Aquino to pitch ‘more fun in the Philippines’ LONDON (via PLDT) – There will be no city tour for this first-time VIP visitor to London. This will be so for President Benigno Aquino III even if this is the best time to be a tourist here‚ with the city and the British people all agog over a weekend of historic royal festivities to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II on the throne and frenzied preparations for the 2012 Olympics. Instead‚ Aquino‚ who was not known for his fondness for foreign
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Why Teachers Should be Paid More Jenni Malone How many of you believe teachers should be paid more? In my opinion they should be getting paid twice as much as their current income. Teachers are like a power source. They teach students everything they need to know to be prepared for their futures; they even go out of their way to make sure that students understand the lesson. For those of you that believe that teachers don’t deserve to be paid more‚ you obviously don’t understand
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A war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam began in 1954. The war was fought because the north wanted communism‚ and the south did not. The United States decided to get involved in the war. The United States became allies with South Vietnam‚ because they did not want communism to spread. I bet you’re wondering what is communism and why a nation will break apart and fight because of it. Well communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx‚ advocating class war and leading to a society in
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Triumph of the Will is viewed by many as one of the most influential propaganda films created. I believe this film captured the essence of Hitler’s meteoric rise to power. Through this film‚ Hitler was very successful in furthering his message of a united Germany. Triumph of the Will serves as a template allowing us to analyze how Hitler used the movie to create an image of himself that he could project onto the German state. Though many attempts were made to capture the extent of Hitler’s power
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As it can be seen‚ there was much conflict between the North & South in Vietnam. The question is what conflicts initiated the Cold War. The relationship between the both states already had difficulties from the beginning of time. In the South‚ they usually contained a smaller population than the North but were consequently growing as a group. As everyone knows that a great relationship has to be built by a trust‚ that was the one thing between the states they did not possess. Due to this‚ both
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“If she was a white girl‚ she could still be alive.” A sentence in the lyric of the song our keynote speaker plays echoes in the assembly hall‚ crammed with more than one thousand people—students and faculty members. The song Not One More by TWOCC grieves the loss of several transgender women of color. Our keynote speaker says that the life expectancy of transgender women of color in the US is merely 35 years. Compared to the average global life expectancy of 70 years old‚ that number is depressing
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know is history and‚ as much as possible‚ it’s language‚” said by a filmmaker‚ Alanis Obomsawin. Ultimately in this novel‚ The Inconvenient Indian; A Curious Account of Indian People in North America by Thomas King‚ it illustrates how Natives are faced with many challenges throughout their lives. Colonialism displays how the Europeans were the start of affecting their history. Generalizing the Natives into stereotypes and policies that were pushed down upon them‚ while adapting to the lifestyle
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Why did Doyle choose Watson to narrate Hound instead of having Holmes tell the story himself? What are the benefits and drawbacks of doing it this way? Doyle uses Watson as a narrator for two key reasons. In the first place‚ Watson is not as intuitive as Sherlock Holmes. In this sense‚ he allows the reader to join him as he attempts to live up to the master’s standards. By contrast‚ if Sherlock Holmes were telling the story‚ we would have little opportunity to solve the mystery ourselves: witness
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question now is how the state government can function more effectively and provide better governance. It is such a change from the last time I visited Bihar five years ago‚ again in the thick of electioneering. Then‚ Bihar began where the rule of law ended. The only industry which thrived in the badlands of the state was crime. Kidnapping‚ carjacking and extortion were rampant‚ and Bihar’s fertile soil had turned into killing fields with bloody caste wars erupting with destructive regularity. With most
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More Wealth‚ Less Happiness Most people want and aim to be wealthy. But one of the key findings of happiness research is: Although more money delivers big increases in happiness when you are poor‚ each extra dollar makes less difference once your basic needs have been met. Having more income may not necessarily bring more happiness. Studies show that when incomes rise for everybody‚ well-being doesn’t change much. Surveys have found virtually the same level of happiness between the very rich
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