Kew Gardens Introduction The reasons for choosing the subject: · Interesting · Close to nature · Something new · An exciting place to visit · UNESCO World Heritage Site How to find Kew Gardens? · South bank of the River Thames, near Richmond · About 10km south-west of London · Public transport is recommended: environment, parking General Information · Created in 1759 (by the Prince of Wales) · Employs more than 650 scientists · The living collections: over 30,000 different plant species · The herbarium: over 7 million preserved plant species · Library: the sounds of birds, illustrations collection Facts about Kew Gardens · 300 acres · Originally had only 9 acres of land · 33,000 species are grown · Was laid out on the grounds of Kew Palace · Many plants were brought by Captain Cook · Were given to nation and opened to the public in 1841 ...
Old Tallinn Old Town, a medieval walled city filled with old buildings and fortifications. The sheltered bay and the easily defended Toompea Hill made it a natural place to settle. Sometime about 1050 A.D. a fortress was built atop the hill, the first of many. In 1219 the Danes showed up as part of the Northern Crusade to subjugate the Baltics and convert the local pagans to Christianity whether they wanted to or not. The Danes improved the fortifications and expanded the town, which became part of the Hanseatic League, a trading organization of a hundred northern cities. The Danes sold Tallinn to the Livonan Order, a branch of the Teutonic Knights, in 1346. The Swedes came next in 1561. Tallinn weathered plague and the Great Northern War and became part of Russia in 1710. In 1918, Estonia declared independence from Russia and fought a bitter war against Bolshevik Russia. Independence didn’t last long, ...
Estonian history between 1710-1850 and 1850-1918 Contents Contents.................................................................................................................................. 2 17101850.............................................................................................................................. 3 Population and social structure........................................................................................ 4 Serfdom and the intensifying manorial economy ............................................................. 4 Influences of Pietism and the Moravian Brethren............................................................. 5 Enlightenment and enlightened absolutism...................................................................... 6 18501918.......................................................................................................................
The United States is a democracy. The Constitution, laws and traditions of the United States give the people the right to determine who will be the leader of their nation, who will make the laws and what the laws will be. The Constitution also guarantees individual freedom to all. In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. Within a few years, the more powerful nations of Europe were claiming great areas there and establishing colonies to support their claims. Most of the colonists were English, but there were also Germans in Pennsylvania, Swedes in Delaware and Dutch in New York. Some of the early British colonists had come to the New World in hopes of enriching themselves, some came because Britain forced them to leave and some because of the opportunity , which did not exist for them in Europe, to own land or practice a trade. But there were also reasons, which had great influence on the shaping of the political system of...
Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States located north of Oregon, west of Idaho and south of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Washington is one of the great states that make up the United States of America. The United States of America accepted Washington as the 42nd state to enter the union.Capital of the United States is Olympia. The population was 46,478 at the 2010 census. Date of the statehood is 11. november in 1889. Washington state population is 6,287,759. Washington state is a leading lumber producer. The types of lumber include stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa and white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar. The state currently ranks first in the nation for apples, pears, edible dry peas, red raspberries, hops, lentils, spearmint oil and sweet cherries. Washington also ranks high in the production of grapes, apricots, asparagus, peppermint oil and...
Esimene Hip-Hop dj ? - Clive ,,Kool Herc" Campbell Esimene Hip-Hop laul? - Kellelt on tulnud väljend Hip-Hop? - Africa Bambatta, Mis ühenduse ta lõi? - Zulu Nation Kas ta on käinud Eestis? - Jah! Esimene Hip-Hop radio show, kuna? - Mr. Magic, 1979 Esimene MC? - Coke la Rock Esimesed MC'd TV's? - Funky Four, Saturday Night live Nimeta 3 Bronxi MC crew'd? - Furious 5, Cold Crush, Funky 4, Mercedes Ladies, Fantastic 5 Rap'i ja MC vahe? - MC tähendab Master Of Ceremony, iseloomustab hip-hopparit, kes on õhtujuht ja riimid mikrofoni Rap - Tähendas inimesega suhtlemist, rääkimist; sellest sai hiphop'i salvestava artisti nimetuseks. Mille poolest Rap erineb teistest stiilidest, mida sisaldab? - 70's Black spades 80's - 90's - Tänapäev Miks tekkisid laiad riided? - Kuna muutus bling-blingiks? - hilistel 90'ndatel Bling-blingi algatajad? - 4 põhi...
eSports Deivid Armulik Kadrina Secondary School 2017 What is it? A.k.a electronic sports Form of competiton By electronic systems (video games) Multiplayer video game competitions Between professional players Real-time strategy, fighting, FPS, MOBA History 19th Oct, 1972 Stanford University Spacewar Intergalactic spacewar olympics Year's subscription for Rolling Stone ... Space Invaders Chamionship Atari, 1980 10000 participants Established competitive gaming as a mainstream hobby ... Netrek "the first online sports game" Nintendo World Championships (1990) Television shows featuring eSports, GamesMaster Tournaments in 1990's included Cyberathlete Professional League, QuakeCon, Professional Gamers League CPL: Counter-Strike, Quake series, Warcraft ... Major growth in 21th century Viewership, prize money 10 in 2000, 260 in 2010 World Cyber Games, Intel Extreme Masters, Major League Gaming Cl...
Medieval literature Religious literature- mostly written in church languages(Latin, Greek, Old Slavic) Secular literature- written in vernacular languages as well 6th -15th century Anonymity Religious writing Liturgical writing-hymns, psalms Theological writing-aquinas, abelard etc Religious poetry Mystery plays-reenactment of bible stories Secular writing Troubadour writing:"courtly love", romance Epic poem(song of roland) Travel writing History writing-chronicles Allegory The use of symbols and analogy to convey a certain meaning /message Literary output of medieval English Anglo-saxon or Old English literature(7th century-1066) Middle english literature(12th century-15th century) End of the period:1470s chancery standard(regulating english) and onset of renaissance Middle English literature Written in many dialects in early period 14th century Middle english was used for majority literary works...
1. (Broader) array laiem valik, 2. Abnormal- ebanormaalne 3. Adaptable - Kohanemisvõimeline 4. Additive - something that is added . lisaaine 5. Administratation - haldamine 6. Advantage eelis 7. Advice nõustama 8. Agency - agentuur 9. Agenda - päevakord 10. Analysis analüüs 11. Anticipated oodatud 12. Apply kandideerima 13. Assimilate- millelegi saraseks muutuma 14. Business äri 15. Campaign kampaania 16. Capability - võimekus 17. Capacity võimsus 18. Caution - Ettevaatlikus 19. Certainly kindlasti 20. Citizen kodanik 21. Coalition - koalitsioon 22. Coherent sidus 23. Collegue - kolleeg 24. Common tava 25. Complex keeruline 26. Conduct- läbi viima 27. Confront- vastu astuma 28. Consequense - tagajärjed 29. Consortia - konsortium 30. Continent maailmajagu 31. Contribute- kaasa aitama, soodustama 32. Conversely - ümberpööratult 33. Conveyi...
Võnnu Keskkool Russell Leon Adamson Referaat Koostaja: Gerta Aruste, 10.klass Juhendaja: Riina Võikar Võnnu, 2010 Sisukord: · Sissejuhatus lk 2 · Russell Leon Adamsoni elulugu lk 3 · Russell Leon Adamsoni tantsud lk 4 · Russel Leon Adamsoni õppetöö lk 5 · Russell Leon Adamsoni koreograafia lk 7 · Russell Leon Adamson Eestis lk 9 · Kokkuvõte lk 10 · Lisa 1 Pilt lk 11 Sissejuhatus Koreograafia on kunst teha tantse. Koreograafia eesmärgiks on koguda ja korraldad liikumise korda ja mustrit .Sõna koreograafia tähendab "tantsu-kirjalikult", nim...
The use of satire in Swift's A Modest Proposal According to Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary satire is a way of criticizing a person, an idea or an institution in which you use humor to show their faults or weaknesses; a piece of writing in that uses that type of criticism: political/social satire (1180). Jonathan Swift, one of the ambiguous and interesting figure of the Anglo-Irish Literary Tradition, the greatest pamphleteers, and a master of satire, denotes that 'Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it' (Swift). The current essay attempts to analyze the use of satire in Jonathan Swift's most discussed pamphlet A Modest Proposal and the purposes of using this specific genre. The pamphlet reveals a vast number of social and reli...
FLRG.01.193 Heidi Järvpõld 01.01.2015 Puritanism in A model of Christian Charity A modell of Christian charity, also known as A City on a Hill, is the kind of Puritan literature example that can fade the suspicious reader’s doubts in the Puritan main ideology and beliefs. At least, this is how it seemed to me. This sermon can be seen as a gateway to the Puritan society’s attitude and mindset as it is one of the most classical examples of the Puritan era literature. Although John Winthrop was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony which was filled with corrupted chiefs, he vigorously emphasizes in his writings the unity of community, love of othe...
Modern hero People have always looked up to heroes, talked, written and made movies or plays about them. They have given people hope and dreams and aspirations to become better, stronger and braver. The need for a hero has always existed but the definition and the purposes of a hero have changed. Centuries ago a hero was reckoned to be someone with super human courage, abnormal powers or with abilities to use magic items. A hero used to be somebody who fought magical creatures of evil and conniving kings or lords. A past hero usually saved the world from being ruled by evil forces (Eragon) or a clan from being destroyed (Beowulf killed Grendel and his mother to help the village). A hero like that was respected by the elderly people and always glorified by his family (in case they were still alive at the end of the story). It used to take a long journey and a fascinating victory to be recognized as ...
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...
The Renaissance * From the end of 15 century to the beginning of 17th century * The Renaissance is a cultural movement thata started in Italy and spread through Europe * The Renaissance in England covers the period of apporoximately 150 years (1492- 1623 ) * As Queen Elisabeth l was the ruler at that time, it is also called Elisabeth Age * It was the time of the spread of printing ( books) and the exploration of the New World * The Reformation and the establishment of national churches * Humanism. Value on individual human worth and dignity * Art. Reallistic portrayals of human beings * Science * It was also the time that brought federal domains under one man power and established absolute monarchy that only strengthened the influence of national cultures and languages. * The bourgeoisie- as a new class became as influencial as the... * The term ´´renaissance´´ comes from an Italian word and it means in English ´´rebirth´´ * First marke...
LONDON The history of the town is very closely linked with the history of the country itself. The name probably comes from the celtic words Llyn, which means a lake, and Dun, which means a fort or a strong place. Although the site was not important during the Celtic period (400 BC 43 AD) During the Roman occupation Londinium, as it was called then, was not influential politically, but was, however an important crossing point for the romans over the river Thames. Londinium was at a very good place, so it soon became a trading centre. In AD 61 the city was devastated by Boudicca, who led a revolt againt the Roman conquest of Britain. The city was burned down and its inhabitants massacred. London was rapidly rebuilt, becoming the capital of the province Britannia. AD 122 Roman walls were built around it as a Around AD 400 the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain. They destroyed the roman towns and formed many kingdoms that were hostile to one a...
1. What is known about the earliest settlers from Estonia to the territory of the present-day US? *The first immigrants from Estonia in the US = 1627 no trace of the "Estonians and Livonians" who left their homeland to settle at the mouth of the Delaware River (a Swedish colony) · 1654 at least one Estonian in the settlement of New Sweden on the Delaware River Johan Schalbrick, a drummer from Tallinn (Reval) · New Sweden Swedish colony on the Delaware River from 16381655 · 1657 Martinus Hoffman, born in Tallinn (Reval), came to New York (New Amsterdam), started to work as a saddlemaker. · His great-granddaughter Cornelia Hoffmann (b. 1734) married Isaac Roosevelt, which makes her the great-great-grandmother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the US from 193345. · Hans Rebane = 1897 founded the first Estonian-language newspaper in the US Eesti Ameerika Po...
Deutchland Deutschland ist ein Staat in Mitteleuropa. Als Bundesstaat wird die Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus den 16 deutschen Ländern gebildet und stellt die jüngste Ausprägung des deutschen Nationalstaates dar. Die Länder gliedern sich gemäß dem Verfassungsprinzip der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung in kommunale Gebietskörperschaften. Bundeshauptstadt ist Berlin. Gemäß ihrer Verfassung versteht sich die Bundesrepublik als soziale, rechtsstaatliche und föderale Demokratie. Sie ist Gründungsmitglied der Europäischen Union und mit über 82 Millionen Einwohnern deren bevölkerungsreichstes Land. Ferner ist Deutschland unter anderem Mitglied der Vereinten Nationen, der OECD, der NATO, der OSZE und der Gruppe der Acht (G8). Gemessen am Bruttoinlandsprodukt ist Deutschland die drittgrößte Volkswirtschaft der Welt, nach den Vereinigten Staaten und Japan. Begriffsgeschichte Der Begriff Deutschland wird in dieser F...
Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace. Liis Kivirand Backround Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization. Dedicated to women's leadership and empowerment. Cooperation with 18 autonomous partner organizations in the Global South, particularly in Muslim-majority societies. WLP works to empower women to transform their families, communities, and societies. Primary objective is to increase the number of women taking on leadership and decision-making roles at family, community, and national levels, and to improve the effectiveness of feminist social movements in Muslim-majority societies and globally by strengthening the capacity of our partner organizations. Since its founding WLP has established a partnership model that allows for a geometric increase i...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Long time ago there lived a man who was the 35th president of the United States of America, his name was J. F Kennedy. He often refered to use his initials JFK. He was the yongest president, who has selected to be a president. But he was the president only 2 years, until his assassination in 1963. JFK was born in Brookline. JFK has moved a lot in his short lifetime. In 1935 he was hospitalized for two months of observation for possible leukemia. In 1940, Kennedy completed his thesis, ,,Appeasement in Munich", about British participation in the Munich Agreement. He initially intended his thesis to be private, but his father encouraged him to publish it. He graduated cum laude from Harvard with degree in international affairs in 1940, and his thesis was published that year as a book entitled Why England Slept, and became a bestseller. JFK was married with Jaqueline Bovi...
Topic Entertainment & Media The first newspapers were probably handwritten newssheets that government posted in public places. The earliest known newssheet was probably the Acta Diurna (Daily Events). Which began in Rome in 59 B.C. It reported the proceedings of the Roman Senate and such news as births and deaths.The first printed newspaper was a Chinese circular called Dibao. It was printed from carved wooden blocks during the A.D. 700's. The first regular published printed newspaper in Europe was Avisa Relation oder Zeitung of Strasbourg, Germany (now France). It started in 1609. A weekly newssheet established in 1622 was the first printed newspaper in England. The ground work for mass communications in the 20th century was laid in the 19th century by two inventions, which allowed people to communicate by wire: the electric telegraph and the telephon...
Tolerance and Diversity Janne Susi In today's world, the coexistence of different cultures is one of the most vital developments. Furthermore, the principles of tolerance and peaceful coexistence of different nations have often been underlined by the representatives of the European Union. The same ideas have lately been spreading in the Baltic countries. So, what are the main dangers to the tolerance and friendly coexistence in these countries? There are several phenomena which counteract the successful coexistence and integration of people from different cultural backgrounds. First and foremost, both coexistence and integration require a high level of tolerance from all those involved. Here, the major obstacle is often xenophobia which may be caused by a wide range of factors. As a rule, xenophobia occurs in big, mostly mono-cultur...
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British Indian novelist and essayist. He is born on 19. June 1947. He is the only son of Anis Ahmed Rushdie and Negin Bhatt, a teacher. Rushdie was born in Bombay, India, into a Muslim family of Kashmiri descent.[10][11][12] He was educated at Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai, Rugby School, and King's College, University of Cambridge, where he studied history. Rushdie's first career was as a copywriter, working for the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather. It was while he was at Ogilvy that he wrote Midnight's Children, before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Grimus, a part-science fiction tale, was generally ignored by the public and literary critics. His next novel, Midnight's Children, catapulted him to literary notability. It is regarded by many as one of the great books of the last 100 years. This work won the 1981 Booker Prize and, in 1993 and 2008, was awarded the Best of the Boo...
KOOL NIMI KLASS WTO Maailma Kaubandusorganisatsioon Juhendaja : Pärnu 2012 SISUKORD · Sissejuhatus · Eesti ja WTO · WTO tegutsemispõhimõtted · Kokkuvõte · Kasutatud kirjandus · SISSEJUHATUS WTO (eesti keeles Maailma Kaubandusorganisatsioon, inglise keeles World Trade Organization) on rahvusvaheline organisatsioon, mis reguleerib riikide omavahelist kaubandust. Maailma Kaubandusorganisatsioon loodi 1995.aastal Üldise Tolli- ja Kaubanduskokkuleppega (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT) ühinenud riikide baasil. WTO alustas tegevust 1. jaanuaril 1995. aastal reguleerides maailmakaubandust vastavate lepetega, mis maailmakaubandust olulisel määral mõjutavad. WTO kui rahvusvaheline organisatsioon ...
Estonian Public holidays New Year's Day January 1 New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count is incremented. In many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner. The New Year of the Gregorian calendar, today in worldwide use, falls on 1 January, as was the case with theRoman calendar. There are numerous calendars that remain in regional use that calculate the New Year differently Independence Day Independence from the Russian Empire in 1918. Independence re-declared from the Soviet Union in 1991 An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state; more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Most countries observe their respective independence days as a national holiday, and in some cases the observance date is controversial or contested. Goo...
A single nation. A million voices. The fall of and empire. Main events in Estonian history NIMI Ancient Estonia · Begins from around 8500 BC. · Worshipped the spirits of nature. · Own gods. · 5 periods: mesolithic, neolithic, bronze age, iron age, early middle ages. Click icon to add picture Click icon to add picture Estonian crusade · One of the last corners of medieval Europe to be christianized. · Against pagans in Estonia. ...
Private School of Audentes Links between English speaking countries and Estonia Author: Kristin Liiv Supervisor: Mari Martma Tallinn 2006 2 Table of contents Introduction..........................................................................................................................4 First links............................................................................................................................. 5 20th century..........................................................................................................................5 Recognition.......................................................................................................................... 9 Conclusions...............................................................................................................
Topic Australia Tallinn English College 2006 Australia 1 . Introduction The name Australia is derived from the Latin Australis, meaning of the south. In land area, Australia is the sixth largest nation, its territory is 7,686,850 sq km and its population reaches today over 20,5 million people. It is the only nation to govern an entire continent and its outlying islands. Australia's capital is Canberra, the only city with its own territory. It was built in the early 1900s just to be the capital. The official language is English and the official name of Australia is the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia is located on the Southern Hemisphere (because of that Australia is also called "A land down under"). 2 . Geographical position Australia is an island continent and ...
1. The National Mall is a large, open park area in the center of the city. Located in the center of the Mall is the Washington Monument. Also located on the mall are the Lincoln Memorial, the National World War II Memorial at the east end of the reflecting pool, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Albert Einstein Memorial. The National Archives houses thousands of documents important to American history including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Located directly south of the mall, the Tidal Basin features rows of Japanese cherry blossom trees that were presented as gifts from the nation of Japan. The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, and the District of Columbia War Memorial are located around the Tidal Basin. 2. The Smithsonian Institution is an educational foundation chartered by Congress in 1846 that maintains most of th...
Tristan & Isolde is set in Britain and Ireland, in the Early Middle Ages, after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. The scattered British settlements are in the process of becoming unified under Lord Marke (Rufus Sewell), who wishes to fortify England against attacks by the Irish king Donnchadh (David O'Hara). The Cornish knight Tristan of Aerygone (James Franco) engages in combat with Morholt, leader of Donnchadh's army and to whom Princess Isolde (Sophia Myles) has been promised in marriage. Though he kills Morholt and Donnchadh's army is overrun, Tristan is severely wounded in the fight and believed dead, though he is in fact only suffering the effects of having been sliced in the abdomen by Morholt's poisoned sword. Tristan's body is put out to sea on a funeral boat which eventually washes up along the shores of Ireland. He is discovered by Isolde and her maid Bragnae, who administer an antidote that revives him and t...
Riigi uurimine Riigi nimi: Keenia 1. Iseloomusta valitud riigi üldandmeid Pindala: 580,367 km2 Rahvaarv: 46,790,758 inimest Pealinn: Nairobi Pealinna rahvaarv: 3,138,369 inimest Keel: suahiili ja inglise Rahaühik: silling (KES) 2. Iseloomusta valitud riigi geograafilist asendit Manner: Aafrika Maailmajagu: Aafrika Ümbritsevad veekogud: India ookean (idas), Victoria järv (läänes) Naaberriigid: Tansaania (lõuna, ühine piir: 775km), Somaalia (kirre, ühine piir: 684km), Etioopia (põhi, ühine piir: 867km), Lõuna-Sudaan (loode, ühine piir: 317km), Uganda (lääs, ühine piir: 814km) 3. Kaardiõpetus a) Keenia asub laiuskraadide 5°N ja 5°S vahemikus ning pikkuskraadide 34°E ja 42°E vahel. Pealinna Nairobi geograafilised koordinaadid on 1.2921° S, 36.8219° E. b) Nairobi asub minu koduasulast 9161 km kaugusel. c) Keenia ja Eesti vahel pole kellaaja erinevust. 4. Reljeef, sise- ja välisjõud a) Suurimad mäestikud Keenias on Kenya mägi (5199 m) ja ...
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF EVIDENCE IN DECIDING what separates science from pseudoscience? SCIENCE is knowledge covering general truths of the operation of general laws, especially as obtained and tested through scientific method and concerned with the physical world. PSEUDOSCIENCE is a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method. Pseudohistory is any work that claims to be history, but does not use established historiographical methods; especially one that uses disputed evidence and speculation rather than relying on the analysis of primary THE DENIAL OF HOLOCAUST real life situation of pseudohistory WHAT IS THE HOLOCAUST? the holocaust was a systematic elimination of a nation, in which approximately six million European Jews were killed during the period 1941-1945. Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime and it's collaborators were behind the genocide which took place thro...
Tim Chiu April 4th , 2009 Topics y Lao Zi The Person y Tao Te Ching The Book and the Name y Ch. 1 & 14 Describing the indescribable Tao y Ch. 2 & 11 On duality and Formlessness y Ch. 8 & 78 The Virtues of Water Lao Zi The Person y Real name was Lee Er, who was a highly regarded philosopher of his time y Keen observer of the virtues of Nature and the relationship between man and his environment y Realized the existence of a formless and indescribable origin: Tao y Can not thoroughly analyzed by our thoughts and logic y Its existence gave rise to everything and pervades all that we know y The manifestation of Tao in humans is called our True Nature y Purity and innocence of a child y Spring and Autumn, Warring States Era of the Chou dynasty (~500BC), during a time of turmoil and spiritual disintegration ...
The Fall of the Empire The fall of the British Empire was caused by World War II for two reasons. Firstly, many nations felt that their sacrifice should be rewarded with independence, for example India. Also, the losses to the Japanese destroyed the myth of the European omnipotence. Secondly, heavily in debt to the United States, the United Kingdom was financially exhausted. This left it almost impossible to defend its wider colonies by force. So the vast markets were opened to American companies and to weaken the UK in general. No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves, and a quarter of the earth's surface was coloured red on the map. Where Britain's writ did not run directly, its influence, sustained by matchless industrial and commercial sinews, was often paramoun...
The United States of America. History. For thousands of years America was unknown to Europe. There lived only the native people, who had come from Siberia many thousand years ago by a land bridge. They had spread over the country, varying enormously from nomadic food gatherers to fishing societies. Then the Vikings visited Canada around AD 1000, but they did not stay. In 1492 Christopher Columbus discovered America while trying to reach India. He named the native people Indians, because he though he had reached India. He didn't stay either and in the sixteenth century the first Europeans to settle in America were the Spanish, the English and the French. The first village founded by the English settlers was in Virginia in 1607. It was called Jamestown. They didn't have good relations with the Indians and many of them died. But Pocahontas, the daughter of an Indian chief, became their friend and helped them....
Arizona Arizona is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western United States and of the Mountain West states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is one of the Four Corners states. It borders with New Mexiko, Utah, Nevada, California, and Mexico, and one point in common with the southwestern corner of Colorado. Climate Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizonafeatures forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon ...
Improved Windows for Cold Climates In this paper the possibilities of improving the energy performance of windows in cold climates are exam-ined. The background for using windows with improved energy performance is the need to reduce the en-ergy consumption in buildings. Since the heat loss through windows often represents half the total heat loss from houses, much energy can be saved by developing and using better windows with respect to energy performance. The main purpose of having windows in houses is that they provide daylight and view, but windows also provide solar gain that can be utilized as a contribution to the space heating in the building. Therefore the windows also have a positive influence on the energy balance of buildings. To evaluate the possibilities for developing better windows with respect to energy performance when used in Nordic and arctic climates, seven different window types have been examin...
Geography New Zealand is an island country in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1600 kilometres southeast of Australia, its nearest continental neighbour. New Zealand belongs to Polynesia, a large island group. The country consists of two main islands The North Island and the South Island and several dozen much smaller islands. The population is 4.1 million. New Zealand is a beautiful country of snowcapped mountains, green lowlands, beaches and many lakes and waterfalls. No place is more than 130 kilometres from the coast. Lakes, rivers, and waterfalls are found throughout New Zealand. Most of the lakes lie in the volcanic plateu of the North Island and in glacial valleys near the Southern Alps of the South Isaland. On both islands the rivers rise in the mountains and flow down to the sea. The rapid flow of New Zealand's rivers makes them important sources of hydroelectric power. New Zealan...
Walter Bruce Willis on sündinud endise Lääne-Saksa sõjaväebaasis 19. märtsil 1955. aastal. Isa David oli keevitaja ja vabrikutööline, kes viis pere tagasi New Jersey'sse peale vallandamist sõjaväeteenistusest 1977. aastal. New Jersey's elas Bruce aktiivset lapsepõlve. Ta leidis juba siis, et tal on lihtsam end väljendada laval publiku ees. Seetõttu oli ta ka keskkoolis näiteringi liige ja ka õpilasomavalitsuse president. Kolledszh'isse Bruce ei läinud, vaid asus isa jälgedesse transportima töölisi Du Pont'i tehasesse. Sellest tööst ütles ta lahti peale kollegi surma ning asus tööle baaridesse. Samuti oli ta mõnda aega R&B grupi Loose Goose liige. Peale lühikest turvamehe ametis olemist pöördus ta oma algse kire, näitlemise juurde. Ta osales draamas Montclair State Kolledzhis, kus ta mängis klassi etenduses "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Seejärel lahkus Willis koolist ning suundus New York'i. Willis hakkas taas baarmaniks, kuid sedapuhku poole...
Tartu Secondary School of business JAMAICA Form 10 A Tartu 2007 Introduction.................................................................................................................................3 Geography...................................................................................................................................3 History.........................................................................................................................................3 Economy..................................................................................................................................... 4 Econometrics...............................................................................................................................6 Climate.................................................
The Most Interesting Historical Events in Estonia Liana Põldver · The nationwide Song Festival tradition began with the first Song Festival in Tartu, June 18 20, 1869. · 1860 marks the beginning of the period of the National Awakening. A singing society led by Johann Voldemar Jannsen started and carried through the nationwide idea of Song Festival. · During 1879 1910 six Song Festivals were held that played an important part in the nation's cultural and economical awakening and growth. In the independent Estonian Republic the Song Festivals were held in every five years (1923 1938). After World War II, the Song Festival tradition began again in 1947. Since 1950 General Song Festivals were held in every five years again. 1969 was an exception though when 100th anniversary of the Song Festival was celebrated. · The foreign authorities have tried to use the ...
Unit 7- 8 1. Tarbija ühiskond Consumer society - the world of people who buy goods or make use of services 2. Keskkond Environment - the natural world around us 3. Pakend Packaging many companies use it (boxes, bottles, etc.) 4. Ümbertöötlema Recycle that is made using old materials 5. Saaste Pollution like smoke in the air, can be reduced if companies use trains instead of road transport 6. Osooni kiht - Ozone layer - high above the earth's surface, helps to protect the earth from harmful rays of the sun 7. Kemikaal/ tuuma saaste - Chemical/ nuclear waste- dangerous substance which pollutes nature 8. Globaalne soojenemine - Global warming - increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere 9. Prügikast - Rubbish bin(GB)/ trash can(US) - a place where you can throw your trash 10. Õli laigud - Oil spills - pollutions, usually in the sea ...
COUNTRY ITSELF Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has over 1,200 km of coastline, and is largely mountainous. The country is obv ruled by Elizabeth II, but it has its own first minister, Carwyn Jones. The country lies within the north temperate zone, and has a changeable, maritime climate. People in Wales speak Welsh and English. Sadly 73% of people say that they have no skills in Welsh. HISTORY! Neanderthals lived in what is now Wales at least 230,000 years ago. Homo sapiens had arrived by about 31,000 BC. The first people from outer world to step their foot on Wales' area were Celts about 1000 BC. The first recorded information about people in Wales is when Romans came in the 48AD. At that time people talked in Celtic language, whi...
The moon is down Author: John Steinbeck.(February 27, 1902--December 20, 1968) John Steinbeck III was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939 and the novella Of Mice and Men, published in 1937. In all, he wrote twenty-five books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories. In 1962 Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In his subsequent novels, Steinbeck found a more authentic voice by drawing upon direct memories of his life in California. Later he used real historical conditions and events in the first half of 20th century America, which he had experienced first-hand as a reporter. Steinbeck often populated his stories with struggling characters; his works examined the lives of the working class and migrant worker...
Eestlased maailmas Enne II maailmasõda elas maailmas umbes 1 175 000 eestlast, väljaspool Eesti territooriumi elas ligikaudu 15% (peamiselt NSVL) Sõja ajal vähenes eestlaste arv oluliselt, umbes 9% võrra, kuid samas kasvas väljaspool Eestit elavate rahvuskaaslaste arv 17 %ni. Sõja järel jagunes eestlaskond maailmas: 1)kodueestlased(Eestis) 2)väliseestlased(läänes) 3) Venemaa eestlased(idas) "Eesti ajalugu II "Ago Pajur, Tõnu Tannberg, Tallinn 2006 Põgenemine Eestist 1940-1945 "Eesti ajalugu II "Ago Pajur,Tõnu Tannberg, Tallinn 2006 Välis-Eesti kujunemine Eestlaste rändamine läände sai alguse 19.20. saj. vahetusel, asudes elama Ameerika Ühendriikidesse ja Kanadasse. Vähearvulised, kuid elujõulised eestlaste kogukonnad rajati mitmes LadinaAmeerika riigi...
FLKU.05.155 Kirjandus- ja teatriteaduse alused I FLKU.05.063 Sissejuhatus kirjandusteadusesse Kurvet-Käosaar POSTKOLONIALISTLIK TEOORIA JA KRIITIKA Uue Maailma vallutamine Eurooplaste poolt: al. 15. Sajandi lõpust, peam Hispaania, Prantsusmaa, Inglismaa, Portugal, Madalmaad. 19. sajandil Suurbrittania kui suurim koloniaalvõim, 20.s ajandi alguseks Briti impeerium > veerand kogu paakera pindalast (sh. India, Austraalia, Uus-Meremaa, Kanada, Iirimaa, suuri osi Aafrikast, Lääne-Indiast, Lõuna-Ameerikast, Lähis-Idast, ja Kagu-Aasiast). Briti koloniaalvõim kestis II MS lõpuni, India sai iseseisvaks 1947 aastal, teised kolooniad järkjärgult peale seda. 1980ndaks aastaks oli SB kaotanud peaaegu õik oma koloniaalvaldused. Kirjandusteadus tõusis postkolonialistlik kriitika omaette suunana esile 1990ndate alguses, kuid kolonialismi kultuuriline kriitika (II MS lõpust alates), mängis olulist rolli kolonialismivastases võitluses ning on pos...
IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDIA ECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY, HOW VALID IS THE CRITIQUE OF THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF MEDIA DECEIVING AND PACIFYING THE POPULATION? Essay Tallinn 2013 The rapid development of computer technologies and internet has been one of the main factors affecting our everyday life over the last decades. They have made our life more efficient, comfortable and also changed the way we communicate and consume media. Digitalization has also brought us many new platforms and more possibilities for media to reach even more people. The internet is allowing anyone to share information instantly to all over the world. It might be thought that with all these new developments, problems like controlling of the media and deceiving people are gone, but it seems that things are not that clear. When the first newspapers a...
Estonia Topic Tallinn 2007 2 List of Contents page Facts and figures 3 Geography 3 Climate 3 Nature 4 History 5 Economy 6 Culture 6 Biggest towns 7 Language 8 3 Facts and figures The Republic of Estonia is a small country. Covering only 45, 228 sq km it is slightly bigger than Denmark, Belgium or Switzerland. Estonia's population is under 1.4 million. The official language is Estonian but since very many Russians live here Russian is also wide spread. The capital of Estonia is Tallinn. The currency used in Estonia is Eesti kroon. The Estonian national flag is blue-black-white. It was originally the flag of the Estonian Students' Society. The flag was first consecrated in Otepää Church in 1884. For a while, during the Soviet occupation, the flag was banned but it was again seen in p...
SOCIETY AND CULTURE OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES Introduction 1. Nowadays, English is so widely spoken that it can hardly be considered "a one nation's" language. The main countries where English is spoken are: the U.K, the U.S, Canada, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, West Indies 2. There are approx. 300-400 million speakers of English in the world. English occupies the 3rd place by its number of speakers; it is right behind Mandarin and Spanish. 3. ESL (English as a Second Language) used in your own country (e.g. India) EFL (English as a Foreign Language) used in a foreign country ESP (English for Specific Purposes) used in business, airlines, hotels etc. 4. Settlement colonies people migrated into them from Britain and started their own communities, they are the present English-speaking countries (USA, Australia, Canada, New...
London London is the capital of Great Britain. It is situated on the river Thames. The Thames is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. The Thames has a length of 346 kilometres (215 miles). The first bridge was the tower bridge, built in the 12th century. The second bridge was built in the year 1750. .The river Thames divides London into the northern and the southern part. The port of London is one of the greatest trade centres in the world. The river Thames is certainly the most famous water body in London. London is also the seat of the government of Great Britain. It is one of the largest cities in the world with its population of about seven million. Before the great fire in 1666 there were many wooden houses and narrow crooked streets in the town but after the fire it became a well-planned city with wide streets, beautiful squares and parks. It star...
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