OF LOPE DE VEGA Lope de Vega (full name Félix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio) was well known throughout the world as The Phoenix of Spain. He lived his life to become one of the most important playwrights and poets of the Spanish Golden Century Baroque. Born in Madrid on November 25th 1562‚ he started showing his enormous talent for writing at an early age. During his lifetime he wrote over 1800 comedia pieces and hundreds shorter dramatic pieces of which around 500 were published. Lope de Vega transformed
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industrial purposes or in the luxury sector (gemstones) Diamond jewellery is worth more than US$72 billion per year (very high profitability) The biggest slice of the cake A giant’s first steps Founded in 1888 in South Africa by Cecil Rhodes‚ De Beers quickly obtained a dominant position in the world diamond market. In just a few years‚ DeBeers became the leading company of an international cartel‚ mostly thanks to Ernest Oppenheimer and its heirs. “Common sense tells us that the only way
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El Camino de Santiago “The Way” is one of the most inspirational movies I have ever witnessed. It centers around a man‚ his son‚ and their journey along the Camino de Santiago. Tom‚ an esteemed Doctor‚ learns that his son has passed away in a storm while traveling along the Camino de Santiago. The movie shows scenes of the father-son relationship between Tom‚ and his son and it quickly becomes clear that the two did not always see eye-to-eye. Tom learns that his son has passed away‚ and immediately
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The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói — MAC) is situated in the city of Niterói‚ Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil‚ and is one of the city’s main landmarks. It was completed in 1996. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer with the assistance of structural engineer Bruno Contarini‚ who had worked with Niemeyer on earlier projects‚ the MAC-Niterói is 16 meters high; its cupola has a diameter of 50 metres with three floors. The museum projects itself over Boa Viagem (“Bon Voyage‚” “Good
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STRATEGY: INDUSTRY AND COMPETITION Problem Set 3 1. Throughout the 1990s‚ several developments contributed to the loss of market-share of the Central Selling Organization‚ which inevitably led to diminishing profits for De Beers. In 1991‚ the Soviet Union collapsed and this disintegration brought down the exclusivity that the CSO had enjoyed for so long. Indeed‚ the fall of communism made it difficult for the cartel to protect its trading agreements. As such‚ only limited shares of the Russian
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Duchess de Alba (Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Alvarez de Toledo (1762-1802): -fashioned herself after the fiery maja-serves as a flirtatious role-play emblematic of aristocrats during the enlightenment‚ epitome of spanishness -proactively challenged conventional feminine roles/conduct‚ elevating national dress to the level of high couture to assert her individualism -Jean-Marc Nattier’s Madame AdelaYde-de-france as Diana + Goya’s Duchess of Alba as a Maja feature aristocrates in role-playing
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Cabeza de Vaca experienced many changes throughout the years he spent with the natives‚ both in himself and in his view of the native people. At first‚ his opinion and relationship with the indians was not a good one. However‚ after receiving much help from them during the difficult times in their expedition‚ his respect for the native people grew. Also‚ after getting lost and having to survive alone in the wilderness with no food‚ he changed significantly as a man. He somehow kept himself alive
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problems. Not surprisingly‚ when Lazarillo de Tormes was written‚ albeit anonymously‚ it was a popular book with reprintings‚ additions of extra parts and even other editions. The picaresque figure‚ which featured in this slapstick comedy‚ intertwined with a number of themes ranging from hypocrisy‚ deceit‚ religious satire‚ poverty and hunger through to corruption‚ fortune and honour. Whether it represented an
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De Morgan’s laws In formal logic‚ De Morgan’s laws are rules relating the logical operators "and" and "or" in terms of each other via negation‚ namely: (A U B)’=A’ ∩ B’ (A ∩ B)’=A’ U B’ The rules can be expressed in English as: "The negation of a conjunction is the disjunction of the negations." and "The negation of a disjunction is the conjunction of the negations." The law is named after Augustus De Morgan (1806–1871) who introduced a formal version of the laws to classical propositional
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This assignment will focus on the life of Robert de Niro. Robert de Niro he is American and was born 17.08.1943 in New York. He is an actor‚ director and producer. His father was Italian and Irish and his mother was of English‚ German‚ French and Dutch ancestry. De Niro’s parents divorced when he was three years old. De Niro attended PS41 a public elementary school in Manhatan through the sixth grade and then went to the private Elisabeth Irvin High School. For the seventh
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