Omega first began to write their own songs with the arrival in 1967 of keyboardist/singer Gábor Presser. Guitarist György Molnár and bassist/singer Tamás Mihály also joined in 1967. The following year, the band was invited to tour England, where they recorded their debut album Omega: Red Star From Hungary with English lyrics for Decca Records. Later that year, the album was re-recorded in Hungarian and released in the band’s home country as Trombitás Frédi és a Rettenetes Emberek (Trumpeter Freddy and the Terrible People). Their 1969 song “Gyöngyhajú lány” (“The Girl With Pearls in Her Hair”) was an international hit, and was later covered by the Scorpions.

In 1971, Gábor Presser and drummer József Laux left Omega. The resulting lineup of Kóbor (vocals), Benkő (keyboards/vocals), Molnár (guitar), Mihály (bass/vocals), and Debreczeni (drums) remained intact for more than 40 years until Mihály retired from touring in 2014.

This incarnation of Omega released ten more albums starting in 1972 until taking an extended break in 1987. Most of those were released in both Hungarian and English versions. During the 1970s in particular, some of the band’s albums were restricted or banned in Hungary. However, they were able to tour in East Germany and recorded some songs in German.

Omega regrouped in 1994 for a major concert at Népstadion in Budapest, with special appearances by former members plus Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine of the Scorpions.

In later years, the nation of Hungary bestowed many awards on the band for their important contributions to the country’s music and culture, including the Kossuth Prize in 2013, and the Liszt Ferenc Prize in 1986. For their 50th anniversary in 2012, Omega toured with a symphony under the name “Omega Rhapsody“.

Founding keyboardist/singer László Benkő died at age 77 on 18 November 2020; he had been with Omega consistently since 1962. Just three days later, on 21 November 2020, longtime bassist Tamás Mihály died at age 73. The album Testamentum was released less than a week later, though its release date had been scheduled long in advance. The album has been described as a “farewell” record and contains contributions from both Benkő and Mihály. Unfortunately, the iconic figure of Omega, János Kóbor passed away today.

source: Wikipedia

“Gyöngyhajú lány” (“The girl with pearly hair”) is a song by Hungarian rock band Omega. It was written in 1968, composed in 1969, and released on their album 10 000 lépés. “Gyöngyhajú lány” was very popular in many countries, including West Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria.

German rock band Scorpions covered the song titled as “White Dove” (Fehér Galamb), from the album Live Bites. Released as a single in 1994, it was a Top 20 hit in Germany and Switzerland.

The English lyrics reference Biblical themes like the chosen land and the dove as symbol of promise and hope after the flood.

White Dove by Scorpions  

A place without a name

Under a burning sky

There’s no milk and honey here

In the land of God

Someone holds a sign

It says we are human, too

And while the sun goes down

The world goes by

White dove

Fly with the wind

Take our hope under your wings

For the world to know

That hope will not die

Where the children cry

Waves, big like a house

They’re stranded on a piece of wood

To leave it all behind

To start again

But instead of a new life

All they find is a door that’s closed

And they keep looking for

A place called hope

White dove

Fly with the wind

Take our hope under your wings

For the world to know

That hope will not die

Where the children cry

Na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na na na na

Na na

Na na na na

Na na na na na

Can anyone tell me why…

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Seven Earth-like planets have been discovered orbiting nearby dwarf star ‘Trappist-1’, and all of them could have water at their surface, one of the key components of life.

Three of the planets have such good conditions, that scientists say life may have already evolved on them.

Researchers claim that they will know whether or not there is life on any of the planets within a decade, and said ‘this is just the beginning.’

No other star system discovered before has been found to have such a large number of Earth-sized planets.

The planets likely have rocky compositions like Earth, are around the same size as our planet, and six have surface temperatures between 0-100°C (32-212°F).

This gives these planets, which sit 39 light years away from Earth, some of the vital atmospheric conditions needed to grow biological life.

The Trappist-1 star, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-size planets orbiting it. The outer one orbiting it is an icy planet, while the inner ones orbiting it are likely to be hot and dry.

The researchers suggest that three of the seven planets, found in the system’s ‘habitable zone’, could have oceans of water with life evolving on them already.

‘We now have seven planets that we can study in detail for life, and this is something we are already doing,’ lead-author Michaël Gillon, an astronomer at the University of Liège, Belgium, said.

‘People will hear more and more about this system in the coming months and years.’  

Each planet, labelled 1b-1h, was found via telescopes using the ‘transit’ method.

This is when the orbit and other properties of planets are measured as they pass in front of their star, causing it to briefly dim.

An international group of researchers used a series of space and ground-based telescopes to find the seven planets in the Trappist-1 system.

Telescopes used include a telescope owned by Liverpool John Moores University in La Palma, as well as Nasa’s Spitzer Space Telescope found in Earth’s orbit.

The researchers measured the ‘transits’ of planets by taking measurements of dips in the Trappist star’s brightness as planets passed in front of it.

If you have to write a summary of an article for example when you sit an exam your first task is to find the key points. Let’s see what the key points are here:

KEY POINTS

– Newly discovered star system is just 39 light years from Earth

– Seven Earth-sized worlds are orbiting a dwarf star known as Trappist-1 

– Six inner planets lie in a temperate zone where surface temperatures range from 0-100°C (32-212°F)

– Of these, at least three are thought to be capable of having oceans, increasing the likelihood of life

– Scientists say life may have already evolved on at least three of the planets

– No other star system known contains such a large number of Earth-sized and probably rocky planets

– They were found using the ‘transit’ method that looks for tiny amounts of dimming caused by a world blocking light from its star

Source: dailymail.co.uk

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From saucepan to table in just 15 minutes, this easy crab pasta dish has a lovely light flavour thanks to the fresh mint leaf and lemon dressing.

Serves: 2
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Total time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 150g dried linguine or spaghetti
• 2 tbsp. good olive oil
• 2 tbsp. white breadcrumbs
• 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
• Pinch of dried chilli flakes
• 100g pot ready-prepared white crabmeat
• zest and juice of 1/2 lemon
• about 12 mint leaves
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 handfuls pea shoots

Preparation:

1. Cook the pasta, according to pack instructions, for 6-7 minutes. Meanwhile, heat 2 teaspoons of the oil in a small frying pan, stir in the breadcrumbs, garlic and chilli flakes and cook briefly until golden. Set aside.

2. Drain the pasta, but keeping a little water in it, stir in the rest of the oil, then the crab, lemon zest and juice, snipped mint leaves and seasoning.

3. Pile into bowls and then sprinkle with the garlic breadcrumbs and more mint leaves and a drizzle of olive oil, if you like. Garnish with pea shoots.

TIP: You can replace the crab with squid, scallops or tuna.