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New York December18th, 2012
United Indian National OverseasCongress launched their Delhi
Chapter inan upscale and prestigious ChateauBriand Caterers, Long
Island, NY onSaturday December 15th, 2012. Theevent was a complete
success with closeto 200 elite people from New York, NewJersey,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, DCArea, South Dakota, Connecticut, andother
parts of United States.
The function was presided by thefounders, Party Chief/ Women
NationalPresident Pam Kwatra and NationalPresident Gurmit Singh
Gill. The UnitedINOC Co Chairman and National GeneralSecretary Eric
Kumar was the Master ofCeremonies. All three Leaders
inductedDavinder Kumar (Bittu) Verma as thePresident of Delhi
Chapter and ShashiMalik as the Chairperson of the Chapter.Party
founder and the Head of UnitedINOC Party Pam Kwatra a well
knownTrail Blazer, Community Leader and 1stwomen recipient of
Prestigious EllisIsland Award in 2008, said after launch-ing the
UNIOC in may of 2012 and work-ing on the grassroots level, she is
readyand willing to extend the Party in all 50states and all most
all the Chapters ofIndian States. She said she just don't
want the mere presence on all the states,she wants to support
congress and helpthe people not limited to Indian origin onlybut
the whole mankind. Doesn't matter ifit is domestic violence or
Sandy orTsunami. She said that's what the con-gress motto is
"Together we will build onour strengths.
Together we will honor our responsi-bilities. Together we will
strive our utmostto prove worthy of the trust and confi-dence that
the people continue to reposein us." National President Gurmit
SinghGill said in the speech that when Pam,Eric and he initiated
the United INOCtheir aim was to unite all the leaders and
people who are working under the bannerof Congress and follow
secularism. Theyare working day and night for the cause.He is
always out helping people with anykind of problems, not limited to
their per-sonal or business disputes, or Passportand Visa problems.
He said that healways keeps in mind what senior con-gress leaders
quoted "We are a partywith a glorious past. We are the party ofthe
future; It is for us to ensure that itholds out hope for each and
every Indian.That is our calling and our obligation."
Mr. Kamal Dandona was going to bethe recipient of the Lifetime
achievementaward, who couldn't make it to the event
due to some health issues in the family.Ashok Vyas of ITV and
Atul Kumria ofKing Fisher were honored. They took allthe applause
due to their intellectualPoetry and Polite Speech
respectively.Other speakers included National Youthpresident Rahul
Bathla, who speciallyflew from West Coast. JournalistHarvinder
Riar. People honored wereTony Taybur Rahman, Ajay Batra IVS,Baljit
Singh from DPD, and BhavnaSharma & Satinder Kaur from
HumHindustani. People honored wereMandeep Hans, KiranDeep
Gill,Sukhjinder Badesha, Gulshan Singh,Jabbar Grewal, Gurmit Singh
Butar.
Newly Inducted UNIOC Delhi ChapterPresident Davinder Verma aka
BittuVerma, owner of successful businessesKunal & Karan
Jewelers, andChairperson Shashi Malik, a noted socialworker and
Board member of IALI, intro-duced their team consisting of
KaranVerma Youth Chair, Sr. VP VishalSharma, General Secretary
Nishi Bahl,VP Rachna Sud, VP Manu Kapoor, VPYogi Verma, Secretary
Taran Kaur, VPAjay Batra, Taybur (Tony) Rahman who allwere very
enthusiastic about their respec-tive positions. The event started
with theAmerican and Indian National Anthemsand ended with the
birthday celebrationsof Delhi Chapter's First Lady SoniaVerma. The
food was catered by FamousTandoor Restaurant; The Dance was
per-formed on few bollywood songs in the fewintervals of the
ceremony. The DiscJockey was Sohna who has mastered allthe
political and social ceremonies in thepast. Jasbir Jay Singh along
with MCRose who were the associates to MC EricKumar, delivered a
note of thanks to allpresent and specially all the South Asianmedia
who was present as if that was theonly event taking place in the
town. Hethanked all the Electronic and Print mediafor the support
they showed.
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Lionel Messi has brokenGerman great Gerd Mueller's40-year-old
record for most
goals in a single year by scoring forthe 86th time in 2012. The
Argentinaforward scored twice as Barcelonaled 2-0 against Real
Betis by the25th minute of the Spanish league
match on Sunday. His the 16thminute to equal Mueller's
record,and he eclipsed the 1972 feat with afamiliar left-footed
finish nine min-utes later. Messi has scored 74goals for Barcelona
and 12 times forArgentina this year. Mueller scored85 for Bayern
Munich and West
Germany. Messi scored 73 times forBarcelona in the 2011-12
season,passing Mueller's milestone of 67goals for Bayern Munich in
1972-73.He also established a Spanishleague record of 50 goals last
sea-son. Messi is a finalist for the FIFA'sworld player of the year
award.
This combo of two filephotographs shows attop; FC
Barcelona'sLionel Messi, fromArgentina, scoring hissecond goal
againstZaragoza during aSpanish La Liga soccermatch in
Barcelona,Spain, and at bottom; aJune 18, 1972 file photoof Gerd
Mueller, left, ofWest Germany, scoringa goal against theSoviet
Union in theHeysel Stadium, inBrussels. Messi scoredhis 86th goal
during theSpanish league gamewith Betis beating thecurrent record
of mostgoals scored withinone calendar year, pre-viously held by
formerGerman striker GerdMueller.
Messi breaks 40-year record with 86th goal of 2012
As an individual event this torturousTest match will not linger
long in thememory, but for what the end resultenabled England to
achieve will bechronicled as one of the team's finesthours.
By batting out the final day with bare-ly an alarm, largely
through a 208-runstand between Jonathan Trott and IanBell, who both
scored hundreds,England secured their first series win inIndia for
28 years. India have significantweaknesses and problems that need
tobe addressed, but it has been England'sexcellence over the last
three gamesthat has exposed those shortcomings.On the last day in
Nagpur it was twobatsmen earning redemption for relative-ly lean
years that prevented any latenerves and added to the complete
teamnature of the performance Trott's hun-dred, his eighth, was his
first sinceMarch and for Bell, while also being hisfirst hundred in
India, it ended an evenlonger wait for three figures going backto
The Oval against this opposition in2011 at the end of what had
threatenedto be a low trip for him. What was reallyextraordinary,
though, is the turnaround,not only from a crushing defeat
inAhmedabad but also from a year thatwas on the brink of being
their worst everin Test cricket. Throw into the mix con-troversy
surrounding their star batsmanand a change of captain before
thisseries and it is one of England's finestachievements. Alastair
Cook, who was
able to watch contently from the dressingroom during the final
day, has laid downa high marker for his captaincy career.
India needed a couple of early wick-ets to send a few tremors
through theEngland camp but they never threat-ened. The new ball
was taken one overinto the day without making a jot of dif-ference.
Barring a couple of sessions,this has been a Test devoid of
excite-ment and low in the watchability stakes.England, of course,
will not care in theslightest about that but pitches like thisare
far worse that the "result" surfacesthat get the ICC twitchy. If it
is notmarked down the game's priorities arewrong. However dead the
surface, forTrott and Bell there was a job to do in thefirst
session and they did it expertly.There was good intent from the
pair in
the first half an hour of the day to ensurethe lead was soon in
excess of 200 ndgetting out of sight of India. Trott hasplayed as
freely as anyone in the gameand twice drove Ravindra Jadeja
beauti-fully through mid-on - or, in the secondcase, under mid-on
as R Ashwin divedover the ball. His leg-side play was won-derfully
elegant throughout the innings.He reached his hundred with two
bound-aries in three balls against PiyushChawla, a cover drive
followed by atrademark flick wide of mid-on, andallowed a little
bit of emotion to comethrough his steely demeanour. Trott hadnot
reached three figures since the sec-ond innings against Sri Lanka
in Galleearlier this year, and it was only his sec-ond hundred
since making 203 againstSri Lanka in Cardiff in May 2011.
However, he has continued to chip in,the average has only dipped
and notplummeted, and once again Englandwere immensely grateful to
their rock-solid No. 3 It did not look as though hewas going to
give away the chance toboost his statistics during the afternoonand
it came as a surprise when heclipped Ashwin to leg slip shortly
beforetea, a few runs short of setting a newrecord fourth-wicket
stand for England inIndia. That mark remains held by AndrewStrauss
and Paul Collingwood, whoadded 214 in Chennai in 2008.
Trott'sWarwickshire team-mate, Bell, wasequally composed in making
his firstmajor contribution of a difficult series,where his
frailties in India had beenexposed again. Although the situationwas
comfortable for England by lunch,that was not the case when Bell
hadcome in at 94 for 3 so it was a strong dis-play of character
from him. His fifty, justthe second he had scored in India,
camewith a straight drive off Ashwin as the off-side play that
makes him so pleasing towatch when in form began to make
anappearance.
He was given a life on 75 whenVirender Sehwag spilled a catch at
slipand he would have been run out for 97by a direct hit from
square leg. For muchof the afternoon he eked along at a
pacebefitting this match, but started using hisfeet to Jadeja,
lofting him for a straightsix followed by a slightly scuffed
bound-ary over mid-on.
England end 28-year wait for win in India
Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan's for-mer captain and
newly-appointedbatting consultant, has advised hisbatsmen to be
'aggressive' againstIndia. The team that handles pres-sure better,
he said, could controlhow the matches go in the upcom-ing
limited-overs series'. Pakistanare preparing for the India
serieswith a conditioning camp at the GaddafiStadium in Lahore, and
Inzamam willspend the week with the batsmen to assistthem. Since
his retirement in 2007,Inzamam had not been associated withPakistan
cricket in any form, running abusiness instead; this is the first
in fiveyears that he has taken up a role with theteam. "My job will
be to pass on my playing
experience to the players, ratherthan working on batsmen's
tech-niques," Inzamam told reporters atthe end of the day's
training. "I willbe discussing with them how tochase, how to set a
target andwhat's required while batting."Pakistan will kick-off
their tour ofIndia with a two-match T20 series,
followed by three ODIs. Inzamam, who ledPakistan in 22 ODIs
against India and hasa win-loss ratio of 12-10, said Pakistanhave
plenty of matchwinners in the squadbut they need 'collective'
effort. "Pakistanhave a lot of players who could individuallywin
matches for us, it's a good sign,'' hesaid. "But cricket is a team
game, we lackin collective effort from the batsmen.
Pakistan must play aggressivelyagainst India - Inzamam
Nadal says he is unlikely to make Australian Open return
Spanish tennis star RafaelNadal on Tuesday confirmed thathe was
unlikely to be fit for the2013 Australian Open. The 26-year-old has
not played sinceJune when he partially tore a ten-don in his left
knee in a secondround match at Wimbledon andhas been working
towards gain-ing fitness. The Mallorcan bornplayer was realistic
about his fit-ness prospects and said he didn'texpect to be in
condition to com-pete in the first major event of theseason, which
is held in January,Xinhua reports. "My recovery isgoing well. This
past month Ihave taken an important step. Ifeel happy and the
doctors arehappy too," he said.
"Miracles do not exist and I amunlikely to return and compete
forthe Australian Open." Speakingon Spanish radio station,
OndaCero, Nadal said his main ambi-tion was to be able to compete
inthe French Open and to hone hisform in Monte Carlo in April
forhis favourite event, which he willtry to win for a record
breakingeighth time in May. "I want to be100 percent in Monte Carlo
andthen prepare well for RolandGarros," said Nadal. "I will
onlycome back when I am fit and Iwon't come back worrying aboutmy
knee.
IOC tells federa-tions to examine India situation
The International OlympicCommittee (IOC) has asked
interna-tional sports federations (IF) to exam-ine the
"complicated" situation in Indiain the wake of the Indian
OlympicAssociation's (IOA) suspension andtake appropriate action to
"protect theautonomy of national federations" inthe country. "We
recommend each IFto carefully examine the situation of itsnational
federation in India in the lightof the following criteria, in
particular:Whether the national federation isaffected by government
interferencein its internal operations (and thepotential
implications of the SportsCode and/or any other
governmentregulations over the national federa-tion)," the IOC
wrote in its letter."Whether the national federation is ina
position to exercise its activities inaccordance with its own
statutes, theIF regulations and basic principleswhich govern the
Olympic move-ment," the letter added.
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32 19 December 2012, Wednesday WORLD NEWS
Miss India Shilpa Singh performs onstage at the 2012 Miss
Universe National Costume Show in Las Vegas. The 89 Miss Universe
Contestants
will compete for the Diamond Nexus Crown.
Abes win in polls set to boostJapan-India ties
TOKYO/MINAMISOUMACITY (FUKUSHIMA): WhenJapan's conservative
LiberalDemocratic Party ( LDP) chiefShinzo Abe's tenure as
primeminister was cut short in 2007 for health reasons Indiaseemed
to have been deprivedof the main course after ascrumptious
appetizer. As thelower house elections in thecountry would have it
on Sunday,the time for that elusive mainmeal has come now. Known
forhis 'emotional connect' withIndia, Abe seemed set to besworn in
as the new PM with theLDP-led coalition winning anabsolute majority
in the House ofRepresentatives. As PM in2006, Abe had stunned many
bypredicting that Japan-India rela-tions had the potential to
over-take Japan-US and Japan-Chinaties . "Abe had outlined a
boldvision for Japan-India ties andhis coming back should be agreat
opportunity for the ties torapidly expand," strategic affairsexpert
C Raja Mohan told TOIhere. During his a visit to India in2011, Abe
had told a gathering atthe ICWA, "India's success is inJapan's best
interests andJapan's success is in the bestinterests of India."
LONDON: In one of the sui-cide notes left behind by
nurseJacintha Saldanha, who wasfound dead days after a hoax callto
a UK hospital treating PrinceWilliam's pregnant wife Kate,
shecriticized "aspects of the hospitalstaff", and singled out two
indi-viduals for blame, the Daily Mailreported on Sunday.
Although the hospital hasinsisted that no senior memberof staff
blamed Jacintha forfalling victim to the prank andprovided her with
support, it isunderstood she may have beenreprimanded by
colleaguesthrough email, it said. The hospi-tal has declined to
comment on
the notes, saying senior staff hadnot seen copies.
It is believed the original notesare now in the possession
ofScotland Yard, which has pro-duced transcripts for the
family.Sources close to the family saidtheir relationship with the
hospi-
tal was strained as senior man-agers had not provided the"facts"
they had asked for.
Another friend of the familywas quoted as saying thatJacintha
may have tried to com-mit suicide more than once in the72 hours
between the prank andthe moment her body with injurymarks on one of
her wrists wasdiscovered by a colleague. "Shemay have tried to kill
herselfmore than once that's whythere are three notes," the
friendtold the paper. In her final letter,Jacintha is believed to
haveasked to be buried in her homevillage of Shirwa,
nearMangalore.
Mandela remains in hospital forninth day
JOHANNESBURG: formerpresident Nelson Mandelaremained in hospital
for a ninthstraight day on Sunday as herecovered from a lung
infectionand gallstone surgery. The officeof the president, which
has beensending out brief updates on thehealth of the Mandela, did
notrelease any information and thespokesman could not be reachedfor
comment. At the ruling AfricanNational Congress party confer-ence
which opened in the centralcity of Bloemfontein, PresidentJacob
Zuma sang a song inMandela's honour.
Alabama shootings: Copskill suspectsWASHINGTON: Police inAlabama
killed two suspectsfollowing separate shootingincidents that left
three othersdead and several injured,including two officers. East
ofBirmingham, police shot andkilled a man armed with anAK-47
assault rifle at the endof a pursuit that began with atriple
killing in CleburneCounty on Saturday. In theother incident,
neighboursreported hearing gunshots ata mobile home park in
Heflinand called the police.
18 migrants dieafter boat sinks offGreece: Police
ATHENS: Eighteen migrantshave died and nine are missingafter
their makeshift boat sank offthe coast of Greece in the AegeanSea,
police said on Saturday."Only one person was plucked outof the
water and hospitalised," aports police spokeswoman toldAFP, saying
18 other bodies hadbeen found so far -- most on abeach near the
town of Mytileneon the island of Lesbos. The lonesurvivor rescued
so far, a 20-year-old man who had been takento hospital in
Mytilene, toldauthorities the boat was carrying28 people, including
children.Three port police boats resumedthe search on Saturday in
thehope of finding more survivors.The victims set sail from the
west-ern coast of Turkey on Thursdaybut ran into bad weather that
sanktheir boat, ports police said.Authorities have not yet
releasedthe victims' nationalities.
NEW DELHI: The UnitedNations General Assembly in NewYork has
granted CERN, theEuropean nuclear research organi-zation, observer
status. A resolu-tion to this effect was passed in theAssembly on
Monday. This statusgives the Organization the right toparticipate
in the work of theGeneral Assembly and to attend itssessions as an
observer.CERNruns the Large Hadron Collider(LHC) located
underground belowthe France-Switzerland border.Recently, scientists
at the LHC hadannounced the discovery of theHiggs boson, an elusive
funda-mental particle that is said to lendmass to matter. CERN is
alsoclaimed to be the birthplace of theWorld-Wide Web.""It's a
greathonor for CERN to accede to thestatus of observer at the
UNGeneral Assembly"", said CERNDirector-General, Rolf Heuer.""CERN
has a long tradition of
close cooperation with the UnitedNations and its agencies,
whichdates back to 1954 when theLaboratory was founded under
theauspices of UNESCO"". In additionto this historical link, CERN
hassigned cooperation agreementswith the United Nations Office
atGeneva (UNOG) and several ofthe UN specialised
agencies.Theresolution to grant observer statusto CERN was
submitted by theOrganization's two Host States,Switzerland and
France, and wassupported by its eighteen otherMember States as well
as by sev-eral non-Member States.
The main reasoning behind thismove was that CERN's
activitiescover areas of considerable inter-est to the General
Assembly.CERN and the United Nations areboth actively involved in
dissemi-nating knowledge in the fields ofscience and technology,
particular-ly with a view to development.
NEW DELHI: A top UN officialtoday claimed that some Taliban
lead-ers, who issued fatwa against girls'education during their
rule inAfghanistan, have themselves senttheir female children to
schools runwith the support of the internationalbody. Louis-Georges
Arsenault, whowas Unicef representative inAfghanistan from 1998 to
2001, alsoclaimed that Taliban issued fatwaagainst girls' education
during theirregime (1996 to 2001) as the groupfeared that
"movement" of women andgirls on the streets would "distract
thefocus" of their fighters from their "taskahead".Arsenault, who
took over asUnicef India representative a coupleof months ago, made
these remarksthis while addressing the NationalConsultation on
Education in AreasAffected by Civil Strife here.Duringtheir rule,
Taliban issued Fatwaagainst girls' education and declaredthat there
will be no girl education inthe country, Arsenault said. He
said
top Taliban officials had "openly" toldUN officials who were
talking to themat that point of time that the fatwa wasissued
because they needed theirtroops to focus the task ahead andnot be
distracted by the movement ofwomen and girls. Despite the
diktat,there were NGOs, community leadersand teachers who were in
hiding pro-viding some kind of education to thechildren in some
parts of the country.The Unicef went about quietly
withoutattracting media attention in workingon school education in
collaborationwith these segments of populationand taking expertise
fromGovernment officials and academi-cians. "Some of the Taliban
fighterswere sending their girls in schools anyway," said
Arsenault, who is creditedwith managing one of Unicef's
largesthumanitarian operations, includingthe coordination of relief
and rehabili-tation services to over 250,000women, children and men
displacedby Afghan conflict.
J A L A L A B A D(AFGHANISTAN): Suicideattackers detonated bombs
andfired rockets outside a major USbase in Afghanistan on
Sunday,killing five people in a brazenoperation that highlighted
thecountry's security challengesahead of the 2014 Nato combattroop
pullout. Local police offi-cials said bodies in Afghanpolice and
military uniformswere scattered around theentrance of the airfield
in theeastern city of Jalalabad after atwo-hour battle. A
Talibanspokesman said the militantgroup had launched the 6
amassault. The Taliban, who havebeen fighting US-led Nato andAfghan
forces for more than adecade, sometimes dress in uni-forms for
attacks. Two suicidebombers died after blowingthemselves up in
cars, saidNasir Ahmad Safi , a spokesmanfor the provincial
government.Seven other bombers werekilled in the a gunbattle
withAfghan and coalition forces.Three Afghan soldiers and
twocivilians also died, said Safi. US
helicopters circled overhead."There were multiple suicidebombers
involved ," said MajorMartyn Crighton, a spokesmanfor the Nato-led
InternationalSecurity Assistance Force(ISAF). Several coalition
troopswere wounded, he said. TheUnited States and Afghan
gov-ernment are scrambling to stabi-lize Afghanistan before
mostNato combat troops withdraw atthe end of 2014 and hand
oversecurity to Afghan forces. SomeAfghans doubt governmentsecurity
forces will be able todefend the country against anyTaliban
attempts to seize poweragain after foreign troops with-draw. There
are also growingfears that a civil war will erupt.Afghanistan's
defence ministryspokesman said there wererocket attacks at the
Jalalabadbase followed by suicide bomb-ings. Taliban
spokesmanZabihullah Mujahid said, "Thismorning at 6 am a number of
ourdevotees attacked the major USbase in Jalalabad city and so
farhave brought heavy casualtiesto the enemy."
Was Nurse Jacintha Saldanha chided on email?
Bombers hit US base inAfghanistan , 14 dead
Taliban leaders send theirgirl children to school : UN
European nuclear research body CERNgets observer status at UN
Assembly
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3319 December 2012, Wednesday world news
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's inte-rior minister Rehman Malik'sfailed
bid in Delhi to neutralizeJamaat-ud Dawa chief HafizSaeed's role in
the 2008 Mumbaiattacks appears to be part of thegovernment's policy
of appease-ment of rightwing forces, whichinfluences the thinking
of peopleacross Pakistan and spreadshatred against India.
The Pakistan government'scautious approach towardsSaeed-led
extremist elements iswell understood. Over the pasttwo decades,
these forces gotentrenched in Pakistani societywithout any
resistance from thestate. In fact, observers link the
massive accumulation of powerby hardliners with the state'sovert
and covert support."However, it all changed with 9/11that shrank
space for religiousextremism as instruments ofstate policy," said
analyst AmirMateen. But, by then, intoleranceand religious
fanaticism hadentered into the bone and mar-row of the Pakistani
society, headded. Aware of JuD's strengthback home, Malik adopted
softapproach towards Saeed citinglack of evidence against him,which
could stand up to legalscrutiny. "If India had providedhard
evidence against Saeed,nobody could've stopped
Pakistan from acting againsthim," Malik said during his
three-day visit to India. But circum-stances in Pakistan indicate
thatit was not easy for Malik to actagainst Saeed. At a single
call,he can pull thousands of support-ers out on the streets in
Punjaband Khyber Pakhtunkwa. JuD'sinfluence over
government'sdecision-making can be judgedfrom the recent
backtracking ofthe Punjab government when ithad to drop the idea of
renamingLahore's Shadman Chowk afterfreedom fighter Bhagat
Singh,who was hanged there in 1931,due to the group's strong
opposi-tion to the move.
Why Pakistan wont actagainst JuD chief Hafiz Saeed
Japan reacts strongly Chinese plane enters disputedSenkaku
Islands'airspace
The historic enmitybetween China and Japan hasresurfaced in a
dispute oversovereignty with the latestflashpoint being the
disputedislands in the East China Sea.Japan scrambled fighter
jetsafter a Chinese maritime planeentered its airspace over
dis-puted Senkaku Islands onThursday. Chinese govern-ment ships
have moved in andout of waters around theislands for more than
twomonths, but this was the firsttime since the dispute flaredthat
Tokyo has claimed anyairborne incursion into what itsays is
Japanese territory.Japan reacted with anger withits chief cabinet
secretary say-ing that despite its repeatedwarnings, Chinese
governmentships entered the country'sterritorial waters for
threedays in a row. He went on tosay that it was
extremelyregrettable that, on top of that,an intrusion into Japan's
air-space had been committed.Interestingly, Japan's aggres-sive
reaction coincides the 75thanniversary of the beginning ofan
episode, known as Nanjingmassacre, when its ImperialArmy troops
entered the thencapital of China and embarkedon an orgy of
violence.
Obama congratulatesJapan's Shinzo Abe onelection win
WASHINGTON: PresidentBarack Obama applauded formerJapanese prime
minister ShinzoAbe on his conservative opposi-tion's electoral win
on Sunday, say-ing he looked forward to workingwith the next
government. "TheUS-Japan Alliance serves as thecornerstone of peace
and prosperi-ty in the Asia-Pacific and I look for-ward to working
closely with thenext government and the people ofJapan on a range
of important bilat-eral, regional and global issues,"Obama said in
a statement.
Newly wed couples pose at a photo session during a mass wedding
ceremony atthe Hokkien Association building in Klang, outside Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. Over200 brides and grooms attended the ceremony
to mark the unique date of 12-12-12.
Protests continue in Egypt against pro-posed referendum
Egypt continued to wit-ness protests as oppositionmembers,
despite annulmentof the controversial decreeby President
MohammadMursi, staged demonstrationsagainst the proposed
refer-endum slated for nextSaturday. Large number ofpeople marched
towards thepresidential palace yesterdayfor joining
demonstratorscamping there for past oneweek. However, TheRepublican
Guard forcesblocked all roads leading tothe palace to stop them,
andonly allowed those alreadyinside the road blocks toleave,
leading to a verbalfriction between the twogroups. The supporters
ofPresident Mursi, on the otherhand, gathered in large num-bers in
front of the mainheadquarters of the MuslimBrotherhood in
Muqattam.The opposition is objecting tothe draft constitution
whichEgyptians will go to referen-dum next Saturday. NationalFront
for Salvation, the oppo-sition bloc, wants to escalatethe peaceful
means ofdemonstration and has calledfor massive protests
nextTuesday. Pro-Mursi Islamistgroups are also calling formassive
marches onTuesday in an apparent showof strength and support.
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34 19 December 2012, Wednesday world newS
A US flag flies at half staff at the White house in Washington.
A tearful President Barack Obama expressed 'overwhelming grief' for
the victims of a shooting rampage atSandy hook Elementary School.
(left) A family prays at a statue of the Virgin Mary outside Saint
Rose of lima church in Newtown, Connecticut.
US SChOOl ShOOTINgSchool shooting: Oba-ma offers 'love,prayers
of nation' toNewtownNEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT: Hespoke for a nation in
sorrow, but theslaughter of all those little boys andgirls left
President Barack Obama,like so many others, reaching forwords.
Alone on a spare stage afterthe worst single day of his
presi-dency, the commander in chief wasa parent in grief. "I am
very mindfulthat mere words cannot match thedepth of your sorrow,
nor can theyheal your wounded hearts," Obamasaid at an evening
vigil in the griev-ing community of Newtown,Connecticut. "I can
only hope that ithelps for you to know that you arenot alone in
your grief."
The massacre of 26 childrenand adults at Sandy HookElementary on
Friday elicited horroraround the world, soul-searching inthe United
States, fresh politicaldebate about gun control and ques-tions
about the incomprehensible -what drove the suspect to act. Italso
left a newly re-elected presi-dent openly grappling for
biggeranswers. Obama said that in thecoming weeks, he would use
"what-ever power this office holds" toengage with law enforcement,
men-tal health professionals, parentsand educators in an effort to
pre-vent more tragedies like Newtown."Can say that we're truly
doingenough to give all the children ofthis country the chance
theydeserve to live out their lives in hap-piness and with purpose?
I've beenreflecting on this the last few days,"Obama said, somber
and steady assome in the audience wept. "If we'rehonest without
ourselves, theanswer is no. And we will have tochange." He promised
to lead anational effort, but left unclear waswhat it would be, and
how much itwould address the explosive issueof gun control. "What
choice do wehave?" Obama said. "Are we reallyprepared to say that
we're power-less in the face of such carnage,that the politics are
too hard?" AsObama read some of the names ofvictims early in his
remarks, severalpeople broke down, their sobsheard throughout the
hall. He closedhis remarks by slowly reading thefirst names of each
of the 26 vic-tims. "God has called them allhome. For those of us
who remain,let us find the strength to carry onand make our country
worthy oftheir memory," he said.
NEWTOWN: Elementaryschool library clerk Mary AnnJacob heard
gunshots andshouted "Lockdown!" to a classof fourth graders. Then
shefound the classroom door would-n't lock. Quickly, quietly she
andother library staff got the 18 chil-dren down on the floor
andcrawled with them to a class-room storage closet.
Hiding from the gunman whokilled 20 children and six adultsat
Sandy Hook ElementarySchool on Friday, they barricad-ed themselves
inside by shovinga file cabinet against the door."We settled them
down withpaper and crayons," Jacob toldreporters on Saturday. The
gun-fire suddenly ended and policecame pounding at the door. Butthe
library staff refused to open ituntil they slipped a badge underthe
door, Jacob said. In theaftermath of the massacre,Connecticut
governor Dannel
Malloy on Friday said "evil" haddescended upon the small
com-munity of Newtown. But emerg-ing a day after the carnage
weretales of heroism by school staff,including the six who
died.
There was first-gradeteacher Victoria Leigh Soto, 27,who police
said "put herselfbetween the kids and the gun-man's bullets" and
whose bodywas found huddled with the stu-dents in a classroom
closet,according to The Wall StreetJournal. And there were
selflesssurvivors like first-grade teacherKaitlin Roig. She said
shescrambled her class into a bath-room, locked the door and
"toldthe kids I love them" in casethose were the last words
theyever heard. A school custodianraced through hallways
echoingwith gunfire to check that class-room doors were locked
frominside, the Newtown Bee news-paper said.
US school shooting: How teachers, staff saved kids
NEWTOWN (CONNECTI-CUT): The massacre of 26 chil-dren and adults
at an elementaryschool in the US state ofConnecticut elicited
horror andsoul-searching around the worldeven as it raised
questions aboutwhy the gunman, a 20-year-olddescribed as brilliant
but remote,would have been driven to such acrime and how he chose
his vic-tims, some as young as 5.
The gunman, Adam Lanza,forced his way into the school,State
Police Lt Paul Vance toldreporters Saturday morning.Investigators
were trying to learnmore about Lanza, who witnessessaid didn't say
a word as he burstinto a classroom, shooting, andlater killed
himself.
The bodies of victims were stillinside the school for some
timeSaturday morning, and authoritiesappeared poised to start
releasingtheir names. Police shed no lighton the motive for the
mass shoot-ing, one of the deadliest in US his-tory, and among
school attackswas second only to the 2007Virginia Tech massacre,
which left33 people dead. Reaction wasswift and emotional around
theworld, any many immediatelythought of Dunblane a 1996shooting in
that small Scottishtown which killed 16 children andprompted a
campaign that ulti-
mately led to tighter gun controls. President Barack Obama's
comments on the tragedy wereone of the most outwardly emo-tional
moments of his presidency."The majority of those who diedwere
children beautiful little kidsbetween the ages of 5 and 10years
old," Obama told a WhiteHouse news briefing. He pausedfor several
seconds to keep hiscomposure and wiped an eye.Nearby, two aides
cried and heldhands. In tight-knit Newtown, apicturesque New
England com-munity of 27,000 people, hun-dreds of people packed St.
Roseof Lima church Friday night andstood outside in a vigil for the
28dead 20 children and six adultsat the school, the gunman's
moth-er at home, and the gunman him-self. Just 10 days
beforeChristmas Eve, people heldhands, lit candles and sang
"SilentNight." "These 20 children werejust beautiful, beautiful
children,"Monsignor Robert Weiss said."These 20 children lit up
this com-munity better than all theseChristmas lights we have. ...
Thereare a lot brighter stars up theretonight because of these
kids."Lanza is believed to have sufferedfrom a personality disorder
andlived with his mother, said a lawenforcement official who
wasbriefed on the investigation.
Police, world wonderabout US shooter's motive
An Australian radio network,whose prank call to a British
hos-pital treating a pregnant KateMiddleton led to the death of
anIndian-origin nurse , on Tuesdaysaid it would contribute at
least500,000 dollars to a memorialfund to help the grieving family
ofthe woman. Southern CrossAustereo had aired the controver-sial
prank call conducted by 2DayFM DJs with two London nurses,including
Jacintha Saldanha whowas later found dead under mys-terious
circumstances. The radionetwork said it would resume theadvertising
and donate its profit tohelp Saldanha's family. It said that
it would make a minimum 500,000Australian dollar (USD
523,600)donation to the fund.
Following global condemnationafter the death of
Saldanah,Austereo had suspended alladvertising on 2Day FM and
wasreportedly reviewing companypolices and processes. The twohosts
involved in the prank callhave also been taken off air untilfurther
notice. "All profits fromadvertising on 2DayFM until theend of the
year will be donated toan appropriate fund that willdirectly
benefit the family ofJacintha Saldanha ," a statementfrom the radio
network said.
"Southern Cross Austereo onTuesday reiterates its deep regretfor
what has taken place in thesetragic and unforeseen circum-stances
and offers its condo-lences to the family of JacinthaSaldanha."
Southern Cross chief executiveRhys Holleran said the companywas
deeply saddened by "thistragic and unforeseen event andoffers its
condolences to the fami-ly of Jacintha Saldanha." "Wehope that by
contributing to amemorial fund we can help to pro-vide the Saldanha
family with thesupport they need at this very dif-ficult time," he
said.
Royal hoax call: Australian radio network togive $500,000 to
Indian nurse Jacintha's family
At least three rockets werefired at the airport and nearbyareas
of Peshawar city in north-west Pakistan today, killing fivepersons
and injuring 30 others,witnesses and rescue workerssaid. The
rockets, fired from anunknown location, landed on theperimeter of
the Bacha KhanInternational Airport, UniversityTown and another
residentialneighbourhood at around 9 pm,witnesses said.
Officials were quoted by TVnews channels as saying that
therockets were fired from the tribalareas adjoining Peshawar,
thecapital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwaprovince. The blasts were fol-
lowed by intense firing, and secu-rity forces returned fire,
officialssaid. Umar Ayub, a senior officialof Khyber Teaching
Hospital, saidhis facility had received two bod-ies and 30 injured.
Four of thewounded were in a serious condi-tion and were mistakenly
includedamong the dead shortly after theattack, he said. Children,
womenand senior citizens were amongthe injured, all of whom were
civil-ians. They were injured by shrap-nel from the rockets and
bullets,Ayub said. The army cordoned offthe airport as all flights
were can-celled. Troops conducted an oper-ation to ascertain if any
militantshad entered the airport.
Five killed, 25 injured in rocketattack on Peshawar airport
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TADASANA Samasthiti) or mountain pose:This is the basic
standingpose. It teaches you theart of standing correctlyand
increases your aware-ness of your body.
Stand with your feettogether. Tighten theknees, keep the
naveldrawn into the spine witha neutral pelvis, and chestlifted but
with shouldersrelaxed and pressed downaway from the ears.
Benefits: It corrects badposture and improves thealignment of
your body.
UTTANASANA or intense forwardstretch
Start from Tadasanaand inhale while stretchingthe hands up and
exhalereaching down with yourhands. Try to press downwith your
palms.
Benefits: Tones theliver, spleen, kidneys andthe abdominal
region.Stretches the hamstringsand the spine.
ADHOMUKHA Svanasana or downward-facing dogstretch
Lie down on the flooron your stomach and facedownward. Place
thepalms next to the chest.Exhaling, raise your trunkfrom the
floor. Straightenthe arms, move the headinward towards the feetand
extend the back, try-ing to press the heelsfirmly into the
groundkeeping the knees straightmaking an inverted 'V'with the
body.
Benefits: Calms thebrain, reduces stiffness inthe shoulder
region andtones the legs.
URDHVAMUKHAsvanasana or upward-facing dog stretch
Lie on the floor withface downward and toespointed. Inhale
raising thehead and trunk andstretch the arms com-pletely. Push the
head andtrunk as far back as possi-ble, without resting theknees on
the floor.
Benefits: Rejuvenatesthe spine, relieves stiff-ness of the back
and sig-nificantly
increases your stamina.
UTTHITATRIKONASANA or extended trianglepose
Stand in Tadasanapose. Keep your feetaround three feet apartand
turning the right footto 90 degrees, turn the leftfoot slightly to
the right,raising the arms sideways.Bend to your right, bring-ing
the right palm towardsthe right ankle keepingboth legs
absolutelystraight. Repeat on theother side.
Benefits: Improvesflexibility of the spine andrelieves
backache.Massages and tones thepelvic region, relievesgastritis,
indigestion andacidity.
UTTHITAparsvakonasana orextended side stretch
Stand in Tadasanapose. Keep your feetaround four feet
apart.Stretch the hands side-ways, bend the right kneeat a
90-degree angle, notpushing the knee beyondthe ankle. And
whileexhaling, place the rightpalm on the ground out-side the right
foot andstretch the left arm in adiagonal line over the leftear.
Repeat on the otherside.
Benefits: Tones andstrengthens the legs,improves lung
capacityand relieves arthritic pain.
VIRABHADRASANA 1 or the first warrior pose
Stand in Tadasanapose. Keep your feetaround four feet apart.Bend
the right knee abovethe right ankle and notbeyond it. Keep the
leftleg stretched. Extend yourhands up in a namaskar,stretching the
spine up.The face, chest and rightknee should face thesame way as
the rightfoot. Repeat on the otherside.
Benefits: Tonesabdominal muscles, legsand hips, strengthensback
muscles and relievesbackache.
VIRABHADRASANA 2 or the second war-rior pose
From Tadasana pose,keep the feet around 4 to4 1/2 feet wide.
Bend theright knee above the rightankle, keep the left legstraight.
Stretch the handsstraight in two oppositedirections. Turn your
faceto the right and gaze atthe right palm. Repeat on
the otherside.
Benefits: Tones themuscles of the legs.Stretches the
shouldersand shoulder blades andsignificantly tones theabdominal
organs.
UTKATASANA or the fierce pose
Stand in Tadasanapose, stretch your palmsstraight over your
head.Join the palms, exhalingbend your knees andlower your trunk
till yourthighs are roughly parallelto the floor.
Benefits: Tones thelegs, abdominal organsas well as the
back.
DANDASANA or staff pose
Sit on the ground withyour legs straight aheadof you. Keep
themstraight without hyper-extending the backs ofyour knees. Keep
thechest lifted, shouldersrelaxed. Place your palmsnext to your
hips.
Benefits: Tones theabdominal organs, thespinal, leg and
chestmuscles. Good for thosesuffering from asthma.
PASCHIMATTANASANAor intense backstretch
From the Dandasanapose, stretch the handsforward and grab
your
toes, stretch the spine for-ward reaching towards thelegs with
your head. Try tostretch the spine from thebuttocks.
Benefits: Soothes theadrenal glands, activatesa sluggish liver,
stimulatesthe ovaries and uterus.Tones the abdominalorgans and
helps detox
the body.
JANU SIRSASANA or head-on-knee pose
From Dandasana, bendthe right knee, placing theright foot near
the per-ineum. Stretch the handsup, reach forward andhold the toes
of the leftfoot. Try extending thespine from the buttocks tothe
back of the neck -lengthening the spine.
Benefits: Stabilisesblood pressure, helps cor-rect curvature of
spine.Tones abdominal organs,stretches the spine, ham-strings and
hips.
BADDHAKONASANA or bound angle pose
From Dandasana, bendthe knees and bring thefeet together towards
thepelvis. Use your hands tograb your feet and trypushing both your
kneesdown by pressing yourthighs firmly down on thefloor.
Benefits: Relieves stiff-ness of the hips, preventshernia, keeps
the ovarieshealthy, corrects irregularmenstruation and helps
totreat urinary tract disor-ders.
MARICHYASANA 3From the Dandasana
pose, bend the right kneeand press the foot onthe floor in line
with the
right hip. Extend the leftarm and wrap it aroundthe right knee,
keepingthe right hip presseddown, twist and try grab-bing the right
hand frombehind.
Benefits: Tones andmassages the abdominalorgans, helps detox
thebody, increases energylevels, relieves backache,stimulates the
functioningof the liver, kidneys andpancreas.
SARVANGASANA or the shoulder stand
Lie down on the flooron your back. Lift the legsstraight up and
supportingthe hips, keeping theelbows inward try tostraighten the
legs uptowards the ceiling.Eventually the chestshould be pressed
into thechin. The body weightshould be extendingupwards not falling
intothe neck and shoulders, ifit feels uncomfortable, dothe pose
while restingagainst the wall.
Benefits: This helps inthe proper functioning ofthe thyroid and
parathy-roid glands. It helps torejuvenate and detox thebody. This
is known as the'Queen of Asanas'.
(Note: People sufferingfrom high blood pressure, cer-vical
ailments, cardiac condi-tion should not practice thispose. Women
should not prac-tice during menstruation.)
3519 December 2012, Wednesday health
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h i n g g o e s r i g h t ?S o n : S i m p l y d a d , I g o L E F
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DirEctOr :rEEmA kAgti
stArriNg : AAmir khAN, rANi mukhErji,
kArEENA kAPOOr
vErDict : - suPEr hit
khilADi 786
DirEctOr : Ashish r mOhAN
stArriNg : AkshAY kumAr, himEsh
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vErDict : - hit
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stArriNg : shAhrukh khAN, kAtriNA
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ruler (8)10 Morasses (9)11 Mistake (5)12 Model of excellence (5)13
Depicts in words (9)14 Act like another (7)16 Grain storage
building (4)19 Decreases (4)21 A soft light woolen fabric (7)24
Pauses (9)25 Provoke or roar (5)26 Do without (5)27 Ready for use
(9)28 Vendors (8)29 Loves intensely (6)
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Insurgent (9)7 By means of this (6)8 Examine (6)9 Refrigerator
(6)15 Millstone (figurative) (9)17 Restrain (8)18 Praises
dishonestly (8)20 Place or locate (7)21 Involving financial matters
(6)22 Vertical passageways (6)23 Stellar (6)25 Governed (5))
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19 December 2012, Wednesday BOLLYWOOD 37
I consider
Shahid my
friendPANKAJ KAPOOR
Hindi film buffs are in for atreat in 2013 asBollywood
filmmakers
gear up to release sequels totheir popular films in a bid
toencash their already estab-lished brand value.
Films such as Race 2,Murder 3, Once Upon a Timein Mumbaai 2
(OUATIM 2),Ragini MMS 2, Krrish 3,Dhoom 3, Filmmakers spendhuge
amounts of money to cre-ate a brand, so it makes senseto carry the
brand forward withsequels or prequels.Considering that
audiencesliked the first film, it is a giventhat an extension in
that serieswill bring dedicated footfall andbusiness, explains
trade ana-lyst Atul Mohan. Agrees GirishJohar of Balaji, the makers
ofthree of these franchise films.With a film that does well,
there is a lot of brand aware-ness among people.Therefore,
encashing upon it isa commercially viable option.The audience
already has anexpectation which helps to cre-ate a lot of hype and
bringsgood business. Indeed, themoney that is being investedinto
these films is a whoppingRs. 1000 crore and analystssay that many
of these filmswill make Rs. 100 crore eachwith big ticket flicks
like Dhoom3 and Krrish 3 likely to makeRs. 200 crore each. It will
be adefining year for Bollywoodboth in terms of sequelsemerging as
a big trend andthe business that these filmswill generate. Most of
theseare big ticket movies, one cansafely say that Rs. 1000
croreswill be invested, says tradeanalyst Joginder Tuteja.
2013 : THE YEAR OF
Bollywoodsequels
It will be a defining year for
Bollywood both interms of sequels
emerging as a bigtrend and the
business that thesefilms will generate.
Most of these arebig ticket movies,one can safely say
that Rs. 1000 croreswill be invested,says trade analystJoginder
Tuteja.
Shahid Kapoor is more of afriend than a son, says vet-eran actor
Pankaj Kapoor,
who admits he often takes advicefrom him. "I consider Shahid
asmy friend and there is lot of timesI take advice from him, I
takesuggestions from him because Ithink you need to be
addressedwith the latest that is happening,"Pankaj told IANS. "He
is ayoungster and a very talentedboy and a very solid balanced
head. So there are lot of timewhen he comes up with verygood
suggestions and I am proudof that fact," he added. Pankajsaid he
shared a similar relation-ship with his own father too. "Ihad my
father as my friend and Ifeel that my children, actually allthe
three of them, are friendswith me. Obviously, Shahid beingthe
oldest - there is a certainmaturity in terms of understand-ing each
other which naturally
exists." Pankaj is now gearing upfor the release of his new
film,Vishal Bhardwaj's Matru Ki BijliKa Mandola. The actor says
heshares a comfort level with thedirector. "If you get a good
scriptalong with a good director, withwhom you share a comfort
levelthen that becomes an addedadvantage. This is what hap-pened
with me it was great work-ing with him. There is a level oftrust
that exists," he added.
AKSHAY TO MAKE INDIAS FIRST
MARTIALARTS FILM
Akshay Kumar, who has been pro-moting martial arts in the
countryfor some time now, is set to take
his passion a step further. The actor nowplans to produce a
full-fledged moviebased on the arts. It will be the first of
itskind in India. However, he is unlikely toact in the film that
his company Hari OmEntertainment will produce next year.In all
likelihood, Akshay wont star in thefilm. But matters are at a
nascent stageright now, so its too early to say forsure. He wants
to make the film asauthentic as possible. Thats all he isconcerned
about, says an insider,adding, Akshay wants to promote themartial
arts as much as he can. He feelshis training in the combat form has
con-tributed to his success as an actionhero. Apparently, the actor
is looking torope in newcomers for the film. Rightnow, the script
is being worked on. Oncehe wraps up shooting for the films he
iscurrently working on, Akshay will person-
ally do the research and decide thecast of the film as well as
who
will direct it. He doesntwant to leave anything tochance,
reveals the insid-er. In the past, the actorhas launched the
AkshayKumar Invitational Kudo(Judo and Karate)Tournament for
youngenthusiasts in the country.Martial arts are not verypopular in
India, which is
why he wants to help, addsthe insider. Akshay himselfremained
unavailable for acomment.
Akshay wants to
promote themartial arts as
much as hecan. He feelshis training in
the combatform has con-tributed to hissuccess as anaction
hero.
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aries
March21to
April20
taurus
April21to
May20
At the moment if you are off someone, thenyou are really off
them. As far as you are con-cerned there will be no switching back
onagain. But remember you won't always feelthis intensely, and
there may soon come apoint when you wish you hadn't been soabrupt.
Venus may be throwing up odd emo-tional tensions at the moment, but
it shouldalso be improving certain joint financial mat-ters. You
could find that money or generouspresents come your way.
gemiNi
May21to
June21
caNcer
June22to
July23
With Venus in your chart area of work, you areslightly more
reserved than usual about express-ing your romantic needs. You need
to make moreeffort to break the ice and show your innerwarmth. Try
to drop your rather stand offish man-ner and be more outgoing.
Maybe you do havetoo much work on your plate, but don't makeloved
ones feel excluded. If you demand toomany commitments from them you
run the risk ofdampening what could be fun times.
leo
July24to
August23
With Venus in your chart area of romance,you are finding that
what you desire, youwant passionately and have no intention ofgoing
without. Heart-centred and flamboy-ant, you will be casting your
spell overeveryone you meet, with your great enthu-siasm and
sparkling personality. You defi-nitely want more attention now,
aiming forthe spotlight at parties and given to grandgestures even
at work. Your creative spiritis demanding freedom.
virgo
August24to
September23
libra
September24to
October22
This week you will prefer to keep the moodupbeat, rather than
delve into intense discus-sions. Maybe you will come across as
rathersuperficial because you flit lightly from subjectto subject.
But you will be a wow at partiessince your chit-chat is second to
none. Youcan't relate romantically without a good men-tal
connection as well. Lovers need to be onthe same wavelength. So
keep murmuringsweet words in the right ears.
scorPio
October23to
November22
Venus emphasised this week is makingyou put a high value on
loyalty, stabilityand physical closeness. You want morehugs and
tangible gestures of affectionthan usual. But don't let insecurity
makeyou too possessive. More passive at themoment, you want
emotional partners tomake the first move but then fit in withwhat
suits you. Just don't expect miraclessince you can be disappointed
if you don'treach out once in a while.
sagittarius
November23to
December22
caPricoN
December23to
Januar20
You are very sensitive to the unspoken needsof those close to
you. You can be enormouslycompassionate, but watch that you
don'tbecome emotionally overloaded by soaking intheir problems. You
are feeling more sensitivein your romantic life and really yearning
for abeautiful, spiritual connection. This week youwill be inclined
to retreat into your inner dreamworld at the slightest setback or
hint of indiffer-ence or rejection.
aquaries
January21to
February19
This week you want more independence inyour emotional life, so
you need a strongindividual for a mate who is willing to let yougo
your own way. Close relationships maybe making you more edgy than
need be.You do mean to stay loyal, but you get oddmoments of
insecurity which make you sud-denly switch your affections off.
This is only atemporary phase, so don't say anything tooabrupt,
since you will want to get back to thestatus quo fairly soon
Pisces
February20to
March20
You are being honest and very direct aboutyour feelings, and you
want loved ones to beopen too. You are certainly not in the moodto
be fenced in or tied down this week.Domesticity seems even less
attractive thanusual, and you want to be wandering
aroundentertaining yourself. Try to keep loved onesin a friendly
frame of mind, but head for oldbuddies who you can rely on to
provide youwith the excitement that you need.
With Venus in your opposite sign thisweek you certainly won't be
short ofadmirers or interesting invitations. Somake the most of the
good times, andhave fun. It will boost your morale, self-esteem and
your social status. Though attimes you will be very secretive and
moredetermined than usual. You will not readi-ly divulge what you
are thinking, feeling orplanning to any but your nearest andmost
intimate partners.
At times you won't want to put yourselfout and about as much,
socially orromantically. But watch that it isn't fear ofrejection
that is making you disappear intoyour shell. Just cuddle up close
to thosewho make you feel warm and wonderful.Luckily later in the
week the CapricornSun will turn you into a real party
animal.Feeling happy go lucky, outgoing andromantic, you want your
exuberance outon display as much as possible.
Just watch a tendency to put too muchstress on surface
appearance, or to fit in withwhoever is taking the strong position
aroundyou just for the sake of peace and quiet. Youwant to pour oil
on troubled waters, but youneed to stand up for your rights as
well. Yourwonderfully outgoing style is making you a hitat social
occasions since you keep everyonehighly entertained. In good humour
thisweek, you are positive and enthusiastic.
Your ability to keep the peace and boostmorale could be useful
in gaining youprominence at work. Your charm may havea hidden
agenda, but it will bring thedesired result if you keep schmoozing
inthe right places. With Venus at your midheaven you may be coming
across asrather reserved, but your sophisticatedapproach is needed
to bring respect frompeople in authority. Businesslike charm
willget you further than frivolous jokes.
4 STAR AGE / SPIRITUALITY
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