I would like to thank Tim Gilman, for the files of the World Constitution and World Legislation which he so dedicatedly typed and transcribed to disk before the advent of widespread affordable OCR. I would like to thank the members of the World Constitution & Parliament Association, whose logistical, preparatory work made the Sessions of the World Constitutent Assembly and the Provisional World Parliament possible. I want to thank the many delegates of the Assembly and Parliament, who scraped funds together to meet together and discuss world problems under parliamentary procedures. Thanks to the members of the Global Ratification & Elections Network, for gathering a momentum for the development of the School. I wish to give a special thanks to Margaret Ann Isely and Henry Philip Isely, for their special contribution of developing the groundwork over many years and surmounting obstacles to the inauguration of the Graduate School of World Problems. I wish to thank Dr. Norman Herr for his great help in teaching students the ins and outs of web development and other computer operations. I thank Carlos Guerrero, Chris Sales, Raymond Knerr, Jill Thayer, Terry Bailey and countless others for their technical instruction and assistance. My colleagues in the SED 619 Web Development course deserve special recognition, as they were instrumental in the development of my skills in web design. Thanks to my father, Al Almand, for his continued constructive criticism on my decisions. Thanks to my late mother, Rowena Mann, who was instrumental in guiding me such that I would tend to end up where I am, developing this website. Thanks to Mr. Jiddhu Krishnamurti, who encouraged me to question with great rigor, to not jump to conclusions, to consider pursuing a livelihood in the field of education and to live humanely & wholeheartedly.
Many animated gifs came from Animation Zone at http://www.animationzone.com/animatedgifs/index.shtml , and from DB Mall Animated Gif Collection at http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/2883 . My understanding is that all of these are from the public domain. However, if this is not the case, and an image appears which belongs to you, please call to let me know, and I will remove it promptly, if you wish.
MIDI sequence(s) from the Classical MIDI Archives - by permission.