scholarly journals The fate of the postmodern world: On melancholy and rebellion by Milan Mihajlovic

Muzikologija ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 87-107
Author(s):  
Ivana Vuksanovic
Keyword(s):  
Extensive Study ◽  
Wind Instrument ◽  
Piano Quartet ◽  
The World ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The Government ◽  
Specific Concept ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One ◽  
Formal Design

The musical oeuvre of Milan Mihajlovic (b. 1945) enjoys a high reputation and position in contemporary Serbian music. This has been proven by the many awards he has received, countless performances of his compositions at home and abroad, and especially by the warm and approving reactions of the audience. The stylistic consistency in his oeuvre is a result of his creative use of Scriabin?s scale. The concept of this scale was first theoretically elaborated in an extensive study written by Mihajlovic in 1980 and, since then the scale has been functioning as a crucial cohesive element in all Mihajlovic?s compositions. The novelty in his oeuvre, composed during the 1990s, were intertextual references made by using citations from his own works and those of other composers (Monteverdi, Mozart, Stravinsky, Rachmaninov, Vasilije Mokranjac). The most characteristic features of his mature style are also recognizable in his recent works Melancholy (2014) and Rebellion (2015). The interval structure of Skriabin?s scale is projected along the horizontal (melodical) and vertical (harmonical) axes of the both works while the formal design resulted from shifts of tensions and relaxations. Developmental sections are based on variation and improvisation of the small number of different motifs (three basic ones in Melancholy, four in Rebellion) above the metrically moveable ostinato layers and the releases are marked by change of tempo, dynamic, meter and texture. The most significant and radical release is the one which marks the abrupt ending of Rebellion by the physical gesture of slamming down the keyboard lid. As the composition was written for the BUNT festival (Belgrade) it fits the festival?s idea of expressing resistance to the government?s neglect of academic musicians and institutions. In the wider sense, it becomes a sign of the resistance to the world we live in, and that is the world of lost ideals. Both works are composed for the wind instrument and the piano quartet and in the both cases the author?s voice, with its figures of sorrow and anger, is personified in singing, narrative lines of the wind instrument (the oboe in Melancholy and French horn in Rebellion respectively). These two compositions also demonstrate the specific concept of a circle that is intuitively searched for and ingeniously implemented. It is manifested by the cyclic concept of Scriabin?s scale and projected in all of the author?s compositional procedures as a vehicle for the expression of lament and resignation.

scholarly journals Services for the Elderly in Israel: Privatization or Nationalization-An Unending Dilemma-A Reflection

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Avi Bitzur ◽  
Mali Shaked
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Elderly Person ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Baby Boomer Generation ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

The world in which we live is aging at a dizzying pace and expressions like “70 is the new 50” or the creation of concepts such as the “Silver Tsunami”, a nickname for the aging baby-boomer generation, have become an inseparable part of the reality in our society.On the one hand, the spread of aging is a welcome phenomenon – a sort of solution to the great human effort to reach immortality. On the other hand, however, old age can be perceived as a period burdened by economic, social and health-related challenges and it is becoming more and more clear that throughout the world, and in Israel in particular – the focus of this article - we must begin to prepare systems and services for the provision of rapid and comprehensive solutions for the tsunami of aging that befalls us. This stems from an understanding that the services we have in place today are not sufficiently prepared to handle the range of challenges and issues that will arise as a side effect of this phenomenon.The dilemmas that come hand in hand with the aging of our population are innumerable, however five particular issues stand out: the first is who should be responsible for the elderly and their care – the government or the person’s family? The second: Should all of the elderly receive the same care or should the treatment assistance vary differentially – meaning each elderly person should receive care according to his or her economic, social and health status and receive only according to their needs? The third is, should we provide assistance to the elderly directly (e.g. specific medications) or should the elderly receive financial assistance equivalent to the value of their needs and should we hope that they purchase the relevant medications, for example, and not something else instead? The fourth dilemma is: should we provide assistance for specific projects or should we work on long-term solutions through legislation to provide care and assistance to the elderly? Fifth, which is also the main questions, is should the services provided be privatized or should the treatment be the responsibility of the state and its institutions?The question of privatization or nationalization is the main focus of this article, and while we do not pretend to offer a firm stance on the issue, the authors offer to shed some light on the basic concepts associated with our aging population and how we as a society might handle these issues from the perspective of comparison between privatization versus nationalization of services rendered. The main focus of this article will be around the issue of the residential arrangements for the elderly: Mainly - should the elderly move into what are typically called “old age homes” or should we allow for “Aging in Place” – an approach that favors allowing the elderly to remain in their own homes for the remainder of their lives. Which is the most favorable solution? This issue also falls under the dilemma of whether or not homes for the aging as one possible solution should be a state-provided service or if “aging in place” will result in the privatization of the services granted to the elderly.The focus of this article is the situation in Israel, a country in which a significant portion of the population is elderly and where, by 2035, 15% of the population will be considered senior citizens. We will present the dilemma through the lens of the situation in Israel. The article shall begin with an introduction offering an in-depth examination of the dilemma presented. We will continue by presenting basic concepts from the general literature in the field of gerontology available today. We will then examine the situation in Israel between the years 2017-2019 and conclude by examining the concepts of privatization and nationalization in regards to services for the elderly, while once again emphasizing that comprehensive solutions to these dilemmas are unlikely to be reached in the near future.

DISCUSSION ON “AYKOL MANAS” IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHAMANISM AND STORYTELLING AMONG THE KYRGYZ PEOPLE

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-34
Author(s):  
Nestor A. Manichkin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literary Work ◽  
The Other ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
Social Field ◽  
Public Discussion ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Historical Relationship ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The One

The article dwells upon connection between the two most important Kyrgyz traditions: shamanism ( bakshylyk ) and storytelling ( zhomokchuluk ). It considers the general cultural and social field that forms some features that are characteristic of both shamans and storytellers, as well as the traces of pre-Islamic culture that can be found in the world of the Kyrgyz epic. Special attention is paid to the post-folklor version of the epic “Manas” – the dastan “Aykol Manas” and the public discussion around that literary work. The discussion reflects, on the one hand, specific aspects of the understanding of the Kyrgyz epic tradition, and on the other hand, a number of characteristic features that accompany modern transformations of Kyrgyz shamanism.

Group Insolvencies

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reinhard Bork ◽  
Renato Mangano
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Specific Policy ◽  
Policy Choices ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Many ◽  
The One

This chapter deals with European cross-border issues concerning groups of companies. This chapter, after outlining the difficulties encountered throughout the world in defining and regulating the group, focuses on the specific policy choices endorsed by the EIR, which clearly does not lay down any form of substantive consolidation. Instead, the EIR, on the one hand, seems to permit the ‘one group—one COMI’ rule, even to a limited extent, and, on the other hand, provides for two different regulatory devices of procedural consolidation, one based on the duties of ‘cooperation and communication’ and the other on a system of ‘coordination’ to be set up between the many proceedings affecting companies belonging to the same group.

scholarly journals Coronavirus - Crisis Communication in Croatia

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Grbic ◽  
D Stimac Grbic ◽  
L Stimac ◽  
Z Sostar
Keyword(s):  
Child Protection ◽  
Crisis Communication ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Public Concern ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Information ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

Abstract Introduction The coronavirus outbreak has set off alarms around the world, leading to border closures, trade controls, travel bans and other measures. The Wuhan coronavirus epidemic continues to spread globally to the new European hotspot in Italy. New information about the epidemic and the virus is changing rapidly as the virus spreads and appears in parts of the world. Although official announcements by the Croatian Government and Crisis Staff calmed the public with pictures and data on the disease, it showed something else that heightened public concern and caused two conflicting phenomena among citizens - on the one hand, the majority showed understandable doubt about the information that could have raised the concern for their own health while the rest of the population ignored the facts. The market showed complete unwillingness to cope with this epidemic and a chronic shortage of protective equipment (masks, disinfectants...) emerged. Most of the citizens' queries and concerns were moving in the direction of personal protection, child protection and justification for holding large gatherings. Results By March 8, 2020, twelve COVID-19 patients were recorded in Croatia, of which 5 were patients in Rijeka, 3 in Zagreb and 4 in Varaždin. The first sick person is a Croatian citizen from Zagreb who became infected during his stay in Italy (Milan, Lombardy province). Conclusions In this crisis, several basic principles of crisis communication with the public have been forgotten: The first source of communication often becomes the source against which everyone else is measured.Accuracy is crucial to credibility.Emotion cannot be countered by facts. People must first know that the government cares.The public should regain a sense of control over circumstances beyond control.A lack of public respect in a crisis undermines trust.Honesty is fundamental to maintaining trust. Key messages Accuracy is crucial to credibility. Emotion cannot be countered by facts.

scholarly journals THE REFORM OF FRENCH CONTRACT LAW: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Downe
Keyword(s):  
Contract Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Judicial Interpretation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Critical Overview ◽  
Scholarly Attention

Since the Napoleonic Code of 1804 we have seen republics, monarchies and empires coming and going; local and world wars; revolutions, from the industrial to the informational; and our society has moved from an economy based on agriculture to one open to the world, based on tertiary services. In all this time, French contract law has been able to stay up and keep up to date with the many changes in society, thanks to the judicial interpretation of the various articles of the French civil code and the generality of its articles. There have been many previous attempts to reform French contract law but its principles, forged in 1804, have escaped unscathed, except for certain transpositions of European directives. This article focuses on an academic point of view with regards the reforms to the French civil code that will bring private contract law into line with modern international standards. This is the first step in a series of broader changes the government is making to the French law of obligations. This reform is said to have both adapted and revolutionised French contract law and merits scholarly attention.

The Mica-Pegmatites of Kodarma, India

1939 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 145-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Roy ◽  
N. L. Sharma ◽  
G. C. Chattopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Single Unit ◽  
The World ◽  
Reserve Forest ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
The Government

The mica mines of the Kodarma area in the Hazaribagh district of Bihar contribute as a single unit the largest quantity of muscovite (locally known as “Ruby mica”) to the world. The mica-pegmatites of this area have attracted the attention of geologists and mining engineers since the beginning of the last century, but still many petrological problems connected with them have not been satisfactorily solved. During recent years the present authors have studied the geology of the Government Reserve Forest of Kodarma; and they intend to discuss in this paper the origin and the characteristic features of the Kodarma pegmatites and to review the literature already existing on this subject.

The English Cabinet Secretariat

1928 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 390-401
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Starr
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Great War ◽  
World War ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Accurate Record

No one of the many changes in the English constitution during the World War is more interesting than the establishment of the cabinet secretariat. The device came into being under the stress of war-time conditions, as a result of the complexity of the problems to be dealt with, and of the need for centralizing the activities of the government. Its retention after many other features of the war administration have proved only transitory is an example of the permanence that war-time institutions sometimes acquire.Before the war no minutes of cabinet meetings were kept. The only record of cabinet decisions was contained in the letter which the prime minister wrote with his own hand to the sovereign, reporting only those decisions which he thought should be brought to the sovereign's attention. A copy of each letter was kept for reference by the prime minister. Since it was considered bad form to take notes in cabinet meetings, individual members had to depend upon memory when proceeding to apply cabinet decisions in their own departments. Such procedure was unbusinesslike, and was one of the factors that rendered the cabinet system cumbrous and inefficient in the conduct of a great war. The War Cabinet needed an agency to prepare information for its consideration, to keep an accurate record of the many and vitally important decisions it made, and to transmit those decisions to the departments charged with ultimately carrying them into effect. Under such circumstances, the cabinet secretariat came into existence.

scholarly journals Efficient E-Government Services, Constraints and Problems of Technical Applications and Software and the Transition to Smart Government

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser A. Seleman
Keyword(s):  
Significant Proportion ◽  
The Other ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One ◽  
Smart Government

  The e-governance is the concept and structure of the system and the functions and activities of all activities and processes in e-business on the one hand the level of e-government and business on the other.               Because the government sector as a significant proportion of the total economic sectors in most countries of the world, and the fact that dealing with the public sector is not limited to the class and not others, but prevail all citizens and residents, institutions and others, and the fact that this multi-dealing in quality, methods and how it is done and models for different procedures and steps implemented and locations between the corridors of government departments, the concept of e-government came as an ideal way for the government to enable them to take care of the interests of the public from individuals and institutions electronically using cutting-edge technology without the need for the applicant to move between government departments.  

scholarly journals Sensitifitas Kurikulum 2013 : Stigma Sosial dan Positifisme Pemerintah

FONDATIA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Halimatus Suhailah
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Negative Behaviors ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
K 13 ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Different Cultures

The industrial revolution marked by the term "Age Now" which is rife over the rapid advances in technology will certainly always bring negative changes to society in general and students in particular. It is characterized by negative behaviors that we often encounter in students who lack morality or morality. The reality is also indisputable because the flow of technology will increasingly develop according to modern times. One effort to filter the heavy behavior of the negative is the world of education, which is expected not only to be able to educate, provide the ability to live better in the future, but also able to improve moral eroded by the flow of negative changes. The 2013 curriculum carried by the government is an effort to realize students who are not only qualified on the cognitive side, but also excel in psychomotor and affective students. But the question is, is this positive view of K-13 able to answer the negative stigma of parents and the problems of teachers in educating students who in fact are born from different cultures, and have been strong based on the selfishness caused by ethnicity and dissent? So, this paper raises the authors of the many problems of teachers about the 2013 Curriculum Scientific Approach with descriptive qualitative research methods through the study of library reseach.

scholarly journals El quinto suyo, peruanos en el extranjero, manifestación demográfica de la globalización

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 487
Author(s):  
Jose Escobedo Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Market Economy ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Demographic Dividend ◽  
Population Movements ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

<p class="paragraph-bold">RESUMEN</p><p> En una época como la que vivimos, de la globalización, los  desplazamientos poblacionales a nivel internacional se han potenciado. La mayoría de ellos se concentran en pocos países industrializados. Muchas personas han dejado sus hogares para buscar en otras latitudes mejores condiciones de vida, empleo e ingreso. Aunque no existen estadísticas exactas sobre el número de peruanos viviendo fuera del país, se sabe oficialmente que la migración al extranjero es alta y en los últimos años se ha incrementado notablemente. Según proyecciones hechas sobre las tendencias de emigración de peruanos, se tiene que ésta presenta una tendencia a continuar por la carencia de empleos y/o los sueldos bajos, producto de un modelo neoliberal hegemónico en el mundo que al privilegiar la economía de mercado no tiene en cuenta la población. En el Perú, de la migración interna hemos pasado a la externa. Entre los objetivos que nos hemos trazado para el presente estudio tenemos: <strong><em>a)</em></strong> Determinar la estructura de la población peruana y su potencial a partir del denominado bono demográfico, <strong><em>b)</em></strong> Conocer el volumen de migrantes peruanos y su distribución por países en el extranjero,  y <strong><em>c)</em></strong> Proponer al Estado dar apoyo y seguimiento a la población que ha migrado al extranjero, teniendo en consideración que la población que ha migrado no constituye ningún peligro al país de acogida.</p><p> </p><p class="paragraph"> </p><p align="center"><strong>THE FIFTH <em>SUYO</em>. PERUVIAN PEOPLE ABOARD, A DEMOGRAPHIC DEMONSTRATION OF GLOBALIZATION</strong></p><p class="paragraph"> </p><p class="paragraph"><strong>ABSTRACT </strong></p><p class="paragraph">At a time like the one we live in, globalization, population movements worldwide have been strengthened. Most of them are concentrated in a few industrialized countries. Many people have left their homes to seek elsewhere better living conditions, employment and income. Although there are no exact statistics on the number of Peruvians living abroad, it is officially known that the migration abroad is high and in recent years has increased significantly. According to projections made on trends in migration of Peruvians, they present a tendency to continue by lack of jobs and/or low wages as a result of a hegemonic neoliberal model in the world, which favors the market economy and doesn’t have into account with the population. In Peru, internal migration has moved to the outside. The objectives we have set for this study are: <strong><em>a)</em></strong> determine the structure of the Peruvian population and its potential from the so-called demographic dividend, <strong><em>b)</em></strong> know the volume of Peruvian migrants and their distribution by countries abroad, <strong><em>c)</em></strong> propose to the government the supporting and monitoring of the population who has migrated abroad, taking into consideration that the population who has migrated not constitute any danger to the host country.</p>

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