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Monday, 31 October 2016

Pope Francis visits Lund

Lund is a town of prestige which I like a lot. Apart from having the best university in Sweden, it has also one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the country: Lunds Domkyrkan - chosen by the Pope for a visit earlier this month and that made the Sweden's King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia to come to Lund as well.
I had the opportunity to quickly escape from work to see them and even broadcast it live from my phone to Facebook. That was the first time I did a live broadcast because I thought that was a major event to show live. Well, it was not the first time I saw a Pope with my own eyes. John Paul II did visit my hometown in Brazil in the late 80's so I had the chance to see him and I remember it. Heh, not much more to say apart from what you can see in this stored copy of my live broadcast video. Ciao!

Sunday, 28 August 2016

Rammstein went to Wrocław (So did I)

That was the best concert I have ever attended. Well, I should call it a SHOW instead because when Rammstein plays it is no joke! This footage above was taken by me when they were playing their most popular song 'Du Hast'. A surprise pyrotechnic effect blew my mind! Till Lindemann shoots a 5-barrel gun with fireworks followed by fire explosions and two fireworks resembling missiles hitting the stage as a counter strike. Very well planned.

In their setlist there was a new song (and unreleased song) in the opening act, entitled "RAM 4" which has the names of several of their songs as lyrics. As if they were trying to summarize Rammstein in one song. Also very well planned.

I noticed the band avoided so explicit acts and songs like "Pussy" or "Bück dich" (among others) which would have a very explicit lyrics with sexual content and even live acts on the stage depicting artificial penises and masochist behaviors.

Among their classics songs, the ones they did play were: Amerika, Du Hast, Du riechst so gut, Mein Herz brennt, Links 2-3-4, Ich will and Engel which was played as last song with a beautiful and theatrical act in which Till Lindemann flies with some metal angel wings.

If you ever get the opportunity to see Rammstein live, don't miss it!

Monday, 27 June 2016

Exploring Iceland

After my first (and too short) trip to Iceland in April of 2015, I was sure I was going to come back there at some point and it just happened one year later.
For those in love with ecotourism, this island is a must-see and has a lot to show, including endless amount of waterfalls, geysers, volcanoes, glaciers, hot springs, hot rivers but unfortunately, no so many trees or forests due to its mostly rocky soil formation which makes it hard for trees to grow.
Having said that, I proceed with my report on this amazing 10-day trip to the paradise island, which is called "Island" in their Icelandic language as well as in most of Scandinavian languages. The etymology is simple to comprehend: "IS" means "ICE" and therefore: "ISLAND".
The trip started for me on a Friday evening (June 17th), departing from Copenhagen, flying Icelandair.

Believe it or not, I only took two photographs in Reykjavik and this is one of them. I know what you may be thinking now and it is correct. The night life is intense and people around there were drinking as if there is no tomorrow.
I did have some beers while attending a rock concert of a Norwegian band which I met in the shuttle bus from Keflavik airport to the center. They gave me also a copy of their debut album. The name of the band is Hollow Illusion. Among the cool bar/clubs to go there, I can recommend: Kaffibarinn, pub "Dubliners" and the Whisky bar named "Dillon". There are many more. Just let the night absorb you. Try to find out which bars offer "happy hour" prices for beers, so you can save a considerable amount of money. Beers will cost you normally a minimum of 1000 ISK. Some bars, during 'happy hours' might charge as low as 600 ISK for a beer.

Golden Circle

Our Polish team composed mostly of people from Warsaw, but having a Latino-Breslauer among them, continued the trip on two 4x4 Nissan Terrano (eventually renamed by us to "Nissan Terrakota"), towards the "Golden Circle" which is a ring road leading to the mainstream attractions near Reykjavik.

Geyser Strokkur, Kerið crater and Gullfoss waterfalls are among the attractions of the Golden Circle:

Gullfoss waterfalls

Kerið volcanic crater lake

The Golden Circle attractions are for those staying in Reykjavik without enough to time to explore the whole island. We definitely needed more.

Hitting the road

We drove on the road #1 which is the main road going around the island and doesn't require 4x4 cars. We passed the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on the way but don't expect much of it as an attraction because despite its fame after 2010's major eruption, it is not a volcano with a classic cone shape, so you can't see much.

Eyjafjallajökull volcano today

Eyjafjallajökull volcano photo during 2010's eruption

Carry on, with so many waterfalls on the way that I decided to show photos only of the most impressive ones, like Haífoss:

With Rammstein playing in our CD player, the trip continues to explore the Skaftafell region, where the glacier Skaftafellsjökull is located. It is the second largest glacier in Europe after Austfonna glacier on Svalbard in Norway.

The farther one goes away from Reykjavik area, the less infrastructure and hotels one gets. We used a camping area as base to rest and visit the glacier on the following day. Fortunately, we didn't need to use tents. We had cool cottage houses. Exactly these ones below:

Our housing

The morning comes. That's the expedition day! I couldn't hide my euphoria. That was going to be the most special day of the trip for me! I always wanted to walk on a glacier. So here we go!

Before the ascent, we took a photo of our group:

Piotr, Karolina, Mateusz, Magda, Ewa, Kamil, Kasia, Nano

This is me walking on Iceland's largest glacier

An ice chunk from a glacier looks like crystal
Nice photo collage by Ewa Kalata, from our hiking day

Photo taken during our hike

A photo of out team

Walking tours on the glacier can be arranged in the Skaftafell's visitor's center. The staff doing the tours is really friendly. I recommend.

Near the glacier, there is also a lake formed with the melting water from the glacier itself. The name of it is: Jökulsárlón

It really felt like a proper summer trip, far from harmful UV ray lights and mosquitoes! ;)

Just beside the Skaftafel's visitor center, there is a hiking trail leading to the Svartifoss - the black waterfall. Well, I thought the water would be black (I've seen some waterfalls with very dark, organic water in Brazil) but that is not the case. The name comes from its black rock formation, which makes it a very unusual landscape. See below:

Few more impressive waterfalls we found on the way:

This one has easy access by the main road, so no need for 4x4 cars. It is called Skógafoss:

This one below is called Seljalandsfoss and it's cool because one can walk behind it, has also easy access:

Nano @ Seljalandsfoss

The strongest waterfall in Iceland, the Dettifoss:

Glymur, the second highest waterfall in Iceland, this attraction includes hiking through dangerous paths and high cliffs. Not recommended for children and for people afraid of height.

Map of the hiking track to go to Glymur falls

Glymur waterfall

View opposed to the Glymur fall, from the point I was

Highlands / Laugarfell

One nice part of the trip was when we went to Laugarfell, in the Icelandic highlands. It was a short incursion towards the center of the island, escaping the main road #1, and going to a quite isolated area near the volcano Askja.
Apparently, there is only one hostel, called Laugarfell itself. At this point I am not sure if it is the name of the location or the name of the hostel, because it is pretty much the only house around.
The hostel (or shelter) is run by a family and can be booked here. There are two hot springs for the guests, with different temperatures. One of them is really hot, probably better for winter but quite ok for a cold summer night too.
The area is probably the best site to watch the stars or the northern lights because it is very isolated and there is no light pollution at all, but since we were there during summer, it doesn't get fully dark anyways, so it is possible to see only one star - the one in our solar system.
During the day, there is a nice activity to do there which is a 7-km hiking trail with really nice views like this one beside.
I really plan to go back there some day, during winter, so I can see the northern lights which I failed to spot last year.

More photos from Laugarfell:

This is the second biggest town in Iceland, with around 20.000 inhabitants. It has its own airport but I heard that flying from Reykjavik to Akureyri is very expensive. Most people would just take a 4-hour bus trip or would take the car. In Akureyri it would be impossible to be an incognito. People would know who you are if you live there for awhile. There only few pubs/bars and people are so friendly that might make you feel like moving there.
This is among the few photos I took while staying in there but the house we rented was on the other side of the bay, so it doesn't show much of the town. Check the wiki page of the town for more information and photos of the city centre here: Akureyri.

Akureyri is a good base town in case you would like to take the whale-watching boat rides departing from Husavik. It is a short drive and there are allegedly more whales on that part of the island than in the Reykjavik area. Not sure if it's true though. We purchased the boat trip from the company named 'North Sailing' ( They have schooners, which can be an alternative to inflatable boats, but the journey takes longer (approx. 4h) and is less bumpy. (The first photo on this post also shows the boat we took).

The whale-watching departing from Husavik also passes by the puffin island, which is where they reproduce. The Puffin is a traditional Icelandic bird, present in many postcards around there.

Here are some photos (click to enlarge):

Approaching the "Puffin Island"

Humpback whale
Humpback whale

Puffin bird

Well, I think this was the longest post I have ever written in my blog, even though I really tried to keep it as short as I could.

If you can't get enough of Iceland, check out my earlier post about it, from last year:

I hope you enjoyed my photos and I wish you a good trip to Iceland! :)

Friday, 27 May 2016

Nano meets E-Type!

Well, what can I say? It was like a dream coming true! What you can see in this photo is actually me wearing a wig and some flashy Devil horns on stage with E-Type, one of the greatest Eurodance groups from the 90's! (Click on it to enlarge)

It was a big surprise to everybody since we were all just enjoying the summer party of the company then we suddenly saw what the organizers have secretly arranged for us.

E-type played all their hits, including the "Life", "Campione" (soundtrack for Eurocup 2000) and "This is the way". For their bombastic hit "Campione", E-Type's front man - Martin Eriksson - fecthed some people from the front line, to go up on the stage to sing along and since I was the last one leaving the stage after that song, my colleague could capture this photo showing only me with the band. The best souvenir ever from that special evening. xD

The hit "Life":

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Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Ski for life

After 2 seasons without skiing at all, I took the chance to go to a ski slope before the global warming takes over the planet. Well, it was January 30th and as you can see in the photo, the winter is very mild. The trees are not snowed and the ski tracks contain artificial snow on most of its length.

Most of the ski stations are having very bad conditions for skiing but only some of them have some micro climate or are pointing north which helps avoiding most of the afternoon direct sun light, which is a great advantage.

The ski slope chosen this time was the "Červená Voda" in Czech Republic - - which has a quite OK infrastructure for skiing, with a heated-seat ski-lift carrying 4 people at once. The track is for "advanced beginners" and/or intermediate level. If you are advanced, it will be too short for you.

Don't forget to try the Czech beer in the bar, on the base of the slope. Cheers!

Thursday, 3 September 2015

New York City

Even though I'm not a fan of the "American dream", I have to admit that this city is really vibrating and glamorous. I had my trip to NY planned for October (which will also happen) but due to a work-related trip I ended up going in August first.

After all the work agenda was done, me and my work colleagues had a spare time for some sightseeing in Manhattan having only two nights, staying in a hotel in Times Square, Midtown.

Well, I can say that a lot has changed since my first time there back in 1998. Not talking about how fatter I look in the photo, but the city has changed too. Things are more expensive, city got more crowded. I remember walking the streets of Manhattan on a Sunday back in the 90's and it was quite empty. Now, it is really like "the city that doesn't sleep" like sung by Frank Sinatra.

Restaurants now expect minimum of 15% tips (formally called 'gratuity') and by default 18% of gratuity is included in the bill. For a big piece of meat in a Brazilian restaurant in Times Square, including two beers and dessert costed me 63 USD. ATM machines charge 3 USD for international money withdrawals and beer in pubs have Scandinavian prices (between 5 and 8 dollars for a pint). The electronic shops within Manhattan are expensive. Don't forget to bring your European plug converter for power outlets, otherwise you will have to buy an overpriced one in one of these shops.

Times Square

Times Square is the a commercial area in Midtown Manhattan brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements. Times Square is sometimes referred to as The Crossroads of the World. That crossroad in this photo was taken just two blocks away from our hotel. In there you can find the Madame Tussauds wax museum and it is also close to Broadway neighborhood.

Empire State building

Used to be the tallest building in the world for decades. Now, it is not even the highest in Manhattan anymore (currently it is the One World Center near Ground Zero), but still has a lot of prestige. It has 102 floors and is open for tourists. Nice view from up there. I didn't climb it this time, but I was glad to have a view from my hotel window to it.

WTC Memorial (Ground zero)

In the site where big aircraft hit commercial buildings back in 2001 a memorial was built, with fountains and the names of all the victims killed back then. Worth a visit. There is also a museum on site.
People might think it is theory of conspiracy but I really believe it was somehow planned by Bush administration, so that the government would get public support to go for "war on terror" in the middle east. There is a lot of unanswered questions about this 9/11 attacks if you watch the documentary film Fahrenheit by Moore. Nevertheless, these lives were taken unfairly and the memorial makes totally sense to exist.

Brooklyn bridge

The first bridge to connect Manhattan to the mainland. Over 100 years old. I couldn't walk this one but I had this nice view from the boat ride on the way to Statue of Liberty. Not much to say about it. Check Wikipedia if you want to know more. :)

Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was a present from the French, as gratitude for liberation after WWII.
Before the 9/11 attacks, the procedure to visit the islet and go inside the statue was much simpler. Nowadays, there is a lot of screening and strict safety precautions for the tourist who wants to go there. So, the simplest way to enjoy this attraction and take some nice photos from close is to take the "water taxi" for 31 USD and it will stop for a while in front of the statue so you can take nice photos like this one I took.

In my humble opinion, the minimum length of a trip to New York city, should be 5 days. There should be no maximum length. =)


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Flicker or Woodpecker Native American Totem

The Strong Sun Moon arrives between June 21 and July 22. It is the first moon of Shawnodese (Coyote),  Spirit Keeper of the South position on the Native American Medicine Wheel  This moon occurs at the time of the summer solstice.  The mineral totem for the Strong Sun Moon is carnelian agate,  the plant is the wild rose, and the animal is the flicker or woodpecker.  The color is pink. The element is water  and you belong to the Frog clan.

The carnelian agate teaches people  about their strong heart connection.  The rose teaches people  about their ability both to heal and to inspire.  The flicker or woodpecker teaches people about their desire for self-expression. The Strong Sun Moon teaches about the importance of the emotions and the need for a strong home base.  People born under the Strong Sun Moon are intuitive and wild in some aspects of being, and yet  conservative and home loving in others.  The Strong Sun Moon teaches  about the law of relationship and about family, mothering, and nurturing. While working with the flicker people must guard against wallowing in their own emotions and about fearing to take a stand.

Flicker or woodpecker can teach you about communicating, music, joy, nurturing, courage, protection, tenacity, and your connection with the universal.

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  1. This is mine as well and really fits me!
    While mine in not directly on the line, it is near enough. Also I have someone close to me that IS on the 21st of July late in the day. So I am interested in the answer to Holley about the line placements
    Wishing you a wondrous day.
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Why You Keep Dreaming About Being Naked

Are the common elements in our dreams the result of basic biology, or something deeper?

I was naked. So was Laura,” begins one dream of the more than 20,000 collected in G. William Domhoff’s DreamBank. “I was re-stringing…By Elizabeth Svoboda

I was naked. So was Laura,” begins one dream of the more than 20,000 collected in G. William Domhoff’s DreamBank. “I was re-stringing an unvarnished electric bass, so I guess it was naked, too. At one point I put a screw in to secure a string, but then realized I wasn’t holding the bass but Laura…” The dream is one of many “naked” entries in the database, and Domhoff says dreams about being naked or exposed in public in ways that betray a fear of embarrassment are widely reported. But why?

Domhoff, a distinguished professor emeritus specializing in psychology at the University of California-Santa Cruz, has spent years collecting self-reported dreams in journals and laboratory settings, meticulously tagging and cataloguing each one. An outdoor setting, for example, is marked with an OU, a familiar character with a K, and physical activity with a P. Individual dreams can then be described with their own idiosyncratic combination of labeled elements. Domhoff calls this coding system “quantitative content analysis.” He’s concluded that at least some dreams have universal elements related to common human preoccupations and concerns.

Some “typical” dreams long studied for their figurative meaning—such as dreams where you fly under your own power, or where your teeth fall out—don’t occur nearly as often as people think (flying dreams, for example, make up only about one-half of 1 percent of all dreams). But many people dream about being naked, or about physical journeys that might stand in for fraught everyday dilemmas, such as being thwarted in a quest for success. “We are walking down hall after hall,” one of the dreams in Domhoff’s database reads. “We are looking for a restaurant. We climb laboriously up ladders and get to a top floor to find out the restaurant is closed. I am upset and afraid of going back down.”

What we dream about at age 20 isn’t all that different from what we dream about at age 80, says Domhoff. And the dream worlds of an American, a Liberian, and a Czech—regardless of their divergent life experiences—will look more similar than not. “They dream of something in the past they regret or miss, and they dream about future worries like an exam, the health of their baby or children,” Domhoff says. “They dream most often about the things that concern them the most.” Domhoff’s database entries are about twice as likely to take place in familiar settings as in unfamiliar ones, and more than 90 percent of its dream characters are humans rather than animals or fantastical creatures. But, as Jung might have predicted, the collection clearly reveals that people dream about a lot of the same types of things.

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The idea of common nature to dreams extends back to at least the Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung, who once told an audience that, “we are all badly in need of the symbolic life. Only the symbolic life can express the need of the soul.” This symbolic life, Jung believed, is shared among humans and animals in the form of a collective unconscious, and expressed through a set of universal images and motifs that can appear in dreams. In his later years, Jung became obsessed with these symbols and filled a secret diary with his own dreams and fantasies. It was published 48 years after his death under the title Red Book, and has since made the rounds of the international museum scene. Jung’s own dreams, together with the experience he gained from his patients, informed his theories.

Modern dream analysis relies on rather more systematic methods of data collection, such as recording nighttime brain activity and coding dream reports that sleepers supply. But while the techniques have changed, the observation of common images and themes persists. Tufts University psychiatrist Ernest Hartmann, now deceased, studied how the 9/11 attacks on New York City affected the dreams of 44 people around the country who had been recording their dreams daily for years. Comparing their last 10 dreams pre-9/11 with the first 10 dreams they described after the attacks, he found a post-9/11 dreamscape that was more intense, frequently featuring general or metaphorical visions of attack, such as being overtaken by wild animals or pursued by monsters.

Jung’s phantasms: On page 125 of his Red Book, Jung depicts a golden mandala above a landscape depicted in folk art style. Between them is a levitating yogi. Jung believed that all humans and animals share a collective unconscious, from which we draw much of the imagery that appears in dreams across cultures. Reprinted from The Red Book by C. G. Jung. Copyright © 2009 by the Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung. With permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Given that dreams have at least some common elements, where do they come from? Are these qualities the result of a collective unconscious, Jung’s innate mental framework with its universal human themes (the monster or “dark side,” the victorious hero, the journey to a distant land)? Or are there other, more straightforward explanations?

Harvard psychiatrist and professor emeritus Allan Hobson bristles at the idea that common images in our dreams might be the products of a Jungian collective unconscious. “I think of that as sort of amusing literary speculation,” he says. Hobson, who calls himself a “thoroughgoing biologist,” has spent years studying the neural genesis of dreams in the lab with the help of tools like electroencephalography (EEG) machines, which record sleeping subjects’ brain waves. He has established himself as a sort of anti-Freud, countering the speculative flights of old-school dream analysis with the thrust of objective data.

“If you don’t study the brain, you aren’t doing science these days,” he says. “The psychoanalysts have a vested interest in destroying my argument.” That argument is that dreams are essentially the product of chaotic brain signals that the forebrain—which governs higher intellectual function in waking life—pieces together into narratives. Hobson argues that dreams therefore do have psychological meaning, but they don’t bubble up out of a pre-existing collection of themes in the subconscious. Instead, they mostly reflect conscious thoughts and concerns from day-to-day life: They are transparent, if garbled, depictions of real issues or people.

He was sitting in a rowboat, watching fishermen chop off sharks’ fins and toss the dying animals back into the sea.

Hobson readily acknowledges similarities in dreams the world over, but he doesn’t think that’s any reason to take Jung at face value. Rather than assuming dream themes come from an inherited set of mental categories—a theory for which he thinks there is little evidence—he attributes dream similarities at least in part to basic neural wiring. Human brains, he says, all process emotion essentially the same way, so it’s not surprising that dreams deal in common emotional concerns like fear and anxiety. “We’re all humans—we all have emotions. In dreaming, emotions are more strongly activated probably than recent memory.” Domhoff echoes many of Hobson’s concerns, pooh-poohing modern “Freudians and Jungians” and their views on dreams (“I would say they are talking ancient history”).

But University of Cape Town neuropsychologist Mark Solms doesn’t write Jung off quite so easily. While he doesn’t outright endorse the idea of a universal collective unconscious, he’s more sympathetic to the prospect than Hobson. There are “absolutely stereotyped dreams that human beings have everywhere,” he says. “That points to some sort of collective content.”

In studies of patients with brain injuries, Solms has discovered that people stop dreaming only when certain higher regions of the brain are damaged—particularly areas that control urges, drives, and motivation, which he calls the seeking system. This system, according to Solms’ theory, imparts volition and intentionality to dreams, and makes them point to things we desire. “There’s good reason to believe that the thing that drives dreams is the thing that drives the whole engine of your mind,” says Solms. “It’s not random, it’s not neutral. It has something to do with matters that concern you.” This, in turn, can lead to dreams about universal inner experiences. There are various common, emotion-fueled dream situations, Solms thinks, that align at least somewhat with Jung’s concept of a collective unconscious. “There are certain recurring fears in dreams, certain situations you find yourself in: ‘I forgot to feed the baby,’ ‘I left the dog at home.’ I don’t think it’s exactly what Jung meant, but it’s not far away.”

Hobson has long clashed with Solms on the question of whether dreams might have hidden meaning. “Any speculation [about hidden meanings] is worthy of literature,” Hobson says. “If you know that the dream is meaningful on its surface, why bother interpreting it?” But Solms—like many traditional psychoanalysts—thinks dreams may reveal important wishes and conflicts we suppress when we’re awake. In dreaming, Solms says, “your mind is loosened up, so you might allow yourself to think things or make connections that you wouldn’t in a more focused, goal-directed type of thinking.” You might never consciously admit to yourself that you’re unhappy with a prestigious, high-paying job, for instance, but you might dream about a 50-foot Godzilla smashing your office building to bits.

It’s this latter type of narrative, according to Chicago psychotherapist Jeffrey Sumber, that reveals why paying close attention to our dreams is so important. Sumber, who has studied dream interpretation at Zurich’s Jung Institute, specializes in the kind of dream analysis Hobson scoffs at: He helps his clients mine their dreams for subconscious insights that may otherwise be inaccessible to them. Like Jung, Sumber believes that some dreams clearly have universal qualities—not just because human brains have the same biological hardware for processing emotion, but because humans share a “symbolic life,” a set of common themes and motifs we use to convey our experience. “I believe there are archetypal dreams that reflect the human experience and the collective unconscious.” He adds, though, that such universal dream themes also need to be examined in light of their personal significance to the dreamer.

Instead of assuming, as Hobson does, that most dreams have fairly obvious connections to everyday life, Sumber guides dreamers in ferreting out interpretations that might not be readily apparent. “I encourage people to be their own analyst: ‘What do I think this dream means to me? Is this an “oatmeal” dream, or is it a big dream?’ ” He thinks thorough consideration of one’s own dreams can be life-changing because of the submerged truths they reveal. He himself has a fear of sharks, but a dream he had one night, in which he was sitting in a rowboat, watching fishermen chop off sharks’ fins and toss the dying animals back into the sea, helped him cope with that fear. Reflecting on the dream and its deeper meaning proved transformational, Sumber says. The sharks likely represented Jung’s universal “monster” dream theme, and his sadness at their plight led him to a place of unexpected empathy for his own dark side and that of others.

While disagreements like these persist, most dream theorists do agree on this point: Dreams often have a fundamentally emotional nature. The limbic system, which governs emotion, is highly engaged in dreamers—particularly the amygdala, which helps us process unpleasant or intense feelings like fear and aggression. “All the contemporary theories of dreaming,” writes sleep researcher Rosalind Cartwright in The Twenty-Four Hour Mind, “emphasize that dreams are not about prosaic themes ... but about emotion.” Hobson acknowledges the importance of emotions to dreaming, as does Hartmann, who has suggested that the striking central images in post-9/11 dreams sprang from intense emotion. His study, he wrote, “supports the idea that the dream image is an emotionally guided construction or creation, not a replay of waking experience.”1 This suggests the tantalizing possibility that common dream themes may reflect similarities in the human emotional experience—which persist despite variations in the external trappings of language and culture—and that the mental territory we all share is more vast and profound than that which separates us. Which is very Jungian indeed.

Elizabeth Svoboda is a writer in San Jose, California, and the author of What Makes a Hero?: The Surprising Science of Selflessness.

1. Hartmann, E. & Brezler, T. A systematic change in dreams after 9/11/01. Sleep 31, 213-218 (2008).

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My wife and I were lucky to get tickets for Kraftwerk's appearance at the Brixton Academy in 2004, during their world tour. Quite simply, it was the best concert I have ever been to in my life.
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    out of a sudden, i have a target.. to become a teacher/lecturer/professor.. I wanna teach those so called "ex-budak kelas hujung hujung" in universities/polytechnics/ADTEC, etc. so that they wont be the laughing stock for the people with higher education out there..

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There are other card games similar to GoGo 21 but few of them are near as good. This game also offers wild cards - outlined in yellow - that will automatically make any column you drop it into equal 21. There are things about this game that make it more difficult than its competition, however. The time limit makes the game much more challenging as you have to race to try to make 21 as many times as you can without running out of time. If you want to get a high score, you have to plan your moves well. If you have four columns all equaling 20, you are drastically reducing the number of potential moves you have. You need an Ace in every column and won't have room for any other cards.

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North Korean authorities presented the couple, Kim Kwang-Hyok and his wife Ko Jong-Nam, on Thursday, saying they had returned last month after being "lured" into defecting four years ago by intelligence agents.

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The ruling and opposition parties are exchanging fierce criticism as money-and-politics scandals have surfaced on both sides.

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"I feel very badly toward the public," Abe said. "I'm fully aware the responsibility falls on me because I appointed them."

Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi and Justice Minister Midori Matsushima had to step down soon after their appointments, but money-and-politics scandals have also surfaced regarding Yoichi Miyazawa, who succeeded Obuchi, and Defence Minister Akinori Eto.

"I told them to explain themselves, and both Defence Minister Eto and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Miyazawa have provided sincere explanations," Abe said at the meeting.

"I will do my utmost to resolve the mounting issues [of Japan]. There should not be any delay in politics," the prime minister added.

Abe made the statements in reply to questions from Diet members, including Liberal Democratic Party of Japan member Takeo Kawamura and Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Yukio Edano.

It was ironic, however for Edano to question Abe over money-and-politics scandals, as it was learned Tuesday that Edano's political organisation failed to report about ¥2.4 million in revenue related to the organisation's New Year party in its 2011 political funds report.

Before questioning Abe, Edano therefore said, "I am ashamed to say this, but there was an omission [in my political funds report]. I took steps yesterday to correct it."

"It was a careless mistake," Edano said Wednesday, adding that he had not violated the law.

The DPJ has been grilling the Abe administration over the money-and-politics scandals, especially targeting new Cabinet members. Edano said Saturday, "They told us it was simply a clerical mistake, but we can't just say, 'OK, we understand.'"

Upon meeting lawmakers close to him on Wednesday at LDP headquarters, Abe said, "Now that the issue about Edano has come to light, I hope [the DPJ] will just say, 'Cease fire!' If [the recent scandals] develop into smear campaigns targeting each other, it will look ugly to the public."

The LDP plans to hold a training workshop on accounting practices for secretaries and other staff of its lawmakers. Some from the party insist that checks by certified public accountants should be drastically strengthened.

LDP Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki attended a meeting with first-time Diet members on Wednesday and told them: "We need to have your office staff study the Political Funds Control Law to develop eyes that can distinguish proper spending."

A mid-career lawmaker with the LDP said, "I couldn't bear it if I were attacked for my responsibility for a simple mistake. I guess [the current law] has no flexibility."

This lawmaker and some other members of the party feel it would be more realistic to ease the regulations while maintaining a core of transparency regarding political funds.

Concerning the issue that Miyazawa received political donations from a company majority-owned by foreign nationals, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference on Wednesday: "We politicians are suffering most over the issue of political donations by foreign nationals.

Of course we have to pay full attention when we receive [donations], and strive to determine if they are from foreign nationals. But it's difficult to examine every detail before accepting them."

Suga also said he was considering a review of the law together with opposition parties.

The DPJ does not plan to ease its grilling of Cabinet members, but a senior LDP member said, "If this accusation game between ruling parties and opposition parties continues, it could cause stagnation in national politics."

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Guernsey's School Music Service was set up in 1978 to help teach music in the island's schools.

In 2010 it supported more than 700 children in learning music and was busy getting the Wider Opportunities scheme off the ground.

The service's Mervyn Grand said: "The scheme is all about giving youngsters who would not have the opportunity the chance to learn an instrument."

The scheme involves children learning trumpet, clarinet and djembe drums.

The instruments were donated to the scheme by the Bank of Butterfield and Mervyn explained they would spend a year in a school before being rotated to another giving as many children as possible a chance to take part.

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In the 2009-2010 school year the Forest Primary School were taking part in the scheme and pupil Daisy said she really enjoyed playing the clarinet: "It's got a mellow sound and I don't like the loud sound of the trumpet, and the trumpet's really heavy!"

While Oliver preferred the trumpet: "It makes loud sounds and you get to make a racket."

Forest School Headmaster Gary Le Huray was very enthusiastic about the scheme saying: "It's great to have that higher level, particularly with these instruments... we have played djembe quite a lot in the school but the trumpet and clarinet would be new and it's a great chance for a greater number of children to experience it."

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Allen is appearing in only his third World Championships

Surprise package Mark Allen booked his place in the World Championship semi-final with a 13-11 win over Ryan Day.

The Northern Irishman, who beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in the previous round, resumed with a 9-7 lead but lost the first frame to Welshman Day.

The two won alternate frames from that point on until Allen claimed the 23rd and 24th frames to secure victory.

Allen will face two-time champion John Higgins in the semi-final after he beat Mark Selby 13-12 in an epic encounter.

"I'm very glad I've won that match because I read all the newspaper articles (after beating O'Sullivan) like I always do and a lot of people were quick to shoot me down after beating Ronnie, as being a one-hit wonder," said Allen.

"So there was more pressure on me but I enjoy that, because I like to prove people wrong."

After engineering a two-frame overnight lead, Allen protected it superbly despite continual pressure from Day.

Any big occasions that have been thrown at me so far I seem to have handled pretty well

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In the first frame of the session, the Welshman amassed a break of 106 after a missed red from Allen to pull himself back to within a frame.

However, in the next frame Allen restored his advantage with a 108 break - his third century of the match and one which equalled the record centuries tally for the World Championships of 68 set in 2002 and 2007.

The 19th frame could have gone either way as Allen firstly looked comfortable but gave Day a reprieve by missing a blue.

Day amassed 46 before snookering himself behind a red and subsequently taking five attempts to hit the yellow but was allowed to return to the table shortly afterwards to claim the frame.

Allen took a closely-fought frame 20 after Day had potted the final red but was unable to claim a colour and Allen cleared up to the blue for an 11-9 interval lead.

Day came out fighting again following the break and was able to once again pull himself back to within a frame of Allen, potting one of the two remaining reds from an Allen safety and clearing up.

Allen's break of 65 allowed him to claim frame 22 to edge himself closer to a semi-final place but Day once again fought back to take the following frame.

However, Allen did finally book his spot in the final four courtesy of a break of 103 and celebrated with a punch of the air.

"My dream was to one day play at the Crucible and I've done that," added Allen.

"Another dream was to play in the one-table set-up with a chance of winning the World Championship and I'm going to have that in the next match.

"Any big occasions that have been thrown at me so far I seem to have handled pretty well, so hopefully it's another one I'll be able to handle."

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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, left, listens to a Moroccan military medical officer during his tour at Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh, center, in Mafraq on Saturday.

John Baird reverses decision to send medical aid to Syria

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has abruptly reversed course on his plan to get badly needed medical supplies into Syria by way of a Canadian aid organization.

Just days after travelling all the way to Jordan to announce some $2-million in aid, Baird confirmed Wednesday that the government will not be providing the money to the group known as Canadian Relief for Syria.

“We wanted to ensure that supplies could make their way to the victims of the Assad regime in the best way possible, and that it wouldn’t fund things like warehouses and infrastructure,” Baird said.

He said concerns about where the money would be going arose after the announcement, when the government sat down with the group to reach a contribution agreement.

“The current intention will not be pursued,” he said. “We will find alternatives.”

It remains a “top priority” of the federal government to assist the victims of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, whether they be opposition fighters, civilians or others caught in the crossfire, he added.

“The situation in Syria is a top priority for me, for my department and for our allies, and that’s why we’ll be moving as expeditiously as we possibly can.”

Momtaz Almoussly, a spokesman for the aid group, expressed shock Wednesday at the sudden about-face, insisting no one ever said the money would be used for anything but medical supplies and equipment.

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“Maybe they sent an e-mail or something, but nobody has spoken to us from the government about this decision,” Almoussly said. He declined to comment further, saying he needed some time to figure out what had happened.

Baird’s announcement prompted questions about why the group was being singled out for foreign aid when there are more established organizations on the ground.

Some media reports have linked the group to a charity with an office in Pakistan that was once run by alleged al-Qaida financier Ahmed Said Khadr, whose son Omar is currently languishing behind bars in Guantanamo Bay.

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Another report Wednesday suggested Canadian Relief for Syria was chosen because it would be better able to ensure opposition forces received care.

But the doctors on the ground weren’t going to single out anyone, Almoussly said in an interview Wednesday before the decision was made to revoke the funding.

“The treatment centre, when it receives a patient, they don’t ask are you a civilian, are you from the left or from the right,” he said in an interview.

“It’s just a medical centre.”

At a news conference earlier this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper defended his government’s choice.

“I’m told that our officials have done due diligence on all the organizations to which we’ve given money,” he said.

“I’m told they have the appropriate connections by which to deliver aid on the ground. And as I say, it is our officials who carefully research these groups and make sure they fit the needs of the government of Canada.”

Almoussly echoed those comments and said he didn’t know how the impression was formed that those networks would channel aid specifically to rebel groups.

“Because maybe of our connections and networks in areas that are difficult for international organizations, they labelled us that way,” he said. “But as I said, medical relief is impartial.”

Because maybe of our connections and networks in areas that are difficult for international organizations. But as I said, medical relief is impartial

Western countries have largely stopped short of providing material aid to the network of opposition forces in Syria who have been fighting against al-Assad’s regime since last year.

The United Kingdom recently announced funds to supply communications equipment, body armour and medical supplies and said the equipment was only for those not directly involved in the fighting.

Baird said Wednesday that Canada’s aid money was not directly intended for opposition forces.

“The sad reality is that far too much of the hospital and health care system has collapsed in Syria because of the war,” he said.

“Civilians are suffering greatly — whether it’s someone with a heart attack or a woman giving birth — so this medical assistance will go to support all the victims of Assad.”

That includes those fighting against the regime, but the money was never intended to help the opposition’s military effort, Baird said. “It’s entirely 100 per cent medical supplies.”

Canada has so far channelled the lion’s share of its aid for Syria through groups like the International Red Cross.

But the Syrian government has been severely restricting the number of visas available for foreign aid workers, making it difficult for outside groups to intervene.

This week, the United Nations humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos is in Syria to press for more access for aid.

But she told the BBC on Wednesday that the Syrian government doesn’t want international aid groups on the ground because they fear they’ll assist rebel forces.

Almoussly said his group’s network of medical staff is already there and can move around with ease.

He said the money was going to be used to purchase medical supplies which would be brought into the country via Jordan and Turkey.

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BANGKOK, May 24 (Xinhua) -- Deposed Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra, former cabinet ministers and protest leaders are currently being detained at army-controlled "safehouses" for about a week, announced the army on Saturday.

Deputy army spokesman Col Vinthai Suvari said Yingluck and the other detainees have been safe and will remain under army custody for about a week after they had been questioned and briefed by the National Peacekeeping Council following Thursday's military coup which ousted the elected caretaker government.

About 150 persons have been detained by the military at varied, undisclosed "safehouses," including former Premier Somchai Wongsawat and his spouse, Yaowapa, who is Yingluck's elder sister, former deputy Premier Nivatthamrong Boonsongpaisal, former Labor Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, Pheu Thai (for Thais) Party Secretary General Pumtham Vejjachai, Pheu Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit, anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, pro- government Red Shirt leaders Nattavut Saikua and Chatuporn Prompand.

"Those detainees who were believed to have been connected with street unrests, either directly or indirectly, have been provided safe lodging. They would be detained for no longer than a week. Some might probably be released in a few days' time," said Col Vinthai.

The deputy army spokesman declined to say how much longer the former lady leader might be detained since Friday. Yingluck had been summoned for investigation at the army auditorium for about 15 minutes before she was brought for detention at the First Infantry Division base from across the street at the heart of the Thai capital.

The others detainees have been brought to varied "safehouses," mostly located inside army barracks, sources said.

Meanwhile, Col Vinthai said 35 more people have been summoned for questioning and briefing at the army auditorium on Saturday. That was in addition to those 150 politicians and protest leaders who have already been questioned and detained by the military.

Those currently summoned include de facto Chart Pattana Party leader Suvat Liptapallop, Bhum Jai Thai Party leader Anuthin Charnverakul, Pheu Thai faction head Somsak Thepsuthin, Thammasat University history lecturer Somsak Jiamthirasakul, Thammasat law lecturer Vorajate Pakheerat and former anti-government Yellow Shirt leader Sonthi Limthongkul.

Failing to comply to the military orders, those summoned will be subject to a maximum of two years in jail or a maximum of 40, 000 baht (about 1,237 U.S. dollars) in fine or both, according to the deputy army spokesman.

Col Vinthai said the military will not use force against groups of people who might be taking to the street anywhere throughout the country to protest against the coup. Instead, he said, they will be talked into stopping their protests and peacefully dispersing.

"Those protesters are suggested to realize that the military have put the situation under control while the country is currently under martial rule," he said.

He added that 21 men were arrested on Friday with hidden explosives, gas tanks and war weapons in Khon Kaen.

The National Peace and Order Maintaining Council, headed by army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha who had declared martial rule on Tuesday, has completely seized executive powers by ordering all government officials ranging from ministerial undersecretaries to department heads and working-level personnel to come under direct command of the coup junta, including supreme commander Gen. Thanasak Patimaprakorn who takes charge of national security affairs, navy chief Adm Narong Pipatayasai in charge of socio- psychological affairs, air force chief ACM Prajin Juntong in charge of economic affairs, assistant army chief Gen Paibul Khumchaya in charge of laws and judicial process and police chief Pol Gen Adul Saengsingkaew in charge of special affairs.

U.S. suspends 3.5 mln USD in military aid to Thailand following coup

WASHINGTON, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The United States has suspended about 3.5 million U.S. dollars in military assistance to Thailand following a coup, the State Department said on Friday.

The United States is reviewing the rest of the annual direct assistance to Thailand -- which totaled 10.5 million in fiscal year 2013 -- as well as other aid through global and regional programs, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told a regular briefing. Full story

Leaders of Thai "red shirts," protesters detained in safe house

BANGKOK, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of Thailand's United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship, or "red shirts," and anti- government People's Democratic Reform Committee, who were captured Thursday by the military, have been taken to be detained at a safe house in capital Bangkok.Full story

Thai coup leader declares himself as acting PM

BANGKOK, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's military junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has declared himself as acting prime minister until someone can be found to serve the post full time. Full story

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BANGKOK, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Thailand was declared under martial law on Tuesday in the face of a looming street chaos in the Thai capital.Full story

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MANILA, Philippines—Legal counsel Lorna Kapunan on Thursday said her client Janet Lim-Napoles’ decision to go into hiding is human nature, saying even Senator Panfilo Lacson had done it.

“I think it is human nature that when you have a warrant of arrest and you are in a state of confusion, you go into hiding,” Kapunan said in an interview with Radyo Inquirer 990AM.

She said Napoles should not be blamed because of the “suspicious way it was done.”

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“If it were me and [Secretary De Lima] will tell me that ‘we will treat you fairly’ then the very next day there is a warrant of arrest under suspicious circumstances, will you surrender?” Napoles’ counsel said.

Kapunan even cited the case of Lacson who fled the country in 2010 in relation to the Dacer-Corbit double murder case.

“For instance Senator Lacson, when the DOJ issued a warrant of arrest he went into hiding because he felt it was unfair. And he got vindicated later by the Supreme Court who said there was no basis…,” Kapunan pointed out.

Kapunan, however, said that Napoles was still in the country and that they woul also have to find a way to reach her and decide on their next move.

The lawyer maintained that Napoles is innocent, especially pertaining to the case of serious illegal detention of whistleblower Benhur Luy.

On Wednesday, the Makati regional trial court released the arrest warrants for Napoles and her brother Reynald “Jojo” Lim for allegedly kidnapping and detaining Luy. The National Bureau of Investigation’s rescue of Luy from Napoles’ Taguig condo on March 22 led to various revelations on the P10 billion pork barrel scam.

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I know how these things start.  You see a cover you like, and you think, "hmm, that might be just what I am looking for."  Then, you flip open to the first page.  You breathe in the scent of the crisp new pages with the fresh black ink and you read the first sentence.  In the back of your mind, you are thinking, "I have a project to work on or homework to do.  I don't have time to read this right now."  You try to put the book aside, and you turn back to the computer screen.  But all the while, the book is sitting in your peripheral vision, calling to you, begging you to read it.  Just one little chapter.  That can't hurt anything, right?  So, you pick it up and start speed reading, feeling both guilty and sneaky, but oh so untamed and giddy.  But then you can't stop.  You have to know what happens next and you just keep reading and reading.  And that's how it happens.  You get caught reading!  Now I know just how spellbinding a good book can be.  Right this very minute, I am fighting the temptation to read a fabulous new book, The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage. But sometimes, most of the time actually, getting caught reading isn't such a bad thing.

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Night time - now that's the real catch.  There is nothing more inviting than crawling into bed, pulling the covers up, switching on the bedside lamp, and reading a good book before bed.  We all have bedtimes, and big days tomorrow, but sometimes, you just have to read that one extra chapter before going to sleep, and of course, that is when you get caught!  Maybe it is your parents who catch you reading, or maybe just the cat, but still, you are caught reading!

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Honestly, I think getting caught without a book is more of a crime.  Say you are sitting at the dentist office, waiting for your turn.  You could sit there and stare at the wall, or you could bring a book with you, and read your little heart out until your name is called.  Sure, the hygienist may catch you reading, but there's no harm in that.  Moral of the story - always have a book with you!

All those who know me, know that I am a repeat offender - often reading when I shouldn't, but reading is just oh so good that it is hard to stop!  So, take a chance this month and get caught reading.  It is Get Caught Reading Month during May after all, so take advantage of it.  It is worth it!

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“Harkirat (40) received bullet injury in his head. How he received the injury is not exactly clear at the moment and we are trying to get in touch with his parents,” Sector 3 Police
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The SHO said that Harkirat, who was a village sarpanch in Ludhiana district, was taken to Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) by family members where he succumbed to the bullet injury.

Asked if they suspect it to be a case of suicide, he replied, “Investigations are being conducted. At this moment, we are not ruling out anything.”

Sarna said at the time of the incident, Harkirat, who is the grandson of late Beant Singh, was at his residence in upscale Sector 5 in Chandigarh.

On August 31, 1995, the then Chief Minister, 73-year-old Beant Singh, was killed in a suicide bomb blast at the entrance of the civil secretariat in Chandigarh. 17 others too died in the terror attack by Sikh extremists.

Beant Singh was CM of Punjab from 1992 to 1995.

“We are conducting investigations… Harkirat comes from a political family and his elder brother Gurkirat is a Congress MLA,” the SHO said, adding “the circumstances around his death remain unclear so far.”

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