February 2013
February 21st, 2013
Written by Brett Zongker -... in Travels' Tapestry with 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the next month, the Kennedy Center will glow each night with blue light and shimmers of green, depicting the northern lights and signaling what has taken over its theaters and galleries inside.
The cultural center has become an international museum and showplace for Northern European cultures with "Nordic Cool," a festival that runs through March 17. It features music,...
February 21st, 2013
Written by Rita Rizzo in Common Ties That Bind with 0 Comments
With its tremendous reach, social media is playing an increasing role in intercultural communication and understanding for many people around the world. As a result, the social networks serve a number of useful purposes for those exploring new places virtually or in their travels.
According to Mark Zuckerberg, “If Facebook were a country, it would be the sixth most populated country in the world...
February 21st, 2013
Written by Monika Scislows... in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish language experts launched a campaign Thursday to preserve the challenging system of its diacritical marks, saying the tails, dots and strokes are becoming obsolete under the pressure of IT and speed.
The drive, initiated by the state-run Council of the Polish Language, is part of the UNESCO International Mother Language Day. The campaign's Polish name is complicated...
February 20th, 2013
Written by Dan Gelston in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - With his Canon 60D in hand, Darrell Wallace Jr. is a fixture at the track, eagerly snapping photos with an insider's view of auto racing. His Instagram account is littered with day-in-the-life snapshots of cars and crews, all carrying the tag, "My crazy life captured in pictures."
Wallace, though, isn't a typical 19-year-old NASCAR prospect trying to climb the ladder,...
February 20th, 2013
Written by Nebi Qena - Ass... in Latest News, Stereotypes & Labels with 0 Comments
MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) - It was a quick affair: the couple met in a restaurant and wed the next day. A Kosovo Serb man and an ethnic Albanian woman joined in marriage, unusual in war-torn Kosovo. Fifteen years later, they were an apparent target of a bombing in the ethnically split city of Mitrovica.
Slavoljub Masic, Nerxhivane Rrustolli, and their children weren't injured in last week's hand...