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Le manga High school of the Dead de Daisuke Satō
Zombie, zombie, zombie, zombie, zombie, zombie, zombie, zombie… c’est vu revu et rerevu que se soit en film ou en livre mais en manga c’est plutôt rare. Highschool of the Dead (HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD, Gakuen mokushiroku HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD, literalement L’Académie de l’apocalypse HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD). Est un manga de type shōnen écrit par 2 frères : Daisuke Satō et dessiné par Shōji Satō. L'histoire est publiée dans le Monthly Dragon Age depuis septembre 2006. Le manga a connu une pause de fin 2008 à
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The United States of America since 2001
The United States of America since 2001 1. Introduction: the USA before 9/11 1. DEFINITION OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS OF POLITICAL THOUGHT OR IDEOLOGIES a) LIBERALISM IN THE USA Liberalism : In Europe the founding principles of liberalism are private ownership and individual responsibility, free market and free exchange. European liberals call for limited government ie limited state intervention. For example in France limited public services and the dismantling of a French social model. Liberalism in
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Lecture analytique 9 : “ anywhere out of the world ” Baudelaire
Lecture analytique 9 : “ anywhere out of the world” Baudelaire I) Un portrait moraliste de la cond. Hum : insatisfaction et désir de changement a) Insatisfaction de l’H • « il me semble que je serais toujours bien là où je ne suis pas » (il me semble que : modalisateur et conditionnel): incertitude concernant son bien-être. On a un paradoxe : insatisfaction permanente de sa position • « possédé du désir » :
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The Neuberger Museum of Art
1. INTRODUCTION - The 10/12/2014 we interviewed David Bogosian, the Director of Facilities and Chief Preparator. His email is david.bogosian@purchase.edu - The Neuberger Museum of Art is a tax-exempt non-for-profit organization. Purpose: The Neuberger Museum of Art offers education programs which introduce visitors to American art of the 20th century, traditional African art and contemporary art through visitor-centered experiences. - Presenter: Performing arts presenting organizations facilitate exchanges between artists and audiences through creative, educational, and
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Spirit of the Blitz
Spirit of the Blitz The Blitz is the title given to the German bombing campaign on British cities during World War Two. Between 7 September 1940 and 21 May 1941 there were major aerial raids on 16 British cities. During the nightly bombing raids on London, people took shelter in warehouse basements and underground (subway) stations where they slept on makeshift beds amid primitive conditions with no privacy and poor sanitation facilities.When people were together
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What are the new symbols of globalisation
What are the new symbols of globalisation? In the first part we will see that Singapore has become a symbol of globalization, and then we will see the evolution of the city of London in the eyes of Dickens I have chosen two documents for illustratring this notion. The first is pictures about the city of singapore and the second is the text of Charles Dickens. The first is Singapore 50 years ago. The city
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Lord Of The Flies
Lord Of The Flies is a drama and black and white film directed by Peter Brook, based on William Golding's novel of the same name, starring James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as the main actors. It was shot in 1961 but was only released two years later, in 1963. This film adaptation deals with a group of British schoolboys stranded on a desert island after they had survived a plane crash. They are left with
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Social Charts As A System Of Regulation Of The Economic Activities
Fiche de lecture 2 Social charts as a system of regulation of the economic activities Introduction Les auteurs de ce corpus Mme Palmero et Mr Robert Demontrond sont des professionnels de l’enseignement spécialisés en marketing et en ressources humaines. Ce corpus traite des « chartes sociales comme systèmes de régulation de l’acticité économique » dans les entreprises. La première partie du corpus nous oriente sur les principes de citoyenneté et des chartes sociales applicables dans
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Places and form of power: the Mexican emigration
Places and form of power: the Mexican emigration The organization of any society implies a particular distribution of power between its different groups on an economic, political or social level. In class we swathe example of Mexican’s immigration in the US where the spaces are the both sides of the frontier and the different forms of power at stake. Economic powers: To start we will speak of the economic power in the US, because immigrants
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Places and forms of Power in the black American culture
Places and forms of Power in the black American culture The notion that I will present is the notion of places and forms of power and the theme is the African American culture, Completely excluded from the fine ideals of the Declaration of Independence, that all man were created equal. The question that we ask ourselves is how have African American achieved recognition? After the Civil War that started in 1861 and ended in 1865,
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Etude de Marché - Wizards of the Coast
MARKETING : ETUDE DE CAS LA STRATEGIE DE WIZARDS OF THE COAST A / Analyse du cas à l’instant T 1. Analyse Stratégique de l’entreprise • Entreprise * Secteur d’activité : Jeu de rôles & jeu d’aventures Les objectifs : * Objectifs quantitatifs : WOTC cherche à attirer un maximum de joueurs autour de produits de références peu nombreux mais * Objectifs qualitatifs : Innovation de Rupture : Créer des jeux d’un genre nouveau (jeux
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Presentation of the "Manifest destiny"
Hello my name is Columbia and today I will present you this painting from John Gast, released in 1872. That painting is a true example of the manifest destiny, the development of the United States that began in the 19th century, and by which its expansion across the totality of the American continent was natural but inexorable. It shows a landscape whom represents the Great Plains of America but except the grass there is not
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THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA
PPC : THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA So, today, we’re going to switch on a new sequence. After « The American Dream », we’re going to speak about the medias. To introduce this sequence, I chose to talk about the different types of media that exist today. I think it’s really important to know perfectly the different forms of media and their advantages and disadvantages. This is why I decided to make you discover or
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THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DISCOUNTING
VIGNE Johana ESCA CI2 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DISCOUNTING 1. RESUME Le texte intitule “The people’s republic of discounting” est tiré du quotidient économique Americain Bloomberg Business week, paru en Aout 2012. Cet article évoque la démocratisation des prix cassés en Chine. Nous en verrons les causes puis les conséquences pour les entreprises Chinoises et Internationales. Il y a quelques années, les chinois consommaient de manière ostentatoire. Aujourd’hui, la consommation a ralenti, ce qui a
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Anywhere out of the world - Baudelaire
XLVIII. Any Where Out Of the World Baudelaire – Analyse J’ai décidé aujourd’hui de vous présenter Any Where Out Of the World, il s’agit du poème 48 de l’œuvre de Charles Baudelaire intitulée Le Spleen de Paris ou Petits poèmes en prose. Dans Any Where Out Of the World, on assiste à une narration de discours direct entre le poète et son âme, qu’il personnifie. Le poète essaie d’échapper à un monde qu’il juge hostile,
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Notion: Places and forms of power - When the power is misused, how do people rebel against it?
Places and forms of power « Places » could be important buildings or institutions that represent a certain form of power, for example Buckingham Palace – a symbol of the British monarchy, the White House – a symbol of the American presidency. A place can also be a country or a state – for example the USA is a state which is powerful enough to influence events throughout the world (superpower) and China is a
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Robots of the future
We will present to all of you our project : the robots of the future. The robots of the future are advanced robots equipped with artificial intelligence. These intelligent droids can think and act like humans, and have been only created in order to serve humans. They have an implantation which simulates the human brain and also have a connected computer that can calculate to handle any situation. These droids can fit in every fields
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Progress : We can wonder if progress is always for the better ?
Dossier n°1 : L'idée de progrès Document : - Saviour Sibling * - O brave new world - Jurassic World Introduction : The Idea of Progress is the theory that the different advances in technology, science, and social organization can produce an improvement in the human condition. That is, people can become happier in terms of quality of life (social progress) through economic development (modernization), and the application of science and technology (scientific progress). Progress
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Anglais, espaces et échanges, Is the USA a country of spaces and exchanges?
I am going to talk about the notion “spaces and exchanges”. In order to illustrate this notion, I have chosen documents about the USA and the American Dream. We can wonder if the USA is a country of spaces and exchanges or not. On the one hand, we can say that the US is a country of spaces and exchanges. For example, we can talk about “New Horizons”, it’s an extract from an American
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Taxation: Artist and sportsmen, example of the problem
Taxation Artist and sportsmen example of the problem When artistes and sportsmen perform abroad they pay income tax in two countries. Not only in their residence country on their world-wide income, but also in the country of performance. Reasons for this source tax are that countries want to eliminate the risk of tax avoidance, because the foreigner would not mention the income in its tax return in the residence country or would have moved his
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Macbeth - Shakespeare, beginning of the 17th century.
“King Lear” is a famous tragedy written by Shakespeare at the beginning of the 17th century. In this famous play there are two plots. The two stories are very similar, since they both show how men judge life depending on their views. The play is all about how men learn through suffering. The two principal characters, King Lear and Gloucester, contract different illnesses during the play that lead them to change in a better way.
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Development of countries, and within countries, causes social inequalities across the globe.
Ly Maxence 2nde9 Geography-SI Development of countries, and within countries, causes social inequality across the globe. This essay will show how the development of some countries can cause social inequalities and see what or who is the liable for creating poverty when a little part of the population is more rich every day. Firstable, it will explain what are the different considerations and caracterisations of social inequalities to find who can be the cause of
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Notion de progrès- In what extent the brakthroughs in genetics constitute real progress?
NOTION OF PROGRESS Documents : « Saviour Sibling », « The stark truth about doning », « Baby selected to be free from breast cancer gene is born » Progress is an improvement, an evolution in different areas such as science, technology, politics, economy, art, which aims at bettering the human condition. For example, we can point out many medical breakthroughs, the evolution of communication thanks to the internet, the womens’ rights, liberty, etc. My
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Effects of the Economic Environment on Managers’ Decision-Making Activity
Effects of the Economic Environment on Managers’ Decision-Making Activity BU5302 – Globalisation and Business – Tony Bithell + Lisa Conway J15707 Word Count: ________________ Plan ________________ Globalisation, which Johnson and Turner (2010) define as “the growing interconnected of countries world-wide through the increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions” (p. 21), has arguably created the most dynamic and diverse environment in which a business can operate. Held, McGrew, Goldblatt and Perraton (1999) argue that the
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Synthesis of the chapter : Myth and heroes
Synthesis of the chapter : Myth and heroes Unit 1 : Myth or reality? What is a myth ? A myth is a symbolic tale that concerns timeless questions, such as death, God, the universe. It's connected to a belief or rituals. A myth is a story that explains or give value to the unknown. It's handed through history often through oral tradition. Some may have factual origins while other are fictional. 1- Thanksgiving The
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