“Welsh rabbit and Welsh rarebit are both Standard English names for a dish of melted cheese and beer served on toast or crackers, presumably so-called as an insult to the impoverished or uncivilized Welsh, who were said to eat it instead of the rabbit meat they lacked; hence Welsh rabbit is almost certainly an ethnic slur. Welsh rarebit is a folk etymology apparently either contrived to avoid offending the Welsh or caused by a misunderstanding of the intended noun, since perhaps some couldn’t see a connection between cheese and rabbits.”

Welsh Rarebit@Bartleby.com
Welsh Rarebit Recipe@Welshcottages.com
Happy St David’s Day! (Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus!)

“. . . for these U-nited States, a-lone among the great powers, have no desire for foreign conquest.Our highest ambition is to be darned well let alone! Our only gen-uine relationship to Europe is in our arduous task of having to try and educate the crass and ignorant masses that Europe has wished onto us up to something like a semblance of American culture and good manners. But, as I explained to you, we must be prepared to defend our shores against all the alien gangs of international racketeers that call themselves ‘governments,’ and that with such feverish envy are always eyeing our inexhaustible mines, our towering forests, our titanic and luxurious cities, our fair and far-flung fields.”

Texto Completo@Project Gutenberg Australia
Sinclair Lewis’s Autobiography@Nobelprize.org
Biography@Wikipedia

“Burke’s fascination with technology and its impact on society led in 1979 to the highly-acclaimed, prize-winning series, Connections, a ten-part science-history series that was filmed in over 19 countries and 150 locations. The program took a series of seemingly unrelated events, people and situations and fit them into a puzzle that helped explain the fundamental process of social and technological change. As Burke notes, “There is always a connection but, if the link has never been made before, nobody knows its there.” When first broadcast in the U.S. on PBS , Connections achieved the highest-ever audience for a documentary series in the United States” Bio@JB Fan Companion

“Iran on Monday fired a rocket into space to mark the opening of its first space centre, triggering swift condemnation from the United States amid continued tensions over the Iranian nuclear drive.

“The space centre, located in the remote desert of western Iran, will be used to launch Iran’s first home-produced satellite “Omid” (Hope) in May or June this year,” officials said.

“We witness today that Iran has taken its first step in space very firmly, precisely and with awareness,” declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he gave the order for the rocket’s launch.”

“The common genet is the most widespread species of genet. They can be found all over Europe and Africa, in the countries of France, Spain, Portugal, Balearic Islands, southwestern Arabian Peninsula, northwestern Africa and in savannas south of the Sahara. Genets are long, lean carnivores with a tail usually at least as long as the body. They appear catlike, except for their longer faces. They usually have a dark spotted or marbling pattern over a cream to buff colored background. Their fur is incredibly soft. They have semi-retractable claws. They are extremely flexible and can enter very small spaces.” Common genet@ADW.org