March 2009
21 posts
Who Is the Most Lovable? →
Who Is the Most Lovable? (Chinese: 誰是最可愛的人) is the title of a book by Chinese writer Wei Wei, about the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army serving in the Korean War.
Palatine Guard →
The Palatine Guard (Italian: Guardia Palatina d’Onore) was a military unit of the Vatican. It was formed in 1850 by Pope Pius IX, who ordered that the two militia units of the Papal States be amalgamated. The corps was formed as an infantry unit, and took part in watch-keeping in Rome as well as various battles, including the defense of Rome against soldiers from Piedmont.
Pyramid (geometry) →
In geometry, a pyramid is a polyhedron formed by connecting a polygonal base and a point, called the apex. Each base edge and apex form a triangle. It is a conic solid with polygonal base. Pyramids can have from three to a virtually unlimited amount of sides. An n-sided pyramid will have n+1 vertices, n+1 faces, and 2n edges. All pyramids are self-dual. When unspecified, the base is usually...
Unemployment Convention, 1919 →
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the “question of preventing or providing against unemployment”,…
A Modest Proposal →
A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift appears to suggest in his essay that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic...
Table of United States Micropolitan Statistical... →
The United States Census Bureau has defined 577 Micropolitan Statistical Areas[1] (μSAs) for the United States of America. The Census Bureau defines a Micropolitan Statistical Area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10,000 population but less than 50,000, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic...
Internet suicide →
An Internet suicide pact (cybersuicide pact) is a suicide pact made between individuals who meet on the Internet.
Those Were the Days →
Sonata form →
Sonata form (also sonata-allegro form) is a musical form that has been used widely since the early Classical period. While it is typically used in the first movement of multimovement pieces, it is sometimes employed in subsequent movements as well. Study of the sonata form in music theory rests on a standard definition, and a series of hypotheses about the underlying reasons for the durability and...
E number →
E numbers are number codes for food additives and are usually found on food labels throughout the European Union. The numbering scheme follows that of the International Numbering System (INS) as determined by the Codex Alimentarius committee. Only a subset of the INS additives are approved for use in the European Union, the ‘E’ prefix which stands for Europe. In casual language in the...
“Critical pedagogy is a teaching approach that attempts to help students question...”
– Critical pedagogy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But will they teach the students to critique the domination of this pedagogy?
*mind blown*
Miller and Cockriell v. The Queen →
R. v. Miller and Cockriell [1977] 2 SCR 680 is a leading Canadian Bill of Rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the Criminal Code of Canada provisions relating to the death penalty were challenged as a violation of the right against “cruel and unusual” punishment under section 2(b) of the Bill of Rights.
Goy →
Goy (Hebrew: גוי, regular plural goyim גוים or גויים) is a transliterated Hebrew word which translates as “nation” or “people”. Historically and up to modern times it is a synonym for Gentile or non-Jew.
Glossary of bicycling →
The following terminology is used in the general cycling, as well as the more specific sports of road bicycle racing and mountain bicycle racing.