have a list and just push the button.
This is the first.
Libya seems to have overpowered the tragedy in Japan. The media is talking about the international intervention in Libya! I am dumbfounded once again by the media. I sometimes have the feeling that there is an international covert understanding not to talk about the real dangers we are facing in this world as they are too big to comprehend.
If I find the right person, I would like to ask him/her how TV stations manage to gather up so many experts in such a short time! It could be that they have a list and just push the button.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
What is Cosmopolitanism?
Ulrich Beck and Natan Sznaider in "Unpacking Cosmopolitanism for the Social Sciences: A Research Agenda"
The authors mostly explain what cosmopolitanism is not, rather than what is. Perhaps, in the 21st century when globalization is at its peak, it is better to focus on the transformation under way in the global order and the nation-states than trying to describe a concept.
The authors mostly explain what cosmopolitanism is not, rather than what is. Perhaps, in the 21st century when globalization is at its peak, it is better to focus on the transformation under way in the global order and the nation-states than trying to describe a concept.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Interesting Book
Title: The Role of Regional Organizations in Conflict Prevention and Resolution,
Author: Herbert Wulf (ed.)
Date: July 2009
Author: Herbert Wulf (ed.)
Date: July 2009
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Bifurcation
Bifurcation theory is the mathematical study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family. Examples of such families are the integral curves of a family of vector fields, and the solutions of a family of differential equations.
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