Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox was born on 25 December 1954.She's a Scottish singer and a songwriter.Annie was born in Aberdeen,Scotland.She studied classical music in Royal Academy in London.She began her career as a member of a British pop band The Tourists and later recorded the duo Eurythmics with former bandmate David A. Stewart.The duo came popular internationally in the 80's with singles such as "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and "Here Comes the Rain Again".In the 90's she started her solo career beginning with her debut album Diva which produced the hit singles "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass".Lennox has two daughters with a record producer Uri Fruchtmann.Their first daughter Lola was born in 1990 and second child Tali in 1993.Through her career she has received countless awards including: the prestigious Ivor Novello Award, eight BRITS, including Lifetime Achievement Award, three Grammys, MTV Video Music Awards, a World Music Award, ASCAPs including the Founders Award (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), The Billboard Century Award and an Oscar for her work on Lord Of The Rings.She is a dedicated activist and campaigner.Lennox works with numerous organisations, including Oxfam, Amnesty International, Comic Relief, and Greenpeace.

Here is a good song from her: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbYOgz6Av0g

With Annie Lennox I ended the topic of Scotland.The next theme will be USA.And if anyone doesn't know yet I'm going to do three posts per country.

Thank you for paying attention! :)



Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Lennox
http://www.annielennox.com/

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Hot Toddy

Next I'm going to talk about a Scottish drink called Hot Toddy.The drink is served hot,it's believed that hot toddy will help you cure cold on flu.Hot toddy can also help a person to relax,after a shock or before going to bed.That is accomplished by the alcohol.There are many opinions that where did the drink actually came from.The most known one is that The Hot Toddy came to Britain by India.In India, the juice of certain palm trees was called tari.The juice was made into a dark ,sweet alcoholic drink.The English people in India copied the drink by using spices,fruit and alcohol.
Later they introduced it in Britain.The main alcohol that is used in it is whiskey, but many different types of alcohol are OK.It has long been used as a home medicine.Many of the ingredients in it are cough mixtures and alcohol is used very often.Alcohol absorbes very quickly into the blood stream and is pain relieving.Citrus fruits are used in too.The vitamins in it have a reinforcing effect to your immune system.Some people say that sipping it slowly has a more beneficial, warming effect.Others say that knocking the drink back in one gulp gives a jolt to the system.


Recipe:

1 teaspoon of honey
2 fluid ounces of boiling water
1 1/2 fluid ounces of whiskey
3 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick
1 slice of lemon
1 pinch of ground nutmeg

How to do it:

1. Pour the honey, boiling water, and whiskey into a mug. Spice it with the cloves and cinnamon, and put in the slice of lemon. Let the mixture stand for 5 minutes so the flavors can mingle, then sprinkle with a pinch of nutmeg before serving.

You can find the video here: http://video.about.com/cocktails/How-to-Make-a-Hot-Toddy.htm If you want to make the drink by watching the video.NB!I don't recommend alcoholic drinks to people who are under 18.


See you soon! :)


Sources:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-hot-toddy.htm
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Hot-Toddy/Detail.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_toddy

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Ewan McGregor

Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on 31 March 1971 in Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom.He's a Scottish actor who has had success in mainstream, indie and art house films.At the age of six he attended Sunday school.Although his parents weren't religious, they believed making a wide range of knowledge and experience available to their children.There he had the chance to play in several plays.Ewan was very musical at school, he's got French horn to grade 7 , he also played in a school pipe band as a side drummer.The main subjects that he liked in school were art and music.Ewan wasn't very interested in school.He left Morrison Academy at the age of sixteen in 1987.Next year he left home and decided to move halls of residence in Kirkcaldy. His first role in a film was 1993 it was called Being Human , where he played Alvarez.On 22 July 1995 he married Eve Mavrakis a French production designer.They have two daughters Clara Mathilde and Esther Rose. McGregor has a heart and dagger tattoo of their names on his right arm.In 2006 they adopted Jamiyan a four- year-old girl from Mongolia.Here are some known films, which he has played in: 1999 Star Wars episode 1 :The Phantom Menace where he played Obi-Wan Kenobi, 2001 Moulin Rouge starred there as Christian , 2005 The Island Tom Lincoln, 2006 Miss Potter Norman Warne, 2009 Angels and Demons Camerlengo Patrick McKenna.I think he's best movie which i have seen is Moulin Rouge , you can find the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDw1_yV6ufM.His nominated for Golden Globe and has one emmy.Just recently he participated in Hope For Haiti Now telephon , a global benefit for earthquake relief.



Sources:
http://ewanmcgregor.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewan_McGregor
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000191/

Pictures:
http://littlejunkies.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/ewan-mcgregor.jpg
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