sent an army in China and that created a big scandal in France. He was called the Tankinois because the news of the retreat shook his government and forced him to quit. The French won allowing France to conquer the Gulf of Tonkin in China. Jules Ferry was a proponent of colonization. Why? The inferior race be civilized by the superior class (ethnocentrism). It is not racism by nature. It is a strange imperialism He has a genuine feeling that France had a duty to dominate/ lead the rest the world
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Case Study: Brittany Ferries Brittany Ferries is a French-owned car ferry operator‚ running ships across the Western Channel between south-west Britain and ports in Brittany and Normandy. The company also operates between Ireland and Brittany‚ running ferries from Roscoff to Cork. Brittany Ferries was formed as a result of Britain joining the Common Market in 1972. The local farming co-operatives in Brittany joined with the Finistere Chambre du Commerce to create the company‚ mainly with the aim
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The first resident of what is today the town if Harpers Ferry was a man named Peter Stevens‚ who bought a small plot of land and built a modest cabin there in 1932. However‚ in 1947‚ a man named Robert Harper was instructed to build a Quaker church on the Opequon River‚ which is about 16 miles to the West of Harpers Ferry. He never got to the Opequon‚ he didn’t end up building the church because on his way there‚ he was smitten by the view of a majestic valley with a picturesque river edging it
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What works of art did you find most compelling? Why? Answer: In chapter one‚ there was only one piece of art that really got my attention. That piece of art was “Basket Ferry” by Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige on page 19. I love art that has a realistic but simplistic style. In “Basket Ferry” you can understand what is going on in the picture and it is very beautiful. However‚ the artist does not go in-depth with designing specific features of the picture. This gives it a very calm and simplistic style
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The Staten Island Ferry The Staten Island Ferry has been a municipal service since 1905. It carries over 19‚000‚000 people a year. It runs between the St. George Terminal in Staten Island‚ and the Whitehall Terminal in Lower Manhattan. The Staten Island Ferry runs 24 hours a day‚ seven days a week. You can ride it 365 days a year. It is the most reliable form of mass transit in New York City. It is on schedule 96 percent of the time. It is the only direct form of transportation
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Whitman’s poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” seeks to determine the relationship of human beings to one another across time and space. Whitman wonders what he means (not as a poet but as another anonymous individual) to the crowds of strangers he sees every day. In stanza 3 the speaker says‚ “I am with you‚ you men and women of a generation‚ or ever so many/ generations hence”. He assumes that they see the same things he does‚ and that they react in the same way‚ and that
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INTRODUCTION The Penang Ferry Service is the oldest Ferry Service in Malaysia. The Penang Ferries are layered with rich history and cultural heritage. With its maiden journey in the 1920’s it has been in service since. The ferry service was operated by the Penang Harbour Board during the pre-independence era‚ but changed hands in 1956 and until now is managed by the Penang Port Sdn Bhd in collaboration with Penang Port Commission. The difference between Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) and Penang Port
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is considered one of the greatest lyrical poems of all time. In Crossing Brooklyn Ferry‚ Walt Whitman uses connotative diction‚ prying questions‚ and critical reader engagement to convey a feeling of connection and unity of people through time. By using these certain rhetoric strategies‚ Whitman creates a piece of poetry that seems to be timeless. Whitman carefully chooses certain words and phrases that really highlight his intentions to connect
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Broughty Ferry East and Broughty West‚ with an overview of the whole of Broughty Ferry‚ The City of Dundee and Scotland. It will look at the characteristics of this suburb and neighbourhood statistics of the current population. This essay will also look at alcohol and its complications‚ the ever aging population and their health demands and the importance of healthy life styles. Broughty Ferry is a suburb of Dundee and lies approximately 4.9 miles from the City. The beach front at Broughty Ferry has recently
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Mr.dude Mr. man Per.4 1/29/11 Word count:298 “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” annotation “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” originally titled “Sun Down Poem” appeared first in Whitman’s work of Leaves of Grass in his second revised edition. By his last revision in 1881 the free verse poem was one of a kind during its era and gave rise to many criticisms due to its informal style. The poem on a literal level discusses the sights and sounds seen on an average venture with the “scallop edged waves in the twilight”
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