Querido Richard,
>
> Yours was a wonderful gift to start the new year, a pesar de los trumpotes
> y trumpitos de este mundo!
> Otros Mundos son Posibles 👍
> Gracias amigo querido, wishing you, your family, friends and all
> earthlinks the best of life and enough light to defy the shadows ahead ☺
>
Abrazos from Fairfield, iowa
Azril
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>
> On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Richard Harris <rharris@...> wrote:
>
>> Dear Family and Friends | Querida Família | Queridos AmigosI
>>
>> hope you are all well and enjoying this holiday season. For several
>> years, I have sent the following 2 video links to my family and friends
>> around the world with my best wishes for the coming new year.
>>
>> At these links there are two brief videos of a "flash mob" of musicians
>> and singers performing for a surprised but delighted audience.
>>
>> The first flash mob took place in the city of Sabadell in Catalonia,
>> Spain. More than 100 people participated in this surprise performance of
>> Beethoven's famous Ode to Joy. You can view it by clicking on the following
>> link
>>
>> http://www.mostwatchedtoday.com/som-sabadell-flash-mob/
>>
>> I'm sharing this video again because it never fails to bring tears to my
>> eyes, no matter how many times I've seen it. Beethoven's famous Ode to Joy
>> has been adopted as the anthem of the European Union and it expresses some
>> of the best ideals and hopes of humanity -- unity in diversity, freedom,
>> peace, solidarity, and love of nature.
>>
>> The realization of these ideals are not only what the people of Europe
>> need but what all humanity needs. This continues to be my deepest wish for
>> the future; followed by my wish that all of you will be blessed with Love,
>> Health, Happiness, Peace and Prosperity throughout the new year of 2017.
>>
>> For the same reason, I include the second brief flash mob video at the
>> link below. This flash mob performance took place in the food court of the
>> World Trade Center in Beijing, China. I encourage you to view it. It has a
>> special ending, and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do;
>>
>> http://shanghaiist.com/2013/12/23/flashmob-chorus-guomao-beijing.php
>>
>> The talented performers in this flash mob are the members of the Taiwan
>> Surprise Chorus.
>>
>> And for my political friends and fellow Bernie Sanders supporters, I
>> would like to share with you the following brief video "Do you hear the
>> people?"
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5vpabMb62g
>>
>> I hope you have a very good year in 2017, despite all the things that are
>> wrong in the world., and so I wish you a Happy New Year, Feliz Año Nuevo,
>> 新年快樂, Feliz Ano Novo, Bonne Année, Chuc Mung Nam Moi and Hau'oli Makahiki
>> Hou (Hawaiian for Happy New Year)
>>
>>
>> Richard L Harris, PhD
>> Professor Emeritus of Global Studies
>> California State University Monterey Bay
>> Managing Editor
>> Journal of Developing Societies
>> <https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/richard-harris-2>
>> Director of the Transpacific Project
>> <http://www.transpacificproject.com/>
>>
>>
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