Tanaya Devasthali TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………....3 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………….3 2.2 DEFINING TERMS AND CONCEPTUALIZING RELATIONSHIPS 2.2.1 EL-NINO………………………………………………………………………...4 2.2.2 SOUTHERN OSCILLATION…………………………………………………6 2.2.3 LA NINA………………………………………………………………………...7 2.2.4 CLIMATE AND ITS MEASUREMENT……………………………………..7 2.2.5 CLIMATE SYSTEM……………………………………………………………8 2.2.6 CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE……………………9
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One of the most famous artists during the Renaissance was El Greco. He was born in 1541 in the city of Crete. El Greco’s real name is Domenikos Theotokopoulos. His fathers name was Georgios Theotokopoulos. However‚ his mother was unknown‚ but we do know that she was Greek. This famous artist learned his skills and talents from Titan in Venice. Since he was little he was interested and enthusiastic in training as an icon painter. El Greco also dreamed about studying in a Cretan school‚ but other than
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El Filibusterismo is the sequel (of sorts) to Rizal’s Filipino classic‚ Noli me tangere. It is set some thirteen years after the events of the earlier book‚ Noli‚ dominated by Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra‚ now Simoun‚ and his ideals for a better future for the Philippines It was written in dedication to the three martyred priests Mariano Gomez‚ Jose Burgos‚ and Jacinto Zamora‚ whose deaths left an indelible mark in his mind. http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/filipino/rizalj2.htm http://carlojoe5
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Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar‚ known best as El Cid‚ is revered as a great national hero of Spain. The name El Cid comes from the Arabic El Seid’ meaning the Lord. Known to his admiring countrymen as campeador’‚ or champion‚ he was a Spanish warrior whom later legend made into a hero and the symbol of chivalry and virtue. El Cid was born in Vivar near Burgos in 1043. His father‚ Diego Lainez‚ was a member of the minor nobility‚ called the infanzones’ of Castile. El Cid was also directly connected on
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The Lengend of El Cucuy‚ became a bilingual story that is also known to be “Boogeyman” in American. The legend came from Latin America but has remained a strong part of border folklore. The beast is known by different names to different people throughout Latin America. It has been called cucuy‚ coco‚ cocu‚ chamuco and a dozen other titles. This bogeyman takes different forms depending on the family. It is best known for telling a young child ‚“Portate bien o te lleva el cucuy‚” they say. “Behave
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Antonio Montoya Flores‚ or most widely known as El Farruco‚ was a gypsy dancer who danced to the most deep-rooted gypsy style of flamenco dance. Born in Pozuelo de Alarcon‚ Madrid‚ in the year 1935‚ before he became the world famous El Farruco‚ he spent most of his youth out living on the open road living the traditional gypsy life. His father was a horse and cattle dealer who traded at fairs and markets of Andalucia‚ while his mother was a Moroccan dancer with whom Farruco would try to entertain
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El Salvador’s Revulsion During the time period of 1980-1992 El Salvador was going through their civil war which lasted roughly about 12 years. The conflict was between two groups from El Salvador which were the military who were led by the government from EL Salvador and the other group was known as FMLN which meant Farabundo Marti National Liberation which was formed by five guerilla groups. The author Horacio Castellanos Moya wrote a story “Revulsion: Thomas Bernhard in San Salvador” which was
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there are others who are able to create a work of art that is so interesting that it is able to catch the viewer in its world and captivate them into looking at the piece for a long period of time. One of these works is the Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. This piece is composed of desert landscape scenery with a few clocks melting over the landscape. One is hung over a dead tree branch‚ another is draped over what appears to be a portion of a human face that is rising out of the ground‚ and
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country; it was a horrific result for El Salvador’s civil war‚ depleting the country of between 20 and 30 percent of its population. More than half between 500‚000 and one million moved to the United States‚ which was home to over 10‚000 Salvadorans before 1960. Salvadoran Americans many refugees from a supported United States government forced a rethinking of foreign policies. The result of the foreign policy change may have been the reason the war in El Salvador ended. Salvadoran Americans are dealing
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz unmasks the effects of politics‚ diaspora‚ and gender in the development of the hyphenated Dominican-American culture. Trujillo’s regime reveals the impact of militarism and dictatorship on a culture and people. Díaz represents how the violent and corrupt nature of the Trujillato shapes gender stereotypes and sexuality and the portrayal of Oscar illustrates the discriminations against hetero-normative masculinities. Díaz also represents the role
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