The LAS Links test is the placement test administered upon the student ’s arrival in the United States. It is used to determine appropriate services for the student. The placement test takes 30 minutes or less and provides data you can use to determine initial placement of English Language Learners into appropriate instructional programs such as reading‚ writing‚ speaking‚ listening and comprehension skills. The results of this cost-effective test are provided quickly‚ so that there is no time wasted
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Book Review La Linea By Julia Hager Summary In her novel La Linea‚ Ann Jaramillo tells the story of fifteen-year-old Miguel‚ who leaves his home in Mexico to illegally cross the US-Mexican border. He leaves for California‚ where his parents and two of his sisters have lived for the past seven years. His parents left first‚ in order to make money for their children to cross la linea later. Miguel and his younger sister Elena thus live with their grandmother on a rancho in the small Mexican
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to live in Las Vegas‚ the entertainment capital of the world‚ a gambling mecca for millions every year? What could it possibly be like for a person to live in a city known as "Sin City‚" where the only thing hotter than the bright lights is the sun. According to lasvegasnevada.gov over 600‚000 people live in Las Vegas now‚ which is triple what it was just twenty years ago. It is a city built as a railroad town that has turned into one of the most well known cities in the world. Las Vegas is not
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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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INDRODUCTION In this project I intend to analyze the complex case of Shangri-La hotel chain a company mainly situated in the Asia pacific but also in some regions of Europe‚ North America and Australia. I will explain its business strategy making an external analysis about the macro environment‚ the industry environment and the competitors. I will then try to find some ways to improve the company’s financial and strategic performance and its contribution to a sustainable competitive environment
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wonders of the world‚ indoor man-made waterfalls‚ simulated pirate ship battles‚ a dolphin habitat‚ and indoor gondola rides are a few of the small attractions that place modern day Las Vegas as a hotspot on the US map. In fact‚ there are so many small attractions blended with large attractions that the experience of Las Vegas itself has become an attraction. Disregarding traditional methods and exploring outrageous ideas in the areas of engineering‚ architecture‚ and planning‚ this city has become
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La Amistad In 1839‚ Africans being carried from Havana‚ Cuba‚ to Puerto Principe‚ Cuba‚ revolted against their captors aboard the ship La Amistad (Spanish for ’friendship’). They were stolen from Africa‚ transported to the Americas‚ and were “passed off” as having been born in Cuba. After the revolt‚ the Africans demanded to be returned home‚ but the ship’s navigator lied to them about their course‚ and sailed them north along the North American coast to Long Island‚ New York. The schooner was subsequently
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La Malinche When I first read about La Malinche I did not know who or what she was and as I started to read I learned that she was first a slave. She became a slave for Cortes. She was offered to him as a slave by the Cacique of Tabasco‚ along with 19 other young women. Cortes discovered that he could not communicate with the Indians. That night he was recommended to him that one of the women given to him in Tabasco spoke Spanish. When he found out that could speak Spanish. At that point in
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Las Meninas When looking at Las Meninas‚ your first glance is at the little girl in the center of the painting‚ she is the only most lighted object in the painting which shows her importance to Spain as she is the future queen. The next thing that catches the viewer ’s eye is the painter‚ Velazquez himself‚ who takes up the whole left side of the painting. He is painting something on a large canvas‚ we just don ’t know what‚ and that is what he wants us to wonder‚ "What are he painting and what
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s is true that La Oroya is the most polluted towns in South America? If so what happens to the people who are living there? - Anonymous Yes‚ La Oroya‚ Peru is the most polluted places in the world. Workers‚ who lived in La Oroya‚ built the factories nearby the Peruvian Andes for lead‚ coal and oil. The operations with the lead smelter running in the town has caused the air covered with toxic. It is most likely effected by children‚ women and other family has been affected by lead poisoning. What
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