...Write an essay on ONE of the topics listed below: Recommended length: 5,000 words Submission date: 12 noon, Thursday Week 4 of Term 3 You are recommended to consult the following three Department documents when writing this essay: • Undergraduate Studies Handbook • Assessed-essay-writing guidelines • Essay-marking criteria for Options and Core Modules 1. ‘Zeugnisse guten Willens, zugleich aber wieder Dokumente der Ratlosigkeit’ (Günther Mahal). Discuss with reference to a representative selection of texts from the material in the collection Die Berliner Moderne, 1885-1914. 2. ‘Tatsächlich ist es die Erfahrung der Großstadt Berlin, die Konfrontation eines in der Provinz herangebildeten kleinbürgerlichen Bewußtseins mit der Hektik, der Unübersichtlichkeit, den Massenmenschen, dem Elend der industrialisierten Metropole, aus denen die Entstehung der künstlerischen Moderne, ihr unklarer und widersprüchlicher Charakter verstanden werden können.’ (Jürgen Schutte and Peter Sprengel). Discuss with reference to a representative selection of texts or visual material produced before 1930 that you have studied on the module. 3. ‘Die psychologische Grundlage, auf der der Typus großstädtischer Individualitäten sich erhebt, ist die Steigerung des Nervenlebens, die aus dem raschen und ununterbrochenen Wechsel äußerer und innerer Eindrücke hervorgeht.’ (Georg Simmel). Analyse the significance of Simmel’s essay ‘Die Großstädte und das Geistesleben’ of 1903 for an understanding...
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...saias idem. Na East Berlin, encontre jaquetas e bolsas. Percorra a Kastanienallee para encontrar brechós e araras nas calçadas. Endereços - "Paris Second Hand", Friedrichshain, Berlin Rigaer Str. 41, 10247 Berlin +49 30 49854485 U-bahn: Samariterstrasse - Lunettes Brillenagentur, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin (ÓCULOS) Marienburgerstraße 11, 10405 Berlin +49 30 34082789 U-bahn: - Elementarteilchen-Second Hand für Frauen, Wedding, Berlin Amsterdamer Str. 4, 13347 Berlin +49 173 4494718 U-bahn: Seestrasse Roupa para mulher e criança. JAMES HAND, Mitte, Berlin Max-Beer-Str. 29, 10119 Berlin +49 30 75452291 U-bahn: Rosa-Luxemburg Platz - Made in Berlin, Mitte, Berlin Neue Schönhauser 19, 10118 Berlin +49 30 21 23 06 01 U-bahn: Rosa-Luxemburg Platz OR Hackescher markt Fashion for Nerds, fashion for brave hearts and fashion for fashion victims – there is no limit for craziness, colorfulness and extravagance. The shop in the stylish heart of Mitte answers the question where all the clothes from the last 3 decades went. Made in Berlin is one of three secondhand shops (Colours: Bergmannstr. 102;...
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...Berlin Welcome Card' Berlin Bus Tours / Walking Tours / Boat Tours German State Opera House / Berlin Philharmonic Hall Alexanderplatz Brandenburg Gate, 'Story of Berlin' Exhibition Potsdamer Platz Television Tower (Fernsehturm) Schloss Charlottenburg Berlin Cathedral Pergamon Museum Old Museum Bode Museum National Gallery Church of Sophie Cemetery for the Parishes of Dorotheenstadt andFriedrichswerder Potsdamer Platz and the New Centre Unter den Linden Jewish Centre Oranienburger Strasse Spandau Citadel Checkpoint Charlie Museum (Military attraction or museum; Photo collection, exhibit) Brandenburg Gate,Berlin Commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II in the 1700s to represent peace, the Brandenburg Gate is nothing short of an iconic symbol of the city. Originally built as a customs post, the gate was an integral part of the Berlin Wall and remained locked for the duration of the Communist rule. When the wall that was once the boundary between East and West Berlin was knocked down, the gate became an important symbol of German reunification and it is the only one out of 18 such gates that now remains. Designed in 1791 by Carl Gotthard Langhans, a detailed sculpture of the beautiful goddess Victory resides at the top of the structure. When Napoleon occupied Berlin in 1806 he stole this statue and took it back to Paris, but it was returned to its rightful home again in 1814. When the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961 the tor became...
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...10 GREAT WALKS IN OUR FAVORITE CITIES THERE’S NO BETTER WAY TO EXPLORE A CITY than wandering its streets and alleys, from terracotta-hued palaces, picturesque squares, and baroque architectural showstoppers in Rome, to the modern glass towers, 19th-century limestone man ions, and secret, pocket-size parks of s Manhattan. We’ve gathered 10 fabulous walks in our favorite cities in the United States and Europe, so put on your comfy shoes and hit the streets. 1/4 mile W. Wacker Drive S. Water Street Lake Street Clark St. James R. Thompson Center END CLARK River Chicago Union Station The Great Fire of 1871 could have been the death of Chicago, but instead it proved to be a grand rebirth, as renowned architects rebuilt the city’s skyline. Today it’s Chicago’s most aweinspiring attribute. Start with the Willis Tower, a 1,454-foot giant that was the world’s tallest building when completed in 1973. Next, head to South LaSalle St. and the Rookery Building. This 12-story stunner, completed in 1888 ADAMS L Jackson Blvd. JACKSON Monadnock Building L L LIBRARY Van Buren Street LASALLE 224 S. Michigan Ave. Auditorium Theatre LaSalle St. Station Harrison St. in 1889 that still hosts performances. Double back to Jackson and Dearborn to see the geometric, 4.6-acre Federal Center, completed in the early 1970s by Mies van der Rohe. Don’t miss the graceful slopes of Chase Tower, built in 1969 as the First...
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...Background Because of dissatisfaction with the economic and political conditions (forced collectivization of agriculture, repression of private trade, supply gaps), an increasing number of people left the GDR. From January to the beginning of August 1961, about 160,000 refugees were counted. Also, the international political situation was tense. On 1958-11-27, the Soviets (Khrushchev) had delivered their Berlin ultimatum, demanding that the western allies should withdraw their troops from West Berlin and that West Berlin should become a "Free City" within six months. On 1959-02-17, the threat of settling a separate peace treaty between the USSR the GDR followed. The meeting between US President Kennedy and the Prime Minister of the USSR, Khrushchev, on 1961-06-03/04 in Vienna ended without any noticeable results. Generally, measures of the government of the GDR were expected with the aim of preventing people from leaving the GDR. At an international press conference on June 15, 1961, Walter Ulbricht (the leader of the east German communist party, SED, and President of the Privy Council) answered to the question of a journalist: "I understand your question as follows: there are people in West Germany who want us to mobilize the construction workers of the GDR to build a wall. I am not aware of any such plans... No one has the intention of constructing a wall." Construction of the Wall Early in the morning of Sunday, August 13, 1961, the GDR began under the leadership...
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...The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II. The Soviet offensive central had two objectives. Stalin did not believe the Western Allies would hand over territory occupied by them in the post-war Soviet. But the overriding objective was to capture Berlin. Another consideration was that Berlin itself held useful post-war strategic assets, including Adolf Hitler and the German atomic bomb program. On 20 March, General Gotthard Heinrici was appointed Commander-in-Chief of Army Group Vistula. He immediately started to lay defensive plans. Heinrici arranged to fortify the Seelow Heights which overlooked the Oder River. German engineers turned the Oder's flood plain, already into a swamp by releasing the water from a reservoir upstream. The engineers built three belts of defensive emplacements reaching back towards the outskirts of Berlin. These lines consisted of anti-tank ditches, anti-tank gun emplacements, and an extensive network of trenches and bunkers. After a long resistance, East Prussia finally fell to the Red Army. This freed up Marshal Rokossovsky's 2nd Belorussian Front to move west to the east bank of the Oder river. Marshal Georgy Zhukov concentrated his 1st Belorussian Front, which had been deployed along the Oder river from Frankfurt in the south to the Baltic, into an area in front of the Seelow Heights. To the south, Marshal Konev shifted the...
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...Since 1945 East Berliners have been subjected to a double colonization, first by the Soviets immediately following World War II, and an almost neo-colonization after the fall of the Wall by West Germany. After the Wall came down, Germany embarked “on a nationbuilding process, integrating two radically different and inherently unequal geographical entities into one political, economic, and cultural system”. This was prompted by the new government’s sole focus on making a bid for Berlin to host the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. The city started to change physically as construction began in areas like Potsdamer Platz. East Berliners felt they could not influence the process at hand and must simply adapt to the current environment created by the new political decisions. Unemployment and competition in the open market increased for everyone, creating feelings of insecurity and inferiority for the unemployed and from some of the employed that feared losing their jobs. As those in East Berlin were unaccustomed to a free market economy, some people fell into depression and long-term instability. Now operating as a single and united Berlin, there was the need to eliminate the duplication of city services such as police, fire, and postal, as reunification rendered the separate systems redundant. These actions were duplicated in Berlin’s cultural sphere. During the Cold War Eastern and Western parts of the city competed for international recognition of their cultural facilities, as it was a...
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...Oracle corp is the second largest software company in US by revenues. Its are of activity is completely within the world of technology. Since the beginning of 1990-s Oracle was one of the key players in developing new technologies, in the areas of database throughout systems, hardware, analytic software, customer relationship straightened, categoric resource planning, and etc. The technology that it spreads is not only used by its customers, but also by itself first hand. Boeing a large organization, Oracle saved the loggings, risks, complexities of its own business pressures which triggered the need for new software of its own needs. Then, after realtering the same issues could be in other organizations, prepared the newly designed solution to other companies by making some adoptive notifications to the software by preparing new technologies, new fill, of expertise were created in IT industry ranging from database administrators to EIP consultants as well as new titles the Orcl, 201 Equal. The groups of new motion of global Oracle IT world began attracting the minds of people in IT industry. The corporation also sponsored the team named Oracle to socialize with the people audited by the IT industry. It is also deep within legal and political issues. In 2000-s, Oracle hired the Aslanft Group Culture owner is former US Altering Counsel John Asnolf. 946 May Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation), also known as Totsuko, established...
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...Scott / CULTURAL-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES REVIEW / March 2004 10.1177/1078087403261256 URBAN AFFAIRS ARTICLE CULTURAL-PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES AND URBAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Prospects for Growth and Market Contestation in Global Context University of California, Los Angeles ALLEN J. SCOTT The article begins with a brief definition of the cultural economy. A first generation of local economic development policy approaches based on place marketing and associated initiatives is described. The possibilities of a more powerful second-generation approach are then sketched out with special emphasis on localized complexes of cultural-products industries. An extensive review and classification of these complexes is laid out, and their inward and outward relations to global markets are considered. On this basis, a critical discussion of local economic policy options focused on cultural-products industries is offered. Contrasting examples of development initiatives in major global cities, in selected old manufacturing towns, and in the Multimedia Super Corridor of Malaysia are briefly presented. It is suggested that the growth and spread of localized production agglomerations based on cultural-products industries are leading not to cultural uniformity but to greatly increased diversity at the global level. Keywords: agglomeration; cultural economy; globalization; industrial districts; local economic development; place marketing Over the past decade or so, the industrial profile...
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...Once the proud capital of Germany Berlin was divided by a barrier that was patrolled day and night by armed soldiers and guard dogs. On August 13, 1961 shortly after midnight police and soldiers in the Communist controlled Berlin moved quickly to set up barriers. Berliners woke to find their city divided into east and west sectors. A communist nation led by the Soviet Union was in control of East Berlin. While West Berlin was controlled by a democratic nation led by the United States (Epler, 1992). The Berlin Wall known as Berliner Mauer in German (Rosenberg, 2016). It was a symbol of the Cold War. Trying to cross the Wall meant risking one’s life. One side of the Wall people were free to do all the normal things. While the other side of the wall people’s freedom was being taken away. Imagine that your best friend lives a mile away. You have been pals since first grade. You do everything together: school, soccer games, sleepovers. One day, men come and put up a barbed-wire fence between your house and your buddy’s house. Later, they replace it with a very long, very tall concrete wall. Each slab weighs 6,000 pounds, and many of them are topped with sharp wire. When they finish, you stare at the giant wall that has split your home town in two. On your side the wall is ugly but not too scary. On the other side, rattling tanks, soldiers with machine guns and growling dogs keep people from trying to cross the barrier. The wall stands 12 feet high. Your friend...
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...Architecture, Villes et Loisirs : influences et relations Sommaire Introduction I. Quand l'industrie des loisirs se fait précurseur A. B. C. D. Coney Island et l'apparition du premier parc Luna Park Dreamland Un modèle pour New York 2 3 II. Vers un impact croissant du divertissement sur la ville A. B. C. D. E. F. Première application Une exposition qui retrace cette évolution Les expositions universelles, premiers parcs d'attractions ? Vers une ville de loisirs Las Vegas Dubaï 7 III. Des parcs d'attractions au cœur de la ville A. Disney B. Val d'Europe 10 C. Vers un investissement des villes D. Les zones en question E. Une tendance qui va au-delà du territoire américain Conclusion Bibliographie Annexe 13 14 15 1 Introduction L'envie de se divertir est un comportement commun à tous. Chaque époque et chaque peuple a ses divertissements : jeux, fêtes, musiques, danses... Autant de loisirs qui caractérisent et qui distinguent les cultures. Mais sans doute n'ont ils jamais eu autant d'importance que dans nos sociétés modernes, où les individus ne cherchent plus uniquement à s'accomplir par leur travail, qui devient parfois un simple moyen, mais par leurs loisirs. Le terme «divertissement» est employé comme une occupation qui écarte, qui détourne l’être humain des pensées angoissantes, comme la mort, et des problèmes qui devraient le préoccuper. Le loisir, qui vient du verbe latin licere, être permis, est un temps de liberté, où l'on a permission...
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...(ebook – PDF – Science) IMPORTANT NOTE (please paste this note on the top of all ebooks): Please use the following classifications in the names of ebooks that you input or currently have on your hard drive: 1.) Ebooks are Adobe Acrobat PDF files or Tomeraider type only, do not name txt files ebooks, no matter how long your lines are. 2.) In parenthesis within the name, type (ebook – Type - Class) 3.) In the “Type” space put the format, either PDF or TOMERAIDER. In the “Class” space, put the classification of the book, classifications are: Biography, Children, Fiction, Food, Games, Government, Health, Internet, Martial-Arts, Mathematics, Other, Programming, Reference, Religious, Science, Sci-Fi, Sex, and Software. This new standard is accepted by Fink Crew (who do most of the conversions from plain text to PDF) and MacWarez (One of the largest groups currently scanning ebooks). It helps people searching for these files to find them more easily. Relativity: The Special and General Theory Albert Einstein Relativity: The Special and General Theory Albert Einstein Relativity The Special and General Theory Written: 1916 (this revised edition: 1924) Source: Relativity: The Special and General Theory © 1920 Publisher: Methuen & Co Ltd First Published: December, 1916 Translated: Robert W. Lawson (Authorised translation) Transcription/Markup: Brian Basgen Convertion to PDF: Sjoerd Langkemper Offline Version: Einstein Reference Archive (marxists.org) 1999 Preface Part I: The Special...
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