...IL Divo Live in Barcelona Charliena Diego Professor Nancy Barlar HUM 11- World Cultures 1 Dec 18, 2012 IL Divo Live in Barcelona I was not able to attend this concert in person, but I did watch it on youtube.com on December 18, 2012 at 12:46 pm on a Tuesday afternoon. I sat and watched it by myself in my family room, because my children and husband do not care for this kind of music as I do. The concert was with IL Divo, they are four men named David Miller, Sebastien Izambard, Carlos Marin, and Urs Buhler, and they are dressed in black suits when they come out on stage. The concert was live in Barcelona on April 3, 2009 and the performance was at the Palau Sant Jordi. IL Divo is surrounded by an operatic quartet that plays the music beautifully. My initial reaction about this concert/place is what a magnificent place the Palau Sant Jordi is, it was built in the year 1990 in Barcelona, Spain. I truly wish that I could go and see these four beautiful men sing their hearts out, I would be in awe over how big and beautiful these guy’s voices truly are and I bet in person it would be an amazing gift to hear. The song that IL Divo sang is one of my all time favorite songs from Simon & Garfunkel is/was Bridge over trouble waters. Un- break my Heart originally sung by Toni Braxton who sang it in 1993 and she sounded great when she sang it, but when IL Divo sang this song they blew my mind away with the way their voices are so rich and deep it’s like floating in chocolate...
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...Cultural Context The cultural context refers to the type of society in which a text is set-it’s structures, values and day-to-day rituals. Comparing the texts I have studied under Cultural Context mode involves entering the world of each text and comparing the ways in which the lives of the central characters are influenced by the worlds in which they live. The three texts I have studied are Lies of Silence (LS) by Brian Moore, Plough and the Stars (PS) playwrite by Sean O’Casey and Il Postino (IP) directed by Micheal Radford. These novelists, dramatists and film directors obviously employ their own distinctive narrative techniques. I was interested in studying a significant range of similarities in the way LS, PS and IP deliver their respective tales. The setting is easily comparable in all texts. IP was set in a small island off the coast of Italy around the 1950’s. Communism was the main political headline in this text, where a famous Italian poet, Pablo Neruda, was exiled from his own country and forced to live elsewhere for a short while due to the fact he was a communist. During this time also, Europe was struggling to cope from World War II. PS was set in Dublin, 1916. The Easter Rising was at stake. We receive an insight into the lives of the Irish people during The Troubles. There was also a feud between Socialism and Republicanism. LS is set in Belfast in the 1950’s when the Northern Troubles were at its climax. The setting in this text is dominated by the deep-rooted...
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...“The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves – and Why It Matters,” by B. R. Myers (excerpted) Korean schoolchildren in North and South learn that Japan invaded their country in 1905, that Japan spent 40 years destroying its language and culture, and then withdrew. Yet the truth is more complex. For much of the country’s long history, the national identities of Koreans and Chinese were mutually indistinguishable. Believing their civilization was founded by a Chinese’s age in China’s image, Koreans subscribed to a Confucian worldview that put their country in a position of permanent subservience to China. It was not until the late 19th century, under Japan, that Koreans took measures to establish Koreas independence, and imbue the people with a sense of national pride. The Japanese freed the peninsula from China only to take it for themselves. Opposition to Japanese rule grew from 1905 until patriots declared independence in 1919. The authorities responded with a brutal show of force. The Japanese started a colonial propaganda machine, which did not stamp out Korean pride. Instead it asserted that Koreans shared the same ancient bloodline and benevolent ruler as the Japanese. Both peoples belonged to one “imperial” race that was superior to all others. Japan and Korea were seen as one body. Koreans had languished too long under China’s shadow – now was the time to become part of a Japanese whole. It was in this period that Korean nationalists revived the legend of Jan’gun...
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...Summary and Personal Response “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habit” Kim wrote the memoir “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habit,” in 2004. Her memoir was first published in The New York Times. The purpose of her writing the memoir was to give you her point of view growing up comes from riches to rags. Main Idea Kim’s father was a millionaire in South Korea while when she was a child. Kim talks about how she was rich growing up until she started the seventh grade. When Kim reached the seventh grade her father went bankrupt. Being that bankruptcy is punishable by law her family fled to North America. They went from living in a hilltop mansion to the upstairs of a two family home in Woodstock. Genre Memoirs unlike autobiographies are written to describe a momentous event that changed ones life as apposed to their whole life. That said event to Kim was when she was 13, when her father lost everything. Growing up rich she was driven to school by a chauffeur, now it poverty she had to ride public transportation for the first time. Being rich the first part of her life and all of a sudden facing poverty there was a lot that she had to become accustomed to. Audience Her audience seemed as if it was more so for Koreans or others from different nationalities that are in a different place for the first time in life. Not necessarily just other nationalities, but just anyone who was in a different place in life and for some reason or other had to relocate without notice...
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...Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits Patria J Holloway Dr. Gordon Theisen Eng. 115 October 20, 2013 I feel that Suki Kim was a spoiled child. She had a governess, maid, and a chauffeur when she lived in Korea. She didn’t need anything as she was growing up there. Her father was a millionaire from having a shipping company, a mining business and hotels. Then one day they lost all of their money and had to flee to America. Bankruptcy in Korea had jail time behind it, something that her father didn’t want to go through or put his family through. So they left Korea in the ‘80’s and moved to Woodside, Queens in New York. To what Suki says was an “ugly house” that a Korean family owned that ran a dry cleaners. Their sons, Billy and Andy became her playmates. Suki was picked on from the other Korean children both at home and in school. She felt out of place. Therefore the other students didn’t want anything to do with her kind. They were Koreans, but not Korean American. They would call her FOB, “fresh out the boat,” or “yellow.” Funny because they didn’t arrive in a boat, they flew here in an airplane. Even the rich Koreans that left there and came here moved to Manhattan or Westchester...
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... It is impossible to tell what would really be the greatest story to be followed by news groups in any year where there is little of earth shattering news; the indications are that many of the old standbys would dominate the news. It seemed that terror seemed to dominate the news before and after 9/11. During the news cycles during the year 2001, the same recurring themes seemed to dominate, just as they did in the decade before, with less hand wringing and feigned outrage over the antics of a Democratic administration that was in power before 2001. The bombings in Israel by Palestinian suicide bombers and the export of terror by the Taliban and the continued death of dictators with an ax to grind with the United States, such as Kim Jung Il of North Korea, Muoammar Kadhafi in Libya, Sadaam Hussein in Iraq and Mamoud Achmedinijhad in Iran and the world at large would have still been the top stories of the news groups (The Arizona Republic, 2009). The domestic terrorism would have been more palpable, such as the mailing of anthrax that was sent in five letters and the execution of Timothy McVeigh. There should have less been made over the President lying about having sex with an intern, the more immediate concern of having the ability to take Osama Bin Laden out of commission and letting him escape would have been a more creditable idea, though it provided less human interest than the most powerful man in the world finding ways to dally with someone of no particular interest. While...
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...Case Analysis 3 Ellen Moore Jenna Gilson Talal Khader Britton Larson Aubrey Morgan MGT 400 2/20/12 1. Identify the problems that the focal company/person in the case face. There is an unclear hierarchical reporting structure within the project team, making it impossible for the project to continue and limits communication and knowledge transfer. The main problem that the Systems Consulting Group faces is that they need to complete their consulting project that they are behind schedule on, and need to choose a course of action quickly. 2. Identify underlying causes to the problem at hand There are many problems that are halting the progress of the project. The team is clearly suffering from lack of communication, disorganized team structure, unclear leadership and constant disagreement over the decision-making process. Business: The Korean structure appears to be hierarchical which seems to impact the understanding of relationships between consultants and clients of both the Americans and Koreans. Management: In Korea, respect for position and status influences how a project is executed. It is evident that power authority is undefined. Jack and Ellen don’t have a specific role, so there is an overlapping of power. As a result, subordinates are often confused and find it a bit hard to follow the lead of their superiors. There seems to be a lack of trust between Ellen and Jack...
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...As spring is well underway, schools are about to get out, and summer vacations will be starting. The peak season for U.S. tourism will be here before we know it with record travelers in some destinations. International destinations are seeing records in their seasons as we speak. Tourism is a nonstop global industry and for this project I took a look at some of the recent trends for the market and will also analyze the some common themes amongst them. The first major thing that most Americans are following very closely is the current situation with North Korea. With the political uncertainty and military threats it makes one question any potential visits to the countries around North Korea. The other countries are aware of the devastating effects that North Korea could have on their tourism revenue and have issued statements that it is still safe to visit. Seoul, South Korea believes that North Korea is doing this on purpose to harm their local economy and is doing everything in their power to convince the world that day to day life in Seoul is the same (Cha). Even countries who are typically allies with North Korea are considering shutting down travel until the North Korea has stabilized. China brings more tourists to North Korea than nearly any other country yet they are not willing to take any risks. The tourism board in Dandong, China has shut down the border which will likely end up severely hurting North Korea’s tourism. This was its exact intention for South Korea and...
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...NORTH KOREA Nicholas Eastman There are a few different countries that, in my opinion, would be enjoyable to visit and study their culture. One country in particular seems to stick out to me. I have always been taught about democracy in school, as well as other government styles, but have never first hand experienced another style of government. For this reason I chose North Korea, based on their centralized communist ways. I opinionate this to be an interesting way of life and would like to learn more about how people live under a communist government. From what I know about North Korea, rules seem strict and the people do not have the same rights as we do in the United States, which leaves me wondering how my life would be different, living under the same conditions as North Koreans. The geography of North Korea represents a peninsula, attached to Manchuria, China, and a small portion of the USSR (Geography). This 600 mile long peninsula is just above the 38th parallel, with a size of just above 45,000 square miles (Geo). With this, it makes the country itself smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. The make-up of the land in North Korea consists of several mountain ranges, lined up north to south, with small valleys in between each (Geo). This does not allow for many rural areas, leading to large cities populated by millions of people. The Yalu River forms a portion of the northern border with Manchuria (Geo). The mountains in the country prevent large farms, which...
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...We Live in a Democracy; What is Non-Democracy Like? Our great nation practices what is known around the world as a democratic system of government. That is a government intended to be for the people and run by the people; or in our case, by our elected officials; which are intended to act on our behalf. One question that comes to mind though; what else is out there and, what is it like? For a look at what might be considered the polar opposite of democracy let us look through the window of what government and law are like in the communist state of North Korea (more recent review of the Constitution of North Korea leads scholars to believe it is more of a racialist nationalism government system) (“Top 10 non-democratic countries in the world,” April 28, 2014). However, since this is only an opinion, the North Korean government is still considered that of a communist state. What are laws like in North Korea? What is the purpose of the laws and what is the effect? Do they compare to our laws? This writing would not be complete without some preface information regarding how the North Korean government works. At the head of every part of the Government is the “Great Leader” (Yop, H.J., N.D.); which would be the Supreme Leader (at this time it is Kim Jong-un). Essentially all things in North Korea revolve around the desires of Kim Jong-un. While there are different committees and bureaus; there power is limited to what commands are given to them from the top. Party secretaries...
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...Political Philosophy of Juche Grace Lee Introduction The political philosophy known as juche became the official autarkic state ideology of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 1972.1 Although foreign scholars often describe juche as “self-reliance,” the true meaning of the term is much more nuanced. Kim Il Sung explained: Establishing juche means, in a nutshell, being the master of revolution and reconstruction in one’s own country. This means holding fast to an independent position, rejecting dependence on others, using one’s own brains, believing in one’s own strength, displaying the revolutionary spirit of self-reliance, and thus solving one’s own problems for oneself on one’s own responsibility under all circumstances. The DPRK claims that juche is Kim Il Sung’s creative application of Marxist-Leninist principles to the modern political realities in North Korea.2 Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il have successfully wielded the juche idea as a political shibboleth to evoke a fiercely nationalistic drive for North Korean independence and to justify policies of self-reliance and self-denial in the face of famine and economic stagnation in North Korea. Kim Il Sung envisioned three specific applications of juche philosophy: political and ideological independence, especially from the Soviet Union and China; economic self-reliance and self-sufficiency; and a viable national defense system.3 This paper begins with a discussion of the three key components of the juche ideology...
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...Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits By Suki Kim Professor Michelle James English 115 April 18, 2016 The short essay “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habit” written by Suki Kim starts out in the early 80’s. Suki and her family came to America from Korea because her father lost his business and in Korea you could be placed in jail for bankruptcy. Suki and her family stayed in a house that belonged to another Korean family. Suki thought the house was ugly. There in the house she met her first playmates Billy and Andy. They spoke English and she learned to speak from them. One of the first term she learned from being around them was F.O.B(Fresh off the Boat). She couldn’t understand what they meant, but she was pretty sure she flew on a plane from Korea. Being in America life changed for her, from having people do things for her such as laundry to her being chaffureffed everywhere. Now she had to do all things as she said “Each week I found it humiliating to wheel out dirty clothes to a bleak place called the laundromat”. (Kim,2002 para.3) Manners and being respectful were taught to all Korean school children, but here in America kids didn’t bow, girls wore skimpy clothing and made out with boys in class. The school also was different, graffiti on the walls, guards...
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...The video by National Geographic was very interesting. I thought it was quite risky of them to try and shoot video of North Korea with people watching them at all times. I learned many things from this video. I learned that you need a permit to travel anywhere in, out, or throughout the country. I did not realize that the hate of America was so large in North Korea. I thought it was quite creepy that all the books there were written only by Kim Jong Un’s father. This shows one way how he controls the community. He just tries to show the ideal living in North Korea. A scary thing was when the minder threatened the foreigners when they lied down in front of Kim Jong Un’s statue and took a picture. He was so angry and it was an awkward situation for the foreigners. It was quite sad that cataracts were so common in North Korea. It seemed as if the people did not even have a way to protect themselves from it. An alarming statistic I heard was that nearly forty percent of the kids in North Korea are malnourished. The last big thing I learned was that the DMZ was so secure. I never realized how intense it is on the border. The North Koreans always have men lined up guarding the line. While the South Korean side is observed less intense by American forces along with the South Korean Forces. There is a lot that can be compared between North Korea and one of the Utopian novels. I see more comparisons with George Orwell’s 1984. In both of these environments, one elite person leads them...
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...Everyone in the documentary of North Korea was raised to treat Kim Jong Il like a god, but in Anthem they weren’t even allowed to think of someone as higher than anyone else or even think of themselves in a higher position than anyone else. What wikipedia has called it is a cult of personality, which is “when an individual uses mass media, propaganda,” etc to make themselves look like a great leader. On a website, there have been showings of the dear leader using propaganda to make himself and the country look better. The website described the propaganda as the following, “1) The leaders and their greatness, especially Kim Il Sung, 2) images of the North Korean military and its might, 3) negative depictions of the US and South Korea, and 4) images of North Korean people living joyous and sunshiny lives.” Basically describes it as a sign that the country worships it’s dear leader. “In Anthem, their great saying was “We are one in all and all in one. There are no men but only the Great WE, One, indivisible and forever.” This is saying that there is not greater one, everyone is equal and that...
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...As John C. Maxwell once stated, “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” Kim Jong Il was an influential leader with a dominant personality. Born on February 16, 1942, much of Kim Jong Il’s life was based around North Korean government and the actions he took to promote his leadership. The purpose of this paper is to examine the early life of Kim Jong I1, his successes and fails during his rise to power, and his ending days. Kim Jong I1’s father, Kim II-sung, was a commander in World War II during the first Battalion of the Soviet 88th Brigade which was between the Chinese and Korean battling the Japanese Army. His mother, Kim Jong-suk, was his father’s first wife. Jong was only four years old when World War II...
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