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Summit of Everest Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)

01/26/2009

News of Sir Edmund Hillary’s death on 11 January 2008 quickly spread through the world media as did many condolences and tributes paid to ’a great man’. New Zealand’s Prime Minister characterised ’Sir Ed’ as the quintessential kiwi, a Maori word originating from the mid-nineteenth century and informally used for a New Zealander. Leading the official tribute at his State Funeral, she described him as a great inspiration and wonderful role model for generations. From his home base in…

Robert ‘Rab’ Burns: Homecoming Scotland 2009

01/23/2009

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Known as the Ploughman poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and often in Scotland as simply “the Bard”, Scotland’s favourite son was born during a storm that partially collapsed his parents’ ramshackle Ayrshire farmhouse and almost killed the whole family. He was the eldest of seven children born to tenant farmers, William and Agnes Burness. Marking his humble birthplace, the thatched cottage in Alloway, Scotland, is now a public museum. An inscription reads “Burns Cottage Robert Burns the Ayrshire poet…