Signs
Daniel Chandler Signs We seem as a species to be driven by a desire to make meanings : above all, we are surely - meaning-makers. Distinctively, we make meanings through our creation and interpretation of 'signs'. The two dominant models of what constitutes a sign are those of the linguist Ferdinand de Saussure and the philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce. Saussure offered a 'dyadic' or two-part model of the sign. a 'signifier' ( ) - the which the sign takes; and the 'signified' ( ) - the it represents. The is the whole that results from the association of the signifier with the signified ( Saussure 1983, 67 ; Saussure 1974, 67 ). If we take a linguistic example, the word 'Open' (when it is invested with meaning by someone who encounters it on a shop doorway) is a consisting of: a : the word ; a : that the shop is open for business. A sign must have both a signifier and a signified. A linguistic sign is not a link between a thing and a name, but between a concept and a sound pattern.
Space Solar Power is Unspillable
Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon, has proposed an answer to the Louisiana oil spill. It’s solar energy harvested in space, known in the space community as Space Solar Power. “The timing of the oil catastrophe,” says Aldrin, “is a great opportunity for re-evaluating solar energy from space.” Click on image for larger version. May be freely distributed. We’ve been harvesting solar power in space and sending it to Earth since 1962, when the first commercial satellite, Telstar, was launched and began transmitting energy harvested by the solar panels studded all over its beach-ball-like surface. The Japanese space agency, JAXA, has committed $27 million to space solar power and has plans for a satellite capable of powering 300,000 homes. Space solar power means no more Louisiana oil spills. Take the load off the Earth. From a press release of the Space Development Steering Committee.
Outline of semiotics
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to semiotics: Semiotics – study of meaning-making, signs and sign processes (semiosis), indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication. Semiotics is closely related to the field of linguistics, which, for its part, studies the structure and meaning of language more specifically. Also called semiotic studies, or semiology (in the Saussurean tradition). What type of thing is semiotics? Semiotics can be described as all of the following: Academic discipline – branch of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Branches of semiotics[edit] Three main branches[edit] Subfields[edit] History of semiotics[edit] Methods of semiotics[edit] Semiotic analyses[edit] General semiotics concepts[edit] Semiotics organizations[edit] Semiotics publications[edit] Persons influential in semiotics[edit] Cognitive semioticians[edit] Literary semioticians[edit]
Take Action for the Environment - The Biosphère, an ecobuilding
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Icons, Symbols and a Semiotic Web
– October 15th, 2005 – Semiotics, loosly speaking, is the study of signs. Simple enough. What becomes difficult is defining what a ‘sign’ actually is. When we think of signs we think of the things on the left there don’t we? We think of something visual like a signpost. What this article isn’t about This article is not about semiotics. Starting at the beginning We’ve established that semiotics is the study of signs, and signs can be made up of all sorts of stuff like language, pictures, body language etc. but what does all this mean in a practical sense? Modern day Semioticians, not only study ‘signs’ - it goes much deeper than that - they study how meaning is formed. There are three main areas of semiotics; the signs themselves, the way they are organised into systems and the context in which they appear. We’ll have a look at the first of these in this article. The Signs themselves Charles Sanders Peirce is an American philosopher recognised as the founder of modern semiotics.
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Quick Facts That Debunk Hysterical Global Warming Claims « LEADING MALAYSIAN NEOCON
Join the Global Warming is Unfactual group on Facebook! Take the quick poll question! Anthropogenic global warming theory is the idea that human activities that release carbon dioxide are causing the Earth’s temperature to rise drastically. Anthropogenic global warming theory has the following assumptions: 1) Carbon dioxide is the main cause of rising global temperatures 2) The main source of this carbon dioxide is from human activities 3) The temperature rise will be quick and large 4) The temperature rise will cause massive devastation and disaster 5) We must act now to stop the release of carbon dioxide But that is only one side of the story. The following collection of facts all come with citations and links. Read on and ask yourself: What do the following FACTS mean for purported human-caused global warming? - Meanwhile, on planet Earth, the oceans have been cooling since 2003. - Sea ice is growing at the fastest rate ever recorded. - It snowed in Iraq for the first time in 100 years.
Gaia hypothesis
The study of planetary habitability is partly based upon extrapolation from knowledge of the Earth's conditions, as the Earth is the only planet currently known to harbour life The Gaia hypothesis, also known as Gaia theory or Gaia principle, proposes that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings on Earth to form a self-regulating, complex system that contributes to maintaining the conditions for life on the planet. Topics of interest include how the biosphere and the evolution of life forms affect the stability of global temperature, ocean salinity, oxygen in the atmosphere and other environmental variables that affect the habitability of Earth. Introduction[edit] Less accepted versions of the hypothesis claim that changes in the biosphere are brought about through the coordination of living organisms and maintain those conditions through homeostasis. Details[edit] Regulation of the salinity in the oceans[edit] Regulation of oxygen in the atmosphere[edit] Processing of CO2[edit]
