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    Drive Safe The Frontier Post‚ an English newspaper mostly based in the Middle East‚ released a particularly powerful advertisement in 2013 to promote safe driving. At first glance‚ it would appear that the advertisement is a picture of a firearm‚ front and center‚ placed in the spotlight of an otherwise gloomy backdrop. In reality‚ the advertisement depicts a set of car keys‚ cleverly arranged to resemble a revolver. Underneath the gun lies a very somber message‚ “Takes one life every 25 seconds

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    La Malinche

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    "La Malinche." Slave‚ interpreter‚ secretary‚ mistress‚ mother of the first "Mexican." her very name still stirs up controversy. Many Mexicans continue to revile the woman called Doña Marina by the Spaniards and La Malinche by the Aztecs‚ labeling her a traitor and harlot for her role as the alter-ego of Cortes as he conquered Mexico. They ignore that she saved thousands of Indian lives by enabling Cortes to negotiate rather than slaughter. Her ability to communicate also enabled the Spaniards to

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    La Startup

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    prêt à créer une startup? 1. Introduction « La France est la première nation d’Europe en termes de créations de start-up‚ même devant le Royaume-Uni«‚ a lancé Emmanuel Macron‚ le ministre de l’Économie‚ de l’Industrie et du Numérique. À Bercy‚ on évoque entre 8 000 et 10 000 start-up en France‚ certaines sources disent même 15000‚ dont environ la moitié à Paris et en Île-de-France‚ sur environ 80000 jeunes entreprises de croissance en Europe. Dans la seule capitale‚ il y aurait entre 3 000 et 5

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    las posadas

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    Las Posadas‚ or the accomodation‚ is a nine day period to represent The Virgin Mary’s nine months of pregnancy and her struggle to find a place to have baby Jesus. This holiday has been a tradition in Mexico for four hundred years. The nine day celebration was started by early friars that combined Spanish Catholicism with the Aztec celebration of the birth of their God. It is celebrated with beautiful Nativity scenes and huge feasts. The people dress up in costumes and reenact Las Posodas. Las Posadas

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    La Amistad

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    the year if a abhorrent apostasy took abode on lath the Spanish address La Amistad‚ which transported salves. It was the time if the bullwork was abolished in the North and the South of the United States of America was bitching for they badly “needed” disciplinarian to plan for them. American courts still adjudge whether the atramentous getting is chargeless according to the abode he comes from. The balloon over the rebels from La Amistad asks the capital question: ”Are these rebels disciplinarian or

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    Shangri-La

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    โรงแรม Shangri-La ในเดือนพฤศจิกายน 2006 Symon Bridle หัวหน้าเจ้าหน้าที่ปฏิบัติการคนใหม่ของโรงแรมและรีสอร์ทในเครือ Shangri-La ได้ตรวจสอบความคืบหน้าของบริษัทแม่ในฮ่องกง ซึ่งได้ดำเนินการมา 10 ปีก่อนหน้านี้ ซึ่งมีการเติบโตจากธุรกิจที่มุ่งเน้นระดับภูมิภาคไปสู่กลุ่มโรง แรมหรูระดับนานาชาติที่มีการขยายตัวอย่างรวดเร็ว ด้วยพนักงานจำนวน 18‚400 คน โรงแรมจำนวน 50 แห่ง และรายได้ 842 ล้านเหรียญสหรัฐฯ โรงแรมและรีสอร์ทในเครือ Shangri-La เป็นผู้นำในอุตสาหกรรมโรงแรมหรู บริษัทมีการเติบโตอย่างรวดเร็วเพื่อตอบสนองต่อความต้องการที่เพ

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    La Llorona

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    La Llorona or the Crying woman is a legend that goes back century’s in the Mexican culture. Some of the earliest recorded sightings are legends of The Aztecs‚ who say that the goddess Cihuacoatl took the form of a woman dressed all in white and spent the nights weeping about the impending doom of the native people by the Spanish conquistidors. Later in a story reflecting the Greek story of Medea‚ a woman has children by the conquer Cortez’ and when he is called back to Spain and decides to take

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    La Moreneta

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    La Moreneta Hotel A group of debt holders is considering cancel an outstanding debt from La Moreneta C.A.‚ a Construction Company by receiving a small Hotel in Calella de Mar‚ because La Moreneta C.A. can’t produce enough Cash Flow to meet its short term obligations. The outstanding debt of La Moreneta is an amount totalling €140‚000. This price represents the value of all the furniture‚ Machines and Equipments and will cancel all the outstanding debt. La Moreneta C.A. owns the building

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    La Tomatina

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    LA TOMATINA FESTIVAL‚ BUNOL‚ SPAIN La Tomatina is a largest food fight festival in the world which is held in the Valencian town of Bunol‚ Spain. It is held on the last Wednesday of August every year. This festival required the visitors to throw approximately 40‚000 tomatoes and get involved in this tomatoes fight just for fun every year. The history of this festival was started on the last Wednesday of August 1945. During that time‚ the town square‚ where the “tomatina” is traditionally held nowadays

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    Shangri-La

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    1. Shangri-La Background: Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is a deluxe Asian hotel chain‚ founded in 1971 in Singapore by the Malaysian-Chinese tycoon Robert Kuok. The company quickly differentiated itself from the competition and provided distinctive Asian standards of hospitality and service. As of 2006‚ Shangri-La was the largest Asian-based deluxe hotel group in Southeast Asia. The company managed a total of 50 hotels under two brands: the five-star Shangri-La and the four-star Traders- a sister

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