Sayonara, British suckers!!!
After just one day of demanding the Brits surrender New York City, the Dutch have successfully taken back the capitol of the colony under the direction of Admiral Cornelis Evertsen the Younger. We hear they have plans to rename the land “New Orange.”
Concert pianist Philippa Duke Schuyler, age 14
Piano prodigy Philippa Duke Schuyler was the daughter of a politically conservative black journalist and a white former Southern beauty queen. George Schuyler and Josephine Codgell were proponents of interracial marriage and believed that biracial children had the potential to be exceptional thanks to their mixed heritage.
Josephine devoted herself to developing her daughter’s expected genius. A raw food proponent, Josephine fed Philippa a diet of raw vegetables, raw beef, and cod liver oil. Philippa was educated mainly at home and by age two her spelling ability was profiled in a New York newspaper. By four, Philippa was an established piano prodigy, often performing her own compositions. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia was among her fans. Her IQ was tested to be 185.
As a teenager Philippa was an international touring pianist, but she struggled to find tour sponsors due to her race and gender. As she matured, Philippa became disillusioned with both her parents and the discrimination she faced. Philippa gave up performing in her thirties and became a journalist.
While on assignment in Vietnam in 1967, Philippa’s helicopter crashed and unable to swim, she drown. Heartbroken, Josephine committed suicide on the second anniversary of her daughter’s death.
A middle school in Brooklyn is named in Philippa’s honor.
Bake a heart into a cake! If you’re too shy to tell someone you love them, you can just let the cake do the talking. Here’s how you do it.
In Elizabethan England, a little boy was dressed in skirts, pretty much like his sister. When he was between 3 and 7, depending on his parents’ and nurse’s assessment, he got his first pair of breeches or breech hose.
This event, called breeching, was celebrated with a party. The boy was then said to have been breeched. Before this he was just “an unbreeched boy.”
Gossip, scandal AND beavers?!?? LOVES it!
Grietje Pieters went over to her neighbor Lysbet Ackermans’ house to have a beer. Soon after the hangout, Lysbet accused Grietje of stealing her beaver from her home. Grietje was so angry about the accusation that she sued Lysbet for slander. Lysbet
- Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca (via bookmania)
That sounds cool! We never knew China was so close!!
French explorer Robert de La Salle has arrived in America for an exciting adventure. He believes the Mississippi River will flow into the Gulf of California and from there he will discover a western route to China. He’s trying to…
lolz i <3 perez hamilton!
Barcelona-based studio DNA Barcelona Architects has designed the Santa Chritina Residence.
This is an amazing story: Tania Akhter is a 19-year-old girl from Bangladesh. As a child, her family was poor and wanted her to start working instead of going to school. Luckily, she was sponsored by Good Neighbors’ Child Sponsorship Program and her sponsor continued supporting her schooling for the next 16 years. Tania went on to finish primary school and now she’s just started at a local university. Her dream? “To establish myself in society as a businesswoman. In the future, I want to help needy children [with their education] as I have been supported.”
We love Tania’s story because it shows that with a little support, any child can succeed. Did you know that you can sponsor a child for $35/month and that pays for their education, hot meals, school supplies, medical care, and more? Help change a child’s future for the better today.
designed by SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects together with interior designer Antoni Associates
designed by SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects together with interior designer Antoni Associates
located in La Boyita, Punta del Este, Uruguay designed by Martin Gomes Arquitectos
This is what I want my living room to look like! Clean, modern, spacious, bright!
