Thanksgiving is also called Turkey Day, because this bird is an essential part of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner. There is a ceremony, called National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation, that takes place at the White House every year. During this event, the President of the United States is presented with a live domestic turkey, usually of the Broad Breasted White variety. Generally, the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board are involved. Since 1989, when the first Thanksgiving of President George H. W. Bush took place, the president has granted the turkey a “presidential pardon” and thus spared the bird from being slaughtered.

Gelato University conducts around 12,000 courses every year, and seminars are taught in Italian, English, French and German. Who’s signing up? “Mostly 40-year-olds looking for a new life,” says Patrick Hopkins, director of the six-year-old educational offshoot of the Carpigiani Company, which produces a majority of the world’s gelato machines.

The main goals of Gelato University are developing the art and science of gelato production, the comprehensive training of gelato entrepreneurs and the promotion of Italian gelato as a natural and flavoursome food suitable for all cultures.

The play is set in Guiyang, a “small” city of 4.3m inhabitants in south-west China. The performance is in English and Mandarin with English supertitles. Western and Chinese cultures are very different, and people are often puzzled by foreigners’ behaviour. Peter, the British consultant and translator of Daniel, explains to Daniel the concept of guanxi (personal connections). In fact, Guanxi, hierarchy and face, the three musts of Chinese culture, are of paramount importance when you want to do business in China.

In the play, the audience witnesses a Chinese interpreter mangling communication between the American businessman and Minister Cai, a Chinese government official. “We’re a small, family firm” turns into “his company is small and insignificant; ” “I appreciate the frank American style” becomes “He enjoys your rudeness.”

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