Stacey Nemour: The Tao of Love, Sex and Anti-Aging: Part 9

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Many of us tell ourselves that we will allow ourselves to be happy when:

A. I have X amount of dollars in the bank. B. I meet my true love/soulmate or when my partner finally wakes up and loves me the way he/she ought to. C. When I get a better job. D. When I lose weight.

The list can go on and on.

By focusing only on what we feel is lacking or what we need for our future, we put our present lives on hold or cause more delays because we are not connected to the present. The present is the future; as you read this sentence it is already one second later.

This powerful insight came to me during meditation, and it has created a huge shift in my reality. Each moment is an experience of success, so placing ourselves in the intentional knowing and understanding that we are living in the moment of success creates a continual chain of a successful life.

Doing this places us in a vibrational cycle that causes continuous experience to be a constant reflection of a life of perfection. Instead of meditating we can live the perfection by realizing the journey is the moment of perfection.

Nothing needs to happen in order for me to feel successful; I am successful right now. Nothing needs to happen in order for me to feel loved; I am loved right now. Nothing needs to happen in order to feel valid; I am valid right now.

To support a positive shift within and create harmonious relationships in personal and professional affairs:

1. Find the peaceful place inside now by not placing happiness outside yourself, which is reacting to external things. Freedom comes from creating your own reality independent of what others think or are doing.

2. Drop out of all high-drama situations. Just don't participate anymore.

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Anatomy of a Drug Manufacturing Plant (Last in a Three-Part Series Examining the Financial Impact of New Plant …

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SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire -06/18/12)- Reported by Annette Kreuger for Industrial Information Resources Sugar Land, Texas) -- Once construction has wrapped up and the validation process for a new pharmaceutical or biotech (pharma-bio) plant is complete, it is time to begin production. Not only does an operational plant manufacture drug products that improve the public's physical health, but it also sets off a ripple effect that is beneficial to the financial well being of the host community, county and state.

In the past 12-month period (6/2011-6/2012), 83 new Pharmaceutical & Biotech Industry plants began operations in North America. Industrial Info is tracking 185 additional new-build (or lease and equip) projects in various stages of planning, engineering or construction.

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Korean Ginseng, Learn all about it’s health benefits – Video

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17-06-2012 11:00 - RTW travel video adventure Interesting story about how this interview came about. On Wednesday last week I decided I would like to do a story on Korean Ginseng after reading about it's benefits on the internet. So I put out a message on South Korean Facebook and couch surfing groups. Within 10 minutes someone replied to me on Facebook with a contact from the USA, the son of Shi Keum, the chairman of the Korea Ginseng Association. Only problem was Mr Keum did not speak English, so I needed a translator. I put out a call for anyone wanting to help with translation on couch surfing and that day Minji took up my offer. This is the english version of the interview with Mr Keum, with Minji providing translation ( I will upload the Korean version also) We discuss the health benefits of Ginseng, why Korean Ginseng is considered the best in the world, what varieties of Ginseng are available, such as Red and Mountain Ginseng, how Ginseng can be taking and who should take it. This coming Wednesday I will be visiting the Geumsan province, which is the main area where Ginseng is grown to film how Ginseng is farmed and manufactured. AROUND THE WORLD TRAVEL VIDEO ADVENTURE web fb: twt: g+:

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18-06-2012 09:13 - Round the World Travel Video Adventure Korean language interview with Chairmen of Korea Ginseng Association, Shi Keum. Mr Keum discusses the health benefits of Korean Ginseng. Thank to Minji who acted as translator. The English version of this interview, discussing the health benefits of Korean Ginseng can be found here AROUND THE WORLD TRAVEL VIDEO ADVENTURE web: fb: twt: g+:

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Jetset cuts 110 as profits fall

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World of travel: More work for less money. Photo: Glenn Hunt

JETSET Travelworld, the travel company partly owned by Qantas, will axe about 110 jobs partly due to increased federal government bookings of travel online rather than over the phone.

The travel retailer, whose brands include Harvey World Travel and Qantas Business Travel, warned yesterday that its pretax profit this financial year will be less than the $30.7 million it reported in 2010-11 due to one-off restructuring and impairment charges.

Although Australians are still travelling overseas in record numbers, Jetset's chief executive, Peter Lacaze, said leisure travellers remained cautious, forcing companies to discount tickets.

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''We are doing more work for less money. Plenty of people are travelling, but they are paying less for each airfare,'' he said. ''But the price discounting in international air fares has probably gone as far as it can. We have seen some firming in prices in May and June.''

Jetset warned several months ago that March and April trading conditions were weaker than expected. Mr Lacaze said yesterday that conditions in May and early June were better, but ''our circumstances are like a lot of businesses with exposure to retail''.

Most of the pain from the latest restructure will be felt by those working at its travel management division, which will lose about 66 of the 110 jobs to be cut. Jetset has had to automate its travel management division to satisfy a contract with the federal government, meaning it does not need as many staff to handle bookings over the phone.

About half of the government's bookings are now done online following attempts to reduce its large travel budget.

Other jobs to be axed are mainly in the wholesale travel businesses, which are the final parts to be integrated following Jetset's merger with Stella Travel Services in 2010.

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Cuba Tours and Travel To Lead Special December 2012 Trip To Havana International Jazz Festival

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LONG BEACH, Calif., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cuba Tours and Travel, a fully licensed Cuba Travel agency, announced today that the company will lead a special trip to the 28th edition of the extraordinary Havana International Jazz Festival, to be held December 12-19, 2012.

For nearly three decades, the big names of world Jazz have performed on Havana stages during this grand music celebration. Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Carmen McCrae, Michel Lengrand, Charlie Haden and Chucho Valdes all have wowed adoring crowds under the balmy Havana night sky.

"That's the majesty of the Cuban super-virtuosos: They play with a technical brilliance that has no real equivalent, but they undergird their work with African percussion rituals that stand at the very root of their jazz (and ours)." Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune

This year will bring more of the same, as major concerts take place amid the city's wonderful architectural gems and hot Latin Jazz flows from clubs, restaurants, bars, and public spaces while warm Caribbean tradewinds sweep this historic UNESCO site for world Heritage.

This fully legal trip is aimed at making the experience affordable for American musicians, music teachers, musicologists, music producers, music publishers and other music professionals working in non-commercial sectors.

"Your participation with authentic Latin jazz and Cuban music is enhanced by being in one of the world's most vibrant and exciting cities," said Adolfo V. Nodal, a partner at CTT. "Havana is your oyster as you enjoy concerts, master classes, late night music sessions, architectural tours and a trip to the countryside."

Recent changes in the U.S. Treasury law governing travel to Cuba has made it possible for professionals in these fields to travel to Cuba without many of the previous licensing impediments that were faced before.

For more information and to book your reservation today, please visit http://www.cubatoursandtravel.com or contact Adolfo V. Nodal at (888) 225-6439 x802 or adolfo@cubatoursandtravel.com.

Cuba Tours and Travel is a full-service agency licensed by the U.S. Government and the State of California to provide travel services to Cuba nationally. In continuous existence for over a decade, CTT is a pioneer in the field of high level, expert driven cultural travel to the island. US Treasury Department OFAC # CU-077926

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LONDON, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Travel SiteMomondoand Sensation Travel join forces to unite dance-lovers around the world

Momondo (http://www.momondo.co.uk), one of the fastest growing travel websites in Europe, is proud to announce its unique collaboration with Sensation Travel, offering travel arrangements to Sensation events around the globe. The collaboration marks Momondo's biggest partnership agreement with an international organisation since the travel site launched in 2006.

Since 2000, when the first Sensation event was organised, the event has grown into a constantly sold out event with 40,000 visitors in the Amsterdam Arena, including approximately 25% international visitors. Momondo is thrilled to join forces with Sensation Travel and offer dance lovers unique experiences not only in Amsterdam but all over the world. Sensation has expanded beyond Amsterdam, with shows in countries across Europe including Germany, Belgium, Russia and Spain and also abroad in Brazil, Chill, Australia. Sensation will visit this year 18 countries in 4 continents.

"Sensation has become one of the leading dance events with visitors from all over the world, which fits well with our ambition to be a global travel brand. Momondo has a unique platform for travelers and we are very excited to roll out this unique collaboration with Sensation Travel", says Martin Lumbye, Partner at Momondo.

"Momondo fits perfectly with the look and feel of the 'Sensation experience'. Both brands focus on an audience that has high expectations for a total experience. Momondo is free to use and offers the best travel search tool online, which enables us to reach a large international audience for our events", says Marjorie Verlaan, Sensation Travel.

The start of Sensation Travel is a logical consequence of this expansion.

The secret of Sensation's success is the 'full experience' that it is offering to its fans. This 'full experience' has been noticed abroad, why Sensation continues to expand. This year, Sensation is excited to announce the premiere in New York on 26th & 27th of October. Sensation Travel offers all-inclusive packages for Sensation events globally and is a logical consequence of this expansion.

For more information on Sensation and Momondo Travel go to travel.sensation.com or Momondo.co.uk.

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SuperMUC: First Commercial Hot-Water Cooled Supercomputer to Consume 40% Less Energy – Video

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18-06-2012 02:08 The Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ), in collaboration with IBM, today announced the world's first commercially available hot-water cooled supercomputer, a powerful, high-performance system designed to help researchers and industrial institutions across Europe investigate and solve some of the world's most daunting scientific challenges. The new LRZ "SuperMUC" system was built with IBM System x iDataPlex Direct Water Cooled dx360 M4 servers with more than 150000 cores to provide a peak performance of up to three petaflops, which is equivalent to the work of more than 110000 personal computers. Put another way, three billion people using a pocket calculator would have to perform one million operations per second each to reach equivalent SuperMUC performance. Also, a revolutionary new form of hot-water cooling technology invented by IBM allows the system to be built 10 times more compact and substantially improve its peak performance while consuming 40 percent less energy than a comparable air-cooled machine.

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IBM Sequoia: US reclaims top spot for world's fastest supercomputer from China's Fujitsu K

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IBM's 'Sequoia' beats Japan's 'K machine', running 1.55 times faster while being 15 per cent more energy efficient Computer - which is nearly 300,00 times faster than machines from 20 years ago - will be used for nuclear studies

By Eddie Wrenn

PUBLISHED: 12:06 EST, 18 June 2012 | UPDATED: 13:11 EST, 18 June 2012

In the super-computing league table, the U.S. has reclaimed 'top spot' from China.

IBM's Sequoia computer, which is 1.55 times faster than China's previous record-breaker, the Fujitsu K Computer, was installed and switched on at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.

Throwing evidence behind Moore's Law - which dictates that computers get twice as powerful and twice as small every 18 months - the new super-computer is a powerful machine.

It can perform - in less than a second - calculations which would take the super computers of 1993 three days to solve.

In fact, the IBM team say it is 273,930 times more powerful than the 1993 machine - called the CM-5/1024 and created by American firm Thinking Machines.

The Sequoia: This grey slab is just part the most powerful computer on the planet, and will be used in nuclear power research, with perhaps a game or two of chess on the side

The BBC reports that Sequoia is capable of calculating, in one hour, 'what otherwise would take 6.7 billion people using hand calculators 320 years.'

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U.S. wins: Fastest supercomputer in world is right here

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In the race to build the fastest computer in the world, America is back on top.

On Monday, a super-computer designed by IBM for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), took the first spot on the Top 500 list, a list that comes out twice a year ranking the 500 fastest computers on the planet.

It is the first time the U.S. has topped the list since November 2009.

The winning super-computer is called Sequoia, and it is housed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif.

Sequoia will be used to build complex models that let scientists test the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons without having to do nuclear testing in the real world.

So how fast is the fastest computer in the world? Well, accordingto the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, it would take 6.7 billion people working with hand-held calculators 320 years to do the same calculation that Sequoia could power through in justone hour.

And the BBC reports that today's fastest computer is 273,930 times faster than the fastest computer of 1993.

"A calculation that took three full days to compute on the Thinking Machines in 1993 today can be done in less than one second on the Sequoia," Jack Dongarra, a computer scientist who helps oversee the Top 500 list, told the publication.

Sequoia takes up aboutone-tenth of an acre, a standard size for these computers, Dongarra said.

"They are enormous machines," he said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

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IBM's 'Sequoia' beats Japan's 'K machine', running 1.55 times faster while being 15 per cent more energy efficient Computer - which is nearly 300,00 times faster than machines from 20 years ago - will be used for nuclear studies

By Eddie Wrenn

PUBLISHED: 12:06 EST, 18 June 2012 | UPDATED: 13:11 EST, 18 June 2012

In the super-computing league table, the U.S. has reclaimed 'top spot' from China.

IBM's Sequoia computer, which is 1.55 times faster than China's previous record-breaker, the Fujitsu K Computer, was installed and switched on at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.

Throwing evidence behind Moore's Law - which dictates that computers get twice as powerful and twice as small every 18 months - the new super-computer is a powerful machine.

It can perform - in less than a second - calculations which would take the super computers of 1993 three days to solve.

In fact, the IBM team say it is 273,930 times more powerful than the 1993 machine - called the CM-5/1024 and created by American firm Thinking Machines.

The Sequoia: This grey slab is just part the most powerful computer on the planet, and will be used in nuclear power research, with perhaps a game or two of chess on the side

The BBC reports that Sequoia is capable of calculating, in one hour, 'what otherwise would take 6.7 billion people using hand calculators 320 years.'

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Another Nod for Osiris' Prochymal

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Just a few weeks after gaining approval in Canada, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.s (OSIR) stem cell therapy, Prochymal, gained approval in New Zealand. Prochymal gained approval for the treatment of acute graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) in children.

Osiris had submitted its marketing application to Medsafe, the medical regulatory agency in New Zealand, in May 2011. Prochymal was granted priority review status.

Prochymal is the first manufactured stem cell product to gain approval and the first treatment to gain approval for GvHD.

Besides being approved in Canada and New Zealand, we note that Prochymal is available under an Expanded Access Program (:EAP) in seven countries including the US.

Our Take

Prochymals approval in New Zealand is a boost for Osiris. Shares were up 13.75% on the news. Prochymal is the lead candidate at Osiris and represents significant commercial potential. Prochymal is currently being evaluated for other indications as well including refractory Crohns disease (phase III), type I diabetes, and myocardial infarction (heart attack phase II).

We currently have low visibility on the status of Osiris development and commercialization agreement with Genzyme, a Sanofi (SNY) company, for Prochymal. Earlier this year, Sanofi, in its fourth quarter press release, had said that it has discontinued the development of Prochymal for GvHD.

Osiris said that the announcement was made without its knowledge or advice and clarified that Prochymals development has not been discontinued. Although Osiris had not received any communication from Sanofi regarding the termination of their agreement, Osiris notified Sanofi that it is treating Sanofis statement as an intention to terminate the agreement.

According to Osiris, all rights to Prochymal will return to Osiris without the company being required to compensate Sanofi. Osiris believes it can now pursue commercialization agreements for Prochymal with other parties.

We currently have a Neutral recommendation on Osiris, which carries a Zacks #3 Rank (short-term Hold rating).

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Just a few weeks after gaining approval in Canada, Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.'s ( OSIR ) stem cell therapy, Prochymal, gained approval in New Zealand. Prochymal gained approval for the treatment of acute graft-vs-host disease (GvHD) in children.

Osiris had submitted its marketing application to Medsafe, the medical regulatory agency in New Zealand, in May 2011. Prochymal was granted priority review status.

Prochymal is the first manufactured stem cell product to gain approval and the first treatment to gain approval for GvHD.

Besides being approved in Canada and New Zealand, we note that Prochymal is available under an Expanded Access Program (EAP) in seven countries including the US.

Our Take

Prochymal's approval in New Zealand is a boost for Osiris. Shares were up 13.75% on the news. Prochymal is the lead candidate at Osiris and represents significant commercial potential. Prochymal is currently being evaluated for other indications as well including refractory Crohn's disease (phase III), type I diabetes, and myocardial infarction (heart attack - phase II).

We currently have low visibility on the status of Osiris' development and commercialization agreement with Genzyme, a Sanofi ( SNY ) company, for Prochymal. Earlier this year, Sanofi, in its fourth quarter press release, had said that it has discontinued the development of Prochymal for GvHD.

Osiris said that the announcement was made without its knowledge or advice and clarified that Prochymal's development has not been discontinued. Although Osiris had not received any communication from Sanofi regarding the termination of their agreement, Osiris notified Sanofi that it is treating Sanofi's statement as an intention to terminate the agreement.

According to Osiris, all rights to Prochymal will return to Osiris without the company being required to compensate Sanofi. Osiris believes it can now pursue commercialization agreements for Prochymal with other parties.

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Loyola University educator, author the Rev. Gerald 'Jerry' Fagin dies

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The Rev. Gerald Jerry Fagin, a longtime Loyola University faculty member who wrote extensively about spirituality and the teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, died Thursday of cancer at Ignatius Residence. He was 74.

Father Fagin moved to New Orleans in 1973, when he started teaching theology at Loyola. During his time there, friends said, Father Fagins ability to communicate profound spiritual truths in ways that lay people could comprehend made him a beloved figure.

People always looked to him as a solid, peaceful, centered man with a lot of wisdom about him, said the Rev. Fred Kammer, director of Loyolas Jesuit Social Research Institute. He was a consummate spiritual director.

He had a zeal for the spiritual life and sharing the spiritual life with many people, said the Rev. Edward Ted Arroyo, rector of the Jesuit community at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala. He tried to help people get in touch with their spirit and the spirit of God at work in their lives, Arroyo said.

Father Fagin relied heavily on the writings of St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, better known as the Jesuits, said Thomas Ryan, director of the Loyola Institute for Ministry. This message, Ryan said, was at the basis of Father Fagins teaching: He wanted people to know that God loves them that was the bottom line in a deep, enduring and unconditional way.

A native of Dallas, Father Fagin graduated from Jesuit High School there in 1956 and entered the Society of Jesus at St. Charles College in Grand Coteau later that year. He earned bachelors and masters degrees in philosophy at Spring Hill and three degrees at Regis College in Toronto: masters degrees in divinity and theology and a licentiate in sacred theology. He earned a doctorate in theology at St. Michaels College in Toronto.

At Loyola, Father Fagin was an associate professor of religious studies, chairman of that department and rector of Loyolas Jesuit community. From 1996 until last month, he was associate professor of theology in the Loyola Institute of Ministry.

In 1989 and 1990, Father Fagin was the Jesuit provincial, the leader of the order in a 10-state region stretching from New Mexico to South Carolina. During that period in New Orleans, Ryan said, he brought students from his class at Jesuit High School to the Federal Building to meet the Rev. Daniel Berrigan, who was leading a nonviolent protest after church workers were murdered in El Salvador.

Later, I learned that the U.S. attorney disapprovingly noted that this wouldnt be happening if the Jesuit provincial were present, Ryan said. Jerry stepped forward and noted that he was present and approved.

Father Fagins books include The Holy Spirit, which he wrote with J. Patout Burns; Putting on the Heart of Christ; and Gods Dream for You, which will be published posthumously.

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China 'one step closer' to constructing space station (+video)

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A trio of Chinese astronauts, including the country's first woman in space, successfully docked with an orbiting test module.

Chinese astronauts docked two spaceships in orbit for the first time Monday (June 18), marking a vital milestone in the country's quest to build a manned space station in Earth orbit.

The three-person crew of theShenzhou 9 spacecraft, which includes the China's first female astronaut, arrived at the country's Tiangong 1("Heavenly Palace") test module in orbit and joined the two craft to complete the successful docking. The maneuver is the first manned docking for China, making it the third nation, after the United States and Russia, to achieve such a feat.

"We are one step closer to our destination of constructing a future space station," an official with China's space program said during a broadcast on the state-run CNTV news network. "This is the first successful crew transportation mission for China."

Shenzhou 9 and theTiangong 1 space moduledocked in an automatic mode during Monday's successful link-up, with the Chinese astronauts (called taikonauts) to stay in orbit for about 13 days. Later this week, the Shenzhou 9 crew will undock their spacecraft from Tiangong 1 and then re-dock in a manual mode in another test, Chinese space officials have said.

Shenzhou 9 lifted offon a Chinese Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northern Gansu province Saturday (June 16). [Launch Photos: China's Shenzhou 9 Mission]

The mission is notable not just for the docking, but for the fact that this crew includes China's first female taikonaut. People's Liberation Army pilot Liu Yang is flying with repeat astronaut Jing Haipeng and rookie Liu Wang.

After Monday's successful docking, Jing entered the Tiangong 1 module first and waved to a TV camera to flight controllers on Earth. Liu Wang followed Jing inside the module while Liu Yang remained inside the Shenzhou 9 capsule performing final checks.

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