The rooftop was iced with a cushion of snow‚ merging with the creamy-purple twilight sky. Shovelled into the rooftop snow‚ a pale red sign read “Land Here Santa”. The sign was flaking and the wood was splintering‚ but it still brought the same vibrancy to the little cottage. The cottage itself was built with rich auburn brick with a white lining. An extensive string of sprightly festive lights ran along the eave of the roof‚ illuminating the street‚ spreading warmth through a bitter morning. A snowflake
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What if one day you woke up and your life was completely flipped upside down? In the Netflix series‚ Santa Clarita Diet‚ a family of three experiences the unthinkable dilemma of the undead. Based in Santa Clarita‚ California‚ the show starts off with any “normal” family of three. The parents‚ Shelia and Joel‚ are realtors in the neighborhood‚ while their daughter‚ Abby‚ is your typical teenage high school student. However‚ the family doesn’t stay normal for long before Shelia’s abrupt death and resurrection
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Penn State University is a land-grant public research University in Pennsylvania. The school’s mission statement claims “The Pennsylvania State University is a multi-campus‚ land-grant‚ public research University that educates students from around the world‚ and supports individuals and communities through integrated programs of teaching‚ research‚ and service” (“Mission”‚ 2016). Their vision statement declares that “Penn State will be a leader in research‚ learning‚ and engagement that facilitates
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Flower Festival: Feast of Santa Anita By Diego Rivera Diego Rivera was born on December 8‚ 1886 in Guanajuato‚ Mexico. His love of art showed early on as he began drawing as a child. Around the age of 10‚ Rivera was able to study art at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. One of his early influences was artist José Posada who ran a print shop near Rivera’s school. In 1907‚ Rivera traveled to Europe to further his art studies. There‚ he became friends with other leading artists
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What is your mission statement? BMW Group’s worldwide mission statement is: "The mission statement up to the year 2020 is clearly defined: the BMW Group is the world’s leading provider of premium products and premium services for individual mobility." Mission Statement This statement is retireved from the annual report 2008: "Today‚ the BMW Group is one of the ten largest car manufacturers in the world and possesses‚ with its BMW‚ MINI and Rolls-Royce brands‚ three of the strongest premium
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Identify Wal-Mart’s corporate mission. According to the Wal-Mart’s 2008 annual report from 22 Oct 2008‚ their mission statement is “We save people money so they can live better”. Identify what you believe the organization’s strategic mission is. I believe in a strategic sense that Wal-Mart has chosen to make their stores the “one stop shop” for everything the common American household needs. To do this‚ they have developed strategically over the years by growing from their initial platform
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The Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is by Miguel Cabrera and was created around 1750. The artwork depicts a portrait of a Catholic nun‚ Sor Juana. The artwork is located in Latin America in the Spanish colonies of Mexico. Sor Juana joined the religious order of the Catholic Church and became a nun in order to pursue her intellectual interests. Sor Juana is depicted looking straight at the view and the iconography of the portrait is quite typical of nun portraits from 18th century Mexico. She
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Instances where ignorance was more comfortable than the truth are abundant. Santa Clause is one example that most people can relate to. As a child‚ my parents convinced me that Santa was real and I believed in him without a doubt. Believing in Santa brightens up the season‚ bringing both magic and fun. I remember wondering as I grew older if Santa Clause was real or make-believe. I wanted the truth. I questioned my mother countless times throughout the years just
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There is a myriad of historical ideas that surprised me during this reading. My top three surprising historical highlights are The Globe‚ Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz‚ and the Spanish theatre‚ corrales. Throughout my whole learning experiences‚ I have never come across the corrales. Usually‚ I would learn about how Spanish is very religious based and how they are very well-known for discovering New Worlds. I would always hear Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan. I never really learned about
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“our mission at aveda is to care for the world we live in‚ from the products we make to the ways in which we give back to society. at aveda‚ we strive to set an example for environmental leadership and responsibility‚ not just in the world of beauty‚ but around the world.” Author‚ Horst Rechelbacher‚ Founder Aveda‚ (2016) Mission statement‚ retrieved from http://aveda.com. Aveda has committed to practicing it’s mission statement since Horst Rechelbacher founded Aveda‚ in 1978. Examples of this
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