Our Lady of La Vang‚ also known as Đức Mẹ La Vang in Vietnamese‚ is a Marian apparition. In 1798‚ when Vietnamese Christians were persecuted for their faith‚ many of those Christians hid in a jungle in La Vang. While they were taking refuge in the jungle‚ they would often pray and say the rosary. However‚ many people became ill because of the conditions in the jungle. One day‚ a lady dressed in an áo dài‚ a traditional Vietnamese dress‚ carried a child in her arms with two angels beside her and appeared
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Special Appendix The Las Vegas Laws of Seven I have seven rules that I adhere to when gambling in Las Vegas‚ or any other place for that matter. They have helped keep my losses low as well as not digging a hole for myself when I am having a run of bad luck. They also allow me to win large amounts of money when I’m lucky. I refer to these rules as laws‚ because I go to extremes not to violate them. 1. Cut your losses and let your profits ride This is an old maxim for gamblers‚ and it can be
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Las Casas Time Line 1484 Born in Seville to Pedro de Las Casas‚ a small merchant wealthy enough to send his son to learn Latin in the academy at the cathedral of Seville in 1497. Many older sources give 1474 as the year of his birth. 1502 Leaves Spain for Hispaniola in the West Indies with the governor‚ Nicolas de Ovando. He earns an encomienda for his participation in several expeditions and then proceeds to evangelize the Indians. 1506 Returns briefly to Europe where he is ordained a deacon
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Prostitution is definitely illegal in the city of Las Vegas‚ but a number of counties in Nevada have legalized the world’s oldest profession. So legal prostitution is only about 60 miles outside of Sin City. But of course‚ Las Vegas has far more than its fair share of prostitutes working within the city‚ so if you are willing to take the risk and you know where to look‚ you should have no problem finding one‚ or at least someone who wants your money. Prostitution is the act
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This is how Manuel felt in Gary Soto’s “La Bamba” although he should have been relaxed Gary Soto’s theme for this story is that you should relaxed over things that are just for fun. He expresses this through Manuels emotions‚ Other character’s reactions and Manuels private thoughts. Soto shows our theme by including characters reactions to Manuel’s performance to develop feeling in the characters contributing to the theme. Soto states in La bamba “Funny. Crazy. Hilarious. These
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In her 2010 film Tambien la Lluvia‚ Iciar Bollain certainly makes the deleterious consequences of colonial‚ and neo-colonial exploitation clear. From the very outset of the movie‚ the viewer is bombarded with the parallelism between the film’s plot and its context; Tambien la Lluvia portrays a Western film crew from Spain attempting to film a movie depicting Columbus’ arrival to the New World‚ a film they opt to shoot in Bolivia to capitalize on the cheap labour provided by Bolivian people who‚ during
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Philip IV and He was kind of a lonely artist of the contemporary Baroque period.he painted different portraits for the Spanish royal families. ‚velazquez did a lot of paintings but he did a phenomenal paint which is Las Meninas (1656). And this is what am I going to talk about now Las Meninas was made in 1656‚ The work is complex ‚ the composition give us a questions about reality and illusion‚ and creates an uncertain relationship between the viewer and the figures depicted. The painting is a large
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Some of the measure taken by De la Casas and the other priest might have been communication. They might have tried to take some sense into the men commuting this brutal acts‚ but this tactic was probably in effective. De la Casas and those who held similar beliefs probably hide and helped the Indians escape to the mountains‚ to safety. They might have also freed slaves from the midst of torture if they could. I am sure that people like De la Casas tried their best to reach out the people
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The author I admire most is Bartolome De las Casas‚ because he went against the consensus of the Spaniards and defended the Native Americans. In the final paragraph of the reading‚ De las Casas states “The Indians will embrace the teachings of the gospel‚ as I well know…” (De Las Casas 2010) . This leads me to believe he actually spent time getting to know them as people. He took the time to learn about their art‚ music‚ government and other aspects of their lives. I believe he honestly wanted to
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times‚ it was impossible to not fall in love. The atmosphere was abundantly uplifting and utterly welcoming. The decision to apply to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse was quite effortless‚ especially with the academics‚ clubs‚ and campus safety the school provides. Having two younger sisters who also strive for an education at UW-La Crosse‚ I hope to be a strong leader for them to follow in my footsteps. Personal interests are also a deciding factor‚ with an outstanding business school‚ the
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