Joe Social Studies Louis XIV Louis XIV‚ known as Louis the Great or the Sun King was a monarch of the House of Bourbon‚ who ruled as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years is the longest of any monarch of a major country in European history. In this age of absolutism in Europe‚ Louis XIV’s France was a leader in the growing centralization of power. Louis began his personal rule in France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister‚ the
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Louis XIV strove vigorously for supremacy in foreign affairs. He was to use his foreign policy to establish a universal monarchy for himself or alternatively to use it to secure natural frontiers for France thus improving its defenses. He worked successfully to create an absolutist and centralized state. During his reign Louis was involved in four major wars‚ some of which Louis may be accountable as the provocateur; however‚ I believe that mainly his motives were purely defensive. The war of Devolution
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No one knows what he can do until he tries. One day a new student comes into your class and he looks like a quiet person. For a few weeks he seems to be a very nice boy‚ after becoming a part of the crowd his actions of being a nice quiet boy changes. Each day there seems to be a difference in his actions and mannerism. He becomes bold in doing wrong things and displays very little manners and respect for others. He now influences other children in doing wrong as well so that they could get into
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Introduction Mobile One (M1) is a telecommunications company based in Singapore. Launched in 1997‚ it was Singapore’s second largest mobile operator after Singapore Telecommunications. However‚ due to competition with the entry of StarHub in the mobile market‚ it is now the third largest mobile operator in Singapore in terms of number of subscribers. However‚ during its launch it gained tremendous support and managed to hold more than 35000 customers within few weeks. It offered variety of new
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Capital One Financial Corporation 1. How is Capital One’s use of IT different from other mass customization strategies? Capital One uses IT through its information-based strategy (IBS) to “record‚ organize‚ and analyze data on the characteristics and behaviors of their customers‚” as stated by CEO Richard Fairbank. Their philosophy was to exploit information by constructing scientific models that could be used to both assess the creditworthiness of potential cardholders through
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One Cigarette "One Cigarette" is a poem written by Edwin Morgan‚ the poem is narrated by a lover who is reminiscent of his lover‚ he uses the cigarette as a symbol of their passionate love affair. The poem progresses with the narrator who is caught up in his memories with his lover and ending with the fact he his left alone only with a memory. Morgan uses of the cigarette as the symbol of love‚ which is something to be seen as unattractive but imbues it with attractive qualities because it is
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ALCOHOL ABUSE‚ SELF ESTEEM AND TEENAGE PREGNANCY AMONG ADOLESCENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the study Teenage pregnancy is the pregnancy that occurs under twenty years of age. In Uganda‚ the teenage pregnancy rate stands at 31% according to the Uganda Demographic Health Survey of 2006(UDHS‚ 2006). Regarded as the most troubling aspect of adolescence‚ teenage pregnancy is gradually on the increase and about 60-70% of teenagers are sexually active and due to this in most parts of
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Elizabeth Bishop is a very influential poet of our time. Her poem‚ ‘One Art‚’ is a good model for chapter five’s topics. It contains excellent examples of sound units‚ words‚ ordering of language‚ and implication. Bishop based this poem off villanelle written in iambic pentameter‚ which has an ABA rhyme scheme that forms a couplet rhyme in the end quatrain. This poem is exemplary for expressing the sound units of words‚ and sentences. The sound units of the words are phonetically connected
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for lunch with her teachers. Daniel’s not super good and does everything but he is very average so he’s in the middle. It does not matter what you call them but thy are known as the Y.P.G. It stands for Young People’s Group. The Y.P.G. don’t let no one knock them down no matter who or what stands in their way they’ll break it down. Well all’s well that ends well. The End. TO BE
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by words and preserved by oral tradition. The riddles is from the Aetas of Northern Cagayan province and in the upper half of the Cordillera province known as Kailnga-Apayao .Their riddles usually come in two lines with assonantal rhyme. The first one was written by the Aetas language and followed by an English translation. The answer key follows: 1. Muminuddukam A ningngijjitam. It wears a crown but isn’t a queen. It has scales but isn’t a fish. 2 .Assini nga pinasco ni Apu Nga magismagel yu
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