In 1673‚ Father Jacques Marquette‚ a Jesuit missionary‚ and Louis Joliet‚ a fur trader‚ undertook an expedition to explore the unsettled territory in North America from the Great Lakes region to the Gulf of Mexico for the colonial power of France. Leaving with several men in two bark canoes‚ Marquette and Joliet entered the Mississippi River and arrived in present-day Arkansas in June 1673. They were considered the first Europeans to come into contact with the Indians of east Arkansas since Hernando
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Louis Joliet was a French-Canadian explorer‚ born before September 21‚ 1645‚ in or around Quebec. His mom was named Marie d’Abancourt and father Jean Joliet. Joliet was the brother of Adrien Joliet‚ Marie Joliet and Zacharie Joliet. He was baptized on September 21‚ 1645. He entered a Jesuit school‚ and began studying to become a priest. He also studied music‚ becoming a skilled harpsichordist and also became a church organist. He was the husband of Claire-Françoise Bissot de la Rivière. Joliet
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Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) is a French multinational luxury goods conglomerate. Its headquarters are located in France‚ Paris. LVMH was formed after the merger of Louis Vuitton (fashion producer) and Moet Hennessy (cognac manufacturer) in 1987. The company controls around 60 subsidiaries which are often managed independently and each one of them manage a small number of prestigious brands. The main holding company of LVMH is Christian Dior - a luxury goods group. LVMH is the largest luxury
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Cosi by Louis Nowra is a play within a play‚ Meta Theatre‚ and is a semi-autobiographical‚ touching and a biting portrayal of human relationships and mental illness. Prior to the 1970s‚ people who suffered from ‘mental disorders’ were sent to mental institutes in order to prevent them from bringing shame onto their families and the community. The ‘illnesses’ ranged from true mental instability‚ such as OCD and schizophrenia‚ to alcoholics and drug abusers. This is what Nowra’s play is based around
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After he took power‚ Louis XIV made the nobility tax exempt‚ so the heavy burden of the taxes lied on the peasants‚ which made their already hard lives even tougher. In document 3‚ it explains how Louis XIV keeps his courtier in line so that they stay diligent in pleasing him. The documents also depicts his oppressiveness‚ stating that Louis XIV had many spies that tattled on anyone of any class which ruined the person’s life since
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Do No Harm Louis Lasagna created a modern retelling of the Hippocratic oath‚ which has the statement “I will apply‚ for the benefit of the sick‚ all measures that are required‚ avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.” This brings up the question of just how much control should a person have over their medical treatment. Does an individual get to decide what happens to them or should the medical doctor have final say on their patient’s treatment? As I have worked in
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CEO Report (b graded) Louis R. Chênevert‚ United Technologies Corporation Louis R. Chênevert was born in 1958 in the Quebec province of Canada. Raised on the outskirts of Montreal‚ Chênevert spent his childhood and adolescent years close to his community. With close ties to the area‚ he attended the University of Montreal. In 1979‚ he graduated with a bachelor of commerce in product management. Upon graduating‚ Chênevert was hired by the General Motors Corporation in St. Therese‚ a suburb of
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Every year‚ for the past five years‚ my church youth group has gone on a mission trip to St. Louis. This mission trip was called The St. Louis Project‚ sponsored by Global Encounter. The St. Louis Project was a week long trip‚ during which you would go and have a kids camp at either a church‚ mobile homes‚ or a park to teach children about God‚ then come back to the “home” church‚ where we slept‚ to have worship services. The first year we went was my seventh grade year‚ there was a small group that
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Louis sachar About himself: 1. Born in east meadow New York march 20‚ 1954 2. Moved to Austin‚ texas in 1985 Schooling: 3. Favorite authors: E B white‚ Richard Price‚ Kazuo Ishigaro and E.l Doctorow 4. Not interested in reading and writing till high school. 5. “Sachar attended Antioch College for a semester before transferring to University of California‚ Berkeley‚ | 6. I thought it over and decided it was a pretty good deal. College credits‚ no homework‚ no term papers
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Poetry Analysis In the poem Football by Louis Jenkins‚ the author makes a new affiliation between football and life. Jenkins juxtaposes the idea of playing the decision maker on the football field as a quarterback with daily decisions of life. The poem is about a quarterback who has taken the snap from center and now has to make a decision on what his next move is. As he is pondering through his ideas‚ he closely begins to analyze his how his signal calling on the field relates to his judgments
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