Africa Through Our Eyes…

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It has been said that laughter is the closest distance betwen two people!  

We encourage you to come learn more about laughter and humor research at our AATH conference in Chicago April 19-22 2012.  We believe that joyful people can promote peace and collaboration.  Learn from our researchers.  Earn 3 hours graduate college credit at our …

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The U. S. Department of State sponsors the "Doors to Diplomacy" educational challenge - to encourage middle school and high school students around the world to produce web projects that teach others about the importance of international affairs and diplomacy. Each student team member of the winning "Doors to Diplomacy" Award team receives a $2,000 scholarship, and the…

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There is a significant gap between youth-centered programming in sport for development and sport development in South Africa. This gap can be seen in various sectors – in the corporate…

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A few months ago, PARCC at Syracuse University launched its blog, Conflict and Collaboration, on wordpress.com.  It features faculty from PARCC, including Lou Kriesberg, Miriam, Ellman, Paul Hirsh, Rosemary O'Leary, and others.  Please visit us for some interesting and wide-ranging persepctives, most recently on the death of Bin Laden and future relationship with Pakistan.  I invite you to comment and if you wish to post a blog, please let me know. … Continue

There are 41 excerpts from a variety of sources which are now accessible in the current “Table of Contents” for the "Special Moments of Inspiration and Insight: A Reader from Books and Documents in the English Language" Book Project (accessible at www.specialmomentsbook.net ). The addition of new excerpts led to a revision of the subject headings…

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Urtak surveys insights



The URTAK universe is expanding FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT! More than two dozen new urtaks were created last week alone!



To explore this paradise of opinion information, click here: http://urtak.com/urtaks



To find out what people in your community think, create an URTAK here: http://urtak.com/urtaks/new

URTAK of the week!



The French philosopher… Continue

Ask, Answer, Learn and help our leaders lead with fresh insights through collaboration.

Dear friends,



This week we are upgrading our server capacity as we prepare to launch the do it yourself urtak feature. The Urtak project is growing!



Top 5 - War



In our many thousands of years on this planet humans have found countless ways to waste energy and resources. But no activity is as useless and destructive as war. This week's Top 5 casts a glance at this subject, which captures our imagination like few others.…

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Dear friends,



The Urtak project's rate of growth is accelerating. Many new participants have joined, and their contributions are bringing us closer to making collaborative public opinion a reality.



Top 5 - The environment



Climate change and environmental degradation will continue to affect us all in the coming decades. These problems clearly require collective and global solutions. What are the views of the Urtak community? This week's Top 5 tries to shine a… Continue

One of the many things that we all have in common is our need to sleep. But naturally, as individuals, we have different experiences with our nightly rest. These are examined in this week's Top 5.



Do you have trouble going to sleep?



Do you drool as you sleep?



Do you love to sleep?…



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My fellow primates,



This week we passed 1,500,000 responses from participants in nineteen Urtak communities. The Urtak project is picking up speed.



Top 5 - Our animal friends



Given our shared ancestry (condolences to the doubters), it seems normal that we should take interest in our evolutionary cousins. In fact, questions about animals are some of the most common on Urtak. Here are some particularly interesting questions, resolved once and for all by your… Continue

March 3, 2009



Either today or tomorrow Urtak will collect its millionth response. Collaborative public opinion is a reality. Our next step - one billion!



Top 5 - The economy



The world economy is in depression. This will affect everyone, and it has already changed the way we see the world. Words like nationalization and socialism, so far out of the mainstream just one year ago, can now be heard every day in the mass media.



The Urtak population, a… Continue

Some of the breadth of insights now possible - some questions and opinions about "conflict."

http://urtak.com/news/2009-01-05

Do you have any interesting questions?

What will other people think?

Ask, answer, learn. Participate.

urtak.com

Participate in public opinion.

This is this week's urtak news, as sent to participants in the urtak collaborative public opinion project

(please note that polling results from our community can be found at the url noted after each question below):



Dear friends,



We here at Urtak are hard at work on the next stage of development, which will allow anyone to create their own urtak, with their own questions. We hope that we will be able to announce its release very soon.



Top 5 - W.… Continue

Please follow this link

http://urtak.com/questions/2551

to find out what participants in the urtak collaboration opinion project think so far.

What do you think?

I say yes, "too much power."

Join the urtak project and participate in public opinion.

Development of workshop content for radio shows



All topics will be worked on in each workshop. Material to each subject will b collected and send to Berlin for a final editing. By this we believe we will be able to generate the best results for the radio programme.



Radio programme

Workshop results will be used to create 6 radio magazine show. After working on the topics during workshop sessions, children will be enabled to narrate content and develop positions in an… Continue