...Napoleon Bonaparte was born August 15th, 1769 in Corsica.Napoleon was a military man his entire life. His father, Carlo Buonaparte sent Napoleon to military school when he was just ten years old. By the time he was 17, Napoleon was a second lieutenant in the French Army. Napoleon continued to rise to power while the French Revolution began to rage in 1789. The French Revolution also allowed Napoleon to rapidly gain power and high ranking. One of Napoleon’s biggest moves was the coup d'état led in 1799. In this, Napoleon seized power in France and eventually declared himself emperor in 1804. Napoleon’s military and political success was made possible by the French Revolution. As it was such a turbulent time in history, it allowed for Napoleon...
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...Education Les Écoles de France et Les États-Unis Bonjour! Aujourd'hui, je vais parler de l'enseignement à la France et aux États-Unis. En France, le système scolaire est très difficile pour les étudiants. Au contraire, le système en les États-Unis est le moins difficile que le France. Ensemble, chaque système a quelque chose magnifique. Il y a des différences et les similitudes. D'abord, les professeurs françaises sont rigoureux, et ils donnent les étudiants beaucoup responsabilités. Il faut des lycéens d'acheter les livres et les autres nécessités pour les cours. Les étudiants françaises souvent écrivent des rédactions et des dissertations. Les cours sont souvent dans une salle de conférences ou dans un amphithéâtre avec deux cents étudiants ou plus. Ensuite, les examens avec des questions à choix multiples n'existent pas en France! Quand les lycéens sont en terminale, ils passent le baccalauréat, qui est un très difficile examen nécessaire pour entrer à l'université. Le système scolaire en France est très rigoureux, mais c'est difficile parce qu'il enseigne les lycéens une responsabilité. Au contraire, l'enseignement aux États-Unis est moins difficile que l'enseignement à la France, mais c'est encore efficace. Les professeurs aux États-Unis sont aussi rigoureux, mais ils sont très bien et souvent dynamique. Les étudiants américains sont donne beaucoup devoirs chaque jour. Le système scolaire aux États-Unis insiste sur la responsabilité de l'élève, comme France. Les cours sont toujours...
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...The history of France is based on the historical origins of the nation in Celtic, Gallo-Roman, and Frankish cultures. The term “France” comes from the Franks and has several historical meanings; it referred to the area around Paris; the Île-de-France region, which was originally a duchy; and the area known as the kingdom of France, ruled by Hugh Capet and his descendants. Western Francia was established by the Treaty of Verdun and the land was divided between Louis the Pious, Charlemagne’s son. France eventually revived political unity in the 16th century. This eventually led to franc native the native language replacing Latin. The 1789 revolution established the first republic which eventually led the demolishing of the monarchy. During...
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...Vincent ESPIE 123B Queensway vincent.espie@free.fr LONDON W2 4BS 27 years old (: +44 (0) 79 7161 5339 Objective: Seeking a position using my operational background within the Supply Chain, offering opportunities for personal contribution and professional growth. 2004 to present Danone Waters UK - London, UK Bottled water market leader in the UK, with such brands as Evian and Volvic. (since Sept 2005) Warehouse Manager • Promoted to be in charge of 3 warehouses run by 3PL, in Northern France and Belgium, representing a storage capacity of 80 000 pallets and a throughput volume of 20 000 loads per year (50% of total company flow), • Managed to increase by 30% and secure successfully the company import/export flow via Northern France and Belgium, reaching objective of 5 millions Euros savings across 2 years, • Charing Performance reviews, KPI set up and follow up, • Working closely with 3PL to identify area of productivity and cost saving, • Responsible for the warehousing costs and Budget (4 millions Euros yearly), • Integration of International Freight constraints (sea/road/rail via containers). (9 months) Warehouse Building Project Manager Warehouse of 30 000 m2, built and equipped for a total cost of 20 millions Euros, Located...
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...veil, I want people to think about the impact that this ban can have on women like me. Even though I do not live in France, countries around France are beginning to act similarly, and so sooner or later it will affect me and the women around me. “In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity,” he said to rolling applause. “The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement – I want to say it solemnly: It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic” (“Sarkozy speaks out against burka”, 2009) is what French president Nicholas Sarkozy said on March 2004, according to BBC News. What happens if the ban is applied is that women who are seen wearing the veil in public will be fined 15o euros (£119). 30,000 euros and a one-year sentence to jail will befall men who force their women to wear the veil (“French Senate Votes to Ban Islamic Veil in Public”, 2010). The word people use to describe the veil differs from a group to another. Muslim women in France refer to it as Hijab, French refer to it as foulard, English refer to it as headscarf, and the media refers to it as veil (voile). The veil itself has no meaning, since it is just a piece of cloth, just like a shirt or a trouser. It is the symbolic meaning that matters. Since 2004, France has become known for targeting Muslim women wearing the veil...
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...Catholic Schooling is a significant issue in the early American history. After Christopher Columbus landed in 1492, the English people, French, and Spaniard extended their territories and assimilated Indian by assigning missionaries and governors to develop Catholic schools in the New World. The Catholic schools in European colonies were established not only for educating European¡¦s own Catholic descents but also for making Saint Mary and Jesus Chris known by Indians. Spanish priests had accomplished better missionary tasks than the other European colonial empires like France and England. Their Catholic preaches arrived the in southern parts of the Mississippi River before 1700, and the west and south area of the Mississippi after 1700. I believe the reason why Spanish accomplished the missionary job more successfully than the others is that they paid enough reverence to Indian¡¦s tribe traditions and customs. Spanish missionaries understood that the tribe people have to retain their habits like complex cosmology worship, hunting game, and defending practice; therefore, they preserved Indian¡¦s traditional activities when converting them into Catholics. Spanish bishops transformed Indian¡¦s superstitions into Christianality step by step gently and gradually. At the same time, the Spanish missionaries traveled and fight together with tribe military soldiers from hostile attacks and introduced new industrialization technique to improve Indian¡¦s agriculture. This apparently...
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...followed by the editing of transcripts and a final manuscript. The moving testimonio of a young Mexican American Women and her struggle to rise out of poverty as a migrant daughter spanned for ten collaborated years. Frances recalls her childhood in New Mexico all the way until she graduates from college at UC Berkeley. She was raised by her mother’s family who consisted of Hispanic settlers who used to own most of the land in New Mexico. Furthermore, Frances describes how important women’s role were to village and to their husbands. Although Frances’s mother would teach her children to speak English, Frances’s father prohibited them from speaking another language that was not Spanish. “His angry assertion that ‘(here in my house Spanish is spoke) was delivered with a menacing look.” (21)....
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...First School of Thought About the middle of the 18th century, a group of French thinkers called physiocrats evolved a system of economic thought which came to be known as Physiocracy. By physiocracy we mean the rule of nature. The physiocrats were the vehement critics of mercantilists. They were the believers in 'Natural Order' and were against the materialistic, rigid, restrictive and controlled merchant capitalism of the mercantilists. The physiocrats preferred to be called 'the economists'. They believed in some natural power which is responsible for human happiness and prosperity. In a sense, physiocracy was a political and social system. The system of economic thought of the physiocrats formed one of the important roots of modern economics. Though they were different types of people, like physicians, philosophers, men of letters and statesmen with different views, they had great unanimity of ideas. In the history of economic thought, physiocrats occupy an important place as they formed the first School of Thought. Unlike the mercantilists, the physiocrats were in close touch with each other, acknowledged a common leader, established organs of propaganda and presented a common doctrine Francis Quesnay, a physician and court doctor in France was the leader of this School of Thought. The physiocrats advocated returned to agriculture as the chief occupation. The restoration of natural justice and liberty was there aim. Hence Adam Smith considered physiocracy as a School of Agriculture...
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...Introduction: For more than 15 years numerous countries within Europe have been faced with the question of the wearing of religious garments in schools, most notably France. Until recently Ireland had remained untouched by these questions of Identity which arise from emigration and the consequent religious and cultural diversity which ensues. In recent years this situation in Ireland has reversed, as Ireland’s population grows to include a range of different ethnic and religious backgrounds. Terms of Reference: The principal has asked that I make proposals in relation to a policy on the wearing of religious garments in the class room. I am required to consider the feasibility and implications of such a policy for the school. Background: As a health care professional I have worked for many years with professionals of various ethnic groups, and got to know their families through social occasions. More recently my home town was selected for the relocation of refugees from Serbian Kosovo conflict. Most of the refugees have made Baltinglass their permanent home; subsequently their children attend local schools. All of them are of the Muslim persuasion. I have observed some of the teenage girls practice the tradition of covering their hair. It has not posed any problems, generally accepted by all. Deeply appreciated I would imagine by teachers looking at some hair styles and colours they are faced with in Modern day Ireland. Methodology: ...
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...1.20 2nd November 2012 Essay #5: Final Draft School for Children When I went to school in France, I didn’t like it because of the teachers, the area and how we learned. In “School is Bad for Children,” the author John Holt criticizes formal education in general, in the world and in the U.S. educational system. He describes how children feel when they go to school. Holt describes firstly what happened to the students when they go to school, and what they want to do. Then, he takes the case of the teachers, and describes them. After that, Holt analyzes that when the students are in school, they are not feeling well because they can’t communicate and speak to each other; they are not social. At the end, he gives his own opinion to conclude the article, and make suggestions. In my opinion, I totally agree with John Holt that school doesn’t make better the students, and that we have to change it. The Jail For students who go to school, it is be out of the world, out of the society; school is like a jail. Holt describes, “In fact, he learns how to live without paying attention to anything going on around him.” This sentence shows that we are totally out of the world; nowadays, the world is a society, it is important to don’t be individual and just care about you, but in school, you have to be like that; individual and don’t help each other. For me, this is the truth. I take the example of my experiences in French schools, students can not even speak to each other, the teachers...
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...China and France Introduction From my first step in france 3 months ago, the first thing I could say is that France is facinating and fancy me. I also wonder that france and china are really different countries. In fact, France and China have a different economy, and don’t have the same culture. The purpose of this report is to compared with the diference between France and China ,since the difference exists in too many aspects. Culture Here is a table of basic information of China and France: |French |China | |Area |674,843 Km2 |9,596.960 Km2 | |Population |65 million |1.2 billion | |Capital city |Paris |Beijing | |People |95% French people and 5% people from foreign country |93% Han Chinese and 7% immigrants | |Main language |French |Mandarin | |Major industries |consumption goods,auto industry,machinery and so on. |iron,steel,coal,machinery, textiles and so on. | |Currency |Euro |RenMinbi | | China geographically vast a land of great diversity,it`s the third largest country.France is a one of bigest country in europ,and about six countries(Belgium,Luxembourg and Germany to the north-east,Switzerland and Italy ascross the Alps to the south-east and Spain Across the pyrenees to the South-west). On the other hand,I find some very interesting differences,French people brush their teeth after eating breakfast but in China people always brush their teeth when they week up and before they eat breakfast.In China the 1st floor is the ground floor,but In france the 1st...
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...1860, Napoleon III found himself in a troubling position. Just eight years after an overwhelmingly favorable election, he found his popularity and influence greatly diminished. In the years since Napoleon became emperor, France had seen many military victories. The most notable was a decisive victory in the Crimean War against the Russians. Due to these numerous and very successful wars France saw a great expansion in territory. The only flaw that came with engaging in such a numerous amount of wars in a short period of time was that they were not cost effective in the short term. The treasury's pockets were pinched by the Napoleon’s important project of rebuilding and restoring Paris. Even more debt was amassed by furthering France’s railways and through the modernization banking. These expenditures were very profitable for France in the long run, but coupled with costly foreign ventures and exploits, the public opinion had begun to sway on Napoleon III. Seeing the twilight dawn upon him, Napoleon searched for a way to regain popularity and strengthen his rule over France. In December 1861, Napoleon, against the wishes of his advisors, issued a decree that the legislature would be granted more power. This ushered in an era of liberal reform in France. This is not to say every part of the government was shifted liberally during this era, much to the contrary, as Roger Price writes, most repressive legislation remained intact during this time. “Repression came against...
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...‘La France est un des pays d’Europe qui offre la plus grande diversité linguistique’. (Dglflf: 2008). Discuss. When speaking about the linguistic diversity of a country we refer to the existence of a variety of languages within that country (Oxford English Dictionary, 2006) .France is made up of both the central “hexagon” and thirteen overseas territories ,departments and collectives ( commonly known as DOM TOM’s). In this essay, I will show that the large geographical scope of France, its multi-cultural population and strong emerging youth-culture make it one of the most linguistically diverse countries in Europe. I will approach the discussion from the outside in, firstly focusing on the languages of the DOM TOM’s, then moving to mainland France and discussing the non-territorial languages. I will then move onto the regional languages of the metropole, their endangered language status and the extent of governments attempt to preserve them. I will focus primarily on the Breton language in this discussion. Finally, I will briefly mention the language of youth and how its deviation from standard French can be viewed as language diversity, all the while commenting on the gradual regression of speakers of minority languages and asking is the idea of France as one of the most linguistically diverse countries in Europe in jeopardy? Despite the numerous living languages In France, the country is officially classed as a monolingual state: French being the only official language...
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...Cognate: * Spelled similar * Same meaning * Say different In France you shake everyone’s hand La Bise: Cheek kiss (2x friendly) (3x good friends) (4x best friends and family) Which fairy tales came from France? * Beauty and the Beast * Puss and Boots * Cinderella * Sleeping Beauty What was invented in France? * Hot air balloons * Parachute * High heels * Sewing machine Games made by France: * Tennis * Playing cards Holidays from France: * April Fools Inventions of the French: * Braille * Scuba gear * Stethoscope * First photography * Sound movies 21/8 * Bastille: Political prison * 1st day were the French revolution started * French revolution July 14 1789 27/8 * French schooling * Wednesday: ½ day * Lunch: 2 Hour break * Thursday: test days 4/9 * Louvre * Used to be a… * Fortress * Palace * Museum * New entrance to the louver * A competition: the winner was a American * A glass pyramid entrance with a underground court yard access * The three ladies * Venus de Milo (no arms) * Winged victory * La Joconde (Mona Lisa) 11/9 * Arc de Triomphe * Build to show Napoleons victories of war * Located on the Place de l’Etoillie (Star Place) * Called Star Place because 12 streets come off of it forming a star * No...
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...characteristics of culture, even when the particulars vary. One culture I know well as an insider is growing up as a teenager in a foreign country. I spent 6 years of my childhood growing up in Paris France. It was difficult moving to a country when first of all you have no knowledge of the language. You don’t realize it until your taken out of your culture how much you took for granted. You must learn things that would be considered “the norm” in this foreign country, but might strike you as odd. You are put into a society with different beliefs and values that you need to respect even if you don’t necessarily agree. But like a lot of the places I have lived, you will always find a lot of things to be the same, and things you need to adapt to. The first thing I had to adapt to very quickly was communication. When your thrown into a foreign country with no knowledge of their language, you will pick it up much quicker than studying it in a classroom. I also found that even if your not very good at the language, if they see that you are trying and will most likely be much more helpful than just having to rely on them to be able to speak English. They appreciate that you are trying to embrace the culture and learn their language. Adapting to what is considered “the norm” in France was very easy in some ways, but very difficult in others. First example is the drinking age. In Europe, the drinking age for beer and wine is 16 years old, while hard liquor and bars age limit is...
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