Costa Rica: Intern and Volunteer Programs - World Endeavors | World Endeavors
Living la Pura Vida in Costa Rica A phrase that literally translates to Pure Life or Full of Life, “Pura Vida” is used in countless situations and can be seen to embody the Costa Rican approach to living. The pace of life in Costa Rica is relaxed, and locals, who affectionately refer to themselves as “Ticos,” place a high value on time with family and friends. World Endeavors participants who travel to Costa Rica often find themselves welcomed as part of the family almost immediately upon arrival, and they enjoy the opportunity to share meals, go for a stroll, practice their Spanish, and even dance the night away at family parties. It’s hard to spend time in Costa Rica without absorbing a bit of la Pura Vida for oneself. World Endeavors offers international internship and volunteer abroad programs in Costa Rica. Our Site World Endeavors Internship and Volunteer in Costa Rica programs are located in the friendly town of Atenas, just 45 minutes outside the capital city of San Jose.
Het VN-secretariaat en de VN-vredesoperaties - Over de organisatie
Het personeelsbestand van het VN-Secretariaat is tussen 2007 en 2009 met 8% gestegen; deze stijging is hoofdzakelijk te wijten aan een groei van de VN-vredesmissies: 54,4% van het VN-secretariaatspersoneel (21.746) is tewerkgesteld door DPKO in de VN-vredesoperaties.30,6% van het VN-secretariaatspersoneel (12.236) is tewerkgesteld bij de VN-zetels in New York, Genève, Wenen en Nairobi.6,5% van het VN-secretariaatspersoneel werkt voor de Regionale Commissies (ECA, ECE, ECLAC, ESCAP en ESCWA).4,8% van het VN-secretariaatspersoneel werkt voor VN-tribunalen (ICTY en ICTR).3,7% is tewerkgesteld in de Field Offices van DESA, DPA, DPI, OCHA, OHCHR, OIOS, UNCTAD, UNEP, UN-Habitat en UNODC. Algemene informatie over selectieprocedures en vacatures bij het VN-Secretariaat zijn gepubliceerd op de United Nations Careers Portal: . . De personeelsdienst van Departement voor Vredesoperaties (DPKO) meldt een tekort aan gekwalificeerde kandidaten voor VN-vredesmissies.
50 Most Influential Books of the Last 50 (or so) Years
In compiling the books on this list, the editors at SuperScholar have tried to provide a window into the culture of the last 50 years. Ideally, if you read every book on this list, you will know how we got to where we are today. Not all the books on this list are “great.” The criterion for inclusion was not greatness but INFLUENCE. The books we chose required some hard choices. We also tried to keep a balance between books that everyone buys and hardly anyone reads versus books that, though not widely bought and read, are deeply transformative. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 45.
Fallacy List
1. FAULTY CAUSE: (post hoc ergo propter hoc) mistakes correlation or association for causation, by assuming that because one thing follows another it was caused by the other. example: A black cat crossed Babbs' path yesterday and, sure enough, she was involved in an automobile accident later that same afternoon. example: The introduction of sex education courses at the high school level has resulted in increased promiscuity among teens. A recent study revealed that the number of reported cases of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) was significantly higher for high schools that offered courses in sex education than for high schools that did not. 2. SWEEPING GENERALIZATION: (dicto simpliciter) assumes that what is true of the whole will also be true of the part, or that what is true in most instances will be true in all instances. example: Muffin must be rich or have rich parents, because she belongs to ZXQ, and ZXQ is the richest sorority on campus. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
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