The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is an intergovernmental body charged with advocating for the hungry and helping poor countries develop their food and agriculture sectors.
With soaring world food prices in 2007-2008, the Organization reported new hunger figures early in 2009 that 1.02 billion people in the world are now undernourished.
Linked events
FAO’s governing Council in June 2009 approved the holding of a World Summit on Food Security on 16-18 November to address the increase in the number of hungry. As part of a campaign to push governments to dedicate the necessary funding and priority to food and agriculture, FAO launched a petition and called for a fast against hunger prior to the Summit.
The Organization announced prior to the Summit that countries such as Brazil, Nigeria and Viet Nam were reducing hunger by encouraging small farmers and the rural sector.
Support from Goodwill Ambassador
The FAO Goodwill Ambassador program includes Carl Lewis, Fanny Lu, Pierre Cardin and others. They have indicated they will support the 1 billion hungry campaign and urge others to sign the petition at http://www.1billionhungry.org.
With soaring world food prices in 2007-2008, the Organization reported new hunger figures early in 2009 that 1.02 billion people in the world are now undernourished.
Linked events
FAO’s governing Council in June 2009 approved the holding of a World Summit on Food Security on 16-18 November to address the increase in the number of hungry. As part of a campaign to push governments to dedicate the necessary funding and priority to food and agriculture, FAO launched a petition and called for a fast against hunger prior to the Summit.
The Organization announced prior to the Summit that countries such as Brazil, Nigeria and Viet Nam were reducing hunger by encouraging small farmers and the rural sector.
Support from Goodwill Ambassador
The FAO Goodwill Ambassador program includes Carl Lewis, Fanny Lu, Pierre Cardin and others. They have indicated they will support the 1 billion hungry campaign and urge others to sign the petition at http://www.1billionhungry.org.
Moriel Matalon (Lawyer) is an Israeli Lawyer and the managing partner of Gornitzky & Co., one of the largest and prestigious law firms in Israel.
Biography
Mr. Matalon specializes in Infrastructure and Energy Projects, International Trade Transactions, Real Estate, Corporate & Commercial, Hi-Tech & Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions and Hotels.
Mr. Matalon served, amongst other, as the leading lawyer on behalf of the Israeli government in the Cross-Israel Highway 6 project, and on behalf of the government in the Tel Aviv Light Rail project.
He led an international consortium for the world’s largest sea-water desalination project at Ashkelon. Mr. Matalon represented the Israeli government in the privatization and IPO of the government-owned company- Shekem, acted on behalf of the Israeli government in the privatization and sale of the Paz Oil company, and represents leading international and Israeli hotel chains.
He has represented clients in significant commercial matters, amongst others, involvement in the launching of Israel’s first satellite TV Company, including receipt of license from the government, regulatory and legislative aspects up to appeals to the Israeli Supreme Court.
Moriel Matalon is the Managing Partner of the firm and the Chairman of the firm's Executive Committee. While a student at the Hebrew University during the 60's, Mr. Matalon served as Vice-Chairman of the Student Union and as chairman of the Likud Party Students Organization (known at that time as Gahal).
Mr. Matalon served as an assistant to a Minister in the Israeli government from 1969 to 1970. From 1970 to 1975 he served at the Military Advocate-General Unit of the Israel Defense Forces, first as a military prosecutor, and later as the Deputy Head of the International Law department of the Israel Defense Forces. After completing five years of service, he moved to New York where he worked as an associate at the law firm of Amen, Weissman and Butler in New York City from 1975 to 1978.
Mr. Matalon returned to Israel and joined Gornitzky & Co. in April 1978, becoming a partner in 1981. He has an LL.B. from the Hebrew University (1970) and an LL.M. (cum laude) from the Hebrew University (1974).
Chambers’ Global mentioned that peers and clients alike consider managing partner Moriel Matalon a- "Talented negotiator and knowledgeable practitioner" with expertise in project finance as well as corporate and hotel work. Projects feature prominently for managing partner Moriel Matalon, considered by peers and clients to be a “Talented negotiator and a wily M&A guy”.
The “PLC Which Lawyer” yearbook recommend Mr. Matalon in the following practice areas: Projects, Banking and Finance, Corporate, Real Estate.
The 2007 PLC’s Cross-border Handbook: Finance, chose Adv. Moriel Matalon as one of Israel’s leading lawyers in the Finance practice area. The guide elaborates about Adv. Matalon- "Managing partner at the firm, In addition to a commercial and broad general practice. He has had significant experience in large infrastructure projects”.
Biography
Mr. Matalon specializes in Infrastructure and Energy Projects, International Trade Transactions, Real Estate, Corporate & Commercial, Hi-Tech & Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions and Hotels.
Mr. Matalon served, amongst other, as the leading lawyer on behalf of the Israeli government in the Cross-Israel Highway 6 project, and on behalf of the government in the Tel Aviv Light Rail project.
He led an international consortium for the world’s largest sea-water desalination project at Ashkelon. Mr. Matalon represented the Israeli government in the privatization and IPO of the government-owned company- Shekem, acted on behalf of the Israeli government in the privatization and sale of the Paz Oil company, and represents leading international and Israeli hotel chains.
He has represented clients in significant commercial matters, amongst others, involvement in the launching of Israel’s first satellite TV Company, including receipt of license from the government, regulatory and legislative aspects up to appeals to the Israeli Supreme Court.
Moriel Matalon is the Managing Partner of the firm and the Chairman of the firm's Executive Committee. While a student at the Hebrew University during the 60's, Mr. Matalon served as Vice-Chairman of the Student Union and as chairman of the Likud Party Students Organization (known at that time as Gahal).
Mr. Matalon served as an assistant to a Minister in the Israeli government from 1969 to 1970. From 1970 to 1975 he served at the Military Advocate-General Unit of the Israel Defense Forces, first as a military prosecutor, and later as the Deputy Head of the International Law department of the Israel Defense Forces. After completing five years of service, he moved to New York where he worked as an associate at the law firm of Amen, Weissman and Butler in New York City from 1975 to 1978.
Mr. Matalon returned to Israel and joined Gornitzky & Co. in April 1978, becoming a partner in 1981. He has an LL.B. from the Hebrew University (1970) and an LL.M. (cum laude) from the Hebrew University (1974).
Chambers’ Global mentioned that peers and clients alike consider managing partner Moriel Matalon a- "Talented negotiator and knowledgeable practitioner" with expertise in project finance as well as corporate and hotel work. Projects feature prominently for managing partner Moriel Matalon, considered by peers and clients to be a “Talented negotiator and a wily M&A guy”.
The “PLC Which Lawyer” yearbook recommend Mr. Matalon in the following practice areas: Projects, Banking and Finance, Corporate, Real Estate.
The 2007 PLC’s Cross-border Handbook: Finance, chose Adv. Moriel Matalon as one of Israel’s leading lawyers in the Finance practice area. The guide elaborates about Adv. Matalon- "Managing partner at the firm, In addition to a commercial and broad general practice. He has had significant experience in large infrastructure projects”.
The Shangra-la Mission was founded in 2002 by by Lorraine Michaels, as an Ascended Master organization. Her students believe she is an anointed messenger for the Great White Brotherhood. According to her students, the mantle of messenger was given to Lorraine in 2002, by her Twin Flame, the Ascended Master The Great Divine Director. The mission's goal was to bring the Teachings of "Being" your Divine Self and "More" and the achieving the true oneness of the union of Father-Mother God here below through Being I AM, much in the footsteps of previously sponsored organization of the Ascended Masters.
The Ascended Masters
The Ascended Masters are believed to be part of a larger group of Cosmic Beings who comprise the organization of the Great White Brotherhood. In the Piscean Age dispensation, the Ascended Masters (also known as the ) are believed to have sponsored several organizations, most notably Theosophy, Agni Yoga Society, , The Bridge to Freedom, and the The Summit Lighthouse. Many Shangra-la followers have belonged to these past sponsored organizations, moving forward with each newly sponsored organization as their Messengers have taken their ascensions or retired and the Masters have begun a new dispensation.In these prior dispensations, the Masters have taught progressive concepts of reincarnation and balancing karma through the use of the violet flame, as well as the understanding of the individual I AM Presence, the Holy Christ Self, twin flames, soul retrieval and the Ascension. Students believe that the Masters have shared higher and more advanced teachings with each new organization, with the goal of helping students and all of mankind, and that the Masters are bridging the Piscean Age teachings sponsored by Jesus, released through the last century and their sponsored activities, to the Aquarian Age sponsored by Saint Germain through new concepts given through their sponsored Messengers. Students believe that the Masters are teaching their students the concepts of the inner path and its enemy the Conscious You creation, through the use of the Miracle Freedom Rosaries, Being retrieval, "I AM" THAT "I AM" twin flames, and through being one with I AM You.
The Ascended Master Aquarian Age Dispensation
Unlike prior dispensations, the Shangra-la Mission dispensation is founded on the distribution worldwide of the teachings of the Ascended Masters rather than the acquisition of new members. The Aquarian Age is known as the Age of Freedom. One of the greatest tools for freedom of speech that exists in this Age is the internet. Since 2002, the Shangra-la Mission has created various websites to facilitate the distribution of the Aquarian Age teachings from the Ascended Masters, geared to varying levels of religious and spiritual belief. Material on the websites has been translated into nine languages. Classes have been given on how to develop inner communications using the VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) communications service Skype. Teachings of the Ascended Masters are studied over Skypecast or broadcast over Internet radio. Several times a year, Ascended Master students gather together at different locations around the world to study and make applicable Being the Word by praying, studying and creating together. The focus is not on receiving the Word of the ascended masters through anointed messengers, but Being the Word, each one taking up their own mantle of Being I AM You.
Further reading
* Modi, Shakuntala, M.D. Memories of God and Creation. Hampton Roads Publishing Co. 2000. ISBN 978-1-57174-196-7
* Prophet, Elizabeth C. The Great White Brotherhood in the Culture, History and Religion of America. The Summit University Press 1978. ISBN 978-0-916766-16-0
* Saint Germain. I AM Discourses. Saint Germain Press 1935. ISBN 978-1-878891-48-8
* Leadbeater, C.W. The Masters and the Path. The Theosophical Publishing House 1925 (Reprint: Kessinger Publishing 1997). ISBN 978-1-56459-686-4
The Ascended Masters
The Ascended Masters are believed to be part of a larger group of Cosmic Beings who comprise the organization of the Great White Brotherhood. In the Piscean Age dispensation, the Ascended Masters (also known as the ) are believed to have sponsored several organizations, most notably Theosophy, Agni Yoga Society, , The Bridge to Freedom, and the The Summit Lighthouse. Many Shangra-la followers have belonged to these past sponsored organizations, moving forward with each newly sponsored organization as their Messengers have taken their ascensions or retired and the Masters have begun a new dispensation.In these prior dispensations, the Masters have taught progressive concepts of reincarnation and balancing karma through the use of the violet flame, as well as the understanding of the individual I AM Presence, the Holy Christ Self, twin flames, soul retrieval and the Ascension. Students believe that the Masters have shared higher and more advanced teachings with each new organization, with the goal of helping students and all of mankind, and that the Masters are bridging the Piscean Age teachings sponsored by Jesus, released through the last century and their sponsored activities, to the Aquarian Age sponsored by Saint Germain through new concepts given through their sponsored Messengers. Students believe that the Masters are teaching their students the concepts of the inner path and its enemy the Conscious You creation, through the use of the Miracle Freedom Rosaries, Being retrieval, "I AM" THAT "I AM" twin flames, and through being one with I AM You.
The Ascended Master Aquarian Age Dispensation
Unlike prior dispensations, the Shangra-la Mission dispensation is founded on the distribution worldwide of the teachings of the Ascended Masters rather than the acquisition of new members. The Aquarian Age is known as the Age of Freedom. One of the greatest tools for freedom of speech that exists in this Age is the internet. Since 2002, the Shangra-la Mission has created various websites to facilitate the distribution of the Aquarian Age teachings from the Ascended Masters, geared to varying levels of religious and spiritual belief. Material on the websites has been translated into nine languages. Classes have been given on how to develop inner communications using the VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) communications service Skype. Teachings of the Ascended Masters are studied over Skypecast or broadcast over Internet radio. Several times a year, Ascended Master students gather together at different locations around the world to study and make applicable Being the Word by praying, studying and creating together. The focus is not on receiving the Word of the ascended masters through anointed messengers, but Being the Word, each one taking up their own mantle of Being I AM You.
Further reading
* Modi, Shakuntala, M.D. Memories of God and Creation. Hampton Roads Publishing Co. 2000. ISBN 978-1-57174-196-7
* Prophet, Elizabeth C. The Great White Brotherhood in the Culture, History and Religion of America. The Summit University Press 1978. ISBN 978-0-916766-16-0
* Saint Germain. I AM Discourses. Saint Germain Press 1935. ISBN 978-1-878891-48-8
* Leadbeater, C.W. The Masters and the Path. The Theosophical Publishing House 1925 (Reprint: Kessinger Publishing 1997). ISBN 978-1-56459-686-4
jIRCii is an Internet Relay Chat client (IRC) for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
jIRCii provides an IRC experience similar to ircII, hADES, and BitchX with the advantages of a solid user interface. Features include DCC/CTCP support, multiple server connections, IRC over SSL support, tab key nickname completion, and over 75 built-in commands. jIRCii is fully scriptable using the Sleep programming language. jIRCii includes most of the features of an advanced IRC script. Features such as advanced tab-key completion, over 70 common sense aliases, notify list, ignore list, etc.
jIRCii is very adaptable i.e. you can IRC through multiple windows with an interface that resembles mIRC, or you can IRC through a single window with an interface that resembles ircII.
It is also possible to customize jIRCii by writing scripts in the perl-like language sleep. Other clients have an awkward interface for interfacing scripts with their software. Sleep is directly integrated with jIRCii in a common sense manner. It is powerful enough to keep the advanced coder happy and easy enough to learn that first time scripters can customize the client to their hearts content.
jIRCii provides an IRC experience similar to ircII, hADES, and BitchX with the advantages of a solid user interface. Features include DCC/CTCP support, multiple server connections, IRC over SSL support, tab key nickname completion, and over 75 built-in commands. jIRCii is fully scriptable using the Sleep programming language. jIRCii includes most of the features of an advanced IRC script. Features such as advanced tab-key completion, over 70 common sense aliases, notify list, ignore list, etc.
jIRCii is very adaptable i.e. you can IRC through multiple windows with an interface that resembles mIRC, or you can IRC through a single window with an interface that resembles ircII.
It is also possible to customize jIRCii by writing scripts in the perl-like language sleep. Other clients have an awkward interface for interfacing scripts with their software. Sleep is directly integrated with jIRCii in a common sense manner. It is powerful enough to keep the advanced coder happy and easy enough to learn that first time scripters can customize the client to their hearts content.