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The Western Bloc or Capitalist Bloc during the Cold War refers to the powers allied with the United States and NATO against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.  The latter were referred to as the Eastern Bloc, a more common term in English than Western Bloc, because the governments and press of the Western Bloc were more inclined to refer to themselves as the "Free World".  (wiki)



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the three worlds as they were separated during the cold war:



                                          blue - first world; red - second world; green - third world

the philippines is colored green.

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surprise!  surprise!---


The Three Worlds Theory developed by Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong (1893–1976) posited that international relations comprise three politico–economic worlds: the First World, the superpowers, the Second World, the superpowers' allies, and the Third World, the nations of the Non-Aligned Movement.

Notably, Chairman Mao included the US and the Soviet Union in the First World group of countries.  In 1974, then Chinese Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping (1904–97), explained the Three Worlds Theory in a speech to the United Nations, explaining the politico-economic alliances of the People's Republic of China with Right-wing, reactionary governments in the late 1970s and the 1980s.

The Three Worlds Theory developed by Mao Zedong was different from the Western theory of the Three Worlds.  The Western theory said that the First World was the United States and its allies, the Second World was the Soviet Union and its allies, and the Third World was the neutral and nonaligned countries.

Some anti-revisionist political parties and organizations were disillusioned by the Three Worlds Theory.  Subsequently, in Albania, Enver Hoxha (1908–85), leader of the Party of Labour of Albania, posited an ideological alternative, opposed to both the Three Worlds Theory and to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union’s stance.  This led to the Sino-Albanian split among communist parties previously aligned with China and Albania.


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Four worlds

After World War II the world split into two large geopolitical blocs and spheres of influence with contrary views on government and the politically correct society:

1 - The bloc of democratic-industrial countries within the American influence sphere, the "First World".
2 - The Eastern bloc of the communist-socialist states, the "Second World".
3 - The remaining three-quarters of the world's population, states not aligned with either bloc were regarded as the "Third
     World."
4 - The term "Fourth World", coined in the early 1970s by Shuswap Chief George Manuel, refers to widely unknown nations
     (cultural entities) of indigenous peoples, "First Nations" living within or across national state boundaries.

First there was the three worlds model

The origin of the terminology is unclear.  In 1952 Alfred Sauvy, a French demographer, wrote an article in the French magazine L'Observateur which ended by comparing the Third World with the Third Estate: "ce Tiers Monde ignoré, exploité, méprisé comme le Tiers État" (this ignored Third World, exploited, scorned like the Third Estate).  Other sources claim that Charles de Gaulle coined the term Third World, or maybe de Gaulle only has quoted Sauvy.


http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/third_world_countries.htm

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Thanks for the info, Miss Isle. Next assignment: how the term FIFTH DIMENSION came about. Ajaw na tong 6TH SENSE kay bag-o pato gigam-ag sine ajejejeje 



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Mas samot siguro ang tua magpirme sa Cloud 9.


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nakutaw ang akong curiosity ani, fr chic.  di ni nako paikyason, puslan man nga type nako ang trivia.  i researched so i will know a bit...

the 5th dimension is primarily a term for theoretical physics.

"In physics, the fifth dimension is a hypothetical extra dimension beyond the usual three spatial dimensions and one time dimension of Relativity."  (wiki)

this will do at the moment.  it can already be understood in a way.  wa ni nako tiwasa ang taas-taas nga definition kay morag di na inenglis; labaw pang di bisaya, hehe.  

(for those interested in theoretical physics whose dimensions are defined further by more theories, please go to:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-dimensional_space)  





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so there, we have the first four dimensions.  now comes the fifth dimension.  (unfortunately, the theories on dimensions number up to 11, and i could not even find all their names!)

these days, the fifth dimension is still a theory (and so are the sixth to eleventh).  thus:

The problem with detecting the fifth dimension (or the sixth, seventh, and so on) is that our bodies are built to measure only the three old-fashioned spatial dimensions, plus time as a fourth dimension.

Scientists have been hoping that at least one of the extra dimensions might be rolled up in such a way that its influence could be seen by measuring gravity's pull on a scale of, say, a millimeter or less.  So far, no anomalies have been officially reported, although there have been occasional blips that are likely due to tiny experimental errors rather than the fifth dimension.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13070896/

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Album: Fifth Dimension
Artist (Band): The Byrds
Date: 07/18/1966

paskang dugaja na.  wa pa matawo si fr chic, hubag ug bugsay...

OT:  unfortunately (for me), the only two songs of the byrds that i have (because i couldn't care about their other songs), are "hey, mr. tambourine man" and "turn, turn, turn", and both are not in this album.  the byrds' "hey, mr. tambourine man" is much, much better than that of the original and composer (bob dylan, with due respect to his royal rasps).  "turn, turn, turn" is but the ecclesiastes.  great song, this one.  i like both the byrds' and the lettermen's versions.

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sadsad gihapon ko sa sixth sense kay ulitawo na man tingali si cole sear (aka haley joel osment)...

sixth sense is extrasensory perception (esp), that which is beyond the perception of the five senses.  it could be a hunch or an intuition that may foretell the future, though not everyone believes in this.  an example:

Alex, a university colleague, was cleaning his double-action, six-shot revolver in preparation for a hunting trip later in the month. In this pistol, when the trigger is pulled the hammer is cocked, the cylinder revolves, and the hammer falls on the next chamber, all in one smooth motion.  For safety's sake, Alex normally kept five bullets in the revolver, with the hammer resting on the sixth, empty chamber.

Before cleaning the gun, he removed the five bullets and set them aside.  When finished cleaning, he began to put the bullets back in the cylinder. When he arrived at the fifth and final bullet, he suddenly got a distinct sense of dread.  It had something to do with that bullet.

Alex was bothered about the odd feeling because nothing like it had ever happened to him before.  He decided to trust his gut, so he put the bullet aside and positioned the pistol's hammer as usual over the sixth chamber.  The chamber next to it, which normally held the fifth bullet, was now also empty.

Two weeks later, Alex was at a hunting lodge with his fiancee and her parents.  That evening, unexpectedly, a violent argument broke out between the parents.  Alex tried to calm them down, but the father, in an insane rage, grabbed Alex's gun, which had been in a drawer, and pointed it at his wife.

Alex tried to intervene by jumping between the gun and the woman, but he was too late—the trigger was already being pulled. For a horrifying split second, Alex knew that he was about to get shot at point-blank range.  But instead of a sudden, gruesome death, the pistol went "click."  The cylinder had revolved to an empty chamber—the very chamber that would have contained the fifth bullet if Alex had not set it aside two weeks earlier.


excerpts from Is There A Sixth Sense?, http://www.psychologytoday.com/


 

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most welcome, lums.  if you may, ingna imong lalab nga di na uso ang third world term kay pang-cold war era pa na, cold peace na god ta karon, hehehe.

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Seven Heavens is a part of cosmology found in many major religions such as Judaism, Islam and Hinduism and in some minor religions such as Hermeticism and Gnosticism.  The Divine Throne is said to be in or above the seventh heaven in most Abrahamic religions.

The number 7 in Biblical references symbolically represented perfect completion, as in the seven-day week, the seven eyes and horns seen on the Lamb of God in The Book of Revelation, and the seventh in the generations of Adam: Lamech who was completely wicked, and Enoch who walked with God.  The number also has a significance in Quranic numerology.


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Salamat Ms Isle ngakalingaw kag research2x diha duna mi kalingawag basa-basa... 



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Hehehe interesting. Araboth, the realm of heaven where The Lord God (JEHOVAH) is supposed to be located, was the target of the Rebellious Angelic Army. Lucifer, the leader of the Rebellious Angelic Army (1/3rd of the Angelic Hosts), claimed that he would usurp the throne of God and rise over the Divine Mountain.

Even before Lucifer, then the strongest Angel in Heaven, could finish his loud boast, he was pummeled out of Heaven by God Almighty.



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way sapajan, fr chic.  trying hard kog simplify aron ko makasabot; makabuang pod baya ang manenglis aning ubang contributors sa wiki, that's why i check and countercheck with other sources.  (nagka-improve gyod hinoon ning wiki, much to my joy.  it saves me the neck pains of lugging encyclopedias nga may puruhan pang kuskuson ang pages sa akong mga iring kun makalimtan nakog hipos from the table. )

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christian, specifically catholic belief, in my understanding does not include seven heavens; it settles for a heaven in its entirety.  thus, it is the only one of three abrahamic religions that does not consider levels of heaven.  (paging, fr chic, for theological imprimatur and nihil obstat. )

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Hmm, we can relate this to the number of senses...


(from Wiki)

Senses are the physiological capacities within organisms that provide inputs for perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and philosophy of perception. The nervous system has a specific sensory system or organ, dedicated to each sense.

Human beings have a multitude of senses. In addition to the traditionally recognized five senses of sight (ophthalmoception), hearing (audioception), taste (gustaoception), smell (olfacoception or olfacception), and touch (tactioception), other senses include temperature (thermoception), kinesthetic sense (proprioception), pain (nociception), balance (equilibrioception) and acceleration (kinesthesioception). What constitutes a sense is a matter of some debate, leading to difficulties in defining what exactly a sense is.

Non-human animals also have receptors to sense the world around them, with degrees of capability varying greatly between species. Humans have a comparatively weak sense of smell, whilst other species may lack one or more of the traditional five senses. Other species may also intake and interpret senses in very different ways. Some species of animals are able to sense the world in a way that humans cannot, with some species able to sense electrical and magnetic fields, and detect water pressure and currents.


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the best that i could find on cloud nine, aside from this


On cloud nine means in a state of blissful happiness

Origin

Whenever a phrase includes a number, like the whole nine yards, at sixes and sevens etc., then attempts to find its derivation usually focus on the number.  'On cloud nine' is no exception. 

A commonly heard explanation is that the expression originated as one of the classifications of cloud which were defined by the US Weather Bureau in the 1950s, in which 'Cloud Nine' denotes the fluffy cumulonimbus type that are considered so attractive.

Another explanation is that the phrase derives from Buddhism and that Cloud Nine is one of the stages of the progress to enlightenment of a Bodhisattva (one destined to become a Buddha).

Neither of these explanations holds water.  To begin with, both the cloud classifications and the Buddhist stages to enlightenment have ten levels.  To single out the last but one stage of either is rather like attributing the source of the 'whole nine yards' to American Football, where it is ten yards rather than nine that is a significant measure.  Also, the fact that nine is far from the only number that has been linked with clouds, argues against those origins.  Early examples of 'cloud' expressions include clouds seven, eight, nine and even thirty-nine.*

whew!  syalan ba diay, kadaghan ba diay ug cloud ranking.


*http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/

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very, very interesting.  i wonder when theoretical physics would pick this up from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and philosophy of perception.  that would be real cross-referencing.


does this mean that there is no room for the 5th dimension as far as human senses go?  as for synesthesia vis-a-vis hallucinogens or psychedelics, i wonder what the name is for the convergence of senses brought about by the spirits (pinot noir, for one).  so far, i will opt for "spirithesia".

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more on cloud nine:

It seems that it is the clouds themselves, rather than the number of them, that were in the thoughts of those who coined this phrase.  The imagery was originally of a 'cloud cuckoo land' or 'head in the clouds' dreaminess, induced by either intoxication or inspiration, rather than the 'idyllic happiness' that we now associate with the phrase.  The early references all come from mid 20th century USA and the earliest that I've found is in Albin Pollock's directory of slang, The Underworld Speaks, 1935:

     "Cloud eight, befuddled on account of drinking too much liquor."

'Cloud nine' comes a little later, for example, in The Oxnard Press-Courier, August 1946:

     "I think he has thought of everything, unless the authorities pull something new on him out of cloud nine."

Around the same period we find clouds seven and thirty-nine, in The San Mateo Times, April 1952 and Ross’s Hustlers, 1956, respectively:

     "Mantovani's skilled use of reeds and strings puts this disc way up on Cloud Seven."

     "That stuff is way up on Cloud Thirty-nine."

The early favourite was 'cloud seven' and many of the oldest citations use that form, as in this piece from The Dictionary of American Slang, 1960, which was the first printed definition of the term

     "Cloud seven - completely happy, perfectly satisfied; in a euphoric state."

This early preference for seven as the significant number may have been influenced by the existing phrase 'seventh heaven'.

Since the 1980s or so, 'cloud nine' has become predominant.  That has probably been influenced by the use of 'cloud nine' in popular music - George Harrison adopted the term as the title of his 1987 album and, more notably, The Temptations' 'psychedelic soul' album of the same name, in 1969.

Linguistic hype being what it is, we now hear people expressing their happiness with the inflationary 'cloud ten', which brings us back to the cumulonimbus/Buddhist theories.  Eighth heaven anyone?



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