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Emperor Qianlong's musket expected to fetch millions at London auction
Edit China Daily 11 Oct 2016
According to The Guardian, the musket was manufactured in the 18th century, specially produced for Qianlong Emperor (1711-99) in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) ... Previous Page 1 2 3 4 Next Page ... ....
Chinese in character
Edit China Daily 11 Oct 2016
An exhibition of writing that goes back 3,000 years will tour Japan through next year, Wang Kaihao reports ... On Oct 18, the exhibition Chinese Characters ... A 2,300-year-old bronzeware inscribed with the earliest Chinese duty-free certificate ever found, Terracotta Warriors carved with words and pieces by top 13th-century calligraphy artists such as Zhao Mengfu as well as by Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) emperors are among the highlights ... ....
Lloyd Webber and Crawford in surprise Phantom appearance in West End
Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 Oct 2016
Share Go To ... One moment even saw current and past Phantom actors Ben Forster and Michael Ball almost share a romantic kiss as they sang to each other ... He said ... Originally an idea Lord Lloyd-Webber floated past Mackintosh over the phone as the latter enjoyed an evening bath, The Phantom Of The Opera, based on Gaston Leroux's 1911 novella, is performed in 35 countries and has been seen by more than 140 million people ... He added ... ....
Football: Fla-Flu Rio derby - the eternal battle
Edit The Times of India 11 Oct 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 11, 2016 (AFP) -. Rio de Janeiro was mighty different 104 years ago except for one vital constant. the passionate shouts of fans at the Flamengo v Fluminense football derby ... But fans and players have bigger things to worry about than stadiums ... To find the seeds of this struggle for supremacy between working class Flamengo and upper crust Fluminense you have to look back to a curious incident in 1911 ... Fla 3 - Flu 2....
Retailers warn on weak pound and blows to consumer confidence
Edit The Guardian 11 Oct 2016
Higher import costs will boost shop prices while Brexit talks create climate of uncertainty, says British Retail Consortium ... Sales growth was capped by warm weather – including the hottest September day since 1911 – which dented appetite for several products, including autumn clothes, flu medicines and duvets. Pound continues to fall against dollar amid 'hard Brexit' fears. Read more ... He told parliament on Monday ... Read more ... ....
Baker College names Richard Bush dean of College of Information Technology (Troy Chamber of Commerce)
Edit Public Technologies 10 Oct 2016
(Source. Troy Chamber of Commerce). Baker College has announced that Richard Bush, Ph.D., of Ypsilanti, has been named dean of the College of Information Technology (IT). 'Dr ... Founded in 1911, Baker College grants doctoral, master's, bachelor's and associate degrees, as well as certificates in diverse academic fields including business, health sciences, engineering, information technology, education and human services ... # # # ... (noodl....
Forbidden no longer: Historic riches revealed
Edit China Daily 10 Oct 2016
The Palace Museum, with most of its 1.8 million relics in storage, is opening new displays and loaning more artifacts. Few of the 15 million visitors who pass through the world's most visited museum have any idea about the true size of its massive collection ... The museum, also known as the Forbidden City, was home to 24 emperors from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, until China abolished the monarchy ... Shan said ... ....
A Swedish woman survived for hours with the lowest body temperature ever
Edit Business Insider 10 Oct 2016
The day of the accident couldn't have been more normal ... "There can be no doubt that in a blizzard a man has not only to safeguard the circulation in his limbs, but must struggle with a sluggishness of brain and an absence of reasoning power which is far more likely to undo him," wrote Robert Falcon Scott in the records of his 1911 expedition, describing one of his men as suffering from a frostbitten hand and a "half-thawed brain." ... ....
The Correspondent Who Scooped The World
Edit Time Magazine 10 Oct 2016
A shaft of late afternoon sun slices through the heavy air of an impending tropical storm, landing on the floor of a modest living room in the heart of Hong Kong’s former colonial district ... “She got this paper’s greatest scoop.” ... Born on Oct. 10, 1911 — the same year as Tennessee Williams, Lucille Ball and Ronald Reagan — Hollingworth was a small child when the World War I began in 1914 ... on Sept....
Why is Kashmir not a part of Indian National Anthem?
Edit The Times of India 09 Oct 2016
It has been 69 years since India and Pakistan partitioned in 1947. In 1911, Rabindranath Tagore wrote 'Jana Gana Mana' not knowing it will be made a national anthem so the need to be politically correct wasn't an issue. It was later adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on 24th January 1950. The lyrics mentions.. Jana-Gan-Mana-Adhinayaka,. Jaya He. Bharata-Bhagya-Vidhata. Punjab-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha ... 3000....
TV’s Tomimbang, Goldberg to make PSA on aneurysms
Edit Star Advertiser 09 Oct 2016
Emme Tomimbang, veteran “Island Moments” TV host and producer, had a “New York Moment” recently as a survivor of a brain aneurysm ... The event, hosted by ABC’s Bill Ritter and former Fox anchor Gretchen Carlson, included a tribute to Bernadette Hernandez, mother of singer Bruno Mars, who lost her life to an aneurysm in 2013 ... The University of Rochester is hosting the event; Abbott was a Class of 1911 member....
20 physicists who revolutionized our understanding of the world
Edit Business Insider 09 Oct 2016
You probably know what physics is. It's the study of the physical world, from falling apples to the motion of planets and stars to the behavior of the tiny subatomic particles that make up the world around us. Physics is everywhere. It's in the most distant reaches of the cosmos ... It's even in the seemingly empty space around us ... J ... In 1911, Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) demonstrated that the nuclei of atoms house most of their masses ... J ... ....
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