December 31, 2006 – 3:12 am
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cities.expressindia.com 
Mumbai, December 10: The message was clear. The Parsis are here to stay and pave way for their next generation through their innovative Parsi Resource Group (PGR) programme. At least, that was the idea which over 1,500 Parsis wanted to get across to the public who feels they are a dwindling lot.
Brainchild of architect Jimmy Mistry, PRG has been designed for empowering the Parsi youth and to uplift their traditional fire temples and improve the lives of Parsi priests, which according to Mistry, are in a pathetic state of affairs. And Mistry has fallen back on motorcycles as a common thread to link all of them—young and old—together. Read More »
December 31, 2006 – 3:02 am
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www.cybernoon.com
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On Sunday morning when the roads of Mumbai are still sleepy, around 300 Parsi bikers will don their helmets, stride onto their vehicles and zoom around Paris residences, just to make a point that Parsis are not a dwindling community and there is more to them then the inter community bickering. This event, nicknamed as the peace ride has been organised by Jimmy Mistry, founder trustee of the Parsi Resource Group (PRG), and MD of Della Tecnica. “With this event we want to announce the arrival of the Parsi youth movement. The media seems to have the wrong impression about the community. This is my way of making a statement that there are lots of young Parsis and the community numbers are anything but dwindling. All the bikers will be wearing the PRG t-shirts, caps and carrying the PRG banners with them,” said Mistry. Read More »
December 31, 2006 – 3:01 am
Zubin Mehta among Dan David Prize laureates for year 2007 in History, Contemporary Music and Quest for Energy.
The Dan David Prize laureates for year 2007 in the fields of History, Contemporary Music and Quest for Energy have been announced by Dan David, founder of the Prize, and Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, the French Minister of Culture and Communication. The international Prize, now in its sixth year, is unique in that its fields, within the three Time Dimensions; Past, Present, and Future are selected each year, thus keeping abreast of the dynamically changing fields of human knowledge.
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December 31, 2006 – 1:45 am
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www.chnpress.com
Tehran, 21 December 2006 (CHN Foreign Desk) — While the Christians all over the world are getting ready to celebrate Christmas, Iranians will rejoice in celebration of one of their most ancient traditions, the night of Yalda.
Early Christians related this very ancient Persian celebration to Mithra, Goddess of Light, and linked it to Christ’s birthday. According to one traditional Persian tale of Yalda, “In birth, sun and Jesus are close to each other.”
This Zoroastrian tradition has survived the thousands of years even after Islam was spread eastward to Iran. Today Yalda is celebrated not only by the followers of Mithraism, but by Iranians of all faith by rejoicing with family and friends.
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December 31, 2006 – 1:31 am
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www.tahlequahdailypress.com
Well, today is the big day. Not the end of the world, or election day, or even Christmas. But today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, after which the days will start getting longer and longer until June 21, when they’ll get shorter and shorter until next Dec. 21.
Then is all starts over again. At precisely 6:22 tonight, winter officially begins in this hemisphere. For those folks who live on the southern half of the planet, it’s the beginning of summer.
Why does this happen?
The axis of the earth isn’t straight up and down, but is actually tilted 23.5 degrees, so one half of the earth receives more direct rays from the sun than the other half. This change in intensity of direct sunlight is why we have the four seasons, which were the inspiration for the name of a doo-wop band of the ‘60s called The Four Seasons that included Frankie Vallie and had such hits as “Walk Like a Man,” “Sherry,” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” Read More »
December 31, 2006 – 1:22 am
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www.chnpress.com
Tehran, 21 December 2006 (CHN Foreign Desk) — Discovery of some tablets inscribed with abstract patterns in the northern mountains of Nadooshan city in Yazd province has taken the archeologists one step closer to concluding that the city once hosted human life during the prehistoric times.
Archeological excavations in the area also resulted in the discovery of 500 historic evidence and archeological relics. Roughly 80 percent of the discovered historic artifacts belong to the Ilkhanid dynastic period (1256-1336 AD) to reign of the First Pahlavid King (1925-1941). Read More »
December 30, 2006 – 7:05 pm
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www.google.com
Tomorrow 12/Dec/2006 is the “Porseh” of Mr.Shahriair Zohrabi, the father in law of Mr.Al.Dabestani. It will be held in Darbe Mehr from 2-4 PM. For direction to darbemehr please refer to the following address.
Darbemehr: 6900 Halifax Street Burnaby, BC V5B 2R5, Canada (604) 420-3500
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