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Benjamin Franklin in London by George Goodwin review – demolishing a legend

Edit The Guardian 29 Apr 2016
This cause, whose royalist implications seem ironic in hindsight, was to be the main focus of Franklin’s political career, and the issue that brought him to London in the late 1750s as a lobbyist for the Pennsylvania assembly ... This was because the colonists did not yet think of themselves as “American”, and in the 1750s the idea of pan-colonial ......

How Canada Came to Dominate the Global Supply of Ginseng

Edit Bloomberg 20 Apr 2016
On a drizzly spring morning in a small town in rural Ontario, an event hall fills up with farmers who dominate production of one of the world’s most valuable crops. ginseng ... “The ginseng industry isn’t going anywhere, but it might hurt a number of growers who haven’t had their money.” ... Photographer ... By the 1750s, trade collapsed due to overharvesting and the traders’ failure to dry the root properly, yielding a lower-quality product ... ....

Thevar community recalls freedom fighters of yore

Edit The Times of India 19 Apr 2016
MUMBAI ... The ceremony was held at Shanmukhananda Hall in Kings' Circle April 17 ... "Thevars hail from the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Puli Thevar is recognised as the first South Indian ruler to actively rebel against the British-Carnatic combine in the late 1750s and early 1760s ... ....

Short film on Thevar freedom fighters released

Edit The Hindu 18 Apr 2016
A documentary, commemorating the efforts of freedom fighters belonging to the Thevar community, was released on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the Marathiya Manila Thevar Munnetra Peravai, an association of the community in Mumbai ... He fought between the 1750s and late 1760s ... Keywords....

Documentary offers a glimpse of Thevar freedom fighters

Edit The Hindu 17 Apr 2016
A documentary commemorating the efforts of freedom fighters from the Thevar community was released on Sunday, on the 15{+t}{+h}anniversary of the Marathiya Manila Thevar Munnetra Peravai, an association of the community in Mumbai ... He fought during the 1750s and until the late 1760s ... Madhoo of Roja fame was felicitated at the event ... ....

Five Scottish philosophers who helped shape the world

Edit Scotsman 11 Apr 2016
WHILE Scotland has been prolific in giving the world physical inventions, its tangible contributions to knowledge and understanding from the minds of those such as Adam Smith and Hector Boece cannot be forgotten. ADAM SMITH, 1723-1790 ... READ MORE ... During the late 1750s, Ferguson succeeded David Hume as the librarian at Edinburgh's Advocates Library before becoming the chair of mental and moral philosophy at the institution ... READ MORE....

A Perthshire country cottage with a touch of class

Edit Scotsman 04 Apr 2016
A Perthshire cottage was bereft of character until the couple behind Jeffreys Interiors worked their magic ... Picture. Jeffreys Interiors ... The couple's Edinburgh home is a stunning basement conversion, but their Perthshire check list was slightly different ... The answer presented itself in the shape of a 1750s joiner's workshop with adjoining bothy in a small conservation village near Dunkeld ... Picture. Jeffreys Interiors ... Picture ... Picture ... ....

Story of cities #10: how the dirty Old Town became enlightened Edinburgh

Edit The Guardian 29 Mar 2016
Scotland hadn’t had a Royal Court since James VI had decamped to England in 1603, and even by the 1750s, the London-Edinburgh stagecoach could still take up to 10 days ... Dr Nick Phillipson at the University of Edinburgh points out that the “what on earth do we do about Edinburgh?” question had been recognised for generations, but by the 1750s it had become desperate....

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Performs Handel's 'Messiah' in Easter Concerts (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Mar 2016
(Source. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square presented Handel's 'Messiah' in its entirety this Easter season to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ with Christians around the world ... The live concert begins on Friday at 7.30 p.m. MDT ... Some venues are planning charity events, just as Handel did for performances in the 1750s for the Foundling Hospital in London....

Michelle Pfeiffer’s 12 All-Time Sexiest Movie Roles

Edit What Culture 27 Mar 2016
Universal. As she moves into what most actresses would consider the twilight of their career, photos from the set of new HBO film Wizard of Lies confirm that Michelle Pfeiffer continues to defy the laws of aging ... Her work today is a far cry from her initial career choice, however ... But which of her performances were the hottest? ... Despite her descendant Barnabas Collins founding the town in the 1750s, the family have fallen on hard times ... ....

A retired lawyer opens first US slavery museum with $8.6 million of his money

Edit Yahoo Daily News 24 Mar 2016
Unlike other antebellum plantations on the winding River Road along the Mississippi known for their manicured gardens and as exotic locations for weddings, Whitney Plantation has a much different purpose. It wants to tell thousands of visitors each year the tragic story of slavery in the United States ... Mr ... Whitney Plantation, originally known as Habitation Haydel, was founded by Ambroise Heidel, an immigrant from Germany, in the 1750s....

The Stories Behind Your Favorite St. Paddy's Traditions Might Surprise You

Edit Huffington Post 15 Mar 2016
By Rebecca Endicott, writer at LittleThings. It may still feel like the depths of winter, but with March almost here, everyone is getting ready to celebrate the start of spring ... Patrick's Day arrives!. Every year, this holiday arrives in a burst of green and gold fanfare ... Paddy! ... 1. St. Patrick. Who is this St ... 2. Snakes ... Legend has it that St ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... Guinness is the famous dark brown stout introduced by Irish brewer Arthur Guinness in the 1750s....

The 30% solution — when war without end ends: Spengler

Edit Asia Times 13 Mar 2016
During the Cold War, the assumption that nations are rational actors dominated foreign policy research, and with good reason. the United States and the Soviet Union pursued their rivalry by rational means ... Battle of Aegospotami, Peloponnesian War ... Prof ... But by the end of the century, the practice of birth control was spreading in France, and fertility fell from 5.4 children per women in the 1750s to 4.4 in the 1800s and 3.4 in the 1850s....
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