Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican celebration that remembers a military victory against the French on May 5‚ 1862. Cinco de Mayo means May the fifth in Spanish. It is not a public or a national holiday in Mexico. It is largely celebrated in the Mexican state of Puebla‚ where the victory against French forces took place. Even though it is not a major holiday in Mexico‚ it is a well-known celebration. This is because Mexicans in the USA and other
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Josephine de Beauharnais Josephine de Beauharnais was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Josephine was born on June 23rd 1763.She was the daughter of wealthy sugar planter Martinique‚ in the West Indies. At the age of 17 Josephine married Vicomte Alexandre de Beauharnais. With her marriage to Vicomte Alexandre‚ Josephine gave birth to a son‚ Eugène‚ and a daughter Hortense. During the Reign of Terror Vicomte Alexandre was accused of poorly defending Mainz and was considered an aristocrat‚ and
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Microeconomics July 29‚ 2013 Research Paper on Monopoly De Beers Monopoly A monopoly is a market structure in which the number of sellers is so small that each seller is able to influence the total supply and the piece of the good or service. A monopoly can be both legal and illegal depending on the market structure. Monopolies and free enterprise companies will abuse consumers by monopolizing a specific sector of business. The question of a monopoly is if they don’t exist is it in
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In August of 1563‚ Michel de Montaigne‚ the famous French essayist‚ was introduced to three Brazilian cannibals who were visiting Europe‚ at the invitation of King Charles the Ninth. The three men had never before left Brazil‚ had just been subjected to a long interrogation by the king. They have surely had a severe case of culture shock. However‚ they had enough energy to respond to the questions of Montaigne‚ about what they thought of their new surroundings. they looked on European society with
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When I chose to read my biography about Samuel de Champlain I was not too enthused. I didn’t have high expectations and thought it would be dull‚ but little did I know that I would thoroughly enjoy reading this book. I learned so much more about not only Champlain but also about the founding and history of New England and Canada that I had previously known. I am very satisfied with my choice of biography. Samuel de Champlain was born on August 13‚ 1574 in the small port town of Brouage‚ France.
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La popularización de la fotografía: invención de la placa seca Consigna: Análisis de la trascendencia de la invención de la placa seca‚ tomando como eje la importancia del documentalismo como denuncia‚ información o conocimiento. Placa Seca La placa seca‚ también conocida como gelatino-bromuro‚ es el primer medio fotográfico exitoso económico y duradero. Fue inventada por el Dr. Richard Leach Maddox en 1871‚ y en 1879 estaba tan bien introducida que la primera fábrica de placa seca se había
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This assignment will focus on the life of Robert de Niro. Robert de Niro he is American and was born 17.08.1943 in New York. He is an actor‚ director and producer. His father was Italian and Irish and his mother was of English‚ German‚ French and Dutch ancestry. De Niro’s parents divorced when he was three years old. De Niro attended PS41 a public elementary school in Manhatan through the sixth grade and then went to the private Elisabeth Irvin High School. For the seventh
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Madres de Plaza de Mayo is a social movement that emerged in Argentina military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 also known as (La Guerra Sucia) Dirty War. Madres de Plaza de Mayo started in Buenos Aires when after their children were suddenly kidnapped by the government military who never admitted of this crime. Madres de Plaza Mayo is an example of new movement formed mostly by women‚ who struggle fight for human rights abuses. Majority of Las Madres were housewives that had to step into the
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De Beers‚ the so-called cartel in the jewellery industry‚ is a company that dominates diamond industry. The core operational of De Beers includes diamond mining‚ diamond shops‚ diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. De Beers is active in every category of industrial diamond mining: open-pit‚ underground‚ large-scale alluvial‚ coastal and deep sea. The company’s headquarter located in Johannesburg‚ South Africa. As the vertically integrated diamonds producer‚ De Beers
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Bonjour tout le monde‚ c’est mon projet‚ mon petit arc de triomphe. J’ai choisi l’arc de triomphe parce que il n’est seulement pas un monument vraiment beaux‚ mais parce que pas beaucoup de gens savent la vérité sur il. Il est un monument très grand and il y a beaucoup des histoires vraiment intéressantes derrière lui. C’est un monument très beaux‚ à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur aussi. Je voudrais beaucoup vous parler de mes découvertes sur L’arc de triomphe‚ mais cette partie est en anglais. 1758
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