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Tartu
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Tartu

Most notable are the old Lutheran St. John's Church the 18thcentury town hall, the university building, ruins of the 13thcentury cathedral, the botanical gardens, the main shopping street, many buildings around the town hall square and Barclay Square. The historical slum area called Supilinn (Soup Town) is located on the bank of river Emajõgi, near the town centre and is regarded as one of the few surviving "poor" neighbourhoods of 19th century Europe. At the moment Supilinn is being rapidly renovated, undergoing a slow transformation from the historic slum into a prestigious highclass neighborhood. The active community embodied by the Supilinn Society is committed to preserving the heritage. Tartu's large student population means that it has a comparatively thriving nightlife, with many bars, restaurants, and nightclubs. Annually, in the summer, Tartu hosts the Hansa Days Festival (Estonian: Hansapäevad) to

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British History KT küsimused ja vastused
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British History KT küsimused ja vastused

inverted snobbery ­ middle-class people try to adopt working-class values and habits. posh ­ of a class higher than the one I belong to; being posh ­ being pretentious 7. In the early years of the twentieth century, the playwright and social commentator George Bernard Shaw remarked that an Englishman only had to open his mouth to make some other Englishman despise him. What was he talking about? Would he say the same thing today? 8. In the 1930s people in middle-class neighbourhoods often reacted angrily to the building of housing estates for the working class nearby. In one area they even built a wall to separate the two neighbourhoods! This could never happen today. Why not? What has changed? 9. English class system has survived in Britain because of its flexibility. How do the social classes differentiate themselves in Britain? What is the role of language, accent, clothes, money, habits and attitudes?

Ajalugu → British history (suurbritannia...
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Estonian cities
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Estonian cities

founded under King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1632. The university is one of the largest employers, which explains the large proportion of highly skilled professionals ­ researchers, professors, doctors. The solgan of Tartu is "The City of Good Thougths" Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the city is the centre of southern Estonia. The river Emajõgi, which connects the two largest lakes of Estonia, crosses Tartu. There are 17 neighbourhoods in Tartu. The city is served by Tartu Airport. The first written records of Tartu date from 1030. Historical names of Tartu are Tarbatu and Dorpat. Pärnu is a city in southwestern Estonia on the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga in theBaltic Sea. It is a popular summer vacation resort with many hotels, restaurants, and large beaches. The Pärnu River flows through the city and drains into the Gulf of Riga. The city is served by Pärnu Airport

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Turkey and the European Union
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Turkey and the European Union

development raise sensitivities and pose challenges with political ramifications (Joseph, J.S., 2006). TURKEY'S LOCATION The strategic location of Turkey presents a unique challenge to the EU's external role and policies as "it lies at the epicenter of a series of conflicts, real and potential" in the region. Turkish accession will bring closer to the EU the instability and tensions of a strategically vital region with strong, conflicting energy-related interests. The unstable neighbourhoods of the Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia will become the immediate neighbourhood of the EU and its member states. As a major power in the region Turkey could be drawn into conflicts that work against European, Central Asian and Middle Eastern integration and peace (Joseph, J.S., 2006). In conjunction with this point, the addition of new long external borders will present a major challenge to the EU as it will involve critical policies and issues such as migration,

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THE CAPITALIST NIGER
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THE CAPITALIST NIGER

adventure of deciding our own future. We prefer others to establish the company so that we come in and cry racism when they refuse to hire us. Why can’t we establish the company, let others come in and cry racism for us not hiring them? This book is not about separatism. Being a Capitalist Nigger does not involve asking for a separate land area for Black people; it does not involve asking all Caucasians to get out of Africa; it does not involve asking others to stop doing business in our neighbourhoods. It is not about calling people names. It is not about taking up arms to slaughter innocent people. However, if we agree to the Biblical teaching that all men are created equal, then it behoves us to understand that being a Capitalist Nigger means matching brain power for brain power with our conquerors – I feel humiliated using that word. Everywhere you go now in Africa, the craze is for cellular phones. The saddest thing is that people don’t know or understand how they work

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Topic USA
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Topic USA

S fourth country in terms of population. More than three-fourths of the population live in urban states and tehere are 170 cities with huge population. Most of urban cities are located along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. The vast majority of the population make White-Anglo-Saxon- Protestants, because of the immigrant that arrived in the 1860 s. These immigrants arrived from central Europe in particular and have formed their own culturally homogeneous neighbourhoods. Almost 12% of the population are black people, who were brought to America as slaves. Now, the blacks are at the bottom of the economic and education table, with high unemployment, especially because of racial discrimination. The most rapidly growing ethnic group is the Hispanics. Like the blacks, they have lower economic and education level that the rest of the population. There are also about 2 mln generally prosperous Oriental Americans, who live mainly in California. There are only about 1

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Lõuna Aafrika rahvusköök
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Lõuna Aafrika rahvusköök

Those in search of authentic South African cuisine have to look harder for those few establishments that specialise in it - like the justly famous Gramadoelas in central Johannesburg, Wandie's Place in Soweto, the Africa Café in central Cape Town or smaller restaurants in that city's Bo-Kaap, in Khayelitsha and Langa. Or one can watch for glimmers of the real thing. There are varieties of biltong in every café, in big cities and little dorps. Every weekend there wafts from neighbourhoods rich and poor the smell of spicy sosaties being grilled over the braai. Steak houses may specialise in flame-grilled aged sirloin, but they also offer boerewors. And sometimes, in posh restaurants, there is the occasional fusion dish - not the common merger of east and west, but north and south: marinated ostrich carpaccio at Sage in Pretoria, oxtail ravioli with saffron cream sauce at Bartholomeus Klip in Hermon on the Cape west coast, even Tandoori crocodile at the Pavilion in the

Toit → Kokandus
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Revision Questions
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Revision Questions

mobility of African Americans. These societal and institutional forms of racism and discrimination are reflected in the racial wealth gap (According to a 2011 study, whites possess 20 times more wealth than African Americans and 18 times that of Latinos. Whereas the average white family has accumulated $113,149 of wealth, the typical black household has only accumulated $5,677 in wealth), housing discrimination (no blacks allowed in white area neighbourhoods), education (The achievement gap is deeply alive in the black middle class. Middle-class black children lag behind their white and Asian peers, with the gap the largest among the college-educated. According to scholars on the middle-class black-white education gap, black middle-class performance is closer to poor white children), poverty (As of 2010, the poverty rate among non-Hispanic whites was 9.9%, whereas the poverty rate among African Americans was 27.4%) and more.

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Jane Austen
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Jane Austen

But that gentleman," looking at Darcy, "seemed to think the country was nothing at all." "Indeed, Mamma, you are mistaken," said Elizabeth, blushing for her mother. "You quite mistook Mr. Darcy. He only meant that there was not such a variety of people to be met with in the country as in the town, which you must acknowledge to be true." "Certainly, my dear, nobody said there were; but as to not meeting with many people in this neighbourhood, I believe there are few neighbourhoods larger. I know we dine with four-and-twenty families." Nothing but concern for Elizabeth could enable Bingley to keep his countenance. His sister was less delicate, and directed her eyes towards Mr. Darcy with a very expressive smile. Elizabeth, for the sake of saying something that might turn her mother's thoughts, now asked her if Charlotte Lucas had been at Longbourn since her coming away. "Yes, she called yesterday with her father. What an agreeable man Sir William is, Mr.

Kirjandus → Kirjandus
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