The Mound

The Mound is an artificial hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New Town and Old Town. It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into the drained Nor Loch which forms today's Princes Street Gardens. The construction of the Earthen Mound, as it was originally called, was begun in 1781 and it was extended over the years until by 1830 it was macadamised and landscaped so that it appeared more or less complete. When the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was extended to Waverley in 1846, tunnels were driven under The Mound to allow access to the west.

Some of Edinburgh's most notable buildings and institutions have their premises on The Mound, including the National Gallery of Scotland, the Royal Scottish Academy, the spires of New College, the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, the elegant domed Headquarters of the Bank of Scotland, and its museum, Museum on the Mound.

Today The Mound is a busy, if fairly steep, thoroughfare taking traffic to and from Princes Street and the Royal Mile in the Old Town. The lower end, or 'Foot' of the Mound is a few metres walk from the Princes Street tram stop. Due to its raised elevation, the Mound commands expansive views over Princes Street and the New Town of Edinburgh and towards Calton Hill.

The Mound (short story)

"The Mound" is a horror and sci-fi novella H. P. Lovecraft wrote as a ghostwriter from December 1929 to January 1930 after he was hired by Zealia Bishop to create a story based on the following plot synopsis:

"There is an Indian mound near here, which is haunted by a headless ghost. Sometimes it is a woman."

Lovecraft did not like this premise of what seemed to be a conventional ghost story. The outline was so brief it allowed for a great deal of license, so he made it into a 29,560 word story about a mound that conceals a gateway to a subterranean civilization, the realm of K'n-yan, which one of the main characters enters and lives in for a while. The story is one of only three by Lovecraft where a non-human culture is described in rich details, the other two being At the Mountains of Madness and The Shadow Out of Time. It is not as well known as the later two, as it was ghostwritten for another author, but is considered to possess the same high level of quality and imagination.

Mound

A mound is an artificial heaped pile of earth, gravel, sand, rocks, or debris. The most common use is in reference to natural earthen formation such as hills and mountains, particularly if they appear artificial. The term may also be applied to any rounded area of topographically higher elevation on any surface. Artificial mounds have been created for a variety of reasons throughout history, including ceremonial (platform mound), burial (tumulus), and commemorative purposes (e.g. Kościuszko Mound).

Archaeology

North American archaeology

In the archaeology of the United States and Canada, the term "mound" has specific and technical connotations. In this sense, a mound is a deliberately constructed elevated earthen structure or earthwork, intended for a range of potential uses. In European and Asian archaeology, the word "tumulus" may be used as a synonym for an artificial hill, particularly if the hill is related to particular burial customs.

While the term "mound" may be applied to historic constructions, most mounds in the United States are pre-Columbian earthworks, built by Native American peoples. Native Americans built a variety of mounds, including flat-topped pyramids or cones known as platform mounds, rounded cones, and ridge or loaf-shaped mounds. Some mounds took on unusual shapes, such as the outline of cosmologically significant animals. These are known as effigy mounds. Some mounds, such as a few in Wisconsin, have rock formations, or petroforms within them, on them, or near them.

Mound (disambiguation)

A mound is an artificial heap or pile, especially of earth, rocks, or sand.

Mound and Mounds may also refer to:

  • Mound (creature), a half-plant, half-human creature in the paintings and writings of artist Trenton Doyle Hancock
  • Pitchers mound, the raised surface on a baseball diamond from which pitches are thrown towards home plate
  • Mounds (candy), a candy bar produced by Hershey's
  • Monumental earthwork mound built by prehistoric Mound builder (people)
  • In places:

  • Mound, Louisiana, United States
  • Mound, Minnesota, United States
  • Mound, Texas, United States
  • Mound, West Virginia
  • The Mound, a street in Edinburgh, Scotland, linking the Old Town and the New Town
  • Mounds, Illinois, United States
  • Mounds, Oklahoma, United States
  • Mound Creek, a stream in Minnesota
  • Mound Laboratories, a nuclear laboratory in Miamisburg, Ohio that was a part of the Manhattan Project
  • See also:

  • Mound builder (disambiguation)
  • Rift (album)

    Rift is the fourth official studio album by the American rock band Phish. It is the band's second concept album, the first being The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday in 1987, which has never been officially released. Rift's songs convey the experience of a man dreaming about the rift in his relationship with his girlfriend. Recorded in September and October 1992 and produced by Muscle Shoals music veteran Barry Beckett, the album was released by Elektra Records on February 2, 1993.

    All songs were written by Trey Anastasio and Phish lyricist Tom Marshall except "Mound" and "Weigh" by bass guitarist Mike Gordon and "Lengthwise" by drummer Jon Fishman.

    The instrumental, "All Things Reconsidered", is an intentional variation on the theme to the National Public Radio news show All Things Considered, and has been featured on the show itself several times. An orchestral version of the song appears on Trey Anastasio's 2004 solo album Seis De Mayo.

    The cover art was created by New York-based painter David Welker, who worked closely with the band during winter 1993 in order to visually depict each of the album's tracks in a single image, with the notable exception of "The Horse". (For this reason, a horse intentionally appears on the cover of Phish's next album, Hoist). Relix magazine listed Rift as one of the most iconic album covers of all time in 2007.

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    The Mind

    by: KRS-One

    [Chorus One 2X: KRS-One]
    First thing we must do is make up our - MIND
    Then we must go and really clear our - MIND
    Erase the doubt and the fear from our - MIND
    Share our - MIND, speak our - MIND
    [KRS-One]
    Stand up brother, stand up sister
    I told y'all before, love is gonna get'cha
    Lovin that money, lovin that liquor
    Lovin that sex without respect you gets no bigger
    I ain't got time to chill, only got time to build
    You find that in those with skills
    This a real MC, of the highest degree
    With no video, my show they dyin to see
    Not whether I'm buyin 'em three
    When you watch television just keep sayin they lyin to me
    Cause they are - how long you gonna stay at the bar?
    I'm not desperate for money, maybe you are, but listen
    [Chorus Two 2X: KRS-One]
    First thing we gon' do is make up our - MIND
    Then we gon' go, and we gon' clear our - MIND
    Erase the doubt and the fear from our - MIND
    Share our - MIND, speak our - MIND
    [KRS-One]
    Don't you think it's time we thought about the future?
    Whether our children they gonna be winners or losers?
    Don't you think it's time to advance the rhyme we spit?
    Whether you know it or not, you deep in politics
    All inside of it, in fact YOU the issue
    Don't let this government diss you!
    They really do not want you to vote
    They really do not want you to hope
    They really want you sniffin they coke
    You look around yo we missin the boat
    I coulda wrote about ANYTHING to get on, but this what I wrote
    And what I'm writin, is guaranteed to enlighten
    Like Dr. Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson
    This is how we do it today, enough of the crime talk
    KRS got somethin new to say
    Rise up, and put aside childish things
    This is the message we bring; listen
    [Chorus Two]
    [KRS-One]
    Last verse, KRS, blast first
    Ignorance is bad, but temptation that's worse
    They hide they purse, cause of the way we spit the verse
    No one ever told 'em that the style's rehearsed
    And even if they did, it wouldn't be new to they mind
    Cause all day rappers confess to doin these crimes
    So when the cops see you, they're not thinkin about me
    They thinkin about takin you out of society
    Keep it right, don't lie to me
    You think it's too much preachin teachin?
    Huh, well fine, we'll see
    When you're locked up in J.D.C., or even prison
    The truth shall set you free, just listen
    You want health, and really that's about prevention
    You want love, real love, and not depression
    You want awareness, which come from discipline and will
    You want wealth, which come from skills
    When you really ready to talk, let's build
    You ain't gotta be a scholar to know the next 4 years gonna be ill
    I believe you already know the drill, don't lie
    don't steal, seek peace and don't kill




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