Contributing what you are.`Information, inspiration and practical tips for 21st century peacemakers' was the theme of a recent reunion conference of young people who had taken part in the Caux Scholars Program, an annual month-long course in conflict transformation (see FAC FAC - Functional Array Calculator. An APL-like language, but purely functional and lazy. It allows infinite arrays. ["FAC: A Functional APL Language", H.-C. Tu and A.J. Perlis, IEEE Trans Soft Eng 3(1):36-45 (Jan 1986)]. Vol 12 No 6). The 25 former Scholars travelled from as far away as Mozambique, Russia and California to attend the weekend event in the new MRA MRA Medical Record Administrator. MRA Magnetic resonance angiography, see MR angiography centre at Greencoat Place, London, from 28-30 January. The aims were to renew the vision the programme graduates first found at the MRA centre in Caux, Switzerland Caux is a small village in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. Looking out over Lake Geneva from an altitude of 1000 meters, the Caux conference centre of Initiatives of Change[1] can accommodate up to 450 people. , to refresh their skills, deepen their understanding and to give hope and inspiration to those who often work alone and in difficult circumstances. Quaker peacemaker Adam Curle Adam Curle (born July 4 1916, died 28 September 2006) was a British academic and Quaker peace activist. His full name was Charles Thomas William Curle; he was known as "Adam" after the town where he was born, L'Isle-Adam, north of Paris. , who has invested much effort over 40 years in conflict situations, gave the keynote address keynote address n. An opening address, as at a political convention, that outlines the issues to be considered. Also called keynote speech. Noun 1. . He underlined the importance of `being with' people who are suffering violence in today's many conflicts. `Non-violence means responding with something like love to people who are threatening you.' He concluded by urging his audience to `live constantly in the light of eternity,' and said, `Your main contribution to humanity is what you are.' |
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