Why women earn less than men
Are you struggling to cover your household expenses? Do you wish your income allowed you a few luxuries? If you are a woman, you are more likely to be trying to stretch your pay further than your male counterpart.
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What is Race?
"I definitely am not white," said Rachel Dolezal on NBC. "I'm more black than I am white. That's the accurate answer from my truth". Her story raises an important question: What is race?
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Are you a Positive or a Negative Thinker
In the 1980s, many of our family and friends emigrated from South Africa to a variety of global destinations, because they didn't believe there was a future for them (as whites) in South Africa. As I am from Dutch parentage and my wife was born in the Netherlands, we had the option to do the same. Yet, I never considered leaving the country of my birth.
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10 Summer Holiday Traditions from Around the World
Summer celebrations have a millennia-old history, though recently some celebrations have emerged attracting large masses and slowly becoming traditions. While the ancient druids may have commemorated the fertility of the season, many of us are just happy to get outdoors. Have a look at some fun facts about everyone's favorite season.
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Stereotypes: An Intercultural No-No
As more or more people from different backgrounds, countries, cultures and religions immigrate to foreign lands, those countries become an intercultural melting pot. In order for the native people and the immigrant population to blend and create a thriving and successful atmosphere both sides need to develop some sort of intercultural tolerance and understanding of the differences that may exist between them.
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What's in a Name?
As Juliet so aptly put it "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet". Or similarly the quote "a rose is a rose is a rose" which merely is a statement of fact. This may not be as easy when investigating the Political Correctness of what to call those folks who have been migrating to Bonaire to escape hard winters and living behind dikes holding the sea at bay.
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Most Awesome Libraries
Although the libraries most of us visit on the regular are dull municipal buildings that we'd avoid were they not full of thousands of free books, some communities have fanciful architectural wonders, animals who deliver books to children, repurposed phone booths full of reading material on the street, and other wonderfully unexpected ways of bringing reading to the people. Let's take a look at eleven of these brilliant spaces.
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Christmas Traditions II
When it comes to stirring up the Christmas spirit of joy, it is hard to beat carols such as Silver Bells, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Happy Holidays, Feliz Navidad, and, of course, Jingle Bells. Carols fascinate everybody, some bring back happy memories, some have a twinge of sadness. Not all carols are about religion. Some of them are about the cold weather and others about the celebrations. But how exactly did this tradition begin? Who wrote the carols? And how come do we sing them only during Christmas?
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Christmas Traditions
The idea of presenting people you love with gifts is as old as the human race. The idea of exchanging gifts at Christmas time originated with the birth of Jesus, when three wise men traveled to deliver gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to the newborn baby. Shepherds in the fields also came to give gifts to the newborn baby Jesus.
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Movember, Changing the Face of Men's Health
In 2003, two mates Travis Garone and Luke Slattery from Melbourne Australia were having a quiet beer at the Gypsy Bar on Brunswick St, Fitzroy when their conversation turned to recurring fashion trends. They questioned where the Mo had gone and joked about bringing it back.
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Why do we flock to (flea) markets?
Flea markets are popular places. All you have to do is to try and find a parking place in order to discover how true that is. So what is it that attracts such big crowds to these lines of tables?
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The Magic of Hindu Festivals
Hinduism is celebratory by nature. Hindus miss no opportunity to set mundane matters aside and join with family, friends, neighbors and strangers alike to feast and have fun, to renew the home and the heart and, most importantly, draw nearer to God.
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Soap Operas: The Great Spectacle of Emotions
"The great spectacle of emotions" is how Jose Ignacio Cabrujas, a famous and belated Venezuelan author, defined Soap operas.
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The Curious Life of Jacko
He passed away on St. Maarten in May of this year, at an age of about 25 years. 'Jacko' had begun his life in the Netherlands Antilles on Aruba in the 1980s. Jacko was no ordinary resident of our islands, his short stature and penetrating eyes fascinated many Antillean people for years.
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Cards with Perspective
Many travelers know that handing your digital camera over to a local kid in a place like Mombasa, Bogota, or Jakarta can yield some seriously cool shots.
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Who do you know?
Networking is about sharing what you have.
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Everywhere Orange
The Dutch Royal House is the House of Orange-Nassau, whose fortunes have been closely tied to those of the Netherlands since the 15th century. Since that time, the Oranges have made a major contribution to the government as stadholders, kings and queens.
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Today No Good for Cut Hair
Have you noticed we are more willing to accept things abroad that we would not while at home? Is it that we are more relaxed when we are in another country, in another culture? Or is it because things are really better somewhere else, or at least different?
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Our Youth Leading the Way for Heritage Preservation
Over ten years ago a novel idea was first initiated on Bonaire, to try and involve the island's youth in heritage research and preservation. This first heritage-oriented approach towards the youth, was the brainchild of Dr.
