Beloved by the Maya of western highland Guatemala‚ Maximón (pronounced Ma-shee-moan) is part ancient Mayan deity‚ part Catholic saint‚ part archetypal trickster. His complex character resonates with ancient religious associations between fertility‚ virility‚ the underworld‚ black magic‚ and sin. He is the patron saint of travelers and gamblers‚ and an associate of the devil according to the Catholic Church. A name with many meanings Many people identify him with the ancient Mayan underworld earth-god
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A Bear Called Paddington Chapter one – Please Look After This Bear Summary Mr. and Mrs. Brown first meet Paddington on a railway platform while waiting for their daughter Judy. He is sitting on an old leather suitcase near the lost property office‚ wearing an unusual hat and a label round his neck which reads `Please Look After This Bear. Thank You’. He explains that he has been sent from Peru by his Aunt Lucy who has had to go into a home for retired bears. After a sticky adventure with some
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of Twixx and the Gummy Bears from the squishy and colorful land of Gummy Bear. You do want to hear it?!? Well‚ prepare your taste buds because here we go. Well‚ this war all began when King Bear of the Gummy‚ the jolly and plump king of the Gummy Bears‚ got ticked with the comment King Twix‚ the demanding and caramel-flavored king of the Twixians said to him. Which was this‚ “Artificial fruit flavoring is STANKY!!!!” Now‚ that was very insulting back then for Gummy Bears. I could tell you and
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Bear Stearns & Co Page 1 of 10 Bear Stearns & Co Answer the following 10 questions‚ using the financial statement data from Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation. Show your work (i.e.‚ note what numbers you’re using). On May 9‚ 1989‚ Bear Stearns & Co. issued a report on Blockbuster Entertainment Corp.‚ which is reproduced in part below. Blockbuster-Entertainment (Ticker symbol: BV‚ Price per share: $33 ½) increased owned and franchised video stores from 19 at the end of 1986 to 415 at December
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Bad News Bears “Baseball was‚ is and always will be to me the best game in the world” these were the words once uttered by Babe Ruth. The Bad News Bears is a 1976 film‚ remade in 2005‚ about a little league baseball team full of misfits that were originally excluded from their Southern California baseball league for not being talented enough‚ but parent protest allowed for the team to be formed. The coach in charge of this team is a drunk‚ ex-professional baseball pitcher named Morris Buttermaker
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John makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing his one and only friend to life‚ his teddy bear. The two grow up together and John must then choose to stay with his girlfriend or keep his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear‚ Ted. I just want to state off hand that this is my first movie review‚ well other than just telling someone what I thought. So if you are looking for a well written‚ witty review then.. you might want to stop reading now. But since this movie
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Located in New York‚ the cultural and financial capital of the world‚ I know that my time at Columbia will be both productive and enjoyable. During Labor Day weekend‚ I’ll be able to go watch Maria Sharapova shriek away on Arthur Ashe Stadium. I really hope she cuts down on the double faults this match. Maybe she’ll finally manage to beat Serena. On a chilly fall night after class‚ I’ll be able to venture down Broadway‚ and sit down and watch a play or two. I’ll probably end up watching Mamma Mia;
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Gold Bear Golf‚ INC. 1. The professional auditing standards have a set of five management assertions. Of the five assertions‚ three are very important in regards to the Paragon audit. The descriptions below‚ audit procedure is explained that would have ensured the audit was completed accurately. a. Occurrence- The management assertion that ensures a particular transaction actually happened. In the case of a construction company such as Paragon‚ this could be verified by going to a job site and
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Student Activities Association hosted a free Build-A-Bear event in the BPSC that quickly became wildly popular among students. On Wednesday‚ March 8‚ the halls of the BPSC filled with students who were waiting on their chance to relive a childhood memory. A wide variety of plush animals were available for students’ choosing. Students could then stuff their animal with cotton and received a mini SAA shirt to put on their new plush toy. The Build-A-Bear event was in such high demand among students that
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Peta Norma (Petaluma) attached to Sonoma county‚ Is a charming historic old town‚ that still preserves Victorian architecture and elegant turn of the century building in today’s urban farm style environment‚ the weather at there is comfortable and it has good living environment also‚ They have the famous beer‚ and good conditions right place and become a very important water and land transfer station. On Highway 101 is the main freeway through this town. State Route 116 also runs through town as
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