Volkswagen Beetle
Ask nearly anyone, young or old, about the Volkswagen Beetle, and you'll get an earful. There's no better car on the planet, say the panel of experts who placed the…
Porsche
Let me tell you, every time I think about a Porsche, a happy smile comes to my face. That's because there's nothing that handles as smoothly and zips as quickly…
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 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…
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 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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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 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…
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 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…
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…
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 -…
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…
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…