Temporality is a term often used in philosophy in talking about the way time is. The traditional mode of temporality is a linear procession of past, present, and future.

John McTaggart (3 September 1866 – 18 January 1925) was an idealist metaphysician. For most of his life McTaggart was a fellow and lecturer in philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an exponent of the philosophy of Hegel and among the most notable of the British idealists.

..in 1934 he joined Benny Goodman's band, where his featured drum work made him a national celebrity. His tom-tom interludes on their hit "Sing, Sing, Sing" were the first extended drum solos to be recorded commercially

An electronics course, beginning in March, will be the first prototype of MITx courses.

In order to put the issue of this thesis into perspective, this chapter and the one following it will give a brief account of the history of the Malta Labour Party. I will refer to the social context in which the Party was born and how it has developed, its internal and external struggles, as well as its electoral results and political achievements. Particular emphasis will be given to the eras
considered to be characterised by terms ‘Old Labour’ and ‘New Labour’. Therefore, the period from 1971 to 1998 will be analysed in more detail than the period from 1920 to 1970.

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proustian memory

Now Marcel Proust's great work, "Remembrance of Things Past," is also known in English and in French as "In Search of Lost Time." Are there two different meanings to be taken from the two titles of the same work?

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act authorizes the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide a reimbursement incentive for physician and hospital providers who are successful in becoming “meaningful users” of an electronic health record (EHR).

But reading through some of these stories, you start to wonder if there might be another explanation. The CIA's looniest notions, after all, bear remarkable resemblance to the loony ideas that seem to constantly pour out of totalitarian dictatorships, including current ones such as that of North Korea. Maybe it's the very fact of brainstorming behind closed doors -- six guys in a room trying to figure out a way to do whatever currently seems impossible -- that encourages it. Desperation plus not having anyone to laugh at you (whether because of secrecy or, in the case of North Korea, because you've got the entire country in a headlock) must be a pretty potent combination.

Continuities

"I was curious as to how they solved the federation problem. Specifically, how one server connects to another server, how each server knows it is talking to a legitimate server, how servers ensure secure communications, how servers buffer communications etc. This is an easy problem to solve quickly and a very difficult problem to solve well. Indeed, some federated systems never solved it well (look at SMTP relay spoofing to this day)."

This is a gorgeous and tense letter by a person who is hard-wired for logic, yet knows that his connection to something ephemeral - the memory of Arline, her being - is real to him. A scientist taking a logical approach to grief, and a person allowing himself to feel the entire ebb and flow of love, in the presence of death.

begins with an idea, a vision, or a business opportunity--and that is the starting point that must be associated with your organization’s business objectives.

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Cynics: "borderline melancholics, who can keep their symptoms of depression under control and yet retain the ability to work, whatever might happen .." - Peter Sloterdijk

What if every scientist could share their data as easily as they tweet about their lunch? Michael Nielsen calls for scientists to embrace new tools for collaboration that will enable discoveries to happen at the speed of twitter.