Furnished in the Empire style of 1810-30, the Red Room--one of four state reception rooms in the White House--contains several pieces of furniture from the New York workshop of the French-born cabinetmaker Charles-Honore Lannuier. Benjamin Latrobe's 1803 drawing of the State Floor indicates that the Red Room served as "the President's Antichamber" for the Cabinet Room or President's Library next door. During the Madison Administration the antechamber became the "Yellow Drawing Room" and the scene of Dolley Mad
LITERATURE Literature is set of texts, which have some social account. Text is written for intentiont to be impart to next generation. Today is literary work noting by writ, but i n times, when writ didn´t exist, the literary work was shed as a rumour, and today is known only how someone wrote down it later. And so, these legends and historical facts became to section of literature. Literature has of course many functions: at first it is mainly social function, as education, enjoyment, seconly –economy function - when publisher distri
The USA is a large country with an area of over 9,5 million square kilometres and with a polpulation of 250 million people. It has only two near-by states: Canada in the north and Mexico in the south. Eastern banks are washed by the Atlantic ocean, western banks by the Pacific ocean. There is a Gulf of Mexico in the south-east. Because of its area, the USA is the very various country. It has many mountains - for example Rocky Mountains in the west, Appalachian Mountains in the east and Alaska Range with the highest mountain of the USA - Mt. McK
The offical name is the Slovak Republic. It is a beautiful country situated in the heart of Europe, surrounded by Poland, Czech Republic, Hugary, Austria and the Ukraine. SLovakia has population of about 5 million people and they are mostly Slovaks living together with other minorities. The capital city is Bratislava. The largest part of Slovakia is mountainous. The basic mountain chain is the Carpatians. The highest place in our country is the Gerlachovsky Stit in the High Tatras, lowest place is the level of the River Bodrog. The southern par
Master Paul ranks among the most important European medieval woodcarvers. No one else has left such an extensive work as he. In spite of this he is rather lesser known in the history of art. Paul’s name appeared in literature for the first time in connection with authorship of the Levoca main altar, hardly 130 years ago. Since then we have learnt about him enough though the fire of Levoca´s town archives in 1550, deprived us of much information. First of all, we do know if Paul was born in Levoca or he came to this town later. He may
Fast Fact: James Monroe declared the Americas no longer subject to European colonization. Biography: On New Year's Day, 1825, at the last of his annual White House receptions, President James Monroe made a pleasing impression upon a Virginia lady who shook his hand:
"He is tall and well formed. His dress plain and in the old style... His manner was quiet and dignified. From the frank, honest expression of his eye .. I think he well deserves the encomium passed upon him by the great Jefferson, who said, 'Monroe was s
On the fourth Thursday on November in houses around the USA families get together for a feast or a large meal. Almost all families eat turkey, cranberry soas and also they have a pumpkin pie. This fiest is a part of a special day, the holiday of thanksgiving. In 1620 the P. made difficult trip across the Ocean from England. They came to America in a little ship called Mayflower. There were about 100 people on this shiP. They landed in what is now Massachusetts. The P. had not be allowed to freely practise their religion. They could not have the
Geography The continent of Australia, with the island state of Tasmania, is approximately equal in area to the United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko (7,308 ft.; 2,228 m). The western half of the continent is occupied by a desert plateau that rises into barren, rolling hills near the west coast. It includes the Great Victoria Desert to the south and the Great Sandy Desert to the north. The Great Barrier Reef, extending abou
Fun Fact: Sheep on the White House lawn? A flock of sheep grazed during Woodrow Wilson's term. Their wool was sold to raise money for the Red Cross during World War I. Fast Fact: Woodrow Wilson tried in vain to bring the United States into the League of Nations. Biography: Like Roosevelt before him, Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. "No one but the President," he said, "seems to be expected .. to look out for the general interests of the country." He developed a program of pro
Actor. Born Walter Bruce Willis, on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany. The Willis family moved from a West German military base to the small town of Carneys Point, New Jersey, when Bruce was two years old. He grew up as the oldest of four children in a blue-collar family (his father, David, was a welder). As a teenager, he worked in a DuPont chemical plant. After graduating from high school, Willis attended Montclair (NJ) State College, where he first became interested in acting. He left college and moved to New York City in 1977,
" What? „ shouted Patrick. “Yes, I am pregnant." Mary was kindly smiling and repeated: „Pregnant, we will marry.“ „You mustn't be pregnant,“ said Patrick shook her and added loudly: „Forget the marriage! It would mean the end of my career!“ „But you are Tincle, aren't you?“ „Yes, I am, but I'm only a poor relative, I'm a burden for my rich uncle.“ „So you've lied to me. Oh you...!“ „Could you stop it? Yes, I've lied, but you can see what sort of person you are- you wanted to
Ozone (O3) is a relatively unstable molecule made up of three atoms of oxygen (O). Although it represents only a tiny fraction of the atmosphere, ozone is crucial for life on Earth. Depending on where ozone resides, it can protect or harm life on Earth. Most ozone resides in the stratosphere (a layer of the atmosphere between 10 and 40 km above us), where it acts as a shield to protect Earth's surface from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation. With a weakening of this shield, we would be more susceptible to skin cancer, cata
The living environment not only in towns and villages but also in open areas has been in danger for almost half a century. There are lot of human activities today, aimed at protection of enviroment. All over the world there are people polluting the land, the sea, and the air. The main reason for pollution is waste – something which is no longer needed. It can be yesterday’s newspaper, an old car, dirty bath water, smoke from a factory chimney. Some waste is dangerous because it contains poison. It is toxic waste. There are five billion peop
Biography: In 25 years of political life, Betty Bloomer Ford did not expect to become First Lady. As wife of Representative Gerald R. Ford, she looked forward to his retirement and more time together. In late 1973 his selection as Vice President was a surprise to her. She was just becoming accustomed to their new roles when he became President upon Mr. Nixon's resignation in August 1974. Born Elizabeth Anne Bloomer in Chicago, she grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and graduated from high school there. She studied modern dance at Benningto
: Dignified, tall, and handsome, with clean-shaven chin and side-whiskers, Chester A. Arthur "looked like a President."
The son of a Baptist preacher who had emigrated from northern Ireland, Arthur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, in 1829. He was graduated from Union College in 1848, taught school, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in New York City. Early in the Civil War he served as Quartermaster General of the State of New York. President Grant in 1871 appointed him Collector of the Port of New York. Arthur ef
RUDOLPH VALENTINO Motion picture actor Rudolph Valentino gave movie goers the perfect prototype of the Latin lover. Italian born Valentino came to the United States in 1913 and worked as a gardener before he became a vaudeville dancer. He received his first major film role in 1921 when he was cast in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. From then until his sudden death in 1926, thousands of people flocked to the theatre to see their favorite lover in films such as The Sheik, Blood and Sand and The Eagle.
She was born Dec. 2, 1981, in Kentwood, a small town in Louisiana. Although technically her first public performance was at the age of 4 (when she sang "What Child Is This" at her local church), her professional career began at the ripe old age of 8, when young Britney traveled to Atlanta, Ga., to audition for the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club (MMC). She was ultimately deemed too young for the show, but one of the producers spotted her potential and helped her get an agent in New York. She spent the next three summers in the
Fast Fact: Lyndon B. Johnson worked unceasingly toward a Great Society for the Nation. Biography: "A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative programs in the Nation's history. Maintaining collective security, he carried on the rapidly growing struggle to restrain Communist encroachment in Viet Nam. Johnson was born on August 27, 1908, in central Texas, not far from Johnson Cit
Marihuana is a hallucinogen and it is still the most common illegal drug.
Other Names
Marijuana is also called cannabis sativa, hashish, hashish oil, marijuana, Mary Jane, Acapulco gold, ace, bhang, Colombian, ganja, grass, hemp, Indian, Jamaican, jive, joint, Mexican, Maui wowie, Panama red, Panama gold, pot reefer, ragweed, sativa, sinse, tea, Thai sticks, wee, roach, hash, hash oil, honey oil weed oil. There are more than 100 names used for marijuana, which are used in the USA and Canada.
National Government in PolandPoland was the first country in Central and Eastern Europe to break out of communist rule. This move, soon followed throughout the region, started in early 1989 with discussions, which became known as the "Round Table Negotiations", between the Communist dominated authorities and the opposition. As a result, major agreements were reached, including the legalisation of the Solidarity trade union and an agreement to hold free elections on June 4, 1989.This was the prelude to the development of a new system o