Reflection paper 1 On the 20th of March‚ 2013‚ Hossam elsokkary‚ former head of BBC Arabic service‚ lectured at the American university in Cairo. El sokkary is well known for being a major political activist and blogger‚ as well as becoming a figure in the Egyptian media sector. Unlike what everyone had in mind about the lecture‚ El Sokkary talked more about media in general and less about politics. El Sokkary talked about the fundamentals of news and its basics. He stated that news content are
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flashes back to 1886‚ when an old woman gives Aguinaldo and his childhood friend Candido Tirona cryptic prophecies. Ten years later‚ Aguinaldo is inducted into the Katipunan and later assumes leadership of its Cavite chapter while becoming mayor of Cavite El Viejo. When the trouble breaks out in Manila in late August 1896‚ Aguinaldo tries to assure the Spanish provincial government of non-interference and covertly marshals his forces despite a lack of weapons. Learning that the Spanish mostly put their
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away from the present and the tension and pressure. Similarly in “El Dorado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the “knight” is on a journey and experiences a time shift from present into the future‚ and gets closer to death. This shows how the setting of some stories has a stimulating force in human behavior. Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “El Dorado” identifies the speaker’s quest to death. The “knight” is a man‚ in which is searching for a place called ‘El Dorado’. As months‚ then years passes by‚ the knight grows older
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“El Presidente” Early revolutions did not succeeded because of lack of national consciousness. Until the martyrdom of the three priest named “GOMBURZA” awaken the senses of the Filipinos and triggers them to fight for our freedom. Inspired by the writings of Dr. Jose Rizal‚ Andres Bonifacio managed to create a Katipunan Brotherhood making him as a Supreme Leader. But‚ Katipunan (KKK) later discovered by the Spanish authorities so Bonifacio decided to set up a revolutionary government. Then‚
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States. El Nino is one of the largest scientific phenomenons that scientists have ever explored. The main concepts of El Nino are very simple and there are many variations‚ causes‚ affects‚ and relationships to study. The main idea behind El Nino is that the wind changes direction across the Pacific Ocean. In a non El Nino year (normal)‚ the trade winds blow from east to west across the ocean‚ from North and South America towards the tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean. In an El Nino year
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How do links between individuals‚ groups and places affect the way we identify with a culture? This sense of attachment or alienation is explored through the poem 10 Mary Street by Peter Skrzynecki‚ An Na’s novel A Step from Heaven and an image I have created‚ titled “A Missing Piece”. Skrzynecki and An Na‚ through their depictions of the immigrant experience‚ show that positive relationships of acceptance and understanding are fundamental to forging cultural connections. As such‚ these texts illustrate
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El racismo en el futbol espanol: el deporte rey completamente manchado Durante el ultimo siglo‚ Espana se convirtio en uno de los paises mas racistas de Europa. Hay muchos casos que se producen en la calle de las ciudades las mas grandes del pais‚ como se occure en todos los paises Europeos‚ pero la cobertura que hemos sobre este tema es en gran medida mas importante cuando se produce sobre los campos de futbol de los equipos mas grandes del pais. Hay muchos casos de racismo en el futbol Espanol
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@00082084 The article 20 weeks to happiness by Handler (Handler‚ 2006) discusses positive psychology and the many views on how people determine what it is and how it is achieved. When first reading this article I found the Victorian moralists’ theory in achieving happiness to be pretty accurate in the sense of not setting your expectations too high and celebrating any positive outcome even if smaller than expected; it was pretty much a basic definition of optimism. Later on‚ the article discusses
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Thinking about a better future‚ one day she‚ three of her siblings‚ and her mother decided to come to the United States. They paid about five hundred dollars per person for someone as they call it in Mexico “El Coyote” to help them cross the border.“El Coyote” is a person who smuggles immigrants to the United States with for a cost. They stayed a couple of days in Mexicali with one of their relatives still indecisive about coming to the United States. When they all made a firm
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between two Spanish football giants- FC Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. The rivalry between these two has become such a loud issue in football such that any meeting between the two is simply‚ elegantly and without exaggeration known as ‘El Clasico’. El Clasico (also known as El Derbi Español) is the name given in football to a match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. It is contested twice every La Liga season and if the clubs meet in other competitions. It is the second most followed football match worldwide
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