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    Alive Assignment: The Miracle In The Andes On October 13‚ 1972‚ the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 had crashed in the Andes‚ leaving members of Uruguayan rugby team and their families to fight for survival. Of the 45 people who boarded the plane‚ 12 died in the crash‚ and another 5 died the next morning. This left the remaining survivors to form a society‚ create laws/rules‚ and work together in order to survive. Throughout the film‚ it is apparent that the group functions by working together

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    The casta term “Indian” confined Andeans to this notion of being subjects‚ that were obedient and always paid tribute. The idea that Indians were poor and miserable creatures that needed protection first emerged in the sixteenth century. Indians that paid tribute and that served mita were the ones that received protections because it meant that they were in compliance with the Spanish crown. In return‚ the crown would make them vassals-- thus making Indians important members of the colonial society

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    Afghanistan is a landlocked country‚ filled with many distinct‚ natural features. It is located in Central Asia. Some landforms are resourceful‚ but some are harmful. Afghanistan highly depend on livestock and farming for survival. It is divided into three regions: The Central Highlands‚ Northern Plains‚ and Southwestern Plateaus. Each with their own geography and climate. The Central Highlands has some very deep valleys and elevated mountains‚ which helps the people defend their land. It is apart

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    Massive hills roll through the land‚ stretching as far as the eye can see. Thick trees cover every spare inch of land not occupied by a building. Birds and other animals whoop and holler‚ as loud as sirens. Flowers bloom from every place imaginable. This is Machu Picchu‚ home of the Incan Empire‚ providing historical‚ architectural‚ and scientific significance to the world‚ leaving travelers in awe of its magnificence. Machu Picchu is the site of many historical events. This “city in the clouds”

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    What causes people from rural areas in Peru to move to its capital‚ Lima‚ and what are the effects it has on the way of living? This is a big concern for the Peruvian people whose lives are affected by an increase in poverty‚ invaded settlements‚ and crime. Lima is crowded with people who live in very poor conditions due to the lack of employment. In order to explain the current situation in Lima I truly feel one must understand its history. Peru is a country which history contained many different

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    Las Papas By ilyssa ye “Las Papas” is the story about a single man with a child. The story starts in the kitchen where the man was going to cook a dinner for his son and himself. He was about to try out a new Italian recipe for “Chicken cacciatore”‚ when he received a disapproving remark regarding the dish from his son. Having heard this he suddenly recalls similar event that had happened when he was fifteen and disapproved his father’s cooking by calling it “too spicy”. At the same moment peeling

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    Daniel‚ The Andes Goat Boy Date found: 1990 Age when found: 12 Location: Andes‚ Perú Years in the wild: 8 Animals: goats The Andes Goat-Boy was found in the Andes‚ Peru‚ in 1990‚ and was said to have been raised by goats for eight years. He is supposed to have survived by drinking their milk‚ and eating roots and berries. Being in wild‚ he developed the obvious feral characteristics. He tended to walk with all his 4 limbs‚ his hands and feet were hardened due to scar formation that acted like his

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    in the Andes.” It is a survival drama film which details the story of the members of Uruguayan Rugby Team and other passengers who were involved in the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571‚ which crashed into the Andes Mountains on October 13‚ 1972. The relevance of this film to our present lesson in Biology is the life of every person who died during and after the plane crash. People who survived the day after the plane crash weren’t able to adapt to the cold environment at the Andes Mountains

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    ‘Art and Death in the Colonial Andes’ by Suzanne Stratton-Pruitt ‘Art and Death in the Colonial Andes’ by Suzanne Stratton-Pruitt centered on various paintings done in the western European style that were used as objects of worship for the push of Catholicism on the Andean people during Spanish colonization. Stratton-Pruitt argues that the paintings depict four main elements. These ‘four last things’ constitute death‚ judgment‚ hell‚ and heaven‚ and she discussed their appearance in several examples

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    Zach Tverberg HPE 466 September 17‚ 2014 Case Brief 1 Case Name: Andes v. Young Men’s Christian Association‚ 74 Cal. Rptr. 2d 788 (Cal. App. 6 Dist. 1998) Summation of Facts: In May of 1998‚ the parents (plaintiffs) of Stephen Andres sued the YMCA (defendant) in a wrongful death suit. Stephan Andres drowned in a spa pool in a locker room at the YMCA facility. The parents believed that the YMCA was negligent by not having lifeguards in the spa pool area of the locker room where Stephen

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