- Feb 28 Tue 2006 02:27
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Sur Prague: une intro
- Feb 28 Tue 2006 02:24
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Summer Programme In Prague
2006 International Symposium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
July 16, 2006–August 11, 2006
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Click here for our Online Symposium Application
Political leaders who thrive on war-mongering and manipulating ethnic differences, increasingly scarce natural resources, the co-existence of dire poverty and immense wealth, weapons of mass destruction, displaced persons, destructive and dehumanizing images of the "other" all feed into the quagmire that is violent conflict. But there are alternatives. Ways exist to disentangle and analyze the elements of conflict in order to steer it towards a constructive course; there is an ever-growing body of knowledge and skill focused on transforming conflict and preventing it from becoming violent in the first place.
The nature of conflict, be it political, commercial, or local has changed over the past decade. There are more non-state actors involved, relationships among them are less defined, and opportunities to act abound. The challenges of the current state of world affairs require us now more than ever to respond more conscientiously and effectively with appropriate conflict resolution practices.
IIMCR's International Student Symposium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution is specifically designed to prepare young people to do just that. By narrowing the divide between the theory and practice of conflict resolution, the Symposium challenges participants to understand and constructively address conflict in a rapidly changing international environment.
PROGRAM DETAILS
IIMCR believes that young people can and should play an important role in establishing peace and security in their communities, in their countries and regions, and in the world. IIMCR is the only organization specifically dedicated to the training of students and young professionals in the skills of conflict resolution. While we believe that young people are uniquely positioned to become catalysts for conflict resolution in the world, we also understand that constructive approaches to conflict are vastly under-taught and that there are few links between experienced professionals in the field of conflict resolution and young people eager to learn from them. Through its Symposia, IIMCR aims to build a bridge between these groups so that the older generation can pass along to future leaders the basic analytical frameworks and practical skills they have developed and employed to analyze, manage, and transform conflict effectively.
A PROGRAM CONSTRUCTED TO MEET AN URGENT NEED
This year, in cooperation with Arcadia University, IIMCR will invite a select group of students and young professionals to the tenth annual International Symposium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution. This Symposium, IIMCR's original program, aims to explore the phenomenon of conflict while examining the most current issues in international affairs and international law. While there, symposium students interact with a renowned faculty in the form of lectures, training exercises and simulations. The faculty is composed of scholars, negotiation and mediation experts, current and former diplomats, and conflict resolution practitioners, many of whom have participated in resolving some of the world's most intransigent conflicts.
IIMCR has developed an interdisciplinary course grounded in theory, substance and hands-on simulation. The course draws heavily on the tools of practice as taught by scholars and trainers and on the real-world experiences of practitioners.
- Feb 28 Tue 2006 00:52
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克勞蒂亞碎碎唸 murmurer a ton oreille
le 27 fevrier 2006
最近跟Jason決定要出去旅行，寶貝說可以在大陸晃晃，如果我可以存到六百美金，應該可以在大陸去一趟，所以克勞蒂亞也要開始存錢了。因為太后不會幫我出錢，而且我也想少花家裡的錢，所以克勞蒂亞要去打工，看能不能在宿舍做一些工作換錢，然後日常生活也盡量少花錢，希望能順利攢到六百美金。（不過六百美金會不會不夠去大陸玩啊？）真希望有什麼高薪的工作給小豬做做，當然我已經放棄很久做什麼0204或是酒店公關了，朋友都說只有戀童癖的會喜歡我，一個朋友之前還說：「你打電話給我，我就有免費的0204，我為什麼要打電話給要付費的？」昏倒，當下決定放棄0204的光明前途。（我現在是想做翻譯啦。）
- Feb 21 Tue 2006 23:55
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我的焦慮跟開心
昨天是國定假日（總統日），所以很多人就因此不用上班上課，我因為本來就沒有課所以沒有什麼感覺，但是下午想去圖書館湊熱鬧的時候就想到圖書館應該沒有開，所以我去了Georgetown大學的咖啡廳喝咖啡唸書。我發覺在咖啡店唸書，有時候還頗有效率的，不過我唸一唸就肚子餓了，呵呵，所以我就跟朋友們說掰掰，回家吃飯去。從Georgetown大學到我家附近有接駁車，是免費的而且很方便，我想以後會常常去那邊逛逛吧！
問過媽咪了，媽咪說可以送我去布拉格唸書，我們學校承認暑假出國讀書的學分，布拉格的國際衝突解決論壇唸三個禮拜左右，大概要十五萬，可是如果是要拿同樣的錢去西伯利亞旅行，媽咪說不可以。我覺得有點難過，跟媽咪說我想跟Jason去，因為我希望可以跟他一起出國旅行，不過後來想想也許是我強求了，其實我心裡應該知道的，我爹地媽咪很努力讓我在美國唸書已經很辛苦了，我沒有工作還要花家裡的錢，其實我也會覺得愧疚。
我後來想很久為什麼我反應會這麼強烈。Jason規劃的地點跟路線也是我一直想走的，我很期待這個旅行，其實我應該要很高興他要去旅行的，因為我覺得可以去外面走走很幸福，平常只要有人說他要去哪裡哪裡旅行，我都會問東問西的，覺得很興奮。但是這一次也許我有點焦慮吧，突然察覺「Jason有錢，小豬豬沒錢」的現實，等我以後有工作有存錢的時候，Jason應該把全世界都玩完了，這樣就沒辦法找他出去旅行了。但是我知道我這個情緒是不對的，我一方面很為他高興，Jason一直說要去的旅行終於要成行，我真的很為Jason高興，真希望知道籌備旅行的細節，另一方面又覺得有點焦慮，如果我沒跟上這次的旅行，是不是暑假就見不到Jason，所以有點任性，呵呵，很抱歉前幾天讓Jason操心。
如果見不到Jason，我當然會難受，不過他應該會很開心吧，旅途上有這麼多新鮮的風景跟體驗，我一想到這些美好的冒險就覺得腎上腺素節節升高。希望他好好準備，俄國的簽證他應該開始辦了吧，加油加油，啊~~其實還是偷偷希望我的護照上也有俄國的簽證啦！
- Feb 20 Mon 2006 13:46
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很私人的事
dimanche, le 19 fevrier 2006
今天跟宿舍裡一個台灣大哥Ben去逛博物館，National Gallery of Art美國的國立藝廊剛展開塞尚Cezanne的特展，我本想自己一個人去走走，但是吃完午飯突然問Ben大哥要不要先放下會計的教科書，也許是覺得多點人去會比較能縮短在寒風中的時間吧，所以兩個人就上路了。
- Feb 20 Mon 2006 12:09
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跟蹤舒國治 Part II
我喜歡旅行中的書寫也喜歡舒國治，今年二月他出了新書，真想訂這本書。雖然我沒看過這本，但是我隱約覺得應該還是【台灣重遊】跟【理想的下午】比較符合我的脾胃。還是期待可以翻翻這本書。
小豬豬最近想看想買的書很多，也許是自己野心大過頭，書單總是長得不得了。除了這本門外漢的京都，小豬豬還想看香港女生去年的旅行紀錄【從絲路盡頭，開始】、江國香織跟十仁成的男女不同角度【冷靜與熱情之間】、Thomas Friedman的The Lexus and the Olive Tree等等。在有限的時間，做無限的漫遊，是很快樂的事情，常常在讀書的時候覺得很像去了很遠的地方，從印度到土耳其，從巴黎到密西西比河，Agatha 的東方快車載我去命案現場，十仁成與我再度重遊翡冷翠，不過一抬眼我還在我美國的宿舍房間裡。
- Feb 19 Sun 2006 01:57
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飛鴿傳輸---小阿姨搞笑
- Feb 16 Thu 2006 03:20
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沒有資格說話
15/02/2006
昨天是情人節，但是卻因為旅行的事情跟Jason有了不愉快，原來在情人節跟情人吵架比沒有情人還難過。重點是，我哪裡有資格跟他吵？我沒有吵，但是他的情緒很明顯地透過文字表現出來，無聲的文字表現著他的憤怒或是不耐煩，他講一講緩和一下說：「這樣你會不會生氣？」但是結論還是，旅行的行程我是不會改的，反正我已經想好了，這就是最好的方法，我一個人去就好了。
- Feb 15 Wed 2006 14:20
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NYC Biggest Snow Storm
| 紐約超級大風雪 創歷史紀錄 |  寄給朋友  友善列印 | |
【中時電子報 】
王良芬／紐約十三日電美國東北地區十二日遭到有史以來最大風雪侵襲，紐約市降雪量創下歷史最高紀錄，同時出現罕見的雪天閃電奇觀，兩千多飛機航班被迫取消，十多萬戶家庭電力供應中斷，多數學校周一停課，遊民收容所人數暴增，上班族通勤嚴重受阻。 入冬以來，紐約地區降雪量極低，媒體不久前還稱暖冬之時，超級大風雪卻於情人節夕的周末襲擊美國東北，紐約中央公園積雪量高廿六點九英寸，創下一百卅七年以來最高紀錄。氣象局說，這是自一八六九年有氣象記錄以來，紐約地區最大的一次降雪。 紐約市為對抗這場大風雪，緊急出動兩千兩百輛鏟雪車和三百五十輛撒鹽車，以及兩萬五千名工人清鏟積雪，以確定繁忙的周一交通不會受阻。但是因降雪量過大，若干地鐵路線疑積冰尚未融化，十三日早晨運行延滯，而公路因兩旁冰雪堆積，行駛路道縮減，也出現嚴重塞車現象。通往長島、紐約上州、新澤西州、康州的火車，因不少沿線路段遭到雪封，擔心運轉出軌，運輸局在鐵路軌道間置放了上萬個火燭融冰，但是周一早晨仍然有許多班次無法發車，很多通勤族受阻在月台上，叫苦連連。 紐約市長彭博說，每鏟市區一英吋雪，就得花掉一百萬美元，他敦促民眾和商家努力「自掃門前雪」，並呼籲民眾最好使用大眾交通系統。專家則提醒汽車駕駛，一定要清除汽車排氣管內的積雪，以免發生一氧化碳中毒的不幸事件。 大紐約地區三大機場有兩千多個航次取消，上萬名乘客無法搭上飛機，又因風雪無法返回市區，被迫在機場打地舖過夜。三大機場都採取了緊急措施，提供睡袋、食物和飲水。十三日已有部分班機恢復飛行，但是遲延情況十分嚴重，預料要到周二才能全面恢復正常。 |
- Feb 13 Mon 2006 14:14
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Love is…
13/02/2006
While chatting with friends, they have had some issues with love recently. Everyone is somehow puzzled by love. I held a different point from a friend, saying that in love gives and takes are not necessarily equal. However, she does not agree. I don’t think that there is an absolute right or wrong; this acquaintance and I view the relationship in different ways.
- Feb 11 Sat 2006 13:26
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What Shakespeare thinks about love
SONNET 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
http://www.japantimes.com/shukan-st/special/poem/po20030117main.htm
