Modern History Sourcebook: Simón de Bolívar: Message to the Congress of Angostura‚ 1819 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are not Europeans; we are not Indians; we are but a mixed species of aborigines and Spaniards. Americans by birth and Europeans by law‚ we find ourselves engaged in a dual conflict: we are disputing with the natives for titles of ownership‚ and at the same time we are struggling to maintain ourselves in the country
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Article by Simon Williams It’s not often that doing something for the good of your business is directly in line with doing something positive for the environment‚ but cutting energy use fits both bills. If you can reduce the amount of energy expended in your business‚ costs will drop in direct proportion. There are plenty of ways to reduce energy use‚ of course‚ but here we’re particularly concerned with energy used in IT. This is a significant section of business energy use. According to government
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"BRUCE LEE’S TOUGHEST FIGHT" by Michael Dorgan (from Official Karate‚ July 1980) Considering the skill of the opponents and the complete absence of referees‚ rules‚ and safety equipment‚ it was one hell of a fight that took place that day in December. It may have been the most savagely elegant exhibition of unarmed combat of the century. Yet‚ at a time when top fighters tend to display their skills only in huge closed-circuited arenas‚ this battle was fought in virtual secrecy behind locked
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Luis Flores Simon the Cyrenian Speaks This poem talks about a black man who at first refuses to do the work that he’s suppose to do because he thinks their making him do this because he is black and how he speaks out to say what he thinks. "He never spoke a word to me‚ And yet He called my name; He never gave a sign to me‚ And yet I knew and came. 1. At first I said‚ "I will not bear His cross upon my back; He only seeks to place it there Because my skin is black." But He was
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November 2013 Bruce Lee One of the most famous persons in the world has changed the way society perceives the use martial arts are of course Bruce Lee. Were we no longer limit ourselves to one style but multiple styles for various situations‚ and today we use these fighting styles in various action films. Bruce Lee is the most influential martial artist and action film star of the twentieth century. Now days we have a sport called MMA‚ mixed martial arts‚ if it wasn’t for Bruce Lee this might
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The 1968 Tet Offensive displayed how leadership and its inability to properly analyze the battlefield can ultimately reshape a war and inspire the political landscape. Many analytical flaws caused the Tet Offensive to become a negative turning point in the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War. A main example of this is how the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the People’s Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF‚ or more commonly known as the Viet Cong) used deception as a tactical advantage. This
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The Walkout tells the story of the 1968 walkout by high school Chicano students in East Los Angeles to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions.Schools taught a curriculum that largely ignored or denied Mexican-American history and Chicano students were steered toward menial labor and away from college by counselors and school officials.This movie taught me that things have changed for us Hispanics since then because we are treated equally. Students were tired
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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe exemplifies and recounts the calamities of the Vietnam War in a dehumanising‚ confronting tone. The anti-war elegy was written in 1968 as a tribute to the return of the Australian veterans who died fighting in the Vietnam War. While protesting about Australia’s participation in the War‚ the poem also demonstrates the lack of identity and deference that was attached to the soldiers. The 25 line broken verse poem presented in a single stanza‚ speaks on behalf of the disrespected
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8/2/2012 Many people believe that Paul is in fact the founder of Christianity‚ and not Jesus. Of the twenty seven documents that constitute the New Testament‚ thirteen are letters attributed to Paul. Also‚ more than half of the Acts of the Apostles describes Paul’s conversion and subsequent activities on behalf of the spread of the good news about Jesus (the Gospel). This gives us an indication as to how important Paul was to the religion. Paul is one of the most prominent people in history
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Paul Rand Largely known for his corporate logo designs‚ Paul Rand was probably one of the most important graphic designers in our time. Having created the “face” for companies such as IBM‚ UPS and ABC‚ Paul Rand helped to pave the way for graphic design in general‚ making it an essential part in the marketing world. Born Peretz Rosenbaum in Brooklyn‚ New York in august 15th‚ 1914‚ Rand began his career as a graphic designer from an early age. He used to paint signs for his father’s grocery shop
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