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World War two as a total war
How and why was World War Two a Total War World War Two left the world in shock of what man could do to his equal. The total death toll was approximately of 40 million people, and a further 21 million were left homeless. Europe and Asia were left in ruin, only the United States can be considered to have come out strengthened from this conflict. The war was the first conflict involving all of
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To what extent was Charles I personnaly responsabile for the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642?
37102656 Wednesday, 11 January 2017 To what extent was Charles I personally responsible for the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642? On January 4th 1642 Charles I marched into the House of Commons and declared ‘I see all the birds have flown’. The Five Members was a failed attempt by the king to arrest five prominent members of parliament, prompted by the proposed impeachment of his wife, Henrietta Maria. This incident was the
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Cold War - Document analysis and commentary
04.03.2017 History Noreen B & Alejandro S Cold War - Document analysis and commentary When we talk, study, or discuss war history, it seems like a chain of events; some related, and some not; which are all dim and distant. Events that seem to have no direct impact or influence on our generation since they happened so long ago. In most cases this comes to be partially true, seen that the last world wide conflict
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La modélisation des documents et l'interface Home Machine
DOSSIER 5 - Le format XML CONCORDANCE AVEC LE RÉFÉRENTIEL S81.2 La modélisation des documents et l’interface Home Machine (IHM) Compétences Savoirs — Limites de connaissances Identifier la finalité du document à créer ou à améliorer, en déterminer le contenu et la forme. Concevoir des modèles de documents papier et électroniques dans le respect de la charte graphique Communiquer au chef d’entreprise une proposition de modèle de document… Structuration XML, association d’une feuille de style
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Myths and heroes: How are US soldiers portrayed in American war films?
I am going to talk about the notion of myths and heroes. First of all, I would like to give a quick definition of that notion. Briefly, a myth as a story with a part of real or imaginary. Then, a hero is a person admired for his achievements, noble qualities and great courage and or is member of the story which tells the myth. Moreover, thieves can be fictional like Superman, Batman, or
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Locations and forms of power: how is it possible to fight against the abuse of power?
Hello, I'm going to present you the notion locations and forms of power. In politics and social science, power is the ability to influence the behavior of people. In order to live together members of a community accept rules, regulations, laws. This helps to create social cohesion but can also lead to conflicts and tensions. Even when authority seems absolute, there are always counter-powers which question it, aim at limiting its excesses and resist it.
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Questions sur la machine infernale de Cocteau
Jean Cocteau a été le premier dramaturge français à reprendre au XXème siècle le mythe antique en commençant par Antigone en 1922, au lendemain de la première guerre mondiale, fidèle en cela à la tradition qui, d’après Simone Fraysse dans son ouvrage, Le mythe d’Antigone, voit « surgir l’éloge [du personnage] chaque fois qu’un conflit grave met la nation en danger. » 1. Quel est le lien de cette pièce avec Œdipe Roi de Sophocle?
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Essay on why Lord of war is a example of globalization
Alec Mckenzie TS1 DM : In 2005, Lords of war was released, the chadian civil war started and the Mount Elgon insurgency. How are they linked ? Arms. Lords of war tells us the story of a international arm dealer selling weapons of all kinds everywhere in the world. Globalization is the worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration. Is this enough to be considered a example of globalization ? The transactions made
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Idea of Progress: to what extent have wars over the past century led to an improvement in women's rights in the US?
The notion I’m going to deal with is idea of progress. At first the idea of progress is the theory that the differents advances in technology, science and social organization can produce an improvement in the human condition. I choose to talk about social progress. Socizl progress implies change and evolution. In that way we may ask ourselves to what extend have wars over the past century led to an improvement in women’s rights in
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Notion lieux et formes de pouvoir: how civil rights young activists have succeeded to bring many changes against inequalities and the American system?
SYNTHESE NOTION DES LIEUX ET FORMES DE POUVOIR I would like to illustrate to notion of places and forms of power. I am going to try give a definition of this notion. For me, the notion « places and forms of power » deals with that the power is the ability to act in order to achieve a set goal. It can be both a source of integration and a creator of conflicts. That’s why
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Are you manly enough to carry yourself without any men?
Manly jobs for manly girls Are you manly enough to carry yourself without any men? First of all, the category of our reality series is a competition game. Throughout each episode, you will see three different contestants who will fight to be the top dog. To be chosen for the show, the candidates will have to pass special audition in front of the director. Several specific selection criteria must be respect by them if they
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Idea of progress: man-machines
ORAL D'ANGLAIS . OBJET D'ETUDE 1 : THE IDEA OF PROGESS . * Introduction of the notion * Definition: The idea of progress consist in an evolution of our society in differents field (social, medical, technologic, ecologic) in order to make our world and lifes better. * Topic chosen to illustrate: SCIENCE AND FICTION * I decided to answer to the question: How did the scientific progress reduce the difference between humans and machines (Comment
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La machine Aqua Cleanor
Afficher l'image d'origine Rue Marcel Paul, dans le ZAC de chevreux 02200 Soissons Tel : 03233800 Mr Gabriel Fanget 45 Rue Jean Jaurès 02200 Villeneuve-Saint-Germain Le 6 novembre 2015 À Soissons Cher monsieur Gabriel, L’AGENCE COULEUR DE TOLLENS VOUS INVITE AU SALON BATIMAT QUI CE DÉROULERA LE 7 AUX 12 NOVEMBRE 2015 À PARIS PORTE DE VERSAILLES Afficher l'image d'origine NOTRE AGENCE A ÉTÉ SÉLECTIONNÉE PAR LE GROUPE TOLLENS POUR PRÉSENTER UN NOUVEAU PRODUIT, LA
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War on Isis
War on ISIS 1. Origin, leaders, event Abu Bakr al Baghdadi is currently the "president" of Daesh, at the head of everything; Daesh being a terrorist organization, organized as a developed country. As for the origins of this group, after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Abu Messan Al Zarqawi established a plan of attack against American troops, a crusade against them, Jihad. Then, after many transformations, the movement develops in all congresses. Daesh's
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Analyse de Lord Of War
LORD OF WAR Main cast : Nicolas Cage – Yuri Orlov Jared Leto – Vitaly Orlov Ethan Hawke – Jack Valentine Bridget Moynahan – Ava Fontaine Lord of War is directed and produced by Andrew Niccol. The story takes place in the 80s with an Ukrainian immigrant called Yuri Orlov and living in Manhattan. He decides to change his economical life and becomes an arm dealer with his brother Vitaly Orlov. His business of gunrunner
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Star wars School
That star wars brings has the English-speaking culture ? Star Wars is a fantastic universe and of science fiction created by George Lucas. At first designed as a film trilogy taken out between 1977 and 1983, the saga widens then of three new movies between 1999 and 2005, telling events previous to the first trilogy. Star Wars's story takes place in a galaxy which is made the theater of confrontations between the Knights Jedi and
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Civil War in Kashmir
DEMULLIER Loreleï Conflict and Peace-Building FINAL ASSIGNMENT THE CONFLICT IN KASHMIR 1. Presentation of the case The Kashmir region has been a conflict area for more than 50 years now. The area where the conflict is the most present is the Indian area, also called the Jammu and Kashmir, strategically located in the northwestern part of India, surrounded by Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and Tibet. The insurgency in Kashmir was fueled by years of confrontation between
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Myths and heroes: American soldiers in the Vietnam War
Myths and heroes I'm going to talk about the notion of myths and heroes. I would just focus on the notion of « heroes » through the american soldier during the Vietnam War. Firs of all, I would like to give you a definition of hero. A hero can be a mythological figure, a person who is admired for his or her achievements. We can wonder if American soldiers are always depicted as heroes. In
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Religion and war
Argument 1: Wars always have one or more pretexts to justify them before the population. In the 20th century, wars like the two World Wars and the Cold War were fought principally under the pretext of difference in ideology between the belligerents. However, nowadays in the 21st century, a growing number of people are saying the principal façade of this century’s wars is religion. We find that it’s hasty to say such a statement because
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Question transversale sur des extraits de "Antigone" de Anouilh, "Electre" de Giraudoux, "La machine infernale" de Cocteau
Sujet d’écriture n°10 Les corpus est composé de trois extraits de trois pièces de théâtre. Le texte 1, est extrait de La Machine infernale, de Jean COCTEAU. Le texte 2 est tiré de Electre, de Jean GIRAUDOUX. Le texte 3 provient de Antigone, de Jean ANOUILH. Ces trois auteurs ont repris des tragédies illustres du dramaturge grec Sophocle, au goût du XXe siècle. Et ces extraits parlent du destin tragique des personnages. Comment le destin
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L’organisation comme une machine, un organisme et un cerveau
Présentation de l’organisme Un hôpital est un établissement public ou privé ayant passé certaines conventions avec l’État et où peuvent être admis tous les malades pour y être traités1. Le milieu hospitalier procure aux malades ou aux personnes victimes de traumatisme l’avantage d’avoir accès à une surveillance continue de l’équipe soignante ainsi que les soins appropriés à leur état. Pour cela, un hôpital se divise en plusieurs départements spécialisés, tel que la radiologie, la chirurgie
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The transformation of diplomacy post-World War II
The transformation of diplomacy post-World War II « We are coming to realize that foreign operations in today’s world call for a total diplomacy. American ambassadors can no longer be content with wining and dining, reporting, analyzing and cautiously predicting » said the former US Ambassador in India Charles Bowles (1951-1953) . The Two world wars disasters showed the consequences of a failed diplomacy, the post-World War II world called for a new kind of
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Dialogue "For or against firearms"
Tâche final anglais : For or against firearms ? Hugo-”Excuse me guy, since this morning I walk in the New York streets and I can see many peoples who are carying weapons on them, i'm in hollidays and in france where I live we are not allowed to bear arms on us.” Corentin-”Oh… Hey guy! You know, you’re actually on the US country, and… firearms are legal in most states. You come in holidays in
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Myths and heroes : soldiers of war, heroes double-faced ?
MYTHES ET HEROS From our day, in our company, we are surrounded by all kinds of hero. There are thus the heroes of the daily newspaper, like “a simple” mother; a simple person who galley to live. A hero, is some one who in spite of the fear, will defend for example, a person which is made attack, will save somebody of the drowning. A hero, is thus an ordinary person who does something of
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Anglais : Water wars
Sans titre:Users:kenza:Desktop:dev ang.tiff Sans titre:Users:kenza:Desktop:dev ang 2.tiff Temps à consacrer à l’évaluation : 45 minutes maximum. Read the following text. Water wars Fishermen haul in their nets on the Sea of Galilee. Things seem to have chan- ged little from biblical times, but they have. These waters are a source of great tension between countries, not because they are holy, but because they are scarce. Yitzhak Gal from the Lake Authority showed me how the
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