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    Foreign Scientists

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    FOREIGN SCIENTIST AND THEIR DISCOVERY OF ELECTRICITY * Benjamin Franklin Born January 17‚ 1706 Boston‚ Massachusetts Bay Died April 17‚ 1790 (aged 84) Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania Ben Franklin was an American writer‚ publisher‚ scientist and diplomat‚ who helped to draw up the famous Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. In 1752 Franklin proved that lightning and the spark from amber were one and the same thing. The story of this famous milestone is a familiar one‚ in which

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    Pakistan's Foreign Policy

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    "The foreign policy of a country is in a sense a projection of its internal policies ‚social‚ political and economic." (F. M. Muhammad Ayub Khan) Pakistan was born under inauspicious circumstances. As with all other countries‚ Pakistan’s Foreign Policy is determined by the inescapable facts of history and of geography and by special influences which may be of transitory nature. In the words of P.A Reynolds‚ the Foreign Policy is defined as under:- "The range of actions taken by varying sections

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    Students Should be Required to Study a Foreign Language‚ posted on 123helpme.com the writer makes the argument that all Americans should have some type of formal education in a foreign language. The writer gives a few good reasons supporting his claim. The benefits given are better race relations for the country as well as an improved foreign interest. The writer is basing his claim on the solid assumption that language is the most fundamental aspect of a culture and when doing business abroad language

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    Foreign Language High School Requirement A survey done by the Center for Applied Linguistics in 2008 found that "The findings indicate a serious disconnect between the national call to educate world citizens with high-level language skills and the current state of foreign language instruction in schools across the country"(Cal:Research). This is concerning as all of the competition for the U.S. is gaining a step and we ’re doing nothing . If the U.S. expects to continue to be competitive in the

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    Alodia Gosiengfiao Alodia Almira Arraiza Gosiengfiao (born March 9‚ 1988) is a Filipina-Chinese cosplayer‚ model‚ singer‚ and actress. As a celebrity endorser‚ she is one of the ambassadors and VJ for Animax-Asia known as the "Ani-mates"‚ and co-host of ABS-CBN’s prank show Laugh Out Loud. She also has been featured in various magazines‚ newspaper and TV shows locally and abroad. Gosiengfiao also appeared on the Filipino FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll‚ ranking #87 in 2009‚ #76 in 2010 and #20 in 2012

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    CYBERPSYCHOLOGY‚ BEHAVIOR‚ AND SOCIAL NETWORKING Volume 14‚ Number 1-2‚ 2011 ª Mary Ann Liebert‚ Inc. DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0411 MirrorMirror on my Facebook Wall: Effects of Exposure to Facebook on Self-Esteem Amy L. Gonzales‚ M.A.‚ and Jeffrey T. Hancock‚ Ph.D. Abstract Contrasting hypotheses were posed to test the effect of Facebook exposure on self-esteem. Objective SelfAwareness (OSA) from social psychology and the Hyperpersonal Model from computer-mediated communication were used

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    Prospero and therefore the indigenous people of the Americas were below that of the European colonists. This can also be seen as a reflection of William Shakespeare’s view of colonizing North America and what was imagined the American indigenous people were like. Caliban being both the son of Sycorax and the devil‚ also seen as the product of nature‚ is very representative of how European people at the time viewed the natives in the Americas and his treatment foreshadows the brutal interactions

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    Title: “foreign culture and urban society: perception of different age group” BASIC INFO: Culture is the deposit of knowledge‚ experiences‚ beliefs‚ values‚ attitudes‚ meanings‚ hierarchies‚ religion‚ notions of time‚ roles‚ spatial relations‚ norms‚ concepts of the universe‚ and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people. that is the way of life which peoples wants to follow in their life. culture classified in Domestic culture and foreign culture. Domestic culture is the own

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    Ronald Takaki’s goal in writing A Different Mirror: a History of Multicultural America was to show that American history may not be as black and white as most people think it is. He wants to inform people that our history has more than one perspective to it. Like when he points out that even though he was born in the U.S‚ yet when people see him they assume he’s not American. He wants us to consider what makes someone an American our appearance or‚ were we can trace our lineage? He is trying to make

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    Foreign Films and Society

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    The world is diverse in several ways‚ each country possessing its’ own culture and set of values‚ which can portrayed through cinema. In America‚ freedom of speech is applied to cinema‚ therefore there are not any subjects off-limits to be filmed‚ but this could not be said for foreign countries. Jafar Panahi‚ an radical Iranian filmmaker‚ has received much criticism for his liberal portrayals of Iranian society‚ such as in the movie “Offside”‚ where a group of women disguise themselves as men‚ in

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