Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (French pronunciation: [gi d(ə) mo.pa.ˈsɑ̃] ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer‚ considered one of the fathers of the modern short story and one of the form’s finest exponents. A protégé of Flaubert‚ Maupassant’s stories are characterized by their economy of style and efficient‚ effortless dénouements. Many of the stories are set during the Franco-Prussian War of the 1870s and several describe the futility of war and the innocent
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It is thus not surprising that Rulfo’s most recent documentary De panzazo (Barely Passing the Grade‚ 2012) was codirected by Televisa newscaster Carlos Loret de Mola (1976-)‚ one of López Obrador’s most notorious public enemies in the media‚ or that the film’s attack on the deficiencies of Mexico’s educational system in general‚ and on the teachers’ unions in particular‚ aligns with the educational reform that then-candidate Enrique Peña Nieto was beginning to float and that became law a year later
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Cicero’s De Legibus Cicero’s De Legibus attempts to answer the very nature of law and justice‚ and the workings behind such universal ideals. With this assumption of universality‚ many compelling arguments are presented towards the inherent doings of man. Undoubtedly influenced by previous Greek philosophers‚ Cicero followed in the traditions of great minds‚ such as Aristotle‚ but concluded against the overall consensus that there was an inherent inferiority amongst men. Cicero’s early concepts
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Nova. The word Ars Nova means ‘inventor of new art’ and was created by Philippe de Vitry‚ a very well known French composer and poet. Modern scholars of the early 14th century liked the term Ars Nova so much‚ that they adopted it as a suitable word denoting the entire century of music before the 1300’s. During this time period a very influential composer started to emerge during the Ars Nova movement‚ Guillaume De Machaut. Machaut lived a considerable long life and within that he achieved various
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The Hong Kong Management Association Diploma in Management Studies Spring Term 2013 Management Project A Two-Year Strategic Business Plan of Café de Coral in Hong Kong Fast Food Industry. Cover Sheet 2. INTRODUCTION 2.1 Company History & Background Café de Coral Group (0341) is the largest publicly listed Chinese fast food restaurant group in the world. The Group is principally engaged in the operation of quick service and specialty restaurants chain‚ with vertical and horizontal
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Café de Coral provides lots of compensations & benefits to the employees‚ these are include: Shared Options‚ Incentive payments‚ Housing Allowance & Retirement Scheme. First‚ shared options are offer to the managerial levels. By providing the shared options to them‚ they may think or feel that they are not just the staff of the company‚ but also one of the owners of café de coral. Employees are willing to put more effort towards the company. Second‚ if the company has an increase or high profit
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HIPAA: Impact the Delivery of Human Services July 12‚ 2008 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was signed on 21st August 1996 by the U.S President Bill Clinton. Most healthcare insurance companies and providers are to remain to the HIPAA regulation guidelines by October 2002 and October 2003 for smaller health plans. If you are in the healthcare industry‚ you have probably heard some rumblings about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
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Pound-for-pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently challenged the retired ten-time six-division champion and now boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya to be the antagonist of his final fight before retirement in September‚ as per Inquisitr. This challenge came after De La Hoya said in a radio interview a week ago that he was thinking about coming back to the ring everyday as he believes he is still fit enough to fight‚ according to an article in Fight Saga. The article even mentioned something about
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’A bout de souffle’‚ Jean-Luc Godard’s eerste ’feature’ film (1960)‚ heeft een vrij simpele verhaallijn‚ dat geschreven is door vroegere collega en vriend Francois Truffaut: Een man steelt een auto in Marseilles en rijdt naar Parijs. Tijdens deze rit wordt de hoofdpersoon‚ Michel Poiccard‚ aangehouden door de politie wegens het overschrijden van de maximum snelheid‚ waarna hij een agent neerschiet en rennend verder gaat naar de lichtstad. In Parijs moet hij geld ophalen bij een vriend van hem en
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Financial Aspects of Health Care Delivery Lashunda Brown University of Phoenix HCS/310 Health Care Delivery in the U.S. Delores Usea June 18‚ 2012 With the high cost of health care today‚ health insurance continuation is an important consideration for many unemployed individuals‚ job changers‚ dependents of covered workers‚ and retirees who no longer receive employer-provided benefits. Despite several laws in effect that make it possible to extend employer-provided health insurance
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