Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice CMRP

at Prifysgol Bangor University, Bangor, UK.

  • The Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) is a self-funding organisation based in School of Psychology which is part of Bangor University.
  • The CMRP is committed to the promotion of wellbeing through the application of mindfulness-based approaches. This is achieved by training professionals in the application of mindfulness based approaches and researching applications of mindfulness. We also offer classes in mindfulness based stress reductions (MBSR) and mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to specific populations and the general public both locally and further afield … (full text about the Centre).
  • University Prifysgol.

Homepage;
Courses; Research; Resources; Evening Classes; Events; Staff;
Address: Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, School of Psychology, Dean St Building, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 1UT, UK;
Contact.

About Mindfullness: What is ‘mindfulness’ and how can it help?  Continuer la lecture de « Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice CMRP »

Children's Defense Fund CDF

The Children’s Defense Fund grew out of the Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of Marian Wright Edelman. The first Black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar, Mrs. Edelman directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Miss.; worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as counsel for his Poor People’s Campaign; and dedicated her early career to defending the civil liberties of people struggling to overcome poverty and discrimination … (about /OHistory 1/2).
CFD on wikipedia.

Homepage; Sitemap;
Campaigns; Priorities; Research, Library; Take Action; Jobs; Support us;
Address: Children’s Defense Fund, 25 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, USA;
Contact.

About /History 2/2: … In 1969, Mrs. Edelman began the Washington Research Project, a public interest law firm that monitored federal programs for low-income families and, out of that initiative, she founded the Children’s Defense Fund in 1973.  Continuer la lecture de « Children's Defense Fund CDF »

Consumer Federation of America CFA

  • The Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is an association of non-profit consumer organizations that was established in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through research, advocacy, and education. Today, nearly 300 of these groups participate in the federation and govern it through their representatives on the organization’s Board of Directors … (about /Overview 1/2).
  • CFA on wikipedia.

Homepage;
Cooperatives; Local Groups; Join; Oher Resources; Staff; Board; News; left column: Issues, Services; Linking; Support us;
Adress: CFA, 1620 I Street, NW – Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006, USA;
Contact.

About /Overview: … CFA is a research, advocacy, education, and service organization.  Continuer la lecture de « Consumer Federation of America CFA »

Commission de recherche et d'information indépendantes sur la radioactivité CRIIRAD

  • La CRIIRAD, Qu’est-ce que c’est? 1986, création de la CRIIRAD: Alors que les services officiels indiquent que la France, en raison de son éloignement, a été totalement épargnée par le nuage radioactif de Tchernobyl, des familles entières consomment, sans le savoir, du lait, du fromage, des légumes frais … gorgés de produits radioactifs.
  • C’est en réaction au manque de prise en considération des conséquences de cet accident pour l’environnement et l’être humain que la CRIIRAD s’est constituée … (en savoir plus 1/2).
  • CRIIRAD in english on en.wikipedia.

Ce Site a un seul URL pour toutes ses pages. Liens internes pour Accueil, En savoir plus, subventions; Dossiers 2009 resp. 2008, Publications, Stages de Formation, Bulletin, Addhésion/Don, Pétitions; Contrôler la radioactivité: en labo, sur le site, leRadon, Compteur Geiger, Menaces radioactives sur les aliments.
URLs externes: Adhésion/Don, Dossier Japon, Balises, Publications: M. Roland DESBORDES;
Adresse Commission: 471 Avenue Victor Hugo, 26000 VALENCE, FRANCE;
Contact Commission, Info Radioactivité.

En savoir plus 2/2: … /La CRIIRAD, Qu’est-ce que c’est? La CRIIRAD a pour vocation:  Continuer la lecture de « Commission de recherche et d'information indépendantes sur la radioactivité CRIIRAD »

American Bankruptcy Institute ABI

The American Bankruptcy Institute is the largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI Canal Center Plaza membership includes more than 12,000 attorneys, auctioneers, bankers, judges, lenders, professors, turnaround specialists, accountants and other bankruptcy professionals providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information … (about 1/2).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Online Resources; Meetings, Events; Publications /Law Review; Membership; Join; Partners; Consumer Bankruptcy Center;
Address:  American Bankruptcy Institute, 44 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA;
Contact.

About 2/2: … In fulfillment of its mission to provide information to its members, journalists, Congress and the public, ABI is engaged in numerous educational and research activities, as well as the production of a number of publications both for the insolvency practitioner and the public. Continuer la lecture de « American Bankruptcy Institute ABI »

SOS Children's Villages of India

SOS Children’s Villages take action for children as an independent non-governmental social organization. We respect varying religions and cultures, and we work in countries and communities where our mission can contribute to development. We work in the spirit of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and we promote these rights around the world. With the SOS Children’s Village concept, our organization pioneered a family approach to the long-term care of orphaned and abandoned children. The concept is based on four principles … (full text our Roots).

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Where; Media; Events; Partners; Downloads; Donate; Sponsor a child;
Address NATIONAL OFFICE: SOS Children’s Villages of India, Plot No. 4, Block C-1, Institutional Area, Nelson Mandela Marg, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110 070, INDIA;
Contact.

Recognition: The Government of India has appreciated the work of SOS Children’s Villages of India and has recommended it to other child-care organization in the country to follow this pattern.  Continuer la lecture de « SOS Children's Villages of India »

Responsible Debt Relief RDR Institute

The Leader in Consumer Finance Innovation, FOUNDER & CEO Robert D. Manning, Author of Credit Card Nation – Linked on our blogs with Credit Card Nation.

  • RDR is a non-profit organization dedicated to the objective and empirical assessment of consumer debt capacity that provides the basis for innovative loan underwriting based on a net cash flow position of individuals and households.
  • RDR also serves as a clearing house for matching appropriate debt repayment programs based on household repayment capability. The RDR Institute works closely with commercial banks, credit unions, consumer credit counseling service organizations, partial payment debt resolution companies and bankruptcy practitioners to provide the most appropriate debt resolutions services based on consumer repayment capability … (full text who we are).

Homepage;
Bankruptcy Avoidance Program; Debt Resolution Plan; Media; a Video, 2.08 min; Loan underwriting; Links FTC: Abusive Debt, Relief;
Address: Responsible Debt Relief RDR, 1100 University Avenue, Suite 209, Rochester, NY 14607, USA;
Contact, Phone 1-585-563-7675, Fax 1-585-385-6227.

Background: … Dr. Manning Submits Comment to FTC Regarding Proposed Amendment to the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule to Address the Sale of Debt Relief Services. Continuer la lecture de « Responsible Debt Relief RDR Institute »

Credit Card Nation

Linked on our blogs with Responsible Debt Relief RDR Institute.

  • The objective of our educational program is to explain how individuals can empower themselves by better understanding the financial issues that create emotional and economic stress.
  • Our program begins with assessment quizzes that compare your knowledge of amusing cultural information with important practical information on the use of credit cards. The focus is on the early use of credit cards (typically in college and increasingly high school). Your individual performance then directs you to a level in the 3-step credit card education program (novice-intermediate-advanced) … (full text Financial Education).

Homepage;
Assessment Quizzes; Credit Card Education; Fincial Modules; Educatinal Programs; Debt Zapper Calculator online; Partners;
Address: Responsible Debt Relief RDR, 1100 University Avenue, Suite 209, Rochester, NY 14607, USA;
(Contact) /Feedback online.

Legislation: With Clinton’s pocket veto of the Bankruptcy Reform Act, the future of legislation regulating credit cards and consumer bankruptcy is now the responsibility of the nearly evenly divided U.S. Congress. Continuer la lecture de « Credit Card Nation »

Global Site

critical gateway to world politics, society and culture

In the twenty-first century, the social sciences face new intellectual and political challenges. The world has been undergoing profound political and military upheavals, in which both national and international relations of power are being transformed.
Increasingly global capitalist relations pose old questions of inequality and social conflict in new forms. Both the contents and forms of cultural relations are rapidly changing, together with their political and economic significance, and the challenge of the Internet is part of this process … (editorial /statement of aims 1/2).

Homepage;
new writing in the critical social sciences; subscribe; languages; editors; board; writing; reviews; comment; justpeace; obituaries;
Address: The Global Site, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SN, England;
Contact: Tel. +44 1273 678892, Fax +44 870 127 6581.

Editorial /statement of aims 2/2 … the challenges: – The global site has been founded, therefore, to address five challenges to our understanding that these developments raise for the social sciences:  Continuer la lecture de « Global Site »

National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform

In order to prepare students to be lifelong learners ready for college, career, and citizenship, the National Forum seeks to make every middle grades school academically excellent, responsive to the developmental needs and interests of young adolescents, and socially equitable … (vision 1/2).

Homepage;
Members; Forum; Leaders; Research; Resources; Improving Schools; Excellence; Responsiveness; Equity; Key Initiatives; News;
Address: National Forum, PO Box 224, Savoy, IL 61874, USA;
Contact: Phone (217) 351-2196; Fax (217) 351-1068.

Vision 2/2: … High-performing schools with middle grades are academically excellent. They challenge all students to use their minds well, providing them with the curriculum, instruction, assessment, support, and time they need to meet rigorous academic standards.  Continuer la lecture de « National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform »

EduQua

in french: Certificat suisse de qualité pour les institutions de formation continue – in german: Schweizerisches Qualitätszertifikat für Weiterbildungsinstitutionen – in italian: Certificato svizzero di qualità per istituzioni di formazione continua.

Quality – Transparency – Comparability in Further Education: The eduQua-Certificate: labels a good quality institute in further education; contributes to securing and developing quality of institutes in further education; adds more tranparency for clients. Find here: … (full text english Homepage).

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Good Grades …; Target Groups; Partners; Use it; Certification; Institutes; Client’s checklist; FAQs;
Address: eduQua Agency, Oerlikonerstrasse 38, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland;
Contact online and feedback.

The Label: Through eduQua, the first Swiss quality label geared towards adult continuing education was established.  Continuer la lecture de « EduQua »

Save the Children India

Save The Children India, a non-profit organisation that envisions India as a child friendly nation

Mission: Save The Children India is committed to preventing exploitation and all other forms of discrimination o f vulnerable women and children, and empowering them to lead a life of dignity, self-respect, and independence.
Vision: Save The Children India is an organisation that envisions India as a Child-Friendly Nation. (Mission /Vision).

Homepage; Sitemap;
Projects; Team; Trustees; Partners; Newsletter; Events: Power Of One, Magic Box, Araaish; FAQs; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 2): Save The Children India /Mumbai, SF9, G Block, Adjacent to American School of Bombay,  Bandra – Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 098,  India;
Feedback; Contact.

Our Founder – Late Mrs. Vipula Kadri: A social worker who has made a difference in the lives of millions of Indians, the late Mrs. Vipula Kadri was the founder of Save the Children India, along with sister organisations PRIDE INDIA and WISE.  Continuer la lecture de « Save the Children India »

Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network GLSEN

The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression … (about us /Mission 1/2).

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What we do; Research; Policy; National Board; Statement; edia; Newsletter; Tools, Tips; FAQs; Donate;
Addresses (1 of 2): GLSEN National Headquarters, 90 Broad Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10004, USA;
Contact.

About us /Mission 2/2: … The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Continuer la lecture de « Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network GLSEN »

Healing Trust NFSH

  • … The Healing Trust is the working name of The NFSH Charitable Trust Ltd, Registered Charity 1094702 … (on Freshwinds.org).
  • The Healing Trust is the new working name of The NFSH Charitable Trust Ltd (Charity No 1094702). Our pan-denominational organisation is the largest and oldest membership organisation of Spiritual Healers in the UK. Founded in 1954, we strive to raise the standards and awareness of healing in the UK and overseas by providing: … (full text Homepage).

Find a Healer; Training /Course; Workshops; In NHS; Membership; Events; Latest News; FAQs;
Contact.

About /What is Healing: … Spiritual Healing is a natural energy therapy.  Continuer la lecture de « Healing Trust NFSH »

allAfrica.com and PeaceAfrica

PeaceAfrica – supporting Africa’s Peacebuilders – is a Website created by allAfrica.com

… AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide. Registered in Mauritius, with offices in Johannesburg, Dakar, Lagos and Washington, D.C., AllAfrica is one of a family of companies that aggregate, produce and distribute news from across Africa to tens of millions of end users … (allAfrica /Who we are 1/2).

english Homepage allAfrica.com, french Accueil allAfrica; english Homepage;
PeaceAfrica-Pages: People, Projects and Organizations Database; Resources; Calendar;
allAfrica.com-pages: Site Guide; Content Providers; Headline Modules; BizzTech;
Contact online /Feedback for both.

allAfrica.com /Who we are 2/2: … This website, allAfrica.com, is among the Internet’s largest content sites, posting over 1000 stories daily in English and French and offering a diversity of multi-lingual streaming programming as well as over 900,000 articles in our searchable archive (which includes the archive of Africa News Service dating from 1997).   Continuer la lecture de « allAfrica.com and PeaceAfrica »