Argot (pronounced /ˈɑrɡoʊ/; French‚ Spanish‚ Romanian and Catalan for "slang") is a secret language used by various groups—including‚ but not limited to‚ thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study‚ hobby‚ job‚ sport‚ etc. The author Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively.[1] He describes it in his novel‚ Les Misérables‚
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Revolt of the Cockroach People The novel Revolt of the Cockroach People by author Oscar Zeta Acosta is a very interesting story that shares the life of a Chicano lawyer by the name of Buffalo Zeta Brown; he is the main character in the book and is the archetype of “masculinity”. This novel takes place in the late sixties early seventies in the City of Los Angeles‚ California during the Chicano movement which was a time of turmoil for many Chicanos. They were discriminated against‚ thought of as
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reduced tariffs on American goods sold to Mexico from 10 to 3 percent” (Daniels‚ Radebaugh‚ & Sullivan‚ 2011‚ p. 315). Also‚ Wal-Mart encountered logistics problems caused by poor roads and the scarcity of delivery trucks (Daniels‚ Radebaugh‚ & Sullivan‚ 2011). “NAFTA encouraged Mexico to improve its transportation infrastructure‚” (Daniels‚ Radebaugh‚ & Sullivan‚ 2011‚ p. 315). NAFTA helped solve Wal-Mart’s logistics problems (Daniels‚ Radebaugh‚ & Sullivan‚ 2011). In addition‚ NAFTA
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Internal Conflict of Goodman Brown The story of "Young Goodman Brown" exemplifies the struggle of one man’s internal conflict of good and evil. The main character‚ Goodman Brown‚ leaves Salem village and his wife‚ Faith‚ to travel into the depths of the dark forest. The Young Goodman Brown will be aged with the knowledge he faces in this one night. Brown keeps his appointment with the devil in the forest‚ and he must choose to go back to his "faith‚" or explore the evils that the devil has
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Caso- 3-4 Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) 1. Key questions that need to be addressed if the company decides to look further unto the possibility of marketing to the BOP segment. Mercadear al BOP requiere de muchas consideraciones que dependerán del tipo de producto‚ el poder adquisitivo de las personas de la región‚ sus necesidades peculiares‚ infraestructura‚ canales de distribución entre otros. Basado en esto‚ algunas preguntas guías podrían ser: a. Producto: ¿Qué productos
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The United States in the 1970s was full of controversy. Riots‚ protests‚ and strikes were appearing all over the news throughout the nation‚ and the discrimination against Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the workforce was finally coming to light. During this time‚ Jimmy Santiago Baca wrote about some of these issues in his poem "So Mexicans Are Taking Jobs from Americans." The poem speaks volumes to what was occurring in America. Although the title may give one impression of the poem‚ the true
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IPv6 for Dummies Janne Östling janoz@cisco.com BRKRST-2301 14340_04_2008_c2 © 2008 Cisco Systems‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Public 1 Agenda General Concepts – Addressing – Routing – QoS – Tunnels – NAT Infrastructure Deployment Campus/Data Center WAN/Branch Remote Access Planning and Deployment Summary Appendix & Hidden slides — for Reference Only! (240 slides total so far…) BRKRST-2301 14340_04_2008_c2 © 2008 Cisco Systems‚ Inc. All rights reserved
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the population of the country or countries (West Africa) to be able to acquire‚ absorb and communicate in many different and advanced manners. (Knox et al. 314-315) The shrinkage of time‚ space and the disappearance of borders are connecting people in ways that are very hard to grasp without the existence of globalization. (Knox et al. 315) What does this all mean for the African nation of Ghana? As a major result of globalization‚ the country and its economy has gained great access to a vast amount
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Caso Snapple ¿Recuerdas los años 80‚ Philip? - Obvio. Dios odiaba los 80. - ¿No le gustaba nada de los 80? Le gustaba el jugo Snapple. - ¿A Dios le gustaba el jugo Snapple? Si‚ pero no todos los sabores. Episodio de Chicago Hope‚ serie de televisión. Arnie Greeberg‚ Leonard Marsh y Hyman Goleen eran amigos desde el colegio. En 1972 formaron una empresa y vendían jugos naturales de manzana a tiendas de alimentos naturales en Greenwich Village bajo la marca de Snapple y a fines de los
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