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Catalog Choice - Eliminate unwanted catalogs you receive in the mail

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ScienceCinema, the source for Department of Energy (DOE) multimedia - Home Page ScienceCinema highlights leading-edge research from the U.S. Department of Energy as well as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Using innovative, state-of-the-art audio indexing and speech recognition technology from Microsoft Research, ScienceCinema allows users to search for specific words and phrases spoken within video files. Simply enter a term in the box and start exploring! Produced by: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Robot Rodeo 2013 Sandia National Laboratories hosted the seventh annual Western National Robot Rodeo and Capability Exercise in June 2013. Some links on this page may take you to non-federal websites.

SOLIDARITY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND NON-VIOLENCE ~ V4 N03 MARCH 2008 4. The Age of Homo solidarius "The 'control of nature' is a phrase conceived in arrogance,born of the Neanderthal age of biologyand the convenience of man." In section 1, Homo economicus was defined as the rational human being driven by self-interest as top priority, and Homo solidarius, was defined as the rational human being willing to balance self-interest with the common good. Definition of solidarity, Merriam-Webster Definition of sustainability, Merriam-Webster Definition of violence, Merriam-Webster Definition of nonviolence, Merriam-Webster It seems clear that Homo solidarius will always attempt to balance self-interest and the common good. "I object to violence becausewhen it appears to do good,the good is only temporary;the evil it does is permanent." "An individual has not started livinguntil he can rise above the narrow confinesof his individualistic concernsto the broader concerns of all humanity." Global warming is a case in point. 5. 6. Where do we go from here? 7. 8. 9.

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