Max Beckmann "Still-Life With Three Skulls" 1945. The ’Great War’ had a lasting and profound effect on Beckmann. In 1915 he suffered a mental breakdown and for this reason was discharged from the German army. In artistic terms‚ the sickening experience of senseless mass death on the battlefield brought new bleakness to his paintings. Beckmann’s use of a traditional Vanitas-style still life tells us a lot about what his thoughts are about the world he is part of‚ especially after his war encounters
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Drug trafficking‚ violence‚ murder‚ Joaquin Guzman Loera‚ known as El Chapo‚ is the Chief Executive Officer of the Mexican Sinaloa Drug Cartel. This cartel specially stands out among the others because it supplies more heroin‚ methamphetamine‚ cocaine and marijuana than any other cartel or crime syndicate in the world‚ controlling 80% of drugs brought into the United States. El Chapo started selling drugs as a teenager‚ in Badiguarato‚ Mexico‚ where he was born. He founded the Sinaloa Drug Cartel
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Max W “Yowch!” I shriek as I was being squirted with a high pressure water gun. I was being ambushed by my brother and his posse. He had the full water fight package‚ water balloons‚ water guns‚ buckets of water‚ cheap dollar general h2o squirters‚ you name it. The soggy grass produced a splashing noise as my feet made contact with the blades of grass. I sprinted behind the corner of my house trying to outrun my brothers. “You can run but you can’t hide!” my brother exclaimed. When his friends found
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interrupted with a new and polemic character. The appearance and seriousness of his face made him look like a businessman‚ besides‚ he spoke of millions of dollars all day long. -“Popeye” how many millions did your Patrón had? –Walid Makled García‚ aka “El Turco” asked him to his face on one afternoon. He continued the conversation to see where this hasty and arrogant man wanted to get‚ he answered: -Well‚ “Turquito” I think it was over 900 million dollars! The astonished man‚ opened his eyes widely
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Some people will read this and think what I’m suggesting is wrong. I admit it’s about manipulating and meddling with people’s emotions. Most particularly‚ people you wish to God would meddle with you. In an ideal world‚ I’d agree. It would be preferable if everyone you wanted just fell in your lap‚ without having to play games. Unfortunately‚ real life doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes you can spend six months living‚ breathing‚ dripping‚ drooling‚ loving and lusting after someone with zero
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Los Baobab: representan un poco la avaricia‚ que realmente lo que hay que hacer es compartir y convivir con las personas‚ la solidaridad. Si en una comunidad se comparte y se busca el bien común‚ de todos‚ se progresa y avanza; mientras si en una comunidad si se preocupa cada uno por sus intereses sin un proyecto común‚ no se consigue avanzar sino que se destruiría esa comunidad y serian incapaces de hacer cosas juntos todos a la vez. La Flor: representa la amistad cuando ya hay una plena confianza
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Lesson Questions H101 • What is the difference between a military revolution and a revolution in military affairs (RMA)? Why is the difference important? • Are we currently experiencing a military revolution‚ an RMA‚ or something else? • What is the "Western way of war"? What are its key elements and how are they different from warfare practiced by the rest of the world? • Is an RMA defined by technology or something else? • Are RMAs something we can plan and control? • What does history
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GLOBALIZACIÓN: EL CIUDADANO GLOBAL INTRODUCCIÓN La Globalización es un fenómeno que comienza siendo una corriente de pensamiento económica (neoliberal) y trae consigo una serie de cambios en el contexto total del ser humano. Y‚ precisamente es el hombre como raza la que nunca estuvo contemplado‚ por lo menos en términos teóricos y futurista‚ quién se preguntó que efectos iba a tener el libro comercio y posteriormente la masificación de la información que provenía del desarrollo tecnológico. Visto
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El Salvador‚ a small country in Central America‚ has had a huge historical housing deficit that started to improve in the late 1990s. However‚ the earthquakes in early 2001 shook not only the country‚ but also the country’s economic and social foundations thus rendering the need for new housing policies. This is the backdrop of the housing shortage in El Salvador today. Due to many factors‚ the country that was once stable in adequate housing now is facing an issue with lack of shelter for millions
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Shemekia Dennis SPA 3335 Dr. Brookshaw 27 February‚ 2011 Romanticism in El Matadero Esteban Echeverría‚ who spent five years in Paris before returning to Buenos Aires in 1830 when he became a political agitator against the tyrant Juan Manuel de Rosas‚ is credited with bringing romanticism to Spanish America. As a poet‚ he is remember for his narrative ballad La cautiva‚ the story of a white girl’s escape from enslavemente by nomadic Indians. Echeverría inaugurated the theme of the pampas as
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