Famous people of England Quiz. nimi 2014 1. Name the English mathematician who devised a mechanical calculating machine in 1834 which was the forerunner of modem computers. 2. With what do you associate the names of Mary Read and Anne Bonny, who lived during the eighteenth .century? 3. She was an English heroine who, with her father rescued the crew of the ship Forfarshire which was wrecked on the Fame Islands on the northeast coast of England in 1838. Who was she? 4. What was Casanova's occupation at the time of his death? 5. What was the name of the Hunchback of Notre Dame 6. Which broadcaster, who died in 1985, is most remembered for presenting Desert Island Discs? Vastused: 1. Charles Babbage 2. Piracy 3. Grace Darling 4. Librarian 5. Quasimodo 6. Roy Plomley
Majority of victims are women, and sometimes children Regions where is it common In parts of Africa In the Middle East Sudan - 570 enslaved people (69 children) In 2008 the abolishement of the Haliya system of forced labour (freeing 20 000) India - 40 million bonded workers Brazil 5000 rescued slaves in 2008 Mauritania - 20% of the population In Niger - 8% of the population (800 000) In Haiti's cities - 225,000 children as unpaid household servants In 1999 - 27 million enslaved people In 2009 - 29.2 million enslaved people Preventive measures Pay more attention to job offers Education Better police attention to situation More communication between countries
First lifeboat was launched at 12:40 am with only 19 people on board. After 160 min Titanic sank. Rescuing Carpathia comes to rescue Some of the people were in lifeboats 4 hours. 1517 souls died. 706 survived Rediscovery It was rediscovered in 1985 Robert Ballard 2,5 miles underwater Last living Titanic survivor Millvina Dean Age: 96 Only 2 months old at the time of sinking. Rescued with mother and older brother, Bertram. Sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic http://www.rmstitanic.net/ http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/ http://www.titanic1.org/ Thanks for watching!
Report Poku Organisation Poku deals the most common environment problems. For example air pollution, water and contamination of ground. Poku has taken charge of all kind package recycling problems. The most common environment problem is air pollution. It is caused by the most common but almost unavoidable activites(heating stoves,car driving, emissions from manufacturing plants). Those activities are hard to avoid however Poku has thought that people could use environmentally friendly fuel for cars and use natural heating materials. The other major environment problem is water pollution. Many peoplerefer their carbage pipes andchemicals substances to bigger watercourses, which unfortunately damage and destroy many spices who live there. According to Poku, people shouldn't was their car, clothes or themselves in water.However they should ban toxic substances flow to water by manufactorys.As a res...
The quote "You can never go home again" is related to "Lord of the flies" in both literal and metaphorical sense. Luckily most of the boys could go home in a literal sense but unfortunately some of them were dead by the time rescuers came to save them. When boys were left on the island alone the savages inside them started to appear and there were few quite good reasons for that. The experience on the island changed all of them and when they were finally rescued everyone went home as sort of different persons. In the beginning when boys had just discovered that they are alone in this paradise island they were all innocent and longed for rescue but towards the end they gradually turned into savages who painted their faces, hunted and were willing to kill each other. For example in the third chapter all boys are still civilised and enjoy the beauty of the island when Simon
When they arrive, they buy supplies and camp in the woods. During their trip they make new friends, but also get into fight with two mean boys, do some chores for an old lady (Miss Williams), get lost, build a cabin and go fishing, swimming and sailing. After Joe and Kathleen have done some chores for Miss Williams, they buy a boat and camp on an island in the middle of the lake. Soon a rainstorm starts, but luckily they get rescued by the Lake Warden before the island disappears under water. In the end the kids get permission to stay with Miss Williams for the rest of the summer and they do't have to return to Mrs.McCafferty I think the book was too predictable and a little bit boring for me, but younger readers will certainly enjoy it. For a children's book, I think it's great. Some of the phrases and words I find interesting: Porch veranda Leave someone stranded - kedagi hätte/kitsikusse jätma
He learnt to carry a rider and pull a carriage. Chapters 6 – 8: The stable boy, James, got a better job with a nearby farmer so he was trained by the head groom. One day, when he drove the carriage led by Black Beauty, they nearly had an accident. Thanks to the clever horse, they avoided a broken bridge and got home later but safe. On another occasion, on a trip to Oxford they stopped for the night. A careless man smoked in the stables and caused a big fire. Black Beauty and Ginger were rescued by James but both he and Ginger were unwell after that and had to rest. Chapters 9 –11: Black Beauty saved Mrs Gordon’s life when he ran very fast to bring the doctor to her. He then became ill himself because a new groom didn’t look after him properly when he got back. The Gordons moved abroad and Black Beauty and Ginger were sold to Lord Westland at Earl’s Hall. They had a good groom, but Lady Westland was unkind and made the horses wear bearing reins so that they held their heads
He wears rare clothes that are brightly contrast coloured. Marvin is the Paranoid Android (android is like a robot, who speak many different languages). Marvin is the robot in Heart of Gold. His brain has the size of a planet. He is claimed to be 50,000 times smarter than every human being. In that novel, Marvin survive from the impinging with the Sun of Kakrafoon. He will enter into some kind of a time machine Improbability Field, engineered by the Heart of Gold to be rescued by a scrap metal trader on planet Squrornshellous Zeta. The metal trader grafted a steel rod to Marvin, because he had lost his leg. In the planet Squrornshellous Zeta he was also asked to open a new bridge between the planets. In the opening ceremony he plugged himself into the bridge's opening circuit and the bridge commited suicide, like a the police computer, and it took the entire crowed around there with it. And Marvin was left in the swamp, new false leg in the mud. He
the film. For example, Edward Rochester asks Jane Eyre to detail her "tale of woe" but she refuses. Despite the harsh conditions she faces, her character is compelling because she remains strong and the film follows the book in emphasizing this point. Jane's rescue of Edward Rochester from fire is another action taken directly from the book that shows her courage. Opinion Film starts near the end of the story when Jane Eyre drifting in the rain, impoverished and homeless until she is rescued by St. John Rivers and his sisters. From this point, the film returns to the beginning of the story. Unlike the film, the book begins with Jane's childhood and moves forward chronologically. The flashback technique adds drama and mystery to the effect of the film. Consider how the film maintains pace and viewer interest. The story does not, for instance, go into great detail about Edward Rochester begging Jane Eyre to stay with him
4 deer deer 10 buffalo buffaloes 16 goose geese 5 mouse mice 11 hoof hooves 17 shelf shelves 6 knife knives 12 mink mink 18 theif thieves 4 Read the story and decide if the statements are true or false. Write T (true) or F (false) next to the statements. Tweety Tweety´s mother, Fiona, was rescued from a rabbit breeder who kept her animals in dirty cages in her back yard. As they were not regularly given food and water, the rabbits were hungry and thirsty most of the time. A worried neighbour saw how the rabbits were threated and was able to talk theid owner into giving them to the Farm Sanctuary. Just hours after they arrived, Fiona gave birth to Tweety and four other beautiful bunnies. Tweety´s life was difficult for him from the very beginning
Katniss and Peeta tour the districts, attempting to subdue the rebellion. Then, the reaping for the next Hunger Games takes place. For these games, part of the "Quarter Quell" that takes place every 25 years, winners of past games are forced to participate. When only a few participants remain in the games, including Katniss and Peeta, the arena is destroyed. Three of the tributes, including Katniss, are rescued by survivors of District 13, but the other three tributes, including Peeta, are captured by Capitol hovercraft. The rebellion continues with Katniss being used as a figurehead Awards ● 2013 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie ● 2013 People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress – Jennfer Lawrence ● 2012 Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Sci-Fi/Fantasy ●
last saw her... I bet Mickey has grown a lot, soon he'll be four and a half. My big boy, how I miss you! If I could only see your smile once again, at least once! But, miracles never happen... I just hope that they have good memories of us, the ones destined to the snow. 30 May We found a hare and cooked it of the fire, it was delicious !/.../ /.../ The storm is weakening, thanks to the almighty, who finally, as it seems, hears our voices... 7June Today is a great day we were rescued by Mayflower! /.../ The pilgrims agreed to take us to the New World /.../ we were crying all the time; no one expected us to return not even Joshua who has been the most enthusiastic by now. We'll be leaving tomorrow. /.../ Questions: a) Is it a letter or a diary? Why? ...................................................................................................... ..................................................................................................
satchel of books and learned to read. Seeing its reflection in a pool, it realized that its physical appearance is hideous compared to the humans it watches. Though it eventually approached the family with hope of becoming their fellow, they were frightened by its appearance and drove it off, and then left the residence permanently. The creature, in a fit of rage, burned the cottage and left. In its travels some time later, the monster saw a young girl tumble into a stream and rescued her from drowning. A man, seeing it with the child in its arms, pursued it and fired a gun, wounding it. Traveling to Geneva, it met a little boy -- Victor's brother William - in the woods outside the town of Plainpalais. The monster hoped the boy was too young to fear deformity, but upon its approach, William cried out, threatening the monster with the weight of his family - the Frankensteins. The creature grabbed the boy by the throat to silence him, and strangled him
A modern Robinson Crusoe After a (1) COLLIDE..collision. between two ships in the Atlantic, Alan Connaught from Dundee ended up (2) EXPECT living on a desert island. 'I fell (3) BOARD and no-one noticed. A few hours later I found myself lying (4) EXHAUST on a beach after swimming for miles. It was (5) FREEZE too, not warm and sunny, like Crusoe's island. The only (6) SOLVE I could find was to dig a hole in the sand as a shelter.' After an (7) IMPROVE in the weather, Alan waited to be rescued. 'There was little food and no fresh water. It was an (8) HEALTH life, and I felt ill most of the time. I suffered from (9) LONELY too, but then I found a village on the other side of the island!' he said. 'The people had moved there after the (10) DESTROY of their homes by a volcano. Luckily they had a radio, and a ship soon came to rescue me.' 7 Match the words in the box with the definitions (a-j).
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 22 Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the Heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 23
Later he became mentally ill. The nobility was discontented, became divided between those who supported Henry's family, the ,,Lancastrians" (Red rose) & thos who supported the family of March, the ,,Yorkists" (White rose). In 1460 the duke of York claimed the throne. After his death in battle his son Edward took up the struggle & won the throne in 1461. Edward IV put Henry VI into the Tower of London, but 9 years later the Lancastrian army rescued Henry & chased Edward out of the country. Edward returner with and army in 1471 & defeated the Lancastrians. Henry VI died in the Tower. Edward's brother Richard of Cloucester was ambitious. After Ed IV's death in 1483 he put his sons, the 12-year-old Ed V and his younger brother, in the Tower & took the crown. He became Richard III. A few months later the 2 princes were murdered. Richard III was not popular. In 1485 Henry Tudor,
men. Much imagery is reinterpreted; mythology, fairy-‐tales, etc. viewed in connection to these ideas and new meaning attributed to them. E.g. women in fairy-‐tales – very strict roles (good maiden waiting to be rescued, the evil mother/grandmother figure, but one hardly ever sees a woman capable of taking care of herself). Fairy-‐tales are seen as reproducing traditional patriarchal gender roles. All stereotypes and social roles related to patriarchy get revisited and reinterpreted.
the reign of Alfred the Great. Multiple manuscript copies were made and distributed to monasteries across England and were independently updated. In one case, the chronicle was still being actively updated in 1154. Nine manuscripts survive in whole or in part, though not all are of equal historical value and none of them are the original version. 8. Beowulf Beowulf is the most famous heroic poem (written down 8-9cc) Beowulf is a war-leader from Scandinavia.He rescued the land of the Danes from a man-like monster Grendel. The monster kills the hero.The poet describes the funeral and how warriors mourned their king. 9. The Vikings, their way of life. Sutton Hoo In 789 three ships carrying Northmen (Vikings vikingr = pirate, raider in the old Norwegian) landed on the coast of the kingdom of the West Saxon. Many were sailors who sailed looking for plunder, trade and land for new settlements. Their craftworkers made beautiful objects.
On the other hand, though, this hypostasis does not prevent her from sharing a minor culture's solidarity with the object of her investigation. (`What Romania needs is a Father Matthew, he who Downloaded by [KU Leuven University Library] at 06:11 02 June 2015 rescued Ireland from a similar situation in the mid-19th century', Murphy, 1992, p. 216). Nor does she hesitate to use irony and humour both in describing the others and, with regard to herself, frequently turning herself into `a funny character' in her own story.
their growth as they become young adults. The recurring theme in these two stories is madness, Matty being split between his two faces, and Sophy being schizoid as she is split between her and her sister. Lord of the Flies Boys in LF: ralph, jack and ,,piggy". Plane crush,no adults. A parable of man outside civilization. In the beginning: attempts to maintain civilization: Establish a orderly society. Hope to be rescued and return to their civilization. Elect a leader. Begin to build shelters. Set fire on top of the mountain. Meetings to discuss problems. Sonch- trumpet to summon boys. Symbol of the right to speak, symbol of civilization. Savages able to kill an animal and a human being. Jack-natural leader. Vs ralph, elected, democratic leader, conflict escalates. 'beast'-a myth to keep bos in fear and obedience. Simon: what i mean is ..maybe it's only us. Innate human evil exists
TARTUFFE I shall not be embittered by your insults, For Heaven has taught me to endure all things. CLEANTE Your moderation, I must own, is great. DAMIS How shamelessly the wretch makes bold with Heaven! TARTUFFE Your ravings cannot move me; all my thought Is but to do my duty. MARIANE You must claim Great glory from this honourable act. TARTUFFE The act cannot be aught but honourable, Coming from that high power which sends me here. ORGON Ungrateful wretch, do you forget 'twas I That rescued you from utter misery? TARTUFFE I've not forgot some help you may have given; But my first duty now is toward my prince. The higher power of that most sacred claim Must stifle in my heart all gratitude; And to such puissant ties I'd sacrifice My friend, my wife, my kindred, and myself. ELMIRE The hypocrite! DORINE How well he knows the trick Of cloaking him with what we most revere! CLEANTE But if the motive that you make parade of Is perfect as you say, why should it wait
T h e Star Wars films play with this element constantly. T h e films of the "original trilogy" feature a final battle scene in which Luke is almost killed, appears to be dead for a moment, and then miraculously survives. Each Ordeal wins h i m new knowledge and command over the Force. H e is transformed into a new being by his experience. Axel Foley in the climactic sequence of Beverly Hills Cop once again faces death at the hands of the villain, but is rescued by the intervention of the Beverly H i l l s 17 T H E W R I T E R ' S JOURNEY ~ T H I R D EDITION Christopher Vogler police force. H e emerges from the experience with a greater respect for cooperation, and is a more complete human being. An Officer ana a Gentleman offers a more complex series of final ordeals, as the hero faces death in a number of ways
Soon comedy of manners became quite prominent. Things got more interesting when melodrama became important. Melodrama depicts a simplyfying moral universe in which good and evil are clear cut and so we have a hero and a villain. There is often struggle for dominance between the hero and villain. The struggle is violent and sensational. Usually good wins. American melodrama in the 19c centers on innocent and vulnerable female character who faces all kinds of sexual threats. She is rescued by the hero and often married him. The play based on a novel ,,uncle tom's cabin". The play was written by Aiken. Serious quality writers weren't satisfied with this and ideas of realism started to inspire. Gradually a realistic theatre developed what represented common place middle class american life. This kind of drama included moral and psychology. Plot became less important, character more important. These realistic plays created an illusion of verisimilitude-true to life
go to heaven. A cat with a stumpy tail is not perfect and imperfect creatures cannot go to heaven. I examined a tabby cat brought back from Japan whose owner claimed that its tail had been cut off by monks during kittenhood. I found evidence of knots and kinks in the remnant of tail which told me it was a natural bobtail. Also, the tail ended quite normally in a black tip. This was a perfectly normal genetic bobtail, though the owner preferred to think she had rescued an abused cat. In 1988, the Cat Association of Britain finalised the standard for the "Oriental Bobtail"; a cat of oriental (or foreign) conformation and coat, but with a bobbed tail. Since then, little or nothing has been heard of this breed. The most famous bobtailed breed is the Japanese Bobtail found in both shorthair and semi- longhair varieties. This is due to a recessive gene. It has appeared in ancient Japanese art and has evidently existed back as far as the 6th century
... These five messages detailed the rescue arrangements, which offered the Japanese a chance to get not only the shipwrecked crew but the force coming out to save it. All of them could have been solved within an hour by even a moderately experienced cryptanalyst. Yet at 10 p.m. the operation went off without the least hint of enemy interference. It seems likely that had the Japanese solved these elementary enciphered messages, they would have taken some action against the rescuers or the rescued or both. They did nothing. If their communications intelligence had been better, how might contemporary history have been changed! Their failure sharpens the contrast with Allied successes. For Allied cryptanalysts—which in the Pacific meant mostly Americans—galloped like Tartars through the phalanxed ranks of a legion of Japanese cryptosystems. They ravaged and plundered with a prodigality that did not trifle with petty matters. One system, when solved, proved to be used
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