Coco

Luxury. The kiss you give to your love. Sleeping late at night. Water fights. Childhood. The cake your mom has baked. Not only money and diamonds but “anything that feels special” is a luxury as Aerin Lauder, creative director for the Estée Lauder Companies specified. Unfortunately, many people misunderstood the actual meaning of luxury by thinking only wealthy people can own it. In contrary, wealthiness is only a small part of luxury when there is an immense variety of types of luxury such as…

Most of the fashion houses of Paris were shut down in 1940 because the Germans took over the factories and for the first time, the creation and art of fashion was happening in other countries than in France. Hitler detested Paris fashions and considered them to be pro-Jewish, anti-German, and corrupt. Digby Morton and Irish fashion designer took a traveling fashion show to Bristol, England. He would design Utility clothing for the British government. The Utility Clothing Scheme (CC41) was a…

The work of Guillermo Gómez-Peña is one that involves extreme creativity. In reading his artwork, I realized that the majority of his work is done to get a certain point across to the audience; it is not artwork that is done necessarily to evoke a great deal of emotion. One of Guillermo’s main aims is to get people to realize racial and ethnic laws that seem to separate Americans and their culture; I would say his artwork is overall able to do just that. One piece of Guillermo’s artwork is The…

Darwin’s finches (also known as Galápagos finches) are a group/species of birds from the Galápagos (13 species) and Cocos (1 species) Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Charles Darwin collected these birds on the second voyage on the Beagle in 1831. It is often stated that the finches were the key to the development of his theory of evolution and Natural Selection. They are used as evidence in many of Darwin’s textbooks. The finches Darwin collected included three species of seed-eating ground…

Analysis and Evaluation: ‘Noni the pony goes to the beach’ is a beautifully written and illustrated rhyming story for young children by Alison Lester. Noni is a happy, funny and friendly pony who loves to go to the beach with his best friends Coco the cat, Dave the dog and the cows from next door. Noni enjoyed the day by sliding down the sand dunes, splashing the waves, scattering seagulls and building a sand boat with her friends. Noni rescued poor Dave, who swam too far out to see a whale…

Surname and Migration Experience My surname is Hernandez, which is a "distinguished Spanish surname…a proud sign of rich and ancient heritage”(2). While conducting research I also found out that my “name is derived from the Spanish elements ‘ 'faro" meaning “journey” and “nano”, meaning “brave”(2). Interesting enough the name Hernandez was first “found in Castile, where the name originated in Visigothic times” and “its cognates is due to King Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon (1198-1252)”…

Avila. He discussed how throughout the semester they had several guest speakers and field trips to Manzanar and stressed how it was important to remember how many Japanese American were incarnation. After that the program began with Coco Mori a student from the Calle Mayor Middle School, she performed The Star Bangled Banner and it was amazing to find that the audience was singing along with her. The vibe inside the theatre was very peaceful and united. One of my favorite…

this time women would also wear hats with theur short hair, women would wear either fancy hats or men’s hats. One of the popular hats was the Cloche Hat that allowed them to tuck their hair into the hat. Women got their style from the famous designer Coco Chanel that brought all the flapper style. Flapper style consisted of short dresses with fancy hats, with unique make up their make was dark mascara and eye liners, with eye shadow and variety of color lipstick. Women’s fashion or style was…

The Popocatepetl is a volcano that has captured attention since prehispanic times and until know for is activity, size and story. It is one of the highest volcanoes in Mexico as well as one of the most active. The fact that the is a large population living around this volcano makes it even more dangerous. The name “Popocatepetl” was given by the Aztecs, it means “smoking mountain”. They gave it this name because during their empire the Aztecs were able to witness options. The Popocatepetl has…

south there are no volcanoes. The east side of the plate, along Central America, there have been way bigger eruptions than the west side. The west side of the plate has also had a lot more, deeper earthquakes than the other sides of the plate. The Cocos and Caribbean plates could have subduction occurring, considering that the west side of the plate has a lot more height directly next to a deep trench, a lot of earthquake and volcanic activity, and the sea floor is a little older in that…