1. This gentleman (shown in Pic 1) was famous as an astronomer‚ astrologer‚ and alchemist during his lifetime. In his 1573 book De nova stella‚ his precise measurements indicated that the ‘new stars’‚ (now known as supernovae) lacked the parallax expected in sub-lunar phenomena. After his death‚ his body has been exhumed twice (in 1901 and in 2010)‚ in order to examine the circumstances of his death. This was also done to verify what material his artificial nose was made of. The result was that his
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BPI v. DE COSTER 47 PHIL 594 FACTS: On Dec. 29‚ 1921‚ Gabriela Andrea de Coster y Roxas and her husband acting as her agent‚ made to the BPI a certain promissory note for P292‚000‚payable one year after date‚ with interest of 9 per cent per annum and payable monthly. In order to secure the payment thereof‚ Jean M.Poizat and J. M. Poizat and Co. executed a chattel mortgage in favor of the plaintiff on the steamers Roger Poizat and Gabrielle Poizat including the machinery and materials belonging
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Cabeza de Vaca journeyed far into the Americas with disasters striking left and right. He wrote La Relacion to tell the king of Spain of the land and peoples there.He told of the suffering he and his men endured‚ and included helpful and factual information about the Americas. This primary source was invaluable to the king for the reason it told him what the Native Americans were like‚ what the living conditions were like‚ and what the climate was like. The king wanted to control the land and discover
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Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was a major figure in Hispanic literature and a remarkable colonial intellectual of the Baroque. Sor Juana’s literary works serve as a look into the dynamic world of seventeenth century Hispanic literature. Considered the last great author of Spain’s Golden Age‚ Sor Juana and her influence contributed to creating a Mexican identity in the New World. Her poetry and life present the difficulties women then faced trying to thrive in academic and artistic fields. As a famous
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Case Study Analysis: Compañia de Teléfonos de Chile By Mathew Stubbs (13199991) Company Background Compañia de Teléfonos de Chile (CTC) is a telecommunication company residing in Chile. Chile is lacking an extensive telecommunication network and by the late 1980’s CTC has saturated the Chilean telephony market. The Chilean telecommunication market is commonly characterised by low penetration rates of basic telephony‚ protracted waiting lists for new services and customers and high levels of regulation
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EQUAL Equal est une société anonyme spécialisée dans la distribution de montures de lunettes auprès des opticiens avec un capitale 5 millions francs et elle couvre 12% de la part de marché français de la monture‚ elle est la 6eme dans le marché français. Son chiffre d’affaires en 1992 est de 43 millions de francs. EQUAL SA est une multinationale elle adopte une stratégie de diversification (géographique) internationale. En effet elle dispose de bureaux au Japon‚ Singapour‚ aux États-Unis‚ au canada
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Central and South America see a venerated patron saint. In Mexico‚ she is immediately recognizable as symbolic mother of a nation‚ ‘nuestra madre.’ New generations of mestizos see a symbol of all that is woman‚ as real and complex as their mothers‚ sisters‚ daughters‚ and lovers. Who you see depends on who you are‚ but all identify her as the Virgin of Guadalupe‚ perhaps the most recognizable icon to emerge out of post-conquest Americas. La Virgen of Guadalupe has evolved throughout history as a cross-cultural
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DESCRIPTION: La Loma Development Company located at 1355 Lincoln Avenue. LOSS: • (2) Honda Mowers (red/black/white in color)-worth $2400.00. • (3) Echo Chain saws (orange in color)-worth $1500.00. • (1) Echo Edger (orange in color)-worth $350.00. • (2) Echo Weed Wackers (orange in color)-worth $500.00. • (1) Echo Back Pack Blower (black/orange in color)-worth $450.00. EVIDENCE: • Digital photographs INVESTIGATION: On 12-09-15 at 1635 hours‚ Officer Cass #2067 and I responded to La Loma Development
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rosary that is being held in her hand. The rosary is a sign of her religious life. Juana Inez de la Cruz was forced into the religious life of catholicism because the Spanish came. Next to her in the painting‚ there are books. These books signify her intellectual life and show that she was a very smart and educated women‚ even though she was self-taught. She also has an escudo de monger on. An escudo de monger is basically a nun’s badge that displays the Virgin Mary. It also informs people that
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goals and beliefs. La Venta and the Memory Mall have a north to south orientation‚ though the structural design is inverted. The fluted pyramid and the CFE Arena represent the celestial world. The ritual of graduation that takes place at the arena can be seen as an ascent into another world and certainly the culmination and sanctification of years of study. The plaza in La Venta and the Memory Mall correlate with the terrestrial plane and are places between ascent and descent. La Venta’s sunken courtyard
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