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St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated on March 17th is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Born in late 4th century Roman Britain, he was kidnapped at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave but escaped. He returned to Ireland to convert the Irish to Christianity. By the time of his death on March 17, […]
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World Typing Day began in Malaysia in 2011 and the day commemorates the Malaysian Speed Typing Contest. The invention of various kinds of typing machines was attempted throughout the 19th century but most were large and cumbersome, some resembling pianos in size and shape. All were much slower to use than handwriting. Typewriting machines as we […]
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World War One, also known as “The Great War” and “The War to End All Wars”, unofficially ended on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, when an armistice agreement earlier in the day between Germany and the Allied powers ended hostilities between the warring nations. The official treaty ending […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Coffee is a universal language expressed and adapted to each culture. Each nation and community embrace it and makes it their own. Coffee is a product that embodies work, struggle, love, diversity, passion and tradition. Whether it is called buna, caffe, kahawa, kahve, or kave, coffee might be the most understood word all […]
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