| 29 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-29 00:42:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Nomanda is quite partial to Chinese food. I like the wide variety of dishes to choose from and it used to a part of my staple diet during my bachelor days. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that one of my favourite dishes, Chop Suey, isn’t a Chinese dish at all but it was invented by the chef of a visiting Chinese Ambassador when he visited New York. The chef came up with the dish on this day in 1896 to serve at a banquet to satisfy the palates of both the Chinese and American guests! Well I never!The brolly flying Julie Andrews was in fine form on this day in 1964 when “Mary Poppins” was released. The film has been a great hit with children big and small and everyone will want to sing along with this! Lovel | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 28 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-28 00:37:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!The one, the only “Lea and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce” was first manufactured on this day in 1837. It was produced by a couple of Pharmacists Messrs John Lea and William Perrins. The tangy not quite hot sauce is still made in Worcester to this day and where would the world be without it? Used by chefs and cocktail mixers all over the world it’s probably as famous as the pottery from the same city! You couldn’t make a “Bloody Mary” without it!The famous black activist Martin Luther King Jr was to make the most memorable speech of his life at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on this day in 1963. His “I have a dream” speech would establish him as one of the greatest American orators of all time. He wa | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 27 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-27 00:39:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!The British protectorate of Zanzibar didn’t follow the wishes of the British government in the appointment of their new sultan. This difference of opinion on who should be the next sultan led to the shortest recorded war in history on this day in 1896. The “war” lasted a full 40 minutes and guess what, the Brits got their way! Those were the good old days of gunboat democracy and it seemed to work at the time!The first publication of the “Guinness Book of Records” took place on this day in 1955. The background of how the book came into being and who was involved is fascinating. The idea of some sort of authoritive reference book came about following an argument as to which was the fastest game bird in Europe | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 26 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-26 01:41:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Our favourite escape artist, Harry Houdini, was doing what he did best on this day in 1907 at San Francisco’s Aquatic Park. He was tied in chains, submerged in a tank of water and 57 seconds later surfaced unharmed. It’s all a matter of how long you can hold your breath and of course the ability to get out of a bundle of chains!George Orwell’s anti Stalinist “Animal Farm” was published on this day in 1946. The farm animals get rid of the human owners and draw up their own set of rules / commandments of social behaviour. It all starts off very nicely until inevitably some of the animals start to take over the running of the place. In the end the original 7 Commandments are abridged for the last time, simply r | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| Celebrations At Annual Chav Carnival | | 2008-08-25 10:50:21 | | Newport, Wales — Council flat scum and car tax evaders rejoiced today as the annual Pill Carnival brought dole scroungers together in unison.
Unwashed chavs and unemployed vagrants alike looked forward to loitering around on street corners, “smokin’ da draw” and getting “fukkin wreck up, innit?”
Tricia McBellend, a single mother and habitual crack user, anticipated the [...]
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| 25 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-25 00:39:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!This day in 1485 was to mark the beginning of the Tudor dynasty when Henry Tudor beat Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Fields. It heralded the end of the War of the Roses with the Lancastrian red rose coming out on top. The battle has been immortalised in Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” and of the many quotable quotes from the play my favourite is,“A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!”It’s all about priorities and seeing the best way forward!Not being blessed with the best of eyesight Nomanda is an enthusiastic supporter of anything that makes it easier to see. So, not surprisingly discovering that one of our favourite inventors, Galileo, demonstrated his first telescope on this day in 1609 was | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 23 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-23 01:47:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Have you ever been driving in a strange place and have got a “feel” for the direction you should be going and just as you think you’ve almost sorted it all out you come across a “no-entry” sign and a one way street system? I think we’ve all been there and if you thought the one way street is a modern invention by city planners who either walk or cycle to work, you would be wrong! Apparently the first one way street was introduced in London on this day as early as 1617. So, I’m driving my pony and trap along this street and another one approaches from the opposite direction.“Hello! I say old man I think you’re going in the wrong direction.”“What’s that you say, Guv?” (Just my luck, I’ve got | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 21 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-21 00:48:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Now you would think that the guy who patented the venetian blind may have had some association with Venice or at least Italy. Well you would be wrong because John Hampton who patented the venetian blind on this day in 1841 came from New Orleans! For those of us who have had these dust collecting devices in our time we would have loved him to have patented an easy way to clean them as well! They look great for the first couple of weeks and after that they look disgraceful unless you spend an hour every week cleaning the damm things!Another outmoded device patented on this day in 1888 by William Burroughs was the adding machine. Nomanda has used one of these antique machines in the distant past and frankly it was quicke | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 20 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-20 01:40:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!The Danish sea captain Vitus Bering employed by the Russian Navy discovered Alaska and the Straits that bear his name on this day in 1741. I wonder if he realised that he was on the far Eastern coast of his employers when he found them. Peter Tchaikovsky’s ouverture 1812 was first performed at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow on this day in 1882. The work was written to commemorate the defence of Napoleon’s French invading army at Borodino in 1812. Stirring stuff!For those who read yesterday’s blog it will come as no surprise that the day after the one and only Olympic cricket match started Great Britain beat France on this day in 1900! So no surprise there then!A Frenchman Adolphe Pegourd became th | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| Invitation: The YP’s 6th Anniversary Celebrations! | | 2008-08-19 13:36:03 | | The YP Foundation and Punj Lloyd
Are proud to invite you to
The YP’s 6th Anniversary Celebrations!
Celebrating 800 young people’s work across 6 years
With
Them Clones and The Raghu Dixit Project Live In Concert!
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In Photography. Exhibitions featuring 8 issues
In Film. Our Work. By Babble Fish Productions
In Literature. 6 Years of being The YP – The Bridge
In Art. Auctioning [...] | | By: Delhi Greens | | |
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| 19 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-19 00:39:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: Gladiolus Nomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Nomanda has a confession to make! I’ve already shared that I’m not up to speed with quantum physics and that the theory of relativity leaves me relatively cold but following watching “SG1 The Continuum” last night I have to confess that I haven’t yet grasped the parallel universe and parallel time concepts either! I’m comforted by the fact that I’m in good company because General Jack O’Neill couldn’t understand how he was his own grandfather either! If it’s good enough for Jack, then it’s good enough for me! Funnily enough I don’t have any problems believing that they travel through the “Stargate” and in fact I’m hoping to do it myself one day! If there’s anyone out there (in all sens | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 18 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-18 00:40:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!It’s difficult to believe that in a world where virtually everything you could possibly want is available on-line that it was just over 100 years ago that the first mail order catalogue was issued on this day in 1872. There are still hundreds of catalogues out there and there’s still a market for them, but I wonder for how much longer.This day over the years seems to have been a good day for the music and record business with Elvis’ “Hound Dog” reaching #1 on this day in 1956. Peter Paul and Mary released their record “If I Had a Hammer” on this day in 1962, and the Rolling Stones released “We Love You” on this day in 1967. Altogether not bad!It was not to prove to be Mick Jagger’s best day as a co | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 17 August - Historical Events and Special Celebrations | | 2008-08-17 01:46:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Cesare Borgia, having been made a cardinal at the tender age of 18 (the fact that his father was the pope may have helped the appointment!), proved that love conquers all and gave up his vows and office to marry a French Princess on this day in 1498. Given his family’s reputation, Nomanda suspects there was more to it than that! Indeed there was. Following his marriage he went on to conquer Romagna with the aid of the French army and continued his success by conquering Urbino and Camerino in 1502. However his luck ran out on the death of his father in 1503 and he found himself without friends or support. Ferdinand of Spain, an ally of the new pope, Pope Julius II, captured and imprisoned him in 1504. He eventually g | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 16 August - Historical Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-16 00:48:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Religion is a very personal thing, you either have it or you don’t, and usually no matter what side of the fence you are most people defend their position with vigour. The Indian Chiefs of both the Sioux and Onondaga tribes felt pretty strongly about their old Indian faiths. They met their people on this day in 1894 to try and persuade them to renounce Christianity and return to the “old ways”. It reminds me of the SG1 episode where an Indian tribe (on another planet of course!) were “looked after” by their ancient spirits, appearing as wolves, birds etc only to discover, thanks to Jack and his team’s efforts, that the animal “spirits” were in fact aliens dressed in silver lame sheets and looked so ugl | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 15 August - Historical Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-15 01:45:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!As usual Nomanda is always impressed with great feats of endurance and it was on this day in 1931 that Ernest Lassy completed his canoe journey of a staggering 6,102 miles without portage. Of course there’s always someone else who will go the extra mile and Don Starkell and his son Dana completed a canoe journey of 12,181 miles in 1982. Actually that’s an extra 6,000 miles! Absolutely amazing!Two bizarre altitude feats were performed on this day in 1957. The first was USAF Captain Joe B Jordan reaching a height of 31,513 metres in an F-104 jet fighter. The second was David Simmons reaching 30,942 metres in a balloon. Now call me silly if you like but Nomanda’s vote goes to good old David! Come on Joe, you can do | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 14 August - Historical Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-14 00:38:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Great Cathedrals are impressive works of architecture and take many years to complete but the completion of Cologne Cathedral took quite an inordinate amount of time. The works started on this day in 1248 were completed on its anniversary in 1880. That’s over 600 years! It seems to have been a lucky building as it was one of the few buildings untouched by the bombing raids on Cologne during WWII.Most of us tend to think that “continental” drivers are not as good as we are so it may come a surprise that they do in fact take the same required driving tests that we do. For example it was on this day in 1893 that France started issuing their first driving licenses after the successful completion of the required test | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS | | 2008-08-13 19:15:38 | | Happy Independence to all Tech Vyom readers.I would like to share some wallpapers,Images and audios that can directly embedded in Orkut scraps,Myspace,Facebook,Hi5 messages or even in Blogger and Wordpress hosted blogs ,on auspicious occasion of Indian Independence day which is 15August.
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| 13 August - Historical Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-13 00:45:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!August 13th is International Left Hander’s Day so all “lefties” go out and celebrate your very own special day! Apparently around 7% - 10% of us are left handed and today is the day to celebrate your left handedness. There are those lefties who use this day to demonstrate how difficult it is to be left handed in a right handed world, but it’s never really troubled Nomanda. Yes I’m one! In fact Nomanda has to say that in most of my life my left handedness has been an advantage rather than a problem, particularly in the sports arena. Nomanda may be a bit different to “normal” lefties in that I am only left handed when just one hand is required for a task. I throw a ball with my left hand but play golf righ | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 12 August - Historical Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-12 01:41:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!If you like a bit of busking whilst you’re quietly going about your own business then join with Nomanda today and celebrate the patenting of the buskers’ favourite instrument, the accordion, that was patented by Anthony Fass on this day in 1865. There is a gypsy/ punk group called the Gogol Bordello who uses this instrument a lot. Have a look at this, they are really quite awful! On a relatively “slow day” historically speaking the opening of the Central Station at Antwerp by King Leopold II on this day in 1905 gets a mention today. Nomanda used to live in Antwerp and has to say that the station is quite impressive. It is even more so now after the seemingly never ending renovation project that has recently be | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 11 August - Historical Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-11 01:40:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!It’s the middle of summer, at least where Nomanda lives, so gardeners of the world unite and celebrate this day in 1874 when Harry S Parmeloe patented the common garden sprinkler head. Just think if Harry hadn’t had this great idea we’d all still be running around the garden with buckets of water watering our precious plants and lawns. Now we just connect up the hose pipe, turn on the water and sit back and relax whilst Harry’s sprinkler does the rest! Marvellous!Nowadays we can even put the whole job onto a sophisticated timing system and go off for the day happy in the knowledge that the job will be done when we get back. Unless of course there’s a watering or hosepipe ban in place! Never mind, let’s all | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 10 August - Historical Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-10 01:46:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Depending on what time of the day you visit Nomanda’s blog you may want to come back in the evening to join us in celebrating Mozart completing his “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” on this day in 1787. We don’t do a lot of classical music but this is nice and light!The completion of the laying of the telephone transatlantic cable was celebrated on this day in 1866 by President Buchanan speaking to Queen Victoria. I just don’t think it would happen today. Can you imagine the conversations? At the UK end, “Your Majesty, would you like to speak to President Bush on the new ‘phone cable we’ve just laid?" “Why would I want to speak to that man? The last time I met him he pinched my bum!”At the US end, “Mr Pre | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 9 August - Historical Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-09 01:43:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Almost 50 years before the 4 gold medals won by Carl Lewis at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 another top American athlete was on his way to making history at the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin. It was on this day in 1936 that Jesse Owens picked up his 4th gold medal winning the same 4 events as his illustrious successor; 100 metres, 200 metres, the long jump and the 4 x 100 metre relay race. Despite the snub the world press attributed to Hitler in not presenting him with his medals Jesse believed that he received a greater snub from the American president Franklin D Roosevelt who didn’t even acknowledge his achievements!Another outstanding athlete, Chris Old, the English cricket all rounder made a century for Y | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 7 August - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-06 23:45:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Have you ever tried to step in to a revolving door and either got caught up in the thing or jumped back at the last minute, or tried to get out of one and not quite made it? Or, even worse before they became automatically powered got in one and then couldn’t push the cursed thing around! Well Nomanda has done all of the above and would like to share with you the inventor of these dreadful contraptions, Theophilus Van Kannel, who patented the revolving door on this day in 1888. Nomanda has done a bit of translation work in the past and frequently came across other translators who used the word “revolting door”! Maybe they got it right! Revolving doors are just one degree better than the “automatic” opening do | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 6 August - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-06 01:41:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Nomanda doesn’t want to put anyone off their meals but I have to report that the first case of motion sickness in space was reported on this day in 1961. I will leave it to the reader to imagine the consequences of throwing up in space in an atmosphere of zero gravity! Not very pleasant!The only motion sickness to trouble Carl Lewis was the speed at which he accomplished his athletic achievements. On this day in 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics he picked up his second of four gold medals at those games winning the long jump. The other three were for the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4 x 100 metres relay race. At the end of his career he had a cupboard full of 9 Olympic gold medals and 8 World Championship gold | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 5 August - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-05 00:43:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Getting ready for your holidays? Got your passport? Got your tickets? Got your driving licence? Don’t forget the traveller’s cheques that were first issued by American Express on this day in 1891. Of course these bits of paper that may or may not be cashed in were a great source of revenue for the poor old bankers who didn’t have to pay their customers any interest on them! These days the traveller’s cheque has been effectively replaced by credit cards. Good!Someone who I don’t think has ever had a traveller’s cheque much less a credit card in his life is the great Northern cartoon character Andy Capp who made his debut on this day in 1957. Created by Reginald Smythe Andy has become politically correct ove | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 4 August - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-04 00:44:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!For the benefit of our American cousins it was in this day in 1862 that the US government collected its first income tax. Sadly it was not to be its last!Seven year after the founding of the International Movement in Switzerland the British Red Cross was formed on this day in 1870 following the outbreak of war between Prussia and France. Wherever there is a war or other disaster the Red Cross is not far away. Thank Goodness.The “King” was to release “Hound Dog” on this day in 1956 and it’s always worth a listen! I wish I could style my hair like Elvis! So cool!Another singing icon of his time, Prince, was to release his album “Purple Rain” that went to the #1 spot on this day in 1984 and stayed there for | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 3 August - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-03 01:37:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!In today’s society where everyone is encouraged to eat healthily and exercise frequently it’s comforting to learn that the current obsession with body weight and fat is not a new thing! It was on this day in 1108 that Louis VI of France, known as “The Fat One” and if you have a look at him you’ll see why, was crowned King of France. Of course things were a lot different in those days and he couldn’t make it to Reims where he was supposed to be crowned as his half brother stopped him getting there, but had to settle for the ceremony at Orleans where he could get to! No Big Macs at the reception so I guess they just devoured a few sheep, cows, pigs, chickens and things!Just up the road at Paris it was on thi | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| Meyboom 2008 celebrations preview | | 2008-08-02 10:23:24 | | A repetition for the Meyboom Celebrations was held today at the Grand Place a week ahead of the official date of the 9th of August. This is the longest lasting folkloric tradition of the city of Brussels held yearly since 1213 and celebrating it’s 693rd edition. The celebration features a procession of eight colorful costumed [...] | | By: Brussels Pictures | | |
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| 2 August - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-02 01:46:00 | | Flower of the MonthGladiolusGemstone of the Month: AgateNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!The roller skate has come a long way from this day in 1875 when the world’s first roller skating rink was opened in London. I must admit that Nomanda’s first few skating experiences were a bit scary, I just couldn’t seem to get the right rhythm going and the harder I tried the slower I went! I am reminded of Chandler in a “Friends” episode when he was trying to become an advertising executive writing the copy for a hot new pair of inline skates that Joey loved so much he would pay anything for them! “Not for adults” was the copy line as he limped out of the room!Nobody like taxes and governments have been really inventive over the years in devising ways of extracting cash from the hard working tax payer. | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 1 August - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-08-01 01:44:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthAgateFlower of the Month: GladiolusNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!It was on this day in 1793 following the French Revolution that France became the first country to use the metric system. In fact the groundwork had been commissioned by the then late Louis XIV who charged a group of experts to develop “a unified, natural and universal system of measurement” to replace the current disparate systems. The basic idea had appealed to mathematicians centuries earlier and those who had studied it concluded that it would only be a matter of time before it was adopted. Today the metric system is used world wide with just three countries not participating, Liberia, Myanmar (Burma) and of course the great US of A! Odd that!Nomanda is quite partial to a drop of whiskey so when I discovered t | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 31 July - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-07-31 00:44:00 | | Flower of the MonthLarkspurGemstone of the Month: RubyNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Take a deep breath, enjoy the feeling of your lungs expanding and give thanks to Joseph Priestley who on this day in 1774 discovered oxygen. Although there are other contenders for the discovery of this life giving gas it is generally attributed to Priestley as he was the first to publish his findings. Goes to show you have to be on the ball! Whilst researching oxygen and air Nomanda discovered that air is composed of (the figures have been rounded) 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% argon and just 0.0384% carbon dioxide. Now Nomanda isn’t a scientist but if these figures are correct what on earth is all the global warming and the dangers of carbon dioxide emissions all about! Are we all being conned?A couple of days ago No | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| 30 July - Notable Events and Celebrations | | 2008-07-30 01:39:00 | | Gemstone of the MonthRubyFlower of the Month: LarkspurNomanda’s Happy Special Day blog is a celebration of events and anniversaries that have touched our lives. If today is your special day join us in looking at a few other events that have occurred on your day. Enjoy!Great feats of endurance have always been a popular topic for Nomanda and few can have been as amazing as the end of the first, and last, round the world motor car race that finished in Paris on this day in 1908, six months after setting off from New York. The route for the six starting teams went from New York – Chicago – San Francisco – by boat to Japan then driving through Japan – by boat to Vladivostok - Siberia – Manchuria – Russia – Germany – Paris. It makes me breathless just thinking about it, especially when you think about the sort of cars they were driving and the “road” conditions at the time! Not too many petrol stations around either! Three teams made it all the way. What a fantastic ac | | By: Happy Special Day! | | |
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| Which States Tax Celebrations of Independence from Taxation? | | 2008-07-02 23:00:00 | | One of the Tax Foundation's principles of sound tax policy is neutrality, which states that since taxes pay for general public services enjoyed by everyone, they should be levied broadly rather than on a group of people who happen to purchase a particular product or service. The fundamental purpose of taxes is to raise necessary revenue for programs, not to micromanage a complex market economy with subsidies and penalties. High taxes on certain goods only distort economic activity. Put another way, the principle of neutrality says that high tax rates on specific goods or services are simply unfair.The Fourth of July is in part a celebration of independence from unfair taxation, so how ironic would it be for governments to apply unfairly high taxes to items used in Independence Day celebrations? Well, that's exactly what some states do.Cleburne County, Alabama, levies an 8 percent tax on fireworks: The net proceeds of the first two cents ($.02) per one dollar ($1) gross sale | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
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| PB&J Celebrations | | 2008-06-27 16:00:29 | | THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
This post is just one of many giveaways featured today 06/27/08 as part of Summer’s Bloggy Birthday Bash.
Up next is a giveaway from a very cute mom owned business, PB&J Celebrations. Joanna, founder of PB&J Celebrations has a knack for design and she puts it to good use making custom photo [...] | | By: Summer's Nook | | |
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| Strange Celebrations | | 2008-06-14 05:43:15 | | According to Neil Simmon, the writer from http://travelnooks.com , these festival are pretty strange:
Mike the Headless Chicken Days – A festival about a headless chicken? So… | | By: Fortunatur | | |
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| Eunos CC 25th Anniversary Celebrations | | 2008-05-25 05:57:58 | | 25 May 2008At 8am, Grassroots leaders of Eunos Constituency flocked into the Community Club and had a breakfast to prepare them for the carnival that is going to take place later in the day. Eunos Community Club was celebrating its Silver Jubilee with a one-week long celebration. The event is organised by Eunos Community Club with Eunos Zone 1, 2 and 3 Residents' Committees (RCs)The backdrop of the stage is a kampong-style atap house. At both sides of the hall, there were projectors screening a slideshow of photos, some dated as early as 1983.By 9am, there was a long queue of Eunos residents awaiting to collect their goodie bags. 500 goodie bags were given out in the day and 500 in the evening. Eunos YEC and Zone 3 RC worked hand in hand to distribute the goodie bags to the residents.Mayor of Northeast CDC and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mayor Zainul flagged off 25 bicycles which pedalled around the estate.The up and coming event that Eunos YEC is organising as part o | | By: My Encounters, My Life | | |
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| Vesak Day celebrations this weekend | | 2008-05-24 01:40:55 | | Hougang Stadium was ablaze with candlelight last night, as at least 1,000 people held lotus lamps in a Vesak Day procession. Prayers were made for world peace and national prosperity and lanterns symbolising harmony, peace and happiness were displayed.Vesak is an annual holiday recognised by practising Buddhists.The exact date of Vesak varies according to the various lunar calendars used in different traditions, but generally the full moon of the fourth lunar month is the date recognised. Sometimes informally called "Buddha's birthday," Vesak actually encompasses the birth and enlightenment of Buddha and his entry into Nirvana.On Vesak day, devout Buddhists and followers alike assemble in their various temples before dawn for the ceremonial, and honorable, hoisting of the Buddhist flag and the singing of hymns in praise of the holy triple gem: The Buddha, The Dharma (his teachings), and The Sangha (his disciples). Devotees may bring simple offerings of flowers, candles and joss-sticks | | By: SINGAPORE KIDS PLACES | | |
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| Ann Taylor Celebrations | | 2008-04-25 18:05:00 | | Ann Taylor CelebrationsAnn Taylor is an unconventional choice for a Bridal Gown, but they do come with a good reputation. It is possible to save some serious money, while acquiring a fabulous dresAnn Taylor Celebrations Bridal gallery and ordering information is available at Ann Taylor.More Wedding Gown Designers
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| Code names, Celebrations and Pavlova | | 2008-04-23 06:34:32 | | When you’ve got something big to do that will take some time, a code name can be perfect, then when you’re spending all those tireless hours and moments battling with getting things right, you can always just lean on the code name as a light hearted reminder that all is well. Our latest release was [...] | | By: Make It Happen | | |
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| Songkran Celebrations - Nana | | 2008-03-31 17:20:36 | | Got this WETWETWET clip of Songkran celebrations in Nana (Sukhumvit 3) from YouTube~!!This VDO is connected to my earlier blog entry (read it HERE). wetter than "Water World"~!! sukhumvit bangkok thailand | | By: Street Smart Sukhumvit | | |
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| My Easter Celebrations & Campfire Bread | | 2008-03-18 02:23:19 | | Happy Easter Everyone! Where-ever you are.
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| Hala Celebrations...What not to/to do? | | 2008-02-25 07:39:17 | | After a year of waiting, Hala February Celebrations have come to their max today. I very eagerly wait for today since I get sprayed with foam when I make eye contact with these kids. I wait eagerly every year for this day waiting for the newspaper guy to come to my doorstep and drop the paper so that I can read about the crimes they have committed. Almost half of the paper is filled with how these people have sprayed passerbys with foam, bleach or even human pee!In order to overcome this situation, I have decided to make a list of the stuff to/not to do!Never ever get out of your house, Last year I left my house just to see how things were going on. My neighbour opened the door and sprayed on me a whole bottle of foam.Get some movies, A lot of cool movies are coming out. Grab some and start watching. It's a lot better than getting out.Do not make eye contact, Even if you were forced out of your housee, be careful not to look into the eye of the predator!Arm yourself with | | By: MpJs Blog | | |
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| Valentine celebrations illegal | | 2008-02-15 01:34:27 | | Jakarta, Feb 14 : Indonesia’s highest Islamic council has declared Valentine’s Day celebrations illegal, while a ban was issued by authorities in West Sumatra province on observing a holiday in hotels and restaurants, local media reports said Thursday.
Meanwhile, West Sumatra’s Bukittinggi municipal administration banned residents from celebrating Valentine’s Day on grounds that such celebrations were [...] | | By: Indonesia First | | |
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| Chinese Lunar New Year/Tet Celebrations in Southern California | | 2008-02-05 02:11:00 | | Chinese New Year begins on Thursday February 7th. There are many festivals and celebrations throughout Southern California- Here is a list of the some of the largest festivals in the areaLos Angeles Golden Dragon Parade will take place on Saturday, Feb 9th from 2 to 5 pm in Los Angeles Chinatown. This is the 109th annual Dragon Parade and is a must see. There is premium Grandstand seating available. Tickets are $27 and can be purchased by calling (213) 617-0396The Lunar New Year Festival will also take place on both Sat and Sun from 10am to 8pm on Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sunday. The festival will take place in Los Angeles Chinatown on Broadway and Cesar Chavez Avenues. There will be live entertainment and plenty of food and vendorsMonterey Park Floral Street Fair will be celebrating the Lunar New Year on Sat Feb 9th from 10 am to 8pm and Sun Feb 10th from 1oam to 7pm. The festival will have live entertainment, karaoke, food vendors and plenty of fun. East Garvey Ave in Monterey Par | | By: Daytrippingmom | | |
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| World Wetlands Day Celebrations | | 2008-02-01 05:09:50 | |
On the occasion of World Wetlands Day, all concerned citizens are invited to the Yamuna Biodiversity Park (YBP) to celebrate the day with bird watching at one of the wetlands (that hosts migratory birds) at the Park, followed by an interactive session with academicians, researchers, environmentalists, park managers and students.
Time: 1030 Hours
Venue: Yamuna Biodiversity Park, 5 [...] | | By: Delhi Greens | | |
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| Dusit Thani Bangkok Christmas Celebrations | | 2007-12-20 08:49:00 | | Christmas CelebrationsD’Sens, Rooftop French RestaurantIncomparably astonishing bird’s eye-views of Bangkok with French fine dining recommended by the famous twin brothers Michelin Chefs, Jacques and Laurent Pourcel.December 24: Christmas Eve 5-course set dinner at Bt 4,900++ per personDecember 25: Christmas Day 5-course set lunch at Bt 3,500++ per person A la carte is also available. Christmas and New Year Celebrations 2007- 2008 Page 2 At Dusit Thani Bangkok il cielo, Italian RestaurantEnjoy fine wines and authentic Italian cuisine to tantalize your taste buds.December 24: Christmas Eve 5-course set dinner at Bt 1,600++ per personDecember 25: Christmas buffet brunch at Bt 1,000++ per person Hamilton's Steak HouseJust the finest imported beef and wines from around the world.December 24: Christmas Eve 5-course set dinner at Bt 2,500++ per person December 25: Christmas 4-course set lunch at Bt 950++ per person A la carte is also available. The Pavilion Restaurant The most festive international buffet feast in town surely not to be missed! December 24: Christmas Eve buffet dinner at Bt 1,950++ per personDecember 25: Christmas Day buffet brunch and dinner at Bt 1,350++ Christmas and New Year Celebrations 2007- 2008 At Dusit Thani Bangkok
New Year's Eve CelebrationsThe Pavilion RestaurantTo experience a huge selection of international foods. December 31: Grand New Year Celebration buffet dinner at Bt 2,050++ per person January 1, 2008 New Year’s Day International buffet brunch at Bt 750++ per person Christmas and New Year Celebrations 2007- 2008 Page 4 At Dusit Thani Bangkok Benjarong, Royal Thai Cuisine December 31: Enjoy 6-course set dinner at Bt 2,250 ++ per person The Mayflower, Chinese Restaurant December 31: Cantonese 9-course set dinner at 5,900++ per couple Thien Duong, Vietnamese Restaurant December 31: 7-course Vietnamese set dinner at Bt 3,900++ per couple Lobby Lounge and MyBar Enjoy “D-Night” New Year’s Eve Party at Lobby Lounge and MyB | | By: Thai Food Recipes Cooking Thai Food Menu Spicy Her | | |
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| Celebrations with Christmas Cookies | | 2007-11-29 06:12:43 | | Christmas celebrations and cookies go hand in hand!!! Yummy Christmas cookies are one of the most popular confectionery items. Though cookies can be bought ready made, but for people like me who love baking and decorating, there is nothing better than homemade cookies …..they are simply fun to make as well as fun to [...] | | By: Live Debt Free | | |
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| Thursday Thirteen - Interesting Facts about New Year Celebrations around the World | | 2007-11-28 16:58:00 | | The oldest of all holidays, the new year was originally celebrated with the first New Moon, on the first day of spring. Fire crackers are set off to frighten off evil spirits on New Year's Day in China. Small oil lights are lit all along the roofs of buildings in western India as part of their New Year celebration. The ancient Greeks were the first to use a baby to signify the New Year; they paraded around in the streets with a baby in a basket. To burn up the old year and roll in the new one, people in some areas of Scotland barrels of tar are set afire and rolled down the streets. Traditional New Year foods held great significance years ago; anything with a round shape symbolized completing a year's cycle, and was thought to bring good luck. Greek children leave their shoes by the fireplace on New Year's Day, hoping Saint Basil will come and fill their shoes with gifts! Ancient Babylonian New Year celebrations lasted eleven days; each day was celebrated in a different way. The tradition of making a New Year's resolution began in ancient Babylon. In many parts of the United States, people celebrate the New Year by eating black-eyed peas accompanied by ham; peas and other legumes are thought to bring good luck, and ham symbolizes prosperity. The Tournament of Roses Parades can be dated back to 1886, when members of the Valley Hunt Club decorated their carriages with flowers to celebrate the ripening of California's fruit crop. In some parts of Switzerland and Austria, people dress up to celebrate Saint Sylvester's Eve as part of their New Year's Day celebration. In China, New Year's Day is celebrated with the Festival of Lanterns. Crowds of people gather in the streets with their lanterns - used to light the way to the New Year. | | By: Infinitely CRAZY | | |
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| Ceremonial shaving of head of first child at Tape of Rajan Bhaiya and Diwali celebrations, relatives Jaipal ji, on a visit to Punjab when in Jalandhar | | 2007-11-10 12:24:00 | | (click for full-size image)The initial tea on the arrivalWhile the children play in the lawn1035 Urban Estate, with the lights set out for DiwaliFinally, the program has been finalized and Ashwani Kumar waits in the carwhile people are still getting ready...lolsA photo we took at the Devi Talab Mandir (Jalandhar)Following the other car, en route to Rangla Punjab DhabaIf Keshav Aggarwal does this often, he may become slim... :)The scenes created at Rangla Punjab, HaveliMost of us were hungry, and no table was free in the Haveli, Rangla Punjab Dhaba. Then we left for Lucky Dhaba and had a wonderful dinner there.Rajan ji helping Ashwani Kumar jiWe had dinner hereThe adjoining mall(another shot of the same building)In the car in which Gopal was sittingPhotographer's (yours truly Gopal Aggarwal) works en route homeSomeone's really enjoying...hmmm. Well, actually the driver drove really slow, even on an almost empty road and this irks most of the passengers, but still the driver is erring | | By: Gopal's Blog | | |
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| Hari Raya Celebrations at Mayor's Residence | | 2007-10-14 08:23:06 | | Eunos Grassroots leaders are invited for a lunch treat at Northeast CDC Mayor Zainul Abidin Rasheed's residence.Buses fetched us from Eunos Community Club to Mayor's house.After wishing each other Selamat Hari Raya, we feasted on a range of cuisine including Turkish cuisine, North Indian cuisine and South Indian cuisine.Minister for Environment and Water Resources, Dr. Yaacob Ibrahim, was also spotted among the crowd... | | By: My Encounters, My Life | | |
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| Celebrations-100th Post | | 2007-10-08 08:06:00 | | This is my 100th post on easycrafts...was thinking for a long time as to what it should be and finally decided to make this Radha-Krishna to thank god for his grace.A Big Thankyou to all viewers for all the appreciation and frequent visits to the blog that encouraged me to bring more and more easycraft articles for you.The picture of Radha - Krishna is embossed painting on Black felt cloth using pearl colours.Affiliate of Ideas money, Inspirations for life, Easy indian food, Earn a Crore, Time Pass | | By: Easy crafts | | |
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| Local Harry Potter Celebrations | | 2007-07-20 09:52:00 | | Saturday morning at 12:01 a.m. is the big day when the latest (and last) Harry Potter book will be on bookshelves everywhere. Many bookstores, libraries, craft stores, clubs, schools, and local organizations are hosting Harry Potter-related parties and festivities today leading up to the big book release tonight. Check your local newspaper to find out what's happening in your area. | | By: GoSightsee Travel | | |
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| West Virginia Taxes Celebrations of Independence from Taxation | | 2007-07-04 07:00:00 | | The Fourth of July may be a celebration of independence from unfair taxation, but in West Virginia, celebrations of Independence Day will be subject to an unfair tax: the fee that each business owner must pay (and most likely pass on to the consumer) in order to sell "sparklers and novelties." While fireworks are illegal in the state, this annual fee applies to a detailed list of items often used at holiday celebrations, especially the Fourth of July. They include the following (from the West Virginia Tax Department): Wire sparkler consisting of wire or stick coated with a nonexplosive pyrotechnic mixture of 100 grams or less per item, that produces a shower of sparks upon ignitionSnake and glow worms composed of pressed pellets of a pyrotechnic mixture that produce a snake-like ash when burningTrick noisemakers which produce a small report designed to surprise the user Other sparkling devices which emit showers of sparks and sometimes a whistling or crackling | | By: Tax Policy Blog | | |
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| Maine gardens celebrations | | 2007-06-22 07:00:00 | | Nature and Design is an unprecedented celebration of the land and the landscapes of Midcoast Maine that is taking place in and around Rockland from July 12 to 15. The conference features lectures and demonstrations by renowned experts, a symposium on nature and design, a garden fair, a wide range of exhibitions, panel discussions, workshops in flower arrangements for adults and for children. There will also be meals featuring local produce, a performance in the Camden Amphitheatre, and rare visits to private gardens along the coast and on the neighboring islands... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
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| 60 years celebrations by a Garden club | | 2007-06-09 07:00:00 | | Kccommunitynews'Life is short, eat dessert first' is the philosophy of the Town and Country Garden Club, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary.
When we have our monthly meetings, we eat dessert first, said club president Linda Williams.
On May 11 the club held its annual Plant Share Day at its new location in Rotary Park near Liberty Square. For the past 30 years or so, the plant sharing had been on the porch of the old Colonial Hotel.
In a throwback to earlier times, the women are listed on the club's membership roster by their husbands' names. Williams is Mrs. Kirk Williams... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
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| Silver jubilee celebrations by Flower clubs | | 2007-05-23 07:00:00 | | The northern echoFLORAL creations for a flower club's competition went on show after they were judged.
Every two years, Dunelm Flower Club stages the contest for its members and those from its sister group, Durham Flower Club.
As the clubs are celebrating their silver jubilee, this year&339;s competition was called The Anniversary Years.
Judged by experts from the National Association of Flower Clubs, the diverse collection includes fruit, foliage, wood, glass and fabric, as well as flowers... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
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| Mothers day celebrations at different places | | 2007-05-07 07:00:00 | | ljworldIn one country, mothers are literally buttered up on Mother's Day. And in another, they?re tied to a chair until they pay a ransom of sweets to their children.
But, thankfully, most Americans celebrate the day by sending flowers, making a phone call or taking their mother out to a restaurant.
If you go back to the beginning of Mother's Day, the women wore corsages, said Sharon Reynolds, owner of Owens Flower Shop, 846 Ind.
Wearing red carnations signified that your mother was living, while wearing white carnations meant that your mother had died, she said... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
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| Despite early bloom, flowers in abundance for Tet celebrations | | 2007-02-06 07:00:00 | | English VietnamnetThough thousands of flowers have bloomed too early for Tet, southern flower-growers have
grafted their plants to ensure ample supply for HCM City's Tet flower rush.
Over 30% of the southern provinces' mai (ochna) trees bloomed early last month due to
December's unusual rains and cold climate. However, experienced farmers have kept their
remaining trees from blooming before Tet... | | By: The Flower Expert - Flowers Encyclopedia | | |
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| How much federal spent for 50th Merdeka anniversary celebrations? | | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | | Well I not very sure but when I referred to this blog, written by Lim Kit Siang and admitted by Deputy Finance Minister, Datuk Dr. Awang Adek in the winding-up of the two-day policy debate on the 2007 Supplementary estimates, the cost is estimated to over RM100 Million.
Wah.. what a huge figure.
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