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  • Whistled Languages

    Whistled Languages

    Examining cultures that use whistled languages for communication, the Silbo Gomero of the Canary Islands. Silbo Gomero: A Whistled Language of the Canary Islands Silbo Gomero is the only kind of whistled language on La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands. It is an ingenious method of communicating messages by whistling that carries over long

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  • Suspended Coffee Movement pay-it-forward concept.

    The Suspended Coffee Movement was started by John M. Sweeney on March 27, 2013. Influenced by the old Italian tradition of “caffè sospeso” in which a person pays for an extra coffee for someone in need to claim, Sweeney created a Facebook page to promote this Global ImpactThe influence exerted by this movement, viewed worldwide,

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