ellauri064.html on line 199: Ground Control to Major Tom. David Bowien ykköshitti Space Oddity. Bowie-puukko on semmonen iso puukko kun oli sillä aussie jäbällä "that ain't no knife. Now this is a knife." Selvä penismeemi. Was he gay, bisexual or bowie? Kai tätä kaikkea. Gender outlaws are cool. Laulussa on myös ankeampi teema, ja sanoitus on myös vertauskuva huumausaineille. Kappaleessa kuultava lähtölaskenta onkin kuvaus heroiinipiikin ottamisen ja sen vaikutuksen alkamisen väliselle ajalle. Heroiinia on pidetty traumatisoituneiden ja heikosta itsetunnosta kärsineiden henkilöiden huumeena, minkä vuoksi se toimi hyvänä metaforana hylätylle, avaruudessa ajelehtivalle astronautille. Huumeaihe oli Bowielle jokseenkin tuttu, sillä hän oli itse kokeillut heroiinia vuonna 1968.
ellauri078.html on line 297: A Swelling of the Ground – joka näytti maakummulta
ellauri078.html on line 299: The Cornice – in the Ground – ja karniisi maan alla
ellauri108.html on line 145: The term "grounding" is used among Rastas to refer to the establishment of relationships between like-minded practitioners. Groundings often take place in a commune or yard, and are presided over by an elder. The elder is charged with keeping discipline and can ban individuals from attending. The number of participants can range from a handful to several hundred. Activities that take place at groundings include the playing of drums, chanting, the singing of hymns, and the recitation of poetry. Cannabis, known as ganja, is often smoked. Most groundings contain only men, although some Rasta women have established their own all-female grounding circles.
ellauri108.html on line 220: Whereas its membership had previously derived predominantly from poorer sectors of society, in the 1960s Rastafari began attracting support from more privileged groups like students and professional musicians. The foremost group emphasising this approach was the Twelve Tribes of Israel, whose members came to be known as "Uptown Rastas". Among those attracted to Rastafari in this decade were middle-class intellectuals like Leahcim Semaj, who called for the religious community to place greater emphasis on scholarly social theory as a method of achieving change. Although some Jamaican Rastas were critical of him, many came under the influence of the Guyanese black nationalist academic Walter Rodney, who lectured to their community in 1968 before publishing his thoughts as the pamphlet Groundings. Like Rodney, many Jamaican Rastas were influenced by the U.S.-based Black Power movement. After Black Power declined following the deaths of prominent exponents such as Malcolm X, Michael X, and George Jackson, Rastafari filled the vacuum it left for many black youth.
ellauri144.html on line 429: His childhood featured regular summer trips to Llansteffan where his maternal relatives were the sixth generation to farm there. His mother´s family, the Williamses, lived in such farms as Waunfwlchan, Llwyngwyn, Maesgwyn and Penycoed.[17] The memory of Fernhill, a dairy farm owned by his maternal aunt, Ann Jones,[18] is evoked in the 1945 lyrical poem "Fern Hill". Thomas had bronchitis and asthma in childhood and struggled with these throughout his life. Thomas was indulged by his mother and enjoyed being mollycoddled, a trait he carried into adulthood, and he was skilful in gaining attention and sympathy. During his final school years he began writing poetry in notebooks; the first poem, dated 27 April (1930), is entitled "Osiris, come to Isis". In June 1928, Thomas won the school´s mile race, held at St. Helen´s Ground; he carried a newspaper photograph of his victory with him until his death.
ellauri219.html on line 595: oral dissertation titled A Study in the Grounds of Ethical Knowledge: Considered with Reference to Judgments on the Moral Worth of Character.
ellauri370.html on line 66: Thanx to Esther sexing Xerxes, the 300 BC Sleepy Joe, first time since Amalek, the Jews were officially allowed to fight back. Encyclopaedia Britannica describes it as the ultimate Stand Your Ground law: If someone came to mess up a Jew's house or business, the Jew had the right to chase them off (with a sword, slingshot, baseball bats, Uzis, missiles or anything else they had handy).
ellauri378.html on line 298: Dikkon Eberhart is the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning former United States Poet Laureate, Richard Eberhart. Dad’s poetic voice gave me a rhythm, a rhyme, and enriched me with poetic references. My poet father molded me as I sought to know our more prosaic Father. I’ve had a few careers: cab driver, gardener, baker, sales clerk, chef, teacher. I’m married to Channa Eberhart—we’ve past 45 years—who is now a partially retired commercial real estate appraiser with a national specialty in Section Eight housing projects. My dad's best poem The Groundhog is reprinted below.
ellauri378.html on line 300: The Groundhog day (abridged)
xxx/ellauri218.html on line 244: After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Fresh Kills was temporarily re-opened to be used as a sorting ground for roughly one-third of the rubble from Ground Zero. More than 1,600 personal effects were retrieved during this time. About 1.6 million tons of material obtained from Ground Zero was taken to the landfill for sorting.
xxx/ellauri259.html on line 572: Tematikken vil for nogle være velkendt fra filmen Groundhog Day (’En ny dag truer’, 1993) eller muligvis fra Svend Åge Madsens kierkegaardske thriller Lad tiden gå (1986), men hos Solvej Balle tvistes eksperimentet intelligent til »et rationelt delirium« og »en logisk kværnen«, og decideret provokerende er det for læseren at følge, hvordan Tara efterhånden besættes af ønsket om en verden, hvor tiden går, af sin længsel efter at »finde den dør, der fører ud af den attende november«.
xxx/ellauri307.html on line 740: He played squash, sang in the Amherst Glee Club, and was a writing student of visiting novelist Alan Lelchuk (n.h.). [Merkittäviä kriittisiä tutkimuksia Lelchukista ovat olleet Philip Roth Esquiressa, Wilfrid Sheed Book -of-the-Month Club Newsissa, Benjamin DeMott The Atlanticissa, Mordechai Richler Chicago Tribunessa ja Steven Birkets The New Republicissa. Nämä olivat varmaan kaikki juutalaisia, kuten Lechuk izekin. American Mischief "Yksikään kirjailija ei ole kirjoittanut niin tietäen ja kaunopuheisesti lihallisen intohimon seurauksista Massachusettsissa Scarlet Letterin jälkeen." Philip Roth, Esquire. On Home Ground "On Home Ground herättää nuorille lukijoilleen ajankohtaisia kysymyksiä ja tekee sen niin taitavasti. Se saavuttaa niin paljon menestystä kuin baseball-harjoitus ja nostalgia." Juutalaisomisteinen The New York Times Book Review. Lelchuk kirjoittaa valtavan ilolla kuvista, sanoista ja järkähtämättömästä kuolevaisesta erityisyydestä. Naisille, jotka etsivät vastauksia, hän tarjoaa juutalaisia olankohautuxia, epäselvyyttä, joka on omituisen tyydyttävää." Catherine Bateson (juutalaisen Margaret Meadin juutalainen tytärvainaa).] Brown spent the 1985 school year abroad in Seville, Spain, where he was enrolled in an art history course at the University of Seville. Brown graduated from Amherst in 1986.
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