The traditional theory of fiscal federalism prescribes a very limited tax base for subnational governments. The only "good" local taxes are said to be those (1) that are easy to administer locally, (2) that are imposed solely (or mainly) on local residents, and (3) that do not raise problems of "harmonization" or "competition" between subnational governments or between subnational and national ...

Without hands and feet He goes fast and grasps; without eyes He sees; without ears He ears. He knows whatever is to be known, yet there is none who knows Him. They say He is the foremost, the great Innnite Being. \S'vetas'vatara Upanishad" The universe is information and we are stationary in it, not three-dimensional and not in space or time. The information fed to us we hypostatize into the ph...

this paper summarizes the educational implications of current research on cognitive neuroscience for foreign-language learning to provide an overview of myths and realities in this appealing area of research. although the potential benefits of neuroscientific research into language acquisition are great, there are a number of popular myths that none of which are supported by scientific evidence...

This paper examines the semiosic development of energy to information within a dyadic reality that operates within the contradictions of both classical and quantum physics. These two realities are examined within the three Peircean modal categories of Firstness, Secondness and Thirdness. The paper concludes that our world cannot operate within either of the two physical realities but instead fi...