in memory of Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, songwriter and record producer, known as the lead vocalist and co-principal songwriter of the rock band Queen. He also became known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range.^[3][4][5] Mercury wrote and composed numerous hits for Queen (including "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Killer Queen," "Somebody to Love," "Don't Stop Me Now," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," and "We Are the Champions"); occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists; and concurrently led a solo career while performing with Queen.

Mercury was born of Parsi descent in the Sultanate of Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens, before moving with his family to Middlesex, England — ultimately forming the band Queen in 1970 with Brian May and Roger Taylor. Mercury died in 1991 at age 45 due to complications from AIDS, having acknowledged the day before his death that he had contracted the disease.

In 1992 Mercury was posthumously awarded the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, with a tribute concert held at Wembley Stadium, London. As a member of Queen, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004, and the band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2002. In 2002, he was placed at number 58 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Consistently voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music, Mercury was voted best male singer of all time in a 2005 poll organised by Blender and MTV2;^[6] was elected in 2009 as the best rock singer of all time by Classic Rock readers;^[7] was ranked at 18 on the 2008 Rolling Stone list of the 100 greatest singers ever;^[5] — and was described by Greg Prato of AllMusic as "one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers," with "one of the greatest voices in all of music."^{[8]-wiki link-}

Unseen HG Wells ghost story published for first time

Here’s a gothic tale for a stormy night: a man called Meredith converts a room in his house into a cluttered and untidy study, and one day asks a visiting friend if he can see anything strange on the ceiling.

“Don’t you see it?” he said.
“See what?”
“The – thing. The woman.”
I shook my head and looked at him.
“All right then,” he said abruptly. “Don’t see it!”

This is the beginning of a newly discovered HG Wells ghost story, called The Haunted Ceiling, a macabre tale found in an archive that Wells scholars say they have never seen before. It will be published for the first time this week, in the Strand magazine.

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The story was discovered when Andrew Gulli, editor of the Strand, heard that the University of Illinois held a substantial archive of Wells’s works. He promptly hired an assistant to photocopy hundreds of manuscripts and sorted through them to see if he could find something new.

“Initially, from the titles of the manuscripts, I thought I happened upon lots of unpublished works, but those thousands of pages were narrowed down to this delightful story,” Gulli told the Guardian.

He called it “a vintage Wells story – you have a supernatural event, characters with two schools of thought on the event, [and] the literary type versus the scientist. This reminds me of his story The Red Room, but we have a more of a -read more

Am i Zombie .

NO not flesh eating monster but person not allowed to  show emotions.I seems weird statement but sometimes i feel this way in my head.This normally when for no reason or perhaps like sponge soak feelings up until full .i self destruct -nasty verbally aggressive .The Zombie is due to the massive guilt afterwards as feel unable too show emotions due to upset or scare people ,Zombie is i.i am z Zombie.

Bits not so sickie.

I n a poll of European workers us British throw a sickie less than the French.sickie

ˈsɪki/

noun

informal

1. 1.

   BRITISH

   a day taken as sick leave when one is not actually ill.Here is list 1 FRANCE .2 GERMANY,3 BELGIUM,4 SPAIN,5 ITALY ,6 IRELAND 7 U.K 8 DENMARK 9 SWEDEN 10 HOLLAND.So wexare notthebad workers the world thinks we are.

Crutchgate.

I find it strange how people treat you due fact using a walking aid .Due instantly people presume you are not capable of doing a lot  or become as if talking to a older person,uncool.

Firefighters help rhino at Edinburgh Zoo with toothache

Firefighters have described "one of the strangest" rescue missions of their careers - helping a rhino at Edinburgh Zoo with a toothache. 

Newcraighall fire station's crew were needed to move two-ton Bertus to a safe place in which vets could operate.

The eight-year-old animal was first sedated and then winched to safety in a challenging and complicated process.

Station manager Willie Pollard said: "By jointly working with zoo staff, we were able to formulate a plan which involved winching and pulling equipment, using techniques normally used for either road traffic collisions involving heavy vehicles or in the event of a building collapse.

"These techniques allowed us to reposition the animal, thereby creating a safe working space for the dental team to repair the tooth."

Simon Girling, head vet at the zoo, said: "We are incredibly grateful for the help of the fire and rescue crew.

"Bertus's operation was a great success and even though it was a minor tooth operation, it involved a massive team of people all working -read more

Why i dont deal with money.

I rarely carry money the reason being years ago on the way home from work across bideford long bridge i suddenly had the urge to throw my weekly earnings in the River Torridge -i did ,t.I informed my wife who from that moment dealt with all my money,only get if require.

10 commandments sold

A ancient tablet -2 ft - by 2 ft  ,marble slab dating from 4th century was sold for 818.000 pounds. Believed to be the oldest with complete inscriptions.

DRIVING US NUTS' Pet squirrel causes travel chaos in south London after getting trapped in one of the carriages

TRAINS in south east London were delayed tonight due to a rogue squirrel getting trapped in one of the carriages.

The driver is understood to have stopped the train to allow the owner to rescue the pet after it got stuck in a vent under a seat.TRAINS in south east London were delayed tonight due to a rogue squirrel getting trapped in one of the carriages.

The driver is understood to have stopped the train to allow the owner to rescue the pet after it got stuck in a vent under a seat.read more

Philosophy of The Simpsons.

You can take a 30 pound day course at University of Glasgow to examine lives of Homer and family as induction to Philosophy.Matt Groening  -creator of Simpsons -was a Philosophy student.

Dippy the Diplodocus goes on tour.

Step into an incredible world of dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum and see Dippy in London one more time.

In early 2017, the iconic Diplodocus will leave its current home in Hintze Hall to prepare for a tour of the UK.

Before Dippy goes, see all the dinosaurs together, from the roaring T. rex to new additions like the Stegosaurus and the feathered Deinonychus models.

Explore the evolutionary past of the dinosaurs, discover the different time periods they lived in and see world-famous fossils and lifelike models.

Sort the facts from the myths and find out what the Museum's scientific research has taught us about these prehistoric giants.

Museum dino stars

• Dippy, the iconic cast of a Diplodocus carnegii skeleton
• the most complete Stegosaurus fossil ever discovered
• an Iguanodon - one of the first species ever described as a dinosaur
• a towering, animatronic T. rex

- See more at: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibitions/dippy-the-dinosaurs-going-to-move.html#sthash.e6Atlw9m.dpuf

INVASION OF THE GIANT RATS

GIANT mutant rats the size of cats have left residents living in fear after invading an entire row of terraced homes.

More than a dozen homes have been plagued by the massive, foot-long rodents which have been scurrying through gardens and lofts.Mum-of-three Melissa Gillingham is terrified that the huge beasts, which are known to spread disease, may bite her young children.

The huge rats’ sudden appearance are believed to have been caused by a mains water supply leak in the road, in Northfleet, Kent.

Melissa, 23, said: “About two weeks ago we first noticed it. We started hearing them scurrying around when we were in bed.

“When we spotted one we went and bought a trap and we managed to catch it.read more

Holsworthy my kind of town.

Like all places has its high and low lights and this post is just my personal view.Highlights-my bungalow is situated within easy access of town centre  and its shops, post office sorting office ,2 schools,park,skate park ,leisure centre . Lowlights-transport if need-to access towns farther away due bus timetable and time of wait and journey,long walk to access hospital and health centre -20 minutes average-people are helpful and friendly and fair low crime .

Fashion not my bag,man.

I have never been a slave to fashion or latest tread.I just put on clothes i like and normally wear t-shirt,vest,pants ,joggers ,no socks if hot or mild,jumper and socks if cold.Most brands paid minim to get made-and cost alot.

How do you make a rat laugh? Just tickle it, say scientists

Associated with the plague and demonised in novels such as George Orwell's 1984, rats don’t have the best of reputations.

But the vilified rodents are known to giggle.

Now scientists have found that rats ‘enjoy’ being tickled – but only if they were already in a good mood.

Researchers at Humboldt University of Berlin identified neurons in rats’ brains linked to ticklishness and laughter and by stimulating them, were able to elicit a chuckle from the furry creatures.

The finding suggests the somatosensory cortex - the brain region where the neurons were located - may play some role in mood.

It was previously thought this brain region is primarily associated with the sense of touch.

The study, published in the journal Science, builds on previous work in which it was discovered tickling rats causes them to laugh at high frequencies that are inaudible to humans.

While tickling is easy to do, how the sensation reaches our brain is unclear.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3924300/Rats-ticklish-laugh-good-mood.html#ixzz4QZTLs0KU
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History of Southend United F.C.

History[edit]

1906–1958[edit]

Chart of table positions of Southend in the League.

Southend United F.C. was formed in 1906 and played in the Southern League until 1920, when they co-founded the Football League's new Third Division; they finished 17th in their first ever season. In 1921, the Third Division was regionalised with Southend United joining the southern section and here they remained until league re-structure in 1958. Southend came close to promotion twice when they finished 3rd in 1932 and 1950, the club's highest league positions until 1991.^[1]

1958–1981[edit]

Southend United joined the new national Third Division in 1958, where they remained until 1966 when they suffered their first ever relegation, into the Fourth Division. The club had to wait six seasons until 1972 to experience the club's first ever promotion as runners-up behind Grimsby Town. In 1976 Southend suffered relegation again before taking another runners-up spot behind Watford in 1978. Another relegation in 1980 was directly followed by one of the most successful seasons in the club's history as they won the Fourth Division Championship in 1981, breaking a series of club records in the process.^[1] Despite success on the pitch and low admission prices, the club's gates were low and condemned as "a bad reflection on the town".^[1](p72)

1981–1987[edit]

Many of Southend United's most gifted players were sold due to a financial strain.^[1](p74) In June 1983 Anton Johnson, a local butcher who was also chairman of Rotherham United,^[1](p74) bought 44.9% of the club from the Rubin brothers. The club was already £250,000 in debt.^[1](p147) By August 1983 Dave Smith had been replaced as manager byPeter Morris who lasted until February 1984. On his arrival, Morris discovered that he had a squad of only ten players.^[1](p121) Bobby Moore was installed as chief executive with Andrew MacHutcheon as chairman. The club were relegated into the Fourth Division in 1984 with Bobby Moore as manager. One of the club's darkest hours saw a season read more

Texting can give you silly walk.

A study at the university of delaware ,u.s.a showed that people texting use a over the top walk to step over obstucles. negotiate crowds due to diminished vision.This study involved using motion cameras whilst  volunteers dialed a number  whilst on a treadmill for 2 minutes ,not many made errors due to texting rather than walk properly.

Monks graves found.

In the 12 th century fountians abbey,ripon,York the graves of 500 cisterian monks and lay brothers.

me mark am a idiot first class

dippy goes on tour