over the years but nonetheless the story is still one of the best. The story of La Llorona dates back to a time before colonials arrived in the new world. This makes this legend around 500 years old and to this day it still terrifying children late at night. The first recorded sighting takes place on the eve of the arrival of Spanish conquer Hernan Cortes and his army to the Aztec capital‚ what is now known as Mexico City. The goddess Cihuacoatl appeared in the streets among the capital temples‚
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Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Monterrey Determinants of Tourism Demand For Mexico Emilio Noé Hernández Kelly* Fernando Mendoza López** Econometría II Dr. Héctor Rodríguez Monterrey‚ Nuevo León‚ November 29th‚ 2004 I. INTRODUCTION Tourism has long been considered a viable option for growth in many less Developed nations. It has been widely accepted that tourism is a low investment‚ high return industry making its profitability extremely
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Las Vegas: What’s Not Happening in Vegas When you hear someone mention Las Vegas‚ what comes to mind? Sin City? Wholesome entertainment for the entire family? An indulgent luxury vacation? Or perhaps a value-oriented reward for hard-working Americans? If you answered “all of the above‚” you wouldn’t necessarily be wrong. The truth: All of these have been characteristics associated with Las Vegas over the years. In recent times‚ the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) fielded
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higher levels of education. Hence‚ the Luna family moved to Manila in 1861. There‚ Luna attended Ateneo Municipal de Manila‚ one of the most prestigious universities in the Philippines and where he finished his Bachelor of Arts degree. Shortly‚ Luna and his brother Manuel‚ who according to national hero‚ Jose Rizal‚ was a better painter than Juan himself‚ traveled to Europe to study higher degrees of arts and sciences. Luna attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid‚ Spain
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Overview The case study “Jose Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua” outlines the automotive’s executive success and tribulations among GM and Ford‚ known for his charismatic‚ competitive‚ innovative and controversial manufacturing practices and sourcing strategies. Lopez was responsible for the emergency of GM as one of the most cost competitive operations in Europe‚ by working with suppliers to cut component costs. Companies selected to do business with GM would have to bid among each other‚ being the lower
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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
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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
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Mexico’s culture‚ a brief overview of Geert Hofstede’s study of different cultures would be useful. Hofstede’s cultural taxonomy helps in the understanding of cultural differences. Hofstede proposed that people carry mental programs that are developed during their childhood and are reinforced by their culture (Lustig‚ Koester‚ 2006‚ p.114). Through these programs‚ the ideas of a culture are expressed through its principal values. Hofstede conducted a study of over 100‚000 IBM employees in over seventy-one
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Migration cASE STUDY Introduction Migration is the movement of people from one area to another‚ be it across the road‚ or to the other side of the earth. Everyday over 2000 Mexicans try and cross the 2000km border that spans between Mexico and the USA. The immigrants walk for miles to try and illegally enter the country and for many it is a wasted journey as they are returned shortly after by the US border patrol police. The immigrants usually travel in groups of 10 and up‚
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From first glance of the Las Meninas painting‚ my eyes go to the center‚ down front‚ where a princess is being offered a drink and gives off an air of not being interested. Not too near to her‚ almost at the margin of the picture‚ a woman dwarf‚ and a boy bothers a tired dog‚ which disregards the torments. There is a woman in middle ground talks to a man who seems to be ignoring her while instead he looks directly at the viewer. Further in the back‚ a courtier in all black prepares to leave; his
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