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Team Silver Arrow Wins MICAV-14
By Express News Service – BANGALORE Published: 12th January 2014 09:18 AM Last Updated: 12th January 2014 09:23 AM
Team Silver Arrow from Drone & DC Enterprises, Bangalore, emerged as the winner of the National Micro Air Vehicle MICAV-14 organised in the city by National Aerospace Laboratories in association with the Aeronautical Development Establishment.
The competition, that saw the participation of over 11 teams from across the country, concluded on Saturday. The team comprising Krishna Kishore J, Uttam Chandrasekhar, Lohit Shivanna and Hariprasad Krishna won the competition as well as the prize for the best design. The team from IIT Bombay emerged runners-up.
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MICAV-2014 Micro Air Vehicle Flying Competition
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Team Silver Arrow from Drone & DC Enterprises, Bangalore, emerged as the winner of the National Micro Air Vehicle MICAV-14. The event as a part of DRDO/ DST sponsored National Program on Micro Air Vehicle (NPMICAV) was organized by CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories and supported by Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore.
The National Micro Air Vehicle Flying Competition MICAV-2014 was held at the Jain Global Campus, Bangalore during 8-11 Jan 2014. The participants of about 400 include the 11 competing teams from various parts of India, the project team of all the projects from NPMICAV and scientists and engineers from national laboratories, academic institutions and the private industries.
The competition, that saw the participation of over 11 teams from across the country, concluded on Saturday. The team comprising Krishna Kishore J, Uttam Chandrasekhar, Lohit Shivanna and Hariprasad Krishna won the competition as well as the prize for the best design.The team from IIT Bombay emerged runners-up.
You can read more about the competition at their website : http://www.nal.res.in/micav2013/
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Indian aeronautics go micro
Ajay Sukumaran Posted online: Monday, Jul 05, 2010 at 0000 hrs
In a room in central Bangalore, a group of researchers with big plans is gathered for some small talk, or micro talk to be more accurate. Some would call it sci-fi even. With the Indian government last month sanctioning a Rs 90 crore programme to build micro-air vehicles (MICAVs) or flying objects as small as a hand-span, these researchers are setting out to develop new technologies to make the tiny drones see, hear and even smell. The aim is to produce vehicles and sensors for missions ranging from monitoring an industrial gas leak to aerial surveying of floods, reconnaissance or even traffic control in cities.
In 3-4 years, Indian scientists hope to fly a swarm of micro-air vehicles which would be able to communicate with each other through a payload of cameras and sensors to send back images and data to a controller on the ground. The National Programme on micro-air vehicles will be supervised by the Aeronautics Research and Development Board and the development work carried out through the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), some Indian Institutes of Technology, advanced research labs such as the National Centre for
Biological Sciences, a few tech start-ups and universities.
"We are flying into a totally different realm of aeronautics," says AR Upadhya, director, NAL. "It is a big programme for us, and in the coming years we would be looking at micro-air vehicles in a big way." NAL recently concluded a three-year project with DRDO to demonstrate vehicles with wingspans of 300 millimetres to 150 mm with a 200 gm payload. It sees considerable interest from the National Disaster Management Authority and some police departments. "Let us say, a chemical leak or a nuclear leak. You don't want to send people. You send these in, they will sense the intensity of the leak," he says.
"From the sensing perspective, it is extremely challenging. Because they are small, we expect them to carry a few grams and do complex things," says Chandrashekhar Nair, who runs Bigtec Labs, a start-up being incubated at IISc and which is participating in the programme to build micro sensors for a variety of applications such as sensing explosives or toxic acids.
"We want to exploit the strength available in Indian academic institutes," says Prahlada, chief controller, research and development (services interaction) at DRDO, who is the chairman of the executive board of the MICAV programme. "We are likely to generate half a dozen types of birds."
The 'birds' they are looking at would be 300-150 mm planes and helicopters and those with flapping wings like real birds as the research into MICAVs would also draw on biomimetics—the application of biological systems such as in insects and birds in engineering.
"All the projects are tightly monitored, all of them have deliverables. It's very product oriented," says N Chandrashekar, who along with son Uttam, runs DC Enterprises in Bangalore. The duo, who make and export electric motors weighing 3 gm or less to a niche market of universities and research institutions in the US and Europe, plan to build a couple of MICAVs under the programme.
Scientists in India began talking about researching micro-air vehicles in 1998 and a decade's work of developing the basic technology and proving feasibility has led to the national programme, says Lt.Gen. (retd) VJ Sundaram, former chairman of the programme management board of India's Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. As advisor (micro and nano systems) to National Design and Research Forum, the R&D platform of the Institution of Engineers, he has been a key figure behind the programme and has set the ultimate objective of replicating a bumble-bee.
Sundaram's room at NDRF in Bangalore is the think-tank of a consortium of private labs and universities that will work on technologies not covered by project centres such as NAL and IISc. "We take different approaches to develop MICAVs. Each person will be coming up with a system and sub systems," says Krishna Venkatesh, whose Bangalore-based start-up, Drone Aerospace Systems, is working on auto-pilot systems, ground station software and low weight radio modems.
Globally, research into MICAVs has had a head start compared to India. A 14 inch diameter vehicle made by Honeywell Aerospace has been deployed with the US Army in Iraq since 2007 for surveillance and to search for improvised explosive devices. But scientists here say that the country is catching up fast.
"This programme has come at the right time. I think we have the opportunity to possibly even lead in that area," says Bigtec's Nair who reckons that similar national programmes on smart materials and structures have helped bridge the gap by evolving the technologies which are now being used for MICAVs. "It has been a process of constantly maturing," he says.
"The idea is to develop them because all these are in the realm of dual use technology and you know that anything dual-use can be stopped at anytime,"says NAL's Upadhya. "So while one may say these are all available abroad and what is new, it is new for us. We need to develop on our own."
NAL already has a roadmap towards newer frontiers. In the 12th five year plan, it gears up to propose a programme to build MICAVs as small as 75 mm.


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Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World
Switzerland: Springer, 2018.
Academic editor: N. Lebedeva, R. Dimitrova, J. W. Berry.
Editor-in-chief: N. Lebedeva.
This book offers a comparative analysis of value and identity changes in several post-Communist countries. In light of the tremendous economic, social and political changes in former communist states, the authors compare the values, attitudes and identities of different generations and cultural groups. Based on extensive empirical data, using quantitative and qualitative methods to study complex social identities, this book examines how intergenerational value and identity changes are linked to socio-economic and political development. Topics include the rise of nationalist sentiments, identity formation of ethnic and religious groups and minorities, youth identity formation and intergenerational value conflicts
Values of Ethnic Russian Minority Members in North Caucasus Republics of the Russian Federation: An Inter- and Intragenerational Comparison
Galyapina V. N., Lebedeva N., Lepshokova Z. et al. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Ch. 8. P. 157-173.
This paper examines inter- and intragenerational value similarities and differences among two generations of ethnic Russian minority member living in two North Caucasus republics—North Ossetia-Аlania (RNO-A) and Kabardino-Balkaria (KBR) of the Russian Federation. It also compares them with values of two generations of Russians in the Central Federal District of Russia (CFD) and with values of indigenous people in these republics. The sample included 563 parent-adolescent dyads, 720 ethnic Russians and 406 members of the dominant ethnic groups in the North Caucasus republics overall. Data were obtained using Schwartz's Revised Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ-R). Scores for Schwartz's four higher-order value types (Openness to Change, Self-Enhancement, Conservation, Self-Transcendence) were calculated. Multivariate analysis of variance revealed intergenerational gaps only for Openness to Change and Conservation values among the ethnic Russian minority in the North Caucasus republics, whereas among Russians in the CFD intergenerational gaps emerged for all higher order values. Furthermore, we found that the pattern of intergenerational similarities and differences in the Russian minority of RNO and KBR was closer to the patterns of the dominant ethnic groups of these republics than to the pattern exhibited by Russians in the CFD. The incurred intergenerational value differences are interpreted as reflecting differences in sociocultural contexts of the two generations' at their times of upbringing, in line with sociological modernization theory.
Value Similarity with Mothers and Peers and Family Climate as Predictors of Well-Being of Russian Youth in Latvia
Ryabichenko T., Lebedeva N., Plotka I. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 191-205.
The study highlighted the role of family climate and value transmission in the well-being of youth. A positive psychological climate within a family (psychological closeness of youth with their mothers) was a strong predictor of the well-being of Russian youth in Latvia. The results indicated that the absolute value similarity scores of Russian youth with their Russian peers are the highest in all the higher-order values compared to value similarity of Russian youth with their mothers and Latvian peers. The positive relationship between the value similarity of Russian youth with Russian peers and psychological well-being of Russian youth was found only for similarity in self-enhancement values. The latter result is in line with the results of related research that showed that value congruence with the group of peers (this group might be seen as a reference group) contributes to life satisfaction (Khaptsova & Schwartz, 2016; Musiol & Boehnke, 2013). An additional conclusion from this study is that value transmission of ethnic minority youth serves not only as a tool for culture maintenance and well-being but also as a tool for acculturation at the individual, family, and group levels.
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Probing the Relationship Between Group Identities of Russians and Ossetians in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania: Intergenerational Analysis
Galyapina V. N., Lebedeva N. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Ch. 13. P. 243-258.
This paper examines the relationship between five group identities (ethnic, religious, republican, regional, and national) in three generations of Russians and Ossetians, living in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RNO-A). The sample included 109 grandparent-parent-adolescent triads from Russian families and 106 such triads from Ossetian families (total N = 645). Data processing was carried out using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and correlation analysis (partial correlations) separately for Russians and Ossetians. The results showed that the pattern of correlations between group identities among three generations of Russians and Ossetians suggested two bases for identification: national (Russian) and regional (North-Caucasian). Among three generations of Russians, the republican identity (identification with the Ossetian host society) was "a bridge" between the national identity and regional identity. In Ossetian grandparents and parents, these two identifications were also linked through ethnic and religious identities, while in Ossetian adolescents, these backgrounds were separated. Intergenerational differences in group identity structures were largely caused by changes in the sociocultural context of North Ossetia in the last 70 years (a three-generation period of socialization).
Intergenerational Value Differences in Latvia and Azerbaijan
Bushina E., Ryabichenko T. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 85-98.
The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to the fact that a young generation of citizens in the new independent states grow up in conditions that substantially differed from their parents' period of socialization. A large number of ethnic Russians, who previously lived in one state, now live in different countries outside Russia. The sociopolitical status of Russians changed dramatically: they became an ethnic minority and faced the challenge of adapting to their new life status. In this study we follow the trajectories of value comparisons between two generations within countries in minority and majority groups, within generations between countries, and a cross-country comparison of families.
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Intergenerational Transmission of Values in Urban and Rural Areas of Russia: the Role of Perceived Psychological Closeness
Dubrov D., Tatarko A. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 117-130.
This paper examines the role of the place of living (urban or rural society) and its social- cultural context in determining the parent- adolescent child value similarity. We interviewed representatives of two generations: parents and children from 90 families in Moscow and 62 families in Russian villages (n=304 people). Our findings indicated the influence of socio- cultural context (urban-rural) on the transmission of values. Conservation values were primarily transmitted from parents to children in the more traditional, rural context. Openness to change, Self-Enhancement and Self-Transcendence values were transmitted from parents to children mainly in the urban context. Perceived psychological closeness between parents and adolescents (as perceived by adolescents) affected the adoption of values by the adolescents in both urban and rural contexts. All values of adolescents were more similar to the values of peers than to their parents, in both urban and rural contexts.
Identity and Work Ethic of Peasants in the Context of the Post-Soviet Socio-economic Transformation
Kozlova M. A., Simonova O. A. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Ch. 23. P. 405-419.
The chapter analyzes transformations of identity and work ethic among rural habitants through the lens of moral emotions based on the empirical data – thirty semi-structured interviews were collected in several villages of the agricultural region of Russia. We present the following logic of transformations: changed socio-cultural conditions, including public sentiment toward agricultural labor, lead to the transformation of identity of peasantry. Shifts in self-identification cause changes in labor attitudes and strategies, and new attitudes are ingrained in the work ethic of Russian peasantry. The decision to concentrate on emotions emerged in the aftermath of a more general study of the social and structural conditions in the Russian countryside, which resulted in interviews abounding with villagers' representations of negative emotions. Building on the existing body of work on the psychology and sociology of emotions (focused on studies of shame and envy), the authors have identified new demonstrations of emotion arising from new socio-cultural conditions in the Russian village. This is achieved through an analysis of the verbal markers employed in moral emotions. The authors outline the phenomenon of "contempt for rural/physical labor" from both the immediate surrounding environment and wider society more generally. This emotional backdrop brings with it negative effects such as shame and envy that, in turn, corrode self-esteem and self-efficacy among the rural population, leading even to withdrawal from active employment on the land and the weakening of social ties. As a result, the rural ethical views work as a thing needed purely in order to meet one's basic needs, a position that weakens any aspirations toward economic success and simultaneously promotes a sense of endurance and suffering among the rural population who are forced by 'necessity' to do such hard and 'dirty' work.
The kaleidoscope of language, ethnicity, and identity in Uzbekistan.
Isaeva K., Adams B., van de Vijver F. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 295-312.
The historical and political situation of Uzbekistan created a unique context where language
and ethnicity do not completely overlap for all groups. The study focused on three groups of
Uzbeks: Uzbek Uzbek-speakers, Russian Russian-speakers, and Uzbek Russian-speakers. We
explored how national, ethnic, ethnolinguistic, and religious identities are associated with
interethnic friendship and romantic relationships in these three groups. Identities that are more
inclusive (national and ethnolinguistic) were associated with more positive interethnic
attitudes and practices, while the opposite was found for ethnic identity. The national, ethnic,
ethnolinguistic, and religious identities were strongest for Uzbek-speaking Uzbeks and
weakest for the Russian-speaking Russians. Our study demonstrated the relevance of a
profound knowledge of the local history and context to understand the role of the various
social identities for the groups in Uzbekistan.
The Role of Social Disidentification in Acculturation Preferences of Ethnic Majority and Minority Members in Kabardino-Balkar Republic
Lepshokova Z., Lebedeva N. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. Ch. 17. P. 313-331.
The chapter is devoted to studying the role of social disidentification in acculturation preferences of ethnic minority and majority group members. Social disidentification refers to the active rejection and distancing oneself from a particular group. The study involved ethnic Russians living in Kabardino-Balkar Republic (KBR), North Caucasus, Russian Federation (N = 249), and the Kabardians and Balkars, who constitute the ethnic majority of Kabardino-Balkar Republic (N = 285). We measured ethnic, religious, republican, regional (North Caucasian), and national (belonging to Russian Federation) identities in both ethnic majority and minority group members as well as levels of national, regional, and republican disidentification. We used measures of acculturation strategies and expectations from the Mutual Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies project (http://www.victoria.ac.nz/cacr/research/mirips). Data processing was carried out using hierarchical regression analysis. The results showed that not only social identities affect the acculturation preferences but also social disidentification. We found that the republican disidentification of ethnic Russians in KBR was positively related to their separation and marginalization acculturation strategies and negatively related to their integration strategy. The regional disidentification of ethnic Russians in KBR was negatively related to their assimilation strategy and positively related to their marginalization strategy. The national (belonging to Russian Federation) disidentification of ethnic majority group members (Kabardians and Balkars) was positively related to their expectations of the segregation, assimilation, and exclusion of ethnic Russians and negatively related to their integration in the republic. In general, the study shows specific patterns of relationships between different types of social disidentification and acculturation preferences of majority and minority group members.
Lebedeva N., Berry J. W. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 421-431.
This book presents reports of a set of research conducted in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe, the Russian Federation, and Uzbekistan after the collapse of USSR and so-called socialist bloc in Eastern Europe. Until now, there has been relatively little empirical research devoted to the changing values and identities across countries and generations in this region. This book has sought to make a valuable contribution to this understudied field.
Dimitrova R., Lebedeva N., Berry J. W. et al. In bk.: Changing Values and Identities in Post-Communist World. Switzerland: Springer, 2018. P. 1-24.
Authors present the main directions of the research of changing values and identities in post-communist countries of Eastern Europe
Research target: Other social sciencesSociology (including Demography and AnthropologyPsychology
Priority areas: sociologyhumanitarian
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Edited by: М. А. Пильгун Вып. 12. М.: АПК и ППРО, 2012.
The results of cross-cultural research of implicit theories of innovativeness among students and teachers, representatives of three ethnocultural groups: Russians, the people of the North Caucasus (Chechens and Ingushs) and Tuvinians (N=804) are presented. Intergroup differences in implicit theories of innovativeness are revealed: the 'individual' theories of innovativeness prevail among Russians and among the students, the 'social' theories of innovativeness are more expressed among respondents from the North Caucasus, Tuva and among the teachers. Using the structural equations modeling the universal model of values impact on implicit theories of innovativeness and attitudes towards innovations is constructed. Values of the Openness to changes and individual theories of innovativeness promote the positive relation to innovations. Results of research have shown that implicit theories of innovativeness differ in different cultures, and values make different impact on the attitudes towards innovations and innovative experience in different cultures.
Constructing Identities in Europe: German and Russian Perspectives
Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2012.
Identities in Transition. eBook
Edited by: G. Tsolidis. 2011.
In March 2011 scholars met in Prague at the conference Interculturalism, Meaning and Identity. This event revitalised this important theme related to Diversity and Recognition. The terms 'interculturalism' and 'integration' are experiencing a renaissance. As the extent of human movement between nations increases attempts are made to balance cultural difference and social cohesion. In some contexts immigration and settlement policies are becoming more draconian in response. Because of this, interculturalism can take on many meanings. However, pivotal to the way interculturalism is understood is identification. As the relationship between nation, ethnicity and language becomes more complex so too do the ways in which people represent them selves. The cultural resources drawn on and the processes used to form identities are examined in this truly international collection. So too are the implications of these developments for how we theorise culture, meaning and identity.
University Deloproizvodstvo (Paper Work) as a Cultural Practice and Institution in Russia in the First Half of the 19th Century
Vishlenkova E. A. Humanities. HUM. Basic Research Programme, 2012. No. 03.
The article analyzes documentation management as a cultural practice and institution through which university professors' corporations in Russia in the first half of the nineteenth century lost their autonomy, acquiring instead a bureaucratic identity and ethics of state service. The study draws on official documents from university archives of Kazan, Moscow and Kharkov, and the archive of the Ministry of Education (St. Petersburg). It focuses on changes in the language of university record keeping, describing the self-identification matrices of professors as well as the growing role of quantitative and standardized information about university life they had to provide in their reports.
Новая «социальность» социальной истории
Савельева И. М. Гуманитарные исследования. WP6. Высшая школа экономики, 2015. № 3.
The aim of the paper is to proceed from surface judgments to more thorough knowledge of what is happening to social history today. The study delineates emergent research fields and subject matters of the recent social history and traces the development of the subdiscipline's conceptual framework and its main categories. Both cognitive and institutional aspects of social history's current condition are analyzed (e.g. loss of leadership, the scholarly community lacking a "midpoint" notwithstanding the numerous journals, associations, and old academic elite still persisting).
Тождество "я" - конфликт интерпретаций
Порус В. Н. Культурно-историческая психология. 2011. № 3. С. 27-35.
The paper treats the issue of identity of the ego, which constitutes the central problem of personology. The skeptical approach to this problem, which sees it as not being subject to be resolved by means of science, began with D. Hume's work. Contemporary personologists (P. Ricoeur and others) approach this problem through study of culture, which imparts the ego with «narrative identity». Cultural historic psychology is a «Bridge of interpretations», upon which philosophy of culture meets psychology, and psychological data associated with «personality» are interpreted on the basis of some specific cultural philosophic theory. The «conflict of interpretations» plays and essential role in personology, which participates in the processes of emergence and overcoming of the cultural crisis. Philosophical and methodological problems that define the near term perspective development of personology are formulated: whether there are any «ego invariants» that remain regardless of any possible cultural determination; whether the ego possesses any rigidity in relation to cultural determination and, if it does, what is the nature of this rigidity; whether ego identity is destroyed when cultural determination diminishes or ceases, etc.
Политическая культура на осях ценностно-нормативной модели социогенеза
Тульчинский Г. Л. Философские науки. 2013. № 1. С. 24-38.
"Faces of Alterity": The Eastern European Other Inside the EU
Eremenko M., Crudu E. In bk.: Portraying the Other in International Relations. Cases of Othering, Their Dynamics and the Potential for Transformation. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. Ch. 1. P. 3-17.
This chapter proposes an unfolding view of the EU as a sort of post-modern neo-medieval empire, in which narratives of othering towards Central and Eastern Europe preserve their salience.
О необходимости различения форм и уровней нефрегевости
Горбатов В. В. В кн.: Логическая семантика: перспективы для философии языка и эпистемологии. Сборник научных статей, посвященных юбилею Е.Д. Смирновой. М.: Креативная экономика, 2011. Гл. 10. С. 168-182.
In this paper we introduce distinction between "ontologically non-fregean" logics and "pragmatically non-fregean" ones; by means of such distinction a classification of non-fregean logics is presented as well. We believe that NFL must be considered as a many-leveled structure; each level taken separately may vary in different way – from classical to non-classical. It is not these levels themselves that we should call "fregean" or "non-fregean", but the ways they are stuck together within the whole system. The more levels a system has, the more kinds of "fregean" and "non-fregean" we can find in it.
National culture as value orientations: Consequences of value differences and cultural distance
Schwartz S. In bk.: Handbook of the Economics of Art and Culture. Vol. 2. North-Holland, 2013.
A Validation Study of a Russian Version of the Schwartz Value Survey (SVS) Using Cognitive Interviewing
Панюшева Т. Д., Efremova M. PSYCHOLOGY. WP BRP. Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2012. No. 4.
The aim of this study is to validate a Russian version of the Schwartz Value Survey using cognitive interviewing. This paper aims to explore the issue of whether respondents interpret the values proposed in the survey in the way intended by the author. An analysis of the results reveals problems with understanding the wording, which are due both to subtle differences in translation and the cultural context. The findings of the qualitative analysis allow for a better understanding of the quantitative data. A number of recommendations are given to the researchers applying this Russian-language SVS.
International Blogging: Identity, Politics and networked publics
Jones S., Russell A., Echchaibi N. Iss. 50. NY: Peter Lang, 2009.
Этническое и конфессиональное самосознание как факторы идентификации русской молодежи большого города (на примере г. Пермь)
Рязанова С. В., Пермякова Н. С. Научный результат. 2015. Т. 1. № 1 (3). С. 28-41.
In article features of national and confessional self-identification of the Russian youth as parts of the title nation are considered. Ethnic and national consciousness are analyzed as significant components of process of individual and group self-identification. Research covers the studying and working youth which is arrived and which initially living in the city. The youth is the object which studying allows to predict regularities of social development in the future. Consideration of a problem considers multi-confessional, multi-ethnic and boundary in the geographical relation character of Ural as region. The emphasis is placed on specifics of behavior of representatives of title nation, as youth considerably defining a social portrait. The concept of the big city is used as steady, allocated with a number of characteristic features. Authors establish the reasons of the reduced interest to a religious and ethnic identification of with group at the young people belonging to different social groups and united by residence in the large city. The conditions necessary for an intensification of process of identification are defined. Means of updating of processes of formation of identity of youth are offered.
Clothing and fashion play significant role in the process of ageing, and help put bodily experiences in the context of culture. It is especially important for young people as social subjects, who are starting to become independent but do not have sufficient experience and social competences to do this. This paper explores how youth of middle and working class in Russia use clothing to denote their social identity and construct boundaries.The paper is based on materials of 81 IDI with young people from St. Petersburg.
Students' internet usage attracts the attention of many researchers in different countries. Differences in internet penetration in diverse countries lead us to ask about the interaction of medium and culture in this process. In this paper we present an analysis based on a sample of 825 students from 18 Russian universities and discuss findings on particularities of students' ICT usage. On the background of the findings of the study, based on data collected in 2008-2009 year during a project "A сross-cultural study of the new learning culture formation in Germany and Russia", we discuss the problem of plagiarism in Russia, the availability of ICT features in Russian universities and an evaluation of the attractiveness of different categories of ICT usage and gender specifics in the use of ICT.
Edited by: И. Иванов, Л. Агеева, Д. Дубоделова и др. М.: МИЭМ, 2012.
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Edited by: А. Михайлов Вып. 14. М.: Социологический факультет МГУ, 2012.

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Chengdi (; ur. 51 p.n.e., zm. 7 p.n.e.) – cesarz chiński z dynastii Han w latach 33–7 p.n.e. Syn cesarza Yuandi i cesarzowej Wang.

W trakcie rządów pozostawał pod silnym wpływem matki co spowodowało wzmocnienie wpływów rodu Wang i osłabienie dynastii Han. Jego pierwszą żona była Xu, z rodu wywodzącego się od pierwszej żony cesarza Xuana, Xu Pingjun. Jednakże ze względu na brak dzieci, matka w trosce o ciągłość dynastii, zachęcała syna do posiadania konkubin. Około roku 19 p.n.e. Cheng Di odsunął Xu i faworyzował siostry Zhao – Zhao Feiyan i Zhao Hede. Mimo tych wszystkich zabiegów pozostał bezdzietny, i po niespodziewanej śmierci (jedna z teorii głosi, że po przedawkowaniu afrodyzjaków podanych przez Zhao Hede), tron objął jego bratanek, książę Liu Xin.

Cesarze dynastii Han
Urodzeni w I wieku p.n.e.
Zmarli w 7 p.n.e.

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Last week, Emma and I attended an author evening at Oh Me Oh My in Liverpool to hear three of my favourite authors Lindsey Kelk, Giovanna Fletcher and Paige Toon speak about their new novels. It was an evening full of laughter, prosecco and books (lots and lots of books!).
I've never been to an author event before but when I found out that three of my writing inspirations would be touring together, I knew I couldn't miss it. I've been reading Gi and Lindsey since I was around 15 years old and started to read some of Paige's books in college. It sounds cheesy but the three of them inspired me to pursue my passion for writing at university and gave me the confidence to write in the genre that I love. I'm pretty sure that my lecturers were fed up with me going on about how much I love them (sorry Sarah!).
Oh Me Oh My was the perfect venue for the event.
Located just opposite the Liver Building, it provided the perfect chilled out atmosphere and the most beautiful views of the city. I've been here once before for my graduation ball and I'll definitely be going again. As we waited for the authors to start their talk, all I could think about was what a perfect wedding venue it would be.
The ladies spoke about books, how they get inspired and told us all about Paige's fit husband, Greg. The room was full of laughter from the minute they started talking and it's very clear that they all get along so well. I want to be part of their girl gang!
The audience had an opportunity to ask them some questions and one particular topic mentioned was the 'chick-lit' genre. As a writer of chick-lit, I can confirm that it gets a lot of bad press. Critics class it as an 'easy' genre to write and although for some that might be true, let me tell you now that it is in no way 'easy'. In the words of Gi, who wants to sit there and read a book full of big words that you don't understand? People want to read something real and from the heart, something they can pick up, open on any page and understand what's going on. Just listening to them talk about the genre made me so proud to be a writer of chick-lit.
That's going to be my new life motto.
We then had the opportunity to go and get our books signed. I took one book from each author, although I wish I would've taken more because I have quite the collection at home. The ladies were even lovelier in real life and I know I was a rambling mess when it was my turn to speak to them. I basically just thanked them for my degree and inspiring me to write. They are three of the loveliest people I've ever spoken to.
I left Oh Me Oh My feeling inspired.
Hearing them speak about their passion for writing and being in a room full of avid readers, like myself, made me feel so content. I came out of that talk feeling more inspired than my entire degree made me feel in three years.
If you're yet to read anything by Paige, Lindsey or Gi then I highly recommend grabbing one of their books. I promise you won't regret it.
Hopefully one day I can have a novel of my own on a bookshelf next to theirs!


This bundle includes all the most popular of my Canadian products to study History and Geography.
Love this bundle. I considered buying the Canadian Adventure and the 31 days of Canadian history separately, but I'm glad I bought everything. It's a nice print and go set. The journal and adventure coordinate perfectly and saves me time having to put anything together. And the links within are great extras! And my son loves it. He's so excited to see where we're going to "travel" next! And we can follow along on the timeline with the history set. Very happy with the product!


Monica Vazquez formed the Band Salsa Brava in 1995.
The band is a Latin Salsa band who play a selection of Latin Classics like Bamboleo, and Toda una Vida, and selected songs of Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmierie and others. Plus original songs composed by Monica. The two tracks here are from Monica`s album of original songs.
The band have played hundreds of gigs all over Ireland and a few in Cuba, Florida and Spain.
They have played long term residencies in the Gaiety Theatre night club, The Sugar Club and the Empire Theatre Belfast. They have also appeared on RTE, Miami TV and Spanish TV.


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« PS3 RPG scans: NieR Replicant, Totori, White Knight | Main | RPG Land's Monthly Top 5: May »
1. Nier Replicant (PS3)
2. New Super Mario Brothers (Wii)
3. Tokyo Mono Hara Shi (PSP)
4. Tomodachi Collection (DS)
5. Ys: Oath of Felghana (PSP)
6. Pro Yakyu Spirits Baseball (PSP)
7. Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
8. Mario Kart (Wii)
9. The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition (PS3)
10. Pokemon Ranger: Path of Light (DS)
NieR Replicant for PS3 sold a little over 60,000 copies, while NieR Gestalt for Xbox 360 (#11 on the charts) sold around 12,000. Atlus's adventure RPG Tokyo Mono Hara Shi, which has drawn a few Persona comparisons, sold about about 22,000 copies since its debut.
The Game of the Year Edition of Oblivion finally hit Japan for 360 and PS3, and the PS3 version broke into the top 10 because of it, selling almost 13,000 copies. The 360 version came in at number 19, just under Sega's megahit Yakuza 4 for PS3.
Topics: Industry, NieR, Nier Gestalt, NieR Replicant, Tokyo Mono Hara Shi, Ys: Oath of Felghana


The woman running the park is very rude. The WiFi was terrible. There were some docks that were fun to go on, if you could get over the high possibility that there will be a board that'll fall through and you'll plummet into the water. We stayed one night and had to leave. No refunds, even if there's an emergency! We camped at Cedar Grove Shores RV Park in a Motorhome.


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Who Is Jonathan Swift?
Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin on November 30, 1667 –only a handful of years after the end of Puritanical rule in England– to an English mother and an English father, who died of syphilis just before Jonathan was born, supposedly the disease was contracted while he was away from home sleeping in a pair of "dirty sheets." Jonathan was an only child, raised by various friends and family members. His English lineage as well as Irish ethnicity together affected his sense of civic duty as he maintained a lifelong sympathy for the Irish struggle. His upbringing was of an upper-crust variety among Anglo-Irish ruling class. He attended Kilkenny School from 1674-1682 and then Trinity College in Dublin from 1682-1686.
In 1689, Swift moved to England to reside at Moor Park in Surrey where he served as secretary to its owner, Sir William Temple, a retired diplomat who had pretensions of becoming an important writer. During this period Swift sought after a career in the Anglican Church and he anonymously wrote A Tale of the Tub which was later published in 1704, though Swift never fully admitted to its authorship. Also during this period, Swift formed a close friendship with the housekeeper's daughter named Esther Johnson, for whom he wrote poetry and a series of playful letters known as "Journal to Stella" –taken from Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella (c. 1582). Rumor has it the two were secretly married (according to Samuel Johnson's brief biography), but she later died in 1728. Swift also developed another romantic friendship with a woman named Esther Vanhomrigh whom he dubbed "Vanessa" by combining elements of her first and last names, and he presumably had romantic liaisons with several other young women including a woman named Anne Long.
Jonathan Swift in 1710
Following the death of Sir William Temple in 1699, and after failing to secure a political career for himself, Swift was commissioned into the next best thing –the Anglican Church. From 1699-1710 Swift became a clergyman in the Church of Ireland. It was a leisurely job affording him considerable time and space to write and cultivate a garden. During this period he wrote many of his famous religious treatises and satires. He also became friendly with Whig politicians and he supported the Glorious Revolution, believing he was owed a political position under William III, but when this failed to materialize Swift was again forced to return to the Church. After disagreeing with the Whigs regarding the War of the Spanish Succession against France, by 1710 Swift was drawn to the more moderate branch of the Tories. He became editor of The Examiner and his pamphlets openly supported peace with France (in future years the Tories conducted secret and illegal peace negotiations with France which were later deemed treasonous). Together with a small group of literary men including Alexander Pope and John Gay, Swift became a founding member of the Scriblerus Club, one of the more illustrious writerly coteries in England. In the early 18th century, the group met a handful of times at St. James Palace under the fictional auspices of 'Martin Scriblerus." Their meetings were few but by exchanging letters the group continually encouraged one another to complete their great works. This is known as the "Augustan Age of Letters" (a reference to the Roman age of Augustus, only this was under the rule of Queen Anne).
In 1713, Swift was made Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, a promotion he found bitterly disappointing –he referred to it as "living like a rat in a hole." He was hoping for a more elevated political role as a bishop in England. He felt that his irreligious reputation resulting from "A Tale Of A Tub" had cost him his career –Queen Anne reportedly despised Swift's style of satire. At any rate, Swift's long years in "exile" in Ireland produced some of his best writing, including numerous anonymous works such as Gulliver's Travels (1726). He also became an Irish patriot with publications like Drapier's Letters (1724-1725) and A Modest Proposal (1729). Some of his amusing pen names for these works included: Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier, Lemuel Gulliver, and Simon Wagstaff, Esq.
In his later years Swift developed Ménière's syndrome, an illness of the inner ear causing severe dizziness. He mistakenly believed himself to be going mad and gradually his writing abilities declined. Sadly, as he entered his 70s Swift became senile and he retired to a private life of care until he died on October 19, 1745. By his request he was buried beside Esther Johnson (Swift kept a lock of her hair with him in an envelope with an inscription reading "only a woman's hair"). Having no children, Swift's personal fortune of £12,000 was left to a hospital for the mentally ill. His epitaph at St. Patrick's Cathedral (later transliterated from Latin by W.B. Yeats) reads as follows:
"Swift has sailed into his rest;
Savage indignation there
Cannot lacerate his breast.
Imitate him if you dare,
World-besotted traveler; he
Served human liberty." (the original epitaph channeled Juvenal and was written in Latin)
This brief biography owes a debt of gratitude to Claude Rawson's writings on Jonathan Swift. Claude Rawson is a Yale scholar focused on 18th century literature, particularly the works of Swift and Fielding. I was also fortunate to read the writings of Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Owell, and W.B. Yeats.
← Whither Gulliver? Reflections on Gulliver's Travels
→ Thoughts on "A Tale Of A Tub" and the "Battle of the Books"


An Access to Health Experts interview with special guest Dr. Marty Rossman, author of Guided Imagery for Self-Healing. Dr. Rossman discusses how Guided Imagery works in order to bring problems to the forefront so that we can better understand them. He gives examples of how Guided Imagery works and how effective it can be in locating our deep, hidden problems.


drawing this topic but don't know why my post cann't show.
BTW here can see other one's work about this theard.
YECK's PSHome is coming soon!
Went back home town to had a nice vacation 2 weeks.
I think it's kind a loose,but okay for warm up.
It's a chance to do my friend's order,Hypancistrus zebra.
maybe just need to make the edge more clear and colorful?
It should go to H but I want to redo the gun,so it is g's 2.
The hard object have to use (L) then it'll be quicker and easier.
so I try a hard object with strong perspective today.
Learn a little about paint a hard object but still not very clearly.
And also feel confused about the color..