Is Israel in spring?

Is Israel in spring? Generally speaking there are two seasons in Israel – the Winter and the Summer. Jerusalem also gets quite cold during the winter and usually gets a day or two of snowfall every year. April-May is regarded as Spring, going into the Summer which is June to September. How is winter in […]

How was Brahms influenced by Beethoven?

How was Brahms influenced by Beethoven? Brahms was 21 the first time he heard Beethoven’s “9th Symphony”. He was inspired and began to sketch ideas for his own masterpiece. Robert Schumann was also encouraging him to create “something like” a Beethoven symphony. But Brahms stopped composing and repurposed his sketches into a sonata for two […]

How do you say the word quixotic?

How do you say the word quixotic? “The correct pronunciation is ‘Don Qui-Sh-Otay’, because in the book the character speaks in old Castilian.” By extension, “quixotic” should be pronounced: [kee-sho-tik]. (Or [quiche-ottik], if you prefer.) What is quixotic in Tagalog? Adjective(1) not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic. What is a pejorative statement? A […]

Does Pakistan control Kashmir?

Does Pakistan control Kashmir? India controls approximately 55% of the land area of the region that includes Jammu, the Kashmir Valley, most of Ladakh, the Siachen Glacier, and 70% of its population; Pakistan controls approximately 35% of the land area that includes Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan; and China controls the remaining 20% of the land […]

How did lasagna get so popular?

How did lasagna get so popular? Families couldn’t afford to serve lasagna very often. But a funny thing happened when Neapolitan immigrants–and their lasagna–came to this country during the immigration boom in the early 1900s. “They discovered that meat was cheap and easy to buy,” explains De Mane, the granddaughter of southern Italian immigrants. Is […]

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