Etymology The English name Switzerland is a compound containing Switzer‚ an obsolete term for the Swiss‚ which was in use during the 16th to 19th centuries.[14] The English adjective Swiss is a loan from French Suisse‚ also in use since the 16th century. The name Switzer is from the Alemannic Schwiizer‚ in origin an inhabitant of Schwyz and its associated territory‚ one of the Waldstätten cantons which formed the nucleus of the Old Swiss Confederacy. The name originates as an exonym‚ applied pars
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CULTURE/PERIOD PHILOSOPHY ACTIVITIES/PRACTICES MUSICAL INSTRUMENT PROPONENTS/COMPOSERS Medieval Ages Music Timeline (500-1400) Believed that music should make a listener receptive to spiritual thoughts and reflections They allowed music in Christian churches in the form of medieval music that involves chanting Their characteristic of music as based on plainchant improvising with parallel melodies Medieval singers continued experimenting with melodies and polyphony became more elaborate
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Artificial Life “There are three great events in history. One‚ the creation of the universe. Two‚ the appearance of life. The third one‚ which I think is in equal importance‚ is the appearance of Artificial Intelligence (Guzeldere‚ 2005).” Since before the Common Era‚ efficiency in work has been tackled by the scholarly geniuses who have moved us forward into the scientific generation we are today. They have tried to quantify and imitate the infinite processes that our human minds create. Their
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France and Germany’s “regularized bilateral intergovernmentalism” (Krotz‚ Regularized Intergovernmentalism‚ 2010). The term of ‘intergovernmentalism’‚ which was firstly proposed by the Paul and Catherine Buttenweiser University professor – Stanley Hoffmann‚ refers to the theory of the regional integration (Keohane‚ 1991). The semi-annual summits involved not only the German chancellor and French President with the French Prime Minister‚ but also several ministries such as the Minister of the foreign
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International Politics of Militarizing Women’s Lives (Berkeley: University of California Press). Goldstein‚ Judith and Keohane‚ Robert (eds) (1993) Ideas and Foreign Policy: Beliefs‚ Institutions and Political Change (Ithaca: Cornell University Press). Hoffmann‚ Stanley (1987 [1977]) ‘An American social science: international relations’ reprinted in his (ed.)‚ Janus and Minerva: Essays in the Theory and Practice of International Politics (Boulder‚ CO: Westview Press)‚ 3–24. Hollis‚ Martin and Smith‚ Steve
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE [pic] BY SHIRLENE KOLA-BANKOLE 03005093 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE “We believe Climate Change is one of the most significant environmental challenges of the 21st century... voluntary action alone cannot solve the problem.” Henry Paulson‚ CHAIRMAN‚ GOLDMAN SACHS INTRODUCTION Environmental challenges‚ particularly climate change are something we all have to think about. Politicians from David Cameron to Gordon
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brother William and James Kirke Paulding. From 1812 to 1814 he was an editor of Analeptic magazine in Philadelphia and New York. Irving ’s success in social life and literature was shadowed by a personal tragedy. He was engaged to be married to Matilda Hoffmann who died at the age of seventeen‚ in 1809. Later he wrote in a private letter‚ addressed to Mrs. Forster‚ as an answer to her inquiry why he had not been married: "For years I could not talk on the subject of this hopeless regret;
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References: (1) http://www.aids.org/topics/aids-factsheets/aids-background-information/what-is-aids/ (2) http://spider.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de/teaching/wes/2005/03_Structural_Biology_of_HIV_(Felix_Voigts-Hoffmann).pdf (3) http://www.hivaware.org.uk/be-aware/about-hiv/ (4) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/HIVAIDS/Understanding/Biology/Pages/structure.aspx (5) http://www.who.int/features/qa/71/en/index.html (6) http://www.hivaware.org.uk/be-aware/timeline-of-hiv
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Jeff Harber Professor Barnaby Palmer GLA 618 OL1: Film Music History 6 December 2012 Back to the Future: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Whether you are a movie buff or just a dude from the 80 ’s‚ there is a good chance you have seen the classic movie “Back to the Future.” Accompanied by an iconic cast and crew‚ the movie garnered so much popularity‚ Universal Studios pumped out three installments of the Trilogy --”Back to the Future 1‚ 2‚ and 3. With Steven Spielberg ’s and Robert Zemeckis
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Cultural desituationism in the works of Gaiman ANNA C. CAMERON DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURE‚ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 1. Cultural desituationism and neodialectic libertarianism If one examines Marxist capitalism‚ one is faced with a choice: either reject neodialectic libertarianism or conclude that the purpose of the reader is deconstruction‚ given that the premise of cultural desituationism is valid. The masculine/feminine distinction which is a central theme of Gaiman’s The Books of Magicemerges again
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