“300” directed by Zack Snyder‚ which was based off of the battle of Thermopylae‚ between the Greeks and the Persians in 480 B.C. In the movie‚ Persians threaten to enslave and change the ways of the Spartan people. The leader of Sparta is King Leonidas which has 300 Spartan soldiers behind him in the battle against the Persians which is lead by Xerxes who thought of himself as a god in the movie. The 300 Spartan soldiers had to defend a thin path called Thermopylae also called the hot gates which
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CASE Indian Health Service: 7 Creating a Climate for Change “As an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico‚ I am a member of the Sun Clan and have the name of my great grandfather‚ Osara‚ meaning ‘the sun’‚” Dr. Michael Trujillo told the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in 1994 during his confirmation hearing as Director of the Indian Health Service (see Exhibit 7/1). He told the committee that he had known the remoteness of Neah Bay at the northwest tip
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various strongmen that had plagued the country for the latter half of the 19th Century. Then‚ in 1930‚ after a violent campaign‚ Trujillo‚ the commander of the military‚ took power and held onto power either directly or through puppets like his brother‚ Hector‚ until 1961 (Metz‚ 40). Trujillo is credited with giving women suffrage in 1942 and growing the economy‚ but Trujillo is mainly viewed as a tyrannical dictator who accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth and killed thousands in order
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Dionekes is selected to fight with King Leonidas and 300 Spartans in the fight to defend the "Hot Gates" at Thermopylae to delay the movement of the Persian’s toward invading Greece under King Xerxes. The Spartans and their allies hold off the Persians for several days . Eventually‚ a greek traitor leads the Persian Immortals the "elite troops" through a secret mountain pass that allows them to surround the Spartan position. Leonidas orders all the allies to leave and the
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with only losing a few Greeks. Xerxes learns of a hidden trail that leads behind the Spartans and sends an elite force to annihilate them. Leonidas sends a party to assassinate Xerxes in the middle of the night‚ but the attempt fails. Leonidas released his allies on the third day‚ while him and his 300 stay to die at the hands of the Persians. Xerxes beheads Leonidas puts his head on a pike and nails his body to a tree. Xeones completes his story about the Battle of Thermopylae‚ but dies. Xerxes’ scribe
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Initially‚ in the Time of the Butterflies‚ Julia uses craft to explore issues of cultural significance to create a background more interesting through the use of diction‚ especially‚ Spanish words. Julia herself writes‚ “...The big celebration over at the museum‚ the delegations from as far away as Peru and Paraguay‚ an ordeal really‚ making that many little party sandwiches and the nephews and nieces not always showing up in time to help. But this is March‚ Maria Santisima! Doesn’t she have seven
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was sculpted by Polish-French sculptor Paul Landowski.[9] The face of the statue was created by the Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida‚ born in Galaţi‚ in 1892. He studied sculpture at the Fine Arts Conservatory in Bucharest‚ than he continued his studies for three years in Italy where he gained also a prize with his sculpture “Reveil” (the Dream). Gheorghe Leonida lived then in Paris where his work “Le Diable” (the Devil) was awarded the Grand Prize. Becoming famous in France as portraitist‚
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Philip II was off doing military campaigns. Olympia was a powerful role model for Alexander‚ but he still grew to resent his father’s absence. Alexander’s earliest education was given by a man named Leonidas. Leonidas‚ had been hired by King Philip II to teach Alexander math‚ horsemanship and archery. Leonidas
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http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0767430344/student_view0/chapter16/ Organizational Culture Theory Organizational Culture Theory "has become a major theoretical rallying point" (Mumby‚ 1988‚ p. 4). Pacanowsky and O’Donnell-Trujillo were instrumental in directing researchers’ attention toward an expansive understanding of organizations. The theoretical principles of the theory emphasize that organizational life is complex and that researchers must take into consideration not only the members
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hear that right? There is a plan to fight Persia at Thermopylae?” My friend Aesop asked. We were coming out of a meeting at the barracks. “Yes‚ my friend‚ we will defend the pass from the invaders‚” I replied.In the meeting in the barracks‚ King Leonidas had told us that he was going to hand pick 300 of our elite soldiers to fight Persia. “Did you know‚ Acacius?” he asked me‚ “Only fathers will be going on this mission.” He was correct. The king was only picking soldiers who had children. “I wonder
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