El Cid is a movie from 1961 that shows how Spain became a unified country. Spain was being invaded by the Moors‚ which are apart of the Muslim religion. The Moors believed their God “Allah” would help them defeat the Spanish. Rodrigo who is also known as El Cid‚is on his way to get married with his fiancé Doña Ximena ‚ when he rescues a small Spanish town from the moors. He arrests the moors and plans to take them to vivar ‚ but he eventually lets them go as long as they don’t treason on King Ferdinand’s
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The El Paso Pigeon The first time I saw one of those “El Paso Pigeons” was the summer of 2012. My brother-in-law and I were standing in the backyard when he pointed up in the air and said‚ “Look‚ there is an El Paso pigeon.” In the beginning‚ I did not know what he meant by that because I was looking at the sky‚ searching for any kind of bird‚ but I could not see anything. “Right there in the tree‚” he said‚ and pointed at a plastic bag that was stuck in a tree. At that moment‚ I did not spend
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year for Honda‚ which is why they released their 2014 “Honda Hands” commercial. The commercial was awarded the best video of the year in 2014. The “Honda Hands” commercial uses the appeals the need for cognizance and the need for recognition to persuade potential employers‚ and customers of the car‚ and off-road
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times‚ are usual ways a product or issue can be successfully advertised. We must learn as consumers to spot what the propaganda techniques are‚ and become aware of what the truth is The cable/internet company Comcast is a great example. In one commercial‚ Comcast uses many approaches in selling their lightning fast internet service. Recently‚ Comcast used husband and wife turtles as a decoy to insult competitors and to prove how great their service is. Using the “name-calling” approach‚ the two
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‘Romney Killed My Wife’ In political races in the United States logical fallacies are a staple in political ads. The 2012 election was no exception to this convention‚ especially being true in an advertisement with ex-steel plant worker Joe Soptic‚ speaking in Obama-affiliated Political Action Committee Priorities. The advertisement included many logical fallacies to argue against the Romney campaign. Those include post hoc reasoning‚ ad hominem‚ and slippery slope. The advertisement consisted
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Deir el-Medina. Caitlin Wall. Good morning‚ Deir el-Medina is a little workmans villiage set on the west bank or the River Nile‚ just below the ancient city of Thebes. The village was inhabited by workmen who were responsible for the construction and decoration of the royal tombs from the New Kingdom. The exploration of Deir el-Medina has yielded a huge quantity of artefacts and texts written on ostraca or papyri‚ which offer a unique view into the daily life of an ancient Egyptian community. Throughout
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NAVARRA DEIR EL-MEDINA The village of Deir el-Medina is situated in Upper Egypt near Thebes and Luxor‚ on the west bank of the Nile. The typical New Kingdom village was predominately agricultural and contained a wide range of skilled and non-skilled workers‚ including farmers‚ fishermen and labourers. By contrast‚ Deir el-Medina was built to house only one group of people: the skilled workers who built and decorated the royal tombs. The community included the workmen‚ their wives‚ children
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"El Topo" (The Mole; 鼹鼠) (1970) (ACID WESTERN / SURREALISM / ART-HOUSE) "El Topo" (English title: "The Mole"‚ Chinese title: "鼹鼠") is a very weird movie which can be described as mix of acid western and surreal art-house feature. It was directed by highly controversial Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky and shot in Mexico (where Jodorowsky lived many years). As I said this a truly ambitious and difficult to understand film‚ full of multiple allegories‚ religious symbolism and far-east philosophy
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Discussion of Essay XV‚ “Banks‚ Bookkeeping‚ and the Rise of Commercial Capitalism‚” in Sprezzatura by Richard Jackson Essay XV of Sprezzatura provides a clear and concise description of the development and rise of banking‚ accounting‚ and capitalistic practices. The author‚ Richard Jackson‚ begins the short essay with a brief history of the Vivaldi brothers’ voyage to the West Indies in 1291. The remainder of the essay is organized chronologically and spans from the late 11th century--when Genoa
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Module 2 Introduction Negligence is one of many types of torts. A tort is a civil wrong that is outside of contract law and arises out of recognition that a person is responsible for their acts and omissions when dealing with others. The term ’tort’ refers to a number of different laws such as: • nuisance‚ • trespass and • assault Torts generally compensate the individual for personal loss or attacks on reputation‚ where the loss was caused by another person.
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