Folium: An Emerging Entry In America’s Multiracial Vocabulary: ‘Blaxican’ via NPR / Code Switch

… Connect NPR/CodeSwitch: An Emerging Entry In America’s Multiracial Vocabulary: ‘Blaxican’ … Between colonial history, immigration cycles, and cultural flow in the United States, there are endless new definitions of what “American” really is. Melissa Adams is a living example of what that changing definition of “American” really is. She was born black and Mexican. […]

Folium: What America Feels Like After 7 Months Of Foreign Adventure via Gizmodo

… Connect What America Feels Like After 7 Months Of Foreign Adventure via Gizmodo … This life is filled with many types of opportunities. We seek ways to open our minds and let our eyes see and our ears hear new and interesting experiences. These opportunities will present themselves at some point in our lives […]

Folium: How America Can Get Her Bilingual Groove Back via Huffington Post

… Connect How America Can Get Her Bilingual Groove Back via Huffington Post … I’d like to think that the language barrier in the United States could be broken simply by saying “hello”, but which “hello” do we say? In the United States, “We the people” come from a variety of language backgrounds. Our ancestors […]

Folium: Wine in South America Is Older Than You Think via Winefolly

Folium: Wine in South America Is Older Than You Think via Winefolly New York State’s largest wine producing region resides in the Finger Lakes area surrounding Finger Lakes Community College.  Over 100 wineries and vineyards are located around Seneca, Cayuga, Canandaigua, Keuka, Conesus and Hemlock Lakes.  The upstate climate is strongly influenced by the Finger […]

Folium: Latin America Lures Chinese Tourists via CNN

Creative Commons Media via Wikimedia Commons Folium: Latin America Lures Chinese Tourists via CNN I remember the opening ceremonies for the 2008 summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Today Show did weeks of ramp-up and segments on Chinese history and culture. There was something exotic and mysterious about the Chinese people, and even more so […]

Folium: A Billion Consumers In The Americas via USA Today

Folium: A Billion Consumers In The Americas via USA Today Have you ever stopped to consider just how much of something it takes to make up a billion? That’s billion with a big “b”. If you had one billion dollars, you would need to spend close to $2,740,000 every single day of the year and […]

Aero: Giverny, France – First Impressions

Aero: Giverny, France – First Impressions via The LEAF Project Bonjour! First of all, I must apologize for taking so long to post—apparently Internet access can be somewhat tricky in rural France. I’ve had some amazing experiences in the past week, but before anything else I have to share my thoughts on the local scenery […]

Spanish Vocabulary: Hispanic Countries and Nationalities

… Identify Spanish Vocabulary: Hispanic Countries and Nationalities el vocabulario español: los países y las nacionalidades hispanas Identify and specify different Spanish-Speaking countries. Know where Spanish is spoken and plan future travels! … Connect LEAF Spanish Grammar: The Verb [SER] with Nationalities … Study South America : La América del Sur o Sudamérica Name in English […]