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Rosanne Martorella of Nyack, N.Y., one of several guest lecturers on board and a regular speaker on cruise ships, says she's never seen such extensive precautions -- and she's transited the Gulf of Aden four times in the past two years.
"I don't think it's overblown because there have been (recent) incidents," she says, talking between courses in the ship's elegant restaurant. "But I'm not worried. The captain made us feel at ease with his talk, and it's reassuring knowing all the coalition ships are close."
Back in the Panorama lounge, Monney also is praising the captain for preparing for the worst, however unlikely.
"I don't think anyone on this ship is concerned," adds the retired city planner, a jovial Silversea regular who boarded the vessel nearly a month ago in Singapore and is sailing on back-to-back cruises.
"It would be tough to take over this ship.They'd be facing the whole crew and, of course, the passengers," he says, adding jokingly that "we'd take our forks and knives and go at them."
Like Monney, many of the passengers on this 15-day, Middle East-focused voyage from Dubai to Athens are seasoned globetrotters who long ago decided that a little risk is a small price to pay for the joys of heading off the beaten path and exploring the world. In addition to the famed ruins of Egypt and Jordan, the itinerary on this voyage includes a visit to the historic port of Muscat, Oman -- home to everything from ancient Portuguese forts to one of the world's most spectacular mosques -- and other unusual sites.
Pirates aside, the Gulf of Aden itself is a lovely area to cruise, with clear skies, calm seas and warm weather that rivals the Caribbean. From the higher decks of the ship, passengers can see for miles, though for the most part there is little to look at except a few seabirds. Occasionally the Whisper passes a cargo ship or oil tanker, and every now and again day fisherman in small boats from Oman and Yemen appear. Twice during the passage warships are visible far in the distance.
Still, the pirates are out there, and should they attack, the Whisper is ready, says Tatulli. In addition to relying on coalition forces, the ship is carrying a mobile acoustic device that can shoot sound waves so powerful that they would break the nose of an attempted hijacker from hundreds of feet away. During the passage, the crew also fixes fire hoses to the sides of the ships, which the captain says would be used not to hit attackers with water but to signal to them that they have been seen (at which point, they would know the coalition forces are on the way and the clock is ticking on their 15-minute window, he says).
One countermeasure not on board the Whisper, however, is firearms.
"To have weapons on board is one of the biggest mistakes," says Tatulli. Even if pirates use firearms, "if you open fire back then you open a situation that can lead to catastrophe because then you have crossing fire and people can get hurt."
Tatulli notes pirates aren't out to kill anyone. "It is against their rules," he says. "Pirates aren't terrorists. They're in it as a business. The more ships they can hijack, the more money they get, and the reason they don't kill people is (because) if they damage the product they don't get any money."
That said, for cruise ships, at least, talking about the "what-ifs" of a hijacking situation is only speculation as the takeover of a major cruise vessel in the region has never occurred and, in Tatulli's opinion, is unlikely to ever occur.
Sure, the pirates of the Gulf will take a look at passing cruise ships, says Tatulli. Maybe they'll even make a half-hearted attempt to attack one, he says. But to the pirates a ship like the Whisper is just not a good target.
Indeed, in the end, as Tatulli has predicted, the pirates decide the Whisper is unappealing. After two days in the Gulf of Aden, the ship passes uneventfully through the Bab el Mandab straight into the Red Sea -- and safety.
In a talk in his office afterward, Tatulli admits that he and his lookouts (12 of whom were stationed around the perimeter of the vessel's top decks at all times, rotating on duty every six hours) detected pirates in small skiffs checking out the Whisper twice during the passage. The brief visits from the pirate boats -- similar in appearance to the local fishing boats -- went unnoticed by passengers, but the specially trained crew had little trouble spotting them and were ready to react, he says.
The pirates, however, just turned away.


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Vivus Insiders Sell Stock Ahead of Crucial FDA Approval Decision
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ( TheStreet) --Three Vivus (VVUS) executives sold company stock valued at $12.5 million since the start of June even though U.S. regulators are expected to make an approval decision on weight-loss pill Qnexa next week.
Insider sales ahead of major FDA drug approvals decisions should always trigger alarm bells. For Vivus, the worry is that insiders -- CEO Leland Wilson, President Peter Tam and Chief Commercial Officer Michael Miller -- are selling stock now because they know or suspect Qnexa isn't going to be approved on July 17, as most investors expect it to be. This is the doomsday scenario being spread by shareholders of Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA), Vivus' rival in the ever-expanding weight-loss pill stock bubble. What's bad for Vivus is good for Arena, naturally.
The truth is likely less sinister. The Vivus executives have been selling stock under so-called 10b5-1 trading plans that are supposed to provide legal cover from allegations of insider trading. Unless someone at Vivus has a kamikaze-like death wish, it's more than likely that these recent stock sales are unrelated to any material, non-public knowledge about FDA's handling of the Qnexa review.
Still, it's totally legitimate for Vivus investors lacking "insider status" to look at the prices at which executives sold their shares and question whether that should set a price ceiling, even if Qnexa is approved next week.Wilson, Tam and Miller were perfectly content to sell millions of dollars in company stock at prices ranging from $25 per share to $28 per share, according to regulatory filings. Stocks sale under 10b5-1 plans are scheduled in advance but then, many of these plans allow executives to cancel stock sales under certain conditions. Wilson, Tam and Miller apparently believed that Vivus at $25-28 per share was a good time to sell, so isn't that a signal for outside investors to also unload some stock at these same prices? Vivus shares are up 2 cents to $28.53 in early Monday trading. Here's a breakdown of the recent Vivus insider sales, most of which involved the exercising of options followed by immediate stock sales:
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Bears are among the best and least known of animals. Everyone recognizes a giant panda, for instance, while few people can picture a sloth bear.
Native to the Indian sub-continent, sloth bears are fascinating, unusual bears that charm and delight those who visit them. Our new sloth bear exhibit on Asia Trail will introduce these animals to millions more people. The exhibit is the one closest to the Zoo's Connecticut Avenue entrance.
Asia Trail is home to three sloth bears—Khali and Hana, adult females, and Francois, an adult male born at the Zoo in 1991. Balawat, a male cub born at the Zoo in 2006, has left for another zoo. The sloth bear yards are the ones closest to the Zoo's Connecticut Avenue entrance.
Four month-old sloth bear cub, Remi, ventured outside for the very first time this morning with her surrogate bear moms and dad!
She quickly began exploring her outdoor yard with keepers nearby. They were happy to report that she did very well during her first trip outside, climbing and playing, but after all the excitement of the morning she desperately needed a nap. Keepers will continue to slowly acclimate her to her outdoor yard, but she will not be on exhibit regularly just yet.
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Boris Bunnik has stepped away from Conforce duty for the moment to concentrate on warped electro project Versalife.
Clone sub-label Clone West Coast Series are about to release Versalife's debut LP, Vantage Point. The LP follows 12″ releases for the likes of Frustrated Funk and Abstract Forms, and sees Bunnik turning out eerie, dystopian electro. The album supposedly takes its cues from the "horizons and emptiness" of Bunnik's native Friesland, but, really, it's a city record – a soundtrack for night drives rather than countryside rambles. It's been almost two years since Bunnik released the fine Escapism disc for Delsin, and it's a pleasure to see the Dutchman back in full-length mode.
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For many seniors who are homebound in the city, live music is a luxury they have had to give up, but this week's New Yorker doesn't see it that way. NY1's John Schiumo has the story.
Once a week, live music awakens hundreds of homebound seniors like 91-year-old Regina.
"When I was singing professionally I always felt something missing," New Yorker of the Week Jennifer Finn said. "Before I would go to a job, I would perform music for a nursing home audience. "I would sing for them and I would leave there feeling so much joy. I would feel this joy that would like, come out of my belly."
In search of that feeling, Jennifer started visiting homebound seniors. The word spread, and in 2009 she started Concerts in Motion, a nonprofit that now has a network of 250 professional musicians.
"We all started to play music because we love doing it and we love performing for people who would clap for us," musician Suzy Perelman said. "So much of what we do is either in the recording studio or in the practice room or in the pit, and we don't get so much recognition. So to play for people who are actually right there clapping at you is incredible."
The program also includes young musicians, who get to practice their instruments while entertaining their elders.
"It is just the most wonderful thing, just like a vitamin shot," homebound senior Georgeann Sohn said. "It's so better, you can't describe it -- to be in your home and have them come and love you."
Each visit lasts 30 minutes, enough time to lift the spirits of the audience and the musician.
"I think if I weren't a musician, I would be a social worker," Finn said. "I get to sing whenever I want, I get to see people I care about and touch their hearts."
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End of the Summer Season
Summer is over at Hope Fruit and Berry Farm. Blueberries and peaches are gone for 2014. A few apples need to ripen on the trees and muscadines look good for ripening around Labor Day. To say the least, this has been a most unusual year. We had a very cold winter. We had freezing temperatures in the mid to high 20′s as late as April, and on the night of January 6 we had a low temperature of 7 degrees. On January 29, it went even lower — to 5 degrees. Needless to say, we had freeze damage to the early peaches, but little damage to blueberries. However, the blueberries became confused about when to ripen. Then in May, June and July the rains came. From the middle of May to the middle of July, the Lord's heavens dropped 12 inches of rain on the blueberries, peaches, and apples. This caused cracking in all the fruit. In addition to cracking, many blueberries were knocked off their bushes. So what can we say other than "Thank you Lord for what you give us."
We cannot expess in words our appreciation to you who called or came to the farm to pick blueberries. Our thanks to you is beyond expressing in human terms. The joy that you bring with your presence is unspeakable. You blessed our little farm with your presence, your children, and such wonderful attitudes. And oh the joy of children being able to pick and see God's wonderful creation. THANK YOU!
Our muscadine vines are full but the exact dates of ripening we do not know. Somewhere around the last of August or first of September looks like a good estimate for now.
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The Wall Street Journal called 2011 the "Year of School Choice," and with good reason. Thirteen states, including Arizona, passed or expanded choice-based reforms. Some two dozen other states considered similar legislation.
There is still time for Arizona lawmakers to make 2012 an encore performance.
What is most striking about the 2011 reforms enacted around the country is the programs' inclusive designs. That is, for the past 20 years, programs that allow students to choose a public or private school of choice have been small in scope. When school voucher programs became law, often student eligibility would be limited to children with special needs (such as Florida's McKay Scholarships) or low-income students in individual cities or districts (like Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
Private school-choice reforms were seen as policy solutions for specific student groups, not a way to change how all students access education.
Yet in 2011, lawmakers in several states (including Indiana and Wisconsin) passed new reforms or expanded existing programs with broad eligibility provisions.
In 2012, there have not been as many bills signed into law (yet), but in Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal just signed a reform package that is designed to reach more than just isolated student groups. Lawmakers in the Bayou passed a set of bills that allow parents of students in failing schools to petition to close their school or convert it to a charter (a similar bill passed the Arizona Senate this year) and allow low and middle-income students in schools rated "C" or below access to school vouchers.
Arizona lawmakers still have time to follow suit and expand the state's unique education savings account program to students in the state's lowest-performing schools and military families. Offering parents and students choices of education services is no longer a reform for a minority of students.
Around the country, education reform is finally moving from "choices for some" to "choices for all."
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Team Ek Tha Tiger has been bearing with the starry airs of Salman Khan these days.
The actor has issued a new rule on set- no one is to come and call him from his vanity van for a shot during a shoot, informs a source from the YRF set. "Salman wants to step out of his vanity when he feels like. Nobody can call him for a shot," informs the source, "The entire unit has to simply wait for him to alight. Even if it means delaying the shoot." Which means, the actor can step out as and when he like, and the unit has to comply and be ready to shoot the expected shot. Given the packed schedule of sets, co-actors, and project deadlines, one can only imagine what chaos this strange new demand must have caused.
It's no news that he had refused to fly to Morocco and had demanded that the producers recreate the city in the confines of the Film City area. Helpless because the star plays lead actor, the team of Ek Tha Tiger simply had to comply.
We know you're top-grosser in the industry Salman, but isn't this pushing the limit of starry demands too far?


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Photos: Oceana Launches Expedition to Balearic Seamounts
Earlier this week, Oceana launched an expedition to document three seamounts located between the islands of Mallorca, Ibiza, and Formentera, all of which belong to the Balearic Islands. Using an underwater robot known as a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), a team of Oceana marine scientists will capture footage at depths of up to 3,280 feet. The 10-day expedition will allow Oceana to learn about and map areas of ecological importance that are in need of conservation.
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CEO Note: Our International Leaders Speak Up
Oceana is a truly international organization, with campaigners at work in places from Alaska to Chile and Europe. And our leadership reflects that international agenda. We're fortunate to have the vision of board members from around the world.
In the past week, two of our board members have spoken up on our behalf with essays in the Huffington Post, and I wanted to share their insight with you.
María Eugenia Girón is a Spanish business leader as well as Oceana board member, and she reported on Oceana's successful battle to get the government of Spain to issue mercury warnings on certain seafood. Spain is one of the world's largest consumers of seafood per capita, so the warning is much-needed. The announcement came after Oceana was forced to sue the Spanish government to release its own reports that show high levels of mercury in Spanish seafood.
María writes in the Huffington Post:
As a Spaniard, I'm proud of our seafood tradition. Unfortunately, as a mother, I'm worried. There's a downside to our seafood habit: studies have shown that the mercury level in our blood is 10 times that of the average level in the US and in other countries.
The next step is to get Spanish grocery stores to post mercury warnings, much like the stores on Oceana's Green List in the U.S. have done after our prodding.
Our chairman, Dr. Kristian Parker, is a marine biologist and citizen of Denmark. He reported on Oceana's summer expedition in northern Europe's Baltic Sea. He writes:
Despite being surrounded by some of Europe's oldest cities, such as Stockholm and Copenhagen, the Baltic Sea doesn't get too much global attention. That's a shame, because the Baltic has provided fish for millions of people since the days of the Roman Empire. Unfortunately, the sea is increasingly sick as a result of decades of pollution and overfishing.
The Baltic Sea expedition was the first of its kind launched by a nonprofit; the crew of campaigners and scientists covered 7,000 nautical miles, some of it in absolutely frigid conditions. Now back on shore, we will analyze all the good data the crew gathered to help make the case for additional protections for this important source of seafood in Europe.
Several other members of our board of directors, including board president Keith Addis and Susan Rockefeller, have also spoken out on Oceana's behalf. Their commitment to the future healthy and vitality of our oceans is greatly appreciated, as is yours.
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Oceana's Baltic Expedition
As we speak, a team of Oceana campaigners is exploring the Baltic Sea on a two-month scientific expedition. The Hanse Explorer set sail in April out of Copenhagen, where we recently opened an office.
The expedition team is analyzing areas of special ecological importance in the Baltic to propose new Marine Protected Areas. Using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), the crew is documenting marine biodiversity as well as fisheries activity in the Baltic Sea.
The expedition divers have been braving the icy waters -- reportedly 2° Celsius (35° Fahrenheit) at one point -- to record some fantastic photo and video. Diver Gorka Leclercq writes that during one -1° C dive, the team attempted to collect samples of the seabed by hand, only to find the sand was "frozen hard as stone."
On the plus side, the lack of sediment in the water meant the divers were better able to see some of the cool creatures in the photos below. The images in the icy waters are my favorite, what about you?
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Research Interests: Stem cell for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, mechanobiology,
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The Lab focuses on fundamental study of stem cell differentiation and interplay between cells and their microenvironments with an ultimate goal of generating cell-based therapeutics for cell-based therapy; development of chemically defined xeno-free culture system for human pluripotent stem cell self-renewal and lineage specification; niches for biologically functional cell; interrogation of the molecular mechanisms underlying the synergistic regulation of physiochemical signals by tissues cues to which cells are exposed in vivo, leading to the development of bioinspired materials and substrates for directing cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, and assembly into a functional tissue or organ in vitro. Other major focuses of the lab are the development of multiplexed drug delivery systems for cancer treatment through biotechnology and bioengineering approaches, development of nanosensors for disease diagnosis and treatment, and vaccine development for anti-viral infection.
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B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
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Jin, S. (2013) Therapeutic potential of natural catechins in antiviral activity. JSM Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering 1: 1002
Jin, S., and Ye, K. (2013) Targeted drug delivery for breast cancer treatment. Recent patents on anti-cancer drug discovery, 8(2):143-153.
Earls, J., Jin, S., and Ye, K. (2013) Mechanobiology of human pluripotent stem cells. Tissue Engineering, Part B. April 16.
Yao, H., Jin, S. (2012) Enhancement of probe signal for screening of HIV-1 protease inhibitors in living cells. Sensors 12 (12): 16759-16770.
Jin, S., Yao, H., Weber, J.L., Melkoumian, Z.K., and Ye, K. (2012) A synthetic, xeno-free peptide surface for expansion and directed differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells. PLoS ONE. 7(11): e50880. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050880
Jin, S., Yao, H., Krisanarungson, P., Haukas, A. and Ye, K. (2012) Porous membrane substrates offer better niches to enhance the Wnt signaling and promote human embryonic stem cell growth and differentiation, Tissue Engineering: Part A. 18(13-14): 1419-1430.
Veetil, JV, Jin, S., Ye, K. (2012) Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of intracellular glucose dynamics. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 6(6):1276–1285.
Ye, K. and Jin, S. (2011) Directed differentiation of human embryonic stem and patient-specific stem cells into lineage-specific cells for regenerative medicine, Humana Press, USA. ISBN 13: 9781617792663, ISBN 10: 1617792667.
Zhu, Y., Dong, Z., Wejinya, U.C., Jin, S., and Ye, K. (2011) Determination of mechanical properties of soft tissue scaffolds by atomic force microscopy nanoindentation. J. Biomechanics. 44, 2356-2361.
Jin, S, Veetil, JV, Garrett, JR., Ye, K. (2011) Construction of a panel of glucose indicator proteins for continuous glucose monitoring. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26, 3427-3431.
Jin, S, Ellis, E., Veetil. JV, Yao, H. and Ye. K. (2011) Visualization of human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibition using a novel Förster resonance energy transfer molecular probe. Biotechnol. Prog. 27 (4), 1107-1114.
Veetil, V.J., Jin, S. and Ye, K. (2010) A Glucose Sensor Protein for Continuous Glucose Monitoring. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26, 1650–1655.
Zhang, B., Sun, C., Jin, S., Cascio, M., and Montelaro, R.C. (2008) Mapping of equine lentivirus receptor 1 residues critical for EIAV envelope binding. J. Virol. 82: 1204-1213.
Garett, J.R., Wu, X., Sha, J. and Ye, K. (2008) pH-insensitive Glucose Indicators. Biotechnol. Prog. 24, 1085-1089
Jin, S., Ye, K., (2007) Nanoparticles-mediated drug delivery and gene therapy. Biotechnol. Progress. 23: 32-41.
Ye, K., Jin, S., (2006) Potent and Specific Inhibition of Retroviral Replication by Coexpression of Multiple siRNAs Directed Against Different Regions of Viral Genomes. Biotechnol. Progress. 22: 45-52.
Jin, S., Weisz, O., and Montelaro, R. C. (2005) pH-dependent endocytic entry by equine infectious anemia virus infection. J. Virol. 79(23):14489-97.
Zhang, B., Jin, S., Jin, J., Li, F., and Montelaro, R. C. (2005) A tumor necrosis factor receptor family protein serves as a cellular receptor for the macrophage-tropic equine lentivirus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102(28): 9918-9923.
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There have been rumblings in the distance, like far off thunder on a hot summer's night. And in a heart here, and a mind there, a question is rising, "Did Steiner get it wrong?" This is a question about people beginning to perceive Christ in the etheric. Where are they? What is happening out there? Rudolph Steiner spoke quite strongly and powerfully about this subject. Essentially, it is the focal point of which the spotlight of this Age is now illuminating, and demanding an answer.
Since I overheard that conversation last year, that question too has sat inside me like a giant question mark. The question for me is a little bit different in my contemplations. I know that Rudolph Steiner didn't get it wrong because I have seen Christ in the etheric, twice. Once as a child, when his presence and form drew near to me and communicated to me, and once as an adult just like Paul's Damascus experience where he appeared as a mighty being of light.
The question for me is not, "Did Steiner get it wrong?" but "Why aren't more people seeing Christ in the etheric?" This is a deeply serious question that we all must contemplate with the fullness of our being. Just as the physical incarnation of Christ was almost glossed over at the time of the event, and so few people bore witness, the same is happening with the etheric Christ. Unlike the physical incarnation of Christ which really only manifested physically for three years and has now become a deed for all time, the etheric Christ is present now and with us, and is longing and waiting for our acknowledgement and participation.
Over the past twelve years, my own Damascus experience has become a source of great inner meditation for me, and born out of that is this seriousness of "Why aren't more people seeing Christ in the etheric?" I sense Christ standing on the other side of nature pushing mightily through the etheric into the seasons, but humanity seems to be sleep walking through them. I finally got an answer one night. I turned to the farewell and final lecture by Rudolph Steiner at the Christmas Conference in the book I had been reading.
The vast majority of human beings are not able to pass by the Guardian of the Threshold every night they go to sleep because they do not take anything of the spirit with them. They only have thoughts and concepts born out of the material world. The Guardian must bar their way into the spiritual realms where renewal and inspiration come from. If the Guardian were to let them in, they would become paralysed in their heads when they returned into the physical world. This is the sad and serious situation that Rudolph Steiner talks about in his farewell address. In effect, Rudolph Steiner sees people approaching the 'Guardian' in a sleeping state i.e. unconscious or subconscious. The matter becomes even more serious, for if this situation continues for too long, those born in the future will be born into a world that will be filled by barbarism and instincts alone, without ideas.
So here we have groups of human beings approaching the 'Guardian' in a sleeping state, not able to be renewed every evening from the higher spiritual realms, because fundamentally they do not even believe in the existence of the spiritual realms or its angelic beings. This is one reason why people are not perceiving Christ in the etheric. One has to be alert and 'awake' to sense or perceive the Christ drawing near in the etheric. One also has to know who the Christ is, and love Him in a heart filled with freedom in order to perceive Him.
On the other hand, I have come to know that Paul's Damascus experience is not just about perceiving the Christ in the etheric but is actually about experiencing the 'Guardian of the Threshold' in a fully conscious waking state. That is the significance of Paul's Damascus experience for this Age, of which the whole of humanity will have to experience over the next three thousand years. It is of particular relevance to Anthroposophists as Rudolph Steiner exhorts us to 'have courage' to be awake, not only when we confront the Guardian when we are sleeping, but to have courage to be awake for the great responsibility that we bear for this time.
And what is this great responsibility that we bear for this time. It is to ask ourselves the hard questions, instead of looking outward and externalising our responsibility on to others such as, "Did Steiner get it wrong?" The question is, "Why aren't more people perceiving Christ in the etheric?" because Rudolph Steiner got it right, and what am I doing about it? How can we prepare ourselves and humanity to perceive the Christ in the etheric? There are so many things that we can do personally for ourselves in preparation, and to assist humanity in coming to understand the possibility of perceiving Christ in the etheric.
On a personal level, if I had not begun to meditate, for example, I may never have discovered my inner spiritual life. How many people out there are walking around fast asleep but may be a heart beat away from their inner development, all they may need is a little inspiration or encouragement. I remember vividly the first time I heard about the possibility of perceiving the Christ in the etheric and the story of the descent of the Cosmic Christ. It so filled me to overflowing because it resounded truthfully within my being.
Today, stories abound that Jesus Christ didn't exist or that he did not fulfil the deed on Golgotha, or that he was just a man with a wife and kids. On the other hand, there is a great expectation that he will appear in the flesh again. There is a great push to diminish, discredit or vanquish Jesus and the story of the deed of Christ. It is time that people heard the truth about the Cosmic Christ, the Logos and the overshadowing of the man Jesus in the Jordan, just as they need to hear about the meeting with the Guardian who is the Christ, and perceiving Christ in the etheric. There is a tremendous need for humanity to hear about these truths at this time, for how will they sense his presence or perceive him if they do not even know who he is, or that he is there now.Let me leave you with this final exhortation from Rudolph Steiner, "If we can face up to this in our soul in all earnestness during this Conference, then this Christmas Conference will send a strong impulse into our souls which can carry them away to do strong work of the kind needed by mankind today, so that in their next incarnation human beings will be able to encounter the Guardian of the Threshold properly, or rather so that civilization as a whole will measure up to the Guardian of the Threshold."[1]
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"The whole process starts again.
"If Aristotle is true then there will be only men and no women, or, only women and no men. If the world was made according to Aristotle then there will be only light and no darkness, or, only darkness and no light. That would be logical. There would be either life or death but not both.
"But life is not based on Aristotle's logic, life has both. And life is really possible only because of both, because of the opposites: man and woman, yin and yang, day and night, birth and death, love and hate. Life consists of both.
"This is the first thing you have to allow to sink deep into your heart – because Aristotle is in everybody's head. The whole education system of the world believes in Aristotle – although for the very advanced scientific minds Aristotle is out of date. He no longer applies. Science has gone beyond Aristotle because science has come closer to existence. And now science understands that life is dialectical, not logical.
"I have heard:
"Do you know that on Noah's Ark, making love was forbidden while on board?
"When the couples filed out of the ark after the flood, Noah watched them leave. Finally the tomcat and the she-cat left, followed by a number of very young kittens. Noah raised his eyebrows questioningly and the tomcat said to him, 'You thought we were fighting!'
"Noah must have been Aristotelian; the tomcat knew better.
"Love is a sort of fight, love is a fight. Without fight love cannot exist. They look opposite – because we think lovers should never fight. It is logical: if you love somebody how can you fight? It is absolutely clear, obvious to the intellect, that lovers should never fight – but they do in fact. They are intimate enemies; they are continuously fighting. In that very fight the energy that is called love is released. Love is not only fight, love is not only struggle, that's true – it is more than that. It is fight too, but love transcends; the fight cannot destroy it. Love survives fight, but it cannot exist without it.
"Look into life: life is non-Aristotelian, non-Euclidean."
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Haven Review: Skin Deepby Carissa Pavlica at . Comments
Congratulations, TV Fanatics! You guys called it in the comments section of "Magic Hour Part 1."
Tommy was already dead by the time he joined the Haven police department. I'm so proud to be associated with such a smart group! You complete me. While the supposition of shapeshifter was a little off, we received confirmation in "Burned" that Tommy was indeed dead for at least six weeks, and Audrey and Nathan found his skin floating in a tank, with other skins, making The Bolt Gun Killer (TBGK) a skin walker!
Still, not a lot to go on, and the first thing that came to my mind as Audrey stood next to Nathan in the basement was... oh my God it's Nathan. Then... no, it's Claire! The conversations between Claire and Audrey haven't been as fascinating since Tommy died. Could TBGK be sporting Claire's skin now? After all, as Nathan and Audrey realized, he could be disguised as just about anybody. Come to think of it, it could be a woman. Oh. The mind reels!!
I just hope TBGK doesn't turn out to be The Colorado Kid.
I was under the impression Audrey was going to use all of her remaining time in Haven to locate her son, but he was mentioned only briefly during the episode. Those pesky Troubled people and The Guard can really suck the time out of a day, can't they? The Trouble of the week did directly relate to ending The Troubles, as Jordan was forced to admit The Guard brought Ginger and her father to town so Ginger could control Nathan, and thereby control Audrey. We'll get to the why in a minute.
Kiara Glasco was the guest star, Ginger, with The Trouble this week, and it was a fun one to have as a little girl. Essentially, anything she told someone to do, they did. It made for some really cute scenes between she and Eric Balfour (Duke) as they played Pirate. If you've never seen Kiara before, she stars in Copper on BBC America and is a phenomenal actress. Even without The Trouble, it would be difficult to say no to that little girl!
The Guard's plan of a three-tiered layer of control was to force Audrey into the mysterious barn we've seen on the island through the mist. Jordan had some information, but not enough to satisfy. She just knew that the Audrey's last incarnation, Lucy Ripley, didn't want to go and it caused such a fuss that they were laying the groundwork to ensure Audrey would go willingly. When she goes into the barn and disappears for 27 years, so do The Troubles.
If I had a Trouble like Jordan's, or so many of the others in Haven, I'd be hard pressed not to want her inside that barn when the time came. Lose one person, gain 27 years of carefree living? The ability to touch, or feel, or not want to eat your family or so many other Troubles we've seen in three seasons of Haven. But I'd also have to wonder if each incarnation of Sarah, Lucy and Audrey might not get smarter and become more capable.
In other words, might there come a time when she's able to confront The Troubles, discover the reason for them, and defeat it - without losing herself in the process? Or is Audrey's Trouble that she only surfaces once every 27 years and then is forced back into oblivion? If that's the case, I'd reckon she has the worst Trouble of all.
We're down to three episodes and we need to learn who TBGK is, which of our main characters is a skin walker and therefore dead, who The Colorado Kid is and whether he is alive or dead, and what happens if Audrey goes into that barn. Why do I have a feeling that Haven Season 3 will end with Audrey going into the barn, but maybe not alone?
Wouldn't it be interesting if her crew refused to leave her side and decided to head into the barn with her? I wonder how that would change the dynamic of the 27 year pattern. Knowing Audrey, she wouldn't want anyone to go with her, but knowing the others, it would make sense they'd override her decision and go along. At the very least, Nathan.
I still think we have a lot to learn from the Teagues, and very little time to drag it out of them. The upcoming titles are ominous: "Last Goodbyes," "Reunion," and "Thanks for the Memories." I'm guessing a week of goodbyes, followed by finding her son and then the finale, where she regains memories of all her past lives before she sets off into the barn. I don't know if the next three weeks are going to be too fast or too slow!
What did you think about "Burned?" Who is wearing the skin, and which character might have already passed on leaving his or her skin behind? Head to the comments and work your magic!
Carissa Pavlica is the managing editor and staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter and on Google+.Tags: Reviews, Haven
the little gir Kiara Glasco i just saw her in an episode of warhouse 13 so i got confused at the start thinking we had met this character before. also noticed the #escapetohaven in the jail cell
Nathan was cruel to Jordan because at the end of the day it's all about Audrey. Especially now that he figured out they have a baby! he loved Audrey his relationship with Jordan was all for Audrey he got confused because he began to believe Jordan was a good person but once he realized she's just a liar then it was easy for him to part ways with her. Loved duke in this episode he's amazing!
the nathan jordan break up was a bit disappointing. The feminist in me wonders why supposedly strong, clever women end up 'nuts' and doing stupid things for 'love' jordan was introduced as tough and intelligent but ended up as irrational lovesick nutcase just like Evidence crocker, poor exit. If it is indeed an exit for her. I think Nathan will have to face some consequences for his actions from the Guard(he has made them an enemy) and committed a serious crime. But i think that's mostly for season 4
Speaking of Claire, I think she's the most obvious pick for TBGK. She's new to town so no one would notice if she started acting differently. If TBGK believed that this incarnation of Audrey really didn't know/remember anything about the CK, then it would explain why Claire/TBGK was encouraging her to try hypnoses and what have you.
It was certainly a bittersweet episode for duke. All I could think when the girl suggested that he visit her with his own daughter and pirate wife someday, was that this isn't duke's fairy tale, he won't get that particular happy ending.
I also wondered if the skin walker can change back into previous skins and if that's why all those empty skins wee submerged in those tanks, could the TBGK be running around as multiple people?
In a season full of strong episodes, this one was a little lacking for me. I was really expecting Jordan and Nathan's "break up" to have a bigger impact. This season has focused a lot on the question of how far Nathan's willing to go to save Audrey- joining the guard, letting convicts escape, etc- and I feel like they really shied away from the ramifications of his leading on Jordan the way he was, something I thought was uncharacteristically cruel of him. I would have liked to see more of that internal struggle for Nathan between helping Audrey in any way possible and leading Jordan straight for heartbreak. Did anyone else think Jordan was going to be majorly pissed off when she found out he was just using her after Claire mentioned she tourtured an ex boyfriend for three days after a nasty break up??
thank you guys so much, it all makes sence now. its so simple, unless i'm mistaking. i think that audrey is a key. i dont know what it truly means or even what it implies, but it would seem to me that audrey does have a trouble, that whenever she returns to haven or however you want to explain it, the troubles start. she is the key to all the troubles, because that is her trouble. so what happens if duke kills her? wouldnt her trouble disapear including all of the others with it, or would this just open the flood gates to all of the troubles coming out and absolutely ravaging the world? food for thought.
Can see TBGK being Colorado Kid's wife but doesn't make sense for it to actually be CK. When Audrey was abducted TBGK told her she wasn't the only one who loved CK. Doesn't make sense for CK to say that about himself. I was thinking it was CK's father but with the skinwalked reveal I'm thinking it may be a woman.
i think the Guard will settle for temporary solution because hey 27yrs is a long time to be free of some of those horrible troubles, while the Crockers also use their own more controversial method but considering the trouble in the Farmer i can see their point of view, that trouble and the girl in fear and loathing were pretty unmanageable. I think Audrey is troubled maybe a different level of troubled or she is a pawn in a bigger scheme of whoever Agent Howard represents. I wonder if there are others like her(perhaps in the barn. The real Audrey got all her memories wiped save for her memories after Audrey got to Haven so am thinking part of Audrey's trouble is that she takes on the other person's memory while solving the trouble s and then when she disappears the original person gets back her memories like Lucy Ripley except for critical mystery solving ones of course.i also think different parts of her personalities over the years are attracted to different people for different reasons. Lucy had apparently found a solution to ending the cycle which maybe didn't involve entering the barn or entering with someone or finding the colorado kid so her memories are critical
I totally forgot the real Audrey Parker disappeared into the barn....I wonder if the Guard and the Crockers ever tried to figure out the reasoning behind both their goals (if I have followed correctly the Guard just wants to put another hold on the troubles because our Audrey will come back in 27 years but the Crockers want to kill her to stop the troubles). It oddly seems both are wrong and maybe her natural death at the end of her life would be the real end. wasn't it odd there was no mention of last week and like this episode should of been first (my dvr seemed to think it was a repeat).
i know it was done for plot progression but for seasoned cops both nathan and audrey were pretty clueless about tommy, they just seemed to trust him unlike the Teagues and Duke who didn't quite trust him


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In leather goods, you can see a saddler craft and and construct the beautiful saddles, doing everything from paring, cutting, stitching to hammering and sewing. The saddler that I spoke with had been with Hermès for 19 years.
I also watched as Pierre, a maroquinier (leatherworker), glued, hammered, sewed and stitched a Kelly bag, a process that takes roughly 18 hours, and is done completely by a single person. You can watch Pierre in action here.
Until September 9th, you can watch these artisans and craftsmen make scarves and ties, sew shirts, engrave, tinker with a watch movement, make a saddle, or construct a Birkin bag. You can watch as a tie-maker artfully sews, explaining the process she goes through to ensure that the seams are invisible and that the tie will last a lifetime.
Hermès ties are made completely by hand, and will take an experienced maker about 10 minutes per. It only enters a machine after it is completely finished, where it undergoes a process that protects the silk and ensures its longevity. The work of Hermès is a lesson is quality and craftsmanship, and this exhibition is evidence and justification for their history and esteem.
The exhibition visits 33 cities, and will be in New York through the weekend. It is a must see.
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Our school just rolled out 1:1 iPads and we during planning we decided to increase our access points and Internet pipeline to handle more traffic from the devices (approx. 275 iPads). What we did not account for was how much traffic is sent between these devices and the App Store on a regular basis. We expected an increase in traffic as they all started downloading apps but it has overloaded the network. So my question is there a way to use the rate limit feature of the HP ProCurve (5412zl acting as a router) to throttle the traffic to the App Store? I have narrowed down the IP's being used to make a connection to the App Store but I have never used the rate limit feature of the ProCurve switches. For the time being I have blocked the App Store during school hours but ideally we want them to be able to get apps when needed for classes.
I have found an example for something similar when doing my Google searches, but not sure if it can work on remote hosts and if what I am trying to do is considered IN or OUT traffic.
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Features 12 pages with dynamic pop-ups animating memorable moments and locations including the Triwizard Tournament, Diagon Alley, and Hogwarts Castle.
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steppedinit ( ) Apr. 23, 2012 at 12:01pm
Hermione makes me pop-up.
pppatricktran ( ) Apr. 23, 2012 at 6:51pm
Picked this up last year for $7,
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It's a neat book for Harry Potter fans.
Has 5 full page popups and smaller ones.
Lt.JimDangle ( ) Apr. 23, 2012 at 7:40pm
Reviews look pretty good. Gotta be a Potter fan to enjoy this one though. Worth a shot for $8 though, thanks O.P.
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I have read this book many, many times to my son who is a 7-year old and a huge Potter fan. The movie can be pretty scary for kids that like the book and want to try the movie out. So, we would stop the film whenever he wanted and he could look at the pop up book and process/play it out. If your kid (or you) aren't really into the first book or the movie, i'm sure this book wouldn't be very interesting. But, if you have a child that's really into either of them...I'd highly recommend this.
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It plays a huge role in professional image. Traditional career colors include red (which is a bit aggressive though), navy, gray, brown and black. Most of these colors work well in pantsuits, skirts and shoes and mix back with softer feminine colors that are appropriate like ice blue, lilac, beige, soft pink and ivory.
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English drama of the Restoration and eighteenth century has been called by one critic a "powerfully hegemonic apparatus." In no sense is this characterization more apt than in the drama's ability to offer patterns for moral and ethical behavior to a wide range of viewers: to male and female aristocrats; to female and male servants; to single people and married people; to the rich and the poor; to tradesmen, both rising and successful; to native peoples in lands the English regarded as exotic; and to the English themselves as occupiers of, or visitors to, such lands. In this course we will examine the various cues for social behavior--and, more broadly, social order--offered by a wide range of plays written between 1660 and the later eighteenth century, and we will consider how the plays reflect, contradict, or otherwise respond to extra-theatrical texts on morality, ethics, and conduct. At the same time, however, we will consider the ways in which differences of genre among the plays shape the ethical signals the plays send, or might be expected to send. We will also examine the ways in which the ethical pressures placed upon the drama reshape its various sub-genres over time, as in the case of the transformation of the heroic into the sentimental with the coalescence of bourgeois values around the turn of the century. Over the semester we will remain attentive to two additional concerns that will receive intensive consideration on a topical if not sustained basis: the ways in which playwrights' borrowings from or revisions of earlier texts signal a change of ethos for issues or points of behavior raised in the earlier texts; and the ways in which matters of staging and production affect the moral and ethical cues with which the plays are preoccupied.
This course is intended as an introduction to the eighteenth century generally, as well as to its drama. No previous experience with the period is expected or required.
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John Dryden - The Conquest of Granada (part one)
---------- - All for Love
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham et al. - The Rehearsal
George Savile, Marquess of Halifax - A Lady's Gift, or Advice to a Daughter Aphra Behn - The Rover
Willian Wycherley - The Country Wife
Thomas Otway - Friendship in Fashion
---------- - Venice Preserv'd
Jeremy Collier - A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage
Isaac Barrow - "Of a Peaceable Carriage and Temper"
Colley Cibber - The Careless Husband
---------- - Love's Last Shift
John Vanbrugh - The Relapse
Richard Steele - The Conscious Lovers
---------- - The Tatler (selections)
Daniel Defoe - The Complete English Tradesman (selections)
Nicholas Rowe - The Tragedy of Jane Shore
Susannah Centlivre - A Bold Stroke for a Wife
George Lillo - The London Merchant
Hugh Kelly - False Delicacy
David Garrick and George Colman - The Clandestine Marriage
Richard Cumberland - The West Indian
Hannah More - A Present for a Servant Maid (selections)
Oliver Goldsmith - An Essay on the Theatre
---------- - She Stoops to Conquer
Richard Brinsley Sheridan - The School for Scandal
Secondary Materials by: Muns, Hume, Brown, Backscheider, Langford, Armisted, Thompson, Braverman, Hughes, Hynes, Cole, Finke, Stewart, Burke, and others


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