“Yes it’s sad to belong to someone else when the right one comes along.” This song was running in my head while I was reading the story Dead Stars. Reading the story brought me mixed emotions: anger‚ sadness‚ excitement‚ confusion‚ etc. etc. I was not sure if I’ll feel sorry for Esperanza or Julia. However‚ in the end‚ I felt sorry‚ for‚ none other than the main character of the story‚ Alfredo. Alfredo‚ at his 30’s had not yet married but engaged to Esperanza for 3 years. However‚ Esperanza patiently
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She was 37 and she was going to retire from dance in a couple years. Silk Stockings‚ is a musical remake of Ninotchka‚ with Charisse playing Ninochka ( originally performed by Greta Garbo). It starred‚ Fred Astaire‚ (Top Hat‚ Easter Parade) Janis Paige‚ and Peter Lorre (Casablanca). Charisse was second billing. Steve Canifield‚ a brash American film producer‚ (Fred
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they were … On 03.03.13 ‚ In The Crap Bucket ‚ by Unpublished Guy ... Crab mentality - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_mentality Crab mentality is a phrase popular among Filipinos‚ and was first coined by writer Ninotchka Rosca‚ in reference to the phrase crabs in a bucket. It describes a ... Kopi Luwak - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak Kopi Luwak also mentioned in The Bucket List (2008) as Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) ... "The
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neither can you.” – A very popular phrase that runs along the way of thinking of many Filipinos. This short-sighted‚ selfish‚ non-constructive thinking is called crab mentality. Crab mentality that exists among many Filipinos was first coined by Ninotchka Rosca‚ is metaphorically illustrated by the behavior of crabs in a bucket. All of them are struggling for survival so they desperately need to get out of the bucket. One crab tries to climb its way out of the bucket but the other crabs beneath him will
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Week 1: January 31 | Historical Perspectives/IntroductionsView/read/discuss in class: 1. Johanna Poethig‚ “Lakas Sambayanan” (alternate view here) and “Ang Lipi ni Lapu Lapu” (public art projects‚ murals). 2. Barbara Jane Reyes‚ “History Is Written On The Walls‚” from Bay Poetics. Stephanie Young‚ Ed. Newton‚ MA: Faux Press‚ 2006 (essay). 3. Marlon Fuentes‚ Bontoc Eulogy (video/DVD). | Saturday 02/02/2013: Off-Campus Event Option #1: “In Transit” Art Exhibit at I-Hotel Manilatown Center
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protect the house from fire and water for the year. Today many people celebrate this holiday with parades festivals and parties. They also eat special bread called Rosca de Reyes. The bread is decorated with pieces of orange and lime‚ and it is filed with nuts‚ figs‚ and cherries. Hot chocolate is also accompanied by the rosca. In the Rosca there is a little plastic doll representing Jesus is placed in the bread. (Representing that Jesus had to be hidden and protected at birth) The person who receives
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INTRODUCTION: James Finn Garner is an American writer and satirist based in Chicago. [ ] He is the author of Politically Correct Bedtime Stories‚ [ ] Politically Correct Holiday Stories‚ Apocalypse Wow‚ "Once Upon A More Enlightened Time" and May 2007 "Recut Madness". Garner graduated from the University of Michigan‚ where he won a Hopwood Award for one of his short plays. Politically Correct Bedtime Stories‚ Garner’s first book‚ have sold more than 2.5 million copies in the U.S. and has been translated
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Organizational life cycle Prof.univ.dr. Ion Gh. ROŞCA Prof.univ.dr. George MOLDOVEANU Academ de Studii Economice din Bucureşti Abstract This paper proposes an analogy between rational biological model and the organizations’ development during their existence. So‚ organizations’ "born" or creation are considered the result of genetic algorithms‚ transformations are identified with changes that aim the adapting to the environment‚ and finally the ”death” treats the state of
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NOVELS BY FILIPINO AUTHORS IN ENGLISH Updated on 14 June 2011 Alanguilan‚ Gerry. Elmer. SLG Publishing‚ 2010. [FANTASY/GRAPHIC NOVEL] __________. Humanis Rex! Fudge‚ 2005. [FANTASY/GRAPHIC NOVEL] __________. Wasted. Alamat‚ 2002. [ACTION/GRAPHIC NOVEL] Alanguilan‚ Gerry and Arlan Esmeña. Where Bold Stars Go to Die. Komikero‚ 2009. [EROTICA/GRAPHIC NOVEL] Alfar‚ Dean Francis. Salamanca. Ateneo‚ 2007. [FANTASY] Alumit‚ Noel. Letters to Montgomery Clift. MacAdam/Cage‚ 2002. [LITERARY FICTION] __________
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The 4 Traps: 1. Conflict Causes Low income Slow growth‚ stagnation‚ or even decline Dependence on primary commodity exports (oil‚ diamonds) Geography (huge with dispersed population‚ mountainous‚ Nepal is a good example) Prior history Costs/Consequences Lasts more than 5 years‚ on average 15% poorer Military spending - $64 billion Social costs: Deaths Diseases Deterioration in political rights Legacy of organized killing - cheap guns‚ number of homicides Refugees → costs beyond frontiers (epidemics
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