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Néjib Belkhodja was born in 1933 in the Medina in the Capital of Tunisia, Tunis.
Néjib Belkhodja Tunisia 1933-2007
This is merely a whisper being sent out to the world about the genius of the late, great Néjib Belkhodja. He lived amongst us for seventy-four years and consumed life and lived like so few. He had integrity, something that is lacking in the world today. He set such high standards for himself and others around him. He was the man to teach the world about the power of art and the way in which we should conduct ourselves in our lives. It is difficult to put into words the importance of this man. He lived an outspoken existence with courage and conviction. The word Prophet is a word that best describes the giant that is, Néjib Belkhodja.
During his lifetime he was a Nation builder and a world guide. He was often ignored and marginalised yet still he bore the troubles of his Independent Nation on his shoulders. His work is so important, to see it and understand it will change the way you see yourself and all that is around you. Throughout his life the Leaders were fully aware of the power of Belkhodja; a man who would not be broken by the State or who could not be used as a political toy. He suffered enormously throughout his life, humiliated and disregarded by the Nation. On the 16th June 2007 in the Medina in Tunis I heard such pitiful tributes to a man of such stature who, at the end was honoured by hyocrites. He died virtually penniless and his work is jailed in Banks and Five Star Hotels around his native country of Tunisia. You wont see the work of Belkhodja in any Museum around the world. No. His work is too powerful to be released by his jailers. He sheds light on all the World Leaders. He opens our minds to what is the function and meaning of Art. His work develops Nations and his contribution to the world is beyond compare. His departure from this world has come at just the right time; when the world needs him most. Here is a man, who belongs to us all and in his lifetime has shown us the meaning of generosity. His work introduces us to poets and architecture, to calligraphers and musicians. The subtly within the work is breathtaking and he puts into place the order in which art should be seen, heard and spoken.
Born in 1933 his mother was Dutch and his father Tunisian. He grew up in the Medina in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, North Africa. For those that don't know what the Medina is, it is the heartbeat of the city, where all the aristocracy resides. It is a walled city within a city, with narrow streets as arteries and huge colourful studded doors, which break up the continuity of the whitewashed wall. The Medina has it's own language, it own specific architecture. The Medina is the untouchable heart of North Africa. The reason Belkhodja chooses to focus his work on the importance of the Medina is that it is the heart of life. It is beyond the control of modern dictatorship. So his work is about the spiritual heartland of the World. The significance of the Medina in Belkhodja's work is constant. For nearly forty years he focused his whole artistic life around the idea of the Medina and his work reads like a biblical message to us all. His work is invincible and belongs to us all, to cage it would be a travesty of justice. I would like the World to stop for just 2 minutes to Honour the Life of Néjib Belkhodja 1933 – 2007.
The African Medina Final Work by Nejib Belkhodja
This is the final work by Nejib Belkhodja - The African Median in 2007
This is the final work by Nejib Belkhodja - The African Median in 2007


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This brownies are the bomb.
And it all started because of this picture. Who wouldn't see this picture and not be tempted to bake these brownies as well? I mean … brownie and raw cookie dough. A-MAZ-ING. (for realz).
I was checking my email and clicked open an email from the brown eyed baker … saw these beauties and just knew that I had to make them. IMMEDIATELY.
I decided that I would follow the brownie recipe that Michelle (the brown eyed baker) used, but wanted to use a different cookie dough recipe.I went back to my roots … and pulled out an old stand-by … Jenna's chocolate-chip raisin cinnamon cookie dough – the recipe made famous as the raw cookie dough in the Whalesbone's sundae bar (I also blogged about it last summer). The result … well I learned a couple of things …
1. 1 regular batch of raw cookie dough is too much. I really only needed half the amount.
2. Baking in 40+ weather is not the brightest of ideas. Especially in a tiny kitchen that holds in all that heat. sigh.
These brownies were popular (I brought them to a rooftop party @ Platonic Jeff's place, and they were the most popular item … after my lemon gelato ice cream sandwiches) – but I couldn't stop thinking about how I could make them better.
That's exactly what I did a couple of weeks ago.
Jenna told me I could bake whatever I wanted for the Halifax Seaport Farmer's Market. I opted for these brownies. Only … with a twist.
I needed a raw cookie recipe that didn't include eggs (tante Michèle would approve). Plus I wanted to make something that combined two of my favourite flavours: chocolate & peanut butter.
And that is how my peanut butter cookie dough double chocolate brownies were born. Brownie base, peanut butter cookie dough filling and a chocolate ganache topping.Rich Perfection.
People at the market thought so too. These babies sold out. Whoot Whoot!
Allow enough cooling time between baking the brownie and topping it with the raw cookie dough … and then allow for the ganache to set before cutting the finished product. Simple and delicious. Plus … everyone will be hooked. Afterall … it pretty much pairs everyone's favourite comfort food ;0)
peanut butter cookie dough double chocolate brownies
4 ounces chocolate, chopped
1 c. butter, at room temperature
2 c. brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 c. flour
peanut butter cookie dough:
1. c. butter, room temperature
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 c. peanut butter
2 c. flour
2 tsp baking soda
chocolate ganache:
1. c. heavy cream
12 ounces chocolate, coarsely chopped
To make the brownie base preheat your oven to 325 F and line a rectangular pan with parchment paper, spray with non-stick spray and set aside. You want the parchment paper to hang over the sides – this will help you pull your brownie out whole in order to cut it properly.
In a double boiler, melt your chocolate until it is smooth and glossy. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
In the bowl of your stand mixer, beat together (use your paddle attachment) the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy – about 5 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla. Increase the speed to really incorporate everything. Add the melted chocolate. Lower the speed of the mixer and slowly add the flour: don't over-mix, you just want everything to be combined.Spread the batter evenly over the base of your pan. Bake for about 35 minutes – this brownie recipe really rises in the oven … fear not! It will deflate once it cools down.
Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.Then it's time to make your cookie dough! (obviously you can do as I did the first time round, and use whichever dough recipe you prefer … just remember, you likely only need to use half a recipe).
In the bowl of your stand-mixer thoroughly cream together the butter, sugar, and vanilla until smooth (about 5 minutes). Stir in the peanut butter, and then add the dry ingredients. Once combined … that's it!
Grab some of the batter and spread it evenly over your cooled brownie base (don't worry if you don't use all the cookie dough – it freezes really well). Use an off-set spatula to get it even and smooth.
Set aside and make your ganache.
Place your chocolate in a medium, heat proof bowl. In a small bowl over medium heat, bring your cream up to a simmer (well… honestly, I usually let it boil – but just a little). Remove it from heat and pour it over the chocolate; allowing it to sit for a few minutes. Then grab a spatula and slowly mix together – stirring until the chocolate has melted and the ganache looks creamy.
Pour over the cookie dough brownie and allow to set in the fridge (I'd say at least an hour).
Remove the brownie from the pan, trim the edges off and cut into even pieces.
At this point I'm going to guess you ate some of that trim … I sure did (so did Jenna). I heart this brownie. Seriously intense … rich chocolate and salty peanut butter. Heck ya. A-MAZ-ING.

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Apple & spice tealoaf
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal416
- fat22g
- saturates10g
- carbs50g
- sugars36g
- fibre2g
- protein7g
- salt0.54g
- 175g butter, plus extra for greasing
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 175g light muscovado sugar, plus 1 tsp
- 3 large eggs, beaten
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 1 eating apple
Grown in temperate regions, apples are one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. There are…
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200g dried mixed vine fruits
- 85g ground almonds
- 1 tsp baking powder
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Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 175g plain flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
A fragrant spice which comes from the inner bark of a tropical tree. When dried, it curls into…
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- splash lemon or orange juice
- 1 tbsp marmalade or apricot jam
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter a 900g/2lb loaf tin and line with a strip of baking paper, or use a loaf tin liner (see tip, below). Beat together the butter and sugar until pale and creamy, then beat in the eggs one by one. Grate half the apple and mix it into the batter with the vanilla, dried fruit and ground almonds. Mix the baking powder, flour and spices together with a pinch of salt, then fold into the mix until even. Spoon into the tin and level the top.
Thinly slice the remaining apple half, toss with the lemon or orange juice, poke the slices a little way into the batter, then sprinkle with 1 tsp more sugar. Bake for 45 mins, then turn the oven down to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1. Cover the cake with foil, then bake for another 45 mins until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Cool in the tin.
To finish the cake, melt the marmalade or jam in a small pan, sieve to remove any lumps, then brush it over the cake to glaze the top. Serve cut into thick slices, and spread with a little butter, if you like. Will freeze for up to 1 month.
Recipe Tip
For best resultsCake tin liners give your bakes that special finish and save you cutting out baking paper and buttering the tin. They help a cake stay fresher for longer, too, as they can be wrapped around it before storing in foil or a tin. Try Lakeland's 40 cake liners (015394 88100, lakeland.co.uk)


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Beauty and the Beast (3D)
The Disney classic, about a beautiful young woman who helps a savage monster turn back into a handsome prince, returns in 3D. In theaters everywhere, read our review and watch the trailer
Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale and Ben Foster star in this remake of an Icelandic thriller about an ex--smuggler forced to make one last run to save his brother-in-law's life. In theaters everywhere, read our review and watch the trailer
Joyful Noise
Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah square off as two women with very different ideas about which direction their choir should take. In theaters everywhere, watch the trailer
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tilda Swinton gives an amazing performance in this gripping drama about a woman coming to grips with the fact that her son is a sociopath. In limited release, read our review and watch the trailer
The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep stars as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in this biopic that traces the Iron Lady's rise to power. Expanding into more cities, read our review and watch the trailer
Jessica Brown Findlay ("Downton Abbey) and Felicity Jones ("Like Crazy") confirm their rising star status in this otherwise forgettable coming-of-age dramedy about two teens whose friendship is soured when one sleeps with the other's father. In limited release, watch the trailer
Ed Burns wrote, directed and stars in this indie drama about a young couple whose lives are thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a sibling. limited release, watch the trailer
Wim Wenders' new documentary takes a look at the career of dancer Pina Bausch. limited release, watch the trailer
U.S. & World
Peter Facinelli stars as a NYC pickpocket on the run from the cops who runs into a woman ("Thor"'s Jaimie Alexander) with whom he had a one-night stand, in this indie dramedy from "Buffalo 66" director Michael Corrente. limited release, watch the trailer
Lula, Son of a Brazil
A 2009 biopic about the early life of Brazilian president Luiz Inacio da Silva, aka Lula. limited release, watch the trailer
Man on a Mission
A documentary about Richard Garriot, a video game develop who leveraged his fortune into a seat on the Russian's Soyuz rocket, allowing him to follow in the footsteps of his father, a former NASA astronaut, into outer-space. limited release, watch the trailer


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It was the evening of the AMV finals of Fanime 2K2.
I make my way to the contest room only to find the line for this event going out the door and down the sidewalk. I begin my journey to the end of the line. My morale sinks with each step as I am taken further and further away from the convention. Suddenly forty-five minutes early didn't seem to be early enough. After what feels like an eternity I succeed in putting my own little dent in the line, but it was far from over. Santa Clara gets cold at night. Tonight was no different. People had their ways of passing the time. In front of me, camera-weilding otakus walked up and down the line taking snapshots of cosplayers. Behind me, men with bags full of dealer-room-goodies were burning through their latest mangas. And there I was. Looking in front of me, and looking behind me like some kind of paranoid nutcase. A child started to play pokemon on his Gameboy. Life was not at its best.
Minutes move forward like a legless man in a bicycle race. A surge of hope courses through my body as I notice Fanime staff members pouring out of the building. They're yelling something to the crowd. "Can we have all the creators at the front of the line! If you are an AMV creator please go to the front of the line!" It was the first time I wished I were an AMV creator. No line. No cold. No pokemon. Maybe even a little respect. My daydream was so vivid that the guy behind me had to tap my shoulder to snap me out of it. The line was moving.
The room was divided into a left group of chairs and a right group of chairs with the projector in the aisle between. I found a seat in one of the very back rows. I was lucky. Soon the back wall was a popular place for the chairless. The finals started, and like a typical AMV final, it enforced the sacred AMV finals commandment: Thou shalt make thy audience wait until the end for the comedy videos. It worked. I hate that commandment.
The comedy category finally comes around. Let's face it, people don't wait in super long lines in the cold thinking "I can't wait to cry like a little girl to the latest drama vid of such and such!" or "I hope so and so's new horror video is so gross I barf all over myself!" Don't get me wrong, some of the best videos I've ever seen come from those categories, but it doesn't change the fact that above all else: people come to laugh. Anime is funny on its own. When you go out of your way to make a funny anime even funnier with the help of music, the good times can't help but roll. Or so I thought.
Watching Fanime2K2's comedy vids made me realize something. Deciding to make a comedy video, gearing all your edits towards making a comedy video, and submiting your comedy video in a comedy contest does not automatically make your video funny. Were they trying too hard? Were they not trying hard enough? Had replacing the blood in my body with caffeine for the past 56 hours affected my visual and auditory perception? These are all very possible, but one thing was clear: none of these videos appealed to me. None of them, except for one.
If you went to Fanime 2K2 you already know which video I'm talking about. Steven Sundrud's Tarzan and Su. This video was such a cut above the rest that he easily earned several awards. It was great. No one came close. He had no competition.
No competition.
It was his first video and it was awesome.
My first video could be awesome too...
He's a college student with a passion for anime.
I'm a college student with the same passion...
His first name is Steven.
I knew someone in junior high named Steven...
I'll never forget that moment. My mind clicked as the gears fell into place. For the first time in a long time, I was thinking clearly. I had locked my car keys in the driver's seat. I'll never forget the moment after that, either. The moment I decided I wouldn't allow next year's comedy finals to be a shut-out. The moment I decided that I'd make Steve work much harder for his awards next year. The moment I knew I would make a video to rival his at the finals of Fanime 2K3. After four Fanime conventions of taking, it was time to give something back.
By June of 2003: CHIHUAHUA! was born.


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Hillary Clinton opened up the United States' checkbook last December in ice cold Copenhagen and pledged to help poor countries deal with global warming.
But now, the well is running dry.
The secretary of state's offer to spend tens of billions of dollars over the next several decades is being met with strong resistance back in Washington.Republicans wielding power next year will have no appetite to spend discretionary money on climate-related issues, especially when they doubt the underlying science. And the demise of comprehensive climate legislation leaves the administration without the long-term funding stream it had envisioned using to cover much of its pledge.
Obama administration officials insist they are full-steam ahead with their pledge to help create a $30 billion short-term fund to help developing countries keep their forests standing, gain access to low-carbon energy technologies and adapt to rising seas, extreme weather and new crop patterns.
"They can make all the promises they want; they may have to find somewhere else to pay for it other than the Appropriations Committee," said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the spending subpanel that oversees the State Department's budget.
"They promised to pass a cap-and-trade bill and reminded us they wanted to give away $100 billion, and I said, 'From where?'" incoming House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) told POLITICO.
Republican Sens. Jim Inhofe (Okla.), David Vitter (La.), John Barrasso (Wyo.) and George Voinovich (Ohio) urged Clinton last week to freeze all future spending requests related to international climate change finance programs and make no new commitments.


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Nicki Minaj is making a few big moves in anticipation of her upcoming sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.
According to Forbes.com, Minaj will become the face of Pepsi's new product "Pop," with plans for the campaign to begin soon. The Harajuku Barbie already filmed a commercial for the drink last month in South America, with footage taken on set that can be viewed below.
"You'll see the commercial probably in the next two months," said Derek Jackson, the Glu agency chief who brokered the deal. "That'll be a segue into a new beverage Pepsi has, called 'Pop,' and she'll be the face of the brand … it's going to be explosive."
Additionally, Billboard.biz reports that the Young Money rapstress has exited her deal with Creative Arts Agency and signed with Blueprint Group for representation. The deal encompasses booking, branding and other representation, and materialized in early March.
[March 19]
UPDATE: The official commercial for Nicki Minaj's Pepsi campaign has been revealed.
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Motorola came to London yesterday - part of a world tour taking in stops in New York and Bangkok - to demo and announce the UK availability of the all-singing, all-dancing Z8 - first seen at the 3GSM show, as we reported in February.
A quite frankly unbelievable list of specs and features include video capture and playback at 30 frames per second, 80MB of free internal user memory and optional expandable memory up to 32GB with high-density MicroSD memory cards. Cards of that capacity are some way off, but even current 4GB MicroSDs can store 12 full-length motion pictures or 70 hours of music, Motorola claimed.
To prove it, and as an added bonus, each Z8 will come with a 512MB memory card pre-loaded with the full-length feature film The Bourne Identity. Bit of a shame it wasn't a decent flick, but never mind.
The Z8 handset measures 10.9 x 5.0 x 1.5cm and weighs in at 112g. It ties into mobile content services from satellite broadcaster BSkyB, including over 30 TV channels and the facility to program Sky+ set-top boxes remotely and to make wagers through SkyBet. It also features 3.6Mbps HSDPA-accelerated 3G downloads; a two-megapixel camera with 8x zoom and flash; a VGA camera for two-way video calling; music playback and support for Bluetooth-connected stereo headsets.
However, aside from that little lot, possibly the feature that will attract your attention first is what Motorola has dubbed the "kick slider": a two-stage slider design that gracefully glides open and thenkicks out for a very comfortable fit-to-face profile. None of your usual no-way-near-your-mouth, holding-a-matchbox-to-your-ear nonsense going on here.
We had a little play around with one of these puppies at the London launch and can honestly admit to being quite impressed. Not only does the "kick slide" work beautifully as an effective handset design concept, but it feels well-built, sturdy and, yes, it looks great. Sadly, a complete test of it's capabilities wasn't possible... but we'll have a full review up very soon.


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Quantum Healing - Miracles Among Us
Several years ago, a friend of mine said he uses "remote healing" successfully, I actually laughed. I'm not laughing anymore, because it not only works well, it will sometimes well work miracles.
And really, we have to ask why not? Those of us in western culture are taught from day one that we go to the caregiver, acquire pills and we're all better for the most part. In reality, this is in no way how the Universe actually operates. We know this from recent scientific discoveries in quantum physics.
Jesus wasn't handing out Oxycodone or Ambien. We may be sure of that. Quantum healing doesn't go toward controversy with any religious beliefs, because it was practiced by religious icons as well as saints alike. To make someone who is suffering better is not a bad thing in any normal belief system.
My friend was actually working with a doctor. They had seen cancer go in the direction of remission several times, by doing remote "intention" experiments with an old program called Life Frequencies Millennium. CLICK HERE TO SEE THE LATEST VERSION OF LIFE FREQUENCIES...
They had performed and also documented several experiments using their technique, which involved sending frequencies through what they called a "witness" remotely.
Over the past few years, thousands of people have become active in doing remote quantum healing with these methods. The best results were all in conjunction with using some kind of frequency software.
We really don't have to look too far to see why quantum healing actually works. Those involved in quantum physics know, the world (people included) are made up of space. What this means is, if you take away all of the space in an atom, between the nucleus and also electrons, there's really nothing left. In fact, if you will sometimes remove all of the space of the human populations biological makeup of 7 billion people, what would be left would fit inside a shot glass. This had several seasoned scientists scratching their heads and also suggesting that we live in a hologram.
Edgar Cayce had many scientists baffled by his remote healing results. There was no question that he was healing people through an unseen force. Shamans along with spiritual leaders have a documented history in doing the same.
As the world comes within a new awakening, people are waking up to ancient techniques along with tying them to the quantum world along with new technology along with the results in a large number of cases are miracles. Chakra balancing is proving to be extremely powerful for healing not only physically, however on every level.
Quantum healing is something anyone will sometimes do. It's not a mystery as well as it's as old as the human race. Within twenty years, it combined with frequency technology will be a dominant force in the world as pharmaceuticals as well as chemical techniques are phased out.
Energy Healing And Body Talk
by Cheryl Salerno
These days there are so a large number of healing techniques available to us, like
- Quantum Touch
- Massotherapy
- Touch for Health
- Zero Balancing
- Healing Touch
- Chiropractic
- Chakra Balancing
- Ki Gong
the list goes on and also on. It's exciting to know that more and also more people around the world are accepting the healing value of alternative along with complementary modalities.
When we take a class in any one of these invaluable techniques, the focus of course is on determineing the technique...
- How to protect ourselves from picking up clients' "stuff"
- How to channel or run energy through our bodies out to our hands
- How to approach as well as treat certain kinds of issues
- The body mechanics we use, etc
What I see missing from the classes is how to assess the body healing type of the individual we are working with. What do I mean by that?
Over the years, doing energy healing from the 1980s to the present time, I started to realize that with each person, I was addressing the energy flow to their bodies in a different way. Yes, there is the technique to follow, but after a while the practice becomes almost second nature. I found that as I was "listening" to the bodies, I was "talking" to them differently. And I haven't found that kind of body talk mentioned anywhere in the energy healing field. radionics
Of course, I think that each energy healing therapist has a particular way that their inner dialog with the client feels most comfortable or most natural. But what I found was that, when I shifted my own inner preference for how I channeled or ran energy to match my client's healing type, their recovery occurred in shorter lengths of treatment time.
So here's what was shown to me in the course of my years in energy healing: There are three basic types of healing preference that each body has: physical, mental, as well as spiritual. That seems to line up nicely with the complementary approach to body-mind-spirit healing, which is about the triune nature of being human. But what I'm referring to is the dominant energy healing preference each body is wired for. Each person's body responds most effectively to the type of energy transfer that matches his or her own energy healing type.
So sometimes I found I would be silently talking to the body and also explaining what it was going through and also encouraging it to heal itself. "Yes, you had a bad fall. You know your knee is injured, along with you know how to fix it. You know how to do this." This silent body talk flowed into their bodies along with the energy. This was obviously for a mental body healing type.
Other times I found myself praying. Sometimes it was a standard prayer, sometimes it was a free-flowing appeal to the person's guides or angels or Christ Spirit or Mary or an archangel or the Universal Healing Forces. Whatever came to mind to say, this prayer-type energy flowed within the spiritual body healing type.
And of course, there's the physical body type. This was a bit of a challenge for me, since most of the energy healing I do is in the bio-field around the body and there's little or no physical contact. But the physical body healing type needs to feel it for it to respond more readily with its own inner healing mechanisms.
So I'd touch the area in need, sometimes deeply, while my inner body talk with that person was more along the lines of a cheerleader, "Here it is. Go. Fix this. You will sometimes do it." Or sometimes there wasn't that much dialog, just a lot of purposeful contact while I ran energy.
By the 1990s, I figured it would be easier for me to know ahead of time which client was which body healing type before the session started so that I could start the body talk right away. Since I'd been learning how to do dowsing, I asked my pendulum what the type was. You could probably also use finger-muscle testing, if you're familiar with that. It's a simple yes-no process of elimination as you ask which healing type your client is.
There were a number of surprises that I ed along the way, too. People who I thought for sure would be one type turned out to be another, even though their personalities clearly indicated something else. Like my Dad. Here was a guy who was totally immersed in 3-D. If he couldn't see it, it didn't exist. A very physical guy. When he got older as well as started having health problems (and let me work on them, which wasn't all the time), I dowsed and - lo along with behold - his healing body type was a spiritual!!!
Then there's my Mom, who I thought for sure would be a spiritual type, but the dowsing told me she was a physical! She believed in the old-country ways of laying on of hands, had a strong church connection, which Dad didn't have, and also was even known to have healing hands when she was younger (which was great for us as kids). But her body responded more effectively to the physical body touch-approach.
It reminded me of something I came across in the Edgar Cayce holistic health readings. He talked about the "body mind" as though it was something different or separate from the conscious mind. And now I understood that. The body does have a mind of its own. And when we address that clearly, it responds more readily to whatever healing energy we deliver.
Another surprise was that many people turn out to have dual types. This is more rare, though when you find it, it gives you more variety in how you frame your inner dialog with the body.
Finally, one night in the late 1990s as I was meditating, it was revealed to me that what my guidance had shown me described the way our Master Teacher, Jesus the Christ, healed people. For several of us, Christ's healings in the New Testament were our first exposure to energy healing, even though we probably thought of it as magical or superhuman, not something we could all do (even though He said we could). Maybe even some of the priests and pastors of our formal churches did the "laying on of hands." But think about this:
When Jesus healed the blind man, he put mud on the man's eyes along with rubbed it in. Then the man can see. This was an example of the physical body healing type. The man needed to feel something happening to his eyes.
When He told the cripple that his sins were forgiven, or to rise up along with walk, He was addressing a mental body healing type. The man simply got up and walked away. There was no contact at all with him.
Finally, when a woman touched the hem of His garment along with He asked her why she did that, she replied that that's what she knew she needed to do to be healed. Definitely spiritual or faith healing.
There also is one other example of a type of healing Jesus did along with that was when the Roman soldier asked Him to heal his good servant who was not present at the time. This was a beautiful and also dramatic example of both distance healing for the servant and faith healing on the part of the soldier.
During the course of working with many clients over the years, my own guidance has revealed techniques and understandings that were invaluable in helping my people regain function and also health sooner and also more easily. You will sometimes use this information for yourself as well during those times you need to amplify more healing resource in the direction of your own body. I hope you find this information applicable in your own interactions with people in need.
Cheryl Salerno is a ULC Minister with a healing ministry dating back to the 1980s as a massage therapist and energy healer, working out of holistic chiropractic offices. Now semi-retired, Cheryl still does her own distance healing and also occasionally uses the Trinfinity8 Rejuvenation and also Restoration System in the distance healing mode. Her distance healing sessions are dedicated to helping people resolve post-operative challenges, post-partum difficulties which have been undiagnosable, along with impact injuries that are difficult to heal from. She also helps veterans with IED injuries regain more function and health.To contact her for information about distance healing, email Cheryl at firstname.lastname@example.com
The Power of Quantum Healing
by James Downie
It is natural for us to gain sick. When the weather changes drastically, some of us experience headaches, cough and also colds. We can determine the causes of the illness and also apply solutions. But before consulting the doctor or even popping a pill for relief, here is a wonder medicine for all kinds of illness. An easy, no side-effect way of being well is through quantum healing.
This popular healing technique is currently used around the world however only a few understand what it truly means. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, quantum is "any of the very small increments or parcels into which quite a few forms of energy are subdivided". If we relate it to our physical body, quantum is simply equivalent to our cells. The cells are also known as the building blocks of our body. And these small units of life are often the most ignored factor when we are finding ways to gain well.
In order to be healthy, it is important that you start healing the cells. You should first look at the changes within your body that causes the illness before you direct your attention to external factors. This can only be done if you listen to what your body is telling you. Analyze your thoughts, emotions, feelings along with energy. Notice how these internal factors affect your body and your surroundings. Quantum healing involves both the mind and body.
It is important to remember that all internal factors have corresponding effects to the body. Dr. Deepak Chopra even stated, "Your body is just the place your memory calls home." Positive experiences stores good memories in the cells. In turn, the cells function well and also positive energy flows naturally to new cells. However, negative experiences will only store bad memories in the cells. The contained negative energy will be trapped in the cells along with will block the positive flow of energy. This build up of negative energy will cause discomfort manifested as pain or other types of illness.
Sometimes your body needs assistance to remove toxins, strengthen the immune system, or to provide trace elements that are hard to source in our diet. It can be difficult sometimes to find reliable high quality sources of natural aid. With this knowledge, my body is healthier today than ever before.
Be healthy! Heal yourself now by making positive experiences in every way you can. Quantum healing will not only improve your health condition although will heal your whole being. Let the healing energy flow along with experience the benefits of good health.
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Introduction to Energy Healing
by Karina Popa
The concept of energy healing includes lots of alternative methods of healing. These methods include the manipulation of a person's energy or aura. Among the most popular types of energy healing, we will sometimes mention quantum, pranic and also reiki healing.
The energy healing is quite adaptable because it can be performed live or from afar. In addition to this, it can be combined with various practices in order to increase the effect (crystal healing is an example).
This is a very popular healing method which became very famous around the world due to its non-invasive method of work. This technique works on the energy of the body in order to bring modifications to its physical. A practitioner of reiki is trained in receiving energy, scanning the client in order to discover the problems along with filling those areas with energy in order to eliminate any blockage that might appear. There are lots of categories of reiki, although the general principle is the same in all cases.
This type of healing uses prana, or the energy of life, in order to bring equilibrium in the energies of the client and remove any potential blockage. This type of method is similar to reiki, and transforms the aura of the client, and not his body. In the case of the pranic healing, there is no touching involved. The practitioner only moves the hands over the aura along with manages to discover the imbalances. The principles of pranic healing state that the chakras in the palms are activated during the training period, as well as they allow specialists to feel the energies of the others.
This type of healing is not as popular as pranic along with reiki, although it doesn't mean it is not important. It's a type of energy healing which allows the specialist to influence the client on a quantum basis. This leads to a different perception and also mind of the client. These are changed by the practitioner who manages to change the physical body too. It is believed that the state of mind will sometimes influence the physic, along with this is what quantum healing is focused on.
The energy healing is a very flexible domain, since the energy cannot be influenced by space or time. This way, a client can be treated without having to interact with the practitioner. This is known as a distance healing, and lots of practitioners go online to search for clients. In addition to this, they will sometimes receive training from a distance, meaning that one can study the methods of energy healing without getting in contact with the instructor.
Of course, there are different methods that will sometimes permit the use of various techniques, like crystal healing. It is not uncommon for pranic or reiki healers to include in the direction of their sessions crystals which are thought to have special properties. By using the right crystal, one can concentrate all the energies and also heal the client faster and also without too many problems.
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Ronald Farnsworth 1942-1949
Mayme Mullady 1940-1942
Zoe Swecker 1938-1940
Alice Snyder 1937-1938
Mary Byrne Plunkett 1935-1937
Albert Perrine 1934-1935
Helena McCudden 1933-1934
Oscar Mick 1931-1933
Gertrude E. "Lizzie" Tulley 1928-1931
Adam McQuain 1927-1928
Lucy Rumbach *anecdotal
Mr. Farnsworth is Remembered For His Clippings
Mr. Mick Had a Gold Tooth
Comment by Clifford Wine
I attended Pine Run School for nine years. After finishing the eighth grade at Pine Run, I stayed on an extra year because there was no way I could continue on to high school since there was no bus service on Indian Fork during the late 1930s and early 1940s.
I recall that the Pine Run School took field trips to other one room schools in the area such as the school at Ben's Run just to visit. We also, during the Christmas season, took trips to the hills surrounding Pine Run to look for a Christmas tree for the school. During that time most all of the hills around Indian Fork were cleared all the way to their tops, so it was not an easy task to find an evergreen tree. The maintenance men for the Lewis County schools would apply a coating of linseed oil to the wooden floors of the school once a year
comment by David Parmer
Zoe Swecker, a former teacher at the Pine Run School, obtained a Ph. D. from the University of Chicago in 1960. Her dissertation, widely quoted in subsequent historical works, was titled "The Early Iberian Accounts of the Far East, 1550-1650." Miss Swecker, originally from Canoe Run, near Roanoke, was a fifty year member of the American Historical Association, and her death in 1978 was noted in the American Historical Review, Volume 83, No. 5 (Dec 1978).
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In 1863, the newly formed government of West Virginia passed an act for the establishment of a system of free schools in West Virginia. According to the act, each county was to have a school superintendent and other necessary officers.
Since the state had no teacher training schools, the act also provided that tests were to be given to prospective teachers and that they should be classified according to the scores they made on the test. Grading on the scale of 100, prospective teachers who scored 90 or better were given first class certificates; prospective teachers who scored between 80 and 90 received second class certificates; and prospective teachers who scored between 70 and 80 received third class certificates. Pay was based on certification. In the early years, a teacher with first class certification received fifty dollars per month, a teacher with a second class certificate received forty dollars per month and a third class certificate holder received thirty dollars per month.
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text: Lonestrom and I have been working on a power supply for our motos. Motobrain is available for sale at Motobrain.net ***Project has undergone a rather radical update since the initial post and you should read the thread to follow along.*** Specs have changed and are explained on page 4. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=827565&page=4   Current Prototype 7/13/2014  Current Specs As of 3/3/2013: 8 software fused channels (8x15). 100A total current capacity. All channels with adjustable PWM (dimming). Two channels with programmable constant current. You will be able to control it from hard buttons mounted on your bike or from a smart phone. ***Old specs saved for posterity's sake*** Specs: 8 fused channels (4x12A 4x6A). 40A total current capacity. 6 dimming channels so you can turn the heat down on your heated gear or dim your aux lights. You will be able to control it from hard buttons mounted on your bike or from a smart phone. You will be able to program it as well. An example program might be, when the ambient temp is <60F turn on heated gear power socket to 50% or when its <60F and I am going above 40 MPH or if its <50F turn it to 100%. It has built in temp sensor, volt meter, ammeter. So your smart phone will be able to display your electrical systems real time status. There is an optional audio sensor as well so you can fork your CB (walkie talkie) signal and when someone squawks on the CB it can mute your music player automatically. There is also an optional light sensor so you can adjust your aux lights based on ambient light levels. It can sense the length of time you hold down one of the hard buttons as well. So, for example, you could set it up to blow an air horn if you hold the horn button down for more than a second. That way you can have your basic horn for polite signalling and also have a more serious horn if the situation warrant it. Or, maybe you can set it up so that a long press of a hard button will adjust the duty cycle of your aux lights so you can adjust their brightness with one finger. Would y'all be interested in something like this? We are not selling anything currently, just curious if this idea is interesting to people other than us.


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Formspring hacked; passwords leaked on Web
Social networking site Formspring said Wednesday that it was disabling nearly 30 million registered users' passwords after hundreds of thousands of them were leaked to the Web.
Formspring said in a blog post that the breach happened after someone hacked into one of the San Francisco-based company's servers.
Spokeswoman Dorothee Fisher said Wednesday the company was alerted Monday that some 420,000 encrypted passwords had showed up on a security forum whose identity she refused to disclose because she did not want to draw attention to it. Encrypted passwords aren't immediately useable, although they can sometimes be decoded by a savvy attacker.
Fisher said that there was no evidence that any accounts had been tampered with.
Formspring founder Ade Olonoh said in a blog post that his company had fixed the vulnerability and upgraded its encryption, adding that the company wanted to "play it safe" and had asked all users to reset their passwords.
"We take this matter very seriously and continue to review our internal security policies and practices to help ensure that this never happens again," he said.
Formspring launched in 2009 as a crowd-powered question-and-answer site. Last month, the company announced a major revamp intended to shift the site's focus toward users' interests.-- AP


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Cardinals Drop Game 1 of World Series
BOSTON, Ma. - Game one of the World Series kicked off in Boston tonight, and it was not a pretty start for St. Louis from the first inning.
The Red Sox would get the advantage early on in the game. In the bottom of the first, Mike Napoli doubled deep to center, allowing Ellsbury, Pedroia, and Ortiz all to score. The second inning would follow in similar fashion; the Cardinals were not able to bring in a run, while Stephen Drew and David Ross would bring in two more for Boston, giving them the 5-0 lead. Carlos Beltran left the game for St. Louis in the second inning due to a right rib contusion.
The team defenses battled it out over the next four scoreless innings. Boston pitcher Jon Lester struck out 5 batters during those innings. John Axford came in to relieve Adam Wainwright of his pitching duties in the 6th inning, and immediately struck out his first 3 batters. However, the defensive streak would be disturbed in the 7th inning when David Ortiz hit a hard homer for Boston, bringing in Pedroia for the score as well.
Boston would go on to nearly shut out St. Louis. The Cardinals snuck in a run in the top of the 9th, making a final score of 8-1. Game 2 will be played at Fenway Park Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. Michael Wacha will start for St. Louis.


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We're a month away from San Diego Comic-Con 2012, so all of the Twilight fans can start lining up outside Hall H right now. Yes, it's been confirmed that Lionsgate-Summit's finale, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, will be making an appearance in the "halliest of halls" this summer. But what else will make the con worth standing in the Hall H line? How about Iron Man 3, Man of Steel and Pacific Rim for starters? Unfortunately, Comic-Con looks to be a no-show for The Dark Knight Rises (except for maybe a Tumbler Tour), but that should come as no surprise. What IS surprising is the lack of any Star Trek 2 presence. Hit the jump for more scheduling information and details on what you can (and can't) see at Comic-Con 2012.
Here's a reminder that Hall H will also be featuring the TV panel for The Big Bang Theory on Friday in an effort to, not only provide more space for the legions of loyal and intelligent fans, but also to fill in the gaps left by vacating studios. Fringe and Supernatural will also be in Hall H, but during Sunday, which is normally slotted for TV panels.
So which movie studios are no-shows? Variety is reporting that Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Relativity Media, DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation are all skipping out on Hall H this year. Universal hasn't confirmed one way or the other. Here's what we do expect to see:
- Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013)
- Wreck-It Ralph (November 2, 2012)
- Oz: The Great and Powerful (March 8, 2013)
Warner Bros.:
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (December 14, 2012)
- Man of Steel (June 14, 2013)
Legendary Pictures (w/ Warner Bros. as distributors):
- Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim (July 12, 2013) – unconfirmed
Sony (all unconfirmed):
- Total Recall (August 3, 2012)
- Premium Rush (August 24, 2012)
- Kevin James' martial-arts comedy, Here Comes the Boom (October 12, 2012)
- Will Smith in M. Night Shyamalan's After Earth (June 7, 2013)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (November 16, 2012)
- The Expendables 2 (August 17, 2012)
- Dredd (September 21, 2012) – unconfirmed
If Universal decides to turn up, we could see something from R.I.P.D., starring Ryan Reynolds in a June 28th, 2013 release. The studio could also showcase The Bourne Legacy (August 3, 2012) and 47 Ronin (February 8, 2013).
If Paramount decides to show, we could see (emphasis on the "could") something new, perhaps, from G.I. Joe: Retaliation, which was pushed back to a March 29th, 2013 opening date, owing to reshoots, 3D post-conversion and a Channing Tatum infusion. Equally plagued and hungry for a dose of good PR is the Brad Pitt-starrer, World War Z (June 21, 2013). If Paramount doesn't show, don't expect to see any glimpses of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (January 11, 2013), Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (December 21, 2012) or, disappointingly, anything from Star Trek 2 (May 17, 2013).
Stay tuned for more news on scheduling for Comic-Con 2012 as it breaks and, of course, follow Collider for all-you-can-handle Comic-Con coverage from July 11th to July 15th.


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Homes.com names Hermann to Top 10 parks list
Add parks to Houston's nationally recognized perks.
Homes.com includes Hermann Park in its Top 10 Perfect Parks. It's in good company:
1. Grant Park, Chicago
2. Central Park, New York
3. Recreation Park, Williams, Ariz.
4. Freedom Park, Charlotte, N.C.
5. Hermann Park
6. Cheesman Park, Denver
7. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
8. Griffith Park, Los Angeles
9. Suson Park, St. Louis
10. Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Cleveland
Our 445-acre park was cited for Houston Zoo, the Miller Outdoor Theatre, Japanese Garden, golf course, jogging trails and playground.
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Social Media | Project Spotlight
Clemson University in South Carolina
has developed a Social Media Listening
Center (SMLC) for real-time monitoring of online blog posts, tweets, status
updates and other public social media communications. Students in the
Inquiry class use the SMLC for research projects, as do students in
management, communications and other classes. Clemson also uses it to monitor
online conversations about the university itself, and researchers use it for
partnership projects with industry.
Project Inspiration
Jim Bottum, Clemson's chief information officer, was inspired to create
the SMLC after a visit to Dell headquarters
in Round Rock, TX. He was there on unrelated business when somebody suggested he
check out the company's social media command center, which Dell uses to monitor
trending online conversations related to the company. According to Barbara
Weaver, IT lead of the SMLC at Clemson, Bottum is "a very visionary kind of
person," so when he saw Dell's social media command center, he immediately
thought of the undergraduate students in the university's Creative Inquiry class
for collaborative, multidisciplinary research projects.
"Jim's immediate thought was, Clemson students in Creative Inquiry will
discover things that faculty and staff would never think of because they don't
feel the same kind of constraints that we do," said Weaver. "They come up with
great ideas that just wouldn't cross our minds, so he was excited about the
possibility of having them use the Social Media Listening Center."
According to Weaver, Bottum had other visions for Clemson's SMLC as well. She
said he wanted to use it to learn what people were saying about the Clemson
Computing and Information Technology (CCIT) department, so they could use that
information to respond to customers' needs proactively; to work with South
Carolina businesses; and to monitor online conversations about the public
affairs office, admissions and other campus organizations. "But his first
thought was for our undergraduate students," said Weaver.
Implementing the SMLC
Dell mentored Clemson through the process of setting up the SMLC, and the
university used the same technology as Dell's social media command center: Dell computers and
Salesforce Radian6 social media listening software. Radian6 is hosted in the cloud by Salesforce.com and
provides a graphical dashboard of social media content, including trend
information, geolocation information and more. Clemson uses the Dell PCs to
drive the information from the cloud onto the center's video displays.
The SMLC is located in a single room with six large video panels arranged in
a three-by-two configuration on a single wall. "There are six computers tied to
the six different screens," said Weaver. "It's all hardware driven and there's a
touchpanel on the wall where the professor or the student can say, I want this
computer's screen on that display and that one on that display, or they can have
it on all of them, or whatever best fits what they want to see." The room also
has a a little teaching area for presentations or training.
Clemson's SMLC welcomed its first students in the spring semester of 2012,
and it was so successful, the university has already developed a second Social
Media Listening Center in another building on campus. Because the team already
had experience implementing that type of facility, they tried some different
technology the second time around.
The second room also uses Salesforce Radian6 "because we were in a contract
and things were going great, so we didn't look at anything else or think about
replacing it," said Weaver. But the team wanted to try something different with
the second listening center so they could experiment and learn new things. The
second Social Media Listening Center uses Mac Minis instead of Dell computers, operated via a Hiperwall video wall system.
"Hiperwall drives what is being shown on each screen, so instead of having a
touchpanel, we just use a wireless keyboard and interact with the Hiperwall
software to get what we want on the screen," said Weaver.
SMLC in Action
The university uses the Social Media Listening Center for collaborative
student research projects, as well as for industry partnerships and funded
research. Students using the center come from a wide variety of disciplines,
including management, psychology, communication studies and computer science, as
well as the Creative Inquiry class.
"Because we're able to view complex visualizations across different screens,
we're able to have much richer conversations around the data," said Jason
Thatcher, director of the
Social Analytics Institute at Clemson. "It's really different working on a
13-inch monitor and a laptop or standard overhead projector versus a
three-by-two video wall and two HD-quality monitors. So we're able to see the
data more effectively. We're able to coordinate activities. We have a much
better workspace for spreading out and for consistently working with industry.
We have a higher speed access in the room. We're dropping a 10 Gig line into it,
so we can move data around more effectively. We have access to more processing
power, more storage and more state-of-the-art software in a secure location to
do work."
Thatcher illustrated what the SMLC can do using election night monitoring as
an example. "Say you're monitoring election night and you've got multiple races
in play. If I'm only able to see one monitor at a time, all I can do is monitor
that single conversation," he said. "However, in the Social Media Listening
Center, we can roughly monitor six different conversations in real time, as well
as what you're able to do on a laptop, or multiple laptops in the space. You can
plug in to HD-quality projectors from the laptops, so anyone working on a
project can take their analysis, plug it in and punch it up to the big screen,
and we can have a really rich conversation around what's happening and then take
that information and loop back and do something different."
Student researchers have also used the SMLC for "monitoring of the National
Parks Service around stakeholder management; monitoring around packaging and
brands for a large company; monitoring around the Affordable Care Act for the
South Carolina division of Health and Human Services; and we have another
project looking at Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy movement," said Thatcher.
"That's a smattering of it. It's a mix of social, government and business
issues, which is probably the right mix because we have students who come from
all disciplines — communications, political science, engineering, management,
information systems and computer science."
According to Thatcher, the SMLC enables students to conduct research that
wouldn't be possible otherwise. "It's possible to run an analysis on any computer
because most of these tools sit in the cloud, but what's not possible is really
collaborating effectively," he said. "And what this lets us do is collaborate
effectively. It allows us to do real-time monitoring when we need to for a
specific project or activity. That unique capacity of the room is really
But Thatcher emphasized that the SMLC is just a tool, and people are still
the key component of social media-based research. "There's still a qualitative
piece to this," he said. "A lot of people think this is an automated process.
It's not. It's a blend between using software and then interpreting the data so
the kids really have to go through and learn a rigorous process on how to build
a search, what are the limits of the tools. They can get all of this
information, but they have to step back and reflect and actually figure out what
it all means."
What Does the SMLC Mean for Clemson?
The SMLC has resulted in numerous benefits for the university and its
students. Thatcher described Clemson as "a little tiny college town in the
middle of nowhere," which can make it difficult to give students experience
working with industry. But the SMLC has put Clemson on the map. People from
industry visit the SMLC, and students give presentations on the SMLC and its
capabilities. "As a direct result of this, we're now sending kids to New Jersey
with a large publishing house to go intern over the summer. Our kids have
presented at conferences. Those are opportunities that weren't there for us
before," said Thatcher "So it has really let us connect better with the external
world, which is an unexpected outcome."
A second benefit of the SMLC, is that it has "really pulled together people
that don't normally talk to each other on campus. You have people from the
business school, communications, the arts and humanities. And that's because of
the way it was designed. It was an interdisciplinary project," said Thatcher.
"We hear a lot of university campuses talk about the importance of
interdisciplinary collaboration, and we're actually doing it. It's not just lip
The third benefit has been improved collaboration between university staff
and faculty. "We all work together, but we don't really collaborate all that
often," said Thatcher. "And this has been a really good collaboration between
these two parts of the university."
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Last week's binders are this week's horses and bayonets.
President Barack Obama's sarcastic knock of Governor Mitt Romney's views on the military budget — saying the military has fewer "horses and bayonets" and Navy ships than it previously did because of changing needs — was the most tweeted-about topic of last night's third and final presidential debate.
The debate overall generated 6.5 million tweets, according to official Twitter statistics — the lowest number of all three debates. The "horses and bayonets" comment alone sparked more than 105,000 tweets and also immediately spawned a parody account, @horsesbayonette.
Presidential Debate No. 2: The best Internet reactions
Some of last night's comments, per usual, came from celebrities. Here's a breakdown of the 20 best celebrity tweets on the debate:
Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev): "I love that OBAMA is wearing a breast cancer wrist band during the debate! Way to support !!!"
Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan): "Nice work to both @BarackObama and @mittromney... i'm so relieved that its over. Maybe more than both of you...severe anxiety-God Bless xo L."
Christina Applegate (@1capplegate): " no secret that I am one of them hippie dippie liberal types. It's just my core belief. But I'm not going to say who to vote for just vote!"
Aziz Ansari (@azizansari): "Our final question on foreign policy, what are your thoughts as far as Vin Diesel's ethnicity?" #BetterDebateQuestions"
Dane Cook (@DaneCook): "Romney loves talking about what he will do on "day 1." I bet on day 2 he's gonna play dance dance revolution. #debate"
Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin): "I wish they would address the Armenian threat: the Kardashians."
Elizabeth Hasselbeck (@ehasselbeck): "Um...mr. President... Your plan clearly stinks. Record debt. Record unemployment. 1/2 of college grads will have no job. #CantAfford4More"
Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman): "There is nothing specific about a plan to "go after the bad guys" #debate2012"
Jesse Williams (@ijessewilliams): "'Syria is Iran's route to the sea...Oh, i'm being told it's not. They don't even share a border? Wow, I'm unreasonably bad at this.' —Mitt"
Lady Gaga (@ladygaga): Though[t] the president was passionate and knowledgable and modern. Felt almost like he kept poker face last 2 debates and then came like rocky"
Donald Trump (@realdonaldtrump): "Stop congratulating Obama for killing Bin Laden. The Navy Seals killed Bin Laden. #debate"
Joy Behar (@joyvbehar): "Criticizing America? Is he getting Obama mixed up with The Dixie Chicks? #current2012"
Jared Leto (@JaredLeto): "First there was FlipFlop now there is #MittFlop"
Ricki Lake (@RickiLake): "#horsesandbayonets #horsesandbayonets #horsesandbayonets.... Just so I'm part of the trend. ;)"
Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks): "Romney keeps bragging about the Olympics. I saw him. His figure skating was embarrassing."
Jill Zarin (@Jillzarin): "So?? Unscientific poll..who are you voting for? mitt? Obama?undecided? I was undecided..I might have decided tonight. Who do you think won?"
Alec Baldwin (@ABFalecbaldwin): "Romney is Bush Sr but without the military cred and the hopeless son."
Drew Carey (@DrewFromTV): "We wouldn't have less horses and bayonets if blacksmiths and bayonet makers had a public union behind them. #debate"
Kate Walsh (@katewalsh): "If 'attacking' is calling mitt Romney on his shifting positions at EVERY TURN then please, attack."
Jeff Daniels (@Jeff_Daniels): "BREAKING NEWS: At the start of tonight's debate, Bob Schieffer will announce "I'm outa here" and introduce his replacement, Will MacAvoy."


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We are developing bioinformatic tools and resources to help understand the epigenomic regulatory mechanisms that function during early maize endosperm development. The recent completion of the maize genome has facilitated understanding the epigenetic regulation of endosperm development and the molecular mechanisms underlying gene imprinting at a genomic level. Although application of next-generation sequencing technology for epigenome and transcriptome profiling has allowed accumulation of significant amount of sequence data, bioinformatic approaches are still needed to properly analyze these large datasets. Three main objectives of the ongoing projects in our Lab are to develop computational tools and resources to: 1) Improve maize gene models using active transcription-associated histone modifications, 2) Develop algorithms to screen for core TFs and build regulatory networks using nucleosome-positioning dynamics, and 3) Identify epigenetically modified, imprinted genes at the genome level. Our work will fundamentally advance our understanding of transcriptional and epigenetic regulation, genomic imprinting, and the molecular mechanisms involved in maize endosperm development.


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Zynga, creators of FarmVille and CityVille, has seen its profits drop by 95 per cent year on year, with the company's income at just $1.3 million (£836,000), compared to $27.2 million (£17.5 million) a year before.
This is according to Gamasutra, which notes that although revenues are increasing, profits have declined at a rapid rate.
It is not all doom and gloom, however, as Zynga is putting this profit drop down to the amount of staff it has hired over the course of the year and that it has had expanded internationally.
Credit due
It also notes that it hasn't released any new games in the first half of 2011 and what games it had were hurt by the introduction of Facebook Credits – which sees 30 per cent of all game profits go straight to the social network.
Zynga is one of the darlings of social gaming, making an empire out of FarmVille and the like in a relatively short space of time.
There's estimates that if the company was to go public, it's IPO (initial public offering) would be set at a whopping $1 billion (£650 million).
If that's not an incentive to launch more titles for the company, we don't know what is.


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Deciding that I would make it clear that I was no longer part of the government, made it easier for me to deal more firmly with the manoeuvers Ranil was engaged in with regard to the promised constitutional reform. Jayampathy Wickramaratne had produced a draft that affirmed that the President should always act on the advice of the Prime Minister. I believe he had initially worked on his own, but later some party leaders had been consulted. I had not been asked and I complained to the President about this, so on Sunday March 15th I was duly invited to a discussion chaired by the President at his Secretariat.
I was blunt in my criticism of the underhand manner in which Ranil was trying to take full powers with no respect for the electoral process. I was backed by not only the SLFP representatives but also the JHU, which later commented on how forceful I had been. Ranil plaintively claimed that he had been promised this change, and that he would complain to Chandrika, but the President did not give in. The final decision was that Jayampathy would amend his draft, a task in which he was supposed to consult G L Pieris.
G L I fear did not check on what was going on, and the amended draft we received had changed the principal instrument of transferring power to the Prime Minister, but little else. We protested at the meeting to discuss the changes that was held in Parliament, but later we found that the gazetted version confirmed the primacy of the Prime Minister. Jayampathy claimed that this had been the decision of the Cabinet.
What had transpired in the interim was a sordid effort to in effect bribe those assumed to be the more malleable members of the SLFP. A week after the meeting at the Presidential Secretariat, it was announced that the Cabinet had been expanded with the addition of several members of the SLFP. But it transpired that the leadership of the party had not been consulted, and it looked as though individuals had been selected principally by Chandrika. Having bitterly resented the fact that the senior leadership of the party had gravitated to Mahinda Rajapaksa after he had been made the Presidential candidate in 2005, she ignored them completely, which had dire consequences for the President.
Ironically one of those appointed to the cabinet was S B Dissanayake, who had fallen out with her dramatically after initially having been a favourite. S B was obviously someone who knew on which side his bread was buttered, but he was also an intelligent man, and indeed the only one in the 2001 UNP cabinet of those I met together with a German consultant trying to promote educational reform who was able to conceptualize. I asked him then why he had allowed Jayampathy to get away with a draft that stripped the President of his powers, but it turned out that he had not been at the crucial Cabinet meeting. So what Jayampathy tried to make out was an all party consensus was in fact the result of the second rank of the SLFP having been hurriedly elevated to unwarranted authority, quite in contravention of the promise on which the President had been elected.
Still, the Parliamentary group stood firm, and even those who had initially acquiesced in what Jayampathy had had gazette insisted on the President retaining his primacy. There was indeed strong resistance to supporting the constitutional amendment, but the President came to the group meeting in Parliament, and promised to address their concerns. In particular he granted that it was a pity the proposed 19th amendment did not introduce the electoral reforms he had pledged, and he solemnly promised that he would not dissolve Parliament until a 20th amendment that introduced a mixed system of election had also been passed. Read the rest of this entry »


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Editorial: Raising debt ceiling is critical
Suppose a couple is having a hard time making ends meet. What are the options?
One is to cut spending on things like eating out. Another is to increase income by taking a second job. Ideally, they'd agree on a combination of the two options.
The worst approach would be to simply stop payments on the mortgage, credit card bills and other obligations while bickering endlessly about who's at fault.
But that is precisely the approach to the nation's financial woes advocated by some Republicans in Congress. If President Obama doesn't agree to significant deficit reduction done their way — with spending cuts and no more tax increases — they vow to block any further increases in the federal government's borrowing limit.
That, in turn, would leave the government unable to pay its obligations to bondholders, retirees and others, with the day of reckoning sometime between mid-February and early March, the Treasury Department said Monday.
Republicans are right to worry about the ballooning national debt, now at $16.4 trillion, or about $138,000 for each American household. They have good reason to be frustrated with Obama's resistance to restraints on the popular benefit programs that are the biggest drivers of future deficits. And it's reasonable to suggest that future spending be cut by an amount equal to the increase in the borrowing limit, House Speaker John Boehner's quid pro quo for raising the ceiling.
But while the Republicans' objective is right, their tactic — holding the borrowing limit hostage to force a deal on their terms — is dead wrong. No goal justifies undermining the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
A government default, or even another near-default like the one that occurred in the summer of 2011, would bring a "self-inflicted wound" on the economy, as Obama observed during a news conference Monday. Markets would go into turmoil. The cost of borrowing of all kinds would rise. And the United States' standing among its creditors would be called into question, aggravating the deficit problem.
Raising the debt limit does not authorize new spending. It only lets the government pay bills that it has already incurred. It has been done nearly 90 times since the beginning of the Eisenhower administration.
Typically, the party out of power uses a debt-limit hike to moralize about the profligate ways of the incumbent president. In 2006, then-Sen. Barack Obama attacked the Bush administration before joining other Democrats in opposing an increase.
But until the 2010 election brought a new breed of angry lawmaker to Washington, there was never any serious threat of default. Congress always had other means to control spending and borrowing, and it still does.
The Republicans will have better opportunities to press their case for reduced spending. The automatic cuts that were averted by last month's "fiscal cliff" deal were put off only until March, and an annual bill authorizing government spending is due for renewal about the same time.
But those threatening default seem to be caught in a downward spiral. The more the public turns against them for their intransigence and brinkmanship, the more stubborn they get.
That's no way to run a party. And it's an even worse way to run a government.


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Local arts leader on national stage
It's easy to miss the offices of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures.
The small, neatly kept gray house on Buena Vista Street that serves as headquarters for the organization blends seamlessly into the surrounding West Side neighborhood.
Likewise, the work that goes on inside frequently escapes notice, though NALAC and its executive director, María López De León, long have been respected players on the national art scene.
Last year, De León was nominated by President Barack Obama to the National Council on the Arts, a panel that advises the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts on agency policy and programs. She took the oath of office earlier this month. De León is the second San Antonian to serve on the council; the first was arts patron Joci Straus, who founded Las Casas Foundation to raise money for the restoration of the Majestic and Empire theaters.
"You're talking about an agency that supports the arts and culture across the nation," De León says. "I look forward to making a difference and to really making sure that the arts that are supported are representative of the diverse cultures of our entire nation."
Before taking the oath, De León already had logged almost 15 years at NALAC and more than a decade as its executive director. The organization advocates for Latino artists and organizations around the country, calling for "more support and increased visibility of the work of Latino artists in communities across the nation," De León says.
In April 2009, NALAC arranged a meeting at the White House of arts organizations representing various ethnic groups to discuss the lack of funding for ethnic arts groups with the new administration.
Each year, artists and arts managers from around the country converge at the small gray house for the NALAC Leadership Institute, a week-long arts management and leadership development program that De León launched in 2001.
"We really talked about creating an opportunity for people to learn — to not have to learn by trial and error; to get to know each other; to be able to learn the skills of how to manage an organization. (Or) if you're an artist, how to best promote your career," she says.
Among the San Antonio alumni: Manuel Castillo, founder of San Anto Cultural Arts, who died in 2009; artist Ruth Buentello; filmmaker and photographer Guillermina Zabala; and writer, painter and metalsmith Anel I. Flores.
Flores participated in the Leadership Institute in 2005 at what she describes as a turning point in her career.
"NALAC at that time really helped me to organize my finances, helped me to open my eyes towards grants and funding opportunities," says Flores, whose book of vignettes, "Empanada: A Lesbiana Story in Pruebaditas," was co-published by Korima Press and Evelyn Street Press last year.
NALAC also helped her see her visual art and writing as a business and career, Flores says, and the organization has remained a valuable resource.
"(De León) is busy. I understand María in that. I'm also a very busy person," she says. "But when I've ever needed to reach out for a question, she's been ready to help me find the answer or help me find the connection to get that answer. She's always been very helpful in networking people and linking people together in the arts and community. She's very honest and very straightforward (about) what's possible and not possible."
In addition, the NALAC Arts Advocacy Institute, a 3-year-old program, provides hands-on training for Leadership Institute alumni to further develop advocacy skills and an understanding of the roles of government and public institutions in the arts sector.
It's work such as this that has earned NALAC and De León a place at the national table.
"I think they play a very instrumental role in nurturing leadership," says Felix Padrón, director of the city's Department for Culture and Creative Development. "I think they play a very instrumental role in pushing the Latino agenda in the context of arts and culture and the role that we play as Latinos and artists. Obviously for her to be recognized, and be appointed (to the National Council on the Arts) is a reflection of this value."
De León adds her new duties to the work she has been doing with the Kennedy Center. Last year, NALAC was invited to be part of an 11-member committee that has been tasked with reviewing the Kennedy Center Honors selection process and developing criteria to make it more inclusive. Others on the committee include actress Debbie Allen and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.
"The process before was the nominating committee would put forward names to the producer; the producer would arbitrarily select a few names and then put them forward to (President) Michael Kaiser and the president of the board for approval," De León says.
As a result, if the members of the nominating committee or the producer were unaware of the work of artists of other cultural traditions, then those artists never were considered.
"I would just like to see a process that's fair and that really acknowledges the expressions of the entire nation, not just one particular group," De León says.
Asked who she would like to see honored, De León initially demurs because she is not a member of the nominating committee, then cites as an example Michigan singer/songwriter Rodriguez, the subject of the acclaimed documentary "Searching for Sugar Man."
"You have this Latino, this Mexican American, whose dad was an immigrant living in Detroit, who is a wonderful, proficient poet," De León says. "He was extremely successful in South Africa, and it was his music that really propelled that generation of South Africans to move against apartheid. So here's a Latino who has never been recognized, and this is just one story. There's a lot of others that should be recognized, not only from Hollywood, but working in community."
The importance of community was something instilled in De León and her siblings by their parents, both activists. One of her early memories is of her father, a World War II veteran and factory worker, making the journey from Hondo to San Antonio partly on foot to discuss low wages and poor working conditions with AFL-CIO reps.
Her mother, Eudelia López, and her father, T.A. López, who died in 2011, were active with various organizations such as the American GI Forum and the American Legion. When there was a school walkout in Hondo to protest the treatment of Mexican American students in the early 1970s, her parents' home became the cafeteria where lunches were prepared to feed students who gathered in neighborhood yards and a nearby park to receive instruction.
By that time, De León was a student at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she studied journalism and was active in the Chicano student group MeCHA.
Images of labor leaders Dolores Huerta and César Chávez, co-founders of the United Farm Workers, adorn the walls of De León's office at NALAC.
"I have always been involved in community, and art and culture have always been a part of it," she says.
It is artists who many times are the ones "that really talk about and voice — either through performance, through what they write, through what they sing — that voice the issues that face our community," De León says. "And it is art and culture that will help revitalize our communities. They are at the core of community revitalization, and they shouldn't be separated."
As NALAC's national profile grows, the organization also is getting ready to take on a more substantial physical presence as well. Along with the little gray house, NALAC owns the former Buena Vista Garden, the storied West Side community gathering space and dance hall that sits two doors down. The structure has been stabilized, and the interior has been cleaned out. NALAC needs to raise about $2 million to complete work on the building, which will become its new headquarters.
With its doors thrown open to the morning sun, the space is welcoming. At the far end of the room, the boxy stage where a young Henry B. Gonzalez cut his teeth speaking in public still stands. The original dance floor also is still in place, if a little worse for wear. De León's father told her he took a spin there as a young soldier newly home from the war.
"Older people have told us, 'This is where I had my quinceañera.' 'I had my wedding here,'" De León says. "So we want to preserve this space. It's culturally very significant for this community."


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GRÉVIN Museum
5th Floor
Eaton Center
705 Ste-Catherine St., West
Montréal, QC
If you intend to visit Montreal this summer, the Grévin Museum is worth a visit. It depicts the history of New France (Québec) via persons, who helped forge Canada. Among these historical figures, you'll see:
1) KATERI TEKAKWITHA, whom Pope Benedict XVI canonized in Ocober 2012. She died in 1680 at the Kahnawake Reserve on the south shore of Montreal near Châteauguay, QC.
2) St. MARGUERITE BOURGEOYS died in 1700. She founded the Roman Catholic religious order of the Contregation of Notre-Came in Montreal, QC.
3) St. MARGUERITE d'YOUVILLE, d. 1771 and was the first Canadian-born person to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, commonly known as the Grey Nuns.
4) Sr. MARIE de L'INCARNATION died in 1672. She founded the Ursuline Monastery in Québec City, QC.
5) St. BROTHER ANDRÉ died in 1937. A healer, he founded St. Joseph Oratory in Montréal, QC.
6) PADRE PIO, although not a Canadian but an Italian, is also featured at the museum. He was a mystic and healer who was born in 1887 and died in 1968.
To discover more about the founding of NEW FRANCE
and to get to the GRÉVIN museum,
take the underground METRO,
get off at the
McGILL station.


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February 14, 1936 The Social Security Board approved twelve regional areas and twelve regional offices for its field office setup.
February 8, 1937 The First Annual Report of the Social Security Board submitted to Congress.
February 27, 1937 The first claims under Title II of the Social Security Act were adjudicated and forwarded to the Social Security Board on February 27. The first claims were actually paid in March.
February 13, 1940 An Appeals Council, consisting of three members, was appointed by the Social Security Board to direct and supervise the holding of hearings on claims for old-age and survivors insurance benefits and to review decisions of referees, subject to review by the courts. Joseph McElvain was appointed the director. The staff of the Appeals Council included a Consulting Referee for the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program as a whole and a Hearing Referee for each of the twelve regions.
February 20, 1947 Arthur J. Altmeyer was elected Executive Secretary of the Reparatory Commission for the International Refugee Organization.
February 2, 1953 President Eisenhower, in his State of the Union Message, recommended that the "old-age and survivors insurance law should promptly be extended to cover millions of citizens who have been left out of the Social Security system."
February 1955 By this date, old-age and survivors insurance beneficiaries numbered seven million.
February 27, 1956 SSA's new electronic computer system, an IBM 705, began operation in the Candler Building under the watchful eyes of technicians from IBM. The first computer application consisted of posting earnings records, benefit computations and reinstating incorrectly reported earnings.
February 3, 1967 With the mailing of the benefit checks, the Social Security Administration became the first large Federal agency to implement mass ZIP code mailing.
February 1972 The Bureau of Data Processing announced it would be issuing new Social Security cards and mailing them directly from central office, thereby shifting issuance from the field to the central office.
February 1982 SSA's Systems Modernization Plan is published.
February 9, 1996 First meeting of the new Social Security Advisory Board was held in Baltimore. Among their other activities, the Board members took a tour of the SSA History Room.
February 11, 1997 SSA's proposed final regulations for cycling of benefit payments were published.
February 15, 2000 SSA launched its Electronic Newsletter (e-News) through which visitors are able to subscribe to Social Security e-news, a monthly electronic newsletter providing brief items on the latest Social Security information of public interest.
February 5, 2002 James B. Lockhart, IIII, formally sworn-in to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security.
February 5, 2002 The "Ticket to Work" program was officially launched in the first 13 States (it is expected to be in operation nationwide in 2004).
February 19, 2004 Jo Anne Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security, signed a "totalization" agreement today with Japanese Ambassador Ryozo Kato that will remove from U.S. citizens working for U.S. companies in Japan the burden of paying social security taxes to both countries. The agreement also will remove the double taxation requirement for Japanese citizens working for Japanese companies in the United States.
February 12, 2007 Michael J. Astrue was sworn in as the Commissioner of Social Security at the agency's national headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. He will serve a six-year term that expires on January 19, 2013.
February 26, 2008 Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced that the agency has begun making offers to 144 of the 175 new Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) it will hire this fiscal year. Due to litigation and budget cuts, the agency has about ten percent fewer ALJs than it did a decade ago. During that same time, the number of cases waiting for a hearing decision has more than doubled.
February 3, 2009 Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, in a letter today to Governor Edward G. Rendell, Chair of the National Governors Association, urged states to exempt their Disability Determination Services (DDSs) from hiring restrictions and furloughs.
February 12, 2008 Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, the nation's first Baby Boomer, today made history as the first of her generation to receive a Social Security retirement benefit. Having applied online for benefits Ms. Casey-Kirschling, who was born at one second after midnight on January 1, 1946, today received her first payment by direct deposit.
February 12, 2009 SSA 's online services have earned the highest overall score in the most recent e-Government Satisfaction Index. The Index, which is administered by ForeSee Results in conjunction with the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), also gave three of SSA's applications the highest scores in government.
February 1, 2010 SSA announced that 15 healthcare providers and networks have received $17.4 million in contract awards to provide electronic medical records to the agency. These electronic medical records, which will be sent through the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), will significantly shorten the time it takes to make a disability decision and will improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of the disability program.
February 4, 2011 SSA dedicated the Robert M. Ball Federal Building at SSA headquarters in Baltimore. This renaming of the Operations building at SSA was mandated by an act of Congress.


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Yeah yeah, we know
ls already.
But how much of
ls's functionality do you actually use? There are so many switches to
ls, that when Sun added extended attributes (does anyone use that?) they found that there were no letters left, so they had to use "-@" !
So, here are a couple of handy
ls options, in no particular order; either for interactive or scripting use. I'm assuming GNU
ls; Solaris
ls supports most GNU-style features, but the "nice-to-have" features, like
ls -h aren't in historical UNIX
ls implementations. I'll split these into two categories: Sort 'em and Show 'em. What are your favourites?
Sort 'em
When sorting, I tend to use the "
-l (long listing)" and "
-r (reverse order)" switches:
Sort 'em by Size:
ls -lSr
Sort 'em by Date:
ls -ltr
Show 'em
There are a number of ways to show different attributes of the files you are listing; "
-l" is probably the obvious example. However, there are a few more:
Show 'em in columns
ls -C
Useful if you're not seeing as many as you'd expect.
Show 'em one by one
ls -1
That's the number 1 (one) there, not the letter l (ell). Forces one-file-per-line. Particularly useful for dealing with strange filenames with whitespace in them.
Show 'em as they are
ls -F
To append symbols ("*" for executables, "/" for directories, etc) to the filename to show further information about them.
Show 'em so I can read it
ls -lh
Human-readable filesizes, so "12567166" is shown as "12M", and "21418" is "21K". This is handy for people, but of course, if you're writing a script which wants to know file sizes, you're better off without this (21Mb is bigger than 22Kb, after all!)
Show 'em with numbers
ls -n
This is equivalent to
ls -l, except that UID and GID are not looked up, so:
$ ls -l foo.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 46210 2006-11-25 00:33 foo.txt $ ls -n foo.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 1000 46210 2006-11-25 00:33 foo.txt
This can be useful in a number of ways; particularly if your NIS (or other) naming service is down, or if you've imported a filesystem from another system.
What's your favourite?
What are your most-used switches for the trusty old
ls tool?


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This two-day module in IAP2's Certificate Program in Public Participation provides an introduction to a range of practical tools and techniques used at all five levels of IAP2's Public Participation Spectrum. It gives course participants an opportunity to try out or observe a number of specific techniques including World Cafe, Interviews, Samoan Circle, Citizens Jury and Advisory Group.
It includes overviews of more than 20 tools and techniques tested and used by public participation practitioners around the globe. The course is designed as a primer and is suitable for beginning to intermediate level practitioners and those who want a review of basic group process techniques. Interactive exercises and practical tips are used to enliven the basic theory and reference materials presented throughout the two-day session and reinforce skills that participants can put to immediate use.
Students learn how to create effective forums for dialogue and how to avoid the many problems encountered in traditional public meetings. Students leave this module armed with a detailed student manual covering the course materials and a packet of IAP2 Tipsheets offering practical advice for selecting, using and evaluating a broad range of public participation activities.
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For those looking for Beaumont golf deals, Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon is home to 36 holes of public championship golf well worth checking into. Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon - Legends Course tee times are the gateway to enjoying a challenging par 72 layout set amongst the natural thick trees, and cutting its way through the hills and valleys of the Beaumont area. From the back tees, this course plays an incredible 7,442 yards, and plays to a slope of 141, but with its five sets of tees, the course can also be enjoyed by even those who are not big hitters just as easily. The course architects were Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley, and they designed The Legends course as a true loop course, with the 9th green being on the far side of the property from the clubhouse.
Many past players have enjoyed their Beaumont tee times at Morongo Golf Club, and have remarked how the course was great, the vistas can be breathtaking, and how exceptionally maintained the course was, and how it offers different challenges from different tee boxes. The clubhouse facilities are very extensive and include multiple options for dining, spirits, banquets, meeting rooms, tournament hosting, weddings and more. Lessons are available for all levels of golfer, and there are junior camps on a regular basis to help youngsters get a great start to the game.
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