Andrus Veerpalu - One of The Most Famous Estonian Cross Country Skier General Information Born 08.02.1972, in Pärnu Successful Estonian cross country skier Education - secondary school His Finnish, Russian sign a ture Appearance Quite tall, 1.82 cm Athlet built Weight 73 kg Usually wears sport clothes Character Quiet person Shy Hardworking Glad Career Began skiing at the age 12 Began professional sports at the age 21 First World Cup start 1992 in Ramsau 111 World Cup starts In World Cup 10 podium places (6 golds) World's best classic skier Coach Mati Alaver Career Highlights Olympic winner in 15 km classic skiing 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic silver in 50 km classic skiing 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic winner in 15 km classic skiing 2006 Torino World champio...
Carl Lewis The greatest and most famous athlete of the last century, who formerly won about 20 gold medals in four different events (100 m, 200 m, long jump and 4x100 relay), is called Carl, which is a nick that hides his true identity: Frederick Carlton Lewis. He was born on 1st July 1961 in Birmingham, Alabama, the same country of Jesse Owens for the will of doom: in fact his parents lived there fleetingly owing to their job. Third of five sons, he spent his childhood in Willingboro together with his younger sister Carol, Bill, his dad and Evelyn, his mother. Since his first years of life he could breath the soft and clean air of sport: his father used to train athletes at university and his mother was 6th at 80 m hurdles in the Pan-American games of 1951.He saw the Olympic games of 1968 on TV and could admire Bob Beamon: he was...
Scottish Sports Stars I bring out a few of the brightest Scottish sports stars. Chris Hoy, Cycling Current team : Team Sky+ HD Nickname : The Real McHoy Rider type : Sprinter Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy, who was born in 23 March 1976 in Edinburgh, is multiple world & olympic champion. Chris Hoy is the most successful Olympic male cyclist of all time. Hoy was created a Knight Bachelor by Queen Elizabeth II in the New Years Honours List 2009. Andy Murray, Tennis Career record : 22878(74.50%) Career titles : 14 Highest ranking : No. 2 (17 August 2009) Current ranking : No. 4 (3 May 2010) Career prize money : US$ 10 909 093 Andrew "Andy" Murray is a Scottish professional tennis p...
Mark Spitz World’s greatest swimmer and 9-time Olympic Gold Medalist Best known • a world record • at the 1972 Olympic Games, • seven gold medals • individual and team events Childhood • February 10, 1950 • The first of three • Modesto, California • Arnold and Lenore Spitz • At age 2 swam almost every day at Waikiki Beach • At age 6 his local swim club • Trained at Arden Hills Swim Club in Sacramento with Sherm Chavoor • 17 national age-group records, and one world record Biography • 1965, Maccabiah Games, first international competition • Most outstanding athlete • 1968 Olympic Games • Seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich • The most dramatic instances in Olympic history • Palestinian terrorists captured and eventually murdered 11 Israeli ath...
Fu Mingxia Child Prodigy Name: Roland laipaik Fu Mingxia Born August 16, 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei, China Is a top female diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. Chinese diver Fu Mingxia won the platform- diving world championship in 1991 at the age of 12, making her the youngest diving champ of all time. She also holds the notoriety of being the youngest Olympic-diving champion, having earned a gold at the 1992 Barcelona Games when she was just 13 Early life Though she was just a child, Fu demonstrated remarkable poise and body control. Instead, they suggested she pursue diving, though Fu, only about seven years old at the time, could not swim. Through a strenuous training program, Fu learned to set aside her fears and progressed quickly. At times, Fu practiced 100 dives a day. 1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona China's Fu M...
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal Bruno Puusepp Shaq · He is an retired NBA player · He was one of the tallest and heaviest players (2.16m, 150kg) · He played for six teams throughout his career · Orlando Magic 1# · Center · He has doctorate degree Early life · March 6, 1972 in Newark, New Jersey · Lucille O'Neal and Joe Toney · Was offered a basketball scholarship (Seton Hall) · On his 1994 rap album he voiced hi feelings of disdain for Toney in the song · He led his team to a 68-1 record Rookie season · Drafted 1st overall pick by Orlando Magic · Player of the Week in his first week in the NBA · He averaged 23,4 points; 13,9 rebounds; 3,5 blocks · 1993 NBA Rookie of the Year · Became first rookie to be voted an All-Star starter Career · Summer 1996 he was named to the United States Olympic b...
Competitive rhythmic gymnastics began in the 1940s in the Soviet Union. The FIG formally recognized this discipline in 1961, first as modern gymnastics, then as rhythmic sportive gymnastics, and finally as rhythmic gymnastics. The first World Championships for individual rhythmic gymnasts was held in 1963 in Budapest. Rhythmic gymnastics was added to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, with an individual all-around competition. However, many federations from the Eastern European countries were forced to boycott by the Soviet Union. Canadian Lori Fung was the first rhythmic gymnast to earn an Olympic gold medal. The group competition was added to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Olympic rhythmic gymnastics is typically restricted to female participants, although Japan has begun developing programs in which men can compete and in Spain, men are allowed to participate in women's competitions. The men's program has yet to be forma...
Sports. Sports has a very old history. The ancient Olympic Games were the first big sports competitions. The history of the Olympic Games is linked with many myths referred to in ancient sources, but in the historic years their founder is said to be Oxylos whose descendant Ifitos later rejuvenated the Games. According to the tradition, the Olympic Games began in 776 B.C. when Ifitos made a treaty with Lycourgos the king and famous legislator of Sparta and Cleisthenes the king of Pissa. In this treaty that was the decisive event for the development of the sanctuary as a Panhellenic centre, the "sacred truce" was agreed. That is to say ceasing of fighting in all of the Freek world for as long as the Olympic Games were on. The Olympic Games were held, after the completion of four years during the month of July or August. The time between two competitions was ca...
Petra Majdic Petra Majdic was born on December 22, 1979 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. She is an Olympic cross country skiing specilizing in the women's individual sprint discipline. Majdic is representing her home country of Slovenia in the 2010 Winter Olympics in .Vancouver, British Columbia Majdic has made 169 World Cup starts in her career, with 15 victories and 31 podiums to her credit. In her first start on the circuit on January 9, 1999, she finished 69th of 75 skiers in a 10 km cross country event held in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. Her first podium came just over two years later on February 1, 2001 n Asiago, Italy when she placed third in the 1.5 km sprint event.10Her first victory came on December 1, 2007 in Kuusamo, Finland.11 She also has made 17 World Ski Championships starts in her career with one podium to her credit. That came when she finished second...
(My presentation talking about...) Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn , New York in February 17, 1963. He is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.A brief listing of his top accomplishments would include the following: Rookie of the Year; Five-time NBA MVP; Six-time NBA champion; Six-time NBA Finals MVP; Ten-time All-NBA First Team; Nine time NBA All- Defensive First Team; Defensive Player of the Year; 14-time NBA All-Star; Three-time NBA All-Star MVP; 50th Anniversary All-Time Team; Ten scoring titles -- an NBA ...
Gerd Kanter Eli Paul 8c Supervisor: Marje Maasen 2015 Personal information ● Height- 1. 96 m ● Weight- 127 kg ● Own record- 73. 38 ● He got married with Liina Pärtel on 7th of October in New Zealand ● He have a son Kristjan. He born on 20th of March in 2014 Early life ● Born in Tallinn, Estonia on 6th of May in 1979. ● After the first class he went to Vigala. ● Studied in Vana-Vigala School . ● He attented high school at Pärnu-Jaagupi. ● He studied business in Tallinn University of Technology. Career ● His first coach was Ando Palginõmm ● He made his first Olympic appearance in 2004. ● First gold medal in 2005 in Universiade in Turkey ● “15 sammu võiduni” , “Everything is possible!” ● Estonian best sportsman in 2007, 2008, 2011 ● His coach is Vesteinn Hafsteinsson from Island Medals ● 4 gold medals ● 5 silver medals ● 3 bronze medals http://bit.ly/1PdE2Vh http://bit.ly/1VQGNe6 Ref...
Many people think Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player ever. He led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association (NBA) championships. He earned the nickname “Air Jordan” because he often seemed to defy gravity on leaps toward the basket. Fans adored his smiling face and his determination to succeed. During his playing career, Michael Jordan became the most famous athlete in the world. EARLY LIFE Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York. His family later moved to Wilmington, North Carolina. Young Michael’s best sport was baseball. He didn’t make his high school basketball team as a sophomore. Later, he played well enough to be noticed by Coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina (UNC). Jordan won a scholarship to UNC. As a freshman at UNC, Jordan scored the winning basket in the 1982 national college tournament championship game. He played two more seasons at UNC. He also...
Swimming Jorke Raadik 7.B Tallinna Kristiine Gümnaasium Some of my personal facts about swimming I have been swimming for 7 and half years. The clubs were i have trained were Redmoto, Kalevi Ujumis kool and Orca swim club. How many years i have been swimming in other clubs At Redmoto i swam for half a year At Kalevi Ujumis kool i swam 2 years And at Orca Swim Club were i currently am for 5 years Question Name 1 swimmer who is known in Estonia and 1 who is know in the world About Michael Phelps He has won 28 medals and 23 of them are olympic golds He has a 200 m freestyle world record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Era0VAIUATw About swimming history Evidence of recreational swimming in prehistoric times has been found, with the earliest evidence dating to Stone Age paintings from ar...
The Boston Celtics Jürgen Ulla Introduction The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team situated in Boston, Massachusets. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Boston Celtics was founded in 1946. They play their home games at the TD Garden, which they share with the Boston Bruins of the NHL. Their mascot is "Lucky the Leprechaun". Rivalries Los Angeles Lakers The rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers involves the two most storied basketball franchises in NBA history. It has been called the best rivalry in the NBA. The two teams have met a record twelve times in the NBA Finals, starting with their first Finals meeting in 1959. Philadelphia 76ers The Celtics76ers rivalry is a rivalry between the Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers. The two teams have the most meetings in the NBA Playoffs, playing each other in 19 series with the C...
FAMOUS ESTONIANS Markus Ohtla Ken Koolmeister Koit Toome Born on the 3. January 1979. Koit Toome is an Estonian singer and musical actor. In March 2010, he released his first studio album, named "Kaugele siit" ("Far from here") Koit Toome has also embarked on a voice acting career, dubbing animated films. He provided the Estonian voice for Lightning McQueen in the Disney movie Cars. Ott Sepp Born on the 29. June 1982 he is an Estonian actor, singer, writer and television presenter Born in Tallinn, Sepp graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 2004 and began performing at the Estonian Drama Theatre in 2005. Since 2006 he has been a principal actor at the Vanemuine theater in Tartu. Sepp has had prominent roles in Estonian films such as Names in Marble (2002), Malev (2005) a...
Cristiano Ronaldo Backround information ● Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro ● 5 February 1985 (age 29) ● Funchal, Madeira, Portugal ● Portuguese professional footballer ● plays as a forward for Real Madrid ● the captain for the Portugal national team Early life ● He was named after Ronald Reagan, a favorite actor of his father's ● One brother and two sisters ● Lived in poverty ● Popular with other students at school ● Expelled after he threw a chair at his teacher ● At the age of 14, Ronaldo agreed with his mother to then focus entirely on football Club career ● At the age of eight, Ronaldo played for an amateur team Andorinha ● In 1995, he signed with a local club Nacional ● He signed with Sporting CP in 2002 ● At the age of 18, Ronaldo became Manchester United's first-ever Portuguese player ● In 2009 he started playing fo...
Shaun White Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board. Addressing his perception of the nickname "The Flying Tomato", Rolling Stone wrote, "he used to embrace it, even wearing headbands with a flying- tomato logo, but he has grown tired of it." He has also been nicknamed as "animal", a reference to a character from the satirical puppet show The Muppet Show. Early life White was born in San Diego, California. His ancestry includes Irish and Italian. He was born with a Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect for which he endured two open-heart operations before the age of one. He stands 5'8" (1.73 m) tall. White spent his formative years riding Okemo Mountain and Bear Mountain, small ski resorts found in Ludlow...
The USA- culture & traditions Carmely Reiska 12.2 Religion and beliefs ★ 70-80% Christian ★ Judaism faith ★ Mormons and Shakers ★ Religion in politics Taboos in public ★ Do not spit. ★ Do not discuss race, religion or politics. ★ Do not swear. ★ Do not discuss the wrong/rights about abortion. ★ Do not assume you can smoke anywhere, even outside. Traditional American dishes Reuben Sandwich Bagel and Lox American Hamburger Apple Pie Drop Biscuits and Sausage Gravy Clam Chowder Hominy Grits Barbecue Ribs Tacos American fashion ★ Mostly informal ★ Blue jeans ★ Cowboy hat ★ Cowboy boots ★ Motorcycle jacket Sports ★ American football ★ Baseball ★ Basketball ★ Ice-hock...
British Cuisine Some people criticize English food. They say it's unimaginable, boring, tasteless, it's chips with everything and totally overcooked vegetables. The basic ingredients, when fresh, are so full of flavour that British haven't had to invent sauces to disguise their natural taste. What can compare with fresh pees or new potatoes just boiled and served with butter? Why drown spring lamb in wine or cream and spices, when with just one or two herbs it is absolutely delicious? If you ask foreigners to name some typically English dishes, they will probably say "Fish and chips" then stop. It is disappointing, but true that, there is no tradition in England of eating in restaurants, because the food doesn't lend itself to such preparation. English cooking is found at home. So it is difficult to a good English restaurant with a reasonable prices. In most cities in Britain you'll find Indian, Chinese, French and Italian r...
25/11/2012 22:54 The World According to Student Bloopers Richard Lederer St. Paul's School One of the fringe benefits of being an English or History teacher is receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay. I have pasted together the following "history" of the world from certifiably genuine student bloopers collected by teachers throughout the United States, from eight grade through college level. Read carefully, and you will learn a lot. The inhabitants of Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere, so certain areas of the dessert are cul- tivated by irritation. The Egyptians built the Pyramids in the shape of a huge triangular cube. The Pramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain. The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guinesses, Adam a...
English lexicology 1. Size of English vocabulary Vocabulary is a sum total of words used in a language by speakers or for dictionary-making. Active and passive vocabulary. The Old English vocabulary was homogenous. There were about 50 000 – 60 000 words, 1/3 of which have survived. o About 450 loans from Latin o About 2000 from the Viking invasions. The Middle-English vocabulary became a heterogeneous hybrid of Germanic and Romanic languages. 100 000 to 125 000 words. o About 10 000 loans from Norman French, 75% are still in use o Continuing Latin influence Early Modern English. 200 000 – 250 000 words o English becomes a pluricentric language. o Polyglot. Cosmopolitan language Modern English. 500 000 words o At present at least 1 billion lexical units 2....
PRAISE FOR The 4-Hour Workweek "This is a whole new ball game. Highly recommended." --Dr. Stewart D. Friedman, adviser to Jack Welch and former director of the Work/Life Integration Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "It's about time this book was written. It is a long-overdue manifesto for the mobile lifestyle, and Tim Ferriss is the ideal ambassador. This will be huge." --Jack Can eld, cocreator of Chicken Soup for the Soul®, 100+ million copies sold "Stunning and amazing. From mini-retirements to outsourcing your life, it's all here. Whether you're a wage slave or a Fortune 500 CEO, this book will change your life!" --Phil Town, New York Times bestselling author of Rule #1 "The 4-Hour Workweek is a new way of solving a very old problem: just how can we work to live and prevent our lives from being all about work? A world of in nite...
EHITUSTEADUSKOND Ehitustootluse instituut KUIDAS MUUDAB MUDELPROJEKTEERIMINE TERASKONSTRUKTSIOONIDE PROJEKTEERIMIST, VALMISTAMIST JA EHITAMIST? HOW ARE 3D AND BIM CHANGING THE DESIGN, FABRICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF COMPLEX STEEL STRUCTURES? EPJ 60 LT Üliõpilane: Tanel Friedenthal Juhendaja: Prof. Roode Liias Kaasjuhendaja: Prof. Carrie S. Dossick Tallinn, 2010.a. Olen koostanud lõputöö iseseisvalt. Kõik töö koostamisel kasutatud teiste autorite tööd, olulised seisukohad, kirjandusallikatest ja mujalt pärinevad andmed on viidatud. …………………………………………….. (töö autori allkiri ja kuupäev) Üliõpilase kood: 041399 Töö vastab magistritööle esitatud nõuetele ……………………………………………… ...
Some of the things you will learn in THE CODEBREAKERS • How secret Japanese messages were decoded in Washington hours before Pearl Harbor. • How German codebreakers helped usher in the Russian Revolution. • How John F. Kennedy escaped capture in the Pacific because the Japanese failed to solve a simple cipher. • How codebreaking determined a presidential election, convicted an underworld syndicate head, won the battle of Midway, led to cruel Allied defeats in North Africa, and broke up a vast Nazi spy ring. • How one American became the world's most famous codebreaker, and another became the world's greatest. • How codes and codebreakers operate today within the secret agencies of the U.S. and Russia. • And incredibly much more. "For many evenings of gripping reading, no better choice can be made than this book." —Christian Science Monitor THE ...
Color-- -1- -2- -3- -4- -5- -6- -7- -8- -9- Text Size-- 10-- 11-- 12-- 13-- 14-- 15-- 16-- 17-- 18-- 19-- 20-- 21-- 22-- 23-- 24 TWILIGHT By Stephenie Meyer Contents PREFACE 1. FIRST SIGHT 2. OPEN BOOK 3. PHENOMENON 4. INVITATIONS 5. BLOOD TYPE 6. SCARY STORIES 7. NIGHTMARE 8. PORT ANGELES 9. THEORY 10. INTERROGATIONS 11. COMPLICATIONS 12. BALANCING 13. CONFESSIONS 14. MIND OVER MATTER 15. THE CULLENS 16. CARLISLE 17. THE GAME 18. THE HUNT 19. GOODBYES 20. IMPATIENCE 21. PHONE CALL 22. HIDE-AND-SEEK 23. THE ANGEL 24. AN IMPASSE EPILOGUE: AN OCCASION twilight STEPHENIE MEYER LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY New York Boston Text copyright © 2005 by Stephenie Meyer All rights reserved. Little, Brown and Company Time Warner Book Group 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Visit our Web site at www.lb-teens.com First Edition: September 2005 The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons...
THE W R I T E R ' S JOURNEY M Y T H I C STRUCTURE FOR W R I T E R S THIRD EDITION CHRISTOPHER VOGLER S C R E E N W R I T I N G / W R I T I N G Christopher Vogler explores the powerful relationship between mythology and storytelling in his clear, concise style that's made i this book required reading for movie executives, screenwriters, playwrights, fiction and non-fiction writers, scholars, and fans of pop culture all over the world. Discover a set of useful myth-inspired storytelling paradigms like "The Hero's Journey," and step-by-step guidelines to plot and • character development. Based on the work of Joseph Campbell, The Writers Jour...
More praise for Influence: Science and Practice! "We've known for years that people buy based on emotions and justify their buying decision based on logic. Dr. Cialdini was able, in a lucid and cogent manner, to tell us why this happens." --MARK BLACKBURN, Sr. Vice President, Director of Insurance Operations, State Auto Insurance Companies "Dr. Cialdini's ability to relate his material directly to the specifics of what we do with our customers and how we do it, enabled us to make significant changes. His work has enabled us to gain significant competitive differentiation and advantage" -LAURENCE HOF, Vice President, Relationship Consulting, Advanta Corporation "This will help executives make better decisions and use their influence wisely ... Robert Cialdini has had a greater impact on my thinking on this topic than any other scientist." -CHARLES T...
UNO SOOMERE ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996. AN OVERVIEW With a Historical and Cultural Summary IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT ESTONIAN COMPOSERS CONTENTS ESTONIA AND THE ESTONIANS FOREWORD IN THE FOLD OF TSARIST RUSSIA. EMERGENCE AND FIRST STEPS ON THE CLASSICAL-ROMANTIC PATH. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION I. MUSICAL LIFE IN TARTU AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. TRAILBLAZERS: ALEKSANDER LÄTE, RUDOLF TOBIAS, ARTUR KAPP. II. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ARTUR LEMBA: THE BEGINNING OF ESTONIAN SYMPHONY AND OPERA. III. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CULTURAL AND MUSICAL LIFE: THE END OF THE TSARIST PERIOD. THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA: THE INTRODUCTION OF INNOVATIONS FROM WESTERN ART AND THE EVOLUTION OF NATIONALLY ORIENTED MUSICAL TRENDS. IV. THE TWENTIES. ARTUR KAPP: ROMANTICIST AND DRAMATIST. V. THE INFLUENCE OF NEW WESTERN MUSIC...
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