Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with holiday www.salem-news.com 2013 At least 17 people were reportedly wounded during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday. Among the victims was a 10-year-old girl who was grazed by a bullet. http://salem-news.com/articles/may132013/new-orleans-shooting.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may132013/new-orleans-shooting.php Mon, 13 May 2013 00:05:00 PDT Millions are seeing the new Google scent search option, and grossing out over all kinds of unexpected surprises. But hey, whoever thought we could search by odor? It is the latest brainchild of the company that delivers billions of pages of information and knowledge all over the world each day. http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/google-smell-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/google-smell-tk.php Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:15:00 PDT In what can only be described as an unusual turn of events, President Obama made what appears to be an attempt to distance himself from the war policies of the United States government. This seems to be more than just face-saving, with the President expressing deep misgivings over the wars and his inability to carry out his campaign promises to end the wars. http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/obama-drones.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april012013/obama-drones.php Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:54:00 PDT Thousands of Christians will trudge a grueling and arduous 7 kilometer walk in scorching heat, starting at Sacred Heart Church in suburban Mumbai's Khar West, while a troupe of Christian activists will enact scenes, believed to have happened on the first Good Friday. The walking pilgrimage will start in the morning at around 10 am and conclude in the evening. http://salem-news.com/articles/march252013/india-christians-jd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march252013/india-christians-jd.php Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:45:00 PDT The Catholic-Christian Secular Forum (CSF), India's apex activist community NGO, has urged the prime minister and finance minister of the country to declare at least Easter Sunday if not Holy Saturday preceding it as a sectional holiday. The CSF general secretary, Joseph Dias issued a memorandum detailing what the holiday means to Christians. http://salem-news.com/articles/march222013/csf-easter.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march222013/csf-easter.php Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:01:00 PDT Each of us has a "personal beef" in the many cliches we hear in everyday conversation. People do not generally mean to be misleading or inaccurate. Yet that pitfall is very hard to avoid. How many of us fall automatically into wishing "Good Luck" to somebody facing a new challenge? http://salem-news.com/articles/march092013/shamrock-shenanigans-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march092013/shamrock-shenanigans-blc.php Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:26:00 PST If Love truly makes the world go around, there must be plenty of people out there sadly missing the mark. Who among us will address the void of those widows and widowers? http://salem-news.com/articles/february122013/valentine-void-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february122013/valentine-void-blc.php Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:00:00 PST Obama was reelected president of the USA, a country still under Israeli occupation. So he fails to make Israel accountable for violating International Law and even American law. US law prohibits funding a country that persistently violates human rights. Israel goes on doing just that on a daily basis. http://salem-news.com/articles/january032013/new-year-13-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january032013/new-year-13-mq.php Thu, 03 Jan 2013 20:43:00 PST Christmas traditionally means carol singing, new clothes, and celebrations; unfortunately for Pakistani Christians things have become much more difficult since the blasphemy laws are hanging like a sward on the neck. Its misused is clearly seen in Rimsha’s case in Islamabad. Christians living in the same neighborhood say they are facing a bleak and joyless Christmas, crushed b poverty and harassed by Muslims. http://salem-news.com/articles/january022013/xmas-attack-sm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january022013/xmas-attack-sm.php Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:39:00 PST Sacramento police say two people were killed in a shooting that happened shortly after 9:30 p.m. tonight near 2nd and K St, at an event held to commemorate the new year. Approximately 35,000 people were in the area. The crowded gathering saw many people suddenly trying to determine what was taking place. One witness told KCRA Channel 3 News that eight shots were clearly heard, and that the shots were not something they could easily have confused with fireworks. http://salem-news.com/articles/january012013/sacramento-shooting.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january012013/sacramento-shooting.php Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:11:00 PST Countdown to the New Year has come and gone. Many traditional Americans are undergoing the routine of making New Year's resolutions. http://salem-news.com/articles/january012013/resolute-ideas-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january012013/resolute-ideas-blc.php Tue, 01 Jan 2013 02:56:00 PST Bethlehem (Aramaic for House of Laham, the Canaanitic God of Sustenance) area is decked in colors and the best and most beautiful lights are the smiles on the faces of our children. On Saturday evening, we attended a christian service that was a joint service with the National Cathedral in Washington DC. The Palestinian children bell choir was uplifting. http://salem-news.com/articles/december252012/bethlehem-xmas-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december252012/bethlehem-xmas-mq.php Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:25:00 PST Dependent on tourism for much of its economy -- the city of Bethlehem is STRUGGLING AGAINST ALL ODDS. ISRAEL HAS DECIDED TO close most of the city to even Holy Clergy who have churches within. Most businesses are closed down. Jesus' birthplace is a ghetto. http://salem-news.com/articles/december252012/burial-bethlehem-wc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december252012/burial-bethlehem-wc.php Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:59:00 PST "Want a Knight before Christmas, alas, fondest gift,To warm forth my pillow, and bestow a lift,For Arthur is off in some distant turf,And with my fab figure, won't settle for serf!"This utterance came from Queen Guinevere,Knowing that King and his staff weren't near;A lonely heart pining for marvel of mateTo fulfill her empties, but what be her fate? http://salem-news.com/articles/december242012/dear-yule-blc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december242012/dear-yule-blc.php Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:52:00 PST Israel’s large Palestinian minority is often spoken of in terms of the threat it poses to the Jewish majority. Palestinian citizens’ reproductive rate constitutes a “demographic timebomb”, while their main political programme proves for most Israeli Jews that their compatriots are really a “fifth column”. http://salem-news.com/articles/december242012/nazareth-xmas-jc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december242012/nazareth-xmas-jc.php Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:03:00 PST My first Christmas greeting this year came all the way from Bethlehem itself, just yards from where the Big Story is supposed to have begun 2012 years ago. My friend Jiries is a survivor of the murderous 40-day siege of the Church of the Nativity by Israeli troops in 2002. These days, for me, Christmas has become a time to remember some of the extraordinary people I’ve met in the Holy Land... http://salem-news.com/articles/december202012/christmas-message-sl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december202012/christmas-message-sl.php Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:48:00 PST We remembered the 20 children killed in Connecticut (where I last lived in the USA). We remembered them and we also remembered the 33 children killed last month by US funded Israeli war machine and the hundreds of Pakistani and Afghani children killed this year by US drone attacks. http://salem-news.com/articles/december192012/christmas-bethlehem-mq.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december192012/christmas-bethlehem-mq.php Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:47:00 PST From Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" to Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," Christmas is portrayed as a snowy time. However, many areas of the U.S. do not necessarily have a high probability of a white Christmas*. Since many people may have a different idea of what constitutes a white Christmas, it is being defined in this story as a snow depth of an inch or more on Christmas Day. http://salem-news.com/articles/december102012/snowy-xmas.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december102012/snowy-xmas.php Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:51:00 PST This year as you make your holiday list and wonder who to spread cheer and share that spirit with, please consider Salem-News.com and know that every dollar received helps us sustain and carry on this operation. What is special about our group? Perhaps if we just name one thing, it is that we provide the news that the mainstream ignores. http://salem-news.com/articles/december092012/testimonial-snc-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december092012/testimonial-snc-tk.php Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:03:00 PST Is this a correct title well, actually no it ain’t,But, neither is it as far off as some might think,The biggest shopping day of every single year,So does the giant retailer have anything to fear?27 countries and 69 banners, over 10,000 stores,Are hourly employees justified in seeking more?2 million workers serving 200 million every week,Sales for 2011 reached 443.9 billion as their peak. http://salem-news.com/articles/november202012/walmart-black-fri.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november202012/walmart-black-fri.php Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:34:00 PST Diwali is an official holiday in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, Malaysia, Singapore and Fiji. For Hindus, Diwali is one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes. http://salem-news.com/articles/november132012/happy-diwali-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november132012/happy-diwali-tk.php Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:33:00 PST July finds me in one of the biggest churches in Washington, D.C. during their First Annual Children’s Book Fair. All around me authors are selling books: some teaching children about business and saving money; others about self-esteem; another about a girl’s entrance into puberty; a few titles about bullying. http://salem-news.com/articles/july232012/christmas-july-dmw.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july232012/christmas-july-dmw.php Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:07:00 PDT Imagine that in one of the hot days of summer, you're invited to a "water-sprinkling" festival along with happy people and children gathered to celebrate a joyous day. It can be easily visualized that playing with water in a hot summer day in a beautiful city park together with a host of delighted citizens can be quite blissful and fantastic. http://salem-news.com/articles/july212012/tirgan-festival-np.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july212012/tirgan-festival-np.php Sat, 21 Jul 2012 16:25:00 PDT The Independence Day Holiday is just around the corner and many people will visit the beach, enjoy fireworks or fire up the grill for a backyard barbecue. The American Red Cross offers some simple safety tips and suggests smartphone users download a free first-aid app. http://salem-news.com/articles/july042012/july-4-safety-rc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july042012/july-4-safety-rc.php Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:25:00 PDT Summer is supposed to be a time of celebration for teens and their families with prom, graduation and college on the horizon. Unfortunately, new analysis of crash data from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that July 4 is the deadliest day for teens on the road. http://salem-news.com/articles/july042012/july-4-roads.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july042012/july-4-roads.php Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:06:00 PDT Over the last few days, Dorothy Day has come up in many conversations with local people as well as Internet connections. Coming soon is my book review of ALL IS GRACE, A Biography of Dorothy Day, by Jim Forest who knew her as a friend and mentor. http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/a-god-thing-ef.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january112012/a-god-thing-ef.php Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:01:00 PST Long ago I learned never to look back but simply to jam down foot and keep driving... Worked fine when I had first license, in Maine, in early 30s... and I must disclose since it soon became professional habit in all I've undertaken ever since. http://salem-news.com/articles/december312011/deja-vu-hcr.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december312011/deja-vu-hcr.php Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:45:00 PST Winter is often the worst time of year for very vulnerable displaced Afghan families. But once again, UNHCR and its partners are delivering winter supplies to help these families, whether returning refugees or internally displaced, face the freezing temperatures. As part of a coordinated response, together with Afghan authorities and other aid agencies, UNHCR will provide around 34,500 Afghan families – more than 200,000 individuals – with blankets, plastic sheets, fuel, and warm clothes such as sweaters, shawls, gloves, socks and waterproof shoes to stay warm and dry. http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/unhcr-afghan-refugees.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december272011/unhcr-afghan-refugees.php Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:37:00 PST Christmas is inevitably a rather problematic time for atheists. Does one sour the mood, somewhere between the turkey and the pudding, and overtly declare the entire festivity is built on the naivety and, if one’s feeling particularly spiky, the blatant stupidity of one’s ancestors? http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/atheist-xmas-.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/atheist-xmas-.php Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:03:00 PST While in Ho Chi Minh City on 12th December I decided to deliver by hand a letter to the office of Monsanto. On arrival was told that the director was away on business out of the country, this was the same excuse given a few years earlier. However I explained to the young Vietnamese lady my disappointment and asked that I would like to have a reply. http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/agent-orange-vn-cp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december252011/agent-orange-vn-cp.php Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:41:00 PST