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Property Mental property

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 25th, 2007

A mental property or a mind property is a property of a/the mind. Mental properties are studied by many sciences and parasciences. We may only mention: psychology, cognitive sciences and recently also systemics.

There are three main scientific approaches to the study/modeling of mind (properties).

  • The primary is the classical one, it considers mind as an intrinsic property of the human brain only.
  • The second is focused on the engineering research for the development of an abstract/synthetic mind/brain for robots and computers which satisfies requested functional properties.
  • The third is a most universal research, dealing with a concept of generalized/universal and synthetic mind as a possible or existing property of the Universe. Such research is the common interdisciplinary domain of interest of the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence and different systemic and meta-systemic approches with a strong contribution from physicists and mathematicians.

The basic concrete objective of all these research is to develop such model of mind/intelligence which could be implemented on the computer and could be considered sufficiently “humanlike” or better (?).


Philosophy of mind perspective

A simple concrete example:
If someone pricks you with a pin, you will most likely feel pain. That instance of feeling pain is an instantiation of the property being in (or a) pain.
It is important to distinguish between the predicate ‘is a pain’ which is a linguistic entity, and the property denoted by the predicate. This becomes important in the philosophy of mind when the two are confused, especially concerning intertheoretic reductionism and ontological reductionism.


See also

  • Mental events
  • Philosophy of mind
  • Qualia

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As Electronic Chipnet

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 24th, 2007


Chipnet is the electronic wallet system used in the Netherlands. ATM cards issued by Dutch banks have smartcards that can be loaded with value via Chipnet loading stations next to ATMs. All bank cards are interopearable. Chipnet can be used for payments at parking machines, shops etc. No network access is required by the payment collection terminal. The system is therefore complementary to the online electronic point-of-sale payment system known as “PIN” which transfers payments in real-time. The maximum value of Chipnet storage and transactions is quite limited, but adequate for small retail transactions.

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Estate Firth Moor

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 19th, 2007

Firth Moor is a place in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated to the south east of Darlington town centre.
It was once County Durham’s largest council estate. In 2001, Firth Moor went through a regeneration scheme in which new houses were built at the rear of the estate. This new estate was renamed “Moor Fields” and it provided the luxury of new houses at affordable prices.

Firth Moor also has its own Primary School.

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Jim Jackson in Jim Ellis

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 18th, 2007

Jim Ellis may be:

  • Jim Ellis (computing) (died 2001), American computer scientist
  • Jim Ellis (Seattle) (b. 1920/21), American jurist & activist
  • Jim Ellis (politics) (fl. 2000), American Republican activist
  • Jim Ellis (sports) (b. ), American swim coach and subject of the film Pride

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Types of buyer. In Incoterm

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 16th, 2007

Incoterms or international commercial terms are a series of international sales terms that are widely used throughout the world. They are used to divide transaction costs and responsibilities between buyer and seller and reflect state-of-the-art transportation practices. They closely correspond to the U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

Incoterms deal with the questions related to the delivery of the products from the seller to the buyer. This includes the carriage of products, export and import clearance responsibilities, who pays for what, and who has risk for the condition of the products at different locations within the transport process. Incoterms are always used with a geographical location and do not deal with transfer of title.

They are devised and published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The English text is the original and official version of Incoterms 2000, which have been endorsed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Authorized translations into 31 languages are available from ICC national committees.

  • Group E - Departure:

    • EXW. Ex Works (named place): the seller makes the goods available at his premises.
  • Group F - Main Carriage Unpaid:
    • FCA. Free Carrier (named place): the seller hands over the goods, cleared for export, into the custody of the first carrier (named by the buyer) at the named place. This term is suitable for all modes of transport, including carriage by air, rail, road, and containerised / multi-modal transport.
    • FAS. Free Alongside Ship (named loading port): free Alongside Ship: the seller must place the goods alongside the ship at the named port. The seller must clear the goods for export; this changed in the 2000 version of the Incoterms. Suitable for maritime transport only.
    • FOB. Free On Board (named loading port): the classic maritime trade term, Free On Board: seller must load the goods on board the ship nominated by the buyer, cost and risk being divided at ship’s rail. The seller must clear the goods for export. Maritime transport only.
  • Group C - Main Carriage Paid:
    • CFR. Cost and Freight (named destination port): seller must pay the costs and freight to bring the goods to the port of destination. However, risk is transferred to the buyer once the goods have crossed the ship’s rail. Maritime transport only.
    • CIF. Cost, Insurance and Freight (named destination port): exactly the same as CFR except that the seller must in addition procure and pay for insurance for the buyer. Maritime transport only.
    • CPT. Carriage Paid To (named destination port): the general/containerised/multimodal equivalent of CFR. The seller pays for carriage to the named point of destination, but risk passes when the goods are handed over to the first carrier.
    • CIP. Carriage and Insurance Paid to (named destination port): the containerised transport/multimodal equivalent of CIF. Seller pays for carriage and insurance to the named destination point, but risk passes when the goods are handed over to the first carrier.
  • Group D - Arrival:
    • DAF. Delivered At Frontier (named place)
    • DES. Delivered Ex Ship (named port)
    • DEQ. Delivered Ex Quay (named port)
    • DDU. Delivered Duty Unpaid (named destination place)
    • DDP. Delivered Duty Paid (named destination place)


Incoterms in Popular Culture

In line 211 of The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot mentions a “Mr. Eugenides, the Smyrna merchant,” with “a pocket full of currants / C.i.f. London”.


References

  • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) incoterm list
  • www.incoterms.tk
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Real estate corporation based SIOR

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 9th, 2007

SIOR is a designation bestowed by The Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS to commercial real estate brokers.

To achieve the SIOR designation, members must:

  1. Have five years experience
  2. Maintain a certain dollar volume of transactions (the exact amount varies from market to market)
  3. “Maintain high ethical standards”
  4. Complete an education requirement

SIOR is an attractive designation. Most career commercial real estate brokers obtain it and the CCIM designation, its perceived equivalent.


External links

  • The Society of Industrial and Office REALTORS
  • Complete membership requirements
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Estate Title owner

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 5th, 2007

In property law, the title owner the one holding the greatest number of rights, or most important rights in a piece of real estate. As explained by the Bundle of Rights theory, a property can be owned in some sense by many different parties at the same time, through a mortgage, a lease, a lien, a future interest, among many others. In common parlance, the title owner is called the owner, even if we are aware that the property is encumbered by a mortgage.


See also

  • List of real estate topics
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Estate Battle of Älgarås

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 3rd, 2007

The Battle of Älgarås took place at the royal estate of Älgarås () in northernmost Västergötland in November 1205 between the House of Sverker and the House of Erik fighting for the Swedish crown. The brothers Jon, Joar, Knut and Erik Knutsson were staying at the estate when the Sverker clan attacked. All the brothers were slain but Erik.

Th estate was burnt down completely and abandoned, and it is no longer known exactly where it was located. An oral tradition says that it was “2000 paces from the church of Älgarås in the direction where the sun rises in September”.


See also

  • Battle of Lena
  • Battle of Gestilren
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Estate FIABCI

Posted in Uncategorized by admin on the October 1st, 2007

FIABCI is the International Real Estate Federation, founded on 2 June 1951. Annually they award the Prix d’Excellence to a global real estate project deemed outstanding in design and construction. FIABCI is truly international, owing allegiance to no single country or national body, only to its members. In this respect it is completely democratic. FIABCI is not only international but multi-disciplinary. Anyone involved in real estate can belong whether they are brokers, counsellors, lawyers, appraisers, financiers, architects, developers, contractors or investors. It has developed a reputation as an organization where residential and commercial realty professionals mingle at various conferences held at locales around the world.


External links

  • Official website
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