Palais Royal The Palais Royal was originally called the Palais Cardinal when it was built. This was built to be the personal residence of the Cardinal Richelieu. He had it built at its location because he wished to be near the Louvre. Construction of the building began in 1633 and finished in 1639. It became the property of King Louis XIII in 1642 when Cardinal Richelieu died. At this time the name changed from Palais Cardinal to Palais Royal to signify the change. The following year
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Canada’s 7 major Landform Areas Precambrian Shield/ Canadian shield: Area: -4.8 million km‚ almost ½ of Canada‚ thus the largest landform region‚ (actually much larger because it underlies most other regions). -Spreads across 6 provinces‚ 2 territories‚ and the U.S. Formation: -about 600 million years old‚ thus “Precambrian”. -Igneous and metamorphic rock. Topography: -a peneplain‚ almost a plain 600 metres. -has a lakescape‚ many lakes. Human Activities:-an all season vacation land. -Also called
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The British Royal Family The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people who are the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms‚ thus sometimes at variance with official national terms for the family. Members of the Royal Family belong to‚ either by birth or marriage‚ the House of Windsor‚ since 1917‚ when George V changed the name of
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THE ROYAL WEDDING Every woman in this world has a dream of becoming a princess. Who would not? Isn’t it so lovely living the rest of your life with the man of your dream? Living in a palace like in Disney movies? Kate Middleton‚ a commoner‚ now the Duchess of Cambridge‚ became an instrument of hope of becoming a princess for these young ladies. Commoner or rich‚ they are all looking up to Kate. It gives hope for all young ladies that someday they will find their prince too. The royal wedding
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Battle Royal Battle Royal by Ralph Ellison follows the life of a young African-American who looks up to his grandfather although his grandfather describes himself as a "traitor to his people". The narrator contemplates this idea that his grandfather expresses‚ and when he is called to give a speech to a group of upper-class white folks‚ he is persuaded to fight a group of kids of the same age. He is defeated in the fight‚ yet he goes on to make his speech in front of the crowd. His persistence to
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Royal Bodies The monarchy is just a puddle full of wealthy people whose only concern is to dress nicely and smile politely the public. But is that really the case? And is that how Hilary Mantel sees it? The excerpt is from a speech held by the famous English writer‚ Hilary Mantel. She gave the speech at a lecture in the British museum in 2013. Hilary Mantel talks about the “Royal Bodies” and the monarchy as she sees it. At a former convention she was asked to name a famous person to
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Monarch. Although in use for the many official events and receptions held by The Queen‚ the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace are open to visitors every year. For visitor information‚ please visit the Royal Collection website. Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms‚ 52 Royal and guest bedrooms‚ 188 staff bedrooms‚ 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. In measurements‚ the building is 108 metres long across the front‚ 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres
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ROYAL ENFIELD: In 1863‚ Enfield Company was registered as bicycle manufacturing company in England. In 1913‚ Royal is added to the company name and started manufacturing motor cycles with own designed engine with 8 BHP to war department. In 1921‚ Royal Enfield has introduced 973 cc engine twin and in 1924‚ 350 JAP has been introduced. During Second World War‚ The models produced for the army were the WD/C 350 cc side valve‚ WD/CO 350 cc OHV‚ WD/D 250 cc SV‚ WD/G 350 cc OHV and WD/L 570 cc SV
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An analysis of mise- en- scene‚ editing and sound of “The Royal Tenenbaums” According to Mike Crisp‚ editing “comes in a category some where between nrain surgery at one extreme and tiling the bathroom at the other”.(Orpen 2003‚ 16) French director claude Chabrol compared editing similarly‚ to doing the washing up: “Script writing is like cooking. Shooting‚ the part I enjoy the most‚ is like eating. Editing therefore is‚ well‚ the wasing up.” (Orpen 2003‚ 16) The following essay will analyze mise-
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Battle Royal by Ralph Ellison It goes a long way back‚ some twenty years. All my life I had been looking for something‚ and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too‚ though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naive. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I‚ and only I‚ could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization
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