University of Manchester OR University of Bristol?
Hi, I'm applying to study abroad next year. Just a couple of questions - Which one is the higher ranked (better) university? - Which area/town is nicer? - Pros and Cons of both? - Which is in the nicer area/city? I'm not particularly looking for anything. I would just like to be able to travel to other European countries and I don't think that's too difficult? Thanks!!
Why is Trent University so popular? How is the infrastructure of Trent University?
Trent has amazingly small class sizes and offers cool combined programs like the Trent/Fleming nursing, Trent/Swansea law, and Trent/Swansea chemical engineering.As for the infrastructure, I’m not sure if you mean plumbing or the architecture. It’s a beautiful campus— if you mean architecture.
Did the French win the Hundred Years’ War?
Not exactly.Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, won the war, despite the intransigence of Georges de la Trémoille and Charles VII of France.Arthur’s mother was Joan I of Navarre, King Henry IV of England’s Queen. His father was John IV, Duke of Brittany. Arthur married three times. His first wife was Margaret of Nevers, an elder sister of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. His third wife was Catherine of Luxembourg-Saint-Pol - Wikipedia, a sister of Jacquetta of Luxembourg.Arthur’s story is exciting, but too long to recount here; you can look up a neat summary in the online Encyclopedia Britannica: Arthur, constable de Richemont | French military officer. (Due to his male-line descent, Arthur was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Capet, but self-identified as Breton and raised Breton armies when the French proved unreliable.)His principal importance to history is that he reformed the financial and military training practices of the French State, turning it from a declining remnant of its former self into the leading power of continental Europe. Arthur’s innovations underlay Napoleon’s successes 350 years later.
Who was the Elizabethan University Wits?
Elizabethan “University wits” was a group of 16th century British dramatist including Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, and Thomas Nashe from Cambridge, and John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, and George Peelefrom Oxford. Thomas Kyd is also sometimes included in the group, though he is not believed to have studied at university.Christopher Marlowe is the nucleus of this group. “Marlowe was the foremost Elizabethan tragedian of his day. He greatly influenced William Shakespeare, who was born in the same year as Marlowe and who rose to become the pre-eminent Elizabethan playwright after Marlowe's mysterious early death. Marlowe's plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists.” WikiHis famous dramas include The Jew of Malta(1589AD) & Edward II (1592).They followed the Latin drama basically senecan tragedy . specially Thomas kyd began the senecan revenge tragedy in English literature with his drama The Spanish Tragedy .The hero of a senecan tragedy always was informed almost middle of the play about his previous life and sufferings and then revenged by committing a murder . This genre is also calledTragedy of blood.
Why do so many French teenagers smoke?
My own impression is that, like eating, it is considered a social activity.I come from America, and when I was young, choosing to smoke was sort of rebellious- it meant you would be largely rejected from many social groups. It was one way of showing you wanted to be an individual, don’t care if you fit in, or don’t care what people think about you. (whether that was actually the case, or whether you just wanted to give that impression is a matter of each individual..)What I found in France is that when people smoke, they do it with others. It is an opportunity to go out together and chat.In a few jobs, I wasn’t a smoker, so did not go outside for the smoke breaks. I was quickly judged as “anti-social”. I noticed that other non-smokers went out with them and stood in the smoking crowd, and were judged more positively.So I changed my ways and went out with them. Soon, with all the second hand smoke, my old ex-smoker urges got the best of me and I ended up starting again!In short, it is one of those things people do to fit in. There is not the same social pressure which judges it bad as in some countries. I have talked to many ex-smokers here who quit as adults only when they saw that there was less people doing it. (that made it less interesting). I found it strange, coming from a culture where being a “sheople” or following the crowd is considered wrong, but it is not the same in France.
Picking between Brown University and U of Rochester?
Actually, your chances of getting into grad school after graduating from both schools is probably about the same. I've been to 4 grad school visits in the last month and at each of them, their was a much higher percentage of prospective students coming from smaller no name schools than the big Ivies, and MIT, Cal Tech, etc. The chair of the graduate committee at Northwestern said that they actually prefer the former students. So, pick the school you like. Ivy isn't everything (I got into three for grad school, but I'm going to Northwestern instead).
Which University would you pick; CCSU, ASU, or UW Bothell?
I am a transfer student from California and I'm having a difficult time deciding what school to go to in which state. My options are University of Washington, Bother, Arizona State, and Central Connecticut State University. Tuition would pretty much be the same in all three. I'm not sure which state would be best with finding a part time job while attending school. If you were in my place where would you go?
Why wasn't Germany able to unify much earlier like France, Spain, the UK, etc.?
I think the main reason that Germany was not able to unify before 1871 was due to the efforts of the French in keeping the German lands weak and divided so they would not be a threat to France. When Prussia, the strongest German state, defeated the French in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 the way then became clear for all the German nations, Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Hesse, etc. to unite together into the German Empire, or Second Reich(Charlemagne’s being the first) which was in existence until 1918. Germany then was ruled as a Republic until 1933, when Adolf Hitler began his “Third Reich” which lasted until his defeat and death in 1945. Postwar, Germany was then divided into two states, The Federal Republic of Germany(West Germany), allied with the U.S. and NATO, and the German Democratic Republic(East Germany), allied with the U.S.S.R. and the Warsaw Pact(Communist Bloc). With the collapse of Communism in the U.S.S.R. the two German states re-unified as the larger Federal Republic of Germany, and the East German regime was abolished, which is where Germany is today, still a U.S. ally and member of NATO, as well as being a member of the European Union.
How the monarchy has managed to survive in the United Kingdom while all the other monarchies (French, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, etc.) and dynasties (i.e., Qing Dynasty in China and Pahlavi Dynasty in Iran) in the world have been overthrown?
The British (and indeed Commonwealth) monarchy isn't the only monarchy in the world.Bahrain, Bhutan, Cambodia, Denmark, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lesotho, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Monaco, Morocco, Norway, Netherlands, Oman, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Yemen, Thailand, Tonga, UAE and the Vatican all have monarchs or equivalent titles too.Most are constitutional monarchies or similar, meaning the monarchs are more ceremonial heads of state and whilst wielding power on paper, have no real say in how the countries are run.Hope this helps.