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Galaxy chocolate joins the Rainforest Alliance

April 9, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

By next year over 160 million Galaxy chocolate bars will carry the Rainforest Alliance mark in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

The Rainforest Alliance works to ensure biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods. It works with both consumers and businesses. They offer an adopt-a-rainforest program which allows individuals to sponsor and support a environmental work to protect and repair rainforests around the world.

CCTV footage of the ghost of the Earl of Sefton at Croxteth Hall

April 7, 2009 by Andrew 3 Comments

Experts have been commissioned by Liverpool City Council to investigate CCTV footage which seems to show a glowing white figure prowling the grounds of Croxteth Hall. Some believe that the 400 year old Croxteth Hall is haunted by Hugh William Osbert Molyneux who was the 7th Earl of Sefton. Lord Molyneux was the last Earl […]

The Gypsy Robe

April 6, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The Gypsy Robe is part of the tradition of the Broadway Musical.

The term “Gypsy” comes from the necessary travel that Broadway chorus members have to engage in as they move from job to job.

The Gypsy Robe is used to open the musical and given to the chorus member with the most credits to their name. The Gypsy Robe ritual has this chorus member work three times counter clockwise around the stage. Afterwards other members of the cast will touch the robe.

Hundreds travel to see resurrected taxi driver

April 6, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In South Africa hundreds of people have travelled to meet and talk to Nkosinathi Ntsente who was shot, died and buried eight years ago.

Ntsente now spends his day re-telling the same story to the crowds who walk great distances to talk to him. “I’m tried of telling the same story, the whole day, every day,” he told the Daily Dispatch.

Ntsente story begins when he saw the gunmen approach in a white minibus and how a man near him and who looked very similar to him was riddled with bullets. It was this badly injured “double” that was taken to St. Barnabus Hospital in Libode.

Witch teacher blamed for exam failure

April 6, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

In Kenya, students of the Kakamega blamed surprisingly bad exam marks on a local teacher who, it is claimed, had been engaged in witchcraft.

Girls from Form Three and Form Four stated that personal effects had been taken by the teacher to local magicians in order to be cleansed. The teacher is said to have been liaising with magicians over the term period in order to help boost the student’s academic abilities.

Extinction Sucks!

April 6, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

Extinction Sucks is a new online TV program from the WWF. Each episode is half an hour long and will feature on Panda.org and Babelgum over the next six weeks.

Extinction Sucks is designed to bring quality conversation and green issue programs to the digital audience.

The meaning of April

April 1, 2009 by Andrew 6 Comments

April means Aphrodite’s month. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Her Roman equivalent is Venus.

The meaning of the number 5

March 17, 2009 by Andrew 1 Comment

Action, movement and the state of restlessness are commonly associated with the number 5. Personality traits of the number 5 People associated with the number 5 tend to be able to make friends and communicate well. It is often the case that number 5 people are motivators, dynamic and quick-witted. Letter numeric values for the […]

Medieval witch to be given Christian funeral after decapitation 700 years ago

March 3, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

The remains of a teenage witch who was sentenced to death and her head removed for being a witch more than 700 years ago are to be given both a Christian funeral and burial. Decapitation was used as a method to prevent eternal life in the dark ages. When the remains of the body were […]

The twelfth sign: Pisces

March 2, 2009 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Pisceans are typically family orientated. They’ll put other people before themselves and are often deeply caring and sympathetic.

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