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The United States is 232 years old today
America is officially 232 years old today, and she's looking good for her age.Americans across the country are celebrating today with fireworks, concerts, parades and contests and this a round up of the various... Social Entrepreneurship: Tobias Sturmer, Artistic Director for Empowerment Works
"As part of our commitment to highlight social entrepreneurship in Africa, the Cheetah Index brings you this interview with Tobias Sturmer-Artistic Director of Empowerment Works Music.Before going into the interview here is an excerpt from Empowerment Works that describes...Women Who Are Journalists in Yemen Persist in the Face of Discrimination
" For Yemeni women violence and spinsterhood can often result from pursuing a career, especially in the field of journalism, so only a few venture into the media industry."The most common reason why the majority of... Japan Finally Recognizes Ainu as Indigenous Peoples
The recognition for Japan's Ainu minority is more than a little bit late in coming. One of the things that I find amazing--how much the Ainu's culture represents that of many Northwestern American Indian... From Coil to Rabbit, Incense in all shapes and flavors (via PingMag)
Tracing the origins of incense in Japan, Ryoko (PingMag) writes that "it is believed that it was introduced to Japan in the 6th century,along with Buddhism. At that time, incense consisted simply of smallchips from an aromatic tree called “koboku (fragrant wood)”, or...May 1st, Jumping off the Bridge in Oxford, Muguet in Paris, Long Week-End in ...
In many places around the world, May 1st, May Day is a holiday.First it is Labour Day, second as the French Embassy reminds us for the Catholic church it marks the beginning of the month of the Virgin.The French tradition is to offer Muguet (lily of the valley) to loved ones...Indigenous Solutions: The Free Market, Free Trade and Free Enterprise Traditions
" George B.N. Ayittey The Free Market, Free Trade and Free Enterprise Traditions Africa's indigenous economic system is probably the area least understood. The myth of... Brigitte Bardot Has A Hate On For Muslims
Ahh...the sadness. Yet another Hollywood Icon destroyed by racism and ethnocentricity. Maybe Mel and Brigitte should talk...perhaps they can find a good Jewish psychologist."French former film star... Rhubarb gets top billing at slew of Spring & Summer Festivals
My paternal grandmother used it in pies and preserves so rhubarb (a vegetable) has an old fashioned quality in my mind.It seems to have experienced a revival in the past few years.Marion Owen tells us more about The World's Favorite Pie Plant as she calls it.Did not get your...Drinking Local, (Madonna) Prince Charles and 'Pub is the Hub'
I did not realize until today that English Pubs where part of the national treasures championed by Prince Charles.Reading London Pubs, with Thanks to Madonna and Prince Charles (on Globespotters) made me aware of that.While the piece reports that Madonna and Guy Ritchie...Spring! Celebrate 'Hanami', the viewing season with a Cherry Blossom Map of J...
Cherry Blossom Festivals are a popular item as well in the US.Spring and the blossoming of Cherry Trees is very special for most Japanese.Let me share with you this Cherry Blossom Map of Japan that I found on the Japan National Tourist Organization pages dedicated to the...Learning Cantonese: A Brooklyn Expat in Hong Kong
You do not have to count Chinese as a subject you are learning to find things of interest on Learning Cantonese. Launched about a month ago, Learning Cantonese tells us about Daisann McLane experience of relocating from Brooklyn to Hong Kong and choosing Cantonese over...Pancake Day...Fat Tuesday...Monster Tuesday...Shrove Tuesday?
Celebrated for centuries in the UK, February 5th is Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday). In the US, we call it Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras for our friends in New Orleans. Add an extra layer this year with what some call Monster Tuesday this primary day. Coffee Is A Lifestyle In The Italian Bar
The story of coffee began in the East, in about 400 B.C. The first coffee traders were the inhabitants of Ethiopia. The trade then moved to the southernmost part of the Arabian Peninsula. Later, Yemen became the... Things Will Be Better In 2008 -- I Promise! (All About New Year's Resolutions)
How did the custom of New Year's resolutions get started?
Our First-of-January New Year's celebration, said the The Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore (edited by Maria Leach), "is a modern...
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