The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) is the Non-governmental international organization which governs most national Scout Organizations‚ with 28 million members. WOSM was established in 1920 and has its headquarters in Geneva‚ Switzerland. It is the counterpart of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS). Founded 1920 Founder Robert Baden-Powell its headquarters in Geneva‚ Switzerland Purpose 2. The purpose of the Scout Movement is to contribute to the development
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Lindsay Gray Eng. 101 Definition Essay Final Draft The idea of the perfect Girl Scout crosses the mind‚ but passes over. In the year 1912‚ Juliette Gordon Low became the founder of girl scouts. She was artistic‚ intelligent‚ self-reliant‚ and determined; which lead her to found one of America’s greatest non-profits that’s lasted over 100 years. Low had yet to discover that her foundation for girl scouts would shape and change the future world for women. The main goal of girl scouting is promoting
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Many have debated that the industrial leaders following the 19th Century were "Robber Barron’s". However‚ in this very competitive time period‚ many new businesses were being formed. It took talented businessmen such as Vanderbilt‚ Carnegie‚ and Rockefeller to get ahead and keep the companies running‚ building America into what it is today‚ the most powerful nation in the world. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) was a classic Market Entrepreneur‚ succeeding by creating and marketing a superior product
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reigns of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte or Napoleon lll in 1851. Extensive transformation was already in the mind of Napoleon due to the loss of development in Paris after the Industrial revolution‚ in contrast with other European areas. In 1853‚ Baron George Haussmann‚ which was Napoleon’s Prefect of Seine‚ was elected by Napoleon himself to be held responsible for the reconstruction of Paris. “without a precedent in the world‚ except for the rebuilding of major towns practically destroyed by some disaster
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background consistency while aspiring to implement an overall concept for a city. Discuss how architecture operates in both ways using specific examples‚ along with their associated urban strategies‚ in three of the following cases: * Paris under Baron Haussmann’s direction * Michelangelo’s Campidoglio * Antonio Sant’Elia’s Citta Nuova Architecture’s role in creating an urban vision varies from creating feature buildings to providing background consistency while aspiring to implement an
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An Assessment of Whether Napoleon Bonaparte or Louis Napoleon Had More Significant Reforms in France Both Napoleon Bonaparte and his nephew Louis Napoleon Bonaparte were important rulers of France. They ruled with great power and control‚ they implemented many sweeping reforms and laws that greatly changed the course of French and European life. Napoleon Bonaparte and Louis Napoleon‚ also referred to as Napoleon III‚ each directed France through many reforms under their rule. However‚ the leader
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reconstructed wide boulevards in their place. The boulevards prohibited the construction of barricades‚ thereby imposing social discipline on the unruly French people. Lasting twenty years‚ it was the largest urban renewal project the world had ever seen. Haussmann‚ commonly known as “the demolisher‚” replaced the medieval core of the city‚ transforming it into something more modern‚ imposing‚ and even alienating for some. The identity of Paris was completely changed. Thus‚ Baudelaire felt entirely displaced
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Manet Much of the art of Manet reflects the developments going on in Paris in the 1860s and 1870s. The rebuilding of Paris was being supervised by Baron Haussman‚ as much of the old medieval centre of the city was being destroyed so that the new city could be rebuilt. In his book "The painting of modern life" TJ Clark argues that modern art of the 20th century evolves from the art produced by Manet during this period of great change in Paris. Manet ’s scenes of Parisian cafes‚ bars and streets
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treasure and cultural epicenter for all of Western Europe. Napoleon believed “that a radiant Paris…would incarnate France’s greatness and personify the centralized political power” (Anne-Laure Nyguyen Trung‚ Hoang). He began this feat by electing Baron Georges Eugène Haussman as prefect of the Seine‚ and ultimately as supervisor of the renewal of Paris. The motivation behind the project originated from economic‚ aesthetic‚ military‚ and general improvement causes. Both Napoleon and Haussman desired
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Luc Sante in this book reveal the dark side of the city of Paris‚ in historically how the city evolved‚ and what and how the dark side of the city of Paris. Nowaday‚ the old‚ crowded‚ swarming‚ surly cities are at least half forgotten. But in this great chronicle‚ Luc Sante recall when Paris was rougher‚ when the group poor‚ ough‚ unregulated‚ underworld‚ thrived there; maybe Paris was also less rough‚ in that there was room for nearly everyone all the way down the social ladder. Hanging over The
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