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Street Art - Graffiti Art

This kind of art, which is consider like a vandalism, was created in New York, in dark ghettos on the beginning of the year 1980. It was kind of art, which was drawing – spraying on wall of houses, like a decoration. From New York, graffiti goes to Germany – to Berlin. Here were made first basic styles of words. A writers – artists who make graffiti, made these styles. But after some years graffiti became a problem. Graffiti wasn’t now art it was only vandalism, which are respecter streets in cities. Graffiti were spraying on the illega

Slovakia

Slovakia is a country with many interests and rarities which are centralized on the relatively small place. And this is the Slovak primacy. All what its nature, country, its historic memories and single habitations hand, all interests and secrets, they are hidden would-be in a small box. They are treasures which are uncovered particularly people who are able to perceive them with their hearts.
Slovakia is situated in central Europe, it has the significant strategic base in this area. It ranks among small states according to number of inh

Serious world problems

Nowadays, society is in such a situation, when all around communities there are many serious problems, which influence daily life. On every continent in the world there is happening something earnest which causes changes of society and it influences its natural existence. Mostly, the problems are of military, industrial, economic and humanitarian character. These problems mostly demand much energy to solve them. The majority of these problems refers to particular areas which need support of other people very often. There would not have been sol

Marry Todd Lincoln biography

As a girlhood companion remembered her, Mary Todd was vivacious and impulsive, with an interesting personality--but "she now and then could not restrain a witty, sarcastic speech that cut deeper than she intended...." A young lawyer summed her up in 1840: "the very creature of excitement." All of these attributes marked her life, bringing her both happiness and tragedy. Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, pioneer settlers of Kentucky, Mary lost her mother before the age of seven. Her father remarried; and Mary re

Cultural life in our town

Cultural Life in our town is not so rich as in bigger cities. We can go to two cinemas, to the Cultural House, dancing, or we can stay at home and watch television, surf internet, play with computer, listen to the radio or compact disks and read books or magazines. In our town is not the theatre. I like going to comedy to the theatre, but I don´t like tragedies, the opera or the ballet. But If you want to go to the theatre: People usually come dressed up. They take off their coats in the cloakroom, where they can also hire opera glasses. It is

Coming of The Modern Age II

A new faith was steel needed - and G.B. Shaw and H.G. Wells found one in what may be called Liberalism - the belief that man s future lies on earth, not in heaven, and that, with scientific and social progress, and earthly paradise may eventually be truth.
Wells is one of the great figures of modern literature. In some books /Kipps, The History of Mr. Polly/ he borrows Dickens s prose-style, his homour and his love for eccentric novels. The Time Machine, The First Man in the Moon, The War of the Worlds.. all seemed concerned not merely w

Mia Farrow Biography

Film actress, born in Los Angeles, CA. Farrow is the daughter of actress Maureen O'Sullivan and director John Villiers. She made her stage debut off-Broadway in 1963, and had a 2-year role in the TV soap Peyton Place. Her film roles include Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Great Gatsby (1973), and several Woody Allen films, notably The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Husbands and Wives (1992). Later films include Widow's Peak (1994) and Reckless (1995). Farrow was married to singing and acting legend Fr

George W. Bush biography

George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States. Formerly the 46th Governor of the state of Texas, Bush has earned a reputation as a compassionate conservative who shapes policy based on the principles of limited government, personal responsibility, strong families, and local control.

George W. Bush was born July 6, 1946, and grew up in Midland and Houston, Texas. He received a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a Master's of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. He served as an F-102 pi

Ken Kesey One Flew Over The Cuckoo´s Nest

Title:One Flew Over The Cuckoo´s Nest

Author:Ken Kesey was born in 1935. Setting:USA, after the second world war, in the mental home

Main character:Indian Bromden, Randle P McMurphy, Miss Ratched (The Big Nurse) and patients

Story:Indian Bromden lives in the mental home. He pretends that he is deaf and dumb. He has a quite calm life, he sweeps the floor every day. There is a nurse in the ward. Her name´s miss Ratched. She is very strict and evil. Every patient si afraid of her. Randle P. McMurphy is t

The Celts

The Celts were the ancient inhabitants of Northern Europe and the builders of Stonehenge 5000 years ago. Julius Caesar had battled them during his conquest of Gaul. The Romans eventually took most of Britain and the Iberian Peninsula from them as well. At the end of the ancient Roman Empire, the Celts occupied only parts of northwestern France, Ireland, Wales, and parts of Scotland. During the course of the Middle Ages, they strengthened their hold on Scotland and made several attempts to take more of England.

The Irish remained i

Music-project

Concerts,intervievs,bio and everythink ya need



(Papa Roach)
This project is about music and all that belongs to it.
You can find here the latest news in music,cds. I put here some charts I receive it from MTV so I hope
They are realy latest.I put here some bio about bands and
Singers.You can find here pictures and many more
stuff.So lets get started. Charts
This is the latest charts that i find.This chart is from american tv chart series.I try to bring you the chart from Euro

Frances Folsom Cleveland biography

I detest him so much that I don't even think his wife is beautiful." So spoke one of President Grover Cleveland's political foes--the only person, it seems, to deny the loveliness of this notable First Lady, first bride of a President to be married in the White House. She was born in Buffalo, New York, only child of Emma C. Harmon and Oscar Folsom-who became a law partner of Cleveland's. As a devoted family friend Cleveland bought "Frank" her first baby carriage. As administrator of the Folsom estate after his part

Clothing

The French designer Yves Saint Laurent still shocks the world of fashion. he is much copied and extremely successful because he can predict the fashion and he understands the ere and the women of this era. He thinks that fashion is very important because it shows the evolution and the future of civilization. Every ten years there’s a great change in mores and also a change in clothing. It’s very difficult to predict fashion and also it’s difficult to be dressed according to the latest fashion because it’s quite expensive and fashion cha

Generals

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
General MacArthur was a West Point man down to the bone.
He first won acclaim during World War I when he helped organize the famous Rainbow Division.
He became superintendent of West Point in 1919 and modernized the academy's standards.
In 1925 he was promoted to General and in 1930, at the age of 50, he was the youngest man ever to be appointed Chief of Staff.
In July 1941, the retired General was called back to duty to head up the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East to deter Japanese aggr

Woody Allen’s stand-up comedy

Once Woody Allen went to a costume party. He was dressed as a ghost. As he was going to the party in the ghost-costume, a car stopped. There were three other men dressed like ghosts. Woody Allen thought they were going to the same party. They told him they were to pick up the grand dragon. Woody Allen put two and two together and thought it is some man, who was going to the party dressed as a dragon. But another man entered the car dressed as a ghost. There were some ornaments on his costume. Now, Woody Allen realized he was in real trouble. He

Shirley MacLaine Biography

Actress, dancer, writer. Born Shirley MacLean Beaty, on April 24, 1934, in Richmond, Virginia. She and her younger brother, actor Warren Beatty, were raised by their parents Ira and Kathlyn Beaty. After Shirley graduated from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Virginia, she moved to New York City to model, and occasionally landed parts in the chorus lines of Broadway shows. She adopted the professional name MacLaine and got her big break in The Pajama Game (1954), when leading lady Carol Haney broke her leg. As Haney's understudy, Ma

Ronald Reagan biography

Fun Fact: To avoid long encounters with the press, President Ronald Reagan often took reporters' questions with his helicopter roaring in the background. Fast Fact: Ronald Reagan envisioned a smaller Government, a greater America. Biography: At the end of his two terms in office, Ronald Reagan viewed with satisfaction the achievements of his innovative program known as the Reagan Revolution, which aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government. He felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to res

Sydney 2000

Games afterglow to national celebration

Visitors to Australia over the next few months can look forward to an especially hearty Aussie welcome and a lingering touch of magic in the air.

The success of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games has created a spirit of euphoria that's set for a marathon run. The XXVII Olympiad may be over but the party continues.

Athletes called the Olympics "the Games of Smiles". Observers from around the world noted how Australians cheered spontaneously

Australia-Enviroment

Climate
Spending Christmas at the beach or skiing in August may seem strange but the fact is, Australia's seasons are the opposite of the northern hemisphere - summer starts in December, autumn in March, winter in June and spring in September. Due to its size, geographical location and the lack of extensive high mountain ranges Australia has a wide range of climates but generally no extremes. The average temperature ranges from 23-26 degrees Celsius above the Tropic of Capricorn with the southern areas more temperate although subjec

Slovakia

Slovakia is a little landscape in Middle Europe. In Slovakia lives in the neighbourhood of 5,4 million inhabitant on area 49 036 kilometres
square. Slovaks come under Slavic group people. In Slovakia live 85,7% Slovak people. In Slovakia lives also national minorities. The biggest minority – Hungarian - create 10.8% population of
Slovakia that is about 530 000 people. Then here live Ruthenians – 0.3%,
Ukrainians – 0.3%. Czech people create 1% population of Slovakia.
The Head of the state is Slovak president. No

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