The French language is a member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is known as the language of lovers. French is spoken as a first language by more than 70‚000‚000 people‚ mainly in France‚ then Belgium‚ Switzerland‚ in former French and Belgium colonies in Africa and Canada. It is now spoken by 265 million people. The French language is descended from Latin and first appeared in writing in 842 AD when it was used in the Strasbourg Oaths. Before
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Bill French case In this case‚ Bill French had gathered information and calculated Break Even Point (BEP) based on few assumptions: 1) Product mix considered constant. 2) Considered that there is just one breakeven point for the company. 3) Fixed and variable cost is assumed to be constant. 4) No inventory. 5) Price assumed to be fixed. Calculation of breakeven point based on assumptions: Table 1: Initial Cost analysis Initial Calculation Aggregates A’ B’ C’ Sales at full capacity (Unit) 2000000
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society. The French Revolution changed France socially‚ politically‚ economically‚ and culturally. The Enlightenment inspired the French people to limit King Louis XIV’s power. After seeing how the French forcibly changed their country other countries around the world wanted to have the same results. Napoleon’s reign after the Revolution marks the part of failure the Revolution created‚ but his presence is felt throughout Europe and Asia. There were many reasons that the French Revolution started
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FRENCH CONNECTION SEQUENCE ANALYSIS For this sequence analysis‚ I have chosen a scene from William Friedkin’s The French Connection. The scene chosen is the chase sequence and confrontation between Popeye Doyle and the sniper on the roof who worked for “Frog number one”. I believe that this sequence differs from classical Hollywood conventions in a numbers of important ways‚ marking it quite clearly as a different sort of film to the police procedurals which may have come before it. The sequence
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After reading chapter seven through ten of Figuring Out the French‚ what caught my attention the most was how French students are sorted into study tracks at early ages based on their perceived academic abilities. What I found even more startling about this was how being assigned to a shortened track is basically final and the decision is rarely reversed‚ often leaving students with only vocational qualifications. Compared to the American Education System‚ this sorting seems harsh and decided at
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The French Revolution started in 1789 and concluded in 1799; the war lasted ten years for numerous reasons caused by the hierarchy. There were social‚ political and economical causes that Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI made irrational and poor decisions that lead to the French Revolution. Majority of the reason all associate with having power. Power is the ability to direct or influence others; however‚ the person behind the power is who determines if it will affect the situation negatively or
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Bobbie Gasparri 10/6/09 Global 10‚ Period 2 French Revolution Inspired by the achievement of the American Revolution‚ the people of France decided to protest against the unjust monarchy and have a revolution of their own. France needed a change in leadership‚ and a shift in power in order for this revolution to be a success .Unfortunately‚ for the people to get what they needed from the government‚ they took drastic and disturbing measures to make their voices heard. Through this
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troops ashore in Garabus Bay. After miraculously sneak up to the fort along a part of the river the French left unprotected. This advantage allowed the British to captured Fort Louisburg and Fort Frontenac. Thousands of British troops surrounded the forts pounding the French with artillery; and soon after the French retreated to a nearby town which allowed the British to set up arms at the fort. The French outnumbered soon surrendered‚ marking the first British victory of the war. This victory became
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The French in Indochina Creation Before French colonization‚ Indochina was broken up into three independent‚ separate countries in Asia. They were known as the Khmer Empire (Cambodia)‚ the Laotian Kingdom (Laos)‚ and Vietnam. The Vietnamese were ruled by emperors from neighboring China for hundreds of years before the French took over. The emperors had nominal rule however. One of the old social facts of pre-Indochina included the emperors collecting revenue. But the taxes were
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There were numerous causes to justify The French Revolution. There existed problems inside France’s government‚ society‚ and economy. Most of these problems were ultimately experienced by the third estate‚ or the middle class. The third estate was then educated on a better way to live by the results of the Enlightenment philosophers and their philosophies. Certain conditions also led to the revolution‚ on top of its causes. Living conditions and representation in government are two examples. It is
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