What is a Cajun Traiteur

Unless you are from South Louisiana, the word "traiteur" would sound strange to you. Cajuns are an ethnic group from the Acadiana area of Southern Louisiana. Some would call the Cajun traiteur a faith healer. This tradition has existed since the 1700's when the Acadians first migrated to Southern La. from France.

Like many traditions, traiteurs (also known as "treaters") are not as prevalent now as they once were. The traiteur is a Cajun healer who is able to "treat" different ailments such as warts, shingles, sunstroke, toothaches, bleeding and earaches.

The older Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys generation of traiteurs mostly spoke Cajun French. This form of healing was passed down from one generation to another, usually in the form of prayers and techniques used. My great aunt tried to teach me the prayers that she used to treat sunstroke. The prayers that she learned for treating were in French and as I did not speak French, I was not able to learn these. After I took classes in energy healing years later, I wished that I had paid more attention to what she was trying to teach me.

One common ailment that many traiteurs treated was warts. I remember my mother bringing me to an elderly lady that me for warts on my hand. It was expected that the warts would go away and they did. A similar situation occurred with my son. He started having numerous warts on his hands around the cuticles and on the calf of one leg. A dermatologist told us that he could burn the warts off, but this would ruin his cuticles and the warts would probably come back anyway. At this point, I called a woman who "treated" for warts. I just gave her his name and what was wrong and she said to call back in a couple of weeks if the warts were still there. I called back a couple of times. Shortly after, the warts disappeared as easily as they had appeared.

Years later, nfl jerseys cheap I was treated for shingles. This was done 3 times and after that, there were no signs of shingles.

Most of the traiteurs were Catholic and so prayer was an important element in treating. Usually prayers and sometimes Novenas were said (saying a set of prayers for usually 9 days)in cheap nfl jerseys silence. As faith is a very important component,traiteurs are essentially "praying" for the sick. This may be considered faith healing or laying on of hands.

I now understand from my experience as an energy healer,that the energy fields that surround the body are being balanced as the traiteur uses their hands in a pattern around the body, usually doing this 3 times. Setting the intention of wanting the person to be healthy is part of their philosophy, which allows for the healing to occur.

In the marsh areas of rural parts of La. along the bayous, doctors were not that accessible nor could most people afford to go to a physician. So, the traiteurs in the past played an important part in health care for this region. A friend recalled her grandmother's life as a traiteur. She could remember as a small child, lines of people waiting outside the house with eggs or chickens as payment.

Most traiteurs do not ask for payment in exchange for their services as they consider their healing abilities a gift from God.

Traiteurs that I know today often incorporate alternative or energy healing methods such as Reiki or Healing touch in their treatments.

Sue has always been a proponent of using natural methods whenever possible. So, when the opportunity became available to use natural therapeutic therapies to help individuals achieve a return to wholeness, she pursued this path and became certified as a Healing Touch Practitioner.

Sue became involved with Healing Touch in 1998 and received her certification as a Healing Touch practitioner in 2002. She is also a Certified Integrated Energy Therapy Practitioner, a Reiki Practitioner, and a Quantum Touch Practitioner. She also uses energy based therapies for trauma release work with success.

When working with Volunteers of America, Sue was able to provide sessions for disaster relief workers as well as members of the National Guard while they were dealing with the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in La.

She has been a guest speaker for numerous organizations, as well as presenting at state conferences. Sue has written articles on energy work for alternative and complementary newsletters and online publications. She has developed material and has been a trainer for education classes for child care.

She has been able to integrate energy based therapies into local hospital operating and recovery rooms as well as providing these therapies to newborn babies at a local hospital.

As a volunteer at health fairs and cancer survivor retreats offering energy based therapies, Sue has gained experience in dealing with a variety of health challenges.

Oui. many Acadians who survived found their way to Louisiana yes, were able to bring their culture healing modalities with them which are a fusion of French Native American not just Catholic, European. They also use herbs in their 'traitements'. Potent medicine pour s We are hoping the Wholesale Nike Jerseys Le Grand R the Acadien Awakening, our celebration and upcoming cultural preservation gatherings will help to keep this art of energy healing alive!.

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My dictionary translates "qual" with "dolor" for am. engl. "dolour" for brit. engl. so, going by this I would translate the proverb as follows: "Who has the choice, has the dolor." I don't know if dolor is a commonly used word in english but this is the closest translation for the word that I can think of. Kiddycat

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What it's REALLY like to sleep in the world's coldest hotel

Within seconds, my eyelashes freeze. Shortly followed by the hairs inside my nose. It's minus 30C; a punishing Multicolor Printed Pony Compacta 100mm cold and tonight I'll be sleeping in a room made entirely of ice. I'm not allowed to take any personal belongings with me because they'll freeze.

The Ice hotel, in Jukkasjrvi in Swedish Lapland, 120 miles into the arctic circle, celebrates its 25th birthday this year.

Its presence is cyclical: every March, huge blocks of ice are harvested from the town's lifeblood, the River Torne; stored in a freezing warehouse over summer and carved, mounted up and smoothed into 55 ethereal rooms, an ice bar and a chapel. Come April, the sun is strong, everything melts and the river rolls on again.

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Aurora Borealis through the skies above the Ice Hotel; where sightings of the impressive ionisation of atmospheric particles are common

HOW TO DRESS FOR EXTREME COLD 'Don't underestimate how cold it can be. Dressing correctly in the Arctic environment, where temperatures can easily dip below 30C, enables visitors to enjoy the pristine wilderness without exposing themselves to very real danger,' says Simply Sweden's Chris Graham. 'We offer the following advice to all customers who book a winter holiday to this region and most of our holidays include a loan of high grade warm outer clothing for activities.'

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'Although we arrange for loans of clothing such as wool fleece bottoms and snowmobile suits, it's a good idea to bring a large down wind and waterproof jacket and protective trousers. If you get hot, you can always take a layer off.

'Watch the extremities. Wear thin liner gloves, then a pair of mittens, which keep hands warmer than finger gloves. Liner socks (silk are good), then one or two pairs of wool, not cotton, socks will keep feet warm and dry, as will a pair of specialist boots (try them on with all your socks). Again, guests are provided with appropriate boots, thick leather mittens and protective deerstalker hats for outdoor activities.

'Don't wash or shave just before going out into the cold the natural oils in the skin protect against the extreme elements. And don't use water based cosmetics or soaps because they will freeze.'

Extreme weather: Temperatures in Northern Sweden can drop down to as low as minus 40 degrees in the winter months

On checking in, guests are armed with an enormous padded boiler suit, snow boots, fleece and leather mittens and a balaclava. Over the four days of my stay, temperatures drop to 37C, so despite looking like a cross between Robocop and a yeti, these warm items become my allies.

It's not all freezing though. The hotel has two warm receptions and a warm restaurant dishing out reindeer meat and hot chocolate, as well as plenty of warm suites and chalets. Also, once you've been outside, the interior seems quite toasty. 'Snice' the combination of snow and ice used to build the hotel, is insulating, keeping the temperature at 5C.

Cold rooms come in tiers: from bread and butter ice bed and four walls to super deluxe suites complete with a warm section with a sauna and toilet built in. But the art suites are king. Each year, the hotel pumps around 900,000 into gathering ideas from graphic designers, wood sculptors, street artists, architects even musicians (over 50 per cent have never worked with ice before).

A jury decides the best 15 and the artist then travels to Lapland to construct their design.'We're not looking for another swan or dolphin, we want original ideas,' says Jens, one of the hotel's top designers. 'We don't want the rooms to look like ice cream and slush.'

My room, Ways of Vision, designed by Swedish sculptors Lena Kristrom and Nina Hedman, entitled Rays of Vision. Inspired by the corbels of Uppsala Cathedral, statues on pillars surrounding the bed, symbolise the different ways of seeing which exist in our world.

THE ICE HOTEL IN NUMBERS 61 cold rooms at the Ice Hotel

72 warm rooms at the Ice hotel

50,000 annual visitors to the Ice Hotel

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Each year, the hotel gathers ideas from artists across the globe: Ro, designed by Anja Kilan and Wolfgang A.

Its three night Traditional Icehotel break costs from 995 per person, including b accommodation (one night in a cold room, two nights in a warm room), flights, transfers and a guided tour of Icehotel.

Activities cost extra, but often Black Leather Boudubou 160mm include lunch or dinner and start at 124 per person for a four hour Northern Lights Snowmobile Excursion with evening meal. The idea is to layer, but only using the correct fabrics, if you get too warm, you'll sweat, and when the moisture freezes, so will you.

Several fellow visitors don't appear to have received the memo; I see one motley lot wondering around in onesies, a woman carrying an aeroplane travel pillow and one lunatic even wearing flip flops.

The cold weather clearly Red Suede Belle Zeppa 100mm gets to people. 'Children often try and lick the ice,' says Paula, the guide. 'Last year a 24 year old student try to kiss the ice and staff had to unstick him using hot water and chisels'. I'm told another member of staff walked in on a couple making the most of the double sleeping bag, too. But mostly, people just don't wear the right clothes and suffer as a consequence.

I sleep surprisingly well. It takes a while to shift the 'I'm cold' voice in my head, and I manage to lose a crucial glove and my hat during the night, but I wake up feeling remarkably refreshed.

What Is the History of the Computer

Attempts to create a self motivating and calculating machine that would emulate many of the thinking patters of human beings has been a centuries long quest for many inventors. The eighteenth century Turk was alleged to be a chess playing automaton which defeated the likes of Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin in chess matches; it was later revealed that the Turk was a hoax controlled by a man inside the machine. Still, the idea for creating a human like thinking machine remained alive and well into the twentieth century. Konrad Zuse, a German engineer, developed the first truly programmable computer in 1941. It used a stream of paper tape with holes punched into it to perform calculations based on a complex algorithm. The first commercial computer was the famous UNIVAC of 1951, invented by John Presper Eckert and John W. Mauchly. It used a series of vacuum tubes to perform complex calculations and filled several rooms with its bulk; the computing power of UNIVAC is equivalent to today's pocket calculators.

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IBM offered the first computer aimed at the individual consumer by the middle of the 1970s. The 5100 series computers were large, sensitive to changes in balance and temperature, extremely expensive and used magnetic media in the form of audio style tapes to record and save information.

IBM was soon joined by a new start up company called Apple, which offered wooden boxes filled with hand soldered components bought at Radio Shack. By 1977, Apple had introduced two models of its computer, dropped the wood in favor of plastic and metal, and offered cheaper alternatives to IBM. Another company called Commodore offered its Pet computer in the same year. The entrance of Apple and Commodore into the market forced all competitors to adopt new technologies such as floppy disks for removable program and information storage.

The proliferation of computer platforms in the 1980s allowed another small start up company to flourish. Specializing in what it called an "operating system," Microsoft found its footing in 1981 selling software to IBM. The ease with which the operating system allowed a user to interface with the computer, as well as the familiarity of many people with IBM's products from their work environment, allowed IBM to retain its market share and make important inroads on Apple and Commodore. Meanwhile, Microsoft was slowly amassing a fortune in software fees and royalties.

IBM's machines were so popular that several clones appeared which used processes similar to IBM's and allowed them to run the increasingly popular Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS DOS). Radio Shack carried Tandy computers, for instance, which closely Black Leather Zip 140mm mimicked the operations of more expensive IBM machines, but with better graphics, sound, memory and more features. These cheap imitators allowed the IBM platform to proliferate and prompted Commodore and Apple to counter with better, cheaper computers of their own.

Apple introduces Red Suede Belle Zeppa 100mm the Macintosh in 1984 and was the first home computer with a graphic user interface (GUI). Commodore's Vic20 and Commodore 64 line was augmented when the company bought the Amiga corporation and offered its own line of GUI enhanced computers in 1985. These developments prompted Microsoft to offer its Windows platform later in 1985.

As IBM machines and their clones expanded, they began to adapt to their rivals, Commodore and Apple, by offering better graphics, better sound, more user friendly applications and more programs to choose from. By the 1990s, both Apple and Commodore faced stiff competition, though their computers were lauded by critics worldwide. The praise of critics was not enough for Commodore, which filed for bankruptcy in 1994, but still maintained its Amiga computer line. By the end of the decade, Commodore completely shuttered its doors, effectively killing the Amiga line. Apple was in better shape, but only slightly. Having lost market share to the increasingly cheap Windows bundled IBM compatibles, Apple tried to expand its appeal through production of PDAs (personal data assistants), but continued to hemorrhage money. By 1997, several CEOs had tried and failed to revive the Apple brand which allowed Steve Jobs to take over as CEO. Jobs immediately effected a deal with Microsoft to allow the latter's Office products to be offered on Apple Macintoshes, which boosted the brand's appeal. By 1997, Apple had copied the models of IBM clone producers Dell and Gateway to offer custom built Macintoshes through their Apple Stores.

By 2001, IBM clones (now called simply PCs) were the dominant platform for computers yet, ironically, IBM itself was reduced to a minor player in the personal computing market over the course of several decades. Microsoft's adaptation of Apple like GUI had made its corporation one of the most powerful in the world, leading many critics to charge that Microsoft was a monopoly. While Microsoft was embroiled in legal battles in the United States and Europe, Apple began expanding its profile through acquisition of film editing software companies and programs, but really revived itself with the advent of the iPod personal music player. The sales of iPods allowed Apple the funds necessary to revamp its Macintosh brand and begin to compete on a serious level with its rival, Microsoft based PCs. At about this time, other so called "open source" operating systems such as Red Hat and Linux allowed PC users to move away from Microsoft's stranglehold on the personal computing market.

The proliferation of the internet in the late 1990s exploded throughout the 2000s despite the bursting of the "dot com bubble," and made seemingly inconsequential companies specializing in Internet search engines and browsing software household names. Many of the functions once reserved for Microsoft based software were now available on the internet for less (or even for free) which reduced demand for many of Microsoft's products such as Word, Outlook and Excel.

At the beginning of the decade, Apple computers were in about 2 percent of all households, schools and other institutions. By 2007, Apple controlled almost 8 percent of the personal computing market, allowing it to become a serious competitor to PC computers.

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France generalized social contribution (CSG), a deduction at source tax on most incomes, will be lowered for some 700,000 people. Up to 460,000 pensioners will also benefit from this social security expenditure as their rating is bumped up from 3.8 to 6.6 percent.

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