lunedì 11 novembre 2013

THE ROYAL FAMILY.

The British Royal Family is the family group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Members of the Royal Family can be known both by the name of the Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same. And often they do not use a surname at all.Before 1917, members of the British Royal Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged. Kings and princes were historically known by the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled. Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day. The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family or when succession passed to a different family branch through females. The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. It remains the family name of the current Royal Family.  The family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the First World War. The Royal Family name of Windsor was confirmed by The Queen after her accession in 1952. After 1917, members of the Royal Family belong, either by birth or marriage, to the House of Windsor. Senior titled members of the royal family do not usually use a surname, although since 1960 Mountbatten-Windsor (incorporating Prince Philip's adopted surname of Mountbatten) has been prescribed as a surname for Queen Elizabeth II's direct descendants who do not have royal styles and titles, and has also sometimes been used when required for those who do have such titles.




GEORGE ALEXANDER LOUIS 
Prince George of Cambridge was born 22 July 2013 and he is the only child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of CambridgeHe is the grandson of Prince Charles of Wales and  the great-grandson of the British monarch Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip.Therefore, it is the third in line of succession to the British throne and thrones of sixteen independent realms of the Commonwealth of Nations , after his grandfather and father . Is Prince "Cambridge" by the title of his father who is Duke of Cambridge . The names chosen are several members of the royal family : George by King George VI , father of Isabel II , Alexander is the masculine form of Alexandra , the second name of Queen Elizabeth II , and Louis by Louis Mountbatten , uncle of Felipe Edinburgh. His baptism took place in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace on 23 October 2013.




(Prince William and his wife Kate, with their son)


lunedì 28 ottobre 2013

GHOST IN THE BEDROOM.

 The neighborhood was shaded by the many trees that lined the  old brick homes on the street. Except for the occasional laughter of kids playing outside, my house was quiet.   It was in the fall of 1996.  My two small children and I had moved in and had settled in an old part of Dallas. The school where I taught was only a few blocks away.  One of my students lived down the block.  He was an only child. Once he knew where I lived, he came by often to play with my kids.  
One Saturday, my children were out with their father when Eddie came over.  I let him in and although he knew my kids were out, he chose to hang around.He followed me down the hallway as I picked up after my children.  Eddie trotted at my heels as I collected  laundry.  I walked into my bedroom dropped the clothes in a hamper and reached for my hair brush sitting on the antique dresser.  I offered to take Eddie to the lake to feed the ducks.   His eyes lit up at the suggestion.  I chatted with him as I brushed my hair.  I couldn't help notice he kept looking behind me.  His eyes would look away at something and then back at me.  I didn't think much about it at the time.  I thought he was acting like a normal 10 year old.  
We drove to Bachman lake.  I had bought some fried chicken on the way to the lake and we ate on a nearby picnic table.  Eddie seemed to be distracted.  He was unusually quiet.  Finally he spoke up.  "Ms. T can I tell you something?" "Sure.  What is it Eddie?"
"Well, when we were inside your house...... I ..ah...I .saw something."  I looked at him.  I never told him about the strange sounds, and the paranormal activity that had been going on since I moved in that house. 
" Remember when you were in your bedroom brushing your hair?.......he continued. " Well, there was someone behind you."  My skin went cold.  " What do you mean?" I asked.  " I saw a little boy kneeling on the floor playing."   He....he...was see through.....I...I could see right through him."  Eddie looked serious and a little shook up.  "What was he playing?' I asked.
" He was stacking toy blocks on top of each other." I asked Eddie to describe the little boy.  He went into detail about his suspenders and haircut with bangs.  He even mentioned that the blocks were made of wood.  "Did he look at you?...Did he look at me? I asked.  "No....he just kept playing with his blocks.  I saw him for only a few seconds and then he disappeared." I had not told anyone  that my daughter Karen had seem a little boy ghost sleeping in Jimmy's bunk bed just a few months earlier.    His description seemed to fit the little boy  karen had seen in  September, the night of Jimmy's birthday.   The House off Greenville was my home for a few years and while I lived there, many people who visited experienced unexplainable events.


lunedì 3 giugno 2013

Celts

The Celts were a people coming from the Northern Europe and they spoke a vaguely common language. They were nomad hunters and farmers and they had red hair, blue eyes; they also were tall and sometimes they tattoed their bodies with colorful tattoes. They wore coloured shirts, with trousers called bracae, that were heavy in winter and light in summer. The Celts lived on hile tops in round huts and they would light a fire in the middle of them for cooking and heating. In addition there was a hole in the roof to let the smoke go out (from the fire). The Celts woeship nature and they believed in many gods, but the most important were Sucellos, the sky god, and Nodens, who made clouds and rain. Their traditions were orally transmitted throuh the years by Druids.

lunedì 28 gennaio 2013

Guess

Guess is an American clothing line brand. Guess also markets other fashion accessories besides clothes, such as watches, jewelry and perfumes.
They began advertising in 1982, then later they introduced their iconic black-and-white ads in 1985. The ads have won numerous Clio Awards. Their fashion models have included a number of supermodels, such as Claudia Schiffer, Letitia Casta and Eva Herzigova. In the 1985 Robert Zemeckis movie, Back to the future, Michael J. Fox in the film, wore distinctive Guess denim clothing, reportedly designed specifically for the film.

venerdì 18 gennaio 2013

Coca-cola

Coca-Cola is a carrbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atalanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944). Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.
The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world. The bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute and merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores and vending machines. Such bottlers include Coca-Cola Enterprises, which is the largest single Coca-Cola bottler in North America and western Europe. The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for soda fountains to major restaurants and food service distributors.
The Coca-Cola Company has, on occasion, introduced other cola drinks under the Coke brand name. The most common of these is Diet Coke, with others including Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free, Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special versions with lemon, lime or coffee.