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Boer War

2007-05-02T14:10:50Z

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The '''Boer war''' was fought between the British army and the two Boer (Dutch) republics in [[Africa]], the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (known as the Transvaal), from 11 October 1899 until May 1902.

The war was caused by the treatment of British commercialists within the states, who were denied voting rights. This caused the mine owners and British nationals to pressure the authorities into toppling the Boer government. In addition the republics were an economic threat to the established British colonies in the region. An attempted coup - the 'Jameson Raid' (Dec 29 1895-Jan 2 1896) - backed by the Prime Minister of the Cape colony, Cecil Rhodes, failed, which let the Boers know that war was to follow.

In September 1899 the British Colonial Secretary [[Joseph Chamberlain]] issued an ultimatum demanding equal rights for the British within the republics. They retorted with an ultimatum of their own; if the British did not withdraw troops from the border within 48 hours they would declare war.

Initially the war was fought in the traditional style of pitched battles. Due to their expertise with the terrain and the disorganisation of the British the Boers were initially successful, launching offensives into the British colonies, and defeating British offensives during 'Black Week' in December 1899 which saw British defeats at the Battles of Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso. However the immense capacity of the British Empire was brought to bear, and the Boer Commandos were pushed back into their own states. The conflict then degenerated into a guerilla war. The British found that they could only control the territory they phyically occupied. But a mixture of new infantry tactics, fixed defences and the disillusionment of the native Africans with the Boers combined to end in the surrender of the Boer forces in May 1902 .

It officialy ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, which gave the Boers approximately $5,700,000 to reconstruct and established the Union of South Africa, which was absorbed into the British Empire. The total number of casualties during the war was around 75,000, of which 22,000 were British soldiers, 7,000 were Boer soldiers, 25,000 were Boer civilians (many of whom died in insanitary internment camps set up by the British) and possibly 20,000 black Africans. However the majority of the British casualties were as a result of disease and not through enemy fire.

[[Category:Wars]]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2007-05-02T13:51:47Z

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The '''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''' are four comic book characters (they have also featured in a number of cartoons and live action films). The wisecracking, [[pizza]]-scarfing crew battle urban [[evil]] under the tutelage of their mentor Splinter. Their best friend in the human world is a lady journalist.

Each [[ninja]] [[turtle]] sports a colored bandanna, uses a characteristic ninja weapon and favors a particular pizza topping. They take their names from renaissance painters: [[Leonardo]], [[Donatello]], [[Raphael]] and [[Michelangelo]].

The term "teenage" is a misnomer as within the primary material (the comic books), the turtles are now in their mid-thirties.

When the television cartoons were screened in the [[United Kingdom]], the [[BBC]] altered the title to Teenage Mutant ''Hero'' Turtles, fearing that the mere use of the word ''ninja'' would unleash a tidal wave of oriental-martial-art-inspired violence among the nation's children.

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| Turtle || Leonardo || Donatello || Raphael || Michelangelo
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| Mask color || blue|| purple|| red|| orange
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| Weapon || ninjaken || bo stick|| sai || nunchaku
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| Pizza topping || || || ||
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[[Category:Entertainment]]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2007-05-02T13:51:09Z

Swordofdestiny:

The '''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''' are four comic book characters (they have also featured in a number of cartoons and live action films). The wisecracking, [[pizza]]-scarfing crew battle urban [[evil]] under the tutelage of their mentor Splinter. Their best friend in the human world is a lady journalist.

Each [[ninja]] [[turtle]] sports a colored bandanna, uses a characteristic ninja weapon and favors a particular pizza topping. They take their names from renaissance painters: [[Leonardo]], [[Donatello]], [[Raphael]] and [[Michelangelo]].

The term "teenage" is a misnomer as within the primary material (the comic books), the turtles are now in their mid-thirties.

When the television cartoons were screened in the [[United Kingdom]], the [[BBC]] altered the title to Teenage Mutant ''Hero'' Turtles, fearing that the mere use of the word ''ninja'' would unleash a tidal wave of oriental-martial-art-inspired violence.

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| Turtle || Leonardo || Donatello || Raphael || Michelangelo
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| Mask color || blue|| purple|| red|| orange
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| Weapon || ninjaken || bo stick|| sai || nunchaku
|-
| Pizza topping || || || ||
|-
|}

[[Category:Entertainment]]

Glenrothes

2007-05-02T13:34:22Z

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'''Glenrothes''', [[Fife]], [[Scotland]] (pronounced Glen-roaths) was the first New Town in Scotland to be designated under the New Towns Act 1946. It was initially intennded to provide better housing conditions for miners in the Fife coalfield, but following the precipitous decline of that industry, its role was changed to one of a light industrial centre and a location for overspill housing for the city of [[Glasgow]]. Glenrothes is served by a railway station at [[Markinch]]. Its hotels and facilities are popular with visitors to nearby [[St Andrews]].

The name Glenrothes means 'glen of the rothes' or 'valley of the rothes', ''rothes'' being a Scots term for bog cotton, which formerly grew widely on the swampy valley floor.

Glenrothes

2007-05-02T13:29:01Z

Swordofdestiny: New page: '''Glenrothes''', {[Fife]], Scotland (pronounced Glen-roaths) was the first New Town in Scotland to be designated under the New Towns Act 1946.

'''Glenrothes''', {[Fife]], [[Scotland]] (pronounced Glen-roaths) was the first New Town in Scotland to be designated under the New Towns Act 1946.

Radburn

2007-05-02T12:51:34Z

Swordofdestiny: New page: Radburn is a new town in New Jersey, USA, designed by the planner Clarence Stein. The Radburn Principle has had a great effect on urban planning and design throughout the w...

Radburn is a new town in [[New Jersey]], [[USA]], designed by the planner [[Clarence Stein]]. The [[Radburn Principle]] has had a great effect on urban planning and design throughout the world.

Durham, England

2007-04-16T11:17:18Z

Swordofdestiny: New page: Durham (sometimes referred to as Durham City to differentiatte it from County Durham) is a city in County Durham in the north-east of England. It has been an important ecclesiastical centr...

Durham (sometimes referred to as Durham City to differentiatte it from County Durham) is a city in County Durham in the north-east of England. It has been an important ecclesiastical centre since the tenth century when the body of St. Cuthbert was brought here and a cathedral erected above the shrine. The cathedral - and the castle erected after the Norman Conquest to house the politically- and militarily-powerful Prince Bishops of Durham - are located on a tight loop in the River Wear and form a natural fortress. Outside this fortress developed the medieval civilian city of Durham, divided into five manorial 'boroughs' belonging to the Bishop, to the Abbot of the monastery attached to the cathedral, and to the Kepier Hospital. The Bishops were given quasi-royal powers by the Norman kings of England - they had their own courts, their own tax-raising powers and their own mints , for example. This was partly because the crown wanted to establish a power base in the north equivalent to that of the earls of Northumberland, whose loyalty was doubtful; bishops, being (ostensibly) celibate, would produce no hereditary threat. A rich and powerful bishopric was also able to maintain powerful castles - such as Norham, on the River Tweed - and armed forces to counter any threat to northern England from Scotland.

The city of Durham benefitted economically from the ecclesiastical presence in its midst, and as a local market centre, but it was not fitted to prosper once the powers of the Prince Bishops waned from the 16th century onwards. Although it was at the centre of a major coalfield, Newcastle rather than Durham was the chgief commercial centre for the industry, and the River Wear was too shallow here to allow Durham any role in coal export. However, the abolition of the final special privileges of the bishopric in 1836 prompted the then bishop, van Mildert, to give his palace in he city's castle to a new university, only the third to be founded in England (after Oxford and Cambridge). Durham University is a major UK academic institution, and, along with the tourist industry, plays a major role in the city's economy.

Hucknall

2007-04-16T11:02:06Z

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Hucknall is a former coal mining town close to the City of [[Nottingham]] in the [[UK]].
It is famous for being the burial place of Lord [[Byron]], the poet, who lived at nearby [[Newstead Abbey]]. The singer Mick Hucknall of Simply Red was born Michael Smith but adopted the name of his native town.
[[Category:UK Towns and Cities]]

Hadrian

2007-04-16T10:55:25Z

Swordofdestiny: Hadrians Wall not the boundary between England and Scotland.

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'''Hadrian''' was a Roman Emperor who lived from January 24, 76 to July 10, 138, succeeding [[Trajan]]. He was the third of the [[Five Good Emperors]], and built many defensive walls. The most famous of these is known simply as [[Hadrian's Wall]] and runs across the centre of Great Britain between Bowness-on-Solway in the west and Wallsend in the east.

Hadrian was succeeded by [[Antoninus Pius]].

[[Category:Roman emperors]]

Boudicca

2007-04-12T11:38:23Z

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'''Boudicca''' or '''Boadicea''' was a queen of the [[Iceni]] tribe in [[Celts|Celtic]] [[Britain]], in the area now known as East Anglia. Following the death of her husband Prasutagus, the Iceni ruler, Boudicca was flogged by the new Roman overlords and her daughters were [[rape|raped]]. Bioudicca launched upon a war of revenge,slaughtering four [[Rome|Roman]] legions and razing (burning) the [[Roman]] cities of Colchester (Camolodunum), St Albans (Verulamium) and [[London|Londinium]]. She killed every Roman citizen she found in the city and threw their heads into [[The Thames]]. One of the skulls can be seen on display in the Museum of London.

She is usually show riding her [[chariot]], which allegedly had [[scythe]]s attached to its wheels. Some people regard her as an early [[feminist]], bu the truth is she was just out for revenge.

A pleasing, unproven and ineradicable urban myth is that Boudicca is buried beneath platform 12 (or possibly platform 9) of London's King's Cross railway terminus.

Talk:Amsterdam

2007-04-12T11:33:19Z

Swordofdestiny: New page: Remove the red lights and drugs by all means, but please give A'dam its due. The firsdt article was a slander on a great world city.

Remove the red lights and drugs by all means, but please give A'dam its due. The firsdt article was a slander on a great world city.

Amsterdam

2007-04-12T11:32:33Z

Swordofdestiny: Giving Amsterdam its due.

Amsterdam is the capital city of The [[Netherlands]],(Holland), although the seat of government is located in The Hague. This anomaly is because Amsterdam is the seat of the Dutch monarchy. Amsterdam is a historic trading centre, established on a 'dam' of artificially raised ground at the mouth of the Amstel river. It achieved huge prosperity on the back of Dutch independence from Spanish rule (achieved during decades of struggle in the 16th and 17th centuries) and the growth of the Dutch mercantile empire during the so-called 'Golden Age'. It has a wealth of cultural treasures, most notably the works of art, including many by Rembrandt, Vermeer, etc in the Rijksmuseeum, and for its charming domestic architecture - long rows of 17th and 18th century houses along the concentric rings of canals that surround the city's heart. A more sombre monument is the Anne Frank House, where the German-Jewish Frank family hid from the German occupation forces during World War II, and made famous by Anne Frank's Diary. Soem visitors are more attracted by the notorious Zeedijk Red Light District where [[prostitution]] is legal, and the "coffee shops" (or "brown cafes") which do not serve coffee but instead [[marijuana]].

Boer War

2007-04-12T11:24:32Z

Swordofdestiny: Jameson Raid, Black Week, internment camps

The '''Boer war''' was fought between the British army and the two Boer (Dutch) republics in [[Africa]], the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (known as the Transvaal), from 11 October 1899 until May 1902.

The war was caused by the treatment of British commercialists within the states, who were denied voting rights. This caused the mine owners and British nationals to pressure the authorities into toppling the Boer government. In addition the republics were an economic threat to the established British colonies in the region. An attempted coup - the 'Jameson Raid' (Dec 29 1895-Jan 2 1896) - backed by the Prime Minister of the Cape colony, Cecil Rhodes, failed, which let the Boers know that war was to follow.

In September 1899 the British Colonial Secretary Chamberlain issued an ultimatum demanding equal rights for the British within the republics. They retorted with an ultimatum of their own; if the British did not withdraw troops from the border within 48 hours they would declare war.

Initially the war was fought in the traditional style of pitched battles. Due to their expertise with the terrain and the disorganisation of the British the Boers were initially successful, launching offensives into the British colonies, and defeating British offensives during 'Black Week' in December 1899 which saw British defeats at the Battles of Stormberg, Magersfontein and Colenso. However the immense capacity of the British Empire was brought to bear, and the Boer Commandos were pushed back into their own states. The conflict then degenerated into a guerilla war. The British found that they could only control the territory they phyically occupied. But a mixture of new infantry tactics, fixed defences and the disillusionment of the native Africans with the Boers combined to end in the surrender of the Boer forces in May 1902 .

It officialy ended with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, which gave the Boers approximately $5,700,000 to reconstruct and established the Union of South Africa, which was absorbed into the British Empire. The total number of casualties during the war was around 75,000, of which 22,000 were British soldiers, 7,000 were Boer soldiers, 25,000 were Boer civilians (many of whom died in insanitary internment camps set up by the British) and possibly 20,000 black Africans. However the majority of the British casualties were as a result of disease and not through enemy fire.
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[[Category:Wars]]

User talk:Homeschool mom

2007-04-12T11:16:56Z

Swordofdestiny:

''Inspired by the power of the Lord, Team Impact members perform amazing feats, including blowing up basketballs, tearing phone books in half, bending horseshoes, and lifting giant logs.''

Tearing a phone book in half requires no special strength or inspiration. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 07:13, 12 April 2007 (EDT)

Maybe not inspiration, but have you tried it, Ed? ;-)