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Amy Jade Winehouse, born on September 14, 1983 in northern London, started out with music early in her life. Her parents, Mitch and Janis Winehouse, usually listened to musicians such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Dinah Washington. According to her father, he would sing Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon” with her. This early exposure to jazz music from her parents, as well as her uncles being jazz musicians, influenced her to pursue ways to practice her singing. As a teenager, Winehouse started listening to American R&B and hip-hop, with TLC and Salt-N-Pepa being very influential in her forming a small rap group, Sweet ‘n Sour. She also applied to Sylvia Young Theatre School to further her singing, but she was later expelled for the reasons of “not applying herself” and for getting a nose piercing.…

Amy Adams is an American celebrity and Actress. Her full name is Amy Lou Adams, and she was born on August 20th, 1974. She has become quite popular, especially over the last 10 years or so. Here is the first half of our list of interesting facts about the star. Come back soon for part two. Number Fourteen: Amy Adams is Not Originally American She was actually born in Italy, on a U.S. military base. She is a middle child, with four brothers and two sisters. The family ended up living in…

Tucked away in the suburbs of the hectic, bustling city of London lies a hotel that truly surprised me in all of the right ways. Even before arriving at the Best Western Palm Hotel I have to say I was skeptical. When booking the location for the first half of my European vacation, I never imagined that a Best Western would even be an option. While the brand is well known and even respected as a budget hotel dotted all over this country, I wasn’t even aware that they had roots overseas. I was…

lower class in the cities of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria. Stead, W.T. 2007. “The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon.” In The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon, edited by Antony E. Simpson, 100-150. Lambertville: The True Bill Press. W.T. Stead was an editor of the Pall Mall Gazette when he published a series of accounts from his investigations into child prostitution in London in 1885. Though he could be seen as biased and controversial at times, his work has been…

Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens which judge the English society and tells us about the social and economic pressures of the 19th century. Hard Times is a Victorian novel and is very realistic. Victorian novels bring about realism in literature. Dickens novels are realistic depiction of Victorian society like class consciousness, rapid urbanization, poverty, child labor etc. Dickens talk about love, aspiration, human passion and Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens…

inspiring stories and the sights to this day, and now armed with the opportunity to find out more for myself, I had my topic in hand.  Research The 19th century was an onerous time in Europe; empires and regimes collapsed like dominos, one after the other. Mass famine, caused by factors as extensive and diverse as severe climate abnormalities to colossal, all-out wars, led to the suffering and death of many. With farmers no longer financially independent, poverty reared its ugly head. The…

On May 20, 1906, officials incorporated Overland Park making it a first class city with a population of 28,085. The city’s origin traces back to 1905 when William B. Strang arrived from New York. His mother lived in Kansas City, and after the floods of 1903 complained of the stench of rotten livestock left dead in the stockyards. He had a friend, George Metcalf who lived southwest of the city who owned land. His mother went to live with Mr. Metcalf and fell in love with the rolling hills and…

2015). Advancements in transport, building material, science and more meant planners could extent the limits of their design and scale of their plans. Therefore planning is heavily influenced by technology and urbanisation and within my academic essay I will outline the pressures and opportunities technology created during the 19th century. By comparing two similar cities, their developments in that time period and discussing what it meant for that cities future. The city I have chosen to…

people lived and work. ‘Erasmus’ program was developed in 1987, allowing students to have benefits of studying 2 years in other countries. In 1989 was the fall of the Berlin Wall. Germany was united after more than 40 years. Communism finally collapsed across central and eastern Europe, what made Europeans closer neighbors (European Union). Talking specifically about England, many of the tensions of the !970s continued in the 1980s. London’s population achieved the lowest point in 1970…

TUCTA SEARCH London England What about this a) town/city and b) this country and c) this institution of learning beckon to you? London England is a “popular destination for expats not only because it has a large population that speaks English, also because it has a strong economy and in close proximity to both the rest of Europe and North America” London would be my pick because I have two brothers and a sister in London I can stay with for free and save money on accommodations. Although I…