"La Malinche." Slave‚ interpreter‚ secretary‚ mistress‚ mother of the first "Mexican." her very name still stirs up controversy. Many Mexicans continue to revile the woman called Doña Marina by the Spaniards and La Malinche by the Aztecs‚ labeling her a traitor and harlot for her role as the alter-ego of Cortes as he conquered Mexico. They ignore that she saved thousands of Indian lives by enabling Cortes to negotiate rather than slaughter. Her ability to communicate also enabled the Spaniards to
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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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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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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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The bottom of the economic pyramid concept has pros and cons alike. From a business perspective there are vast untapped markets sitting there waiting for someone to take hold. Unfortunately‚ the limitations of entering new global markets make it difficult and possibly unsafe for companies to tap some markets. The obvious potential to add a new source of revenue should be tempting for large companies who have the means to attempt breaking into a new market. Overcoming the “red tape” per say has
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I. Choices: Look at three biggest points in each lecture for the final! WHY DO WE MAKE THE CHOICES WE DO? -If we all did these 15 things we would have a mortality rate that is half of what it is now -What is choice? Free Will Fate? Fun Hedonism (Hedonist choose pleasure) Control- people will want to exercise more if they feel a sense of control in the type of exercise they do Ex. HIV- if taken care of properly with medications aids patients can live a normal life span -Mother believed she didn’t
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There is a hotly debated issue of that whether it is more important to work quickly and risk making mistakes than to work slowly and make sure that everything is correct‚ and the topic of people’s view on the correlation between speed and accuracy can be approached from several different angles due to its complexity. Some people tend to prefer to work quickly‚ while others seem to prefer work cautiously. After deeply deliberating over this issue‚ I also develop my own point of view. I favor the latter
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La Haine (1995): dir. Mathieu Kassovitz- France Starkly shot in black and white to show a Paris not on any map‚ the film deals with Frances intolerance towards outsiders. After local youth Adel is beaten unconscious by police‚ a riot ensues on his estate during which a policeman loses his gun. La Haine follows vinz‚ Hubert and said‚ three young men trapped in the Parisian economic‚ ethnic and social underclass. Watching the film‚ what really stood out to me was the way the film shot- -Being wholly
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Case A a. What was the competitive environment for the John Deere Component Works (JDCW) prior to the 1980s? sales increase through 1980’s Served as a product differentiator‚ niche markets b. What was the competitive environment for the JDCW after the 1980s? saw slowing sales‚ agriculture economy crashed turned towards cutting costs (labor‚ downward decision making) encouraged sales to outside to utilize capacity started just in time manufacturing c. What was JDCW’s role as part of the
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For my first quarter supplemental project‚ I chose to watch the movie Amistad. This movie portrays very unfortunate events that innocent people from Africa had to endure. The Africans were being held in Cuba and were chained to the cargo on the ship La Amistad. One of the Africans- Cinque; takes over the ship and him and his men kill most of the crew. Furthermore‚ they continue to sail‚ but reach the United States where they are imprisoned as runaway slaves. After this‚ the slaves are beginning to
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