...Aurélien de Villiers de La Noue The Negotiation between Dietrich von Choltitz and Raoul Nordling: Can One Man really change the course of History? The negotiation between the German general Dietrich von Choltitz and the Swedish consul Raoul Nordling concerning the destruction of Paris is highly controversial and no Historian come to a consensus. Movies Paris brûle-t-il? by René Clément and Diplomacy by Volker Schlöndorff rekindled discussion about this quite mysterious negotiation between these two men. How did they manage to reach an agreement? What were the terms of the deal? Was there even a negotiation? This topic caught my attention for it changed the course of History. Had the German burnt Paris, the French would never have forgotten it and the European Union would not have emerged six years after those events (the CECA was created in 1951). I am deeply pro-European and found of History. As a result it amuses me to the how fragile basis of the Union were. I also like to think that one man, no matter the context and the lack of leverage –we are talking of one man trying to talk a German general out of following Hitler’s orders- can have so much impact on thanks to his words only. To me, one of the key factors in the negotiation is time. Here, it is said that Nordling had but one night to settle this issue. Past, present and future are indeed vital with one another as the past experiences, the standards of legitimacy, the previous relationships determine the ...
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...The documentary Paris Is Burning follows drag queens, living in New York City around the 1990’s. The film focuses on different aspects of the drag queen lifestyle and their “house” and “ball” culture. As discussed in class, it is important for individuals to have a way to identify with a certain group in order to feel empowered. Identifying with individuals whom are going through similar experiences can help one feel important and understood. Much of the documentary focuses on how different drag queens and gay individuals associate themselves with a house of their choosing. This house has a mother and father, which in a sense replaces the family that has either abandoned them or not accepted that person for who they are. These chosen families...
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...wife and children, which established the normality of heterosexuality in society. The characteristics of race, gender, and sexuality created strict expectations for people in society. When people started noticing that some citizens were not conforming to the expectations of an American, they categorized them as outcasts. Paris is Burning exhibited perspectives on the hardships that LGBT people faced as minorities. The race, class status, and gender of the subjects set them apart from people in mainstream society. The people found an accepting community through the Harlem ball circuit. Those who struggled to find acceptance developed support systems within their homes. Although at times the subjects felt unaccepted by society, they were embraced for who they were in the drag ball subculture. The balls allowed the transgender women and gay men to participate in an environment free of discrimination. Without the accepting community provided by the drag balls, many people would have felt lost in the world. A transgender woman in the film declared, “ If you have captured the great white way of living or looking or dressing or speaking, you is a marvel” (Paris is Burning). The participants of the drag balls hoped to make a statement with their actions. The balls had a tremendous impact on the lives of many people and provided acceptance for people who needed it...
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...Sohus family. The Sohus family consisted of Didi, John and Linda. In 1985, John and Linda strangely vanished. This was strange because they never told their family and friends they were going somewhere, Linda’s artwork was unfinished and abandoned and also they didn’t pack anything. As a result, the authorities investigated immediately and Chichester became a person of interest. He told the authorities that John and Linda went to Connecticut for a government interview and when the police came to visit him, he opened the door naked and refused to put on clothes. Therefore, the police left. In addition, a neighbor called Chichester and asked what he’s burning in the fireplace because it is stinking up the neighborhood. He said, “I’m burning old carpet.” Around this same time, Linda’s best friend and parents receives postcard from Paris. A forensic document examiner says Linda did write those postcards, but she didn’t not...
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...Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier Antoine Lavoisier known as the “Father of Modern Chemistry,” a French noblemen who made influential contributions to the world of both Biology and Chemistry. Lavoisier was a natural philosopher in the late 18th century, this was during the Chemical Revolution. He played a role in the conversion of Chemistry from a qualitative to a quantitative science. Some of his many contributions to Science include; the first chemistry book, extensive list of elements and naming Hydrogen, Oxygen and Carbon. Lavoisier made a vast mark on the world of Science resulting in advancements in better understanding the natural world. Lavoisier was born in Paris, France on August 26, 1743 to a wealthy Paris family. His father Jean-Antoine Lavoisier, was a Parisian lawyer in the Paris Parliament. He was married to Émilie Punctis, the daughter of an affluent family due to their butchery business. His mother died at the age of 5 and left him a large amount of riches. Through the ages 11 and 18 he attended school at Marzarin College, here he studied the general subjects. During his final two years he studied the sciences in depth, his interest in science was encouraged by geologist Jean-Étienne Guettard. This was a professor whom he had gotten close to, later on he would go on to collaborate with on a geological survey. Lavoisier was always interested in Science and Mathematics but instead influenced by his father he followed his family’s wishes and began his career in the study...
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...The documentary Paris is burning is about Balls, which are a form of a fashion show in the LGBT community in New York City. Their Race and sexual orientation makes them the torment of society. At the very beginning, Notable Ball legend, Pepper Labeja, gives a very distinctive quote from his father about Race in America. His father told him that he was born with three strikes against him, because he was male, gay and black. This automatically puts him at a lower position in society, then someone who does not carry these traits. In addition, in this documentary many members talk about how they could be professional businessmen and women, if they were born with a different color of skin. That is also one of the reasons that they created these balls in the first place, in order to create the illusion of being rich, illustrious and sadly, white. As far as seeing themselves fitting into society, they see it very little or almost not at all. The death of Venus Xtravaganza, helps illustrate this point brilliantly. Because of her Trans sexuality, she was murdered. When talking about Venus’s death at the end of the movie, Angie Xtravaganza talks about how living, as a Gay Man in Society can be treacherous. Death by murder is something that is very real and could happen at any moment. Another example of how they do not fit into dominant culture is the scene where Pepper is talking about the confrontations he had with his mother. His mother was disgraced at the fact that her son did...
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...problems than what everyone else had to say because everyone would think that they’re either gay, bisexual, or lesbian and they didn’t feel comfortable with either category. Most people didn’t know that there was a thing called Transgender until lately and now it seems to make them feel a whole lot better and calm the battles that they had inside. With everything going on how do we as a community help alleviate the stress that they may be going through? How can we allow their transition to become smoother? How can we make them feel as if they are still loved and that they are okay? What are the schools doing to include them? For this paper I watched Different for Girls, Paris is Burning and I read an article entitled Creating Inclusion: Transgender Students on Campus. In the documentary Paris is Burning the interviewed many people and they explained how they felt ‘in the world’, ‘on the streets’, and at home as opposed to when they’re all together in the house (“House of Chanel”). They all said that when they’re all together, dressing up and putting on shows they feel alive and they feel good about themselves. While they’re ‘out in the world’ they have to watch what they do and what they say, how they dress, and where they look. While at the “House of Chanel” they are free to be themselves. They dance, talk, sing, act, and it’s like they are somewhere totally different until they have to leave. One person is particular...
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...Schaller 1 Joseph Schaller Mrs Dianna Cason ENG 2206 Due date The Romantic Poet who could not be erased form history, Heinrich Heine. Heinrich Heine was nineteenth-century German Jewish poet. The Nazis party had tired to remove him form the history of german. He was a Romantic poet that could not be removed form there past. Heine's most famous piece work was Heinrich Heine's Book of Songs. A lot of Heine's early Romantic works where influenced by old German folklore. Many of his verusus where used in music by well known composer like Brahmas, Schubert, and List. Book of Songs was his only work to be well received in Germany. His view's where a lot different then other Romantics in German. Heine often focused on unreturned love and despair. The poem “Die Lorelei” became one of his most famous poems in German. This work was later attributed to a unknown author by the Nazis party in the 1930's because they could not erase it form the culture and minds of the German people. The poem “ Die Lorelei” is translated to “The Lorelei”. This poem is about a rock on the Rhine river. It is stands to the soaring height of 393 feet above the waterline and is the narrowest part of the river. This section of the river is the cause of many boat accidents. Heine was inspired by the old folklore tale of the Lore Lay that is often associated with this rock. In this poem he depicts the bewitching Lore Lay as a siren on the cliffs of the Rhine river, sitting on the top of the rock to enchant...
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...EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 12-A/2, Yusuf Sarai N.D. 16 Ph.: 65643449, 9810004225 www.eeducationalservices.com Chapter – 2 Acids, Bases and Salts Q 1. You have been provided with three test tubes. One of them contains distilled water and the other two contain an acidic solution and a basic solution, respectively. If you are given only red litmus paper; how will you identify the contents of each test tube? Ans. Dip fresh red litmus paper separately in three test tubes. The solution in which it turns red litmus to blue litmus contains basic solution. The blue litmus paper formed here can now be used to test the acidic solution. Now, put the blue litmus paper in the remaining two test tubes. The solution in which it turns blue litmus paper to red contains acidic solution. The solution which has no effect on any litmus paper contains distilled water. Q 2. Why should curd and sour substances not be kept in brass and copper vessels. Ans. Curd and sour substances contains acids which react with brass and copper vessels. Because of this, the food becomes unfit for eating. Also, produced acid, corrodes the brass and copper. Q 3. Which gas is usually liberated when an acid reacts with a metal? Illustrate with an example. How will you test...
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...Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably through Homer's Iliad. The Iliad relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy; its sequel, the Odyssey describes Odysseus's journey home. Other parts of the war are described in a cycle of epic poems, which have survived through fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for Greek tragedy and other works of Greek literature, and for Roman poets including Virgil and Ovid. The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the Apple of Discord, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the "fairest", should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the brother of Helen's husband Menelaus, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris' insult. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse. The Achaeans slaughtered the...
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...Being raised in the small town of Ripley, Mississippi, I was not exposed to happenings throughout the world for quite some time. I never imagined that anything could upset my perfect utopian world I thought to be true. However, my world turned upside down when I saw the world beneath the facade. Televised news reports of devastation, diseases, poverty, and war made my unworldly, simple-minded character begin to question the state of humanity. Even though the world was not as pleasant as I had dreamt it to be, I am able to find the silver linings in all the imperfect aspects. Hurricane Katrina, the pandemic Ebola outbreak, and the Paris terrorist attack have taught me more about solicitude and aid to others than awareness of catastrophic events....
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...suspicion of others and witchcraft among the Salem people. Arthur Miller uses stage directions in to create a sense of suspicion and mystery [Be Precise – state page number/Act]. With Reverend Paris, Miller did this to emphasise the character’s main dilemma in the play which is the threat to Paris' power in the community as his niece as people would be suspicious of her. Therefore because she is living under his roof, it would put a bad name on Paris as he couldn't keep his house Holy [Mention – by Miller setting the scene in a reverend’s house (a place of God), the audience may be more suspicious of the witchcraft.]. The stage directions used at the start if act one when Paris is praying frequently over Better [?] his daughter indicates that the room is quite dark with only a candle burning and sunlight through the window lighting the room. The significance of this is to show how the audience that the stage direction, builds tension to the atmosphere and sets the mood for the play [Good Holly]. Paris is frightened and confused by Betty's illness, wondering what he has done wrong to deserve this. He is angered quickly without provocation, for example when Tituba inquires about natty he turns on her in fury and shouts to get 'out of here.' Therefore not understanding the illness, Paris is suspicious of what is causing the illness. Furthermore, Hale narrowing his eyes [mention ‘stage direction’ and use quotation marks and mention Miller’s name here] creates suspicion as only...
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...War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta. The war is one of the most important events in Greek mythology and has been narrated through many works of Greek literature, most notably through Homer's Iliad. The Iliad relates a part of the last year of the siege of Troy; the Odyssey describes the journey home of Odysseus, one of the war's heroes. Other parts of the war are described in a cycle of epic poems, which have survived through fragments. Episodes from the war provided material for Greek tragedy and other works of Greek literature, and for Roman poets including Virgil and Ovid. The war originated from a quarrel between the goddesses Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite, after Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, gave them a golden apple, sometimes known as the Apple of Discord, marked "for the fairest". Zeus sent the goddesses to Paris, who judged that Aphrodite, as the "fairest", should receive the apple. In exchange, Aphrodite made Helen, the most beautiful of all women and wife of Menelaus, fall in love with Paris, who took her to Troy. Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and the brother of Helen's husband Menelaus, led an expedition of Achaean troops to Troy and besieged the city for ten years because of Paris' insult. After the deaths of many heroes, including the Achaeans Achilles and Ajax, and the Trojans Hector and Paris, the city fell to the ruse of the Trojan Horse. The Achaeans slaughtered...
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...familiar with Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, as well as being gifted in mathematics and philosophy. By the young age of 14, he started to serve Juan de Quintana “doctor theologus” at the University of Paris (Pérez and Hillar xv). Nearing his twenties, Michael Servetus followed his father’s wishes to study law and attended the University of Toulouse, the most distinguished university in France at the time. He spent the majority of his college years reading the Bible, discovering very early that he did not agree with the doctrine of the trinity. He could not find the trinity to be explicitly revealed in the holy writings, causing him to believe that it stood in the way of evangelization of the Moors and the Jews (Pérez and Hillar xv). Servetus completed two years at the university before he was recalled to the service of Quintana, who was now...
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...Final Project Paper On The Art of the Governance Through Plaster Face Mask MSJ 11211(Sec-2) Spring 2014 Submitted To Marium Akhter Senior Lecturer Dept. Of Media Studies & Journalism Submitted By Asifur Rahaman Chowdhury. ID No: 131012078 Dept. MSJ Section: 2 Submission date: 24/04/2014 Governance In Financial Sector * Introduction: mass communication the study of communicating with the masses? Well, yes. But there’s more to it than that. Mass communication is about storytelling with strategy and purpose. The study of mass communication is centered around how messages persuade and affect the behavior and opinion of the person or people receiving the content. Mass communication has become a vital and seamless part of everyday human life. Today’s society is dependent on mass communication —from morning television news to social media feeds and blog posts from personalized advertising messages to branded content sponsored by a specific company. Messages sent by mass communicators help inform the public and often help set agendas and public opinion. Mass communicators help people develop an understanding of social problems and make informed decisions. The general public...
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