'Our team rosters will be split 50% Chinese and 50% foreign. That is by design. We wanted and needed a balance of talented and experienced foreign professionals to help foster the development of our Chinese players. Sports has no color or cultural barriers.'
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Excitement Building for Inaugural World’s Largest Ghost Hunt and National Ghost Hunting Day on October 1
Haunted Journeys — in conjunction with partners The Scarefest, Destination America, America’s Most Haunted, Paranormal Database, our regional ambassadors and network of participating ghost hunting teams — is proud to announce that National Ghost Hunting Day is now officially registered with the National Calendar Day Registry, to be celebrated on the first Saturday of every October. This celebration of the techniques and culture of ghost hunting will initiate the Halloween season annually in spectacular fashion! On October 1, 2016, National Ghost Hunting Day will be celebrated for the first time with the World’s Largest Ghost Hunt serving as the inaugural mega event.
Read More »Don’t Be a Hater: Hate Groups and Hate Crimes After 9/11 and Ferguson
"Hate" is an old word, going all the way back to Anglo-Saxon (Old English). "Hate group" and "hate crime" sharply narrow the meaning of the word.
Read More »Trump and the Empty-Self Syndrome
Donald Trump has lost touch with his inner self. He has what Parker J. Palmer refers to as “the empty-self syndrome.” This empty self is constantly and chronically hungry but the host lacks utter awareness of his own hunger. This is what makes Trump, and so many other bullies utterly dangerous.
Read More »‘Pokemon GO’ – Away
'Pokemon GO' proves how susceptible we humans are to becoming tech-addicted lemmings, only too ready to follow the latest virtual fad right off an actual cliff.
Read More »Politics and Pressure In Social Media – Please Make It All Go Away
I know it will never stop because social media is a monster that keeps feeding upon itself.
Read More »Bahamas Officially Warns its Black Male Citizens About Travel to the U.S.
When American racial tensions and violence cause the same diplomatic reactions as Islamic State terrorist atrocities, we can come to only one conclusion: Houston – and Dallas, etc. – we have a problem.
Read More »An Open Letter to President Obama: It’s Time to Lead
Mr. President— You may never read this. I’d be willing to bet that you’ll never see any of this letter, isolated as you are in the gilded cage that is the Oval Office. But perhaps, just perhaps, you might, and on the off-chance you do I cannot be more blunt …
Read More »Is Working Remotely the Future of Business?
Sure, it won’t work in every industry, but every industry can and will benefit from embracing the changing landscape of the work place and this new type of employee.
Read More »Senators of the National Rifle Association
Republican senators are all cuddly-safe in bed with NRA money to keep them warm and cozy while sending "thoughts and prayers."
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