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News from the United Nations

UN invites all Congolese to avoid violence, resolve poll disputes peacefully

With the provisional results of national legislative elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) having now been announced, the United Nations today encouraged all actors to use legal channels for resolving any disputes and refrain from the use of force or violence.

Ban voices sadness after deadly clashes at Egyptian soccer stadium

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed sadness at last night’s violent clashes at a soccer match in Egypt which led to the deaths of at least 74 people and injuries to hundreds of others.

Visiting Gaza, Ban reiterates commitment to plight of Palestinians

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled today to the Gaza Strip, where he underlined his commitment to continue working for peace and stability in the Middle East, and voiced his concern about the need to increase humanitarian assistance for Palestinians.

Lebanon: UN-backed tribunal to try four men accused of Hariri killing in absentia

The United Nations-backed independent tribunal set up to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri announced today that it will try four men accused of carrying out the crime in absentia.

Threatened by climate change, glaciers now under attack from ice thieves - UN

Criminal gangs are becoming a threat to the world’s glaciers, which are already receding as a result of climate change, the United Nations said today, citing a case in Chile where police are investigating the theft of some 5,000 kilograms of millennia-old ice from the Jorge Montt glacier.

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"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god, and failure is death. Add to this cruelly delicate organism the overpowering necessity to create, create, create -- so that without the creating of music or poetry or books or buildings or something of meaning, his very breath is cut off from him. He must create, must pour out creation. By some strange, unknown, inward urgency he is not really alive unless he is creating." -- Pearl S. Buck

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"This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down." -- Ben Okri

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"Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too." -- Aberjhani

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"A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight." -- Aberjhani

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"The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it, to heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries, and to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear." -- Aberjhani
 

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Do you realize that races are overrated,since God is no respecter of persons?Colored perceptions of hatred and bigotrymay ultimately destroy our existence.Who needs people that:•  Lack brotherly love and respect for others•  Lust for power, wealth and domination•  Lack vision and purpose•  Lack maturity and wisdom•  Have attitudes of superiority•  Are poor in spirit•  Lack discipline and self-controlColored attitudes, regarding skin tones and hues,pale in…See More
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Joseph J. Breunig 3rd

Poem: Colored People

Do you realize that races are overrated,

since God is no respecter of persons?

Colored perceptions of hatred and bigotry

may ultimately destroy our existence.



Who needs people that:

•  Lack brotherly love and respect for others

•  Lust for power, wealth and domination

•  Lack vision and purpose

•  Lack maturity and wisdom

•  Have attitudes of superiority

•  Are poor in spirit

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Concerning the Removal of My Reviews on Amazon

       “What hits you affects you and wakes you up more than what pleases you.”

            --Michel de Montaigne, On the Art of Conversation



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“Orion Allies with Aldebaran Once Again! …and The Book of the Dead has Fresh New Authors!”

 

Venus’ retrograde of our compelling poles

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Rising from every foundation, on pedestals

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vibratto of souls

as you cried, I wiped the tears

           from the soft contours of your cheeks,

 

  my hands massaging the temples

             of icy dreams

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     through words of warm exposure -

 

       gazing into the sea of your eyes,

                my smile slowly grew

            as your lips gently lifted,

 

      swelling into vibrant waves of breath

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Poem: Golden Rule

I’m gently reminded of an old lesson,

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For walking in God’s, true Love

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Understanding



(« Detail of a poster for the International Hygiene Exhibition 1911 in Dresden » by Franz von Stuck)



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CTI Spotlight Artist Pedro M. Rosario Barbosa, September 25-30, 2011


PEDRO M. ROSARIO BARBOSA

 

Hometown:

Río Piedras

 

What Pedro Enjoys:

Education, Politics,…

CTI Spotlight Artist Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, September 25-30, 2011

 

 

JOSEPH J. BREUNIG 3rd with Wife Joyce

 

Hometown:

     New England, USA

 

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CTI Spotlight Artist Christopher Stewart, September 18-24, 2011


CHRISTOPHER STEWART

 

Hometown:
          Quebec City, Canada

 

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CTI Spotlight Artist Phyllis Jean Green, September 18-24, 2011

 

PHYLLIS JEAN GREEN

 

 

Hometowns:

Springfield, IL and Chapel Hill, NC

 

Phyllis is Interested in:

Art, Education, Film,…

CTI Spotlight Artist Lady Blues Jacqueline Amos, September 11-17, 2011

Hometown:

Brooklyn, NY

 

About Lady Blues Jacqueline:

Art, Music

 

More About Lady Blues in Her Own Words:

“I take on a new preservation of modern blues and jazz, with a touch of honey that sticks to my ribs, the legends…

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