What is the difference between tequila and mezcal? Tequila is a type of mezcal with an extremely well-defined sense of itself. So why is tequila called tequila? People have been making mezcal in the Tequila region of Jalisco since the 1600s. The industry developed in the nineteenth century,...
In the 21st century, the example of Internet giants like Google (GOOG), and later its parent company Alphabet, as well as Facebook, and now its parent company Meta (META). Both companies have made their founders wildly wealthy, have been clear examples of the lasting impact of entrepreneurs...
___11___(recognize) as one of the significant ancient remains in the 20th century, the 3000-year-old Sanxingdui is a national treasure buried with a variety of jade,bronze(青铜) and gold objects. Among the excavated artifacts...
not a capitalist concept. Your market, because the most basic definition of a market is that people can exchange information, freely choose, can form an association, can resist certain goods. Etc., but Amazon's brother-in-law replaces everything, but when people enter the Amazon website, ...
It tells us that the bidet was developed in the 1600s. It was considered as a second step after the chamber pot, and both were kept in the bedroom or dressing chamber. Hauling water was unpleasant labor, and so cleaning yourself with a bidet was largely an indulgence for the upper ...
Forbes is no longer a family-run publication but was for most of its history. It was founded in 1917 by Bertie Charles Forbes. He was a Scottish immigrant who moved to New York near the turn of the 20th century. After serving as a syndicated columnist, he founded Forbesmagazine in 1917...
We're up to the 2011 vintage. 21st-Century Amarone appears to be more supple (i.e. drinkable) than earlier. But a few years in a cellar won't hurt. 2006 to 2011 were all good to great. There will be little, if any, good or great 2014. 2012 and 2013 are months or years from...
Another Mid Autumn Festival tradition is the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance. Unique to Hong Kong, it began in the 19th century when Tai Hang villagers held the event to drive away bad luck. It has since made its way onto the national list of intangible cultural heritage. This year’s Tai Ha...
Michigan Links, Golf and Eddie Guest, the People’s Poet, 1919. Guest in Detroit, 1935Enormously popular for the first half of the 20th century, Detroit’s Edgar A. Guest (1881-1959) charmed America with simple and often funny upbeat poems celebrating Midwestern common sense and optimism. ...
the world. The second largest stone, the “Star of Africa II” or “Cullinan II,” is 317 carats. Both of these stones, as well as the “Cullinan III,” are on display in the Tower of London with Britain’s other crown jewels; the Cullinan I is mounted in the British Sovereign’s...