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Halloween in Catholic culture?

When the local media raised this issue, it only then struck me to look it up. http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/overviews/months/10_2.cfm Somebody mixed a celtic culture with catholic, it seems. One parent is taking this positively. http://www.catholic.com/blog/jon-sorensen/halloween-or-samhain

MH17 - German indicates plane down by BUK

It seems rather long, and when winter sets in, access to the MH17 crash site would be impossible as news reports say its due to the snow. German intelligence confirmation that the Malaysian MH17 was shot down by BUK missiles support the initial findings by the Dutch that rebels in Ukraine shot the plane down. AFP on 20th Oct 2014 news Germany says Ukraine rebels downed MH17 with seized missiles: report Will Germany still be the only one to make the call for Russia to be strip of hosting FIFA 2018? Some may recall, Germany immediate response to the MH17 incident when all indications pointed to the Russia backed rebels as the aggressor. The Telegraph, UK news Russia should be stripped of World Cup after MH17 attack, say German politicians Until today, there are no information about contents of the black box handed over to Malaysia. It could be a legal thing, but its taking forever to get any news on this.

Presentation Slide Mistakes to Avoid

In Malaysia, presentation slides are very common in all type of organisation and events, and a few have made great impact on people. Those slides that work great had something special for their audience, what was it? Is there an angel to why some presentations are great besides the presenter skills. A good place to find out is to identify from the not so ok slides what didn't work. 1. Sleepy bullet points Have you seen slides deck totally filled with only bullet points? Oh yes, some were not circles, they were diamonds and squares. It helps to put an order to follow for the presenter. I love having ideas displayed in points forms but lets not over do it. As a rule of thumb, do not exceed 6 bullets per slide, 2 bullets is best. Limit number of slides having list of bullets. 2. Exceeded Rule-of-3 There are lots that a presenter wants to convey to the audience but most will only be able to catch some before everything becomes fuzzy. Presenting the annual expenditure, propo