Louis XIV Louis XIV‚ a marvelous leader during his reign (1643-1715)‚ was a prime example of an absolutist ruler. He used his position to expand the power of his government with projects like the expansion of the Chateau de Versailles‚ completed in 1688. Despite the unimaginable cost of the monumental construction of Versailles that exhausted much of France ’s finances‚ its creation was beneficial for the French government‚ foreign influence‚ and the historical impact on France and the world.
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TERRESTRIAL THINGS Poems Ingrid de Kok Kwela/Snailpress Acknowledgements I would like to thank the Rockefeller Foundation for granting me a residency in 1999 at the Bellagio Study and Conference Centre in Italy. The period spent there was invaluable. Thanks are also due to the University of Cape Town which awarded me four months of study and research leave in 2001 to complete the book. Acknowledgements are due to the following journals and books‚ in which some of these poems originally appeared:
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Salar de Uyuni Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat located in Bolivia. It is over twelve thousand square kilometers in area‚ which makes it the largest salt flat in the world. It also has the distinction of being the highest salt flats in the world at three thousand seven hundred meters above sea level. From a distance the salt flats look like a huge white sea. When there is rain then something magical happens. The salt flats become a mirror of the sky. The origins
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Bibliography: http://www.theartstory.org/artist-de-kooning-willem.htm http://www.biography.com/people/willem-de-kooning-9270057 http://quote.robertgenn.com/auth_search.php?authid=58 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/153632/Willem-de-Kooning http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=3213 http://www.themontrealreview.com/2009/Between-sense-and-de-Kooning-by-Richard-Shiff.php 1. 2. 3. 4.
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Jordan University of Science and Technology Computer Engineering Department Cryptography & Network Security CPE (541) HW#5 Contemporary Symmetric Ciphers (Double-DES‚ Triple-DES & Blowfish) Supervised by: Dr Loái Tawalbeh Eng. Sulaiman Al-Basheer Simsam R.Hijjawi 20022171043 Review Problems: 6.1 What is the triple encryption? It is a three-stages encryption with three different keys‚ to avoid costly requirements arises
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Olympe de Gouges was a woman who lived in France during the French Revolution. She was a feminist and an abolitionist. She accomplished many things during her life. One of the things she accomplished was writing pieces of literature and plays. She was the first woman to publish books and plays using her own name and not a male pseudonym. Every woman who was a playwright before her had used male pseudonyms to avoid being criticised for it. Her first play was called The Generous Man‚ and it was about
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The American War against De Jure and De Facto Discrimination Throughout the semester‚ we have examined the differences between de jure segregation‚ that which is written into law‚ such as slavery and Jim Crow‚ and de facto segregation‚ that which is seen as customary. Even though the battle against de jure discrimination has been a victorious one‚ with the desegregation of the American military and federal government in the 1940s‚ the reversal of Plessy vs. Ferguson in the 1950s‚ and the passing
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MA. GIEMELCA E. CANSON BSMA-4 MWF 6:00-7:00 pm PROJECT FEASIBILITY PROPOSAL Tinta de Alugbati ALTERNATIVE BALLPOINT INK Too expensive ballpoints‚ too classy ballpoint cases‚ too wondrous thick ink writings. Those are for what? When we all need is a decent penmanship? Anyhow‚ there will be exemptions too. Like‚ we need to have those tiny and “clean” ballpoint inks for such important write ups‚ but for us ordinary students‚ who are not that capable of having those dollar-cost pens‚ we’re
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In De Paisano a Paisano: Negotiations and Resistance between Migrants and Cultural Industries by Martha Chew-Sanchez‚ she discusses how corridos music has shaped and influenced many Latinos and Latinas in Mexico and the United States. She focuses her chapter on how corridos music is advertised and made mainstream for many people to listen. Chew-Sanchez discusses Los Tigris del Norte‚ who are a well-known famous corridos band and how they play an important role for many Latinos and Latinas. The Mexican
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Global Capital Markets 2014: The Quest for Revenue Growth by Philippe Morel‚ Nick Gardiner‚ Gwenhaël Le Boulay‚ James Malick‚ Pierre Paoli‚ Sukand Ramachandran‚ Shubh Saumya‚ and Astrid Woloszczuk MAY 06‚ 2014 Overview The capital markets and investment banking (CMIB) industry continues to try to navigate its way through a transformational period that requires tough strategic choices. Declining revenues‚ an extremely challenging regulatory climate‚ clients that demand higher service levels and
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