Walking to Parliament with the only female Minister, Rose A. Leon.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Vintage Jamaica
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Katharine Hepburn's beloved mansion
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The home Katharine Hepburn called Paradise: Beloved mansion film icon lived in until she died aged 96 goes on the market for £8.8million
The beachfront home of Katharine Hepburn - that in the latter part of her life often referred to as 'paradise' - is on the market in the Fenwick borough of Old Saybrook in Connecticut's posh Middlesex County, and its current owners are asking a bargain $14.8 million for the 8,300-square-foot home. The newly renovated property had been in Hepburn's family for decades, and was the famed actress' home until her death in 2003. New York construction magnate Frank Sciame bought the estate in 2004 for $6 million and is in the process of selling it off as three separate properties
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Hitler and Putin
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Hitler and Putin - Charles was right: Moving borders, stoking paranoia, and cutting backroom deals... We have seen this all before, writes EDWARD LUCAS
NEW As the Putin regime in Russia sets about dismembering its neighbours, it has fallen to Prince Charles to speak the truth about the deadly threat of this modern dictator, writes EDWARD LUCAS.
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Dian Fossey
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Dian Fossey spent 18 years studying endangered mountain gorillas in Rwanda. She was devoted to their care and protection, though it cost her her life. She was murdered, probably by poachers with whom she waged a relentless war. Fossey awakened the world to the plight of these gentle creatures.
Photo by Robert Campbell / Nat Geo
Photo by Robert Campbell / Nat Geo
Bobby Kennedy ordered Marilyn Monroe's murder
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A reworked, sinister theory emerges.
Europe's changing borders
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Amazing time-lapse video shows how the constantly changing borders in Europe over the past 1,000 years shaped the continent we know today
The video is a demonstration of a new learning tool by Historicalatlas.com, which has used mapping technology and historical records to show...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
A secret army to overthrow Allies
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Revealed: How Nazi officers led by top general formed secret army AFTER the war and planned to overthrow Allies who occupied Germany
It aimed to restore 'honour' to the homeland in the wake of the devastation wrought by the Second World War.
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Al Capone’s Soup Kitchen
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Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/al-capone-soup-kitchen#cVmSJBHAWYk7uUUO.99
As US officials inched ever closer to infiltrating and apprehending Al Capone in 1930, the infamous gangster decided that it was high time to generate some good publicity while he still could. Thus, Capone opened up a soup kitchen in one of Chicago’s poorest and most crime filled neighborhoods. On Thanksgiving, Capone famously fed over 5,000 of the Windy City’s most vulnerable constituents. Things went as planned–at least for a time–and the press lauded the gangster for his charitable endeavors. Ultimately, though, this positive coverage only enraged the feds, who then ordered closer surveillance of Capone. A little under a year later, Capone’s new home was the slammer.
Read more at http://all-that-is-interesting.com/al-capone-soup-kitchen#cVmSJBHAWYk7uUUO.99
Army Padre
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Pictured: Army Padre who tended to wounded British troops as they fought their way out from the Normandy beachhead on D-day
Captain Leslie Skinner, left, who served with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, helped medical staff care for the wounded on 6 June 1944.
Sit at Dickens' desk
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How's this for a muse house? Sit at Dickens' desk or stay in the same room where Bram Stoker created Dracula
From the windswept romantic setting of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights to the unspoilt beauty of the Cumbria Lakes experienced by William...
The Beatles
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Bring back British Rail! Privatisation was an act of political madness and a huge con that left us with delays, antique trains and a vast...
What on earth is the point of the Labour Party if it cannot even oppose the mad disaster of railway privatisation? writes PETER HITCHENS.
Memorial Day 1865
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Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May, 1, 1865 in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial as gratitude for fighting for their freedom. They then held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 Black children as they marched, sang and celebrated.
Marley!
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Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the passing of the legendary Bob Marley, which Bob Marley song is your favorite?
Nazi Collaboration
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Monday, May 5, 2014
hemp cars
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http://theangryhistorian.blogspot.com/.../hemp-car-myth...
http://theangryhistorian.blogspot.com/.../hemp-car-myth...
1500 Year Old Bible
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