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Tuesday 30 April 7pm-8pm

The programme explores how those in power in post-war America used Freud’s ideas about the unconscious mind to try and control the masses.

Politicians and planners came to believe Freud’s underlying premise – that deep within all human beings were dangerous and irrational desires and fears. They were convinced that it was the unleashing of these instincts that had led to the barbarism of Nazi Germany. To stop it ever happening again they set out to find ways to control this hidden enemy within the human mind.

Sigmund Freud’s daughter, Anna, and his nephew, Edward Bernays, provided the centrepiece philosophy. The US government, big business, and the CIA used their ideas to develop techniques to manage and control the minds of the American people. But this was not a cynical exercise in manipulation. Those in power believed that the only way to make democracy work and create a stable society was to repress the savage barbarism that lurked just under the surface of normal American life.

THE CENTURY OF THE SELF
Monday 29 April – Thursday 2 May 2002 7pm-8pm

Adam Curtis’ acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty.

To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has finally moved to the people. Certainly the people may feel they are in charge, but are they really? The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?

The Freud dynasty is at the heart of this compelling social history. Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis; Edward Bernays, who invented public relations; Anna Freud, Sigmund’s devoted daughter; and present-day PR guru and Sigmund’s great grandson, Matthew Freud.

Sigmund Freud’s work into the bubbling and murky world of the subconscious changed the world. By introducing a technique to probe the unconscious mind, Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society’s belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man’s ultimate goal.

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The Independent Order of Odd Fellows welcomes men and women. Not because they are rich or poor; not because they are educated or uneducated, but because they are men and women. Manly, upright, honest, industrious, temperate, thoughtful, considerate people. People who do not wish to waste their time in the worship of wealth, but who will give their hearts, minds and life to the great work of character building — of making men and women better. Men and women who will let the sunlight of their love dispel the darkness of sorrow and doubt; who are ever ready and willing to do an act of kindness; to act more forgivingly toward their fellowman than they would expect to receive themselves.

The Odd Fellows is one of the oldest and largest non-political and non-sectarian fraternal organization in the world. It was established because the world was very different back then. The things we take for granted now were almost non-existent like healthcare, orphanages, educational systems, care for the elderly and for the impoverished. Even though we have come a long way now, more needs to be done to see that everyone everywhere is treated with care, kindness, and dignity. Working together to achieve these goals and help our fellow men creates a bond that cannot be described. A brotherhood and sisterhood of benevolence that can only be felt as an active participant. Working together, we really can make a difference!
Because the Odd Fellows existed very long ago “mystery of long-past ages enshrouds the origin of Odd Fellowship” and that the exact date of its first founding is “lost in the mists of antiquity”. Members in the United Kingdom trace its roots back to the Trade Guilds of the 12th and 13th centuries.

There are many theories about how it first started and got its name but the generally accepted belief is that it emerged in England when a group of working class men who fell outside the established system of trade guilds banded together to form their own labor association. At the time of industrialization in England, ‘Fellows’ from various ‘Odd’ trades gathered together and formed a fraternity to protect and care for their members and communities at a time when there was no welfare state, trade unions and National Health Insurance. They would work together to help each other and the unfortunate families back on their feet, whether it was rebuilding a barn that had burned, or putting in a new crop after a devastating season. Such helpers came to be known as “odd fellows,” so named by the general population who thought they were “an odd bunch of fellows” who would behave in such a selfless and seemingly impractical fashion. This group then adopted the name.

By year 1700′s, there were a number of Odd Fellows organization in England. The earliest surviving documented evidence of an organization called “Odd Fellows” are the minutes of Loyal Aristarchus Odd Fellow Lodge no. 9 in England dated March 12, 1748. By it being number 9, this connotes that there are older Odd Fellows lodges that existed before this date.

In 1789, a “London Union or United Order of Odd Fellows”, now known as the “Grand United Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society”, was formed as a partial amalgamation of two Odd Fellows organization. In 1810, various lodges of the London Union Order in Manchester organized an “Independent Order of Oddfellows” with the title “Manchester Unity”. With their improved system they were able to persuade other Odd Fellow Lodges to join their unity. They also chartered the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in America years after.

While several Odd Fellow lodges had existed in New York City before, because of the charter relationship, American Odd Fellowship (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) is regarded as being founded in Baltimore, Maryland at the Seven Stars Tavern on April 26, 1819, by Thomas Wildey and some associates who were members of the fraternity in England.

On September 20, 1851, I.O.O.F became the first fraternity to accept both men and women when it formed the Daughters of Rebekah. Brother Schuyler Colfax, (Vice President of the United States from 1869 to 1873 under President Ulysses S. Grant), was the force behind the movement. Though the term sorority was not yet coined in this year, it may be considered that the Rebekah is the first and oldest sorority in the world. They are also the first fraternal organization to build cemeteries, home for the elderly and orphans.

Sovereign grand Lodge: www.ioof.org

Grand Lodge of Europe: www.oddfellows.eu

Grand Lodge of BC: www.ioofbc.org/international.htm

The Oddfellows United Kingdom: www.oddfellows.co.uk

Grand Lodge of Cuba: http://www.ioof-cuba.org

IOOF Philippines: www.ioofphilippines.yolasite.com

e-mail IOOF: iooftheSGL@bellsouth.net

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The Debt Management Office (DMO) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on Saturday, October 17 2009, launched the FGN Bond at the Royal Garden Hotel, London with the theme Good Investor, Good Citizen.

The goal was to encourage private Nigerian Citizens, and Corporate entities (the Nigerian Diaspora in the UK), to invest in FGN Bond as a way for the government to build needed capital to finance critical long-term infrastructure projects in Nigeria. This effort is in line with the goals of Private Finance Initiative (PFI), and the objectives of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contained in the 7-Point Agenda.

The launch of FGN Bond in London resulted from the many compelling and persuasive proposals written and successfully presented to Nigerias public and private sector leaders by UK-based Business Services Consortium Ltd; (Chidi Okemadu MD), who is a Public Policy Consultant/Advocate, and a Former Vice President with the defunct Citisolutions Financial UK Ltd, a division of Citigroup.

Bond is a long-term debt instrument offered to the potential investor by public sector entities with promise of a return at specified percentages of yields upon maturity. Such financial or monetary instruments are similar in nature to stock certificates issued by the private sector, except that it is guaranteed against default by the full faith and credit of the government. Bonds are therefore safer and more conservative forms of investment than stocks.

There are many precedents or anecdotes that can be cited in both developing and developed countries to support the notion that bonds are very viable tools for financing capital projects which would otherwise be difficult to finance or execute only from internally-generated revenue. China, the worlds largest surplus nation has been buying US Treasury Bonds at record levels, some of which would finance infrastructure projects contained in the economic stimulus bill signed into law by President Barak Obama. According to the US Treasury, US owe China a cumulative $797.1 billion in bond-related debts as at the end of August 2009 (http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt).

The FGN Bond launch event and the pre-dinner cocktail party that preceded it drew a large crowd of dignitaries and citizens – a diverse audience many of who came with a great deal of enthusiasm and optimism on the one hand, and suspicion and skepticism on the other. The event was very well choreographed, and ably directed by the Master of Ceremony, Dayo Benjamins-Laniyi. Overall, Nigerians are historically skeptical of government promises, but are quick to support and credit governments who execute visibly tangible projects that directly impact their everyday lives.

Those that knew little about bonds before they came to the event were well educated by the distinguished panel of speakers which included Nigerias Hon. Minister of Finance, Dr. Mansur Muhtar. OFR; the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom, Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida, OFR; and the new dynamic Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and renowned Economist Lamido Sanusi.

The speakers also included Director-General of the Debt Management Office , Dr. Abraham Nwankwo; The Chairman, House Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management , Hon. Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar; Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts Senator (Arc) Ehigie Uzamere; and the Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Mrs. Ndi Okeke-Onyiuke. Other Nigerian Public Servants and dignitaries from the private sector who graced the occasion include former military brass, and serving Senator, John Shagaya, as well as other distinguished Senators, Congressmen, and Business Leaders.

The Finance Minister carefully articulated the efforts, constraints, and vision of the Federal Government of Nigeria, while the Central Bank Governor spoke eloquently on the global financial crisis with emphasis on the recent shake up in the Nigerian commercial banks.

Not by a long shot were all the burning questions on the minds of the audience answered due understandably to time limitations, but many were more confident of the Nigerian leadership, and receptive of the proposed FGN Bond at the end of the event than they were at the beginning. The effort to get the support of Nigerians in the Diaspora for the FGN Bond remains work in progress, and may in the near future be made on the ground in North American cities which are also homes to hundreds of thousands of the Nigerian Diaspora.

This Event Overview/Analysis has been presented by Texas-based Nwora Onwuzulu, (Management Consultant and Freelance Writer), B.Sc., M.A. (LIS), MIEEE, AIIM, MPMI (Phone: +1 713-992-2886)

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The Baha’i International Community hosted a side event during the 55th Session of the Commission for the Status of Women. This event featured a panel of speakers who explored what it would look like, to educate girls and women beyond basic curricula.

This video features Dr. Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, Senior Policy Advisor at UNICEF and one of the featured speakers on the panel at that event.

Duration : 0:18:55

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