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The UPEACE Foundation Course provides a critical and concise introduction to the broad field of "Peace Studies" for students in ALL UPEACE programs. It initially addresses key conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of the origins and development of peace studies as an interdisciplinary area within the fields of international relations and political economy. Based on a critical analysis of policies, strategies, institutions, organizations and movements, the course then examines a range of core issues, dimensions, perspectives and paradigms for understanding the root causes of conflicts and violence and constructive strategies to address them and build peace in contemporary global, international, regional, national and local contexts. The core concepts include militarization, disarmament and arms control; human rights violations and promotion; gender inequalities, gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming; structural violence, human security, development and globalization; environmental sustainability; corporate social responsibility; international law in conflict and peacebuilding; cultural and religious identities; media's role in conflict and peacebuilding; strategies of nonviolence; and peace education. This Foundations course will be essential in catalyzing the awareness, understanding and motivation of UPEACE students in diverse academic programs to relate, ground and intersect their specific areas of academic and practitioner interest with core theoretical, conceptual and analytical ideas in peace studies.
Academic Course Calendar - International Peace Studies - 2017 - 2018
Courses and Teachers
2017 - 2018 - International Peace Studies
Course listings are continously updated with new information
|Credits # Weeks
UPEACE Foundation Course
Alonso Muñoz
(Costa Rica)
Heather Kertyzia
Jan Breitling
Manish Thapa
Mayumi Yamada
Mihir Kanade
Miriam Estrada-Castillo
Ross Ryan
3 credits
3 weeks
21 Aug-08 Sep 2017
8:45am - 11:45am At Council Room
Introduction to International Peace Studies, from War to Peace
Jerry Sanders
(United States)
3 credits
3 weeks (NOTE: One double session on Thursday 5 October – 8:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m.)
18 Sep-06 Oct 2017
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Classroom #2
The United Nations System and UPMUNC (Part I)
José Riera-Cézanne
(United States)
Mihir Kanade
2 credits
2 weeks
11-25 Oct 2017
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Council Room
Security Sector Reform
Manish Thapa
3 credits
15 Sessions (with 3 double session on 2nd, 14th & 15th November 2017 from 8:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. and 2 online sessions)
26 Oct-15 Nov 2017
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Classroom #5
Strategic Nonviolent Resistance
Maciej Bartkowski
(Poland/United States)
3 credits
3 weeks (NOTE: including three double sessions -on Thursday 30 Nov, 07 and 14 Dec - 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.)
27 Nov-14 Dec 2017
1:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. At Council Room
The Kurds between Past and Present Genocides in Iraq: Fresh Hopes or New Tragedies?
Mohammed Ihsan
2 credits
2 weeks
15-26 Jan 2018
1:15pm - 4:15pm At Classroom #3
Gender Mainstreaming in Peacekeeping Operations and in Humanitarian Assistance
Mayumi Yamada
3 credits
3 weeks
15 Jan-02 Feb 2018
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Classroom #1
Tools for Conflict Resolution and Transformation
Balázs Kovács
3 credits
3 weeks
7-27 Feb 2018
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Council Room
Research Methodology
Ross Ryan
3 credits
3 weeks
5-23 Mar 2018
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Council Room
Disarmament Education
Manish Thapa
2 credits
2 weeks (NOTE: 11 April is National Holiday. There will be one double session TBC)
2-13 Apr 2018
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Classroom #1
Working in Conflict and Post-Conflict Areas - Field Training
René Marc Burleigh
Ross Ryan
2 credits
1 week
16-20 Apr 2018
8:45 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. At Council Room
Terrorism and Conflict: Issues and Perspectives
Manish Thapa
3 credits
3 weeks
2-22 May 2018
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Council Room
The United Nations System and UPMUNC (Part II)
Ross Ryan
1 credits
1 weeks
28-30 May 2018
8:45 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. At Council Room
Transnational Organized Crime
Philip Reichel
(United States)
3 credits
3 weeks
4-22 Jun 2018
8:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. At Classroom #1
Graduation Project: Thesis (8 credits) or Internship (8 credits) or Capstone (5 credits)
UPEACE Resident Faculty
8 credits
|25 Jun-31 Dec 2018
This course will present a comprehensive and critical overview of key conceptual and theoretical ideas, themes and alternative paradigms in International Peace Studies, including a conceptual grounding in the interrelated fields of international relations/security, conflict analysis, resolution and transformation, militarization and disarmament, and the related roles of international organizations. The core themes and concepts outlined above will be introduced through a historical and comparative analysis of traditional and critical approaches to international peace and security encompassing the dominance of hegemonic peace following the second world war; the ascendance of liberal peace at the end of the cold war; and the emergence of cosmopolitan peace at the turn of the 21st century. Students will examine the work of several theorists and analysts in various disciplines and interdisciplinary fields including political science, international relations and political economy to understand how each of these orientations has added a new revisionist understanding of peace and security, reinterpreting old orthodoxies to meet the demands of changing circumstances and new challenges.
The pursuit of an elusive peace for humanity has been one of the major driving forces for the establishment of international organisations throughout History. The struggled for maintenance of peace and peaceful settlement of disputes have been the most important aim of most Humanity. Two world wars have been needed, however, to institute finally an international organisation committed itself essentially "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom" The United Nations emerged in 1945 as a stronger and wiser international organisation resolved to avoid the circumstances that led to the failure of its predecessor, the League of Nations.
After 70 years of its foundation, the historical, socio-political and economic development circumstances of the world have changed and with them, the UN has evolved towards a contemporary new architecture reflected in the adoption of an organisational philosophy able to respond to the current necessities of the world particularly on the subjects related to pacific settlement, collective security and development. One of the most important changes relates to the new criteria about Peace. In the world of former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Mon "Building peace is about much more than ending war. It is about putting in place the institutions and trust that will carry people forward into a peaceful future. We often have a limited window of opportunity in which to do this."
This course provides a basic introduction to the concept of "Security Sector Reform" (SSR) which is widely recognized as a vital component of building sustainable peace in societies in post-conflict contexts. Such reform is necessary to enhance the security and safety of people and for preventing emerging or recurring crises and conflicts. Through a critical analysis of policies, procedures, programs, activities and case studies in global, regional and local contexts, the course will clarify how Governments and intergovernmental agencies can improve the provision of security, safety and justice to citizens and institutions based on the rule of law and related standards or principles of human rights, gender equality, human security, transparency, accountability, democratic participation and good governance. Specific security sector reforms to be examined include disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs vital in the transition from the ending of armed conflict to a peaceful societal order; reform of various law and order and defense agencies (e.g. armed forces; police; justice, national security) and the establishment of effective civilian oversight of the security system. Emphasis will also be placed in this course on major UN policy and operational areas for supporting SSR, including peacekeeping, DDR and post-conflict peacebuilding, and the role of the United Nations Inter-Agency Security Sector Reform Task Force (IASSRTF) to "promote an integrated, holistic and coherent United Nations security sector reform (SSR) approach that envisages to assist States and societies in establishing effective, inclusive and accountable security". The civil society-led initiative of a United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) will also be explored in terms of its potential positive contributions to international Security Sector Reform.
In a world still beset with militarized violence and multiple other forms of conflicts, a meaningful question is whether nonviolence can be an effective strategy for resolving these conflicts. This course seeks to provide a critical understanding of the growing movements and communities of people using principles, concepts and methods of nonviolence in addressing conflicts and challenging political violence/repression and economic, social and cultural injustices to build a culture of peace in diverse societies. Drawing on the ideas and philosophies of various nonviolence advocates as well as national and local case studies, a comparison of these strategic nonviolent movements will clarify reasons for their success and/or failures and their possibilities and challenges in bringing about political and social transformation. In sum, the course seeks to provide some key conceptual and practical insights on the role of strategic nonviolent resistance in peacebuilding.
2 credits
This course introduces students to the struggles of Kurds in the context of genocides committed against
them in the past as well as in the current ongoing conflict against ISIS. It explores the Kurdish national
movement and its prospects and challenges. At the end of the course, the students will have an understanding of the history of the Kurds in the Middle East with specific emphasis on the Kurds of Iraq from the birth of Kurdish nationalism to the present day. The first session will offer an overview of the history of the Kurds and their relation with the succeeding Iraqi governments. The second session will cover the history of genocides in Iraq against the Kurds and other minorities exploring the causes and the consequences for the political and social stability of the area. The third session will focus on the heritage that this culture of violence has created in the area and the genocides committed by ISIS. The fourth session will discuss the future of Iraq and the Kurds in the context of the Middle East. The last session will explore which is the future of Iraq as a country after the liberation of Mosul and the new balance of power born from the end of the war with ISIS and the definitive collapse of the order established in 1916 with the Sykes-Picot Agreement.
This course is designed to provide theoretical as well as field-based knowledge on the gender dimensions of peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance. Throughout the three weeks, the students will be exposed to the major trends that have been used for the integration of a gender perspective in peacekeeping and humanitarian fields. Students will critically examine the theories and policies that underpin programming to gain a thorough understanding of gender integration as an essential element in the delivery of effective programming in peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance. Students will also learn from the on-the-ground experience and knowledge of practitioners on how these theories and policies are put into practice in the field. At the end of the three-week course, the students shall have a deeper understanding and overview of the theory and praxis of gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping operations and humanitarian assistance as well as the ability to analyse any current situation from a gender perspective.
Designed as an advanced workshop, this course provides a conceptual, theoretical and analytical understanding of, as well as practical skills in conflict analysis, negotiation, resolution and transformation essential in peacebuilding within and between states. Drawing on examples of complex conflicts involving nation-states, non-state groups, communities and citizens, students will examine various frameworks and tools for analyzing those conflicts, including the drivers, processes of escalation and conditions for de-escalation. The course will also provide basic knowledge, tools and skills in the vital strategy of negotiation in managing and resolving conflicts. It focuses on how the process of conducting diplomatic negotiations and other informal processes aimed at managing inter-state and intra-state conflicts have an impact on the outcomes of those conflicts, laying the foundations for outcomes ranging from stable peace to further escalation of violence. The workshop will also introduce students to various types and strategies of mediation as an important means of alternative conflict or dispute resolution. In the concluding sessions, students will examine the differences between conflict resolution and conflict transformation which focuses especially on addressing the root causes of conflicts, transforming and building long-term relationships with grassroots and community empowerment and fostering reconciliation.
The central goal of this course is to provide the students with a critical understanding of research methodologies used in the social sciences, particularly those that are relevant to peace and conflict studies and peace-building. Students will also get an introduction into the field of peace education as a tool for various research fields in peace studies. Initially, students will explore conceptual and theoretical perspectives underlying various paradigms in research methodology, including modern and post-modern as well as quantitative and qualitative approaches. Informed by post-positivist concerns, the course will raise students' awareness of their relational and ethical position vis-à-vis their research. Drawing on examples of studies in diverse conflict and peacebuilding contexts, students will also be introduced to the design and conduct of a research study including a range of specific research methods such as surveys, interviews, content analysis, case-studies, participatory action research, evaluation research, ethnography, and feminist and indigenous approaches. The orientation, process and potential of these approaches to enact change towards social justice will be examined. Drawing from several exemplars, some ethical considerations, accountability, strengths and limitations for making a difference in terms of social justice will also be discussed. Throughout the research process, ethical issues will be emphasised, especially gender equity and rights of subordinated groups.
In an age where a world war involving nuclear weapons could eliminate the entire human species, disarmament education is a necessary and invaluable tool for change. The purpose of this course is to raise awareness, that we live in an era of military security that takes precedence over human security. Disarmament disappeared as an element of university studies with the end of the Cold War. Education is a critically important element of sustainable peace. Disarmament education focuses on reducing, controlling, and eliminating weapons of all kinds in order to undermine militarism and prevent armed conflict and armed violence. It is a cross-cutting form of education that reinforces and learns from conflict resolution, communication, cross-cultural understanding, tolerance of diversity, non-violence, economic justice, gender equity, environmental preservation, demilitarization, development, human rights, and international humanitarian law.
This course is intended as a practical field exercise in conflict situations, as well as an academic seminar. The students will receive a basic training on how situations of stress or crisis influence them in a mental, physical, and professional ways. A series of scenarios drawn from contemporary conflict situations are presented to the participants as they simulate the work of journalists, NGO personnel and members of international organisations.
The course will focus on terrorism and related forms of political violence from a comparative and global perspective. It will look at definitions, the prevalence of terrorism, techniques, the choice of targets, the effects of the media, and sources of support. The course will also look at different types of terrorist organizations including ones that are primarily seeking to attain ideological objectives, groups with an ethnic or nationalist agenda, organizations with religious motivations, and those groups with a mixture of motives that are difficult to disentangle. A portion of the course will also look at governmental support of local terrorist groups that target citizens of their own state. In addition, it will look at counterterrorism and counterinsurgency techniques, including the effects that such activities can have on civil liberties. Finally, the relative success or failure of terrorist groups in achieving their objectives will be evaluated as part of the process of determining what the future is likely to hold.
The UPEACE Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC) is a graduate-level simulation of the real United Nations Organization, its most important specialized agencies, and other associated organizations. UPMUNC provides a common platform for UPEACE students and participants from several other universities to discuss international affairs and to gain a greater understanding of the procedures of the United Nations. Participants become familiar with key global issues by becoming part of the international decision making process to resolve them, and in so doing, are given an opportunity to apply their skills in negotiations, public speaking, and diplomacy.
The course seeks to provide a comprehensive and critical understanding of the expanding global problem of transnational organized crime which is undermining peace and human security, fuelling internal and international conflicts or violence, accentuating human rights violations and impacting negatively on the political, economic, social and cultural development of societies worldwide. Students will draw on conceptual/ theoretical and policy analyses, research findings and case studies from diverse regions and countries to examine various forms of transnational organized crime including the illicit arms trade, money laundering, illicit drug trafficking , theft of art and cultural objects, theft of intellectual property, piracy, cyber crime, trafficking in persons, trade in human body parts, environmental crime, intellectual property theft, organized fraud, infiltration of legal business, and graft and corruption. The course will highlight the negative impact of transnational organized crime on state institutions and good governance (e.g., political, health, social, legal, justice, commercial and financial systems) and on legal and social norms. Students will also examine recent initiatives by governments and international organizations, in particular the United Nations, to address and overcome such transnational organized criminality, such as notably the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its related protocols on Trafficking in Persons, Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking of Firearms.
8 credits
The Graduation Project is a concluding academic requirement intended to be a comprehensive and capstone outcome of the student educational performance. It is a higher academic exercise that enables the student to demonstrate the ability to identify a problem, determine an academic objective to address it and utilize an appropriate methodology to attain such objective. The Graduation Project is also intended to demonstrate the student's ability to write and critically develop a professional and scholarly report. The Graduation Project can be fulfilled through one of the following modalities:
- Thesis: 8 credits
- Internship: 8 credits (3 months)
- Capstone: 5 credits*
Graduation Project Guidelines with detail information of each modality will be provided by your Academic Department.
*NOTE: Students who choose Capstone as Graduation Project must take an extra 3-credit course according the following options:
- One additional course (face to face modality), which means taking 2 parallel regular master courses (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) if approved by the student's MA Programme Coordinator
- One additional 3-credit course or two additional 2-credit courses (online modality), which means taking 2 or 3 parallel courses (one face-to-face master course and one 3 credit course or two 2-credit courses approved by the student's Programme Coordinator) before June 2018
- One additional 3-credit course or two additional 2-credit courses (online modality) extended from June 2018 until December 2018 (the online course or courses must be approved by the student's Programme Coordinator)
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Resident Professor and Academic Coordinator of Peace Education Programme
Dr. Heather Kertyzia is the Head of the Peace and Conflict Studies department at the United Nations mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. Her teaching focus lies within the Peace Education and Gender and Peacebuilding programs. Dr. Kertyzia's research uses participatory methods to better understand and improve practices of peace education, primarily at the secondary and university levels. She has engaged in these processes in several countries, working in partnership with faculty and teachers to collectively develop more peaceful educational cultures. Dr. Kertyzia writes from an intersectional feminist perspective and draws on post-development theories. As a former secondary school teacher, she understands the importance of the local community in building more socially, economically and environmentally just educational spaces. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Kertyzia has worked with communities throughout the Americas, with a recent focus on partnering with local grassroots organizations in Los Angeles, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. She has taught at universities in New Zealand, Colombia, the United States and Costa Rica in peace studies, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, teacher education, human rights and international law programs.
Jerry W. Sanders is retired from the University of California, Berkeley where he served as Professor and Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies. Dr. Sanders' teaching and research interests include cosmopolitan and critical peace theory; globalization and governance; human security and peacebuilding; militarization and geopolitics; and neo-conservatism in American political culture and foreign policy. He is the author of Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee On The Present Danger and The Politics of Containment (South End Press, 1983), a co-founder of the World Policy Journal, and a contributing author to the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace (Oxford University Press, 2010). Dr. Sanders is also founder and director of The Summer Peace Institute in Human Security and Peacebuilding Practice at the UN-mandated University for Peace (Costa Rica), in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley. In addition to his academic writings, he has published articles in World Policy, The Nation, The Progressive, In These Times, and Mothers Jones. Dr. Sanders received the Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley (1980) and served as a community development Peace Corps Volunteer in Colombia (1967-69). He has also taught abroad in Spain, Mexico, Sweden, and Argentina.
Dr. Maciej Bartkowski is Senior Director for Education & Research at the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), which is an independent, non-profit educational foundation based in Washington DC (USA) that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies aimed at establishing and defending human rights, democratic self-rule and justice worldwide. Dr. Bartkowski works on academic programs for students, faculty, and professionals, curricular development, and global academic and educational outreach and research in the growing field of civil resistance studies. He has taught or lectured on strategic nonviolent conflict, movement's mobilization, nonviolent actions, civil resistance and democratization at various academic institutions around the world, including George Mason University, John Hopkins University (adjunct faculty), Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Amsterdam University, University of Basque Country and Deusto University in Bilbao, Central European University in Budapest, Cambridge University, Rosario University in Bogota, SAIS program in Bologna, Honk Kong University, Euro-Mediterranean University in Slovenia, Collegium Civitas in Poland, Cairo University in Egypt and UPEACE.. His numerous publications on nonviolent movements, strategic nonviolent conflict and civil resistance include, Rediscovering Nonviolent History. Civil Resistance in Liberation Struggles and Nation-Making (Editor, Lynne Rienner, 2013), chapters in Understanding Nonviolence: Contours and Context (Hallward & Norman, Polity Press, 2014), and (coauthored) "Myopia of the Syrian Struggle: Key Lessons" in Future of Authoritarianism (Atlantic Council, 2014). He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and M.A. in International Relations and European Studies from Central European University in Budapest, completed his undergraduate work at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and speaks fluent English, Polish and Russian, as well as some Ukrainian and German.
Head, Dept. of Peace and Conflict Studies, Resident Professor and Academic Coordinator of International Peace Studies Programme and International Peace Studies with specialization in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies Programme
Dr. Manish Thapa is Head of the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Resident Professor of International Peace Studies Master Programme at the University for Peace. He is one of the founding members of Department of Conflict, Peace & Development Studies at Tribhuvan University Nepal (2007-2015). He is also currently Visiting Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland and Senior Research Fellow at Center for Europe – University of Warsaw- Poland. He received his Post Doctorate in International Relations from the University of Warsaw. He has served as Research Fellow in several universities and institutes in Europe and North America such as the University of Warsaw; Department of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University; Brown University; McGill-Echenberg Human Rights Fellow & Jeanne Sauvé Scholar, McGill University; Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame. His publications include 6 books and numerous journal articles and book chapters including "Foreign Policy in the Global South: Anti-Westernism, Rhetoric and Identity" (Co-editor), London: Routledge 2017 (Forthcoming - In Press); "From Bullet to Ballot – Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in Nepal: Lessons Learned and Unlearned" (Editor), London: Routledge 2017 (Proposal accepted); "Internal Conflicts & Peacebuilding Challenges" (Editor), New Delhi: K W Publishers 2016 and "India in the Contemporary World: Polity, Economy and International Relations" (Co-editor), London: Routledge 2014.
Mayumi Yamada (Ph.D.).
Resident Professor and Head of Doctoral Programme
Dr. Mayumi Yamada is Resident Professor and Head of the Doctoral Programme of the UN Mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) in Costa Rica. Prior to joining UPEACE, she worked as the Recovery, Reintegration & Peace Building Officer of United Nations Mission in South Sudan. During the December Crisis 2013 in South Sudan, she remained as a life-saving staff, directly managing one of the biggest Protection of Civilians sites by supporting humanitarian assistance. Before joining UNMISS, she worked with UNDP Offices in Kazakhstan (Semipalatinsk: ex-nuclear testing sites), Maldives, Lao PDR and Solomon Islands, and the UN Centre for Regional Development (Disaster Management Planning Unit). She holds a Ph.D. Degree in Sustainable Development from Imperial College London, UK. She is originally from Kobe (Japan), who survived from the Great Hanshin- Awaji Earthquake in 1995.
Philip Reichel is Emeritus Professor in both Criminal Justice and Sociology at the University of Northern Colorado and Adjunct Professor at the University of New Hampshire Law School. He also serves as the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences' NGO Alternate Representative to the United Nations. During his more than 40 years in academia, he has received awards for teaching, advising, service, and scholarship. Especially notable among those were his selection as his university's Distinguished Scholar in 2003 and his selection in 2005 by the student council as Advisor of the Year. Professor Reichel is the author of Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach, coeditor of the Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice, coauthor of Corrections, and coeditor of Human Trafficking: Exploring the International Nature, Concerns, and Complexities. In addition, he has authored or co-authored more than thirty articles and book chapters. He has provided guest lectures at universities in Austria, Germany, and Poland, participated in a panel for the United Nations University, presented papers at side-events during the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Brazil) and the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Vienna), and was an invited speaker at Zhejiang Police College in Hangzhou, China. He remains active in his retirement by providing service to professional organizations, continuing to update his existing textbooks, and taking on new writing projects.
Instructor, Liason, Media, Peace and Conflict Studies Specialization and Editor, Peace and Conflict Monitor and Peace and Conflict Review Ross Ryan holds degrees in political science and literature from McMaster University, Canada and the M.A. degree in environmental security from the University for Peace, Costa Rica. He is chief editor of the Peace and Conflict Monitor and managing editor of the Peace and Conflict Review, as well as instructor in the department of peace studies and liaison officer of the media, peace and conflict studies specialization. He is currently working on a research project entitled "Information Technology, Civic Engagement, and the Cyber-Ethnography of Peace Movements".


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Beneficial insects do a lot of pest management naturally, with little help from us. Lady beetles, syrphid fly larvae, and lacewing larvae eat soft-bodied pests like aphids and scale crawlers. Some parasitoid wasps lay eggs on aphids and the developing young wasps kill their aphid host. Minute pirate bugs eat thrips and aphids. These beneficial insects and others are part of the natural fauna of your farm.
Here is link to a great fact sheet from the University of Maine that shows what some of the most common beneficial insects look like —http://umaine.edu/publications/7150e.
I recently heard Carol Glenister of (Integrated Pest Management) IPM Laboratories talk about "Guardian" plants and how they can be used to enhance beneficial insect populations. This article summarizes some of the things I learned from her.
Many people are interested in having populations of beneficial insects inhabit their fields, high tunnels and greenhouses. One strategy is to purchase beneficial insects from a commercial supplier and release them. This is known as augmentation, and can be an effective way to manage pests. Keys to successful augmentation include properly identifying the pest, choosing a beneficial that is proven to be effective, having an adequate ratio of prey to beneficial, and following all the directions carefully. Even if you do all these things exactly right, there are no guarantees that augmentation will always work. There are so many variables that it is impossible to always get it exactly right.
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Rooftop beekeeping in Downtown Detroit
Our first rooftop Detroit hives across from the GM Renaissance Center. We now tend to almost 30 hives!
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Scholarship Opportunities for SPE Student Members
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Each year the Society for Photographic Education (SPE) awards 10 students with scholarships to offset costs to attend SPE's annual national conference. All awards include a 2014 national conference fee waiver, a $500 travel stipend and a one-year membership. These scholarships offer a prime opportunity for post-secondary photo students to gain attention from the larger... More ›


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Center Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Handouts
Characteristics of a Good Assignment
Makes the purpose clear.
What are the intellectual activities that the student should engage in? Close textual analysis? Historical or philosophical analysis? Description? Argumentation? Problem-Solution? Comparison? Summary?
Makes the audience clear.
Experts (e.g., professors), lay persons, peers? What is the rhetorical stance of the student writing to an expert?
Breaks up the process for students (e.g., typical steps in a critique).
Identification of specific items→Interpretation of items→Generalizations or synthesis of several arguments→Evaluation of arguments Top-down or bottom-up? Start with generalization and move to the particular or vice versa?
Builds in motivation.
Is there a way to make the work personally rewarding to the individual student? Do you want their personal point of view? Do you care why this research was important to them? Do you allow choices in topics? What is the appropriate point of view for a student to take?
Avoids mindless regurgitation.
Students need to learn how to use and cite others' ideas without relying on others for the structure of their essay. What kinds of assignment will require this kind of personal organization, rather than simply a string of quotes?
Asks for evidence, reasons, support.
This seems self evident, but saying it repeatedly is important. Build it into the description of your assignment.
Describes appropriate format and documentation style.
Suggest your preferred style manual. Most students have been exposed to general ones, but they need to understand the requirements of different fields.
Provides models, as appropriate.
Sample texts, old papers, one model paper done together in class.


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The goal of the Reading Olympics is to increase students' reading for enjoyment and increase reading skills. Students collaborate with their teammates to read forty to fifty books that have been selected by a committee of librarians, reading specialists and classroom teachers. Faculty and staff members serve as group leaders for this fun activity!
You will choose a minimum of six (6) books to read for your team and be the "expert" on your team for those books. You are encouraged to also read as many of the other books on the list as you can to help your team. You will be reading a few of the novels in class.
Please do not sign up for Reading Olympics unless you are committed to reading the books, and attending as many practices as possible, otherwise you will be ineligible to attend the competition. If you have a sports practice on one of the dates below, please get changed, come up to the Library for 45 minutes or so, and then go to sports. If you have a game or any other event, just let us know that you can't make it.
As stated above, students are to choose a minimum of six (6) books from the Reading Olympics Book List to read for the WMA team.
After reading, students will be expected to complete an oral report on the book at Reading Olympics after school meetings. Students should reference the oral report guidelines before presenting on their chosen book.
As information is received from MCIU on competition dates and other important information it will be posted.
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Beth Hymel. Happy reading!
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Conquering Kings of War – Taking Aim With Shooting
November 20, 2015 by Justin
Even in the fantasy world of Kings of War your troops can lock, load and shoot their way to victory. Rich from Mantic Games shows Justin how he can incorporate these units into his army.
Please note this show was filmed while Kings of War was still in beta.
If you want to get in on the action the rules are free to download so you can have your own epic battles with minimum fuss.
Grab A Free Backstage Trial & Watch The XLBS Show Here
If you need some nastier fire-power in your battles you can check out the XLBS Edition of the show if you're a Backstager. There we take a look at Warmachines.
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WATCHWOMAN'S PROMISED PROOF – In an item I posted previously, (click to see it) a gentleman named Frank took issue with the one-time use of the word Democrat in the headline of an article that discusses how the incandescent light bulb is being banned by the bloated, over-reaching, freedom-snatching and way too powerful Federal Government. Frank decided to tell the little people of America in his comment left at that post that anyone who voted for a Republican was at fault, not the Democrats who were in power and control of both Houses of Congress. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid did nothing to prevent the passage of the bill by the Democrat-controlled Congress that President Bush signed in 2007. I promised that I would supply proof that Frank was picking on the wrong people and that it was General Electric and NBC (who at that time in 2007 were owned by the same conglomeration of Big Lobbyists). BTW, GE contributed heavily to the successful election of Barack Obama. Apparently, those contributions helped GE handsomely because…GE paid no income taxes on huge profits in 2010. That's in the next article, I'll post (click here) ……. Sooooooooooooooooooooooo, here goes, the proof I promised exonerating you little people…
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How GE's green lobbying is killing U.S. factory jobs
By: Timothy P. Carney 08/28/09
Senior Political Columnist
WINCHESTER, VA–"Government did us in," says Dwayne Madigan, whose job will terminate when General Electric closes its factory next July.
Madigan makes a product that will soon be illegal to sell in the U.S. – a regular incandescent bulb. Two years ago, his employer, GE, lobbied in favor of the law that will outlaw the bulbs.
Madigan's colleagues, waiting for their evening shift to begin, all know that GE is replacing the incandescents for now with compact fluorescents bulbs, which GE manufactures in China.
Last month, GE announced it will close the Winchester Bulb Plant 80 miles west of D.C. As a result, 200 men and women will lose their jobs. GE is also shuttering incandescent factories in Ohio and Kentucky, axing another 200 jobs.
GE blamed environmental regulations for the closing. The first paragraph of the company's July 23 press release explained:
NOTE: The original version of this article stated that GE "lobbied to kill the incandescent bulb." This was imprecise. In 2007 GE opposed proposals to explicitly outlaw incandescents. Instead, the company advocated simply setting efficiency standards for all bulbs, regardless of what type of bulb. This had the known effect of outlawing all traditional incandescents, but leaving open the possibility of high-efficiency incandescents.
Read the complete item in the Washinton Examiner —- http://washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/2009/08/timothy-p-carney-how-ges-green-lobbying-killing-us-factory-jobs


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Carrot cake potjie recipe
Ever wanted a slice of carrot cake in the bush? This recipe from Jan Braai's latest recipe book, The Democratic Republic of Braai, will solve that problem.
Breakfast braai muesli recipe
Breakfast braai muesli? Here's how to do it! This recipe is just one of the exotic new braai recipes in Jan Braai's latest recipe book, The Democratic Republic of Braai.
Braai recipes: The Democratic Republic of Braai
Braai Day is upon us again and if you need some braaiing inspiration, pick up a copy of Jan Braai's latest book – The Democratic Republic of Braai.
Giant blueberry muffin potjie recipe
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If you're more of a throw-things-together-then-wait kinda of braai-master, this is the recipe for you: it's fool-proof and delicious. The fish is partially steamed in the foil (a good idea, as no-one likes a dry snoek) and the lemon and coriander bring a summery freshness to the whole deal.
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GSK buys Mevacor OTC rights
GlaxoSmithKline will buy the rights to market Merck's cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor (lovastatin) over-the-counter (OTC) in the US, pending FDA approval. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The deal is the second recent purchase by GSK of OTC rights to a treatment by another drugmaker. Earlier this year, GSK launched Alli, the OTC version of Roche's obesity treatment Xenical, purchased by GSK in 2004.
An FDA advisory committee is scheduled to meet Dec. 13 to review Merck's application to sell Mevacor in pharmacies in a once daily 20 mg for women 55 and older and for men at least age 45, GSK said.
Merck has twice failed to convince the FDA – once in 2000 and once in 2005 – that patients could safely use Mevacor without a doctor's prescription.
GSK's purchase of Mevacor's OTC rights "reinforces the commitment it has to this particular part of the business," said Mike Ward, an industry analyst at Nomura Code Securities, in a published report. "The over-the-counter usage of products that are switching from prescription to non-prescription use is a good area to be in. A lot of health authorities would like to switch more products, so that the costs fall on the patients."
Nomura Code's Ward said he believed Mevacor had a better chance of winning approval this time around, but Mevacor's exact status as a non-prescription medicine is likely to be the subject of debate by regulators. The final outcome will determine the size of payments from GSK to Merck.
Mevacor lost US patent protection in 2001, with Merck and prospective marketing partner Johnson & Johnson trying to secure OTC status for the drug in the years that followed.
The UK became the first nation to approve an OTC statin in 2004, allowing the sale of a 10 mg version of simvastatin, which is marketed as Zocor Heart-Pro by Merck.


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Carson introduced us to his first imaginary friend today. They are both pictured above (Carson has his arm around him). As you can see in the picture (ha!) Carson's new friend is a little red bear, whose name is Faucet Driver. According to Carson, Faucet Driver lives under the bathtub in the guest bathroom. He has big legs and red nails, and likes to eat peanuts, noodles, and fruit snacks.
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About Ramesh
My name is Ramesh Ranjan. My life goal is to help others.
I help businesses grow online for a living, working for an Internet Marketing agency called ElementIQ.
I have lived in Richmond, B.C. all my life and love giving back to the community that raised me. I am the Vice-President of The Heart of Richmond AIDS Society. I serve on the Board of Directors for the West Richmond Community Association and Richmond Youth Services Agency.
I used my 27th birthday to raise $1700 for people living with HIV in Richmond.
I have volunteered on a number of election campaigns. Mostly recently, I volunteered for Jack Trovato and Scott Stewart in their campaigns in the 2015 federal election for the New Democratic Party in Richmond. I have also supported friends Carol Day and Rick Peterson in their respective bids for office. Carol Day is now a Richmond City Councillor and has been strong community advocate.
I've been a contributor to the Huffington Post, the HubSpot Insiders Blog, Social Media Today, Small Business BC and ConvinceandConvert.com.
You can take a look at any of my HuffPost columns here.
I was featured in the Vancouver Sun here.
My marketing-related articles:
WordPress SEO By Yoast: The Best Plugin To Optimize Blog Posts – Small Business BC
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How Marketers Should Think About Ebooks in 2014 And Beyond – HubSpot Blog
How To Construct Engaging Tweets Your Followers Will Love – Social Media Today
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UPEACE The Hague
The European Centre of the University for Peace
UPEACE The Hague is based at the Academy building of the Peace Palace since January 2012.
In cooperation with other academic and policy-oriented institutions in The Hague region, UPEACE The Hague provides innovative peace education and research. Its focus is on two programmes: "Peace and Conflict Studies", and "Water and Peace". A third programme: "Business and Peace", is under construction.
In addition to these programmes, UPEACE The Hague also organises professional training courses, lectures, seminars and workshops. Its activities are characterised by synergy between theory and practice, contributing to policy innovation, and are appealing to academics as well as other professionals.
"To contribute to higher education and research in the area of peace, and to promote and facilitate UPEACE operations in The Netherlands and the EU. It will thereby add to the existing academic expertise in The Netherlands and the EU."
UPEACE The Hague is governed by the Board of the Foundation "Alliance for the University for Peace", chaired by Mr Marius Enthoven, MSc.
UPEACE The Hague's Managing Director, Ms Petra van der Ham, is responsible for daily operations, budget management, external contacts and administration. She is assisted by volunteers. Since 1 March 2013 Dr Rens Willems has been appointed as a Research Fellow and Ms Nika Salvetti (PhD candidate/MSc) was appointed as Programme Leader "Business and Peace" as of 1 February 2015.


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When Ashley Marie Manzo was a child, her father took her to Necromance, the Melrose Avenue store filled with specimen jars, bones and macabre trinkets. She loved it, but many years had passed before she visited the store again. Then, three years ago, she returned to the shop.
"I fell in love with it all over again," says the up-and-coming artist from Boyle Heights.
Manzo bought a frog in a specimen jar and it launched an obsession. She began scouring swap meets and web stores for more animal remains. Now, the 21-year-old says she's acquired about 17 specimen jars, 30 skulls and 100 bones.
"Other people collect comic books," says Manzo. "I collect skulls and bones."
But Manzo does more than collect. Influenced by Victorian mourning jewelry, particularly hair art, she turns these relics into wearable art. Manzo's jewelry line, Taxidermy Her Bones, features teeth and bones inside cameo-style charms and skulls dangling from necklaces or perched atop hair pieces. Her work is more elegant than it is creepy. The jewelry is reflective of both Manzo's personal style and her other art, which includes collage, and which she documents on her blog, Marie's Cadaver.
While still a teenager, Manzo gravitated toward Gothic and Gothic Lolita fashion. Now, she describes her personal style as "antique," inspired by the Victorian era, 1920s and porcelain dolls.
Manzo began making basic cameos about two years ago. Soon, she was modifying the designs with cutouts from the vintage medical books she picked up at thrift stores.
Eventually, she started working with the bones she has been collecting. Manzo doesn't clean the bones herself. She said she tried that once on a frog skull using dermestid beetles and it took about three weeks to get the bones.
Manzo prefers to work with smaller animals. She says that they're easier to work with and that the small skulls have a lot of nice details.
"With the smaller animals, not only do they fit into the cameo setting, but [they're] also more of a conversation piece," she adds.
She also keeps her prices reasonable. Her Red Death Muskrat Skull necklace is listed at $25 on Etsy. A pair of earrings is much less than that.
"There are other designers out there and their designs are really beautiful, but really expensive," says Manzo. "When I started making my own, I wanted to make it for people who were interested in that sort of artistic medium, but they could wear it without breaking the bank."
Manzo sells her work primarily on Etsy and at artist events at South Pasadena antique shop the Curio Emporium. Last weekend, she was showing off her wares at the store when one of her pieces caught the attention of a little girl. The child asked her father if she was looking at teeth, Manzo recalls, and the father answered in the affirmative.
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"The little girl gave me this really strange look that lasted for a couple seconds. So I turned to her and said, 'I'm the tooth fairy,'" Manzo says.
"She just had this blank stare, like, are you serious?" she continues. "The dad said, "Now you know what happens to all the teeth you lose.
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We are proud to welcome 5 new PROTEC funders on board this year: Anglo Platinum; Dahaher Trust; General Electric; Sabinet and SASRIA.
This new funding to the value of over R6 million, will see the development of several new projects targeted at both Learner and Teacher development in various Provinces.
In addition, long standing funders have increased their sponsorship to help uplift the skills base of our economy. FFS Refiners will be sponsoring two additional PROTEC branches in Katlehong and Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal. Altron has appointed PROTEC to manage a new facility in the Soweto Empowerment Zone, which is being refurbished into a multi media centre that will include a library and a 50 seater computer room.
PROTEC is committed to expand its reach and footprint throughout the country to empower young South Africans to achieve their full potential and pursue successful careers as engineers, scientists, doctors, educators and entrepreneurs.


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Luke 4:16-22 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
16 And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day; and he rose up to read.
17 And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written:
18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart,
19 To preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of reward.
20 And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
21 And he began to say to them: This day is fulfilled this scripture in your ears.
22 And all gave testimony to him: and they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth, and they said: Is not this the son of Joseph?
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Dornafield Caravan Park :- www.dornafield.comDornafield is a deluxe Gold five Pennant, multi award winning touring caravan and camping park in glorious south Devon between Torquay, Totnes, Newton Abbot and Dartmoor. A Caravan Club Affiliated Site now in its 24th year. Dornafield Caravan Park is also a member of the Best of British Group and is proud to have been Overall Winner of the Practical Caravan Top 100, with Platinum award facilities and a David Bellamy Conservation Gold Award.Woodville Caravan Park :- woodvillepark.co.uk/Woodville Park is approached by a level drive from the main A381 road between Newton Abbot and Totnes, providing easy access.
The 3.5 acre site is beautifully landscaped, and offers a quiet, secluded location for adult caravanners looking for a peaceful and relaxing holiday, yet it is also an ideal centre for exploring the whole of South Devon.
The site itself is mostly level, with a South-Westerly aspect, ensuring maximum sunshine.
Ellerslie Bed and Breakfast :- www.ellersliebandb.co.ukJane and Chris Carlick have been in the Hospitality/Restaurant industry for over 30 years and have now decided to offer part of their home as a Bed & Breakfast in the Devon countryside.They are ideally located at Two Mile Oak on the A381, just 2 miles from Newton Abbot and 6 miles from Totnes. Situated close by is the Two Mile Oak Inn offering excellent food and ales. Dainton Park Golf Club is just 400 mtrs away.
Travellers Rest Exeter :- travsrestexeter.org.uk
The Traveller's Rest believe in the traditional values of good food, good drink and most of all great service. Along with his colleagues, Tim wants to make your visit a happy and memorable occasion that you will remember and cherish for a long time.
Chefs Di & Andy have created a wonderful menu that will cater for every taste, and are working continuously to create new and exciting meals - they also produce all of their own desserts, so when we say 'Homemade', we mean Homemade.


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Every component of our system requires a litany of skills to develop and build. Our staff has a mix of engineers, programmers, theater technicians, and machinists. We bring in interns with diverse backgrounds and training as well. Our last 2017 intern is a perfect example of solid mechanical know-how, theater experience, and engineering training.
Meet Danton
As a senior studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Virginia, Danton Wein's interest in scenic automation evolved before high school, where he was a light and sound board operator along with being a part of the stage crew. That interest continued at UVA, where he works in the Theatre department as a carpenter and welder. Danton's has also worked at UVA's Heritage Theater Festival but realized that working at Creative Conners would provide a much deeper knowledge of scenic automation than just building a show.
Since UVA uses Creative Conners' gear exclusively, Danton has known our products for some time. When the UVA's shop foreman advised him to apply for an internship Danton says "I gave it a shot. I emailed Gareth, interviewed, and landed a position a week later." We hope all his job searches go so smoothly.
Danton's skill set was a great match for much of the fabrication and milling work we do and we were glad he joined us.
What'd You Do This Summer?
Each morning kicked off with a team meeting, where everyone touched base about their projects and Gareth laid out the day's game plan. Then he would work with the crew, helping with projects and working independently. Danton is most proud of one particular project – designing and building a custom machine for a TV studio. He built a lever that pneumatically actuates and opens and closes a door. The geometry and cylinder mounting involved were tricky but a challenge that Danton was excited to overcome. He says the experience of working directly with Gareth Conner on design principles, from initial concept to final product, was invaluable. "I'd never started from a completely clean slate drawing board to design concepts, using actual modeling in CAD," says Danton. "Seeing it done was awesome."
The studio project consumed a healthy chunk of our summer production schedule and Danton leapt right in. When he finally saw his project on screen it was rewarding to know that his work was on display.
Welcome to Rhode Island
Danton's most surprising revelation was how welcoming the Creative Conners team is. He would make jokes and references that the crew would understand immediately, and he bonded with the team quickly. Coming to RI from Richmond, VA, ten hours away, Danton knew absolutely no one, and the friendships he formed helped him feel at home. He says, "It was amazing to me how much I fit in and how great of a team is here" Living in Rhode Island had its charms. "I've spent a lot of time hammocking in Colt State Park enjoying the gorgeous views. I hadn't lived this close to a coastline before." It turns out that the smallest state in the union is a pretty cool place to spend your summers.
After graduation, Danton is considering a master's program in Mechanical Engineering. After that, he looks forward to a bright career in the theater automation industry, for which his Creative Conners internship helped him prepare. We know we will be seeing him again doing bigger and better things (maybe even with us).


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If you're reading this you have likely developed your product, website, or business and want to promote it and increase customer engagement. Whether you are at Series B funding or still cultivating your startup's business plan, you can bank on the need for consumer marketing.
Here is a list of 15 little-known (but awesome) marketing tools that businesses and entrepreneurs can employ to increase business intelligence, improve brand awareness, and streamline marketing campaigns.
1. MailCharts
"Track & Understand How Your Competitors Use Email Marketing"
Price: $29/month
An email analytics aggregator, MailCharts performs industry-specific analyses on your competitors and industry players. Currently offering only basic email insights, they will soon be offering content analysis and full business insights.
Primary value proposition:
- Track Competitors and industry leader mailing habits and content
- Make data-driven decisions
- See trending creative copy, not just numerical data
What you get for $29/month:
- Add any company / competitor to be tracked
- Track email activity for past 30 days
- Review email subject and length
- Email send-time & frequency reports
- Discovery marketing copy & design
2. Riffle
"Skip the small talk"
Price: Free
A Google Chrome plug-in that aims to help you tweet more intelligently, Riffle is usable anywhere you go on the web. Find a Twitter handle, right click, and click "Riffle this Account". Riffle then rifles its way through their account and presents you with the data!
Primary value proposition:
- Find influencers in your community and research competitors
- Add a personalized touch to your tweets by knowing the user better
- Learn about users faster
- Get insights on leads, clients, and competitors
- Works with 15 Twitter platforms
What information you can get:
- The user's digital footprint (social accounts, Klout score, devices used)
- General account information such as Tweets, followers, location, & website
- Number of Retweets and Favorites per Tweet + link to top Tweets on MyTopTweet.com
- Top #Hashtags, @Mentions, and URLs shared
- Breakdown of Posts, Retweets, & Replies and through what apps (HootSuite, Twitter for iPhone, Twitter.com, Buffer, etc)
3. SiteAlerts
"Instant insights on any website"
Price: Free - $10/month - $100/month
SiteAlerts is another competitor research tool from Dharmesh Shah, Founder and CTO of HubSpot, an inbound marketing software platform. Type in any website to receive a graphical gallery of information on that site.
Primary value proposition:
- Get all of the information you wanted about your competitor in one dashboard
- Everything has a time frame – understand when not just what has changed
- See where search, social, direct, and referral traffic comes from + keywords
- Analyze competitor web technologies
- See top social referrers – where is your competitor focusing efforts?
- View top status updates and posts
What you get for Free:
- Tracking for your site and your "arch rival"
- Marketing Stats
- Technologies used
- Organic Keywords
- Up to 5 paid keywords
4. Circular
"Circular, an open source Buffer app."
Price: Free
If their tag-line didn't explain it all, Circular is the open-source version of Buffer – the popular tweet scheduling service. Write out your tweet, post it to Circular's queue, and set a time for it to be delivered. Another great advantage that Circular has over Buffer (aside from the price) is that it is on Github (code repository) and is built on easy-to-learn and well-established web-coding technologies. You can modify, extend, and customize the coding to accomplish a limitless number of automatic features.
Primary value proposition:
- The best features of Buffer only
- Simply works – queues posts into a schedule and posts automatically
- Open-Source, meaning it's free and customizable (with some work)
What you can do:
- Bookmarklet to easily add content from anywhere
- Create a schedule that can post automatically, every day, at the same time
- Upload pictures to posts
- Get email reminders when your queue is empty
5. Hubyard
"Social Media back in your hands."
Price: Free
Hubyard allows you to aggregate your social media feeds into one dashboard. The primary function is to bring your Twitter, Facebook, Instragram, and Tumblr accounts to the same place. This makes browsing, sharing, liking, and commenting on relevant content possible in one fell swoop.
Primary value proposition:
- View all feeds in one responsive gallery
- Redirect content from one feed to another or share to all social media at once
What you can do:
- Like, Retweet, comment, and share content from all feeds in one place
- Share content to multiple social media at once (Facebook, Instagram, tumblr)
- Create custom dashboards for certain accounts / usernames
6. Three Cents
"Instant Opinions"
Price: Free
If I had a nickel for every time I was asked for my two cents in an online survey (assuming I gave it to them) I would be left with Three Cents. While I doubt this necessarily how the name came about, it was surely a similar train of thought. This crowd-sourced survey app allows users to pose a question to be answered by peers, contacts via SMS and email, or users on Twitter and Facebook.
Primary value proposition:
- Create shareable surveys and get opinions from anyone on any topic
- Anyone can vote without downloading the app
- Easy to generate surveys
What you can do:
- Get user opinions on a specific topic, trend, etc
- Create Twitter-card-based surveys for exceptional user experience on Twitter
- Make surveys private and visible only to those selected
- Send a survey to your email list
- Create engaging surveys that include audio, picture, and location media (all searchable in-app)
I created a survey in Three Cent for this review and within 2 hours received 21 responses from random users.
Question: Why do you use Three Cent?
- 15 – It's fun!
- 4 – It's easy to get opinions.
- 2 – To get information.
While it is surely as much for consumer amusement as actual information gathering, if applied correctly and to the right audience, you can gather quick data to make some snap marketing decision.
7. Soda
"A simplified and intuitive way to run Twitter advertising campaigns."
Price: Currently in Private Beta (apply for access)
Soda is a campaign wizard and management dashboard for Twitter. Follow the simple and graphical 3-step wizard to create your campaign for desktop and mobile, set the targeting preferences by influencer or keyword, and establish a budget. One of the cleaner campaign dashboards, Soda makes it very easy to view statistics and the step-by-step for everything makes campaign setup easy.
Primary value proposition:
- Simple-to-use dashboard and campaign setup
- Run different copy on mobile and desktop
- Easy campaign management lets you focus on the story rather than the promotion
What you get in beta:
- Real-time reporting
- Target influencers or specific keywords
- Optimized promotion based on your settings and budgets
- Campaign preview – ensure it will be what you want before publishing
- Basic report features such as Impressions vs engagement & costs associated
8. Adobe Voice
"Turn your story into a stunning animated video. In minutes."
Price: Free
There is a lot of talk about how videos lead to higher conversion rates and engagement. Adobe Voice is a quick, "drag and drop" video creation software that is based around spoken descriptions of products, stories, or events. Record your story, choose from 25,000 images to use (or upload your own) and the app will create the animations for you!
Primary value proposition:
- Create professional looking video promotions or stories in minutes
- Make tutorials, product descriptions, or promotional material with ease
What you get:
- Storyline and content templates
- Access to 25,000 images
- Ability to share on Twitter, Facebook, or Email
- Offers 20gb of cloud storage of videos for $1.99
9. JustReachOut
"Forget PR Firms, connect with relevant reporters yourself."
Price: $99/month or $588/year
JustReachOut is great for content generators or businesses that are looking for relevant coverage on their products or services. Find writers who are covering your area and connect with them.
Primary value proposition:
- Find reporters for any topic and connect with them in just a few clicks
What you get:
- Search of the most recent and relevant content to your terms
- Links to contact the writers
- Wizard with questions to guide and template your email correspondence
- Ability to find writers you may have otherwise never found – quickly and easily
10. Portent's Content Idea Generator
"The Famous Title Generator… Caution: It's addictive"
Price: Free
Portent is a complete marketing company that takes care of all facets of marketing strategy and content creation. Their title generator takes their knowledge of viral structure and phrasing and combines it with your search term to create any number of titles and content ideas for your blog or feed.
Primary value proposition:
- A fun way to generate (potential) titles for your content
- An addictive and funny way to get you thinking about title structure
How to use these titles:
- Use them as is (would require you to write the article accordingly)
- Modify the titles to suit your needs
- Think critically about the verbiage, structure, and length of these titles and apply to your own
- Gather ideas for future lists, content, or comparisons
- Laugh at some cheeky commentary in the bubbles
Alternative titles for this post (if we used Portent to generate our titles):
- You Haven't Seen This Awesome Marketing Tools List on Buzzfeed
- How Marketing Tools are Part of a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
- The 12 Best Marketing Tool Resources
- 6 Surprising Ways Marketing Tools are More Refreshing than New Socks
11. SendinBlue
"Marketing with no Boundaries"
Price: Free - $1,971/month
SendinBlue is a complete email and SMS marketing solution. From campaign creation to reporting and everything in between, their goal is fully integrated content development and delivery to your leads and customers.
Primary value proposition:
- All of your email and SMS campaigns in one place
- Create content through their platform or import it
- Receive analytics and results from your campaigns
What you get with the Free Plan:
- 300 emails/day
- Newsletter & responsive email creator
- Unlimited contacts and attributes per contact
- Analytical and behavioral segmentation of contacts
- Autoresponders
- Reporting and Real-time tracking
- Form Integration and creation
- API access
12. Guides.co
"Create actionable, helpful and interactive content to connect directly to your readers"
Price: Free OR $79/month
Guides.co is a great way to create free, how-to guides for your products, services, and troubleshooting. Use their foolproof setup wizard to create your own guides or find a guide for yourself. You can also add sellable content to your product line and add a price to your guide. If you are an expert or have a trade secret that you are looking to sell, you can capitalize on it for a 5% transaction fee + 30 cents.
If you are looking to create a branded experience, their "Hosted Resource Center" option is a custom solution for guides for your business. With this solution, you can create tutorials specific to your company and gain access to analytics information on your customers, their interactions with your guides, and other reporting information. They also offer full-service guide creation and distribution from their experts.
Primary value proposition:
- Create guides and long-form content easily
- Potentially sell your expert advice
- Deliver a consistent, branded set of tutorials and information
- Gain insights into how your users utilize the content you produce
- Have guides written, recorded, distributed, and managed for you by their expert team
What you get for Free:
- Easy-to-use guide creation and distribution
- Ability to sell your guides
- Access to free guides as well as a marketplace of guides for purchase
What you get for $79/month:
- Publish unlimited guides on unlimited websites
- Unlimited updates
- Advanced analytics
- Unlimited customer lead-generation
- Send messages to readers
- Branded resource center (hosted page with your guides and branding)
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Finding work in Guatemala City will require a lot of careful planning.The standard of living is low. On a more positive note, cost of living is low.Work visas are hard to get so most foreigners work on a tourist visa. With a high standard of formal training, TEFL work can be found in better paying schools if there is persistence on the part of the job seeker. The English teacher must be flexible in what he or she aspires to.The educational center of Guatemala is in Quetzaltenango or, as it is more commonly known as, Xela.It is a dramatic city geographically as it is surrounded by 10 volcanoes; however it is growing in population quite rapidly and is recognized as a good place to search for work as an EFL teacher.
There are five universities in Xela and numerous language schools.The need for English teachers is great in Guatemala some students right out of secondary schooling need to show proficiency in order to enter a university and others need to improve their career opportunities. Some Guatemalan people are simply interested in learning English because they like American culture. There is a preference for all English schools for obvious reasons.There are four schools among others that accept native speakers:BestEnglishSchool, Instituto Central America, Instituto Guatemalteco Americano and Inter-AmericaSchool.
Each school offers benefits, for example, some may offer free Spanish lessons.Hiring usually occurs during the spring months for the fall terms.Hours of work vary from school to school and benefits depend upon qualifications.The salary for the English teacher is estimated as between $2.00 US to $5.00 US per hour in language schools; $5.00 US to $8.00 US per hour for private lessons. Furnished one bedroom apartments can range between $250 US to $360 US per month. Shared accommodations can run at slightly cheaper rates.
Collin, Peter and Collin Simon, Guide to English Teaching 2005.Modern English Publishing 2005. pp. 203-204.
Nelson, J.L., Handbook for Teaching English in Mexico and Central America.Writers Club Press 2000.p. 100.
MacDonnell, Claire, www.transitionsabroad.com
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It got wild at the IAME International final today. Mechanics blocked the grid not allowing drivers on track because they were not ready in time during changing conditions. In a 32 kart race only 15 of them were able to make it on track. Most notably Mike Bartels who was starting P2 in the race did not make it out on track. So what does Karting Connect think of what happened today? See for yourself!
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Is the Surface Pro boot loader unlocked so that I can load other Operating System Windows 7 or locked in to Windows 8?
Like other Windows 8 computer, Surface Pro is boot loader unlocked. You can access BIOS settings and turn off secure boot on Surface Pro, so that you are able to load other Operating System like Windows XP, Windows 7 or linux Ubuntu. Secure boot is a UEFI protocol, and not a Windows 8 feature.
How to turn off secure boot in Surface Pro windows 8
* First boot Surface to the UEFI Firmware Settings in Windows 8 "Advanced Options" UI.
Open charms bar from start screen, tap Setting > Change PC settings > General, and then "Restart now" under Advanced startup. Tap on "Troubleshoot" in the "Choose an option" screen > Advanced options > UEFI Firmware Settings, and "Restart" button.
You can also hold down the Volume Up key on the tablet during the initial stages at boot.
* While Surface are booted directly to an all black screen with two options: Security Device Support, Secure Boot Control.
Tap the space labeled [Enabled], next to Secure Boot Control, and select [Disabled] from pop up prompting. Then tap Exit Setup


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