overlaps into the realm of rapid eye movement in the most basic form. Through an alternate reality we exist‚ without control or complete possible actuality. Both film and its constituent element‚ the photograph‚ behold a certain level of the surrealism found in dreams through the raw creative boundaries. Bazin realizes the analytic obscurity that arises between physical truth and the imaginary. The filmmaker is able to blur the
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Un Chien Andalou As I viewed Dali and Bunuel’s Un Chien Andalou‚ the second scene‚ in which a woman who appears to be a housewife looks out her window and watches a bicyclist fall off his or her bike‚ stood out to me as a series of potentially meaningful images. Directly following the close-up shot of Bunuel’s cutting of a woman’s eye‚ I‚ as the viewer‚ found myself invited to look beyond the surface of this scene and make associations with the images represented therein. The scene begins with
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Palestine Goes to UN Mahmoud Abbas‚ the president of the Palestinian Authority‚ plans to ask the UN for statehood and a full member of the organization in September. The PLO’s primary aim is to regain some badly needed political leverage by forcing a shift in the cost-benefit calculations of Israel and the United States. Palestine’s admission to the United Nations would‚ in Abbas’ view‚ transform the conflict into a matter of one member state violating the sovereign rights of another. In short
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worth noting that the decisions of the Security Council does extend to other States. Up until now‚ it is the veto power enjoys by the five permanent members which has been the central of criticism regarding the UN Charter. Though there had been amendments made in terms of the composition of the UN Organs and voting requirements‚ the fact that the privilege enjoyed by the permanent members remained unchanged is somewhat alarming. Those who are a Member of the Security Council enjoy voting power when
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values. Stewardship: We value the wise use of our resources and carefully balance the benefits of investments with the costs involved. Care: We value the personal and spiritual wellbeing of our people. We respect‚ care and pray for one another. The UN- The United Nations was established on 24 October 1945 by 51 countries committed to preserving peace through international
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() students represented Valley Forge at the Cleveland Council of World Affairs Model United Nations Conference at the Church of the Covenant in Cleveland on April 10-11th. The CCWA Model UN is a conference in which students from across Northeast Ohio collaborate to solve real-world problems while representing countries from around the globe. Students from Valley Forge represented European nations specifically. Pupils were tasked to discuss and create resolutions that both represented their country’s
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Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un is the unpredictable new leader of North Korea. Recent events‚ plus events from the past year‚ have made him a big target in the eye of the media. Threatening the U.S. and its allies with nuclear and ballistic missiles has made him an influential person on society today. Even with many warnings about North Korea’s weapons testing‚ they still proceed do as they wish. In recent weeks major countries such as the U.S.‚ China‚ Russia‚ Japan‚ and South Korea have been planning
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Kim Jong UN could possibly start a terrible nuclear war. This would start if he were to launch an attack on Washington DC. This would then force the United States to launch a counter strike which would be of greater magnitude and probably destroy every last remnants of North Korea‚ ridding the world of one pathetic and dangerous country. However‚ all of the world would be recovering from this disaster‚ Iran will eventually finish its nuclear weapons program. They would then use their first bomb on
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World War I (1914-1918) In late June 1914‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident‚ leading by mid-August to the outbreak of World War I‚ which pitted Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (the so-called Central Powers) against Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Italy and Japan (the Allied Powers). The Allies were joined after 1917 by the United States. The four
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Intervention in the Rwandan Genocide: Prevention preferable‚ but better intervention second best The Hutus and Tutsis were not traditionally different‚ and ethnicity in Rwanda only became important during Belgium colonization when the more European-looking Tutsis were chosen as the aristocracy to rule over the Hutus. After Rwanda ’s independence in 1961 the Hutu majority‚ comprising roughly 85% of the population‚ ruled the country. Between 1961 and the outbreak of genocide in 1994 many Tutsis
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