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Montreal native, Toronto resident, and honorary citizen of Patria Parvati Devi has released I am Light, a new hit single and her first ever music video. After the song's premiere on YAN TV in Vietnam, as well as advance publicity in Thailand, the Philippines and other Asian macronations, I am Light debuted on two of Patria's FM stations on opposite ends of the FM dial in Castoropolis: PROK-107.9 (but usually announcing frequency as "108"), a hot-hits station like Virgin Radio, and PREM-88.1, a new-age, free-form station that sounds a bit like CFNY in the 1980s. Other stations are also catching the Light. Even the AM news-talk legacy blowtorch PMC-846 (ex-850; Patria adopted 9 kHz spacing in 1978) aired it on their morning drive show.
Parvati says about the release of I am Light: "Internally, I have so many feelings about this – joy, wonder, and above all, humble awe at the grace of being able to touch so many through this song. This is why I do what I do. The song came through me like a child that needed to be born, with a mission for the world. It has asked me to align within more fully in knowing that I too am eternal light. It has shaken out internal cobwebs, brought up aspects of my shadow to heal, and amplified the joyous nature of my soul. I feel it has gifted me with so very much already. It is my job to serve its radiant life and momentum."
Buy it on iTunes. 99 cents (or about 40 Patrienish Rupees) well spent!
Joan and Roy Bates declared Sealand's "independence" from the UK in 1967.
Patria's Ministry of External Affairs notes with sadness the passing of Princess Joan of Sealand today at age 86. In 1967, Joan Bates and her husband Major Roy Bates, who died in 2012, moved to an anti-aircraft fortress just outside British territorial waters. They declared it an independent state - the Principality of Sealand - and gave themselves the titles "Prince" Roy and "Princess" Joan of Sealand. She is survived by their son, Prince Michael, who said: "My parents will always be remembered for shaking up the establishment with pirate radio, declaring Sealand's independence and confronting the Royal Navy and other foreign governments."
In 1978, three foreign men landed at Sealand by helicopter and overpowered Michael to claim the 'principality' as their own. Mr Bates soon arrived, took two of the men hostage and regained control of the fort.
Needless to note, the United Kingdom has never recognized Sealand's sovereignty.
Sealand issued a variety of postage stamps.
Flags in Patria were lowered to half-mast today in memory of Princess Joan. Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu.
DST was established almost 100 years ago as a way to save energy that was needed for munitions plants and weapons factories during the so-called Great War. Since then, technological and scientific advancements have changed not just our energy consumption, but our understanding of the importance of a good night’s sleep.
Thanks to the proliferation of computers, smartphones and other devices, changing clocks an hour forward in the spring (and back in the fall) is not the chore it once used to be. Nonetheless, wrist watches and wall clocks have not gone away and it is still a pain in the ass to re-set them.
Fortunately, Patria does not bother with needlessly setting clocks forward and back again at 2:00 AM on a designated Sunday. DST was repealed in Patria back in 1987 (43rd Congress legacy) and no one misses DST to the point of wanting to bring it back. The economic and social costs of DST were just not worth any benefits it might have produced.
It is a moot point in Patria, but you can let your representatives in the US Congress and Canadian Parliament know DST isn’t just irrelevant in the year 2016 — it’s harmful to our health.
