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    Luisa Valenzuela’s short story “The Censors” was that 4th story we read in my English honors class. In her story we follow the main protagonist juan’s mission to get his letter pass the censors. censors are the the people who work for the Argentinian government‚ who are suppose to find the “secrets” that are hiding in the letters coming to or from Argentina. At the start of the story the author wrote “Poor Juan! One day they caught him with his guard down before he could even realize that what

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    Luis Bunuel declared that if someone asked him to define himself‚ he’d walk out of without a word. He was an extremely controversial man‚ with his most memorable quote being ”I’m still an atheist‚ thank God”. He never sought to have any meaning in his films

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    English 11 Second Quarter The Bridge of San Luis Rey Interpretive Essay 1 Kendra Salmeron 1022429.03 March 5‚ 2013 The Bridge of San Luis Rey‚ by Thornton Wilder‚ takes place in colonial Peru in the early eighteenth century. One of the main characters is the Marquesa de Montemayor. The Marquesa is the eccentric daughter of a wealthy cloth merchant and an aristocrat by marriage. The Marquesa has an obsessive love for her daughter‚ Dona Clara. She decides to abandon her selfish love for her

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    Question 4c By introducing an additional pole 1/(s+alpha) to the system‚ The original transfer function G(s) has a DC gain of 1 and the additional pole has a DC gain of 1/alpha. Therefore‚ the new transfer function G1(s) has a DC gain of 1/alpha The DC gain of the new transfer function = 1/alpha . DC gain Is obtained by applying the final value theorem where limit of s goes to 0. Final value theorem can be applied as it is a stable system. Therefore the system has a larger DC gain when alpha

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    In September 1939‚ Władysław Szpilman‚ a Polish-Jewish pianist‚ plays on radio in Warsaw when the station is bombed during Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland at the outbreak of World War II. Hoping for a quick victory‚ Szpilman rejoices with family at home when learning that Britain and France have declared war on Germany. But Germany defeats Poland quickly and its troops enter Warsaw‚ where life for Jews deteriorates as the Nazi authorities prevent them from working or owning businesses and force

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    123 Spruce St‚ Apt 35 Philadelphia PA 19103 Gayle L. McDowell (555) 555-1212 gayle@careercup.com Employment Software Engineer‚ Intern Apple Computer Summer 2004 iChat AV Reduced time to render the user’s buddy list by 75% by implementing prediction algorithm. Implemented iChat integration with OS X Spotlight Search by creating tool which extracts metadata from saved chat transcripts and provides metadata to a system-wide search database. Redesigned chat file format and implemented

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    Luis Valdez's Los Vendidos

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    In the short story‚ “Los Vendidos” by Luis Valdez stereotypes and racism take the main stage. The story takes place in a shop called “Honest Sancho’s Used Mexican Lot” where Mexicans are sold very much like used cars‚ implying they are property. A woman named Miss. Jimenez‚ a secretary from Governor Reagan’s office comes to the shop to buy a Mexican for the administration. Honest Sancho‚ the shops owner proceeds to walk Miss. Jimenez around the shop showing her different “models” of Mexican he had

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    Monroy Judith Watry WRT102 April 19th‚ 2014 World renowned author and playwright‚ Luis Valdez‚ carries a rich Mexican-American historical background that gives him the ability to integrate his beautiful culture in his writings. In 1940‚ Luis Valdez was born into a family of migrant workers along with his nine brothers and sisters. According to the Encyclopedia of World Biography in an excerpt on Luis Valdez‚ he began picking crops at the age of six and was forced to travel around California’s

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    The book I have chosen was the Violent Land by the Brazilian Jorge Amado. The reason why I chose this book was because it wasn’t too long and I really like the country of Brazil. I didn’t really know which book I wanted to read at first but I looked around and this one stuck out the most and find it really enjoyable. This story is about everyday Brazilians and the minds of each Brazilian and talks about the country São Jorge dos Ilhéus which is a country ruled by rich planters. The men

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    Although convinced that she herself will never marry‚ Emma Woodhouse‚ a precocious twenty-year-old resident of the village of Highbury‚ imagines herself to be naturally gifted in conjuring love matches. After self-declared success at matchmaking between her governess and Mr. Weston‚ a village widower‚ Emma takes it upon herself to find an eligible match for her new friend‚ Harriet Smith. Though Harriet’s parentage is unknown‚ Emma is convinced that Harriet deserves to be a gentleman’s wife and sets

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