Projection Technology in Digital Cinema
Technology has clearly advanced to the point to where electronically projected images can replace the venerable 35mm film projector. However, 'can' is not necessarily an indication that it 'will' replace…
Digital Rights In Digital Cinema
We've heard about Napster and the growing need to protect music copyrights in the Internet age. Of course, no one interested in preserving the primacy of theatrical release wants to…
The Cheerleaders Collection
For nearly a century, the cheerleader has represented a distinct and eye-catching slice of Americana. Stereotypically portrayed as equal parts sensuality and youthful innocence, the image of the high school…
Is Consciousness a Quantum Phenomenon?
There is now a more satisfactory range of ideas available ... They involve mostly quantum objects called Bose-Einstein condensates (see Marshall, or Zohar), which may be capable of forming ephemeral…
Quantum Uncertainity and Morphogenetic Fields
In discussions of Science Within Consciousness we pay a lot of attention to quantum uncertainly. But occasionally we delve also into a concept that is closely related to this -…
Quality in Digital Cinema
In the first of this series of articles, I defined cinema as the art of presenting motion pictures. The term digital cinema simply means we are applying digital technology to…
Celestial Chinese Dragon
The Celestial Chinese Dragon is comparable as the symbol of the Chinese race itself. Chinese around the world, proudly proclaim themselves "Lung Tik Chuan Ren" (Descendents of the Dragon). Dragons…
The Chinese Dragon: „LUNG”
According to ancient texts the dragon was a creature with a pair of antlers like the one of a deer, a camel head, the eyes of a hare, and the…
The Frog King
In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen…
The Lion and The Mouse
One day a Lion lay asleep in the jungle. A tiny Mouse, running about in the grass and not noticing where he was going, ran over the Lion's head and…
Sleeping Beauty
Once upon a time, there was a King and Queen. And when their baby daughter was born they were so happy they decided to have a big party. They invited…
The Hare and the Tortoise
Once there was a Hare who used to laugh scornfully at a Tortoise because he plodded along so slowly. "You never can get anywhere with those short legs of yours.…
The Ugly Duckling
Once upon a time . . . down on an old farm, lived a duck family, and Mother Duck had been sitting on a clutch of new eggs. One nice…
The Tongue Cut Sparrow
In a little house in a little old village in Japan lived a little old man and his little old wife. One morning when the old woman slid open the…
The Wise Little Girl
Once upon a time . . . in the immense Russian steppe, lay a little village where nearly all the inhabitants bred horses. It was the month of October, when…
Romuva History
Lithuanian Religion does not have a founder or any single source, and it predates recorded history. It is one of the oldest religions of the world, and the oldest one…
Lithuania Religion
Traditionally, Lithuania has been a Roman Catholic country. Although severely affected by Soviet repression, the Roman Catholic Church remains the dominant and the most influential denomination. However, Lithuania in the…
The old Religion
The Lithuanians had a rich archaic mythology and religion comparable to the religions of India, Greece, Rome, etc. Its most important feature was its close connection with nature: plants, animals,…
New and Non-Traditional Religious Movements in Lithuania
A paper presented at the 14th international CESNUR conference "New Religiosity in the 21st century", August 29-31, 2000, Riga. This paper aims to give a general overview of the situation…
The Role of Religion in the Emergence of Civil Society in Lithuania
A paper presented at the CESNUR 2003 Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania. Preliminary version. The religion has long been recognized as an important institution of civil society, significant to the regime for…