Vida

Afro Cuban Jazz, now known as Latin Jazz umbrellas a wide range of music including the following. Obsesión by David Sánchez, Tumbao para los congueros di mi vida by Al McKibbon, Alma de Santiago by Jane Bunnett, Nocturne by Charlie Haden and About the Monks by Dafnis Prieto, are a diverse collection of recordings which all fall under Latin Jazz. In the early 21st century Latin Jazz had become one of the most diverse styles in the world of Jazz. But it didn’t just happen at the click of a finger…

Retired police officer Juliana Estefania Larios Londoño, passed away peacefully in her sleep in her home located in Bel Air, California on November 17th, 2106 at 3:00AM at the age of 104. Juliana is survived by her younger brother Jesus Alberto Larios and his wife Isabell Costa, her daughter Xandrea Gallagher, her son Luis Gallagher, her grandchildren, and also her son and daughter in-law. She is preceded in death by her husband Lip Gallagher, and her parents Milvia Alvarado and Jairo Larios.…

MercyCorps is an humanitarian organisation founded in 1979 to help people struggling to get a better life. This text deals with an unfortunately current event such as the situation of Syrian refugees. Being a sensitive issue, and given that this is addressed to any potential person interested in helping, it is important to be careful with the language used, in order to present the ongoing facts and the urgent character of the help needed. Along the text we can find several words describing the…

feeling. We pushed through the glass doors, the atmosphere from inside the airport, to just a few steps outside was so different. The Costa Rican sun kissed my pale-skinned cheeks, and the chatter of people could be heard. Natives were yelling out, “Pura Vida,” and, “Welcome to our country!” Many chauffeurs were standing around, holding signs with the appropriate name. Families were greeting their loved ones who had been away on their own adventure. I caught myself smiling, not only because I…

people, as Jesus drove them out of the temple. Old Testament Jews are also included in The Song of the Cid when they reference how the Jews raised Jesus on the cross. A Christian audience hearing this story would have little sympathy for Raguel and Vidas, as they were juxtaposed with Old Testament Jews. This could be why payment was never resolved with them, even though they beg saying, "Mercy, Minaya, O worthy knight! My Cid will destroy us, truly he will, if he doesn 't pay on…

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From 2004 to 2014, the number of detainees in Brazilian prisons increased by 67.5 percent, which is around 564,000 people. If you count the citizens that are under house arrest, the total soars to around 711,000 people, making it the third largest in the world (“The Barbarism of Brazilian”). While the population of Brazil has increased by a little over 30 percent, “that of its prisons and police cells has almost quintupled,” causing a severe overcrowding problem (“Welcome to the Middle”). These…

“ Venganse para el Norte aquí van a tener una mejor vida” (Come to the North you guys will have a better life here.) My parents came to The United States of America in 2000 pursuing the American Dream. The American Dream for my parents is for me to have a better education and attend college. My family has helped me shaped my dreams because I have seen how much they have to go through because they did not have a good education. Seeing my parents struggle daily is really heartbreaking knowing I…

What exactly does a team need in order to be the ‘it’ team? Characteristics and the diversity of each team member is important when contributing towards their goal as a whole. Joshua Davis, author of “La Vida Robot” and Walter Isaacson, writer of the biography “Steve Jobs”, have the same opinion towards creating a superior group. Both Davis and Isaacson feel that in order to make the flawless team, members with different qualities make an ideal group of individuals that can combine and share…