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Sport in South Africa
Sport in South Africa It's the national religion. Transcending race, politics or language group, sport unites the country - and not just the male half of it. When a South African team wins, a cacophony of hooting, cheering, banging of dustbin lids, trumpeting...
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The Secret of Dreaming
The Secret of Dreaming Once there was nothing. Nothing but the Spirit of All Life For a long time there was nothing. Then in the mind of the Spirit of Life …a Dreaming began. In the empty darkness there was a dreaming of Fire. And the colour of Fire burned...
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The cost of beauty, an American obsession
The cost of beauty, an American obsession Wednesday, August 27, 2008 About $7 billion is spent each year on cosmetics. Another $1.5 billion is spent on breast augmentation, $1.3 billion on lipoplasty, and nearly $1 billion on abdominoplasty -- aka, "tummy...
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Clotted cream
La véritable "clotted cream" du Devonshire est obtenu à partir de lait non pasteurisé que l'on chauffe jusqu'à ce qu'une couche épaisse de crème se forme à la surface. On laisse ensuite refroidir pour ne récupérer que la crème. Il n'est pas toujours facile...
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Kevin Rudd's Apology speech to the Aborigines - 13th February 2008
Kevin Rudd delivering his Apology speech to the Aboriginal victims of the Stolen Generations on 13th February 2008 in the Australian Parliament in Canberra. Mr Speaker, today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures...
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Cryptozoology and the Loch Ness Monster
Cryptozoology and the Loch Ness Monster The Monster of Loch Ness By Aaron Justice Perhaps the most famous monster of our time is the Loch Ness monster, or Nessie. Loch Ness itself is indeed a spectacle, the largest lake in Great Britain. It is 23 miles...
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Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night (5th November, United Kingdom)
Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night On November 4, 1605, Guy Fawkes was caught red-handed in the basement of the British Parliament. He was trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament with gunpowder. Ever since then, on November 5, the British have celebrated...
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Tarte à la citrouille et aux épices
Temps total: 1h à 2h Préchauffer le four à 220° C. (425°F.) Préparation: 15-20 minutes Cuisson: 25 + 50 minutes Difficulté: Facile Ingrédients - 1 abaisse de pâte brisée ou sablée - (fond de tarte de 22 cm / 9 po) - 500 ml de chair de Citrouille réduite...
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Imagine by John Lennon
Imagine by John Lennon Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all...
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Music of the Heart
Musique of the Heart (La Musique de mon Coeur): Music of the Heart is a 1999 drama filmThis film was produced by Craven-Maddalena Films and Miramax films, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. This film stars Meryl Streep, Aiden Quinn, Gloria Estefan,...
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Cheese cake
Préparation : 30 mn Cuisson : 5 mn Ingrédients (pour 6-8 personnes) : - 500 g de fromage blanc - 10 cl de crème fraîche - 200 g de biscuits petit beurre - 100 g de noisettes décortiquées - 100 g de beurre mou - 100 g de sucre - 2 oeufs - 4 ou 5 feuilles...
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Australian Aborigines and the Dreamtime
The Dreamtime or "Dreaming" is often used to refer to a set of beliefs or spirituality. For instance, an Indigenous Australian might say that they have Kangaroo Dreaming, or Shark Dreaming, or Honey Ant Dreaming, or any combination of Dreamings pertinent...
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Dangerous Minds (1995)
Dangerous Minds (Esprits Rebelles): Dangerous Minds is a 1995 drama film loosely based on the book My Posse Don't Do Homework by LouAnne Johnson. The book is an autobiographical account of her experience as a Marine who left her career to become a teacher...
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The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
The Devil Wears Prada (2003) is a best selling novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who, freshly graduated from college, is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes hellish as she struggles to keep...
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Fish and chips
Le fish and chips est un plat d'origine britannique, consistant en un poisson frit dans de la pâte avec des pommes de terre frites. Il était traditionnelement servi dans un emballage de papier journal. Pendant des années, le fish and chips a été le plat...
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Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (en français « dimanche sanglant ») est une expression désignant les événements du dimanche 30 janvier 1972 à Londonderry/ Derry en Irlande du Nord, où quatorze manifestants pacifiques furent tués par des tirs de l'armée britannique. Le...
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Lemon Tree by Fool's garden
Fool's Garden est un groupe depop allemand fondé en 1991 par Peter Freudenthaler et Volker Hinkel. Après avoir débuté en 1993 avec l'album Once in a Blue Moon, Fool's Garden sort, deux ans plus tard, son deuxième album Dish of the Day qui deviendra un...
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SA at loggerheads on quotas
Thursday, 31 October, 2002, 17:46 GMT SA at loggerheads on quotas The UCB argues that quotas ar no longer necessary South Africa's sports minister has put pressure on the national cricket board to reinstate race quotas, scrapped just four months ago....
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British-Asians: "I like Hollywood not Bollywood"
'I like Hollywood not Bollywood' Liza Booth BBC Asian Network A third of young Asians across the UK think they have to be a "coconut" to be successful in Britain - brown on the outside but white on the inside - a poll for the BBC Asian Network suggests....
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Rabbit-Proof Fence (extract 2)
NEVILLE: As you know, every Aborigine born in this State comes under my control. Notice, if you will, the half-caste child. And there are ever-increasing numbers of them. Now, what is to happen to them? Are we to allow the creation of an unwanted third...
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Headteacher says lessons should start at 11am
Teenage pupils 'need a lie in': Headteacher says lessons should start at 11am By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:40 PM on 08th March 2009 A headteacher who pioneered 20-minute lessons for schoolchildren today said teenage pupils deserved a two-hour...
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Crumble aux pommes
Pour 6 personnes: 1 kg de pommes 1/2 citron 2 cuillères à soupe de sucre roux 1 sachet de sucre vanillé 80 g de beurre bien froid 80 g de sucre semoule 80 g de farine 80 g de poudre d'amande 1 pincée de sel Commencer par préparer la pâte à crumble. Verser...
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The school system in the United Kingdom
Education in the United Kingdom: Education in the United Kingdom: Each of the countries of the United Kingdom has separate systems under separate governments: the UK Government is responsible for education in England, the Scottish education is responsible...
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Roastbeef
Le roastbif est une des viande traditionnellement servie le dimanche lors du déjeuner qui se prend en début d'aprés-midi, d'où le nom de "Sunday dinner" ou "Sunday Roast". Le rôti de boeuf est servi avec des pommes de terre sautées ("roast potatoes"),...
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I am Australian
"I Am Australian" is a popular Australian song written in 1987 by Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and Dobe Newton of The Bushwackers. Its lyrics are filled with many historic and cultural references, such as to the Aborigines, the digger, the convicts that...