Juan Ponce de Leon Juan Ponce de Leon was born around 1460 in San Tervas de Campos‚ Spain. He was the first Spanish explorer to arrive in Florida. In 1493‚ Ponce de Leon and Christopher Columbus sailed together on Columbus’ 2nd voyage to America. They had settled on an island named Hispaniola‚ which is present day Dominican Republic‚ where Ponce de Leon had become governor at. In 1506‚ he had discovered an island close by named Borinquen‚ and during his time here‚ he found lots of gold. Once
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Prescribed Question: How does the text conform‚ or deviate from‚ the conventions of a short story and for what purpose? Guy de Maupassant has a dark humor and likes to see Mathilde and her husband struggle. In The Necklace a women named Mathilde is lended a diamond necklace for a ball by a women named Madame Forestier. When she and her husband get home from the ball‚ they realize the diamond necklace is missing. Instead of telling Madame Forestier she lost her necklace‚ Mathilde and
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Uno de los principales elementos con los que cuenta una organización es la motivación‚ independientemente de su tamaño ya que a través de ella puede mejorar su productividad y así generar mayores ganancias y elevar la rentabilidad de la compañía. Resulta sumamente necesario establecer metas claras que puedan ser entendidas por las personas para poder alcanzarlas‚ es por ello que vemos que día a día más empresas optan por este sistema de recompensas y establecimiento de metas para aumentar sus ingresos
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In “The Necklace”‚ written by Guy De Maupassant‚ Madame Losiel‚ a main character‚ is seen by readers as an ungrateful human being. As the author develops her character throughout the story‚ many readers can produce many assumptions about Madame Losiel by the way she acts and by the remarks she makes. It is quite obvious that Madame Losiel is miserable with her life. This causes her to have many negative characteristics that many people do not wish to posses. With her pessimistic attitude‚ many readers
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Logline: A man with OCD who attempts to commit suicide by hanging keeps getting distracted by a talking‚ polymorphic cat that tells him what to do. Theme: Plein de Vie in French means full of life; being distracted by life. Even in our worst moments life is full of distractions that keeps us alive. Rough Outline: The man makes three attempts; The first attempt he makes‚ a black cat suddenly appears on the window sill and to his surprise starts talking to him without moving its mouth. It urges
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Acme Home Improvements de México‚ SA de CV Project Charter AMBA640 Section 9044 Professor Jon-David Knode Team Two Joyce Buchanan Mamta Bumb Eugene Chung Tyler David Kalogeros-Treschuk Nico A Washington Project Title: Acme Home Improvements de Mexico City – New Construction Project Start Date: August 1‚ 2010 Project Finish Date: August 1‚ 2011 Budget Information: The budget will be initiated at $20 million‚ with the majority of funds going to land acquisition‚ the initial
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with wealth and the fear of mediocrity in life‚ which‚ inevitably‚ leads to a realization that true happiness in life consists of more than what money could ever buy. These realizations are sometimes painful‚ as seen in the story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Born a commoner‚ Mathilde Loisel had always dreamt of a life in the high society. As it was‚ she never seemed to be able to reach that plateau. Money has always had the power to separate every day people into classes. A person will be
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Tomás Luis de Victoria was born in Avila Spain in 1548‚ he was the seventh of 11 children. At a young age‚ he became a choirboy and studied under many Spanish composers. In 1562 Victoria went to Rome to study music at Jesuit Collegio Germanico. While in Rome many believed‚ Victoria studied under the maestro di cappella Palestrina. In September 1571 Victoria began teaching music at Jesuit Collegio Germanico‚ and shortly after became the maestro di cappella. In 1583 Victoria expressed his wishes of
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Over the years I have developed a distaste for the spectacle of joie de vivre‚ the knack of knowing how to live. Not that I disapprove of all hearty enjoyment of life. A flushed sense of happiness can overtake a person anywhere‚ and one is no more to blame for it than the Asiatic flu or a sudden benevolent change in the weather (which is often joy’s immediate cause). No‚ what rankles me is the stylization of this private condition into a bullying social ritual. The French‚ who have elevated
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Alan de Botton’s views on the vital role of humorists in conveying unpopular or difficult to say perspectives is mostly incorrect. While it is undeniable that humorists are allowed to say some things other people normally can’t‚ the role of humorists in society is not vital because of these messages‚ nor is this immunity all-powerful in protecting these humorists from backlash. The vital function of humorists in society is not to be some sort of activist (society has enough of those already)‚ but
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