...Author, poet and playwright Victor Hugo was born on February 26, 1802 in Besancon, France. Between 1815 and 1818 Hugo began studying law, but shortly after became uninterested in it. His literary career had started because of the influence from his mother who had encouraged him to do it. Hugo was the founder of the Conservateur Litteraire which is made up with his poetry and his friends works. His works started when he published his first book of poetry, Odes et poesies diverses in 1821. Soon after he published his first book of poetry, he published his first novel in 1823 and plays. His writing techniques can be considered Romanticism. Some of his other works include, Notre-Dame de Paris which shows the citism of a society that does not accept...
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...Jean Valjean is the main character in Victor Hugo’s novel about the injustices of French society, Les Misérables (1862, trans. 1862). * At the time of the novel’s writing, Hugo was living in exile on the island of Guernsey—his home since 1855 when Napoleon III banished him from France. Napoleon censored the press and banished many writers and their works. * In the following excerpt from the novel, Valjean is tending to the dying Fantine, a prostitute and single mother. * Fantine is frantic about the welfare of her only child, Cosette, and Valjean tries to comfort her. Javert—a dogmatic police officer who spends most of the novel tracking Valjean--enters Fantine’s room and frightens her, with tragic consequences. * My feedbacks: * From the bare abstract, the story does not seem to promise much pleasure to novel-readers, yet it is all alive with the fiery genius of Victor Hugo, and the whole representation is so intense and vivid that it is impossible to escape from the fascination it exerts over the mind. * Its tendency is to weaken that abhorrence of crime which is the great shield of most of the virtue which society of today possesses, and it does this by attempting to prove that society itself is responsible for crimes it cannot prevent, but can only punish. * I learned that the bigotries of virtue are better than the charities of vice. * On the whole, therefore, I think that Victor Hugo, when he stood out twenty-five years...
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...“When dictatorship becomes a fact, revolution becomes a right.” These words by Victor Hugo, a French poet, can be used to describe the French Revolution that took place in 1789. This revolution was coming for a long time before it actually took place, and the rebels behind the movement had several motives. Some of these motives included the oppression of the Third Estate of the Estate General, the lack of food and general resources in France, and the inspiration of the American Declaration of Independence. When the Estate General was called for the first time in years, when the pressure for reform was heavy in France, an injustice appeared. The Estate General was divided into three parts, the First Estate, which was comprised of the church...
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...In his book, Smarter than You Think: How Technology is changing our Minds for the Better, Clive Thompson writes about how he thinks that advancements in technology is helping improve our intelligence rather than taking over our minds. Thompson uses the example of advanced chess to portray how amateur players who are able to better use technology triumph over professionals who aren’t. He explains that neither the computer nor the human is better at chess and that the victors are the humans who can work with the computers more efficiently. Thompson goes on talk about how people are incorporating technology all the time in their daily lives and becoming more adaptable to advanced new tools. In addition, he mentions that he believes the three biggest impacts of technology nowadays are the ability to store countless amounts of ideas and information in the form of sites like Wikipedia, the ability to find and interpret data from numerous other thinkers through social media sites like twitter and facebook, and the ability to share material through blogs and posts throughout the internet. He also describes how the current progression in technology resembles that of the past and uses examples of how the first books and other forms of writing were refined and improved in order to be more resourcefully used by humans. Although Thompson endorses the idea that people work better with technology, he is aware of the downsides of a heavily technology based society and that these...
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...to the oil industry in Venezuela, which competes with Saudi Arabia in claiming the biggest oil reserves in the world. Capriles says that is he wins, "We have to revise every deal. I think they are agreements that are not functioning...How have relations with Iran and Belarus benefited Venezuela? We are interested in countries that have democracies, that respect human rights, that we have an affinity with. What affinity do we have with Iran?" However, this is possible option, one that as the days pass appears to become less and less probable. For now it looks like Chavez’s chosen successor will take the role as Venezuelans leader. Maduro won 50.6% of the vote, while opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski obtained 49.07% of the vote. If Maduro ends up becoming president, Maduro begins his presidency in a very difficult economic crisis. The economy has a very slow economic growth, high inflation dollar and goods shortages, stagnant oil production, which are a mess. With this he will struggle to recover popularity. furthermore, economic policy and political stability will likely suffer. He will be under pressure to reverse social discontent, which means he is unlikely to make needed economic adjustments. This means that foreign exchange and price controls will likely be the same, and demands on state-run oil company PDVSA will remain high, eliminating investment capacity. Moreover, he will have trouble in his ability to put on different policies, as he will need to prove...
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...October 21, 2013 Informational Interview Assignment For this Informational Interview Assignment I interviewed my father and his close friend/ business partner. They are both work in a business of a clothing line called Blow Genes. It's a unisex clothing line for all adults and children. It includes graphic design of the pit bulls from their dog kennel. I chose to interview the two of them because I have a strong interest in fashion and hope to maybe do fashion merchandising one day. I interviewed Joey & Dave. They are both business partners for Blow Genes. Which is based out of Los Angeles, California but they also work locally in Spotsylvania, Virginia where the interview took place. Interview: Q: What do you do in a typical day? A: Handle all sales, marketing and promotions for the east coast. And I assist with clothing designs Q: What are advantages & disadvantages to this career? A: Advantages: I travel a lot and I meet a lot of people. I form new relationships and connections Disadvantages: I’m not an owner I am just a partner. So I get handed all of the bad jobs and poor travel spots. Q: What are the employee benefits? A: Free clothes, free VIP sections, free drinks at clubs and extra pocket money Q: What type of people work in this field? A: Self-employed artists, people in the entertainment industry, from actors to models to recording artists. Q: What's the typical beginning salary level? A: There is no salary we have no employees...
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...español Francisco Suárez había preconizado una visión de la comunidad humana dirigida por el Derecho Internacional Público, al decir: “La razón de ser del Derecho de Gentes obedece a que el género humano, aún divido en naciones y reinos diferentes tiene sin embargo, cierta unidad, no solo específica, sino también política y moral” … (y agregaba), “jamás estas comunidades pueden separadamente bastarse a sí mismas, por eso tienen necesidad de algún derecho que las dirija en esta clase de relaciones y de sociedad” …sin embargo, tal concepción que en nuestro tiempo tiene plena aceptación, no fue desgraciadamente la que determinó al acontecer internacional de su época, ni el de los años posteriores a la misma. Al jurista holandés del siglo XVII, Hugo Grocio, cupo el honor de señalar los lineamientos que, a partir de entonces y por varios siglos seguiría la ciencia que regula las relaciones internacionales, influyendo de manera determinante, desde entonces, en las concepciones jurídicas y filosóficas teorizantes y en las actuaciones positivas y prácticas que se plasmaron en múltiples tratados, convenciones y acuerdos suscritos entre las diferentes naciones, Estados o potencias que actuaron impulsados por la necesidad de coexistencia, sobrevivencia, o por la simple voluntad, dentro de aquel acontecer encausado cada vez más por la naciente ciencia del Derecho Internacional Público. El concepto de soberanía absoluta de los Estados fue impuesto también, como tantas otras instituciones,...
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...CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERVIEW Case Study (study title) You have been asked to participate in a research study conducted by (your name) from (your department) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). The purpose of the study (brief statement describing purpose of study) (If student research include the following: The results of this study will be included in (your name) Masters thesis). You were selected as a possible participant in this study because (state reason). You should read the information below, and ask questions about anything you do not understand, before deciding whether or not to participate. • This interview is voluntary. You have the right not to answer any question, and to stop the interview at any time or for any reason. We/I (indicate which) expect that the interview will take about (estimate time). • You will / will not (indicate which) be compensated for this interview. (Describe compensation if applicable) • Unless you give us permission to use your name, title, and / or quote you in any publications that may result from this research, the information you tell us will be confidential. • We/I (indicate which) would like to record this interview so that (we/I) can use it for reference while proceeding with this study. ((We/I) will not record this interview without your permission. If you do grant permission for this conversation to be recorded, you have the right to revoke recording permission and/or end the interview...
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...“What can you see?” asked the person at the other end of the line. “I mean, really. Where are you?” Gloria hung up. You weren’t supposed to hang up. When Gloria went for the job at the call centre she was shy. She tried to make herself shrink. She wore a loose black top, a dark brown skirt and flat shoes. The call centre was a square box between roundabouts on the edge of a ring road just outside Newcastle. It was clever, she thought, the way it seemed to have no windows when in fact from the inside you could see out. If Gloria stood up she could see some bullocks in a narrow field. She liked the way they changed position, arranging themselves like compositions for her benefit, sometimes running up and down the field shaking their young wild heads. It was unusual to have a view in this kind of work. Most people sat in cubicles, boxed in by thin screens. The job interview had been hurried and officious. So many people didn’t stay, the interviewer said. What were her plans? “I’ve left school,” she said, “my family is here. I’ve got no plans to go anywhere.” The truth was she didn’t know. She had passed exams. She could go to university if she wanted, but she couldn’t imagine sleeping in a narrow bed in a strange town. Her parents told her to take things slowly, to take a year to think about what she wanted, to dream a little. Friends from school were going to Mexico, to dig ditches in China, build schools in Malawi, but Gloria had never been on an aeroplane, and she was...
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...REPÚBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA MINISTERIO DEL PODER POPULAR PARA LA EDUCACIÓN UNIVERSIDAD MONTEÁVILA Principios de la propaganda Aguilera, Anapatricia Branger, Henriqueta Loynaz, Ana Federica Martínez, María Gabriela Minashes, Cecilia Perret-Gentil, Mariana Caracas, 14 de mayo de 2015 Introducción Las propagandas dirigidas hacia la política llevan su tras fondo, todo muy bien pensado desde todo ángulo, más que todo por estar dirigido a un target general sin edad en específico, inclusive dirigida a personas que no tengan las herramientas que todos deberíamos de tener , como leer y escribir. La persuasión y manipulación que llegan a tener un resultado positivo en la mayoria de la población venezolana. Once principios diferentes se utilizan para realizar estas propagandas. Dirigiéndonos específicamente hacia las campañas políticas que han hecho el actual gobierno de Venezuela, en sus momentos de campaña los años anteriores; es el vivo ejemplo de la efectiva de estos principios durante sus campañas posteriormente que mencionaremos. Análisis de los principios de la propaganda dentro de la campaña presidencial 2013 de Nicolás Maduro 1- Principio simplificación o enemigo único: Calificar al adversario utilizando una idea eje como forma de ataque. Diosdado Cabello asegura que MCM “es la escogida para liderar la punta del tridente del mal” En este decreto por parte de Cabello, queda insinuado que Machado es la escogida por el gobierno americano...
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...So in your perfect commie utopia, where all you do is blame others and point your finger at the “empire” for every setback, you probably think Cuba never invaded and killed for money or geopolitical power you are so, sooo wrong. I bet that in your mind the US is to blame for everything and you’re all against colonization in the pursuit of natural resources, like oil for instance? I also bet that you stand for world peace huh? As a Venezuelan, let me tell a little about our contemporary history “my friend”, the first Cuban invasion of Venezuela occurred in the 60s, when Castro's guerrillas landed on remote beaches in northwest coast and went deep into the mountains, raiding towns, killing thousands of men, women and kids. Castro just decided to overthrow President Romulo Betancourt, who was DEMOCRATICLY elected back in 1958. Look it up, there’s lots of records on this matter. Continuing, the first Soviet arms arrived in Cuba in 1960, Castro announced in October that year that he already had a militia of 250,000+ men, equipment and weapons of the Communist block. Castro launched his invasion of Venezuela killing policemen, national guards, assaulting commercial aircraft, ships in our Anzoategui state, robbing banks, burning factories, dynamiting pipelines and power plants. As if that wasn’t enough, he also killed women and children on the “El Encanto” train in September 1963. At the time the Cubans forces were joined by some Venezuelan commies (like you), several survived (many...
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... Jose L. Renique Hugo Chavez: Saint for the poor, Enemy of Capitalism A revolutionist is a supporter of political or social revolution. Whenever someone feels that the society they live in is oppressed whether by a foreign or domestic influence, revolutionists arise to bring about change however they see fit. While some revolutionists are often viewed in infamy to others such as Hitler, the people who benefited during the better years of their rule tend to view these revolutionists as heroes. One of these well known revolutionists is Hugo Chavez, and while he's known to be hated by both foreign and domestic groups, he is considered a hero to many others. Hugo Chavez was born July 28, 1954 in the town of Sabenta. He was of mixed race and lived in poverty for most of his childhood life (Kozloff 18). Despite being poor, both of his parents were highly educated compared to most people in Venezuela, and thus taught him the importance of studying and education. It was during his childhood that Hugo Chavez was introduced to Jose Esteban Ruiz Guevara, and thus Simon Bolivar (indepthinfo). Bolivar was a revolutionist who helped to free much of Latin America from Spanish control and even attempted to create a nationalist government in Latin America before his death (biography). Essentially, all of these events during Hugo Chavez's childhood helped to shape his goals and inspirations as president. While...
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...Week 8: Informational Interview Template and Grading Rubric ------------------------------------------------- This document contains the template you will use to complete this assignment. Save the file by adding your last name to the filename (e.g. Week8_Informational_Interview_Template_Smith.docx). Be sure to proofread and spell check your work before you submit it. ------------------------------------------------- A grading rubric is also available at the end of this document. There are FIVE steps to the Informational Interview. Step 1: Compile a list of individuals in your target career field whom you would like to interview. Try to identify people who are working at a company in which you are interested. This is a good opportunity to practice your networking skills. Let your classmates, friends, family members, and colleagues know that you need to complete an informational interview with someone in your intended career field. You’ll be amazed at how effective networking can be. Step 2: Prepare a brief introduction of yourself and the purpose(s) of the informational interview. Prepare a list of open-ended questions that would be appropriate to ask during the informational interview. An Internet search using “informational interview” will provide you with many examples of questions you might want to use. Step 3: Practice your interview with a classmate, friend, family member, or colleague and ask them to critique your performance. Identify ways to improve based...
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...This particular case study is about a conversion between an employee and his apparent boss at the Wilson Construction Company. The employee, Walt Henderson, works at WCC as a drafting technician. He has brought his own personal project from home to work on during assigned work hours. His boss, a man named Ken, feels that this sets a poor precedent for the other employees and reminds him that his actions are inappropriate. Walt counters this by commenting that he has not only already finished his assigned work, but also worked at home to finish other company materials. He feels that this should entitle him personal time at work since he gave up time at home for company work. This case study is an excellent example of how attitudes, mainly Walt’s toward his use of time, play an important part in actions, feelings, and behavior in the workplace. Attitudes at work, such as Walt’s about his use of company time both at home and at work, are evaluative statements about objects, people, or events in the workplace. In this paper, I will evaluate how the situation at work for Walt concerning his attitude towards work, his boss, and his time spent at home and work. I will also evaluate Walt’s discourse in order to try to predict his future behavior at work as well as comment on how Walt’s supervisor, Ken, should handle the manner in which Walt’s attitude affects his performance at work. Walt’s attitude towards work is mainly negative, especially in terms of how his time is regulated. Walt...
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...Venezuela’s Conflict Richard Parker HUMN305-H5WW 4/24/14 Venezuela Conflict Since the death of Hugo Chavez last year, Venezuela has seen a steady increase of violence in its region. These outbreaks of violence have intensified into human rights issues within the country. The Roman Catholic Church has accused the newly elected President, Nicolas Maduro, of dictatorial repression towards demonstrators in Venezuela. Monsignor Diego Padron, one of the bishops, believes this conflict or crisis is a result of President, Nicolas Maduro plan for a new government called “fatherland”. "Within it they are hiding the promotion of a totalitarian-style system of government, putting in doubt its democratic credentials," Monsignor said. Of course, this is not the first time this proposal has been talked about; this proposal was left over from Hugo Chavez regime (Chinea, 2014). Domestically, this “fatherland” proposal was designed to transition the people to a socialism form of government. By restoring power to the people, the hope of this plan was to unify and gain participation that would transition societies into a democracy way of living. Internationally, the idea was to get the country back to a world power, by increasing its prowess socially, economically, and politically. This International Geopolitics concept, as they hope to call it, would allow promise planetary peace for all human (Romero, 2013). If this so called “fatherland” plan is the agenda of President Nicolas...
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