This Week's NATIONAL ETIQUETTE AWARD goes to... Armenia!
Armenian Page in Wikipedia
World Factbook: Armenia
Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I hereby grant the National Etiquette Award to Armenia, as it is the norm in that country to remove shoes in homes.
Hitler once sneered, 'Who remembers the Armenians?' Indeed, most people in the west know little of Armenia. What is most known about Armenia is the applling genocide that was carried out by the Turks against the Armenians between 1915 and 1918. Over a million Armeninas are thought to have died according to some. The Turkish government officially denies this was genocide, maintianing that it was the inevitable consequence of civil war. Armenians have been campaigning for 30 years to secure recognition of the genocide. The majority of historians maintain that documentary evidence supports the Armenian claim.
Armenian was the first officially Christian country. The Armenian Apostolic Church is distinct from the Orthodox Chruches of Greece and Russia, being part of the Oriental Orthodox tradition. This goes back to the Monophysite controversy in the early centuries of church history. Armenia gave America one of the more controversial Reformed theologians of our time in the form of Rousas Rushdoony, the great advocate of Theonomic Reconstruction.
Armenia has an ancient tradtion of wine-making and other alcoholic beverages are very popular in Armenia.
The Armenian disapora is very large; there are Armenians living all over the world, including the USA.
World Factbook: Armenia
Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
I hereby grant the National Etiquette Award to Armenia, as it is the norm in that country to remove shoes in homes.
Hitler once sneered, 'Who remembers the Armenians?' Indeed, most people in the west know little of Armenia. What is most known about Armenia is the applling genocide that was carried out by the Turks against the Armenians between 1915 and 1918. Over a million Armeninas are thought to have died according to some. The Turkish government officially denies this was genocide, maintianing that it was the inevitable consequence of civil war. Armenians have been campaigning for 30 years to secure recognition of the genocide. The majority of historians maintain that documentary evidence supports the Armenian claim.
Armenian was the first officially Christian country. The Armenian Apostolic Church is distinct from the Orthodox Chruches of Greece and Russia, being part of the Oriental Orthodox tradition. This goes back to the Monophysite controversy in the early centuries of church history. Armenia gave America one of the more controversial Reformed theologians of our time in the form of Rousas Rushdoony, the great advocate of Theonomic Reconstruction.
Armenia has an ancient tradtion of wine-making and other alcoholic beverages are very popular in Armenia.
The Armenian disapora is very large; there are Armenians living all over the world, including the USA.
Public Toilets
I do not know about ladies' public toilets, but the floors in mens' public toilets are always disgusting. They smell, they are wet, there is likely to be all manner of dirt on them. Not just the obvious, but cleaning chemicals and mud. You definitely would not want to touch the floor of a public toilet with your hand.
Now imagine somebody goes to a public toilet. He then visits your house or apartment and comes in with his shoes on, walking on the same floor on which your children play. See what I am getting at?
Now imagine somebody goes to a public toilet. He then visits your house or apartment and comes in with his shoes on, walking on the same floor on which your children play. See what I am getting at?
Katherine Dunham: A Pair of Legendary Shoes
Katherine Mary Dunham (22 June 1909 - 21 May 2006) was a dancer, choreographer, songwriter who was trained as an anthropologist. Dunham was an innovator in African-American modern dance, and a leader in the field of Dance Anthropology.
Dunham was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She studied both dance and anthropology while an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Chicago during the 1930s. She showed great promise in her ethnographic studies of dance and studied under the great anthropologists of the day, Robert Redfield, A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, Edward Sapir, and Bronislaw Malinowski. In 1936, she was awarded a Rosenwald Travel Fellowship to conduct ethnographic study of the Vodun in the West Indies, a path also followed by fellow anthropology student, Zora Neale Hurston .
Dunham was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She studied both dance and anthropology while an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Chicago during the 1930s. She showed great promise in her ethnographic studies of dance and studied under the great anthropologists of the day, Robert Redfield, A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, Edward Sapir, and Bronislaw Malinowski. In 1936, she was awarded a Rosenwald Travel Fellowship to conduct ethnographic study of the Vodun in the West Indies, a path also followed by fellow anthropology student, Zora Neale Hurston .
While working on her masters, she was told by her advisors that she had to choose between anthropology and dance. Much to their regret, she chose dance, left her graduate studies before finishing her doctorate, and departed for Hollywood, where she made a number of films before forming her own company.
Dunham married producer John Thomas Pratt, who managed her career. She also began the Katherine Dunham Company, a troupe of dancers, singers, actors and musicians, which was the first African American modern dance company. The company toured worldwide and in the then segregated South, where Ms. Dunham once refused to hold a show after finding out that the city’s black residents had not been allowed to buy tickets for the performance.
Dunham married producer John Thomas Pratt, who managed her career. She also began the Katherine Dunham Company, a troupe of dancers, singers, actors and musicians, which was the first African American modern dance company. The company toured worldwide and in the then segregated South, where Ms. Dunham once refused to hold a show after finding out that the city’s black residents had not been allowed to buy tickets for the performance.
Dunham later directed the Katherine Dunham School of Dance in New York City and was an artist-in-residence at Southern Illinois University. Dunham was also known for her anthropological work in studies into Haitian and Caribbean culture. In 1967, Dunham opened the Performing Arts Training Center (PATC) in East St. Louis, Illinois as an attempt to use the arts to combat poverty and urban unrest. The PATC drew on former members of Dunham's touring company as well as local residents for its teaching staff.
Known for her many innovations, the Dunham Technique is now taught as a modern dance style in dance schools, including at the Harkness Dance Center of the 92nd Street Y.
Katherine Dunham passed away in her sleep in New York City on 21 May 2006.
Known for her many innovations, the Dunham Technique is now taught as a modern dance style in dance schools, including at the Harkness Dance Center of the 92nd Street Y.
Katherine Dunham passed away in her sleep in New York City on 21 May 2006.
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
Da Vinci Shoes
The Da Vinci Code opens world wide today. I plan to go see it. I loved the book and read it 2 times. I know the Opus Dei is up in arms but it is just a movie. It is not an alternative to mainstream beliefs that is supposed to be true. It is a made up work of fiction with some facts about real people and places thrown in. Rioting in the streets? Boycotts? Ridiculous. If you do not want to see the movie just don't go. And then stay home! No protesting. You people have too much time on your hands. It is JUST A MOVIE---PEOPLE! A MOVIE!
Do you think Opus Dei is just a little defensive? How many topics from the DaVinci Code can they try to clarifiy? Way toooo many! I think you protest too much. This book is a great mind diversion full of mystery and intrigue. It is a good read. Try it!
In honor of The Da Vinci Code, my focus today will naturally be on Da Vinci shoes. Yes, they do exist. These lovelies can be found at Da Vinci Shoes of New York. Some are really cuties! They are fine italian leather shoes imported from Italy. The prices are not too bad.
$135.00
$139.00
$129.00
$109.00
$99.00
$155.00
$169.00
$189.00
$189.00
Do you think Opus Dei is just a little defensive? How many topics from the DaVinci Code can they try to clarifiy? Way toooo many! I think you protest too much. This book is a great mind diversion full of mystery and intrigue. It is a good read. Try it!
In honor of The Da Vinci Code, my focus today will naturally be on Da Vinci shoes. Yes, they do exist. These lovelies can be found at Da Vinci Shoes of New York. Some are really cuties! They are fine italian leather shoes imported from Italy. The prices are not too bad.
$135.00
$139.00
$129.00
$109.00
$99.00
$155.00
$169.00
$189.00
$189.00
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
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