El Greco’s paintings in the Chapel of San José de Toledo manifested an authenticity between the divine and the human. The altarpieces at the Chapel of Saint Joseph were one of El Greco’s most important commissions. This commission was an opportunity to demonstrate his considerable ability in executing the religious aspirations and taste of his patrons’. A well-known priest of the time‚ Dr. Martín Ramírez de Zayas decided to provide the family chapel with an ambitious decorative program‚ without hesitation
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The Khmer Rouge‚ a horrifying experience for the people who were there during those times. Some people were lucky to escape into Thailand but‚ the people who were not lucky were in hell. Pol Pot‚ the leader of the Khmer Rouge over threw the king of Cambodia and stated that “1975 was year zero for his country‚ resetting the culture of Cambodian people and wiping away old traditions and history so that revolutionaries could rebuild the nation.” “Banks‚ churches‚ schools‚ newspapers‚ radio‚ television
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economy are examined through his participant-observation of El Barrio in East Harlem NYC. For several years‚ beginning in 1985 when he rented an apartment in Spanish Harlem‚ Philippe engaged in an ethnographic study of the street life in that haven. He befriended a Puerto Rican crack entrepreneur by the name of Ray and his subordinates Primo and Caesar. Learning street smarts was pivotal in gaining their trust. As a white man in El Barrio you were either an "undercover
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EXCERPTS FROM EL FILIBUSTERISMO Into the midst of the silence the priest’s voice broke sad and deliberate‚ but consoling: "God will forgive you‚ Señor--Simoun‚ " he said. "He knows that we are fallible‚ He has seen that you have suffered‚ and in ordaining that the chastisement for your faults should come as death from the very ones you have instigated to crime‚ we can see His infinite mercy. He has frustrated your plans one by one‚ the best conceived‚ first by the death of Maria Clara‚ then
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In chapter eight of Warring Souls‚ Roxanne Varzi examines the Islamic Republic of Iran‚ and suggests that the dominating identity of Iran is evolving from a religious national one‚ into an Iranian national identity. This leads me the possibility that the monolithic Islamic identity of Iran may not have to power to last. Personally‚ I agree with Varzi’s stance on this shift in the Iranian government’s focus‚ and I think her argument is strengthened by her discoveries about the Iranian youth. She proposes
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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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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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SY 2013-2014 Performance Task in English Submitted By: Esperanza Rose A. Ortha What is “El Presidente”? Is that story came from the past that filipino have experience? Is it important to student like us to learn the past history of our country? El Presidente‚ that is the film based on the life of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo‚ the first president of the Philippine Republic. Well‚ that a true life story and an historical
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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 never created by the news
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The El Chupacabra is one of the most well-known cryptids in popular culture. The name El Chupacabra‚ means “goat sucker” because of its supposed method of attacking and drinking the blood of goats and other livestock. The chupacabra is said to be reptilian in appearance‚ with a row of spines on its back along with sharp fangs. The monster can be approximately three to four feet tall and is bipedal in standing and hops like a kangaroo. Another image of the creature is that it lacks the hair of a dog
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