Ancient siege weapons Onager (siege weapon) 1. A round stone (often clay balls with combustible substance in them‚ which explode on impact and burst into flames) is put in the pouch and the arm is winched down. 2. The onager’s framework is made out of two beams from oak‚ which curve into humps. In the middle they have quite large holes in them‚ in which strong sinew ropes are stretched and twisted. A long arm is then inserted between the bundles of rope; at its end it has a pin and a pouch
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Albert Lawrence T. Villanueva LS310 Claude Frollo uses the example of the spider and the fly to characterize the inevitability of his passion for Esmeralda and the certainty that it will destroy her. As the story develops he and Esmeralda are certainly drawn into a web of mutual destruction but what Frollo ascribes to fate the reader understands to be a carefully constructed plan to ensnare the poor gypsy girl and force her into submission or death. Like Frollo‚ the Sachette
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economic and geopolitical events. Hedge funds and other institutional investors are tapping so-called macro thinkers like economists Martin Feldstein‚ Henry Kaufman and former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at a time when fundamental analysis is often being overwhelmed by big-picture political and governmental risks. This year alone‚ hedge fund EQA Partners brought on former Federal Reserve governor Randall Kroszner‚ and Brevan Howard‚ a British-based hedge fund‚ hired Shelley Goldberg
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“Advertisement Analysis” Milk is refreshing‚ muscle building‚ and nutritious. “Got milk?” uses this advertisement to get this point across. It consists of Taylor Swift‚ whose portrait is in the center of the ad‚ flirtingly leaning on her dark red guitar lined with a light tan rim. Her smooth pale face is slightly tilted to the right as she is seductively gazing into the camera with her starry brown eyes. She has a gentle‚ small‚ pearly white smile‚ which is adorned with the white stain of milk.
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movie that exemplifies this is the movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Through racist personifications and repeated instances of inferiority due to skin color‚ the Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) is an excellent example of how Disney movies can negatively impact children ’s views on racial relations in their own lives. Racial representations have been apparent in many Disney movies‚ as Giroux points out in his Disney analysis. One of his prime examples is how in The Lion King‚ the hyenas had
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sculptures and paintings were discussed. The two things I aspire to compare and contrast in this essay are the Notre Dame Cathedral in France and the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in India. The Notre Dame Cathedral is located in Paris‚ France‚ Europe. I choose to use this specific cathedral simply because I have had the amazing opportunity to visit this beautiful Cathedral. To start off‚ the Notre Dame Cathedral was designed in the Gothic “fashion” and built between the 12th and 14th centuries. The Bishop
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Festivals of India Festivals of India : Diwali Festival Diwali Diwali is regarded as one of the most important festival of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated across the nation with great pomp and excitement. The festival is mainly associated with lights as it is called the festival of light. On the day of the festival diyas (small clay lamps) are lit in everybody’s home irrespective of their social status. The name Diwali signifies ’rows of lighted lamps’. Diwali is a five-day festival
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Notre Dame Cathedral Why is the Notre Dame Cathedral‚ commenced by Maurice du Sully in 1163 and completed in the Early Gothic style in 12503‚ one of the most recognized cathedrals of its time period in the world? Made mostly of cut stone this remarkable building among its many features that set it apart; including being a tall church for its time‚ the later added rose windows in the north transept‚ and most importantly the flying buttresses‚ which were added quite early in the era. The Notre Dame
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+ JMJ Ma. Raisa Dy Pandan 11E English Character Sketch 11/16/11 The Hunchback of Notre Dame None in Paris could have looked more gruesome‚ more frightening‚ than the hunchbacked-bell ringer of the Notre Dame Cathedral‚ Quasimodo. None in Paris could have been more misunderstood as well. Perpetually stooped over‚ with a wart covering most of his left eye‚ deafened by the tolling of church bells and with a generally unkempt appearance‚
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Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies‚ Vol.14 NO.1 (2000) Democracy under siege: the Presidency and executive powers in Botswana Mpho G. Molomo Democracy Research Project University of Botswana Abstract This article outlines that the Constitution of Botswana provides for an executive presidency with extensive powers. Unlike other constitutions in the region where power is vested with the people‚ in Botswana it is vested with the President. While democratic procedures have not been
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