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Conference Report
Director's Reflections
Authority, Leadership, and Human Diversity
14 - 16 November 1996
For this first conference in what I regard as the "real," "old," or "deep" South (in my mind, Houston and Florida do not conform to my understanding of the South, although geographically they are located in the southern U. S.), I sought to implement, with staff's help, support, and participation, a design and orientation that would focus learning on the role of human diversity in social systems rather than in human groups. There are many diversities, but in the "real" South, race remains, in my experience, the basic diversity of conscious and unconscious concern to most of its residents. I, who am male and white, once suggested to a black male friend that for relaxation and spiritual renewal he might take a drive through the rural countryside (as opposed to the urban areas) of the beautiful State of Mississippi. "Yeah, right," he exclaimed. "An aimless jaunt through the country for a black person in the South is not a relaxing pastime and, unless you are eager to get to Heaven or believe in re-incarnation, not spiritually uplifting either." And, even in 1997, he is of course right.
But the shift in focus that I wanted to bring to the conference is not semantic and represents a change or innovation that in various ways and on various levels seemed to stir fear, shame, reluctance, and excitement among a staff accustomed to "knowing" the rules and procedures of the more familiar, more American group model of conference work, from which I have recently maintained some distance.
In terms of institutional politics, I believed that a system focus would be 1) most useful to the participants and their engagement in the institutions in which they work and study, and 2) less likely to cause conflicts and disharmonies that would have negative repercussions on future efforts at group relations training in the same institutional setting (a principally black American university in the South).
In addition, my personal belief is that a system focus is more immediately useful to persons engaged in most contemporary institutions. Lastly, I believed (and believe) that the system focus assures profound learning opportunities for staff persons already well versed in the group focus that is the more usual paradigm encountered in Tavistock group relations conferences in North America.
I elected to invite an international staff. I sought staff participation only from those persons with sufficient skill, competence, and experience to be able to at least recognize and contemplate crossing the boundary into a different, more systemic approach to their tasks. Human diversity also played a prominent role in determining the colleagues whom I invited to join staff.
All three of these parameters (observed skill, competence, previous conference experience), I thought, ensured that staff would be as involved in an experiential way in the work of learning as might be the members, who were expected to be inexperienced in conference work. I foresaw a direct and positive correlation between the call to genuine engagement in staff's work and the genuineness of the members' learning. Related to these perspectives, Review and Application Dialogues (RADs) were scheduled after each set of 3-6 here-and-now events.
A number of innovations, including some that were transformations of innovations that I had seen, experienced, and reflected upon in France, were incorporated into the conference design and staff's working agenda and format. These innovations reflected an attempt to incorporate diversity into the staff's work, rather than to encourage or permit mere repetition of previous conference work patterns of experience and procedures. The vehement degree of rejection and resistance that they caused surprised me, to put it mildly.
For example, administrative office hours were added, so that members would have a legitimate avenue for approaching administrative staff regarding any issues of concern or conflict and so that members and administrative staff would have the possibility of more easily understanding that conference administration has a direct relation to members and is not just an element of staff that attends to staff's needs and worldview. Transactions across the member/administrators' boundaries were implicitly and explicitly presented as sources of experiential learning about roles, responsibilities, the exercise of authority and leadership, and diversity in human social systems.
Staff were paid during the conference work, both as a way of replicating "real" organizational patterns in most modern institutions and, on a more unconscious level, as a way of compensating staff publicly for the expected duress related to the innovative alterations in design and implementation. My intention was, in that way, to support staff's struggles to learn through innovation and transformation. This intention was further buoyed by the plea of one black, female staff member, who, when I asked her how much compensation she thought was appropriate, commented: "At least $150 for the weekend--and more would be appreciated." I found her statement profoundly moving and found myself wondering how many black professionals work for less than they deserve or for whatever "handouts" a white director/boss might be disposed to offer. That this valued staff member has since died does not diminish the frequency with which I recall her remark, feel the pathos she concisely expressed, and reflect upon the system dynamics behind it.
The reluctance to engage in innovation (perhaps because it risks setting in motion a process of transformation in/of other institutional patterns in extra-conference settings? or, perhaps, because it necessitates encounter with the Other, the unknown?) was manifest around this issue of payment to staff for their services; rather than distribute the checks in a formal way, with appropriate verbal expression of gratitude from management, as I had discussed with the administrative staff previously and indeed proposed in the published conference agenda, the administrative staff unilaterally and without any consultation with the Director, instituted changes in the staff's work agenda in order to ensure that the checks were in fact distributed hurriedly, at a time not scheduled, and without any verbal acknowledgment of gratitude...from anyone in conference management, not even the administrative staff.
Perhaps innovations of this nature engender a sense of shame or discomfort or even embarrassment. One ancillary hypothesis is that because staff did not receive equal payment (i.e., managers received more money due to the longer time span during which their work had consequences for the members' learning), the notion of hierarchy and value to members' learning, usually covert or avoided in conference work, was introduced and was reinforced by the separately functioning management and consultant staff components during the Institutional System Event (ISE). Jealousy, envy, or discomfort with hierarchical organizational position may have motivated the way in which payment was ultimately distributed.
Management and consultation were defined as separate functions and were in general maintained as such during all here-and-now events, most publicly in the ISE. In this schema, management of the institution is regarded as "shared" management, with functions sometimes being more clearly as consultant and at other times more obviously as management. Shared management relies on all staff members to manage instiututional time, task, territory, and technique boundaries, for example. The Director remained in an essentially management role throughout the conference--to the degree that such a stance was permitted by the staff and/or was judicial from the point of view of protecting members' learning opportunities.
During the pre-conference staff work, two days before the conference actually began, staff were explicitly asked to verbally and publicly reconfirm their authorization of the director to direct the conference on their behalf. This innovation (though no longer so in FIIS/IFSI conferences) was done in some cases reluctantly.
The entire written history of the conference, including all letters, negotiations, faxes, and written exchanges with staff, potential members, and sponsoring institutions, was available in the staff room so that staff had access to the development or transformation of ideas and plans eventuating in the instant conference. The budget, with conference costs and projections for payments to staff members, was also publicly available to the staff in their workspace.
Initially, my hunch was that these last two items would be useful to the membership as well; I have not abandoned that hunch, but I have no data to prompt me to recommend that conference members have access to it. It remains unclear to me whether a public conference institution, which exists solely to be studied, need or need not be open to public examination of its finances. But, perhaps so. Financial decisions always represent management decisions and the study of management is central to the conference task and purpose.
All of the consultants' here-and-now work took place as scheduled. During the ISE, extra-team and general staff discussion of this here-and-now work properly took place within the management or within the consultant subsystems, during the event's published working hours, that is to say, not in the staff gathered together as a whole system or during breaks in the schedule. Such not-on-the-schedule and non-public work, both management and consultants, in their separate work spaces, had been stated publicly to all participants (members and staff) and had been put in writing, as work to be done only in public and during scheduled work sessions constituting the ISE. This transformation of the staff's conception of the consultants' and managers' working for the duration of the ISE was extraordinarily difficult for staff consultants to imagine, comprehend, or maintain. Its role in facilitating the members' learning about relatedness with authority and responsibility required unaccustomed discrimination; the need for the clarity of boundaries among the institutional task, the managers' responsibilities, and the consultants' contribution to the learning opportunities were previously unrecognized by most members of staff.
An overarching concern for me as director was that how staff work developed or was transformed would be in the direction of being coherent with the stated conference institution's task. Naturally, it is precisely this coherence (or lack thereof) that indicates the degree of work (or, conversely, the reluctance to cross the work boundary) present in the institution.
The relationship of primary task coherence to staff's intention, motive, and behavior is never static. The didactic assumption is that staff's and members' engaging in the boundary negotiations (between task and non-task orientation), both interpersonally and intrapersonally, constitutes the conference work during the ISE. These behaviors are understood to lead to learning about authority and leadership in organizational and institutional settings.
An example of how a lack of coherence (or, difficulty in translating the conference themes--in this case, of diversity) was demonstrated, with predictable consequences of boredom, lack of interest, and anxiety-reducing comfort in the well-known, familiar, and already-tried ways of thinking and behaving as staff, is contained in the following observation: although there are approximately 85 different sodas available in 2-liter bottles in the Jackson, Mississippi area, administrative staff's provisions ensured exposure to only 4 of those (Coke, Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, and Sprite). All of these were either black or white (transparent). While certainly adequate to represent the black and white races, there were no other "colored" sodas made available to staff or members. No grape, orange, cherry, strawberry, pineapple flavors were "permitted."
Coherence with the stated task through publicly examinable provision of opportunities to learn even before the conference actually began was important in fostering cooperation, collaboration, and trust between the enterprise and the University that co-sponsored it. Support grew as the University institution became convinced of a general absence of ulterior, political motives (e.g., trying to change the institution or create a competing institution). The fact that the major sponsoring institution was a university and the conference exists solely as an educational enterprise was difficult to recognize on both sides of the fence. Possibly the politics of Black and White institutions' collaboration were so novel as to be overpowering and threatening.
Although I felt authorized and supported by the Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations (CCSGO), I found it hard to experience the authorization of A. K. Rice Institute (AKRI), perhaps because its authorization was channeled through CCSGO. Upon reviewing my opening discourse to the members, staff commented on a lack of adequate acknowledgment to these two institutions. I remedied this perceived lack in the conference opening comments. Staff members also expressed a need for the participation (principally economic and through provision of material resources provided by the St. Augustine Stewardship Fund of the Norbertine order of priests and brothers and by the International Forum for Social Innovation) of other institutions than the co-sponsors to be acknowledged in the conference opening discourse. I joined with their reasoning and request and do not regret having done so. It was a excellent example of shared management in action.
In retrospect, however, I wonder if the inclusion of
acknowledgment to Others had the effect of exculpating staff members
for their participation in innovative, transformed, non-traditional
manifestations of group relations conference work.
Applications were received steadily throughout the enrollment period. Diversity was present in the membership and in the staff. No aberrations or psychopathological behaviors were exhibited by the participants prior to or during the conference. A psychiatrist was on formal standby, but calling for her advice or assistance or otherwise employing her did not arise as a possibility or urgency during the conference.
Comments on staff deployment and participation
In the Large Study System (LSS), a white male/black female pair were assigned, convened as a team by the female; since as director I did not work directly with the LSS, a potentially productive degree of competition between the team and the director and his style and leadership arose early on. Working in pairs is dangerous and not easily managed, for the pair often seems to be something intensely engaged because it denies the existence of a reality larger and often with managerial authorization outside itself, of which it can and maybe wishes to maintain only little awareness. That reality is often a singular authority figure, nominally the conference director, perceived as threatening both because of his or her singular status and because of her or his role as an authority figure on conference management. Directors of such conferences sometimes insist on working in the LSS as a consultant, possibly because the competition and conflict mentioned earlier in this paragraph are thereby reduced or avoided. I regard conference management as not "hands on" in regard to the consultants' behaviors. The task of management is, in my opinion, precisely the employment of staff members who can be trusted to perform professionally and then the provision of space for them to work.
In the three Small Study Systems (SSS), two females (one black American/French and one who was routinely accepted as Arab-American) and a black male Southerner consulted to the members, with the Arab-American woman asked to be the convenor of the team.
The Associate Director was a black male, a Southerner, also a Catholic priest and a professor at Jackson State University (JSU); the Conference Administrator was a white female, a Yankee. The Director, a white Southern male in visible or outward terms, an American-Mexican in sentient terms, was de facto the director and convenor of the management team.
The conference design, implementation, and staffing provided adequate and even accepted and cherished containment for the members' work of learning through encounter with innovation, diversity, and transformative possibilities or opportunities. Conflict between the staff and the conference director was typical, in my experience. This conflict was routinely verbalized and public, and therefore, in my opinion, was a positive force in dedicating ourselves to the primary institutiona learning tasks. No other "conclusions" seem wise or warranted at this time.
The overall theme through which members and staff worked on and elaborated their authority relationships and understanding thereof involved the need to maintain separateness and uniqueness in order to avoid the dangers of engagement in human and institutional forms of diversity (said dangers to be primarily those of implied or inherited responsibility for the implementation of future transformations in work and social environments elsewhere, and secondarily, to involve a perception of a sense of submission or emasculation in openness to or engagement in the novel or different or the Other).
This conference contained significant moments of synchronicity, surprise, perplexing coincidence, mystery, and magic.
For logistical reasons, a formal or informal discussion of members' and staff's work in this conference was not scheduled as part of the conference program. Such a discussion would be beneficial and useful both for staff and for the members. A large part of such work as did take place was never made available during the conference in a public forum. The purpose of this report is not to disenfranchise conference participants (members or staff) of the intellectual and emotional work properly performed by them, but rather to briefly provide an element of appropriately inconclusive feedback to representatives of the two institutions, JSU and CCSGO-AKRI, that co-sponsored the enterprise. Inasmuch as participants included faculty and students of JSU, two (in addition to myself) CCSGO-AKRI members who participated as staff and a third who did so marginally, in addition to a CCSGO-AKRI member who participated as a conference member, other sources of data useful for learning are available to satisfy the interest or curiosity of these institutions.
In this medium, I wish to publicly express my gratitude for the support
and freedom to learn that both co-sponsoring institutions provided and
that they supplied so unambivalently, maturely, and graciously.
STAN DE LOACH, Ph.D.
Submitted: 24 xi 1996
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With regard to Pounamu
Pounamu is the Maori name for "Nephrite Jade" if it has been
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He started on that path early, growing up with seven siblings in Zanesville, Ohio. Sports, scouting, church and student government all provided opportunities for leadership. A high school guidance counselor suggested the military for his next step. "I remember him asking me if I wanted to go to the Navy, the Army, or the Ma-rines." But McNeil wanted college and choose historically black Central State College in Wilberforce, Ohio. It was there, outside mostly white Zanesville, that he settled on education, inspired by a sister on the same path and African-American professors he respected. After a short, unsuccessful stint at the former Delco Products plant in Dayton he was fired for not wearing the standard uniform CPS came calling in 1968.
In quick succession, McNeil served as PE teacher at Samuel Ach Junior High; assistant principal at C.M. Merry Junior High, then Taft and Hughes high schools; then principal at Sawyer Junior High and finally, in 1979, Withrow High School. He had aspired to Withrow's top job for several years and so arrived with detailed plans for new initiatives:
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Harp and Celt is an authentic Irish pub and restaurant in the heart of downtown Orlando. It's known for its welcoming atmosphere and traditional cuisine, but it's also home to the traveling, blogging bartender Sean Hampson.
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"I travel on my own budget," Hampson says. "I've written articles about saving money and living frugally and different tips I like to give to people."
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While Hampson never had the opportunity to bartend on a trip abroad, he's looking forward to trying it out eventually. His boss, Harp and Celt owner Kathy Day, has encouraged him to take the time he needs to travel.
"He's one of my best bartenders and I hope he keeps up the traveling," says Kathy Day.
"She's really pushed me to travel, and I swear she's created a monster," Hampson says. "She has been an inspiration and a huge support for me."
Hampson always has his eyes open for his next adventure. He has been monitoring flights for a trip to Iceland or Norway this summer. In his blog, he advises his readers to ask themselves questions like, "When is the cheapest time to go to New Zealand?" That way, when they're stuck in a routine, they can always be planning the vacation they don't plan on taking – at least not yet.
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Piss Artist
(Selected Poems 1995 – 1999)
by Greg Gerding
Publication Date: October 2010
Trade Paper; 308 pages; 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
With Piss Artist, Greg Gerding continues the phrenic mayhem he spawned in Loser Makes Good. He has unequivocally grown as an artist and has very clearly found his voice here, and he is not afraid to use it. Loudly. Gerding is a gifted narrator, and as you turn the pages, you feel present in his world. You laugh at his folly. You empathize with his foible. You suffer through his hangover. Yet, when you close that back cover, you feel surprisingly enriched. There are myriad lessons in humanity and humility ensconced among the expletives. Piss Artist is a rush of a read.


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Storytelling plays a huge role in establishing disruptive technology as a market force. Good storytelling is important when introducing a complex and disruptive offering in the marketplace whose value is not well understood. But storytelling is only the beginning. It takes a village to launch and drive adoption.
Voice recognition apps have grown in popularity among consumers over the last few years, and the trend continues; for example, voice commands are overtaking typing as the primary way mobile device users conduct online searches.
It's easy to understand the appeal of voice products. Being able to perform a function simply by speaking to a bot is much more convenient than having to manually open and navigate an app. However, private consumers aren't the only ones to benefit from these technologies. Voice technology programs have many potential applications across a wide range of industries.
The examples below demonstrate how professionals and organizations in fields like healthcare, retail, and fintech have leveraged AI programming to develop voice recognition technology that better serve their customers. They'll help you understand how your company can do the same.
Artificial intelligence is changing the world and it is doing it at breakneck speed. It will transform every industry and it has the potential to be as important and as ubiquitous as electricity.
Don't believe it? Just take a look at these mind-blowing numbers.
Many of our B2B clients have some type of IoT strategy or offering. Becasue we are data-driven storytellers, we are constantly on the lookout for interesting articles to share with them – here are three that we have been reading this week.


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Complementing its stunning location allowing the villa to enjoy expansive views of Patong Beach and Andaman Sea, Hale Malia provides luxurious private villa accommodation in contemporary modern tropical style. With only subtle Thai flair involved, the villa gives its guest the best villa living experience as inclusion of modern luxury elements into the villa has never had to confront against traditional architectural constrains. Being a member of Samsara Estate, a stay at Hale Malia will give you consistent Western service quality standard as well as possibility to rent along with other villas if you need more space. Continue reading
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DIY Baseball Bracelet
It's baseball season for the little guys and my eldest son couldn't be happier. I really wanted to do something special for him this year to show him my excitement. Having more than one child means you have to find special ways to remind them they matter, something that speaks specifically to them. These bracelets were … More DIY Baseball Bracelet


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Description of problem:
While (second) rebuilding on postgresql error
appears at the test stage: some network-mask
related functions returns bad results.
Previous rebuild with same rpm was fine (local build 31 mar 2006).
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
now always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. rpmbuild -bi --target i586 postgresql.spec
Actual results:
build failed on test stage.
Expected results:
Build without errors.
Additional info:
Created attachment 127989 [details]
regression diff file
This looks to me like it could be a compiler bug, seeing that the same source
code passes this test fine on many other platforms. Did you update gcc since
your last successful build? Does the failure go away if you change the --target
The code in question is network_network() in src/backend/utils/adt/network.c
if you want to take a closer look. I'm betting that gcc is misoptimizing the
shift-and-mask operations.
Yes, gcc was updated every time as it was updated in ``development''
Fedora branch. Tested arch: i566, i686.
I will try to rewrite some code to find misoptimization.
And will update gcc once again.
It's really a gcc bug.
The miscompilated code in src/backend/utils/adt/network.c: network_network:
byte = 0;
while (bits)
If bits == 25, the loop running 3 times, not 4,
If loop header rewrited as
all tests passed.
Reclassifying as gcc bug.
Tracking thsi upstream.


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the default /etc/pine.conf as of 6.2 is... silly for lack of a better
word. By setting default colors, you override a person's preference to
what colors their terminals are, which is not expected behavior at all.
Having pine pop up with a black background in a transparent terminal is...
The removal of the lower color sections makes it play nicer; not removing
the color-style causes a nice cyan background.
Attaching a patch for the pine.conf to make it play nicer
Created attachment 163 [details]
get rid of nasty colors
This isn't a bug - note that the colors are not set in /etc/pine.conf.fixed, so
you should be able to set your own colors.
I agree that it was wrong to put these defaults in the /etc/pine.conf. Because
of this, upgrading to RH 6.2 messes with people's color setting - not nice.
Additionally, even with
in ~/.pinerc
I still do not get white background! In kvt and xterm I get grey background and
in rxvt I get some reddish yellow.
And even worse, there does not seem to be a way to access those settings from
pine configuration menu and it is not clear where I am supposed to look for
additional documentation on them in order to be able to "fight" them.
i, too, would like to emphasize that the redhat 6.2 pine default of having
colours enabled is broken. i take issues with some of the other default
settings as well -- pine is intended to be a simple mail reader for
novice users to start with. they're able to turn on all those features
themselves as, or IF they learn what they mean.
my machine is primarily novice users.
and also primarily users on windows or macs whose terminal programs
defaults are *incompatible* with the default colour scheme you've selected.
please restore the pine distribution defaults.


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Hi everyone, I am Sophie a third year Management student here at RGU. Last year I decided to take part in a semester abroad in Cologne, Germany through RGU's Global Engagement Centre.
I initially decided to put myself forward to study abroad as I liked the thought of going travelling and visiting new countries, but applying to study abroad was still quite daunting. The main concerns I had about studying abroad were not knowing anybody and living in a country that had a different language and culture than I was used to. I knew that participating in studying abroad would help improve my CV and help me stand out when applying for future jobs and decided my fears were minimal compared to the opportunity I was being given. When I found out I had been given a place at Cologne Business School (CBS) in Germany I was excited to start my adventure, even though Cologne was somewhere I had actually never heard of!
It's safe to say the process before going abroad is not always straightforward. From submitting the expression of interest form online to accepting your place at a university abroad, there is a lot of paperwork included. Due to the fact I went abroad in semester one (second year), I spent a fair bit of time during summer preparing and organising. I was not able to get halls in Cologne as there were none left when I applied, therefore, I had to source my own accommodation. This was really challenging as I did not know my way around the city and where the best location to live would be, but eventually another student from RGU and I managed to get apartments together.
During my first few weeks in Germany I was really taken aback by just how different life would be living there, it was a huge culture shock. Furthermore, the language barrier was something I hadn't really considered, I just assumed that most of the public would speak English as well as German, but this was not the case. Studying at CBS was also unbelievably different from RGU as it was much smaller and modules ran differently. Even though the lectures were taught in English, the interactive lectures lasted three hours but there were no tutorials. I enjoyed the range of modules available as they were not completely the same to the ones offered at RGU. I am thankful I decided to do a module to learn German as it was so helpful not only at university but very useful in day to day life.
Throughout my study abroad experience, I also did a lot of travelling as Cologne was in a perfect location to take a trip to surrounding countries. I managed to adventure to Belgium for the chocolate, Amsterdam for the culture and lively atmosphere, Paris for the wine and snails and Munich for Oktoberfest! Another favourite thing about my time in Cologne was experiencing the German Christmas markets – the Germans really take it to a different level, the markets were amazing!
Reflecting back on my time abroad I realise now how invaluable my time studying abroad really was, I am so glad I pushed myself out of my comfort zone to participate in the study abroad program. I feel my experience helped me become more independent as a person and definitely boosted my confidence at the same time. I would have never had the opportunity to visit all these different countries if I hadn't chosen to study abroad and meet new people. I would highly recommend any students who are considering studying abroad to put all of your concerns to one side and just do it, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity!


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Kate & Simon
I've had four homes built over the years, and I have to say the experience this time was the best yet. I know all the tricks builders sometimes try to compromise on quality, and I can honestly say that Manhattan never attempted any of them. They were always totally honest and transparent in their dealings with me.
It was also great to be able to call Nathan at any time if I had questions. He took the time to make sure I was happy and comfortable at every stage of the construction process.
Kate and Simon, Camden Park – March 2013


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With cold and flu season almost upon us, I know that I'll try anything to keep those bugs at bay. This article, on Juicing For Health, lists 8 ideas for shots of juice to help boost your immune system. I think I could happily try all of them!
No one enjoys being sick—runny nose, sniffling, sore throat, fever, and nausea. These symptoms are not fun to deal with and are first signs of low immunity. The aggravation of dealing with a cold or flu is multiplied when your children get sick. As the cold and flu season approaches, use homemade juices to combat bacteria and viruses.
Here are eight different cold and flu "shots" that you can make and take to keep you and your family healthy. Try consuming at least one of these drinks each day, to boost your immune system and lower your chances of getting sick this cold and flu season.
1. Apple Cider Vinegar Cold And Flu Prevention
First up is an apple cider vinegar remedy. Apple cider vinegar is a great source of beta-carotene, which is converted to vitamin A by your body. Vitamin A is a natural antioxidant, which can attack free radicals and boost your immunity to the cold and flu.
This remedy is simple to make—mix one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in 3oz (about 90ml) of water.
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May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month
May is Lyme Disease Awareness month. Simply put, Lyme sucks. There are so many different variations in each case of Lyme that it is extremely difficult to diagnose. This leaves so many people wandering from doctor to doctor asking what is wrong with them and fearing the worst. Lyme is not the worst.
My Diagnosis
I was diagnosed with Chronic Lyme disease 15 years ago, after many years of asking "what's wrong with me?" Finally I had an answer, yet the answer was and still in just as confusing as not having a diagnosis.
Living with Lyme disease is a constant battle. Sometimes you think you are on the winning side, your symptoms are light, you have a grip on your meds and treatment, and you actually feel pretty normal.
Wellness and relaxation for your mind and body
But there are also days and weeks that you are on the losing side. Those are the days when you feel like you can only take so much until you have had enough. The disease doesn't let up, it is always trying something new. And you just have to put your head down and take the punches.
How you can win against Lyme
I have a great support team of family and friends who understand my disease and know when to make me laugh through it.
I know I am truly blessed to have them behind me cheering for me. Living with th thick sticky pain of Fibromyalgia that came with my Lyme disease is hard. I know I have a husband who will hold the world back for me as I push through one more day of feeling sluggish and sick until I can get back on my feet.
Every doctor I have ever talked to has told me that the only way to win against chronic Lyme is to keep a positive attitude. YOU have to want to fight, because Lyme feeds on your fears.
Herxing and making it through.
Through the years I have been a test subject for Lyme treatments. I have gone through the antibiotic treatments, been slapped around hard by the Herx reaction that comes with killing off large portions of the bacteria in my body.
Through the years I've tried several drugs that are supposed to help, Celebrex is my last resort when the inflammation and pain gets intolerable. Sadly, I am one of those people that does not tolerate pharmaceuticals well. I have a very low tolerance for meds.
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But the one thing that has helped when nothing else has is CBD oil. Taken both orally and topically, it has reduced my pain and inflammation.
In fact, in the last few years I haven't even been able to get a flu shot. Lyme tends to either mimic the flu or I somehow get a version of the flu. My doctor has teased me about having the "zombie flu" because technically you aren't supposed to get sick from the flu shots.
The more you know, the better prepared you will be.
Anyways, for the next couple of weeks I want to share some stories, articles, and help people to become more Lyme aware. I hope you'll learn something and won't mind too much.
Have a great day,


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"No one can write about my life. It is because it has not traversed so outwardly as to be visible to the eyes of humans." These remarks of Sri Aurobindo serve to warn anyone attempting a biography of another. Every man's life is a product of what is apparent and what is not. Often, biographies document accomplishments that meet the eye. Immeasurable inner conflicts of the person whose biography often remain in dark. It is not uncommon in the history of biographies. Thus, no biography of an achiever can ever provide a complete picture of his life, witnessed and unseen.
Notwithstanding such threats, for many reasons, we cannot play down the importance of biographies of personalities of great accomplishment. They are indispensable in the cultural contexts. The life lead by a person in the path of creativity and that person's accomplishments influence generations; that person becomes a guiding light for others. The life and works of Sri K.V. Puttappa (Sri. KUVEMPU) have created possibilities for investigation of the very purpose of human existence. They serve a perpetually useful purpose.
Writing about someone cannot become a vision on the personality, much less when the person about whom it is written is like Sri. KUVEMPU. Nonetheless, remembering those personalities who embody humanity, that have carried enormous social responsibility over their shoulders, often, is a kind of expression of our gratitude. The life sketch of Sri K.V. Puttappa the poet who is an epoch himself is created with such humility.
[Picked from Shri K. C. Shiva Reddy's book - Ugada Kavi (Poet of the Era). Translated to english by Shri R Vijayaraghavan]


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What is Liturgy?
Liturgy is public service, duty, or work. In Scripture it refers to the religious duties to be performed by priests.
Liturgy is the official public worship of the Church. It is the special title of the Eucharist, and the administration of the sacraments with the annexed use of the sacramentals.
Liturgical Diversity
The mass most Catholics in the United States are used to is far from the only way people worship in the Catholic church. Any Catholic could choose to go to anY of these church on any given Sunday and participate in the liturgy and receive communion. Some of them use the same liturgy as the Eastern Orthodox Christians, others follow the liturgical traditions of the Coptic Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox, and the Great Church of the East. Some have their very own ancient liturgical traditions that are used only in their Church. Though diverse in our liturgical expressions, we are still united by the one Holy Spirit across the world.
How is the Liturgy Both Unified and Diverse in the Church?
The United States of America is composed of multicultural and multilingual groups. This multiplicity is reflected in the Roman Catholic community, especially when diverse groups assemble on significant occasions for liturgical celebration. These assemblies provide opportunity to employ the rich diversity of cultural expressions into one common act of worship.
Created with images by Michael 1952 - "The Eucharist - Read and Understand the Gospel of John Especially Chapter VI"


text: DJ Splash Kidd (me, myself and I when I decide I need a digital 3D holiday) is schedule to rezz into Second Life ("SL") this evening to spin a variety of dance/club related tunes. This is a rare Wednesday night gig time for me, as my regular DJ time each week is 10pm to Midnight on Thursday nights. I'm really looking forward to spinning tunes this evening as I'm DJ right after DJ AFI, who is a very close friend and a super virtual DJ and a very talented real life ("RL") DJ too from Los Angeles California. Here is the link to DJ AFI's RL web page so you can check out her style of DJ and earlier work history in the TV and Film industry in Los Angeles too! DJ AFI DJ AFI is on at 8pm to 10pm Second Life Time ("SLT") which is the same as Pacific Standard Time ("PST") for you not meta-verse readers of this blog posting. I'll be DJ from 10pm SLT to Midnight. If you're a member of Second Life and "out and about on the grid" this evening, please drop by to hear either DJ AFI, DJ Splash Kidd or both of us spin some tunes this evening on the internet!


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In 2006, Wayne and Lisa Hoglund and their daughter, Holly Hoglund Klein, opened Hoglund Body and Equipment in Corcoran, Minnesota. Hoglund Body and Equipment began with 7 staff in a 6,000 square foot facility. In September, 2010, we moved to Monticello, Minnesota, opening a 33,000 square foot facility and increasing our staff to over 20 employees. Hoglund Body and Equipment has two 60-foot paint booths and a 75-foot sandblast booth to accommodate any make and model, as well as two shifts for our customers' convenience.
Hoglund Body and Equipment is focused on providing the highest quality repairs and service to our customers. From the estimate to the delivery, you can trust our experienced and efficient team of certified technicians to refurbish and restore your vehicle and equipment to its previous condition. From minor repairs to structural overhauls, Hoglund Body and Equipment does it all!


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- NetScaler Gateway Release Notes
- About NetScaler Gateway
- Common Deployments
- What's New
- Known Issues
- Client Software Requirements
- Compatibility with Citrix Products
- Licensing
- Before Getting Started
- Upgrading
Installing the System
- Configuring NetScaler Gateway
- Using the Configuration Utility
- Policies and Profiles on NetScaler Gateway
- Viewing NetScaler Gateway Configuration Settings
- Configuring the NetScaler Gateway by Using Wizards
- Configuring the Host Name and FQDN on NetScaler Gateway
- Installing and Managing Certificates
- Testing Your NetScaler Gateway Configuration
- Creating Virtual Servers
- Configuring IP Addresses on NetScaler Gateway
- Resolving DNS Servers Located in the Secure Network
- Configuring DNS Virtual Servers
- Configuring Name Service Providers
- Configuring Server-Initiated Connections
- Configuring Routing on NetScaler Gateway
- Configuring Auto Negotiation
Authentication and Authorization
- Configuring Default Global Authentication Types
- Configuring Authentication Without Authorization
- Configuring Authorization
- Disabling Authentication
- Configuring Authentication for Specific Times
- How Authentication Policies Work
- Configuring Local Users
- Configuring Groups
- Configuring LDAP Authentication
- Configuring Client Certificate Authentication
- Configuring RADIUS Authentication
- Configuring SAML Authentication
- Configuring TACACS+ Authentication
- Configuring Multifactor Authentication
- Configuring Single Sign-On
- Configuring One-Time Password Use
- nFactor for Gateway Authentication
- Unified Gateway Visualizer
Configuring the VPN User Experience
- How User Connections Work with the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in
- Choosing the User Access Method
- Deploying NetScaler Gateway Plug-ins for User Access
- Selecting the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in for Users
Integrating the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in with Citrix Receiver
- How User Connections Work with Citrix Receiver
- Adding the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in to Citrix Receiver
- Decoupling the Citrix Receiver Icon
- Configuring IPv6 for ICA Connections
- IConfiguring the Receiver Home Page on NetScaler Gateway
- Applying the Receiver Theme to the Logon Page
- Creating a Custom Theme for the Logon Page
- Customizing the User Portal
- Configuring Clientless Access
- Configuring the Client Choices Page
- Configuring Access Scenario Fallback
Configuring Connections for the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in
- Configuring the Number of User Sessions
- Configuring Time-Out Settings
- Connecting to Internal Network Resources
- Configuring Split Tunneling
- Configuring Client Interception
- Configuring Name Service Resolution
- Enabling Proxy Support for User Connections
- Configuring Address Pools
- Supporting VoIP Phones
- Configuring Application Access for the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in for Java
- Configuring the Access Interface
- How a Traffic Policy Works
- Configuring Session Policies
Configuring Endpoint Polices
- How Endpoint Policies Work
- Evaluating User Logon Options
- Setting the Priority of Preauthentication Policies
- Configuring Preauthentication Policies and Profiles
- Configuring Post-Authentication Policies
- Configuring Security Preauthentication Expressions for User Devices
- Configuring Compound Client Security Expressions
- Advanced Endpoint Analysis Scans
- Managing User Sessions
- AlwaysON
- Configuring Unified Gateway
Deploying in a Double-Hop DMZ
- Deploying NetScaler Gateway in a Double-Hop DMZ
- How a Double-Hop Deployment Works
- Communication Flow in a Double-Hop DMZ Deployment
- Preparing for a Double-Hop DMZ Deployment
Installing and Configuring Netscaler Gateway in a Double-Hop DMZ
- Configuring Settings on the Virtual Servers on the NetScaler Gateway Proxy
- Configuring the Appliance to Communicate with the Appliance Proxy
- Configuring NetScaler Gateway to Handle the STA and ICA Traffic
- Opening the Appropriate Ports on the Firewalls
- Managing SSL Certificates in a Double-Hop DMZ Deployment
Using High Availability
- How High Availability Works
- Configuring Settings for High Availability
- Configuring Communication Intervals
- Synchronizing NetScaler Gateway Appliances
- Synchronizing Configuration Files in a High Availability Setup
- Configuring Command Propagation
- Configuring Fail-Safe Mode
- Configuring the Virtual MAC Address
- Configuring High Availability Pairs in Different Subnets
- Configuring Route Monitors
- Configuring Link Redundancy
- Understanding the Causes of Failover
- Forcing Failover from a Node
- Using Clustering
Maintaining and Monitoring the System
- Configuring Delegated Administrators
- Configuring Auditing on NetScaler Gateway
- Enabling NetScaler Gateway Plug-in Logging
- To monitor ICA connections
- Integrating with Citrix Products
- How Users Connect to Applications, Desktops, and ShareFile
- Deploying with XenMobile App Edition, XenApp, and XenDesktop
Accessing XenApp and XenDesktop Resources with the Web Interface
- Integrating NetScaler Gateway with XenApp or XenDesktop
- Establishing a Secure Connection to the Server Farm
- Deploying with the Web Interface
- Setting Up a Web Interface Site to Work
- Configuring Communication with the Web Interface
- Configuring Additional Web Interface Settings on NetScaler Gateway
- Configuring Access to Applications and Virtual Desktops in the Web Interface
- Configuring SmartAccess
- Configuring SmartControl
Configuring Single Sign-On to the Web Interface
- To configure single sign-on to Web applications globally
- To configure single sign-on to Web applications by using a session policy
- To define the HTTP port for single sign-on to web applications
- Additional Configuration Guidelines
- To test the single sign-on connection to the Web Interface
- Configuring Single Sign-On to the Web Interface by Using a Smart Card
- To configure single sign-on for XenApp and file shares
- Allowing File Type Association
Integrating with App Controller or StoreFront
- How NetScaler Gateway and App Controller Integrate
- Creating Policies with the Quick Configuration Wizard
- Configuring NetScaler Gateway and App Controller
- Configuring Session Policies and Profiles for App Controller and StoreFront
- Configuring Custom Clientless Access Policies for Receiver
- Configuring Custom Clientless Access Policies for Receiver for Web
- Using WebFront to Integrate with StoreFront
- Integrate NetScaler Gateway with StoreFront
Configuring Settings for Your XenMobile Environment
- Configuring Load Balancing Servers for XenMobile
- Configuring Load Balancing Servers for Microsoft Exchange with Email Security Filtering
- Configuring XenMobile NetScaler Connector (XNC) ActiveSync Filtering
- Allowing Access from Mobile Devices with XenMobile Apps
- Configuring Domain and Security Token Authentication for XenMobile
- Configuring Client Certificate or Client Certificate and Domain Authentication
- Optimizing Network Traffic with CloudBridge
- RfWebUI Persona on Gateway UX Configuration
- RDP Proxy
- HDX Enlightened Data Transport Support
- Microsoft Intune Integration
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Configuring NetScaler Gateway and App Controller
To enable communication from user devices to the secure network, you need to configure settings in NetScaler Gateway and in App Controller. Citrix recommends running the Quick Configuration wizard to configure these settings, which include settings for App Controller and StoreFront.
When you run the wizard, NetScaler Gateway creates the virtual server and policies that are needed for user connections to App Controller. For more information about running the Quick Configuration wizard, see Configuring Settings with the Quick Configuration Wizard. The Quick Configuration wizard configures the following policies automatically:
- Virtual server. When you configure a virtual server, you enable SmartAccess mode. When you enable SmartAccess mode (the default setting), this setting also enables clientless access. If users connect by using Receiver for Web, you must install a Universal license on NetScaler Gateway. If you do not install the Universal license, users cannot access Windows-based, web, SaaS, or mobile applications from Receiver for Web or Worx Home.
- Session policies bound to the virtual server. You create session policies in NetScaler Gateway. You can create the following four session policies:
- Two session policies manage Receiver and Worx Home connections and web browser connections with Receiver for Web. When you configure the session policy for Receiver, and you want to allow users to connect with Worx Home for iOS, you can enable Secure Browse on the Security tab in the session profile
- Optionally, if you deploy StoreFront, you can configure a third session policy that manages legacy PNA Services connections from Receiver for Android and Receiver for iOS. If you enable a session policy for PNA Services, users cannot use this connection method from Receiver for Windows.
- A fourth session policy manages connections to applications and virtual desktops by using the NetScaler Gateway Plug-in. You can also configure Account Services that allows email-based discovery of the StoreFront or NetScaler Gateway web address.
- Authentication policies bound to the virtual server. You can configure LDAP and RADIUS authentication policies in NetScaler Gateway. If you use two-factor authentication, Citrix recommends using LDAP as the primary authentication policy and RADIUS as the secondary policy.
- Expressions. In each session policy, you configure expressions, or rules, that use the User-Agent header.
- Custom clientless access policy. You create a custom clientless access policy to control the rewriting of URLs and how cookies are proxied through NetScaler Gateway.
- Intranet Applications for Android Worx apps. If you enable split tunneling on NetScaler Gateway, when you configure the IP address routes for Android Worx apps, include the IP addresses of App Controller, the Exchange server (if you are using WorxMail), and all of the IP addresses of internal application web sites that users access from WorxWeb. Bind these settings to the virtual server on NetScaler Gateway.
Configuring App Controller Settings
There are two steps for allowing connections to App Controller applications in the secure network through NetScaler Gateway. In App Controller, you:
- Configure NetScaler Gateway trust settings.
- Specify the application to accept connections from remote users.
To route user connections through NetScaler Gateway, you provide the following information:
- Name for the appliance. This can be any name you choose.
- Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to which users connect, such as
- FQDN for the callback URL that verifies that the request came from NetScaler Gateway. You use the same FQDN to which users connect. App Controller appends the FQDN automatically with the authentication service URL. For example, the URL appears as
You can select the web applications that require remote user connections through NetScaler Gateway. When you configure an application in App Controller, you select a check box that identifies that the web application is hosted in the internal network. This adds the VPN keyword to the application and allows the connection request through NetScaler Gateway.
Configuring StoreFront Settings
To support all access methods for users, you need to configure the following settings in StoreFront:
- Authentication methods, which include the following settings:
- User name and password
- Domain pass-through
- Pass-through from NetScaler Gateway
- The Enable legacy support setting.
- NetScaler Gateway settings, including:
- NetScaler Gateway web address
- Deployment mode
- NetScaler Gateway mapped or subnet IP address
- Logon type as Domain
- Silent authentication by using the URL
https://\<NetScalerGatewayFQDN\>/CitrixAuthService/AuthService.asmx, where NetScalerGatewayFQDN is the FQDN that is in the certificate bound to the virtual server.
If you configure two-factor authentication on NetScaler Gateway, when you configure the settings in StoreFront and you configure the Logon type, select Domain and security token.