If you’re an 80’s or 90’s kid‚ there’s a good chance you grew up immersed in the flavorful get-on-your-feet lyrics of Shaggy. A musical pioneer who reshaped the world of reggae‚ he is fairly well known‚ primarily by his songs "Angel" and "It wasn’t me." But have you ever wondered where this unusual artist came from‚ and what his story is? Be sure and check back for part two of this article‚ coming soon! Number Fifteen: His Name Comes from Scooby Doo At birth‚ he was given the name Orville Richard
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For several years‚ many people have wondered how and why the Moai‚ located on Easter Island‚ were carved and erected. There are many different theories about the process of creating these statues‚ and most have components that are not realistic for the real world. There are some theories‚ however‚ that have great possibility to be true. For an argument to be achievable‚ it must be able to work in nature‚ not only on flat land‚ and must be able to be done with the resources provided when the statues
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The Easter Offensive By 1972‚ President Nixon had been in office for four years‚ dealing with the inherited quagmire that was Vietnam. With both sides tiring of the seemingly endless cycle of successes and setbacks‚ the North Vietnamese military decided to mount an invasion into South Vietnam commencing on Good Friday of that year. This was done in order to better their position at the Paris Peace accords‚ which would be closing soon‚ by gaining control of more land and crippling Nixon’s political
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Easter Rising[edit] The struggle for Home Rule‚ along with labour unrest‚ had led to the formation in 1913 of two major nationalist paramilitaries responsible for the Easter Rising: The Irish Citizen Army was established by James Connolly and labour unions‚ to protect strikers from violence during the 1913 Lockout. The Irish Volunteers were created in the same year‚ by the IRB and other nationalists‚ in response to the formation of the Ulster Volunteers‚ a loyalist body pledged to oppose Home
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(Dublin: James Duffy‚ 1991). Ó Buachalla‚ Séamas‚ Pádraig Mac Piarais agus Éire lena linn (Baile Átha Cliath: Mercier‚ 1979). Sisson‚ Elaine‚ Pearse’s Patriots: St Enda’s and the Cult of Boyhood (Cork: Cork University Press‚ 2004). Townshend‚ Charles‚ Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion (London: Penguin‚ 2005) Vaughan‚ W.E.‚ Ireland under the Union 1870-1921: A New History of Ireland VI (United States: Oxford University Press‚ 1989) Walsh‚ Brendan‚ The pedagogy of protest: the educational thought and work
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Easter Island I was born today. My bones quarried at Rano Raraku near the northeast end of my homeland‚ Easter Island. My makers were small‚ with deep tawny skin that gleamed with moisture under the sun as they carved the gentle curves of my body. As I lay among the rock‚ an unmoving piece of stone that stretched across the land to the creatures that constructed me‚ I observed the thriving life around me. I was surrounded by trees‚ some whose unbranched bodies shot into the vibrant sky‚
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“Easter Wings” George Herbert (1593-1633) George Herbert’s poem is a clear example of Visual Poetry. The poem consists of two ten-line stanzas of varying line lengths. It draws much of its power from the appearance of the poem as a shape‚ in this case‚ a pair of wings viewed sideways‚ and sandglasses viewed straight on. These images emphasize the speaker’s desire to rise to heaven to be with the Christian Saviour. The sandglass has a direct connection with the title of the poem. To Christians
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tickle us‚ do we not laugh? If you poison us‚ do we not die?” -William Shakespeare‚ A Merchant in Venice (Act III‚ scene I) After the long barren months‚ Easter and Holi crack the lifeless grip of winter; although one is Roman Catholic (Easter) and the other Hindu (Holi) both holidays demonstrate the same delight in different manners. Easter is a Roman Catholic holiday commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead‚ proving that he is God’s son and‚ if followed‚ will lead his disciples
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opinions. He isn’t just a great figure in world literature but he is a very patriotic poet who truly loved Ireland. I would like to further explore this statement by referring to the following poems: "Lake Isle of Innisfree‚" "The Wild Swans at Coole‚" "Easter 1916‚" "September 1913‚" "An Irish Airman forsees his death" and "Stares Nest by My Window." (Tip: list of the poems you wish to address in the introduction‚ it shows the examiner that you are going to really explore the question and provide evidence
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Kings book How Animals Grieve called “Why Bunnies get Depressed”. She gave great examples of grief in animals such as dogs and cats all the way to birds and dolphins. She also touched on animals grieving the loss of other animals‚ and even animal suicide. It was an incredibly interesting piece of
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