Happy Easter!

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Each Egg Exudes Elegance

 
(Essex) Easter eventually enters everybody’s estate, eagerly engaging everyone in Easter employment.
Precious part of purposeful painting is painting patiently porcelain-fine eggs with painstakingly perfect pansies – or other ornaments. Cheerful chicken eggs charm children. Yet there are countless colourful eggs in the whole world: peacock, dragon, 		goose, quail…
Nature needs no limits, egg-wise. Each egg exudes elegance in its own way, so try and decorate your dominion with various varieties of Easter eggs – but be careful with dragon eggs, they might contain dangerous surprises!
(ALL)

Easter Parade

(The World) Popular parades and peaceful processions will probably terrifically take place during this effective Easter era. Critics claim that there are countless crimes, economical and political that are worth voting against and even better protesting against. Several states recently ran out of cash capital; other great governments severely suffer from corrupt politicians. Elaborate energy and the efficient environment are other terrible topics. Alternative energy is seriously supported by those who want to powerfully protect our beautiful planet therefore all of us separately switched off the light lamps last week. Find your own favourite and use the vacation well for you own dashing demonstration. (MF)

 

Vatican Views on Easter

(Italy, or thereabouts) Easter, at the heart of the cycle of Christian holidays, is not only a time for eating colourful eggs and meeting family, but also has a deeper meaning. Mike Flatley went to Italy to get first-hand information by a man who certainly knows all about Easter: Pope Benedict XVI.
MF: Here I am, in Italy, standing at the border to the smallest state in Europe: the Vatican. It’s just a cathedral and some administrative buildings, but its powers and influence are enormous. The Vatican even has an own army, the Swiss Guards. I do not exactly have an appointment with the pope, but he is surely just praying all day long, so he can certainly fit me in. Ah, there’s one of the Swiss guards. I’ll ask him. Scusi, signore, how do I get to the pope?
SG: Sir, you cannot get to the Pope. Only people who have an appointment are allowed to enter.
MF: And the church, is it out of bounds, too?
SG: No, of course not. As a sacred

place for prayer, everyone is welcome to worship.
MF: Might I address the pope when he returns from worshipping?
SG: No, sir, that is forbidden. You see, some people would want to hurt the pope.
MF: Oh no, I do not intend anything that might do His Holiness harm! I only wanted to ask him to explain Easter to me.
SG: I’m sorry, sir, but you should not have come here without an appointment. Still, if you wish to talk to a priest about your question, I can introduce you to Monsignore Paolini, who is one of our theological experts.
MF: Needless to say, I accepted his offer. It did sound strange, that a country full of priest, monks and nuns needed a theological expert, but maybe they, too, need specialists for various fields. Ah, here he comes. Thank you for being so obliging, Monsignore Paolini.
MP: Of course, of course. I was told you wanted to know about Easter.
MF: Yes. My name is Michael Flatley 		and I am editor of a magazine in… er, England. Our readers would surely like to be informed what Easter is about apart from eggs and bunnies.
MP: First of all, eggs and bunnies are not part of Easter as far as we, the Catholic Church, are concerned. Easter is about the death and resurrection of our saviour Jesus Christ. You are familiar with Christianity?
MF: Yes, I am. So no bunnies or eggs come into Easter, according to the church?
MP: Correct. We mourn the crucifixion and joyfully praise the resurrection of the Lord. Eggs and bunnies are remnants of heathen customs.
MF: Thank you, Monsignore, for your help.
Now, dear readers, it is quite up to you how you celebrate Easter. Only do not get your symbols mixed up so that eggs become a sign of resurrection! Happy Easter!
(MF)

Cooking & Slicing

Although she is very busy indeed with Ministers Got Talent, Harriet Kettle-Stove agreed to share at least one recipe with us – a quick one, as she said. Nevertheless, we are sure you will enjoy it!
Happy Easter, dear cooks-to-be,
since we are all very busy with something, preparing a sweet surprise for the family might prove to be a challenge. If pressed for time, try this delicious easy cake which you can vary at wish.
Here’s what you need for the basic recipe: 250g soft butter, 250g sugar, 1 package of vanilla sugar, 4 eggs, 350g flour, 1 package baking powder and 100ml liquid. You beat the butter,

then add both kinds of sugar and add the eggs one after the other. Mix the dry ingredients and add them and only then add the liquid.
Now, why not try a juicy orange cake? You need orange juice for the liquid and some orange peel, almonds and pistachios for the dough. Mix everything as described above and bake for about 50 minutes at 180 °C.
You can also add lemon juice, lemon curd and lemon peel for a lemon cake. Or coconut milk, and fill the cake with marmalade after baking.
Rely on your fantasy and taste – and enjoy Easter! All the best,
H. Kettle-Stove

Agony Auntie Agatha

Dear Auntie Agatha,

I’m devastated. Today I learned that there is a song named after the name of my best friend. I think that this is extremely unfair! There are so many songs – apart from Brian’s Song – that feature certain male first names like Brian, that I simply can’t understand why there is no song featuring my first name. I’ve already thought of changing my name to something that is more common in the songbooks, but then again this might be too much. I’ve also thought about writing a song on my own focussing on my first name. What do you think?

A desperate editor

Dear desperate editor,

Mike you have no talent in writing songs: your Christmas compositions are enough for a whole year. In fact, I don’t even see your problem. I know a song: Michael Row The Boat Ashore!

Agatha

Dear Auntie Agatha,

When I checked the calendar this morning, I realized that it was Easter Sunday today. Doesn’t time fly: only three months and two weeks ago it was Christmas. We all gathered under a firry Christmas tree, sang Christmas carols and unwrapped Christmas presents. Now we are once again supposed to get gifts and wrap them. Instead of putting them under a nicely trimmed tree, we’re supposed to hide the things. Be this as it may, the main problem is that I have completely forgotten about Easter. As a consequence there are no eggs, chocolate or real, no bunnies, chocolate or real and no other gifts, chocolate or real. What am I supposed to do?

A desperate housewife

Dear desperate housewife,

Pretend you have hidden all the usual things and enjoy twice the fun!

Agatha

New Blood Free/U Religion in Progress

(The World) There are several thousand religions and even more different sorts of beliefs to be found on this planet alone. However, if you happen to be a young parent – or at least a parent, you will often have wondered which religion to present to your child. newbroom has got an offer for you which you simply can’t resist.
The one thing all known religions share is that they are extremely brutal in parts. The Bible, for example, contains passages a young, innocent mind shouldn't be exposed to like rape, murder or even punishment.
Further examples are the Islamic Qur’an, the Jewish Tanakh, the Hindu belief and the Buddhist Four Noble Truths. The Qur’an, for example, contains the story of Jesus who worked as a freelance prophet and was killed as a result. In the Tanakh there is the story of Isaac who is almost killed by his own father because an inner voice had told him to. And anyway it was the Jews who killed Jesus both in the Christian as in the Islamic version! The Hindu belief has quite a lot to offer, from it we not only get the eternal vicious circle of re-incarnation, but also Yoga. What is a child to make of that? The only good thing that can be said about the Four Noble Truths is that they are short: Suffering exists. Suffering arises from attachment to desires. Suffering ceases when attachment to desire ceases. Freedom

from suffering is possible by practicing the Eightfold Path. After this your child will be spoiled completely!
Obviously, this is too much for any mind be it a young and innocent one or an old and guilty one. This is the point where newbroom steps in to create the one religion which you don’t have to practice under PG.
First of all, there are no prophets or profits. You know well, what we think about wrong prophets! Therefore there is no one who can die a martyr or actually die at all. As a whole this is a death free religion. Very good for young minds!
Actually, there are no people whatsoever either. No one to believe in or no one to believe. So, there is also no one to do something bad and no one to do something bad to. Your children will have the change to grow up unbruised.
Another thing you will be happy to know is that there are no restrictions nor any guidelines or commandments. This consequently, leads to no punishments and no punishments lead to no fear. You will have happy self-confident children.
Plus no need to explain the often inexplicable behaviour of other human beings. The result is a happy life not only for your children but also for you yourself.
What is the name of this marvellous religion? This is in fact the best part of it: There is no name either. (All)

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