Richard Leacock

Roger waters, band member of Pink Floyd, wrote almost the entire album of “The wall”, one of Pink Floyd’s most popular albums, a top three sellers, with over 23 million records sold. He was the singer, songwriter and bassist for Pink Floyd. David Gilmour wrote the music while he was working on a solo album in 1978. He brought it to “The Wall” album sessions and Waters wrote lyrics for it. Gilmour believed that the song, “ comfortably numb” could be divided into 2 sections: Dark and light.

Pink Floyd, an English psychedelic-rock band founded in 1965, was originally made up of construction students Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright. They originally started performing in London’s underground scene in the late 60s, and under Syd Barrett’s creative leadership they released two charting singles and a successful debut album. In December 1967, the group added David Gilmour as the band’s fifth member following the mental breakdown of Syd Barrett during their support

he was elected as one of the Senators from Massachusetts. Kennedy received the Democratic nomination for the 1960 election upon defeating Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota the Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. He then faced Republican nominee Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Kennedy’s war hero reputation and his photogenic and confident manner on the televised debate helped boost Kennedy to the victory over Nixon. Despite the warnings from the current president Eisenhower citizens were captured by the Camelot

A five-year old boy and his father walk through the American Museum of Natural History in New York (“World Biography”). They explore the exhibits, but one in particular stands out to the child. In front of him stands a Tyrannosaurus rex. The five-year old boy was Stephen Jay Gould. He is quoted saying, “As we stood in front of the beast, a man sneezed; I gulped and prepared to utter my Sherman Yisrael. But the great animal stood immobile in all its bony grandeur, and as we left, I announced that

Landing slots are a big plus from strategic alliances. Currently Virgin Airways are looking for landing slots at London’s main airports to fly to destinations in Asia including Bangalore. Through the potential prospect of joining the Alliance Sir Richard Branson hopes to secure these slots. Alliances enable airlines to offer a more seamless network of flights to customers due to their collaborative efforts. Alliances also have the option to use code sharing which enables consumers to book space on

Analysis of: BUTTON, BUTTON By Richard Matheson The short story is set in the State of New York, in NYC. It can therefore be concluded that the story takes place in an urban environment. We could by argue that the story will make us reflect over some basic human sins or human needs, such as greed, anger, disgust and denial. We are introduced to the protagonist of this story at the beginning. Her name is Norma and she is married to Arthur. It is not clear from the text how long they have been

We have three replicators 1. Genes 2. Memes 3. Fremes (I have called them that). These three replicators are selfish in that they contiuously try to replicate. In the book by Susan Blackmore, it is mentioned that the reason why we cannot stop thinking is because there are too many memes in our memory that can find their place in the brain. Hence, we continuously keep on thinking, but at the cost of higher energy requirements. Indeed, thinking utilizes more brain power which in turn

Started by Sir Richard Branson in 1970, the Virgin group of industries success is in part due to being a learning organization. A learning organization emphasizes or prioritizes certain characteristics that typical organization does not. These can be divided in five

SCOTT D. PAULIN The Idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk in the History and Theory of Film Music ( From early prescriptive writings on film-music practice to recent theoretical considerations of the status of music in cinema, the name of Richard Wagner has recurred with a regularity approaching inevitability. His sheer persistence as a figure in the literature has had a tendency to naturalize his position in the genealogy of cinema, making it difficult to assess the true nature and extent

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of The United States. He was more than just the Commander-in Chief to many. For those who admired him the most, he was not just their role model, he was also their hero. But, he was also the only Catholic to hold the highest office of the land. Many groups, especially the Protestants, were opposed to a Catholic president. They feared that the Vatican somehow would become involved in America’s matters, and the Constitution would be changed to make Catholicism