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Kurdistan (Kurdish: کوردستان, lit. ‘land of the Kurds’; [ˌkʊɾdɪˈstɑːn]ⓘ) or Greater Kurdistan, is a roughly defined geo-cultural region in West Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages, and national identity have historically been based. The Kurdistan (“Land of the Kurds”) designation refers to an area of Kurdish settlement that roughly includes the mountain systems of the Zagros and the eastern extension of the Taurus. Since ancient times the…

“Very often you are in the right place, at the right time, but you don’t know it.” Maria Tallchief, 

The Republic of Madagascar, previously known as The Malagasy Republic. It is an island country off of the bottom coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. It is the second largest island country in the world. There has been human activity on Madagascar for thousands of years. Various European ‘explorers’ bumped into Madagascar with the…

When I was a kid, my Dad used an expression that baffled me. We would be watching a sports game, baseball or football, and he would laugh and yell, “Look at that, a Dipsy Doodle.” Maybe the Detroit Tigers pulled off ‘the ole hidden ball trick’. Or University of Michigan did a fake punt. “A…

“Ceredigion (Welsh: [kɛrɛˈdɪɡjɔn]ⓘ), historically Cardiganshire(/ˈkɑːrdɪɡənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/, Welsh: Sir Aberteifi), is a county in the west of Wales. It borders Gwynedd across the Dyfiestuary to the north, Powys to theeast, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. Aberystwyth is the largest settlement and, together with Aberaeron, is an administrative centre of Ceredigion County Council. “The county is the second most sparsely populated in Wales, with an area of 688 square miles (1,780 km2) and a population of…

“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year and this time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”  Ralph…

“Flintshire,  county in the northeastern corner of Wales, bounded on the east by the River Dee and England and bounded on the west by Denbighshire. The present county of Flintshire encompasses an area along the lower Dee and the Dee estuary and extends inland to the Clwydian Range. The historic county of Flintshire, which covers a larger area, includes all of the present county…

The only way I know how to love God is to love what God loves; only then do we love with divine love and allow it to flow through us. Richard Rohr

The Green Mountain Boys were a militia organization established in 1770 in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, known as the New Hampshire Grants and later in 1777 as the Vermont Republic (which later became the state of Vermont). Headed by Ethan Allen and members of his extended family, it was instrumental in resisting New York’s attempts to control the territory, over…

“Explanation separates us from astonishment . . . ”.  Eugène Ionesco