Adolf Hitler speech

This is the speech video given by Adolf Hitler at the closing ceremony of Triumph of the Will.

Famous wine quotes

Wine rejoices the heart of man and joy is the mother of all virtues. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wine from long habit has become an indispensable for my health. - Thomas Jefferson

What is better than to sit at the end of the day and drink wine with friends, or substitutes for friends? - James Joyce

If we sip the wine, we find dreams coming upon us out of the imminent night. - DH Lawrence

He who loves not wine, women and song remains a fool his whole life long. - Martin Luther

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of good wine. - St. Thomas Aquinas

Wine is the most civilized thing in the world. - Ernest Hemingway

And water is on the Bishop's board and the Higher Thinker's shrine,
but I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine. - G.K. Chesterton

My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne. - John Maynard Keynes

I cook with wine; sometimes I even add it to the food!! - Anonymous

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. - Benjamin Franklin

Wine improves with age. The older I get, the better I like it. – Anonymous

Compromises are for relationships, not wine. – Sir Robert Scott Caywood

Beer is made by men, wine by God! – Martin Luther


Drinking good wine with good food in good company is one of life's most civilized pleasures. – Michael Broadbent

Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried, with fewer tensions and more tolerance. – Benjamin Franklin

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. – Pope John XXIII

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote many letters to his daughter Indira gandhi in the summer of 1928 when she was in Himalayas at Mussoorie. They were personal letters addressed to a little girl,ten years of age.They were quite informative , telling a child about the world. Some of his letters were on the topics like

* The making of earth
* The first living things
* The early man
* How different races were formed
* The races and languages of mankind
* How Religion began and Division of Labour
* The changes brought about by Agriculture
* The great cities of ancient world
* China and India
* Different classes of people
* Fossils and ruins
* The Ramayana and the Mahabharata

Historic Documents of Freedom

The 15-Day Celebration of Chinese New Year

In china people celebrate their new year for 15 days. The first day is for welcoming the heaven and earth gods. On the first day of the New Year people refrain from eating meat since it is believed that it will ensure long and happy life.

On the second day they pray to their ancestors and all gods. All the dogs are feed and it is believed that the second day of the New Year is the dog’s birthday.

On the third and fifth the sons in laws pay respect to their parents in law.

On the fifth day all people will stay in their home to welcome the god of wealth. This is called as po woo. On this day no one will visit their friends or relatives since it may bring bad luck to both the parties.

From the sixth to the tenth day the Chinese will visit their friends and relatives. They also go to temples to pray for good wealth and health.

Farmers display their produce on the seventh day. On the eight day Fujian people will have reunion dinner with another family and pray to god of heaven at midnight.

People make offerings to the jade emperor on the ninth day.

On the tenth, eleventh and 12th day’s friends and relatives should be invited for dinner.

On the 13th day people will have simple rice congee and mustard greens to clean their system.

14th day is dedicated for the preparation of lantern festival.

15th day is the celebration of the Lantern Festival.

Top 10 HALLOWEEN TIPS

1 - Spookify your computer with a scary screen saver!

2 - Old tree trunks or cut sections of thick limbs make great stands for your Jack O' Lanterns, witches cauldrons and other props. You can sometimes find these at nursery's. You can also check with local firewood providers.

3 - Hollow out mini pumpkins and use as votive candle holders. They are inexpensive and look really great, you can even carve or paint faces in them!

4 - Ask your Halloween party guests to bring a carved pumpkin to the party. Set up a special table to display them all on (this will also enhance your party décor!)

5 - Serve fresh veggies using a hollowed out pumpkin as a bowl. Cut of the top and clean out, leaving the top in a jagged edge design! Use mini pumpkins to hold dips!

6 - Add the effect of lightning to your haunted house, yard haunt or Halloween party with the Lightning Machine from Haunted Creations. This unit realistically simulates the effects of both thunder and lightning! Read all about it in the lighting section at: The Yard Haunter

7 - Use clear food handlers plastic gloves to freeze ice hands to throw in the punch bowl. It will keep it cold and look great!

8 - For an eerie effect, hang glow-in-the-dark bats, skeletons and spiders from the ceilings and trees! Write scary Halloween messages or body outlines on your front walk using colored chalk or washable fluorescent paint. Use a black lights to enhance the effect. Check out the Black Light Magic section of this site.

9 - Treating your kids to a spooky Halloween dinner will make them less likely to eat the candy they collect before you have a chance to check it for them. Check here for some recipes for main dishes using pumpkins!

10 - Create creepy autumn centerpieces by filling vases with dried flowers, brown leaves, and empty branches. Tie a black ribbon bow around each centerpiece.

11 - Add some spider web to your party decorations and haunt, you can find it at most stores selling Halloween products. Just attach to something and pull it out all over!

12 - Use apples for taper candle holders. Choose small, round apples that will sit stable on a flat surface and remove the stems. Cut a small round hole in the top of each apple - deep and wide enough to securely hold a taper candle. Make sure the apples are shaped so that they have a flat bottom, so they won't tip over.

13 - Great party idea, start a circle ghost story! Sit in a circle and start a scary ghost story. Each guest adds on to the story until it reaches a scary ending!

14 - Videotape your Halloween memories! Interview some of your trick-or-treaters, your yard haunt, carved jack-o-lanterns. You'll be glad you did when you sit down to watch it later!

15 - You can find candy companies on line that will add a personalized wrapper to your candy bars! They are relatively inexpensive and make a great treat to hand out at your yard haunt!

Damascus

Damascus is the oldest city in the world. Today it acts as a cultural and religious centre of Levant. There are about 2 million people living in that city. Damascus is located to the southwest of Syria.

The other oldest cities in the world are:

• Byblos in Lebanon dated to 5000 BCE
• Varansi in India dated to 3000 BCE
• Medinat Al-Fayoum in Egypt dated at 4000 BCE
• Gaziantep in Turkey dated to 3650 BCE
• Hebron in Israel is dated at 3500 BCE
• Athens in Greece dates to about 3000 BCE
• Arbil and Kirkuk in Iraq have dates of 2300 and earlier than 3000 BCE
• Adana in Turkey and Jerusalem in Israel were established around 2000 BCE
• Hama in Syria was established before 2000 BCE
• Luxor/Thebes in Egypt also dates to 2000 BCE
• Jaffa, Israel, and Aleppo, Syria are both about 3800 years old.