...Spanish 116 March 23, 2016 El Museo del Barrio Paper I went to El Museo Del Barrio on March 12, 2016, taking the train into Manhattan from Dobbs Ferry. The train was not very long as the museum is in Harlem. Though the museum is not very large, it has various paintings and historical information. I went to the museum during the day for about one hour. Lining the walls were many different articles written about the history of the museum. The Black Panther newspaper was a major newspaper in Puerto Rico in 1970. It was the voice of the oppressed and the poor. This article was published during the Vietnam War and promoted the Young Lords Party group. The newspaper spoke to the poverty stricken Puerto Rican community saying their opinions and events that occurred in their lives. Young Lords Party was modeled after the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party was a group during the Vietnam War, which was against sending African Americans to fight in the war. Young Lords Party was for the people of Puerto Rico. Party members of the Young Lords were children between the ages of fifteen and twenty five years old. They were children and young adults. They were young activists at a difficult time for people and were very brave. I did not know that this culture had a very large during the civil rights movement for African-American movement. I also saw a wall dedicated to an event that happened in the summer of 1969. It is a picture describing an offensive trash neighborhood...
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...The Spanish American War was between the United States and Spain. The Spanish American War ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America (HISTORY). This war showed just how strong the U.S. was and showed how far america has come. The war started because the Cubans wanted independence from Spain. Jose Marti was the one who began the war for independence in 1895. The USS Maine was a battleship that was in Cuba's Havana Harvest which exploded and killed almost all of the people who were on the ship. The explosion of the USS Maine contributed to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898 (militaryhistory). Because of the explosion on the USS Maine...
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...Learning Spanish can be very helpful in many ways! It can help you with getting a job, enjoying your vacation even more, and believe it or not, it can help with keeping your memory. There are many ways to learn a new language, such as, asking questions, study until your brain hurts, and also having conversation. Learning Spanish can help you better understand and appreciate the culture and can also help broaden your English vocabulary. Spanish is everywhere! About four hundred million people in the world are Spanish speaking. In four continents Spanish is the official language and is the “mother tongue” in twenty-one countries. Hispanics account for about forty percent of the population growth in the United States. There is approximately thirty-five million Spanish speaking persons in the U.S. today. Approximately...
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...1 “Armada is the Spanish word for a fleet” (http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/navies-and-warships/the-spanish-armada)The Spanish Armada took place from June to September in 1588. “The Spanish Armada’s task was to overthrow protestant England lead by Queen Elizabeth I. “ ( http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor-england/the-spanish-armada/) The Armada is famous because Enlgand was a small nation with a small navy, they were going up against the greatest power in the world that was Spain. It took place at “The English Channel, the North Sea and the seas around the North and West of Scotland, the Orkneys and the West of Ireland.” http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/tudors/armada.htm With the help from Mother Nature they defeated...
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...The tibornal of the the holy office of inquisition commonly known as the spanish inquisition was established in 1478 by catholic monarchs in their kingdoms and to replace medieval inquisition is under papal control . It become the most substance of the three different . the inquisition was originally intended in large part to ensure the orthodoxy of those who converted judaism and islam . This regulation of the faith of the newly converted was infested after royal decreases issued in 1492 and 1501 ordering jews and muslims to convert or leave spain . Various motives have been proposed for the monarch's decision to found the inquisition such as increasing political authority and awakening opposition profiting the inquisition remained a force...
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...The Spanish Armada How does a so called “invincible” navy fail to destroy the inferior British Navy? The Spanish Armada was said to be the “invincible” navy that fell in the late 1500s. They were called invincible because of their ocean experience due to exploration, which ironically a newer smaller British military defeated. Philip II, King of Spain and controller of much land was behind the Armada while Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England was the one who had angered Philip II. The old ways of the Armada was why they were so easily defeated. From June to September, 1588, war raged between the Spanish and British navies. Most of the action took place in the English Channel, and areas close to Scotland and Ireland were being battled upon as well. At this time in the sixteenth century, new military tactics were being introduced. The British capitalized on using them, but the old and mighty Spanish Armada was using their old faithful yet outdated tactics. The Spanish used their traditional style ships rather than the smaller, nimbler ships of the British. The battle took place on the...
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...In the time period from 1810-1825 many events occured leading to the Spanish American Revolutions. This dealed with Latin America and the Caribbean, which the area was controlled by Spain and Portugal. This revolution was influenced by the French, North American and Haitian Revolutions. Spain's colonies was also influenced by ideas from the European enlightenment. The fight for colonial independence was a dramtic change that caused chains of external events and tension, it also created positive effects. Before the independence movements Latin America/Caribbean were living harshly, mainly economically. They had trade restrictions that only let them trade with "motherland". Motherland was represented by Spain who they were the only one that Latin...
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...Furthermore, United States was able to recognize the weak nations that were unable to look after themselves in terms of government which helped United States acquire more land overseas as well as global power. To settle the Spanish- American war, Treaty of Paris was made which consisted Philippines annexed from the Spanish and bought for $20 million dollars. After acquiring Philippines, McKinley. McKinley was an imperialist president, who believed that nothing is wrong when it comes to acquiring Philippines. After the Spanish American War, the Philippines came to America and America was trying to help their nation by helping them gain a stabilizing government to help them progress. Also, they are not civilized therefore, helping...
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...They say a picture is worth a thousand words; but what if I told you what you know about the Spanish conquest based on these images are not entirely true. The artwork associated with the spanish conquest is surrounded by triumph and destruction. The image of thousands of soldiers rushing onto defenseless natives is one such aspects. The image of Conquistadors being wealthy and scholarly men is another untrue aspect. We’ll take a journey into the misconceptions associated with the Spanish Conquest. Background: The Spanish Conquest began in 1519, due to the Spanish Empire’s wanting to expand their empire. Years prior in 1492 the Spanish crown committed itself in the removal of Muslims from the Iberian peninsula, and the institutionalization...
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...The Spanish-American war began on a Monday, April 25 1898, and ended on a Friday August the 12th. It was between the United States and Spain. Spain declared war on the U.S. because they supported Cuba's wish to be independent of Spanish rule. The Treaty of Paris was signed and the war was declared over. As a result to the war Spain lost its ruling over many islands. There was many deaths of Americans do to the war, and the amount of U.S. troops engaged was 306,760. The Untied States and Spain were already at war, when the ship going to pick up American citizens blew up. The president at the time which was President McKinley gave an ok to finally call it an actual war. The war was said to be only fighting for the good of Cuba and McKinley said that after the...
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...Influencia de literatura española en la literatura hispanoamericana Geraldine Valladares Span 3250-02 4 diciembre 2012 La Literatura Hispanoamericana tiene sus comienzos con la llegada de las tres carabelas de Colón. Cierto que en el Nuevo Mundo existían civilizaciones con culturas propias bien definidas. Desafortunadamente la mayoría de éstas fueron echadas o exterminadas. Y todas, de una forma u otra, han influenciado las literaturas de nuestra América Hispana. Común entre estas literaturas hispanas en América son sus comienzos en las crónicas de los conquistadores y los catecismos de los evangelizadores. En si avanzan a un período de transformación, afectado por la influencia española, donde la conciencia criolla se desarrolla en identidad nacional. Entonces las circunstancias en cual están y estímulos que contribuyeron al desarrollo de estas literaturas son tan variados como las tierras del Nuevo Mundo, y tan numerosos como su población. Para empezar uno de los autores influenciados por la literatura española es Miguel Ángel Asturias. Él fue un autor guatemalteco de gran influencia, “El contribuyó al desarrollo de la literatura latinoamericana, influyó en la cultura occidental, y al mismo tiempo llamó la atención sobre la importancia de las culturas indígenas, especialmente las de su país natal, Guatemala. Recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1967” (wiki Miguel Ángel Asturias). También el escribió sobre la dictadura y en si fue exiliado por no apoyar al movimiento...
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...Leivi Setu Señora Bernal Español II 2 Octubre 2016 La historia de España Desde áspero 900 A.C., los Phoenicians negoció a partir del moderno-día Líbano con cuál ahora es moderno-día España. Eran los fundadores del muchos los acuerdos comerciales a lo largo de la costa. Era común para ellos al aceite comercial del vino y de oliva y a muchos otros lujos. Debido a esta cultura comercial, española fue influenciado pesadamente por el Phoenician, o el Griego, cultura. En la África del Norte, había una colonia fenicia llamada Cartago que subió eventual para ser potente y muy importante. Los romanos los derrotaron en 241 que hacían A.C. a los cartagineses aumentar su influencia en España. En 227 fundaron A.C. nuevo Cartago, que ahora es Cartagena moderna. Entonces, en 226 A.C., los cartagineses hechos un trato con España a no ampliarse al norte del río Ebro. Más adelante, en 119 A.C., los cartagineses tomaron la ciudad de Sarguntum. Estaba al sur del Ebro sin embargo que el Sarguntum afirmado los romanos era su socio y pidieron el general cartaginés, Hannibal dibujar detrás. Él negó y la guerra tomó después. Los romanos enviaron un poder equipado a España en 218 A.C. y ordenanza echaron a los cartagineses atrás. Por 206 fueron A.C. a los cartagineses de España. Un breve palmo España posterior era ordenanza consolidada en Roman Empire. Los romanos desarrollaron un arreglo de carriles y las ciudades de la disposición y en cualquier pieza de la ocasión de España consiguieron...
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...Buenos días. Muchas gracias a todos por estar aquí. El tema de mi presentación es de la compañía estadounidense Pixar Animation Studios. Es una compañía de animación por ordenador especializada en 3D, ubicada en Emeryville, California (Estados Unidos). Es muy conocido por sus películas animadas con la característica CGI (Imagen generada por computadora). Fueron los creadores de la primera película comercial totalmente realizada por ordenador en 3D, (Toy Story) en 1995 * En primer lugar, hablaré de la historia de Pixar. * Después, explicaré la adquisición por Disney. * A continuación, presentaré las largometrajes que el estudio ha producido y sus premios * Además, presentaré los costes e ingresos por película. * Para terminar, hablaré de sus próximos proyectos. Historia Pixar se fundó como The Graphics Group, (Una división de Lucasfilm) que se lanzó en 1979 con la contratación del Dr. Ed Catmull del Instituto de Tecnología de Nueva York (NYIT). Después de años de trabajo y trabajar en películas, como Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, el grupo, que contraba con cerca de 40 personas, fue comprado en 1986 por Steve Jobs, poco después de que dejara Apple Inc. Pagó US$5 millones a George Lucas e invirtió $5 millones de dólares de capital en la compañía. Cuando el grupo se independizó de LucasFilm, el equipo trabajó en crear al precursor de RenderMan. Un evento que puede explicar esta venta fue las dificultades del flujo de liquidez que...
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...Language Background and Use Isabella resides in a bilingual English and Spanish speaking home. Reportedly, father’s primary language is English. Although mother’s primary language is Spanish, she communicates in English with Isabella. Mr. Richards reported that Isabella’s primary language is English. Mrs. Richards reported that Isabella is exposed to some Spanish at home when her mother and aunt have a conversation in Spanish. For example, she used the word “chancleta” in Spanish to indicate flip flops. Mr. Richards reported that Isabella expressed interest in learning Spanish. The evaluation was conducted in English since Isabella’s native language is English. Family Background and Social History Isabella resides with her biological mother...
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...Camila Gadala-Maria Clases sociales Rosario Castellano autora mexicana de la colección de cuentos Balún-Canán en el año 1957, se caracteriza por presentarle a su público obras que muestran la opresión de los indígenas y como inician los movimientos de lucha por su libertad. “Un indio asesinado por fiel” gira entorno a las consecuencias de los conflictos causados por la existente división entre clases sociales. Este extracto le presenta al lector un claro conflicto racial en donde los indígenas son esclavizados y desean su libertad. El texto exhibe técnicas del movimiento literario denominado naturalismo al mostrar una cruel y dura realidad mediante descripciones vívidas de lo ocurrido, mas no pertenece al movimiento ya que este es de finales del siglo XIX. Aunque la obra se centra en el trauma del niño que narra los hechos, existe una fuerte crítica a la sociedad ya que esta es la responsable por establecer una división en las clases sociales. El tema central del texto es la división de clases sociales. Esta, a su vez, crea un enfrentamiento entre hacendados e indígenas ya que algunos de estos fieles trabajadores no desean seguir siendo mantenidos por sus patrones. Ellos anhelan su libertad para así poder surgir y dejar de ser miembros de la clase baja. Al introducir a personajes como los indígenas para mostrar la gran división de clases sociales, la autora presenta el típico estereotipo de este grupo. Esta critica su violencia y frialdad. Muestra un indio violento que asesina...
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