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American Corner Struga

American Corner Stip

American Corner Bitola

For updates about the American Corner Skopje during the relocation period, please go to facebook.com/acskopje

Relocation of American Corner Skopje

We would like to inform you that the American Corner is the process of relocation, and we have moved out of our former premisses at the City Library "Brakja Miladinovci".

Until we move into our new space, our temporary location is:

Interim location:  

Youth Education Forum
Vodnjanska 35/1-1    

American Corner March Calendars!

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American Corner Struga

American Corner Tetovo

American Corner Bitola

Super Tuesday! - The U.S. Presidential Elections

Today is Super Tuesday, a big primary voting day in key US states!

Super Tuesday is the unofficial name given to the single day in a presidential election year on which many states hold primaries and caucuses.

To learn how the U.S. Presidential Elections work, take a look a this video:

Primary Schedule 2012

January 3,  Iowa (caucus)
January 10,  New Hampshire (primary)
January 21,  South Carolina (primary)
January 31,  Florida (primary)
February 4,  Nevada (caucus)

February 4–11,  Maine (caucus)

February 7,  Colorado (caucus)
                   Minnesota (caucus)
                   Missouri (primary)

February 28,  Arizona (primary)
                     Michigan (primary)

March 3,  Washington (caucus)

March 6,  (Super Tuesday)
                   Alaska (caucus)
                   Georgia (primary)
                   Idaho (caucus)
                   Massachusetts (primary)
                   North Dakota (caucus)
                   Ohio (primary)
                   Oklahoma (primary)
                   Tennessee (primary)
                   Texas (primary)
                   Vermont (primary)
                   Virginia (primary)

March 6-10,  Wyoming (caucus)

March 10,  Kansas (caucus)
                   U.S. Virgin Islands (caucus)

March 13,  Alabama (primary)
                   Hawaii (caucus)
                   Mississippi (primary)

March 17,  Missouri (GOP caucus)

March 20,  Illinois (primary)

March 24,  Louisiana (primary)

April 3,  District of Columbia (primary)
                   Maryland (primary)
                   Wisconsin (primary)

April 24,  Connecticut (primary)
                   Delaware (primary)
                   New York (primary)
                   Pennsylvania (primary)
                   Rhode Island (primary)

May 8,  Indiana (primary)
                   North Carolina (primary)
                   West Virginia (primary)

May 15,  Nebraska (primary)
                   Oregon (primary)

May 22,  Arkansas (primary)
                   Kentucky (primary)

June 5,   California (primary)
                   Montana (primary)
                   New Jersey (primary)
                   New Mexico (primary)
                   South Dakota (primary)

June 26,  Utah (primary)

Washington's Birthday Holiday Honors First President

On February 21, 2012, Americans celebrate the holiday PRESIDENTS' DAY, observed on the third Monday of February. This holiday is also known as WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY because it honors George Washington, the first President of the United States, as well as the legacies of all American presidents. 

 

Read more on IIP Digital !

Super Bowl 2012: Giants Beat the Patriots 21-17

SUPER BOWL Sunday is America's biggest sports holiday! The Super Bowl is the final of the NFL league Play Offs, and is the most watched annual television program in the United States. This year's matchup was between the New England Patriots and the the New York Giants. 

Super Bowl 2012: Giants beat Patriots 21-17 in a heartstopping repeat of 2008 title game

Read more and see the images from yesterday's game HERE

 Many Americans who are not typically football fans will still gather and watch the game with family and friends. Everyone loves the famous Super Bowl commercials! Each year, advertisers are rushing to buy as much airtime as possible, spending an average of $3.5 million for a 30 second television ad. And everyone loves the traditional halftime show, which this year, was Madonna's spectacular performance! Watch it below:

And you don't have to miss out on the commercials either. A full list of every ad aired during the Super Bowl is available ON THIS LINK. Happy watching!

 

February Calendars for our American Corners

American Corner Skopje

American Corner Tetovo

American Corner Bitola

American Corner Struga

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Wetlands Photo Celebration 2012 fan favorites

Happy World Wetlands Day 2012!! Please join us in congratulating our Wetlands Photo Celebration fan favorites—with images and photographers from around the globe in the four categories of favorites for the Wetlands and Tourism theme: Plants, Landscape, Tourists and Wildlife. Check out the lush stilt village in Ghana, a peaceful river in West Virginia, a snorkeler in the gorgeous coastal wetlands of Mexico, and a beautiful damselfly in Cambodia. Many thanks to all who participated – The US State Department received nearly 900 hundred photo submissions. We salute the world’s wetlands for their many critical benefits to humankind and their incredible beauty. See the wonderful photos submitted through the State Department's Flickr site!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/wwd2012photocelebration/pool/with/6633558673/


Fan favorites:

The fan favorite in the WILDLIFE category (damselfly):

Wetland: Tonle Sap lake Wetland, Phur Sat province

Photographer: SAR Monyrath from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The fan favorite in the PLANTS category (water and vegetation):

Wetland: Nzulezo Stilt Village in Jomoro district, western Ghana

Photograph: Francis Kwame Paintsil from Accra, Ghana

The fan favorite in the TOURISM category (snorkeler):

Wetland: Gran Cenote in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Photographer: Seth Patterson from Brownsville, Texas - USA

And the fan favorite in the LANDSCAPE category (open water with trees):

Wetland: Tomlinson Run State Park (Tomlinson Run Lake) in West Virginia, United States

Photographer: Nadya Stoyanova Dzhevizova from Plovdiv, Bulgaria

 

*Chinese New Year*

The Chinese year 4710 begins TODAY, on Jan. 23, 2012.
The zodiac sign for 2012 is the Dragon! For the Chinese, the dragon is the luckiest and most auspicious of all the animal signs. Chinese parents want their kids to get married in the Year of the Dragon and babies to be born in the Year of the Dragon because they're supposed to be lucky. 

Happy Year of the Dragon!

image source http://www.recipes4us.co.uk/images/Chinese%20New%20Year%202012%20Dragon.jpg

World Wetlands Day Photo celebration, January 3-20, 2012

See the Flickr stream for World Wetland Day Photo Celebration

http://www.flickr.com/groups/WWD2012PhotoCelebration