Bryan Adams

Bryan Guy Adams was born on November 5 1959 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and photographer. Bryan has won many awards and nominations. He is the best Canadian male artist ever, he has sold over 75 million albums and 30 million singles in the world. He plays the vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards and harmonica. Did you know that he is a vegan? Well I didn't. He stands out for animal rights and he even has a charity fund. Bryan believes that an education is the best gift that a child could get. I don't really think so :D. One thing that puts up questions is that nobody has written on the internet that is he married or has he children. For god sakes he is 50 years old. I found out that he seems to be dating :D , well you're 50 years old and still dating? :D. I don't know how reliable the source is but it tells me that he has dated Princess Diana, I'm sorry but, what the hell? Is it even legal :D Despite that I love his music and he seems to be a good and descent guy. I wish that he could come again to Estonia and perform :). And I also hope that you forgive me that this post came a bit long, because it was my last blog entry. Bye! :)
Some of the albums:
* Bryan Adams (1980)
* You Want It You Got It (1981)
* Cuts Like a Knife (1983)
* Reckless (1984)
* Into the Fire (1987)
* Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)
* 18 til I Die (1996)
* On a Day Like Today (1998)
* Room Service (2004)
* 11 (2008)






One of the ex-girlfriends Elle McPherson




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Bobcat

Bobcat is one of the three wild cats found in Canada. In Nova Scotia the population of them is the highest there. They are about 25cm tall and weigh about 9 kg. It has light brown coat, sharp teeth and claws. The Bobcat eats only meat, usually it hunts down birds, rabbits and squirrels. But the most amazing fact is that it can kill a deer. I wouldn't never thought that this little cat can kill a deer, considering that the deer
weighs about 500kg. They are very fast animals and can run up to 50 km/h. Like any other cat it can climb trees and has an exceptional sense of sight and hearing. It hunts after midnight. Amazing is that the Bobcat will put its back feet in the same spot as the front feet whilst hunting, to achieve quieter movement.





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Nickelback

First I would like to say that I've been waiting for this so long, I had the plan to do a post on them, when we were told to do a blog. I love their music and everything that goes with it :). Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. They play many genres such as hard rock, alternative rock, pop rock, post-grunge, alternative metal and heavy metal. They've been active since 1995. They are the successful band in Canada and they have sold over 30 million records in the world. Nickelback is the second best selling band behind The Beatles. The name nickel came from the band member Mike Kroeger, who said to his customers at Starbucks: "Here's your nickel back."

Their albums:
Curb 1996
The State 2000
Silver Side Up 2001
The Long Road 2003
All the Right Reasons 2005
Dark Horse 2008


Band members:

Chad Kroeger
Born on November 15 1974.
Plays the lead vocals and lead guitar.





















Ryan Peake
Born on March 1 1973. Plays the rhythm guitar and backing vocals.





















Mike Kroeger
Born on June 25 1972. Plays the bass guitar.




















Daniel Adair
Born on February 19 1975. Plays the drums and backing vocals.








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Gwîn Betys

In English it means Beetroot Wine. It's a classical Welsh country-style wine. It contains beetroot, sugar and raisins flavoured with spices. I have never heard that they make wine out of beetroot. This is just a little part of they're culture.

Here is what you need:
1,800 g beetroot
1,350 g sugar
1 gallon water
1 lemon
Wine yeast

Recipe:
Wash the beet thoroughly and cut them into slices and cook in the water until mild. Strain the beetroot on to the sugar and stir strongly until all the sugar is dissolved. When cool add the yeast. Cover the bucket and leave for five days stirring regularly.






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Princess of Wales

Diana Frances Spencer was born in 1961 1 July in Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. Diana married to Prince Charles on 29 July in 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral. She picked out a large £30 000 ring consisting of 14 diamonds surrounding a sapphire. It was called a fairytale wedding. She wore a dress with 25 foot train wich cost £9000. On 21 June in 1982 she gave birth to her first son William and on 15 September 1984 they're second son Harry was born. On 28 August in 1996 she divorced with Prince Charles. Diana has also done a lot of Charity work. On 31 August in 1997 she and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris. There are many conspiracy theories that the accident was planned. Diana was buried on an island in Althorp, Northamptonshire, England. She has once said: "I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being queen of this country."

Diana Princess of Wales

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Llyn y Fan Fawr

In Welsh it means the Lake of the small beacon-hill. It is in the eastern border of the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, south Wales. It's near to Llyn y Fan Fawr. The legend is connected with the lake. There a local young man, son of a widow from Blaen Sawdde married to a beautiful girl who came from the lake. But they agreed that he won't hit her three times. For years they were happy and even had their own little family. As time passed by, the man did hit the wife and she went back to the lake and took the cattle with her. But soon she came back the help and instruct her children. Some of the elements relate to the Welsh traditions of the fairies. There are many versions of the legend.




The information was found here You can find the pictures here and here The video is here

Sorry that I didn't put up the slideshow , because I didn't found one. I hope to do it on the next one.

Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe on 7 April 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand. Russell is an actor and a musician. He's career began in the 90's in the Tv series Police Rescue and Romper Stomper. After the success in Australia, he began acting in American films. The first American film was The Quick and the Dead. He won the Academy Award as the Best Actor in 2001 for Gladiator. On his 39th birthday he married an Australian singer and actress Danielle Spencer. They have two sons Charles Spencer born on 21 December 2003 and Tennyson Spencer born on 7 July 2006. He has played in the band called 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts. Russell is also a big Cricket fan. Most of the year he likes to stay in Australia, Russell has a home in Sydney at the end of the Finger Wharf in Woolloomooloo. Some of the films that he has played in: Gladiator, A Good Year, A Beautiful Mind and State of Play.



Here are the trailers of the movies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-B6FsAAvmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvTT29cavKo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_d0Ayjw4o


Sources:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe
Pictures:
http://www.mediaman.com.au/profiles/crowe.jpg
http://veraprima.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/a_good_year-dvd.jpg
http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Russell_Crowe%20-%201.jpg

Hāngi

Hāngi is a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven still used for special occasions. To do that you have to dig a pit in the ground, then heat the stones in the pit with a large fire, place the baskets of food on top of the stones and then cover it up, several hours later lift it up. There are many ways how to do or make a Hāngi. The Hāngi ''experts'' have improved the methods and they've been handed down for generations. The Hāngi is a part of their culture.


Here is the full method how to do a Hāngi: http://www.shelfordfeast.co.uk/hangi.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9eb6JmG7JE



Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%81ngi
http://www.shelfordfeast.co.uk/hangi.html
Pictures:
http://images.travelpod.com/users/nikkiviper/rtw0708.1220133600.hangi-dinner.jpg
http://www.freakystyley.co.nz/Mimiwhangata/images/May06-033.jpg

Kea

Kea is a parrot, who lives in the South Island of New Zealand. Kea is mainly olive-green and has a large narrow curved grey-brown upper beak. It is the only alpine parrot in the world. It mostly eats roots, leaves, berries, nectar, and insects. They live high in the mountains and nest in the forests. They're protected species and there are only 1000-5000 left of them. One of the most interesting facts about the bird is that they are one of the most intelligent bird species in the world. Kea is very curious and playful bird. It can solve logical puzzels. It can grow up to 48cm and weighs about 1kg. Kea eats also sheeps, to store fat for the winter. It's amazing that this little bird can eat an live sheep. They also examine tourists backpacks, boots or even cars and often fly away with smaller objects.



Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea
http://www.newzealandfauna.com/kea.php
Pictures:
http://img.search.com/thumb/5/5f/Kea.jpg/250px-Kea.jpg
http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/40/nestor-notabilis_15995.jpg

King Arthur

King Arthur is a legendary British leader. He lead the defence of Britain against Saxon incomers in the sixth century. Arthur is a mythic figure in Celtic Stories. He is also presented as a military leader, the Dux Bellorum in the Latin chronicles. Later in romance he was a king and an emperor. Nobody really doesn't know if he is a historical figure or not. Arthur also appears as a magical figure of folklore, related with the Welsh Otherworld, Annwn. The legend tells that he was the leader of the Kinghts of the Round Table and owned the sword Excalibur. He developed as a figure of international interest largely through the popularity of Geoffrey of Monmouth's imaginative 12th-century History of the Kings of Britain. In the 21st century, the legend lives on, not only in literature but also in theatre, film, television and comics. In 2004 there was made a film of King Arthur who was played by Clive Owen.


Here is the trailer of the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N6pZX0sDAk


Sources:
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/CAMELOT/arthmenu.htm#bib
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349683/
Pictures:
http://www.uhigh.ilstu.edu/english/arthur/book1/Chapter%2021/king_arthur_3.jpg
http://www.cineclub.de/images/2004/08/king-arthur-p.jpg

English folklore bogyeman

Black Annis also known as Black Agnes. She has blue face, iron claws, taste for human specially for child flesh. She is a hag or a witch. People believe that she haunts in the countryside of Leicestershire, lives in a cave in the Dane Hills and has an oak tree at its entrance. The Black Annis goes out at night looking for children and lambs to eat, then tanning their skins and hanging on the tree. Later she wears them on her waist. It's said that she creates her cave digging a hole into it with her iron claws. In the 18th century the parents were very concerned about their children, so they warned them by telling them that if the don't behave Black Annis will catch them. So you little children out there, better watch out!! I'm totally serious, Black Annis is going to get you and eat you alive!!





Sources:
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/leicestershire/folklore/black-annis.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Annis
Pictures:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8koWwIvAEZXiQ8CJELONHdJmhfebiabV4AcMtRek2eGswv-YJX0iWPetKdEInSATSMG7rZskGN1QdbpUyUoklV4TTdT7ip3Ooq2bCBq2HNh9c_isKQLT1f6HBt_ekFw4V5araQr8cYw/s400/black-annis-4.jpg
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http://sobreleyendas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/blackannis.jpg

A young photographer

Eleanor Hardwick was born in England, Oxford in 1993. She is a young English photographer. Eleanor found photography at the age of twelve. At first she took pictures of collectable Japanese fashion dolls. Later she became interested in portraiture and fashion photography. She is studying for her A-levels and also she is working as a self-employed photographer. Her work embodies the idea of daydreaming the banality and routine of everyday life into something more mystical, playful and beautiful. It's a reflection of a world where surrealism meets realism. Her most well known client is Harper's Bazaar. Her photos were noticed by the site Flickr. Eleanor has once said that photography is her number one passion in life.


Actually I found her randomly from the internet. I'm amazed by her work and achievements considering her young age. She is an inspiration to me, I'd really like to meet her :)

Some of her work:
































To see more of her work visit this site: http://eleanorhardwick.com/ or this site : http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenaah


Sources:
http://eleanorhardwick.com/#bio
http://www.magicalplacesfineart.com/blog/2008/12/an-interview-with-teenage-photographer-eleanor-hardwick/
Pictures:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UMQXiyTc3XQ/SvAm9gkDn_I/AAAAAAAAA3A/w4T1OsaouGE/s400/Eleanor_Hardwick2.jpg
http://www.netzwellen.com/.a/6a00e54ff2481188340105368c39c3970b-400wi
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhje1cfQUxkkk-ycKCNSJTH2zEvSYxjIjDljCheHHF5WNhNh1VMEBoHOC-jz3c72eghHoRk0Skm4r6JqHNWNqKFCnHaI_RIYg6TGPay3UCq7Kk5L8tx58YF5lfbC5xbvcZIvetjOhgEXVk/s400/eleanor-hardwick1.jpg

Red-Bellied Black Snake

The Red-Bellied Black Snake is a venomous species of elapid snake native to eastern Australia. Its venom is capable of causing significant morbidity. It's popular in woodlands, forests and swamplands of eastern Australia. They can grow up to 1.5 meters. It can give birth up to 40 live snakes at one time. The bite is very dangerous and immediately requires medical attention.It has 17 mid-body scale rows. It likes to stay close to dams, streams, billabongs and water. Commonly it's not an aggressive specie. It is active by day and night. It eats frogs, small mammals and reptiles, also they eat each other. Tiger Snake venom is used to treat bites from red-bellied black snakes.




Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-bellied_Black_Snake
http://www.australianfauna.com/redbelliedblacksnake.php
Pictures:
http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/size:large/view:main/562680-4-red-bellied-black-snake-macro.jpg
http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/ArchOLD-6/1136519330

Vegemite

Vegemite is a dark brown Australian food dough made from yeast extract. It's a grease for sandwiches, toast, crumpets, cracker biscuits and filling for pastries such as Cheesymite scroll. You can compare it to British, New Zealand and South African Marmite and to Swiss Cenovis. It is made from used brewers' yeast extract and various vegetable and spice additives. Vegemite is salty, rather bitter and malty. It is smooth and sticky. It hasn't been marketed in other countries. The owner is US food company Kraft Foods. In the United States Vegemite doesn't contain the Kraft logo. Vegemite was invented in 1922 by food technologist Dr. Cyril P. Callister. You can eat vegemite on toasted bread with butter or margarine. It has a lot of B vitamins in it.


For more information about vegemite visit this site: http://www.vegemite.com.au/vegemite/page?PagecRef=1

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite
Pictures:
http://aussiefavourites.com.au/cornershop/images/vegemite175.jpg
http://blog.theavclub.tv/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/vegemite-marmite.jpg
http://jilltxt.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/vegemite_ad_1930_1.jpg

Steve Irwin

Stephen Robert Irwin was born on 22 February 1962 in Essendon, Victoria, Australia and died on 4 September 2006. Nicknamed as "The Crocodile Hunter". His parents Lyn and Bob Irwin owned the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, which was later passed on to Steve. He renamed it in 1992 Australia Zoo. He was an Australian television personality, wildlife expert and conservationist. Stephen became popular by the television program The Crocodile Hunter. Together they co-owned Australia Zoo. In 1992 he married to Terri Raines. They have two children a daughter Bindi Sue Irwin born on 24 July 1998 and a son Robert Clarence Irwin born on 1 December 2003. In 2001 he released his book "The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve . He died after being fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. He has once said "My job, my mission, the reason I've been put on this planet, is to save wildlife."






Here is an interesting video of him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4_mWRnmWEs


Sources:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410455/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin
Pictures:
http://static.squidoo.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens4027532module27093802photo_1239600327steve-irwin-croc-wrestle.jpg
http://im.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/04poster.jpg
http://files.myopera.com/Animal_farm/blog/2006_09_04t013923_450x290_uk_australia_irwin.jpg
http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2006/news/060918a/steve_irwin3.jpg
http://www.yenra.com/steve-irwin/steve-irwin.jpg

Irish tattoos

Many people around the world wear Irish designed tattoos. People often get them to show their legacy. There are many kinds of tattoos such as Irish armbands, Irish clover tattoos, shamrock tattoos and more. It has existed here more than thousands of years. You can find it in stonework, in ancient manuscripts. An Irish Celtic knotwork is older than 400BC. To Irish people the tattoos hold a special meaning. So if you're going to get an Celtic tattoo, it's best to know the tattoo meaning, but sometimes the meaning can be personal. People don't know much about them. Most of the tattoos are inspired by Irish illuminated manuscripts. The Celts started tattooing when their stone and metalwork began.

Knot tattoos are with no end an do beginning, they symbolize the never-ending cycle of death and rebirth.


Celtic butterfly




For more information about Irish and Celtic tattos go to these sites: http://celtic-tattoo.net/default.aspx
http://irish-tattoos.net/default.aspx

Sources:
http://celtic-tattoo.net/default.aspx
http://irish-tattoos.net/default.aspx
Pictures:
http://crazy-tattoo-designs.com/celtic_cross_tattoo_designs.jpg
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/images/dress-up/makeup/fx/tattoo/tribal/celtic-knots.jpg
http://th06.deviantart.net/fs26/300W/i/2008/038/0/1/celtic_butterfly_by_roblfc1892.jpg

The Corrs

The Corrs is a Celtic folk rock band from Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. I actually didn't know that they are an Irish band , maybe because that i didn't hear the celtic or folk sound in it. The band members come from one family. They became famous in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and their support in Celine Dion's tour in 1996 Falling into You. Their father Gerry Corr was a manager of the payroll department of the Irish Electricity Supply Board and their mom Jean Corr was a housewife. The kids grew up in Dundalk. Their parents performed together in a band called Sound Affair. Gerry and Jean had a great influence on their children. The Corrs have been active in many charity acitvities.In 1999 they received a British award for Best International Band. They have selled over 2.7 million albums. For their charity work they got a Order of the British Empire in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II.In 2005 they did their last concert since then they've been passive.
Their albums:
1995 Forgiven not Forgotten
1997 Talk on Corners
2000 In Blue
2001 Best of Corrs ( i have that album, the album contains their very best songs.They have a positive and a good vibe in their songs.)
2004 Borrowed Heaven
2005 Home

Band Members:
Andrea Corr
Born on May 17 1974.Plays
the lead vocals and tin whistle.














Caroline Corr

Born on March 17 1973.Plays the
drums, bodhran, piano and vocals.





Jim Corr

Born on July 31 in 1964. Plays the keyboards, guitar and vocals.










Sharon Corr
Born on March 24 1970.Plays the
violin and vocals.













Sources:
http://www.thecorrswebsite.com/index2.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corrs
Pictures:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00032/corr_32929t.jpg
http://www.sharewallpapers.org/d/348559-2/Caroline+Corr.jpg
http://www.rotherham.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/get-attachment.asp?action=view&attachmentid=36112
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