around and weighed all the materials that people had scavenged from the dump. Now he’s a scrap dealer. That’s his little depot behind him‚ and he earns twice the Nigerian minimum wage. This is a shopping mall. This is Oshodi Market in Lagos. Jorge Luis Borges had a story called "The Aleph‚" and the Aleph is a point in the world where absolutely everything exists‚ and for me‚ this image is a point in the world where absolutely everything exists. So‚ what am I talking about when I talk about System
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“Imperfection is beauty‚ madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.” ― Marilyn Monroe‚ Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words tags: be-yourself ‚ inspirational 12987 people liked it like “I like nonsense‚ it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss tags: fantasy 12936 people liked it like “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed
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Origin/ Beginning of Philippine Short Story in English I. The Early Period – 1900 to 1930 On August 13‚ 1898‚ the American forces occupied Manila . A few years later‚ in April of 1900‚ President William McKinley directed the Philippines Commission to make English the official medium of instruction for all public schools. The first teachers of English were members of the United States Army. In August of 1901 six hundred American teachers arrived on the transport Thomas. They replaced the soldiers
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Capacity # | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | President | Secretary of Public Instruction | 1 | Sergio Osmena | 1935 | 1940 | Manuel Quezon | | 2 | Jorge Bocobo | 1940 | 1941 | | | Secretary of Public Instruction‚ Health‚ and Public Welfare | (1) | Sergio Osmena | 1941 | 1944 | Manuel Quezon | | Minister of Public Instruction | * | Jorge Bocobo | 1943 | 1945 | Jose Laurel | | Secretary of Information and Public Relations | 3 | Carlos P. Romulo | 1944 | 1945 | Sergio Osmena | |
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Crisis Communication Analysis British Petroleum Gulf Of Mexico 2010 Biggest Oil Spill in History Jennifer Fuenzalida Jorge Luis Torres Ignacio Muñoz Santiago Duque AGENDA Brief Facts About the Biggest Oil Spill in History BP’ s Communication Strategy Result of BP’s Communication Strategy How Should this Crisis Have Been Managed? Timeline BP History of Disasters 1908 UK: British Petroleum‚ is an energy company‚ dedicated to the production of oil and natural gas. April 6 Texas City: Explosion
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This in turn made Vasco Da Gama loyal to Jorge. While King Joao II was alive‚ Estevao Da Gama was to lead the expedition to India. But when Estevao died. The right to command was to the oldest son Paulo Da Gama‚ who was unwell. This inturn made Vasco Da Gama‚ the leader for the expedition. It was also believed that the King Manuel chosed Vasco so that it would appear that he would be respecting Jorge. To grant such an honour to Vasco paid homage to Jorge. But in fact‚ if the mission was to fail
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In the 1980s Miami Florida was just beginning to rise as the crime capital of the nation‚ but it had been the drug capital for a decade. An estimated 70% of Cocaine imported to the U.S passes through South Florida. When president of Cuba Fidel Castro agreed to allow citizens to leave in response to a tough Cuban economy‚ many of them departed to the United States and landed in South Florida‚ unfortunately many of those allowed to leave were convicted criminals. Adding these dubious characters into
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“So much information is now available on the Internet (even if some of it is inaccurate) that intelligence collection in the traditional sense is now no longer necessary”. Do you agree? What kinds of information might or might not be available? As a decision-maker would you agree to give up intelligence sources? Introduction Governments “run “ on information. They need to be constantly aware of what is occurring around them‚ and how this could affect their interests‚ in order to take
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Wetherell we are introduced to Luis Cintron‚ a teenage boy who unfortunately lost his mom and now has a reputation as a “bad kid” as a result of him not knowing how to cope with the loss of his mother. In the second short story we are introduced to the narrator who loves to fish but the girl he is trying to impress despises and now he has a big decision to make. As the story progresses in “Catch the Moon” Luis’s life takes a turn when he meets Noemi during a business call. Luis starts liking Noemi and she
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Alva Noe begins his essay with a full paragraph informing the reader about Sebastian Seung’s plan to build a map of the human brain. After this paragraph‚ Noe attempts to develop an argument against the idea of the brain map by using an irrelevant example. “Trying to understand how the brain work […] would be like trying to understand how a bird flies by examining individual feathers. “ This “evidence” doesn’t fully support Noe’s argument and is off topic. In the next paragraph‚ Noe attempts
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