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941. Hobbies
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Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according to your character and taste - you are lucky because your life becomes more interesting. Hobbies are divided into four large classes : doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things. The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to traveling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest mans hobbies. It is well-know fact that the English are very found of gardening and growing flowers, especially roses. Both grown-ups and children are found of playing different computer games. This is a relatively new hobby but it is becoming more and more popular. Making thing includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, handicrafts and others. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill. Some hobbyists write music or play musical instruments.
942. Hobby - Travekkung
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People on our planet cant live without travel now. Tourism has become a highly developed business. There are express trains, cars and jet-air liners all of that provide you with comfort and security. What choose to make? Its up to you to decide. There is a great varieties of choose available for you. If you travel for pleasure you would like by all means to enjoy picturesque places you are passing through, you would like seeing the places of interest, enjoying to sight seeing of the cities, towns and countries. You will have a good opportunity to enjoy wonderful monuments of cultural and historical places to learn a lot about the history of your country, about the world around us, to visit different countries, to meet people of different nationalities, to learn a lot about their traditions, costumes, culture. In other words you will broaden your mind. Nowadays people travel not only for pleasure but also on business to home and international business is developing. You have to go to other countries to take part in different negotiators, to sigh contacts, to participate in different exhibitions, in order to exhibit the goods of your firm or company. Travelling on business helps you to get more information about achievements of other companies, which will make your own business more successful. There are a lot of means of travelling by sea, by plane, by car, on foot: tastes differ. That is why it is up to you to decide which means of travelling you would prefer. No wonder one of the latest means of travelling is travelling by plane. It combines comfort and speed and you will reach the place of destination very quickly. Before bordering the plane you must register at the airport. You are required to have your baggage weighed. Each passenger is allowed 20 kilograms of baggage free of charge. But if your baggage is heavier you must pay an extra charge. Before the plane takes off the stewardess gives you all the information about the flight the speed and altitude. She asks you to fasten the felts and not to smoke. She will take care of you during the flight and will help you to get comfortable, in your seat. Inside the cabins the air is always fresh and warm. During the flight you can take a nap or a chat, you can, you can read and relax. In some plains you can watch video or listen to the music. When the plane is landing or taking off you have an opportunity to enjoy the wonderful scenery, the magnificent works or pictures and landscapes. While travelling by plane you fly past varies, villages, cities and towns at the sight of which realize how majestic and tremendous is our planet. You enjoy the nature in the riches its splendor. No doubt travelling by air is the most convenient, comfortable and the quietest means of travelling. But there are some disadvantages. If you are airsick the flight may seam a real farther to you. Unfortunately sometimes the flights are delayed because of our unfavorable weather conditions, and one inconvenient more it is the jet-lag, a different between the time you are accustomed to attend the new time.
943. Hobby (Travelling)
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People on our planet cant live without travel now. Tourism has become a highly developed business. There are express trains, cars and jet-air liners all of that provide you with comfort and security. What choose to make? Its up to you to decide. There is a great varieties of choose available for you. If you travel for pleasure you would like by all means to enjoy picturesque places you are passing through, you would like seeing the places of interest, enjoying to sight seeing of the cities, towns and countries. You will have a good opportunity to enjoy wonderful monuments of cultural and historical places to learn a lot about the history of your country, about the world around us, to visit different countries, to meet people of different nationalities, to learn a lot about their traditions, costumes, culture. In other words you will broaden your mind. Nowadays people travel not only for pleasure but also on business to home and international business is developing. You have to go to other countries to take part in different negotiators, to sigh contacts, to participate in different exhibitions, in order to exhibit the goods of your firm or company. Travelling on business helps you to get more information about achievements of other companies, which will make your own business more successful. There are a lot of means of travelling by sea, by plane, by car, on foot: tastes differ. That is why it is up to you to decide which means of travelling you would prefer. No wonder one of the latest means of travelling is travelling by plane. It combines comfort and speed and you will reach the place of destination very quickly. Before bordering the plane you must register at the airport. You are required to have your baggage weighed. Each passenger is allowed 20 kilograms of baggage free of charge. But if your baggage is heavier you must pay an extra charge. Before the plane takes off the stewardess gives you all the information about the flight the speed and altitude. She asks you to fasten the felts and not to smoke. She will take care of you during the flight and will help you to get comfortable, in your seat. Inside the cabins the air is always fresh and warm. During the flight you can take a nap or a chat, you can, you can read and relax. In some plains you can watch video or listen to the music. When the plane is landing or taking off you have an opportunity to enjoy the wonderful scenery, the magnificent works or pictures and landscapes. While travelling by plane you fly past varies, villages, cities and towns at the sight of which realize how majestic and tremendous is our planet. You enjoy the nature in the riches its splendor. No doubt travelling by air is the most convenient, comfortable and the quietest means of travelling. But there are some disadvantages. If you are airsick the flight may seam a real farther to you. Unfortunately sometimes the flights are delayed because of our unfavorable weather conditions, and one inconvenient more it is the jet-lag, a different between the time you are accustomed to attend the new time.
944. Holbein, Hans the Younger
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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543). Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, Hans received his first lessons in art from his father. In 1515 the younger Holbein went to Basel, Switzerland, with his brother, Ambrosius. Among the many scholars living in Basel at that time was the famous Dutch humanist Erasmus, who befriended the young artist and asked him to illustrate his satire, Encomium Moriae (The Praise of Folly). Holbein also illustrated other books, including Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible. In addition he painted pictures and portraits and, like his father, designed stained-glass windows. He also created designs for a series of 41 woodcuts called The Dance of Death.
945. Hole
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При поддержке Кима Гордона из "Sonic youth" Кортни сформировала группу "Hole", в состав которой вошли Каролина Ру (ударные), Джилл Эмери (бас) и Эрик Эрландсон (р. 9 января 1963, Лос-Анджелес, США; гитара). Команда быстренько произвела на свет три прекрасных сингла "Retard Girl", "Dicknail", и "Teenage Whore", исполненных в мрачной сексуальной лирической манере. Благоприятные отзывы британской прессы, в особенности "Melody maker", помогли "Hole" стать одной из наиболее многообещающих новых групп 1991 года. Равно внушительным был дебютный альбом, спродюсированный Доном Флемингом и Кимом Гордоном. "Hole" отправилась в европейское турне вместе с "Mudhoney". Именно на этих концертах Кортни прославилась как первая женщина-музыкант, "крушащая" свою гитару на сцене.
946. Holiday in Russia
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The greatest national holiday in our country is Victory Day. On the 9th of May, 1945, the Soviet Army and its allies completely defeated the German fascists and the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War ended. This year we celebrated the 54th anniversary(ãîäîâùèíà) of this great event. A magnificent memorial on Poklonnaya Gora has been built to commemorate the Victory. Many veterans took part in the military parade and laid wreaths on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. All stood in silence for a minute. Radio and television broadcast popular war songs all day long. A lot of guests from different countries of the world came to Moscow to participate in the celebrations.
947. HOLIDAY New Year
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Most of all I like New Year holidays. Because New Year is a holiday for everyone. People all over the world welcome the New Year at one moment, thats why I think its the most uniting holiday in the world, because in this moment every person can say that he loves everyone. It is truly international holiday. All around the world people celebrate Christmas Holidays, but in Russia we have very few people who truly believe in G-d after 70 years of communism. My last New Year holidays were very nice. Id spent it with my girlfriend and our friends in a country-house in Roshino. We played snowballs all the day long and in the evening everybody began to do his part of preparation work for the celebration. We made a lot of salads, especially “Olivie salad”, my favorite, fry chicken legs with potato. And even it was in a country, at the evening every boy was in a suit and every girl in a beautiful dress. Behind the house was a New Year tree glittering in colored lights and decorations. Some of my friends were waiting for Father Frost to come and give them a present, but I think that they just had drunk too much champagne. Many people consider a New Year to be a family holiday. But most of the young prefer to spend the New Year there own parties. As for me next time I prefer to meet the New Year with my family, because I meet these New Years last times with my friends. I must spend as much time as possible with my family because maybe, in some years, Ill have to leave them to begin my own life and those holidays may be the last.
948. Holidays
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I think I can describe myself as a home-sitting person - Id usually prefer staying at home near the TV set in an armchair than going on a cruise, or hiking, or whatever. But, after I tried jet-ski and windsurfing this summer I have changed my point of work at the holidays. To enjoy the speed of jetski is much more exciting rather than to take a sunbath!
949. Holidays and traditions in english-speaking countries
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One of the most important functions of the Citys eighty-four Livery Companies is the election of London's Lord Mayor at the Guildhall at 12 noon on Michaelmas Day (September 29th). The public are admitted to the ceremony. It provides one of the many impressive and colourful spectacles for which London is famed. The reigning Lord Мауоr and Sheriffs, carrying posies, walk in procession to the Guildhall and take their places on the dais, which is strewn with sweet-smelling herbs. The Recorder announces that the representatives of the Livery Companies have been called together to select two Aldermen for the office of Lord Мауоr of London. From the selected two, the Court of Aldermen will choose one. The Мауоr, Aldermen and other senior officials then withdraw, and the Livery select their two nominations. Usually the choice is unanimous, and the Liverymen all hold up their hands and shout “All!”. The Sergeant-at-Arms takes the mace from the table and, accompanied by the Sheriffs, takes the two names to the Court of Aldermen, who then proceed to select the Mayor Elect. The bells of the City ring out as the Мауоr and the Mayor Elect leave the Guildhall the state coach for the Mansion House.
950. Holidays in Great Britain
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The most popular holiday is Xmas. Every year the people of Norway give the city of London the present. It is a big Xmas tree and it stands in Trufalger square. Central streets are beautifully decorated. Before Xmas groups of singers go from house to house. They collect money for charity and sing carols traditional Xmas songs. Many churches hold a carol serves on the Sunday before Xmas.
951. Holidays in Russia, Britain and the USA
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- Feasts and festivals vary greatly in type. Some of them are religious in character; others have flourished in modern civilisations. Secular modern festivals are often mixed with previous religious festivals. Christmas is the most important religious holiday for Christians. They attend special church services to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. On this day most banks and offices are closed and the workers including government employees have the day off. May Day is a springtime fertility festival that can be traced back to the Great Mother festival of Greco-Roman times. It has become a festival of the labouring class of the world. At the same time May Day commemorates the suppression of the workers in Chicago on May 1, 1886, who were struggling for an eight-hour working day. In 1889 American Labour Unions decided to hold such demonstrations everywhere. This social festival is observed in different countries. St. Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14. It is not an official holiday, but people in many countries celebrate it in a very special manner. They send greeting cards to the people they love. Such cards are called "Valentines". This day is named after a Christian martyr, whose feast day is observed on that day. It is held that Valentine before his execution sent a message of friendship to his prison warden's blind daughter. Nowadays New Year is celebrated at midnight on 31st in many countries. Although certain countries calculate time by other calendars, most countries number their years according to the Gregorian calendar introduced in the 16-th century by Pope Gregory XIII. Although certain countries follow their national calendar, they always remember January 1. New Year's Day is a cultural festival. Bells ring out around the world to welcome New Year.
952. Holidays, Travel and Tourism
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My travel experience would begin in New York, known as one of the world's most modern cities because of its high buildings and its dynamic spirit. From New York I would cross the Atlantic Ocean to England. In London I would explore the British Museum and visit the shops and pubs along King's Road in Chelsea. My next stop would be Amsterdam, an attractive city because of its steep narrow houses and canals lined with trees. Flying on to Copenhagen I would eat Danish open-faced sandwiches and be entertained at night clubs in Tivoli Gardens. Having seen enough cities by this time I would head South to the Italian Riviera. Portofino, a handsome fishing village resembling an opera setting, is one of the most charming vacations sports in Europe. Of course, a serious traveler could not leave Italy without visiting Florence, Venice, Naples and Rome, for all these cities are living museums. Continuing South, I would trace the beginning of Western civilization. I would make stops in Athens and Cario. Certainly a chance to see the pyramids should not be missed. Next, I would fly east to visit the shimmering island of Ceylon. Here, the traveler finds many precious gems for sale, but the brightest jewel of all is Ceylon itself. Leaving this island I would travel to Bangkok, an Oriental city of many charms. Then, like mane other travelers, I would be drawn to Hong Kong, the shopper's paradise.
953. Hollidays
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I think I can describe myself as a home-sitting person - Id usually prefer staying at home near the TV set in an armchair than going on a cruise, or hiking, or whatever. But, after I tried jet-ski and windsurfing this summer I have changed my point of work at the holidays. To enjoy the speed of jetski is much more exciting rather than to take a sunbath!
954. Hollies
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На протяжении следующих четырех лет они без устали бомбардировали чарты своим мелодичным битом и эффектным многоголосием, став самыми продуктивными британскими хитмейкерами после "Beatles". В 1965-м в хит-парадах побывали "Yes I Wil"l (№ 9), "I'm Alive" (№ 1) и "Look Through Any Window" (№ 4); в 1966-м "If I Needed Someone" Джорджа Харрисона была 20-й, за ней последовала "I Can't Let Go" Чипа Тейлора (№ 2). В апреле 1966-го начавший пропускать концерты Хэйдок был уволен. Вакансию занял Берни Калверт (p. 16 сентября 1944, Бернли), еще один коллега Хикса по "Дельфинам". Летом 1966-го "Hollies" издали свой самый известный сингл "Bus Stop" (№ 5). За ним последовали "Stop Stop Stop" (№ 2), "Carrie-Anne" (№ 3) и "Pay You Back With Interest" (№ 28). Весной 1967-го Эллиотт провалялся в больнице, а его место временно занимали Клем Каттини и Дуги Райт. В июле группа сменила свою американскую компанию "Imperial" на "Epic", а в сентябре приступила к записи альбома "Butterfly", инспирированного битловским "Сержантом". С этого времени в рядах "Hollies" начались брожения: психоделическая и экспериментальная "King Midas In Reverse" Нэша и "Dear Eloise" представляли одну грань их возможного развития, а простодушная "Jennifer Eccles" - совсем противоположную. Записанный летом 1968-го концертный альбом так и не был издан. После выхода сборника лучших песен и сингла "Listen To Me" Хикс предложил записать целый альбом песен Боба Дилана. Не согласный с мнением остальных, Нэш тут же объявил о своем уходе, а 8 декабря 1968 года в последний раз вышел на сцену "London Palladium" как участник "Hollies". Той же зимой он начал репетировать со Стивеном Стиллзом и Дэвидом Кросби, что вскоре вылилось в супергруппу "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young".
955. Holy Moses
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Группа "Holy moses" была основана в 1980 году, когда собрались вместе Рэймон Брусслер (бас), Йохен Фундерс (гитара, вокал) и Питер Вондерстейн (ударные). В 1981-м к ним присоединился гитарист Энди Классен. Фундерса было решено разгрузить от обязанностей вокалиста и в конце того же года в команде появилась младшая сестренка Классена Сабина. За ударные к тому времени уселся Пол Линзех. Мало помалу сформировался стиль "Holy moses" жесткий трэш с дьявольским вокалом Сабины, который сами музыканты характеризовали как "голос из преисподней". Компания записала несколько демок - "Satan's Angel" (1981), "Walpurgisnight" (1984) и "The Bitch" (1985), являющиеся сейчас предметом гордости коллекционеров. Популярность группы довольно быстро росла и после серии концертов в Германии и Бельгии "Holy moses" получили контракт с леблом "Aaarrg Records", на котором вышел дебютный альбом группы, "Queen Of Siam".
956. Holy Terror
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Стояло жаркое лето 1985 года, когда гитарист Курт Килферт (в другой транскрипции Колферт) решил покинуть ряды "Agent steel". Последней каплей, подвигнувшей его на этот шаг, стала потасовка на концерте в Сан Педро, где "Агенты" выступали вместе с "Abattoir". Уйдя из "Steel", Курт буквально сразу же задумал основать собственный проект под названием "Holy terror" (на американском сленге так называют трудных подростков). Первым кандидатом в группу стал ударник Джек Шварц, которого недавно выставили из "Dark angel". Второго музыканта, бас-гитариста Флойда Фланери, Килферт выдернул из "Thrust", чикагской банды, перебазировавшейся в поисках лучшей жизни в Лос-Анджелес.
957. Home Recording или этапы большого пути
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Всеобщая капитализация отношений неизбежно затронула и музыкальную сферу. То, для чего раньше требовался талант, трудолюбие, оригинальность и немного везения, остальное делал никем не управляемый и ничем не регламентируемый подпольный "магиздат", сейчас имеет конкретные расценки в твердой валюте. Музыка стала элементом шоу-бизнеса, монопольное положение в котором занимает ряд столичных продюсерских центров, которые и зарабатывают на нем баснословные деньги. В результате мы можем наблюдать безрадостную картину. На радио и телевидении мелькают одни и те же персонажи, продюсируемые упомянутыми центрами, для которых пишут песни одни и те же шоу-ремесленники композиторы и поэты-песенники. В качестве молодых дарований выступают невесть откуда взявшиеся мальчики и девочки с кошачьими кличками вместо имен, которые ничего не умеют, кроме выпендрежа и открывания рта под фанеру, записанную теми же ремесленниками. Где и по каким критериям отбирают этих кандидатов в звезды российского шоу-бизнеса упомянутые продюсеры, известно только Богу, да им самим. Прилавки магазинов завалены аудиопродукцией тех же поп-идолов, выпущенных теми же шоу-бизнесменами. Русский рок, являвшийся духовным стержнем поколений семидесятых-восьмидесятых годов в 90-х вообще перестал существовать, как явление и ушел в еще большее подполье, чем при социализме. Между тем, наша рок-музыка, при общей музыкальной вторичности, выгодно отличалась от западных образцов тем, что была более смысловой, социальной, заставляла думать и сопереживать. Наши новоявленные шоу-бизнесмены сделали то, чего так и не смогли добиться коммунистические идеологи отечественная популярная музыка перестала быть авторской, самобытной, народной по своему происхождению и стала глупенько-беспроблемной, чисто развлекательной, не лишенной, правда, профессионального лоска этаким фирменным средством для промывания мозгов. Попсой проще говоря. Герои рок-н-ролла 80-х тихо отошли в тень и почивают на лаврах. Кто-то эмигрировал, кто-то занялся международным туризмом или кулинарией, кто-то перешел в иное измерение, объявив себя "виртуальной группой", и лишь некоторые продолжают играть старый добрый рок, одиноко возвышаясь среди моря буйно цветущей попсы, напоминая памятники самим себе. Устояли против этого натиска безликости одни лишь барды. Действительно - авторскую песню на поток не поставишь.
958. Hopper, Edward
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Edward Hopper has something of the lonely gravity peculiar to Thomas Eakins, a courageous fidelity to life as he feels it to be. He also shares Winslow Homer's power to recall the feel of things. For Hopper, this feel is insistently low-key and ruminative. He shows the modern world unflinchingly; even its gaieties are gently mournful, echoing the disillusionment that swept across the country after the start of the Great Depression in 1929. Cape Cod Evening (1939; 77 x 102 cm (30 1/4 x 40 in)) should be idyllic, and in a way it is. The couple enjoy the evening sunshine outside their home, yet they are a couple only technically and the enjoyment is wholly passive as both are isolated and introspective in their reveries. Their house is closed to intimacy, the door firmly shut and the windows covered. The dog is the only alert creature, but even it turns away from the house. The thick, sinister trees tap on the window panes, but there will be no answer.
959. Hot Tuna
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В 1970 году к дуэту присоединился Вилл Скарлет (гармоника), кроме того, ребятам периодически помогали Мартин Бэйлин и Спенсер Драйден. В этом же году вышел дебютный альбом "Hot tuna", записанный в Новом Орлеане. На диске звучал традиционный рэгтайм-блюз. На следующий год на свет появилась пластинка "First Pull Up, Then Pull Down", сделанная в более роковом звучании. К моменту выхода их второго альбома они уже были квинтетом, в который еще вошли легендарный скрипач Папа Джон Крич и Сэмми Пьяцца (ударные). Перед выходом третьего диска, "Burgers", еще более жестко звучавшего, команду покинул Скарлет. К 1973 году, когда появился "Phosphorescent rat", Кэсэди и Кауконен официально расстались с "Jefferson airplane". Папа Джон Крич наоборот решил остаться только в "Аэроплане".
960. House of Lords
Доклад пополнение в коллекции 12.01.2009

Саунд пластинки стал немного потяжелее по сравнению с предыдущей группой, но в основном это был тот же мелодик-рок с упором на клавишные. В принципе альбом публика встретила неплохо, а вот отсутствие должного промоушена все же сказалось на продажах. В начале 1989-го состоялись только два небольших тура (один американский с "Cheap trick" и один британский со "Scorpions"), чем дело и ограничилось. На этом фоне в коллективе начались разногласия, коснувшиеся в основном Грега и Лэнни. Эти распри привели к уходу гитариста, а на его место был взят некто Майкл Гай. Несмотря на то, что фото Гая попало на обложку второго альбома "House of lords", гитарные партии были исполнены не только им, а еще и приглашенными Дугом Олдричем, Крисом Импеллиттери, Мэнди Мэйером и Риком Нильсеном.

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