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		<title>Ｗａｌｄｏｒｆ スクール</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>masako</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[日本からハワイに旅行に来ていた知り合い親子からリクエストされて、 Ｗａｌｄｏｒｆスクールを見学に行ってきました。 私は、神秘哲学者であるルドルフ・シュタイナーの教育ということと、かなりユニークな学校だということくらいしか知りませんでした。 私のママ友たちからのウワサでは、かなり良い評判と、または「テストや宿題がないので不安」とか、 「アートに力を入れている学校」とか適当な評判を聞いていました。 オフィスで先生がとても熱心に学校の方針を話してくれました。 まず「アートに力をいれている」というのが、とんだ勘違いだとわかりました。 指先を使うということが脳の発達にとても重要だという根拠から 1年生で編み物を教えるそうで、実際子供が作ったというウサギの形のぬいぐるみを見せてくれました。 粘土には、カラフルな蜜蝋を使うそうです。これも実際見せてくれました。普通のプレイドー（市販の子供用粘土）と違って 固く、手の中でしばらく温めてからでないといろんな形にできません。これも、忍耐力を養う訓練だそうです。 これはただの図画工作の時間ではないのです。手先を使うことによって人間形成をしているのだそうです。 教科書はありません。ではどうやって学ぶかというと、先生がクラスの皆に話しをしていきます。クラスの生徒たちは真白い本を渡され、それに先生の説明したことを聞き自分の想像力を働かせて絵を書いて、文章を書いていきます。自分の耳で聞いたことを頭で理解して、それを本に書く。それで自分だけの教科書ができるわけです。（見せていただた生徒の教科書は、カラフルで芸術的なものでした）先生いわく、与えられる教科書は、他人の情報。他人の情報を暗記することは、ただの暗記であって本当の理解ではない。 公立学校では試験を頻繁にしますよね。試験に受かるために、生徒たちは一生懸命暗記をする。暗記が上手になり、試験にパスする術がうまくなる。それで成績はよく、大学にも入れる。しかしエッセイがかけない、自己表現の仕方がわからない大学生がいるとのこと。それは本当の学びでしょうか。大学への進学はどうなのでしうかと聞いたところ、もちろんウォルドルフの卒業生にも有名大学に進学した人はたくさんいます。でも、大学に入ることが教育の最終目標ではない、と先生はおっしゃいました。自分が情熱を注ぎ込めるものを見つけることが大事だといいます。今、どれだけたくさんのオトナが「やりたいことがわからない」でいるでしょうか。 私の子供たちにも、生き生きと自分を表現して情熱を注ぎ込める仕事を見つけてくれたらいいなと思います。 これは私の英語力で理解できた範囲内での学校の紹介なので、実際興味を持った方はご自分で是非見学に行ってみてくださいね。 定期的にスクールツアーをやっているそうです。 日本人の受け入れとしては、ＥＳＬ（外国人のための英語の授業）はないとのことなので、小学校高学年くらいからは日常会話の英語ができないと入学は難しいとのことです。低学年の場合はまだ順応できやすいそうです。 http://www.honoluluwaldorf.org/About_Us &#160; Link to this post!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>日本からハワイに旅行に来ていた知り合い親子からリクエストされて、</p>
<p>Ｗａｌｄｏｒｆスクールを見学に行ってきました。</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-322" title="keiki-ed-photo" src="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/keiki-ed-photo1-150x150.jpg" alt="Keiki Education" width="150" height="150" />私は、神秘哲学者であるルドルフ・シュタイナーの教育ということと、かなりユニークな学校だということくらいしか知りませんでした。</p>
<p>私のママ友たちからのウワサでは、かなり良い評判と、または「テストや宿題がないので不安」とか、</p>
<p>「アートに力を入れている学校」とか適当な評判を聞いていました。</p>
<p>オフィスで先生がとても熱心に学校の方針を話してくれました。</p>
<p>まず「アートに力をいれている」というのが、とんだ勘違いだとわかりました。</p>
<p>指先を使うということが脳の発達にとても重要だという根拠から</p>
<p>1年生で編み物を教えるそうで、実際子供が作ったというウサギの形のぬいぐるみを見せてくれました。</p>
<p>粘土には、カラフルな蜜蝋を使うそうです。これも実際見せてくれました。普通のプレイドー（市販の子供用粘土）と違って</p>
<p>固く、手の中でしばらく温めてからでないといろんな形にできません。これも、忍耐力を養う訓練だそうです。</p>
<p>これはただの図画工作の時間ではないのです。手先を使うことによって人間形成をしているのだそうです。</p>
<p><span id="more-320"></span></p>
<p>教科書はありません。ではどうやって学ぶかというと、先生がクラスの皆に話しをしていきます。クラスの生徒たちは真白い本を渡され、それに先生の説明したことを聞き自分の想像力を働かせて絵を書いて、文章を書いていきます。自分の耳で聞いたことを頭で理解して、それを本に書く。それで自分だけの教科書ができるわけです。（見せていただた生徒の教科書は、カラフルで芸術的なものでした）先生いわく、与えられる教科書は、他人の情報。他人の情報を暗記することは、ただの暗記であって本当の理解ではない。</p>
<p>公立学校では試験を頻繁にしますよね。試験に受かるために、生徒たちは一生懸命暗記をする。暗記が上手になり、試験にパスする術がうまくなる。それで成績はよく、大学にも入れる。しかしエッセイがかけない、自己表現の仕方がわからない大学生がいるとのこと。それは本当の学びでしょうか。大学への進学はどうなのでしうかと聞いたところ、もちろんウォルドルフの卒業生にも有名大学に進学した人はたくさんいます。でも、大学に入ることが教育の最終目標ではない、と先生はおっしゃいました。自分が情熱を注ぎ込めるものを見つけることが大事だといいます。今、どれだけたくさんのオトナが「やりたいことがわからない」でいるでしょうか。</p>
<p>私の子供たちにも、生き生きと自分を表現して情熱を注ぎ込める仕事を見つけてくれたらいいなと思います。</p>
<p>これは私の英語力で理解できた範囲内での学校の紹介なので、実際興味を持った方はご自分で是非見学に行ってみてくださいね。</p>
<p>定期的にスクールツアーをやっているそうです。</p>
<p>日本人の受け入れとしては、ＥＳＬ（外国人のための英語の授業）はないとのことなので、小学校高学年くらいからは日常会話の英語ができないと入学は難しいとのことです。低学年の場合はまだ順応できやすいそうです。</p>
<p><a href="http://www.honoluluwaldorf.org/About_Us">http://www.honoluluwaldorf.org/About_Us</a></p>
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		<title>大震災への援助</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingpeace.com/2011/03/30/%e5%a4%a7%e9%9c%87%e7%81%bd%e3%81%b8%e3%81%ae%e6%8f%b4%e5%8a%a9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>masako</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawaii]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[昨日Ｒｏｓｓへ買い物に行ったら、店内アナウンスで日本の震災の被害への寄付を募っていました。 キャッシャーでまた「ドネーション（寄付）しますか？」と聞かれました。 先日はラジオであるレストランが今日の売り上げの１００％をＲｅｄ　Ｃｒｏｓｓ（赤十字）に寄付するという話がありました。 日本への義捐金を作るためにＴシャツを手作り、販売している人がいます。 私がアロマオイルを買っているヤングリビング社のニュースレターにも、Ｊａｐａｎに寄付という文字が。 電話会社は日本への国際電話を3月末まで無料で提供していました。 いたるところで日本への援助を目にしたり耳にします。 私自身も友人に誘ってもらって、ワイキキで街頭募金をしたり、物資を送る手助けをしたりしました。たくさんの人たちが、日本を助けたいと思ってくれています。 災害はとても悲しい出来事ですが、遠く離れた人たち、また日本人ではない人たちまで、応援しているという暖かい愛に感動しています。 Link to this post!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/P1020019-Japan-Donations.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-312" title="P1020019-Japan-Donations" src="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/P1020019-Japan-Donations-300x226.jpg" alt="Waikiki Japan Donations" width="300" height="226" /></a>昨日Ｒｏｓｓへ買い物に行ったら、店内アナウンスで日本の震災の被害への寄付を募っていました。</p>
<p>キャッシャーでまた「ドネーション（寄付）しますか？」と聞かれました。</p>
<p>先日はラジオであるレストランが今日の売り上げの１００％をＲｅｄ　Ｃｒｏｓｓ（赤十字）に寄付するという話がありました。</p>
<p>日本への義捐金を作るためにＴシャツを手作り、販売している人がいます。</p>
<p>私がアロマオイルを買っているヤングリビング社のニュースレターにも、Ｊａｐａｎに寄付という文字が。</p>
<p>電話会社は日本への国際電話を3月末まで無料で提供していました。</p>
<p>いたるところで日本への援助を目にしたり耳にします。</p>
<p>私自身も友人に誘ってもらって、ワイキキで街頭募金をしたり、物資を送る手助けをしたりしました。たくさんの人たちが、日本を助けたいと思ってくれています。</p>
<p>災害はとても悲しい出来事ですが、遠く離れた人たち、また日本人ではない人たちまで、応援しているという暖かい愛に感動しています。</p>
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		<title>Hitting the Sweet Spot with Amazon: Free Shipping to Hawaii</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingpeace.com/2010/06/30/hitting-the-sweet-spot-with-amazon-free-shipping-to-hawaii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us living in Hawaii know, when sites say &#8220;free shipping&#8221; they often don&#8217;t consider Hawaii as part of that. And for some reason, many of their shipping methods then change from 2-3 day to only overnight express for $20 or more, making that sweet deal of $5 HMDI cables look pretty crappy.&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com"><img src="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/navAmazonLogoFooter._V192570482_.gif" alt="Amazon" title="navAmazonLogoFooter._V192570482_" width="126" height="24" class="alignright size-full wp-image-297" /></a>For those of us living in Hawaii know, when sites say &#8220;free shipping&#8221; they often don&#8217;t consider Hawaii as part of that.  And for some reason, many of their shipping methods then change from 2-3 day to only overnight express for $20 or more, making that sweet deal of $5 HMDI cables look pretty crappy.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why so many locals love <a href="http://www.amazon.com">Amazon</a>.  If you spend $25 per order from Amazon (and not on their &#8220;other&#8221; merchants selling within Amazon), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=mk_sss_dp_1?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=hibaby-20&#038;nodeId=527692">free shipping includes Hawaii</a>!</p>
<p>So, how can you<strong> get every order to be $25 or more</strong> when you only want a book for $19.99?  What about some of the other THOUSANDS of things that Amazon sells- clothes, toys, games, soaps, food, movies, etc.  Surely there&#8217;s something there you could use to save yourself the $5 shipping charge.  Just get to $25 and free shipping.</p>
<p>One of my favorite sites for finding good deals is <a href="http://www.<a href="http://www.slickdeals.net"><img src="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/sd_logo.png" alt="SlickDeals" title="sd_logo" width="150" height="66" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-298" /></a>Slickdeals.net&#8221;>Slickdeals.net</a> &#8211; lively discussions, free alerts for keywords (like &#8220;Amazon&#8221;, &#8220;slack guitar&#8221;, or &#8220;Wii&#8221;), and their sister site <a href="http://www.SlickFillers.net">SlickFillers.net</a>.  With Slickfiller you type in the amount needed to get to $25 ($5.01 in this case), and it will present a list of qualifying items from Amazon you can add to your cart.   Slick!  So instead of spending that $5 on shipping, you got a &#8220;free&#8221; children&#8217;s coloring book or stickers.</p>
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		<title>Celebrating 50 Years of Diversity: East-West Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 01:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intercultural weddings bring together a weaving of styles and traditions that may be strange at first to those unfamiliar. Right now, the East-West Center gallery is currently running an exhibition on Wedding Ceremonies around Asia-Pacific. Highlights include weddings from China, India, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. This &#8220;Golden Ceremony&#8221; exhibit is part of the 50th&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/photo.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-292" title="Golden Ceremony" src="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/photo-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Intercultural weddings bring together a weaving of styles and traditions that may be strange at first to those unfamiliar.  Right now, the <a href="http://arts.eastwestcenter.org">East-West Center gallery</a> is currently running an exhibition on <strong>Wedding Ceremonies around Asia-Pacific</strong>.  Highlights include weddings from China, India, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines.   This &#8220;Golden Ceremony&#8221; exhibit is part of the 50th Anniversary for the <a href="http://www.eastwestcenter.org">Center</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Center">created in 1960</a>.<br />
The gallery, located inside <a href="http://www.google.com/maps/place?cid=17224426724904432965&amp;q=east-west+center,+hawaii&amp;hl=en&amp;cad=src:pplink">Burns Hall</a> on the University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, is open weekdays 8-4:30pm.   Paid parking is available through UH.  If you can&#8217;t make it to the gallery, you can check out some of the images <a href="http://gallery.eastwestcenter.org/gallery/?album=The_Golden_Ceremony_Weddings_in_Asia">virtually</a>.</p>
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		<title>New Baby Expo:  This weekend!</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingpeace.com/2010/05/14/new-baby-expo-this-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 01:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been to the New Baby Expo at the Blaisdell Center a couple of times. Lots of interesting exhibitors, stuff for toddlers to do (like visits with TV characters &#8212; my son met Curious George!), and even a crawling contest for babies. It&#8217;s happening again this weekend, May 15th and 16th. If you sign up&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve been to the <a href="http://newbabyexpo.com/">New Baby Expo</a> at the Blaisdell Center a couple of times.  Lots of interesting exhibitors, stuff for toddlers to do (like visits with TV characters &#8212; my son met Curious George!), and even a <a href="http://newbabyexpo.com/evt_crawl.html">crawling contest</a> for babies.    It&#8217;s happening again this weekend, May 15th and 16th.   If you sign up for their newsletter you get the chance to win free tickets and learn about the event in advance.<br />
See you there!</p>
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		<title>What could be more Hawaiian:  Spam-flavored Mac Nuts!</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingpeace.com/2010/04/18/what-could-be-more-hawaiian-spam-flavored-mac-nuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the look on your friend&#8217;s face when you bring them a bit of Hawaii with these new Spam(R) Macadamia Nuts! (Travels better than Spam Musubi&#8217;s!) Link to this post!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Imagine the look on your friend&#8217;s face when you bring them a bit of Hawaii with these new Spam(R) Macadamia Nuts!   (Travels better than Spam Musubi&#8217;s!)<br />
<a href="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/spam_mac_nuts.JPG"><img src="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/spam_mac_nuts-300x225.jpg" alt="&quot;Classic Flavor&quot; Spam Mac Nuts" title="spam_mac_nuts" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-275" /></a></p>
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		<title>Got kids?  Got iPhone?  Got apps?</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingpeace.com/2010/01/27/got-kids-got-iphone-got-apps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking to keep your child entertained and even have them learn something while you get a break? Have you considered how handy some of the iTunes apps for iPhone are? Following up on my previous discussion of &#8220;Kid-friendly iPhone and iPod Touch&#8221; is a review of another dozen apps for toddlers I&#8217;ve written on the&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 114px"><img title="Count Caddy" src="http://www.tickletapapps.com/images/thumb_countcaddy_up.png" alt="Count Caddy" width="104" height="112" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Count Caddy app by Tickle Tap Apps</p></div>
<p>Looking to keep your child entertained and even <em>have them learn something</em> while you get a break?   Have you considered how handy some of the iTunes apps for iPhone are?   Following up on my previous discussion of &#8220;<a href="http://www.raisingpeace.com/2009/06/17/kid-friendly-iphone-and-ipod-touch/">Kid-friendly iPhone and iPod Touch</a>&#8221; is a review of another <strong>dozen apps for toddlers</strong> I&#8217;ve written on the Hawaii Mac Apple User Society (HMAUS) website: &#8220;<a href="http://www.hmaus.org/2010/01/26/more-great-iphone-apps-for-toddlers/">More Great iPhone Apps for Toddlers</a>&#8220;.   With most apps under $2, isn&#8217;t it worth getting a couple of minutes of &#8220;quiet&#8221; time?</p>
<p><em>And related:</em></p>
<p>Need to unwind yourself?  Check out &#8220;<a title="Zen Apps for iPhone/iPod Touch" rel="bookmark" href="../2009/06/18/zen-apps-for-iphoneipod-touch/">Zen Apps for iPhone/iPod Touch</a>&#8220;</p>
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		<title>Tour of Kaiser&#039;s Moanalua Labor and Delivery Ward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Masako approaching her 8th month, we wanted to see the facilities where we plan to deliver our new son. For our first child, Mason, we were with HMSA and delivered at Kapiolani on Punahou. It was a fine delivery, very nice room, great staff, no problems. So, after we switched health plans to Kaiser&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With Masako approaching her 8th month, we wanted to see the facilities where we plan to deliver our new son.   For our first child, Mason, we were with HMSA and delivered at Kapiolani on Punahou.   It was a fine delivery, very nice room, great staff, no problems.  <img src='http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />    So, after we switched health plans to Kaiser we wanted to see what theirs was like.   They recently had renovated the Labor and Delivery Ward, and it shows.   It&#8217;s really very nice.  We joined a tour of the facilities with about six other couples.  (Note: if you take the tour, be prepared to stand for a while.  You may want to bring some water with you also.)<br />
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The delivery rooms look as nice and spacious as Kapiolani&#8217;s with all the various amenities.   The manager of Perinatal Services, MaryEllen Michaelidis, M.S.N., gave the tour.  She said that Kaiser is really trying to be known as &#8220;baby friendly&#8221;, even starting a midwives program, slated to start in September.  Kaiser is working to provide almost every &#8220;nature birth&#8221; wish, and went through many options that people with &#8220;baby plans&#8221; might have.</p>
<p><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-252 alignright" title="masako-mason-0809" src="http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/masako-mason-0809-150x150.jpg" alt="masako-mason-0809" width="150" height="150" />Another difference she mentioned was that baby is with the parents almost the entire time, for as much skin-on-skin contact as possible.   (While this sounds great and natural, after being in labor for 12 hours like with Mason, frankly, we were both grateful for a slight break from a screaming baby so we could catch just a couple hours of sleep.  (Yes, I KNOW, &#8220;sleep BEFORE you have a child&#8221;! <img src='http://www.raisingpeace.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> ))</p>
<p>The recovery rooms seemed to be larger than Kapiolani&#8217;s.  However, looking at that room, I&#8217;m not sure how Mason and I are going to handle it.   It&#8217;s about the size of our bedroom, and, having a three year old try to be calm in that space, may not be so easy.   There is a large waiting room down the hall, but, when we went past it seemed pretty busy with people.</p>
<p>All in all, we&#8217;re both very excited to delivery at Kaiser, sometime in early October.</p>
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		<title>Bodies: Fascinating or disturbing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingpeace.com/2009/01/13/bodies-fascinating-or-disturbing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For months now, Honolulu has been hosting the &#8220;Bodies&#8221; exhibition; where previously live bodies were &#8220;rubberized&#8221; and dissected for your viewing pleasure. While it can be fascinating to learn the parts of the human body and what they look like dissected, I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m so comfortable about this being an exhibition. (And apparently so&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For months now, Honolulu has been hosting the<a href="http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/intro.html"> &#8220;Bodies&#8221; exhibition</a>; where previously live bodies were &#8220;rubberized&#8221; and dissected for your viewing pleasure.   While it can be fascinating to learn the parts of the human body and what they look like dissected, I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m so comfortable about this being an exhibition.  (And apparently so are many other people here in Honolulu &#8212; the exhibit seems to be lasting longer, and ticket prices keep getting reduced.)</p>
<p>The exhibition is controversial for reasons that include <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5637687">where the bodies come from</a> and how China is <a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/08/08/business/worldbusiness/08bodies.html">making a &#8220;business&#8221; </a>out of mummifying body parts.</p>
<p>What are your thoughts on the exhibition: cool or criminal?  (And where are the PET<em>H</em> (People for the Ethical Treatment of <em>Humans</em>) during all this&#8230;? )</p>
<p>[Learn more: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BODIES..._The_Exhibition">wikipedia</a>, <a href="http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/">Bodies web site</a>, <a href="http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/May/30/ln/hawaii805300357.html">HonoluluAdvertiser</a>]</p>
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		<title>Between2Worlds: This weekend at UHM</title>
		<link>http://www.raisingpeace.com/2009/01/11/between2worlds-this-weekend-at-uhm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This from Don Brown about today&#8217;s interesting &#8220;UH Healing World Film Series&#8221; movie: Between2Worlds Dir: Jose Jaramillo. U.S./Mexico 2008 118 min According to the Mayan Prophecies, humanity has always stood between the Old World of technology, money, power and control and the New World of peace, love, unity, harmony and balance with nature. These prophecies&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This from Don Brown about today&#8217;s interesting &#8220;UH Healing World Film Series&#8221; movie:</p>
<p><strong>Between2Worlds</strong></p>
<p>Dir: Jose Jaramillo. U.S./Mexico  2008  118 min</p>
<blockquote><p>According to the Mayan Prophecies, humanity has always stood between the Old World of technology, money, power and control and the New World of peace, love, unity, harmony and balance with nature. These prophecies assign humanity the task of balancing these two worlds before the end of the Mayan cycle in 2012. This film contends that the secret of the Gregorian calendar, codified after the “Doctrine of Discovery” ( which sanctioned the Christian Church to seize any land owned by non-Christian peoples} led into the codification of the calendar to control subjects for economic purposes Mayan scholars and a Mayan Shaman Aumrak reveal why the calendar of the Old World was created to keep people in a perpetual state of control. It invites us to use a natural way of counting time, as the Mayan calendar does, to foster a greater understanding of the spiritual evolution throughout human history; to help us align ourselves toward an enlightened state of consciousness at the end of the Mayan Cycle in 2012.</p></blockquote>
<p>Check out the trailer: <a href=" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mHKswi-d18">www.youtube.com</a></p>
<p>Sunday, January 11 at 5PM<br />
$5/$3 University of Hawaii &#8211; Manoa campus<br />
Further info: (808)223-0130<br />
FREE PARKING ON SUNDAY</p>
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