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Grimethorpe Colliery Band in Concert

Edit Skiddle 29 May 2016
Elsecar Heritage Centre in Barnsley. Saturday 18th June 2016. 7.30pm til 10.00pm ... Event Info ... Formed in 1917, The Grimethorpe Colliery Band is probably the worlds most famous colliery band with an international reputation for excellence on both the concert and contest stage ... ....

The Greatest Spectacle in Racing remains an American icon

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 29 May 2016
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis 500 has outlasted two world wars, the decline of the automobile industry, a bitter split in open-wheel racing and more death than anyone cares to recall ... [...] the race is 105 years old, but no races were held during World War I (1917-18) or World War II (1942-45), thus making Sunday’s race the 100th running ... Sam Hornish Jr ... are the only multi-generational winners ... > ....

VA to allow more gravesite memorials

Edit Springfield News-Sun 29 May 2016
Todd Kleismit still remembers the summer day in 2012 when he and other history enthusiasts gathered at Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus to mark the graves of Civil War veterans who had lay in anonymity for decades ... As the group stood near the newly-marked tombs, some teared up ... For veterans whose service ended before 1917 — the ones least likely to have a surviving family member — anyone can request a tombstone....

Investment calendar effects and myths

Edit Jamaica Observer 29 May 2016
This week we will be examining some calendar effects and myths concerning investments. Many of them can be traced back to over 100 years ago, and there are several camps of investors who either believe wholeheartedly in these effects or dismiss them altogether ... Sell in May and go away (Halloween effect) ... The October effect ... — the first one being in 1917 when the communists overthrew the free-market Russian economy ... The July effect ... ....

Oklahoma Military Heritage Foundation to honor ROTC graduates

Edit The Oklahoman 29 May 2016
Since 1917, the University of Oklahoma's Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) has produced military leaders including two Medal of Honor recipients who made the difference in winning battles throughout the world. Many of these early ROTC graduates from OU would fight in World War II, both in Europe and the Pacific. Others would fight in Korea, Vietnam and now Iraq and Afghanistan ... 21 at the Embassy Suites in Norman ... Gen. Douglas O ... Col ... ....

The Battle of Jutland: the Chilcot shambles of its day

Edit The Guardian 29 May 2016
Michael White. The mist and confusion surrounding the May 1916 naval battle is a reminder of the fearsome cost of military miscalculation ... But should it share some of the anniversary attention? ... The BBC is showing Dan Snow’s Battle of Jutland. The Navy’s Bloodiest Day on Sunday ... Twitter ... Twitter ... In April 1917, its mediation efforts spurned and its ships being sunk, an angry America entered the war and made the predicted difference ... Twitter....

Phyllis M. Taylor to receive The Times-Picayune Loving Cup

Edit The Times Picayune 29 May 2016
For years, Phyllis M. Taylor has been a go-to philanthropist in New Orleans, a person on whom institutions have relied for big donations for projects in education, religion, the arts, the military and more ... She also is someone who takes a deep personal interest in the beneficiaries of the Patrick F ... For such service, Taylor has been chosen to receive The Times-Picayune Loving Cup for 2015 ... Dr ... John Dibert, 1917; Eleanor McMain, 1918; Mrs....

Pranksters put glasses on museum floor, people think it's art

Edit Atlanta Journal 28 May 2016
A prank at the recently re-opened San Francisco Museum of Modern Art could easily become a social experiment. The Huffington Post reported that 17-year-old TJ Khayatan and his friends took advantage of the newly remodeled SFMOMA by putting TJ's glasses on the floor, as if it was an art display ... Mutt 1917," naming the piece "Fountain." ... ....

A closer look at the Yankees' new helmets

Edit NJ dot com 28 May 2016
Team makes noticeable change  . ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Helmets matter ... See the video above for a closer look at the helmets ... A closer look at the #Yankees' new helmets. pic.twitter.com/C1rY9W7Vl2 -- Brendan Kuty (@BrendanKutyNJ) May 28, 2016 ... According to Yankees.com, the team didn't wear the logo on their home uniforms from 1917 to 1936, until it was reinstated ... "I like it ... ....

Teen’s Glasses Art Prank At San Francisco Museum Goes Viral

Edit Inquisitr 28 May 2016
An art prank at the recently re-opened San Francisco Museum of Modern Art went viral after 17-year-old TJ Khayatan and his friends put his glasses in an empty space and documented as people observed it as art ... — teejay (@TJCruda) May 24, 2016 ... Mutt 1917.” He named the piece “Fountain.” The move was meant to explore and challenge what is traditionally considered art and worthy of occupying space at a museum....

Tagore, through Bharati’s eyes

Edit The Hindu 28 May 2016
Smallness is not what one associates with Bharati. On the contrary, we can piece together a narrative that testifies to Bharati’s unqualified admiration for Tagore ... J.C ... In January 1917, Bharati translated extracts from Tagore’s The Crescent Moon — ‘The Beginning’ and ‘Playthings’ — and made references to ‘The Champak Flower’ and ‘Hero’ ... Not extended epics ... Keywords....

Is Oklahoma trying to be America’s least progressive state?

Edit The Guardian 28 May 2016
As a budget crisis bites, liberals and some conservatives wonder if rightwing fears over abortion and transgender rights are tipping their state into chaos. @Tom_Dart. Sitting in a boat on a lake in northern Oklahoma, on a weekend away, Troy Stevenson took a phone call about the news from Washington ... Related. Endless war ... The handsome Greco-Roman capitol building in Oklahoma City was finished in 1917 but a dome was not added until 2002 ... ....

100 things about 100 Indianapolis 500s

Edit Tampa Bay Times 27 May 2016
Sunday marks the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500, although it's not the 100th anniversary of the event. That came in 2011, because five previous races were canceled due to World War I (1917-18) and World War II (1942-45) ... ....
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