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    Johann Pachelbel was born sometime in the mid 1600s, no one knows the exact date he was born but from data gathered it is well believed he was born sometime in late August considering he was baptized on September 1, 1653. His family was mostly middle-class and would remain so; he would receive music training at an early age from many composers and organist. His music is known for its lucid style of melody and a constant flow of harmony. Eventually his works spread to the surrounding area soon leading

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    Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler was an amazing astronomer and mathematician. The son of Katharina Guldenmann and Heinrich Kepler was a German scientist who was born on December 27th, 1571 and died November 15th, 1630 in Regensburg. He also had 10 children between his first wife Barbara Muller and his second wife Susana Reuttinge. These kids go by the names of Katharina Kepler, Heinrich Kepler, Friedrich Kepler, Sebald Kepler, Cordula Kepler, Ludwig Kepler, Margareta Regina Kepler, Susanna Kepler

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    Johannes Kepler was a true reflection of how the renaissance changed human thinking and developed into the rule of "humanism”. Kepler was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and philosopher in the late 1500s and early 1600s. He reflected the main ideals of observing, experimenting and secularism, which are scientific methods that we still use today to inquire more about our world. He helped create the Renaissance idea that the universe was comprehensible through scientific exploration, and set

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    In medieval society, fashion was controlled by the pyramid of power, which was the feudal system. The way one dressed showed his/her amount of wealth and social class. Fashion was highly influential during medieval times and was often dominated by the kings and queens. Sumptuary laws were put into place to restrict the ordinary people from dressing like the wealthy. As the eras changed and different periods advanced, the style of the people changed accordingly. (Newman.) When the Norman’s invaded

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    Johannes Kepler was a mathematician, an astrologer, and an astronomer. He was a key figure in the 17th century scientific revolution and was best known for his laws of planetary motion. Kepler was born on December 27, 1571, and was a sickly child to poor parents. In his early years, he developed an interest in mathematics, and a love for astronomy he kept his entire life. Small Pox had left him with crippled hands and poor vision, but despite this handicap, he went on to achieve fame in the

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    Business Report

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    international locations of the business. | |The domestic location of BMW is in Greer, South Carolina. There are six plants in the world, located in, Dingolfing, Africa, Regensburg, America, China, and Leipzig. | |Summarize the CEO’s letter to shareholders from the annual report (at least 5 bulleted points). | |The BMW Group has enjoyed four consecutive

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    Video games plays an important role in the cognition process in many of this generation children. This statement is the main point of this TedTalk arguement led by Gabe Zichermann in the presentation called “Video Games: How Games Make Kids Smarter”. Gabe Zichermann is the world’s leading expert in the topic of gamification; he is also a public speaker, author and entrepreneur, and the founder and editor-in-chief of a magazine called “Gamification.co”. Gabe Zichermann discusses that generation G

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    when his wife and her new husband appeared at court, that his hateful attack on the couple was deemed justly motivated, and the truth was revealed. The German word werwolf is recorded by Burchard von Worms in the 11th century, and by Bertold of Regensburg in the 13th, but is not recorded in all of medieval German poetry or fiction. References to werewolves are also rare in England, presumably because whatever significance the "wolf-men" of Germanic paganism had carried, the associated beliefs and

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    While on the death march all I could think about was to not fall asleep, because to sleep meant to die. After the march I was transferred to three different camps, Sachsenhausen, and the Flossenburg and Regensburg camps. In May of 1945 we were finally liberated. The U.S. troops approached and the SS officers bailed and abandoned us on a death march to Austria. A farmer eventually found me on the side of the road and turned me over to the Americans. If I could

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    Bmw Strategic Analysis

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    meaning that most of its aspects, like storing and distributing, are outsourced to their suppliers. Two major clusters of BMW are Leipzig and the so called "Automobildreieck" (automotive triangular) which includes the cities Dingolfing/Landshut - Regensburg - Ingolstadt. According to a research of the IWD (Cologne) about 20.7% of all social insurance registered employees work for the automotive

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