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SUMMARY:King Pong hosted by World Series of Pong
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8827200/ ] Fancy yourself a dab hand with a bat and a ball? Grab a mate and come along every Tuesday night for London's one and only ultimate ping pong showdown. Round-robin doubles tournament with bar tabs for winners and wildcards.
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LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/690956/":The Book Club @ 100-106 Leonard Street\, London\,  EC2A 4RH
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SUMMARY:Bullying and the Abuse of Power 3
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8753545/ ] Bullying is a global problem. Whether it takes place in the schoolyard\; the board room\; the corridors of academe\; a detention centre for alleged terrorists\; a government office\, or cyber space\; and whether it involves insult\, physical assault or manipulation of the environment with the intention of making another person’s life intolerable\, bullying involves the abuse of power. Everyone is affected by it\, whether directly or indirectly.
 All of us know people who are bullied\, and all of us know bullies\, though we may be unaware that we do. After all\, bullies may seem\, on the surface\, to be kind\, caring and supportive human beings\, interested in nurturing others. And if they have been kind to us\, we may fail to perceive their unkindness to others.
 Bullying goes on at every level\, often goes on behind closed doors\; inside private emails\, and in actions that might appear innocuous. It grows out of the ability that many (and perhaps most) people have\, to find enjoyment and fulfilment in exerting power over others. It depends for its existence either on a lack of empathy and human feeling\, or on the developed ability to suspend empathy. It can ruin lives\, and it can end lives. We should not allow ourselves to believe that because it is not open to view\, bullying is not present.
 In the first two years of Bullying and the abuse of power\, a number of themes have emrged. Two of these – bullying in schools and bullying in the workplace (including universities) are unsurprising and have featured strongly in both earlier conferences. Alongside these\, and other themes with a practical focus\, such as cyber bullying\, participants have wrestled with the problem of saying exactly what is to count as bullying\, and how far its boundaries extend.
 Abstracts are now invited for Bullying and the Abuse of Power 3\, for individual contributions or for symposia of three papers. Abstracts that illuminate and comment on more than one sphere in which bullying manifests itself\, are especially welcomed\, as are abstracts that draw together insights from more than one academic\, professional or vocational area\, or that draw from more than one cultural or theoretical perspective. Abstracts are also especially welcomed that focus on bullying in areas where the abuse of power is less commonly thought of in this way\, including the ill treatment of elders\; genocide\; human trafficking\, and bullying in international relations and international trade.
 1. Bullying in School/in the Workplace
 ~ Bullying of older people/disabled people
 ~ Sexual bullying
 ~ Racial bullying
 ~ Religious intolerance
 2. From Playground Bullying to Genocide/Bullying: How Far Can it Go?
 ~ Human Rights abuses
 ~ Genocide
 ~ The Holocaust
 ~ Human trafficking
 3. International Relations
 ~ Cultural intolerance
 ~ Terrorism as a means of persuasion
 ~ Imposition of the wishes of the developed world on developing countries
 ~ Bullying of Indigenous people
 4. Multinationals\, Impoverished Nations and Corner Shops
 ~ The effects of globalisation on business
 ~ Changing patterns of shopping: corner shops vs superstores
 ~ Advertising and vulnerable consumers
 ~ Cut price goods and low pay for workers
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LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/919733/":Hotel StieglBräu @ Rainerstraße 14\, Salzburg\, Salzburg A-5020
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SUMMARY:War\, Civil Conflict\, Peace and Security
DESCRIPTION: [Full details at http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/8753544/ ] What is the experience of war and what does it mean to us? Is war an extension of politics by other means? The locomotive of technology? Does a state of peace truly exist\, or do we perpetually live in absentia bello ? Is humankind at war in its most natural state\; or is human society – despite perceptions and ongoing conflict around the world today – actually moving toward an aversion to war and toward a state of peace? Are Human Rights illusory and is the quest for Human Security achievable?
 This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to provide a challenging forum for the examination and evaluation of the nature\, purpose and experience of war\, and its impacts on all aspects of communities across the world.
 Viewing war as a multi-layered phenomenon\, this conference series invites committed academics\, non-academic based professionals from all walks of life\, including those from Military forces\, serving or retired\, Emergency\, Aid and Development Organisations (IOs\, International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs)\, NGOs and other Non-State Actors (NSAs) or Trans-National Social Movement(TNSMs)\, Commercial companies and corporate institutions\, the public services\, Faith based institutions\, charities\, the media\, the medical professions\, the arts and students in all related fields of interest\, to explore the historical\, legal\, social\, human\, religious\, economic\, and political contexts of conflicts\, and assess the place of nations\, alliances\, politics\, the military\, peace activism\, science\, academia\, faith\, the humanitarian sector\, art\, journalism\, literature\, music\, the media and the internet in representation and interpretation of the experience of warfare.
 In particular papers\, workshops\, reports\, formed panels and presentations are invited on any of the following themes\;
 1. How do we Talk about War?
 Portrayal\, awareness\, language and expression. How do we come to understand war in contemporary and historical cultures?
     The Language of modern contemporary warfare\, the language of war in society\, in the work space and popular culture\; obscuration of conditions of being at ‘war’ and the condition of ‘peace’.
     Militarization of society\, propaganda\, war toys\, computer gaming\; in fashion -‘military chic’.
     Representing the realities of war versus ‘national interest’ – images of the heroism\, glory\, tacit and explicit justifications of war\; the horror of war and societal responses.
 2. Representations and Experiences
 Viewing War as a multi-layered social phenomena.
     The individual experience of war\, the impact of war\, in protest\; in the alleviation of the impacts of war and in peace building.
     Nations\, Communities and individuals recovering from war\, trauma\, rehabilitation and nation building.
     The experience of war\; art\, literature\, music\, poetry\, cinema and the theatre\; the role of the media – journalism\, radio\, television\, the internet\; propaganda.
     The representations and experiences of protest.
 3. History and Development of Warfare and War Fighting.
 How have we fought and why. Lessons learned\, mistakes repeated.
     Warfare in human history\, revisionism and post-revisionism.
     The sources\, origins\, and causes of war\; why and how do wars begin?
     Means and methods in war – land\, sea\, air\, space\, nuclear\, chemical\, biological\; terror and terrorism\; conventional and guerrilla warfare\; civil war\; ‘total’ warfare’. Where are the new ‘battlespaces’?
     The nature of warfare\; strategy and strategic thought\; changes and the implications of changes in the ways wars are fought\; the influence and effect of technologies\; nuclear deterrence/compellance\; changes in the nature and role of military personnel\; information and information warfare.
     New and perceived ‘Revolutions in Military Affairs’.
 4. Extent\, Conduct and Morality
 Can war even be distinguished from peace\, combatant from non-combatant\, who are legitimate targets? The totalisation of war in modern society and culture.
     Where are we now? How has war pervaded our society and culture in everyday life?
     The extent of war\; geo-political\, physical\; blockades\, sanctions\, defence expenditure and the impact on social and public policy\; on social and human capital.
     The regulation and control of warfare\; how is and should warfare be conducted? What are the limits of conflict? Are there any prohibitions in fighting a war?
     Globalization\; the human\, geographic\, social and economic boundaries of war in the modern era.
     Resource warfare\, food\, water\, oil and mineral wealth\, challenges in the 21st century.
     International Humanitarian Law and Conflict.
 5. Human Rights and Human Security
 Have the means and methods in war\, finally outpaced International law and norms of behaviour? What protection is available? If truth is the first casualty in war\, is human rights the second?
     Human security issues\; protection\, shelter\, economic security\; public health.
     Human rights\; protection\, promotion and abuses\; genocide\, ethnic cleansing\; terrorism\; scorched earth\; war crimes\; crimes against humanity.
     The Humanitarian space in conflict.
     Armed non-state actors\, roles\, practices and regulation.
     Gender and Race in War and Peace.
 6. The Boundaries of War
 How far will humankind push the limits of acceptable behaviour and practice in war?
     The ‘morality’ and the ‘ethics’ of war\; just war\; deterrence\; pre-emptive war\; defence and self-defence\; the influence of nationalism\; the place of human rights\; societies and the military\; increases in moral sensibilities – qualms about carpet bombing\, collateral damage\; the status of combatants in warfare\, the impact of civilians\; neutrality.
     War and religion\; the important role of religion\, the church\, and the intellectual elite in multi-ethnic conflict specifically and in war in general\; just war\, jihad and crusade.
     War and gender\; women in war\; impact\, abuses\, role in war as combatants and in peace building. Gender equality issues and peace building\, cultures of violence in society propagating conflict.
     Children and war\, child soldiers\, trauma\, exposure\, conditioning\, propaganda\, bereavement\, expression though play\, art and behaviour.
     Slavery and war\; past\, present and future\; unwilling combatants\, from janissaries to mamelukes\, to conscripts and child soldiers.
     Resistance under occupation\, where collaboration ends and resistance begins? Forms of resistance.
 7. Prevention and Peacebuilding
 Can we give peace a chance? Viewing war as un-natural\, preventable within a variety of frameworks. The legal mechanisms and the trans-national social movements ‘waging peace’.
     Peace building\; means and methods\; negative peace and building a positive peace\; war-termination and nation-building.
     The prevention of war\; the role of conflict resolution\; avoiding war\; peace-keeping\; the role and importance of law and international legal order\; the rise and impact of non-violent movements.
     The effectiveness of Supra-National\, Trans-National and International organsiations in conflict prevention\, mediation and resolution.
     Peace and Balances of Power.
     Disarmament and Arms Control.
     Conscientious objection\, alternative service.
     The Peace Movement.
 8. The Role of Non-state Actors and NGOs in War and Post-conflict.
 Breaking the state conundrum\, participation in relief from the depredations of war\, alleviating the suffering\, advocacy from theatres of war. Or compromising humanitarian Aid? Force multipliers? Abrogating combatant’s responsibilities toward their populations.
     History: The Quakers to the Red Cross and beyond.
     NGOs\, the ‘third space’ actors in the relief of the impact of warfare\, aid and development programmes\, refugees and IDPs\, child soldiers\, landmines / cluster munitions\; small arms light weapons (SALW/DDR)\, Depleted Uranium (DU)\, NGOs prolonging conflict by abrogating state and combatants responsibilities in time of conflict.
     Armed non-state actors. Terrorists? Freedom fighters? Private security companies and forces. Mercenaries in the modern world.
 9. Future War: Revolutions in Military Affairs – Emerging Types of Warfare.
 Be afraid\, be very afraid. Are there no limits to mans inhumanity to man?
     Cyber-war Virtual war\; cyber-terrorism\; cyber-power\, cyber-war\; computer technologies in the conduct of war.
     Technology leaps – acquiring WMD.
     Space war – fantasy or an emerging reality? Issue in the militarisation and weaponisation of space.
     Bio-warfare: gene warfare\; the genetic codes of agriculture and livestock as targets in war
     Economic warfare in a Globalised world.
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LOCATION;ALTREP="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/919733/":Hotel StieglBräu @ Rainerstraße 14\, Salzburg\, Salzburg A-5020
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