Irakere is a Cuban band that is made up of several members which include the founders Armando de Sequeira Romeu the Music Director and the Pianist which is Chucho Valdes. “Jazz bands began forming in Cuba as early as the 1920s. These bands often included both Cuban popular music and popular North American jazz‚ and show tunes in their repertoires”(Acosta 59). Irakere created a new movement in the musical world; they opened many eyes as they were the first ones to create Cuban Jazz music in 1973
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strong personal connection or is spoken at home (Valdès‚ 2001; Anderson-Mejìas‚ 2002; Urzùa & Gòmez‚ 2008). A heritage language helps students connect to their culture‚ even while they live in a different‚ more dominant culture (Anderson-Mejìas; Guardado‚ 2002; Urzùa & Gòmez). For example‚ although Spanish is widely spoken around the world‚ it is a heritage language in the United States because it is a non-English language (Suarez‚ 2002; Valdès). However‚ students do not have to speak the
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Cuban discrimination in America By: Anthony A. Conde Axia College The first of these recent migrations began immediately after Castro’s victory and continued until the U.S. government imposed a blockade of Cuba at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. The first to leave were supporters of Batista. They were later joined by others who had not been prominent Batista allies but who nonetheless opposed Castro’s socialist government. Before the U.S government imposed its blockade‚ almost 250‚000 Cubans
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preserve meats. Meanwhile‚ Joaquin Valdes visits the town of Balanga‚ Bataan to check out our favorite breakfast viand: tuyo and daing! Salted and sun – dried‚ these ready-to-cook fishes could last for weeks without refrigeration! Joaquin then goes to Rosario‚ Cavite to taste their famous tinapa or smoked fish. He discovers that the tinapa that this town boasts of was served to the Katipuneros during the 1800s! Join Miriam Quiambao and Joaquin Valdes in this mouth–watering episode of 100%
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The Waldensians are a Christian branch of the early Roman Catholic Church that were founded in the late 1170s by Waldo of Lyons (also called Valdes). However‚ some people do believe the group predates Waldo‚ and only gained popularity while fleeing from prosecution to France. Their official symbol is that of a candle set on top of a bible‚ with the slogan “Lux Lucet in Tenebris” or “A light shining in the darkness.” Waldo was a wealthy merchant who gave away all his money and land to start preaching
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------------------------------------------------- SIDS – THE SILENT KILLER (By Sue Lynn Bell) Instructor: S. Rios Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is one of the most difficult and mysterious diagnosis to face‚ for both parents and members of the healthcare team. It is the worst nightmare of all parents. SIDS is defined as "a sudden and unexpected death of an infant‚ or young child‚ in which a thorough postmortem examination‚ and examination of the death scene‚ fails to demonstrate an adequate cause
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Michael Ciuffoletti ARMED AND DANGEROUS A female takes on the role of police officer in a male dominated profession in Armed and Dangerous. Gina Gallo was a Chicago police woman for sixteen years and found herself surrounded by the constant reminder that police work was a man’s job. In addition to the things she would see and experience on the rough streets of Chicago‚ she also dealt with stereotypes and discrimination that came with being a female police officer. A
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don’t fit the “mold.” So what happens if you’re big boned‚ the opposite of what society wants you to be? You suffer from eating disorders like anorexia‚ bulimia‚ depression and a person will do anything to fit in. This is what happened to Alisa Valdes‚ the author of My Hips‚ My Caderas. She
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Introduction Regarding population and geographic extension‚ Chile is a small country with an estimated of 18 million people living in 291‚930 sq. mi.‚ located at the end of the world‚ in the Southern Cone‚ surrounded by Peru‚ Bolivia‚ Argentina‚ and the Ocean Pacific. However‚ it has been somehow relatively worldwide known due to the neoclassical policies applied since the mid-1970s‚ labeled also as neoliberal. Harvey explains neoliberalism as “a theory of political economy practices proposing that
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between Micheal‚ Gina and one of the mob members‚ Gina unintentionally shot the member to save Michaels life. The member was a relative of Vito Graziosi which made the entire situation worse to handle. Michael turned to Ginas father for help and agreed to take the entire blame for the murder. Frank tried helping him out but failed miserably. Eventually‚ Vito found out about the murder and Micheal being the one behind him. Vito ordered Frank to shoot Michael on the day of his wedding with Gina. Family loyalty
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