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Playing Poker as a Career: Are High Stakes a Fair Price for True Freedom?

On June 12th, 2018, 27-year-old Lars Nick won $51,000 at the $1,600 Venetian PLO in Las Vegas. On the worst day in his career, at the World Series of Poker, he lost $12,000. Such dramatic wins and losses are just part of everyday living for a professional poker player.

The Best Movies of the 2010s

The advantage of the last decade to be featured in our summer movie series is that there are still some great movies to go. Nevertheless, we have managed to choose the best as of today. This week we are closing this series, and beginning this coming week you can look forward a new movie topic every week.

2018 GCSP Prize in Switzerland

Geneva Center For Security Policy (GCSP) and its Geopolitics and Global Futures Program are now accepting applications for the 2018 GCSP Prize for Innovation in Global Security. The prize is designed to reach across all relevant disciplines and fields. It seeks to reward the most inspiring, innovative and ground-breaking contribution of the year, whether this comes in the form of an initiative, invention, research publication, or organization. The deadline is on 27 September 2018.

The art of living in the present moment

The Art of Living in the Present Moment

Where are you now? How are you living, right at the moment? What is this moment about? Are you really living it here and now? Too many questions to begin with: the present moment. However, the importance of it is more than one might think.  The point is that the vast majority of our modern “all the time in a hurry” society tends to see life as a marathon, where every person is in a race for achievements, realization of plans, dreams and goals, etc. Eventually, upon arriving right there, at the finish of your life marathon, you start to understand that there is actually something missing.  And the more you think about it, the bigger this something becomes. This is because that part is your entire life. The life that has been lost in the race. The life that will never be repeated, from the starting point.

Young European Ambassador Program: EU + Eastern Partner Countries

The ‘EU NEIGHBOURS east’ project invites youth to apply to become a ‘Young European Ambassador’ (YEAs) and take part in an initiative that connects more than 300 young people from the EU Member States and the Eastern Neighbourhood countries. The deadline for the application is 12 September 2018.

Best Movies from the 2000s

Our movie series, dedicated to exploring an entire century decade by decade, is approaching the end, and we are now reporting on the last completed decade to this date – in the Millenium. Many great movies were produced during this decade, leaving a legacy of high standards for the coming decades to aspire to match.

Aliento, place where fear is becoming hope

Social Entrepreneur Reyna Montoya: Transforming Fear into Hope at Aliento

Reyna was only 13 when she and her family were forced from their home in Mexico, ending up as a family with no status in the U.S. This event changed her whole life path, motives, and strivings. Growing up as an immigrant, experiencing fear, anxiety, and stress, but most of all, unfair treatment in many aspects of her life, made her determined to do something to make a change. She founded Aliento, an organization that helps to support the 6.5 million undocumented youth and children of immigrant parents by investing in their well-being, mainly through the arts. Her achievements, persistence, and fearlessness have been recognized – with her name appearing on this year’s Forbes 30 under 30 – Social Entrepreneurs List. Reyna Montoya is a girl who lives to teach people the lesson of humanity, and this is her story.

Youth Summit 2018 Competition

Do you have an idea that has the capacity to improve human capital and thereby positively impact your community, your country, and/or society at large? If the answer is yes, then the Youth Summit 2018 Competition gives you the opportunity to share your idea, connect with peers and high-level experts, and explore how to bring your idea to the next level. The deadline is on October 5th.

Fully Funded International Youth Conference

Young people from Southeast Europe are welcome to apply for the International Youth Conference. The event is providing to the young leaders, an open space for discussing solutions to the region’s most pressing problems, particularly focusing on young people’s problems.  The event will be held from 27th of September to 1st of October in Macedonia. The deadline to apply is on 25th of August.

 

Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leaders Program in New York

Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leaders (GTL) Program in New York, USA are looking for the next global teen leaders – those who have identified a problem and a solution as well as have taken direct action. The program will take place on 8-15 March 2019. The deadline is on 15 September 2018.

Best Movies from the Nineties

The Nineties – the next decade in our series of weekly movie picks for the summer - were a fruitful decade as regards the film industry. Some important milestones were set, and some iconic movies were produced. Welcome to the Nineties.

Anxiety in a Nutshell

Since creation human beings have been given a whole set of emotions and feelings. Disregarding whether the feeling is bad or good has its own reason and design. In an article published by Barbara L. Fredrickson titled “The Role of Positive Emotions in Positive Psychology. The Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions”, there is a report on detailed research into the roles and effects of positive emotions. However, setting aside the positive feelings which make us more spiritually alive, it is important note that such negative feelings as fear, panic, pain, etc. have their functions as well. One of the most basic imperatives they serve is protection and the instinct for self-preservation. However, it is no less evident that if an individual becomes overly obsessed by one of those negative emotions, the flow of life, as well as all vital activities, may be in jeopardy. 

Best Movies From The Eighties

Another week has passed, and we are moving into the next decade. For the eighties we have chosen a generous list of movie picks. In addition to the films we haven´t presented yet, we are also including some of those that have appeared in some of our previous articles, but which meet the condition of being among the best movies of this decade.

Meet Freedom: Montenegro’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Stormbringers

Three friends – an architect, a photographer, and a programmer - reunited after several years abroad to launch a story that responds to the current situation in the Rock ’n’ Roll scene. Driven by strength, emotion, and desire, FREEDOM brings head-banging riffs and a strong groove – not to mention insane energy and sweat – to its live shows. The band is based in Montenegro, represents a spark for the rock ‘n’ roll scene in the Balkans, a contrast to overly computer-generated music machinery and the increased clinging onto mainstream trends and the lack of the new, heavy sounds that would provoke raw energy and excitement. Rade “Duda” Vukčević – the band’s frontman – made some time for a beer and an interview . 

The power of moringa

The Power of Moringa is Beating Poverty

She was bold, determined, and touched. And these facts have changed more than a thousand lives of female farmers all over West Africa, South America, and parts of Asia. The success of Lisa Curtis, founder of Kuli Kuli, America’s leading moringa company, started with the tale of a single African mom who had five kids and was left with no home and no income. She was the first person to be affected by Lisa's dream of using the nutritious leaves of the moringa tree to improve the lives of women on the African continent. At the age of 23, with zero knowledge of the food industry, but led by a wish to make a change, Lisa managed to form a team of food, technology, and design experts and develop her startup. Today, seven years later, her company counts more than 1.5 million dollars of income given to family farms on three different continents. Read more about the moving story of blue flip-flops, Pierrette and Ayele, courage, vision, and having the guts to carve out the path that allowed an eager volunteer to become a widely recognized businesswoman with a place on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Social Entrepreneurs 2018.

What Is It Like to Live in a Simulation?

Is simulacrum  spreading wider and surrounding us more and more? Are we getting closer to hyperreality, than to real things? YT contributor Valeriia Tsytsyk wrote a blog post on this topic. Would you like to discuss it further? Write your comments below. 

Commonwealth100 – Fully funded Online Leadership Course

Young people from Commonwealth countries are welcome to take part in Commonwealth100, a new, free, crowd-sourced, experiential, online leadership development program. The program aims to equip a new generation of young leaders with skills relevant to the 21st century, with the Open Source Leadership model. The program runs every month for three weeks and can be completed in your own time. The application process is ongoing.

Youth Advocate Jaya Setiawan Gulo: the Faces of Children and Their Hopes Are Driving Force

Youth Advocate Jaya Setiawan Gulo: the Faces of Children and Their Hopes Are Driving...

The tale of the young Jaya Setiawan Gulo, now 28, starts in a left-behind village somewhere in the province of North Sumatra, after he broke his left arm. While he was on the road to recovery, he had the heartbreaking experience of witnessing the harsh realities that face the people in the rural areas of Indonesia who dedicate their lives to giving their kids the opportunity to finish school. It was then that he realized he would one day found a social enterprise organization focused on education. And so it has been. Back then, he was just a tiny kid with poor grades who was climbing coconut trees. Today, he works at the Indonesian Ministry of Finance and has made his dream come true.  Together with nine other young people who are dedicated to fighting for education, he founded a youth-led organization called The School Projects that is changing the shape of the education system in rural Indonesia. Gulo and his cohort have reached more than 1400 children so farby mentoring and motivating them while providing school supplies to support their learning process. This is Gulo’s story.

Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program 2018 at Stanford University

Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program is offering around 100 scholarships to young people who are looking forward to study at Stanford University. The deadline to apply is on September 12th.

Advice From The Successful Ones

We at YT like to interview interesting people who do some amazing work. With them succeeding in their respective fields comes an obvious question. This is to find out what is their secret to their success. Here is what they have to say.

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