Poverty level in Phl unchanged since ’06 By Ted Torres (The Philippine Star) MANILA‚ Philippines - The percentage of Filipinos living below the poverty line has remained almost unchanged in the past six years‚ according to the latest poverty data released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) yesterday. The recorded poverty incidence for the first half of 2012 was 27.9 percent‚ slightly less than the 28.8 percent recorded in the first half of 2006‚ and 28.6 percent in the first
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During the French Revolution‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau had inspired many revolutionists on either side‚ including one Robespierre‚ though he may not have entirely agreed with them. Rousseau’s idea of a perfect government centered around the idea that it acted as an intermediary between the people and the sovereign. This paper will discuss what Rousseau may have thought about what Robespierre did with his power as well as the French Revolution. Robespierre is known to have taken inspiration from
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DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS: ANTIGONE A REMAKE BY JEAN ANOUILH Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was remade with the similar political undertones seen in the original version. There are two sources for the play Antigone; the antiquity 5th century story from the Greek play‚ one part of Sophocles ’ trilogy about Oedipus‚ and the second source comes from the more modern political scene during the Nazi invasion of France. Anouilh mixes both of these sources into a timeless
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Implementation: True Religion Brand Jeans True Religion Brand Jeans is a relatively new company‚ establishing itself in late 2002‚ and taking denim in a new direction. Just over three years old‚ the company has capitalized on the latest Hollywood trends and narrowed their target market to the likes of celebrities and high fashion gurus’ who don’t seem to mind forking out $400 for a pair of jeans. Currently‚ True Religion’s strategy is through differentiation of their product through prestige‚ brand
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describing the piece of artwork “The Swing” by Jean-Honore Fragonard. “The Swing” is a great piece because it shows wonderful color‚ texture‚ and many other elements used in the painting. The piece of artwork was created in 1766 in the 18th century time period. Also in this time period of the rococo era and this piece was establishes in that era because of its colors and symmetry because of the oil canvas. As I said before the painting “The Swing” by Jean-Honore Fragonard was created in 1766. It was
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The setting of the play was further discussed in the Interactive oral on Jean-Paul Sartre’s play‚ No Exit. The author’s view of Hell was compared with Dante’s view of Hell‚ in Dante’s Inferno. Dante believed that a person’s soul is reduced to the sin itself when damned to Hell. If Dante’s reasoning is applicable in No Exit‚ Garcin would be reduced to being treacherous. Garcin was evaluated in terms of the Nine Circles of Hell: Limbo‚ Lust‚ Gluttony‚ Greed‚ Anger‚ Heresy‚ Violence‚ Fraud‚ and Treachery
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Jean Baudrillard ’s essay‚ "The Violence of the Global" is a very expansive view on the effects of thought patterns‚ dogmatisms‚ and to a lesser extent‚ arrogance on a worldwide scale. Baudrillard separates three distinct tiers of moral and values. Those tiers are singularities‚ universalized‚ and globalized. Baudrillard identifies the spreading of ideologies‚ morals and values as globalization. In his essay‚ Baudrillard cryptically defines it as "...the globalization of technologies‚ the market
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Piaget Worksheet 1 Piaget Worksheet Marissa Watts PSY/201 2/3/2013 Laura Schulz Associate Level Material Appendix B Piaget Worksheet Directions: Review Module 26 of Psychology and Your Life. Complete the matrix below and answer the questions that follow. Cognitive Stage | Age Range | Major Characteristics | Sensorimotor | Birth thru 2 years | Development of object permanence‚ development of motor skills‚ little or no capacity for symbolic representationExample: My nephew
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Jean Watson believes that through the nurse’s attitude and competence‚ a patient’s world can become: larger or smaller‚ brighter or darker‚ happier or lonelier‚ secure or threatening. Jean Watson is a well known professor of nursing at the university of Colorado‚ she believes that nursing can be a transforming process through which both the client and nurse can be changed. Her theory of nursing practice‚ formally known as the ‘Theory of human care’‚ outlines basic premises of nursing and combines
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Jean Valjean‚ a criminal‚ that will always be known as a criminal. Although he shouldn’t deserve that name for himself because in reality he was just a man who wasn’t self-centered. Jean Valjean‚ after being let out of prison‚ though he was free but in reality he just manages to get back into a world filled of hate for convicts. Even after he decided to through away that passport was he still feeling the obligation to give away? Was Valjean really free after encountering the Bishop and promising
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