King Ferdinand’s letter to the Taino/Arawak Indians Below is a letter which King Ferdinand sent along with Columbus on his second voyage to Haiti. It was to be communicated to the Taino/Arawak Indians. It is a fascinating document. The King wants the Indians to acknowledge the Christian religion and God‚ and to accept the authority of the King of Spain. The letter is a mix of promises of benefits that will come to them‚ but quickly followed up with the direst of threats if they do no comply.
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ultimate escape is death. The driving force that pushes a man to slide his neck through a noose‚ tighten the hole‚ and take the final leap of faith- only to result in eternal stillness. The leap of faith John the Savage took was a symbolic repudiation of the World State’s motto‚ “community‚ identity‚ stability” because every aspect of John was a contradiction to the motto‚ thus weakening the strength of the motto‚ essentially reducing the meaning to “bunk”. In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World John had
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The Onion’s article “Revolutionary New Insoles Combine Five Forms of Pseudoscience”‚ sound like the script to a typical television commercial. The article talked about shoe insoles that “Establish a correspondence between every point on the human foot‚ with another part of the body‚ enabling their soles to heal their entire bodies as they walk.” They also talked about “scientific-sounding “information supporting their new insoles. I have seen commercials for shoe insoles on television that sound
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Article Reviews 1. Article citation Author: Ralph Henderson Year of publication: 2012 Article title: Direct-to-consumer challenges for distribution Journal: CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterl Number and date: Number 4‚ 500 E‚ Quarter 5 2012 2. Target audience for article Target audiences are practitioners who do electronic commerce and students who interested in Supply Chain. 3. Purpose of article Nowadays‚ more and more people prefer online shopping which lead to the growth of
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Article Review LAW/421 January 21‚ 2014 Tamra Caputo University of Phoenix Material Article Review Format Guide MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX DATE: January 21‚ 2014 TO: RE: Motorola files new suit against Apple ("Motorola Files New Suit Against Apple"‚ 2012). ARTICLE SYNOPSIS In 2010 Motorola had filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming that they had Apple infringed on their patents. Their claim was that several of Apple products used Motorola technology
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Article Summary With the increase in online courses‚ along came an increase in the drop out rates versus the traditional sit-in environment. During this study‚ valuable information was offered to increase student success and minimize drop out rates. There needs to be communication among peers and instructor to have success in online courses. A group of students from the University of Pretoria‚ were enrolled in a Masters program‚ and their online activities were tracked for 8 weeks‚ by a program
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precise and distinctive. These three articles focus on the application of cognitive‚ social and psychosocial theories and their implications within an effective classroom. Each individual psychologist puts into practice learning practices that can be executed within a classroom to increase student’s success and achievement. Piaget’s article stresses the educational practices of peer learning‚ and depicts possible outcomes from this strategy. Vygotskys article highlights the importance of developing
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movies are dependent on the men where in real life they are not. FOR EVERYONE: Do you believe this is a realistic portrayal of men? No Read the following web articles and complete the questions: http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/how-do-media-images-men-affect-our-lives Complete the Discussion Questions at the end of this article. How many of your favourite shows feature men as the principal character‚ the center of the plot or the action? What messages do they suggest about the importance
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Death Penalty The death penalty is a controversial topic in the United States today and has been for a number of years. The death penalty was overturned and then reinstated in the United States during the 1970’s due to questions concerning its fairness. The death penalty began to be reinstated slowly‚ but the rate of executions has increased during the 1990’s. There are a number of arguments for and against the death penalty. Many death penalty supporters feel that the death penalty reduces crime
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This is a 2000 word RBI on Article 92 (Failure to obey order or regulation) and Article 86 (Absence without leave) Article 92 states that any and all armed forces members who-- 1. violates or fails to obey any lawful general order or regulation shall be punished as a court-martial may see fit. Example: 2. Is derelict in the performance of his duties‚ shall be punished as a court-martial may see fit. Example: U.S Army MP gets hungry while on his shift so he decides to stop at the shopette
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