Is Copenhagen, Denmark safe for an African American female?
I realize your trip already happened, but in case someone else happens across this forum and has a similar experience, I'd like to share my experience:I'm African American, Danish American and Norwegian American. Traveled around Denmark in 2006 and visited family. The entire experience was wonderful, except for one racist comment on the return trip, from a woman in the Copenhagen airport restroom. Both of us had young children with us and I was quite upset for an hour or so, before I was able to let it go as one person's ignorance. I've been called worse here on the street in Chicago, but not with my child around. Everyone else was wonderful, helpful on trains with stroller, friendly, etc. I was surprised by how many people of African descent I saw in Copenhagen. Some people realize I'm mixed (like Barack), but most assume I'm simply African American.
Denmark Is Considered The Happiest Country. You'll Never Guess Why.
Our Living Well, On Location series explores cities and countries from around the world. How do other people pursue health and happiness? We’re going coast to coast, country to country to find out. Last month, Denmark was crowned the happiest country in the world. “The top countries generally rank higher in all six of the key factors identified in the World Happiness Report,” wrote University of British Columbia economics professor John Helliwell, one of the report’s contributing authors. The six factors for a happy nation split evenly between concerns on a government- and on a human-scale. “There is now a rising worldwide demand that policy be more closely aligned with what really matters to people as they themselves characterize their well-being,” economist Jeffrey Sachs said in a statement at the time of the report’s release. But why Denmark over any of the other wealthy, democratic countries with small, educated populations? But the support doesn’t stop at the end of this time. 1.
N. Korea detains U.S. war veteran, 85, son says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean officials detained an 85-year-old American veteran of the Korean War last month as he sat in a plane set to leave the country, the man's son said. A uniformed North Korean officer boarded the plane on Oct. 26 and asked Merrill Newman, a tourist from Palo Alto, Calif., for his passport before telling a stewardess that Newman had to leave the plane, the son, Jeffrey Newman, said Wednesday. "My dad got off, walked out with the stewardess, and that's the last he was seen," Jeffrey Newman told The Associated Press at his home in Pasadena, Calif. It wasn't clear what led to the detention. The son said that, according to his father's traveling companion, Newman earlier had a "difficult" discussion with North Korean officials about his experiences during the 1950-53 war between U.S. The detention comes about a year after North Korea detained another American and as the U.S. Speaking Thursday to reporters in Beijing, U.S.
Grandma playing Ingress stopped by cops | Pied Type
I was out early this morning. There were some unclaimed Ingress portals on my map and I wanted to get to them first, since that’s the easiest way for a solo player to rack up some points. And I did. Five portals altogether. Then I started to work my way back home, pausing wherever I could do a drive-by hack, upgrade someone else’s resonators, etc. When I stopped at one of the last enemy portals, I noticed its resos were down about 50%. My inventory was overflowing. And finally I got it. I swung by Taco Bell for some celebratory tacos and headed for home feeling quite pleased with myself. I turned onto my street and pulled over immediately; he pulled in behind me. “We got a report of suspicious activity … license number 123-ABC … intersection Baker Drive … “ That was the intersection where I’d been. Oh this is going to be interesting … “Officer, I was playing this game … “ And to his everlasting credit, he didn’t laugh. I hope the encounter will benefit all concerned. Like this:
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Reading The Declaration Of Independence Aloud
National Archives Twenty-three years ago, Morning Edition launched what has become an Independence Day tradition: hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators reading the Declaration of Independence. It was 235 years ago this Monday that church bells rang out over Philadelphia, as the Continental Congress adopted Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence. Below is the original text of the Declaration, alongside photos of the NPR staff members and contributors who performed the reading. Declaration Of Independence The original text of the Declaration of Independence, with photos of NPR staff and contributors who performed the reading: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. JULIE McCARTHY He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
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