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    Who Is Josefa De Ayala?

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    down in art historical literature in Spain during that time frame1. One of this women was the famous sculptor Luisa Roldan while the other was Josefa de Ayala‚ known for her paintings that incorporates a hybrid of styles and a highly personal expression of talents that makes her unique as an artist during that time period. My paper will explore Josefa de Ayala’s painting Nativity‚ done in 1669 and currently displayed at the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon‚ to showcase how Ayala became known

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    Cafe de Coral

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    Café de Coral: Being Happy Together Across the Globe? 1. Introduction As Mr. Michael Chan‚ Chairman and CEO of the Café de Coral group‚ thought about the directions his company should take‚ he felt a bit uncertain. The company‚ clearly the most popular Chinese Quick Serve Restaurant (QSR) in Hong Kong and a local success‚ had just celebrated twenty years as a public company. This success and longevity in the cut-throat world of fast food was remarkable‚ but Mr. Chan did not want the company to

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    Cabeza de Vaca

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    Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca is best known as the first Spaniard to explore what we now consider to be southwestern United States. His nine-year odyssey is chronicled within the book The Chronicle of the Narvaez Expedition. His account is considered especially interesting because it is one of the very first documents that illustrates interactions between American natives and explorers. However‚ when examining the exploration of the modern United States‚ there are many arguments that have to do with

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    Loteria De Navidad

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    Loteria de Navidad. This is probably one of the most recognized and most followed lottery in Spain. So‚ if you were from Spain and you heard the lucky winner of the lottery on the radio‚ then you would start thinking it’s really Christmas season. The Loteria de Navidad is basically the unofficial start of Christmas. A couple of days later on Christmas Eve‚ the people have Nochebuena. Nochebuena is essentially big family feast. One of the foods that is a tradition at the feast is pavo trufado de navidad

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    TANTI AT DE OVAL

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    TANTI AT DE OVAL BY PAUL KEENS-DOUGLAS Paul Keens-Douglas is a Trinidadian born playwright‚ writer and performer who was born in September of 1492 in San Juan but spent his early childhood in Grenada. One of Paul Keens-Douglas’ stories entitled “Tanti at de Oval” was published in 1992. This story was written to give the readers a colourful illustration of lifestyle in the Caribbean. The story is about the writer’s aunt‚ Tanti Merle and her first visit to the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad to watch

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    Lorenzo De Medici

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    Renaissance artists‚ thinkers‚ poets‚ writers‚ adventurers‚ and contributors‚ the name “Lorenzo de Medici” stands out and seems to have some relationship with all the rest. Lorenzo was a major patron of the arts and helped create a time of rebirth‚ during which the arts held new meaning and reprisal. vHe was also a prominent political leader and made impacts that have lasted even through today. Lorenzo de Medici was born on the New Year of 1449‚ in Florence. At the time‚ Florence was considered an

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    Pierre De Fermat

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    Pierre de Fermat was born August 17‚ 1601 in Beaumont- Lomagne‚ France. Pierre was born into a Catholic family and was baptized August 20‚ 1601. He was one of four children‚ three boys and one girl. Pierre’s father was a leather merchant and the second consul of his hometown. His mother was a parliamentary noblesse de la robe. He began his secondary schooling at Cordeliers. Then it was said he went to the University of Toulouse. He acquired his degree of Bachelor of Civil Laws from the University

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    Comptoir Des Cotonniers

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    Prism……………………………………………………………………..…………..p24 Appendix 2: Competitors……………………………………………………………………………………….……………………..p26 Appendix 3: Comptoir des Cotonniers in the world…………………………..…………………………………..………p28 Appendix 4: Distributors‚ Fashion Fairs and Transport contacts……………………………………………………p29 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………….……………………...…………………p30 Introduction Since its creation back in 1995‚ Comptoir des Cotonniers has grown and is now an international clothing company through 362 stores in different countries

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    Cabeza de Vaca

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    solely on Cabeza de Vaca’s Narration – remember‚ you know NOTHING else about this territory. As with all good paper topics‚ this one has a main question: should (costly) Spanish exploration continue in North America? And as with all good papers‚ the answer to this question will depend on you asking and answering appropriate sub-questions. For example‚ you might ask “what exactly are the potential gains that might be derived from further exploration? Among the many areas Cabeza de Vaca traveled through

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    Esprit de Corps

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    Esprit de Corps is a French phrase that was founded in 1780. The meaning of Esprit de Corps‚ philosophically‚ is that the common spirit existing in the members of a group and inspiring enthusiasm‚ devotion‚ and strong regard for the honor of the group (merriam-webster). A prime example of this would be the Marines‚ “never leave a fellow marine”. Their main slogan is “Semper Fi” which means “always faithful”. In a business sense‚ it can be seen as a value of morale. When addressing the term Esprit

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