England • Capital is London • Population about 53 million • Territory covers 130 439 km2 England Scotland • Capital is Edinburgh • Population about 5 million • Territory covers about 78 387 km2 Scotland Wales • Capital is Cardiff • Population 3 million • Territory covers 20 779 km2 Wales Northern Ireland • Capital is Belfast • Population 1,8 million • Territory covers 13 824 km2 Northern Ireland Culture • „Cultural superpower“ • Christian religious • Christmas and Easter are national public holidays • 95% of the British population speak English British etiquette and customs • The handshake is the common form of greeting • Avoid prolonged eye contact as it makes people feel uncomfortable • The British might seem a little stiff and formal at first • Introduce a younger person to an older person • Introduce a person of lower status to a person of higher status Gift giving...
Is philosophy a science? Why? What kind of science it is? Yes it is. It tries to understand the meaning of reality. It’s the science of truth. Science, as it exists today, happens within the framework of philosophy. Philosophy, however, is bigger than science. It is also a form of art and discipline…... 3. Name three characteristics of Classical philosophy? deeply rooted in religious traditions ; believes that inferior was created by superior ; more positive ; seeks the real truth ; about intelligence ; reaalsuse üle mõtisklus ; believes that god is truth 4. Name three characteristics of Modern philosophy. believes that superior was created by inferior (!) ; more negative ; about will ; power ; domain of reality ; believes that knowledge is truth ; man is god 5. What was the problem that the first philosophers tried to solve? The problem of motion...
The first typically American paintings were illustrated maps but painting remained scarce during C17. There were 4 reasons: settlers came from backgrounds where art was unusual, Protestant attitudes was averse to imagery and painting, the English were not yet distinguished in visual arts and religious art was non-existent. The colonial period is almost entirely limited to portraiture (deemed as `useful' by settlers). These first paintings were made by limners and artisans without formal training and were based on what was popular in England during the Tudors. The paintings are technically unskilled, strongly patterned, flat and linear. Spanish painting in America was mostly religious. In C18, painting was a luxury and necessitated wealth that had by then become available...
Especially natural science, fond of experimenting (alkeemia). Leonardo da Vinci ( helikopter, kuldlõige), Michelangelo. Petrarka tõi sonetivormi, Cervantes " Don Quijote", Shakespeare. Development of Drama During the renaissance period art and literature developed quickly. People were fond of singingand acting. Enjoyed life. Drama became most important genre of literature in this period. Drama as a genre started already in the middle ages. At the beginning it was a religious thing, because acting in those days was part of religious ceremony. Oldest plays were called mysteries and miracles, played by clergyman, showed scenes from Christ's life and saints lives. Were performed on religious holidays in church and they both encluded many choral elements (singing). Often formed cycles, several strories about same event . 14th century guilds became responsble for performing certain parts of saints lives and they performed them on cart that were pushed around in town...
Mid-Atlantic states New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey Virve Kass General East coast of the Atlantic Ocean From -25°C to 30°C Tornadoes 270 294 km2 Population: about 40.8 million History 1524 - Giovanni da Verrazzano European colonists Religious minorities American Revolution 1776- Declaration of Independence 19th century- abolishing slavery Industrial Revolution New York • Capital: Albany • Largest city: New York City • Population: 19,541,453 (2009) • Area: 128 403 km2 Statue of Liberty (1886) Twin towers- 9/11 attacks Liberty Bell Times Square Lucy The Margate Elephant Famous people • Jennifer Aniston • Eddie Murphy...
Justifications for Quebec's sovereignty claim that the unique culture and French-speaking majority are threatened with assimilation by either the rest of Canada and that the best way to preserve language, identity and culture is via the creation of an independent political entity. Religious differences (given the Catholic majority in Québec), are also used to justify separation. The 1980 referendum took place on May 20 and the proposal was defeated by a 59% to 40 %. The 1995 Quebec referendum was launched by the Parti Québécois government of Jacques Parizeau. An eventful and complex campaign followed, with the "Yes" side flourishing after being taken over by Bloc Québécois leader Lucien Bouchard. It took place in Quebec on October 30 with "No" winning by 0.58%....
The first typically American paintings were illustrated maps but painting remained scarce during C17. There were 4 reasons: settlers came from backgrounds where art was unusual, Protestant attitudes was averse to imagery and painting, the English were not yet distinguished in visual arts and religious art was non-existent. The colonial period is almost entirely limited to portraiture (deemed as `useful' by settlers). These first paintings were made by limners and artisans without formal training and were based on what was popular in England during the Tudors. The paintings are technically unskilled, strongly patterned, flat and linear. Spanish painting in America was mostly religious. In C18, painting was a luxury and necessitated wealth that had by then become available...
Oral literature, i.e. not written down, spread from person to person. In 449 AD Anglo-‐Saxon tribes invaded England – beginning of the Anglo-‐Saxon period in English literature. The first form of literature was folklore, carried by scops and gleemen, who sang in alliterative verse (a kind of simple poetry). Prose developed much later. The first form of recorded English literature was the epic Beowulf, which was produced sometime near the end of the 7th and beginning of the 8th century. It has no ...
In consequence flags in their modern sense were still to be invented. Nevertheless, flags are related to the units they represent, as signs of identification, whether flown in ancient or modern times. Banners and Flags in the Middle Ages The Koran's injunction against representational art encouraged the development of flags in the Arab World. These relied heavily on abstract patterns and calligraphic inscriptions - often religious texts - in embroidery, applique or painting. Even before the rise of Islam, promulgated by Mohammed in Arabia, flags of black and white were used in the early part of the 7th century. From what we know today, Mohammed (570-632) used one black and one white flag connected with him. The Arab World developed the tradition of using specific colors and inscriptions for different dynasties and leaders. As dynasties followed...
Characteristic to Charles I’s court Carew: Sir John Suckling: The Constant Lover Richard Lovelace: celebrates the beauties of heroine, but against very different background. To Althea, from Prison: Song; The Grasshopper: To My Noble Friend, Mr Charles Cotton: Ode Waller: wrote of queen as the queen of love. Cowley: Robert Herrick: The Argument of His Book, Delight in Disorder 6. The Caroline „beauty of holiness” Sermons and religious verse, witty preaching. George Herbert, Caroline piety expressed. His verse is sensitive and decorous, monument to „beauty of holiness”, practice of liturgy with good order and ritual which was the essence of Charles I’s religious policy. High Anglican piety. Herbert celebrates wat Puritans wished to sweep away. Beauty and significance of ritual, of the mystery of the sacraments offering praise to the angles, to the saints and Virgin Mary...
These are all factors which can motivate someone to learn a language, of course, but none of them alone, or in combination, can ensure a language’s world spread. Indeed, such factors cannot even guarantee survival as a living language –as is clear from the case of Latin, learned today as a classical language by only a scholarly and religious few. Correspondingly, inconvenient structural properties (such as awkward spelling in English) do not stop a language achieving international status either. [1, p. 9] There could be many various reasons for the language to become lingua franca but most often, a language is accepted from outside the community, such as English or French, because of the political, economic, or religious influence of a foreign power....
The school was meant for the sons of the noblemen and citizens. There were 4 professors and 2 colleagues. Students studied reading, writing, maths, theology, music, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, law, poetry, speech, geography, history and philosophy. Older students studied in Latin. Music was very important. There were four classes: quarta, tertia, secunda and prima, prima being the last and quarta the lowest grade. The head of school was a rector. For the first 15 years the rector was Heinrich Vulpius whose Gymnasium Laws (show the picture) were used for more than a century. The set of laws influenced the life of the students a lot. They designated how the students were supposed to act in the school and in their free time. (show the pic) For example the laws said that the students were supposed to concen...
Huntington: tsivilisatsiooniline vaade 7-9 tsivilisatsioonilist rühmitust. Pinged nende vahel. Areng = võistlus ja konkurents The definition, nomenclature, and even the number of civilizations are somewhat ambiguous in Huntington's works. Civilizations may consist of states and social groups (such as ethnic and religious minorities). Predominant religion seems to be the main criterion of his classification, but in some cases geographical proximity and linguistic similarity are important as well. Using various studies of history, Huntington divided the world into the "major" civilizations in his thesis as such: Western civilization, centered on Western Europe (particularly the European Union) and North America,...
Brecon Beacons The Brecon Beacons National Park is a place of rivers and mountains with all sorts of outdoor activities. Saint David’s Day March 1st is the date given for Dewi Saint ([St. David in welsh), and is celebrated as a religious festival. St David’s day is now celebrated by Welsh people all over the world. The celebration usually includes singing and eating. Traditional songs are sung. The Red Dragon, is flown as a flag or worn as a pin or pendant. Leeks or daffodils are worn. Boys usually wear leeks or daffodils, the younger girls usually wear their Welsh costumes to school....
AMBER AND RUSSET - LATE COLOUR CHANGE GENES Copyright 2014, Sarah Hartwell The ancestors of the domestic cat were nondescript black/brown striped tabbies. Over the centuries, mutation produced a wide array of colours based on 2 different pigments. Eumelanin gives the blacks, browns and blues while phaeomelanin gives the reds, fawns and creams. A few other genes give further variations on those colours such silvers, colourpoints and solids/selfs. Mutations continue to occur and unexpected colours also turn up due to inbreeding where recessive genes, hidden for generations, start showing up. AMBER AND LIGHT AMBER During the 1990s, some purebred Norwegian Forest Cats in Sweden produced chocolate/lilac and cinnamon/fawn offspring. However, those colours are not found in the purebred Norwegian Forest Cat gene pool. Had the gene pool become polluted by someone, perhaps generations ago, breeding their Norwegian Forest Cat to another breed?...
) There are two stages: • 1st through 4th grade, being taught by one teacher per class that teaches every subject with the exception of foreign languages and Religion, with subjects such as Croatian, mathematics, visual art , nature and society, physical education, music education, and at least one foreign language (usually English, usually in the 1st grade and compulsory in the 4th grade). Religious education is an elective subject, and students can choose among Catholic, Orthodox and Islamic religious classes. The students stay in one classroom for the 4 years. • 5th through 8th grades, where different teachers teach different subjects, with added subjects such as history, geography, biology, chemistry, physics, informatics and in addition to English, often a second language (usually German, French or Italian)...
(ii) credit any two from the following: 1 antibiotic resistance (gene) introduced and survivors have plasmid; 2 fluorescent marker (gene) introduced and glowing bacteria have plasmid; 3 identify bacteria producing insulin using antibodies; 2 [6] 8. referring to pig insulin: ethical / religious , reasons; incompatibility / lack of tolerance / immune response; ora not exactly the same as / less effective than, human insulin; ora referring to human insulin from bacteria: engineered insulin is cheaper; ora greater supply of engineered insulin; ora 1 [1] 9. allow max 5 for following: transcription;...
to be privy to something (46) - If you're privy to something, you've been let in on a secret or know about something that most people don't. ... The adjective privy comes from the Latin privatus, meaning "private," and describes someone who has knowledge of secret or confidential information. S- Marie is privy to both worlds of Evil knowledge. a habit (49) - a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order. S Marie asks if she gets a habit when Leopolda tells her that Marie will be sleeping behind the stove. a stigma (59) - (in Christian tradition) marks corresponding to those left on Christ's body by the Crucifixion, said to have been impressed by divine favour on the bodies of St Francis of Assisi and others. S Leopolda is explaining how stigmata appears on Marie palm. mealy (60) - Lacking healthy coloring; pale. S Marie couldn't help what she did. She...
In addition, smaller nationalist parties such as Plaid Cymru and Scottish National Party. 24. University Degrees in Britain. Most important universities. 25. Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral is located in Canterbury, Kent, which has long been the religious center of the country, the seat of the spiritual head of the Church of England for nearly five centuries. Canterbury Cathedral is a mixture of Gothic types and a World Heritage Site. It is the world center of the Anglican Church. 26. Bath. The city of Bath in Dorset dates back to the Roman times, when a thermal spa was built there after the discovery of natural hot springs. Today the city is a popular among tourists...
A free church also does not seek or receive government endorsements or funding to carry out its work. Maintained schools funded by the state. Schools maintained by the local education authority (LEA, or, in Northern Ireland, by Education Authority). Some of those schools are voluntary schools (also known as religious schools or faith schools) where the land and buildings are owned by a charity, often a religious organisation such as a church, but the school is at least partly funded by the local education authority. In all state schools, students must follow the National Curriculum. Independent schools independent fee-charging schools. Schools that are independent of local or central government control; private schools • financed by fees and endowments financially independent...