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Tikkun olam (/ tiˈkuːn ʌˈlɑːm /; Hebrew: תִּקּוּן עוֹלָם, romanized: tiqqūn ʻōlām, lit. 'repairing of the world') is a concept in Judaism, which refers to various forms of action intended to repair and improve the world. In classical rabbinic literature, the phrase referred to legal enactments intended to preserve the ...
Kintsugi (Japanese: 金継ぎ, lit. 'golden joinery'), also known as kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"), [1] is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The method is similar to the maki-e technique. [2][3][4] As a philosophy ...
Fixer (person) A fixer is someone who is assigned or contracted to solve problems for others. The term has different meanings in different contexts. In British usage, the term is neutral, referring to a person, such as a SPAD (political advisor), "who...gets things done". [1] Use in American English implies that the methods used are of ...
Enshittification (alternately, crapification and platform decay) is a pattern in which online products and services decline in quality. Initially, vendors create high-quality offerings to attract users, then they degrade those offerings to better serve business customers, and finally degrade their services to users and business customers to maximize profits for shareholders.
The use of a MacGuffin as a plot device predates the name MacGuffin. The Holy Grail of Arthurian legend has been cited as an early example of a MacGuffin. The Holy Grail is the desired object that is essential to initiate and advance the plot, but the final disposition of the Grail is never revealed, suggesting that the object is not of significance in itself. [8]
More Than Words" was released as the third single from the band's second album, Pornograffitti (1990), on March 12, 1991 by A&M Records. It was a number one hit in the United States, where it was certified gold, as well as in Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The music video for the song was directed by Jonathan Dayton and ...
Всё исправить (OST "Всё исправить") on YouTube. " Fix Everything " ( Russian: Всё исправить) is a song written by Konstantin Meladze and Artem Pindyura and recorded by Russian boy band MBAND. It is part of the official soundtrack to the film of the same name [ 1] with the members of the boy band in the lead ...
Title page of Lucubrationes, 1541 edition, one of the first books to use a variant of the word encyclopedia in the title. An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopaedia (British English) [ 1 ] is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. [ 2 ][ 3 ...