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Tour Link Conference
JANUARY 2016 // ISSUE 1 Tour Link Magazine 1 officer, Eric Stuart, as he explained the mathematics involved in determining crowd size, and why num- Event Safety Alliance Event Safety bers alone are insufficient to predicting and prevent- Summit 2015 Recap ing potential issues. We applauded Professor Emma Story by Shelby Cude, Photos by Nicholas Karlin Parkinson of Bucks New University in the UK, as she explained near-miss and accident reporting in the This past December, industry professionals from all development of an effective safety culture, challeng- over the globe gathered in Lititz, Pennsylvania for ing the industry’s taboo that “the show must go on.” Closing out the Summit, Jim Digby left the group the 2nd Annual Event Safety Summit, hosted by The with a single, powerful statement – that true leaders Event Safety Alliance. Checking their competitive empower others to do the right thing. For those that agendas at the door, nearly 200 attendees repre- presented and participated in the 2015 Event Safety senting every inch of the event industry sat under the Summit, Tour Link thanks you for taking the initiative massive roof of rehearsal venue Rock Lititz to en- to actively promote life safety first. gage in three days of discussion on issues related to safety at live events. From crowd management tac- University Meteorologist, Kevin Kloesel, of the Okla- tics, to safe pyrotechnics practices, to severe weather homa University Office of Emergency Prepared- plans, to current and future technical standards, an ness demonstrated how little we understand when elite group of presenters took the stage to share their it comes to “predicting” the weather and strategies expertise, and issued a call to action to improve the for evacuating outdoor events in case of emergency. -
Friedensnobelpreisträger Alljährlich Am 10
WikiPress Friedensnobelpreisträger Alljährlich am 10. Dezember, dem Todestag Alfred Nobels, wird der Frie- Friedensnobelpreisträger densnobelpreis vom norwegischen König in Oslo verliehen. Im Jahr 1901 erhielt Henri Dunant für die Gründung des Roten Kreuzes und seine Ini- Geschichte, Personen, Organisationen tiative zum Abschluss der Genfer Konvention als Erster die begehrte Aus- zeichnung. Mit dem Preis, den Nobel in seinem Testament gestiftet hatte, wurden weltweit zum ersten Mal die Leistungen der Friedensbewegung Aus der freien Enzyklopädie Wikipedia offiziell gewürdigt. Im Gegensatz zu den anderen Nobelpreisen kann der zusammengestellt von Friedensnobelpreis auch an Organisationen vergeben werden, die an ei- nem Friedensprozess beteiligt sind. Dieses Buch stellt in ausführlichen Achim Raschka Beiträgen sämtliche Friedensnobelpreisträger seit 1901 sachkundig vor. Alle Artikel sind aus der freien Enzyklopädie Wikipedia zusammen- gestellt und zeichnen ein lebendiges Bild von der Vielfalt, Dynamik und Qualität freien Wissens – zu dem jeder beitragen kann. Achim Raschka hat einige Jahre seines Lebens damit verbracht, Biologie zu studieren, und vor vier Jahren sein Diplom mit den Schwerpunkten Zoologie, Humanbiologie, Ökologie und Paläontologie abgeschlossen. Er ist verheiratet und Vater von zwei Kindern, hat einen Facharbeiterbrief als Physiklaborant, ist ehemaliger Zivildienstleistender einer Jugendherberge in Nordhessen sowie ambitionierter Rollenspieler und Heavy-Metal-Fan. Während seines Studiums betreute er verschiedene Kurse, vor allem in Ökologie (Bodenzoologie und Limnologie), Zoologie sowie in Evolutions- biologie und Systematik. Seit dem Studium darf er als Dozent an der Frei- en Universität in Berlin regelmäßig eigene Kurse in Ökologie geben. Au- ßerdem war er kurz beim Deutschen Humangenomprojekt (DHGP) und betreute mehrere Jahre Portale bei verschiedenen Internetplattformen. Zur Wikipedia kam Achim Raschka während seiner Zeit im Erziehungs- urlaub für seinen jüngeren Sohn. -
Peter Benenson
Peace People Series PETER BENENSON Two articles that changed the world Thousands of readers responded to this appeal, and not just from Britain. Within a short time an One day in 1960 Peter Benenson was reading his international meeting of supporters decided to newspaper on the tube in London when he saw establish Amnesty International as a permanent an article about two Portuguese students who human rights organisation. had drunk a toast to liberty in a Lisbon restaurant. At the time Portugal was governed Sympathisers were encouraged to form small by a dictator. The students had been overheard, groups at work, at church, school or college. arrested, and given seven-year prison sentences Each group was allocated three prisoners of for their simple gesture. conscience: one from the west, one from an “Iron Benenson was outraged. Curtain” (Communist) When he got off the train country, and one from a he went straight into the developing country. In church of St Martin-in-the- this way Amnesty Fields, Trafalgar Square, demonstrated that it was to think hard about what politically impartial. could be done to prevent Group members wrote such appalling suppression letters asking the of free speech. As a authorities to release lawyer he realised that their “adopted” prisoners there was a limit to how and, if possible, much lawyers could do to corresponded with the protect human rights in undemocratic countries. prisoners to comfort and encourage them. This What was needed was a campaign “which would created strong bonds between people from harness the enthusiasm of people all over the different countries. -
International Tropical Timber Organisation Itto Project
INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER ORGANISATION ITTO PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT PD 337/05 Rev. 3 (F) “INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FOREST INDUSTRY SECTOR IN SUB-SAHARAN TROPICAL AFRICA” ACCRA, GHANA FUNDING AGENCIES Project Identification Title: “International Workshop On Clean Development Mechanism – Opportunities And Challenges For The Forest Industry Sector In Sub-Saharan Tropical Africa” Serial Number: PD 337/05 Rev. 3 (F) Executing Agency: Forestry Commission Host Government: Government of Ghana Starting Date: March 2006 Actual Duration (Months): Fourteen Months Actual Project Costs (US $): 279,160.00 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................... 3 1.0 Background Information ................................................................................ 3 1.1 Specific Objective And Outputs ................................................................ 4 1.2 Project Duration And Overall Cost ............................................................ 5 2.0 Project Achievements .................................................................................... 5 2.1 Outputs Achieved ....................................................................................... 5 2.2 Specific Objective(s) Achieved ................................................................. 7 2.3 Contribution to the Achievement of the Development Objective ............. 7 2.4 Situation after Project Completion ............................................................ -
Millionaire Mentors Program What Will YOUR $1,000,000 Idea Be?
Cynthia Kersey’s Unstoppable Giving Challenge Millionaire Mentors Program What Will YOUR $1,000,000 Idea Be? James Cameron Rev. Michael Beckwith Robert Kiyosaki Dr. Ken Blanchard Bob Proctor Mark Victor Hansen Bill Harris Stewart Emory Jack Healey Wyland Dave Bach Lynne Twist Twelve world-famous millionaires share their private secrets for generating $1,000,000 ideas...without accepting a single dollar in return...and show you, step by step, how you can create one, too…All while saving over 4,000 children’s lives! Mentor: Bob Proctor GIVING www.unstoppablegivingchallenge.com © 2008 Unstoppable Foundation. THE MILLION DOLLAR IDEA: HOW TO DEVELOP A MILLION DOLLAR IDEA TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND CHANGE THE WORLD Cynthia Kersey interviewing Bob Proctor – Mentor #1 MS. KERSEY: Hi. My name is Cynthia Kersey, and I'd like to welcome you to the Million Dollar Idea Seminar Series online course, “How to Develop a Million Dollar Idea to Change Your Life and Change the World.” I'm the host of this program and am excited to bring to you this first interview of 12 world-famous millionaires, philanthropists and business leaders who will show you their strategies for not only generating ideas that can make millions of dollars, but also how to implement your idea, how to stay on track, and then how do you take it to the finish line. And, of course, the intention behind this course is to raise money to build schools in Africa. Every expert, every mentor involved in this course is doing so not for financial compensation but it's their way to give back and support this initiative which is sponsored by the Unstoppable Foundation. -
The Changing Energy Landscape and Its Impact on Economic Development in America
The Changing Energy Landscape and its impact on economic development in America The Changing Energy Landscape And its Impact on Economic Development in America International Economic Development Council IEDC is the world’s largest membership organization serving the economic development profession, with more than 5,000 members and a network of more than 25,000 economic development professionals and allies. From public to private, rural to urban, and local to international, our members represent the entire range of economic development experience. Through a range of services including conferences, training courses, webinars, publications, research and technical assistance efforts, we strive to provide cutting-edge knowledge to the economic development community and its stakeholders. For more information about IEDC, visit www.iedconline.org. Craig J. Richards, CEcD, FM President & CEO Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation, FL 2018 Chairman of the Board, IEDC Michael Langley, FM, HLM President & CEO Greater Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership, MN 2017 Chairman of the Board, IEDC Jeffrey A. Finkle, CEcD President & CEO International Economic Development Council © Copyright 2018 International Economic Development Council 2 | E D R P – The Changing Energy Landscape Economic Development Research Partners The EDRP Program is the “think tank” component of IEDC, designed to help economic development professionals weather the challenges and grab opportunities from economic changes affecting our communities. EDRP members are leaders in the field of economic development, working through this program to improve the knowledge and practice of the profession. IEDC would like to thank the Economic Development Research Partners program for providing the impetus and resources for this project. -
Title of the Thesis
From Convention to Classroom: The Long Road to Human Rights Education Paula Gerber Submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Law School The University of Melbourne January 2008 Abstract A core function of the United Nations over the past six decades has been the promotion and protection of human rights. In pursuit of this goal, the UN General Assembly has adopted numerous human rights treaties covering a vast array of rights. Because it has the highest number of ratifications, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CROC), is often lauded as the most successful of all the human rights treaties. Although the breadth and depth of human rights treaties is impressive, the amount of research into their effectiveness is not. Very little scholarship has been undertaken to evaluate the extent to which human rights treaties are being complied with by countries that have ratified them and whether ratification of a human rights treaty has a positive impact on the human rights situation within a State Party’s jurisdiction. The research that has been undertaken has been largely quantitative and limited to studies of compliance with civil and political rights. This thesis builds on this limited scholarship by qualitatively analysing the ‘compliance’ levels of two States, Australia and the United States, with the norm in Article 29(1) of CROC relating to human rights education (HRE). Although the United States has not ratified CROC, it was selected as one of the case studies for this research in order to enable comparison to be made between HRE in a State that has ratified CROC, and a State that has not, thereby shedding light on whether ratification of a human rights treaty makes a difference. -
History of Ghana Advisory Board
THE HISTORY OF GHANA ADVISORY BOARD John T. Alexander Professor of History and Russian and European Studies, University of Kansas Robert A. Divine George W. Littlefield Professor in American History Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin John V. Lombardi Professor of History, University of Florida THE HISTORY OF GHANA Roger S. Gocking The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findiing, Series Editors Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cocking, Roger. The history of Ghana / Roger S. Gocking. p. cm. — (The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, ISSN 1096-2905) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-313-31894-8 (alk. paper) 1. Ghana—History. I. Title. II. Series. DT510.5.G63 2005 966.7—dc22 2004028236 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2005 by Roger S. Gocking All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004028236 ISBN: 0-313-31894-8 ISSN: 1096-2905 First published in 2005 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 987654321 Contents Series Foreword vii Frank W. Thackeray and John -
AREF 2Nd Proofs.Indd
12BOOK REVIEWS 13Walk with the devil: My endless struggle against the cunning and traps of the devil Zakariah Ali, Bloomington, IN, Xlibris Corporation, 2012. pp. 390, ISSN 978-1-4653-8837-7 (pbk). Reviewed by George M. Bob-Milliar Department of History and Political Studies Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, PMB University Post Offi ce, Kumasi-Ghana Prominent Ghanaians do not usually write, let alone publish, their memoirs. Indeed, since leaving offi ce in 2001, after him serving 19 years as head of state, Ghanaians are still waiting to read the memoirs of former President J.J. Rawlings. The culture of documenting one’s experiences is not popular among literate Ghanaians. The trail blazed by some nationalist leaders including Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana: The autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957); Joe Appiah’s, Joe Appiah: The autobiography of an African patriot (1996); Mumuni Bawumia’s, A life in the political history of Ghana: Memoirs of Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia (2004), among others, was not sustained. 276Not many public and civil servants have written about their working experiences either. From this perspective, Zakariah Ali’s book is a welcome addition to the few personal memoirs of former public and civil servants. More importantly, Ali is among a handful of fi rst-generation educated northerners to have attempted to write their experiences that transcended Ghana’s geographical regions. Zakariah Ali’s book is a synthesis which attempts to recount important national moments through a personal lens. Retirement, in most cases, leads to boredom, and it was this problem that Ali used to his advantage. -
UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations
UCLA UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title The Red Star State: State-Capitalism, Socialism, and Black Internationalism in Ghana, 1957- 1966 Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0qt1k4q3 Author Osei-Opare, Kwadwo Publication Date 2019 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles The Red Star State: State-Capitalism, Socialism, and Black Internationalism in Ghana, 1957-1966 A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in History by Kwadwo Osei-Opare © Copyright by Kwadwo Osei-Opare The Red Star State: State-Capitalism, Socialism, and Black Internationalism in Ghana, 1957-1966 by Kwadwo Osei-Opare Doctor of Philosophy in History University of California, Los Angeles, 2019 Professor Andrew Apter, Chair The Red Star State charts a new history of global capitalism and socialism in relation to Ghana and Ghana’s first postcolonial leader, Kwame Nkrumah. By tracing how Soviet connections shaped Ghana’s post-colonial economic ideologies, its Pan-African program, and its modalities of citizenship, this dissertation contradicts literature that portrays African leaders as misguided political-economic theorists, ideologically inconsistent, or ignorant Marxist-Leninists. Rather, I argue that Nkrumah and Ghana’s postcolonial government actively formed new political economic ideologies by drawing from Lenin’s state-capitalist framework and the Soviet Economic Policy (NEP) to reconcile capitalist policies under a decolonial socialist umbrella. Moreover, I investigate how ordinary Africans—the working poor, party members, local and cabinet-level government officials, economic planners, and the informal sector—grappled with ii and reshaped the state’s role and duty to its citizens, conceptions of race, Ghana’s place within the Cold War, state-capitalism, and the functions of state-corporations. -
Building a Human Rights Campaign – the Essentials David Kornhauser the Protection of Human Rights Is an Incredibly Important and Yet All Too Often Challenging Task
Fall 08 Summer 2014 Building a Human Rights Campaign – The Essentials David Kornhauser The protection of human rights is an incredibly important and yet all too often challenging task. To most average people, the prospect of creating a campaign to protect the inalienable rights to which everyone is entitled is a seemingly impossible task. This paper analyzes the success of a giant in the Human Rights industry, Jack Healey, and provides the reader with advice on things to keep in mind when beginning their own initiative. Human Rights Action Center Building a Human Rights Campaign – The Essentials Introduction ................................................................................................................ 2 Jack Healey: A Leader in the Promotion of Human Rights ............................................ 2 Lessons from an Incredible Personality ........................................................................................................... 3 Steps to Success: Advice from a Veteran Campaigner .................................................. 5 Step 1 – Get to know your cause ......................................................................................................................... 5 Step 2 – Decide who should hear your message and how to do it ........................................................ 7 Step 3 – Organization, Planning and Flexibility ......................................................................................... 11 Step 4 - Simplicity .................................................................................................................................................. -
Africa and the Unmasking of Asia
The Newsletter | No.72 | Autumn 2015 38 | The Focus Africa and the unmasking of Asia derived. The historical, material and technological conditions Masking has a long and rich history on the continents of Africa and Asia. In Africa in Africa in particular (and the world generally) in the last two hundred years (at the very least), had conspired to make the notable masking tradition of the Yorubas of West Africa comes to mind. In Asia a pointed focus on Asian studies in many ways a virtual luxury. For one, Africa was trying to understand itself and reconstruct the dexterity and speed of China’s face mask artists have intrigued and entertained its past; both projects though still ongoing, have largely been successful. Today, blinding technological changes and altered 1 theatre lovers for centuries. Merged, intertwined and entangled with ontology, geo-political and economic realities (inspired in the main by Asia’s ascendancy), make it possible for Africa to begin epistemology and even meta-physics, masking has played cultural, philosophical and building its own tradition of Asian studies. moral roles in these ancient societies. To be sure, in both societies and civilizations, Unmasking : towards greater clarity How (and why) should Africa at this juncture in history to mask is temporally and temporarily transmutative; the masked take on another approach the study of Asia? Undoubtedly, this question has been reflected on by some of Africa’s leading minds, identity that only unmasking can reverse. As Africa and Asia interact far more among them Chinweizu and Ayi Kwei Armah, long before Asia became ascendant in the last half of the 20th century.