In PEACE we FLOURISH...

GOOD NEWS...
Ukrainians in Kiev and throughout the Ukraine are preparing to celebrate Christmas and New Year...
People -students, teachers, friends- asked me; "which Christmas you celebrate...? Do you celebrate December 24...?
I answered; "All of them..."
I celebrate the 24th... and added, "that will be a good practice to celebrate on the 6th with the Armenians... and of course, that will be a second practice to celebrate with my Russian and Ukrainian friends on the 7th..."
Their is no dogmatism in my celebrations... The more the merrier... May be if we practice to usher in PEACE few times over  we will be able to BAN ALL WARS and  celebrate PEACE in earnest... Maybe, we will stop to be GREEDY and share our blessings with each other...
So I will celebrate again... on the 24th...on the 6th...on the 7th... too... I will celebrate ALL... and I will hope...
Hope allows breathing space... Hope makes us dream for a better tomorrow... a world without wars... a world in harmony with itself... A GLOBAL VILLAGE OF PEACE...

Ukrainians are setting up their Christmas trees...

GOOD News...                                                                  Fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces has ground almost to halt.  That is indeed GOOD news to ALL…                                                                GOOD News...

Amazing Talents and Human Ingenuity...
Check below and be inspired and get involved and make a difference...
Human ingenuity without borders...

Milan is getting ready... Architects and engineers can do wonders... I wish ALL engineers will celebrate the human dimension in their work...

Italy's fashion capital will focus on the future of food for Expo 2015, when an estimated 20 million visitors will hit Milan.

With spectacular pavilions like this, architecture will dominate Milan's Expo.

Mons, Belgium is getting ready too... 

Mons will be the cultural capital of Europe... in 2015...

"The Passengers," an installation by artist Arne Quinze, is one of more than 1,000 cultural events in Mons in 2015. As the European Capital of Culture 2015, the Belgian city is expecting 2 million visitors.

Van Gogh's "The Diggers" will be part of Mons' new exhibit.

Maybe the Islamist-Jihadists are becoming the HELL in the Middle East... But Abu Dhabi is not following their barbaric lead... and is Abu Dhabi is transforming itself into the cultural capital of the Middle East…and becoming the cultural center of the Middle east…

Zayed national museum... will open in 2016

The Sheik Zayed National Museum is one of the centerpieces of the new Saadiyat Island Cultural District. It is conceived as a monument and a memorial.

How the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will look at the Saadiyat Island Cultural District

the Louvre will open in Abu Dhabi next year. 

It is the first Louvre outside Paris...

Los Angeles... 
Long the dream capital of the world...

Hotels, shops and restaurants are reinvigorating downtown LA.

The Broad's honeycomb-like museum will open in downtown LA in 2015…

Luxor, Egypt
Arab "spring" can be achieved without outside INPUT...
Let the Arabs in PEACE and let them flourish in Peace... The West and Big Brothers should set their house in order... first...

A massive statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III was toppled in an earthquake some 3,000 years ago.

But now, it has risen again…

The 50-ton, 13-meter (42-foot) statue was unveiled on Sunday at the ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, restored to its former grandeur due to the hard work of Egyptian and German archaeologists.

German archaeologist Hourig Sourouzian, unveiled two other massive statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in March.

Sourouzian heads the temple of Amenhotep III conservation project.

The latest statue to be restored depicts Amenhotep III standing tall.

A newly restored statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III was unveiled on Sunday in Luxor, Egypt. The statue is the second  standing statue of the pharaoh to be restored and unveiled this year.

The sitting statue of the pharaoh includes a much smaller figure of Amenhotep's wife, Tiye.

Let the world celebrate Christmas in Peace...

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PEACE ON EARTH

Still celebrating Advent day by day...
My neighbour has all the house lit... My neighbour's house is in joy... and all dressed up and ready to party...
I put up outside lights too... not as extravagant as my neighbour's... but enough to be noticed...
Our house is in joy too...
I have been lazy, but soon I will put up our Christmas tree too...
The Prince of PEACE is coming to town...

Wake up with a carol in your heart and get involved... Make peace on earth reality

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It is Christmas... initiate new routines... and celebrate PEACE and HARMONY...
Be active and usher in PEACE...
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Today it rained... and I walked in the rain... knowing full well that each rain drop caries the promise of the rainbow in its womb...