74-564: Strathcona is a 19th-century variation of " Glen Coe ", a river valley in Scotland. The word was invented for use in the title Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal , first used for Donald Smith (1820–1914), a Canadian railway financier, in order to avoid association with the Massacre of Glencoe of 1692. Strathcona may refer to: Glen Coe Glen Coe ( Scottish Gaelic : Gleann Comhann pronounced [klan̪ˠˈkʰo.ən̪ˠ] )
148-490: A $ 5 million reward for the return, in good condition, of the 13 works of art taken from its galleries in March 1990. The term "bounty" is used in mathematics to refer to a reward offered to any person willing to take on an open problem. Bounties are offered for solving a particular math problem – ranging from small lemmas that graduate students solve in their spare time to some of the world's hardest math problems. Paul Erdős
222-603: A 1989 game between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles that became known as the Bounty Bowl , and a bounty scheme organized by players and coaches with the New Orleans Saints that was uncovered in 2012, leading to substantial penalties. Bounty is also used to refer to bonus payments made to staff on recruitment (or for recommending others for recruitment). This practice used to be common in
296-503: A Kyle Busch Motorsports truck, for $ 50,000 if a Truck Series regular defeated Busch, but that was cancelled because the sponsor used the money for COVID-19 relief efforts. Bounties, referring to bonuses for in-game performance, are officially banned by the National Football League , the sport's dominant professional league. Despite this, bounties have had a significant history within the sport. Notable examples include
370-752: A Macdonald in memory of clansmen who perished in the massacre. Glen Coe was once part of the lands of Clan Donald , though since the ending of the clan structure they progressively sold off their estates. Excavations in 2018-2020 conducted by the National Trust for Scotland have investigated the settlement of Achtriochtan and a reconstruction 'turf-house' was constructed at the NTS visitor centre to allow visitors to experience life in these townships. Further excavations and surveys in 2021-2022 in Gleann Leac-na-Muidhe, directed by Dr Edward Stewart of
444-480: A bounty to the team that beats Ganassi. On May 14, 2011, Action Express Racing defeated Ganassi, and claimed the bounty. After Kyle Busch won six consecutive NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series races over a two-season span, driver Kevin Harvick and series sponsor Camping World Holdings placed a $ 100,000 bounty to a full-time Cup Series driver that defeats Busch in one of the remaining four races Busch
518-464: A bounty, then desert. Another bounty system was used in New South Wales to increase the number of immigrants from 1832. Bounties were sometimes paid as rewards for killing Native Americans. In 1862, a farmer received a bounty for shooting Taoyateduta (Little Crow). In 1856, Governor Isaac Stevens put a bounty on the head of Indians from eastern Washington, for ordinary Indians and for
592-581: A chief. A western Washington Indian, Patkanim , chief of the Snohomish , obligingly provided a great many heads, until the territorial auditor put a stop to the practice due to the dubious origins of the deceased. In Australia in 1824, a bounty of 500 acres (200 ha) of land was offered for capturing alive the Wiradjuri warrior Windradyne , the leader of the Aboriginal resistance movement in
666-455: A complex Y-shaped hill with several lesser tops, including Stob Coire Sgreamhach (1,072 m) which also has Munro status. One way in to these tops ascends from the Pass of Glen Coe up Coire Gabhail (the "hidden valley") to the ridge. Both Buachaille Etive Beag (958 m) and Buachaille Etive Mòr (1,022 m) also offer opportunities to hillwalkers. Many walkers come to Glen Coe on
740-608: A mockery of Scotland's heritage. Since 2017 Glen Coe has been designated as a national nature reserve (NNR), and is classified as a Category IV protected area by the International Union for Conservation of Nature . Glen Coe is also designated as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and the south side of the glen falls within the Glen Etive and Glen Fyne Special Protection Area (SPA). The scenic beauty of
814-412: A new proclamation reinstated the £100 reward by respecting the original terms. Private parties were also free to offer rewards in addition to rewards by proclamations, then this practice was taken up by governmental departments and local authorities. In 1716, Robert Griffith was indicted for stealing from Thomas Brooks, one silver watch, value £51, and one gold watch, value £18, from Mary Smith. She offered
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#1732772667111888-510: A proclamation, prosecuting or convicting of a highway robber could be worth £140 a head (£100 under proclamation, £40 by statute), £240 for a pair or £420 for a three-person group. These were huge sums at the time when an artisan earned about £20 and a labourer less than £15 per year. Supplementary reward was part of the administration of the law for six years, then with the death of George I , it came to an end. After two years, in February 1728,
962-476: A race track or sanctioning body will establish a bounty on a team. This practice is common on local short tracks, especially if a driver has won three consecutive weeks or more. The bounty often is increased for every race the offending driver or team continues to win, and is claimed upon another driver or team ending that winning streak. After Chip Ganassi Racing won six consecutive Rolex Sports Car Series races, Grand American Road Racing Association established
1036-543: A reward of £15 to anyone who gave information about the robber. The reward was received by Mr. Holder, after he brought Mrs. Smith the silver watch that was stolen. In 1732, Henry Carey offered a reward of 2 guineas for the securing of Richard Marshall, and three more for his conviction. Marshall, together with Mary Horsenail and Amy Mason, were indicted for breaking and entering the house of Mr. Carey in Dorrington-street. They were also indicted for robbery. Marshall
1110-568: A reward) or to be released. In scene II, Peachum gives evidence against another member of his gang, Tom Gagg, in exchange for a reward of £40. Then in scene IV, Mrs. Peachum, Peachum's wife, enters and inquires about Bob Booty, her favorite member of the gang. Peachum will accept a £40 reward for allowing Bob to be hanged. Steve McQueen played bounty hunter Josh Randall in the Western television series Wanted Dead or Alive (1958–1961). The Star Wars universe features many bounty hunters, with
1184-408: A robber or burglar and a pardon was also granted to convicts able to provide evidence against their accomplices. Between 1660 and 1692, Parliament introduced a series of statutes that offered rewards up to £40. Under William III , the rewards became a systematic element in the fight against crime, an alternative to erase the most dangerous threats to the community. The first example of permanent reward
1258-634: A specified contribution. Bounties on the Reward board are provided by the requesting Misplaced Pages user and both monetary and non-monetary rewards are permitted. Misplaced Pages, and other open-source projects, place guidelines on compensation to maintain neutrality and reliability. In poker tournaments, a money bounty is awarded for knocking a player out of the tournament. Some tournaments offer a bounty for any eliminated player, while others offer them only for certain players, usually well-known professional players, sometimes celebrities. In cryptocurrency, bounty campaign
1332-519: A successful eleventh-hour bid, and purchased the remaining lands of Lord Strathcona from his descendants. Alistair received unsecured loans from just six donors, and immediately set up the Glencoe Heritage Trust, a non-profit-making charitable trust, to secure the heritage of this part of Glen Coe. In 2017, NTS took out a trademark on the "Glencoe" name following an attempt to trademark the name of another NTS property ( St Kilda ) by
1406-474: A third party without their knowledge or consent. The Trust stated that it would not prevent local businesses from continuing to use the name; however, they were accused of heavy-handedness when an attempt was made to stop Hilltrek, a company based in Aberdeenshire , from selling a "Glencoe" waterproof jacket. The dispute ended amicably with NTS agreeing to allow Hilltrek to continue to sell the jacket with
1480-416: A threat to the community and the integrity of the penal system. In 1725, Wild was accused of stealing 50 yards (46 m) of lace, valued at £40, from the shop of a blind woman, Catherine Statham. He admitted accepting a reward of 10 guineas from Mrs. Statham for helping her to recover the stolen lace. He was acquitted of the first charge but with Mrs. Statham's evidence presented against him on the second charge he
1554-513: Is a glen of volcanic origins, in the Highlands of Scotland . It lies in the north of the county of Argyll , close to the border with the historic province of Lochaber , within the modern council area of Highland . Glen Coe is regarded as the home of Scottish mountaineering and is popular with hillwalkers and climbers. A 2010 review by Scottish Natural Heritage into the special qualities of Scotland's National scenic areas listed
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#17327726671111628-432: Is a popular marketing tool used widely to support the launch of a new cryptocurrency, new dApp game or a new blockchain platform. In a bounty campaign, participants receive small amounts of cryptocurrency tokens in exchange for providing social media engagement (for instance, tweeting and retweeting) or for creating promotional materials (such as YouTube videos). Often, if a driver or team has won multiple consecutive races,
1702-495: Is eligible to participate. Numerous Cup Series drivers announced plans to enter the $ 100,000 bounty races. On the first race of the four on May 26, 2020, Chase Elliott claimed the bounty in defeating Busch at the North Carolina Education Lottery 200. Harvick and Camping World will donate the bounty to COVID-19 relief efforts. A separate bounty had been planned by Halmar International, a sponsor on
1776-506: Is famous for the quality, and variety of its winter climbing , most of its routes being comparatively easy to access from the main road. Noted climbing venues include Buachaille Etive Mòr (1,018 m), often called simply "The Beuchle", and various routes on the Three Sisters (shoulders of Bidean nam Bian). Other points of interest include the waterfalls at The Study in the Pass of Glen Coe. For adventurous experienced hillwalkers
1850-592: Is marked by a succession of distinct peaks: Buachaille Etive Beag at the eastern end, followed by the Three Sisters , shoulders of the Bidean nam Bian massif which are subdivided by Coire Gabhail and Coire nan Lochan. The name Coire Gabhail ( corrie of the bounty , or hollow of capture ) refers to former times when the corrie was used by members of Clan MacDonald to hide cattle and other livestock, whether their own or stolen from others. The wide flat glen
1924-515: Is to the south-east. The famous Clachaig Inn , a pub much favoured by climbers and hillwalkers, is sited at the bend in the glen about 3 km (1.9 mi) from Glencoe village. A Scottish Youth Hostels Association hostel is sited about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the village, on the way to the inn, close to an independent hostel (Glencoe Independent Hostel) and the Red Squirrel campsite. The Kings House Hotel , lying about 2 km to
1998-519: Is well suited for this purpose since from Glen Coe it appears to be a normal v-shaped glen approached only by a steep narrow gorge. Summits in the Bidean nam Bian massif include Stob Coire Sgreamhach , Stob Coire nan Lochan and Aonach Dubh (the third "sister"). By contrast the north side of the glen is a stark wall of mountain, the Aonach Eagach ridge. The ridge is crossed at the eastern end by
2072-479: The Aonach Eagach offers one of the finest mainland scrambles in Scotland. This extended scramble boasts two of Scotland's trickiest Munro hills, Sgorr nam Fiannaidh (996 m [3,268 ft]) and Meall Dearg (951 m [3,120 ft]). The Aonach Eagach ridge terminates at the Pap of Glencoe (741 m [2,431 ft]). There are also routes on the Bidean nam Bian (1,150 m) massif which forms
2146-473: The Bathurst Wars . A week after the bounty was offered, the word "alive" was dropped from the reward notices, but he was neither captured nor betrayed by his people. Bounties have been offered on animals deemed undesirable by particular governments or corporations. In Tasmania , the thylacine was relentlessly hunted to extinction based on such schemes. Gray wolves , too, were extirpated from much of
2220-728: The Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform told the Scottish Parliament that the Government had no plans to designate new national parks in Scotland and instead planned to focus on the two existing national parks. Glen Coe is a very popular tourist destination, partly because of its scenic qualities and historical associations, partly because it is on the main road north (the A82 ), and also because of its attraction for walkers and climbers. It
2294-567: The Devil's Staircase , an old military road opposite Buachaille Etive Mòr. The western end terminates with the conical Pap of Glencoe ( Sgùrr na Cìche ), above Glencoe village , at the point where the glen opens out to Loch Leven. Other than a few scattered farms, the only settlement in Glen Coe is the village of Glencoe, which lies at the western end of the glen close to Invercoe where the river joins Loch Leven . About 2 km (1.2 mi) to
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2368-514: The Jacobite uprising of 1689, an incident known as the Massacre of Glencoe took place in the glen. Thirty-eight men from Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces who were billeted with them on the grounds that they had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William and Mary . The Glen is named after the River Coe which runs through it. The name of
2442-404: The Jacobite uprising of 1689–92. An estimated thirty-eight members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by government forces billeted with them, with others later alleged to have died of exposure, on the grounds they had not been prompt in pledging allegiance to the new monarchs, William III of England and II of Scotland and Mary II . The Iona cross was erected in 1883 by
2516-638: The James Bond film Skyfall (which was mainly set in Glen Etive ), although the majority of the filming for Bond's Scottish home was in Southern England . There is a folk museum in Glencoe village. Bounty (reward) A bounty is a payment or reward of money to locate, capture or kill an outlaw or a wanted person . Two modern examples of bounties are the ones placed for
2590-550: The Mozilla Foundation offers bounties for security bug hunting. Bounty-driven development is one of the business models for open-source software . Bounties can also be awarded for non-technical contributions, such as for adding relevant information or digital media to a repository. On Misplaced Pages , one of several ways to incentivize users to expand articles is by offering rewards via the Reward board in exchange for
2664-765: The West Highland Way following the old military road over Rannoch Moor which crosses the River Etive at the Kings House Hotel . From there it is about 2 km (1.2 mi) to the head of the glen, then about 2 km into the glen the Way ascends the Devil's Staircase, a steep, boulder-strewn "cut" (352 m high) which is part of the old military road and drove road north across the hills to Kinlochleven . The Glencoe ski centre , also known as
2738-463: The "White Corries", is on the hill of Meall a' Bhuiridh (1,108 m [3,635 ft]) which is on the east side of Glen Etive, outside Glen Coe proper. This centre is popular with locals and is used by many skiers from the Glasgow area as the nearest ski resort at under 80 mi (130 km) from the city centre. It forms part of the "Black Mount" estate, which is based on Loch Tulla which
2812-407: The "soaring, dramatic splendour of Glen Coe", and "the suddenness of the transition between high mountain pass and the lightly wooded strath" as being of note. The review also described the journey through the glen on the main A82 road as "one of the classic Highland journeys". The main settlement is the village of Glencoe located at the foot of the glen. On 13 February 1692, in the aftermath of
2886-591: The Canadian Pacific Railway, owned land near Glencoe and when made a lord, invented the name Strathcona to represent Glencoe. Many places in Canada now bear the name Strathcona after Lord Strathcona. The Pass of Glen Coe was used as the location for "The Bridge of Death" and "The Gorge of Eternal Peril" in filming Monty Python and the Holy Grail , attracting Monty Python pilgrims. Sets for
2960-660: The County Treasurer Ten shillings: which the Constable of each Town (on the sight of the ears of such Woolves being cut off) shall pay out of the next County rate, which the Treasurer shall allow." Since after the Stuart Restoration , criminality was increasing, the dissatisfaction with the penal system led to the implementation of the rewards. £10 were promised to anyone who gave information about
3034-701: The Glen, in accordance with the Scottish outdoor access code and the principles specified by Percy Unna. However, environmental concerns and increasing pollution of the River Coe in the mid-1990s led to a decision to exclude a specific area and prohibit wild camping within that area. The area is to the east of the Clachaig Hotel , from the River Coe to the Aonach Eagach, and east as far as the junction of
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3108-436: The Glencoe name. Hamish MacInnes , veteran of Mount Everest expeditions, climbing consultant for such films as The Eiger Sanction and a mountain rescue pioneer, was a well-known resident of Glencoe. MacInnes developed a new design of mountain rescue stretcher whilst living at Allt-na-reigh cottage near the head of the glen; the cottage later belonged to DJ Jimmy Savile . Following the posthumous revelation that Savile
3182-466: The NTS uncovered further evidence both of the events of the Massacre of Glencoe , and of daily life, subsistence practices and long-distance connections in Glencoe. This site is linked to the settlement of Achnacon, excavated in 2024, by the new Glencoe Greenway Path. Recent work by Lizzie Robertson of the University of Glasgow has explored the creation of soundscapes and audio-installations exploring
3256-593: The Old Military Road and the modern A82. The exclusion has led to improvements being observed in the river and the Clachaig area. Glencoe is supposed to have been the birthplace of Ossian according to John Cameron (1822–1898), a local bard who was also Bard to the Ossianic Society. "In the middle of the vale runs 'the roaring stream of Cona', the mountain of Malmor rises on the south side, and
3330-579: The Scottish Mountaineering Club. It was later found out that most of the money came from the SMC's then chair, Percy Unna. He laid out a number of conditions, known as the "Unna Principles" regarding how the NTS should manage the estate with regard to access and maintaining the wild nature of the land. The building of a visitor centre caused some controversy, as some felt this to be a contravention of Unna's "Principles". The original centre
3404-425: The University of Glasgow, investigated this shieling landscape, and uncovered features including charcoal burning plaftorms, peat cuttings, shieling huts, a whisky stilling site and a chiefly hunting lodge. The hunting lodge site was investigated in 2023 by a University of Glasgow Field School directed by Dr Stewart. In 2024 excavations around the settlement of Achnacon, co-directed by Dr Stewart and Derek Alexander of
3478-402: The area. After the loch the river turns north-west, passing through Glencoe village , before flowing into the sea loch of Loch Leven (a salt-water arm of Loch Linnhe ) at Invercoe. The area to east of Lochan na Fola is often classed as part of Glen Coe (see for example the location of Glencoe ski centre ), but is in fact part of the upper reaches of Glen Etive . The south side of the glen
3552-417: The bed of the River Coe below Loch Achtriochtan. Surrounding the caldera the rocks consists of schist and quartzite with a ring of granite marking the main ring fault. The landscape was further shaped by the processes of glaciation during the last ice ages , ending 10,000 years ago. Habitats within Glen Coe include birch woodland, moorland and peatbogs . The upland parts of the glen are one of
3626-551: The best examples of a subsidence caldera , being the place where this phenomenon was first described. A caldera is a volcanic process in which a circular fault allows a section of crust to sink, leading to magma being forced to the surface at the periphery. This sinking allows layers of rock which would otherwise have been eroded to remain visible, can be seen in Glen Coe most strikingly in Devonian volcanic lavas on Bidean nam Bian, as well as at Sgorr nam Fiannaidh, An t-Sron, and in
3700-507: The best habitats for alpine and sub-alpine plants in Lochaber, due to the underlying geology and range of altitude. Typical plants found on the highest slopes of the glen include lady's mantle , Sibbaldia procumbens and areas of willow scrub and Racomitrium lanuginosum moss-heath. In the lower areas of the glen bog myrtle , cotton grass , butterwort , sundew and bladderwort are to be found. There are areas of wet woodland on
3774-469: The capture of Saddam Hussein and his sons by the United States government and Microsoft 's bounty for computer virus creators. Those who make a living by pursuing bounties are known as bounty hunters . Bounties have also been granted for other actions, such as exports under mercantilism . Written promises of reward for the capture of or information regarding criminals go back to at least
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#17327726671113848-606: The celebrated Dun-Fionn'—'the hill of Fingal' on the north. Several of the names referring either to the heroes of the Fingalian race, or to their general occupation, hunting, are numerous in the district. Sgur-mam-Fiann, 'the mountain of the Fingalians'; Coe, the name of the river is supposed to be the Cona of Ossian; Grianan Dearduil, 'the sunny place of Darthula'; Acha-nan-con, 'the field of the dogs'; Caolas-nan-con, 'the ferry of
3922-573: The complex history, folklore and environment of Glencoe and presenting this to new audiences. These excavations featured in an episode of History Hit, which was launched in November 2024. Most of the Glen is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), whose visitor centre has displays about both the natural and historical significance of the glen. The land was purchased by the National Trust for Scotland in 1935 using money donated by
3996-523: The dogs', and the neighbouring country bear similar traces. Morven is the peculiar name of Fingal's domain; an island in Loch Etive is supposed to be named from Usnoth, the father of Nathos; and Etive itself is named from the deer of its mountains." Ossian's Cave on Bidean nam Bian is traditionally the location of his birth. Sir Donald Smith, high financier and businessman of the Hudson's Bay Company and
4070-474: The east of the head of the glen towards Rannoch Moor, is former a coaching inn , standing on the main route between Ballachulish and Tyndrum (the route of one of William Caulfeild 's military roads ). One can also stay in The Glencoe Inn, located in the heart of Glencoe village. For campers, there are three official campsites in and around the glen. Wild camping is permitted in certain areas of
4144-542: The first-century Roman Empire . Graffiti from Pompeii , a Roman city destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, contained this message: A copper pot went missing from my shop. Anyone who returns it to me will be given 65 bronze coins ( sestertii ). Twenty more will be given for information leading to the capture of the thief. A bounty system was used in the American Civil War as an incentive to increase enlistments. Unscrupulous bounty jumpers would receive
4218-576: The floor of the glen: the woodlands are composed of alder and ash , and also provide a habitat for ground plants such as tufted hair-grass and marsh hawk's-beard . Glen Coe hosts several nationally scarce species of liverworts and mosses. The peaks of the glen are home to snow bunting and ptarmigan , and the area also supports buzzards and golden eagles . The region also has an abundance of Highland midges , Culicoides impunctatus . The Massacre of Glencoe ( Scottish Gaelic : Mort Ghlinne Comhann ) took place on 13 February 1692, following
4292-459: The glen from the east is below the foot of Buachaille Etive Beag just west of Lochan na Fola, from where waters run west to Loch Leven via the River Coe. The river— Ossian 's "dark Cona" —passes over waterfalls at the Pass of Glen Coe before flowing down to the small Loch Achtriochtan. Loch Achtriochtan is Loch Trychardan ( loch of the three friends or relatives) in Timothy Pont 's map of
4366-473: The glen has led to its inclusion in the Ben Nevis and Glen Coe National Scenic Area , being one of 40 such areas in Scotland , which are defined so as to identify areas of exceptional scenery and to ensure their protection from inappropriate development. There have been several proposals for Glen Coe to be included within a national park , mostly recently in 2013. In September 2016 Roseanna Cunningham ,
4440-454: The legal system, recovering their goods by resorting to advertising. Thief-takers were the perfect intermediates between victims and offenders and received a portion of the reward offered. Jonathan Wild , a prominent figure of the underworld, successfully combined thief-taking with the activity of simplifying the return of stolen goods by paying rewards to the thieves. In the early 1720s, he controlled London's underworld, but his activity became
4514-629: The most famous examples being Boba Fett and Din Djarin . Two films directed by Quentin Tarantino , Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight , focus on the stories of bounty hunters in the United States in the mid to late 1800s. The majority of prisoners held in Guantánamo Bay detainment camp were handed over by bounty hunters. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston offered
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#17327726671114588-419: The persons who claimed to have participated in procuring the conviction. As it was written in the legislation of 1692, "...in case any Dispute shall happen to arise between the persons so apprehending any the said Thieves and Robbers touching their right and title to the said Reward that then the said Judge or Justices so respectively certifying as aforesaid shall in and by their said Certificate direct and appoint
4662-528: The present United States by bounty hunters. An example of the legal sanction granted can be found in a Massachusetts Bay Colony law dated May 7, 1662: "This Court doth Order, as an encouragement to persons to destroy Woolves , That henceforth every person killing any Woolf, shall be allowed out of the Treasury of that County where such woolf was slain, Twenty shillings, and by the Town Ten shillings, and by
4736-494: The river may predate the Gaelic language, as its meaning is not known. It is possible that the name stems from an individual personal name, Comhan ( genitive Comhain). The glen is U-shaped , formed by an ice age glacier , about 12.5 kilometres ( 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 mi) long with the floor of the glen being less than 700 metres ( 3 ⁄ 8 mi) wide, narrowing sharply at the "Pass of Glen Coe". The entrance to
4810-538: The said Reward to be paid unto and amongst the Parties claimeing the same in such share and proportions as to the said Judge or Justices shall seem just and reasonable" In the 18th century, the English government episodically offered rewards by proclamation; in 1720, a royal proclamation offered bounties for the unmasking of murderers or highway robbers, sometimes worth as much as £100. When a statutory reward overlapped
4884-538: The state. Victims of theft in London, facilitated by the circulation of newspapers, took advantage of advertising to recover their stolen goods. They offered a reward "with no questions asked". Since prosecutors usually resorted to the legal system, they had to pay for the proceedings at the Old Bailey; though the offender was convicted, they often lost their goods forever. For this reason, prosecutors decided to bypass
4958-830: The third Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , were built near to the bottom of Clachaig Gully, north of the Clachaig Inn ; aerial shots of the glen also appeared in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince . There are some shots of the eastern glen, including Buachaille Etive Mòr in the Bollywood film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai , and in
5032-425: The west, on the southern shore of the loch, is the village of Ballachulish , known in the past for its slate quarries, which have been worked since 1693. Geologically speaking, Glen Coe is the remains of an ancient supervolcano . The caldera forming eruptions took place about 420 million years ago during the Silurian period, and the volcano has long since become extinct. The glen is considered to be one of
5106-625: Was a child abuser there were calls for the cottage to be demolished, although it remains standing but unoccupied as of February 2018. During the 2020s, several companies started offering the title of "Lord" or "Lady" of Glen Coe to anyone interested online. One such company used the Oscars to advertise themselves by giving away titles of land ownership to such celebrities as Billie Eilish , Benedict Cumberbatch and Jessica Chastain . Such titles, however, do not bestow official nobility or land to buyers. One company, which started operating in 2007, has been accused by several Scotland residents of making
5180-415: Was convicted and sentenced to death. The figure of Jonathan Wild inspired the character of Mr. Peachum in The Beggar's Opera , a satirical ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay . Peachum controls a large group of thieves, and is connected to the government and courts. Because of these connections, he can decide whether to allow a captured criminal to be hanged (in that case he receives
5254-414: Was famous for offering mathematical bounties. In economics the term "bounty" has often been used in the sense of a negative tax . In the computer science and open-source community , bounty refers to a reward offered to any person or project willing to solve open problems, for instance, implementing a feature or finding a bug in an open-source software program ( open-source bounty ). For instance,
5328-406: Was in 1692, when £40 (together with the offender's horse, arms, and money) were offered for the discovery and the conviction of offenders who committed serious property crimes – highway robbery, burglary and housebreaking, coining, and other offences. The trial judges became fundamental to the administration of the rewards system because the statutes put them in charge of apportioning the reward among
5402-549: Was later closed, and a new one built further west, down the glen on land not part of the original purchase. The last area of Glen Coe to be owned by the MacDonalds was the area around Invercoe. In 1894, Sir Donald A. Smith (who was later, in August 1897, elevated to the peerage as The 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal ) purchased this area and built a country house , Mount Royal. In 2002, Alistair MacDonald of Glencoe made
5476-451: Was secured by Mr. Parker, that received the 2-guinea reward as promised. Australian bushranger Ned Kelly held the most wanted bounty of the 1800s, for £8000; Ned was wanted dead or alive. In creating incentives to overcome criminality, the rewards system risked overincentivizing. This led to the development of the profession of thief-taker . They were part of the criminal underworld, but they were seen as offering an advantageous service to
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