LA Amistad is a movie depicting the tale of many Africans who were taken from their homes and sold into slavery. The Africans of “La Amistad” had been among five or six hundred Africans purchased by a Portuguese slave from Pedro Blanco‚ who operated a notorious slave factory on the island of Lomboko‚ south of Freetown. They had been brought from Africa on board the Portuguese slaver “Tecora” to Havana‚ where they were moved under cover of darkness to a prison outside the city and advertised for
Premium Slavery Atlantic slave trade Slavery in the United States
Las Vegas: A Family-Friendly City(?) Admit it‚ whenever you hear the word Las Vegas‚ the first thing that pops into your mind is casinos‚ right? The Sin City – “What happens in Vegas‚ Stays in Vegas” – reputation doesn’t help much either. But even with all that baggage‚ Las Vegas is actually a great place to raise your kids in. Just take a look at all the neat stuff the city has to offer your young family. The Cost of Living Las Vegas provides many housing options for new homebuyers; there are
Premium Education High school School
LA TOMATINA FESTIVAL‚ BUNOL‚ SPAIN La Tomatina is a largest food fight festival in the world which is held in the Valencian town of Bunol‚ Spain. It is held on the last Wednesday of August every year. This festival required the visitors to throw approximately 40‚000 tomatoes and get involved in this tomatoes fight just for fun every year. The history of this festival was started on the last Wednesday of August 1945. During that time‚ the town square‚ where the “tomatina” is traditionally held nowadays
Premium Tourism World Tourism Organization
Las Posadas‚ or the accomodation‚ is a nine day period to represent The Virgin Mary’s nine months of pregnancy and her struggle to find a place to have baby Jesus. This holiday has been a tradition in Mexico for four hundred years. The nine day celebration was started by early friars that combined Spanish Catholicism with the Aztec celebration of the birth of their God. It is celebrated with beautiful Nativity scenes and huge feasts. The people dress up in costumes and reenact Las Posodas. Las Posadas
Free Jesus Mary Nativity of Jesus
1. Shangri-La Background: Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts is a deluxe Asian hotel chain‚ founded in 1971 in Singapore by the Malaysian-Chinese tycoon Robert Kuok. The company quickly differentiated itself from the competition and provided distinctive Asian standards of hospitality and service. As of 2006‚ Shangri-La was the largest Asian-based deluxe hotel group in Southeast Asia. The company managed a total of 50 hotels under two brands: the five-star Shangri-La and the four-star Traders- a sister
Premium Financial ratios Hotel chains Financial ratio
Free-Response Questions from Past AP Exams 1999: 1. Is Congress effective in exercising legislative oversight of the federal bureaucracy? Support your answer by doing ONE of the following: a. Explain two specific methods Congress uses to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. OR b. Give two specific explanations for the failure of Congress to exercise effective oversight of the federal bureaucracy. 2000: 1. The Constitution was an attempt to address problems of decentralization
Premium Supreme Court of the United States United States Constitution United States
Guide Exam I Exam 1 is scheduled for Monday October 28‚ 2013 at 9:00am and will cover chapters 1‚ 3‚ 10‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 14‚ 15‚ 17‚ 19‚ 21‚ 49‚ lecture material‚ films and handouts. Please bring a red Scantron form: F-288-Par-L From the lectures‚ please know the following: What is the purpose of the Social Science 1A course? What is the definition of social science? What are the various social sciences? What are the different ways of obtaining knowledge and answering questions? We
Premium Science Sociology Social sciences
La Amistad Report on the Movie Stripped of all human rights and taken forcefully from their homes‚ these people truly know what it is like to suffer. Amistad is a powerful story of the fight against slavery‚ and the victory of the abolitionists. This film is very moving‚ and should have been given many Oscars for excellent acting and directing. It is an outstanding reproduction of actual history and truly gives the viewer a feel for what these slaves endured. In the late 1830’s‚ the ship
Premium Slavery
PHILOSOPHY MIDTERMS LECTURE Aristotle Principles / Theories / propositions > Principle of non- indefinite Regression everything has an end (Teleoloqy) > Nemo dat quod non habet nobody can give what it does not possess > nature is never frustrated intellect is destined to know > tota anima in toto corpore the whole soul is in the whole body > ex entre non fit ens nothing becomes what is already is > the effect cannot be greater than the cause > nothing is in the intellect which does
Premium Philosophy Metaphysics Epistemology
John Arnold Econ 102 Midterm: (essays of 250-500 words per chapter; per the syllabus) Globalization Economics Chapters 1-4 Chapter 1: Globalization in General & Globalization Economics in Particular This chapter gives an over view concept of what globalization entails. The chapter gives a great description and definition of the concept: “Globalization is a holistic‚ or systematic‚ set of structures‚ dynamics‚ functions or goals‚ internal constraints‚ and external impediments”. All of this
Premium Gold Economics Supply and demand