“Yo no estudio para saber más‚ sino para ignorar menos‚” was said by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz‚ a female self-taught Mexican poet from the sixteen hundreds. The quote translates to‚ “I don’t study to know more‚ but to ignore less.” As a Hispanic girl growing up in the United States‚ Sor Juana’s words have a very deep connection to me. I was seven years old when my family made our great return to the Unites States. I had moved back after spending 4 years of my childhood in Panama‚ growing up next
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Carrefour location in the world. The Carrefour group pioneered the idea of a ‘hypermarket‚’ which is a large outlet consisting of both a grocery store and department store under one roof. Carrefour’s fist ‘hypermarket’ opened in 1963‚ in Saint-Genevieve-des-Bois‚ France. Over the years Carrefour has created many of its own products and services. A couple of examples are; in 1976‚ Carrefour introduced it own unbranded line of products “Produits Libres‚” in 1981‚ they introduced their own payment card
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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
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fastest? What is this called? How is it defined? (5) Which of the reactants or products are being used to measure the rate of this chemical reaction? (6) 1/time is approximately proportional to the initial rate of reaction. Explain why this is the case. (7) What assumptions are made to be able to state that 1/time is proportional to the initial rate of reaction? (8) Why do you think that 1/time is only “approximately proportional to the initial rate of reaction? (9) Use your graph to draw
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HIST 3005 Ghazanfar Raja Professor Gureghian Bartoleme de Las Casas‚ Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies. (1542) – Based off of this reading‚ it can be assumed that the conditions in the Indies during the time this text was written were not humane whatsoever. The actions of the Spaniards were very much barbaric‚ and completely contradict the religion which the Spaniards were trying so desperately to impose upon the natives of the Indies. Without having to go
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governor of the New Spain province of New Mexico‚ and founder of various settlements in the present day American Southwest” (Shi & Mayer‚ 2010). Juan De Oñate struggled to gain support for his explorations due to his birth background as a criollo. King Phillip II was hesitant to support his expedition at first‚ but because of Juan De Oñate’s family wealth King Phillip II agreed to support him financially. Oñate acquired his wealth from his father Cristobal de Oñate who was a conquistador/silver baron
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La Malinche When I first read about La Malinche I did not know who or what she was and as I started to read I learned that she was first a slave. She became a slave for Cortes. She was offered to him as a slave by the Cacique of Tabasco‚ along with 19 other young women. Cortes discovered that he could not communicate with the Indians. That night he was recommended to him that one of the women given to him in Tabasco spoke Spanish. When he found out that could speak Spanish. At that point in
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equal value‚ he was known as "the painter ’s painter‚" as demonstrated in the paintings Las Meninas‚ Sebastiàn de Morra‚ and Baltasar Carlos and a Dwarf. Las Meninas is a pictorial summary and a commentary on the essential mystery of the visual world‚ as well as on the ambiguity that results when different states or levels interact or are juxtaposed. The painting of The Royal Family also known as Las Meninas has always been regarded as an unsurpassable masterpiece. According to Palomino‚
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Laila Lahnin December 5th‚ 2012 Ms. Morrotti ENG 073 Assignment: Final Essay Technology of 21st Century Technology is different types of devices and products that everyone uses nowadays‚ whether it’s internet‚ cell phones‚ to social networking and Skype. Technology is the easier way to discover and do things basing off knowledge‚ connecting and interacting with society‚ personal‚ school‚ and working lives. Technology has differed over the years‚ growing into bigger and better things. It
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Jurisdiction DE VERA v. DE VERA G.R. No. 172832 April 7‚ 2009 Facts: Petitioner‚ Rosario T. de Vera‚ filed a bigamy case against her spouse Geren A. de Vera and Josephine F. Juliano after allegedly contracting a second marriage with the latter‚ which likewise has previous knowledge that accused he is still validly married to petitioner. Accused Geren pleaded guilty on arraignment but prayed on a latter motion that he be allowed to withdraw it in order to avail of the mitigating circumstance
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