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...really knowing, whether the Lemba's ancestors left Jerusalem simultaneously with the Ark (assuming, of course, that it left at all). However, he has a theory as to where they might eventually have converged. Lemba myth venerates a city called Senna. In modern-day Yemen, in an area with people genetically linked to the Lemba, Parfitt found a ghost town by that name. It's possible that the Lemba could have migrated there from Jerusalem by a spice route - and from Senna, via a nearby port, they could have launched the long sail down the African coast...
...population is at least 65 years old, a demographic group that is expected to swell to 36% by 2050. This trend is good news for retailers in Sugamo, where Jan. 24 is the equivalent of America's Friday after Thanksgiving. As many as 80,000 visitors flock to the area to pay their New Year's respects at Koganji Temple - home of a famous statue of the Buddhist demigod Togenuki Jizo, protector of the weak - and browse in some 200 stores overflowing with free food samples and women's wear...
...Sake is also purchased as an offering at Koganji Temple. There, a statue of Kannon, the Buddhist deity of mercy, is said to bring good health to those who wash it. In the area surrounding the statue are two signs: one directs line formation, the other trumpets a nearby defibrillator device. Both signs are there to put Sugamo's visitors at ease...
...distribution of these attitudes. But Dash said that hip hop culture is changing. “The younger black men are a lot more evolved than people give them credit for,” said Dash. Reverend Eugene F. Rivers III ’83, a Boston-area pastor and co-founder of the National Ten-Point Coalition, agreed with Dash, saying that consumers are moving away from buying violent rap music. “There has been a shift in the consumer market that cannot be denied,” he said, adding that consumers are now more likely...
...apparent rise in the number of religious users. The QRAC is underutilized as it is. During women only hours there are usually only two or three women there, leaving essentially the entire facility unused. Even if there is no one on the basketball court or the anaerobic machine area, which is generally the case during women’s hours, the QRAC still restricts access...