father frost magic kingdom fairy tale but if there was. visiting children raises concerns about whether it's worth the money spent on. a stone or a starting twenty eleven with bank machines dishing out a new currency as a baltic state becomes the seventeenth member of the euro zone when the boycott has been discovering that officials are celebrating a historic switch distance for poor livingstone it's about to get us. chatting about the bad and the worst these two france italy sions apart irina and her native a store near here are lent but they have one concern on their minds how to make it in this tough economic times march according to rena definitions of hardship couldn't be more different he said i knew if irish people had a chance to experience what life is like here in stony athens i think there would have been no rallies in dublin they simply don't appreciate what they have to take my friend for example she gets an employment payout each month and with this money she's able to support a child with the study and say for air tickets t

and moscow district has built a winter wonderland for children to visit father frost the russian santa claus say meets them bringing all the excitement they expect this time of year but not everyone smiling as a parting shown thomas discover. good models in the snow made in our true icons of the russian new year spreading love into joy throughout the holiday season while their official address is in the league they have a seasonal state of the art home in the outskirts of moscow as well i believe that this place is of great influx itself for all parents and children and they can feel the real fairy tale here at the moscow site kids can play around the new year's tree credit card talk to the main characters and even send a letter to d.s. models through the village post office through it all the children here can become a part of good literals is a magical world. i like which is why we went to his bedroom and his dining hall and his guest room. but aside from the fantasy of it all there is also a practical side to the village. good motos as helpers are part of a special college intern pr

dot com and also mary surprise for father frost as the russian santa gets slapped with a fine perish the thought discover why again at our tea dot com. farmers in indian kashmir hope the new year will bring them better luck in growing the world's costliest spice suffer as much prized but as artie's charan singh explains next heavy industry is damaging their delicacy. saffron is a spice with meat costing four thousand u.s. dollars a kilogram this price is used in medicine and south asian cuisine. here yet for the saffron farmers in. unhappy lot with half what it was a decade ago they blamed a dozen cement factories that have been set up nearby. these factories pollution control devices you can see them twenty four hours a day here working hard to keep. the government doesn't take any action against the cement plant. the fallout is that every year. the last crop many farmers see they're even thinking of selling their land the biggest problem is being. cheap. here on the streets and it is virtually impossible for you and me to distinguish between these and. this has. resulted in a drop

a park in moscow is offering a special holiday treat to children in the city and visit to father frost the russian santa claus he and his granddaughter come to their mosque or residence for christmas and new year but as sean thomas discovered some say the magic costs too much and want to end their fairy tale. snow meeting or true i glance at the russian new year spreading the joy throughout the holiday season while their official address is in the league they have seasonal state of the art home in the outskirts of moscow as well i believe that this place is of great importance for all of parents and children they can feel their real favorite to hear the moscow side kids can play around the new year's tree according to the main characters and even should all literature do. at motorola's through the village post office through it all the children here can become a part of his magical world. which is why we went to his bedroom and his dining hall and his guest room but aside from the fantasy of it all there was also a practical side to the village. helpers are part of a special college in

cold and russia's most chilly city of year could or should people celebrate and most especial father frost of the region. this is the coldest region on earth in fact it's about thirty four degrees below zero out here centigrade but that's ok it's not stopping any of the fun in fact i am joined by actually khan who is the version of good models which of course is the russian version of father frost celebrations couldn't be better out here in fact one of the main features about this area because it is so cold a lot of the decorations for new year are involve ice involve the cold in fact we're standing in the midst of a beautiful frozen ice sculpture a village which is all that a beautiful with lights it's just an amazing amazing time earlier today we had to you had the opportunity to spend preparing for the new year with families getting ready for their celebrations we went to the market with them which was an interesting experience in itself no need for refrigerators there and well in fact all of the fish are frozen all of the meat is frozen even the milk is sold in frozen blocks we then we

achievement in the upcoming year it was also a chance for others to send a cosmic congratulations father frost was here greeting the cosmonauts children and praising their orbiting relatives but as much as the kids wanted to see the joy read man their warmest words were saved the loved ones in space. hello daddy i love you so much you are the best dad in the world happy new year. the crew that i assess are the only ones to spend new year in splendid isolation in moscow those participating in the simulated trip to mars and back over five hundred days have already been in their modules for seven months. we would like to hug everybody to shake hands even to kiss and people if they ask but it won't be soon because we have a year of hard work ahead. the i.s.o.'s crew is spending new year in about the most exotic location possible and they also have the unique advantage of being able to share the strikes of midnight repeatedly. we have a chance to celebrate the new year several times we send our wishes to different control centers we start in the east and finish with houston we can celebrate all day

this is father frost who did models in russian might give it away but he's russia's equivalent of santa claus there are no right. here but we do have a one horse open sleigh. this. school so i think you have to work all year round because there's a lot of kids really like they're waiting to see. you yet. apparently if you're going to be a guest of the frost you need to pack you don't think she's just a sheepish you know she will really. keep telling us all how. much you little. will do will be soon to be mean i get my presence here. would feel like i've been a good boy this year oh. i actually did have a serious reason for visiting this reserve and it was down on the stones below. the russian empire gained a foothold in this region a little more than four hundred years ago but people have been living in this area for thousands of years and they've left their mark the locals call these drawings hand-writing of the river to. see that. we can't have to. go. hunting see this alongside the animals you can make out ships and bronze age symbols of the song which was worship body ancient indige

her is having a break from father frost she lives here in her own house she's one of the city's most popular attractions and shows her visitors the much excitement of life. several hopeless including a particularly entertaining them very well spoken cat and when the last children had gone home she was kind enough to offer me a private tour. as you might expect for a snow maiden she has an entire room dedicated to christmas trees made by children from local schools but also with a still answer emails from around the world and as the star of her own fairy tale she's surrounded by other characters from slavic mythology i want our forefathers believed that each of us has a guardian angel while at the end these are the helpers ancients lobby gods for example fido is the god of the labor helps us to work he has bestowed various crafts on us. is the patron saint of our big heroes. then one side whispered a few words of thanks to a particularly big gold sniggers because said she was taking me to us. favorite room in the house. i should have expected this really. is. going to relax after a ha

children's wishes come true it's a very fun holiday children get presents what i knocked about father frost has is that it was magical i read it not to. when we join hands in a circle inside the house and made our wishes and then bubbles fall on us. and wish the bubbles of the new year will be brighter for all. sean thomas archie moscow. and if you want more logic in your life don't go away isn't a few moments on which he will be talking no use of all of the fairy tale called teens and movies there are also whether it is the chief to stay with us for that. you. might miss a golf wisco thank you very much for this interview thank you very much for the invitation now more and more russian films take part in the international film festival so sexually mean that movies are becoming a full fledged business in russia all this new company came few years ago to the russian market and since then the whole movie industry in russia picked up and now russian box office is one of the leading in the world for a lot of this new movies so i think with a lot of comfort i can say that. this is the really imp

in 1968, david frost, my father robert kennedy, asked us what is our purpose, what are we here?you think about how you might answer that question. does everybody have their answer? i am not going to quiz you. now i will give you their two answers. they gave two different answers that reflect american ideas. ronald reagan said, the first purpose is to reproduce ourselves. so i thought, my mother, who produced 11 kids, did really well on that score. and then he said our purpose is freedom, to be as free as we can without hurting another person. my father gave a different answer. he said, first, you need to have enough food, clothing, and shelter to survive. after that, you help somebody else. you may have no shoes, but there is somebody up there with no fee. -- feet. of course, ronald reagan does not say freedom to do what, freedom from what? i believe we have missed from our conversations, because they have been so dominated by another group, as to what our ends are? the end, purpose of the foundation is to build a creative communities for one another. we have to articulate that.

david frost asked my father, robert kennedy, and ronald reagan what was our purpose on earth. why are we here? now i will let each of you think about how you would answer that question. does everybody have their answer? you.l likely snot quiz they gave two different answers. , answers that reflect american ideas. ronald reagan says that the first purpose is to reproduce ourselves. i thought my mother, who produced a loving kids, did really well on that score. -- who produced 11 kids, did really well on that score. then he said, our purpose is freedom and to beef as free as we can without hurting another person -- and to be as free as we can without hurting another person. my father gave a different answer. first, you need to have enough food and clothing and shelter so you can survive. that is your first. but after you have that, to help somebody else. you may have no issues, but there will always be somebody who has no feet -- you may have no shoes, but there will always be somebody who has no feet. ronald reagan does not say free, for what. freedom to do what? what is the en

father riley told us about. away from the fanfare, away from the catholic steps, away from the hunt -- away from robert frost readingfrom the beautifully crafted address, i go back to 2:00 a.m. on october 14, 1960, 25 days before the election at the university of michigan. there was a crowd, i was told, of the year students, patiently waiting to hear from our road weary, unscripted young senator, who was candidate for the president of the united states of america. i hasten to add sometimes the unscripted moments are the best. [laughter] [laughter] [applause] as the story goes, totally unplanned, literally in the middle of the night, the young senator looked out at those bright young faces and asked the question that would soon become the seedbed of a generational calls the service. he asked, and i'm told it was spontaneous, "how many of you are going to be doctors? how many of you who are going to be doctors are willing to spend your days in gonna -- ghana? technicians or engineers, how many of you are willing to work in the foreign services and spend your lives traveling the world?" he said that your willingness to

frost describes that land, america, in the following way. vaguelyrealizing westward but still artless, and enhanced, such as she was, such as she would become. caroline, for me your fatherim and it defined all of us, republicans and democrats who decided we should get engaged. d edcaa that she, this r llhoald her home. in everything he did, my perspective was done with that vision in mind. in my view, the best way to commemorate this day, his legacy, is for those of us who are given the responsibility to guide this nation to renew his vision, to inspire new generations who are not a life 50 years ago today but are eager to answer the same call that rang out across this nation that day, new generations prepared to help america realize her vast taedoteia to ak he tosk themselves what they can do for their country. john f. kennedy's presidency lasted a mere 1,000 dayss u wellknow. but his call to service literally cannot figure like, still resounds from generation to generation. if nothing else what an incredible contribution one president could make to his country. you're father's memory, caroline, continued to inspire us to nl will the world and all who inhabit it. thank