problem in the Middle East is the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq‚ also known as ISIS. This Muslim extremist group has be-headed three international journalist‚ two of them being United States citizens. They are looking to militarize radical Islamic followers and re-establish a radical Muslim rule in Iraq and Syria. Recently an allied international force‚ headed by the United States‚ has joined forces to stop ISIS from growing and gaining a stronger foothold in the Middle East. The recent international
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Links: to other stories Immigration: Although it is not a central issue‚ Spark`s “The Black Madonna” also deals with immigration. However‚ it shows the racism which some immigrants experienced when they entered Britain‚ whereas Rushdie underlines the fact that immigration is not always the ideal solution. Stereotyping: This also an issue in Qaisra Sharaz`s “A Pair of Jeans”: in the eyes of the future in-laws Miriam is at first the ideal stereotypical Muslim daughter-in-law
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in her poem is about her mother death. An agony‚ pain‚ and suffer of losing influence most of her work‚ as she tried to deal with her anxiety by writing through the poem. No matter how hard you tried‚ you can never leave your memory. In the poem “After you death”‚ she express a lot of the feeling of guilty in fact that she could not help her mother from being killed or abusing. The first stanza with the word emptied implied that she was trying to leave out all the memories about her mother: Afterwards
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EAST ORCHIDS Established in 1989‚ East Orchids was an orchid farm located in the campus grounds of the University of the Philippines in Diliman‚ Quezon City. The enterprise started as a hobby of Mrs. Prieto before it was organized as a business. At the time of the case‚ the owners were also evaluating expansion strategies. What are the prospects of East Orchids given that Mrs. Prieto never had any formal training on orchid growing and business management? Author: Arturo Benedicto M.
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the book they have wanted to read? Somewhere in or on each hard copy book is the raving reviews from newspapers‚ professionals and other media sources and renowned individuals that heighten readers’ anticipation for the novel. On the back cover of Dan Ariely’s bestselling Predictably Irrational‚ authors‚ chairs‚ Nobel Laureates‚ and professors acclaim the book’s insights about the cognitive workings of the human mind‚ style of writing‚ and potential of widespread popularity. Conversely‚ negative
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and you have a racy thriller. Top it off with a bit of idealism‚ romance‚ and family—you have an intense drama. And when Dan Brown serves all these in a dish with the hint of a shocking deception‚ you have a book that can be made into a movie‚ any day. For those of us who think that space science is magic and NASA is heaven‚ there is a lot of disillusionment in store‚ as Dan Brown portrays the woes of running a government agency as against the more lucrative privatization option. This disillusionment
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Analysis (from “W. S.”) The text under analysis is an extract from the story W. S. by the well-known English novelist Leslie Poles Hartley. He wrote a number of novels and made a weighty contribution to English fiction. His best-known novels are the Eustace and Hilda trilogy (1947) and The Go-Between (1953). In the very beginning of the given extract‚ Walter Streeter‚ the main character‚ gets the postcard from Forfar. The sender‚ W.S.‚ asks whether he really thinks that he is really gets to grips
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WORLD CONNECTION QUESTION: How does the competition between good and evil in East of Eden relate to good and evil in the world we live in today? The narrator of East of Eden notes that the contest between good and evil stems from the recurring nature of human history. There is a direct correlation to the story of Cain and Abel throughout the entire novel and it is also inferred that mankind has struggled with overcoming evil since the time of Adam and Eve. The narrator states that when someone looks
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The Korean Legend of Dan Gun The Korean legend of Dan Gun begins with the “Lord of Heaven” who had a son‚ Hwan-ung‚ who yearned to live on Earth. The legend states that the heaven and earth were one‚ and all animals could communicate with humans and gods. Hwan-ung wanted earthly rule‚ so his father sent him to Earth to gain his desire. When he went to Earth he met a tiger and a bear who "prayed" to become human. Hwan-ung proposed a test‚ which if completed would make the contestant a human. The
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Travelling east or west Korea is an East Asian country that is currently divided into two separate sovereign countries‚ North Korea and South Korea. North Korea is officially called the Democratic People’s of Korea‚ and South Korea is officially called the Republic of Korea. The population of North Korea and South Korea varies a lot. North Korea has a population of 25 million‚ South Korea has a population of 50 million. In North Korea the largest city Pyongyang has a population of 3‚255‚388
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