For this week’s reflection assignment‚ we were presented with several videos. Of the four‚ I chose to watch the one titled "Tedx: De Extinction: a game changer for conservation biology. The featured presenter is Mr. Stanley Temple‚ a noted conservation biologist who has experience in the preservation of several species. The video was posted to youtube.com by Tedx Talks. Mr. Stanley begins his lecture by stating in his early childhood he was interested in the conservation of animals. This was the
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Jean de la Fontaine La Fontaine‚ the most versatile and most widely celebrated nondramatic poet in seventeenth century France. He has often experienced the misfortune of having the artistry of his works obscured by a host of myths‚ half-truths‚ prejudices‚ and nonaesthetic issues. This great poet‚ has become a "classic". His fables‚ on which his Reputations rests‚ are part of the literary canon of French writers and are studied in schools. His other works‚ however‚ have been rediscovered
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ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE COMUNICAÇÃO SOCIAL ANÁLISE DAS 5 FORÇAS DE PORTER Introdução Michael E. Porter é uma figura essencial do Marketing Estratégico. Autor de quase duas dezenas de livros e artigos‚ sobretudo nas áreas da Estratégia e da Competividade. As Cinco forças de Porter são pela primeira vez mencionadas e estruturadas no seu artigo “How competitive forces shape strategy” para o Harvard Business Review na edição de Março-Abril‚ onde em dez páginas esboça os princípios do que define como
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face of evil. Without the perfection attributed to God and his creation‚ it would be difficult to locate the capacity to forgive and restore order within him. To understand Anselm’s elucidation on this tension‚ I am going to going to discuss his text De Casu Diaboli and the his process of explaining angelic sin Anselm begins his treatise from the first beginning i.e. the creation. Anselm seems to follow in the tradition of St. Augustine in his conception of angelic sin. Augustine held the view that
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Cabeza de Vaca was more memorable than Las Casas’s. I’ve already mentioned what was most memorable about Cabeza de Vaca‚ plus I also stated a list of faults in the last homework assignment. Although Las Casas’s book was short‚ it was an incredibly painful read that became tiresome. His style of writing was repetitive and dull. The whole book could literally be summed up in one sentence‚ “The Spanish were cruel bastards that went to the New World demanding gold then killed‚ enslaved‚ and exploited
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down in art historical literature in Spain during that time frame1. One of this women was the famous sculptor Luisa Roldan while the other was Josefa de Ayala‚ known for her paintings that incorporates a hybrid of styles and a highly personal expression of talents that makes her unique as an artist during that time period. My paper will explore Josefa de Ayala’s painting Nativity‚ done in 1669 and currently displayed at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon‚ to showcase how Ayala became known
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Poema A Julia de Burgos a. ¿Cómo se da el desdoblamiento de la voz poética en clase alta y clase pobre? El desdoblamiento de la voz poética presenta dos corrientes conflictivas‚ inherentes al existir en medio de una sociedad desigual e injusta. Se desarrolla como dialogo entre dos discursos en debate‚ a través del desdoblamiento irónico y autocritico del yo poético. El cuestionamiento de matices sociales es llevado hasta las últimas consecuencias. Se puede entender que la mujer
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Vita: Part One As Eugene de Mazenod moved through life he became aware that Christ wanted to unite the whole human race. Therefore‚ de Mazenod devoted much of his work to the evangelization of the poor as he spoke through Spanish martyrs and worked to become a perfected individual. Overtime‚ De Mazenod was able to become a fulfilled and perfected person. De Mazenod began his spiritual and life of purpose in 1782 in Aix-en-Provence France living. Eugene was the only son of wealthy aristocratic parents
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Cabeza de Vaca: Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was born in Jerez de la Frontera in the Southern parts of Spain. Cabeza de Vaca enrolled in the Spanish military as a mature man and battled with honor at the clash of Ravenna in 1512 in Italy. Due to his military assistance to the Spanish crown at that time and then well along throughout a short-lived civil war in Spain he earned the promotion as bookkeeper or also known as accountant and a lieutenant in the mission of Panfilo de Narvaez in 1527-1528. Narvaez
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Charles-Louis de Secondat ‚ baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu Born: 18 January 1689 Château de la Brède Died: 10 February 1755 (aged 66) Paris‚ France Family: Jeanne de Lartigue (wife)‚ Jacques de Secondat (father)‚ Marie Françoise de Pesnel (mother) Early Life and Education: Montesquieu was born to wealthy noble parents in southwest France. He attended the Catholic College of Juilly‚ during a time of political change in the British Isles and in the midst of Louis 15th’s succession
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