Reflecting on over half a century of study on Chinese culture, Jordan Paper explores new ways of approaching religion in China. Moving away from using Christianity as a model for examination, which has led to considerable misunderstandings between China and the West, Paper instead applies the paradigm of Familism to Chinese religion. By looking through the lens of Familism, which emphasises the importance of the family unit, Paper argues that we can understand the basis of Chinese culture,...

A thousand years ago, the Chinese government invited merchants from one of the Chinese port synagogue communities to the capital, Kaifeng. The merchants settled there and the community prospered. Over centuries, with government support, the Kaifeng Jews built and rebuilt their synagogue, which became perhaps the world’s largest. Some studied for the rabbinate; others prepared for civil service examinations, leading to a disproportionate number of Jewish government officials. While continui...

This scholarly collection examines the origins, history, and contemporary nature of Chinese Judaism in the community of Kaifeng. These essays, written by a diverse, international team of contributors, explore the culture and history of this thousand-year-old Jewish community, whose synthesis of Chinese and Jewish cultures helped guarantee its survival. Part I of this study analyzes the origin and historical development of the Kaifeng community, as well as the unique cultural synthesis it e...

There comes a moment when everyone realizes the same uncomfortable truth: You have no idea where anything important is. Insurance policies are buried somewhere. Tax records might be in a folder. Medical paperwork is scattered across a drawer. The lease, the mortgage, the passwords, the emergency contacts… all somewhere. Probably. And when something actually happens, when you need those documents, that’s when the chaos shows up. Get Your Papers in Order! is a simple, practical system for or...

The paper analyzes the major progress Jordan has made in recent years in macroeconomic stabilization and the transformation of its economic structure. It discusses recent economic developments, macroeconomic policies, and structural reforms and examines the factors underpinning growth, including structural reforms in key areas such as public finance, the financial system, the trade and exchange regime, Jordan's external debt-management strategy, and the dynamics of the public debt and its sus...

Why does an entry-level administrative job today demand a bachelor's degree, when the exact same role required only a high school diploma thirty years ago? The work has not become more complex; the value of the paper has simply collapsed. This phenomenon is the academic manifestation of the Red Queen Hypothesis—an evolutionary arms race where everyone must run faster just to stay in the exact same place. As more people obtain degrees, employers arbitrarily raise the minimum requirements to...

Get up-to-date information and research on elder abusefrom international authorities!Elder Abuse: Selected Papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence is an invaluable collection of the most important presentation papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence. This comprehensive book presents the latest research and detailed information on the difficult issues surrounding elder abuse around the world. International experts use a multidisciplinary approach to...

Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discovery of the wreck in 1985.This collective undertaking is compiled by eleven of the world's foremost Titanic researchers – experts who have spent many years examining the wealth of information that has arisen since 1912. Following the basic layout of the 1912 Wreck Commission Report, this modern ...

Five years have passed since the tragic night when the Jason siblings-Michael, Austin, and Jane-lost their parents in a brutal crime. With no room for them at their uncle's house, the three have been fending for themselves, haunted by the memory of that fateful night. They believed the nightmare ended when their parents' killer was locked away. But when eerie patterns begin to emerge and dark memories start to resurface, a terrifying question grips them: What if the wrong person was convic...

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 14th International Conference on High-Performance Computing Systems and Technologies in Scientific Research, Management and Production Automation, HPCST 2024, held in Barnaul, Russia, during May 17–18, 2024.The 19 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. They are organized into the following topical sections: Hardware for High-Performance Computing and Signal Processing; Info...

This report evaluates the role of the IMF in supporting economic reform in Jordan during 1989–2004. The evaluation provides an opportunity to assess typical features of relations between the IMF and its borrowing members, and to put into a specific country context IEO’s earlier findings on program design and the links between programs, surveillance, and technical assistance. The report highlights a number of broad lessons suggested by the IMF’s experience in Jordan, as well as other lessons f...

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 13th International Conference on HPCST 2023, held in Barnaul, Russia, during May 19–20, 2023.The 21 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 81 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections as follows:Hardware for High-Performance Computing and Signal Processing; Information Technologies and Computer Simulation of Physical Phenomena; Computing Technologies in Data Analysi...