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EVENTS: War of 1812 – History of 1812 War, US, Britain Situations in 1812 War. Info on Participating Countries in 1812 War.

2008-07-23T23:27:00.001-07:00

What is War of 1812?

The War of 1812 was the battle between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Where War of 1812 took place?

The colonies at that time like Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Bermuda were also involved in the conflict.

Evolution in War of 1812

•The war started in 1812 and ended in 1815 through a peace treaty.
•The treaty was signed in 1814.
•The rage of war engulfed, 1,600 British and 2,260 American soldiers.
•Large number of slaves escaped to British because of their offer of freedom.
•Some also fled in the commotion of war.

Initial War of 1812 Situation

•The war was initiated when Britain imposed a number of trade restrictions.
•U.S. disputed those restrictions as illegal under international law.
•Consequently, the United States declared war on Britain on June 18, 1812.
•The reasons of dispute were many including outrage at the recruitment of American sailors into the British navy, aggravation at British restraints on neutral trade, and resentment towards British military support for American Indians who were hostile to the United States.

Stages of War of 1812 in different time

•The outbreak of the war in early years was a fuming diplomatic dispute.
•The UK was occupied by the Napoleonic War.
•Most of the British Army was engaged in the War in Spain.
•So, the Royal Navy was compelled to barricade most of the coast of Europe.
•The large number of British troops was engaged in Canada in 1812.
•It was estimated that almost 6,034, British troops were employed with Canadian militia.
•During the war, the British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was the Earl of Bathurst.
•In the first two years of the war, only few troops were available to reinforce North America.
•In the last year of the War, large numbers of British soldiers were obtainable after the resignation of Napoleon Bonaparte.
•The British lost the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1812.

US Situation

•The United States was not prepared to fight a war.
•The President Madison thought that the armed forces would easily capture Canada and then they can negotiate.
•But the regular army was only 12,000 men in total.
•So, the expansion of the army was suggested
•The army strength raised to to 35,000 men, but the service was not satisfactory.
•The authority paid poorly to the personals.
•Moreover, only very few were trained and experienced officers.
•The militia was not interested in serving outside their home states.
•So, performed poorly against enemy when outside of their home state.
•The U.S. also faced problems in financing its war.
•It had dispersed its national bank and private bankers were not in favor of war.

Frontiers of war

There were three frontiers of war :

The Atlantic Ocean
The Great Lakes and the Canadian frontier
The Southern States

Britain Situation

•Britain was the most equipped naval powering the world.
•This was proved by its historic win over the French and the Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
•The Royal Navy employed eighty-five vessels in American waters in the war of 1812.
•In comparison the United States Navy, which was not even twenty years old, had only twenty-two commissioned vessels.
•The capture of the three British frigates made enthused the British to more and more exertions.

Post war Situation

•By 1814 both sides were exhausted due to an expensive war.
•They realized that it would offer nothing but mass destruction.
•So, they fumble their way to a settlement.
•The American war on the whole added around £25 million to the national debt.
•By the year 1814 the American economy was brought to a standstill.
•The credit goes to the Royal Navy's blockade.
•Finally, the US government faced ruin.
•On December 24, 1814 the diplomats from both the countries met in Ghent and signed a treaty called the Treaty of Ghent.
•The treaty was endorsed by the Americans on February 16, 1815.

Letter to the British

The The Duke of Wellington sent the following letter to the British army in North America:
“I confess that I think you have no right, from the state of war, to demand any concession of territory from America... You have not been able to carry it into the enemy's territory, notwithstanding your military success and now undoubted military superiority, and have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You can not on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cessation of territory except in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power... Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory: indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any.”

EVENTS: National Penuche Day – Celebrations, National Penuche Day Celebrated on 22 July.

2008-07-23T01:58:00.000-07:00

What is Penuche?

•Penuche is basically a yummy fudge flavor made from brown sugar, butter, and milk.
•A fudge is homemade candy, and very simple to make.
•Anyone can make fudge.
•It uses only flavor of vanilla.
•Penuche color is lighter than regular fudge.
•It is made by the caramelization of brown sugar and so its taste is similar to the reminiscent of caramel.
•Variety of nuts can be added as per the taste especially pecans.
•It is a chief regional food of New England and some places United States also. But it is more difficult to prepare the traditional chocolate fudge.

When is National Penuche Day celebrated?

There is a national Penuche day celebrated on July 22, every year.

How is National Penuche Day celebrated?

•On the National Penuche Day there are many variety and flavors of fudges available in the confectionary stores.
•The National Penuche Day is celebrated with joy and fervor in the whole nation.
•It is celebrated mostly in western countries.
•People wish “Happy penuche fudge day to each other.” Women try to make traditional as well as the new fudge recipes to woo there children and families.
•Confectioners decorate the fudge with variety of ingredients like nuts; dry fruits etc. and make an effort to cook tastier as well as delicious looking fudge.
•Lovers of fudge are all over the world and they enjoy the day full-fledged with yummy fudges and wine.

Recipe of Penuche

Tales of recipe

•Nowadays, it has become common in some places to add maple syrup to the recipe for penuche fudge. Some confectioners name this as "maple syrup penuche fudge."
•This new recipe is gaining popularity.
•Penuche is also liked as a boiled icing flavor.
•It used to be very popular in Hawaii where the name was given as “Panocha.”
•It was commonly used as topping for prune cake.
•Other names for Penuche are Noochie and creamy praline fudge.

Ingredients required

Ingredients to cook a penuche are:

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup water (or milk, cream, or evaporated milk if desired)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup nutmeats
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon butter

Procedure

•Slowly stir the brown sugar until it is dissolved.
•Add water and salt to the dissolved sugar.
•Boil brown sugar, water, and salt without stirring to form soft balls Add butter.
•Place saucepan containing the candy mixture in cold water.
•When saucepan is cooled, beat the candy until smoothens.
•Add vanilla and nutmeats.
•Pour candy on wax paper or oiled pan and cut into squares.
•It is good in taste and lighter tan regular fudge.

EVENTS: Mercury Program - Mercury Project, History of Mercury Program, Mercury Astronaut, Mercury Program Boosters

2008-07-23T01:57:00.001-07:00

What is Mercury program?

Mercury program is a “Mercury Project,” the first human spaceflight program of the United States.

History of Mercury program

•Mercury program was operated from 1959 to 1963 and had the mission of putting a man in orbit around the Earth.
•In 1962, The Mercury-Atlas 6 flight was the first Mercury flight to accomplish this goal.
•The planning and research was carried out by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. But the program was conducted by the NASA.
•The Project was named so firstly, because Mercury is a Roman mythological god who is regarded as a symbol of speed.
•Secondly, Mercury is also the name of the innermost planet of the solar system, which rotates faster than any other planet thus providing an image of speed.
•The Mercury spacecraft capsules were of small size.
•It was 1.7 cubic meters in volume, but was spacious enough for the single crew member. There were total 120 controls: 55 electrical switches, 30 fuses and 35 mechanical levers. The spacecraft was designed by Max Faget and supported by the NASA's Space Task Group.
•To safeguard and protect the Mercury spacecraft and astronaut from launch vehicle failures Launch Escape System was also designed.
•The LES consisted of a solid fuel, 52,000 lbf with a thrust rocket on top of a tower above the spacecraft.
•It was so programmed that in case of a launch abort, the LES would fire for 1 second and drags the Mercury spacecraft and the astronaut away from a defective launch vehicle.
•The spacecraft can now come down on the parachute recovery system. After booster engine cutoff (BECO), the LES was separated from the spacecraft by a thrust jettison rocket. The whole Mercury program cost around $2.7 billion dollars.

First Success

•The first Americans to go to space were military pilots.
•They were selected on the basis of their flight test experience and certain physical requirements.
•Seven pilots were chosen to become astronauts in April 1959.
•The astronauts named their own spacecraft and added "7" to the name to recognize the teamwork of their fellow astronauts.

Mercury astronaut

•Mercury had seven leading astronauts.
•All of them were ex- military test pilots, so the program was known as the Mercury Seven.
•NASA selected these astronauts on April 9, 1959:
•Malcolm Scott Carpenter, USN
•Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr., USAF
•John Herschel Glenn, Jr., USMC. (First American to orbit the earth.)
•Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom, USAF
•Walter Marty "Wally" Schirra, Jr., USN
•Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr., USN (First American in space.)
•Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton, USAF (Came back in 1962 due to irregular heartbeat)

Training of Mercury Astronauts

•The Mercury astronauts were trained at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.
•The training was headed by Flight Surgeon William K. Douglas and Keith G. Lindell (COL, USAF).
•Most of the bridges throughout the city have engraved the name of the Mercury astronauts.
•U.S. Route 258, a major is named Mercury Boulevard in the honor of the Mercury program.

More tale

•The names of these Mercury astronauts are also commemorated in the popular 1960s TV show “Thunderbirds.”
•The Randall Model 17 Knife "Astro" was also designed for the Mercury astronauts. The final design was done by Gordon Cooper.
•These knives were never supplied by NASA to the Mercury astronauts.

Mercury Porgram boosters

•The Mercury program used three boosters: Little Joe: 2 flights carried monkeys.
•Launch escape system were tested with this booster.
•Redstone: 1 flight carried chimpanzee. Atlas 1 flight carried chimpanzee.
•Little Joe booster was used to test the escape tower and abort procedures.
•Redstone booster was used for suborbital flights and Atlas booster was used for orbital flights.
•In 1958, Jupiter missiles were taken as launch vehicles for the Mercury program but were later cut from the program due to budget limitations.
•The Atlas boosters required extra power to handle the heavy weight of the Mercury capsules as they were designed to carry warheads.
•Little Joe was a strong propellant booster. It was designed specially for the Mercury program.

BIRTHDAYS: Wesley Snipes (Birthday 31st July), Famous American Actor, Biography of Wesley Snipes on Career, Personal Life, Awards

2008-07-23T00:51:00.000-07:00

Wesley Trent Snipes an American artist, martial artist and film producer was born on 31st July in Orlando, Florida. Wesley Snipes has starred in thrillers, dramatic feature films and action adventures. Wesley Snipes is well known for his performance as Blade in the three film series.

Wesley Snipes Biography

Wesley Snipes Childhood and Family:

Wesley grew up on the road of South Bronx in New York City. Untouched by his bumpy background, she realized performing arts was his vision at an early age. Wesley Snipes started following his calling through attending the impressive high-school for Performing Arts, although Wesley Snipes was enforced to dispose of his dreams because of his parents’ disjointing. Wesley Snipes and his mom Marian moved back to his homeland before Wesley could modified from high school. Wesley Snipes joined and modified from high school in Orlando, Florida. Although in Florida, Wesley Snipes emerged in limited guest theaters and provincial productions. Wesley Snipes further admitted at the State University of New York at procure and got a Bachelor of Fine Arts’ Degree in 1985.
“I don't understand the mandate of being together forever. The idea that you should do that is wrong. It makes us slaves to a societal mandate. You can still love, but it doesn't mean you have to be tethered to the flesh.” Wesley Snipes on marriage.
Wesley Snipes has been connected several woman including Sanaa Lathan, Jennifer Lopez, Halle Berry, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Wesley Snipes has been wedded twice. Wesley Snipes wedded with a lady named April in 1985, however they separated in 1990. They had one son named Jelani Asar Snipes.
In March 2003, Wesley Snipes married Nakyung “Nikki” Park. She had four kids- daughter Iset Jua-T Snipes (born 31stJuly, 2001); son Akhenaton Kihwa-T Snipes, son Alimayu Moa-T Snipes (born 26thMarch, 2007) and son Alaafia Jehu-T Snipes.
A martial arts fanatic, Wesley Snipes is a 5th Degree Black Belt and followed Brazilian martial arts entitled Capoeira. Wesley Snipes leisure pursuit includes web surfing, martial arts and motorcycles.

Background:

“I have a great deal of fun playing Blade. The lifestyle of it, the controlled rebelliousness, is wonderful to me. And it's therapeutic, too. A role like this lets you vent.” Wesley.
African-American producer and actor Wesley Snipes is well known for his performance as eponymous parasite hunter in the film Blade (1998), and also its continuance in 2000 and 2004. primarily making a notion as a brute in the Scorsese- intended for video for Michael Jackson’s Bad (1987), Wesley Snipes achieved even more credit for his dazzling performance of the brutal drug lord rival Nino Brown in Mario Van Peebles’ New Jack City (1991), for which Wesley Snipes achieved a NAACP Image Award. A flexible actor, Wesley Snipes also achieved for his vivid dramatic depiction of untrustworthy companion Carlyle in One Night Stand (1997). Because of his superb performance, Wesley Snipes was rewarded the Best Actor Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival.

Wesley Snipes Career

Wesley Snipes was also famous for playing diverse roles in movies such as the humor Major League (1989), the drama Mo’ Better Blues (1990), Abel Ferrara’s King of New York (1990), Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever (1991), the hit White Men Can’t Jump (1992), the drama The Water dance (1992), the box office action smash hit Passenger 57 (1992), Demolition Man (1993, with Sly Stallone), Rising Sun (1993), To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newman (1995), and the drama The Fan (1996, opposite Robert De Niro), surrounded by others. Admirers can also grasp him in the current and forthcoming The Art of War (2000), Zigzag (2002), Liberty Stands Still (2002), Unstoppable (2004), Chaos (2005), The Hard Corps (2006) and Razor's Edge (2006). Wesley Snipes also attached the Hard Luck and Chasing the Dragon to his performing resume.
After his unveiling performance, Wesley Snipes emerged in the 1986 Streets of Gold and the 1987 Critical Condition, it was a presentation in Michael Jackson’s tremendously trendy video Bad (1987) that conveyed an initial smash for the hopeful actor. Wesley Snipes’s aptitude also persuades critics when Wesley Snipes starred in “Vietnam War Story” in the series of “An Old Ghost Walks the Earth” (1988), for which Wesley lifted a Cable Ace for Actor in a Dramatic Episodes. Wesley Snipes also achieved his initial usual role in the brief cop sequence H.E.L.P (1990).

Wesley Snipes Awards:

•NAACP Image: Best Actor (TV Movie/Series), “America's Dream,” 1997
•Venice Film Festival: Volpi Cup, Best Actor, One Night Stand, 1997
•Cable ACE: Actor in a Dramatic Series, “Vietnam War Story: An Old Ghost Walks the Earth,” 1989
•NAACP Image: exceptional Lead Actor in a action Picture, New Jack City, 1991.

Wesley Snipes Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Title	Result
MTV Movie Awards	Best Fight Best Villain Best Kiss Best Screen Duo Best Villain	Blade Demolition Man White Men can’t Jump White man can’t Jump New Jack City	Nominated
Venice Film Festival	Best Actor (Volpi Cup)	One Night Stand	Won
Hollywood Walk of Fame	7020 Hollywood Blvd		Awarded
Independent Spirit Awards	Best Supporting Actor	The Water dance	Nominated
Image Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor In Motion Picture Outstanding Lead Actor in TV Movie	New Jack City America’s Dream	Kazandi Won
Cable ACE Awards	Best Actor in a Dramatic Series	Vietnam War Story	won
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Actor – Horror Favorite Duo - Action/Adventure	Blade U.S. Marshals	won nominated
Black Reel Awards	Network/Cable - Best Actor Best Actor (Motion Picture)	Disappearing Acts	Nominated Undisputed
World Fest Houston	Gold Special Jury Award Best Actors (shared)	The Water dance	Won

BIRTHDAYS: Kate Bush (Birthday 30th July), Famous English singer/songwriter, Biography of Kate Bush on Career, Personal Life, Awards

2008-07-23T00:46:00.000-07:00

Kate Bush (origin name Catherine Bush) an English vocalist, musician, record producer and songwriter was born on 30th July, 1958 in Kent, England, UK.

Kate Bush Biography and Career

Kate Bush father, Robert Bush was a doctor and skilled pianist. Kate Bush mother Hannah Bush was a nurse and also award-winning dancer. When Kate Bush was six years old, Kate Bush began playing piano and after some time, when Kate Bush crossed the teenage Kate composed above two hundred songs.
Roy Harper singer and songwriter was one of Kate Bush’s determine influence. Roy Harper worked together in 1980s and 1990s. Kate Bush has been prejudiced by legendary authors than song composer. "She is lovely to work with, a true musician. There is no need to tell her what to do, she has already done it and she is ahead, making suggestions. She is very honest and very gentle, bright and full of creativity, the kind of girl you should've married, really. She is very private and family orientated now. When you are that good a person, the danger is that everybody takes the piss. The cure for that is to keep you out of the public eye."
David Gilmour who is from Pink Floyd was noticed her talent. David Gilmour supported Kate Bush to sign at teenage an agreement with the eminent label EMI. EMI has been similarly with enduring in the middle age. Kate Bush has verified Aerial intermittently for six years. " Kate Bush 's one of those artists who records and makes music to her own timescale rather than meet a record company's deadlines, which is fine by us,” declared an EMI insider, through no hint of shingled teeth. Kate Bush was selected for “Wuthering Heights” in 1978. Kate Bush became famous in UK charts in a very short time.
In 1985 the film “Cloud busting”, through the appearance of Donald Sutherland, Kate Bush was cherished by the reviewer. At the same year, 1985, “Hounds of Love” was a compliment to Alfred Hitchcock. Kate Bush released a small movie in 1994 called "The Line, the Cross & the Curve"; in this movie Kate Bush applied five songs of her 1993 album “The Red Shoes”.
Following her achievement in music Kate Bush started to be fascinated by movie too. Kate Bush created her own film.
Total Kate Bush produced eight albums and her three albums were very cherished and settled for a lengthy time in first place on UK charts. Some of them were “King of the Mountain”, Don’t Give Up”, “The Man with the Child in His Eyes”, “Babushka” and “Running Up That Hill”.
Kate Bush has been in advance of her period, through dramatic records in 1970s and performing about searching support in processor in 1980s, although frequently Kate Bush has been in her own period, running to her possess timescale.

Trivia

Kate Bush Height: 160cm
Kate Bush has two brothers: John Carder Bush and Paddy Bush
Kate Bush invented and deliberated a wireless microphone earpiece.
In 1998 Kate Bush gave birth a son named Albert (Bertie).
In 2002 Kate Bush won Q Classic Songwriter Award.
Kate Bush is a vegetarian.

Kate Bush Live Performances

In 1982 Kate Bush took part in the initial profit show in the assist of The Prince’s Trust besides performers such as Phil Collins, Pete Townsend, Midge Ure and Madness. This presentation became dishonorable for her “Wardrobe Malfunction” during the set, her strip less top fell down; but Kate Bush continued her performance holding the aberrant thing to her breast before captivating a very petty bow. Townsend enclosed her rapid exit through a “whoops!”
On April25, 1986 Kate performed live for British aid organization occasion Comic Relief, singing “Do Bears….?” A comical duet with Rowan Atkinson and a version of “Breathing”. On March 1987, Kate Bush sang “Running Up That Hill” at The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball, through David Gilmour on guitar.
In January 2002, Kate Bush emerged with Gilmour performing the fraction of the doctor in “Comfortably Numb” at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Though this was verified for addition on the David Gilmour in Concert DVD, this was stopped for the final release because Kate Bush was gloomy with her uneasy performance.

Quote

"When I'm writing I've been playing something for a couple of hours and I'm almost in a trance. At two or three in the morning you can actually see bits of inspiration floating about and grab them."

Discography:

Studio Albums:

Lion heart (1978)
The Kick Inside (1978)
Never for Ever (1980)
The Dreaming (1982)
Hounds of Love (1985)
The Sensual World (1989)
The Red Shoes (1993)
Aerial (2005).

Compilations:

The Single File (1983) Box-set
The Whole Story (1986)
This Woman's Work (1990) Box-set.

Other Releases:

The Single File (1983) Video
The Whole Story (1986) Video
This Woman's Work (1990) Video
Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1994) CD and video box-set.

Kate Bush Awards:

1978

Melody Maker Annual Poll Awards

Best Female Singer and Brightest Hope, 1978

Edison Award, from the Association of Dutch Phonographical Industries

Best Single, 1978

1979

Ivor Novello Awards

Outstanding British Lyric (for The Man With the Child in His Eyes)

BPI Awards

Best Female Singer

Record Mirror Poll

Best New Artist, 1978

Melody Maker Annual Poll Awards

Best Female Singer, 1979

1980

BPI Awards

Best Female Singer

Music Week annual awards

Top Female Artist, 1979

Capital Radio Awards

Best Female Vocalist, 1979

NME poll

Best Female Singer, 1979

Record Mirror poll

Best Female Singer, 1979

1981

MIDEM Video Awards

Best International Performance, for Babooshka

1987

BRIT Awards

Best British Female Solo Artist

US College Music Awards

Best British Female Solo Artist

2001

Q Awards

Q Classic Songwriter Award

2002

Ivor Novello Awards

Outstanding Contribution to British Music

2007

The Observer Readers award
Greatest Cover of all time for a 1991 cover of Elton John's Rocket Man

2008

BBC "Pop on Trial" Readers Poll

Seventh Best Song of the 1970's Wuthering Heights

The Sunday Telegraph

Second Best British Songwriter of all time

Kate Bush Nominations

1986

MTV Video Music Awards

Best Female Video (for Running Up That Hill)

BRIT Awards

Best British Female Solo Artist
Best British Album (for Hounds of Love)
Best British Single (for Running Up That Hill)
Best British Producer (for Hounds of Love)

1987

MTV Video Music Awards

Best Female Video (for The Big Sky)

1988

Grammy Awards

Best Concept Music Video (for The Whole Story)

1990
BRIT Awards

Best British Album (for The Sensual World)
Best British Producer (for The Sensual World)

1991

Grammy Awards

Best Alternative Music Performance (for The Sensual World)

1996

Grammy Awards

Best Music Video - Long Form (for The Line, the Cross & the Curve)

2005

BRIT Awards

Best Song Of The Past 25 Years (for Wuthering Heights)

2006

BRIT Awards

Best British Female Solo Artist
Best British Album (for Aerial)

2007

Satellite Awards

Best Original Song (for Lyra)

Women rights, National Organization for Women, What are Women rights, Reproductive rights, Reproductive rights Organizations

2008-07-22T01:24:00.001-07:00

What is Women rights?

A women right means the freedom constitutionally possessed by females of the society. Women rights include girls, young ladies as well as old women.

As per Women rights

•This liberty provided cannot be curbed or ignored by law, custom, and males in a particular society.
•The efforts to improve the status of women were laid down during the reforms under Islam.
•As per the reforms, women should be given greater rights in marriage, divorce and inheritance.
•The Oxford Dictionary of Islam has published that the improvement of the status of Arab women means the prohibition of female infanticide and acknowledging women's full personhood.
•It has been stated explicitly that “The dowry, previously regarded as a bride-price paid to the father, became a nuptial gift retained by the wife as part of her personal property."

Reformation

•The time period of Reformation in Europe in the 16th century proved a boon for women enlistment.
•It paved the way for more women to add their voices, including the renowned writers Jane Anger, Aemilia Lanyer, and the prophetess Anna Trapnell.
•Queen Elizabeth played a major role following leadership amongst women, and consequently became a role model for the education of women.
•The eighteenth century was the “Age of Enlightenment.”
•The age was characterized by secular way of thinking, and a blossoming of idealistic writing.
•The most significant writer of the time was Mary Wollstonecraft.
•She is often called as the first feminist philosopher.
•Wollstonecraft put forward that it was the education and upbringing of women that created limited expectations.
•Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht was writing in Sweden, and contributed in the finding the first scientific society for women.
•In Middleburg, Holland it was the Natuurkundig Genootschap der Dames upgraded the conditions for women better survival.Deborah Crocker and Sethanne Howard take out Journals for women which focused on science.
•During the previous decades women's rights remained an important concern, especially in the English countries.
•During 1960s the movement was called “women's liberation.”
•Revolutionists demanded the same pay as men, equal rights in law, and the freedom to plan their families.
•Their efforts were partially successful.

National Organization for Women (NOW)

•In USA the “National Organization for Women” (NOW) was formed in 1966.
•It was aimed at bringing equality for women. NOW was one important organization that fought for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
•This amendment declares “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.”
•But there was some dispute on how the proposed amendment would be understood. Some believed it would guarantee women equal treatment.
•But some doubted that it would restrict the women right to be financially supported by their husbands.
•The amendment died in the year 1982.

20th century movement

•In the early 20th century, Western women discovered freedom through birth control.
•It empowered women to plan their future and could step into career as well as family.
•The movement was started in the 1910 by US social reformer Margaret Sanger.
•It was canvassed in United Kingdom and internationally by Marie Stopes.
•In 1946, United Nations formed a Commission on the Status of Women.
•It is now part of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Steps of UN

•The UN has organized many world conferences on women's issues.
•It started with the World Conference in Mexico City.
•These conferences created an international forum for women's rights, but also lead to the divisions between women of different cultures and the difficulties in implementation.
•The 1985 Nairobi conference stated that women liberation "constitutes the political expression of the concerns and interests of women from different regions, classes, nationalities, and ethnic backgrounds.
•There is and must be a diversity of feminisms, responsive to the different needs and concerns of women, and defined by them for themselves”.

Reproductive rights

•Reproductive rights are rights relating to sexual reproduction.
•The idea of the right first came at the United Nation's 1968 International Conference on Human Rights.
•The sixteenth article of the Proclamation of Teheran declares, "Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children."
•Consequently, reproductive rights are established as human rights in international human rights documents.

BIRTHDAYS: Bill Bradley (Birthday 28th July), American Politician and Baseball Player, Biography of Bill Bradley on Career, Personal Life, Awards

2008-07-22T01:07:00.000-07:00

William Warren "Bill" Bradley an American Politician and former basketball player was born on 28th July, 1943 in Crystal City, Missouri. Rhodes researcher and earlier U.S.Senator from New Jersey and presidentship applicant, who contrasting to Vice President Al Gore for the nomination of Democratic Party for President in the 2000 election.

Bill Bradley Biodata

Bill Bradley Born- 28th July, 1943 (age64), Crystal City, Missouri.
Bill Bradley Political Party- Democratic
Bill Bradley Spouse-Ernestine Bradley
Bill Bradley Profession -Athlete (Basketball player)
Bill Bradley Religion –Presbyterian
Bill Bradley Preceded by Clifford P. Case
Bill Bradley Succeeded by Robert Torricelli

Bill Bradley Military service

Awards 1965 USBWA College Player of the Year

Bill Bradley Biography

Bradley was an only son of his parents; Bill Bradley was always appearing to be an element of the team. A first class student, Bill Bradley balanced full lessons consignment with his incredible talent and passion for basketball, which Bill Bradley started playing in the standard of fourth grade. Basketball provided a manner to fit in with his gaze and go with players. It also granted a focus and a challenge, which, even at an earlier age, Bill Bradley flourished upon.

Bill Bradley has performed many performances in his time. Bill Bradley was a competitor in the high school, a lieutenant in the Air Force coffers, in the NBA and a Rhodes Scholar craming at Oxford, 3-term United States senator, and a presidential optimistic for the 2000 election. Bill Bradley is also a father, a husband and the managing director of Allen & co. and anchor of his own converse show, an Olympic gold medal winner and American Voices on city state radio. Whatever Bill Bradley plays a game Bill Bradley is respected and known for his integrity and honesty.

Professional Basketball

When Bill Bradley was in high school, Bradley led his players to success match after match. With an exceptional educational evidence to match, Bill Bradley had his preference of institutions to focus, while in the last part, Bill Bradley selected to modify from Princeton. It didn’t present the physical scholarships that many other schools raised to persuade him, but Bill Bradley realized that education and time was not presently about basketball. Bill Bradley also loved meeting people, traveling and increasing his possibilities. Princeton satisfied his requirements to explore political and international issues among their international association series and their status for creating Rhodes Scholars. During academy Bill Bradley became extremely loyal to politics and civil rights; this obligation to public service and equality led him to Oxford University in England, then offered him the chance to discover the Middle East, Germany and Russia.
Since Bill Bradley got lofty marks in university, Bill Bradley kept on to succeed a range of reputations in Olympic-level of basketball and college. In 1964 Bill Bradley was chosen leader of the Olympic Basketball Players that conveyed dwelling the gold bars from Tokyo, Japan. Bradley was selected 3 times All-Star, the 1965 Sullivan Award conqueror and the 1965 college Player of the Year. Before Bill Bradley gave up for Oxford, Bill Bradley was summarized by the NBA’s New York Knicks, although Bradley detained on fusion the team awaiting Bradley had satisfied his lifelong aspiration of studying out of the country.

Private Life

Although performing for the Knicks, Bill Bradley wedded and they had one child. After the confinement of his child, Bill Bradley retired from the game of basketball and turned to his subsequently job- as a U.S. Senator of New Jersey. In the senate Bill Bradley worked eighteen years, Bill Bradley endeavored for modification in taxes, education, child welfare and the federal budget. Bill Bradley achieved in passing law making to support family unit pay for academy education, to implement child sustain and to check the fitness of children. Bill Bradley saw his guidance position where Bradley could effort for the public, not used for his own ego and agenda. Bill Bradley promoted for the resourceful ways to put right the problems of nation. Bill Bradley was very conscious of each law’s collision on the state as a complete.
Bill Bradley keeps in contact with people throughout his own converse show. American Voices permits Bill Bradley to do those things that encouraged him to involve into community examine in the initial place- to converse with a selection of people, paying attention to their narratives and convey problems to the consideration of public. Bill Bradley has written numerous books- America’s Choice (in 2006), Values of the Game; Time Past, Time Present,: The Journey From Here; and A Memoir; Life on the Run; all present knowledge and imminent from exceptional, intelligent and honest perceptive.

Extra credit:

Bill Bradley was captain of the 1964 U.S. Olympic basketball team.
On November, 1998, Bill Bradley declared on his web site that Bradley was walking around a run for the 2000 Democratic recommendation. Bill Bradley completed his former trip to New Hampshire as a proclaim nominee the last week of January 1999.

BIRTHDAYS: William Wheaton (Birthday 29th July), Famous American Actor, Biography of William Wheaton on Career, Personal Life, William Wheaton Movies

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Richard William Wheaton, an actor and writer was born on 29th July, 1972 in Burbank- California. William Wheaton applies the name Will Wheaton as an actor name.

William Wheaton Biography

Family

William Wheaton Father- Richard “Rick” William – a medical specialist
William Wheaton Mother- Debbie Wheaton – an actress
William Wheaton Wife- Anne Prince- a receptionist
William Wheaton Kids- step kids- Ryan Thomas Kopp, Nolan Eric Kopp.

Biography of William Wheaton

When William Wheaton was eight years old, William Wheaton obtained his initial stage show, emerging with Bill Cosby in a Jell-O pudding viable. The subsequently year, 1982, William Wheaton was significantly marked in the commentary live The Secret of NIMH. Through out this period, William Wheaton created his Los Angeles stage show in a Company of Angels Theatre making of All My Sons. His star production spin was as the Stephen King, Gordie Lachance and in the 1986 trait Stand By Me. Then William Wheaton continued to present the title role in Disney TV- movie Young Harry Houdini. William Wheaton achieved universal fame as Ensign Wesley Crusher in the daily TV sequence Star Trek: The Next Generation, a performance William Wheaton played from 1987 to 1990. From the time as leaving STNG, William Wheaton has created a smooth evolution to adult performances in films for instance Flubber.

William Wheaton Career

Now a famous occupant and an author of the Internet, Wheaton is well known to mainly people as Wesley Crusher, much criticized youngster character on TV’s Star Trek: The Next Generation. William Wheaton started his performing career in his young age, in the 1980s William Wheaton had emerged in various small performances on TV and in movies. William Wheaton roll as Gordie in the film Stand By Me (1986) received sold reviews, it appeared as if William Wheaton was on a top in movies, with the co-star Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry O'Connell and River Phoenix. And then William Wheaton became a usual cast member of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-90), performing with the young son of Dr.Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), depicting the hostility of some verbal hardcore Star Trek admirer, did not prefer his character. While making a Television series, William Wheaton worked hard to make a film career and got a little success. After some time William Wheaton departed the show after 3 years. A self announced “Geek”, William Wheaton established the second career with the development of Internet and World Wide Web. William Wheaton wrote his own experience and became an energetic member in diverse Internet organizations. During the year of 2003, William Wheaton issued a book of realistic tales, Dancing Barefoot, which directed to the book contract and William Wheaton published the second book, “Just a Geek” (2004). William Wheaton carried on doing work in TV, independent movies and video games. William Wheaton is also a component of an improvisational jesting cluster called the ACME Comedy Theatre.

Filmography

William Wheaton Movies

Four Fingers of the Dragon (2003)
Never land (2003)
Brother Bear (2003) (voice)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) (briefly; extensive scene erased but appears as DVD extra)
Jane White Is Sick & Twisted (2002)
Fish Don't Blink (2002)
Speechless... (2001)
The Good Things (2001)
Deep Core (2000))
Python (2000
The Girls' Room (2000)
Foreign Correspondents (1999)
Fag Hag (1998)
Trekkies (1997)
Tales of Glamour and Excess (1997)
Flubber (1997)
Pie in the Sky (1996)
Boys Night Out (1996)
"Life stories: Families In Crisis" (1995)
The Liars' Club (1993)
Toy Soldiers (1991)
December (1991)
She's Having a Baby (1988) (uncredited Cameo)
The Curse (1987)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Buddy System (1984)
Hambone and Hillie (1984)
The Last Star fighter (1984) (scenes erased from movie but included as DVD extra)
The Secret of NIMH (1982) (accent)

Video games

Ever Quest II (2004) (voice)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (voice)

Bibliography

Dancing Barefoot (ISBN 0596006748) (2003)
Just A Geek (ISBN 059600768X) (2004)

Personal Quotes

"I am a huge geek. And Star Trek was a haven for geeks." dialogue, 2005.
(On his teenage years) I was such a geek that if I could go back in time, I would kick my own ass.
Where Are They Now
(August 2002) preserves the active wilwheaton.net, one of the most current admirer sites on the Internet
(September 2003) Has published a successful book titled "Dancing Barefoot," which is a collection of essays about experiments in his life.
(December 2003) Signed a 3-book contract with publisher O'Reilly & contacts for books "Dancing Barefoot," "Just a Geek" (expected spring 2004), and "Will Wheaton's Web Design" (expected summer 2004).
(February 2005) Writes a weekly article called "Games of Our Lives" for the Onion A.V. club. The article is about epoch- and nostalgia-worthy video games.
(September 2005) Currently working on his third book, "You Want Kids With That?" a collected works of stories about his days as a stepfather that came out on his blog. To be available by his own Monolith Press.
(September 2007) issued his third book, "The Happiest Days of Our Lives," during his own Monolith Press.
(2006) Put occupation on his book "You Want Kids with That?" on hold.
(2004) terminated his contract with publisher O'Reilly & Associates.

EVENTS: National Lollipop Day (20th July), History, National Lollipop Day Celebrations, How to Make & Varieties of Lollipops

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When National Lollipop Day is celebrated

The National Lollipop Day is celebrated on July 20th every year.

How can National Lollipop Day be celebrated?

•So National Lollipop Day is to go out, have fun and enjoy the especially made lollipops on the day.
•The manufacturers start preparing for Lollipop Day in advance.
•Different colors, shapes and flavors of the lollipops are manufactured to celebrate the Lollipop Day.
•Variety of attractive gift packs of lollipops is available.
•Lollipop Day is extremely enjoyable for the kids.
•They are not restricted to have dozens of palate tickling lollipops on the day.

History of Lollipop day

•There are many stories about the invention of lollipop.
•George Smith declared to be the first to originate the modern lollipop in 1908.
•George Smith thought of putting hard candies on a stick to make them easier to eat. George Smith named the discovered delight after his favorite racing horse, Lolly Pop. The name and later became the trademark.
•Racine Confectioners Machinery Co. created a machine to automate the lollipop making process.
•The machine could make 40 lollipops per minute.
•So, the manufacturing company claims credit for inventing the first lollipop machine.
•However some also say that Samuel Born, was the first to automate the lollipop-making process.
•Lollipop manufacturing developed in California and Samuel Born invented the “Born Sucker machine” in 1916.
•This machine had the ability to automatically insert the stick to the candy, which augmented the popularity of the confection.
•Gradually lollipops developed into different looks, flavors and colors.

Myths and facts about lollipop

•Previously, the lollipop was a traditional hard candy on a stick or a hard candy on a ring.
•It contained bubble gum or chocolate in the center to enhance the taste.
•Sometimes the lollipop used to spin or glow.
•But the fact is whether traditional or novel, the lollipop is very favorite item for almost all candy lovers.

Process of making lollipop

•The lollipop manufacturing process is not very typical.
•Candy is made by mixing heated sugar and corn syrup.
•After cooking colors and flavors are added.
•The mixture then goes to a machine that forms the head of the lollipop and inserts the stick.
•Machine can be preset to form a desired shape of the lollipop.
•Then the lollipops are cooled.
•Finally, it is packed in attractive wrappers and shipped.

Variety of Lollipops

•Tootsie Pops are the largest Selling lollipops.
•Tootsie Pops are homegrown and manufactured in Chicago.
•The production of over 20million lollipops is done each day by the manufacturers.
•It meets the demand of millions of people around the world thus listing
•Tootsie Pop is world the largest lollipop producer.
•Many scientists were involved in studing this pop at Purdue University, Yale, Cornell University, University of Michigan.
•They were reasearching, to conclude how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.
•Tootsie Pops does not contain fats and has only 60 calories.
•Some of the lollipops in the Tootsie family:

Tootsie Pops
Valentine's Pops
Halloween Pops
Santa Pops
Tootsie Pop Miniatures
Blow Pops
Carmel Apple Pops
Charms Flat Pops.

BIRTHDAYS: Barry Bonds (Birthday 24th July), Famous American Baseball Player, Biography of Barry Bonds on Career, Personal Life, Achievements

2008-07-21T01:00:00.001-07:00

Barry Bonds Biography

Barry Bonds Early Life

Barry Bonds a baseball player was born on 24th July, 1964 in Riverside in California. Barry Bonds father’s name is a Bobby bond who is a baseball player and his mother’s name is Pat Bonds. Barry Bonds had another brother named Ricky. Barry Bonds father made his son one of the best Baseball players like his godfather. Whose name was Willie Mays. Willie was an interior fielder for the colossal. Barry Bonds played with him. They became good friends and Barry Bonds was known as the godfather of Barry. When Barry Bonds wedded for the former time, Barry Bonds had two children Nikolai and Shikari. After some time they separated and getting divorced. Barry then wedded the lady Elizabeth Watson who is from Montreal, Canada. And they have one daughter Alisha Lynn. And this is the family unit of great Barry Bonds.
Barry Bonds played with troupe such as Willie McCovey and Willie Mays and other age band of the Giants. These players were good ball players and helped him a lot. Barry Bonds accustomed to go to the sport with his father and met those ball players and also watched them. Barry Bonds caught their habits how they played and acted in the field. Barry Bonds knew how it was to be concerned in the foremost league baseball.
Barry Bonds admitted high school in San Mateo; there Barry Bonds was a three sport competitor. Barry Bonds played football, basketball and baseball. As a superior, Barry Bonds was prepping All-American for baseball. Barry Bonds got the degree of graduation in 1982. Then Barry Bonds went for part time breeze. The San Francisco Giants sketched him in the 2nd round and presented him $70,000 to play but Barry demanded $75,000. Then Barry Bonds determined to join the college Arizona State University. At there Barry Bonds played baseball. Barry Bonds was chosen to the All PAC-10 for 3 years. As a low grade, Barry Bonds was chosen as a Sport News All-American. Barry Bonds joined with six players that are playing in major league but now days Barry Bonds is retired when Barry was at the Arizona State.

Barry Bonds Career

Barry Bonds starts his career like a major union baseball player. Then Barry Bonds again went for the part time draft in 1985. Barry Bonds was chosen as the 6th single out in the former round to the breeze. The group that selected him was Pittsburgh Pirates. In the year of 1990 Barry Bonds got his initial gold glove award and won the MVP award. Barry Bonds directed his Pirate to partition title. After some time, Barry Bonds was operated to San Francisco Giants in 1992 where Barry Bonds won the respite of his Gold Glove Awards. In Barry Bonds career Barry Bonds got total seven gold glove awards till the year 1990.
Barry Bonds plays in the fresh play ground named Pac Bell Park. Barry Bonds has expanded his all records and homeruns in the preceding years. Barry Bonds busted all records for main homeruns in a period along with home run percentage, slugging percentage, walks, and homeruns apiece at bat.
Barry Bonds has accomplished numerous things in this year apart from going to the competition.

2002 World Series

The 2002 World Series was along with the usual matches in the records of the series. San Francisco Giants (National League) and The Anaheim angels (American League) participated for the championship. First time it represents two wildcard squads would competed for the subtle title. Then Angels, along with the home team, assembled with three runs all seventh and eight innings for the victory. They approved on the force for a 4-1 triumph in sport for their initial championship.
Series MVP: Troy Glaus (Anaheim)
Umpires: Mike Reilly, Tim Tschida, Tim McClelland, Angel Hernandez, Mike Winters and Jerry Crawford.
Managers: Dusty Baker (San Francisco), Mike Scioscia (Anaheim)
Television: FOX (Tim McCarver and Joe Buck broadcasting)

Barry Bonds Other accomplishments

5-time SF Giants Player of the Year (1998, 2001–04)
7-time Baseball America NL All-Star (1993, 1998, 2000–04)
3-Time Major League Player of the Year (1990, 2001, 2004)
3-Time Baseball America MLB Player of the Year (2001, 2003–04)
8-Time Gold Glove winner for NL Outfielder (1990–94, 1996–98)
12-Time Silver Slugger winner for NL Outfielder (1990–94, 1996–97, 2000–04)
14-time All-Star (1990, 1992–98, 2000–04, 2007)
3-Time NL Hank Aaron Award winner (2001–02, 2004)
Scheduled at #6 on The Sporting News' catalog of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the highest-ranked active performer, in 2005.
Named a finalist to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999, but not chosen to the group in the fan balloting.
Marking of 352 on Baseball-Reference.com's Hall of Fame observer (100 is a superior HOF candidate); [142] 9th amongst all hitters, highest surrounded by hitters not in HOF yet.
merely the next player to twice have a single-period slugging percentage over .800, with his verification .863 in 2001 and .812 in 2004. Babe Ruth was the other, with .847 in 1920 and .846 in 1921.
Became the previous player in the past with more times on bottom (376) than official times at bats (373) in 2004. This was owing to the evidence number of walks, which calculate as a time on support but not a time at-bat. Barry Bonds had 232 walks, 135 hits, and 9 hit-by-pitches for the 376 number.
With his Dad Bobby (332, 461), leads all father-son combinations in combined home runs (1,094) and stolen bases (975), respectively throughout 26thSeptember, 2007.
Played slight league baseball in both Hawaii and Alaska. In 1983, Barry Bonds played for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks in the Alaska Baseball League, and in 1986, Barry Bonds played for the Hawaii Islanders in the Pacific Coast League.

Love Me, Hate Me

In May 2006, previous Sports Demonstrated author Jeff Pearlman released a scornful life story of Barry Bonds permitted Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Anti-Hero. This book enclosed many claims against Bonds. It depicts Barry Bonds as a bickering unbearable braggart with a famous ego and astounding ability depended on above five hundred interviews.