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The 1905 Revolution

In January 1905, industrial workers in St. Petersburg peacefully marched on the Winter Palace, the Tsar's residence, to request improvements in working conditions and political reform. The protesters were brutally suppressed, and the protest became known as "Bloody Sunday."

The 1917 Revolutions

In 1917, a revolution took place in two phases: the liberal-bourgeois revolution in February and the socialist-proletarian revolution in October.

The February Revolution: The Provisional Government

In February 1917, there was a successful revolution of workers in Petrograd (previously called St. Petersburg), supported by soldiers and peasants. They protested the disasters of the war and the shortage of food and demanded Russia's withdrawal... Continue reading "Revolutions and Restorations: A Historical Overview" »

English Grammar Essentials

Modal Verbs and Semi-Modals

• Semi-Modals:
  • Have to (tener que): Expresses obligation.
  • Be able to (ser capaz de): Expresses ability.
• Modal Verbs:
  • Ability: Can / Could (podría, pude) / Will be able to (será capaz de).
  • Advice: Should (debería), Ought to (debería).
    • Present and Future: Should / Ought to.
    • Past (3rd form): Should have + past participle (deberías haber...).
  • Possibility:
    • Present: May (puede que...).
    • Future: Might (podría).
    • Past (3rd form): Might have + past participle (podría haber...).
  • Obligation:
    • Present and Future: Must (debes).
    • Present and Future: Have to (tienes que).

Verbs Followed by TO + Infinitive

Used after verbs expressing:

• Mental Actions: plan, forget, manage, agree, learn, promise, prepare, need, hope, decide,

Understanding Medical Terminology: Eponyms, Acronyms, and Word Parts

Eponyms. The word 'eponym' is derived from the Greek words 'epi' (upon) + 'onyma' (name). It literally means "to put your name on something." Thus, an eponym is a word formed by including the name of the person who discovered or invented whatever is being described. Sometimes, in the case of diseases, an eponym is named in honor of the disease’s first or most noteworthy diagnosed victim.

Acronyms. The word 'acronym' is derived from the Greek words 'acro' (high, end) + 'onyma' (name). It literally means "to make a name with the ends." Thus, an acronym is a word made up of the first letters of each of the words that make up a phrase. One example is the diagnostic imaging process... Continue reading "Medical Terminology: Eponyms, Acronyms, Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes" »

Se ve repugnante : it is look revolting ! Yuck : asqueado,Fue un desastre : it was a disaster , No importa : never mind , Lo superarás ; You´ll get over it , Whoops :    Ten cuidado : Be careful! , Eso esta hecho : That´s done  , Que sorpresa tan agradable : What a nice surprise; Glotones : Greedy guts! , Suficiente para todos : enought to go round , Ya estamos otra vez : Here we go again !

Rosa Parks

• On January 15, 1955, she was arrested because she did not give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger.
• At 19, she married Raymond Parks, a frisör, and worked at NAACP.
• Rosa worked as a secretary at NAACP and part-time as a seamstress.
• On December 5, 1955, the bus boycott began with Martin Luther King Jr. as the leader.
• The bus boycott led to the lifting of segregation in buses and trains.
• Due to threats, Rosa and her husband moved to Detroit.
• She died on October 24, 2005.

Julia Butterfly Hill

• She is an environmental activist.
• From December 14, 1997, she lived on a tree named Luna for 738 days.
• She demonstrated against deforestation.
• In 1999, an agreement was reached with the company that wanted to cut down the trees in the forest.
• They

Intelligence and Testing

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following allows us to compare scores from individuals who differ in age or educational background? (A- Standardization)
2. Carla takes a personality test and obtains very different scores each time she takes it. This test has: (B- Low reliability)
3. The test described above does not have high: (D- Test-retest reliability)
4. The measure of math ability should tell us how well an individual will perform in jobs related to mathematics. This refers to: (E- Predictive validity)
5. When females take examinations with males, their scores are noticeably lower than scores obtained when they take the test by themselves. This finding illustrates: (A- Stereotype threat)
6. Which of the following is considered

Comparativos:

Older than, bigger than, easier than, more modern than, more difficult than.

Good: better, Bad: worse, Fur: farther. + than

More bored, more stressed, more tired. + than

Faster than, more slowly than, more powerful than, more carefully than.

Well: better, Badly: worse.

Superlativos:

The tallest, the most experience, the least expensive, the best, the most, the worst, the most famous. (more, as, the, than, ever, him, most, in).

Artículos:

(a, an, the, nada)

• A nice house, a lawyer, an old man, a dog, an awful day, a week, a nurse, a horrible day, once a month, a chef, a week, an amazing, a housewife, a teacher, a problem.
• The dog, the bell, the children, the moon, the Earth, the cinema, the best, the hospital, the car, the theatre, the windows,

Selling Externally

Just as employees must “sell” ideas internally, entrepreneurs with plans based on new business models must sell them to other parties, such as investors or potential collaborators.

Technique Nº 4: Prototyping

It's a methodology for exploring different possibilities until a truly good one emerged. It's a central part of an inquiry process that helps participants gain a better sense of what is missing in the initial understanding of a situation.

Prototyping is a powerful tool for developing new, innovative business models. Like visual thinking, it makes abstract concepts tangible. In recent years, in business discipline, it has gained traction in areas such as process design, service design and even organization and strategy... Continue reading "Innovative Business Model Techniques: Prototyping and Storytelling" »