Open College – open learning courses (UK)

  • Welcome To The Open College: The Open College UK Ltd currently provides Home Study, Distance Learning Courses through over 20 of our established sites within the United Kingdom.
  • Our Goal is to be one of the most ‘prestigious’ Open Education Colleges for distance learning and correspondence health related courses in the UK.
  • Money Back Guarantee: … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
College Diploma; Qualifications; Membership; Questions, Answers; Prospectus;
Address: Open College UK Ltd, 71 Thurlestone Rd, Office 2, Longbridge, Birmingham. B31 4LP, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Your Success: Whether you want to start a group in stop smoking, weight loss, relaxation therapy, learn counselling, self help therapy classes or start a therapy practice or simply improve your career prospects or help and benefit others you’ll find our Open College Courses are an ideal way to achieve your goals and improve the financial quality of your lifestyle.  Continuer la lecture de « Open College – open learning courses (UK) »

Education.com (USA)

Education.com provides parents of school-aged children with free access to information and resources to give them the answers they need — plus activities and articles that make learning together more fun for everyone. There’s no doubt about it — raising kids in the “wired world” where bullying, learning disability diagnosis, childhood obesity and divorce rates are at all time highs isn’t easy … (about 1/2).

Hompage;
Education A-Z; Worksheets; online Learning; Find a school or a College: works only for USA; Activities; Submissions; Just ask; Help;
Contact.

About 2/2: … Most parents intuitively know what multiple studies have proven: family involvement improves kids’ success at school. Continuer la lecture de « Education.com (USA) »

Center for Poverty Analysis CEPA Innovation Funds

poverty is an injustice that must be overcome – Linked on this blog with Poverty Portal, one of our projects.

  • Core Beliefs: Poverty is an injustice that should be overcome. Overcoming poverty involves changing policies and practices nationally and internationally, as well as working with people in poverty.
  • Mission: To be the leading organisation providing independent analysis of poverty, shaping policy in Sri Lanka and the region.
  • Objectives: … (full text Mission and Objectives).

Homepage;
Programmes; Services; Resources; Team; Links;
CEPA is online with more websites: Poverty Portal, CEPA LibraryPeace and Conflict Timeline, Poverty Blog;
Address: CEPA, 29, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka;
Contact and map.

About /Introduction: The Centre for Poverty Analysis CEPA was established in May 2001 as an independent organisation providing professional services on poverty related development issues. Continuer la lecture de « Center for Poverty Analysis CEPA Innovation Funds »

Poverty Portal

a project of Center for Poverty Analysis CEPA Innovation Funds – and linked with CEPA on this blog.

Welcome to the Poverty Portal hosted by the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA). Poverty Portal is a platform for practitioners and researchers to obtain macro and micro level information on poverty in Sri Lanka using a variety of innovative and interactive features. Through wide scale dissemination of information, the Portal encourages informed decision and policy making practices … (full text Homepage).

News, Events; Maps, Stats; Help; Resource Library; Poverty Blog; Partners;
Address: Centre for Poverty Analysis, 29, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka;
Contact.

About: Poverty Portal is an information sharing tool that acts as an online portal for practitioners and researchers who want to share or use information, and will pull together macro and micro level information on poverty in Sri Lanka. Continuer la lecture de « Poverty Portal »

Sri Lanka: Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies CHA

  • CHA was founded in April 1997 to serve a membership and has since become a national service provider in the non-profit sector. It is representative of the resources and work of the humanitarian sector in Sri Lanka. (Main Page).
  • Vision: CHA believes in the respect of diversity and the promotion and achievement of fundamental rights and freedom, which provides equal opportunities for development for all Sri Lankans.
  • Mission: CHA works in the non-profit humanitarian sector to: … (full text Vision/Mission).

Homepage;
Networking; Non Profit Service; Information; Advocacy; Professional; Management;
Address: Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies GTE Limited, 86, Rosmead Place, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka;
Contact: Tel/Fax: +94-11-4610943/4, e-mail.

About CHA: The Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA) is an association of agencies working in, and supporting work in, Sri Lanka. Continuer la lecture de « Sri Lanka: Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies CHA »

Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases CAAB

CAAB is focused on American bases in the UK and world wide and campaigns non-violently to:

  • raise public awareness, scrutiny and accountability of American bases in the UK – over here, out of control and secretive
  • oppose the US Missile Defense system
  • promote Independence FROM America

CAAB works to reveal this by: … (full text Aims and Objectives).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Bases; Parliaments, politics; Non-Violence; News; Articles; Reports; Newsletter; Get involved;
Address: CAAB, 59 Swarcliffe Road, Harrogate, HG1 4QZ, UK;
Contact.

About 2/2:  The Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB) evolved in 1992 out of the long campaign of protest at the American base at Menwith Hill, near Harrogate, North Yorkshire; local people having expressed their concerns at the arrival of the US Army at Menwith Hill in 1951.  Continuer la lecture de « Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases CAAB »

Body Intelligence Training

craniosacral therapy practitionr program

The training offers a 50 day practitioner course for individuals wanting to become qualified craniosacral therapists. The training is biodynamic in its approach orienting to the body’s natural wisdom and allowing innate intelligent processes to arise and bring about authentic change. These changes will be physiological and psycho-emotional. The body’s own priorities for change are listened for and encouraged to arise … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Awareness exercises; Curse Curriculum; Application; Advanced; Books; Videos; Blog; Resources; Practitioners;
Contacts online for 7 countries: see on Menu of any page.

About 2/2: … The art of the therapist is to connect with the underlying forces of health and facilitate a process of natural reorganisation. These forces express as subtle motion of tissues and fluids that can be felt by sensitive hands. Biodynamic craniosacral therapy takes a whole-person approach to healing and the inter-connectedness of mind, body and spirit are deeply acknowledged.  Continuer la lecture de « Body Intelligence Training »

Vision of Humanity

Global Peace Index: The 2010 rankings are here! This year 149 nations of the world have been ranked by their peacefulness and the results have stimulated some very interesting analysis. Discover the thermal maps, and download the Results Report and the Discussion Paper. (Homepage).

Global Peace Index; Peace and Society; Stats on Life; Info Center; News; GPI data;
Address: Vision of Humanity, PO Box 42, St Leonards NSW 1590, Sydney, AUSTRALIA;
Contact.

Vision: We are in an epoch different to any other epoch in human history. The problems we are facing are global in nature. They include climate change, ever decreasing biodiversity, full use of the fresh water on the planet and underpinning all these – overpopulation.  Continuer la lecture de « Vision of Humanity »

Ridester

Ridester’s mission is to provide the most affordable and effective intercity travel option in America by leveraging the power of community. Austin entrepreneur Jake Boshernitzan first conceived the Ridester idea while a college student at the University of Texas. He noticed that the campus’ and online ride boards were so disorganized and flakey that most people had given up on them. They lacked usability and finding people going the same way at the same time seemed only marginally more likely than finding a real Rolex at the flea market.
The Ridester Advantage: … (full text about).

Homepage;
Blog; Safety; a bug? Your Privacy; FAQs; Register/log in for: offer a ride, find a ride;
Address: Ridester, Headquarters, 5542 Valkeith Dr. Houston, TX 77096, USA;
Contact.

Ridester’s Terms and Conditions: THIS FOLLOWING USER AGREEMENT DESCRIBES THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH YB VISIONS, LLC OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES.   Continuer la lecture de « Ridester »

Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU

(Parliamentary Democracy)

OVERVIEW: The IPU is the international organization of Parliaments (Article 1 of the Statutes of the Inter-Parliamentary Union). It was established in 1889. (What is the IPU 1/2).

Homepage;
Latest news; History; Members; Activities; Functionning, docs; Publications; Press; Partner: ASGP;
Addresses (1 of 2): Inter-Parliamentary Union, 5, chemin du Pommier, Case postale 330, CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva, Switzerland;
Contacts: scroll down on What is IPU.

What is the IPU 2/2? … The Union is the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy. To that end, it: Continuer la lecture de « Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU »

Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments ASGP

en français

The Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (ASGP), constituted as a consultative body of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, seeks to facilitate personal contacts between holders of the office of Secretary General in any parliamentary assembly, whether such assembly is a member of the IPU or not. ASGP membership is thus independent of the IPU … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
News; Publications; Members; Partner: IPU; Meetings: past, Upcomming;
Addresses (1 of 4): ASGP, Secretary Steven Mark, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, UK;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … It is the task of the Association to study the law, procedure, practice and working methods of different Parliaments and to propose measures for improving those methods and for securing co-operation between the services of different Parliaments.  Continuer la lecture de « Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments ASGP »

Flex Your Rights

Flex Your Rights (Flex), a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit, was launched in 2002. Our mission is to educate the public about how basic Bill of Rights protections apply during encounters with law enforcement. To accomplish this, we create and distribute the most compelling, comprehensive and trustworthy know-your-rights media available … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Audience; Busted Movie; 10 Rules; Staff; Success stories; Donate; FAQs;
For mailings: Flex Your Rights, PO Box 21497, Washington, DC 20009, USA;
Contact.

About: … The founder, Steven Silverman, was previously a campus organizer for the campaign to repeal the Higher Education Act’s aid-elimination penalty.  Continuer la lecture de « Flex Your Rights »

Educators For Sensible Drug Policy EFSDP

What do we do when communties fail? Build schools, not jails.

Educators for Sensible Drug Policy has several goals. We seek to encourage open debate between educators, parents, law makers, law enforcement and students. We are working to create a Speaker’s Bureau of knowledgeable and articulate educators who can describe the impact of these failed drug policies on things like safety, the relationship between student/teacher, teacher/administration and student/administration and also describe the human and financial costs of current drug policies … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Drug-Free School Zones; Drug testing; Events; News; Newsletter; Join; Donate; Links;
Contacts.

About 2/2: … We want to restore student respect for teachers, respect that has been diminished by their acquiescence to authority that delegates the job of teaching children about drugs by police officers, through programs such as D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). Continuer la lecture de « Educators For Sensible Drug Policy EFSDP »

Forfeiture Endangers American Rights FEAR

is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization

Forfeiture Endangers American Rights is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reform of federal and state asset forfeiture laws to restore due process and protect property rights in the forfeiture process. Donations are tax deductible. (What is FEAR – up in the left column).

All pages have the same URL – Find in the left column under Homepage: New /FEAR /what is Forfeiture:  /of state /International, Law, Court, Legislation, Police, Victim: stories /support, Public Opinion, Foundation Journal, Publications, Attorney Directory … ;
And under What is FEAR: Why FEAR exists, History, Official Position on Forfeiture, How join, Contact by e-mail … ;
Address: FEAR, 20 Sunnyside Suite A-419, Mill Valley, CA 94941, USA;
Contact by Phone: 415-389-8551  or toll-free  888-FEAR-001.

History: F.E.A.R. was formed in New Jersey in early 1992. Continuer la lecture de « Forfeiture Endangers American Rights FEAR »

Roll Back Malaria RBM

GLOBAL MALARIA PARTNERSHIP – also in french – Linked with Malaria in Africa. (Link: find Malaria in Africa also on a website named Compassion.com).

Roll Back Malaria is a global partnership initiated by WHO, UNDP, UNICEF and the World Bank in 1998. It seeks to work with governments, other development agencies, NGOs, and private sector companies to reduce the human and socio-economic costs of malaria.

Homepage; Sitemap;
Malaria in Africa; Calendar; Links; Donate;
Address: Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization WHO, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland;
Contact and map.

What is Malaria: Malaria is a life-threatening parasitic disease transmitted by mosquitoes. It was once thought that the disease came from fetid marshes, hence the name mal aria, ((bad air). Continuer la lecture de « Roll Back Malaria RBM »