Supervisory Board of CAIXA Banco de Investimento - today Founder and Coordinator of Portugal Economy Probe (www.peprobe.com) - today Chairman and CEO of the Portuguese Stock Exchange (Euronext Lisbon) – 2005-2010 Member of the Managing Board Euronext‚ N.V. (Stock Exchanges of Amsterdam‚ Brussels‚ Lisbon‚ and Paris) Member of the Management Committee NYSE Euronext (the New York Stock Exchange) – 2007-2010 Member of the Executive Board of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (2000-2004) Member of the Executive
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St. Anthony of Padua Priest and Doctor of the Church Feast Day: June 13 St. Anthony of Padua was born at Lisbon‚ Portugal in 1195 as Ferdinand de Bulhões to a nobleman of Lisbon‚ Martim Vicente de Bulhões and his wife Teresa Pais Taveira‚ half-third cousin once removed of King Afonso II of Portugal. His parents sent him to the Canons of the Cathedral of Lisbon. At fifteen‚ he entered the Order of Regular Canons of St. Augustine against his parents’ will. He was moved to the convent of the Holy
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the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point‚ but not everyone could get to Lisbon directly‚ and so a tortuous‚ roundabout‚ refugee trail sprang up; Paris to Marseille‚ across the Mediterranean to Oran‚ then by train‚ or auto‚ or foot to Casablanca in French Morocco.” Last stop: Rick’s Café Americain—December 1941. “Here‚ the fortunate ones‚ through money‚ or influence‚ or luck‚ might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon‚ and from Lisbon to the New World. But the others
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The author of the novel ‘Candide’ published this satirical fiction the year of 1759. Voltaire having went to school to become a writer and then being thrown out of numerous countries afterwards. Kings and noble people who were offended by Voltaire’s genre of satire and black humor throughout his books. Leibniz‚ a german philosopher proposed Optimism and this philosophy was created upon the reason that they thought that logic was the reason for why god created the world and its people were as perfect
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Good and Evil in Casablanca Casey Adams Ethics Paper on Good and Evil Capella University October‚ 2013 Abstract The concepts of Good and Evil can take on many forms‚ and the theories of what makes good or evil can be expressed in a variety of ways. Casablanca has both evil and good characters making moral decisions that affect not only themselves‚ but potentially the world. In this joint‚ this “gin joints‚ in all the towns‚ in all the world….” (Wallis
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Specifically‚ the lack of contributive action from Dr. Pangloss‚ Candide‚ and sailor in the face of adversity provides a demonstration of the dangers of excessive optimism and selfishness. The opening scene of chapter five begins on a ship on its way to Lisbon. In the midst of a furious storm in perilous waters‚ the passengers run around the ship screaming chaotically. Automatically‚ Voltaire is using
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1451 in Italy. His dad was a weaver. He was born in Genoa‚Italy. As a teen he worked on a ship for merchants. In 1470 Columbus was on a ship‚ later pirates attacked the boat. The boat sank on the portuguese shore‚ but he floated to Lisbon shore. He stayed in Lisbon and decided to study mathematics‚ astronomy‚ navigation‚ and cartography. He married Filipa Moniz Perestrelo and they had 3 children. He had 3 brothers and 1 sister. He died on May 20‚ 1506.
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In the early phases of Portuguese exploration‚ Prince Henry "the Navigator" (1394-1460) played the leading role. In the fifteenth century‚ most of the gold that reached Europe came from Sudan by way of Portugal. Portuguese ships transported gold to Lisbon‚ and by 1500 Portugal controlled the flow of gold to Europe. This had commenced the golden century of Portuguese prosperity. Christopher Columbus a sea captain from Genoa‚ Italy‚ considered one of the greatest explorers of all time. Like every other
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merchant ship till 1470 when privateers attacked his ship as he sailed north of the Portuguese Coast. The boat sank‚ but Columbus made his way as he floated to shore on a scrap of wood and made his way to Lisbon. At Lisbon‚ Columbus studied mathematics‚ astronomy‚ cartography‚ and navigation. At Lisbon‚ Columbus began to hatch a plan to the change the world forever. At the end of the fifteenth century‚ it was nearly impossible to reach Asia by land. The route was long and arduous‚ and encounters with
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Brazilian Independence A critical review of “The Cambridge History of Latin America (From Idependence to c. 1870)‚ By Leslie Bethell In this paper I will explain and highlight main arguments of Brazilian independence according to Leslie Bethell. The Brazilian independence was certainly not as violent as in the other Latin American countries and the independence was a final product of many events and influences. I will go through the economic situation Brazil was facing in terms of export and
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