Life in Town versus Life in the Country Lif in Town versus Life in the Country is different for all practical purposes. Most people live in Town perennially, although life in the Country would be more peaceful. Between Town and the Country, it is not right to say, which place makes people happier- it depends on us. Life in the Country is peaceful and pure. People who will locate to live in the Country, cold be a good relationship with nature. Life in the Country is easier in many ways: quiet, fresh air, cheaper food, comfortable. In the Country people don't live very close to each others, which makes life more peacuful, there is opportunity to feel privacy. Air is less polluted than in Town, which enlarge people lenght of life. Food and other important things for life is cheaper than in Town, because it is really hard to find a job and almost impossible to spend money. People who live in the Country don'...
ESTONIA Strelnikova Viktoriya ESTONIA AT A GLANCE • Area: 45 227 square km • Climate: humid-temperate • Number of islands: 1 521. Largest islands are Saaremaa, Hiiumaa and Muhu. • Estonia is a green land, forests cover 55% of the country. • Estonia is a country of thousand of lakes, largest of these are Lake Peipsi and Lake Võrtsjärv. • Highest point: Suur Munamägi (Great Egg Hill), 318 m • The capital of Estonia is Tallinn (439 517 inhabitants (01.01.2016) or approx. 32% of the total population). Other large cities and population (thousands): Tartu - 103 300 Narva - 65 900 Kohtla-Järve - 44 500 Pärnu - 44 000 PAIDE TOWN IS THE HEART OF ESTONIA Paide town is located right in the centre of Estonia, earning it the nickname of “the Heart of Estonia”. A long historic background, beau...
Edulugude võistlus Success-story competition „Small Town Inhabitants – Educated or Uneducated People“ To begin with, my childhood was quite ordinary, I spent a lot of time in my country home, spending most of my time playing. I have been raised by my mother. As I grew older, I got more and more interested in different things. At one point it occured to me that when I want to be successful in some field, then I really have to educate myself in that filed.When my friends have characterised me then they have mainly mentioned that I am an active person, who has been successful in different fields. I still do not think I am succesful because it is a really complicated definition, but I know that I have succeeded in doing several things. For me the key is my so called success has been that when dealing with a particular thing I have tried to delve into the subject as deep as possible. Firstly, when we are talking about success and asking t...
Where would you prefer to live and why? I would prefer to live in a big city instead of a village or a small town. For example Tallinn, London, New York or Paris. To start with, I would like to live in a big city because of its advantages. Big cities usually have more opportunities to spend your day and night. There are cinemas, coffee shops, theatres, shopping centres, libraries and night clubs. Although you need money to attend different exhibitions and shows big city also offers you free activities. Secondly, there are lots of banks, company offices and factories where people can work. That is the second reason I think big city life is better than a life in a small village. Last but not least, people usually think that they would not like to live in a big city because there are too many people there and they would feel suffocated. But there are areas outside the centre of the town where people live. Big...
Rural versus Urban Of course, living in a rural or an urban society-both have their strong sides and weak sides. I have lived in rural society for my whole life so I know how life outside city is. Best thing about not living in a town is the quietness. If you have lived in quietness for your whole life then you won't even understand how pleasant it actually is. But I have heard that many city peoples enjoys only the peace and quietness at countryside, because when you live in town you hear till morning to evening driving cars. Another big plus for rural environment is clean and beautiful nature. Forests where you can go camping and lakes where you can go swimming. It may look very exciting to an urban people but it may seem boring to rural people. So, good thing about living in city is that there are probably many more people who you can meet with. Thanks to this there is a bigger possibility that you would ...
Pride and Prejudice Table of contents Introduction Pride and prejudice The main characters The Bennets family The beginning of the film A turn in the life of the young Greaf in the Bennets family The film end Conclusion Pictures References Introduction I have chosen this film because I like it very much. Pride and Prejudice tells us about a big family in England from the town called Meriton. In the film we can perfectly see the life in England at the end of the 18th century. Pride and prejudice This movie was made after Jane Austen novel Directed by Simon Langton Composer: Care Davis Producer: Sue Birtwistle Country of origin: United Kingdom Genre: drama Tear of release: 1995 Duration of a film: 3 hours The main characters Jennifer Ehle Elizabeth Bennet Colin Firth Mr. Darcy Susannah Harker Jane Bennet Crispin Bonham-Ca...
About Myself From the very start I should say that it is not an easy thing to speak about myself as it is hard to have a look at yourself from aside, but at the same time who knows you better than you yourself do? I am a girl of sixteen. When I look at myself in the mirror I see a blond girl with short straight hair, dark eyes and slander figure. As to my appearance I'm rather tall and slim. I have never thought I'm a beauty I whish I were more beautiful. I think that I'm even tempered, rather reserved, calm and modest. But sometimes I can lose my tempo and become either angry or sad. I like staying alone and sometimes I retire into my shell. But at the same time I like my friends, I like to laugh and joke. I have got a sense of humour. It means I understand humour and appreciate it. There are many things in our life I like and some I dislike. I like when everything is OK. Being happy is one way of b...
The bluest eye I read a book called The bluest eye by Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. It is Morrison's first novel, written while she was teaching at Howard University and was raising her two sons on her own. It is a novel publiched in 1970. It is set in 1941 in Ohio. The main character is Pecola Breedlove, a poor black girl who believes she is ugly. Then there is her father, Cholly Breedlove, who is an alcoholic and her two best friends Claudia and Frieda MacTeer. Claudia and Frieda MacTeer live in Ohio with their parents. The MacTeer family takes two other people into their home, Mr. Henry and Pecola. Pecola is a troubled young girl with a hard life. Her parents are constantly fighting, both physically and verbally. Pecola is continually being told and reminded of what an "ugly" girl she is and that's why ...
My Town I live in Tallinn. It's the capital and main seaport of Estonia. Tallinn is a very beautiful city that lies on the Baltic Sea. It covers 158 square kilometres. The Mayor of Tallinn is Jüri Ratas. The population of our capital is about 400000 people. About 55% of them are Estonian, 37% Russians and the other 8% are from different nations. The people here are mostly engaged in industry- mainly the food industry (23%), trade (16%) and transport and communication (14%). History. Tallinn has a great history. It was first marked on a map of the world by the Arab geographer al-Idrisi in 1154, its name then being Kolyvan. In the 13 th- century chronicle of Henricus de Lettis the town was called Lyndanise. Then it was called Reval for some time and finally Estonians started to call the town Tallinn from Taanilinn (Danish town) after the Danish conquest in the 13th century. Th...
Jõgeva maakond Endla nature reserve It is located on the borderline of Järva, Jõgeva and West-Viru counties. It is mostly known for various marshes, fens, quaking bogs, lakes, canebrakes, wellsprings, rivers, fen forests, fens and mesotrophic mires, marsh forests, meadows, diverse flora and fauna. Jõgeva town The small town of Jõgeva town is located on the eastern side of Middle-Estonia. You won't find large buildings or breathtaking architecture here, but an overwhelming sense of togetherness and plenty of cultural events, the majority of them geared towards younger people. Jõgeva town was born 130 years ago, thanks to the Tapa-Tartu railway: this is where the first train stopped and a village formed around the railway station. Just half a century later, Jõgeva earned its town rights. There are about 6500 people living in Jõgeva. Jõgeva events · The festival year in Jõgeva starts with a music f...
Interstate 60 film review The storyline is based on the main character Neal Oliver having his birthday wish come true – an open-ended wish – to find the meaning of life. The answer lies with a strange blond girl Lynn Linden who provides the protagonist with clues and signs through billboard messages, the non- existent Interstate 60, and the destination of an unknown package to a mysterious town called Danver. The movie begins with two college students in a bar, talking about a thesis statement for an upcoming paper. One of them makes an argument that America is unique in that it has no real mythological character for granting wishes, such as a genie or leprechaun. The two men are soon joined in conversation by an old man at the bar claiming that America does, named O.W. Grant; the son of aleprechaun and a Cheyenne Indian . Neal checks a number of roadmaps, but there does not appear to be an Interstate 60. Taking a guess, he sets out W...
Angela Merkel Introduction Angela Merkel is Germany's first woman chancellor. Early life Was borned in 1954 in Hamburg Her father Horst Kasner was a Lutheran pastor and mother was a teacher. Angela is the eldest of the three siblings. Merkel grew up in Templin. Templin Templin's town hall Early life Studied physics in Templin and at the University of Leipzig. In 1978 Merkel gained a physics doctorate. Worked and studied at the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences University of Leipzig Personal life In 1977 she married the physics student Ulrich Merkel, but got divorced in 1982. In 1988 she married a chemistry professor, Joachim Sauer. Angela and Joachim Career path Angela Merkel steppe...
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary begins when Charles Bovary is a young boy, unable to fit in at his new school and ridiculed by his new classmates. As a child, and later when he grows into a young man, Charles is mediocre and dull. He fails his first medical exam and only barely manages to become a second-rate country doctor. His mother marries him off to a widow who dies soon afterward, leaving Charles much less money than he expected. Charles soon falls in love with Emma, the daughter of a patient, and the two decide to marry. After an elaborate wedding, they set up house in Tostes, where Charles has his practice. But marriage doesn't live up to Emma's romantic expectations. Ever since she lived in a convent as a young girl, she has dreamed of love and marriage as a solution to all her problems. After she attends an extravagant ball at the home of a wealthy nobleman, she begins to dream constantly of a more sophisticat...
Tartu Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the city is the centre of southern Estonia. The Emajõgi river, which connects the two largest lakes of Estonia, crosses Tartu. The city is served by Tartu Airport. Tartu is also the seat of the Estonian University of Life Sciences, the Baltic Defence College, Estonian Aviation Academy , and the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research. Other notable institutions include the Supreme Court of Estonia (re-established in Tartu in autumn 1993), the Estonian Historical Archives and Estonian national theatre Vanemuine. Historical names of the town include Tarbatu,an Estonian fortress founded in the 5th century,Yuryev named c. 1030 by Yaroslav I the ...
TALLINN History Tallinn is one of the oldest cities in the Baltic Sea region. Tallinn was first mentioned in written sources of the 1154th, when the Arabian geographer Al Idris took a world map the city 'Kaleveny "/ Kolõvan. Through the years, the city of Tallinn had several names: Lindanisa, Kolõvan, Reval and eventually Tallinn. Tallinn was granted the Lübeck law in 1248 and became the member of the Hanseatic League in 1285. General Data l Country - Estonia l County - Harju County l First appeared on map - 1154 l Town rights - 1248 l Mayor - Edgar Savisaar l Aera - Total 159.2 km2 (61.5 sq mi) l Population - (1 Mar 2012) Total - 416,470 Denisty - 2,614.0/km2(6,766.6/sq mi) Tallinn Coat of arms Flag Top 5 Attractions 1. Kiek in de Kök Visitors to the museum will see examples of Medieval firepower, displays detailing how the city's system of walls and towers devel...
The Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn is an exceptionally complete and well-preserved medieval northern European trading city on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The city developed as a significant centre of the Hanseatic League during the major period of activity of this great trading organization in the 13th-16th centuries. The combination of the upper town on the high limestone hill and the lower town at its foot with many church spires forms an expressive skyline that is visible from a great distance both from land and sea. The upper town (Toompea) with the castle and the cathedral has always been the administrative centre of the country, whereas the lower town preserves to a remarkable extent the medieval urban fabric of narrow winding streets, many of which retain their medieval names, and fine public and burgher buildings, including town wall, Town Hall, pharmacy, churches, monasteries, merchants' and craftsmen' guilds, and the...
Kildu Basic School Viljandi by Eisi Kõiv Supervisor: Margit Kirss Kildu 2008 Our 700 years old Viljandi Viljandi is a town (24,000 inhabitants) in Estonia, 160 km south of the capital Tallinn. The town is the administrative capital of the county with the same name as the town. In Viljandi there is theater Ugala, cinema Rubiin, museum, art gallery. Give a concert in Culture centre, Jaani- and Pauluse church, but in Cultureacatemy, too. Folk Summer in Viljandi culminates with the annual folk music festival. The Viljandi Folk Music Festival is a music festival in Estonia with a central focus on European folk music.In the year 2006, over 24,000 people attended the concerts, but many more just came to take part in the festivities. As such, it is the largest annual music festival in Estonia, and one of the largest folk music festivals in Europe. Lake Viljandi Viljand...
Introduction Tallinn, the capital city of the Republic of Estonia and of the Harju county, is a town in North Estonia on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. It has nearly half a million inhabitants and covers an area of almost 160 sqkm. It is also an important economic and cultural centre and one of the main ports in the Baltic States. Tallinn is one of the oldest cities on the Baltic Sea. It is unique for its well-preserved architecture from the 13-15 centuries. In contrast to the ancient town-walls and towers, Tallinn of today offers modern hotels, restaurants, sport and cultural centres. Every five years national song and folk dance festivals take place in Tallinn. The yachting regatta of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games was held at Pirita. History Tallinn means in English "Danish town". The place is believed to have been settled by Finno-Ugric people about 2500 BC. It was first marked on a map of the world by the Arab geographer al-I...
Billy Elliot ,,Billy Elliot" is a movie directed by Stephen Daldry, which is amazingly touching and shouldn't be missed by anyone. When I first found out we were going to watch a film in our English class, at the beginning I was very sceptic, but after the first 15 minutes I already liked it. In fact, I ended up loving this film. This movie inspires lot's of young people to follow their dreams no matter how far they might have to reach and how difficult it might look in the beginning. The main character is this 11-year-old boy named Billy, played by Jamie Bell. His life is quite miserable as he lives in a small town with his father and an older brother. His father forces him to go boxing to continue a family tradition of boxers, but Billy is not really good at it and he doesn't like it either. Then suddenly Billy finds himself a new hobby he actually enjoys and that is ballet. There is a small ballet group in this town, taught by Ms Wil...
The Secret Life of Bees I watched the movie The Secret Life of Bees. I chose this movie because I am currently reading the book and I like the book very much. So I wanted to know if the movie is also good. The book was written by Sue Monk Kidd and the movie was a adapted version of it. As well as the book the synopsis is set in 1964 in South Carolina. The movie is mostly about a 14 year-old girl named Lily who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. And to escape the lonely and sad life that she has with her father she flees with Rosaleen and they fled to a town in South Carolina. There they start to work in the honey industry. Lily also meets Zach there. The movie was very interesting to me and a bit different form the book. I think that the casting was done great and many of the characters were exactly how I imagined them to be. The movie was really good and I would recommend it highly.
Katariina Passage Katariina Passage connects Vene and Müürivahe street. On the northern portion of the passage you can find what's left of St. Catherine's Church (hence the passage name) and various large, ancient tombstones that used to line the inside of the sanctuary. On the southern portion of the passage, you'll find numerous artisan workshops, where you'll even get see them hard at work creating new items. City wall Tallinn's medieval city wall is a sub-facility that was built to protect the lower Tallinn and upper Tallinn (Toompea). The building of the city wall began in 1310th years, and by improving over time it formed the city wall with defensive buildings (towers). It was finished by the end of the 1561. Then it was 2.35-kilometer-long circular wall, which had 27 wall gate, 8 tower gate and 21 other stone fortifications. Many parts of the to...
Tallinn is a small port town in which the population is 371 000 people, and the area is only 159,2 km².( square kilometers). Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is named after taani linnus, which means Danish castle. The Castle in question was built by King Waldemar of Denmark in the 13th century. The settlement quickly developed itself into a busy port. -The Old Town In medieval age Tallinn was called Reval and it was as big as the Tallinns Old Town is now. Uniqueness of Tallinn is that it is one of very few European cities, where the historical lay-out is kept in it's original form , and has a lot of monuments of that time. Thanks to that in 1997 Old Tallinn has been included in the list of a world heritage of UNESCO. -The Raekoja Square The Raekoja Square is used for senturies like market and fair square, here took place many festivals, and criminals were executed. In summer on Raekoja Square many open air conserts ...
YELLOW SUBMARINE The Beatles In the town where i was born, There lived a man, Who sailed the seas, And he told us of his life, In the land of Submarines, So we sailed into the sun, Till' we found a sea of green, And we lived beneath the waves, In our yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, A yellow submarine. And my friends are all aboard, Many more of them live next door, And the band begins to play, ( a band plays a short song ) We all live in a yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, A yellow submarine. And we live a life of ease, Everyone of us, Has all we need, Sky of blue And sea of green In our yellow Submarine We all live in a yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, A yellow submarine, We all live in a yellow submarine, A y...
OLDE HANSA OVERVIEW • OLDE HANSA WAS ESTABLISHED TO HONOUR THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE AND OUR FOREFATHERS AND FOREMOTHERS. • THEY HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO THIS TASK IN ORDER TO TAKE US - THE CUSTOMERS - ON A JOURNEY TO TALLINN'S GOLDEN AGE. • OLDE HANSA IS THE HOME OF A RICH MERCHANT. • HIS HOUSE IS BUILT IN A MANNER TO INCREASE THE ENJOYMENT OF THE HAPPY MOMENTS IN THE LIFE OF A HANSEATIC MERCHANT. LOCATION • OLDE HANSA IS LOCATED IN TALLINN'S OLD TOWN, ON THE ADDRESS VANA TURG 1, WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE TO "OLD MARKET". • THIS IS NEAR THE TALLINN'S OLD TOWN CENTRE, RAEKOJA PLATS (OR CENTRE). • IT'S A GREAT LOCATION, SINCE THE CENTRE IS A HUGE TOURIST ATTRACTION AND CONSECUTIVELY THE OLDE HANSA IS MORE THAN OFTEN VISITED BY PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TRY ESTONIAN NATIONAL (OR JUST INTERESTING) CUISINES. SWEET ALMONDS OLDE HANSA IS ALSO FAMOUS FOR THEIR SWEET ALMONDS, WHICH ARE SOLD ALL OVER TALLINN AND IN MOST MA...
Partner schools in Comenius project Targo Timak Form 7a Tartu Veeriku School Sehit Millis Nuri Ilkogretim Okulu l There are 1300 students and 43 staffs. l Students are aged 6-14. l Even though their school takes place in the urban part of the city, most of the families still have their old traditional ways of life which belong to rural areas. l Their school needs this kind of projects because pupils around the school have really low economic standards and they may not be able to find another chance to attend a high standard intercultural activity in the rest of their lives. Fichtenberg Oberschule l Fichtenberg-Oberschule is a general secondary school (grades 7-12) in Berlin-Steglitz. l Fichtenberg-Oberschule looks back at a long tradition of secondary education in Berlin-Steglitz and has been known under its present name and administrational stru...
Location: My kinda town is located in the south of Europe on the westernmost tip of the country. The region it belongs to is bordering two seas, one in the west and another one to the southwest It is situated on the mainland about 20 km off the coast. It has mainly flat terrain with several hills. Climate: My kinda town has the Mediterranean climate. There are 4 seasons; however spring and autumn are very short. Usually summers are dry and very warm, winters are rainy and mild. Temperatures during winter only occasionally fall below the freezing point and snow generally is seldom seen. In the summer, the temperatures range from mild to very warm. Spring is relatively warm and autumn ...
07.11.2012 A business student´s insight into life in Estonia Estonia is a very small country compared with other European countries. But we have lots of students and universities which are internationally appreciated. I am also new business student in university and i have my own opinion. How can i see the life in Estonia? Positive side is definetly the location. We are located near the Baltic sea, which means that around us there is one of the fastest growing market. Also we are near the biggest cities in Europe. It means that we have lots of tourists who want to visit our country. Positive side is that we have unique nature and old town. Also in Estonia there are lower prices than neighboring Scandinavian countries. Estonians are successful in creating different e-government solutions. We have e-school, e- voting and e-s...
Kunda Gymnasium Rait Türkel Old Tallinn Report Instructor:Teacher Kristi Aron Kunda 2012 Introduction Like most cities with an eight-hundred-year-old past, Tallinn is a patchwork of historic areas. The city's pride and joy is without a doubt its Medieval Old Town, but equally enchanting is the Kadriorg district, a throwback to the time when Estonia was ruled by the Russian Tsars. Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of 159.2 km2 with a population of 416,470. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is ranked as a global city and has been listed among the top 10 digital cities in the world.The city was a European Capital of Culture for 2011, along with urku, Finland.T...
Silicon Valley Could you reproduce Silicon Valley elsewhere, or is there something unique about it? It wouldn't be surprising if it were hard to reproduce in other countries, because you couldn't reproduce it in most of the US either. What does it take to make a silicon valley even here? What it takes is the right people. If you could get the right ten thousand people to move from Silicon Valley to Buffalo, Buffalo would become Silicon Valley. That's a striking departure from the past. Up till a couple decades ago, geography was destiny for cities. All great cities were located on waterways, because cities made money by trade, and water was the only economical way to ship. Now you could make a great city anywhere, if you could get the right people to move there. So the question of how to make a silicon valley becomes: ...
Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams Born 13 February 1974, Staffordshire, England An English singer songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. Member of the pop group Take That Parents: Peter and Janet Williams Early life He were raised by his mother. Mill Hill Primary School St Margaret Ward Roman Catholic School Dance school UKDDF Several school plays, biggest role was the Artful Dodger in a production of Oliver!. Briefly played for Port Vale Football Club. Achievements Williams has sold more albums in the UK than any other British solo artist. More BRIT Awards than any other artist to date. Williams was entered in The Guinness Book of World Records, 1.6 million tickets were sold in one single day. Being voted as the Greatest artist of the 1990s. Video game Williams features in his own karaoke video game, "We ...
The Moving Finger Agatha Christie The Moving Finger Agatha Christie Plot summary: Brother and sister Jerry and Joanna Burton bought a country house in an idyllic English town called Lymstock so that Jerry could recover from injuries received in a wartime plane crash. They had been living in London their whole life and thus were excited but intimidated to go. Lymstock was much like any other English village, no more than 300 people. Those that live there enjoy the peace of rural life and form a union to where it can be difficult for strangers to blend in. Fortunately, it wasn't much of a problem for Jerry and Joanna. They were just getting to know the town's strange members and their characters...
Powerpoint Renate Saluste Alvar 8a Introduction Earlier life A musical career Personal life albums The official singles Some songs Earlier life Renate created his first melodies at a very early age. Although she has sung all her life,she started the age of 14. Received a good piano study at home-town,she began to load the covers of well-known songs. A musical career 2009th Renate met social site DJ,who saw his YouTube channel,where was a song video. Just the same video was interesting to the Radio Tre leader Siim Pohlak. Thats how she began co-operating with Tre Records. A personal life Renate successfully completed basicschool Albu. The first eight classes were girl graded with honors. Currently studying Renate in Tallinn 32 High School Class 12D humanitarian sid...
BEDOUINS REFERAAT Õppeaines: INGLISE KEEL Arhitektuuri- ja keskkonnatehnika teaduskond Õpperühm: TÖ 21A Juhendaja: M.Kala Tallinn 2009 1. Who are bedouins? Bedouins are Arabic speaking nomadic tribes that originate from the Arabian Peninsula (mainly Saudi Arabia) and would travel the desert to locations where they would find drink and food. Sometimes traveling for days before they arrived at their final destinations. Each tribe would have an area of land under their responsibility from which they would make income by allowing travelers and traders to pass through. As knowledgeable guides of the desert they controlled the desert trade routes, and escorted caravans. Table 1. Bedouin Total population Regions Languages Religion Related ...
New Zealand vs Estonia Places to visit Argo Pihtjõe VLE-3 Some facts: Full name: Republic of Estonia Full name: New Zealand Population: 1.3 million (UN, 2010) Population: 4.3 million (UN, 2010) Capital: Tallinn Capital: Wellington Area: 45,227 sq km (17,462 sq miles) Area: 270,534 sq km (104,454 sq miles) Major languages: Estonian Major languages: English, Maori Major religion: Christianity Major religion: Christianity Life expectancy: 69 years (men), 79 Life expectancy: 79 years (men), 83 years (women) (UN) years (women) (UN) Monetary unit: euro Monetary unit: 1 New Zealand dollar Main exports: Machinery, textiles, wood ($NZ) = 100 cents products Main exports: Wool, food and dairy GNI per capita: US $14,060 (World...
Venom Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc. (Horror 86 min) Producers: Kevin Williamson, Scott Faye, Karen Lauder Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Megan Good This film is set in South-Louisiana. Because there are many scariest places. The film was made in year 2005. There play many actors, example Agnes Bruckner (Eden), Jonathan Jackson (Eric), Meagan Good (Cece), Laura Ramsay (Rachel), Rick Cramer (Ray), Bijou Phillips (Tammy) and Method Man (Deputy). Agnes Bruckner career was beginning, when she was 18 years old. She played in "Murder ABC", "Last Summer Secret" and "Bone Snatcher". Jonathan Jackson is been an actor five years. He played in "Left in darkness" and "The Town Legend". Megan Good played in "Roll Bounce". Bijou Phillips and Method Man are known in "Almost Famous" and "Garden State". Producers are Kevin Williamson, Scott Faye and Karen Lauder. This film is for people who are at least 15. This film owns a good quality, ther...
JOHNNY CASH General information · 26. 02.1932 12.09.2003 · American country singer-songwriter · Deep, distinctive voice · Sorrow, moral, moral tribulation, redemption · 90 million albums Early life · Kingsland, Arkansas · 7 children · Death of brother Jack First marriage · Vivien Liberto · August 7, 1954 · 4 daughters · Divorce 1966 Early career · Memphis, Tennessee · "Hey Porter" · "Cry, cry, cry" · Sun -> Colombia Records · "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" Outlaw image · Drinking, amphetamines, barbiturates · 7 number of being in jail · 1968 · June Carter "The Man In Black" · The Johnny Cash Show · Dressed all in black. · Band dressed in black shirts Illness and death · Shy-Drager Syndrome 1997 · Autonomic neuropathy; diabetes · September 12, 2003 Interesting facts · Instruments: Guitar, voice, harmonica ...
Plot Overview An imaginative and mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. After playing hooky from school on Friday and dirtying his clothes in a fight, Tom is made to whitewash the fence as punishment on Saturday. At first, Tom is disappointed by having to forfeit his day off. However, he soon cleverly persuades his friends to trade him small treasures for the privilege of doing his work. He trades these treasures for tickets given out in Sunday school for memorizing Bible verses and uses the tickets to claim a Bible as a prize. He loses much of his glory, however, when, in response to a question to show off his knowledge, he incorrectly answers that the first two disciples were David and Goliath. Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get “engaged” to him. Their romance collapses when she le...
Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone 1899 -1947 Early Life in New York Born in Brooklyn, New York Cabriele Capone was a barber 6 brothers and 2 sisters Immigrated to USA in 1893 Dropped out of school at age 14 Small-time gangs Frankie Yale as a mentor 1921 moved to Cicero, Chicago Capone's wealth and power grows in Cicero Took power at Cicero town covernment Become notorious during the Prohibition Era Gambling, prostitution, liquor The Chicagos Outfit earned abuot US $100 million per year Trough organized corruption could operate freely in Chicago Capone had become a celebrity Gang wars North Side gang Capone's murder attemption (1926) Saint Valentine's Day Massacre (1929) Conviction and prison Eliot Ness Capone arranged to have himself jailed for nine months In 1932 Capone was convicted on tax crimes Alcatraz Al Capone had no more p...
Tallinn Mustamäe College G2K Jaana-Kristiina Jõgevest The Four oldest churches of Tallinn Report Supervisor: Ingrid Teigar Tallinn 2009 The Dome Church The Danes began fortification of Toompea after the conquest of Tallinn in 1219 and probably also built the first church there. It was presumably a wooden building located at the site of the present cathedral. However, a serious conflict with the Order of the Brothers of the Sword broke out soon as the latter wanted to gain control of the entire Estonia. The order succeeded in subordinating Tallinn and the whole of North Estonia to its rule in 1227. The monks of the Dominican Order began the construction of a stone church in Toompea in 1229. The first written data on the cathedral date back to 1233, the date of a battle...
Veracruz Spilling from the slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental to the Hulf of Mexixo,the state of Veracruz froms a 450-mile-long crescent.Since Spanish colonial times the harbor at the city of Veracruz has been the point of entry for diverse cultures either staging invasions or seeking a share in the state's abundant resources.these newcomers Spaniards, Africans, Greeks, Italians and Cubans blended with the indigenous people to create a mélange of traditions that are unique to Veracruz. Long before Cortes these tropical lowlands wwewe the domain of the Olmec,Mesoamerica's oldest civikization, which rose to prominence 3,000 years ago, developing religious ideas, mathematical concepts and a calendar system that would be adopted later by the Maya and Aztec. Master carvers, the Olmec disappeared mysteriously around 400 b.c.,leaving behind gigantic asalt heads believed to represent their rulers.Most...
Scotland Scotland · Scotland is a country in the north of Great Britain. It is apart of the United Kingdom. Scotland is divided into three natural regions: the Southern Uplands, the Central Lowlands and the Highlands and islands. A lot of places in Scotland are a natural paradise, still untouched by man. Glasgow · Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and the third largest in the United Kingdom. Before 1750 Glasgow was a small town. It had a cathedral and a university but it was not a rich town. After 1707 Scottish ships could go to the English colonies in America. Ships brought tobacco to Glasgow and took back Scottish goods. In 1776, the American colonies became independent and the tobacco trade stopped. Heavy industry began to develop. It used coal and iron from the Clyde valley. Glasgow became rich but very dirty. Sport · Scotland is famous for football teams: Rangers and Celtic. Mo...
Frankenstein Mary Shelley About the Author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist. She was born in Somers Town, London. Mary received an excellent education, which was unusual for girls at the time. She never went to school, but she was taught to read and write by her housekeeper and her father. She was married to a romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. She began writing "Frankenstein" when she was only eighteen and it had conceived from a nightmare. Mary died, aged 54, at Chester Square in London, England. She was buried in St. Peter's churchyard in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. The Book The story begins in a vessel in the North Pole where captain Robert Walton was on a voyage of discovery. Suddenly he saw a man and he was Victor Frankenstein. Victor was very ill and he started to tell Robert a...
Declan Galbraith Family Born December 19, 1991 Declan Galbraith and his family live in England, in the small town of Hoo Father Alec scottish, mother Siobhan irish Declan's grandfather sang in a band and played several instruments At the beginning His talent was publicly acknowledged for the first time when at just 7 years old he insisted on performing at the annual Rochester Dickens Festival After this he started to enter local talent contests and within a year he had won 15 titles and more than £1,000.00 Achievements His first recording was `Walking in the Air' His most memorable performances: the Queen's Jubilee at St Paul's Cathedra accompanied by the St Paul's Choir and an unforgettable experience when singing in front of more than 22,000 people at an Elton John concert. More He plays the quitar and the piano ...
The Renaissance In the history the Middle Ages were followed by the Renassance period. During this period a new class called bourgeoeisie came into being. This is the period when monarchies based on nationality were estabilished. The Renaessance started in Italy In the 14th century. Then it spread all over Europe, reached England in 16th century. The struggle for power culminated in a war called The War of Roses. It was a civil war between two dynasties, families. They had different emblems on one side the Yorks (white rose) other Lancasters (red). They couldn't decide who gets the throne. War ended 1485. A new dynasty came to throne, Tudor, the first king in this dynasty was Henry Vll. When he came to throne a period of stability followed because he built a nation based state. He was good at diplomacy.He could avoid quarrels and wars with neigbouring countries. France, Spain - greatest enemies.So he ...
Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is a shy 11-year-old living with his miner father and older brother Tony during the miner's strike. Times are hard his father and brother spend their days on the picket lines clashing with the police while Billy takes care of his senile grandmother. Billy's mother has passed away. Life has made Billy a sensitive and mature boy. His father forces him to study boxing to make him into his own image. Billy isn't interested in expressing himself with his fists, he has taken some ballet classes next door, run by Mrs Wilkinson. With the encouragement of ballet teacher Mrs Wilkinson he joins in with the classes and starts to express himself through dance. But Billy knows that if his father or brother would find this out, they wouldn't like it. With the adults busy with their own problems, Billy is able to keep his new activity a secret ... for awhile. When...
Book report "To Kill a Mockingbird" Author The book was written by Nelle Harper Lee. She was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. She attended the local Huntington College and later studied law at the University of Alabama. She has won the Pulitzer Prize for that book and many other literary awards. Lee began to write "To Kill a Mockingbird" in the 1950s in New York and published it in 1960. Setting The action takes place in Maycomb, Alabama, a town invented by the author. Between 19331935. Maycomb is a quiet little town and many people there seem to be narrow-minded. Main Characters The main characters are Scout, Atticus and Jem. Scout is a little girl, she is intelligent, thoughtful and brave. She definitely seems boy-like because she isn't afraid to fight with boys. Scout also has a warm heart, she always has best intentions and worries about the poo...
Straitland Historical Facts Straitland has served as a junction of international trade routes for Vikings. Long struggle of power with foreign intruders has left ancient strongholds in Valjala, Lihula and Soontagana. The churches in Muhu, Valjala, Mustjala, Karja and Kihelkonna are honorable and elderly because Straitland was the one to bring Christianity to Estonia. The castle of Kuressaare is still standing proudly, but in Lihula only ruins can be seen. The patterns of national dresses and the churches bring memories of secret sign cultures of Medieval Times. Good knowledge of singing and facilit...
Kiek in de Kök is an old German language nickname for towers, mainly those that formed parts of town fortifications. They gained the name from the ability of tower occupants to see into kitchens of nearby houses. Due to the history of the Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Order, also towers far outside modern Germany bear this name, like in Gdask and Tallinn. The tower in Tallinn is an artillery tower built in 1475.The walls are 4 m thick but the tower was then lower than today. The waterproof upper floor made of cobblestones was open and had 22 embrasures in its parapet. The parapet must have been covered by some kind of a roof but the middle part of the floor was uncovered to get the mortars and catapults in place better. Compared to the other Tallinn towers Kiek in de Kök was predominant in its fire power, due to its 27 embrasures for cannons and 30 for handguns. The ground floor was a storage floor and there was also the initial ent...
postimpressionism Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne (1839 1906) · Prantsuse postimpressionistlik kunstnik · Õppis Aix-en-Provence'i ülikoolis õigusteadust · Õppis Académie Suisse'is ja täiendas end peamiselt Louvre'is · Alustas tumedate pastoossete piltidega, millel oli kujutatud vägivaldseid sündmusi · Hakkas otsima kujutamisviisi, mille kaudu oleks võimalik näidata looduse fundamentaalset olemust · Sai kubistidele eeskujuks · Maalimine mitmest vaatepunktist · Pani aluse konstrueerivale kunstitegemisele Natüürmort kummutiga (1887) Kaardimängijad (1890-1892) Saine-Victoire´i mägi (1904-1906) Inglisekeelne tekst · Early years and family · The Cézannes came from the small town of Cesana now in West Piedmont, and it has been assumed that their name came from Italian origin. Paul Cézanne was born on 19 January 1839 in Aix-en-Provence, in Provence in south of France. On 22 February, Paul was baptise...
Leisure activities Everyone have some kind of hobby, what he/she really loves to do. Someone likes to play ball, someone likes to dance, someone enjoy reading. For every people it is different, but persons always find that activity what he/she wants and loves to do. Nobody don't like just sitting or sleeping all days, it is turns boring. This report is based on the questions answers what I asked some of my classmates and friends about their leisure activities. What is the most popular leisure activity among your friends? Why? The most popular leisure activity is dancing, playing football or basketball and roller skating is everyones favourite. Also likes singing, athletics, photography, art and acting. Roller skating likes everyone because it's good to be outside after school, it is good for your health and brain, when you are goi...
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