End of the Century

UNIT 1 The importance of being earnest At the turn of the century artists, writers and playwrights were highly critical of Victorian achievements and beliefs. They mocked and challenged middle-class values, such as convention, respectability and the very notion of art, a classic example is Oscar Wilde´s play. Wilde followed the Art for Art´s Sake doctrine: pursue fleeting beauty and pleasure as ends in themselves. Polished, impressionistic images that appealed to the senses and also a desire

Chechnya is a region situated in the eastern part of the North Caucasus, partially in Eastern Europe, Chechnya is surrounded on nearly all sides by Russian Federal territory. In the west, it borders North Ossetia and Ingusheitia , in the north, Stavropol Krai, in the east, Dagestan, and the south, Georgia. Its capital is Grozny. Chechnya has 1, 103,686 inhabitants and an area of 17,300 km². Islam is the traditional Religion. This mountainous region has important

His childhood The 30th august 1930, Warren Edward Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His father Howard buffet was a stockbroker and United States representative who lost a most part of his money during the 1929 international crisis. His mother, Leila Buffet, was depressive. Warren began to read the reports of his father, when he was 8. At 9, he already knew how to quote the rate of Wall Street. And the same year, he created a business of lemonade, and after a business of newspapers. So he

Table of contents INTRODUCTORY NOTES a) Intention : 4 b) What is our theme? : 4 c) What are we trying to accomplish? : 4 d) What story are we trying to tell? : 5 e) How will we tell the story? : 5 f) Additional Notes : 6 g) Disclaimer : 6 THE FILM PART I. INTRODUCTION a) Universal Declaration of Human Rights : 7 b) Malthus and Ricardo: An introduction : 7 c) Case example: African farmer soon starving : 14 d) Case Example: France – People buy cheaper : 15

Organised by the International Academy for Leadership (IAF) Presented by Mr Antonin Oumar GNING Tel : 00221 77 653 76 29 / 00221 33 825 89 76 E-mail : agning@hotmail.com / gninga@yahoo.fr 1 Seminar description From 23 to 30 November 2007 was held in Germany in Gummersbach the seminar: "Local government and Civil Society" which came within the framework of the implementation of annual program of the International Academy for Leadership (IAF). The seminar lasted seven days and began with the words

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde R.L. STEVENSON 1886 Published in 1886, R.L Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is, along with Frankenstein and Dracula, one of the best-known stories of 19th-century British fiction. It is often remembered, by those who have read it or seen one of the numerous filmic adaptations of the novella, as the sensational dramatization of the conflict between good and evil within man. As you know, the names of the ‘two’ protagonists are also

keenly interested in ideas about the nature and purpose of history. Faced with a class of bored and rebellious students, he scraps the traditional history curriculum and tells them stories of the fens instead. These stories form the substance of the novel, which takes place mainly in two time frames: the present, and the year 1943, when Tom Crick is fifteen years old. The traumatic events of his adolescence reach forward in time to influence the present. The structure of the novel, which frequently moves

the re-telling and re-writting are always a complicated things.And the question about the ethical is obvious.For example in journalism, the most common form of re-telling, there is a lot of rules. How objective can you be about a fact? Even if journalists try almost the times to be impartial, it's quite easy to understand that the informations about a same fact are different in the different country.That the poin of view are different. In all the diplomatic accidents or conflist, opinion is different

Glossary of Architectural Terms Adapted from New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Rowhouse Manual architrave 1. The lowest part of a classical entablature. 2. A molding enframing an opening such as a window. areaway The open space between a rowhouse and the sidewalk, usually beside the stoop. awning A projecting shading device, usually of canvas, mounted on the outside of a door or window. baluster One of a series of short vertical posts, often ornamental, used to support a rail

Day of Europe Group 1 Subject: Maritime strategy and ESDP: Do common European objectives have any influence on national maritime strategies? We may start with a precise definition of the leading terms of the subject. What are European objectives today? As it was decided in Cologne in June 1999, the European Council has placed at the heart of the ESDP actions crisis control missions, including humanitarian, peace-keeping and “peace-recovering” ones. In 2009, the European Union has 23 missions