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Eight years ago early in June, news and images of hundreds of thousands of people crossing the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul between Asia and Europe went viral. A simple environmental sit-in, also dubbed as #OccupyGezi, in reaction to the demolition of trees in Gezi Park, transformed into nationwide and worldwide rallies after the police used…
Chocolate Strawberry Pie, Naked Chicken, Pastrami Beef, Gohan Dabuchi Rice, Spam Oreo and Teriyaki Ugly Beef. These are just some of the new sandwich ingredients, burger choices and dessert fillings which have made it out of fast-food test kitchens and onto menu boards & touch screens at Burger King, McDonald’s, Chick-Fil-A and Taco Bell in the past…
The shoe of last summer, fall and this spring is about to become the shoe of this summer and fall (again) in 2021. First released in June 2020, the adidas Yeezy Foam RNNR (runner) was designed by Kanye West along with shoe wizard Steve Smith and sold out within minutes of going “live” on the web and in-store…
Continued…In an age of fakes and internet flakes, Kris Hui is a real one. Her story of “success” is not the regular media feature because of an amazing performance, a cool invention or show business fame. Her tale is the quiet + smart + elegant progress of a young woman making her way through college, life in the 21st Century, filming her journey and posting…
99% of the feature stories about someone who has achieved “success” are because they have a special talent, create an awesome product, do something fantastic, or are hit by a brain wave which goes on to reach millions of people and change the world. There are very few stories about people who succeed and inspire…
After celebrating Black History Month, we continue to hear loud calls for more diversity in newsrooms across the country, in corporations and in Parliament. Canadians have correctly pointed out a diversity gap in all those power structures. But the diversity deficit doesn’t end there; it’s also in the boardrooms of charities and non-profits. It’s always…
Each day, somewhere in the world, history is being made. Incidents happen, inventions are created and there are occasions in time which make their mark on the story of life. March is a month of cold rain, hints of sun and slowly opening flowers. In the book of history, March has also been the month of sensational crimes, major…
Mansion Global is the website of choice to visit if you’ve got a spare $5,000,000, $8,000,000, $10,000,000 million dollars to spend on a new home. Luxury villas, grand estates, fairy tale mansions and elegant penthouses from around the world are all on view to discover, select and buy. The site has all the usual features…
Every year the travel industry releases a list of the best passports. There is actually more than one list, but the one travel pros and industry insiders pay attention to is called the Henley Passport Index. (HPI) A happy disclaimer: The index is neutral. It does not grade cultures, societies or governments. It’s also not…
The Urban Dictionary has come a long way since it was first created by Aaron Peckham in 1999. The dictionary started its journey on the communications highway as a university side project and handbook for local college slang…which turned into a stand-in of Ask Jeeves.com when Peckham was 18 years old and in his 1st…
Deep in the heart of luxury, there are millions of women around the world who spend a large part of their days (and nights) searching for and buying high-priced handbags. Part passion-project, part style search and all-splurge, many of the women have two or three bags. The more keen and well-off have collections with 20 to 30 plus. It’s an all nations, all-ages, world…
Brad Pitt and George Clooney are The Kings of Booze. Correction; Brad Pitt and George Clooney are The Kings of Super-Premium Booze. Both of them are serious about the work and exercise of making first-rate alcohol. In the past seven years, they have put time, effort, money and imagination into mastering the craft and business of liquor. There…
This is a tense moment in America and American politics, and for so many reasons, the upcoming U.S. presidential elections are a (very) big deal. Every day leading up to voting day, the country has seemed to become less united and more divided. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8745739/TOM-LEONARD-new-civil-war-tearing-America-apart-making-toxic-election-ever.html Feelings about the president and the direction of the country have been…
