Jim Carrey

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey (January 17, 1962) is a Canadian comedian and film actor from Newmarket, Ontario.
Carrey began stand-up comedy in 1979 while under the management of Leatrice Spevack, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario. After becoming a major hit in 1981 he began working at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles where he was soon noticed by comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who signed him to open his tour performances. Carrey soon became interested in film and television, and with comedian Damon Wayans he landed a role in his brothers sketch comedy hit, "In Living Color". In a Hamilton Spectator interview, Carrey said, "If my career in show business hadn't panned out I would probably be working today in Hamilton, Ontario at the Dofasco steel mill."
Some of his awards: Carrey have won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama and an MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance.


Films :
"All in Good Taste"
"Finders Keepers"
"Once Bitten"
"Peggy Sue Got Married"
"The Dead Pool"
"Pink Cadillac"
"Yes Man"
"A Christmas Carol"
"Horton Hears a Who!"

and so on ...





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Carrey ; http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120/bio ; http://www.jimcarrey.com/

Flag of Canada

The National Flag of Canada, also known as the Maple Leaf, is a red flag with a white square in its centre and on white backround there is a red maple leaf.
The official colors appointed to Canada by King George V in 1921. In 1965 it marked the first time a national flag had been officially adopted in Canada to replace the Union Flag. The maple leaf has served as a symbol celebrating the nature of what is now Canada since the 1700. The number of points on the leaf are not representing the ten provinces. The number and arrangement of the points of the maple leaf were chosen after wind tunnel tests showed the current design to be the least blurry.
The first flag known to have flown in Canada was the St George's Cross carried by John Cabot when he reached Newfoundland in 1497. The Royal Union Flag has been used in Canada since 1621.
Ever since the adoption of the Canadian flag in 1965, the Canadian government has sponsored programs to promote it.
National Flag of Canada Day is on 15 February.


Giant Canadian flag in downtown Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Canada ; http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/canadasymbols/a/nationalflag.htm ; http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/FLAGS/ca.html

Ice Hockey In Canada

Ice hockey is a team sport played on ice and skaters use sticks to direct a puck into the opposing team's goal. Fighting is denied in rules. At the professional level in North America fights are unofficially condoned. It is the official national winter sport of Canada and it is VERY popular in there. Ice hockey has been a source of inspiration for numerous films, television episodes and songs in North American popular culture.

All twelve Olympic and 36 IIHF World Women Championships medals have gone to one of those seven countries (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden and the United States), and every gold medal in both competitions has been won by either Canada or the United States. At Olympic Winter Games this year Canada won again :).
There is no doubt that hockey has been played for a long time in Canada and individual clubs were known a long time ago. The first organization actually dealing with the administration of the sport was the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC), which was organized on the 8th of December, 1886.


Women playing hockey at Rideau Hall circa 1890 (earliest known image of women's hockey)


The largest hockey attendance in history was on October 6, 2001, for a game commonly known as the Cold War. Two college hockey rivals, University of Michigan and Michigan State University, opened their season with a game in Michigan State's outdoor football arena, Spartan Stadium. A $500,000 sheet of ice was used, and the temperature was 30 °F (−1 °C). The game drew a record-breaking 74,554 spectators, smashing the previous number of 55,000 attendance during the Sweden vs. Soviet Union game during the world championship in Moscow.

The annual men's Ice Hockey World Championships are more highly regarded by Europeans than North Americans because they coincide with the Stanley Cup playoffs. Canada, the United States, and other countries with large numbers of NHL players have not always been able to field their best possible teams because many of their top players are playing for the Stanley Cup.
Hockey has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1924 (and at the summer games in 1920). Canada has won eight golden medals. Women's hockey has been played at the Olympics since 1998.






http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/57519/la_id/1.htm ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lffkj9Xf8TY

Dick Francis

Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was an Welsh horse racing crime writer and retired jockey.


Francis was born in Pembrokeshire, Wales.He was the son of a jockey(human, who rides horses in horse racing) and stable manager. He left school at 15 without any qualifications, with the intention of becoming a jockey and became a trainer in 1938.
During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force, piloting fighter and bomber aircraft. After leaving the RAF in 1946, Francis became a celebrity in the world of British National Hunt racing. He won over 350 races, becoming champion jockey in the 1953–54 season. From 1953 to 1957 he was jockey to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
Francis wrote more than 40 international bestsellers. His first book was his autobiography The Sport of Queens (1957) which led to him becoming the racing correspondent for London's Sunday Express newspaper, remaining in the job for 16 years.






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Francis

Fagott

A faggot is a kind of meatball. Faggots are a traditional dish in the UK, especially the Midlands of England. It is made from meat off-cuts and offal, especially pork. A faggot is traditionally made from pig's heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together.
The best-known commercial brand is Mr Brain's Faggots, a frozen food product available in Britain, which is made of liver and onions rolled into meatballs and served in a sauce. These faggots differ significantly from the traditional recipe.
A popular dish is "Faggots and Peas". This is a common combination in the Black Country area of the West Midlands, especially so since the 18th century industrialisation onwards, but also for hundreds of years prior. It is still common to see small butchers shops in the area selling Faggots to their own recipe for a cheap price.


Faggots are also known as "ducks" in the Midlands, Yorkshire and Lancashire, often as "savoury ducks". "In Leigh market in 1905 you could buy a savoury duck rolled up in an oatmeal cake."
The dish saw its greatest popularity with the rationing during World War II but has become less popular in recent years. Faggots are usually homemade and are to be found in traditional butchers' shops and market stalls.

Link:
http://www.welshicons.org.uk/html/faggot_and_peas.php




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food)

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was was a British novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Llandaff, Wales on September 13th 1916. His parents were Norwegian. The young Roald loved stories and books. His mother told Roald and his sisters tales about trolls and other mythical Norwegian creatures.
Roald kept a secret diary from the age of eight. "To make sure that none of my sisters got hold of it, I used to put it in a waterproof tin box tied to a branch at the very top of an enormous conker tree in our garden. I knew they couldn't climb up there. Then every day I would go up myself and get it out and sit in the tree and make the entries for the day."
Dahl first attended The Cathedral School, Llandaff. At the age of eight, he and four of his friends were caned by the headmaster after putting a dead rat in a jar of gobstoppers at the local sweet shop, which was owned by a "mean and loathsome" old woman called Mrs Pratchett who would always be forcing them to buy sweets. This was known amongst the five boys as the "Great Mouse Plot of 1924". This was Roald's own idea.
Dahl was very tall, 1.98 m in adult life. He was good at sports, being made captain of the school fives and squash teams, and also playing for the football team. He developed an interest in photography. During his years there, Cadbury, the chocolate company, would occasionally send boxes of new chocolates to the school to be tested by the pupils. Dahl apparently used to dream of inventing a new chocolate bar that would win the praise of Mr Cadbury himself, and this proved the inspiration for him to write his third book for children, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1963) and include references to chocolate in other books for children.
Some of his books: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Gremlins, A Fable for Supermen, The Magic Finger, Fantastic Mr. Fox, James and the Giant Peach, My Uncle Oswald, The Twits, George's Marvellous Medicine, The BFG, The Witches, The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me, Matilda, ...

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Roald Dahl died in November 1990. The anniversary of Dahl's birthday on 13 September is celebrated as "Roald Dahl Day" in Africa and Latin America.




http://www.roalddahl.com/ ; http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=Roald+Dahl ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. In Australia and New Zealand, netball is the most popular sport played by women. The sport shares many similarities with basketball, having been derived from early versions of women's basketball. It developed as a distinct sport in the 1890s in England, from where it spread to other countries. Netball is popular in Commonwealth nations and is predominantly played by women.
Netball was first played in England in 1895 at Madame Österberg's College[3] and soon spread throughout Australia and indeed most British Commonwealth territories.
On the 6th June 1907 an exhibition of "Net Ball" was organised between the "Ladies" and "Gentlemen" of the Regent Street Polytechnic as part of a garden party to celebrate the opening of their sports ground in Chiswick (West London). Poly Netball Club can trace an unbroken heritage back to this match and are therefore seen as the world's oldest netball club.
The ball resembles a basketball but is lighter, smaller, slightly softer in construction, and generally white. There are seven players on each team.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball

Mood Food

The food you eat can have a big effect on your mood and how you feel.
Caffeine is probably the most widely used behaviour modifying drug in the world. We reach for a cup if we are feeling tired and irritable to give us a boost and help us concentrate. Too much caffeine though and we can get symptoms such as anxiety and nervousness.
Obesity and depression are the biggest problems. There’s growing interest, in how food can affect your emotional and mental health. More and more people today are shunning pills and potions to help them feel happy and healthy. One self-help strategy is to change what we eat.


How does food affect our mood?
There are many explanations for why food affects our mood:
1. blood sugar highs and lows can cause changes in mood and energy, and are affected by what we eat;
2. the way we think, feel and behave is affected by brain chemicals. They can be affected by what we’ve eaten;
3. a diet low in vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids can affect mental health. For example, links have been demonstrated between low levels of omega-3 oils and depression.


A FEW TIPS :
Eat foods high in antioxidants to keep your brain young:

•Pomegranates;
•Berries like Blackberries, Blueberries, Goji Berries and Acai Berries;
•Dark Chocolate;
•Teas like Green, White and Rooibos tea;
•Nuts including Brazil nuts, Peanuts and Walnuts.

Also very healthy things to eat: almonds, bananas and kiwifruits.


http://www.moodfoodcompany.co.uk/Healthy-Food-Online-Healthy-food-High-fibre-pomegranates-dark-chocolate-green-tea.html ; http://www.moodfoodcompany.co.uk/About-Moodfood/Online-Health-Food-Healthy-Gluten-Additives-Free-Food-Organic-Fairtrade-Ethical-Snacks.html

Kiwi

Kiwi are flightless birds from New Zealand. The kiwi is also a national symbol of New Zealand. At around the size of a chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size. There are five recognised species.
The largest species is the Great Spotted Kiwi, which is about 45cm high and weighs about 3.3 kg, males about 2.4 kg. It has grey-brown plumage with lighter spots. The female lays just one egg and both parents incubate. Population is over 20,000.
The very small Little Spotted Kiwi, is unable to fight by pigs, stoats and cats, which have led to its extinction on the mainland. About 1350 remain on Kapiti Island. They are about 25cm high and the female weighs 1.3 kg. She lays one egg which is incubated by the male.


Māori (the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand) traditionally believe that kiwi are under the protection of Tane Mahuta, god of the forest. Kiwi feathers are particularly important to Māori, as they are used for kahu-kiwi – ceremonial cloaks.
The name Kiwi ( pronounced [kiːwiː], "kee-wee"), is from the Māori language.






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwis

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch since 1837. Although in use for the many official events and receptions held by The Queen, the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace are open to visitors every year.
Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. The Palace is also the venue for great Royal ceremonies, State Visits and Investitures, all of which are organised by the Royal Household. Although Buckingham Palace is decorated with works of art that form part of the Royal Collection, one of the major art collections in the world today. It is not an art gallery and it is not a museum.
For those who do receive an invitation to Buckingham Palace, the first step across the threshold is into the Grand Hall and up the curving marble stairs of the Grand Staircase. Portraits are still set in the walls, as they were by Queen Victoria.
In the Throne Room The Queen, on very special occasions like Jubilees, receives loyal addresses. Another use of the Throne Room has been for formal wedding photographs. George IV's original palace lacked a large room in which to entertain. Queen Victoria rectified that shortcoming by adding in 1853-5 what was, at the time of its construction, the largest room in London. The Ballroom is the largest multi-purpose room in Buckingham Palace. Four Royal babies - The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Duke of York and Prince William - were all christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Music Room.



http://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/BuckinghamPalace/BuckinghamPalace.aspx

Queen Elizabeth II

Elisabeth was born at 2.40am on 21 April 1926 at 17 Bruton Street in Mayfair, London. She was the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Princess Elizabeth's quiet family life came to an end in 1936, when her grandfather, King George V, died. His eldest son came to the throne as King Edward VIII, but, before the end of the year, King Edward VIII had decided to give up the throne in order to marry the woman he loved, Mrs Wallis Simpson.
Upon his abdication, Princess Elizabeth's father acceded to the throne as King George VI, and in 1937 the two Princesses attended their parents' coronation in Westminster Abbey.Princess Elizabeth was now first in line to the throne.

The queen has been an animal lover since childhood. The most she loves horses. As an owner and breeder of thoroughbreds, she often visits race meetings to watch her horses run. The Queen's horses won races at Royal Ascot on a number of occasions.
There was a notable double on 18 June 1954 when Landau won the Rous Memorial Stakes and a stallion called Aureole won the Hardwicke Stakes, and in 1957 The Queen had four winners during Ascot week. In 1984, 1986 and 1991 Her Majesty made brief private visits to the United States to see stallion stations and stud farms in Kentucky.
Other interests include walking in the countryside and working her Labradors, which were bred at Sandringham. A lesser known interest is Scottish country dancing. Each year during her stay at Balmoral Castle, The Queen gives dances known as Gillies' Balls, for neighbours, estate and Castle staff and members of the local community.
She is also known (at least for me) for her beautiful hats.



http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/Interests/Overview.aspx ; http://www.royal.gov.uk/HMTheQueen/Earlylife/Earlylife.aspx

To be, or not to be – that is the question

William Shakespeare (26. April 1564 - 23. April 1616) was an English poet and playwright. His works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into almost every living language and are performed more often than any other playwright.
He was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later.
By the end of the sixteenth century he wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. He is regarded as the greatest writer in English and he is often called England's national poet.


Shakespeare's grave.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare

Cate Blanchett

Catherine Élise Blanchett (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director. She and her husband Andrew Upton are currently artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company.
She has won a lot of acting awards. Most important awards she has: two SAGs, two Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTAs, an Academy Award, as well the Volpi Cup at 64th Venice International Film Festival.
She came to international attention in the 1998 film Elizabeth. In there she played Elizabeth I of England. She is also well-known for her portrayals of the elf queen Galadriel in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Colonel-Doctor Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator, a role which brought her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Blanchett was born in Melbourne. She is the daughter of June, an Australian property developer and teacher, and Robert Blanchett, a U.S. Navy Petty Officer who later worked as an advertising executive. When Blanchett was 10, she lost her father to a heart attack.
She has a older brother and a younger sister.
Blanchett attended primary school in Melbourne at Ivanhoe East Primary School. For her secondary education, she attended Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School and then Methodist Ladies' College, from which she graduated, where she explored her passion for acting. She studied Economics and Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne before leaving Australia to travel overseas. When she was 18, Blanchett went on a vacation to Egypt. A fellow guest at a hotel in Cairo asked if she wanted to be an extra in a movie, and the next day she found herself in a crowd scene cheering for an American boxer losing to an Egyptian in the film Kaboria, starring the Egyptian actor Ahmad Zaki. She returned to Australia and later moved to Sydney to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1992 and beginning her career in the theatre.

Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains is a mountainous region in New South Wales, Australia. It is starts from 50 kilometres west of Sidney. The area begins on the west side of the Nepean River and and it goes westward as far as Cox's River.
When the Europeans arrived in Australia, the Blue Mountains had already been inhabited for several millennia.
It is mainly consisting sandstone plateau. The area is dissected by gorges up to 760 metres deep. The highest point of the range is 1,190 metres above sea level.
A large part of the Blue Mountains is incorporated into the Greater Blue Mountains Area World Heritage Site.
The Blue Mountains area includes the local government areas of the City of Blue Mountains, the City of Hawkesbury, the City of Lithgow and Oberon.
It is also a tourist attraction. Example The Edge Cinema offers visitors a panoramic view of the Blue Mountains.

Koala

Koala is one of the best known Australian animals.
They have soft, grey or brown fur on their backs and white fur on their stomach. Koalas that live in the south have thicker fur than those in the north because of the cold winters. Koala has a large nose and round ears.
Koalas eat the leaves and young shoots of some kinds of eucalyptus. In Australia there are over 600 species, or kinds, of eucalypts, but koalas only eat about 20 species.
Koalas communicate with each other using a range of noises ranging from one that sounds like a loud snore.
The reason, why koalas are so sleepy, is because eucalyptus leaves are very tough and they use a lot of energy to digest.
Koalas don't often drink water, as they get moisture from eucalyptus leaves.


http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/koalas.htm

George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born in Dublin. He was a son of a civil servant. He had a irregular education. After working in an estate agent's office he moved to London in 1876. There he established himself as a leading music and theatre critic. He also became a prominent member of the Fabian Society.
He started his literary career as a novelist and as a advocate of the new theatre of Ibsen. So he decided to write plays to illustrate his criticism of the English stage. His earliest dramas are called: Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, Widower's Houses and Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, The Man of Destiny.
Other important plays by Shaw are: Caesar and Cleopatra (1901), Androcles and the Lion (1912), Major Barbara (1905), The Doctor's Dilemma (1906), Candida (1898), Pygmalion (1912).
George Bernard Shaw has got the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.



http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1925/shaw-bio.html

Blarney Castle in Ireland

Blarney Castle was built almost six hundred years ago by Cormac MacCarthy. He was one of Ireland’s greatest chieftains.
Over the last few hundred years, millions have visited Blarney. It certainly is one of Ireland’s greatest treasures.
For over 200 years people have joined the pilgrims climbing the steps to kiss the Blarney Stone. The legend tells that kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of eloquence or skill at flattery. The stone was set into a tower of the castle in 1446.
The castle is a popular tourist site, it brings visitors from all over the world to kiss the Stone and tour the castle and its gardens.


Person kissing the Blarney Stone.



http://www.blarneycastle.ie/ ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blarney_Stone ; http://www.blarneycastle.ie/pages/stone

St Patrick`s Day in Ireland

Saint Patrick`s Day celebrates Saint Patrick and people celebrate it on 17th of March. It is a national holiday in Ireland but it is also celebrated in Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, United States, New Zealand and other countries. St. Patrick's Day is a holy day of obligation for catholics in Ireland. It is a first class feast in Ireland.
Saint Patrick was living in c. 387-493. He was a Roman-Briton and Christian missionary who is the most well-known patron saint of Ireland.
When he was about 14 he was captured from Britain by Irish raiders and taken as a slave to Ireland. He lived there for six years before escaping to his family. After entering the Church, he returned to Ireland as an bishop in the north and west of the island. Little is known about the places where he worked.
By the eighth century he had come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.
Legend tells that Patrick was teaching the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock (3-leaved clover) using it to highlight the Christian belief of three divine persons in one God.
St Patrick`s Day colour is green. The color green - because it is the color of spring, Ireland, and the shamrock.
For the St Patrick`s Day the Chicago River is dyed green in every year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Day ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the batting team) take turns hitting against the pitcher of the other team (the fielding team), which tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance via a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for each team constitutes an inning; nine innings make up a professional game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.
Americans played a version of the English game rounders in the early 1800s which they called "Town Ball". In fact, early forms of baseball had a number of names, including "Base Ball", "Goal Ball", "Round Ball", "Fletch-catch", "stool ball", and simply "Base".

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John Adams

John Adams, (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American politician and the second President of the United States (1797–1801).
Adams came to prominence in the early stages of the American Revolution. As a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, he played a leading role in persuading Congress to adopt the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776.
On November 1, 1800, just before the election, Adams arrived in the new Capital City to take up his residence in the White House. On his second evening in its damp, unfinished rooms, he wrote his wife, "Before I end my letter, I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise Men ever rule under this roof."
Adams retired to his farm in Quincy. Here he penned his elaborate letters to Thomas Jefferson. Here on July 4, 1826, he whispered his last words: "Thomas Jefferson survives." But Jefferson had died at Monticello a few hours earlier.


www.vikipeeedia.ee ; www.whitehouse.com

New York City, The Centre Of The World

New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most popular urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment. As host of the United Nations headquarters, it is also an important center for international affairs.
The city's 2008 estimated population exceeds 8.3 million people,and with a land area of 305 square miles (790 km2), New York City is the most densely populated major city in the United States.
Many districts and landmarks in the city have become well-known to outsiders. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange. The city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the twin towers ( now there`s only on of them).
The City is also the home of Broadway theater.
New York is notable among American cities for its high use of mass transit, most of which runs 24 hours per day, and for the overall density and diversity of its population. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36% of its population was born outside the United States.

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Golf

Golf as we know it today originated from a game played on the eastern coast of Scotland in the Kingdom of Fife during the 15th century. Players would hit a pebble around a natural course of sand dunes, rabbit runs and tracks using a stick or primitive club. Some historians believe that Kolven from Holland and Chole from Belgium influenced the game. The latter was introduced into Scotland in 1421. However while these games and countless others are stick and ball games, they are missing that vital ingredient that is unique to golf - the hole. Whatever the argument, there can be no dispute that Scotland gave birth to the game we know as golf today.
There are many famous golf courses in Scotland, including Carnoustie, Gleneagles, Muirfield, Balcomie and Royal Troon.
Many consider golf the most significant of all Scottish inventions. Many golfers travel to Scotland specifically to take a Scottish golf tour and relive the history of golf in Scotland.

www.wikipedia.com ; www.visitscotland.com

Bagpipe Music

The bagpipes are a musical instrument. Bagpipe music is very popular in Scotland. Some people in Ireland and in Northern England also play the bagpipes.
They have a nine note chanter, two tenor drones and a bass drone.
Instrument is used in many places : clan society, army, community, pipe bands and pupils in schools. The Scottish Bagpipes are now found all over the world.
The bagpipe gets its name from its bag and its pipes. The three big pipes are called drones: the largest is the bass drone and the smaller two are tenor drones. The pipe with the holes is the chanter and the shortest pipe is the blowpipe. All of the pipes are attached to the leather bag, which is enclosed within a decorative bag cover.
Bagpipe is one of the most recognized icons of traditional music in the world.
The instrument and it`s art is what turns a loud noise into music.



I LOVE ENGLISH student`s book 4 ; http://www.scotlandsmusic.com/scottish-bagpipe.htm ; http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/

Loch Ness

Loch Ness is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands. Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch. It is one of the most popular holiday destinations in the UK. Loch Ness is best known for the legendary Loch Ness Monster, also known as "Nessie".
Since it was first reported more than 60 years ago, hundreds claim to have witnessed the Loch Ness Monster, while one scientist after another has brought the latest technology to the loch to probe the phenomenon.
Loch Ness has also been the home to many dramatic incidents from more recent history. Aleister Crowley, the infamous occultist, lived at Boleskin House during the early twentieth century. Rumours of black magic ceremonies and secret tunnels still persist to this day.
Around 500 million years ago tremors opened up the crack that is now Loch Ness as the land to the north moved around 65 miles south westerly.
During the last ice age, which ended about 10 to 12 thousand years ago, the whole area was covered in 4 thousand feet of ice. The only land mark would have been Ben Nevis to the south. It was this ice which gauged out the trough that loch ness lies in. Tremors can still be felt around the loch, the last one in December 1997. The hills surrounding the loch are still rising by 1mm per year.

www.vikipeedia.com ; http://www.nessie.co.uk/htm/about_loch_ness/lochnes.html ;
http://www.visitlochness.com/