wake up and get up

The difference between wake up and get up is very small. But I thought it would be beneficial to know the exact difference. Wake up is when you wake up from sleep. Get up is when you get out of bed. Usually, when people wake up, they get up. However, sometimes people just stay in bed. In that situation, they couldn't use these two words interchangeably. Here is an example dialog showing the difference.

Person A: 'When did you get up this morning?'
Person B: 'I got up at 11.'
Person A: 'You slept at 11 last night. So you slept for 12 hours?'
Person B: 'No. I actually woke up at 9, but I just stayed in bed.'

When you talk to people, go ahead and use either of these two words. Just keep in mind that there is a small difference.

On a side note. When you ask someone when they woke up, you don't use the past tense of 'woke' although it is referring to the past. 'What time did you woke up this morning' is incorrect. The correct way to ask this question is, 'What time did you wake up this morning?'

Likewise, you wouldn't say, 'What time did you got up?' The correct way to say this is, 'What time did you get up?'

Alice in Wonderland

"Alice in Wonderland" redirects here. For other uses, see Alice in Wonderland (disambiguation).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Title page of the original edition (1865)
Author(s) Lewis Carroll
Illustrator John Tenniel
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Fiction
Publisher Macmillan
Publication date 26 November 1865
Followed by Through the Looking-Glass

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.[1] It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world (Wonderland) populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as children.[2] It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre,[2][3] and its narrative course and structure have been enormously influential,[3] especially in the fantasy genre.

Five 'Healthy' Foods That May Not Be

From Soup To Nuts, Watch Out For Risks

You can find a health and fitness section in just about every newspaper, magazine, website and bathroom stall advertisement you see. Most health sections worth their electrolytes offer a daily health tip, usually a satisfying pat on the back rather than an admonition to shape up.

A good number of those factoids dictate what foods you should eat. These are especially satisfying because they involve adding food to your diet.

They're also easy to forget, because every food imaginable seems to get its picture in the paper. Foods that are traditionally considered indulgent or lacking in nutrition are occasionally revealed as lifesavers, making the Fun Food Fact even more confusing: If wine and chocolate really are health foods, you might ask yourself, why am I watching my diet so carefully?
Do the benefits of said health foods always outweigh the downsides?
Here are five foods you might want to get the full story on, from soup to nuts.

Poem of friend

A best friendis always there,
whether you need advice,
or a pep talk,or even a shoulder to cry on.
A best friend
listens with her heart and is always honest with you,
even though the truthmay not be
what you want to hear.
A best friend
knows all your secrets,
understands your fears
shares your dreams.
A best friend
never stops believing in you
even if you give up on yourself.
you are that kind of friend to me.
And no matter what happens,
you always will be.
You are my best friend....
my forever friend.


A friend is a person
to laugh and cry with,
An inspiration,
Someone who lends a helping hand,
though friends may not be forever,
And they may not end up together,
the memories of a true friendship will last forever.
A friend is not a shadow nor a servant
But someone who hold a piece of a person in his heart.
Someone who shares a smile,
Someone who brightens up your day
What makes a person a friend?
Is by saying your Love will stay.

- Renee donna Bufete

St.Patrick's Day

Early celebrations

The Charitable Irish Society of Boston organised the first observance of St. Patrick's Day in the Thirteen Colonies. Surprisingly, the celebration was not Catholic in nature, Irish immigration to the colonies having been dominated by Protestants. The society's purpose in gathering was simply to honour its homeland, and although they continued to meet annually to coordinate charitable works for the Irish community in Boston, they did not meet on 17 March again until During the observance of the day, individuals attended a service of worship and a special dinner

New York's first Saint Patrick's Day observance was similar in nature to that of Boston's. It was held on 17 March 1762 in the home of John Marshall, an Irish Protestant, and over the next few years informal gatherings by Irish immigrants were the norm. The first recorded parade in New York was by Irish soldiers in the British Army in 1766.9 In 1780, while camped in Morristown, NJ, General George Washington, who commanded soldiers of Irish descent in the Continental Army, allowed his troops a holiday on 17 March “as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence."
Postcard postmarked 1912 in the United States

Irish patriotism in New York City continued to soar and the parade in New York City continued to grow. Irish aid societies were created like Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the Hibernian Society and they marched in the parades too. Finally when many of these aid societies joined forces in 1848 the parade became not only the largest parade in the United States but one of the largest in the world.

Customs today

In every year since 1991, March has been proclaimed Irish-American Heritage Month by the US Congress or President due to the date of St. Patrick's Day. Christian denominations in the United States observing his feast day include the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Protestant Episcopal Church, and the Roman Catholic Church. Today, Saint Patrick's Day is widely celebrated in America by Irish and non-Irish alike. For most Irish-Americans, this holiday is both religious and festive. St. Patrick's Day church services are followed by parades and parties, Irish music, songs, and dances. It is one of the leading days for consumption of alcohol in the United States, as individuals are allowed to break their Lenten sacrifices for the day in order to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day. Many people choose to wear green coloured clothing and items. Traditionally, those who are caught not wearing green are pinched affectionately.

Seattle and other cities paint the traffic stripe of their parade routes green. Chicago dyes its river green and has done so since 1962 when sewer workers used green dye to check for sewer discharges and had the idea to turn the river green for Saint Patrick's Day. Originally 100 pounds of vegetable dye was used to turn the river green for a whole week but now only forty pounds of dye is used and the colour only lasts for several hours.[11] Indianapolis also dyes its main canal green. Savannah dyes its downtown city fountains green. Missouri University of Science and Technology - St Pat's Board Alumni paint 12 city blocks kelly green with mops before the annual parade.[citation needed] In Jamestown, New York, the Chadakoin River (a small tributary that connects Conewango Creek with its source at Chautauqua Lake) is dyed green each year.

Columbia, South Carolina dyes its fountain green in the area known as Five Points (a popular collegiate location near the University of South Carolina). A two day celebration is held over St Patrick's Day weekend. In Boston, Evacuation Day is celebrated as a public holiday for Suffolk County. While officially commemorating the British departure from Boston, it was made an official holiday after Saint Patrick's Day parades had been occurring in Boston for several decades, and is often believed to have been popularised because of its falling on the same day as Saint Patrick's Day.


Saint Patrick's Day in the United States

In the Northeastern United States, peas are traditionally planted on Saint Patrick's Day
St Patrick is known as the patron saint of Ireland. True, he was not a born Irish. But he has become an integral part of the Irish heritage, mostly through his service across Ireland of the 5th century.

Patrick was born in the later half of the 4th century AD. There are differing views about the exact year and place of his birth. According to one school of opinion, he was born about 390 A.D., while the other school says it is about 373 AD. Again, his birth place is said to be in either Scotland

Roman England. His real name was probably Maewyn Succat. Though Patricius was his Romanicized name, he was later came to be familiar as Patrick.
Patrick was the son of Calpurnius, a Roman-British army officer. He was growing up as naturally as other kids in Britain. However, one day a band of pirates landed in south Wales and kidnapped this boy along with many others. Then they sold him into slavery in Ireland. The was there for 6 years, mostly imprisoned. This was when changes came to him. He dreamed of having seen God. Legend says, he was then dictated by God to escape with a getaway ship.

Finally, he did escape and went to Britain. And then to France. There he joined a monastery and studied under St. Germain, the bishop of Auxerre. He spent around 12 years in training. And when he became a bishop he dreamed that the Irish were calling him back to Ireland to tell them about God. The Confessio, Patrick's spiritual autobiography, is the most important document regarding this. It tells of a dream after his return to Britain, in which one Victoricus delivered him a letter headed "The Voice of the Irish."

So he set out for Ireland with the Pope's blessings. There he converted the Gaelic Irish, who were then mostly Pagans, to Christianity. He was confident in the Lord, he journeyed far and wide, baptizing and confirming with untiring zeal. And, in a diplomatic fashion he brought gifts to a kinglet here and a lawgiver there,but accepted none from any.

Indeed, Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. Through active preaching, he made important converts even among the royal families. And this fact upset the Celtic Druids. Patrick was arrested several times,but escaped each time. For 20 years he had traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his conversion. He developed a native clergy, fostered the growth of monasticism, established dioceses, and held church councils.

Patrick's doctrine is considered orthodox and has been interpreted as anti-Pelagian. Although he is not particularly noted as a man of learning, a few of his writings remain extant: his Confession, a reply to his detractors, and several letters. The Lorica ("Breastplate"), a famous hymn attributed to Patrick, may date to a later period. By the end of the 7th century Patrick had become a legendary figure, and the legends have continued to grow since then. There are many legends associated with St Patrick. It is said that he used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the concept of the Trinity; which refers to the combination of Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. Hence its strong association with his day and name Legend also has that, Saint Patrick had put the curse of God on venomous snakes in Ireland. And he drove all the snakes into the sea where they drowned.

True, these are mostly legends. But, after some 1500 years, these legends have been inseparably combined with the facts. And together they have helped us know much about the Saint and the spirit behind celebration of the day. Patrick's mission in Ireland lasted for over 20 years. He died on March 17, AD 461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since. The day's spirit is to celebrate the universal baptization of Ireland. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday. Or, rather, 'be an Irish Day '. And the Irish has borne it as part of their national tradition in everywhere they populated and prospered. The Catholic feast day for this most loved of Irish saints has become a holiday in celebration of the Irish and Irish culture. The leprechaun, a Celtic fairy, has become entrenched as a chief symbol for this holiday, as is the shamrock, an ancient symbol for the triple goddess Brigit. It is fitting that this holiday should fall at the time of the year when the return of spring begins to seem at hand. But why the icons like the green color, the tri-leafed shamrock, the leprechaun, or the pot of gold and Blarney's stone-


Wearing Green Around the World

Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore and Russia.

In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world. Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions and fireworks shows.


The Chicago River on St. Patrick's Day

Chicago is famous for a somewhat peculiar annual event: dyeing the Chicago River green. The tradition started in 1962, when city pollution-control workers used dyes to trace illegal sewage discharges and realized that the green dye might provide a unique way to celebrate the holiday. That year, they released 100 pounds of green vegetable dye into the river—enough to keep it green for a week!

Today, in order to minimize environmental damage, only 40 pounds of dye are used, making the river green for only several hours. Although Chicago historians claim their city's idea for a river of green was original, some Savannah natives believe the idea originated in their town. They point out that, in 1961, Savannah mayor Tom Woolley had plans for a green river. Due to rough waters on March 17, the experiment failed, and Savannah never attempted to dye its river again.


Symbols

Shamrock

The shamrock as symbol of Ireland and St. Patrick's Day is partly due to the natural abundance of clover plants in the country, but largely due to its strong association with Christianity. According to Robert Mahony, Professor of English and member of the Center for Irish Studies at Catholic University, legend has it that St. Patrick used the shamrock to visually illustrate the concept of the Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) when trying to convert polytheistic pagans to Christianity.

"A clover is one plant with three leaves, but the three leaves are necessary to make it [complete]," explains Prof. Mahony. "[In Christianity,] God is three persons, but it's not the same as three gods." The simple analogy is thought to have helped non-Christians understand a fundamental element of the Christian religion, facilitating conversion.

It was through the retelling of this story that the shamrock became associated with St. Patrick and Ireland's conversion to Christianity. As a result, the shamrock is a widely used to commemorate Saint Patrick's Day, and in modern times has been appropriated by secular institutions as a symbol for the Irish.

Four-Leaf Clover

Although clovers are most often found in nature with three leaves, rare four-leaf clovers do exist. Finding one is thought to bring someone extreme luck. The folklore for four-leaf clovers differs from that of the Shamrock due to the fact that it has no religious allusions associated with it. It is believed that each leaf of a four-leaf clover represents something different: first is hope, the second is faith, the third is love, and the fourth is happiness.

Leprechauns

Just what does a mythical leprechaun look like and why are they so special? A leprechaun looks like a little old man and dresses like a shoemaker with a cocked hat and leather apron. A Leprechaun's personality is described as aloof and unfriendly. They live alone and pass the time by mending the shoes of Irish fairies.

According to St. Patrick's Day: Parades, Shamrocks, and Leprechauns by Elaine Landau, the legend is that the fairies pay the leprechauns for their work with golden coins, which the "little people" collect in large pots--the famous "pots of gold" often associated with leprechauns.

If you listen closely for the sound of their hammer you might be able to capture one. If you do you can force him (with the threat of bodily violence) to reveal where he's hidden his treasure. Be careful! Do not take your eyes off him for if you do he will surely vanish and your hopes of finding his treasure will vanish with him.

Green

So why do we all wear green?

Probably because you'll be pinched if you don't! School children started this tradition. Green is also the color of spring, the shamrock, and is connected with hope and nature. Historically, green has been a color used in the flags of several revolutionary groups in Ireland and as a result it appears in the official tri-color country flag, adopted in 1919.

In addition to that, Ireland is often called the "Emerald Isle" due to the lush natural greenery found on the island. Says Prof. Mahony, "One of the things that strikes people all the time is how Ireland is incredibly green--it's very far north, but it doesn't get frozen. When people say that 'Ireland has 40 shades of green,' they are right!"

วันชาติสหรัฐอเมริกา

ก่อนที่ก้าวขึ้นมาเป็นประเทศได้นั้น ดินแดนที่เราเรียกว่าอเมริกานี้ ตั้งอยู่บนทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ เป็นอาณานิคมของประเทศอังกฤษมาก่อน ซึ่งได้กลายเป็นแผ่นดินใหม่สำหรับผู้ที่อพยพเข้าไปหวังที่จะขุดทองบนแผ่นดินนี้ เพราะคนยากจนหรือมีความคิดขัดแย้งกันทางศาสนานั้น หมดหนทางที่จะอาศัยอยู่บนมาตุภูมิ ก็เลยตัดสินใจเลือกทางเดินชีวิตใหม่ ด้วยการอพยพไปตั้งรากฐานอยู่บนทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ ในสมัยศตวรรษที่ 17-18 คนเหล่านี้มาจากทุกภูมิภาคของเกาะอังกฤษข้ามไปถึงยุโรปทั้งเยอรมัน เนเธอร์แลนด์และประเทศอื่น ๆ เมื่อมีมีผู้คนเข้ามาอยู่อาศัยมากขึ้น แต่ความเป็นอาณานิคมของอังกฤษ ซึ่งยังต้องอยู่ภายใต้รัฐธรรมนูญของอังกฤษ ตลอดจนยังต้องเสียภาษีให้ ในที่สุดจึงได้ประกาศอิสระภาพในปี ค.ศ. 1776 ประกอบด้วย 13 รัฐ ซึ่งรวมกันเป็นสมัชชาแผ่นดินใหญ่ ผู้มีส่วนสำคัญในการร่างกฎหมายรัฐธรรมนูญและสร้างเป็นประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกาคือ โทมัส เจฟเฟอร์สัน ผู้ซึ่งต้องการเห็นอเมริกาเป็นต้นแบบของการปกครองระบอบประชาธิปไตย ให้ประชาชนมีความเสมอภาคเท่าเทียมกัน และอุดมการณ์ดังกล่าว ก็ได้สืบทอดมาถึงคนอเมริการุ่นต่อมา จนกระทั่งทุกวันนี้
ประธานาธิบดีคนแรกคือ จอร์จ วอชิงตัน ความเป็นมาโดยคร่าว ๆ เกี่ยวกับดินแดนสหรัฐอเมริกาเริ่มเมื่อปี 1803 ซื้อหลุยส์เซียนา จากฝรั่งเศส และในปี ค.ศ.1819 ซื้อรัฐฟลอริดาจากสเปน ในปี ค.ศ.ปี ค.ศ.1849 ทำสงครามกับเม็กซิโก ผนวกดินแดนกับแคลิฟอเนีย และพื้นที่ที่เหลือทางตะวันตก ในปี ค.ศ.1955 รวมเอาฮาวายเข้ามาเป็นรัฐ มีทั้งหมด 50 รัฐ โดยอลาสก้าเป็นรัฐที่ใหญ่ที่สุด ซึ่งซื้อมาจากสหภาพโซเวียต และได้ถือเอาวันที่ 4 กรกฎาคม เป็นวันประกาศเอกราชและมีการฉลองทุกปี

4 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ. 2319 วันชาติสหรัฐอเมริกา (Independence Day) โดยอาณานิคมของสหราชอาณาจักร 13 แห่งในดินแดนอเมริกาได้ออก "คำประกาศเอกราชจากสหราชอาณาจักร" (Declaration of Independence) ต่ออังกฤษ ก่อให้เกิดประเทศใหม่ชื่อว่า "สหรัฐอเมริกา" (United State of America) ขึ้น ผู้ร่างคำประกาศดังกล่าวคือ โธมัส เจฟเฟอร์สัน (Thomas Jefferson) ซึ่งต่อมาได้เป็นประธานาธิบดีคนที่ 3 ของประเทศ คำประกาศดังกล่าวได้กลายเป็นพื้นฐานระบอบประชาธิปไตยของประเทศนี้ ดินแดนแถบนี้ได้มีชาวอเมริกันพื้นเมือง หรือ "อินเดียนแดง" (Indian) อพยพมาจากทวีปเอเชียเมื่อกว่า 25,000 ปีมาแล้ว จากนั้น นักสำรวจชาวสเปนได้เดินเรือมาสำรวจทางภาคใต้และตะวันตกเมื่อต้นศตวรรษที่ 16 ในปี 2150 ชาวอังกฤษกลุ่มแรกได้อพยพเข้ามาตั้งถิ่นฐานที่เมือง เจมส์ทาวน์ (Jamestown) จากนั้นชาวยุโรปกลุ่มอื่น ๆ ได้อพยพตามเข้ามาพร้อมกับนำทาสผิวดำจากแอฟริกาเข้ามาด้วย แล้วขยายออกไปทางด้านตะวันตกอย่างรวดเร็ว โดยการขับไล่ชาวอินเดียนแดงให้ถอยร่นออกไป หลังจากประกาศอิสรภาพแล้วก็ได้เกิด สงครามกลางเมือง (American Civil War) ขึ้นในปี 2319-2326 ระหว่างรัฐฝ่ายใต้ทั้ง 13 รัฐที่ต้องการเอกราช กับ 21 รัฐฝ่ายเหนือที่อยู่ภายใต้การปกครองของอังกฤษ หลังจากชัยชนะของฝ่ายใต้ อังกฤษจึงยอมรับประเทศใหม่นี้ จากนั้นสหรัฐอเมริกาก็แผ่ขยายอาณาเขตของตนเองจนมีขนาดใหญ่กว่าเดิมถึงกว่า 4 เท่าตัว ประกาศรัฐธรรมนูญเมื่อวันที่ 17 กันยายน 2330 ซึ่งยังคงใช้มาจนปัจจุบัน เศรษฐกิจของสหรัฐอเมริกาเติบโตอย่างรวดเร็ว จนกลายเป็นประเทศมหาอำนาจที่มีอำนาจทางการเงินและการทหารที่ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุดในโลก ปัจจุบัน ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกามีพื้นที่ทั้งหมด 9,631,418 ตารางกิโลเมตร ใหญ่เป็นอันดับที่ 4 ของโลก รองจากรัสเซีย แคนาดา และจีน เมืองหลวงคือวอชิงตัน, ดี.ซี. (Warshing, D.C.) มีพื้นที่ทั้งหมด 9,631,418 ตารางกิโลเมตร ประกอบด้วยมลรัฐ (State) 50 มลรัฐ แต่ละรัฐจะรับผิดชอบในการออกกฎหมายของตนเอง ปกครองในรูปแบบ สหพันธรัฐ (Federal Republic) ปกครองในระบอบประชาธิปไตยเสรี โดยมีประธานาธิบดีเป็นประมุขและเป็นหัวหน้ารัฐบาล ภายใต้รัฐธรรมนูญ มีประชากรทั้งหมดประมาณ 300 ล้านคน (พ.ศ. 2550) ใช้ภาษาอังกฤษเป็นภาษาราชการ หน่วยเงินตราดอลลาร์สหรัฐ (USD หรือ $ )