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    Universal Exposition 1889

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    interior courtyard covered with a blue ceiling decorated with fleur-de-lys and used as a ball room and gathering place.[1] The 1889 Exposition covered a total area of 0.96 km²‚ including the Champ de Mars‚ the Trocadéro‚ the quai d’Orsay‚ a part of the Seine and the Invalides esplanade. Transport around the Exposition was partly provided by a 3 kilometre (1.9 mi) 600 millimetre (2 ft 0 in) gauge railway by Decauville. It was claimed that the railway carried 6‚342‚446 visitors in just six months of operation

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    Fish Processing in Balanga

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    CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Fish production in the Philippines is estimated at 6 million metric tons a year. About 55 percent comes from aquaculture and the rest is caught from the sea. Fish and fishery products are extremely consumable merchandise. After catch‚ these goods cannot be held for long and have to be marketed as fast as possible to prevent deterioration. Fish processing plays an important role in the fish industry. Processing transforms a

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    French Impressionism and Post Impressionism in the late 19th C. ©Werner Hammerstingl‚1998‚1999 Before the emergence of Impressionism we can see a major political and social transition in central Europe which has demonstrable artistic and literary consequences. The major aspects of this change include: The 19C industrial expansion which took away opportunities of individual farming and craft practice and replaced them with paid labour in factories. Governments across Europe are exploring

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    The Viking Attacks

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    885 AD‚ with a fleet of Danish Vikings led by King Sigfred and Sirric. It is told that King Sigfred requested a bribe from Charles the Fat‚ King of West Frankia who rejected the offer. He then attempted to take over Paris by leading 700 ships up the Seine along with 40‚000 Viking warriors . The Vikings failed to enter the city despite their tireless attempts. They left a force around Paris‚ sailed further upriver and looted Le Mans‚ Chartres‚ and Evreux. After participating in numerous raids alongside

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    A time of big changes and new beginnings‚ the Industrial Revolution changed the world so that it was hardly recognizable. The Industrial Revolution brought about inventions as diverse as the steam engine to the telegraph. As time went on‚ more and more inventions were necessary to advance further into the Industrial Revolution. So much so‚ that the changes that the inventions themselves went through made them unrecognizable as to what they were in the first place. Some of the greatest changes‚ though

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    Manet 1

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    LUNCHEON ON THE GRASS‚ BY EDOUARD MANET The painting I have chosen is Luncheon on the grass‚ by Édouard Manet. It was painted in 1863. At the beginning this painting received the name The Bath‚ but it was changed four years later. It was rejected by the Salon Jury‚ so it was shown for the first time in the Salon des Refusés (Salon of the Rejected‚ created by Napoleon III due to the indignation of all those who admired Manet) the same year it was painted. At the moment it is exhibited in the Museum

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    Jeanne d’Arc or Joan of arc was a courageous‚ Godly wise but stubborn. Joan of Arc effected French civilization militarily and religiously by aiding in the Hundred Years War‚ prophesied coming kings‚ and fought in the battle of Orleans‚ her legacy and canonization can be justified as part of her effect on France. Born around 1412‚ Jeanne d’ Arc (or in English‚ Joan of Arc) a peasant girl‚ who was the daughter of a tenant farmer. She was raised in the village of Domrémy in northeastern France. She

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    and also oil spills. Competition between African penguins and commercial fisheries is often suggested as the main cause of the population decrease. African Penguins feed on small fish but their diet consist mainly of anchovy and sardine. The purse-seine fisheries target to catch schooling epipelagic fish that are the main prey of African penguins. During the breeding season‚ competition is limited. The penguins‚ being flightless‚ are restricted to the nearshore waters where commercial fisheries cannot

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    Epilogue Robert Langdon had awoken to a start. This was better than the previous two days of sleep he had avoided. He had dreamt for the first time in days. Confused‚ he sat up looking at the light trying to make its way through the blinds‚ Was it dusk or dawn? he thought. Langdon’s body was filled with content at the warmth he was feeling. Standing up‚ he had realized what at really awakened him…..the strangest thought. For days he has tried to sort his thoughts with reasoning but now he found

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    Explore the concepts of success and failure in A Grammarian’s Funeral and one other poem by Robert Browning. In A Grammarian’s Funeral we get an ambiguous idea of whether the Grammarian’s life has been a success or a failure. Though there is much evidence that the poet believes he has served his life well‚ there is also a slight suggestion that the poet disagrees with the thoughts of the Grammarian’s students and instead believes that he has had a wasted life. A poem to compare to this‚ also

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