Richard Roman's Blog – December 2011 Archive (9)

The iconic Cafe de Paris in Rome – the inspiration behind Federico Fellini's classic La Dolce Vita – is set to reopen after it was discovered two years it had been used as a front for money-laundering by the notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia of Calabria.

It was a legendary emblem of the "Dolce Vita" high life of Rome in the 1960s, enticing stars such as Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra.…

Václav Havel, the dissident playwright who led the Czechoslovakian "velvet revolution" and was one of the fathers of the east European pro-democracy movement that led to the fall of the Berlin wall, has died aged 75.

To read more....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/18/vaclav-havel-dies

'''''and he was a writer! ... a man of dignity

Maharishi Jack is here in Changchun!

His many followers from around the world are bewitched by his down to earth stories, pithy humour which always contain the essence of a deeper more meaningful truth. Currently, only a few of his closest followers know of his existence here in Changchun but he will be revealing an important message for the sake of humanity soon.

Full details will be available when appropriate on Changchun Live - this is  just to let everyone…

Why don't they use dynamite? Labourers use excavators on top of a residential building being demolished in Yuhuan County of Taizhou City, Zhejiang province



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071438/How-did-Excavators-dismantle-Chinese-highrise-down.html#ixzz1gOOS4p9U…

There is a management and philosophical concept that these three things are part of our make-up

One view - that I agree with is that we are good in two areas but tend to be weak in the third.

Now - this is difficult but I would guess that I am a Head and Heart guy - but not so good on the Guts

Head - good at thinking, rationalising. reasoning etc

Heart - good at feeling, empathy, understanding

Guts - good at doing, making things happen, being…

Just to let you all know.....

Coca-Cola Co. (KO), the world’s largest soft-drink maker, said it’s cooperating with Chinese authorities investigating the death of a child who China News Service said died after consuming a Minute Maid milk beverage.

The child and an adult in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun, became…