Moscow ( /ˈmɒskaʊ/ or /ˈmɒskoʊ/; Russian: Москва́, tr. Moskva; IPA: [mɐˈskva] ( listen)) is the capital and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural and scientific center of Russia and the continent. Moscow is the northernmost megacity on Earth, the most populous city in Europe, and the 6th largest city proper in the world. Its population, according to the results of the 2010 Census, is 11,503,501. Based on Forbes 2011, Moscow has the largest community of billionaires in the world.
Moscow is situated on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District of European Russia. In the course of its history the city has served as the capital of a progression of states, from the medieval Grand Duchy of Moscow and the subsequent Tsardom of Russia to the Soviet Union. Moscow is the site of the Moscow Kremlin, an ancient fortress that is today the residence of the Russian President and of the executive branch of the Government of Russia. The Kremlin is also one of several World Heritage Sites in the city. Both chambers of the Russian parliament (the State Duma and the Federation Council) also sit in Moscow.
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier refers to a grave in which the remains of an unidentified soldier are interred, dedicated to the common memories of all soldiers killed in any war. Such tombs can be found in many nations and are usually high-profile national monuments. Throughout history, many soldiers have died in wars without their remains being identified. Following the First World War, a movement arose to commemorate these soldiers with a single tomb, containing the body of one such unidentified soldier.
During the First World War, the British and French armies jointly decided to bury soldiers themselves in the form normally associated with religion.[vague] In Britain, under the Imperial War Graves Commission, Reverend David Railton had seen a grave marked by a rough cross while serving in the British Army as a chaplain on the Western Front, which bore the pencil-written legend "An Unknown British Soldier". He suggested (together with the French in their own country) the creation at a national level of a symbolic funeral and burial of an "Unknown Warrior", proposing that the grave should in Britain include a national monument in the form of what is usually, but not in this particular case, a headstone. The idea received the support of the Dean of Westminster and later from King George V, responding to a wave of public support.[citation needed] At the same time, there was a similar undertaking in France, where the idea was debated and agreed upon in Parliament.
Father Corbin: Do you understand forever?::Kokabiel: Do I understand forever? I've been ripping humans' heads off and defecating down their throats since eons before your ancestors began sprouting genitals!
Abraxis: Skip the genetalia and defecation and start at the beginning.::Kokabiel: In the beginning, there was swirling chaos and the piping of formless servitors!::Abraxis: Of the Jennifer North matter!
Jenny North: And you are?::Susan: Susan, the site supervisor.::Jenny North: Oh, from all those meetings! I didn't recognize you in natural light.
Nick: So the whole park project has become?::Joe: Urban stimulation project.::Nick: Sounds more like urban depressant. It's the zoning equivalent of mixing uppers and downers.::Joe: Hell yes. Taxpayer money feeding one crazy municipal... drug metaphor.
Joe: For the record, that's when we knew that something was wrong.::Jenny North: For the record, your mother sucks cocks in hell! Your mother is in heaven. Unfortunately, angels have no genetalia, so... she's kind of bored.
Father Corbin: As corporate priest, this matter fell under my purview.
Jenny North: I will gargle your sex organs for this! Gargle them in a fashion most excruciating! Ever had you sex organs gargled by a horse demon?::Joe: Is that a threat or a promise?
Jenny North: I cannot tell a lie! I'm the fucking George Washington of Hell, bitch!
Jenny North: You quote the treaty of Ghent at me, human? I, who command twenty legions of Hell.
Moscow: Orobos has knowingly shanghaied a corporate asset, body and soul.::Jenny North: Habeas corpus, bitch.
I put my coat on inside out
So you won't see me while I hide
From all those things that lurks outside,
The pouring rain inside my mind
I wish you'd stay here by my side
Although this pounding pain I've been assigned
For these four years I've spent behind,
This inner beast I have designed
The only thing that turned me blind,
The only one I was denied
And by the time we reached Moscow
My love for this had disinclined,
With all those things that slipped my mind
You oughta know when you've gone blind
I want you here right by my side
To cease this pounding pain I've been assigned
For these six years I've spent behind,
The faces I won't recognize
The only one that turned me blind
The men eat babies and the boys love Elton - in Moscow
The girls are innocent and the mothers stab lovers - in Moscow
The tanks roll in and the people want more
My father was sure that my mother was a whore - in Moscow
Oh oh in Moscow
Lenin was a lover and the dogs eat each other - in Moscow
A meal ticket's a win and a laugh is a sin - in Moscow
The gutters sing and the radios bad
The sun never shines and the people are sad - in Moscow