the topheth (in ancient jerusalem), considered as a holly land in canaanites period, it was the altar of human sacrifice in honor of baal. the history of the ritual, human sacrifice and the ceremonies accompanied with, among jewish people returns back to when the land of canaan in jordan valley was occupied by the israelite people leading by joshua (ca.1426 b.c.). on these altars the new born c...

Online consumers are known to be impatient. It is therefore critical for merchant websites to offer relevant recommendations quickly and with minimal customer input to their online visitors. Recommending pertinent items to first-time visitors, however, is particularly challenging. In this paper, we show how conjoint analysis can be leveraged to design a recommender system that elicits customers...

At first sight, the charter of Venetian Hevrat Shomerim la-Boker (active circa 16–17 th century) mirrors conflict between religious aim fraternity’s creation and attention its compilers gave to procedural administrative issues. However, in-depth examination data presented in reveals deep connection various payments character fraternity. This dwells on range dual meanings indicative imposed frat...