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		<title>Setting Your Compass: Approaching Linguistic Diversity in the Global Marketplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the tremendous diversity of English dialects one can encounter throughout the United States, most Americans have a natural understanding of how language can be interpreted differently in different environments.  For the way it would sound to a New York-based board of executives versus a similar group in Houston, “ya’ll” might as well be two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Westerner’s Perspective Traveling Abroad: Moroccan Culture at its Finest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a passionate traveler, I&#8217;ve spent most of my adult life traveling the world before setting up camp in the United States of America; Washington DC to be more specific. Going back to Morocco to visit family and friends always seems like a new experience for me. Stepping off the plane right onto the tarmac [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ableinnovationsblog.com/?p=2681</link>
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		<title>April Fool’s Day Around The World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As with most traditions, there are many theories on how April Fool’s Day was first celebrated. In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII enforced the use of a new calendar (known as the Gregorian calendar) for Christians in Europe. Prior to this, Europe’s nations and city states operated using the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar moved the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ableinnovationsblog.com/?p=2668</link>
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		<title>St. Joseph&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Annually on March 19, Christians around the world come together to celebrate Mary’s (the mother of Jesus) husband, Joseph. On this day, Joseph is celebrated as a patron of the Universal Church. On May 1, he is also celebrated but as a worker (as he was a carpenter). In 1129, the first church was dedicated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ableinnovationsblog.com/?p=2643</link>
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		<title>Happy White Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 14 every year, “White Day” is celebrated in Japan (where it originated), Taiwan, Mainland China and South Korea. On February 14, women mostly give chocolate to the men. On March 14, the opposite happens. Men who received honmei-choco (本命チョコ, &#8220;chocolate of love&#8221;) or girl-choco (義理チョコ, &#8220;courtesy or obligation chocolate&#8221;) on Valentine&#8217;s Day are [...]]]></description>
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