The computer hacker has been depicted in the popularpress as a socially maladjusted teenager whose goal is to wreak malicious havoc on unsuspecting computer users. In the culture of the computer programmer however, the hacker takes on a far different aspect. The true hacker is raised to heroic status with tales of amazing feats circulated through computer networks in the form of stories and leg...

Like people and schools of criticism, ideas and theories travel – from person to person, from situation to situation, from one period to another ... There are particularly interesting cases of ideas and theories that move from one culture to another, as when so-called Eastern ideas about transcendence were imported into Europe...Such movement to a new environment is never unimpeded. It necessar...

In the literature of the exploration of the Antarctic in the early 20th century, there are many references to 'medical comforts'. While 'medical comforts' was sometimes used as a euphemism for alcoholic beverages, the term, which originated in the army, covered all foods and drinks used for the treatment and prevention of illness and during convalescence. This article describes the use of medic...

Over time, the relevance of heroic leadership to contemporary corporate environments has been questioned, with media coverage arguing there is a need for alternate, post-heroic forms leadership. Using multimodal analysis, we show how two leading Australian business magazines frame in response this debate, identifying three distinct frames The first emphasizes masculinized as normative which rei...

In line with the advancement of science and technology and the achievement of facilities that bring about welfare, the studies done in psychology have also have furthered the boundaries of knowledge in this domain. Psychologists emphasize that for a better life, people should be taught “the life skills.” This international skill has its roots in Islam, with the only difference being in the new ...

One of the challenging issues that has been frequently studied is the way Imām ‘Alī (a) addresses women in Nahj al-balāgha. Amina Inloes, the contemporary American researcher of Islam compares these statements with the qur’ānic discourse and early Shī‘a Kitāb Sulaym b. Qays. She believes that these statements are in conflict with the significations of the Qur’ān and the early ...