In 1784 to 1785 Napoleon attended the Ecole Militaire in Paris. That was the place where he received his military training. He studied to be an artillery man and an officer. He finished his training and joined the French army when he was 16 years old! Soon after that his father died and he was left with the responsibility of taking care of the huge Bonaparte family. Napoleon was stationed in Paris in 1792. After the French monarchy was overthrown on August 10‚ 1792‚ Napoleon decided to make his
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The Post Modernism period just came after the Modern period but it is not clear or impossible to be said when it came. In other words the modern Period was the time when the world was recovered from World War 2‚ which started globalization. The Post Modernism is a concept that arrived an era of academic study about in the mid-1980s. There is a variety of concepts‚ architecture‚ music‚ literature‚ fashion‚ art‚ film etc. In the 1980’s the political climate changed. During that time Post Modernism
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Paris 36 starts with confession by the protagonist Pigoil(Gérard Jugnot) to a police officer‚ accused of murder. It turns to a flashback to the year 1936 depicting the unstable district in a Paris faubourg‚ suffered from depression and the rising pool of involuntary unemployment. Pigoil has lost his lifetime job in a liquidated musical hall and his wife runs off with another man. More miserably‚ Pigoil cannot keep the custody of his beloved son- JoJo(Maxence Perrin) because of his financial inability
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rederick smith The Golden Ratio March 31 2011 1. The introduction: Hello my name is Frederick Smith‚ I will be speaking you about a fascinating thing that is in everything‚ it’s a part of you‚ it created you & its not just in you‚ its all around you. Its also in all plants and in all animals. Take for example an octopus has eight tentacles hence the name “octo’~pus‚ each one of its tentacles has the exact number of suckers on it and each tentacle is the same length pretty amazing right...
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La Haine is a story about three guys who have a friend ling in coma after being shot in a riot. Vinz‚ Hubert‚ and Saïd live at the suburbs of Paris and suffer with the violence committed by the police. Vinz finds a cop’s gun and decides to kill one if his friend dies. Hubert is boxer and had his gymnasium burned in the riots. However‚ he does not agree with Vinz. Saïd is the youngest one and does not have a definite opinion. This movie illustrates the effects of brutality‚ discrimination and repression
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The dissertation that Williamson wrote reflects on many issues that architects and like-minded designers face; a true battle with the in-betweens. These are often overlooked in most practices and if it must be addressed‚ it is often misrepresented. The writer has elaborate and express this study in a sequential research based on many readings that have touched on the matter. The exploration began with the inquisition towards architectural practices in the current age and its obsession with undisturbed
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Is the architectural design of modern homes slowly changing back to the architectural design of castles in the Middle Ages? If design of homes is changing back to design of castles is it a reflection on our society that castles of the Middle Ages were built primarily for defense. Does this mean that as a society we are tying to pull away from each other? There are many similar characteristics and features between modern homes and castles that are incorporated into the design specifically for defense
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Reflection on "The Battle of the Ants"‚ Henry David Thoreau "The Battle of the Ants" is an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s "Walden‚" a non-fictional book Thoreau wrote while living on his own in a cabin in the wilderness for 2 years during the 1840’s. Thoreau chose to live this lifestyle in order to find out what really was important in life‚ in his words‚ "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately‚ to front only the essential facts of life‚ and see if I could not learn what
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Our warmest greetings and thanks to all employees of the BFAR-RFO1 especially to Director Nestor Domenden and Ma’am Girly Dela Peňa as the OIC- Finance and Administrative Division of the BFAR-RFO1.Thank you Ma’am and Sir for accommodating us as your On-the-Job-Trainees and to the employees for sharing the knowledge that you had. Despite our fear you mold us to become stronger persons & confident in times of dealing people‚ and also for the valuable experiences and wonderful
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Runa Shrestha M Anderson 2014SPART130173007(9:30AM) 17 February 2014 DMA Museum Visit Dallas Museum of Art is located in the heart of Dallas city. This is my second visit to this museum‚ and every time I go‚ the modern architect and the simplicity of the building always fascinate me. I think the modern design of the building blends with architect of overall city that we see in downtown area. Even though the front area of the museum is not that spacious‚ I liked the landscapes of the building that is simple and
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