powerful Medici family had a profound impact on a great many lives‚ but few to the extent of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527). As a leading political thinker Machiavelli personally dealt with the Medici‚ and as a writer their influence was all the weightier‚ exemplified especially in The Prince and The History of Florence (Hereafter Istorie); both works in which Machiavelli paid considerable attention to the way the Medici would envisage his work. The relationship between Machiavelli and the Medici is particularly
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Alain de Botton claimed that humorists entertain‚ but can also say things without punishment. I agree with him because we have freedom of speech in America. Even though‚ everyone might not agree with what’s being said‚ it is good to voice your own opinion and not just follow the crowd. Humorists can sometimes say some bad jokes. It is best to ignore these jokes if you don’t agree with them. For example‚ Saturday Night Live gets away with saying stuff about our government or our media. The humor on
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GESTION DES RESSOURCES HUMAINES ET CRÉATION DE VALEUR ORGANISATIONNELLE : CONCEPTS ET OUTILS DE MESURE Florence Noguera‚ Djamel Khouatra RÉSUMÉ Cette recherche étudie la relation entre la gestion des ressources humaines et la création de valeur organisationnelle. Elle montre que la gestion stratégique des ressources humaines est un facteur déterminant dans le processus de création de valeur organisationnelle. Prenant appui sur deux cas de recherche-intervention‚ l’une du secteur de l’agroalimentaire
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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was born in 1090. He was given the nickname "El Cid"‚ which is derived from the Arabic word sayyid or “sir”. El Cid inspired the writing of “Cantar Del Mio Cid” or The Poem of The Cid. There are many speculations as to who the real writer of the Poem of the Cid‚ however the real author or authors are unknown. The Poem of The Cid is the oldest Spanish epic and is one of the four most important Spanish books of all time. Although it is inspired by the the real Cid‚ who was a
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After reading the short text called “A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies‚” by Bartolomé de Las Casas‚ I was surprised at the brutality and coldheartedness of the Spaniards towards the Indian natives. I knew that they did some horrible things from previous history classes and what not‚ but actually reading about some of the specific things they did was a bit hard to take in. An example of this is the following quote: “And thus pregnant and nursing women and children and old persons and
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LIMITES DE ATUAÇÃO DOS AGENTES DO MERCADO DE CAPITAIS BRASILEIRO Operating limits for the Brazilian Capital Market’s entities Clara Gazzinelli de Almeida Cruz[1] |Resumo | |Abstract | | | | | |Este artigo tem como objetivo definir os limites de atuação
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The setting of the science fictional world which I’ll be referencing comes from the short story “Immersion” by Aliette de Bodard. It seems to take place in the future after a war of great magnitude. Within the story‚ it does reference Old Earth‚ to insinuate the characters resemble earthlings of human form. Was it believable? Yes‚ I would say‚ I believe it would be highly possible for mankind to seek out living amongst the stars in spaceships the size of cities. With the current rave about a manned
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Essay #3 - Dos de Philipe King Philip II ruled over the western Habsburg kingdom‚ which included Spain‚ Portugal‚ Naples‚ Sicily‚ and Sardinia. When he got married to Mary I‚ he then ruled over England and Ireland. There were major challenges that Philip II faced during his reign. Some of the problems were finances and control over some of his countries‚ such as Spain and the Netherlands. Philip II had many problems throughout Spain since the time it had grown unstable. Philip II had
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“Woman as Other” De Beauvoir’s “Woman as Other” lays out an elaborate argument on gender inequality; using the term “other” to establish woman’s alternate‚ lesser important role throughout her work‚ the author dissects and examines from its origin the female’s secondary position in society in contrast to man. Indeed‚ from the beginning of recorded history‚ the duality of man‚ by definition‚ positions woman at the opposing end of the spectrum in relation to her male counterpart. Even by today’s
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Francisco Vazquez de Coronado began his expedition from February 1540 to August 1542 to find fame‚ fortune‚ to explore the stories of the cities of gold that had been circulating‚ and to convert Indians to Catholicism. One such claim that Friar Marcos just came back from a journey that he had just taken‚ and he was telling the people of what he saw. When Antonio de Mendoza‚ the viceroy‚ found out about the city of gold he sent Coronado to find the city and establish trade. Vazquez de Coronado was selected
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