Francis Drake was born around 1540-1544 in Devonshire‚ England. He was the eldest of 12 sons born to Edmund Drake and Mary Mylwaye Drake. Francis was apprenticed to a merchant who sailed coastal waters trading goods between England and France. He took to navigation well and was soon enlisted by his relatives‚ the Hawkinses. By the 1560s‚ Francis Drake was given command of his own ship‚ the Judith‚ with a small fleet. They sailed to South Africa to buy slaves and then travelled to Spain to sell
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Saint Francis was a very interesting person. He went from being a spoiled‚ wild child to devoting his life to God. He gave up his lavish lifestyle‚ parties‚ dream of becoming a knight‚ and his family for a new life with God. Francis had become a new‚ religious man. It took Francis a little while to understand‚ how to live the way God had intended him to. Once Francis knew how God wanted him to live his life‚ he proudly served God. Doing this‚ Francis received followers. Francis had established
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Did you know that out of the 266 popes; Pope Francis is the first from the Americas? Pope Francis‚ also referred to as “The People’s Pope” (Time Magazine) became the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13‚ 2013. He is the highest figure in the Catholic Church and the first non-European Pope in 1‚200 years. This significant leader will forever leave an imprint on the world. Pope Francis is without a doubt one of the most influential people in today’s history. One could know this man
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S TUDIES serve for delight‚ for ornament‚ and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament‚ is in discourse; and for ability‚ is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute‚ and perhaps judge of particulars‚ one by one; but the general counsels‚ and the plots and marshalling of affairs‚ come best from those that are learned. To spendtoo much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament‚ is affectation; to make judgment
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1. Francis Joseph became emperor in 1848 over the Habsburg domains and ruled until 1916. However‚ his reforms in his administration and government proved to be a weakness in the empire. The basic weakness of the empire was created in 1860‚ when Francis Joseph issued the October Diploma‚ creating a federation among the states and the provinces of the empire. This dictated the abolition of local diets dominated by the landed classes and a single parliament. In 1861‚ he issued the February Patent‚ creating
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Annotated Bibliography 1. Adrian Clark‚ Francis Bacon (British Art Journal‚ GALE‚ March 9‚ 2009)‚ 90. URL:http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE|A219821780&v=2.1&u=utoronto_main&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&asid=0cb424a3d3dd5acff0f7dceaadace27e. In this article‚ the author Adrian Clark has discussed the large impact of Francis Bacon among the contemporary abstract art in Britain. Being a modern artist‚ Bacon’s works reflected his wrestling against the social issues that appointed to modernity. Bacon
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St. Francis College of Commerce BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY St. Francis University was a medium-sized private University‚ located in a major port city in Visayas. The University is well known for its engineering and Science degree courses and was one of the better private universities in the city. The university had a total enrollment of about 26‚000 at both the graduate and the undergraduate levels. The College of Commerce was a major unit of the University. However‚ it has only 3000 student enrollees
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FORTUNE is like the market; where many times if you can stay a little‚ the price will fall. Again‚ it is sometimes like Sibylla’s offer; which at first‚ offereth the commodity at full‚ then consumeth part and part‚ and still holdeth up the price. For occasion (as it is in the common verse) turneth a bald noddle‚ after she hath presented her locks in front‚ and no hold taken; or at least turneth the handle of the bottle‚ first to be received‚ and after the belly‚ which is hard to clasp. There is surely
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Francis Keala was Honolulu Police Department’s former chief‚ beginning 1969 and retiring in 1983. He is a Saint Louis graduate‚ and went to the University of Hawaii and got his bachelor’s degree in sociology. Not much is known about his early life. In the Honolulu Police Department‚ he spent 25 years as the police chief. His main goal was to focus on the drug abuse in Hawaii. He had commanded several operations‚ including “Operation Hukilau”. Francis is the first police chief with a college
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