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British and Commonwealth Society of North America Is BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING UPCOMING EVENTS 28th February, 2015, Saturday evening with light OPERA by Victorian Lyric Opera Company: Haddon Hall written by GILBERT ( of G & S fame ) performed at 8:00 PM in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre at the Rockville Civic Center, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, MD 20851 (240-314-8690). For those that are interested you can have dinner two miles away at 6:00 PM in Clyde’s Tower Oaks Lodge, 2 Preserve Park- way, Rockville, MD 20852 (301-294-0200). Individual reservations to be made directly with the theatre and the restaurant. Questions? call William Barker call 571-723-1374 or email [email protected] (9:00 AM – 9:00 PM). 7th March, 2015, Saturday, watch the ST PATRICK’s DAY PARADE in Alexandria at 12:30 PM with a LATE LUNCH AFTERWARD at 2:40 PM in Bilbo Baggins Global Restaurant (serving European and Ameri- can dishes), 208 Queen Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 (703-683-0300). Before parade there is a 10:00 AM Car Show and a 10:30 AM Dog Show in Alexandria, VA. POC is Veronica Barker at 571-490-1970 ([email protected]). For head count please communicate with Veronica BEFORE 2nd March 2015. 21st March 2015, Saturday, 5:00 PM, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge will be singing at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC (Tickets via 201-537-6200). 28th March 2015, Saturday night, Dinner Theater in Lorton, VA. Meal & Music Hall with Barry as Mr. Chairman. This is a tentative event, with more information in a future flyer. 11th April, 2015, Saturday, Afternoon Tea and tour at elegant Hillwood Estate, 4155 Linnean Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 (202-686-8500) Movie & guided tour 1:00 PM followed by AFTERNOON TEA at 3:00 PM. Cost is $29.00 members and $32.00 nonmembers. Deadline for cheques to be received is 31st March 2015 and no cancellations after 31st March 2015. POC is Rhoda Waters, 8437 Chapelwood Court, Annandale, VA 22003 [703-978-2427 ([email protected])]. 28th June 2015, Sunday, 11:30 AM, Commonwealth Brunch with a short AGM, at FT Myer’s Officers’ Club. $29.00 members and $33.00 nonmembers. Details later. BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA—NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY—MARCH 2015 Page 1 of 12 Editorial Note: local long form: Dziko la Malawi local short form: Malawi Articles with By-Lines, sources, items former: British Central African Pro- made available to the Editor are pub- tectorate, Nyasaland Protectorate, lished as submitted, no punctuation Nyasaland. changed, warts and all. Commonwealth Corner Capital (continued) Name: Lilongwe Geographic coordinates: 13 58 S, 33 Republic of Malawi 47 E Time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours Established in 1891, the British pro- ahead of Washington. tectorate of Nyasaland became the independent nation of Malawi in Executive branch eagle 1964. After three decades of one- Chief of State: President Arthur Pe- party rule under President Hastings ter MUTHARIKA (since 31 May Kamuzu BANDA the country held 2014); Vice President Saulos CHILI- multiparty elections in 1994, under MA (since 31 May 2014). a provisional constitution that came into full effect the following year. Source: CIA President Bingu MUTHARIKA, elect- ed in May 2004 after a failed Malawi has many different animals attempt by the previous president to amend the constitution to permit another term, struggled to assert elephants his authority against his predeces- sor and subsequently started his own party, the Democratic Progres- sive Party (DPP) in 2005. MUTHARI- KA was reelected to a second term in May 2009. He oversaw some eco- nomic improvement in his first Fishermen on lake Malawi at dusk term, but was accused of economic mismanagement and poor govern- ance in his second term. He died abruptly in April 2012 and was suc- ceeded by his vice president, Joyce BANDA, who had earlier started her own party, the People's Party (PP). Population growth, increasing pres- sure on agricultural lands, corrup- tion, and the scourge of HIV/AIDS pose major problems for Malawi. Hippo in the Shire River Mulanje mountain Location Southern Africa, east of Zambia, west and north of Mozambique Country name Conventional long form: Republic of Malawi. Conventional short form: Malawi. Water buffalo DNA analysis of Richard III Cornwall', has retained close ties to the The Queen personally intervened to brings up questions about West Country after an influx of Cornish ensure the Duke of Edinburgh royal legitimacy miners in the 19th century. would become regent if she died in the DNA testing has positively identified Prince Charles and the Duchess of early years of her reign. Government pa- the bones found under an English park- Cornwall on Sunday visited a remote pers written just after the coronation in ing lot as belonging to King Richard III Mexican mining town to pay tribute to July 1953, show the Queen wished for her — and also called into question the hundreds of British expatriates who husband to act as regent until the young legitimacy of some royals. brought football and Cornish pasties to Prince Charles was old enough to rule It's been 527 years since Richard III Central America two centuries ago. himself. died, and this is the first genetic identi- Around 350 Cornish miners, wives and The change meant Princess Margaret, fication of a person so long after their children sailed to Mexico on three ships who had been in the position of regent, death, National Geographic reports. in the early 1820s, with the first arriv- was superseded by the Duke, the Prince’s Scientists looked at the mitochondrial ing in 1824. It took them 14 months to father, in a move said to have the full sup- DNA, which is inherited along maternal haul their equipment 250 miles from port of all members of the Royal family. lines, and the Y chromosome, inherited the coast to the inland Pachuca and Despite there being no suggestion the along paternal lines. They found there Real del Monte in what is remembered decision was influenced by the Princess’ was a 95 percent chance he had blue as the "Great Trek" in Mexican folklore. private life, a document detailing a cabi- eyes and a 66 percent chance he had Source: The Telegraph net discussed of July 6, 1953, expressed brown hair as a child, and his Y chro- the fear that “if the Bill were introduced mosome was uncommon for someone at this juncture, it might give rise to con- in an English family. Because Richard III died without any Asprin in a daily diet male heirs, researchers had to trace his The benefits for women of taking a lineage to find a male ancestor with daily dose of aspirin to stave off serious the same Y chromosome and any of illness, such as cancer and heart dis- that ancestor's descendants living to- ease, are outweighed by the risks, sci- day. If there was a false paternity — entists have concluded. "when someone's father is not who we Previous studies have suggested that think is their father" — in John of 6,000 lives could be saved each year if Gaunt's family, it could mean that Plan- middle aged adults took aspirin each tagenet kings like Henry V did not have day. But new research which studied 30,000 a genetic claim to the throne. "This The royal family circa 1953 would also hold true, indirectly, for the women over 17 years showed that the entire Tudor line," the study's authors protective effect was marginal yet the troversy owing to the publicity given by said. Don't worry about Queen Eliza- risk of stomach bleeding was high. certain newspapers to reports linking the beth II's legitimacy, though, as she is To test whether aspirin was useful par- name of Princess Margaret with that of a descended from a different line. ticipants were randomly assigned to commoner recently divorced”. Source: The Week take either 100 mg of aspirin or a dum- Under the terms of the Regency Act 1937, my tablet every other day, to see the Queen would have been succeeded whether it curbed their risk of heart by her son, now the Prince of Wales, in disease, stroke, and cancer. the event she had died prematurely or Prince Charles and the Mexican city During the trial period, which lasted 10 been incapacitated. with 'more pasties than Cornwall' years, 604 cases of cardiovascular dis- At the time, the issue of the regency was Pachuca, nicknamed 'Mexico's Little ease, 168 cases of bowel cancer, 1832 forced by the Queen herself, who in- cases of other cancers were reported. structed ministers she wanted her hus- However there were 302 major gastro- band rather than her sister to take over intestinal bleeds requiring admission to despite what was decreed in the constitu- hospital during the time. tion. Compared with placebo, regular aspirin A briefing note for a Commonwealth was linked to a lower risk of heart dis- Heads of Government summit held in ease, stroke, bowel cancer, and in London on June 5, 1953, further stated: some women, other cancers, but only “The Queen's wish in this matter was marginally so. shared by other members of the Royal The research was published in the jour- The Prince of Wales and The Family, and in particular, by Princess Mar- nal Heart. Duchess of Cornwall make pasties garet.” during a visit to the Pasty Source: The Telegraph Source: Daily Mirror Museum in Real del Monte BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA—NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY—MARCH 2015 Page 3 of 12 The Queen appears on the Antiques Remembrance Day: 'Silence proves solemnly bowed.
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