Pytanie #1:
I've been seeing a lot of extremes on this matter. On one hand, the History books speak of the NAZI's as savages without a cause, relentlessly killing anyone who looked slightly different and performing sick, horrible experiments on the Jews, and pretty much just trying to ruin everyone's day.
On the totally opposite extreme, there are those who suggest the holocaust didn't happen, and that the prison camps were intended more for Soviet prisoners, and further, that the deaths in said camps were due to disease and were not intended.
I've heard similar extremes towards Hitler, as being very respectable and influential, and as a fanatical racist.
While the Evil-Nazi view is pretty much the only one taught in schools, most likely to prevent any kind of neo-nazi gangs, the not-as-bad-as-you-would-think-Nazi view considers the fact that a war's victors are the ones who write history. What I mean is, historically, the war's winners exaggerate the evils of the enemy and victimize themselves to improve patriotism/morale during reconstruction. More direct cases are in the propaganda posters describing the enemy as ferocious villains, rather than a very similar group of people.
So my question is, is one or the other correct, or is there a solid middle ground we all finally agree on. I'm strongly German-American, and am interested in German culture and history, but this is a big hole in the timeline, because it doesn't seem to me like the Germans would go on an all-out rampage without some at least decently rational reason for doing so.
I never really said I agreed totally with the anti-holocaust belief. of course it happened. But seriously, I'm sick of everyone saying the germans were inhuman, unworthy of living, and that they should have been destroyed before they saw the light of day. it's that kind of thinking that started WWII in the first place with the Treaty of Versailles.
I'm not saying the Nazi's were good, I'm just saying to realize the Nazi's were a group of people. HUMANS, HOMO SAPIENS. How does saying they're inhuman make you any better?
Good answers, guys. That last addition was pointed at the first 2 answers. one for assuming I thought the holocaust didn't happen, the second for not even wanting to consider anything but the default point of view.
Pytanie #2:
Please share with me some of the books and authors that inspire you,that move you,that give you perspective.
I've been struggling to find books to distract and to encourage a person with depression. Any good read is a distraction but I've been aiming at offering books with a little more than a cutesy or funny story.I would like to offer him books with interesting, perhaps moving, perspectives on pain, struggle, survival, happiness, peace or any subject that might be of help to the person.
I am completely over the self-help books.I've read so many and I think they are an insult to the person's intelligence. I am mostly focusing on non-fiction.I am not a very accomplished reader,beyond Dostoevsky,Kafka,Nietzsche,Trotsky and other dead Russians and Germans, I don't know anything.
So I come to you for ideas and suggestions. Both fiction and non-fiction work.I just want to find some stories or ideas that can give a bit of hope or an interesting perspective.I don't want to cure depression through reading.Just something that could contribute in a small way to win his daily battle.Books on any discipline, philosophy or philosopher, history, a novel, a memoir, anything with substance.It doesn't have to be a happy story,even if its hard to read,I want it to be a worthy read.
*I know someone will but if you really want to help me,please don't say the Bible.
Thanks!
Pytanie #3:
-Show starts off with highlights from the last episode of Impact.
-Backstage, a group of TNA wrestlers assemble outside the “Kings of Wrestling” locker room. D Ray 3000 knocks on the door, Scott Hall opens it, and AJ Styles gives Hall a punch of the face and then the TNA wrestlers run off.
The NYC w/ Trinity vs. America’s Most Wanted
When the smoke clears at the beginning, it’s Harris and Gilberti in the ring. The NYC gets the advantage back, and do a double clothesline to Harris. Gilberti executes his signature swinging neckbreaker. Swinger comes in the match. Swinger with a choke in the corner, followed by some punches and boots to the face. Gilberti comes back in, and the NYC executes a double Russian Side Legsweep. Swinger soon comes back in and does little offense before tagging back in Gilberti. Gilberti executes an atomic drop on Harris, but then Storm throws Gilberti’s neck across the ropes. Storm gets tagged in and clears house. Storm executes a German Suplex on Gilberti, then executes a cross body block on to the outside on top of Swinger. Storm then climbs the turnbuckle and executes a cross body on Gilberti back inside the ring for a near fall. Swinger trips up Storm from the outside, but then receives a clothesline from Harris. Storm regains the advantage in the ring, and then AMW execute the Death Sentence on Gilberti for the pinfall.
Winners: America’s Most Wanted
-Shane Douglas is backstage with Director of Authority Dusty Rhodes. Rhodes announces AJ Styles vs. Scott Hall for tonight’s main event. He then announces Monty Brown vs. Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Title next week on Impact.
-A video airs telling fans to log on to tnawrestling.com and vote whether they want TNA to relinquish the footage they recorded of the WWE wrestlers filming their commercial at Universal Studios, or if they want TNA to air the footage at Turning Point. Boy, I wonder what the results of that poll will be.
--COMMERCIAL BREAK--
Michael Shane w/ Traci vs. Chris Sabin vs. Petey Williams w/ Scott D’Amore
Williams and Shane team up against Sabin at the start of the match. Sabin fights back. He executes a couple backbreakers on Williams, and then gives Shane a clothesline in the corner. Williams comes in to splash Sabin from behind, but Sabin moves and Williams executes a splash in the corner on Shane. Sabin and Shane fith. Shane executes a legdrop on Sabin from the top rope across the back of Sabin’s neck, whom was leaning inside the ring between the ropes from the outside. Shane continues to work over Sabin in the ring, with Williams still on the outside. Sabin executes a enziguri on Shane, but then Williams gets back in the ring and executes a Russian Side Legsweep on Sabin. Williams and Sabin fight a little before Shane gets back in the mix. Sabin gives Williams, whom was sitting on the top turnbuckle, a hurricanrana. He then follows that up with a German Suplex on Shane out of the same corner. Shane executes a backbreaker on Sabin. Williams then clotheslines Shane out of the ring. Williams sets up the Canadian Destroyer, but Sabin reverses it yet again into his Cradle Shock finisher for the pinfall.
Winner: Chris Sabin
-Shane Douglas interviews Raven backstage. Raven still has that ridiculous helmet on. Raven tells Douglas that the history between he and DDP is none of Douglas’ business.
--COMMERCIAL BREAK--
Raven vs. Vordell Walker
Just barely after the match starts, DDP’s theme song (An almost identical replica of his old WCW “Smells Like Teen Spirit” rip off song) starts up, and DDP comes through the crowd. Raven and Walker both flee the ring. DDP talks about the old days when they used to train together with both having hopes of becoming world champion someday. DDP says he tasted it then 3 times. DDP talks about pinning Flair for the title. DDP talks about how he, Raven, and Kim partied that night. DDP says he’s here because Raven ran his mouth after DDP retired. DDP says Raven stabbed him in the back. Raven says this isn’t about Kim. Raven says lets talk about Erik Watts. Raven says he should have been the World Champion, not DDP. Raven says DDP needs to be saved. 2 hooded men attack DDP in the ring. Both receive Diamond Cutters, one off the top rope.
--COMMERCIAL BREAK--
WQ: Matt Hardy or Kofi Kingston?
Pytanie #4:
ok well i was doing some resarch for my history assignment, I was studying about anti-semitism from the ancient times to now . i started to read some other books in the public library other than what was perscribed by the school. they say that hitler decided to get rid of the jews from germany as they controlled approx 98% of the baking systems in germany in the 1930's. Apparently germany was in a great depression at this time and when hitler came into power he said it was necessary to expel jewish influence in germanys financial system. after he did this germany apparently recovered greatly and the depression was greatly deminished.
Im not saying i agree with hitlers other plans but why wouldnt the schools history books mention this?... i mean to me , from what i understand so far anyway, it should be explained why hitler did what he did in the first place intead of jumping into the part of the holocaust. I mean it just seems to me that if youre going to teach history you should teach it from the beginning, not from the middle.
Also it does sort of seem to me that what ever else hitler did which i could never agree with, it does seem as though if the jews controlled that much of germanys financial system in the 30's that they didnt really try to help the germans out until hitler stepped in. I mean i just think there seems to be a very one sided argument against him. what ever else he did i dont see why there cant be two ways to view him.
im only 16 and i suppose i dont really know enough but i do think i credit him with that much. i mean why did the jews in power in germany let the germans suffer that much before the war. they also declared war on germany before ww2.
i asked my parents but they dont know enough.
Pytanie #5:
I'm just bored, so I felt like asking this question. If you didn't start school yet, then just say what your IDEAL school schedule would be :D
Homeroom
1st Period-German 1.
2nd Period-Gym/Study Hall.
3rd Period-History (BLAHHH)
4th Period-Algebra 1
5th Period-Art/Consumer Science/Wood Shop/Technology.
6th Period-Lunch
7th Period-Language Arts
8th Period-Science
Pytanie #6:
I want to be a filmmaker, mostly a director, but I'm interested in cinematography, screenwriting, acting, and producing.
This is my schedule for the next four years-
Freshman:
Algebra 1
World History
Physical Science
Language Arts 9
3D Art (Pre-requesit for Photography, Photography is pre-requesit for Film Production classes)
Journalism (Pre-reqesit for creative writing)
Spanish 2
Sophomore:
Geometry
Composition (language arts)
US History 2
Physics/Chemistry
Photography/Film Production
Creative Writing
Spanish 3
Junior:
Algebra 2
Government
AP Language Arts
Chemistry
Film Production 2
Creative Writing 2
Spanish 4
Senior year is still a little shaky but these are the classes I plan to take. I'll be acting in the school plays, tech work on the spring musical. I'll be doing Spanish&German club, I'll be playing Basketball and softball, and I'll do key club (community volunteering club). :) Will this all be good to get into USC/UCLA? I'm an A student, too. I've taken a pre-ACT and got 22/25.
Pytanie #7:
Yeah...
For Higher History.
I already have some Points.
Please Add to them. :-)
* The nazis got their messages through vrey successfully.
* Hitler was very good at propaganda but got Goebbles to help - Goebbles was disabled but was very loyal to Hitler
* "If you tell a lie, tell a big lie and tell it often. People will believe you" - That became the essense of propaganda.
* Hitler was convinced of the persuasive powers of the spoken word - In his view, the mass amounts of people were less likely to be taken by Newspapers.
* Hitler could just understand the crowd, therefore he could always say the right thing.
* Hitler was the Nazis most valuable asset, with his speeches - He had a private plane, very modern at the time. His plane was payed for by wealthy Germans who supported him.
* Military style brass bands were popular at Nazi rallies.
Please Add to the list.
Many Thanks. As Always.
Pytanie #8:
1. Which of the following countries is most known for its accomplished naval force?
A. Britain
B. Germany
C. Japan
D. United States
2. Which type of warfare led to a stalemate during World War I?
A. Chemical warfare
B. Naval warfare
C. Total warfare
D. Trench warfare
3. World War I began with _______ as an estimated 12,000 miles of elaborate tunnels and trenches were built under the ground during World War I
4. Which two countries encouraged America to enter the war because they needed fresh troops?
A. Britain and Austria-Hungary
B. Britain and France
C. Britain and Germany
D. Britain and Italy
5. What was President Wilson's reason for his plan to rebuild Europe without destroying its countries?
A. To ensure no country that fought on the Allied Powers side would have to pay reparatons
B. To prevent future wars from happening as the result of continued disputes
C. To prove to the Central powers his ability as a world leader
D. To show other countries how generous the United States could be
6. To mobilize for war, which one of the following did America have to do?
A. Create the Committee for Professional Information
B. Draft African-Americans to be soldiers
C. Pass the Selective Service Act
D. Require citizens to raise victory gardens
7. In the ________, Germany promised to not sink merchant vessels without warning and without saving human lives.
8. The ________, German foreign minister communicated the desire to form an alliance with Mexico against the United States.
9. What was the land between two opposing trenches called?
A. Battlefield
B. Free zone
C. Land of the lost
D. No man's land
10. The discovery of the ________ resulted in U.S. involvement in World War I.
11. Of the following, which were the two reasons why the U.S. joined World War I?
A. Breaking of the Sussex Pledge and the Zimmerman Note
B. Meatless Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays
C. Second Battle of the Marne and Meuse-Argonne Forest
D. Wilson's Fourteen Points and the League of Nations
12. When the Lusitania sank, President Wilson was furious and blamed ________ for the attack.
13. Which of the following resulted in Russia leaving the war?
A. The Bolshevik Revolution
B. The collapse of the Central Powers
C. The Second Battle of the Marne
D. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
14. During World War I, which one of the following was required to raise funds to supply the U.S. Army?
A. Committee for Public Information
B. Liberty bonds
C. Selective Service
D. Zimmerman Note
15. Which World War I ship was sunk in violation of the rules of neutrality?
A. Liberty
B. Lusitania
C. Litovsk
D. Victory
Pytanie #9:
Here they are!
Core Science A*
Additional Science A*
English Literature A*
Geography A*
History A*
English Literature A*
IT A*
RE A*
English Language A
Maths A
Additional Maths A
Welsh A (I am from Wales!)
German B
Sorry I mentioned english Lit. twice
Pytanie #10:
i'm writing something that something to do with the boxer rebellion or 55 days at peking.and i remembered a documentary of it on discovery or why it's history channel
anyway i wanted to know the name of the guy who had blonde hair in the documentary and he helped some of the surviving Christine Chinese to get to a safe place.
Also i wanted to know the name of the blue soldier in the documentry he died when he and blonde guy where out at the battlefield/hectic city to search for stuff they could use but was shot ,the blonde guy survived and got the blue soldier back to the safe place but the wound was to bad.
the documentary and how the blonde guy looks are here but it's in german
Click Here
Pytanie #11:
I want to go to either UC Berkeley or UC Davis.
Now, my school offers a program that is science-technology based and puts me in honors classes and helps me get scholarships based on my interest in science. I am a freshmen right now, and I have 3 science-related classes (Astronomy, General Science, and Biotech I), taking Honors English and plan on taking it all 4 years as honors or AP. My average GPA is around 3.6-4.0. On my STAR Testing from 8th grade I had a 554/600 in science, English: 479/600 Math: 488/600, History: 461/600. I plan on taking math for at least 3 years, maybe 4. I definitely will be taking a lot of science-based classes.
I usually do very well on tests and most likely will have a high GPA and test scores. I really don't want to take more than 2 years of foreign language, but most colleges "recommend" 3-4 years. Another language wont really be helpful for what I want to go into, considering I probably will be working alone or in a small group of other native-English speakers, working with biological data such as plants, dna, blood, stem cells. I don't see why I would need 3-4 years of a foreign language such as spanish, when large scientific words usually are German or French or Latin-based.
How important are foreign languages to colleges? Have you or anyone you know gotten into a University with only 2 years of world language? Please answer if you are experienced (at least a senior in high school or older)
I am planning on either directly starting at a university after high school, or getting an internship that is hopefully science-related and start at a CC and transfer over.
I do NOT do any activities outside of school (sports, band, cheerleading/dance) but I DO community service/volunteer work [15-20 hours per school year]
Pytanie #12:
A German's View on Islam: Dr. Emmanuel Tanay
A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care.I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.'
We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.
The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.
The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 40 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.
The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.And who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun. Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts--the fanatics who threaten our way of life. Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it, and send it on - before it's too late.
Dr. Tanay is a Psychiatrist.
Pytanie #13:
A German's View on Islam: Dr. Emmanuel Tanay
A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism.'Very few people were true Nazis,' he said, 'but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care.I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories.'
We are told again and again by 'experts' and 'talking heads' that Islam is the religion of peace and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectre of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.
The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honour-kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.
The hard, quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the 'silent majority,' is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 40 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.
The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.And who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were 'peace loving'History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany , they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun. Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late. As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts--the fanatics who threaten our way of life. Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world-wide, read this and think about it, and send it on - before it's too late.
Dr. Tanay is a Psychiatrist.
Pytanie #14:
Here is the history:
• He came from a Rescue place in Tennessee
• In June he was brought up to my hometown here in New York State
• A Foster mom watched over him until we came along and adopted him
• He ate his dry dog food with the Foster mom
• We got him alittle over a week ago and since then, he won't touch his dry dog food
• We mixed in a boiled hamburger with his dry dog food but he picks out only the hamburger
• This has been going on for over a week now
• We switched his dry dog food to a NEW dry dog food. Same thing: he won't eat it
We're calling the Vet after work, but I wanted to see if anyone else had a similar experience and what did you do?
----------------------------------------------
Pytanie #15:
3. Who was the first to teach that sex was evil and that salvation was possible only through the intercession of the Virgin Mary?
4. What did Canossa symbolize? Is it a valid symbol?
5. Who was "history's most celebrated iconoclast" and why?
6. "At any given moment the most dangerous enemy in Europe was ___ ." Who was it? (p.37)
7. Why were papal proclamations called "bulls"?
8. What factors led to the demise of knighthood?
9. When was Aristotle rediscovered by the West?
10. After Magellan, who was the next to navigate the "Straits of Magellan" successfully and survive to tell the tale?
11. What was a "blackbirder"?
12. What was the fate of Iberian Jews near the end of the 15th century?
13. What was "perhaps the most celebrated crime of the Middle Ages"?
14. What country were the Borgia’s from, and how did they become popes?
15. Who said, "God has given us the papacy, let us enjoy it."
16. When did the Roman Catholic Church establish the rule of celibacy for the clergy?
17. Who was "the ultimate pontifical disaster", and why?
18. Who declared that the pope "is no longer a Christian.” He is an infidel, a heretic, and as such has ceased to be a pope?”
19. Who attempted to have the leaders of the Medici family in Florence murdered during Mass in the Cathedral?
20. What was Europe's most populous country in 1500, and what was its population?
21. What were the 3 largest cities in Europe in 1500, and what were their populations?
22. What was the banking family that became prominent in the Hansa and then in all of Europe?
23. Half of all people died before reaching what age?
24. What were lepers, prostitutes, and Jews required to wear?
25. What was it illegal to wear unless you were nobly born (aristocratic)?
26. Who built the first standing clock in England, and when?
27. What was used as a substitute for long prison sentences?
28. When was the use of a diamond as an engagement ring introduced, and where?
29. At what age could girls legally marry? What about boys?
30. Who were the cleanest people in Europe? (p. 68)
31. Who described life as being "nasty, brutish, and short"? (p. 92)
32. In 1513, who became "first painter and engineer" to Frances I?
33. What subjects made up the trivium and the quadrivium?
34. Who fought and died in "the Great Slaughter"?
35. What did Sir Thomas More denounce as "as profitable as milking a he-goat into a sieve"?
36. What did Martin Luther identify as the greatest enemy of faith?
37. What two challenges did Humanism present to the Church?
38. What was Erasmus' father's profession?
39. What special gift did Erasmus possess which gave him a great influence upon the upper and middle classes?
40. Who was the "warrior pope"?
41. What consistent theme of Erasmus' works enraged the clergy?
42. What crisis led Pope Leo X to announce a "special sale" of indulgences in 1517?
43. Who became "the most famous man to misjudge Professor Martin Luther"?
44. What did Satan and Luther throw at each other (allegedly)?
45. Where was Luther when he experienced his great insight into God's justice and man's salvation?
46. To what aspect of indulgences did Luther object most of all?
47. What was suggested by "Pitchfork John"?
48. How did Luther escape arrest in Augsburg in October, 1518?
49. What position taken by Luther in debate with Eck at Leipzig in 1519 revealed him as "an unshriven, unrepentant apostate"?
50. List those who votes elected the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
51. How did Luther exploit the rising spirit of German nationalism (Herrenvolk)?
52. To what was Luther referring when he wrote in 1520, "We here come to the heart of the matter."?
53. What did Luther find more acceptable than divorce?
54. What did Erasmus say were Luther's 2 major blunders?
55. At the Diet of Worms, what did Luther offer to recant?
56. To what was historian Thomas Carlyle referring when he spoke of "the greatest moment in the modern history of man"?
57. Who said, "I do not admit that my doctrine can be judged by anyone, even by angels."?
58. Who laid the egg that Luther hatched?
59. When was Erasmus excommunicated and branded a heretic?
60. Whose body was quartered and then burned on a pile of excrement?
61. How did Luther view Copernicus?
62. How did Calvin deal with the issues of abortion and illegitimacy?
63. "In truth everyone is convinced that all this has happened as a judgment of God on the great tyranny and disorders of the papal court." To what was the speaker referring (in 1526)?
64. What is the meaning of the title of the book, &quo
Pytanie #16:
I have an idea, but I'm not sure if it would be better as a novel or as a screenplay. Basically, here's a brief synopsis: An alternate history in which the Axis powers win WW2. After the allies are mopped up Japan and Germany go to war, and some decades later the Japanese find they have no choice but to board several rocket ships and colonize other planets around distant stars, leaving Earth to the Germans. The Germans perfect cloning technology and clone all the leading Nazis repeatedly, putting them in all important positions; eventually all upper class Germans are clones of Hitler, Himmler, etc., while anyone with unique dna is a slave. Eventually the Nazis decide to hunt down the Japanese on the various worlds they've fled to, and for this purpose they produce thousands of clones of Reinhard Heydrich, indoctrinate them in Nazi thought, put them into cryogenic hibernation and send them to the suspected Japanese colonies in numerous rockets. The main character is Reinhard Heydrich # 1256, who has a crisis of conscience and works with the Japanese to help fight off his fellow clones.
What think? Novel or screenplay?
Perhaps I wasn't entirely clear on this, Luft Waffle, but this takes place decades after WW2, and that makes all the difference; the rocketry used by the Japanese is entirely different from what was developed by the Germans during the war, I'm thinking fusion-based, and they only abandon Earth after a very long and destructive war, which culminated in a massive nuclear exchange that reduced much of the planet to a radioactive wasteland. Meanwhile, the Nazi party has metamorphosed into a religion, and their government into a theocracy, with Hitler the Messiah and high king-priest of every temple; naturally, one of them remains in ultimate and absolute command. The cloning only took place long after Hitler's death, so what he would have thought of this development and its effect on the leadership principle is insignificant.
As to why they would want to hunt down the Japanese, there are two reasons: 1) they remain a potential threat, as those who have left may come back for revenge and 2) the initiative to destroy all non-Aryans is now a religious imperative.
In any case, I think I will make it a screenplay.
Oh, and The Man in the High Castle was by Philip K. Dick, not Harry Turtledove. In a sense, I guess you could say this story picks up where that one left off: with Germany preparing an attack on Japan.
Pytanie #17:
-6th in a class of 600
-3.9 GPA
- Junior and Senior Year all AP and Honors Classes
-AP Classes in High School Career= AP Government and Politics, AP English Language, AP U.S. History, AP English Literature, AP Psychology, AP World History, and AP European History.
-AP Scores so far: AP Government-5, AP English Language-5, and AP U.S. History-5.
-ACT=32
-SAT=1320(1600) 2020(2400) [I will be taking it once more in October, at which time I will also be taking the U.S. History Subject Test, and the Literature one also]
-Four Years of Spanish and I am fluent in German
-Section Leader in Chamber Orchestra
-Debate Captain
-Tenor in Chamber Choir (Illinois District Choir Qualifier)
-I am in a program that is currently working with the National Labor Committee to develop a program to teach High School students about sweatshop and child labor in third world countries
-I am student-directing a play at my high school this year
-I volunteer regularly at a local food pantry
-I am in National Honors Society
-I swam Varsity my Freshman Year
-I participated in Cross Country for two years (wasn't very good though, haha)
-I have had a part-time job for 3 years
-I plan to volunteer on Illinois U.S. Senate Candidate Alex Giannoulias' campaign
Any comments, criticism, or advice would be greatly appreciated.
The 3.9 GPA is unweighted, so therefore it is out of 4.0. My weighted GPA is 5.8 out of 6.0
Pytanie #18:
"Britische" is the German equivalent. Why not change your name to this Germanic form?
Could do it in honour of your all time favorite hero, Adolf Hitler? or maybe because you might want to "be" Adolf Hitlers themselves?
And lastly, why the Nazi trend in British (socialist) societ toward Gypsies?
Every "Britische" loves blacks, adore asians, and is absolutely head-over-hills in love with Islam and Muslims, particularly Pakistanis.
Gypsies, now there's a word! it seems to have some magic formula to it, each time to word is uttered to a "Britische" he/she become monsters! Oooh scary!
Why are the "Britische" trying to copy the Nazis? for what earthly reason?
"Herr" Cameron and his "Kabinet" are trying their best to introduce to Nuremburg, pardon me, the House ofLlords proposals for "Britische Blood & Honour" or so it seems.
Maybe they don't want their bloodline tainted with Zigeuner (Gypsy) blood.
Seems to me (I am a Gypsy by the way) that Brits, like the Germans, will one day have their own Jews to slaughter, that is...guess who?...you got it, well done! the Gypsies!
We lost three million (or more) in the last Holocaust, so I guess (sighs) it won't be much fun for us, all our families, men, women and children running through the woods.
Well, I hope the "Britische" enjoy if, (if, I said "if"??? what was I thinking, what a maroon! I meant "When") so, "when" they start to kill men, woman and little children in the street, I hope they enjoy themselves, and I would bet these poor souls will probably never have that much since Hiroshima!
Come on, tell me now...(gently coaxing)
You really wouldn't enjoy that?
There I go again, what an idiot I am!!!! of course you'd enjoy it!, silly me. what a nin-come-poop I am!
Well, there is nothing I can say to make you stop hating us and give us a chance, so I'll say, in regards to "The Next Roma Holocaust" give it your best shot, make a name for yourselves in the history books.
It'll also put a final end to our suffering for being a Gypsy, and close the final chapter of our lives forever. Amen
Pytanie #19:
Hey everyone!
SO basically i'm going into my GCSE year next week, which is year 10, and for my GCSE subjects I chose History, Art and Drama. But now that I come to think about it all, I realised that I reaaally suck at art! I'm so bad at it. We had art holiday homework and I just started it and i'm absolutely terrible at art haha, like ive always known i wasnt good but yeah.
So ive been thinking about changing Art to Spanish for my gcse. I'm good at languages, I speak french, english obviously and german fluently. So spanish wouldnt be very hard for me since I speak french. But I want to know if you guys think its worth it?
I mean I like art, but im so bad, and honestly I just dont think I have the patience to learn it, and spanish seems fun. I had to take spanish since year 7, so its been 3 years, but we had 1 hour of spanish a week and we really didnt do any work in the lesson haha, and if i would take it this year there would only be 3 of us, which would be an advantage. Plus speaking 4 languages will be amazing for later in life when im looking for jobs and everything.
Please please pleaaase help me chose, ohh and I need to decide BEFORE THE 2nd of september! Which is in like 3 days, because thats when I go back to school, & i would need to inform my teachers before we start. & if YOU take art as a GCSE subject, does it require a lot of time and work? like do you get a lot of homework? Also if i take it, my teacher would be spanish so its not like she has an accent or whatever.
Thank you all so much in advance, & please help me!(: I'm 14 by the way. (:
Pytanie #20:
It was something like:
"There is no great man, only those who hear the feet of history marching past, and endeavor to grasp upon his coattails."
I cant really remember any better. I tried the big search engines with no luck. It was Clauswitz or Bismark or someone. I dont know why I'm thinking it's a German. Though it might not be Bismark, because I think he believed in the "Great Man."
Pytanie #21:
1. Which of the following colonies established the “patroon” system
that gave a large tract of land to any owner who brought over 50
settlers? (AP-like)
A) PennsylvaniaB) MassachusettsC) Virginia
D) MarylandE) New York
2. Between 1688 and 1763 which of the following was a conse¬quence
of Europe's wars for empire? (AP-Acorn)
A) The British taxed their American colonies heavily to fi¬nance the wars.
B) The French made themselves the dominant power in North America.
C) The Spanish lost all their territory in North America.
D) Armed struggles spread to North America.
E) The European powers relied on colonial recruits to staff their European forces.
3. Which of the following are true about King Philip’s War?
I. King Philip was also known as Metacomet.
II. A higher percentage of New England whites perished in this
war compared to the percentage of Americans who died in the
American Civil War.
III. One reason that the war started was that the colonists began
to apply English laws to the Indians in King Philip’s tribe.
A) None of the aboveB) I onlyC) II only
D) III onlyE) I & II only AB) I & III only
AC) II & III only AD) I, II, & III
AConnecticutADNorth Carolina
BDelawareAEPennsylvania
CGeorgiaBCRhode Island
DMaryland BDSouth Carolina
EMassachusettsBEVermont
ABNew HampshireCDVirginia
ACNew York
4. This colony used the “patron” system to attract more
settlers.
5. In 1732 this was the last of the thirteen colonies.
6. This colony was known for its timber, turpentine,
resin, and tar products. The British paid a bounty
for these products.
7. This colony was a haven for Catholics.
8. Which is NOT matched correctly?
A) William Bradford and Rhode Island
B) Rev. Thomas Hooker and Connecticut
C) John Winthrop and Massachusetts
D) William Penn and Pennsylvania
E) the Dutch East India Company and New Amsterdam
9. Which is NOT a New England colony?
A) New JerseyB) Plymouth C) Massachusetts Bay
D) ConnecticutE) Rhode Island
10. Which colonies are the Chesapeake Colonies? Good luck to the geographically challenged student!
I. Pennsylvania
II. Maryland
III. Virginia
IV. North Carolina
A) I and II B) I and IIIC) II and III
D) I, II, and III E) I, II, III, and IV
11. Which TWO colonies are Middle Colonies? Good luck to the geographically challenged student!
I.Maryland
II.Virginia
III.Pennsylvania
IV.New York
A) I & II B) I & III C) I & IV
D) II & III E) II & IVAB) III & IV
12. Which of the following is TRUE about the colonial period? (new)
A) Every New England colony had an established church.
B) The Presbyterian Church was the established church in New England.
C) The Methodist Church was the most important established church in the Southern colonies.
D) Most Americans were not a member of an established church during the colonial period.
E) If a person attended another denomination, he did not have to pay taxes to support a colony’s established church.
13. Which of the following statements are true? (new)
I. Puritan ministers did not serve in political positions.
II. Puritan congregations voted to hire or fire its minister.
III. During the seventeenth century, Puritan ministers held
absolute power in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
A) None of the above B) I onlyC) II only
D) III onlyE) I & II only AB) I & III only
AC) II & III only AD) I, II, & III
14. Which is NOT matched correctly?
A) Quakers and Pennsylvania B) Swedes and the Delaware Valley
C) Dutch and Rhode Island D) Puritans and Massachusetts Bay
E) Germans and Pennsylvania
Pytanie #22:
Most desired:
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Duke University
Target Schools:
University of Southern California
University of California: Los Angeles
University of California: Berkeley
Brown University
Vanderbilt University
Emory University
Cornell University
Unweighted GPA: 3.801
Weighted GPA: 4.613
SAT Score: 2300
ACT Score: 32
My school does not rank students.
*Commas separate into first and second semesters.*
Freshman:
English 1 Honors: A,B
Biology 1 Honors: B,A
Geometry Honors: B,C
Spanish 1: A,B
Guitar: A,A
Journalism: C
Sophomore:
English 2 Honors: A,A
Algebra 2 Honors: A,A
Art History AP: A,A
European History AP: A,A
Computer Science AP: A,A
Spanish 2: A,A
Junior:
English 3 Honors: A,A
Pre Calculus Honors: A,A
Spanish 3 Honors: A,A
Physics B AP: A,A
United States History AP: A,A
Psychology AP: A,A
Senior (Predicted):
English AP Language: A,A
English AP Literature: A,A
Calculus AB AP: A,A
Government AP: A,A
Economy AP: A,A
Physics C AP: A,A
Spanish AP: A,A
I want to major in the media and language field.
My works in the media:
I am a published informant for a staff writer of Houston Chronicles.
Intern and featured Junior Writer in the Los Angeles Times.
Intern and Junior Blog Editor of Green Lifestyle Films. (A UCLA based, non-profit media company)
Intern and Junior Script Writer of Green Lifestyle Radio.
Editor-in-Chief of school's Literary Magazine: "Beard Full of Butterflies"
Staff Writer for school's newspaper: "The Pen"
Intern and Staff Writer in the magazine "Los Angeles Yoga"
Selected as a Junior Writer for the Korea Times (Chung'ang Il'bo)
Written over 100 published blogs for the local environmental Marsh paper.
Works in language:
Fluent in:
Korean
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
German
Can read and write in:
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
German
Romanian
Arabic
Russian
Can also read:
Braille
Interned as an English to Korean (vice versa), Spanish to English (vice versa), Arabic to English (vice versa & text only) at local library.
Was a school translator for the new international students.
AP German: 5
AP Spanish: 5
SAT German: 760
SAT Italian: 770
SAT Spanish: 780
Took German @ University of Chicago
Took Italian @ University of Chicago
Took Arabic @ University of Chicago
Took Russian @ University of Chicago
President of the National English Honors Society.
Vice-President of the National Spanish Honors Society.
Athletics:
Tennis in Sophomore, Junior, Senior year.
Sophomore: Frosh/Soph
Junior: Junior Varsity
Senior: Varsity Tennis
Taekwondo Sparring Team Captain
Gold Medal in Junior USA Sparring Tournament
Silver Medal in California Junior Sparring Competition
Gold Medal in California Junior Sparring Competition
Recommendations:
1 from my Spanish teacher who I am very close to.
1 from my supervisor at the Los Angeles Times who I share very high mutual respect with.
1 from the senior staff writer of the Houston Chronicles.
AP Scores:
Art History: 5
European History: 5
United States History: 5
Computer Science: 5
Physics B: 5
German: 5
Micro Economics: 5
Macro Economics: 5
Human Geography: 5
Psychology: 5
Awards:
Principal's Honor Roll
Coca-Cola Scholarship semi-finalist
National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist
JFK Library Essay contest finalist
AFSA Peace Essay contest finalist
National Peace Essay Contest semi-finalist
Medal of Valor awarded by Commander of Korean Special Forces
National AP Scholar
Community Service award from Audobon Yes!
Junior Cyclists Gold Award for biking the west coast of North America (Southern Canada to Baja California)
CSF Gold Sealbearer
Multiple scholarships and awards from various essay competitions
Volunteer:
300+ Hours at the Madrona Marsh (leader of the Junior Marsh Botanical Weeding Team)
60 Hours at the Braille Institute (Translator for the blind)
Pytanie #23:
boys name: Tybalt is pronounced TIH-bult and it means brave people in German and has never been in the top 1000 boys names.
girls name: Ananda means bliss/happiness and Sanskrit and has also never been in the top 1000 girls names.
Here are the questions:
1. What is your opinion on these names?
2. What would be good nicknames and/or middle names for these names?
3. Which would you use to describe:
i. dislike it, ii. not bad, iii. ok iv. like it, v. love it
4. What kind of person do these names put to mind?
5. Do you know anyone with these names? (description if yes)
6. Any stories/history you have on these names.
By the way, these aren't my favorite names, they're completely random.
Thanks!!
I would really appreciate if all of the questions were answered, and thanks so much to those who DID answer them.
Since some people apparently need this written out more clearly for them: THESE NAMES ARE RANDOM. THEY ARE NOT NAMES THAT I LIKE, OR PLAN ON EVER USING.
ahem, lol. I'm just getting opinions on random, unique names for a potential baby book and/or baby blog.
Also, the VAST majority of people are asked how to pronounce their name. Elena (or in my case, Alena) is a perfectly acceptable name but I'm frequently asked how it's pronounced. Once they hear it, people always say that it's a pretty or cool name. The only way people could avoid having people ask how their name was pronounced was if everyone was name Bob, Will, Sam, John, Katie, Beth, and Tammy, simple names along those lines.
Anyway, thanks again for answering :)
Sorry, one more thing, Tybalt is a Shakesperean name from Romeo and Juliet, so if you've never heard it, you've apparently never been in high school, seeing as the majority of high schools have you read the play. Second of all, I hate made up names, there are thousands of real names that people rarely ever use so it would be silly and pointless to make one up. Thanks again :)
Pytanie #24:
"The mass-murder of six million Jews, is a myth. This is admitted and proved primarily by British and American authors, and while withholding my own views, here is some information to consider:
According to evidence led in a paper entitled "The Third Reich", three to four million Jews were murdered in Auschwitz alone. This is mathematically impossible. Auschwitz was in operation for four years. Let's assume only three million people were killed here -- in one year, that would be 750,000 or 62,500 a month -- or 2,083 a day!
According to the German Christian Democratic delegate, Eric Blumenfeld of Hamburg, who was incarcerated at Auschwitz, killings only took place at night, for reasons of secrecy -- a period of 12 hours. Thus, 2,082 people should have been killed every 12 hours out of 24 for 1,460 days (four years).
Assuming the corpses were buried, and seeing that sand is four tenths heavier than the human body (proportionately), at an average of 50 kilograms per body, 70 kilograms of sand would be displaced per corpse [a kilogram is equal to 2.2 pounds for practical purposes]. At 2,083 bodies a day, with a corpse mass of 104.2 metric tons, this would be 145.8 metric tons of soil to be removed daily!
In four years, assuming there were "only" 3 million bodies buried, this would leave 212,868 metric tons of soil piled up somewhere. Where is it? There is also the argument that the bodies were burned (also a mathematical impossibility). The calculations are based on figures and evidence from the ultra-modern and efficient crematorium at Dortmund in Germany. To burn one corpse completely requires 31½ kilograms of coal.
The 2,083 people allegedly killed in Auschwitz daily would have required more than 65 metric tons of coal, which was extremely valuable to the war effort – each day. For Germany, this was impossible.
Burning the bodies was impossible for another reason. In the most modern crematoriums today, one body requires about 2½ hours to be completely cremated. Even if Auschwitz had had 100 burning chambers, the 3 million corpses would have taken 15 years to cremate, burning only in the 12-hour period each day.
Each body produces on average 2 kilograms of ash. Three million corpses would create 6,000 metric tons of ash. This ash, all 6,000 metric tons of it would make quite a heap.
Where were all these ash-heaps after the war?
In closing, I would like to add that all recorded history is on paper and on paper you can write anything, even that 6 million Jews were killed. Paper is patent."
can anyone argue with these figures?
and before anyone goes ona massive rant i am jewish. im just curious.
they were very anal about the record keeping but there is actually only 16 documents on the matter in the beginning of the nuremburg trials and out of that 16 only 4 are said to have any thing remotly to do with the idea. and the evidence in those documents are not allowed in todays hearing for lack of credibility. so no. no vast amount of documentation regarding the gas chambers. it is a myth.
of course it matters if you are told something that is fact by those it benefits for it to believed as fact.
i just find it amazing that although its been shown to be mathematically impossible to have exterminated sucha large number of people in that short space of tiem without that amount of bodies been found of ash piles of dug up earth (and they used advanced technology as recently as 2003 to do so) that noone stops and thinks, maybe i should use my own mind to question this as it clearly makes no sense.
also when people say "where did the 6 million jews go then"... they are forgetting that statistics from censis in the 40's (which was a little faulty but only by a couple of thousand or so) show no decrease of 6million jews. also it should be remembered that until the soviets had to revise their numbers in 1991 it was held that only less than 750,000 jews were taken from russia instead of 4 freakin million. but until they revised that by force they were believed by everyone.
well istead of believing what youve been told go do the math your self. many many revisionists have and they all come up negative. it just could not have been done! use your head instead of sentiment. if some of these people hadnt questioned the soviets then you would be adding almost 4million on to that and telling me the same thing. use your head please.
half an inch thick... ok. well when the supposed landscape where all this was menat to have happend according to the supposed witnesses (no german offical said anthing about where they were meant to have been buried etc) then why if they can detect the minutist trace sameple from rocks atc and even from that they find something. everything leaves a trace. nothing was ever found. and the eyewitnesses were never cross examined which is ridiculous considering the contradictions they all mkae if you read their testomonies. as for the german officials who siad they gassed people, himmler amound others were tortured by the brittish to say that they gassed people so thye would say it happened at nurenburg. later himmler said to his ife that he would have siad anything under those circumstances.
people believed the lampshade and soap story until even debra libstat declared it as a total myth!!!.. but if she and others hadnt finally admitted it you would believe that too.
if the nazis kept good records on this topic then it would not be debateable but like i said there is not!
it might sound inconciebable that there just wasnt gas chambers (look at the lechture and the polish inrtitutes report, no cyclon b traces which effectively means no constant gassings which would have been necessary to do sucha thing.)
the supporters say they dont debate these things because they say its beneath them, however its been showm time and time again where they have something to refute what a revisionist says they go as far a s making tv appearences, but on the 64 questions mostasked by revisionists they make no comment, beacause they know they cannot argue against both mahematics and chemistry.
also kerma 1 is told to everyone who tours there that its in original state but infact in a 1991 interview dr piper admitts that it is not. it was reconstructed to look like one by , again the soviets.
there os much to this that people shut their eyes to.
lmao yes i know i took the tour 2years ago. my friend asked how was it possible given how long it would have taken to actually burn one body!!... the tour guide actually just said "well it is not to my knowledge how"(broken english)... they are told a speil what to say but have no way of backing theur claims up. thats the whole sorry mess of it.
would you care to explain how this occured?.. it cannot be done today (or back) so how was it possible? if you can answer that that would be helpful
closed mind lol.... if anyones is closed my dear its yours. try open yours eyes and see for one second the contradictions and impossibilities.
Click Here
Click Here
Click Here
or look up some other websites books or documentries such as cole at auswich. cole for a time rechanted but after he no longer freared for his life he claimed the apolgy was faked and he had no choice at the time but still firmly believes.
Pytanie #25:
ap German vs. band??? please help!?
they're both during the same time slot on my schedule. this will be my fourth year in German and same with band. i know colleges look for continuity, but i'm not sure which one to continue with?
PRO GERMAN:
- it's an AP :)
- overall the class is pretty relaxed, and i think i will be very capable of getting an A in that class = 1 bonus point toward gpa :)
CON GERMAN:
- i hate hate hate the teacher (a reason? she sucks at controlling the class) :(
- i hate the people in my class; they're extremely loud and obnoxious :(
- if i take this class, i get put into a history class that is also iffy ( the teacher is known to be super hard) :(
PRO BAND:
- i like this class and the people in this class also :)
-if i take this class, my schedule changes my history period, and the teacher i get put with is great :)
-my bffl is in both these classes :)
CON BAND:
-no AP point. :(
- my twin sister (who i am quite comeptitive with) will probably get an A in the german class that detest so much ---> higher overall gpa (which is a big smack in the forehead for me :(
so what do you think? which one is more "worth it"? which one looks better on a college app?
the other classes i'm taking ( also the exact one my twin sister is taking *gaahh) :
-Honors Pre-Calc
-Honors English
-AP Psychology
-AP US History
-normal Physics
PLEASE HELP AND POSITIVELY COMMENT :)) THANKS
Pytanie #26:
they're both during the same time slot on my schedule. this will be my fourth year in German and same with band. i know colleges look for continuity, but i'm not sure which one to continue with?
PRO GERMAN:
- it's an AP :)
- overall the class is pretty relaxed, and i think i will be very capable of getting an A in that class = 1 bonus point toward gpa :)
CON GERMAN:
- i hate hate hate the teacher (a reason? she sucks at controlling the class) :(
- i hate the people in my class; they're extremely loud and obnoxious :(
- if i take this class, i get put into a history class that is also iffy ( the teacher is known to be super hard) :(
PRO BAND:
- i like this class and the people in this class also :)
-if i take this class, my schedule changes my history period, and the teacher i get put with is great :)
-my bffl is in both these classes :)
CON BAND:
-no AP point. :(
- my twin sister (who i am quite comeptitive with) will probably get an A in the german class that detest so much ---> higher overall gpa (which is a big smack in the forehead for me :(
so what do you think? which one is more "worth it"? which one looks better on a college app?
the other classes i'm taking ( also the exact one my twin sister is taking *gaahh) :
-Honors Pre-Calc
-Honors English
-AP Psychology
-AP US History
-normal Physics
PLEASE HELP AND POSITIVELY COMMENT :)) THANKS
Pytanie #27:
I know they're both Germanic linguistically, but i figured, if the Vikings were the Danes, what was the relation between the Danes and the Germans?
And on that note, Since Icelandic has hardly changed since Iceland was first settled by the Vikings, and the Angles and Saxons were from northern Germany and Denmark, doesn't that make current Icelandic ridiculously similar to Old English? They still have symbols like the eth, ash, and thorn.
Finally, what subjects do these questions fall under? Just European history, or human migration patterns? This stuff seems to be fascinating me lately.
Pytanie #28:
Where would you love to live? Do you live there already? Why do you love it so much?
I'd love to live in Berlin. I went there in May this year on a school trip and stayed in a youth hostel. It was a really great experience, and it really taught me a lot about german culture and I fell in love with the city. Even though it rains a lot, I'm used to it. I live in England, where it is currently raining on me, actually. And of course, Berlin has a great LGBT scene, as well as being one of the focal points of modern european history. When I get my medical degree, I want to move out there.
What about you?
Pytanie #29:
why Hitler had such high respect for this man as well?
when he lived, and what he did most of this life? what were his great acomplisments besides being a politician who signed the document "uniting Germany"?
please explain more what you can
thanks for your answers!
Pytanie #30:
boys name: Ward rhymes with lord/cord/sword and it means guardian in English. It's not currently ranked in the top 1000 boys names and its most popular year wwas899 at #243.
girls name: Aletta is pronounced uh-LEH-tuh and it means noble kin in German. It's never been ranked in the top 1000 girls names.
Here are the questions:
1. What is your opinion on these names?
2. What would be good nicknames and/or middle names for these names?
3. Which would you use to describe:
i. dislike it, ii. not bad, iii. ok iv. like it, v. love it
4. What kind of person do these names put to mind?
5. Do you know anyone with these names? (description if yes)
6. Any stories/history you have on these names.
Could you answer this one as well?
Click Here ;…
By the way, these aren't my favorite names, they're completely random.
Thanks!!
Pytanie #31:
Ahhh I can't decide! The two times conflict with each other. I'm not a hardcore feminist or anything but I am mildly interested in the course-wish there was a queer studies course but there isn't so this is like the second best thing, haha. I'm kind of hoping there will be lots of lesbians there tooXD I love German though and took it for 3 years in highschool, so a good amount of time has been invested in learning it. I always got pretty good grades in it too- I scored an 83 on my IB diploma. I don't want to get too far away from German and start forgetting it only to decide I want to take it in a year...And I'm going to take the beginners German because I wasn't that good at some of the grammer topics and stuff but I'm wondering if people who take languages like that usually took the courses in high school as well or if they're native speakers looking for a GPA booster or something...I don't want to get screwed by the bell curve....With womens studies, I have to go 2 times a week, at 10:00 and the days I don't have that class I start at 11:00. With German I have to go 4 times a week, with 2 of those times being at 9:30 which kind of sucks.....I can't decide which to take! I have to choose one though. Help me please!
Oh, and neither is directly relevant to my career. I'm going into teaching, majoring in History, minoring in Art. I don't live in a place that speaks much German either. I am German though.
Pytanie #32:
In my GCSEs I got
A for German, history and maths
B in religious studies..
However, I got A* in English literature and language.. I am thinking about taking literature but don't know which subject to replace it with.. I'm firm about taking maths, so replacing that isn't an option.
I'm more inclined in replacing either German or philosophy, mainly because I'm not sure whether I am that good at German and because I got a B in RS.
So what experiences have you got in either of these subjects and what do you recommend I do?
Do you think I should even replace any subject? I mean, they're all respected subjects.
I didn't enjoy English at all because of my teacher, however, I am moving to a different school so teaching might be different.
I am intrigued by philosophy and languages but have no idea how I will cope..
Pytanie #33:
I got my GCSE results yesterday and I was disappointed as some of the results were not as good as I was predicted. Today at enrollment for school sixth form I was even more disappointed when my headteacher said my grades would not get me into a good university course. I wanted to do Classical Civilisations, History, German, Maths and Chemistry in sixth form next year but my school made me take Biology, Chemistry, Maths and History
These are my results:
RE: A
Business Studies: B
Drama: B
English Lang: A*
English Lit: A
German: A
ICT: B
History: A
Maths: B
PE (Sports Leader Award): Pass
Double Award Science: AA
Pytanie #34:
It is a matter of history that when the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Dwight Eisenhower, found the victims of the death camps he ordered all possible photographs to be taken, and for the German people from surrounding villages to be ushered through the camps and even made to bury the dead.
He did this because he said in words to this effect:
'Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened'
This week, the UK debated whether to remove The Holocaust from its school curriculum because it 'offends' the Muslim population which claims it never occurred. It is not removed as yet. However, this is a frightening portent of the fear that is gripping the world and how easily each country is giving into it.
It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.
Now, more than ever, with Iran, among others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it is imperative to make sure the world never forgets
How many years will it be before the attack on the World Trade Center
NEVER HAPPENED because it offends the Muslim population
Well Moron, your quite right, this is not a recent piece of news, YA is however an open forum to ask questions, you with the programme
Jim Em, take a look at this .www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article764440.ece
Pytanie #35:
Hey everyone :) I'm from Germany and I work on a school project about Anglo-German relations. To top the whole thing off I need questionnaires... So it would be great if you could answer the following questions (please give reasons too). Unfortunately I can only use answers from British people, but feel free to answer even if you are not from Britain. Thanks a lot!
What comes to your mind when you hear the word “Germany”?
How do you imagine the typical German?
Do you feel any antipathy in regard to the Germans?
Would you like to live in Germany?
Are you interested in Germany history, way of living, culture?
Pytanie #36:
I really want to do economics and management at oxford but I just wanted to know if i have the grades to do it, i'm 15, my gcse predictions are:
English Lit. A*
English A
German A*
Biology A*
Chemistry A*
Physics A*
Latin A*
History A*
Geography A*
and i already have:
Maths A*
RE shortcourse A*
Maths AS, A
Maths A2, A
I will probably do the A levels:
Economics
German
History
Chemistry
Physics
and I will probably do Further Maths A level this year
I also take part in a few extra-curricular stuff like:
Duke of Edinburgh Bronze, (now doing silver, and will probably do world challenge)
CCF RAF section
Maths Challenges
Do you think I have a shot at getting into oxford?
Pytanie #37:
I'm seriously depressed right now, this is what I got :
Science - C
Add. Science - D
German - C
Latin - D
History - B
R.S - B
Business -B
Maths - C
ICT - U (Didn't do coursework)
English - B
English Lit - B
Do my two D's count as passes? Or do I only have 8 GCSE's?
Wow Jane thank you. :) You've made me feel a bit better. The main reason I was feeling depressed was because of friends results and my hopes of getting a couple of A's. But you've made me realise that yeah I managed to pass the ones I need in the future. SO thanks!
Pytanie #38:
Religous Studies A
Business Studies A
History A*
English lit A
English Lang A
Citizenship C
Geography A
PE short course A
Maths A
German B
Science B
Additional science B
Pytanie #39:
I've just got my GCSE results and they are as follows:
English - A*
English Lit - A*
French - A*
German - A*
History - A*
Music - A*
Religious Education (short course) - A*
Citizenship (short course) - A
Core Science - A
Maths - B
Additional Science - B
I'm planning on taking Eng Lit, French, German, and History for AS Level. I'd like to read Eng Lit at university and I'm seriously considering applying to Oxford. I've heard from various sources that the average applicant has 6-7 A* GCSE grades, but does anyone have any more specific information?
Also, is it worth seeing if I can somehow retake the short course citizenship exam? I took it at the end of Year 10 and only got an A due to bad time management and not reading the paper properly. I chose not to retake it the following November, and now wish I had. Is it really worth it?
Please help! :) xx
Thanks for the feedback, everyone :) Yeah, I am lacking slightly in the life skills department! I'm hoping the maths/science won't matter too much as I'm not applying for anything related to those subjects, so I'll just have to work really hard on getting As/A*s at A-Level.
Hi Shane,
That's a bit weird - I haven't heard of two languages at A Level being frowned upon before, and I know someone who got into UCL to study Eng Lit with A-Levels in French, Spanish, English Lit, and History. There have been quite a few articles lately about a crisis in languages, with fewer students taking French and German - plus languages are considered amongst the hardest subjects. I thought about music but it's not classed as a 'traditional' subject, and I'm really not A-Level standard for maths!
Also, I definitely don't want to give up German because I would hate to lose the ability to speak a language. But thanks for the advice! :)
Pytanie #40:
Soaring speeches....idealism, desperation, propaganda...SLOTH......
Pytanie #41:
I got these GCSE's:
Maths A
Statistics A
Food tech B
History A
German A
English lit A
English language A
Biology A
Physics A
Chemistry A
OCR level 2 ICT Merit
short course:
PE- C
RE- C
working life- 2
will i be allowed to do all 3 sciences, maths and further maths for A-level?
Can someone help me with this as well please?
Click Here
Pytanie #42:
I am 14 years old and live in the UK. When I leave school I was planning on going to collage for about 2.5 years. After that, i was planning on getting a job for one year, then after the year is gone, when i am around 19-20, i wanted to join the Royal Navy. I wanted to become an officer and become an Aircrew officer pilot.
For my GCSE's, My automatic options were Maths,English,Science,IT,Pshce, and RE. I picked for my additional 3 subjects - History, German and PE. It says i need 5 GCSE's(A*-C) which i think i can get. I am very good at History, and im good at pe, and in german, i think im above average. In English, i can improve but since im going into year 10 i will focus more. Im good at maths, i got a 6C in the end of year test, which is pretty good for me. In IT i need to focus more. but i will get better. In science, i had a teacher who wouldnt teach, she was basically the worst in the school, she didnt like me because i am chatty, she never taught me and i think i could do better at science.
It also says i need 180 UCAS points. i do not know what these are and how i can achieve them. I would appreciate if someone would tell me.
Also I would want to get tattoos, and alot of them around my body. Would this be allowed?
Thanks for all your help.
Pytanie #43:
was this , in fact, his nick name.."Bomber Harrison"?
was he scottish or where he was from?? what happened to him during the war and after the war with Korea ? was he in any other wars?
how he is looked at today by history book writers as well as general ideas given about him on the history channel etc?
how they hold this man responsible for killing german civilians and how many is he repsonsible for killing? do you think this is right since THIS WAS HIS JOB? if you are a general..you are required to subdue the enemy? or why the British were not concentrating on destroying the Germany factories instead of bombing apartment complexes? (did they in fact bomb apartments or 'flats" in german cities? how often? and why?)
thanks for your answers!
SORRY, IT IS SPELLED "HARRIS" HIS LAST NAME
Click Here **http%3a//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Harris_(RAF_officer)
Pytanie #44:
as well as how many felt about being ruled by a "dutch" monarchy of the house of Orange from the Netherlands? was this unprecedented in British history as well?
when , if ever in British history had German or Dutch monarch ruled Britain? as i know the Normans and the Scottish did, but was the house of hanover or the house of "windsor" no the FIRST Germany monarchs to rule Britain as well as they had relations with the Kaiser in Germany as well as they were both related to the wife of Tsar Nicholas in Russia..so was this unprecendented in history to have 3 related familes ruling both Russia , Germany as well as the "Great" Britain?
why even the Scottish and Welsh men fought for "King Billy" of the Netherlands against their own from Ireland? what prompted this?
please explain what you can
thanks for your answers!
Pytanie #45:
where is there proof that the Nazis thought this?
and what is a "Sub human"? what is meant by this? how the Slavic people heard about this and is this why the nazis refused to allow the Slavic people in the Ukraine or elsewhere to join them against fighting Stalin? is there also proof that this happened? where or from where there is proof?
which qualities they possessed that made them "Sub humans" according to the Nazis? as the "Slavic" tribes are reknowned in history for being very physically strong, as well as mentally strong..so is this a bit of a ignorant opinion by Hitler? how he could have been this misinformed or ignorant? especially since he was so educated in other things?
please explain as well as give your own opinion.
were many "Germans" also partially at least "Slavic"?
Pytanie #46:
Share your family history! Any relatives who fought in famous conflicts or involved in history in any way? What is your family heritage? thanks!
lol get ready for a long tale.
My paternal great grandfather was a polish jew whose parents where killed during nazi occupation but he survived and fought as a partisan when he was still a child. After world war 2 with the war over and having no family in poland he eventually migrated to what is now called isreal and joined the Central Institute for Coordination now known as Massod where he became a nazi hunter.
Meanwhile during WW2 my maternal great grand father was the son of a religious king of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria, he was the heir to the Nri kingdom. he was pressed into military service for britain, where he fought in North Africa and then later in Burma i think. He was then captured by the Japanese, his name was Kenkwikage Njoku, i dont know if i spelt it right. after WW2 on his way back home while he was in North Africa he met my paternal great grand father Benedict Jacob Lazarus who was on his way to what was then British Palestine. They met in egypt aparently jacob saved Njoku from being captured by arab slave dealers. While there they both worked briefly as police for the British Empire then Jacob married my maternal great grand mother a nurse who was an Ethiopian Jew called Afework and they both moved to Isreal.
Njoku finally moved back to nigeria where he tried to invest the money he had made during his military career in buisnesses but was restricted by the white british colonists. fortunately he came from a rich family and through connections got an education and became a lowly civil servant which he hated, he still kept in contact with jacob. during this time my great grandfather njoku began to really hate the british and white people in general as he felt stifled due to discrimination by the british from jobs he was qualified for . and the stories of german concentration camps that jacob told him about didnt help. so during the kenyan mau mau revolt he was quick to sneak to kenya and volunteer, unfortunately the revolt did not end well and he returned to nigeria on 1st october 1960 on nigerias independence day. meanwhile jacob fought in the six day war in isreals golan hights or something like that, he eventually retired from mossad, by then already had a son my grand father joseph lazarus, who wanted to join mossad like his dad to hunt nazis. unfortunately not just being half black but also looking half black he couldnt join.
instead he joined the isreali armed forces dis illusioned from racism he was part of the contingent of isreali mecenaries that where sent to nigeria to support biafra the igbo dominated rebellion movement, while there he seeked out his fathers friend kenkwikage Njoku, my maternal great grand father. while in eastern nigeria he met my maternal grandfather kenkwikages son Osueke Njoku. who was an igbo resistance fighter. the fought together as joseph believed the biafran/igbo cause was just and saw the genocide by nigerians towards them the same way as that suffered by jews in poland. after biafra lost the war, he returned to isreal and fought in the yon kappur war during which he married a mixed egyptian nubian nurse called arafat, who became my paternal grand mother. they both had a child among many others a son called Benedict Joseph Lazarus. mean while Osueke Njoku my maternal grand father settled down in eastern nigeria and married an indian woman called deya the daughter of an indian teacher who remained in nigeria after the british left., they had a daughter among other children called Esther Deya Njoku. well to cut a long story short my father Benedict Joseph Lazarus settled in nigeria from isreal and married my mother Esther Deya Njoku and i was born as Benedict Enyinnaya Njoku-Lazarus a bantu son of anarchy lol. i know i always told my families stories during my schools show and tell along with my grand parents pictures and weapon from the wars and stuffs from the wars
Pytanie #47:
I am Really confused on what all these mean and the website i was given has been taken off and changed ect: So i need so help with the questions Please. I will be very grateful who helps (: Thanks.
Questions :
1.Hitlers early life – Where was he born ? when was he born? What did he do in Vienna?
2. What did Hitler do in the first world war?
3. Why was he angry at the end of the war?
4. When was the Germanys workers party formed and wo was its original leader?
5. Who did they blame for Germanys problems?
6. What did their 25 point programme say?
7. Where did the name national socialist German workers party come from?
8.What happened during the Munich putsch? ( 5 bullet points)
9. What did Hitler want ( as written in his book mien kampf)?
10. How did Hitler organise the Nazi party?
11. What was significant about the Munich putsch for Hitler’s methods?
12. How many seats in the Reichstag did the Nazis win in the elections 1924-28?
13. What work did hitler do with the nazi party to make them more popular between 1924- 1928?
14. when did Hitler become chancellor of germany?
15. who were the president and vice-chancellor?
Pytanie #48:
i have to run a lesson for my history class, and i'm doing it on how homeless/disabled/etc. people were put in concentration camps (specifically 24th of november 1933 approx) and why hitler/germans put them in there.
I don't exactly know what i'm going to do for the lesson, whether get them to watch a video, write stuff down, read and quiz them or something.......
if you have any ideas on what i could do for the lesson please tell me! I'm still trying to find good info :S
thank you!!!
Pytanie #49:
is it Hanover Germany? where is that really?
and WHY and how the this German Royal family came to the throne of England? i know the Dutch were INVITED there by Queen Mary ..but why the Hanovers who were Germans were invited there and when? how they dealt with the aftermath of WWI and WWII too btw?
what happened if refused to serve in their war during WWI and WWII?
please explain
thanks for your answers!
Pytanie #50:
I need to decide on a schedule of mine. But I'm not sure whether I should take Honors Algebra 2 or AP Psychology with the following schedule.
(I'll be a Sophomore in High School)
AP US History
Honors LA10
Biology
Honors Geometry
German 3
I need to decide whether to take AP Psychology or Honors Algebra 2 because I like both...
If I take Honors Algebra 2, then I can get to AP Calculus BC by senior year which would allow me to take AP Physics C Senior year also...I need some advice!
** Powered by Yahoo Answers