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While visiting The National Gallery of Art on Friday, March 30th. I viewed so many stunning works of art, but out of the pieces I had the chance to see that day. The three that caught my eye were Antoine Watteau’s Ceres (Summer) oil on canvas, c. 1717/ 1718, Jean Honoré Fragonard’s Diana and Endymion oil on canvas, c. 1753/1756, and finally François Boucher’s The Bath of Venus, 1751. These painting are not only connected by the same medium, They also contain similar themes of Roman mythology…

New Orleans had been founded in 1718 where slaves were the first people to believe and introduce the religion of Voodoo. Many colonists fled to New Orleans and from there new arrivals of Voodoo began to develop. Slaves were the first people to believe in Voodoo because soon after New Orleans was founded there were slave camps near New Orleans that were established in swamps, where they were beaten and hurt until their death. Slaves who were strong enough to get through the beating and hurt were…

On Monday, August 10, 2015, I, second shift Homicide Detective Tim Welsh, Badge #1718, was notified at the autopsy of RONDEL VALENTINE was going to be conducted on this day. I arrived at the Franklin County Morgue at approximately 8:34 a.m. At that time, I gathered some basic information. The Franklin County Coroner’s Office assigned it Case #15-2031. The autopsy was going to be preformed by Dr. Donald Pojman and Forensic Technician Melinda Coffman. Prior to the autopsy beginning, I…

As a military child, I grew up in many places, though I was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Fitchburg “was a wilderness until 1718” (). It was at this time that time that a man named Samuel Page came into the area, and began establishing life in the area, though not directly in Fitchburg. Eventually, a garrison was established by Samuel’s son, and people lived in that area, such as John Fitch. At first, the people in this town faced various hardships against the Indians, but eventually, “the…

argues that “the lack of portfolio management leads to poor control and coordination between projects, conflicting objectives, un-met deadlines, resistance to change, and most importantly lack of benefit realization” (as cited in Gardiner, 2015, p. 1718). These are the same consequences any organization may encounter with ineffective communication as well. Connors states, “Without good communication, accountability cannot flourish” (p. 198). Accountability is defined as the responsibility to…

vWilliam Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was born in 1644 in London to Admiral Sir WIlliam Penn and Margaret Jasper Vanderschuren. He received his education at Chigwell School in Essex, England and attended Christ Church College but was expelled for criticizing the Church of England. He then studied theology at the Protestant Academy in France and returned to England to study law. Penn was inspired to become a Quaker when he traveled to Ireland to manage his father’s property and…

Graph A. depicts the average size of an individual Schwartz family according to the number of children per couple. There is a noticeable explosion in this size from 1664 to 1718-45 as well as a serious decline leading into the nineteenth century. Nearly all of the Schwartz men are labeled as fishermen or peasant farmers, so their relatively large family sizes make economical sense in that many children were needed in order to help make ends meet. Another explanation for the large family size is…

One of the oldest Scottish newspapers, the Caledonian mercury was published three times a week from 1720 to 1867. Its name takes its origin in the « Mercurius Caledonius », a publication from 1661 which is considered by some as the first true Scottish newspaper. Centuries later, the Caledonian Mercury became the name of the first online only Scottish newspaper. The Stamford Mercury comes from the town of the same name, in Lincolnshire. The foundation of the newspaper is subject to doubts,…

Louis IXV reigned was between 1638-1718, being known as the Sun King and a direct representative of God. He was the one who made changes to the monarchy which the golden age had brought in art and literature. During his reign he was the King that looked over Royal Court Versailles. Another aspect of Louis IXV reign in 1661 he ruled France without a Chief Minister, who he was the first to perform this type of reign and began a country as a dominant European power. In his final decades as King…

Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares or simply known as Father Antonio de Olivares, was a Spanish Franciscan who among others, founded the famous mission of San Antonio de Valero, also known as "The Alamo" in 1718. Father Antonio de Olivareswas born in 1630 in Spain. On September 8, 1720, after suffering a broken leg and worse health, Olivares retired from MissionValero and eventually died when he was 92 years of age in 1722. In 1709, he participated in the expedition headed by Pedro deAguirre…