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Topic: Funes


In the News (Sat 2 Jun 12)

  
  Funes, the Memorious   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Pedro Leandro Ipuche has written that Funes was a precursor of the superman, "an untamed and vernacular Zarathustra"; I do not doubt it, but one must not forget, either, that he was a countryman from the town of Fray Bentos, with certain incurable limitations.
He added that Ireneo was the son of Maria Clementina Funes, an ironing woman in the town, and that his father, some people said, was an "Englishman" named O'Connor, a doctor in the salting fields, though some said the father was a horse-breaker, or scout, from the province of El Salto.
Ireneo Funes died in 1889, of a pulmonary congestion.
www.bridgewater.edu /~atrupe/GEC101/Funes.html   (2605 words)

  
 Ashoka Fellow Profile - Dario Funes
Through Funes' program, locals learn that they don't need to passively wait for outside employers to return; they have the power to take their fates into their own hands, and create work for themselves.
Funes is now advising schools in the Patagonic communities of Gadres and Sepaucal to build social enterprises based on dried fruit manufacture and gem production, and as word of his success spreads other regions of Argentina are requesting his help.
Funes grew up in Arizona, a rural community in the foothills of the Andes, the son of teachers and entrepreneurs.
www.ashoka.org /fellows/viewprofile3.cfm?reid=153724   (1605 words)

  
 Falls Church News-Press
Funes carries the history of that kidnapping in his eyes and face.
Funes was raised in Choluteca, an area of Honduras he said is known for its dairy farms.
Funes joked that sometimes he takes a vacation, but in fact he remains in a constant struggle to fix and replace parts as fast as they wear out.
www.fcnp.com /538/comayagua.htm   (1502 words)

  
 Welcome to the Now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Funes was a bus-driver in a transportation co-operative in El Salvador and was elected to negotiate fuel quotas and licence approvals with the ministry of transportation.
Of note, Funes' two sisters and their families followed them to Canada in January 1999, after receiving threats related to his situation, and were granted refugee status.
She also noted that Funes' sisters and their families came to Canada for the same reason and were accepted as refugees.
www.thenownewspaper.com /issues05/042105/news/042105nn1.html   (927 words)

  
 Oberpiskoihof Farm – Holidays in Funes South Tyrol
Funes Valley is located between the cities of Bressanone and Chiusa and it lies to the east of Isarco Valley.
The way to Funes leads you through a narrow and rocky gorge but after a few kilometres the valley spreads out in front of you and you will be stunned by its beauty.
Funes Valley is one of the last unspoilt and undeveloped valleys in South Tyrol, that is why it is legally protected.
www.oberpiskoihof.it /en/summer.htm   (426 words)

  
 Vatican Observatory Staff - José G. Funes, S.J.
Funes, born January 31, 1963, in Cordoba, Argentina, completed his masters' degree in astronomy (licenciado en astronomia) at the National University of Cordoba, in 1985.
In 2000 he obtained his doctorate in astronomy at the University of Padua with the study of the kinematics of the ionized gas in the inner regions of 25 disk galaxies.
Funes entered the Society of Jesus in 1985, obtaining a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1990 at the Universidad del Salvador in San Miguel, Argentina.
clavius.as.arizona.edu /vo/R1024/JFunes.html   (550 words)

  
 Silenciando
Funes was promoted to news director and hosted what soon became Salvador’s highest rated morning show, “Interview of the Day.” Nevertheless, many Salvadoran businesses refused to advertise on the station, and government ads remained slight.
Funes defended himself and his station on the air that night, and two days later, the newspaper published another editorial critical of Funes that read: “He thinks North Korea is a free country, he thinks the Berlin Wall should remain standing, he is a friend of Fidel Castro.”
Funes is encouraged by these reactions, but he knows that more work lies ahead for him, Zedan and the rest of TV12: “In March [of 2001], I was afraid that the channel was going to close.
www.globaljournalist.org /archive/Magazine/Silenciando-20022q.html   (1747 words)

  
 The Zahir
Funes was standing over me, in itself a cause for alarm, as he never arose from his bed except in the direst of emergencies.
Funes occasionally awoke in the middle of the night, and, being unable to see the pepper-mill hanging suspended in front of his face in the dark, would rustle and talk to himself and finally strike a light, before he caught sight of the pepper-mill and was able to get back to sleep.
Funes alone would have been immune to the Zahir, for the quantity and detail of his memory alone would have been beyond the coin's power to compass.
www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~jatill/175/zahir.htm   (2038 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Consciousness separates humans from sense perceiving “garbage heaps.” Jorge Luis Borges, in “Funes the Memorious,” and Albert Camus, in “The Stranger,” explore the causes of consciousness.
Funes’ frustration was that his imperfect memory and senses mapped a distorted reality into his mind.
Funes shows that the emotions Meursault feels are a direct result of his imagination.
www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /~pwillen1/lit/camborg.htm   (2330 words)

  
 Author Index
Funes, Pablo and Pollack, Jordan B. Measuring Progress in Coevolutionary Competition.
Funes, P., Sklar, E., Juillé, H. and Pollack, J. Animal-Animat Coevolution: Using the Animal Population as Fitness Function.
Funes, P., Sklar, E., Juillé, H. and Pollack, J. The Internet as a Virtual Ecology: Coevolutionary Arms Races Between Human and Artificial Populations.
www.demo.cs.brandeis.edu /papers/author.html   (7567 words)

  
 Brain Power Magazine - brought to you by MSO Worldwide
Funes had also developed his own system of number memorisation, translating them into people and other memorable images.
From Borges' description, Funes had synaesthesia (the sensation of a sense other than the one being stimulated, for example a smell may awake sensations of colour), coupled with a heightened sense of visual imagery.
On discovering his exceptional talent, Funes set about the task of cataloguing every memory image of his life, which numbered 70,000 by his calculation, a remarkably ambitious task that was curtailed by his death due to lung congestion at the age of twenty-one.
www.msoworld.com /brain/mag/2000/issue3/bpm3_6.html   (456 words)

  
 Funes, his Mail Archive Search Software
Funes is a Java program that enables you to search your memories.
Funes adds the glue to parse mailboxes and interact with you via a command line interface.
I wrote Funes because I wanted my own tool to work my own way, because I needed something to keep out of trouble while I was looking for work, and because Lucene was so cool.
www.somebits.com /funes   (277 words)

  
 Outcry over firing of TV news director and presenter Mauricio Funes : print
"This is not the first time that Mauricio Funes has had one of his programmes suspended, so the series of sanctions applied to members of his team is worrying," the press freedom organization said.
Journalist Kristin Neubauer said this occurred after Funes was scathing about the government’s poor handling of relief operations after the January 2003 earthquake.
Funes is known for presenting programmes in which guests are invited to discuss the country’s current affairs in a very outspoken manner.
www.rsf.org /print.php3?id_article=12612   (537 words)

  
 Bokardo » The Digital Funes the Memorious
Just like Funes, the words of the Google executives do not convey the richness or depth of their ideas.
Funes dealt with the problem of remembering details by wishing that each could be reduced to a single word or symbol.
“(Funes was discontented) with the fact that “thirty-three Uruguayans” required two symbols and three words, rather than a single word and a single symbol.
bokardo.com /archives/the-digital-funes-the-memorious   (1174 words)

  
 First Grants Made from Funes Fund at CSU San Marcos
The legacy of Donald Funes, professor and architect of the Visual and Performing Arts Program, has continued with the first awards from the Funes Funds.
The Funes Fund for Arts and Events was established by the Funes family and has been enriched by the donations of friends.
Faculty will be invited each spring semester to apply for a Funes Fund grant to subsidize a class trip to an arts event.
www.csusm.edu /newsmedia/releases/Fall99/FunesFund.html   (331 words)

  
 Funes Fence & Construction - Paterson, NJ - Home
Funes Fence & Construction - Paterson, NJ - Home
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Please take a moment to browse through our site to learn more about our company and how we can show you the Funes Fence and Construction difference.
www.funesfence.com   (162 words)

  
 Louis de Funes
It was a third film, shot in the summer of 1957 under the direction of Yves Robert, that brought Louis de Funes critical acclaim.
Apparently he can’t shoot without her being there...” For all his accomplishments Louis de Funes remained as timid and insecure about his acting as the day he first started.
Today he is remembered fondly by his public the world over for the laughter he inspired and his ability to find humor in even the most morbid circumstances.
www.francevision.com /defunes/defunesbio.htm   (2146 words)

  
 [No title]
Opis: Septime (Louis De Funes) is the owner of a posh French restaurant in Paris who is afraid of his temperamental cooks but who takes his frustrations out on his other employees.
De Funes adds his own flair of irascible, self-depreciating humor that is the highlight of this comedy spy adventure.
Opis: Bertrand (Louis De Funes) is a victim of flmail when a man asks for his daughter's hand in marriage in this madcap comedy of errors.
members.fortunecity.com /homedivx/louis_defunes.html   (1350 words)

  
 Reflexology Volume 2 with Rhonda Funes
Her mission is simple – to help you achieve maximum results from correct and easily applied reflexology techniques.
Meet Rhonda Funes, one of the leading reflexologists in Beverly Hills and the current Education Chair of the Reflexology Association of California.
Rhonda Funes is a graduate of the American Academy of Reflexology, and currently teaches at the Massage School of Santa Monica and the Shiatsu Massage School of California.
www.atpeacemedia.com /pages/MASSAGEReflex2.html   (1013 words)

  
 Gregorio Funes
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FUNES, Gregorio, South American author, born in Cordova de Tucuman, Buenos Aires, about the middle of the 18th century; died about 1820.
FUNES, Gregorio, South American author, born in Cordova de Tucuman, Buenos Ayres, about the middle of the 18th century; died about 1820.
www.famousamericans.net /gregoriofunes   (499 words)

  
 Carmen Funes Museum
Carmen Funes Museum is a small institution directed by the Paleontologist Rodolfo Coria who works with a group of qualified technicians in charge of keeping the rooms updated and also carrying out a permanent field research work.
The discovery of dinosaurs through films by the lay public has increased the interest in this topic, and Patagonia is a region rich in fossils not completely discovered yet.
In Carmen Funes Museum there is an exhibition with reconstructions, dioramas, videos, tapes and fossils that show the variety of dinosaurs in this territory, its sistematic, biogeographic and paleoenvironmental importance
www.interpatagonia.com /paseos/carmen_funes/index_i.html   (205 words)

  
 Genetic Programming Bibliography entries for Pablo J Funes
Jordan B. Pollack and Gregory S. Hornby and Hod Lipson and Pablo Funes.
Jordan B. Pollack and Hod Lipson and Pablo Funes and Gregory Hornby.
Pablo Funes and Elizabeth Sklar and Hugues Juille and Jordan Pollack.
www.cs.bham.ac.uk /~wbl/biblio/gp-html/PabloJFunes.html   (281 words)

  
 eBay - de funes, DVD HD DVD, Movie Memorabilia items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
LA SOUPE AUX CHOUX De Funes J. Villeret New Reg.
LOUIS DE FUNES LE GENDARME SE MARIE DVD*French CULT
Louis de Funes LE GENDARM SE MARIE '68 French 1sh
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=de+funes&newu=1&krd=1   (600 words)

  
 DBLP: Pablo Funes
Jordan B. Pollack, Hod Lipson, Sevan Ficci, Pablo Funes, Gregory Hornby, Richard A. Watson: Evolutionary Techniques in Physical Robotics.
Alan D. Blair, Elizabeth Sklar, Pablo Funes: Co-evolution, Determinism and Robustness.
Barry Brian Werger, Pablo Funes, Miguel Schneider-Fontán, Randy Sargent, Carl Witty, Tim Witty: The Spirit of Bolivia: Complex Behavior Through Minimal Control.
www.informatik.uni-trier.de /~ley/db/indices/a-tree/f/Funes:Pablo.html   (168 words)

  
 Reflexology Volume 1 with Rhonda Funes
Whether you are a beginner or experienced massage therapist, you can become more knowledgeable and confident about the nerve-rich areas of the feet.
Rhonda Funes has been practicing and teaching reflexology for 15 years.
In this video, she demonstrates basic and advanced reflexology techniques that anyone can use.
www.atpeacemedia.com /pages/MASSAGEReflex1.html   (1004 words)

  
 Keep the FUNES Family in Canada Petition
THAT the Rodolfo Funes Family, of Surrey, British Columbia, are good and true neighbours contributing in a meaningful and positive way to our community and country;
THEREFORE, the petitioners call upon you, as Minister of Immigration of Canada, to intercede on behalf of the Funes Family and permit them to remain in Canada.
The Keep the FUNES Family in Canada Petition to The Honorable John Volpe, MP, The Minister of Immigration Canada was created by Surrey, BC, Canada and written by Alison Csanyi, for the Friends of the Funes Family (csanyi@shaw.ca).
www.petitiononline.com /funesfam/petition.html   (199 words)

  
 Miguel Funes hijo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Retorno al quinto patio (1951) (as niño Miguel Funes Jr.)
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Miguel Funes hijo
Find where Miguel Funes hijo is credited alongside another name
imdb.com /name/nm0298624   (98 words)

  
 Louis de Funès Movies on VHS Tape @ Filmbug
With Louis De Funes, Bourvil and Terry Thomas
With Louis De Funes, Noel Roquevert and Fernand Raynaud
With Jean Gabin, Louis de Funes and Bourvil
www.filmbug.com /db/343145-22   (160 words)

  
 Louis de Funes - anagrams
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www.anagramgenius.com /archive/louis-de-funes.html   (50 words)

  
 Funes Travel - Tips, Guides & Reviews on Travel Library
Funes Travel - Tips, Guides & Reviews on Travel Library
Funes Travel - Guides & Reviews on Travel Library
Check out our Funes hotel reviews before your book.
www.travel-library.com /europe/spain/funes.html   (136 words)

  
 Version Française Vol 1, No 3 -- Fall 1996
Perhaps that's the reason it was shown here.
While De Funes' best and most successful films came during the 1960s, he was active until his death at the age of 69 in 1983.
A heart attack in the 1970s slowed him down, but his career was never on hold.
www.francevision.com /nsltr/vf13/vf031.htm   (1014 words)

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