The story begins abruptly‚ as we find our mock heroes out in the desert en route to the savvy resort of Las Vegas. The author uses a tense hitchhiker as a mode‚ or an excuse‚ for a flashback that exposes the plot. An uncertain character picked up in the middle of the desert who Raoul Duke‚ the main character‚ feels the need to explain things to‚ to help him rest easy. They had two bags of grass‚ seventy-five pellets of mescaline‚ five sheets of high-powered blotter acid‚ a salt shaker half-full of
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Spanish Traditions and Folk Song Musical traditions have been taking place for centuries in all countries‚ ethnicities and cultures. Each group has specific musical stylings‚ sounds and instruments. Here we will take an in depth look at the musical traditions of the Spanish traced back to the mid-1500s. St. Augustine‚ FL was founded by the Spanish in 1565. This was the beginning of traditional sounds‚ folk songs‚ hymns‚ and dance. It was discovered that these musical sub groups‚ reflected Spanish
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walked into the first class that I have ever took and confronted chaos. The four students in my Spanish class were engaged in a heated spitball battle. They were all following the lead of Andrew‚ a tall eleven-year-old African-American boy. Andrew turned to me and said‚ "Why are we learning Spanish if no one speaks it? This a waste of time." I broke out in a cold sweat. I thought‚ "How on Earth am I going to learn this?" It was my first day of Winterbridge‚ a nationwide collaborative of thirty-six
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Much attention is given to the quality of play in Las Vegas poker rooms. These rooms‚ which hide in conspicuous enclaves of big time casinos‚ have long been home to some of the world’s finest players. These days‚ the overall level of play has dropped dramatically. With ESPN and other networks giving poker more mainstream coverage‚ average Joes everywhere are learning to play the game. While they learn to play games on the internet and against their below average friends‚ they also want to test their
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I have chosen this object as I am Spanish and I feel it is close to my heart.‚ Consequently‚ I would like to share with you its importance and use. This type of comb is a woman’s hair decoration; it has a convex body with some teeth at the end so it can grab into the chignon. As explained in the comb’s definition‚ in order to wear this ítem‚ the woman’s hair has to be tied up into a bun. In this essay I am going to talk about this hair accessory‚ how it is‚ its origin and its use and importance
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early as 1533‚ a debate arose in Madrid‚ Spain’s capital‚ over whether or not descendants of Spanish men and Indian or African women should be acknowledged by the Crown and educated as servant of the empire. Skin color mattered to the Spanish. There was no word for mixed-race people in the Spanish language in the mid-sixteenth century‚ there was only an official measurement of blood mixture‚ the Spanish based their definitions of race and social belonging to Limpieza de Sangre‚ the purity of
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instruments or dance. In the spanish culture music is expressed both with instruments alone or dancing. The spanish have groups of people playing many different caustic instruments these bands are known as meriachy bands. A group of usually men stand around in a half circle playing violins‚ trumpets‚ Spanish guitar‚ a vihuela (a high-pitched‚ five-string guitar) and a guitarrón (a small-scaled acoustic bass) these bands can be up to 20 people. As well as a meriachi band the spanish culture celebrates through
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death of Mary Queen of Scots‚ religion‚ refusal of marriage‚ Dutch revolt and the French civil war. But even before the Spanish set sail like in 1587 Drake attacked a large number of ships at the Cadiz harbour‚ then the barrels of food and drink went mouldy and sour because the barrels were made from new wood and were still damp which made them mouldy and sour. Then the Spanish tried to pick up some Dutch soldiers but there was confusion on where they’d be picked‚ because communication was very poor
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Spanish Colonization Early Spanish expeditions Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the Philippines in 1521. The Philippine islands first came to the attention of Europeans with the Spanish expedition around the world led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan landed on the island of Cebu‚ claiming the lands for Spain and naming them Islas de San Lazaro. He set up friendly relations with some of the local chieftains and converted some of them to Roman Catholicism. However‚ Magellan
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Fire has a long history of forcing changes in the United States and around the world. On November 21‚ 1980‚ the MGM Grand Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas had a fire that resulted in the death of eight-five individuals. According to the incident report from the fire‚ it was started by an ungrounded electrical circuit in a section of the main level of the casino called “The Deli”. It was discovered that the heat caused by the ungrounded wire heated enough to ignite the surrounding area. The fuel source
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