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Competition-partnership of two Academic projects: National (USA) and Global (GHA)
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Harmonious competition-partnership of two educational projects:
1.<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />National Peace Academy (NPA) of the USA or
National project
Сo-chairs: Lou Ensel, Dr. Dot Maver and Dr. Mark Chupp
2.GHA World Harmony/Peace Academy (NHPA) or
Chair: Dr. Leo Semashko
Business project in three parts:
1. The Business project purposes
2. The Analysis-comparative part
3. Business offers of partnership
Dr. Leo Semashko, Business project Chair,
Rose Lord, Project CEO
29 co-authors of the GHA WHPA project from 16 countries of the world:
From Russia: 7 coauthors:
Leo Semashko, Ph.D.,
Global Harmony Association President,
St.Petersburg State Councillor,
IAEWP Advisory Board Chair,
Director, International Website "Peace from Harmony",
Author of Tetrasociology as social science about harmony and its 10 discoveries,
Director, Public Institute of Tetrasociology,
Social philosopher and sociologist,
Author more 200 scientific publications, including 12 books,
Pedagogical experience: 20 years,
Member of four International organizations.
Webpage: http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=253
Address: 7/4-42 Ho-Shi-Min Street, St. Petersburg, 194356, Russia
E-mail: leo44442006@yandex.ru
Ivan Ivanov, Student, St-Petersburg
Alexei Shepel, Candidate, Historian, St-Petersburg
Petr Semashko, Lawyer, Kaluga
Tatiana Tselutina, Dr. Sociology, Belgorod
Peter Sergienko, Mathematician, Serpuhov
Basil Smirnov, Candidate, Historian, Novgorod
From other countries: 23 coauthors:
Dr. Maria Cristina Azcona, Argentina
Prof. Reimon Bachika, Japan
Mr Jean de Dieu Basabose, Educator, Director, Shalom Centre for Africa, Rwanda
Dr. Tholana Chakravarthy, India
Dr. Renato Corsetti, UAE President, Italy
Tatomir Ion-Marius, Poet and Writer, Romania
Muhammad Iqbal, Poet and Writer, Pakistan
Prof. Ernesto Kahan, Israel
Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis, President of World Poets Society, Greece
Rose Lord, Writer, Co-chair, Global Coalition for Peace, USA
Dr. Nina Meyerhof, President, Children of the Earth, USA
Kae Morii, Poet and Writer, Japan
Prof. Matjaž Mulej, Slovenia
Susana Roberts, Poet and Writer, Argentina
Dr. Maitreyee Roy, India
Dr. Bernard Scott, England
Prof. Rudolf Siebert, USA
Robert M.Weir, Writer,USA
Prof. Jiang Yimin, China
Prof. Patricia Rife, Ph.D., USA
Dr. Lana Yang, MBA, USA
Dr. Laj Utreja, USA
GDR. Prof. Sir Varant Seropian, Lebanon
Co-authors' 15 Countries:
Argentina - 2
England - 1
Greece - 1
India - 2
Israel - 1
Italy – 1
Lebanon - 1
Japan – 3
Pakistan - 1
Romania - 1
Russia - 7
Rwanda - 1
Slovenia - 1
USA – 7
Project publications:
In Russian: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=ru_c&key=383
In English: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=358
Copyright © 2009 Global Harmony Association
Copyright © 2009 Leo Semashko
2. The Business project analysis-comparative part
We must shift the arms race into a peace race
Martin Luther King, Jr
A truth once seen, even by a single mind, always ends up
imposing itself on the totality of human consciousness
The Global Harmony Association (GHA), according to the approved by February 19, 2009 project of 76 co-authors «Harmonious educational competition-partnership» (http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=356), offers to Dot Maver and Lou Ensel, Co-chairs, National Peace Academy Summit Planning Group (http://www.nationalpeaceacademy.us), the given Business project of partnership.
The Business project purposes: PROVIDE:
1. The greatest efficiency of two different National Peace Academies through development between them a harmonious competition-partnership.
2. The constant idea and business interaction including an exchange by ideas, teaching personnel, curricula, educational technologies, etc.
The competition in this project is presented by comparison of two projects on their basic contents and allocation of the most worthy and effective of them, that defines the higher cost/price of this project.
The partnership in this project is presented mutual addition the best parts of both projects on a paid basis.
The Global project conceptual bases are presented in the GHA International project: "World Harmony/Peace Academy and General Harmonious Education in an Information Society" by 80 co-authors from 23 countries. This project is published by the separate book (2008), and also on the site: http://peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=277 in 5 languages: Russian, English, Chinese, Spanish, and Romanian. From positions of this project the ideological and methodological bases of the National project, which are presented on the corresponding site: http://www.nationalpeaceacademy.us are analyzed. The basic advantages of the Global project are presented shortly (4 pages) in the GHA letter to President Obama (in an attachment). Therefore we will not repeat here contents and worth of the given project.
Now we will pass to the analysis of ideas of other, National project as it is presented on the specified site. This project includes «motivation, concept, vision and design process». We will quote its most important ideas, underlining in them the key moments and simultaneously to make comments them, analyzing and comparing them with corresponding moments of the Global project.
So, we compare two projects of Academies: the US National project (NPA) and the GHA Global project (NHPA). The National project basic ideas are:
1."Initiative to Establish a National Peace Academy in the United States (Ambitions)
Americans recognize the urgent need for a serious rethink in the way this country operates, both domestically and internationally… We invite you to learn about and join us in this history-shaping endeavor."
Analysis and comparison.
«Serious rethink» of the country internal and external ways as well as «history-shaping endeavor» are the highly ambitious positive motivation deserving all support. However, it demands a qualitatively new vision, other, scientific paradigm of social and peace thinking. Whether has the USA such paradigm? Whether is this paradigm a basis for «history-shaping endeavor»? Unfortunately, we do not find a similar paradigm in the National project. But it contains in the Global project and it is offered for the USA, for its new Peace Academy, which only on a similar basis will be capable to become «history-shaping endeavor». The scientific paradigm of social and individual harmony developed in Tetrasociology and making the Global project base, really provides the highest ambitions and «serious rethinking», and «history-shaping endeavor», and «revolution of education» (Eleanor Roosevelt), and «a peace race» (Martin Luther King Jr.), etc.
2. "Prospectus for a National Peace Academy (Plight)
Clearly what we are doing today is not working. We are exhausting all possibilities and yet we are still at war…. We think the founding of a National Peace Academy will bring us a quantum leap closer to the society we all wish for."
It is an exact estimation of powerlessness of traditional ideas and projects of peace academies: «what we are doing today is not working». Really, they «are exhausting all possibilities» to resist war and militarization long ago and completely. Therefore the National project can make «quantum leap» only in that sole case if it takes for a basis the qualitatively new, scientific, ideas essentially differing from traditional peace ideas. Such ideas are offered by the Global project on which it is created.
3. "Why a National Peace Academy (Motivation)
Americans are experiencing a period of change of historic magnitude. Troubled with a trillion dollar war, collapsing housing and financial markets, soaring energy prices, a homicide rate ten times that of other leading industrial nations, and a prison population that includes 1 in every 100 citizens, the nation is seeking solutions that are cost-effective, sustainable, and address root causes rather than merely symptoms."
Not only the Americans, all nations are experiencing a change period of historical importance. However, unfortunately, until now there is no scientific understanding of the substance and direction of this change either in America, or in the world. only the GHA Global project attempt to make a conclusion on a birth since 1990, after USSR collapse, the new historical tendency of global harmonization on the basis of the scientific theory of social harmony and generalization of tens facts of modernity. It is a sole healthy tendency, unlike sick industrial tendencies of capitalism and socialism, which provides a survival of humankind with all its cultural diversity in global conscious harmony or in a harmonious civilization. The National project authors well realize deadly both for the USA and for the world industrial threats but they do not know about the harmonization tendency, only on which way «cost-effective, sustainable, and address root causes» of the industrial threats is possible. The scientific knowledge of this tendency contains in the Global project. This knowledge is really capable to provide «quantum leap» for the National project.
4."Change of great magnitude, as is called for now, requires courage of equal magnitude, both personal and collective. Fundamental to lasting peace is a sense of personal responsibility, followed up by commitment and action in our daily lives: at home, at school, at work, at play. Therefore, what is necessary is the structures and institutions to give voice to that commitment and make possible that action."
Definition of "a sense of personal responsibility" as fundamental change of "great magnitude" for «lasting peace» is a great error of individualism and atomic understanding of a society as simple sum of individuals. Nobody denies a value of personal responsibility but not it is fundamental to lasting peace. Fundamental to lasting peace, from the point of view of the scientific theory of social harmony, is harmony of the sphere classes of population only. When these classes, covering all population, know and are able to live constantly in harmony among themselves, to support it in any changes then lasting peace becomes the integral and indestructible attribute of society. Possibilities of personal responsibility are limited only understanding of this harmony and active participation in it at all accessible levels: at home, at school, at work etc. Therefore, "what is necessary is the structures and institutes to give" a system of general global education, which would give to each person since the childhood knowledge about the sphere classes of population, laws of their social harmony, and also would give skills (abilities) to use this knowledge in all possible actions of creation and sustenance of this harmony.
5. "The National Peace Academy is one such structure that will build upon ground-breaking initiatives such as these:
5.1.Peace studies programs have been developing theoretical knowledge and practical experience in peacebuilding.
The key term «theoretical knowledge» meets a sole time and by the way. The scientific knowledge of peace as system phenomenon is absent. The peace science is absent and in the project and as a whole. on the contrary, the military science arisen almost 200 years ago if to consider it with Carl von Clausewitz but the military theory elements count thousands years. Now the military science and its practice include ten millions experts and ten thousand military educational institutions, military enterprises and military parts. Peace has no anything similar in the field of a science and the theory though it is presented in a number of philosophical treatises as unrealizable dream about eternal absence of war. Now absolutely clearly one: not having a peace science or scientific theoretical knowledge about peace as the system phenomenon connected with all elements of society to hope for «quantum leap» and «history-shaping endeavor» there is a pure Utopia. 490 or 990, etc. curriculums of traditional "peace" education will not replace one scientific peace theory. The similar theory in the National project does not exist. But it exists and takes a key place in the Global project. on this sign it has not equal on the planet.
Peace is the system phenomenon connected with all components of society, therefore a peace science can to be only the science about society as a whole which, in turn, can be only science not a separate stage of society (primitive, agrarian, industrial), and a society, capable to exist eternally. Such society is the harmonious society or the harmonious civilization going on change to an industrial society. A sole science of a harmonious society or social and individual harmony is Tetrasociology, developed since 1976.
Tetrasociology idea substance is concentrated in it 10 global theoretical discoveries:
Tetrasociology, as the first science of social and individual harmony
Sphere classes of the population, as conscious actors of social harmony
Sphere democracy, based on equal sharing of the political (legislative, executive and judicial) power between four sphere classes of population, as democracy of social harmony; and the sphere state, as the political tool of social harmony adequate to sphere democracy.
Sphere management, which provides constant harmonization of social processes in all spheres, branches, and institutes and which is a constant conscious state policy of social harmonization.
Social priority of children, as a necessary condition of social harmony of spheres and sphere classes of society.
Harmonious peace culture, which recognizes that true peace is a consequence of social harmony, and that social disharmony is the true reason of wars and conflicts; the harmonious peace culture is the alternative to the generally accepted industrial peace culture, which readily accepts the "arms race" and recognizes only a "pseudo peace" as a temporary pause in the wars and conflicts.
Sphere macrosocial statistics, as statistics of social harmony.
Sphere information-statistical technology, as a complex of technologies of social, cultural, political, economic, and individual harmonization.
Sphere marketing, as harmonious economy, free from financial and other crises.
General harmonious education, as a universal way for humankind to experience social harmony and survival.
These theoretical innovations accumulated in themselves huge ideological riches of different epoch and cultures. These discoveries have more than 100 examples of practical (technological, social, cultural, educational, organizational, political) applications in all spheres since 1976. These achievements are presented in more than 200 scientific works, including 11 books that have been published in one to 16 different languages. Tetrasociology has been taught for more than ten years at the Universities and schools of Petersburg since 1993. These achievements have found reflexion in the GHA11 projects since February 15, 2005, united in the integrated academic Global project.
Key conclusions of the scientific peace theory are: «true peace goes from social harmony; harmony is peace cause; harmony gives peace and happiness; true peace is harmonious peace and it is a consequence only of social harmony». The central principle of this theory, contrary to a classical false and militaristic principle: "If you want peace, prepare for war" is: "If you want peace, create harmony starting with general harmonious education of children". Unfortunately, the National project does not offer anything similar and comparable. Priority social value of children in society and for peace is ignored in it also.
5.1.1.Such programs have blossomed in colleges and universities around the world. The Peace and Justice Studies Association catalogs (currently) 450 undergraduate and graduate education programs and research centers at 390 institutions globally, 133 of them outside the U.S. in 40 countries.
As though these programs did not blossom, and how many they would not be, they will not replace the scientific theory of peace and never will transform their chaotic set to logically slender and scientifically proved system of peace education programs at all its steps. The global project, on the contrary, possessing the scientific peace theory, is capable to include and to order systematically and 490 and 990 programs as private and narrow training disciplines within the limits of the complete model of harmonious education presented in system of the Global project faculties and chairs. This is a wide field for partnership and mutual addition oftwo academic projects.
One more detail is. If in the USA already there are 257 peace institutes, including tens peace Academies, the National project will be by 258th under the account. What new quality it will differ? Or it will be the 258th repetition of traditionally powerless peace establishments, which "blossoming" is accompanied by the USA military blossoming? The global project, as a matter of fact, and by definition will be not 258thbut the FIRST in a new number of qualitatively new effective peace institutes, which will not accompany war but to prevent with their birth, eradicating the reasons of wars.
5.2.At the global intergovernmental level, the United Nations General Assembly in 2006 created the Peacebuilding Commission, and, correspondingly, the Secretary General established the UN Peacebuilding Support Office. "The Peacebuilding Commission plays a unique role in (1) bringing together all of the relevant actors, including international donors, the international financial institutions, national governments, troop contributing countries; (2) marshalling resources and (3) advising on and proposing integrated strategies for post-conflict peacebuilding and recovery and where appropriate, highlighting any gaps that threaten to undermine peace."
Unfortunately, peace efficiency of this Commission, as well as other peace institutes including the United Nations as a whole, is close to zero as they also do not own scientific understanding of peace, its reasons and ways of its achievement and maintenance. They still hope for military ways of maintenance of peace through «troop contributing countries», on «post-conflict peacebuilding». But they not even suspect about possibility «before-conflict peacebuilding» through harmonious education of children and youth.
5.3.In communities all over the world, there are thousands of programs that are proving cost-effective in addressing the root causes of violence. These include programs in restorative justice, mediation, conflict resolution education, peace education, bullying and gang prevention, and so on. (For a survey of such programs in the United States, see Marianne H. Perez, "Hope on the Horizon: Making Cents of Peacebuilding" , Peace Partnership International, October 2006.) For example, one on-line database catalogues over 109,000 organizations working on issues of climate change, poverty, the environment, peace, water, hunger, social justice, conservation, human rights, and more; nine percent of them have a focus on "peace and peacebuilding."
"Thousands of programs that are proving cost-effective in addressing the root causes of violence" as well as ten thousand peace organizations if they do not know the reasons of violence and wars if they have no scientific theory of peace and nonviolence they are powerless against wars and violence, that we and observe with one's own eyes throughout all human history. Deprived system science 109 thousand organizations can make nothing with growth of those global problems, for which decision they are created. Scientific system vision for the scientific decision of all global problems in a one complex through general harmonious education offers today only the Global project.
6. "What are the origins for the idea of a National Peace Academy?" (History)
From "1100s: Iroquois Confederacy establishes the Great Law of Peace as its Constitution, which became a fundamental resource for the framers of the U.S. Constitution: and
1783: George Washington calls for a "proper Peace Establishment";
1792: Benjamin Banneker and Benjamin Rush call for Office of Peace, with peace education in all schools; …………………
2001, 2003, 2005, 2007: Rep. Dennis Kucinich of OH and in 2005 Sen. Mark Dayton of MN introduce bills for Dept. of Peace, with a Peace Academy; and
2008-2009: Vision Meeting and Global Stakeholder Summit for a National Peace Academy"
This history is fine. Almost everyone nation possess similar, and in some cases and more ancient history of peace-loving. However, unfortunately, for 900 years of existence the idea of National Peace Academy in the USA has not found some effective embodiment, which would provide the USA the status of the peaceful and peace country. More likely on the contrary, the country becomes more and more militarized and from the middle of the last century it became the leader of aggression and the arms race of modern world. Strange law is: the more peace academies arise in the country, the more it becomes militarized. Or here there is a return law? The more the country becomes militarized, the more in it is created peace academies and institutes which, however, are powerless against militarization. Means, in America non adequate peace academies are created, which serve more «to cover and to mask» wars, than to their overcoming. Traditional peace academies also are subordinated to total military interest. Authors of the National project understand it and correctly underline: «Clearly what we are doing today is not working». If there is this understanding, hence, it is necessary to search for alternative projects. The qualitatively new peace academies are necessary to America today. Such Academy of Harmony/Peace offers to the USA the GHA Global project.
7. "What is the vision for the National Peace Academy? (Vision)
7.1.The premise for the National Peace Academy is to educate in the sense of the etymological root in the Latin, educere, meaning to lead or draw forth. The National Peace Academy will be an educational institution that in its design, policies, and structure "draws forth" principles and policies of peace. The National Peace Academy will embody the best of what is and, at the same time, provide a structure and program that encourages innovation and creativity in theory, processes, and practice for peace and conflict resolution.
To what peace the National project will "draw forth" if he does not know scientific understanding of peace??? What innovations and creativity «in theory» it will encourage if he does not know any peace theory and if all "theory" is limited by "conflict resolution», making 0,1 % of peace??? Execute these really important aspirations the National project can in one case: when it will include as the basis a science of social harmony as peace theory and «will encourage innovations and creativity» in this theory first of all. Whether can the National project include and encourage Tetrasociology as a science of social harmony and the real peace theory?
7.2.The National Peace Academy is not simply anothereducational institution. The Academy and the process through which it is created will reflect the principles and practices of peace. The point of an education through the National Peace Academy is to provide the full spectrum of the formation of the peacebuilder. A holistic, rigorous development of the peacebuilder on all levels is necessary.
These are strong and ambitious aspirations of the National project. But on what they are based? Than are they provided? To answer these plans: 1. «Is not simply another», i.e. not 258th in the USA and not З91st in the world educational institute; 2. Reflect «principles and practices of peace» - WHAT peace? – Military peace? The peace, subordinated to war by a principle "If you want peace, prepare for war" or the scientific, harmonious peace? 3. Provide «the full spectrum» and «holistic» development of the peacebuilder on all levels – for all it the scientific holistic theory of social and individual harmony is necessary. We will repeat once again, that the similar theory is absent in the National project, means, all its remarkable plans are provided by nothing and are groundless. The scientific-theoretical blank in the National project can fill only Tetrasociology as a science of social and individual harmony of the Global project. only this scientific knowledge unfolding the system nature of peace and its building, is capable to provide all formulated ambitious plans of the National project.
7.3.The development of the peace builder is the keystone of the National Peace Academy. From the personal to the professional, from the intuitive to the intellectual, from the familiar to the foreign, the National Peace Academy will ensure the discipline of peace fostering and honoring individual strengths and contributions. The educational program will both develop the self and the understanding of the self's role and contribution in society.
That means to be the individual builder of peace is it is known to nobody and a science about it does not exist. Peace by the nature is not individual and social. It is defined by all system of public factors, and not just the individual. Therefore individual «peacebuilder» as «the keystone» contradicts the social nature of peace. It is a position of old individualistic philosophy and unscientific understanding of a society as simple sum of individuals. There are no scientific bases for the statement of a main role of the person and for ignoring of any social peace actors. It is impossible to assert, that peace is necessary only to the individual but it is not necessary to society, therefore the individual, instead of society should build peace. It is false idea.
In the Global project the main builder and «the keystone of peace» is, according to the scientific theory of social harmony, not the individual but sphere social classes of the population, which by the objective position are peaceful, excluding wars. When they become conscious, learning through harmonious education a science of social harmony then they become conscious and is the sole adequate builders of global and harmonious, i.e. indestructible, peace. The peace reasons lay at level not individuals, and at level of the sphere classes and their natural harmony which, however, demands comprehension and knowledge through system of general harmonious education. The individual can only more or less is included in process of peace creation of the sphere classes, can influence this process but it never can be the solving peace actor. The main scientific-theoretical advantage of the Global project consists in the theory of the sphere classes as actors of social harmony and harmonious peace.
7.4.The National Peace Academy will help define the peacebuilding profession. It is a whole systems design approach to the field of peacebuilding within and among government, business and civil society.
Here the National project go out for the bounds of person on level of «government, business and civil society» but does not define their role in the peacebuilding process. A limit of the National project is a civil society. But it does not rise on society level as a whole, on which only and there are the roots of peace and real field of peacebuilding. It speaks one: the National project does not own a scientific paradigm of society as a whole, harmonious society first of all. Such paradigm contains in the Global project.
7.5.We envision a National Peace Academy to be an interdisciplinary, academically rigorous program, graduating the next generation of peacebuilders who will bring their unique background to the corporate, nonprofit, and government workplace.
On what scientific theory will be based «the next generation of peacebuilders»? In what will be their novelty in what scientific knowledge? If such science is not present in the National project any new generation of peacebuilders it to prepare is not capable. on the contrary, the Global project, possessing a scientific paradigm of peace, is capable to prepare «the next generation of peacebuilders».
In accomplishing this vision, the National Peace Academy will:
7.6.Create an interdisciplinary graduate program that intersects with and ties together the many disciplines within the social and physical sciences, the natural and life sciences, the arts and humanities, and the professional fields of engineering, business, medicine, and law.
The similar interdisciplinary program can be created only on the basis of integrated theoretical vision of society and understanding of a role of each sphere in maintenance of peace and peacebuilding. This vision reveals in the Global project through the list of chairs and disciplines.
7.7.Provide a core competency in ethics and character education, emphasizing the development of one's own peace capacities.
The Global project fully shares ethical character of education and its key role.
7.8.Research, develop, and offer peacebuilding policy and action options at the local, state, and federal levels for the peaceful resolution of domestic and international tension and conflict.
They are the traditional researches and offers with almost zero effect. «Peaceful resolution of domestic and international tension and conflict» can only for a while and only from above extinguish a conflict fire. The Global project includes system of qualitatively other researches and resolutions eradicating the reasons of conflicts.
7.9.Coordinate peace studies, research, and advocacy, filling in spaces that others are not doing, and cooperating and collaborating to draw on the strengths of all in a synergistic synthesis, including establishing a peace library and internet link to other peace literature, writings, and information.
Aspirations to «cooperating and collaborating to draw on the strengths of all in a synergistic synthesis» are certainly necessary peace qualities, on which basis the Global project offers «cooperating, collaborating and synergistic synthesis» with the National project, and also hopes and expects similar aspirations from its side.
7.10. A unique, distinguishing feature of the National Peace Academy, and indeed of its design process, is that from the very beginning it represents a partnership of business, civil society, and government. Peace is everybody's business, and everybody, across the board, needs to work hand in hand for a culture of peace to emerge and be sustained.
The Global project also is based on «a partnership of business, civil society, and government». The Global project is already presented to the governments of 12 countries and will be presented still in 10. The Global project assumes creation of the own business structures (publishing house, information technologies, building, etc.) through which it will be connected with other commercial enterprises. Both projects could develop similar partnership jointly. In particular, we invite leaders of the National project to join the GHA letter to President Obama as the endorsement.
7.11. In short, peace is good for business. The National Peace Academy will be the first program in the United States to study the "business case for peace" and developing a business mindset and associated business systems for peace.
Really, it is so. Harmonious education with its innovative educational and information technologies, which promise a birth of the new world markets of services of the harmonious education, harmonizing IT and also to build the schools and Academies of harmonious education with essentially new architecture and internal educational interior corresponding to requirements of harmony unfolds especially wide prospects for business. Similar business in harmonious peace and education, presented in the Global project, could be one more platform of partnership of two projects. Harmonious/peace education inseparably linked with «developing a business mindset .. for peace», therefore the Global project is opened for training programs «business case for peace» of the National project.
7.12.In civil society, nonprofit service organizations, educational institutions, and faith communities are at the forefront of developing and implementing programs that address the root causes of violence, from bullying to child abuse, from gang wars to drug wars, from school shootings to spouse beatings. Many of these programs have proven to be cost-effective but lack the infrastructure support to make much more than anecdotal dents in the problem. At the same time, there is a growing, worldwide professional community of people developing careers and devoting their livelihoods to pre-K through college peace education and training and to applied, on-the-ground peacebuilding and conflict transformation in conflict situations around the world.
The Global project fully shares and is opened for "implementing programs that address the root causes of violence» that makes one more positive platform for partnership of two projects.
7.13.With respect to government, great efforts are being made at all levels to meet the challenges of violence, with primary focus on addressing the symptoms ofviolence, both international and domestic.We need government to be just as focused on prevention, proactively addressing the root causes of violence.
Analysisandcomparison.
Unfortunately, the modern governments, doing some weak steps to violence eradication, keep unconditional strong support to potential military violence, participating in the arms race and constantly increasing military expenses. The states remain until now war tools, instead of peace and harmony. The scientific paradigm of social harmony and new generations of young citizens, which will pass all steps of general harmonious education since preschool centers and finishing Harmony/Peace Academies are necessary for states transformation in tools of peace and harmony. It is very long prospect for some decades but only it guarantees transformation of society, population and government in conscious actors of global harmony and peace. Unfortunately, in the absence of an adequate science, the National project does not offer similar long-term perspective but it is offered by the Global project on the specified above scientific bases. The GHA suggests to unite resources, possibilities and efforts of both projects in this direction.
7.14.The National Peace Academy will provide a valuable asset to both supplement and complement government resources and capabilities. The NPA will send graduates into government service, consult and advise on interagency operations as it supports NPA goals and objectives, and support civil-military work in peacebuilding.
Certainly, the Peace Academies should use any possibilities for cooperation with the government to form its consciousness and policy in a peace direction. The Global project through the letter to President Obama presented to the American Government a package of strategic offers from 6 points, which are accessible and acceptable to it. Whether is capable the National project to offer to the USA and their government something similar? In any case, the National project could support them and join them, probably having added them by new strategic initiatives useful for the American people. The USA strategic changes are too very fertile field for partnership of two peace-making projects: National and Global.
8.What is the National Peace Academy Design Process? (Design)
The Global Stakeholder Summit, scheduled for March 2-4, 2009, will convene up to 300 people as a balanced representation of the diversity of the various stakeholder communities. The intent of this three-day process of Appreciative Inquiry will be to design a National Peace Academy that will have the support of all its stakeholders and that will contribute to and support a culture of peace for a sustainable future. The design will specify the infrastructure of such an institution, its curriculum, its clientele, and its goals, as well as the broad elements of an implementation plan to realize the National Peace Academy.
At the close of the Global Stakeholder Summit we will know the scope, timeline and responsible parties for these tasks. This is a co-generated process that works when the entire system commits to tasks with shared ownership.
The National project assumes wide and multiphase process of designing that is its doubtless advantage. A key phase is the Global Stakeholder Summit, scheduled for March 2-4, 2009, will convene up to 300 people. In this connection with a view of partnership the Global Harmony Association (GHA) offers two additions in the Summit agenda:
1.To include the GHA as one of interested stakeholder community of a world civil society in the Global Summit. The GHA contribution to this Summit and designing process is the GHA Global project: "World Harmony/Peace Academy and General Harmonious Education in an Information Society," (2008) by 80 co-authors from 23 countries, including 9 persons from the USA.
2.Discuss at the Summit this Business project of GHA for the purpose of increase of efficiency of the National project and expansion of peace partnership.
CONCLUSION FROM THE ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON
The analysis convinces us, that, unfortunately, at all indisputable vqlues and constructive details the National project does not overstep the bounds of traditional peace institute and its high ambitions are not provided by a necessary scientific paradigm. Therefore its efficiency threatens to be so low, almost equal to zero, as well as hundreds other similar institutes. Overcome this cardinal lack it can only through association and partnership with the Global project.
Theoretical limitation defines practical limitation. The National project is limited only by Peqce Academy and does not find continuation in schools while in the Global project the Academy is only the beginning and the generator of global general harmonious educqtion in schools and others educational institutions. To overcome this limitation GHA offers competition-partnership development as a way to peace.
Competition-partnership between two projects: National (USA) and Global (GHA) personify the beginning of a new era «a peace race», of which Martin Luther King dreamt: "we must shift the arms race into a peace race". A peace race is a harmonious competition in a sphere of education, which can be useful only both to the contents and social recognition of these Academies. From this point of view, we made the short analysis and comparison of two Academies projects, have established their advantages and lacks to use as much as possible advantages of each project and to minimize their lacks. The life, objectively, gives rise this competition-partnership as these two projects were born absolutely independently from each other and develop in parallel. Both projects should live and be embodied in practice as much as possible assimilating all useful of each project. It will be their competition-partnership.
The GHA offers the following concrete partner steps:
To co-chairmen of the National Project: Lou Ensel, Dr. Dot Maver and Dr. Mark Chupp informthe Global Stakeholder Summit participants about the GHA given Business project for its discussion at the Summit on March 2-4, 2009.
Create on our websites the pages «Competition-partnership of educational peace projects»;
Organize in March-April in the USA 3-4 week competitive lectures on both projects with their discussion: every day on one lecture (2 hours) on each project with 3-4 hours of discussion. The Global Project Chair Dr. Leo Semashko will be glad to read on this project the lectures series, of which subjects will be coordinated with the National project Chairs. Dr. Leo Semashko can to participate in these lectures/discussions if all expenses of a trip and residing and also the certain fee will be paid to him and its assistant
Dr. Leo Semashko is ready to read also a small course of lectures (10-14часов) in the USA on a theme: «The Scientific Theory of the Global Peace», with disclosing of such questions, as: a science of social and individual harmony; culture of harmonious peace; sphere classes as social actors of harmonious peace; sphere democracy and sphere state as tools for global peace and etc. on other of 10 discoveries of Tetrasociology.
Organize in 2009 joint statistical sociological comparative research of development of the sphere classes of the USA, Russia and China for 50 years since 1960 and their influence on a condition of the global peace with the subsequent wide publication of this unique research. This research will demand for a year approximately $300 thousand.
3.Business offers of partnership from GHA
Buy at GHA the Global project for $3 million (the starting price) for overcoming of theoretical weakness of the National project and essential increase of its quality and efficiency. $3 million is a cost of quantity and quality of work of 80 co-authors for 1,5 years.
Buy at GHA the Global project for $1.5 million with a condition of equal participation of the GHA experts in realization of the National project in the USA.
If the National project yet has no financing to create joint strategy of search of investment, united a great organizational resource of the National project and great scientific potential of the Global project in three directions: A. Government: the joint letter in the Government similar to the GHA letter; B. Foundations, for example, Rockefeller, Bill and Melinda Gates and others, which have the investment precedents in educational projects on $3 and more millions; C. Business: attraction of means of external business or development of the enterprises of own business: publishing house, information and educational technologies, building, etc.
We hope that our analysis-comparison will help to the National project authors to understand better its merits and demerits to correct its scientific basis and a practical course of its realization. Certainly, as a result of this analysis-comparison and the Global project will be enriched with some ideas.
We, authors of the GHA Global project, also hope for the similar analysis-comparison of our project from you side. It will be a kind step of partnership also.
Dr. Leo Semashko,
GHA President


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One day, Fredi Kalbermatten will have climbed all thirteen of the 4000m-plus peaks that surround his home resort of Saas-Fee, Switzerland. He got off to an early start, scaling his first with his mountain-guide father by the age of seven. Thirty years later, he's still only made it up four others – the paltry business of being one of the continent's most celebrated professional snowboarders getting in the way for a while.
It's always good to have a goal, but Fredi will be taking his time with this one. He's a relatively recent convert to the world of splitboarding – four years and counting – and knows that there's still lots to explore on that front too. The Fredi-centred mini documentary The Swiss Knife shows just how in tune with Saas Fee he is, drawing breathtaking lines all over the famous glacier without losing any of that burly style that made him a video-part great.
Helping him out with his twin passions is Holden, the snowboard outerwear company founded by legendary rider Mikey LeBlanc and designer Scott Zergebel. While American at heart, the brand has certainly let a fair bit of central European influence creep in. As well as having Fredi on the team, this winter Holden has teamed up with Switzerland's Schoeller Textiles.
Its patented Corkshell material (made from – you guessed it – corks) is used in key pieces of high-performance technical jackets and pants. The collaboration won big in the outerwear category at last year's ISPO Awards, marking it out as a genuine innovation rather than a gimmick.
The Schoeller tech's humble origins lie in the process for manufacturing wine-bottle corks. The resultant granulated cork is FSC-certified, yet once prepared for use in technical apparel it can rival just about any other material out there, recycled or otherwise.
These days going down the 'green' route doesn't just earn you good karma – it's also a smart business decision. "From a material and manufacturing standpoint, eco-friendlier options are continuing to gain traction and importance to both brands and consumers alike," notes Scott – and these days there's no need for the quality to take a hit. "We always look for the latest innovations in technical materials and manufacturing in order to achieve our design concepts".
The late season in Saas Fee is something special, but eventually it's time for Fredi to stash the splitty and reach for the crampons, in pursuit of those elusive 4000m peaks. There's a lot of crossover in the gear he needs for both, as "if you climb high enough, you will always find snow".
Enjoying another epic Swiss vista in the Holden Hybrid Zip hoody.
A case in point is the Holden Hybrid Zip hoody, part of the brand's range of 'Down Sportswear'. This isn't your classic cotton hoody – far from it, in fact. The Hybrid Zip features warm down insulation over the torso where it's needed most, with light and stretchy Polartec material used for the sleeves. Whether powering his way up a skin track or scrambling up a rocky face, it's one of Fredi's go-to garments.
You can bet the farm that he'll have weighed in on Holden's upcoming WholeGarment Knitwear collection, set to drop in late 2019. Made from a mixture of Merino wool and recycled plastic bottles, this Japanese-made material is perfect for efficient layering, and is also seamless for extra comfort. The WholeGarment range will start small, but has the potential to be a game-changer.
Whatever happens down the line, you can be sure it'll feature the tried-and-tested Holden formula: high performance, considered construction, and great-looking design. Indeed, while Fredi uses the gear for mountaineering as well as snowboarding and splitboarding, it's usefulness doesn't stop there.
We've come a long way from Grandma Marie's skirts, in other words.


A ReturnCase has ReturnCaseItems, each of which is associated with an OrderItem (an extension to either a ProductLineItem or a ShippingLineItem).
Each ReturnCaseItem defines an ReturnCaseItem.getAuthorizedQuantity() representing the maximum quantity expected to be returned. A ReturnCaseItem may be associated with 0..n ReturnItems - ReturnItems are added to the ReturnCaseItem when Returns are created.
A Return represents a physical customer return, and contains 1..n ReturnItems. A Return is associated with one ReturnCase, and each ReturnItem is associated with one ReturnCaseItem and (via the ReturnCaseItem) a single OrderItem usually representing an Order ProductLineItem.
A ReturnItem records the quantity returned.
As a result of making a Return, the customer may be refunded. The refund amount is held in a credit Invoice which may be associated either with one Return or with one ReturnCase. The Invoice is passed to the refund payment hook allowing custom code to handle the payment refund.
The creation of ReturnCases is supported using the data-api. The api supports, within the context of an Order, the specification of an (optional) RMA-number and addition of ReturnCaseItems for a given order-item and quantity.
Following its creation, a ReturnCase needs to be CONFIRMED - an CONFIRMED ReturnCase cannot be modified.
Following its creation or authorization, a ReturnCase may be cancelled.
The creation of the new Return is delegated to the custom script when this hook is called, passing the order, and details of the Return to be created to the script. Typically the script accesses the ReturnCase from the order and creates the return with the provided return-number. It may also update the Order, ReturnCase or Return using custom values passed in the Return details.
This call delegates the creation of individual ReturnItems to a custom script, passing the Order, returnNumber, returnCaseItemId and return-item-details. Typically the script will access the ReturnCaseItem from the order and create a new ReturnItem for it.
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Responsible to change the status of a Return: the custom script is responsible for setting the new status using Return.setStatus(String).
This hook is responsible for creating a new Return, based on a ReturnCase.
Called after method changeStatus(Return, ReturnWO) returns Status.OK (and after method afterStatusChange(Return)) to inform of a successful status change.
The hook provides customization in the process of assigning the returned amount, quantity etc. Here it is possible to refund differently based on the return reason code for example. Also one could correct the inventory based on the return information. Utilize ReturnCaseItem.createReturnItem(String) to create a new ReturnItem.
Status.ERROR return item addition failed.
Called after method changeStatus(Return, ReturnWO) returns Status.OK. The call is made in a separate database transaction allowing the script implementation to make an independent remote call if desired.
The invoice handling should be implemented here using Return.createInvoice(String) or ReturnCase.createInvoice(String). For example create an Invoice for a Return moving to status Return.STATUS_COMPLETED.
On-the-fly return: create the parent ReturnCase using Order.createReturnCase(String, Boolean).
Return-merchandise-authorization (RMA) workflow: resolve an existing ReturnCase using Order.getReturnCase(String).
In both cases use this method to create the Return based on the inputData.
Additional functionality like creating history entry, handling the return fees or the shipping cost credit can be implemented in the hook after the Return is created.


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Te Korowai Aroha o Aotearoa is currently piloting the JR McKenzie Trust funded Tūranga Whānau which is designed for Iwi Kaiwhakaruruhau graduates of Mauri Ora. The Wānanga consists of four noho marae over four months, commencing on the Thursday evening and going through to Sunday lunchtime. Participants are organised into groups based on where they are living to work together and to facilitate a hapū based Pū Wānanga within their rohe. Participants will learn and develop advanced models of practice as well as learn how to design, develop, organise and conduct a Pū Wānanga.


Manchu Vishnu is very happy with the Box Office performance of the movie 'Anukshanam'.
The crime thriller has exceeded the expectations of almost everyone and it is doing good business in A centers. The movie's performance has also brought cheer to distributors who picked up the movie in a new and innovative auction format.
Veteran director Ram Gopal Varma has directed this movie and Vishnu has produced it on his home banner. Tejaswi Madiwada is the heroine in the film.


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Fisheries' footprint
SAEON's submersible video camera is deployed to document what lives on the seabed of trawl lanes along the West Coast – and how long it takes marine life to recover after trawl fishing.
An experiment in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles off Hondeklipbaai on the west coast of South Africa will tell UCT marine researchers how long the seabed – and its ecosystem – takes to recover after hake trawling operations.
The Benthic Trawl Experiment is a joint research project with the South African Deep Sea Trawl Industry Association, the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), and the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
It's the first in a series of experimental surveys of the impact of bottom trawling on the benthic communities – organisms that live in or on the seafloor – of the outer shelf of South Africa's west coast, says chief scientist Associate Professor Colin Attwood. These will be conducted annually, though Attwood says it will take longer than the allotted four years for previously trawled lanes to bounce back.
Monitoring change
SAEON's Lara Atkinson, who is managing the project, says: "We have been planning for a long time to get this experiment under way, and we're very excited about this opportunity to be able to monitor for any changes in the benthic communities in the areas where trawling has stopped."
The experiment established a 6-by-15-nautical-mile block (within one of the fisheries' commercial blocks) and divided this into five lanes, two of which will remain open to trawling. The remaining three will be closed over the project's lifespan.
Data recovered during repeated surveys over this time will give researchers a clearer idea of recovery among seafloor species – and of the ocean floor itself, which becomes churned up by metal trawl 'doors' (some weighing up to 10 tons) angled to hold open the net mouth as it's pulled along.
A towed camera and a Van Veen grab (instrumentation used to collect sediment) will be used to sample the benthic epifauna and infauna respectively.
New footage
Two-and-a-half hours of video footage of the seabed, shot during the first of the experimental surveys on board the research vessel Ellen Khuzwayo in February, show marine life previously not seen on the seabed: jacopever, spiny eels, starfish, anemones and other crustaceans – and hake.
"The footage is very clear; it's the best and most systematic video we have of life in the trawl lanes," says Attwood.
Hake live in deep water during the day, the bulk at depths of 350-600m; and because of their inaccessibility, they aren't often observed in their wild habitat. But they migrate vertically, coming up to feed at night. As such, much of the trawling is done during the day when the fish are near the seabed.
"Mass food production has an environmental impact, and it's great that we have the fishing industry's co-operation on this experiment," says Attwood. "They understand that we need to limit harvest to replenishable numbers, and that it's important to work with the ecosystem."
Watch the video: Benthic Trawl Experiment 2014
Story by Helen Swingler. Photo courtesy of Assoc Prof Colin Attwood.
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Performer of the Week: Jude Law
By Team TVLine / October 3 2020, 7:00 AM PDT
Courtesy of HBO
Performer of the Week (9/26): Jamie Chung
Performer of the Week (9/19): Amanda Collin
THE PERFORMER | Jude Law
THE SHOW | HBO's The Third Day
THE EPISODE | "Sunday: The Ghost" (Sept. 28, 2020)
THE PERFORMANCE | Sunday was not a fun day for Sam, the stranded husband and father played by Law. Rather, the limited series' third episode presented brutal crucible after brutal crucible for Sam to endure, and as such it offered a gripping showcase for its introductory arc's star.
From the moment Sam came to in the company of barbaric Larry and eyeballed the bizarre ritual the preacher man had planned, through to the episode's unsettling (yet joyous?) final act, Law's flawed hero was subject to every emotion possible. There was confusion and horror over his initial confinement, followed by determination and then frustration, as he labored to traverse on foot the soggy causeway. Then, when Jess confronted him about the found (and stolen?) money, you had to sense that even Sam privately wondered if his episodic psychosis was at play.
In a quieter sequence that followed, Law tapped into Sam's warmly paternal side by relating to Jess how his late son, Nathan, "could be so loving" yet struggled with right and wrong in a way that was… "tricky." Oh, speaking of Nathan: This is when the bombshell dropped, that in a scheme to maintain Osea's founding bloodline, Mr. Martin had years ago arranged for Nathan, a Charington descendant, to be kidnapped, and his body swapped a dead local lad. Here, Sam could barely control his rage, dismissing Osea's strange religion as "f–king nonsense." Yet a few scenes later, when Mrs. Martin confirmed Sam's instinct that Nathan was alive, Law's face seemed to almost expunge itself of the caked blood and grime it had accumulated during his odyssey, as he hopefully asked, "Can I see him…?"
The answer in that moment was no. But following yet another, final ordeal, during which Sam's sweetest taste yet of possible escape was soured by a betrayal, he reached a certain peace with his destiny — to succeed the Old Man as Osea's "savior." And with that concession behind him, Law's expression gave way to sobs of relief, and then joy, as he reunited with Nathan and scooped him up in his arms.
HONORABLE MENTION | It's not easy being an android. You don't often get powerhouse scenes. HBO Max's Raised by Wolves, however, added layers to all of that silicone and latex — first, with Mother (see POTW Amanda Collin), and then with Father, played by Abubakar Salim. In the sci-fi series' finale, Father asked his companion to divulge the "disturbing" nature of her pregnancy. As Mother began the tale of reuniting with their creator, Father was at first thrilled by the prospect, saying, "I would have liked to have done the same!" But upon learning that only Mother was allowed access, Father's smile turned upside-down — even more so as he came to realize that his partner and creator had "mated." Mother tried to change the topic, to her baby's mission, but Father was having none of it, and Salim made us feel every bit of his "displacement." "I do believe I've had enough," he bellowed before all. "My wellbeing is of no concern to you. Perhaps it never was."
HONORABLE MENTION | On this Friday's The Boys, Queen Maeve got her heart broken by girlfriend Elena, and we, in turn, got ours crushed by Dominique McElligott's tender performance. When Elena confronted Maeve about the lives she's taken, a vulnerable and emotionally distraught Maeve argued that she was exposing her real, flawed self to her girlfriend, just like Elena had always wanted. The truth, however, turned out to be too much for Elena, and Maeve was left to drown her sorrows in a haze of vape smoke and men. Ashley, of course, tried to spin the situation, but there was no denying the anguish in McElligott's voice as a tearful Maeve pleaded, "Ashley, for once in your life, be a f—king human being." And that's also exactly what Brave Maeve became as McElligott dropped her character's powerful supe façade to reveal a human being in pain over lost love.
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Tried and Tasted: Head to Matia Mahal for a bite of the sinfully rich Shahi Tukda
Legend has it that the dish came with the Mughals, though some hold that it is an Indianised version of the bread and butter pudding of Britain.
tried and tasted Updated: Oct 08, 2017 08:33 IST
Rahul Verma
Shahi Tukda is a simple sweet which can be topped up with all kinds of ingredients such as slivers of almond and little bits of pistachio.(HT Photo)
When I was a kid, sweets were an obscure object of desire. A lot of people those days prepared their sweets at home. My mother, as I have said elsewhere, did not stray into the kitchen much. But once in a while we ate a sweet the taste of which still lingers in my heart.
She would take some bread, cut them into squares and fry them. Then we would top the fried bread with a creamy dollop of condensed milk. And that, to my mind, was nirvana.
Now that I am older, wiser and better looking, I no longer have to fry bread and look for condensed milk. I go to Old Delhi for shahi tukda, which is a heavenly – and sinfully rich – dessert.
It's a simple sweet which can be topped up with all kinds of ingredients such as slivers of almond and little bits of pistachio. You can flavour it with saffron threads and cardamom powder. But essentially it is a piece of bread that has been fried, dipped in sugar syrup and then smeared with rabri – sweetened and thickened milk.
If you are in Matia Mahal, the main road from Jama Masjid, you will find three small shahi tukda stalls. We went to Cool Point Shahi Tukda, which is run by Mohammed Zahid and Mohammed Zuhaib. I had eaten their shahi tukda earlier and liked it immensely. So I thought the time had come – now that the blistering heat was behind us – for another visit.
Shahi tukda literally means a royal piece or chunk. In some places, the bread is fried, dipped in sugar syrup and kept aside, and when being sold or served, is topped with the rabri. In Cool Point, the shahi tukda is first assembled and then kept in a paraat, which is a huge, shallow-bottomed utensil. It is sold in grams or kilograms, with the men at the counter deftly cutting off wedges for you.
It's a delightful sweet -- very rich, and very tasty. You can't go wrong with bread, ghee, milk, sugar and cream, can you? The bread softens with the rabri, and literally melts in the mouth.
The sweet is much loved in Hyderabad, too, where it is called double ka meetha. Some chefs like to bake the dish with layers of bread and rabri. And some prefer to just coat the fried bread with thick rabri.
Legend has it that the dish came with the Mughals, though some hold that it is an Indianised version of the bread and butter pudding of Britain. The Mughals would have used their rotis as the base, while the Hyderabadi dish clearly doffs its cap to the British, for double here is the short of double roti, which is the Hindi for bread.
I thank them both. And I certainly thank the kaarigars – skilled workers – who bring such joy to our lives with this wonderful sweet. And jog some sepia-tinted childhood memories.
First Published: Oct 08, 2017 08:32 IST
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America cannot insist on military help from Nato – Zeepertje.com – Facts Fun & News on ISLAM, "The religion of peace"
The United States may ask Nato allies to help out if its airbase in Guam comes under attack from North Korea but cannot insist on it.
Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty enshrines the principle of collective defence, declaring that an attack on one member of the military alliance is an attack on all. It is invoked by the nation under attack. The only time it has been used was after the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.


"I had one doctor early on, up through maybe my teen-aged years. I was in this clinic. I'm out here and my parents are in there. The doctor is telling my parent's, 'you know he's only going to live to about 12.' I can hear him, and I don't know why they don't think that I can't hear it. I hear 12 and I'm 11. That messes you up right there.
"I try to be a mentor to my nieces and nephews. I've traveled a lot. Brazil, Europe, all 50 states. There's nothing I can't do because of my sickle cell."


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Die Reise ins Labyrinth ist ein Fantasy-Abenteuerfilm, bei dem Rollen mit Animatronics (weiterentwickelte Muppet-Puppen) besetzt sind. Er wurde 1986 im Original unter dem Titel Labyrinth veröffentlicht. Der Film startete am 11. Dezember 1986 in den deutschen Kinos.

Handlung
Sarah, eine 15-jährige Jugendliche, fühlt sich von ihrem Vater und ihrer Stiefmutter ungerecht behandelt und flüchtet sich in die Fantasiewelt eines Buches.
Eines Tages soll sie als Babysitterin für ihren kleinen Halbbruder Toby agieren. Da Toby quengelt und durch nichts zu beruhigen ist, ist Sarah sehr schnell mit der Situation überfordert, und sie wünscht sich impulsiv, dass Kobolde das Baby holen mögen – was dann prompt geschieht und sie kurz danach bereut. Das Baby Toby ist weg, dafür erscheint der Koboldkönig Jareth. Kein Bitten und Betteln kann helfen, ihn zu überreden, Toby zurückzugeben. Doch er lässt ihr 13 Stunden Zeit, um den Kleinen aus seinem von einem riesigen Labyrinth umgebenen Schloss zu befreien. Andernfalls wird Jareth Toby in einen Kobold verwandeln.

Der Weg zum Schloss "jenseits der realen Welt" führt durch ein verzaubertes Labyrinth voller Gefahren, Wunder und seltsamer Wesen: sprechende Felsen, wilde Monster, helfende und sprechende Hände, rätselhafte Türen, verspielte Feuertrolle, hinterlistige Wurzelwichte und das "Moor des ewigen Gestanks". Doch in diesem Labyrinth findet Sarah nicht nur Hindernisse, sondern auch neue Freunde, die ihr dabei helfen, die vielen Schwierigkeiten bei ihrer Rettungsaktion zu meistern.

Hintergrund
 Der Film wurde von den Büchern von Maurice Sendak und Lewis Carroll inspiriert, die man zu Beginn in Sarahs Zimmer stehen sieht. Einige Szenen im Labyrinth sind an verschiedene Bilder von M. C. Escher angelehnt, ein Druck von Relativität hängt in Sarahs Zimmer.
 Die Produktion wurde von George Lucas ausgeführt; aus seiner Effektschmiede Industrial Light & Magic kamen auch die visuellen Effekte.
 In mehreren Szenen spielt der Koboldkönig Jareth mit einer oder mehreren Kristallkugeln. Die gezeigten Techniken sind einfache Elemente der Kontaktjonglage, und die Hand – die man in diesen Szenen sieht – gehört nicht David Bowie, sondern dem Performance-Künstler Michael Moschen.
 Der Film, der damals floppte, ist ein zeitloser Bestseller und hat mittlerweile eine große Fangemeinde. Das Buch Goblins of the Labyrinth (vom Designer Brian Froud) wurde zum 20-jährigen Jubiläum neu aufgelegt.
 An den Film angelehnt veröffentlichte Lucasfilm Games mit Labyrinth sein erstes Adventure, das eines der ersten komplexeren grafischen Adventurespiele überhaupt war.
 Während die instrumentale Filmmusik (Sarah, Hallucination, The Goblin Battle, Thirteen O'Clock, Home at Last) von Trevor Jones beigesteuert wurde, stammen die gesungenen Stücke von David Bowie (Underground, Magic Dance, Chilly Down, As the World Falls Down, Within You).
 Gates McFadden, die später eine Hauptrolle in Raumschiff Enterprise – Das nächste Jahrhundert spielte, war für diesen Film als Choreographin tätig. Unter anderem erarbeitete sie die Ballsequenz und die Schlacht in der Koboldstadt.

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Samanyolu high school wins gold medal in TÜBİTAK contest
Ankara's private Samanyolu Science High School picked up a gold medal on Monday in the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey's (TÜBİTAK) 45th Research Projects contest.
Samanyolu Science High School students Sadık Said Kasap and Onur Sulak won the gold medal among 24 final contenders whose work was chosen out of 1,156 projects.
Kasap and Sulak stated that they had been working on their project for the last eight months and that they had striven to make a contribution to the world of mathematics.
TÜBİTAK Chairman Yücel Altunbaşak said TÜBİTAK is celebrating its 50th anniversary and that this competition has been held for 45 years.
"This shows how much we care about new projects. The interest in this competition is increasing by the year," added Altunbaşak.
Source: Todays Zaman , May 12, 2014
Tags: Education | Hizmet-inspired schools | Turkey |
Award ceremony cancellation on Parliament's agenda
EMRULLAH BAYRAK / ANKARA Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Sezgin Tanrıkulu spoke in Parliament on Wednesday about the cancellation of the award ceremony of a short film contest after the competition was won by Seleme Gülen, a relative of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen. Bringing the issue to the floor of Parliament, […]
Despite father's arrest, Kanter refuses to be silenced
"I play in the NBA; that's why people know my story," Kanter said. "My dad is only one. There are thousands of kids out there who have no mom or dad because of what's going on in Turkey. I have to speak and let people know what's going on. I want the whole world to know what's going on, because they try to hid it."
Reuters interview Gulen, he says he would not flee U.S. to avoid extradition to Turkey
Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of instigating last year's failed coup, says he has no plans to flee the United States and would accept extradition if Washington agrees to a request by Ankara to hand him over.
Turkish schools issue [in Pakistan] still to be resolved
The official demand has now apparently been watered down to transfer ownership/administration of these educational institutions to the official Maarif Foundation tasked by the Turkish government to encourage foreign governments to seize other Turkish educational foundations operating in those countries, possibly targeting enterprises run by individuals close to US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen.
'Everybody reads about Prophet Muhammad'
Anyone who wants to know and understand Prophet Muhammad from trustworthy sources can sign up for the project on the website www.herkesonuokuyor.com, and that the project offers examinations in three categories: middle school level, high school level and adult level. Middle school students will be tested from the book "Efendiler Efendisi Hz. Muhammed" by Rahime Kaya, while high school students will answer questions related to Reşit Haylamaz's "Efendimiz" and adults will take an exam from "Sonsuz Nur" by M. Fethullah Gülen, Kuzu explained.
Current defamation campaign against Hizmet was part of Ergenekon scheme
A major campaign launched by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government and media organs to defame and discredit the Hizmet movement was among the plans of the Ergenekon network, which once attempted a coup d'état against the AK Party.
Opposition leader Destici: Since when has exposing graft been a crime?
Is it a parallel triangle or square?
Man gets prison sentence, fine after attack on Gülen-linked institutions in France
Fethullah Gulen denies ties to attempted coup in Turkey
Russian envoy's murderer attended sermons of controversial pro-Erdoğan cleric
Kenya Embassy Donates Food & Warm Clothes to Syrian Refugees
DUTCH MP'S FURIOUS ABOUT PRESSURE FROM TURKISH AMBASSADOR


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Exercises and Workouts
23 Workout Playlist Songs to Make You Sweat
By Luz Plaza Updated June 14, 2019
Luz Plaza
Luz Plaza is LIVESTRONG.COM's managing editor. She's into fitness, nutrition, happy and healthy living, as well as indulging a little. Forever against the one-size-fits-all approach, Plaza enjoys boxing, hot yoga and jogging. She previously produced content for Beachbody and TeamBeachbody.
You've already done the hard part and made the decision to work out, and you're ready to go! But some days you just need a little extra motivation to get out the door and to the gym. Music is a great motivator. Just hearing your favorite up-beat song can get your feet moving and get you mentally ready to dominate your workout.
Get your sweat on with these 23 songs recommended by our staff and community. (Image: yacobchuk/iStock/GettyImages)
If you find your current playlist is getting a bit dated and losing it's motivating effect, check out this playlist filled with song recommendations from our editors, community members and Facebook fans that will have you moving and sweating all the way through your routine. It's so good, you might just want to turn it into your new party mix.
1. "Sail" by AWOLNation
"It's raw, primal and has a certain urgency and uplifting," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, BeachGurlz.
Buy it: Find "Sail" on iTunes.
2. "Off the Wall" by Michael Jackson
"Michael Jackson's 'Off the Wall' always gets me moving and makes me want to dance at the same time. Gotta leave that 9 to 5 up on the shelf when I work out!" says former LIVESTRONG.com managing editor, Valaer Murray Goldsworthy.
Buy it: Find "Off the Wall" on iTunes.
3. "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida
"My favorite running song when I need a boost is Flo Rida 'Good Feeling'" writes LIVESTRONG.com Facebook fan, Amy Young.
Buy it: Find "Good Feeling" on iTunes.
4. "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore
"I think I'm a little strange, but I love watching music videos. So when I hear a song that I've seen the video to, I usually mimic the artist. So, on my list is definitely Macklemore, 'Can't Hold Us.' Macklemore is super energetic, so I can't help but do a little dance while I work out and pretend to rap," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, heidi1604.
Buy it: Find "Can't Hold Us" on iTunes.
5. "Best Day of My Life" by American Authors
"If I have to pick one, it has to be 'Best Day of My Life' by American Authors. Obviously, not every day can be 'best,' but something about that song always gives me hope that today might just be THE BEST!" says former LIVESTRONG.com community manager, Ann Rusnak.
Buy it: Find "Best Day of My Life" on iTunes.
6. "Edge of Glory" by Lady Gaga
"I recommend Lady Gaga — 'Edge of Glory' — put it toward the end of your playlist to get a great finish!" writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, hanpaoli.
Buy it: Find "Edge of Glory"on iTunes.
7. "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar
"I love how upbeat 80s pop is, and it is good to move to during a workout. My other favorites include: Devo's 'Whip It,' The Fixx's 'One Thing Leads to Another,' Madness' 'Our House,' Men Without Hats' 'The Safety Dance,' Big Country's 'In A Big Country' and A-Ha's 'Take On Me,'" writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, sokoluv.
Buy it: Find"Love is a Battlefield" on iTunes.
8. "Lose Yourself" by Eminem
"I love Eminem's 'Lose Yourself.' Not only do I find the beat and message super motivating, but it always reminds me of going to USC football games as an undergrad. And those football players work really hard!" says LIVESTRONG.com senior fitness editor, Rachel Grice.
Buy it: Find "Lose Yourself" on iTunes.
9. "Wrong Side of Heaven" by Five Finger Death Punch
"I love anything by Five Finger Death Punch — killer guitars and especially killer drum work that, for me, is motivating. On elliptical/cardio, I find that rock doesn't work as well. I've tried listening to dance/pop like Swift's 'Shake It Off,' but I start to feel all weird and stuff... like Jennifer Beals in Flashdance, so I go back to rock," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, aurelios1201.
Buy it: Find "Wrong Side of Heaven" on iTunes.
10. "Everybody Up" by The Ghastly Ones
"If this song doesn't get you moving, you must be dead," writes LIVESTRONG.com Facebook fan, Matt Dante.
Buy it: Find "Everybody Up" on their website.
11. "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift
"It might sound weird, but I love running to Taylor Swift's 'Bank Space.; The way it starts makes me want to push it!" writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, nehatewari.
Buy it: Find "Blank Space" on iTunes.
12. "Go" by The Chemical Brothers
"Right now I'm listening to The Chemical Brothers song 'Go,'" says former LIVESTRONG.com social media manager, Debbie Day.
Buy it: Find "Go" on iTunes.
13. "It's Not Right, But it's Okay" by Whitney Houston
"I have not updated my running iPod in about three years! The playlist is largely from my college days, but [they] always fire me up when they come on. There must be something to them if they still do that after so many years smile I suspect it has something to do with the BPM and making me pick up the pace!" writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, anaghernandez.
Buy it: Find "It's Not Right, But it's Okay" on iTunes.
14. "I Wanna Be Sedated" by The Ramones
"My hubby made my playlist for my last marathon and put 'I Wanna Be Sedated' on there. It cracked me up so hard that I definitely got the spring back in my step," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, ginaviolinist.
Buy it: Find "I Wanna Be Sedated"on iTunes.
15. "Jump Around" by House of Pain
"One of my all-time favorites is 'Jump Around' by House of Pain. [It] sets a great pace," Day says.
Buy it: Find "Jump Around" on iTunes.
16. "That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain
"For walking, I love Shania Twain's greatest hits album, because every song has a great fast walking tempo. Long enough for up to an hour walk!" writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, cmsmith8.
Buy it: Find "That Don't Impress Me Much" on iTunes.
17. "Freedom! '90" by George Michael
"George Michael's 'Freedom' is totally underrated. Try not to do your best Cindy Crawford impression while running to the magical beat!" says Leaf Group (LIVESTRONG.com's parent company) director of product, Dena Karsenty.
Buy it: Find "Freedom! '90" on iTunes.
18. "Hall of Fame" by The Script
"Try 'Hall of Fame' by The Script. It really motivate me! Also try superheroes (also from The Script)," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, momo1222.
Buy it: Find "Hall of Fame" on iTunes.
19. "Sugar, We're Goin Down" by Fall Out Boy
"I'm a big fan of Fall Out Boy and Panic! At The Disco during cardio intervals," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, cgloves14.
Buy it: Find "Sugar, We're Goin Down" on iTunes.
20. "Lights" by Ellie Goulding (Bassnectar Remix)
"I love running to 'Hit 'em Up' by Tupac, 'Crystalised' by the XX, 'All of Me' by Tanlines, 'Young Forever' by Jay Z (with great samples of Alphaville's 80s hit 'Forever Young' in it). Also, of course Taylor Swift's 'I Knew You Were Trouble' and the Bassnectar remix of Ellie Goulding's song 'Lights,'" says former LIVESTRONG.com editor in hhief, Jess Barron.
Buy it: Find "Lights" on iTunes.
21. "Don't Stop Me Now" by Queen
"It's an oldie but great to run to!" writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, hanpaoli.
Buy it: Find "Don't Stop Me Now" on iTunes.
22. "GO!" by Santigold
"I love my workout playlist!" It's really long and includes a lot of Britney Spears (which should surprise absolutely no one), but some of my faves are: Go by Santigold (this is like my favorite workout song ever), i by Kendrick Lamar, Psycho by Rozzi Crane, Break a Sweat by Becky G (I have no shame), Bite Down by Bastille/Haim, WTF by Missy Elliot and Flesh Without Blood by Grimes," writes LIVESTRONG.com Facebook fan, Jennifer Trujillo.
Buy it: Find "GO!" on iTunes.
23. "Man Like That" by Gin Wigmore
"Gin Wigmore! Just discovered her. Awesome voice," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, Engemoen.
Buy it: Find "Man Like That" on iTunes.
Build Your Own Workout Playlist
None of those songs doing it for you? Make your own workout playlist with your favorite rockin' tunes. Here are a few services our community really love.
"Spotify has that running section now. It detects you steps per minute and then plays a list based on that. And you can choose from genres. It's pretty sweet. Works under free terms too just have to put up with the commercials," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, rag0r.
Rock My Run
"There is an app: Rock My Run. That has good workout playlists," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, Helpimlosingit.
jog.fm
"I get songs from jog.fm They even categorize them by BPM. I then just compile the songs into my own list. Keeps me motivated knowing I just have to stay with the beat," writes LIVESTRONG.com community member, cg145.
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✎ About Myriam Nicole
Birth Day: February 8, 1990
Birth Place: Montpellier, France
Birth Sign: Aquarius
Myriam Nicole Net Worth
Myriam Nicole net worth and salary: Myriam Nicole is a Mountain Biker who has a net worth of $120 million. Myriam Nicole was born in Montpellier, in February 8, 1990. French professional downhill mountain biker who has earned sponsorship from companies such as Fox Racing, Kenda tires, and Red Bull. She is known for competing in a range of UCI Mountain Bike World Cups and French Championships.
Myriam Nicole is a member of Mountain Biker
💰Myriam Nicole Net worth: $120 million (Updated at 15 March 2019)
French professional downhill mountain biker who has earned sponsorship from companies such as Fox Racing, Kenda tires, and Red Bull. She is known for competing in a range of UCI Mountain Bike World Cups and French Championships.
She first began riding at the age of four. Her professional career began in 2009 when she earned her first sponsorship. After competing in several amateur races, she competed in her first French Professional Downhill National Championship in 2014.
She earned first place at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Downhill Event in Losinj, Croatia. She also placed first at the French Championship in Les Carroz, France in 2017.
She was born and raised in Montpellier, France. She has three brothers who first inspired her passion for downhill mountain biking.
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Litbrit: Is it Fun, Being a Billionaire? F*ck YOU!
Is it Fun, Being a Billionaire? F*ck YOU!
Everyone needs to watch--and share--this clip from The Daily Show that Sir C (along with countless others in the 'Sphere) linked to last night. Jon Stewart absolutely eviscerates the oblivious, villainous, egomaniacal morons so-called financial experts at CNBC. And then feeds their sorry entrails to the metaphorical lions while making the viewer laugh and cry simultaneously.
I'm going to go out on a limb and pronounce this one of Stewart's best and most important pieces of social commentary to date. Yes, it is that spot-on. Kudos to Stewart's writers, too, for the Dow stats and dates that really sledgehammer the point home: that these cocksure men (and a few women) are, at best, incredibly stupid and irresponsible people. At worst, well, let's just say these characters are stone-cold evil, and they're craven enough that if this were another time and place, they'd be changing their haircolor, packing up their protein bars and bulletproof vests, and heading for the hills, hoping madly that someone among them had, at some point, learned how to forage and cook.
Meh, a wealth-reduced girl can dream. Go watch it!


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Who are BIDS Trading's partners?
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As BIDS Trading supports a broker-sponsored access model, buy-side clients that want access to the BIDS ATS would negotiate their commission rate with the broker or brokers that they choose.
BIDS Trading is currently offering volume-based discounts and we believe that retaining flexibility in pricing will be a key component to our success.
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US equities, excluding OTCBB and Pinksheets. The BIDS ATS supports most Amex, Arca, Nasdaq, NYSE-listed symbols.
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A man's talent is an innate ability given to him by God. Sometimes, they are called gifts because there are people who got very famous with their talents even without proper trainings. These special abilities just come out from them naturally. Nevertheless, there is what you call the best, and there is also what you call average. And this is also true in the acting industry.
Acting is a talent as well as a skill. Being born to have the natural graces and inflections of being an actor only means that he is gifted to act even without taking acting courses. He is gifted. He knows how to fit his reactions to the situations. And yet, there are people who have just developed their acting ability. They may not exhibit acting abilities during their early years but still, with the right stimulus, these innate abilities are squeezed out. Hence, this is the time when acting is considered as a skill for it is being learned.
The best place to enhance the skills in acting is to actually enroll in an acting workshop from Method Acting. An acting workshop is actually a place where actors as well as those people who are in one way or another related to the industry meet and learn to enhance their talents and skills. Whether these people are born actors or have a natural knack in directing, still it is imperative that they must grow in the field. Hence, they need an acting workshop.
The acting industry is also a field where people grow and new generation actors and directors come out. But the oldies in the field have already proven themselves to be highly skilled and very much mastered the art of acting and directing. And most of them want to share their experience and accumulated wealth of knowledge regarding the intricacies in the industry. They have withstood the test of times that now they are icons worth watching on movies and on TV. And these people are exactly the ones who will teach those who are babies in the industry.
As a workshop, it needs mentors and mentees. This is the chance of those who are new in the acting industry to hone their skills. Every facet and aspect of acting and directing are the most important thing in this workshop. From body gestures, voice nuance, to capturing the right and best facial expressions and such, these are all being taught and developed in an acting workshop that after the course, the students are assured to come out to be the best entertainers there are in the industry.
Taking workshop courses in any field is very vital to improve one's ability. And when it comes to acting, a workshop is a great factor in contributing to the actor's success in the industry. Constant mentoring and critics from your own co-actors cut the edges and flaws and bring out a shining star. And with the development of the acting industry from movies, TV programs, as well as the traditional theatre arts, acting workshops also address all these categories.