tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48610508183082824072024-03-12T19:57:19.629-04:00IvanDiego_guidepost21:mental health/well-being & diversityIvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-85565028214305423162011-09-29T14:59:00.019-04:002012-10-09T12:00:25.238-04:00"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"_Mr. Acker Bilk on clarinetThis is a great song. <b><span style="color: blue;">Mr. Acker Bilk</span></b> is one of the great instrumentalists of all time, and Acker was my clarinet mentor/hero from very young. I play clarinet.<br />
Click on: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ZEPTuQbK0&feature=related" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ZEPTuQbK0&feature=related</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">James Last_"I Just Called to Say I Love You":</span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrygkbMiFO4&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrygkbMiFO4&feature=related</a><br />
When Ronald Reagan was President of the U.S., there was a sense of 'depression' at the White House. Psychologists of the workplace were called in from the field of Organizational Behaviour. Changes were made, including playing this Stevie Wonder song every 15 mins. on the Muzak system. It worked, as later evaluation/psychological tests showed. Have you ever thought about your own workplace, 'home', play area, and how you may be able to live more optimally in these 'spaces'? Stevie should be in the <b><span style="color: blue;">Mental Health Hall of Fame</span></b>.<br />
<b><span style="color: red;">James Last</span></b> is perhaps one of the best Orchestras of popular music in the 20th century. This is a great rendition of the song, with same drums roll in the background, on James Last's 80th birthday, and on his album, <b>"80 Not Out"</b> (a reference to cricket).IvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-30573972781650990102011-03-30T12:27:00.008-04:002011-03-31T00:51:06.319-04:00"Requiem for all Catastrophe victims in Japan" - and for Yumi & Hiromi - sung by Mozartiikodesu Tatsu<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VkiI5BU-3g&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VkiI5BU-3g&feature=related</a><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">This is for all victims in the Japanese earthquake and tsunami off the coast of north-east Japan, and victims of 'natural disasters' all over the world. And for my friends, <strong>Yumi </strong>& <strong>Hiromi</strong>. The song is about "<strong><em>tabidachi</em></strong>" - (<em>new beginning, start a journey, and 'go to heaven'</em>), and it is about cherry ("<em><strong>sakura</strong></em>") blossoms in the spring that last only for a few days, and so symbolic in Japanese culture, and in the aftermath of Hiroshima.</span>IvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-48196980390430549132010-06-08T17:34:00.001-04:002011-12-15T15:48:09.187-05:00Presentation to WANGO Online Conference, 8-9 June, 2010, "Mental Health & Diversity for NGOs"<a href="http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AQZJh2Ev2ddDZGdwbjl6ZHpfMGY1enRoM2d2&hl=en">http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AQZJh2Ev2ddDZGdwbjl6ZHpfMGY1enRoM2d2&hl=en</a><br />
WANGO is the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations. This was the first online conference with participants from NGOs world-wide.IvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-70416293760170846102008-09-14T10:36:00.001-04:002011-12-19T16:36:07.914-05:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #000066; font-size: 180%;">A NOTE ABOUT THIS WEBSITE/BLOG: </span></span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #000066;"><o:p>*</o:p></span></span></u></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>With the introduction of electronic media & expansion of the internet world-wide, one side effect has been too much verbiage, not well-thought-out. If one attempts to be succinct, it is viewed as having no depth. The more unintelligible a piece of writing, the more it is considered profound.</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>This is an effort on my part to be intelligible and communicate to people of all walks of life. Residing at the crossroads of national & international conflict and at a 'critical juncture in history', </strong></span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>I also have a point of view that I believe is unique & exciting for those who have studied the subject matter and understand it deeply. </strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>*</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Albert Einstein once remarked that 'if you cannot explain it simply, you do not know it enough'. Some of the best theories that have had enormous impact are relatively simple, like Abraham Maslow's 'hierarchy of needs', used so widely in the training of teachers and in business. My theory is relatively simple: with social psychology as the underpinning, I can go very wide; with general systems theory as the 'structure', I have the ability to be very focused & rigorous. The 'theory' is not presented in the blog yet. </strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>This blog is about ‘mental health’ and ‘diversity on the planet’, and not only about coming to terms with religious differences. There are many minute and acute other differences among peoples and living organisms. Do not exaggerate religious differences and neglect other ‘world-views’, differing ‘visions’ of 'collective destiny', or ‘grievances’ (real and imagined) as sources of conflict.</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>Essentially, mental wellbeing is about being congruent with oneself and one’s environment and working and playing at ‘optimal level’: some of the aspects of this are ‘beliefs systems, the emotional elements of these over the years since childhood and how they play a role in our lives, our 'world-views' in a changing world, the dynamics of internal conflict (conflict within oneself) and with the outside world, including parents, peers, school, workplace, other communities & one's own, etc.. </strong></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>It is about 'learning efficiencies' in school and life-long learning and efficiences in the global workplace. It is also about 'quality of life'. These areas are neglected in curriculum planning in educational institutions and continuing education and training on the factory floor. </strong></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>All of the above impinge on our prospects of success in our lives, individually and collectively, and how we define and assess it. </strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>In the past, in Christian tradition, there was something that was called ‘pastoral counseling’. It was an area whereby Christians went to their parish priest for ‘advice’ about their life challenges, and it was partly viewed from a religious perspective. With the growth of the fields of ‘psychology’ and ‘psychiatry’, parish priests lost much of their influence in the area of counseling. </strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>In recent years, it is being recognized that humanity has made great advances in the sciences and producing things, but there have been very little advances in philosophy and understanding of the spiritual side of life. </strong></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong>Even in the area of medicine, it is becoming clear in recent years that ‘religion’ & the 'spiritual life' impact on the success of therapeutic interventions, and universities are beginning to include religion-related courses in their curriculums in medical school. </strong></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>The Templeton Foundation (Sir Charles Templeton) gives out prizes akin to the Nobel prize to anyone who has made great contributions in the field of religion and philosophy, and also funds any university if it includes ‘religion-related’ courses in its medical faculties.</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>In the study of understanding of the universe and religion, there are some theorists who are building 'cosmologies' that encompass all religions and our collective understanding of Supreme Being. Teilhard de Chardin is one, from my own tradition, who wrote in the 1920s and is a modern pioneer in this area. It is a big and growing field of study.</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><strong>With this blog the focus is on what commonalities exist in ‘sacred texts’ of various religions, areas of common understanding, and alleviation of human suffering caused by religious and political conflict. Sacred texts are the inspired word of God; they are <u>not</u> open to compromises for the sake of peace among humans who believe passionately in a variety of sacred texts that came into existence in different ways. </strong></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><strong>It is also about mental wellbeing, getting control of our focus and world-view while being sensitive to the needs and beliefs of others. <em>We all <u>do</u> have fundamental human rights, and no power on earth has the right to violate these.</em> <em>They routinely do so, having monopolies on security interests and on economic power, and claim legitimacies in this regard.</em></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><strong><o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>I hope the materials and focus of this blog will be useful to many. It is dedicated to someone, a ‘soul-mate’, who gave me the impetus in a <i>'fork-in-the-road'</i> type of emotional episode to go back into the proverbial ‘woods’ and collect and reorganize my thoughts and past work, and review in a fresh way ‘events’ and ‘relationships’ as we begin the 21<sup>st</sup> century. For that I am really very grateful. </strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>Do go back into 'the woods', review 'your life' & what you want from it, stay focused, and make time to smell the roses. My one real regret is that I was too driven to do so, living as I was, it seems, in the vortex of conflict and continual challenges. </strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong>*</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><strong></strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong></strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong>- Good Luck with it, and God bless !</strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 130%;"><o:p><strong>*</strong></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #000066; font-size: 130%;"><strong>- Ivan Diego. </strong></span></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><em><span style="color: #000066; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 85%;">*</span></em></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 85%;">"<span style="color: #000066;">Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away" - Anonymous</span></span></em></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>IvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-55718546229168942222008-09-12T17:11:00.001-04:002009-02-26T14:37:26.020-05:00<p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000066;"><strong>Mental Health & Diversity Course:</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#000066;">The course outline below is in rudimentary form. The actual course is 4 pages with a reading list for each unit. </span></p><p><span style="color:#000066;">It is a university level course, but parts of it can be used in workshop format at high school or NGO or volunteer organization level. </span></p><p><span style="color:#000066;">The web site list on this website only includes web sites that have all religions in one place. They are very comprehensive, though choices have been made by the websites themselves regarding what to include and not include. Many religious communities have excellent web sites, with audio and video content. Some of the non-reference websites make periodic changes, and a couple have been 'sold' and content changed. I have left one or two in, just in case the old one reappears with a new link. If a website does not open when you click on it, eliminate the 'http://' and start only with the 'www.' . This seems to open them. </span></p><p><span style="color:#000066;">There is a small list of mental health web sites. The web has thousands of mental health web sites. My interest is to focus on quality of life issues and efficiencies in the life-long learning process and the global workplace. There are issues of the interconnectedness of mental health and physical health. I am not going there, directly, but attention is being drawn here that it is also critical to optimal health and living, and some leads will be provided in the web site list. It is not part of the course. I took courses with a yoga instructor/master, and he is a friend of mine. He has for decades provided bibliographic lists of medical research showing the direct benefits of yoga and meditation to physical health and over-all well-being over time. </span></p><p><span style="color:#000066;">I have specialized in this interdisciplinary area for very many years. Practically nobody in the literatures in social science and medical science brings together such a wide field, theoretically & practically, for understanding the issues & problem-solving. It is 'meta-theory', and open to further research as we connect the dots & make a diference in quality of life, conflict resolution, and the environment. </span></p>IvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-3502564356305955542007-08-28T20:52:00.000-04:002007-08-28T21:14:37.510-04:00COURSE OUTLINE_MENTAL HEALTH & INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING & DIVERSITY in the SCHOOL CURRICULUM & GLOBAL WORKPLACE _ Ivan D. Pereira<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#990000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#990000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"></p></span></strong></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#990000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong></strong></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#990000;"></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#990000;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:130%;">THEORETICAL ISSUES: </span></span></strong></span></u></i><span style="font-family:Arial;">- Systems theory, methodology, applied science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="2"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:130%;">MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE 21<sup>ST</sup> CENTURY: </span></span></span></u></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">belief systems, emotional aspects, conflict, conflict resolution, interdependence.</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="3"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-size:130%;">DIVERSITY/MULTICULTURALISM IN CURRICULUMS & GLOBAL WORKPLACE: </span></span></span></u></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">what we mean by diversity, concept of multiculturalism as a response, interfaith understanding as a response, minority rights in traditional political theory, new vistas for 21<sup>st</sup> century and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="4"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;">WHY A MENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVE TO DIVERSITY ON OUR PLANET: </span></span></strong></span></u></i><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">various perspectives and their consequences. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">The mental health/diversity model and its implications for International Law, Human Rights, Citizenship Rights, building of ‘Community’. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Emerging ‘code of ethics’.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="5"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;">APPLIED SCIENCE: </span></span></span></u></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">the application to ‘planning’, (national and international), policy formulation, & ‘every-day living’. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">The nexus with other fields that are growing in an ‘interdisciplinary’ environment – the real world of ‘living’. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="6"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">CASE STUDIES:</span> </span></u></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Student presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="7"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;">CONCLUSIONS: </span></span></span></u></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Summary & Overview. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;">EVALUATION:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></span></span></u></i></b><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Presentation (25 %), and term paper (70%), Attendance (5%). No exam.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"><strong><em><u>COURSE MATERIALS: </u></em></strong></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">All course materials will be available online via a ‘blog’ created for the purpose. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">The materials will be put in sections in sequence as related to the course <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The blog will also be used as a place for discussion outside of class time. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;">Some reading material will be mandatory, and other information will be for further reading with sources for research purposes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>IvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-85318126444834769442007-08-28T19:51:00.000-04:002007-09-01T12:14:38.228-04:00Details for discussion in Mental Health & Diversity Course<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="font-family:Arial;">Details for discussion in Course</span></u></b><span style="font-family:Arial;">:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc0000;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc0000;"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#333399;"><strong>theoretical issues: </strong></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#333399;"><strong></strong></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">what is systems theory? </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">What methodologies are relevant? </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">What is applied science? </span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore">-<span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">What are the practical applications to real life? </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color:#333399;"><strong>mental health issues</strong> </span>relating to the individual, and community level in relation to larger entities & movements, in the context of the emergence of new ideologies, ideas, challenges, and value systems. </span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="3"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#333399;">re. ‘diversity’</span></strong>, the assumption in this course is that our world is made up of very diverse cultures, languages, races, ethnic communities, other life forms, and that our environment has finite resources, and a plentitude of ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;">To ‘assimilate’, over-run, marginalize, obliterate or cripple other human beings and life forms on the planet are a crime against humanity and other life forms on the planet. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Therefore, it makes sense to develop theory& skills, and to foster a ‘way of life’ and an approach to problem solving (which ‘democracy’ is, in a sense, fundamentally) that foster & respect diversity on our planet.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;">If ‘diversity’ is a ‘given, then, a fundamental and intrinsic characteristic of life on our planet, we will examine the various responses to diversity, historically in ‘colonial times’ (when more than 75 % of the world’s population lived in one colony or another, and in the post-independence societies that have emerged since about 1945, coinciding more or less with the end of World war 11.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Multiculturalism</span></strong> is one such response that recognizes ‘diversity’.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Discussion will include questions re. why there has been ‘controversy’ and strong feelings re. this, some of the challenges in practice, etc..</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#000099;">Interfaith dialogue and understanding</span></strong> is another response that is in process of being institutionalized in the United Nations system.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="4"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#333399;">A mental health perspective</span></strong> to diversity & sustainable or eco-friendly development will be put in context of the above, with some of the theoretical underpinnings that the theory and approach would take. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="5"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#6600cc;"><span style="color:#000000;">why</span> </span><span style="color:#000099;">‘applied science’</span></strong> is extremely important, as it relates to what is really going on in people’s lives. Some of the ‘relatedness’ to other ‘movements’ and life-style changes that are going in other fields. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;">The challenges of viewing policy formulation ‘holistically’, because of mind-sets in various professions, and the difficulties of keeping up with more knowledge about less, with the bigger picture losing focus.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="6"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Cases studies</span></strong> could be ‘theoretical explorations or reviews, or actual case studies, depending on what ‘data’ is available for them. This will be reviewed prior to choice.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in" type="1" start="7"><li class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><span style="color:#333399;">Summing Up</span></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">- </i></span><strong><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:city><st1:place><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;">Somerset</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Maugham style ! <o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>IvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-15490770664316241152007-08-28T19:50:00.000-04:002007-08-28T19:51:23.448-04:00Discussion Details for Diversity CourseIvanDiego_guidepost21http://www.blogger.com/profile/13615378245604172521noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861050818308282407.post-23147804228013561892007-08-28T19:48:00.002-04:002010-05-01T12:51:53.136-04:00<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">RELIGIONS, INTERFAITH, SECURITY, & HUMAN RIGHTS: recommended websites:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial;">(prepared by Ivan D. Pereira).</span></u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;">*</span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;">*</span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"></span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;">Short list for beginners with simple & practical strategies:</span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;">- under construction. For now check:</span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"></span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/">http://www.beliefnet.com/</a><u> </u><span style="font-size: 100%;"><em><u>- </u></em>good start to varous faiths, religious practices, baby names in different religions, marriage rituals, etc., & interfaith issues. Practical articles. Browse, and check the internal search engine. </span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.health.concordia.ca/"><em>www-health.concordia.ca</em></a><em><u> </u></em><span style="font-size: 100%;"><em><u>- </u></em>Click on "Health Information & Promotion" on the top bar, then click on "Stress Management". Click the back button, then 'Links', or other topics. Browse. If the website does not open, google 'Concordia University Health Services'. Make sure the website has '.ca' as there are Concordia Universities in other countries.</span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Larger issues of identity formation, world-view, etc., are not included on the Concordia website, as they are more complex, collecticely and individually, and these relate to larger issues of 'health', conflict resolution, common goals, and how does one create feelings of 'community'. </span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 130%;">* </span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">REFERENCE:</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.godweb.org/library.html">www.godweb.org/library.html</a></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">-very comprehensive. </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.aril.org/">http://www.aril.org/</a> </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">- sacred texts of world religions</b></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.about.com/religion">www.about.com/religion</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">list of religious websites, has info and tools for religious ceremonies, religious music, baby names in various faith communities, etc.. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.adherents.com/">http://www.adherents.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- considered definitive, info and data of world religions.</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">interfaith, has some 43,870 statistics and citations re. 4,200 religions. </span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.iep.utm.edu/">www.iep.utm.edu/</a> </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">university website with comprehensive philosophy and theology texts.</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.rna.org/library.php#denoms">http://www.rna.org/library.php#denoms</a> </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- Excellent comprehensive resources of most major religions in the world, bibliographies, organizations, reference materials, go to its ‘religion online library’. (some recommended websites require fees or registration).</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/">www.umn.edu/humanrts/</a></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- </span></b><place><placetype><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">U.</span></b></placetype><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> of </span></b><placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Minnesota Human Rights</span></b></placename></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> library. Most Comprehensive.</span></b><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www2.etown.edu/vl/latamer.html"><span style="color: #000099;">http://www2.etown.edu/vl/latamer.html</span></a><span style="color: #000099;"> </span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Excellent resources on South America. Good links.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html"><span style="color: #330099;">http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html</span></a><span style="color: #330099;"> </span></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">Online South American collection of the University of Texas. Comprehensive.</span></strong><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://florycanto.net/blog/">http://florycanto.net/blog/</a></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">In 'social science theory', we tend to get overwhelmed with 'abstractions'. This blog of Agustin Palacios is the 'existential' manifestation of real life in progress, about the struggle on the ground for freedom, dignity, and equality, in the life of one person & of a 'world-view'. The title of the blog is: 'I exist. Aqui. Contigo'. Agustin is gifted. </span></strong><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: #330099; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.europeana.eu/">http://www.europeana.eu/</a></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Newly created digital library for the European Union.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://americanindians.si.edu/">http://americanindians.si.edu/</a> </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Some of the tradtional wisdom and links to the traditional chiefs lecture series (Original peoples of North America) can be found on this website (National Museum of the american Indians). </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">INTERFAITH:</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"></span></u></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.religioustolerance.org/index.htm#new">www.religioustolerance.org/index.htm#new</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- Canadian<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- </span></b><state><place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ontario</span></b></place></state><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Consultants on Religious Tolerance, formerly of Canadian Catholic Bishops. .</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/">http://www.beliefnet.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- American, interfaith, topical, faith experiences of young people, etc..Excellent.</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.uk.initiativesofchange.org/">www.uk.initiativesofchange.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">bills itself as ‘building trust across the world’s divides’. Has 2005 lectures (text & audio) of Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. </span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>MENTAL HEALTH WEBSITES:</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: #3333ff;">www.psychcentral.com/resources/Mental_Health</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-very good and comprehensive resources on various topics of mental health.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong>It includes links to other excellent mental health websites.</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/ihcm/index.html"><span style="color: #3366ff;">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/ihcm/index.html</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-U.S. National Library of Medicine. It includes e-learning courses online (free).</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.medweb.emory.edu/Medweb/SPT-Home.php"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.medweb.emory.edu/Medweb/SPT-Home.php</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-extensive resources on health in general and good links to other websites,</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">from University of Emory.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.mentalhealthworks.ca/"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.mentalhealthworks.ca/</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-excellent Canadian website for workplace issues. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: #330099;"><a href="http://www.healthteacher.com/"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.healthteacher.com/</span></a> </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-the site includes leasson plans on health issues for K to Grade 12. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/411/411.html"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/411/411.html</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-check the table of contents related to health issues of teens by this </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">award-winning public broadcasting service in Vermont, US. Includes videos.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/docs/sevices/alice/index.html"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/docs/sevices/alice/index.html</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-Columbia University's award-winning "Alice! Health Care Program", in the format of Questions and Answers (Q & A) for students and visitors to the website. Answers given by health educators and health care professionals. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.6seconds.org/"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.6seconds.org/</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-emotive (emotional) intelligence for business, education, and personal development. It deals with individual & organizational change & includes books and courses (not free). Useful information.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.fitnessonline.com/"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.fitnessonline.com/</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-excellent for health, weight control, nutrition tips, etc..</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.tennisserver.com/mental-equipment/me.html"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.tennisserver.com/mental-equipment/me.html</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-website of author, John F. Murray, on 'mental equipment' among tennis professionals. The 'principles' can be extrapolated to (used in) life in general, regarding goal setting, focusing, mental preparation, etc.. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.ccamhr.ca/resources/ Toolkit_for_managers_mental_health</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: #3333ff;">in_the_workplace_Booklet.pdf</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">-booklet of the Conference Board of Canada. Very useful tool for managers.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><a href="http://www.learningmeditation.com/"><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.learningmeditation.com/</span></a></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: black;">- tips on meditation, has a meditation room. You can create your own corner in your home. There are known health benefits.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="color: #3333ff;">http://www.agingresearch.org/calculator/sign_in.cf</span><span style="color: #3333ff;">m</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong>-based on medical questionnaire online, the website projects your 'life expectancy'. This can be 'reversed', of course, with a more healthy life style, and you can live 'longer' and healthier. Also, check, <a href="http://www.deathclock.com/">http://www.deathclock.com/</a> </strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong>-Rumour had it that Abraham lived to 800 years, as per 'hyperbole' of the day.</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong>*</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong>*</strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">SCHOOL CURRICULUMS: </span></u></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial;">o</span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"></span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.schoolnet.ca/">http://www.schoolnet.ca/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- website of Government of </span></b><country-region><place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Canada</span></b></place></country-region><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> for teachers, parents, & students. Click on ‘partners’ on top bar, then ‘your Province’. Click ‘Resources’. Possibly because of change in webmaster, this sometimes does not open up. Google 'School Net' and you will find many school curriculums from different parts of the world. </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html">http://www.globalschoolnet.org/index.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Global SchoolNet Foundation</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.afriprov.org/">http://www.afriprov.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- African proverbs. Excellent. </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.diggity.ca/kidslinks.htm">www.diggity.ca/kidslinks.htm</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- excellent, games and educational stuff. Gets redirected often.</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/">http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- The Torture Question: in fighting the war on terror, how far should the Unites States be willing to go to protect itself?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Video available online, Teacher’s Guide & links.</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">YOGA: </span></u></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.yogadirectory.com/">http://www.yogadirectory.com/</a> </span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.yogajournal.com/">http://www.yogajournal.com/</a></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.yogasites.com/">http://www.yogasites.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- all definitive with links. </span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">For JOURNALISTS, RESEARCHERS, & PEACE ACTIVISTS:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">RESOURCES FOR CONTEMPORARY TOPICS:</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"></span></u></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"></span></u></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.religionlink.org/">http://www.religionlink.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- *** linking journalists to religious sources. (links to rna.org)</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.rna.org/">http://www.rna.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">website of the Religion Newswriters Association.</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.religion-online.org/">www.religion-online.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- very elaborate. Has links to many topics & current issues, and original complete texts of theologians, documents, etc...Excellent for research. </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.religionheadlines.org/">http://www.religionheadlines.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- ‘selection of daily headlines with news about faith, values, and religion’. </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.faithandmedia.org/">http://www.faithandmedia.org/</a>/<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- Centre for Faith and the Media. E-zine, INFO re. conferences.</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/Homepage">http://english.aljazeera.net/Homepage</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- the Arab version of CNN, based in </span></b><country-region><place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Qatar</span></b></place></country-region><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">. English version for U.S.</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">Religion and 911 in </span></u></b><country-region><place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">America</span></u></b></place></country-region><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/pages/toolbox/religion/religion_and_911/">www.americanpressinstitute.org/pages/toolbox/religion/religion_and_911/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">American religious website re. various issues about 9/11. </span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">Vietnam War and 911</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">:</span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/">http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- </span></b><place><placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rutgers</span></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><placetype><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">University</span></b></placetype></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">, some restricted access, available to professors & students.</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Click on 'Search Rutgers', then type in 'Vietnam'.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamcenter/">www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamcenter/</a></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Texas Tech's ietnam Center & Archive.</span></strong><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.kimfoundation.com/">http://www.kimfoundation.com/</a> </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the website of Kim Phuc, 'the girl in the picture', from 1972, napalmed along with other children by an air strike, a photo that changed the world-view of the war forever. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">If it does not open, google "Kim Foundation" or "Kim Phuc Foundation". </span></strong><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.plumvillage.org/">http://www.plumvillage.org/</a></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the website of the Venerable Buddhist monk from Vietnam war years, Thrich Nhat Hahn, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King. Do click on 'Practices' on the top bar, and read these in the left column, about stress, meditation, etc., with very simple suggestions to improve life's awareness & quality of life. If it does not open, google "Plum Village". He also has useful material at: <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/">http://www.beliefnet.com/</a> where he wrote 'an open letter to Osama Bin Laden', re. the ethical issues of the attack on the 'twin towers' in New York, stating at the outset Bin Laden was 'not guilty' until convicted in a court of law. Bin Laden subsequently claimed, with some bravado, that he ordered the attacks. This fascinating article on the ethics of the choice to use violence to resolve a grievance may still be in the Archives. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">o</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.online-literature.com/hesse/siddhartha">www.online-literature.com/hesse/siddhartha</a></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is a little book by Herman Hesse, the Nobel Prize winning author from Germany. </span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Written in 1926, he explains in a simple, beautiful language the journey of Siddhartha, as he explores suffering and pain, self-denial, joy, and meaning of life. Obviously, we can learn, too, from our Buddhist brothers and sisters how to endure and live. Great book.</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">Alternate view of 911:</span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.loosechange911.com/">http://www.loosechange911.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- compelling video with interviews of inconsistencies in ‘official’ analysis of why the Towers fell, etc.</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">SECURITY ISSUES:</span> </span></u></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.proquest.com/products-pq/descriptions/dnsa.shtml">http://www.proquest.com/products-pq/descriptions/dnsa.shtml</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Digital National Security Archive<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To access complete articles may need university library membership. Comprehensive.</span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.gwu.edu/-nsarchiv/index.html">http://www.gwu.edu/-nsarchiv/index.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The National Security Archive of </span></b><place><placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">George</span></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Washington</span></b></placename><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><placetype><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">University</span></b></placetype></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">. Excellent. Click on FOIA on top bar for Freedom of Information Act, and how to make requests under FOIA.</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://counterterrorismblog.org/">http://counterterrorismblog.org/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- counterterrorism & security issues. </span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/lebanon.htm">www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/lebanon.htm</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">(On Lebanon, civil war, 1975-1991).</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>issues about </span></b><place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">East Timor</span></b></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">, human rights abuses, etc..</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.free-lebanon.com/">www.free-lebanon.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- re. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>modern struggles of </span></b><country-region><place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Lebanon</span></b></place></country-region><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">. </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.phoenicia.org/christiansmea.html">www.phoenicia.org/christiansmea.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on ‘Shattered Christian Minorities of the </span></b><place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Middle East</span></b></place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">’. </span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://milblogging.com/">http://milblogging.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- military ‘blogs’ from 28 countries giving bird’s eye view of relevant issues of bloggers.</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: </span></u></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"></span></u></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.icc-cpi.int/home.html">http://www.icc-cpi.int/home.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- the new International Criminal Court. Various states have chosen not to sign it. Others, like </span></b><country-region><place><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">UK</span></b></place></country-region><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">, have chosen to bring their own laws in accordance so that their soldiers will be tried in domestic courts. </span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.un.org/docs/sc/">http://www.un.org/docs/sc/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>U.N. Security Council </span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.un.org/english/">http://www.un.org/english/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>United Nations website</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.un.org/ga/61/">http://www.un.org/ga/61/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>61<sup>st</sup> session of UN General Assembly<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2006)</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">CONDOLENCES & GRIEVING</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">: </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.beyondindigo.com/candles/index.php/search/">www.beyondindigo.com/candles/index.php/search/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">light a virtual candle for your loved ones, and lives lost in war or conflict. </span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Website with resources about grief and loss. Click on 'tools' on top bar, and light a candle for a loved one who has passed away, or suffered 'injuries' in war or in peace time. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">NETWORKING for PEACE:</span></u></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"></span></u></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.freewebs.com/abwwrpeace/community.html">www.freewebs.com/abwwrpeace/community.html</a> </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- it has many links for ‘activists’. </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.send2press.com/articles/index.shtml">http://www.send2press.com/articles/index.shtml</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">- articles on how to write press releases, etc..</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">E-CARDS</span></u></b><span style="font-family: Arial;">:</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.thundercloud.net/acpressions.com">www.thundercloud.net/acpressions.com</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>- beautiful e-cards.</span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.bluemountain.com/">http://www.bluemountain.com/</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- faith & interfaith section for e-cards.</span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.reata.org/interview2.html">http://www.reata.org/interview2.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">‘Interview with God’ & ‘Moments with God’. </span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In several languages. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Reflective, Non-denominational.</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">*</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;">MULTI-FAITH CALENDAR:</span></u></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"></span></u></b></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/calendar/month">www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/calendar/month</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">a companion to the weekly television news program. </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Has beautiful monthly ‘- inter-faith calendar. </span></b><br />
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