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    singer. The fact is that Sergio Cortes is considered one of the top Michael Jackson Impersonator’s in the world. Soon‚ the entire world will recognize this talented individual and the great tribute that he actually pays to Jackson. Let’s get real with Sergio Cortes‚ MJ impersonator. Remember to follow this talented man on Facebook and follow him on Twitter to keep up to date on his new gigs. Sergio Cortes Embraces Jackson Persona Take a look at Sergio Cortes. He is like most celebrity impersonators

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    Ferdinand Lopez Landrau Professor Kathrine O’neil English 102 February 07‚ 2016 Columbus Day is a federal holiday but many Americans continue to believe is a celebration to be ashamed Introduction During this year in United Stated we will celebrate again Christopher Columbus day; to be exact is going to be on October 16‚ 2016. During this day we will commemorates Christopher Columbus discovering a new world back in 1492‚ but with the past of the years this celebration had been a remembrance of

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    Porfirio Diaz’ ascension to power: Porfirio Diaz was one of the large lists of rulers Mexico had‚ and was the one who established the porfiriato when got the presidency. Having born in 1830 in Oaxaca‚ Mexico‚ since being a child‚ he seemed to have a propitious career. However‚ with the beginning of the Mexico-American war in 1846‚ the young Porfirio got his head filled with a severe patriotism that led him join the army for military service. After a few events‚ he met a liberalist politician called

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    Salamanca to study law and he was very unhappy there. After two years he failed his course and returned home‚ where he first started to hear stories about the “New World”; this is when he decided he wanted to explore the “New World” too. In 1504 Hernan Cortez took his first voyage westward on a ship commanded by Quintero. At this point‚ he is in Hispaniola

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    The Aztecs and their relationship to Cortes was not a close bond. The Aztecs thought he was a god who came to fulfill a prophecy. He played this off so he could get closer and so he could strike the Aztecs down. They wanted to strike down on Aztecs so they could get gold and silver and other goods (Neth). Pizarro had a relationship much like Cortez. He befriended them for a short time‚ then found the right time to strike down on to the Incas just like Cortes when he struck the Incas. Pizarro

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    In 1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ we’ve all heard it. However‚ Columbus faced many hardships through his voyage. Columbus sailed from eastern Europe through the Atlantic‚ and landed off the coast of Florida in Hispanolia. However‚ Columbus’s voyage could have been more successful using present day technology. Today sailors can sail faster‚ know where obstacles in the ocean are‚ and know exact locations of the ships; if Columbus were to have this technology mistakes could have been prevented

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    Hope in old age In "Loneliness" by Laura Cortes‚ the author paints a picture of a man whose family has grown up and moved on. The poem shows that a man‚ older and alone in the world‚ can still hold on to hope for the future. Cortes establishes that the man has aged considerably since “he planted the trees forty summers ago” (line 6) and “time has gone by too soon” (13).  Cortes appears to be describing the old man from when he began his family‚ perhaps when he may have married and began

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    Before Junot Diaz received acclaim for “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao‚” he was better known in fiction circles for his short stories about immigrants and the American dream. In “Fiesta‚ 1980‚” Diaz writes about the struggles of an immigrant family as they wake up from a nightmare in Santo Domingo only to find themselves in another nightmare‚ except this time it’s in America. Diaz’s characters assimilate to an American way of life with changes in appearance and language. A young Yunior and

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    of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon is a story about a boy named Christopher John Francis Boone. Christopher suffers with Asperger’s Syndrome which is a high-functioning form of autism. While reading the book‚ the reader experiences the world through the eyes of a person with a disability. When Christopher finds that his neighbor’s dog‚ Wellington‚ is murdered‚ he opts to catch the killer. While doing so‚ Christopher runs into many conflicts involving his personality‚ past‚ and lack of trust

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    The world was forever changed when an Italian explorer named Christopher Columbus discovered the New World in 1492. This discovery caught the attention of the Western European leaders. Soon‚ these leaders prompted their own explorers to start their own expeditions. Although we can consider Columbus’s first discovery of the New World as an “encounter”‚ we cannot apply this term to the later discoveries because the word “conquer” would be more fitting. The Native Americans and Africans had varied responses

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