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Important Tips to Hire Reputed Packers and Movers Companies

What kind of services does the packers and movers provides? Packers and Movers offers a wide range of relocation services at the most economical rate. They are helping people with their dedicated services at their door to door. Their services are very economical as everyone can afford at their budget. They deal with household shifting, office relocation, industrial shifting, car carrier and transportation services, freight forwarding and logisti… Continue

Added by Aden Kelvin on February 9, 2010 at 1:44am — No Comments

Timberlake to get pudding pot from Harvard

Multifaceted entertainer Justin Timberlake is coming to Harvard University to be honored as the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year. The Grammy and Emmy award winner will receive his pudding pot from the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe at a roast scheduled for Friday. Hasty Pudding Theatricals said the singer, songwriter, actor and producer was selected because he's "one of pop culture's most influential entertainers." Timberlake is one of the stars of the upcoming movie "The Social Netw… Continue

Added by Valeria Bella on February 5, 2010 at 7:40am — No Comments

Lisa Shirch supports the case for a Department of Peace:

A diplomatic surge for Afghanistan

by Lisa Schirch, Professor of Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and Director of the 3D Security Initiative.

26 January 2010

"...Afghan leaders ... say the United States does not have enough diplomats with the requisite training in local cultures and languages, principled negotiation, sustained dialogue and other advanced conflict… Continue

Added by David Hazen on February 4, 2010 at 8:17pm — No Comments

The AntiWar Movement.

7th January 2010 Dear Companions, On the 2nd October 2008 I was repatriated to Sicily. I do write with concern to the cessation of war. I do urge the cessation of violence and hostilities. . The Resolution 55/282 was adopted at the fifty fifth session, 7th September 2001, 11th plenary meeting, by the competent organ of the United Nations. The General Assembly directed to in writing the subsequent declaration. "Invites all Member states, organizations of the United Nations system, regional and… Continue

Added by Giuseppe Biundo on January 31, 2010 at 6:55am — No Comments

Peacebuilding Ideas on Change.org

Change.org has launched it's 2010 search for "Ideas for Change in America", and already several peacebuilding ideas have been proposed. The top 10 ideas will be given the support of Change.org organizers and pushed forward. Go to Change.org and cast your votes for: a) Establish a U.S. Department of Peacebuilding - http://www.change.org/ideas/view/establish_a_us_department_of_peace b) Support the Youth P… Continue

Added by Ted Nunn on January 26, 2010 at 6:03pm — 1 Comment

Green Alert for Fearless Peace - my 2007 blog

Everytime I travel overseas since Iraq war I have been accustomed to hear Orange alerts in the US international Airports. Almost no one pays any attention to these alerts, why they are issued or who issues them anymore. They are supposedly meant for passenger and airport safety and security within US. I thought I post my Green Alert here again for the year 2010 as the grassroot mobilization for the ,world march for peace and non-violence has just begun.… Continue

Added by Susmita Barua on January 25, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

MLK Today

this is a response i wrote to "the wausau daily herald" yesterday after i read an article about "what would mlk say today?" -- it’s the paper for a little city i live next to. US SPACE SUPERIORITY and FULL-SPECTRUM DOMINANCE: "We must establish and maintain space superiority." -General Lance W. Lord, head of Space Command Space superiority means "the ability to fight from space, through space and in space." -Tim Weiner, Business reporter for The New York Times "Now if the argument is wh… Continue

Added by Jacob Griesmer on January 21, 2010 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

Clinton, Bush say saving lives is top goal in Haiti

Getting aid to Haiti right away to save lives is the first goal of the fund-raising initiative headed by George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the two former U.S. presidents say. In a pre-recorded interview broadcast Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Bush and Clinton said the new fund created by President Barack Obama also seeks to ensure that money keeps coming in after the… Continue

Added by bernertry on January 17, 2010 at 6:14pm — No Comments

anti-war educational video available free to professors, instructors, teachers, and coaches for a limited time

January 14, 2010 This week I completed a rough cut of my 20-minute educational video HOW TO JUMP START YOUR WAR, a satirical look at the similar deceptive protocol used to start each of the last four big international wars: World War Two, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. Most people of all political stripes do not like being swindled, and this animated and historical video is about giving college classroom exposure to the four biggest swindles of the last hundred years. Please note that among the fo… Continue

Added by Alan Gorg on January 14, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Google Embraces Partners to Straddle Desktop-Cloud Divide

Google has unveiled plans today to allow Google Docs to store any type of files, and revealed a new tool from Memeo to enable users to access, migrate, and synchronize files between their desktop and Google Docs. These announcements signify a broader strategy by Google to help business customers bridge the gap between the desktop and the cloud. Google has been aggressively… Continue

Added by bernertry on January 12, 2010 at 6:02pm — No Comments

Google Reacts To Nexus One Complaints

With complaints about its online-only support for the new Nexus One smartphone piling up, Google said it is moving as quickly as possible to address customer dissatisfaction. The company's support forum is loaded with complaints about spotty 3G coverage from carrier partner T-Mobile, a lack of information on delivery status after a phone is purchased and getting the run around w… Continue

Added by bernertry on January 12, 2010 at 2:16pm — No Comments

Mutagens, "Clear Eyed" guided Lasery/"rods from God" and Nazism: The Things of Demons

Depleted Uranium (couple links about white phosphorus) both are known mutagens: http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/faq/faq_du.jsp Depleted uranium is a heavy metal that is also slightly radioactive. It is highly unlikely that exposure to DU ammunition would cause leukemia. http://www.nato.int/du/home.htm a very large body of existing scientific and medical research clearly established that such… Continue

Added by Jacob Griesmer on January 1, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

THE GLOBAL FAMILY DAY

President Barack Obama, The President of the United States, Of America. You’re Excellency, THE GLOBAL FAMILY DAY The”Global Family Day” campaign is offering a $1000 scholarship for the best 250 word letter written to your Excellency. I am not vying for the scholarship, but wish to make people understand that 250 words are not necessary to touch your heart, because you are a gentleman with a heart, always on the lookout to do something good and positive not only for your country and the Americ… Continue

Added by Adolphus Francis Quintus Andradi on December 28, 2009 at 12:46am — No Comments

"Global Family Day" Program Offers $1000 Scholarship for Best Letter or Video to President Obama

The "Global Family Day" campaign is offering a $1000 scholarship for best 250 word letter/video-letter to President Obama, telling him why we need Global Family Day, a January 1st day of observance to practice peace and sharing as one human family. It's already approved by the U.S. Congress and U… Continue

Added by Ted Nunn on December 26, 2009 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

World Peace through the Town Hall

This is one of the more exciting resources that I have encountered recently, mostly based on the author's credentials and his opening statement. Available online for $10 US at https://www.createspace.com/3373203 Available for online reading free at http://www.culture-of-peace.info/books/worldpeace.html Part of a trilogy along with The History of the Culture of War and I Have S… Continue

Added by David Hazen on December 18, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

RETHINK AFGHANISTAN

http://grayson.house.gov/ http://rethinkafghanistan.com/ CHECK THIS OUT!!!!! Continue

Added by angelica d'archangelis on December 17, 2009 at 5:02pm — No Comments

RETHINK AFGHANISTAN

REP. ALAN GRAYSON HAS STEPPED FORWARD!!!!!! http://rethinkafghanistan.com/ http://rethinkafghanistan.com/ SEND THIS TO EVERYONE. WE CAN SUPPORT CONGRESSMAN GRAYSON!!!!!! Continue

Added by angelica d'archangelis on December 17, 2009 at 4:35pm — 2 Comments

10 ways to inspire The Peace Alliance

Perhaps this list could be the starting point of a doc that we can all work on. I feel it's incomplete. 1. Share personal stories. Use them to build bonds and strengthen ties between tribe members, stories of what their life was like before and after joining the campaign, any shifts in attitude they have experienced, what gratitudes they have, what their core values are. 2. Introduce Members to Each Other Teach listening skills (we've forgotten how to listen!), use a talking stick, set time l… Continue

Added by David Hazen on December 16, 2009 at 12:24am — 4 Comments