Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican celebration that remembers a military victory against the French on May 5‚ 1862. Cinco de Mayo means May the fifth in Spanish. It is not a public or a national holiday in Mexico. It is largely celebrated in the Mexican state of Puebla‚ where the victory against French forces took place. Even though it is not a major holiday in Mexico‚ it is a well-known celebration. This is because Mexicans in the USA and other
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Introducción La toma de decisiones es indispensable para las empresas‚ pues una decisión mal tomada puede conllevar a una situación comprometedora. Por tal razón‚ las personas encargadas de la toma de decisiones deben estar capacitadas y conocer ampliamente todas las características y pasos que constituyen este proceso‚ y que las obliga a escoger entre dos o más alternativas. Las decisiones de los ejecutivos o directores son menos estructuradas ya que no existen situaciones repetitivas y por ende
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rosary that is being held in her hand. The rosary is a sign of her religious life. Juana Inez de la Cruz was forced into the religious life of catholicism because the Spanish came. Next to her in the painting‚ there are books. These books signify her intellectual life and show that she was a very smart and educated women‚ even though she was self-taught. She also has an escudo de monger on. An escudo de monger is basically a nun’s badge that displays the Virgin Mary. It also informs people that
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should be changed to Dia De La Raza. Dia De La Raza means the day of the races and makes more sense for the replacement of Columbus Day because it celebrates all of the races involved with the New World. Three reasons Columbus Day should be called Dia De La Raza is because this day recognizes all the races that came to the New World‚ recognizes the natives of the New World and recognizes the African slaves that built the New World. The first reason it should be called Dia De La Raza is because this
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Dutch for "The Style"‚ also known as neoplasticism‚ was a Dutch artistic movement founded in 1917. In a narrower sense‚ the term De Stijl is used to refer to a body of work from 1917 to 1931 founded in the Netherlands. De Stijl is also the name of a journal that was published by the Dutch painter‚ designer‚ writer‚ and critic Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931)‚ propagating the group’s theories. Next to van Doesburg‚ the group’s principal members were the painters Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)‚ Vilmos Huszár
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Essay: The inspiring life of Juana Ines de la Cruz Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz is not a typical women that lived during the 17th century in Mexico. There is much more beyond her beauty and authenticity. In her early years she was already considered to be a “child genius“1‚ taking into account her intelligence‚ and “polymath“ would also best describe her‚ since she wrote various poems‚ along with plays‚ also including her studies in music‚ philosophy and natural
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Bartolomè de Las Casas‚ "Of the Island of Hispaniola" (1542) Identify and explain the metaphor that Las Casas uses to describe the Spaniards’ treatment of the people of Hispaniola. What does the use of this metaphor suggest about Las Casas’ attitude toward the Spaniards and the people of Hispaniola? Bartolome de Las Casas compares the native people to sheep‚ describing them as "...without malice or duplicity‚ most obedient‚ most faithful‚ the most humble‚ most patient‚ most peaceful and calm
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Ryan Lorenc Paper #1 02/18/13 Sor Juan Inés de la Cruz Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz lived a life without fear regarding the social criticisms of her writing and she wrote to influence change regarding the educational stereotypes made by the men of her era. Sor Juana worked diligently to educate herself continuously throughout her life in order to reach a level of sophistication that no man could contest. The educational life of Sor Juana started at the age of three in 1651
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ESL 185 Writing Assignment Maria Zuniga Book Report December 9‚ 2005 Corrections “Sor Juana” is a biography of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz written by Octavio Paz and translated by Margaret Sayers Peden. It is a book of 470 pages divided in six parts that besides Sor Juana’s life and work‚ explain the difficulties of the time for an intellectual woman. It was published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Cambridge‚ Massachusetts in 1988. Reading this book gave me the
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Ley de Boyle Ley de Boyle (designado a veces Ley de Boyle-Mariotte) es uno de leyes del gas y base de la derivación para ley ideal del gas‚ que describe la relación entre el producto presión y volumen dentro de a sistema cerrado como constante cuando sigue habiendo la temperatura y los topos en una medida fija; ambas entidades siguen siendo inverso proporcionales. Historia La ley de Boyle se nombra después del filósofo natural irlandés Roberto Boyle (Lismore‚ Condado Waterford‚ 1627-1691) quién
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