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WAAS has been granted 'Special Consultative Status' by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in July 2017. This empowers the Academy to actively engage with ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, as well as with the UN Secretariat, programmes, funds and agencies. This enables WAAS to express its views and to influence the work of the Council through meetings, events, presentations, etc.
In March 2014 WAAS entered into a memorandum of understanding for collaboration with European Organization for Nuclear Research, one of the the world's most prestigious scientific research institutions, to further the Academy's exploration of the social consequences and policy implications of knowledge. Apart from its leading edge research on high-energy physics probing the fundamental structure of the universe, CERN is also a superb model of scientific innovation and the birthplace of the World Wide Web. With 22 nations as members, CERN represents an excellent model for advancing international cooperation, which has already led to establishment of SESAME, a sister institution involving countries in the Middle East in highly successful scientific collaboration. CERN also has an active program exploring linkages between art and science. Herwig Schopper, WAAS Trustee and former Director General of CERN, is the Academy's lead contact.
Council One is an international organization dedicated to making a valuable and lasting contribution to the emerging new world. WAAS partnered with Council One to organize the World Academy Forum on Global Higher Education at UC Berkeley on October 2-3, 2013 and is planning to conduct a larger WAF event on the same theme.
Ethical Markets Media (USA and Brazil) is a micro-multinational social enterprise with the mission of reforming financial markets and metrics while helping accelerate and track the transition to the green economy worldwide. Ethical Markets is partnering with WAAS on the development of new economic theory and finance education through its research activities, television series and daily news reports at www.ethicalmarkets.com.
ELN is a high level pan-European network of politicians and diplomats working for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. In 2012-13, WAAS collaborated with ELN to conduct two NATO-sponsored conferences on international security: Nuclear Threats & Security at IUC in Dubrovnik on September 14-17, 2012 and Actions to Enhance Global Security at DHUC in Zagreb on May 3-4, 2013. ELN is chaired by Lord Des Browne, a Fellow of the Academy.
The European Scientific Institute (ESI) is a global academic platform, which cooperates with Universities and academic centers on 5 continents, by organizing scientific conferences, forums, workshops and joint projects. ESI represents a bridge for exploration from all over the world, thus contributing to the promotion of the modern scientific accomplishments. Led by its motto "Science does not know borders", the ESI provides a greater global exchange of knowledge and the sharing of best practices.
An international NGO founded in 1993 by former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev with headquarters in Geneva and offices in about 30 countries. The mission of GCI is to respond to the combined challenges of security, poverty and environmental degradation to ensure a sustainable and secure future. GCI has Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC.
Foundation for a Culture of Peace
An international NGO founded by former UNESCO Director General and WAAS Fellow Federico Mayor Zaragoza to promote a culture of peace, human rights, non-violence, tolerance and dialogue among civilizations. The Foundation has Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC.
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)
In July 2016, WAAS was elected as a member of the Inter-Academy Partnership. The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), which was formally launched in South Africa in March 2016, brings together established networks of academies of science, medicine and engineering, namely IAP, the global network of science academies, the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) and the InterAcademy Council (IAC). Under the new InterAcademy Partnership, more than 130 national and regional member/ academies will work together to support the special role of science and its efforts to seek solutions to address the world's most challenging problems. in particular, the new IAP will harness the expertise of the world's scientific, medical and engineering leaders to advance sound policies, promote excellence in science education, improve public health, and achieve other critical development goals. WAAS looks forward to working with WAAS Fellow Mohamed H.A. Hassan, Co-President of IAP and other members of IAP to promote socially responsible application of science for the betterment of humankind.
Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik
WAAS is now a member of IUC, an independent international institution for advanced studies structured as a consortium of about 170 member universities worldwide with a mission to organise and promote contact and exchange through projects, study programmes, courses and conferences across a wide range of scientific concerns. WAAS plans to conduct foundation courses at IUC in partnership with other member institutions to evolve new course content on subjects such as new economic theory, human centered development, individuality and leadership, global rule of law and international security.
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy
Headquarters in Berlin, ICD's goal is to promote global peace and stability by strengthening and supporting intercultural relations at all levels. Over the past decade the ICD has grown to become one of Europe's largest independent cultural exchange organizations, hosting programs that facilitate interaction among individuals of all cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds, from across the world. In September 2013, WAAS and IUC signed an MOU establishing a partnership for cooperation in promoting conferences, research projects as well as a specific proposal to develop a PhD program in cultural diplomacy involving ICD, University of Bucharest, University of Cluj, University of Sienna, and the Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy. WAAS Trustee, Emil Constantinescu, is President of the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosted a WAAS roundtable on Search for an Alternative Paradigm to address the Multi-dimensional Global Crisis at the Library in June 2013 preparatory to a major international conference to expand WAAS activities in the Mediterranean region. BA is also partnering with WAAS on the World University Consortium project. The Director of the library is Ismail Serageldin, a Fellow of WAAS.
Nizami Ganjavi International Center
NGIC is a cultural, non-political organization based in Baku, Azerbaijan, dedicated to the memory of the Azerbaijani national poet Nizami Ganjavi, the study and dissemination of his works, the promotion of the principles embodied in his writings, the advancements of culture and creative expression, and the promotion of learning, dialogue and understanding between cultures and peoples. In September 2013, WAAS participated in an NGIC-Club of adrid preparatory meeting in Baku on Shared Societies and entered into an MOU with NGIC to promote collaboration in matters of a culture of peace, dialogue, tolerance and understanding within the framework of the programs and sources of action of both entities, through joint programs in areas such as education, culture, science, the environment, human rights, public security with a particular focus on intercultural dialogue and action. WAAS Fellow Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, is Co-Chair of the Board of NGIC.
United Nations Academic Impact
WAAS is now a member of the UNAI, an association of 1000 colleges and universities in some 120 countries working with the United Nations to promote global priorities, including peace, human rights and sustainable development. The Academy looks to collaborate with UNAI to promote a new paradigm in global higher education.
The World Academy of Art and Science is composed of 730 individual Fellows from diverse cultures, nationalities, and intellectual disciplines, chosen for eminence in art, the natural and social sciences, and the humanities. Established in 1960 by distinguished individuals concerned by the impact of the explosive growth of knowledge, its activities seek to address global issues related to the social consequences and policy implications of knowledge. The Academy serves as a forum for reflective scientists, artists, and scholars to discuss the vital problems of humankind independent of political boundaries or limits, whether spiritual or physical -- a forum where these problems can be discussed objectively, scientifically, globally, and free from vested interests or regional attachments, to arrive at solutions that affirm universal human rights and serve the interests of all humanity. WAAS is founded on faith in the power of original and creative ideas -- Real Ideas with effective power -- to change the world. Its motto is "Leadership in thought that leads to action."
The spirit of the Academy can be expressed in the words of Albert Einstein: "The creations of our mind shall be a blessing and not a curse to mankind." Its Fellows share the ambition (as the Founders said in their 1960 Manifesto) "to rediscover the language of mutual understanding," surmounting differences in tradition, language, and social structure which, unless fused by creative imagination and continuous effort, dissolve the latent human commonwealth in contention and conflict.
The aim of the Academy's founders was to function as "an informal WORLD UNIVERSITY at the highest scientific and ethical level, in which deep human understanding and the fullest sense of responsibility will meet."
The World Academy of Art and Science is an association of committed individuals drawn from diverse cultures, nationalities, occupations and intellectual pursuits spanning the arts, humanities and sciences, conscious of the profound social consequences and policy implications of knowledge, and united by a common aspiration to address the urgent challenges and emerging opportunities confronting humanity today. Our mission is to promote cross-disciplinary dialogue generative of original ideas and integrated perspectives that comprehend the root causes and effective remedies for our common problems, while furthering those currents of thought and social movement that affirm the value of human dignity and equitable development. The Academy dedicates itself to the pursuit of creative, catalytic ideas that can provide to present and future generations enlightened leadership in thought that leads to effective action.
The idea of founding an international association for exploring major concerns of humanity in a nongovernmental context grew out of many conversations that took place among leading scientists and intellectuals in the years following World War II. Prominent among this group were people such as Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer who had played a part in the development of the atomic bomb and were deeply concerned about how it and other scientific advances might be used – or misused.
This informal project took a major step forward in 1956, when a meeting – The First International Conference on Science and Human Welfare – was held in Washington, D. C. The organizers were two American scientists: Richard Montgomery Field of Princeton, who had worked for many years as chairman of an international committee on the social values of science; and John A. Fleming, former President of the International Council of Scientific Unions. At the end of the conference, participants agreed to take steps toward the formation of a World Academy, and elected an International Preparatory Committee for that purpose. Its members were: (from France) Pierre Chouard, George Laclavére and G. Le Lionnaise; (from the United Kingdom) Ritchie Calder, H. Munro Fox and Joseph Needham; and (from the United States) Robert Oppenheimer.
The Academy was formally founded (and its first officers elected) in 1960. They were: as President, Lord John Boyd Orr of Scotland; as Vice Presidents, Hermann Joseph Muller of the United States and Hugo Ostvald of Sweden; and, as Secretary General, Hugo Boyko of Israel.
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Recent Articles
The Security & Sustainability Guide
A 250-page "Interim Draft" PDF of The S&S Guide, a project of the World Academy of Art & Science, will be available for limited distribution free of charge. It reflects the critical fact that sustainability and security are both essential and can only be achieved in concert. The Guide is incomplete, but the compilers believe that, even in its current state, many will find it useful for illuminating many of the most serious problems facing humanity under the broad, overlapping categories of "Security" (weapons proliferation, terrorism, cyber-attacks, economic and food insecurity, human rights, peacemaking, crime and corruption, inadequate infrastructure, etc.) and "Sustainability" (climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, energy, agriculture, population growth, cities, oceans, forests, vulnerability to disasters, green economics and nance, etc.)
Baku, AzerbaijanMar 14 2019 to Mar 17 2019WAAS members are invited to participate in a high level international conference hosted by Nizama... READ MOREDubrovnik, CroatiaMar 21 2019 to Mar 22 2019On March 21-22, 2019 the World Academy and the Club of Rome are convening a meeting of concerned... READ MOREPodgoricaMay 16 2019 to May 18 2019The unprecedented speed and rate of change of globalization, technological development and... READ MOREPolytechnic University of Milan, ItalyJul 23 2019 to Jul 25 2019WAAS is collaborating with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world'... READ MOREBelgrade, SerbiaNov 1 2019 to Nov 5 2019A new type of education—a new paradigm—is urgently needed to address the challenges and paradoxes... READ MORE
Future of Democracy: Challenges & Opportunities - Recent Course
Democracy is under siege. Traditional bastions of liberal democracy are faltering. Young democracies are reverting to their authoritarian pasts. Populism, corporatization of the media, fake news, retreat from globalism, oligarchy, corruption and other perils are undermining fairness, effectiveness and truthfulness. Just when it appeared that the world was converging on a universal set of values and standards for governance at the national and international level, fundamental questions are being raised regarding the viability and sustainability of democratic institutions. Recent events raise fundamental questions regarding the institutions of governance and also about the underlying social, psychological, cultural and evolutionary processes that determine how these institutions function.
Is democracy in its current form really the most viable and effective system of governance? Are human beings sufficiently rational and selfless to govern themselves justly and effectively? Is the future of democracy at the national level compatible with the persistence of non-democratic institutions at the international level? By what process has the distribution of social power shifted from army, monarchy, aristocracy to democracy and how is that process likely to evolve further in future? To what extent are the institutional problems confronting democracy today reflections of underlying social, psychological and cultural factors and processes? What proven and potential safeguards and remedies are available to address the failures and insufficiencies of contemporary democracies? Is democracy the best possible system or merely a stage in the evolution of governance toward something more stable, an effective and equitable system?
Mind, Thinking & Creativity - Recent Course
Mind is humanity's highest developed instrument for seeking knowledge. It is the master tool that we use to comprehend the present, remember the past, and anticipate and plan for the future. From the act of striking two flints together to create fire to combining strings of 1s and 0s to design the code for supercomputers, mind has enabled humanity to create remarkable technologies and organized global institutions. The mind is the unifying foundation on which humanity's entire social evolution is based. To understand this vital instrument better, the World Academy of Art & Science and World University Consortium have launched a ground-breaking project to explore Mind, Thinking and Creativity. A greater understanding of the nature of mind, its ways of knowing, the limits to thinking and rationality, mind's untapped potential, the workings of creativity and genius are essential for addressing the challenges confronting humanity today.
In April 2016 WAAS and WUC, along with partnering organizations IACP, IUC, DHUC, and MSS organized a four-day roundtable on Mind, Thinking and Creativity 2016 at Dubrovnik, Croatia for to explore fundamental questions. The meeting was attended by experts from different fields of natural and social science, including medicine, neuroscience, engineering, psychology, sociology, economics, law, and philosophy. Video recordings, presentations and papers for the roundtable are available here. The enthusiastic interest generated by the Dubrovnik meeting spurred efforts of WAAS and the World University Consortium to commence work on a on-line course on this subject which is now underway. A report on last year's meeting including videos and presentations was included in the Academy's July 2016 newsletter.
Roundtable 2 -- November 2017 at Dubrovnik
The second roundtable on Mind, Thinking & Creativity is being conducted by the World University Consortium, the World Academy of Art & Science, the Mother's Service Society, Person-Centered Approach Institute, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy and the Inter-University Centre from November 6-8, 2017 at Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Human-Centered Economics - Recent Course
A Post-Graduate Certificate Course in Human-Centered Economics will be conducted by the World Academy of Art & Science, the World University Consortium, The Mother's Service Society, Person-Centered Approach Institute, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy and Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia from Feb 1-Feb 3,2017 at Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
The multidimensional challenges confronting humanity today are human-made and can be changed by a change in thought and action. Contemporary economic thought is built on a mind-frame that originated prior to the Industrial Revolution when scarcity of goods in a world of abundant resources was the primary concern, economic growth was considered synonymous with human welfare, and impact of humanity on the environment was completely ignored. Without challenging obvious flaws in existing theory, it will be not be possible to significantly alter current policies and practices.
The overall aim of the course is to (a) demonstrate why mainstream neo-classical economic theory is inappropriate for dealing with the global challenges of the c.21st, and (b) explore alternative approaches for achieving ecologically sustainable, human-centered development and welfare for all.
This course will present the findings of a five year research program of the World Academy of Art & Science and the on-going work of the New Economic Theory working group. It will harness the best available ideas and practices on human-centred, sustainable economy to create informative, authoritative and compelling educational and communication tools with the power to challenge and alter university level education in Economics, public policy, business decisions, media coverage and general public opinion regarding how the world economy should and can work for the betterment of all humanity.
Social Power - Recent Course
A Post-Graduate Certificate Course in Social Power, Empowerment & Social Evolution will be conducted by the World Academy of Art & Science, the World University Consortium, The Mother's Service Society, Person-Centered Approach Institute, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy and Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia from Oct 31-Nov 4, 2016 at Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Humanity lives in a time of unprecedented capacity for accomplishment in every field of social life. Never before have we possessed power of this magnitude for good or for evil. Never before has power been so widely distributed within society. Democracy, law, human rights, science, technology, education and many other forms of social organization have generated immense power. Society governs the possession and exercise of this power through formal structures and institutions, such as law and human rights, as well as through both legitimate and extra-legal informal mechanisms including status, wealth, popularity, political influence and corruption. The distribution of power in its various forms powerfully impacts on the functioning of the economy, political system, educational, scientific, religious and and other social institutions, and on the overall productivity, strength, integrity, harmony and welfare of society. This transdisciplinary course will explore the sources, expressions, determinants and consequences of the creation, distribution and exercise of social power in its various expressions in politics, economy, society and culture and its consequences for the evolution of society as a whole.
Mind, Thinking & Creativity - Recent Course
Mind is humanity's highest developed instrument for seeking knowledge. It is an instrument with remarkable capabilities and characteristic limitations. It is ironic that we invest so little time in education and scientific endeavor trying to understand the nature of mental knowledge and the character of the mental processes by which we arrive at it. The objective of this course is to arrive at an understanding of the inherent limits to rationality and mental ways of knowing, as well as the extraordinary creative and intuitive processes by which mind transcends those limitations and tends toward genius.
Thinking is the activity by which mind associates, organizes, coordinates and integrates information, thoughts and ideas. Creative thinking is the process by which mind extends the boundaries of existing thought and knowledge to connect, reconcile and unify previously unconnected or contradictory perspectives. This course will explore the characteristics of mental knowledge and thought processes, types of thinking, the character of rational thought, the mental and social construction of knowledge, deep thinking, creativity and genius. Rather than focus on abstract philosophical concepts, it will apply this knowledge to understand both the sources of humanity's prolific mental creativity, the characteristic problems it confronts due to irresolvable conflicts and contradictions between mental perspectives, and their resolution in different fields of natural and social science, public policy, collective and individual behavior.
Future Education - Recent Course
A Post-Graduate Certificate Course in Future Education was conducted by the World Academy of Art & Science, the World University Consortium, The Mother's Service Society, Person-Centered Approach Institute, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy and Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia from September 21-23, 2015 at Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Education is our best hope for a better future. Emergence of a new paradigm in education can radically abridge the time required for humanity to address critical issues related to economy, governance, ecology and life-style. Education is the best known instrument for ensuring universal human rights, promoting democracy, enhancing productivity and protecting the environment.There is urgent need to evolve a new paradigm in education appropriate to the needs of the 21st century. Closing the gap between social needs and educational capabilities is essential for addressing pressing challenges confronting humanity today. A review of education today makes evident that there is enormous scope for improving and developing the educational system. Whatever its current limitations in terms of inadequate coverage, quality and content, the means and potential exist for dramatically enhancing humanity's individual and collective performance in virtually all spheres of our social existence by realistic, achievable improvements in education. We need a new paradigm in education capable of more fully and effectively developing the latent capacities of our youth.
Essence of Effective Leadership - Recent Course
A Post-Graduate Certificate Course in Essence of Effective Leadership was conducted by the World Academy of Art & Science, the World University Consortium, The Mother's Service Society, Person-Centered Approach Institute, Dag Hammarskjöld University College of International Relations and Diplomacy and Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia from March 31 to April 3, 2015 at Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
This course explored the characteristics common to leaders in business, politics, civil society, science, arts, professions and education and examined methods by which these characteristics can be consciously developed by individuals. The presentations consist of theory, practical strategies, and a wide range of examples drawn from biography, history, management, and literature from movies illustrating the principles under discussion. Apart from the presentations, our faculty interacted with participants to bring home the theoretical significance and practical relevance of the material.
Individual Accomplishment, Growth & the Character of Life in Management, History,
Literature, and Psychology - Recent Course
The Individual is the catalyst of all social progress, the source of creativity, innovation, new ideas and new initiatives. The individual is the genetic source of human diversity. The entrepreneur, inventor, social reformer, revolutionary leader, original thinker and creative artist are a few of individuality's expressions. Yet how little we understand about the characteristics of true individuality, the ways in which it expresses, the means for developing it, and the means for realizing real individuality in one's own life.
History demonstrates that individuals have the power to change the world. This course explored the relationship between personality and accomplishment. It examined the role of Individuality and Values in personal achievement, growth of personality and social progress drawing on evidence from Management Science, History, Psychology and Literature. It explored the relationship between creative individuals and society searching for insights into the principles and process that govern successful human initiatives and their consequences in various fields of life.
The course was intended for both students and practitioners in all fields interested in advancing theoretical understanding and practical approaches to promote the development of entrepreneurship, individuality, creativity, original thinking and other forms of social innovation. It explored the role of the individual in development of society, elucidated the characteristics of true individuals, the source of their amazing power for accomplishment and the process by which they act as catalysts of social innovation. While the presentation was academic, the objective was to impart original insights and practical knowledge for personal growth and individuation.
Toward a Trans-disciplinary Science of Society - Recent Course
Today humanity is confronted by a plethora of serious challenges – political, economic, legal, social, cultural, psychological and ecological. These challenges are complex, interrelated, and global in reach. They are a reflection of the inadequacy of current institutions and policies and at a deeper level the inadequacy of current knowledge. They defy comprehension and resolution based on the prevailing principles of social science. The specialized knowledge developed by separate disciplines is inadequate to deal with the increasingly complex interdependencies of the real world. Knowledge needs to evolve to keep pace with the evolution of society.
The evolution of a complex, highly integrated global society necessitates the development of a more comprehensive and integrated science of society. The division into various specialized fields has been a useful mental strategy for the development of the social sciences, leading to significant advances in all fields – knowledge which needs to be preserved and enhanced by future developments. Yet it is increasingly evident that a more comprehensive and integrated approach is now required. As society evolves, its different functions develop greater complexity. At the same time they become more closely and complexly interlinked and interdependent on one another. Economy today is highly dependent on the political system and laws governing the distribution and enforcement of power in society, legal concepts regarding ownership of property and human rights, public institutions responsible for the creation and management of money, rules for commerce between nations, public policies influencing income and wealth distribution, processes that determine collective decision-making, public investment in education and training, and social expectations regarding economy and the future, etc. A recent announcement by the White House of an 'intention' to examine measures to discourage shifting of US firms to tax havens overseas resulted in a 10% fall in market value for several large firms.
Strategic Planning Committee Program Framework
Being a world academy composed of members drawn from the arts, social and physical sciences, humanities, business, public administration and civil society poses fundamental questions. How can WAAS distinguish itself from other national and regional academies? Is there really a common meeting point between art and science? Is there a unique contribution that WAAS can make to the world's knowledge?
At the New Delhi General Assembly, Fellows explored facets of a new program framework developed by the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) which seeks to answer these questions in the affirmative. Rather than distinguish itself by specializing on a particular set of disciplines, issues or geographic area, the framework is an attempt to formulate a comprehensive approach and integrated perspective of knowledge inclusive of all disciplinary perspectives and applicable to social problems and opporunities in all fields.
The core of the framework is a human-centered conception of what constitutes reliable knowing, a question posed to the SPC by Ruben Nelson. In his presentation to the GA, Garry Jacobs explained how this conception applies to WAAS's projects on new economic theory, individuality and limits to rationality. Pushpa Bhargava pointed out that a human centered perspective naturally incorporates ecology, since the survival and full development of humanity depends on its capacity to evolve in harmony with the environment.
New Paradigm Program
Scope: The world confronts multiple crises, each of which resists current efforts at resolution and appears intractable. The environmental crisis of climate change occupied the center stage in the mid-2000s. Fears of nuclear weapons proliferation, which had subsided into complacency in the years following the end of the Cold War, suddenly surfaced with renewed intensity when Korea tested nuclear weapons and long range missiles and news surfaced of Iran's secret nuclear weapons program in 2007.
Then the subprime mortgage crisis exploded in late 2008, spreading havoc through financial markets across the world. It was followed quickly by a sudden and substantial slowing of economic growth in OECD countries, rising levels of unemployment and most recently a crisis of excessive government debt.
In spite of the enormous attention being given to each of these issues by specialists nationally and internationally, progress on all fronts appears to be nearly at a standstill or at least far too slow to meet pressing human concerns. The times we live in are a Wild West of globalization and the unbridled, unregulated expansion of international activities threatens to destabilize and undermine the remarkable progress of the previous five decades.
This project is predicated on the assumption that each of these problems defies solution because they all represent problems that transcend the sovereign powers of the nation-state. None of them can be fully and satisfactorily addressed by nation-states acting individually. All are symptoms of the evolution of world society to a stage where concerted and coordinated global action is required to meet the collective needs of humanity for peace, security, financial stability, economic welfare and sustainable development. This project has been conceived to address the underlying and interrelated issues that all these challenges pose to global governance.
World University Consortium
The mission of World University Consortium is to evolve and promote development of accessible, affordable, quality higher education worldwide based on a human-centered approach that shifts the emphasis from specialized expertise to contextualized knowledge within a trans-disciplinary conceptual framework reflecting the complexity and integration of the real world, from teaching mastery of a field of knowledge to learning that enhances the capacity of students to think and discover knowledge for themselves, from theoretical mastery to acquisition of knowledge, skills and values relevant to each individual's personal development and career – an educational system better suited to develop the full potentials of social personality and individuality for productive engagement, social welfare and psychological well-being. The objectives are:
- Identify global best practices and develop effective global models and strategies to improve accessibility, affordability, quality, innovation and relevance in higher education appropriate to the needs of the 21st century.
- Develop innovative, open learning systems and more effective models that extend the reach of quality higher education to people of all age groups globally.
- Explore new models of online and hybrid delivery systems designed to facilitate learning through teacher-student and student-student interaction.
- Enhance the learning process through research, development and application of advanced instruments for measurement and evaluation of educational processes.
- Promote person-centered approaches that emphasize self-guided learning, critical and original thinking, inspirational forms of instruction, learning to learn, trans-disciplinary contextualized perspectives, learning by teaching and sharing with others, edutainment and experiential learning.
- Develop transcultural and culture-specific methods and content reflecting universal human values.
- Create a worldwide forum where all the stakeholders can meet, interact and create new networks, partnerships and projects.
A multidisciplinary group from the World Academy of Art & Science and the Club of Rome are leading a quest for a new human-centered theory of economics that reflects recent changes resulting from the emergence of a service-based economy, globalization, rising social aspirations and changing values, and is integrated with political, social, ecological, technological, and cultural factors from which it is inseparable.
Mind is humanity's highest developed instrument for seeking knowledge. It is an instrument with remarkable capabilities and characteristic limitations. It is ironic that we invest so little time in education and scientific endeavor trying to understand the nature of mental knowledge and the character of the mental processes by which we arrive at it.
The objective of this project is to arrive at an understanding of the inherent limits to rationality and mental ways of knowing, as well as the extraordinary creative and intuitive processes by which mind transcends those limitations and tends toward genius.
Access to employment is the most essential requirement for providing economic security to the world's burgeoning population.
This interdisciplinary dialogue explores theoretical and practical aspects of the global employment challenge, including its demographic, economic, legal, political, psychological dimensions as well as linkages with the international financial crisis, social stability, and terrorism.
Individuality is the crown of human evolution and the catalyst for social progress, yet there are very different conceptions of what constitutes true individuality, the relationship between the individual and society, and whether humanity is inevitably evolving toward higher levels of individuality.
This project will explore the essential nature of individuality, the social and cultural factors that foster it, its role in social development, its myriad expressions in the original thinker, creative artist, political leader, entrepreneur, inventor and social innovator, and the means available to society to foster it.
The evolution of international law and human rights represent crucial threads in the progressive development of global rule of law.
This project will explore the relationship between the social, political and legal dimensions of global rule of law in an effort to frame the boundaries of a wider approach to the evolution of global governance. Emphasis will be place to re-examining the concept of national sovereignty and the common rights of humanity in an increasingly globalized world.
In 2013 WAAS launched a project to explore important developments in recently emerging fields of science, with e-conferences on the Science of Networks and the Science of Complexity. The project involves an application of concepts and tools from the new sciences relevant to address the global challenges confronting humanity today and to the evolution of a transdisciplinary science of society.
The devastating consequences of nuclear war and the potential destructive applications of science and technology were paramount concerns among Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Robert Oppenheimer, Joseph Rotblat and others which led to the founding of the World Academy in 1960.
Nuclear disarmament is a sine qua non for effectively addressing other issues of global important – terrorism, financial stability, unemployment, poverty, climate change, democratization of the UN and other aspects of global governance. In recent years, the Academy has conducted numerous conferences, seminars and workshops and collaborating with other organizations in an effort to promote concrete steps toward immediate and total global nuclear disarmament.
The Security & Sustainability Guide
A 250-page "Interim Draft" PDF of The S&S Guide, a project of the World Academy of Art & Science, will be available for limited distribution free of charge. It reflects the critical fact that sustainability and security are both essential and can only be achieved in concert. The Guide is incomplete, but the compilers believe that, even in its current state, many will find it useful for illuminating many of the most serious problems facing humanity under the broad, overlapping categories of "Security" (weapons proliferation, terrorism, cyber-attacks, economic and food insecurity, human rights, peacemaking, crime and corruption, inadequate infrastructure, etc.) and "Sustainability" (climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, energy, agriculture, population growth, cities, oceans, forests, vulnerability to disasters, green economics and nance, etc.)
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Jordan Eberle played 20 AHL games over two seasons with Springfield, and he racked up nine goals and 23 points. Since then he's played two NHL seasons, including an excellent 76-point campaign in 2011/2012. Will he think the AHL is beneath him?
Not a chance. I caught up to Eberle before he left for Oklahoma City and got his thoughts on the AHL, Justin Schultz, the Riders and even "Hall N' Ebs."
Gregor: How frustrating has the lockout been for you and have you gotten any advice from veteran players on how to deal with it?
Eberle: A little bit, yeah it's frustrating. No one wants to go through this, everyone wants to play hockey. I was looking at the schedule today and we were scheduled to play an exhibition game in Regina today and it kind of made me mad; I wanted to be there [laughs].
But it's getting to the point where you're sick of working out and you're sick of doing drills and you just want to get playing. So I'm excited to go down there and get things going. It sucks and everyone just wants to play hockey. I spoke to Ryan (Whitney), he was one guy who went down to the American League during the lockout and he said that it was one of the most fun years he's ever had in his career. They had a winning team and with the calibre of talent that we have, we should be a winning team as well. So I'm excited for that opportunity to go down there and see what happens.
JG: You've played in the AHL before so you understand what the leagues about, you respect it, but at the same time you have two years of NHL experience. How do you ensure you go down there and respect the league enough that you don't get injured, don't get lazy and don't pick up bad habits?
JE: I've got to go there with the right mindset. I've been working on it a little bit and the AHL is a great league. A lot of the players are close to being in the NHL and with the guys going down it's going to be better than what it normally is. I think that the positive thing is that I'm going there with Nuge and obviously Schultz and guys like Magnus Paajarvi, Anton Lander, Colten Teubert. I just have to put my head in the right place and realize that it's not an easy league. It's a league, like I said before, with a lot of the guys could play in the NHL. It's going to get me ready hopefully for when the season starts.
JG: Are you expecting that you and Nugent-Hopkins will play together on a line?
JE: I spoke to coach Nelson and he had mentioned that we were going to start, and obviously that's great. I played with him all year. It's nice to get a little familiarity down there, and a little comfort I guess.
JG: You definitely have a lot of comfort with Nugent-Hopkins. Why did you two have instant chemistry last year?
JE: I think that we play the game very similar. We think the game similar as well, it's almost like he does things and I watch him and I think about what I would have done and it would have been very similar if not the exact same thing. We like to cycle the puck, we like to play a give and go kind of game and I think that that's what gives us such good chemistry.
JG: OKC is a bigger city than Springfield where you played before, there's a lot more going on. Have you talked to the guys, what do they like about the city?
JE: The boys love it. I've spoken to them about what the city's like and it's obviously a great city. It's going to be hot. We've talked about it before, hopefully we catch maybe an NBA game; I've never seen one or even a Sooners game. There are a lot of positives and a lot of stuff going on down there.
JG: How much of a sports fan are you, other than hockey? Are you a guy that's a diehard sports fan or are you a diehard hockey fan?
JE: I mean number one is hockey, I love watching hockey. There's not too many nights where we're not watching a game when it's on. But summer time obviously golf and football are my big two. Golf majorly and then obviously I watch the Riders play and the NFL I'll go somewhere to watch it tonight.
JG: Do you have an NFL team that you cheer for?
JE: Not really. It's fun to make just casual bets with the guys and see how things play out
JG: Do you play fantasy football?
JE: I don't. Actually I was over at Strudwick's house last week for dinner and he had just gotten into it. He was talking about how he's addicted right now, so I might have to get into that.
JG: Something tells me that you could probably beat him at fantasy football.
JE: Oh yeah? Is he not doing very well?
JG: I hear he's doing OK, but he's in a beginner's league.
JE: [laughs] I think I'd have to start there too. I know the stars on most teams and the guys that put up a lot of points but when it comes to secondary guys, or guys that you would need to have big seasons I probably wouldn't know.
JG: You mentioned how you are sick of working out. After the success you had had last year, did it make this offseason even easier for you to go to the gym because you recognized that all of your hard work from the previous off-seasons paid off?
JE: Oh yeah. I mean I've done the same thing for many years and this summer that I felt older and stronger and a little bigger in the gym, Working out is [something that] I enjoy. I have a trainer that I've been working with for a eight years, Doug Crashley, and we had the same group of guys that train with him. I enjoy going there and having fun. It's almost like the dressing room where you hang around with the guys and talk about what we did and what was going on. It's a great atmosphere.
JG: How many Rider games did you get to go to this year?
JE: I've been to three. I've been watching them, they've turned it around in the last little bit, hopefully they'll get better.
JG: Now when you go to the rider games, do you have a set group of guys that you go with all of the time, and do you tailgate?
JE: I went to a game in Edmonton, one in Calgary and one in Regina. But I'm the same as any other guy; I wear the jersey and just enjoy the crowd.
JG: What is your Rider jersey, do you have a number on the back?
JE: Yeah, I have a Dressler jersey. I have a few actually. I have a Joseph one, , Getzlaf, Dressler, I have one that's Eberle with number 14 that they had given me. I have a few.
JG: Have you ever worn the Eberle one out to a game?
JE: No I haven't. One of my buddies did one time to Edmonton. Everyone thought that he was me, it was pretty funny.
JG: Now would you ever put your name on the back of a Rider's jersey with Dressler's number? Are you a believer in things like jersey fouls?
JE: I don't know if I could pull that off. You should ask Hallsy. I think that he did that with his Bautista jersey. He put his name with Bautista's number and he thought that was pretty cool (laughs).
JG: Are you a baseball fan?
JE: I watch the Blue Jays a little bit. But to be honest I get a little bored watching the game. I love playing; I got into playing a little over the summer. We used to get a Saturday pickup game going. We went out a few times and played. I have to admit, I hit the ball, I'm not a big hitter, but my fielding is where it's at. I'm good at fielding.
JG: Are you an infielder?
JE: Yes, I'm an infielder. I usually play short stop or something.
JG: I could see that correlation, your hands seem to be your forte when you're on the ice. You said you like to watch a lot of hockey. When you watch a hockey game, are you just enjoying it for what it is or are you dissecting it and watching it for specific things?
JE: I like to dissect the game. Even from a young age I've tried to think about where the puck is going to go next. And obviously there's certain guys that you try to watch play. I love watching Crosby and Giroux and other skilled guys, I think that they're fun to watch. You try to pick things out of their game that you want to incorporate into your game, and obviously the highlights too. I'm just like any hockey fan. There are a few guys on our team who are just like that too and we are always talking about other games or the crazy plays.
JG: Individually you had a much better season; 76 points, top 15 in the league but you didn't win the TSN play of the year. You set the bar high as a rookie. Can you get back there again?
JE: A lot of people are giving me that one. But I'd rather score 50 goals off of my butt than score one nice one. I think that I was up there, I had one nice one. It's not something that I'm trying to do for sure. I'm just trying to get the puck in the net.
JG: I think you on TSN that you were voted a better player on TSN than Crosby. Did you see that?
JE: I think I beat out Toews and Crosby, Hallsy beat out Stamkos. Hallsy beat me out in the final. There were obviously a lot of Edmonton Oilers fans voting for that because that's a little biased there for sure.
JG: Did Hall get his buddies to stuff the ballot box when he beat you?
JE: I'm pretty sure that Hallsy voted for himself all day one time. He's got the bragging rights now.
JG: You had a great season, but I get the sense from you that you're never going to be satisfied, you always want to look at improving an element of your game. Is there anything specific you've focused on improving?
JE: Yeah for sure. I've already talked to some of the guys and obviously my defensive game. I'm known for being an offensive guy, but it would be nice to improve on my defensive side of the game. It will be good to get some penalty killing time and I think that it's going to be good for me and Nuge
I think that there are a few guys down there (OKC) that are going to be key parts of the Oilers moving forward and I think that we need to get that winning attitude. We're going to be a great team and I think that when you put it together, and string some wins together; it just makes things more enjoyable when you're winning games. I think that we need that attitude in our locker room so hopefully we can bring it over.
JG: If the Oilers are ever going to win, not only do you need great players, but you also need a great team and a lot of complementary guys like Hartikainen, Pitlick, Paajarvi. Is that one of the reasons why you chose to go to the American League instead of going to Europe?
JE: Yeah, not only that but the American League is right up there, it's going to be one of the best leagues this year. I got that opportunity to go down there, so why not take it. If you could ask the majority of the guys on my team where they want to play it would be in the American League. It's close to home, you're still playing with the Oilers organization and you're playing with a good team. So it's just such a good option to have at a young age and you get to play hockey, so that's number one.
JG: Have you ever played centre?
JE: A little bit. They had me a little bit in Junior it's a position I like, I'm fairly good down low but I can't imagine that they would switch me there.
JG: Some think it might it be easier to experiment in the AHL than it would be in the NHL. Do you agree?
JE: [Laughs] I wish it was that easy, but it's not. The American League is a good league. I think that guys are going to be keen on shutting me and Nuge down and it's just going to make us better.
JG: What do you know about Justin Schultz?
JE: I've been skating with him the last few weeks here and I'm really excited to see him in games. He's tremendously skilled and he's walked around me lots of times. He can shoot very well, is a great puck handler, he sees the ice fairly well so I think that he is going to be a huge addition to our team.
JG: Also he has a bomb on the point on the power play. Todd Nelson said he'll use Schultz on the point, Nugent-Hopkins on the side wall and you on the PP.
JE: Yeah, it's amazing to see that. It's hopefully going to be one of our units in Edmonton. Hopefully when Hallsy's healthy he can come down and play low. So that it looks like we've got our full power play. I think that we're going to have that extra step ahead of maybe some teams when the season starts, just by building that chemistry between me and Nuge and hopefully we're going to have that step ahead on the power play. It's good to have those options.
JG: How do you think Hallsy is going to react to "Hall N' Ebs" now that Ebs goes down to the American League?
JE: [Laughs] I actually love those things, I think that they are hilarious. Mainly because they make me look good and him like an idiot. But he's not really like that in real life.
JG: Have you ever gone online and sent him a link?
JE: I haven't heard one since maybe last year during the season. We were on the golf course the other week and someone started singing it and we got a good chuckle out of it.
JG: If you want a good laugh they did one recently about the lockout it is damn funny.
JE: I'll have to listen to that for sure. Then maybe I'll text him the link. He'll love it (laughs).
Clearly Eberle respects the AHL and I'd be very surprised if he and Nugent-Hopkins aren't near the top of the scoring race. The Barons have two exhibition games this weekend before they open their season October 12th.
If you want to see Eberle, RNH and Schultz play we have a few seats left on our road trip at the end of October. You will see the OKC Barons for two games and sandwiched in between you will enjoy an electric college football atmosphere as the Oklahoma Sooners host Notre Dame.
Friday Oct 26th… OKC v. Houston.
Saturday Oct 27th…Sooners host Notre Dame.|
Sunday Oct 28th…OKC v. Texas.
There are two different flight options. With OPTION ONE you will also get access to the OKC Barons morning skate and a tour of the rink.
OPTION ONE… $1,589.00 CAD per person based on double occupancy…
Oct 25th… Depart Edmonton 11:50pm through Houston arrive in OKC at 8:35 am.
Oct 29th… Depart Oklahoma City 12:18pm throught Houston arrive in EDM at 7:19 pm
- Courtyard Downtown Marriott – 3 nights including taxes – official hotel of the OKC Barons –
- Barons game ticket on the 26th, Sooners ticket on the 27th and Barons game ticket on the 28th.
- Shuttle service from airport to hotel and back to airport plus transportation to/from the Sooners football game.
OPTION TWO:… $1,759.00 CAD per person based on double occupancy….
Oct 26th.. Depart Edmonton 6:09 am though Denver arrive in OKC at 12:46 p.m.
Oct 29th…Depart OKC at 6:15 am through Denver arrive in EDM at 11:05 a.m.
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2012: Solid second season at linebacker … started all nine games … Academic All-NEFC … finished with a career best 27 tackles ... second among linebackers in stops … matched his 2011 best with four stops in the first game of the season against Becker (9/8) … four solo tackles and one pass break up at Curry (9/21) … five tackles against Plymouth State (10/6) … five more at Nichols (10/27) … set a new career best with six stops at Endicott (11/3).
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text: Howdy,People have been telling me to add a few more mid-range schools, so I've done a bit of research and it seems like Washington and Lee and William and Mary may be good fits. Perferably, I would like a school with a strong enough reputation to get me a good job on the East Coast, but with a possiblity of returning to Texas if I wanted to. Does anyone know much about these two universities? They seem similar, can anyone compare and contrast them? Thanks and Gig 'Em,Jason


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School districts cautious about shooting threat
School districts throughout San Antonio sent letters home to parents Monday informing them of an anonymous threat of a mass shooting at an unspecified elementary school.
An email threatening the violence was sent last weekend to numerous Northside Independent School District officials at various elementary schools and its central office. San Antonio Police Department officials met Monday morning with school district police chiefs to coordinate a response.
Officials do not believe the threat is credible but are taking it seriously, Police Chief William McManus said Monday.
The single-paragraph e-mail, composed with casual spelling and erratic punctuation, got right to the point. "You won't see day lights no more," it began, according to a copy obtained by the Express-News. Its author, self-identified as the "San Antonio serial killer," specified a mass shooting would occur between 9:45 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. Thursday.
"You will never know what School that is going to be! so it can be whatever!" the email stated. "That means some families will definitely miss their kids and never see them again."
McManus said investigators had some idea who might have sent it based on previous threats, declining to elaborate except to say this one was different because it was targeting schools. Even if no shooting is planned, the email's author could be charged with making terroristic threats, he said.
Several school district spokesmen said every school district in the city was communicating with parents, using an SAPD statement that noted San Antonio's Regional Intelligence Center, or SARIC, and the FBI were "evaluating the validity of the threat and tracing its source."Northside ISD's letter to parents stated that, although "this may well be a hoax, we have to treat the threat seriously."
School district spokesmen said their police departments would add patrols and be on heightened alert but encouraged parents to send their kids to school, as some may be taking state standardized tests this week.
SAPD is also stepping up security at and around schools all week, McManus said. He said it was up to parents to decide whether to keep their kids home but added, "We feel we've got a pretty firm handle on it."
Several school officials questioned the timing of the threat, noting Thursday's scheduled testing and speculating that the sender of the email might be trying to extend Friday's school closures for the Battle of Flowers parade into a four-day weekend.
"While we don't know how legitimate this threat is, staff at all SAISD schools have been alerted to be hyper vigilant about security procedures this week," said a statement posted to the San Antonio Independent School District website.
SAPD officials said information about the threat or anything suspicious can be reported by calling 210-225-TIPS (8477).
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Friday, June 14
7 p.m. - 11 p.m. Twilight on the Terrace, a high-end cocktail party and major fundraiser for Baltimore Pride, offers an open bar and dancing to music from DJ J.R. Embrey. While gaudy outfits are sometimes de rigeur for Pride weekend, Twilight on the Terrace is a bit more refined -- the suggested attire is "garden-party chic." Gertrude's at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive. $150.
Saturday, June 15
3 p.m. Competitors in the High-Heel Race face the daunting task of running fast while maintaining their balance. Think it's easy? You try it sometime. Hey, there's a reason Usain Bolt runs in flats. The winner will receive a prize package worth close to $1,100. Sign-ups begin at 2 p.m., with the race in front of the main stage at North Charles and Read streets.
3:30 p.m. The annual few-holds-barred Pride Parade goes from Mount Vernon north on Charles Street to Chase Street. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will be the parade's grand marshal.
5 p.m. - 9 p.m. The always spirited Pride Block Party runs after the parade, with music provided by Baltimore native Ultra Nate and DJ Rosie. A roster of beauty kings and queens -- everyone from Araya Sparxx, Miss Gay Maryland 2013, to Skyy Sensation, Miss Gay Peru -- will also be appearing. Free. On the main stage, at North Charles and Eager streets.
9 p.m. - 2 a.m. DJ Lawless will provide the music for Summer Reign, "the Official Baltimore Gay Pride event for the 25 and older women who love women." $15-$20, at Paparazzi Nightclub, 407 E. Saratoga St.
Sunday, June 16
Noon - 5 p.m. Performers Septimius, Unity and J Pope and Funk Friday will provide the entertainment for the day-long Pride Festival in Druid Hill Park. The festival will also feature vendors, the Lady Lisa memorial Drag Stage, a Family Zone -- and, at 2:30 p.m., the WeDo Baltimore mass wedding.


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Men of the Year 2011: The Knockout: Mila Kunis
** ****by **Michael Idov**Photograph by ** Terry Richardson
Twelve hours before I'm scheduled to meet Mila Kunis, I lose my voice. I don't mean I can't nail the free in "The Star-Spangled Banner." I mean the only sound my throat is capable of delivering is a deeply creepy rasp best suited to the phrase get in my van.
It's a predicament straight out of a mediocre sitcom, which is appropriate. Like everyone else, I first laid eyes on Kunis in the weirdly resilient That '70s Show. But it wasn't until this year's anti-rom-com Friends with Benefits (written for Kunis and Justin Timberlake) that we were introduced to fully formed Star Mila: sardonic, brassy, effortlessly real, the girl we couldn't get out of our heads since Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The girl I am now about to present with my impression of a Tuvan throat singer.
Dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt, Kunis meets me in the lobby of her apartment building in suburban Detroit, where she is shooting Oz: The Great and Powerful, Sam Raimi's massive prequel to The Wizard of Oz. (She's a witch.) It takes one screeched "Hi!" for the interview agenda to go out the window. "Oh, I feel so bad! You're so siiick!" she coos. "Let's get you better." She takes me to a nearby Japanese restaurant for miso soup; it's closed, but they open for Kunis, a weekly customer. "Cough away," she instructs me over crab hand rolls. "Don't hold it in! You've got to let it out! Don't worry about me. I'll just take some vitamins later." I have unwittingly stumbled upon the one side of Kunis that hasn't shown up in movies yet: the Jewish mother.
Milena Markovna Kunis was born in Chernovtsy, in the then USSR, now Ukraine, in 1983. In Soviet context, Chernovtsy was a kind of notorious backwater. "It wasn't, like, a full-on village," Kunis protests with a giggle. "We had a movie theater. Streets were paved. We had a normal school." She enjoyed those fine amenities until second grade, when her parents moved the family to L.A., picking their new home for purely practical reasons: They had relatives there. Kunis fell into acting just as pragmatically: "My English was a little janky. I didn't have very many friends. And there was this place advertised on the radio as a place for kids to meet other kids—an acting class. My parents couldn't afford a babysitter. They said, 'Great, that takes up our Saturday.' "
Twenty years later, Kunis's take on her profession is still amazingly free of bullshit. Sometimes she seems more like a corporate consultant in town for a five-month stint to increase efficiency at a widget plant. (She explains the shoot's location with the phrase "We were grandfathered into the tax break.") When I mention this, Kunis releases a huge snorting laugh and breaks into a parody of a sultry actress: "This is my art. This is what I live for... No! I love what I do, but my theory is that it's people who doubt what they do and want to prove it to you, they're like 'It's art. I create art. It's art, art, art.' I'm like, Holy shit, are you fucking kidding me? I run around and pretend I'm someone else for twelve hours; I record Family Guy [she voices Meg]. Then I get to go home and watch Jersey Shore."
The restaurant refuses to charge us, and Kunis drops a crisp $100 bill for a tip. We move to an organic drugstore in search of her favorite cough syrup, Buckley's ("It's dis-gus-ting. I end up chugging the shit out of it"), then to her apartment, where the healing project begins to careen off the rails.
Kunis starts making us hot tea when she gets a better idea. "Let's get some Cabernet going," she says. "It'll make you feel better and it will make you drunk." She hands me a Grgich Hills Cabernet Franc (retail $50) to open, then sniffs the bottle and declares it "perfect for boiling." Into the saucepan it goes, followed by an avalanche of green-tea powder ("It's vitamins!"), two gelcaps of fish oil ("What's the difference? It's all going to end up liquefied and syrupy"), apple-cider vinegar ("'Cause that's just always good for you"), and Ayurvedic chai. "See," she says, "at least I didn't give you the women's bone vitamin." The result is a kind of glogg from hell. For a moment, we both admire the roiling potion. The melted gelcaps have coated the saucepan's bottom, while the released fish oil blots the surface.
"If I'm drinking this," I say, "you're drinking this." Kunis nods. "Yeah, I'll get wasted with you on this wine. Fuck it. It's good for you!" Suddenly she remembers something and dashes to the freezer. "I have vodka and I have tequila. What do you think kills germs better?"
"Aw, shit," is all I manage in response as Kunis upends half a bottle of Ketel One into the mix. "There. Healthy! This will kill everything." We pour the deadly liquid into two large mugs, settle in the living room, and clink. It's not bad. In fact, it's great. I begin to feel much better, which is to say I'm too soused and besotted to remember I'm sick.
Far too soon, it's 6 p.m., which is close to Kunis's bedtime. The shooting days work on a sliding schedule, and tomorrow she has to wake up at 3 a.m. to be on the set at four. As I wobble to the door, Kunis's plan for the remaining hour is to read Stieg Larsson, fall asleep to local news, or give Breaking Bad a try on Netflix and pass out to that. "What a horrible, funny life," she says, sounding either wistful or just mellow from the fish-oil green-tea vodka Cabernet. "But then I get to fly out and go home. It's not so bad." She repeats the line a few times. "It's not so bad." She could be meaning Detroit or stardom or life in general. "It's not so bad being here."
_Michael Idov wrote about a never-ending film shoot in the November issue of _GQ.


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22 May 2012, Geneva, Switzerland - Offered in Geneva by Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and hosted at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the Programme on Global Policy and Governance is designed to expose future international policy leaders to the field of global governance and policy from an academic and experiential perspective. In addition to the ten week Geneva Policy Internships, a major element of the Programme is the course International Humanitarian Assistance: Policy, Law and Practice, which traditionally includes a module on UNOSAT humanitarian rapid mapping service. This year the course will run from June 25 to 29.
The course is intended to provide students with a dynamic and thorough introduction to international humanitarian assistance covering legal aspects and major practical and policy considerations with regard to implementation. The course is practitioner oriented with a strong foundation in both academic theory and current events. The structure includes institutional briefings and class lectures from experienced high-level practitioners.
By outlining the framework of international human rights law and other branches of international law relevant to humanitarian assistance including international humanitarian law and refugee law, the course discusses the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence. Given their current international relevance, it also presents a brief history and the main elements behind the notion of "human security," humanitarian reform, as well as, the importance of coherence within the UN system.
Key considerations regarding the implementation of humanitarian assistance, including early warning systems, and operational challenges such as timely response and unhindered access; funding; coordination and cooperation; political considerations; the relationship between humanitarian assistance and longer-term sustainable development are discussed. Students are introduced to the many actors that play a part in providing humanitarian assistance ranging from the United Nations to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to non-governmental actors.
The course maintains a focus on those affected by humanitarian crises and the specific approaches to respond to their situations. It looks at protection and assistance for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs); and the special needs of particularly vulnerable groups including women and children. UNOSAT mapping and satellite analysis work has been a regular feature in the course for several years.
Photos: 2011 course in Geneva courtesy of Duke Unversity


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Justin Moore Kicked Out of Restaurant
Justin Moore's trip to Dallas, Texas to watch his Arkansas Razorbacks play in Friday night's Cotton Bowl is off to a contentious start. Last night, he was asked to leave an area restaurant for allegedly hitting on two diners. It's a charge the married father of two vehemently denies.
"Literally, just got kicked out of a place in Dallas. TRUE LUCK'S! DO NOT GO THERE! Was tossed for attempting to hit on two girls," Moore tweeted at about 10PM ET on Thursday, referring to Truluck's Seafood Steak and Crab House.
"This was according to the toolbag managing the place. Apparently, he is unaware of my wife and 2 daughters. Had to be the most bizarre experience of my life," he went on.
"If you are in dallas, do not eat at this place. Wow…what a strange experience. Felt like Julia Roberts in pretty woman," he continued in a four post vent that overflowed into an ugly back-and-forth with a Twitter follower who was suspicious of his alleged motives with the women.
News of country stars leaving restaurants in a huff is becoming quite commonplace as of late. Last month, Luke Bryan spent the remainder of his anniversary venting about a sushi restaurant that made him take his baseball cap off. John Rich was also asked to leave an airplane before it departed from Las Vegas in December, but he left without causing a stir. His only comment on the situation ended up being one of the funniest tweets of December.


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Fiscal Story of Bangladesh: Not There Yet, But Can Get There?
The current budget (FY10) expects a significant increase in revenue collection, a perennial problem in the country. The target revenue was set at 610.00 billion taka ($8.8 billion) with 261.10 billion collected in the first half and the remaining 348.90 billion in the second. The realization of this target requires a year on-y growth of 16.15%, which, being a notable departure from the trend growth rates was received with sheer skepticism from the economic observers of the country. However, about 33.67% more revenue has to be collected in the second half of the fiscal year as compared to the first half which seems realistic in the light of the fiscal performances of the last 5 fiscal years.


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Transport evaluation
Welcome to the evaluation hub of the Department for Transport's website. It provides easy access to evaluation reports and the Department's evaluation guidance. You can learn more about DfT evaluation by visiting About Us.
This section is aimed at evaluators, officials who manage transport evaluations, and others with an interest in transport evaluation. You can now receive regular transport evaluation updates.
About us
Information about the Department's evaluation team.
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- 09 January 2008
Evaluation guidance and frameworks
Guidance to help local authorities and evaluators evaluate local major transport schemes.
Evaluation reports
Findings from DfT evaluations including interim and final evaluation reports, supporting data and technical reports.
Evaluation links
Useful links to external evaluation websites.
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Ted Mann necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 548 diseños de 127 diseñadores freelance.
Blacksmith Brands
Blacksmith Brands is a newly formed company with significant financial backing, created to grow well-known brands in the Personal Care and Over-The-Counter Drug industries. We will acquire major brands, often from world-wide companies, and then aggressively build those brands via product innovation, strong marketing (including large amounts of consumer advertising and promotion) and broadened retail distribution in America's largest food drug and mass retailers -- outlets such as Wal-Mart, Target, Walgreen's, CVS, Kroger, etc.
Many of the brands we acquire will be true "household names" with widespread awareness and great reputations. We have just signed a contract to buy our first four brands, and we will close (own) them in less than two months. For confidentiality reasons, we can't disclose the names of the brands right now, but each one is well-known and widely used.
Why did we choose the name "Blacksmith Brands"? As we see it, the brands we're acquiring are winners. However, as is the case in horseracing, all great champions occasionally need new shoes to be able to win the next race.
As our company will own several major brands, all of which will have their design projects of their own, this logo contest has the potential to lead much more work in the coming weeks and months.
This logo will appear on all business-to-business communication for the company (biz cards, sales presentations, stationery, financial communications, etc.).
In addition it will be a key element in our yet-to-be-designed web site which will talk about the company in general and will have detailed pages on each of our products. If we like the logo enough, it could also appear, in a relatively small size, on all our packages. The target audience for this logo is both business partners (suppliers, customers, financing sources, etc.) but also consumers who will be the ultimate key to our success.
This company will be similar in nature to Prestige Brands -- http://www.prestigebrands.com/ -- another company founded by our management team. Examples of a couple other consumer products companies with the sort of iconic logo that we're aiming for include Church & Dwight (the forearm and sledgehammer logo) and Clorox.
Logo requirements:
• Simple, memorable and does not need to be (but could be) explicitly linked to a "blacksmith" visual (forge, mallet, anvil, etc)
• It should work in both black & white and color
• Scalable, so that it can be used in a small size (e.g. on the side of packaging, business cards) and large size (on the company website)
• Available as vector graphics
• Clear, bold typography
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