Haka
The Haka, the Silver Fern, and Rugby The first haka in an overseas representative rugby match was performed by the New Zealand Native Team to tour Britain in 1888-89. The drawing shown below originally came from Illustrated London News, and depicts the very first haka performed in Britain by a New Zealand rugby team. It is entitled, rather endearingly, "Their war cry before starting play". It isn't clear whether or not it was Ka mate which they performed, but it is probable. At some venues they went to some considerable trouble to impress, bringing out mats and other items onto the field to complement the performance. The team was not entirely composed of Maori, as many assume. No discussion on the haka and New Zealand rugby is complete without mentioning that most powerful of kiwi icons, the Silver Fern. The Native Team was the first to wear a black uniform with the Silver Fern on the left breast. The haka became a permanent fixture for the All Blacks from then on.
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Christmas carols At Christmas time, in the streets of Britain, some members of the « Salvation Army » (=Armée du Salut) traditionally sing Christmas carols. a carol = un chant, un cantique Christmas is coming ! Here are two Christmas desserts, traditionally eaten in Great-Britain The Christmas pudding The Christmas cake…Yummy ! The Royal Family The Queen and her husband with their children and grand-children. The British Isles The British Isles is a geographical word. An isle = an island Great Britain Great Britain/ Britain = England + Wales + Scotland The United Kingdom United Kingdom = UK = England (green) + Wales (orange) + Scotland (yellow) + Northern Ireland (blue) School uniforms in the UK School uniforms are compulsory (=obligatoire) in most British schools. British national anthem
Rate of Mass Shootings Has Tripled Since 2011, Harvard Research Shows
Editor's note: The authors are scholars from the Harvard School of Public Health and Northeastern University; this article details their independent research, which is based on the mass shootings data Mother Jones has collected and published since 2012. In June, following gun attacks in California and Oregon, President Obama remarked that mass shootings are "becoming the norm." But some commentators claim that mass shootings are not on the rise. So which is it? Have mass shootings become more common? According to our statistical analysis of more than three decades of data, in 2011 the United States entered a new period in which mass shootings are occurring more frequently. So why do we keep hearing in the media that mass shootings have not increased? Our method and how it works We used a Statistical Process Control method that analyzes the time interval between each incident. What does the new FBI report on mass gun violence show? The FBI and Mother Jones used similar criteria.
15 photos of Duke Kahanamoku that are too handsome for the Internet | Hawaii Magazine
Today, August 24, marks the 126th birthday of Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku, a legend who goes by many names—The Big Kahuna, The Godfather of Surfing, Ambassador of Aloha, and simply, The Duke. Kahanamoku's legacy and milestone achivements are well-known and documented: He's credited for gifting the world the art and sport of surfing. He revolutionized competitive swimming by introducing the flutter kick. He then subsequently won five Olympic medals for swimming. He was also a seriously handsome dude. Like many icons, even if you weren't aware of his achievements, the Native Hawaiian had an innate quality you couldn't put your finger on: He had presence. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
“A Thousand Midnights”: Chicago and the Legacy of the Great Migration
When I was growing up, my mother, Bette Parks Sacks, often told me stories about her youth in Mississippi. She spoke in a slow, sweet drawl, despite the fact that she’d spent her entire adult life in Chicago. I knew of the hardships and beauty of the South, transmitted to me through vivid recollections of her childhood and adolescence. In early 2015, my husband, Carlos Javier Ortiz, began working on “A Thousand Midnights,” a photo series and short film that use the surviving documents of my mother’s family history, juxtaposed with pictures of Chicago’s black communities today, to explore the legacy of the Great Migration a century after it began. In “A Thousand Midnights,” black experience of the past and present seem to intermingle and collide. Like Isabel Wilkerson in her luminous 2010 book on the Great Migration, “The Warmth of Other Suns,” Carlos presents an individual family history in the hopes that it might speak to the stories of millions of others.
