Nick’s Facts
“In every outthrust headland, in every curving beach, in every grain of sand there is a story of the earth.”- Rachel Carson (1907-1964)-
‘Ballade of the men who were hanged’ by Francois Villon.(1431-1463)-
My brothers who live after us,
Don’t harden your hearts against us too,
If you have mercy now on us,
God may have mercy upon you.
Five, six, you see us, hung out to view.
When the flesh that nourished us well
Is eaten piecemeal, ah, see it swell,
And we, the bones, are dust and gall,
Let no one make fun of our ill,
But pray that God absolves us all.
No need, if we cry out to you, brothers,
To show disdain, if we’re in suspense
For justice’s sake. How few of the others,
Are men equipped with common sense.
Pray for us, now beyond violence,
To the Son of the Virgin Mary,
So of grace to us she’s not chary,
Shields us from Hell’s lightning fall.
We’re dead : the souls let no man harry,
But pray that God absolves us all.
The rain has soaked us, washed us : skies
Of hot suns blacken us, scorch us : crows
And magpies have gouged out our eyes,
Plucked at our beards, and our eyebrows.
.
There’s never a moment’s rest allowed :
Now here, now there, the changing breeze
Swings us, as it wishes, ceaselessly,
Beaks pricking us more than a cobbler’s awl.
So don’t you join our fraternity,
But pray that God absolves us all.
10 Facts for the week-
1. February 2012 – Apple shares reach $500 each-cementing its position as the World’s most valuable company.
2. There was no year zero, 1 B.C. was followed by 1 A.D.
3. Viewing a supernova is rare, however, at any moment in time there is one happening in the known Universe.
4. Pygmalion was the mythical King of Cyprus who sculpted an ivory statue of the goddess Aphrodite and then fell in love with it.
5. The Saffir-Simpson Scale is used to measure the strength of hurricanes. The scale runs from 1 to 5 and the same hurricane can be gauged at different points on it, depending on its current strength.
6. Football-February 2012Zambiawin the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history. In 1993 18 members of the squad were killed in a plane crash.
7. Pearl Jam’s 1992 debut album ‘10’ is so-called because their favorite basketball player, Mookie Blaycock wore the number 10 on his shirt. Pearl Jam was originally called Mookie Blaycock.
8. After the Peloponnesian War 431-404 B.C., in whichSpartadefeatedAthens, neither city-state attained their previous strength, due to war fatigue.
9. British transportation of criminals toAustraliawas ended in 1852 – due to Australian complaints of being used as a dumping ground.
10. If two pieces of metal touch in space, they become permanently welded together.
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